Shenzhen AMTD Company Limited
Independent Director 2025 Annual Performance Report
— Zhang Rui
As an independent director of Shenzhen AMTD Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), I have diligently and conscientiously performed my duties as an independent director in strict accordance with the "Company Law," "Administrative Measures for Independent Directors of Listed Companies," "Articles of Association," "Independent Director Work System," and other relevant laws, regulations, and normative documents. During my term in 2025, I actively attended relevant company meetings, carefully reviewed all proposals, and offered constructive opinions and suggestions on major issues concerning the company's development with a high sense of responsibility, further promoting the company's healthy, sustainable, and stable development. In accordance with the "Administrative Measures for Independent Directors of Listed Companies" issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Protection of the Legal Rights and Interests of Small and Medium Investors in the Capital Market" (Guo Ban Fa [2013] No. 110), the "Stock Listing Rules of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange," and the "Shenzhen Stock Exchange Listed Company Self-Regulatory Supervision Guidelines No. 1 — Standardized Operation of Main Board Listed Companies," I hereby report my work during the 2025 term to all shareholders:
I. Basic Information of Independent Director
Ms. Zhang Rui, a Chinese national with no permanent overseas residency, holds a Ph.D. in Management (Accounting). She is a National Teaching Master, enjoys the State Council's "Government Special Allowance," is a standing director of the Chinese Accounting Society, a member of the National Steering Committee for Professional Degree Graduate Education in Accounting, and has been awarded the title of "Outstanding Knowledgeable Woman" by the China National Education, Science, Culture, and Health Trade Union Women's Committee, the Jiangxi Provincial Outstanding Talent Contribution Award, the Jiangxi Provincial Advanced Worker, the First Jiangxi Provincial Model Teacher, the First Jiangxi Provincial "May 1st"巾帼 Award, and was selected as a talent for the "Gan Po Ying Cai 555 Project" in Jiangxi Province, and a leading talent in philosophy and social sciences in Jiangxi universities. She previously served as the Director of the Accounting Development Research Center and Dean of the School of Accounting at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, a distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor in accounting at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, an independent director of Nayuki Holdings Co., Ltd., an independent director of Guosen Securities Co., Ltd., and an independent director of Benke Company.
I have conducted a self-assessment of my independence and submitted the "Independent Director Independence Self-Assessment Report" to the Company. I do not hold any other positions in the listed company besides director. I have no direct or indirect interest relationship with the Company or its major shareholders or actual controllers, nor any other relationship that may affect my independent and objective judgment. I possess the independence required by relevant laws and regulations and the qualifications to serve as an independent director of the Company, and I am capable of making objective and independent professional judgments, and there are no circumstances that affect my independence.
II. Overview of Independent Director's Annual Performance
1. Attendance at Board and Shareholder Meetings
During my term in 2025, I attended the board meetings convened by the Company and actively participated in shareholder meetings. The board meetings and shareholder meetings convened by the Company in 2025 complied with legal procedures. Major operating decisions and other significant matters underwent the necessary procedures, and the resolutions made were legal and valid. I raised no objections to any proposals deliberated by the Company's board of directors or other matters. My attendance at board and shareholder meetings is as follows: