Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jul 4, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own personal financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriate authorized independent financial adviser.
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your ordinary shares in Beacon Rise Holdings PLC, please forward this document, together with the accompanying Form of Proxy, at once to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was affected, for delivery to the purchaser or transferee. If you have sold or otherwise transferred only part of your holding in the shares, you should retain these documents and consult the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale of transfer was effected.
This document does not constitute a prospectus, nor does it constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or a solicitation of any offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, ordinary shares in the capital of Beacon Rise Holdings plc.
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered no. 13620150)
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This document should be read as a whole. Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Chairman of the Company which is set out in Part I of this document, and which recommends that you vote in favour of the resolution to be proposed at the general meeting referred to below.
A Form of Proxy for use at the meeting is enclosed with this document and should be returned to the Company by post at its registered office at Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX or by email at the email address provided by the Company in the notes to the notice of the GM which are set out in Part II of this document, as soon as possible and in any event so as to be received by the Company no later than BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 (or, if the GM is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
Shareholders who hold their shares in the Company in uncertificated form in CREST may alternatively use the CREST proxy voting service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual (available at www.euroclear.com) as explained in the notes to the notice of the GM which are set out in Part II of this document. A CREST proxy appointment or instruction must be received by Avenir Registrars Ltd (RA20), the Company's agent, by no later than BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 (or, if the GM is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered no. 13620150)
Mr. Xiaobing Wang Ms. Yunxia Wang Mr. John Carl Parker
Directors Registered Office: Kemp House 160 City Road London EC1V 2NX
4th July 2025
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to inform you that a general meeting (the "GM") of Beacon Rise Holdings PLC (the "Company") will be held at Sheldon Room, Regus, 6th Floor, 2 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD on 29th July 2025 at BST 2 p.m.
The formal notice convening the GM ("GM Notice") is set out in Part II of this document. Further information on the reasons for calling the GM and the resolution to be considered at the GM ("Resolution") is set out in section 2 (New Articles and Resolution) below.
This letter also explains why the Board of the Company recommend that shareholders of the Company vote in favour of the Resolution.
The Company's ordinary shares are currently admitted to the equity shares (shell companies) listing category of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and are trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange plc. The admission to the Official List and to trading on the Main Market took place at 8.00 a.m. on 25 March 2022 (the "Admission"), following the publication of a prospectus dated 22 March 2022 (the "Prospectus").
The Prospectus stated that, within the first 24 months following Admission (the "Initial Period"), the Company would target acquisitions which would be in the form of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, scheme of arrangement, reorganisation or similar business combination of an interest in an operating company or business or asset ("Acquisition"). Since no suitable target has been found in the period since Admission and no Acquisition has been announced by the Company since Admission, pursuant to paragraph 4 of Part I of the Prospectus (The Company's Strategy – Capital and returns management), the Board has recommended two extensions to the Initial Period to the Company's shareholders and two consecutive 12-month extensions from the end of the Initial Period have been approved by the Company's shareholders. The last 12-month extension from 25 March
2025 to 24 March 2026 was approved by the Company's shareholders through the passing of an ordinary resolution at a general meeting of the Company held on 21 March 2025.
On 29 July 2024 the new UK Listing Rules ("UKLR") came into force. For shell companies that were listed on the Official List before 29 July 2024, and shell companies that were in-flight applicants (as defined in the UKLRs), the UKLRs provide certain alleviations from the eligibility requirements and continuing obligations in UKLR 13 under the Transitional Provisions of the UKLR. These Transitional Provisions in relation to listed shell companies currently apply to the Company, however these provisions are due to expire on 29 July 2025. From 30 July 2025, if the Company continues to be a listed shell company, it is required to make any changes necessary to ensure its full compliance with the rules set out in UKLR 13. These changes need to be made prior to the expiry of the Transitional Provisions on 29 July 2025 and include making changes to the Company's articles of association to ensure these comply with UKLR 13.2.1R (Time period for initial transaction to be completed) as required by UKLR 13.3.2R.
UKLR 13.2.1R requires completion of an initial transaction within 24 months from Admission, extendable with shareholder approval for a further 3 years (consisting of 3 further 12-month periods, with shareholder approval to extend for each 12-month period before the end of the prior 12-month period). A 6-month extension is also permitted in certain limited circumstances (as set out in UKLR 13.2.1R) to allow for an initial transaction to be completed.
An initial transaction is defined in UKLR 13.4.2R and such term captures a wider range of transactions including an acquisition of a part of or the entirety of a business, a company and/or assets by a listed shell company or a subsidiary of a listed shell company. An Acquisition is likely to fall within the definition of initial transaction.
In order to comply with UKLR 13.2.1R, certain changes are being proposed to the Company's existing articles of association to set out the time period requirements for completing an initial transaction which will apply to the Company from 30 July 2025. These changes are included in a set of new articles of association of the Company (the "New Articles"), a copy of which is enclosed with this document together with a tracked changes version of the Company's existing articles of association showing the changes made to these articles which are incorporated in the New Articles.
Under the provisions of the New Articles, if an Acquisition is not completed by 24 March 2026, the period for completing such an Acquisition could be extended for a further 12 months with the approval of the public shareholders of the Company. The term public shareholders is defined in UKLR 13.1.4R(2) and means a shareholder who is not a founding shareholder (i.e a shareholder who founded or established the Company), a shell company sponsor (i.e someone who provides capital or other finance to support the operating costs of the Company, financial, advisory, consultancy or legal services, facilities or support services or any other material contribution to the establishment and ongoing operation of the Company) or a director.
The GM is being called to pass the Resolution to approve the adoption of the New Articles in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company's existing articles of association.
The Resolution is being proposed as a special resolution and, to be passed, it will require a majority of not less than 75% of persons voting in person or by proxy in favour of the Resolution.
The Board believe that the Resolution to be proposed at the GM are in the best interests of the Company and for the benefit of its shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the directors unanimously recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the Resolution to be passed to adopt the New Articles.
Each shareholder registered on the register of members of the Company at BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 is entitled to vote on the Resolution contained in the GM Notice.
If you would like to vote on the Resolution but cannot come to the GM, please complete the enclosed hard copy Form of Proxy and return it to the Company as soon as possible and in any event so as to be received by it by BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 (or, if the GM is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
Alternatively, if you hold your shares in the Company in uncertificated form in CREST you may use the CREST proxy voting service to submit a proxy appointment or instruction. Proxies submitted via CREST must be received by Avenir Registrars Ltd (RA20), the Company's agent, by no later than BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 (or, if the GM is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
Further information in relation to the Form of Proxy and the CREST proxy voting service (including how to return a completed Form of Proxy or submit a proxy appointment or instruction via CREST) is set out in the GM Notice and on the reverse of the enclosed Form of Proxy itself.
I hope that you will come to the GM, if you can.
Whether or not you intend to be present at the GM, I would strongly encourage you to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights at the GM. If you are a shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at the GM, you are entitled to appoint one or more proxies to exercise all or any of such rights.
A hard copy Form of Proxy for use at the GM is enclosed with this document and should be returned to the Company by post at its registered office at Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX or by email to the email address provided by the Company in the notes to the GM Notice as soon as possible and in any event so as to be received by the Company no later than BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 (or, if the GM is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
Shareholders who hold their shares in the Company in uncertificated form in CREST may alternatively use the CREST proxy voting service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual (available at www.euroclear.com) as explained in the notes accompanying the GM Notice at the end of this document. Proxies submitted via CREST must be received by Avenir Registrars Ltd (RA20), the Company's agent, by no later than BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025 (or, if the GM is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting).
Whether or not you intend to attend the GM, I would strongly encourage you, regardless of the number of shares you own, to vote on the Resolution in the manner detailed in the GM Notice, either electronically (through the CREST system or by returning the completed Form of Proxy by email to the email address provided by the Company in the notes to the GM Notice) or by completing and returning the enclosed hard copy Form of Proxy by post at the Company's registered office at Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX as soon as possible and in any event not later than BST 2 p.m. on 27th July 2025.
Completion and return of the Form of Proxy by post or email or the submission of a CREST proxy voting instruction does not prevent you from attending and voting at the GM in person.
The Resolution set out in this GM Notice will be voted on by way of a poll. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) will be included in the poll to be taken at the GM.
In addition, shareholders are encouraged to submit questions, no later than seven days prior to the GM, via email to the Company at [email protected]. To the extent that it is appropriate to do so, the Company will endeavour to publish these questions and the Company's responses on the Company's website, www.beaconrise.uk, as soon as practicable after the GM. To ask a question, please email [email protected] with details of your shareholder number or other evidence of entitlement to attend the GM.
Yours faithfully
Xiaobing Wang
Chairman
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered no. 13620150)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Beacon Rise Holdings PLC (the Company) will hold a general meeting (the "GM") at Sheldon Room, Regus, 6th Floor, 2 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD on 29th July 2025 at BST 2 p.m. You are being asked to consider and vote on the below resolution (the "Resolution"). The Resolution is proposed as a special resolution.
That, with effect from the conclusion of the meeting, the draft articles of association produced to the meeting and, for the purposes of identification, initialled by the Chairman be adopted as the articles of association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company's existing articles of association.
By order of the Board
Xiaobing Wang Chairman Beacon Rise Holdings PLC 4th July 2025
Changes to the register of members after the relevant deadline shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.
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