China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited — AGM Information 2014

Dec 30, 2014

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China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited 中國楓葉教育集團有限公司 *

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1317)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that an annual general meeting (the “ Annual General Meeting ”) of China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Empire Room 1, 1/F, Empire Hotel Hong Kong, 33 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 4 February 2015 at 9:30 a.m. for the following purposes:

1. To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 August 2014.

2. To consider and approve, each as a separate resolution, if thought fit, the following resolutions:–

3. (a) to re-elect Mr. Shu Liang Sherman Jen as an executive director of the Company;

4. (b) to re-elect Mr. Zhenwan Liu as an executive director of the Company;

5. (c) to re-elect Ms. Jingxia Zhang as an executive director of the Company;

6. (d) to re-elect Mr. James William Beeke as an executive director of the Company;

7. (e) to re-elect Mr. Howard Robert Balloch as a non-executive director of the Company;

8. (f) to re-elect Mr. Peter Humphrey Owen as an independent non-executive director of the Company;

9. (g) to re-elect Mr. Chak Kei Jack Wong as an independent non-executive director of the Company;

10. (h) to re-elect Mr. Lap Tat Arthur Wong as an independent non-executive director of the Company;

11. For identification purposes only

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• (i) to authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix the respective directors’ remuneration.

• To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the auditors and to authorize the board of directors to fix its remuneration.

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

4. “ THAT:

• (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, a general mandate be and is hereby generally and unconditionally given to the directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period (as defined below) all the powers of the Company to purchase its shares in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations;

• (b) the total nominal value of shares of the Company to be purchased pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution, subject to adjustments according to any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of shares; and

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

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting.”

5. “ THAT:

• (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, a general mandate be and is hereby generally and unconditionally given to the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers;

• (b) the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall authorize the directors of the Company to make or grant offers, agreements and options during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

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• (c) the aggregate nominal value of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:

• (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below);

• (ii) the exercise of options under a share option scheme or a restricted share units scheme of the Company; and

• (iii) any scrip dividend scheme 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,

shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company on the date of passing of this resolution, subject to adjustments according to any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of shares; and

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

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied 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 of the Company or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or 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 recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange).”

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As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:–

1. “ THAT conditional upon the passing of resolutions set out in items 4 and 5 of the notice convening this meeting (the “ Notice ”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 5 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal value of shares which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of shares purchased by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in resolution set out in item 4 of the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.”

By order of the Board China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited Shu Liang Sherman Jen Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 31 December 2014

Notes:

1. 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 Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Listing Rules ”). The results of the poll will be published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.

2. 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. 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.

3. 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 share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 22, 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 adjournment thereof. 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.

4. For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the above meeting, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 2 February 2015, Monday to 4 February 2015, Wednesday, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, unregistered holders of shares of the Company shall ensure that all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on 30 January 2015, Friday.

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Shu Liang Sherman Jen, Mr. Zhenwan Liu, Ms. Jingxia Zhang and Mr. James William Beeke as Executive Directors; Mr. Howard Robert Balloch as Non-executive Director; and Mr. Peter Humphrey Owen, Mr. Chak Kei Jack Wong and Mr. Lap Tat Arthur Wong as Independent Non-executive Directors.

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