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CL Group (Holdings) Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Jul 8, 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.
CL GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
昌利(控股)有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 8098)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an annual general meeting of CL Group (Holdings) Limited (the "Company") will be held at Room 16B, 16/F, Bank of East Asia Harbour View Centre, 56 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Monday, 11 August 2025 at 2:30 p.m. to consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors of the Company (the "Directors") and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025;
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(A) (i) To re-elect Mr. Kwok Kin Chung as an executive director;
(ii) To re-elect Ms. Yu Linda as an executive director;
(iii) To re-elect Mr. Poon Wing Chuen as an independent non-executive director;
(iv) To re-elect Ms. Lau Ka Nam as an independent non-executive director; and
(v) To re-elect Mr. Lam Tsz Shing as an independent non-executive director;
(B) to authorise the board of directors to fix the Directors' remuneration.
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To re-appoint Confucius International CPA Limited as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration;
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"THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this resolution, and pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the GEM (the "GEM Listing Rules") of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of HK$0.01 (the
"Share") each in the share capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
(c) the aggregate number of Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); (ii) the exercise of warrants to subscribe for shares of the Company or the exercise of options granted under any ordinary share option scheme adopted by the Company, or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company (the "Articles of Association") 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 20% of the aggregate number of issued Shares of the Company on the date of the passing of this resolution and this approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(d) for the purpose of this resolution:
"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 by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
(3) the date on which the authority given under this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting; and
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"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Company or the Directors to holders of shares on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (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 recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong);
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all powers of the Company to repurchase its shares on GEM or any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for such purpose, subject to and in connection with the Companies Law of Cayman Islands and all applicable laws and/or the requirements of the Securities and Futures Commission, the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate number of Shares of the Company which may be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of issued Shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
(c) for the purpose 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, or any other applicable law of Cayman Islands, to be held; and
(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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- “THAT conditional upon resolutions Nos. 4 and 5 set out in the notice convening this meeting being duly passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot and issue shares pursuant to resolution No. 4 set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of Shares which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate number of Shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution No. 5 set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such an amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of issued Shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution.”
By order of the Board of
CL GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Kwok Kin Chung
Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, 9 July 2025
Notes:
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A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a person or persons as his proxy or proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
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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 certified copy of such power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the offices of Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, 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 meeting or any adjourned meeting, and in default thereof the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid. No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiry of 12 months from the date of its execution.
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Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the meeting, and in such event the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
In order to qualify for attending the Meeting, the transfer books and Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 6 August 2025 to Monday, 11 August 2025, both days inclusive. During which period no share transfers will be effected. All transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 17/F., Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 August 2025.
As at the date of this notice, the directors of the Company are Mr. Kwok Kin Chung (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Lau Kin Hon and Ms. Yu Linda being executive directors; Mr. Poon Wing Chuen, Ms. Lau Ka Nam and Mr. Lam Tsz Shing being independent non-executive directors.
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