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BetterLife Holding Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Apr 17, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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BetterLife Holding Limited
百得利控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 6909)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting (the "Annual General Meeting") of BetterLife Holding Limited (the "Company") will be held at No. 143 The 4th West Wing North Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100143, PRC on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
- To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors (the "Director(s)") and auditor of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024.
- To declare a final dividend of RMB2.0 cents per ordinary share in respect of the year ended December 31, 2024 out of the share premium account of the Company.
- (a) To re-elect Mr. Chou Patrick Hsiao-Po as an executive Director;
(b) To re-elect Mr. Xu Tao as an executive Director;
(c) To re-elect Ms. Li Dan as an executive Director;
(d) To re-elect Mr. Liu Dengqing as an independent non-executive Director;
(e) To re-elect Dr. Chu Fumin as an independent non-executive Director; and
(f) To authorize the board of Directors (the "Board") to fix the respective Directors' remuneration. - To re-appoint SHINEWING (HK) CPA Limited as auditor of the Company and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration.
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass (with or without modification) the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
(A) “THAT:
(i) subject to paragraph (iii) below, and pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue or otherwise deal with additional shares (including sale or transfer of treasury shares, if any) 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 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 authorization given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors 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 aggregate number of shares allotted shares (including sale or transfer of treasury shares, if any) or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) 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 arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the directors, 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 arrangements 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 aggregate of 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;
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(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 to be held by any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands or the articles of association of the Company; or
(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
(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 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 recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).
(B) “THAT:
(i) subject to paragraph (ii) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase 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 recognized for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited under the Code on Share Buy-backs and, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Listing Rules, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(ii) the aggregate number of shares of the Company, which may be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) above shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;
(iii) 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 to be held by any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or
(c) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”
(C) “THAT conditional upon the resolutions numbered 5(A) and 5(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting being passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with additional shares (including sale or transfer of treasury shares, if any) 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 5(A) set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of such number of shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to ordinary resolution numbered 5(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such amount of shares of the Company shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing of the said resolutions.”
By order of the Board
BetterLife Holding Limited
Chou Patrick Hsiao-Po
Chairman
Hong Kong, April 17, 2025
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Registered office:
Cricket Square
Hutchins Drive
P.O. Box 2681
Grand Cayman, KY1-1111
Cayman Islands
Headquarters:
No. 1,
Donghuan North Road
Beijing Economic
and Technological
Development Area
Beijing, the PRC
Principal place of business
in Hong Kong:
40th Floor
Dah Sing Financial Centre
No. 248 Queen’s Road East
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Notes:
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All resolutions at the meeting will be taken by poll (except where the chairman decides to allow a resolution relating to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands) pursuant to the Listing Rules. The results of the poll will be published on the websites of the Stock Exchange and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.
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Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her. A member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him/her to attend and vote on his/her behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
If more than one proxy is appointed, the number of shares in respect of which each such proxy so appointed must be specified in the relevant form of proxy. Every shareholder present in person or by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by him/her.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the Annual General Meeting of the Company (i.e. no later than 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (Hong Kong time)) or any adjourned meeting (as the case may be). Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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For the purpose of determining the entitlement of shareholders to attend and vote at the above meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, May 27, 2025 to Friday, May 30, 2025, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to eligible to attend and vote at the meeting, all share transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 26, 2025.
In the event that the Annual General Meeting is adjourned to a date later than Friday, May 30, 2025 because of bad weather or other reasons, the book closure period and record date for determination of entitlement to attend and vote at the above meeting will remain the same as stated above.
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, June 5, 2025 to Tuesday, June 10, 2025, both days inclusive, in order to determine the entitlement of shareholders to receive the final dividend of the Company, during which period no share transfers will be registered. To qualify for the final dividend, all properly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
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Where there are joint holders of any shares carrying voting rights, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person 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 any meeting the vote of the most 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 of the joint holders appear in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.
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A circular containing resolutions nos. 2 to 5 set out in the above notice will be sent to all shareholders of the Company together with the annual report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024.
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In the case of any inconsistency between the Chinese translation and the English text hereof, the English text shall prevail.
As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. Chou Patrick Hsiao-Po, Ms. Sun Jing, Mr. Xu Tao and Ms. Li Dan; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Liu Dengqing, Mr. Lou Sai Tong and Dr. Chu Fumin.
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