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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 28, 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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中国海外崇展有限公司

CHINA OVERSEAS LAND & INVESTMENT LTD.

(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 688)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (the "Company") will be held as a virtual meeting via the eVoting Portal on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 at 11:00 a.m. for the following matters and purposes. Unless otherwise specified, capitalised terms contained in this notice shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the circular dated 29 April 2025 (the "Circular") issued by the Company.

  1. To receive and adopt the audited financial statements, the report of Directors and the independent auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
  2. To approve the declaration of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of HK30 cents per Share.
  3. To re-elect the retiring Directors, in particular:
    (a) To re-elect Mr. Guo Guanghui as Director;
    (b) To re-elect Mr. Zhuang Yong as Director;
    (c) To re-elect Mr. Ma Yao as Director; and
    (d) To re-elect Mr. Li Man Bun, Brian David as Director.
  4. To authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors.
  5. To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditor of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

6. “THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to buy back Shares and, if permitted under the Listing Rules, to determine whether such shares of the Company bought back shall be held as treasury shares by the Company or otherwise be cancelled subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Listing Rules as amended from time to time be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the number of the Shares which may be bought back by the Company on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the number of Shares in issue as at the date of passing this resolution (excluding any treasury shares and subject to adjustment according to paragraph (d) below), and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(c) for the purposes of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from 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 expiry of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles and/or the Companies Ordinance to be held; or

(iii) the revocation or variation of the approval given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting; and

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(d) if, after the passing of this resolution, the Company alters its share capital by converting its Shares into a larger or smaller number of Shares, the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (b) above shall be adjusted by being multiplied by the following fraction:

A/B

Where:

A is the number of Shares in issue (excluding any treasury shares) immediately after the alteration; B is the number of Shares in issue (excluding any treasury shares) immediately before the alteration. Such adjustment shall take effect at the same time as the alteration takes effect."

  1. "THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to Section 141 of the Companies Ordinance, 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 additional Shares (including any sale and transfer of treasury shares) and to make or grant offers, agreements, options and rights of exchange or conversion which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval given in paragraph (a) 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, options and rights of exchange or conversion which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c) the number of Shares allotted, issued or dealt with 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 granted in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to

(i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or
(ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any securities or bonds which are convertible into Shares; or
(iii) the exercise of any rights under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to eligible persons of Shares or rights to acquire Shares; or

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(iv) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the Articles from time to time,

shall not exceed 10% of the number of Shares in issue at the date of passing this resolution (excluding any treasury shares and subject to adjustment according to paragraph (e) below) and the said approval given under paragraph (a) of this resolution above shall be limited accordingly;

(d) for the purposes of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from 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 expiry of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles and/or the Companies Ordinance to be held; or

(iii) the revocation or variation of the approval given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting.

“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares or any class thereof (subject to such exclusions 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 any relevant jurisdiction, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange, in any territory outside Hong Kong); and

(e) if, after the passing of this resolution, the Company alters its share capital by converting its Shares into a larger or smaller number of Shares, the number of Shares subject to the limits set out in paragraph (c) above shall be adjusted by being multiplied by the following fraction:

A/B

Where:

A is the number of Shares in issue (excluding any treasury shares) immediately after the alteration; B is the number of Shares in issue (excluding any treasury shares) immediately before the alteration. Such adjustment shall take effect at the same time as the alteration takes effect.”

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SPECIAL RESOLUTION

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

“THAT:

(a) the new articles of association of the Company in the form of the document marked “A” and produced to this meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the chairman of this meeting be approved and adopted in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing articles of association of the Company with immediate effect; and

(b) any director or the company secretary of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents and make all such arrangements as they shall, in their absolute discretion, deem necessary or expedient to give effect to the foregoing.”

By Order of the Board
China Overseas Land & Investment Limited
Yan Jianguo
Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 29 April 2025

Notes:

(a) All registered Shareholders will be able to join the AGM via the eVoting Portal. The eVoting Portal can be accessed from any location with access to the internet via smartphone, tablet device or computer. All non-registered Shareholders may consult directly with their banks, brokers, custodians or Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (as the case may be) for necessary arrangement to attend and vote via the eVoting Portal at the AGM if they wish.

(b) Any member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM via the eVoting Portal is entitled to appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his stead. A proxy needs not be a member of the Company.

(c) To be valid, a form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof, must be deposited at the Company’s share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be).

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(d) In the case of joint holders of any share(s), only ONE PAIR of log-in username and password for the eVoting Portal will be provided to the joint holders. Any one of such joint holders may attend or vote in respect of such share(s) as if he/she/it was solely entitled thereto.

(e) Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting via the eVoting Portal at the AGM or at any adjournment thereof (as the case may be) should you so wish, and in such event, the form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

(f) For determining the right to attend and vote at the AGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 20 June 2025 to Wednesday, 25 June 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to qualify for the right to attend and vote at the AGM, all properly completed and duly stamped transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at the address set out at note (c) above, for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 19 June 2025.

(g) The register of members of the Company will be closed on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, no transfer of Shares will be effected on that day. In order to determine the identity of the Shareholders for the entitlement of the proposed final dividend, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at the address set out at note (c) above not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 30 June 2025.

(h) With regard to matters nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 set out in this notice, relevant ordinary resolutions will be moved for each of these matters at the meeting.

(i) Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, all votes of the Shareholders at the AGM in respect of the resolutions set out in this notice will be taken by poll and the Company will announce the results of the poll in the manner prescribed under Rule 13.39(5) of the Listing Rules.

(j) With regard to matter no. 3 (re-election of retiring Directors) set out in this notice, separate ordinary resolutions will be moved at the meeting:

(i) To re-elect Mr. Guo Guanghui as Director;

(ii) To re-elect Mr. Zhuang Yong as Director;

(iii) To re-elect Mr. Ma Yao as Director; and

(iv) To re-elect Mr. Li Man Bun, Brian David as Director.

(k) The details of Directors offering themselves for re-election as mentioned in resolution no. 3 were set out in Appendix II to the Circular.

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(l) With respect to the resolution no. 6 set out in this notice, approval is being sought from members for a general mandate to be given to the Directors to buy back Shares. An explanatory statement containing the information with respect to this resolution was set out in Appendix I to the Circular.

(m) With respect to the resolution no. 7 set out in this notice, approval is being sought from members for general mandates to be given to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with Shares in accordance with the Listing Rules.

(n) With respect to the resolution no. 8 set out in this notice, a summary of the proposed amendments to the articles of association of the Company was set out in Appendix III to the Circular.

(o) As at the date of this notice, Mr. Yan Jianguo (Chairman), Mr. Zhang Zhichao (Chief Executive Officer) and Mr. Guo Guanghui are the Executive Directors of the Company; Mr. Zhuang Yong (Vice Chairman) and Mr. Ma Yao are the Non-executive Directors of the Company; and Mr. Li Man Bun, Brian David, Professor Chan Ka Keung, Ceajer and Dr. Chan Ching Har, Eliza are the Independent Non-executive Directors of the Company.

(p) The Chinese translation of this notice is for reference only. In case of any inconsistency between the Chinese and English versions, the English version shall prevail.

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