Ganfeng Lithium to Seek Shareholders’ Approval on Dividend, RMB10 Billion Bond Mandate and RMB4 Billion Hedging Program at 2025 AGM

Bulletin Express
Apr 15

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd. (Ganfeng Lithium) has released a circular convening its 2025 annual general meeting for 20 May 2026 in Xinyu, Jiangxi. Key resolutions are outlined below.

Dividend and Earnings • 2025 audited net profit: RMB144 million. • Proposed cash dividend: RMB1.50 (tax-inclusive) for every 10 shares, equal to RMB0.15 per share. • Total undistributed profit after payout will stand at RMB13.09 billion. No bonus shares or capitalisation of reserves is planned.

Audit & Fees for 2026 • Re-appointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming (domestic and internal-control auditor) and Ernst & Young (overseas auditor). • 2026 fee caps: domestic audit RMB2.45 million; overseas audit RMB2.90 million; internal-control audit RMB0.45 million.

Directors’ Remuneration • 2025 paid remuneration: Chairman Li Liangbin RMB22.28 million; Vice-chairman Wang Xiaoshen RMB18.57 million. • 2026 scheme: executive and employee directors to receive basic salary plus performance bonus; allowances for domestic independent directors raised to RMB120,000 per year and for Hong Kong resident independent directors to HKD240,000.

Capital-Raising Mandates • General share issue mandate: authorises the Board to issue up to 20% of current issued H shares. • Bond mandate: permits domestic and overseas bond issues—short-term notes, corporate bonds, perpetuals or convertible bonds—up to an aggregate RMB10 billion (or foreign-currency equivalent) with tenors up to 15 years.

Risk-Management Measures • Derivative hedging: authorisation to use up to RMB4 billion in self-owned funds for collar options on Pilbara Minerals shares; maximum daily contract value also capped at RMB4 billion during the 12-month mandate.

Asset-Backed Financing • Joint finance-lease plan with 50%-owned JV Luyuan des Mines Congo covering equipment for the Mboukoumassi potash project; lease principal not to exceed RMB1.00 billion, tenor up to six years.

Board Changes • Retirement of independent non-executive director Xu Guanghua; nomination of Professor Liu Chongliang as successor for the remainder of the sixth Board term. Proposed annual fee: RMB120,000.

Corporate Governance • Proposal to convert the Company’s current 20-year business term into a perpetual operating period, subject to shareholder approval.

All resolutions will be submitted for shareholder voting at the 2025 AGM; poll results will be announced via HKEX upon conclusion of the meeting.

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