Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, July 12 (Reporters Pan Ye and Zhu Cheng) With the implementation of Suning's equity restructuring plan, Suning.com, its main listed company, issued an announcement announcing the appointment of the board of directors.
On the evening of the 12th, Suning.com issued an announcement on the resolutions of the board of directors meeting, which reviewed and approved Huang Mingduan, Xian Handi, Cao Qun, and Zhang Kangyang as candidates for non-independent directors of the company.
The meeting also reviewed and approved the proposal of appointing Zhang Jindong as the honorary chairman of the board of directors of the company.
Among them, Huang Mingduan is a non-independent director candidate nominated by Taobao (China) Software Co., Ltd.; there are two non-independent director candidates nominated by Jiangsu New New Retail Innovation Fund Phase II (Limited Partnership), one is Handi Xian and the other is Cao Qun; Zhang Kangyang is a non-independent director candidate nominated by Zhang Jindong.
According to the announcement, the board of directors has recently received written resignation reports from directors Zhang Jindong, Sun Weimin, Meng Xiangsheng, and Yang Guang, applying for resignation from the company’s directorship and as a member of the board’s special committee.
According to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s stock listing rules, the company’s articles of association and other relevant regulations, the resignation reports of directors Zhang Jindong, Sun Weimin, Meng Xiangsheng, and Yang Guang took effect from the date of delivery to the board of directors.
After the re-election of the board members, the composition of the company's board of directors will be more diverse. The strategic shareholder representative directors will use their professional experience in strategic management, operation management and investment management to further promote the company's sustainable, stable and healthy development.
Suning.com said that with the improvement and upgrade of the governance structure, they will become a new type of market-oriented social enterprise.
On July 5 this year, Suning.com issued an announcement stating that it would introduce a new round of strategic investors through share transfer.
In the afternoon of July 12, Suning.com announced that Zhang Jindong, Suning Holding Group and shareholder Suning Appliance Group had completed the transfer of 16.96% of the shares of the listed company to the second phase of Jiangsu New New Retail Innovation Fund, completing the introduction of this round Strategic investors.
According to the announcement, the second phase of the New New Retail Fund is a consortium formed by Nanjing Xinxing Retail Development Fund, Huatai Asset Management, Alibaba, Haier, Midea, TCL, Xiaomi and other industry investors as limited partners. They said they will follow the market. The principles of globalization and legalization support the steady and healthy development of Suning.com.