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Brockman Mining Limited AGM Information 2021

Apr 27, 2021

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AGM Information

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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 announcement, 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 announcement.

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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 99)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Ballroom, The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 1 June 2021 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and adopt the financial statements, the Directors’ Report and the Independent Auditor’s Report for the year ended 31 December 2020; (Resolution 1)

  2. To declare a final dividend of HK$0.02 per share for the year ended 31 December 2020; (Resolution 2)

  3. To re-elect the following retiring Directors:

  4. (a) Ms. Wong Yin Man, Ada as Executive Director (Resolution 3a) (b) Mr. Chan Wai Ming, Hermes as Executive Director (Resolution 3b)

  5. (c) Mr. Cheung Chi Chiu, David as Independent Non-executive Director (Resolution 3c)

  6. To authorize the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors; (Resolution 4)

  7. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Auditor and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration; (Resolution 5)

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  1. As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“THAT there be granted to the Directors an unconditional general mandate to issue, allot and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company, and to make or grant offers, agreements and options in respect thereof, subject to the following conditions:

  • (A) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period (as defined below) save that the Directors may during the Relevant Period make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

  • (B) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below), (ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants issued by the Company, or any securities which are convertible into ordinary shares of the Company, and (iii) any employee share 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, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of passing of this resolution;

  • (C) such mandate shall be additional to the authority given to the Directors at any time to allot and issue additional shares in the capital of the Company arising from the exercise of subscription rights under any warrants or the exercise of any options under any employee share option scheme of the Company; and

  • (D) for the purposes of this resolution:

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

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

  • (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law of Bermuda to be held; or

  • (iii) the revocation or variation of this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.

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Rights Issue ” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors made to holders of the shares and/or warrants on, as the case may be, the Register of Members and the Register of Warrantholders of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares and/or warrants (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, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, or in any territory outside, Hong Kong).

(Resolution 6)

  1. As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“THAT there be granted to the Directors an unconditional general mandate to repurchase shares of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company (“ Shares ”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (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 under the Code on Share Repurchases, and that the exercise by the Directors of the Company of all powers of the Company to repurchase Shares subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved, subject to the following conditions:

  • (A) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period (as defined below);

  • (B) such mandate shall authorise the Directors to procure the Company to repurchase Shares at such prices as the Directors may at their discretion determine;

  • (C) the aggregate nominal amount of the Shares to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to this resolution during the Relevant Period shall be no more than 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution; and

  • (D) for the purposes of this resolution, “ Relevant Period ” means the period from the date of passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

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

  • (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law of Bermuda to be held; or

  • (iii) the revocation or variation of this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.

(Resolution 7)

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  1. As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“THAT , conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 6 and 7 set out in this notice, the aggregate nominal amount of the shares of the Company which are repurchased by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with Resolution 7 shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with Resolution 6.

(Resolution 8)

By Order of the Board WONG CHUNG MAT, BEN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 27 April 2021

Notes:

  1. Any member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf.

  2. Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such persons may vote at the meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one such joint holders be present at the meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons 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.

  3. The form of proxy and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority must be deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting.

  4. CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS FOR THE MEETING:

For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the meeting, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 26 May 2021 to Tuesday, 1 June 2021, both days inclusive. During this period, no transfer of shares will be effected. To be eligible to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 May 2021.

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  1. CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS FOR PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND:

For determining the entitlement to the proposed final dividend, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed on Monday, 21 June 2021 and no transfer of shares will be effected on that date. To qualify for the proposed final dividend which is subject to the passing of Resolution 2 at the meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 18 June 2021.

  1. Details of the Directors standing for re-election (Resolutions 3a, 3b and 3c) and further information on the general mandates to issue and repurchase shares (Resolutions 6, 7 and 8) are set out in the circular of the Company dated 27 April 2021.

  2. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:

To safeguard the health and safety of members (also referred herein as shareholders)/attendees and to minimize the risk of exposure to coronavirus (“ COVID-19 ”), the following precautionary measures will be implemented at the meeting (also referred herein as the AGM):

  • (i) Every attendee will be required to wear a surgical face mask prior to admission to the AGM venue and throughout the AGM.

  • (ii) Every attendee will be required to wash hands with alcohol sanitizer before entering the AGM venue.

  • (iii) Compulsory temperature check will be carried out on every attendee at the entrance of the AGM venue. Any person with a body temperature above the reference range quoted by the Department of Health from time to time or is exhibiting flu-like symptoms will be denied entry into the AGM venue.

  • (iv) NO refreshments or drinks will be served to attendees at the AGM.

  • (v) NO gift will be provided to attending shareholders or their proxies. This is in line with the recent recommendations of the Securities and Futures Commission and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

  • (vi) There will be safety distance for seating and registration queuing at the AGM venue.

Attendees who do not comply with the precautionary measures referred to in (i) to (iii) above may be denied entry to the AGM venue or required to leave the AGM venue so as to ensure the health and safety of the attendees at the AGM.

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The Company reminds shareholders/attendees that they should carefully consider the risks of attending the AGM, taking into account their own personal circumstances. Furthermore, the Company would like to remind shareholders that physical attendance in person at the AGM is not necessary for the purpose of exercising their voting rights. Shareholders are strongly encouraged to cast their votes by appointing the Chairman of the AGM as their proxy and submit their forms of proxy by the time specified under Note 3 above. For non-registered shareholders whose shares are held through banks, brokers, custodians or the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited, they should consult directly with their banks, brokers or custodians (as the case may be) to assist them on how to issue their voting instructions and the corresponding deadline.

Subject to the development of COVID-19 by the time of the AGM, the Company may need to update the AGM arrangements and issue further announcement, if so required.

The Company appreciates the understanding and cooperation of all shareholders for the purpose of minimizing the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

8. BAD WEATHER ARRANGEMENT:

If a Typhoon Warning Signal No. 8 or above is hoisted or a Black Rainstorm Warning is in force in Hong Kong at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on the date of the meeting, the meeting will be postponed or adjourned. The Company will post an announcement on the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Company to notify members of the date, time and location of the rescheduled meeting as soon as possible.

As at the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors are Mr. Wong Chung Mat, Ben, Ms. Wong Yin Man, Ada, Dr. Chan Tsze Wah, Gabriel, Mr. Wan Man Keung, Mr. Hung Wing Shun, Edmund and Mr. Chan Wai Ming, Hermes; and the Independent Non-executive Directors are Dr. Li Ka Cheung, Eric GBS, OBE, JP, Dr. Yu Sun Say GBM, JP, Mr. Alfred Donald Yap JP and Mr. Cheung Chi Chiu, David.

Website: www.wih.com.hk

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