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Anton Oilfield Services Group Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 25, 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.

ANTON 安東

安東油田服務集團

Anton Oilfield Services Group

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 3337)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of Anton Oilfield Services Group (the "Company") will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at No. 8 Pingcui West Road, Donghuqu Chaoyang District, Beijing for the following purposes:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

  1. To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the Directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2024.
  2. To declare a final dividend of RMB0.025 per share for the year ended 31 December 2024.
  3. To re-elect Mr. LUO Lin as an executive Director.
  4. To re-elect Mr. FAN Yonghong as an executive Director.
  5. To re-elect Mr. ZHANG Yongyi as an independent non-executive Director.
  6. To re-elect Mr. ZHU Xiaoping as an independent non-executive Director.
  7. To re-elect Ms. CHEN Xin as an independent non-executive Director.
  8. To authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors.
  9. To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as auditors and authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration.
  10. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:

"That:

(i) subject to paragraph (iii) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue or otherwise deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company or securities convertible into shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for shares or such convertible securities of the


Company and/or to resell treasury shares of the Company (subject to compliance with the Listing Rules), and to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which may require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the approval in paragraph (i) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the directors of the Company and shall authorise the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options which may require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

(iii) the total number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period pursuant to paragraph (i) above, otherwise than pursuant to (1) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (2) the grant or exercise of any option under the option scheme of the Company or any other option, scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (3) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; or (4) any issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any existing convertible notes issued by the Company or any existing securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares of the Company, shall not exceed the 20 per cent of the total number of shares of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(iv) for the purpose of this resolution:

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

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

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

(3) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting; and

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(b) “Rights Issue” means an offer of shares in the capital of the Company, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares in the capital of the Company whose names appear on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the directors of the Company 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 exercise or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

“That:

(i) subject to paragraph (ii) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to buy back shares of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited under the Code on Share Buy-back and, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”), be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the total number of shares of the Company, which may be bought back pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) above shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of shares of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares, if any) at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(iii) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution which had been granted to the directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; and

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(iv) for the purpose of this resolution:

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

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

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

(c) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

“That conditional upon the resolutions numbered 10 and 11 set out in the notice convening this meeting being passed, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to the ordinary resolution numbered 10 set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the total number of shares of the Company which may be allotted by the directors pursuant to such general mandate by such number of shares bought back by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to ordinary resolution numbered 11 set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of shares of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares, if any) at the date of passing of the said resolutions.”

By order of the Board
Anton Oilfield Services Group
LUO Lin
Chairman

Hong Kong, 25 April 2025

Registered office:
PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands

Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
Room 1922, 19/F
Lee Garden One
33 Hysan Avenue
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong

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Notes:

(a) Ordinary resolution numbered 12 will be proposed to the shareholders for approval provided that ordinary resolutions numbered 10 and 11 above are passed by the shareholders.

(b) A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his/her proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her; a proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

(c) In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s) and for this purpose seniority shall be determined as that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

(d) In order to be valid, a form of proxy must be deposited to the Company’s Branch Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof. The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude shareholders of the Company from attending and voting in person at the above meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish.

(e) For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the above meeting, the transfer books and register of members will be closed from Thursday, 22 May 2025 to Tuesday, 27 May 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no share transfers can be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the above meeting, unregistered holders of shares of the Company should ensure that all share transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 21 May 2025.

(f) For determining the entitlement to the proposed final dividend, the register of members of the Company will be closed from 2 June 2025 (Monday) to 4 June 2025 (Wednesday), both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares of the Company will be registered. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on 30 May 2025 (Friday).

(g) In respect of ordinary resolution numbered 3 to 7 above, Mr. Luo Lin, Mr. Fan Yonghong, Mr. Zhang Yongyi, Mr. Zhu Xiaoping and Ms. Chen Xin shall retire and being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election at the above meeting. The biographical details of the above retiring directors are set out in Appendix I to the accompanied circular dated 25 April 2025.

(h) In respect of the ordinary resolution numbered 10 above, the directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new shares of the Company. Approval is being sought from the shareholders as a general mandate for the purposes of the Listing Rules.

(i) In respect of ordinary resolution numbered 11 above, the directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred by the general mandate to repurchase shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefits of shareholders. The Explanatory Statement containing the information necessary to enable shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolution to approve the repurchase by the Company of its own shares, as required by the Listing Rules, is set out in Appendix II to the accompanied circular dated 25 April 2025.

As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. LUO Lin, Mr. PI Zhifeng and Mr. FAN Yonghong, the non-executive Director is Mr. HUANG Song and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. ZHANG Yongyi, Mr. ZHU Xiaoping, Mr. WEE Yiaw Hin and Ms. CHEN Xin.