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Austar Lifesciences Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2026
Apr 23, 2026
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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AUSTAR
奥 星
Austar Lifesciences Limited
奥星生命科技有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 6118)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (“Meeting”) of Austar Lifesciences Limited (“Company”) will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 22 May 2026 at Conference Room, Room 2010, 20th Floor, No. 1018, Changning Road, Changning District, Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China to consider and, if thought fit, transact the following businesses:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the report of the directors of the Company (“Director(s)”) and the auditor’s report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025;
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(a) To re-elect Mr. Ho Kwok Keung, Mars as an executive Director;
(b) To re-elect Madam Zhou Ning as an executive Director;
(c) To re-elect Mr. Bian Ce as an executive Director;
(d) To re-elect Madam Ji Lingling as a non-executive Director; and
(e) To authorise the board of Directors (“Board”) to fix the remuneration of the Directors;
- To re-appoint Moore CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix its remuneration; and
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
(A) “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules”), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the unissued shares (“Shares”) in the capital of the Company (including any sale or transfer of treasury Shares (which shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules), if any, out of treasury if permitted under the Listing Rules) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares of the Company), which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which may require the exercise of such powers after the expiry of the Relevant Period;
(c) the aggregate number of Shares allotted and issued (or transferred out of treasury) or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (or transferred out of treasury) (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or (ii) the exercise of options granted under any share option scheme or similar arrangement adopted from time to time by the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and 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 in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed the aggregate of:
(i) 20 per cent. of the number of issued Shares (excluding treasury Shares, if any) on the date of the passing of this resolution; and
(ii) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the aggregate number of Shares purchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the number of issued Shares (excluding treasury Shares, if any) on the date of the passing of this resolution),
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and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly;
(d) if, after the passing of this resolution, the Company conducts a share consolidation or subdivision, the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (c) above shall be adjusted to the effect that the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (c) above as a percentage of the total number of issued Shares at the time immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same; and
(e) for the purposes 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 by the articles of association of the Company, the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands (“Companies Act”) or any other applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution;
“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the Company’s 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, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, or in any territory outside Hong Kong, or the expense or delay that may be incurred in the determination of any such restrictions or obligations).
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(B) "THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all powers of the Company to purchase Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Stock Exchange”), or any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”) and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SFC, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Act and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate number of Shares which may be purchased by the Company pursuant to the authority granted pursuant to paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the number of 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 shall be limited accordingly;
(c) if, after the passing of this resolution, the Company conducts a share consolidation or subdivision, the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (b) above shall be adjusted to the effect that the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (b) above as a percentage of the total number of issued Shares at the time immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same; and
(d) for the purposes 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 by the articles of association of the Company, the Companies Act or any other applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.
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(C) “THAT conditional on the passing of resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) above, the general mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to resolution numbered 4(A) above be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of Shares which may be allotted, issued or dealt with (or sold or transferred out of treasury) by the Directors pursuant to or in accordance with such mandate of an amount representing the aggregate number of Shares purchased by the Company pursuant to or in accordance with the authority granted under resolution numbered 4(B) above.”
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as a special resolution:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
“THAT the second amended and restated articles of association of the Company (incorporating the proposed amendments to the existing articles of association of the Company, the details of which are set out in Appendix III to the circular of the Company dated 24 April 2026) (“Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association”), a copy of which has been produced to this Meeting and marked “A” and initialled by the chairman of the Meeting for the purpose of identification, be and is hereby approved and adopted as the new articles of association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of the Company with immediate effect after the close of this Meeting, and THAT any Director or company secretary of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents and deeds and make all such arrangements that he or she shall, in his or her absolute discretion, deem necessary or expedient to implement and give effect to the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association.”
On behalf of the Board
Austar Lifesciences Limited
Ho Kwok Keung, Mars
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, 24 April 2026
Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
Workshop 6 on 1/F
New Trade Plaza
No. 6 On Ping Street
Shatin
New Territories
Hong Kong
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Notes:
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A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting shall be entitled to appoint another person as his/her/its proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her/it. A member who is the holder of two or more Shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him/her/it and vote on his/her/its behalf at a general meeting of the Company or at a class meeting. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be duly completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and deposited together with a power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a certified copy of that power or authority, at the office of the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong as soon as practicable but in any event by 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 or not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the adjourned or postponed meeting thereof.
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In order to ascertain the entitlement to attend and vote at the Meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 18 May 2026 to Friday, 22 May 2026, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. The record date for determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the Meeting is Friday, 22 May 2026. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Meeting, all transfer of Shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 15 May 2026.
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In relation to the proposed resolution numbered 4(A) and the proposed resolution numbered 4(C) above, the approval is being sought from members as a general mandate in compliance with the Listing Rules. The Directors have no immediate plans to issue any new Shares pursuant to such mandates.
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In relation to the proposed resolution numbered 4(B) above, the Directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred thereby to repurchase the Shares in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefit of the shareholders of the Company. An explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable the shareholders of the Company to make an informed decision to vote on the proposed resolution as required by the Listing Rules is set out in Appendix I to the circular despatched to the shareholders of the Company on the date hereof.
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Where there are joint holders of any Share, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such Share as if he/she/it were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the Meeting, the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members in respect of the joint holding.
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All resolutions as set out in this notice to be put to vote at the Meeting will be decided by way of poll as required by the Listing Rules.
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References to time and dates in this notice are to Hong Kong time and dates.
As at the date hereof, the Board comprises four executive Directors, namely Mr. Ho Kwok Keung, Mars (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Ho Kin Hung, Madam Zhou Ning and Mr. Bian Ce; one non-executive Director, namely Madam Ji Lingling; and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Cheung Lap Kei, Madam Chiu Hoi Shan and Mr. Leung Oi Kin.