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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
July 30, 2010
Commission
File No. 001-33176
Fuwei
Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd.
No. 387
Dongming Road
Weifang
Shandong
People’s
Republic of China, Postal Code: 261061
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FUWEI
FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO., LTD.
No.
387 Dongming Road
Weifang
Shandong
People’s
Republic of China, Postal Code: 261061
Dear
Shareholder:
You are
cordially invited to attend the 2010 Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) to
be held at 825 Third Avenue, 18th Floor,
New York, NY 10022 on September 16, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (EST). The matters to be
acted upon at the Meeting are set forth and described in the Notice of the 2010
Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement which are attached hereto. We
request you to read all of them carefully.
We hope
that you will attend the Meeting. However, if you are not able to attend the
Meeting, we urge you to sign, date and return the enclosed Proxy Card in the
enclosed postage prepaid envelope (if mailed in the United States). You may, of
course, attend the Meeting and vote in person even if you have signed and
returned your Proxy Card to us.
Sincerely,
/s/ Zhibing
Qian
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Zhibing
Qian
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Secretary
IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE, SIGN AND RETURN
THE
ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
FUWEI
FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO., LTD.
No.
387 Dongming Road, Weifang Shandong
People’s
Republic of China, Postal Code: 261061
NOTICE
OF 2010 MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
To the
Shareholders of Fuwei Films (Holdings), Co., Ltd.:
NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that the 2010 Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Fuwei
Films (Holdings), Co., Ltd. (“Fuwei” or the “Company”) will be held at 825 Third
Avenue, 18th Floor,
New York, NY 10022 on September 16, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (EST), to consider
and act upon the following matters:
1.
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To
elect directors in accordance with the Articles of Association of the
Company;
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2.
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To
ratify and approve the appointment of Kabani & Company, Inc. as the
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2010; and
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3.
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To
transact such other business which may properly come before the Meeting or
any adjournment thereof.
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Information
regarding the matters to be acted upon at the Meeting is contained in the
accompanying Proxy Statement.
The close
of business on July 30, 2010 has been fixed as the record date for the
determination of Shareholders entitled to receive the notice of and vote at the
Meeting or any adjournments thereof.
All
shareholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting. Whether or not you
expect to attend, you are respectfully requested by the Board of Directors to
sign, date and return the enclosed proxy promptly. Shareholders who execute
proxies retain the right to revoke them at any time prior to the voting thereof.
A return envelope which requires no postage if mailed within the United States
is enclosed for your convenience.
The
notice of the Meeting, Proxy Statement and form of proxy will be first mailed to
stockholders on or about August 16, 2010.
By Order
of the Board of Directors,
/s/ Zhibing
Qian
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Zhibing
Qian
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Secretary
August 6,
2010
VOTING
SECURITIES
Only
holders of ordinary shares of the Company (“Shares”) of record at the close of
business on July 30, 2010, are entitled to vote at the Meeting. On the record
date, the Company had outstanding and entitled to vote 13,062,500 Shares. For purposes of voting at the
Meeting, each Share is entitled to one vote upon all matters to be acted upon at
the Meeting. Not less than 33 1/3% of the votes of the outstanding Shares held
by at least two shareholders represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy
(or, in the case of a corporate shareholder, by its duly authorized
representative) shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of
a simple majority of the Shares present and entitled to vote at
the Meeting is required on election of directors and the ratification of the
appointment of Kabani & Company, Inc., independent certified public
accountants, as our independent registered public accounting firm. Any Shares
not voted (whether by abstention, broker non-vote or otherwise) in respect to
any matter are not considered as votes cast.
PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDERS
The
following table sets forth, as of July 30, 2010, certain information
concerning the beneficial ownership of the Shares by (i) each shareholder known
by the Company to own beneficially five percent or more of the outstanding
Shares; (ii) each director and the nominee for director of the Company; (iii)
each executive officer of the Company; and (iv) all executive officers and
directors of the Company as a group, and their percentage ownership and voting
power.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
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Shares
Beneficially
Owned
(2)
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Percent
of Shares
Beneficially
Owned
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Each
shareholder known by the Company to own beneficially five percent or more
of the outstanding Shares:
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Apex
Glory Holdings Limited RM 1210, 12/F, New World Tower 1, 16-18 Queen’s Rd
Central, Hong Kong
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6,912,503 |
(3) |
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52.92 |
% |
Easebright
Investments Limited
RM
1210, 12/F, New World Tower 1, 16-18 Queen’s
Rd
Central, Hong Kong
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1,637,497 |
(4) |
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12.54 |
% |
Each
current director
and
the nominees for director of the Company:
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Xiaoan
He
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0 |
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* |
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Xiuyong
Zhang
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0 |
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* |
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Changrong
Ji
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0 |
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* |
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Tee
Chuang Khoo
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0 |
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* |
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Yudong
Huang (5)
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Each
executive officer of the Company:
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Xiaoan
He, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Shandong
Fuwei
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0 |
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* |
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Xiuyong
Zhang, Chief Financial Officer and General Vice President of Shandong
Fuwei
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0 |
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* |
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Zhibing
Qian, Senior Vice President and Secretary of the Board of
Directors
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0 |
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* |
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All
executive officers and directors of the Company As a group (five
persons)
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0 |
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* |
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*Less
than one percent.
(1)
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of such individual is c/o No. 387
Dongming Road, Weifang Shandong People’s Republic of China, Postal Code:
261061.
(2) In
computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage
ownership of a person, shares of ordinary shares of the Company subject to
options held by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable within
60 days are deemed outstanding. Such shares, however, are not deemed outstanding
for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of each other person. Except
as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community
property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment
power with respect to all shares of ordinary shares.
(3) Apex
Glory Holdings Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastfaith Holdings
Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation. Mr. Jun Yin is the sole
shareholder of Eastfaith Holdings Limited.
(4)
Easebright Investments Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goodsuccess
Enterprises Ltd. Mr. Tongju Zhou and Mr. Duo Wang each own 50% of Goodsuccess
Enterprises Ltd.
(5) Mr.
Yudong Hunag resigned as a director of the Company on November 30,
2009.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
Executive
officers of the Company are appointed at the discretion of the Board of
Directors. There are no family relationships between or among any of the
executive officers or directors of the Company. There are no agreements or
understandings for any officer or director of the Company to resign at the
request of another person and none of the officers or directors is acting on
behalf of or will act at the direction of any other person.
The
following sets forth the names and ages of our executive officers, their
respective positions and offices, and their respective principal occupations or
brief employment history.
Name
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Age
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Positions
with the Company
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Xiaoan
He
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48
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer and
director
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Xiuyong
Zhang
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40
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Chief
Financial Officer and Director
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Zhibing
Qian
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45
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Senior
Vice President and Secretary of the Board of
Directors
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Xiaoan He has
been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of our
Company since 2005 and is responsible for the formulation and implementation of
our business strategies and management of our business operations. Mr. He has
gained more than ten years of management experience in the plastics and
packaging industries in the PRC. From June 2004 to January 2005, Mr. He was our
General Manager responsible for our daily operation and management. Prior to
joining us as the General Manager in June 2004, Mr. He was the general manager
of Suzhou Broadway Plastic Packaging Co., Ltd from 1996 to 2003. From 1990 to
1996, he was the vice general manager at Suzhou Xiangxuehai Freezer Co., Ltd and
from 1983 to 1990, he was the vice general manager at Suzhou Marine
Machinery Co., Ltd. Mr. He obtained his EMBA from the China Europe International
Business School in 2003 and Bachelor in Engineering from the Shanghai Jiaotong
University in 1983.
Xiuyong
Zhang has been our Chief Financial Officer since April 2008. He has been
a Director of our Company since November 2007. He had accumulated more than 10
years of experience in investment, accounting and financial fields. He is
responsible for the day-to-day management of our investment, financing,
accounting and auditing matters in the Company and financing, financial and
taxation matters for its subsidiary. Prior to join us as a director of the
Company since November 2007, Mr. Zhang has also been the director of Fuwei
Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd. since July 2004, and the Vice President since
January 2005. Mr. Zhang was the vice-head of an audit firm, Shandong Zhengyuan
Hexin Auditors, Weifang branch from 1999 to 2004. From 1991 to 1999, he was an
accounting supervisor at the main office of the Weifang City Local Products
Company. He has received the Professional Certification in Laws from China
University of Political Science and Law and China Central Radio and TV
University. Mr. Zhang was jointly certified as a Certified Public Valuer (CPV)
by the Ministry of Personnel and Ministry of Finance in the PRC in 2004. He was
certified as the Chinese Certified Public Accountant by the Ministry of Finance
of the PRC in 1997. He received the Certification of Financial Accounting from
the Shandong Television University in 1996.
Zhibing
Qian was appointed as the Senior Vice President in April 2007. From 2003
to March 2007, he was the general manager of Beijing Capital Jindian Technology
Limited. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Qian was appointed as the general manger of
Beijing Zhongguancun International Incubator Limited, comprehensively
responsible for the company’s setup and operations. Mr. Qian also worked at
senior management level at other state-owned and joint venture companies in
China. Mr. Qian received his Doctor and Master degrees from University of
Idaho in 1995 and 1993.
Proposal
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RETIREMENT
OF DIRECTORS
Under our
articles of association, at each annual general meeting one-third of the
Directors (or, if their number is not a multiple of three (3), the number
nearest to but not greater than one-third) shall retire from office by rotation
provided that, the chairman of the Board and/or the managing director of the
Company, whilst holding such office, shall not be subject to retirement by
rotation or be taken into account in determining the number of Directors to
retire in each year. As Mr. Xiaoan He is holding office of the chairman of the
Board, he will not be subject to retirement by rotation under our articles of
association. Accordingly, three members of our Board of Directors are
subject to re-election for the Meeting. The sole member of the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee has recommended Mr. Changrong Ji for re-election at the
Meeting.
Mr. Yudong Huang resigned as
a Director on November 30, 2009. To fill the vacancy
arising as a result of Mr. Huang’s resignation, the Board and the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee have resolved and recommended that
Mr. Shan Jiang be elected as an independent director
of the Company at the Meeting.
The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee was established pursuant to a
board resolution granting it the authority to (i) identify individuals qualified
to become Board members, (ii) recommend to the Board candidates to fill Board
vacancies and newly-created director positions, (iii) recommend whether
incumbent directors should be nominated for re-election to the Board upon the
expiration of their term, and (iv) oversee the evaluation of the Board’s
performance.
At the
Meeting, it is proposed that Shareholders will consider the re-election of Mr.
Changrong Ji as a director of the Company and the election of Mr. Shan Jiang as
a director in accordance with the recommendation by the Board and the Company’s
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Upon their re-election
or election, each of Mr. Ji and Mr. Jiang will serve on the Board of Directors
and be subject to retirement and rotation in accordance with the Company’s
articles of association and/or until their respective successor is
elected.
Unless
otherwise directed, the person named in the Proxy intends to cast all Proxies
received for the election of Mr. Shan Jiang to serve as director upon his
nomination at the Meeting. Mr. Shan Jiang currently does not serve on the Board
of Directors. Mr. Shan Jiang has advised the Company of his willingness to serve
the Board of Directors as director of the Company. Should Mr. Shan Jiang becomes
unavailable for election to the Board of Directors for any reason, the persons
named in the Proxies shall have discretionary authority to vote the Proxies for
one or more alternative Nominees who will be designated by the Board of
Directors. The person named in the Proxies shall have discretionary authority to
vote the Proxies in connection with this additional appointment.
DIRECTORS
The
directors of the Company are as follows:
Name
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Age
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Xiaoan
He
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47
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Xiuyong
Zhang
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39
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Changrong
Ji (1)(2)(3)
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63
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Tee
Chuang Khoo (1)(2)
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63
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Yudong
Huang (1)(2)(4) |
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44 |
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(1)
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Member
of the Audit Committee.
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(2)
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Member
of the Compensation Committee.
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(3)
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Member
of the Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee.
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(4)
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Mr. Yudong Hunag resigned as a director of the
Company on November
30, 2009
and as a result ceased to serve as a
member of the Audit Committee and Compensation
Committee.
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Mr.
Changrong Ji is an independent director and upon his re-election as a
director at the Meeting, he will continue to be a member of the Audit Committee
and the Compensation Committee of the Company and the chairman of the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee.
Mr. Tee
Chuang Khoo is an independent director and, and he will continue to be the
chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and
the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
One third
of the directors of the Company shall retire from office at each annual meeting
of Shareholders or until their successors have been elected or appointed. The
officers of the Company elected by the Board of Directors at the first meeting
after each annual meeting of the Company’s Shareholders shall hold office
pursuant to their terms of employment subject to the discretion of the
Board.
Information
about Nominees
Set forth
below is certain information with respect to Mr. Changrong Ji and Mr. Shan
Jiang:
Changrong
Ji, age 63, has been a director of our company since March 2007. Mr. Ji
is currently the Investigation Officer of the People’s Bank of China, Weifang
city central branch. Mr. Ji was the president of People’s Bank of China, Weifang
City central branch from 2001 to 2004 and was the president of People’s Bank of
China, Weihai City central branch from 1999 to 2001. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Ji
was the vice-president of People’s Bank of China, Weifang city central branch.
He joined the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Weifang branch as its
deputy director from 1989 to 1997 and was appointed as the director of the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange, Weihai branch from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Ji was
the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Weifang branch
from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Ji obtained his Master’s degree in Economics in 1999 from
Shanghai Fudan University and his bachelor’s degree in international economics
in 1993 from East China Normal University.
Mr. Shan
Jiang, age 63, has been a
Partner at C&I Partners Legal Firm in Beijing since June
1995. From March 1982 to December 1986, he worked at maritime court
office of the Ministry of Communications. From December1986 to May
1995, he worked in Legal Affairs Center of China where he was responsible for
dealing with legal affairs. He graduated from Renmin University of
China and received his L.L.B. in Economic Law in 1985.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF THE ABOVE
NOMINEES.
Director
Compensation
All
directors receive reimbursements from us for expenses which are necessary and
reasonably incurred by them for providing services to us or in the performance
of their duties. Our directors who are also our employees receive compensation
in the form of salaries, housing allowances, other allowances and benefits in
kind in their capacity as our employees. Our directors do not receive any
compensation in their capacity as directors in addition to their salaries and
other remunerations as members of our management team. We pay their expenses
related to attending board meetings and participating in board
functions.
The
aggregate cash compensation and benefits that we paid to our directors and
executive officers as a group (9 persons) for the year ended December 31, 2009
was approximately RMB 2.5 million. Executive officers are entitled to
severance benefits upon termination of his or her employment with our company in
accordance with Chinese Labor Law.
Board
Committees
The Board
of Directors has a Compensation Committee, a Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee and an Audit Committee.
Compensation
Committee.
The
members of the Compensation Committee during 2009 were Tee Chuang Khoo,
Yudong Huang and Changrong Ji. Mr. Yudong Huang resigned as a director of the Company
on November 30, 2009 and as a result ceased to
serve as a member of the Compensation Committee, effective on November 30,
2009.
Our
Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other things:
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reviewing
and determining the compensation package for our senior
executives;
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reviewing
and making recommendations to our board with respect to the compensation
of our directors;
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reviewing
and approving officer and director indemnification and insurance
matters;
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reviewing
and approving any employee loan in an amount equal to or greater than RMB
100,000; and
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reviewing
periodically and approving any long-term incentive compensation or equity
plans, programs or similar arrangements, annual bonuses, employee pension
and welfare benefit plans.
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The
Compensation Committee did not hold any meetings during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009.
Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee.
Changrong
Ji is the sole member of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. The Board and the Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee have recommended the re-election of Mr. Changrong Ji as member of the Board and the election
of Mr. Shan Jiang as a member of the Board to fill the vacancy arising as a
result of Mr. Yudong Huang’s resignation on November 30, 2009. The Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee operate under a written charter, a copy
of which was included as Appendix A to our proxy statement for our Annual
Meeting held in 2007.
Our
Corporate Governance and Nominating is responsible for, among other
things:
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identifying
and recommending to the board nominees for election or re-election to the
board;
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reviewing
annually with the board the current composition of the board in light of
the characteristics of independence, age, skills, experience and
availability of service to us;
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identifying
and recommending to the board any director to serve as a member of the
board’s committees;
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advising
the board periodically with respect to significant developments in the law
and practice of corporate governance as well as our compliance with
applicable laws and regulations, and making recommendations to the board
on all matters of corporate governance and on any corrective action to be
taken; and
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monitoring
compliance with our code of business conduct and ethics, including
reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our procedures to ensure
proper compliance. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee did
not hold any meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
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Audit
Committee.
Our Audit
Committee currently consists of Tee Chuang Khoo, Changrong Ji and Yudong Huang.
Mr. Yudong Huang resigned as a
director of the Company on November 30, 2009 and as a result
ceased to serve as a member of the Audit Committee, effective November
30,2009. The Board adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, a
copy of which was included as Appendix B to our proxy statement for our Annual
Meeting held in 2007.
The audit
committee will oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes and the
audits of our financial statements. The audit committee is responsible for,
among other things:
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selecting
the independent auditors and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing
services permitted to be performed by the independent
auditors;
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reviewing
and approving all proposed related-party
transactions;
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discussing
the annual audited financial statements with management and the
independent auditors;
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annually
reviewing and reassessing the adequacy of our audit committee
charter;
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meeting
separately and periodically with management and the independent
auditors;
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reviewing
such other matters that are specifically delegated to our audit committee
by our board of directors from time to time;
and
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reporting
regularly to the full board of
directors.
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The Audit
Committee did not hold any meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
Meetings
of the Board
The Board
of Directors met nine (9) times during the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
Communications
with the Board of Directors
The Board
of Directors maintains a process whereby shareholders may communicate with the
Board. Shareholders wishing to communicate with the Board or any individual
director must mail a communication addressed to the Board or the individual
director to the Board of Directors, c/o Fuwei Films (Holdings)
Co., Ltd. No. 387
Dongming Road, Weifang Shandong People’s Republic of China, Postal Code: 261061.
Any such communication must state the number of Shares beneficially owned by the
shareholder making the communication. All of such communications will be
forwarded to the full Board of Directors or to any individual director or
directors to whom the communication is directed unless the communication is
clearly of a marketing nature or is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal, or
similarly inappropriate, in which case we have the authority to discard
the communication or take appropriate legal action regarding the
communication.
AUDIT
COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit
Committee operates pursuant to its adopted charter. All members of the Audit
Committee are independent, within the meaning of the NASDAQ marketplace rules
and regulations.
The Audit
Committee assists the Board by overseeing the performance of the independent
auditors and the quality and integrity of our internal accounting, auditing and
financial reporting practices. The Audit Committee is responsible for retaining
(subject to shareholder ratification) and, as necessary, terminating, the
independent auditors, annually reviews the qualifications, performance and
independence of the independent auditors and the audit plan, fees and audit
results, and pre-approves audit and non-audit services to be performed by the
auditors and related fees.
The Audit
Committee reviewed with the Company’s financial managers and the independent
auditors overall audit scopes and plans, the results of internal and external
audit examinations, evaluations by the auditors of the Company’s internal
controls, and the quality of the Company’s financial reporting.
The
Committee has reviewed with management the audited financial statements in the
Annual Report, including a discussion of the quality, not just the
acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant
judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. In
addressing the quality of management’s accounting judgments, members of the
Audit Committee asked for management’s representations that the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and have expressed to
both management and the independent auditors their general preference for
conservative policies when a range of accounting options is
available.
In its
meetings with representatives of the independent auditors, the Committee asks
them to address, and discusses their responses to several questions that the
Committee believes are particularly relevant to its oversight. These questions
include:
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Are
there any significant accounting judgments made by management in preparing
the financial statements that would have been made differently had the
independent auditors themselves prepared and been responsible for the
financial statements?
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Based
on the independent auditors’ experience and their knowledge of the
Company, do the Company’s financial statements fairly present to
investors, with clarity and completeness, the Company’s financial position
and performance for the reporting period in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and SEC disclosure
requirements?
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Based
on the independent auditors’ experience and their knowledge of the
Company, has the Company implemented internal controls and internal audit
procedures that are appropriate for the
Company?
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The
Committee believes that by thus focusing its discussions with the independent
auditors, it can promote a meaningful dialogue that provides a basis for its
oversight judgments.
The
Committee also discussed with the independent auditors all other matters
required to be discussed by the auditors with the Committee under Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61 (“Communication with Audit Committees”). The Committee
received and discussed with the independent auditors their annual written report
on their independence from the Company and its management, which is made under
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (“Independence Discussions with
Audit Committees”), and considered with the independent auditors whether the
provision of financial information systems design and implementation and other
non-audit services provided by them to the Company during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007 was compatible with the independent auditors’
independence.
In
performing all of these functions, the Audit Committee acts only in an oversight
capacity. The Committee reviews the Company’s SEC reports prior to filing and
intends to continue this practice in the future. In addition, the Committee
reviews all quarterly earnings announcements in advance of their issuance with
management and representatives of the independent auditors. In its oversight
role, the Committee relies on the work and assurances of the Company’s
management, which has the primary responsibility for financial statements and
reports, and of the independent auditors, who, in their report, express an
opinion on the conformity of the Company’s annual financial statements to
generally accepted accounting principles.
In
reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, in March 2010, the
Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors (and the Board approved)
that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form
20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 for filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
The Audit
Committee and the Board have also recommended, subject to Shareholder approval,
the selection of Kabani & Company, Inc. as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010.
Tee
Chuang Khoo
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Changrong
Ji
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CODE
OF ETHICS
We have
adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our directors and
officers. A copy of the Code was filed as Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on
Form 20-F, filed with the SEC on April 2, 2007. The Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics can be found on our website at www.fuweiholdings.com and a written copy
of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics will be provided upon request at
no charge by writing to our Company Secretary, c/o Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co.,
Ltd. No. 387
Dongming Road, Weifang Shandong People’s Republic of China, Postal Code:
261061.
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The
members of our Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors during
2009 were Tee Chuang Khoo, Yudong Huang and Changrong Ji. Mr.
Yudong Huang resigned from his position as a director of the Company on November
30, 2009 and as a result ceased to serve as a member of the Compensation
Committee, effective November 30, 2009. Tee Chuang Khoo and Changrong Ji are not
now, and have never been, officers or employees of the Company or any of our
subsidiaries.
Tee
Chuang Khoo and Changrong Ji do not have a relationship that would constitute an
interlocking relationship with any Executive Officers or Directors of the
Company, nor any other affiliated person or entity.
Proposal
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RATIFICATION
OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The firm
of Kabani & Company, Inc. has served as our independent auditors since
November 22, 2007, and the Board of Directors has appointed Kabani &
Company, Inc. as our independent auditors for the 2010 fiscal year.
A
representative of Kabani & Company, Inc. is expected to be present at the
Meeting. That representative will have an opportunity to make a statement and
will be available to respond to questions regarding this and any other
appropriate matters.
AUDIT
FEES, AUDIT RELATED FEES, TAX FEES AND OTHER FEES FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2008 and 2009.
The audit
fees of Kabani & Company, Inc. (“Kabani”), our independent registered public
accounting firm, in connection with review and audit fee for December 31, 2008
and December 31, 2009 was US$132,500 and US$
137,500, respectively.
The audit
related fee of Kabani including expenses for responding to the SEC comments and
out-of-pocket expenses, such as traveling and lodging, for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 amounted to US$ 1,380 and US$9,179,
respectively.
There
were no other fees paid to Kabani for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY AND APPROVE
THE APPOINTMENT OF KABANI & COMPANY, INC. AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2010.
Pre-Approval Policies and
Procedures
In
accordance with the SEC’s auditor independence rules, the Audit Committee has
established the following policies and procedures by which it approves in
advance any audit or permissible non-audit services to be provided to the
Company by its independent auditor.
Prior to
the engagement of the independent auditor for any fiscal year’s audit,
management submits to the Audit Committee for approval lists of recurring audit,
audit-related, tax and other services expected to be provided by the auditor
during that fiscal year. The Audit Committee adopts pre-approval schedules
describing the recurring services that it has pre-approved, and is informed on a
timely basis, and in any event by the next scheduled meeting, of any such
services rendered by the independent auditor and the related fees.
The fees
for any services listed in a pre-approval schedule are budgeted, and the Audit
Committee requires the independent auditor and management to report actual fees
versus the budget periodically throughout the year. The Audit Committee will
require additional pre-approval if circumstances arise where it becomes
necessary to engage the independent auditor for additional services above the
amount of fees originally pre-approved. Any audit or non-audit service not
listed in a pre-approval schedule must be separately pre-approved by the Audit
Committee on a case-by-case basis. Every request to adopt or amend a
pre-approval schedule or to provide services that are not listed in a
pre-approval schedule must include a statement by the independent auditors as to
whether, in their view, the request is consistent with the SEC’s rules on
auditor independence.
The Audit
Committee will not grant approval for:
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any
services prohibited by applicable law or by any rule or regulation of the
SEC or other regulatory body applicable to the
Company;
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provision
by the independent auditor to the Company of strategic consulting services
of the type typically provided by management consulting firms;
or
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the
retention of the independent auditor in connection with a transaction
initially recommended by the independent auditor, the tax treatment of
which may not be clear under the Internal Revenue Code and related
regulations and which it is reasonable to conclude will be subject to
audit procedures during an audit of the Company’s financial
statements.
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Tax
services proposed to be provided by the auditor to any director, officer or
employee of the Company who is in an accounting role or financial reporting
oversight role must be approved by the Audit Committee on a case-by-case basis
where such services are to be paid for by the Company, and the Audit Committee
will be informed of any services to be provided to such individuals that are not
to be paid for by the Company.
In
determining whether to grant pre-approval of any non-audit services in the “all
other” category, the Audit Committee will consider all relevant facts and
circumstances, including the following four basic guidelines:
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whether
the service creates a mutual or conflicting interest between the auditor
and the Company;
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whether
the service places the auditor in the position of auditing his or her own
work;
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whether
the service results in the auditor acting as management or an employee of
the Company; and
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whether
the service places the auditor in a position of being an advocate for the
Company.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Forward-looking
Statements
The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for
certain forward-looking statements made in our disclosures to the public. Any
such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from any future results described by the
forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could contribute to such
differences include those matters more fully disclosed in the Company’s reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company specifically
disclaims any obligation to update the forward- looking information in the
future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as
representing the Company’s estimates of its future financial performance as of
any date subsequent to the date of this Proxy Statement. When used herein, the
word “estimate,” “project,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “plan,”
and similar expression are intended to identify forward-looking
statements.
GENERAL
Management
does not know of any matters other than those stated in this Proxy Statement
that are to be presented for action at the meeting. If any other matters should
properly come before the meeting, it is intended that proxies in the
accompanying form will be voted on any such other matters in accordance with the
judgment of the persons voting such proxies. Discretionary authority to vote on
such matters is conferred by such proxies upon the persons voting
them.
The
Company will bear the cost of preparing, printing, assembling and mailing the
proxy, Proxy Statement and other material which may be sent to Shareholders in
connection with this solicitation. It is contemplated that brokerage houses will
forward the proxy materials to beneficial owners at our request. In
addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the mails, officers and
regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies without additional
compensation, by telephone or telegraph. We have engaged American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, to assist in the distribution of proxy solicitation
materials and the solicitation of votes. Other than reimbursement of certain
out-of-pocket expenses, there is no additional fee for its service to distribute
proxy solicitation materials and the solicitation of votes. We may reimburse
brokers or other persons holding stock in their names or the names of their
nominees for the expenses of forwarding soliciting material to their principals
and obtaining their proxies.
AVAILABILITY
OF FORM 20-F
We are
providing without charge to each person solicited by this Proxy Statement a copy
of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2009,
including our financial statements but excluding the exhibits to Form 20-F. The
Form 20-F includes a list of the exhibits that were filed with it, and we will
furnish a copy of any such exhibit to any person who requests it upon the
payment of our reasonable expenses in providing the requested
exhibit.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER
MEETING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
The proxy
statement, annual report to stockholders and related materials are available on
the Company’s website www.fuweiholdings.com under the heading “Financial
Information,” which can be accessed by clicking on “Investor Relations” on the
home page of the site.
OTHER
MATTERS
Management
is not aware of any matters to be presented for action at the Meeting, except
matters discussed in the Proxy Statement. If any other matters properly come
before the meeting, it is intended that the shares represented by proxies will
be voted in accordance with the judgment of the persons voting the
proxies.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Fuwei
Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. files annual and current reports on form 20-F and
6-K, respectively, proxy statements and other documents with the SEC under the
Exchange Act. The Company’s SEC filings made electronically through the SEC’s
EDGAR system are available to the public at the SEC’s website at
http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC
at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington,
D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the
operation of the public reference room.
The SEC
allows the Company to “incorporate by reference” information that we file with
the SEC in other documents into this proxy statement. This means that the
Company can disclose important information to you by referring you to another
document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by
reference is considered to be part of this proxy statement. The information that
the Company files with the SEC in the future and incorporates by reference in
this proxy statement automatically updates and supersedes previously filed
information. Such updated and superseded information will not, except as so
modified or superseded, constitute part of this proxy statement.
The
Company incorporates by reference into this proxy statement each document we
file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the date of this proxy statement and prior to the Annual Meeting. We also
incorporate by reference into this proxy statement the following documents that
we filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act:
Our
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed on
April 21, 2010; and
The
Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on May 28,
2010.
SHAREHOLDER
PROPOSALS
The
Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 is
expected to be held in December 2011. Any shareholder proposal intended to be
included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy for presentation at
the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2011 Meeting”) pursuant to
Rule 14a-8 (“Rule 14a-8”), as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, must be received by the Company not later than May 18, 2011. As to any
proposals submitted for presentation at the 2010 Meeting outside the processes
of Rule 14a-8, the proxies named in the form of proxy for the 2011 Meeting will
be entitled to exercise discretionary authority on that proposal unless the
Company receives notice of the matter on or before April 4, 2011.
By Order
of the Board of Directors,
/s/ Zhibing Qian
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Zhibing
Qian
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Secretary
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August 6,
2010
FUWEI
FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO. LTD.
PROXY
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
TO
BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER
16, 2010
The
undersigned stockholder of Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd., a Cayman Islands
corporation (the “Company”), hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement and hereby appoints Xiaoan He and
Zhibing Qian, or any of them, proxies and attorney-in-fact, with full power
to each of substitution and revocation, on behalf and in the name of the
undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of the Company to be held at 9:00 a.m. (EST Time) at 825 Third Avenue,
18th
Floor ,New York, NY 10022 on September 16, 2010, or at any
adjournment thereof, and to vote, as designated below, all shares of common
stock of the Company which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and
there personally present, on the matters set forth below and hereby revokes any
proxy or proxies heretofore given.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH PROPOSAL.
Election
of Directors
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1.
Elect two (2) Directors
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Changrong
Ji ¨
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Shan
Jiang ¨
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WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed above
To
withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR ALL EXCEPT”
and fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold.
A vote
FOR the nominees includes discretionary authority to vote for a substitute
nominee if any of the nominees listed becomes unable or unwilling to
serve.
2. Ratify
the appointment of Kabani & Company, Inc. as the Company’s independent
auditors.
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN
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3. To
transact any other business as may properly be presented at the Annual Meeting
or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
THIS
PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR, IF NO DIRECTION IS
GIVEN, WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED
ABOVE.
To change
the address on your account, please check the box at right and indicate your new
address in the address space above. Please note that changes to the registered
name(s) on the account may not be submitted via this method. o
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PLAN ON ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MEETING
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Yes
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No
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Signature
of Stockholder ____________________________
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Date:
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NOTE: Please sign exactly as
your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each
holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee
or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation,
please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as
such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized
person.
THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
FUWEI
FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO. LTD.
2010 ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
September
16, 2010
The
undersigned hereby appoints Xiaoan He and Zhibing Qian, or any of them, proxies
and attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of substitution and revocation,
on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at 9:00 a.m. (EST),
at the 825 Third Avenue, 18th Floor,
New York, NY 10022 September 16, 2010, or at any adjournment thereof, with all
powers the undersigned would possess if personally present. In his or her
discretion, the Proxy is authorized to vote upon such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
(Continued
and to be signed on the reverse side.)