For the financial year ended 31 December 2015
93
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
22. SHARE CAPITAL
Number
of shares
Amount
The Group and the Company
‘000
$’000
2015
Beginning of financial year
218,962
248,722
Issue of 169,000 ordinary shares by virtue of exercise of share options (Note 26(c))
169
1,173
End of financial year
219,131
249,895
2014
Beginning of financial year
218,664
246,848
Issue of 298,000 ordinary shares by virtue of exercise of share options (Note 26(c))
298
1,874
End of financial year
218,962
248,722
All issued ordinary shares are fully paid. There is no par value for these ordinary shares.
The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared by the Company. All ordinary
shares carry one vote per share without restriction.
Please refer to Note 26(b) for details of share options.
23. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In addition to other related party information disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements, the following material
transactions have been carried out between the Group and its related parties at terms agreed between the parties
during the financial year:
Key management’s remuneration
The key management’s remuneration includes fees, salary, bonus, commission and other emoluments (including
benefits-in-kind) computed based on the cost incurred by the Group and the Company, and where the Group or
Company do not incur any costs, the value of the benefit. The key management’s remuneration is as follows:
The Group
2015
2014
$’000
$’000
Directors’ fees, salaries and other short-term employee benefits
4,649
4,288
Employer’s contribution to Central Provident Fund and
other defined contribution plans
106
96
Share options granted
136
162
4,891
4,546
Total compensation to Directors of the Company included in the above amounted to $2,435,000 (2014: $2,304,000).
NOT E S TO T H E F I NAN C I A L S TAT EME N T S
(CONTINUED)
