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C&N Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Jun 4, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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C&N Holdings Limited
春能控股有限公司*
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 8430)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of C&N Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at No 3 Soon Lee Street, #06-03 Pioneer Junction, Singapore 627606 on Monday, 30 June 2025 at 10:30 a.m., for the following purposes:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors (the “Directors”) and auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024.
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(a) To re-elect Ms. Fung Mee Kuen as executive Director;
(b) To re-elect Ms. Li HongJing as independent non-executive Director; and
(c) To authorise the board of Directors to fix the Directors’ remuneration. -
To re-appoint McMillan Woods (Hong Kong) CPA Limited as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors to fix its remuneration.
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules (the “GEM Listing Rules”) Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM operated by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”), 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 unissued shares of the Company (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) (the “Shares”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company), which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
- For identification purposes only
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company), 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 options or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under a share option scheme of the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company 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 the aggregate of:
(aa) 20 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) on the date of the passing of this resolution; and
(bb) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the number of issued Shares repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) on the date of the passing of resolution no. 5), and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
(d) for the purposes 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 of the Company, the Companies Act or any other applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting prior to the next annual general meeting of the Company revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.
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"Rights Issue" means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then 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 existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"THAT:
(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 purchase the Shares on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for such purpose under the Hong Kong Code on Share Buy-backs, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Act and all other applicable laws in this regard and, if permitted under the GEM Listing Rules, to determine whether such Shares repurchased shall be held as treasury shares of the Company or otherwise be cancelled subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the GEM Listing Rules or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the total number of Shares which may be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) 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
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(c) for the purposes 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 of the Company, the Companies Act or any other applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting prior to the next annual general meeting of the Company revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.”
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT conditional upon resolutions numbered 4 and 5 above being passed, the unconditional general mandate granted to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with additional shares and to make or grant offers, agreements, and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to resolution numbered 4 above be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of a number representing the aggregate number of shares repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution numbered 5 above, provided that such number shall not exceed 10% of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.”
- As special business, to consider, and if thought fit, passing with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
(a) approval be and is hereby granted for refreshing the 10% limit under the Share Option Scheme (the “Scheme Mandate Limit”) provided that the total number of shares of the Company which may be allotted and issued upon the exercise of all options to be granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company under the limit as refreshed hereby shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date on which this resolution is passed (options previously granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company (including options outstanding, cancelled, lapsed or exercised in accordance with the terms of the Share Option Scheme or any other share option schemes of the Company) shall not be counted for the purpose of calculating the Scheme Mandate Limit) (the “Refreshed Scheme Mandate Limit”); and
(b) the Directors be and are hereby authorised to grant options under the Share Option Scheme up to the Refreshed Scheme Mandate Limit, to exercise all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with shares of the Company pursuant to the exercise of such options and to do such acts and execute such documents, including under seal where applicable, as they consider necessary or expedient to give effect to the foregoing arrangement.”
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- “THAT the proposed amendments to the existing share option scheme adopted by the Company on 25 September 2017 (the “Share Option Scheme”) as shown and marked up on the amended Share Option Scheme (the “Amended Share Option Scheme”), a copy of which has been produced to the meeting marked “A” and initialed by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification, be and is hereby approved and the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to take all such steps as they may deem necessary, desirable or expedient to carry into effect the proposed amendments to the Share Option Scheme subject to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM (as amended from time to time).”
By order of the Board
C&N Holdings Limited
Fung Mee Kuen
Executive Director
Hong Kong, 5 June 2025
Registered office:
Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive
P.O. Box 2681
Grand Cayman KY1-1111
Cayman Islands
Head office and principal place of business in Hong Kong:
21st Floor, CMA Building
64 Connaught Road Central,
Hong Kong
As at the date of this notice, the board of Directors consists of four Directors, namely Ms. Fung Mee Kuen as executive Director; and Mr. Cheung Wai Kin, Ms. Wong Shuk Yee Camilla and Ms. Li HongJing as independent non-executive Directors.
Notes:
- A member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM, is entitled to appoint a proxy or more than one proxy (for member holding two or more shares) to attend and vote in his/her stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
- In the case of joint holders of a share, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s), and for this purpose, seniority will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members of the Company in respect of the relevant joint holding.
- 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 that power of attorney or authority must be deposited with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Union Registrars Limited, at Suites 3301-04, 33/F., Two Chinachem Exchange Square, 338 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time for the holding of the AGM or adjourned meeting (as the case may be), and in default thereof the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid.
- With respect to resolution numbered 2 of this notice, details of the retiring Directors standing for re-election are set out in the circular of the Company dated 5 June 2025.
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For the purpose of determining shareholders' entitlements to attend and vote at the AGM, the transfer books and the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 24 June 2025 to Monday, 30 June 2025 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to establish the right to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Union Registrars Limited, at Suites 3301-04, 33/F., Two Chinachem Exchange Square, 338 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, 23 June 2025.
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