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Accel Group Holdings Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Jul 24, 2025

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this notice.

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ACCEL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

高陞集團控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1283)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting (the “2025 AGM”) of Accel Group Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Unit A, 19/F, TML Tower, No. 3 Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong on Thursday, 18 September 2025 at 4:30 p.m. for the following purposes:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. To consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors and independent auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025 (the "Year").

  2. To approve the payment of a final dividend of HK1.4 cents per share of the Company for the Year.

  3. (a) To re-elect Mr. Chan Cheong Tat as an independent non-executive director of the Company.

(b) To re-elect Mr. Ho Chi Shing as an independent non-executive director of the Company.

  1. To authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix the remuneration of the directors of the Company for the year ending 31 March 2026.

  2. To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the independent auditor of the Company and authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix its remuneration.


  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this resolution below and pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the exercise by the directors of the Company (the “Directors”) during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) in the capital of the Company (the “Shares”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares, or options, for similar rights to subscribe for any Shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c) the aggregate number of the Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued or dealt with (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under the share option scheme of the Company; or (iii) any issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company (the “Articles of Association”) in force from time to time, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate number of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of the passing of this resolution and such approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(d) for the purpose of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands; and

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(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by way of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting;

“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of options or other similar instruments giving the rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this resolution below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase the issued shares of the Company (the “Shares”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and/or the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange, and, if permitted under the Listing Rules, to determine whether such Shares repurchased shall be held as treasury shares of the Company or otherwise be cancelled subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Listing Rules or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the aggregate number of the Shares which may be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution above during the Relevant Period (as defined below) shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution above shall be limited accordingly; and

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(c) for the purpose of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by way of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting.”

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“THAT conditional upon resolutions numbered 6 and 7 set out in the notice convening this meeting (the “Notice”) being passed, the general and unconditional mandate granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to resolution numbered 6 set out in the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate number of the shares in the capital of the Company (the “Shares”) repurchased under the authority granted pursuant to resolution numbered 7 set out in the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the issued Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing this resolution.”

  1. As special business to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as a special resolution of the Company:

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

“THAT (i) the existing memorandum and articles of association of the Company be amended in the manner as set out in Appendix III to the circular of the Company dated 25 July 2025 (the “Circular”) with immediate effect from the close of this meeting; (ii) the amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company in the form produced to this meeting, a copy of which has been produced to this meeting marked “A” and initialled by the chairman of the 2025 AGM for the purpose of identification, incorporating and consolidating all the proposed amendments mentioned in Appendix III to the Circular, be approved and adopted in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company with immediate effect from the close of this meeting; and (iii) any one of the Directors be and is hereby authorised to do all things necessary to implement the adoption of the amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company,

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including without limitation, attending to the necessary filings with the Registrar of Companies in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands, and that the Company's registered office provider be and is hereby authorised and instructed to make such filing with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands as is necessary in connection with this resolution."

By Order of the Board
Accel Group Holdings Limited
Ko Lai Hung

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 25 July 2025

Registered Office:
Windward 3, Regatta Office Park
PO Box 1350
Grand Cayman KY1-1108
Cayman Islands

Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:
Unit A, 19/F
TML Tower
No. 3 Hoi Shing Road
Tsuen Wan
New Territories
Hong Kong

Notes:

  1. Any member of the Company (the "Member" or the "Shareholder") entitled to attend and vote at the 2025 AGM shall be entitled to appoint one (or, if he/she/it holds two or more shares of the Company (the "Shares"), more than one) proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her/it. A proxy need not be a Member but must be present in person at the 2025 AGM to represent the Member. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which such proxy is so appointed.

  2. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a Member from attending and voting in person at the 2025 AGM if he/she/it so wishes. In the event of a Member who has lodged a form of proxy attending the 2025 AGM in person, the form of proxy will be deemed to have been revoked.

  3. In order to be valid, the duly completed and signed form of proxy must be deposited together with a power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, at the office of the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the 2025 AGM (i.e. Tuesday, 16 September 2025 at 4:30 p.m.) or its adjournment (as the case may be).

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  1. For determining the entitlement of the Members to attend and vote at the 2025 AGM, the register of members of the Company (the “Register of Members”) will be closed from Monday, 15 September 2025 to Thursday, 18 September 2025 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares will be effected. To qualify for attending and voting at the 2025 AGM, the non-registered Shareholders must lodge all transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates with the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 12 September 2025. The record date for attending and voting at the 2025 AGM is Thursday, 18 September 2025.

  2. Subject to the passing of resolution numbered 2 above and for determining Shareholders’ entitlement to receive the proposed final dividend, the Register of Members will be closed from Thursday, 25 September 2025 to Monday, 29 September 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be effected. In order to qualify for receiving the final dividend, the non-registered Shareholders must lodge all transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 September 2025. The record date for determining the entitlement to the final dividend is Monday, 29 September 2025.

  3. In relation to the proposed resolutions numbered 3(a) and 3(b) above, Mr. Chan Cheong Tat and Mr. Ho Chi Shing will retire as directors of the Company (the “Directors”) at the 2025 AGM and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Details of the above Directors are set out in Appendix I to the Company’s circular dated 25 July 2025.

  4. In compliance with Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules and Article 72 of the Articles of Association, voting on all proposed resolutions set out in this notice will be decided by way of a poll.

  5. Where there are joint registered holders of any Share, any one of such persons may vote at the 2025 AGM, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such Share as if he/she were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the 2025 AGM, that one of joint holders so present whose name stands first on the register of members in respect of such Share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

  6. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, if a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above is expected to be hoisted or “extreme conditions” caused by super typhoons or a black rainstorm warning signal is expected to be in force at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the date of the 2025 AGM, the 2025 AGM will be postponed and Members will be informed of the date, time and venue of the postponed 2025 AGM by a supplemental notice posted on the respective websites of the Company and the Stock Exchange.

(b) If a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above or “extreme conditions” caused by super typhoons or a black rainstorm warning signal is lowered or cancelled 3 hours or more before the time appointed for holding the 2025 AGM and where conditions permit, the 2025 AGM will be held as scheduled.

(c) The 2025 AGM will be held as scheduled when a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 3 or below or an amber or red rainstorm warning signal is in force.

(d) After considering their own situations, Members should decide on their own whether or not they would attend the 2025 AGM under any bad weather condition and if they do so, they are advised to exercise care and caution.

  1. In case of any inconsistency, the English version of this notice shall prevail over the Chinese version.

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As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Dr. Ko Lai Hung and Ms. Cheung Mei Lan; the non-executive Director is Mr. Ko Angus Chun Kit; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Chan Cheong Tat, Ms. Tse Ka Wing and Mr. Ho Chi Shing.

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