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Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited AGM Information 2018

Apr 27, 2018

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AGM Information

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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

If you are in doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult a stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.

If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited, you should at once hand this circular, together with the accompanying form of proxy to the purchaser or the transferee, or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, 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 circular.

卡姆丹克太陽能系統集團有限公司 Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock code: 712)

PROPOSED GRANT OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND BUY BACK SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Notice convening the Annual General Meeting of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited to be held at 5/F, BOC Group Life Assurance Tower, 136 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 is set out on pages 16 to 20 of this circular.

Whether or not you are able to attend the meeting in person, you are requested to complete the accompanying form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible and deposit the same with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the meeting or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.

27 April 2018

CONTENTS

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Definitions
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1
Letter from the Board
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Issue Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Buy-back Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Extension Mandate
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The Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Re-election of Directors
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5
Procedures for Shareholders to Propose a Person for Election as a Director . . . . . . . . 5
Voting by poll at the Annual General Meeting
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Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Responsibility Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Closure of Register of Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Appendix I
— Explanatory Statement
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Appendix II — Particulars of Directors for Re-election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Notice of the Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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DEFINITIONS

In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

  • ‘‘2017 Annual Report’’ the annual report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017 despatched to the Shareholders on 27 April 2018

  • ‘‘Annual General Meeting’’ the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 5/ F, BOC Group Life Assurance Tower, 136 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 or any adjournment thereof

  • ‘‘Articles’’ the articles of association of the Company adopted on 2 October 2009 and as amended from time to time

  • ‘‘Board’’ the board of Directors

  • ‘‘Buy-back Mandate’’ a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to exercise the power of the Company to buy back the Shares on the Stock Exchange with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting

  • ‘‘close associate(s)’’ has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules

  • ‘‘Companies Law’’ the Companies Law, Chapter 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands

  • ‘‘Company’’ Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the issued Shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange

  • ‘‘core connected person(s)’’ has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules

  • ‘‘Director(s)’’ director(s) of the Company

  • ‘‘Extension Mandate’’ a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to the effect that the aggregate nominal value of the Shares which may be allotted and issued under the Issue Mandate may be extended by an addition of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of Shares bought back under the Buy-back Mandate

  • ‘‘Group’’ the Company and its subsidiaries

  • ‘‘Hong Kong’’

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC

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DEFINITIONS

  • ‘‘Issue Mandate’’

  • a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to exercise the power of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting

  • ‘‘Latest Practicable Date’’

  • 18 April 2018, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information in this circular

  • ‘‘Listing Rules’’ the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange

  • ‘‘Notice’’ the notice convening the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 16 to 20 of this circular

  • ‘‘PRC’’

  • the People’s Republic of China excluding, for the purpose of this circular, Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan

  • ‘‘SFO’’

  • The Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong)

  • ‘‘Share(s)’’

  • ordinary share(s) of HK$0.001 each in the share capital of the Company

  • ‘‘Shareholder(s)’’

holder(s) of the Shares

  • ‘‘Share Option Scheme’’ the share option scheme currently in force and adopted by the Company on 2 October 2009, as effective upon the listing of the Shares of the Company on the Stock Exchange

  • ‘‘Stock Exchange’’ The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

  • ‘‘Takeovers Code’’ The Code on Takeovers and Mergers

  • ‘‘HK$’’ Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong

  • ‘‘%’’ per cent.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

卡姆丹克太陽能系統集團有限公司 Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 712)

Executive Directors: Mr. John Yi Zhang (Chairman) Mr. Zhang Zhen Mr. Chau Kwok Keung

Non-executive Director: Mr. Wang Yixin

Independent non-executive Directors: Mr. Leung Ming Shu Mr. Kang Sun Mr. Xu Erming

Registered office: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands

Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Suite 33 35/F, Central Plaza 18 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong

27 April 2018

To the Shareholders,

Dear Sir/Madam,

PROPOSED GRANT OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND BUY BACK SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

INTRODUCTION

The primary purpose of this circular is to provide you with information regarding the proposed grant of the Issue Mandate, the Buy-back Mandate and the Extension Mandate (collectively the ‘‘Mandates’’) and the re-election of the retiring Directors and to seek your approval of the resolutions to these matters at the Annual General Meeting.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

ISSUE MANDATE

At the Annual General Meeting, an ordinary resolution will be proposed to grant to the Directors a general and unconditional mandate to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting. As at the Latest Practicable Date, a total of 2,097,703,580 Shares were in issue. Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution granting the Issue Mandate to the Directors and on the basis that no Shares will be issued or bought back by the Company prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Issue Mandate to issue a maximum of 419,540,716 Shares.

BUY-BACK MANDATE

At the Annual General Meeting, an ordinary resolution will be proposed to grant to the Directors a general and unconditional mandate to exercise all powers of the Company to buy back, on the Stock Exchange, or on any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed, Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting. Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution granting the Buy-back Mandate to the Directors and on the basis that no Shares will be issued or bought back by the Company prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Buy-back Mandate to buy back a maximum of 209,770,358 Shares.

Under the Listing Rules, the Company is required to give to its Shareholders all information which is reasonably necessary to enable Shareholders to make an informed decision as to whether to vote for or against the resolution in respect of the Buy-back Mandate at the Annual General Meeting. An explanatory statement for such purpose is set out in Appendix I to this circular.

EXTENSION MANDATE

In addition, an ordinary resolution will also be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to extend the Issue Mandate by an addition of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of Shares bought back under the Buy-back Mandate.

The Buy-back Mandate and the Issue Mandate would expire at the earliest of: (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (b) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or the applicable laws of Cayman Islands to be held; or (c) revocation or variation by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders of the Company in a general meeting prior to the next annual general meeting of the Company.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Notice of the Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 16 to 20 of this circular. The 2017 Annual Report incorporating the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2017 and the reports of the Directors and the auditors of the Company thereon has been despatched to the Shareholders.

A form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is enclosed with this circular. Whether or not you are able to attend the Annual General Meeting in person, you are requested to complete the accompanying form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible and deposit the same with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

According to Article 84 of the Articles, at each annual general meeting, one third of the Directors for the time being (or if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not less than one-third) shall retire from office by rotation provided that every Director shall be subject to retirement at least once every three years.

As such, Mr. Zhang Zhen, Mr. Kang Sun and Mr. Xu Erming will retire. Each of them, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election. Particulars of each of them are set out in Appendix II of this circular.

Each of the independent non-executive Directors of the Company, has confirmed independence with reference to the factors set out in Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. The nomination committee of the Company is also responsible for, inter alia, assessing the independence of independent non-executive Directors. The nomination committee assessed and reviewed the individual independent non-executive Director’s annual confirmation of independence based on the independence criteria as set out in Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules, and affirmed that all independent non-executive Directors including remained independent.

PROCEDURES FOR SHAREHOLDERS TO PROPOSE A PERSON FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR

Article 85 of the Articles provides that:

‘‘No person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Directors for election, be eligible for election as a Director at any general meeting unless a Notice signed by a Member (other than the person to be proposed) duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given of his intention to propose such person for election and also a Notice signed by the person to be proposed of his willingness to be elected shall have been lodged at the head office or at the

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

Registration Office provided that the minimum length of the period, during which such Notice(s) are given, shall be at least seven (7) days and that (if the Notices are submitted after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election) the period for lodgment of such Notice(s) shall commence on the day after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election and end no later than seven (7) days prior to the date of such general meeting.’’

For the purpose of the Articles:

  • (i) ‘‘Member’’ means a duly registered holder from time to time of the shares in the capital of the Company;

  • (ii) ‘‘Notice’’ means written notice unless otherwise specifically stated and as further defined in the Articles of Association; and

  • (iii) ‘‘Registration Office’’ means, in respect of any class of share capital, such place as the Board may from time to time determine to keep a branch register of Members in respect of that class of share capital and where (except in cases where the Board otherwise directs) the transfers or other documents of title for such class of share capital are to be lodged for registration and are to be registered.

Accordingly, if a Shareholder wishes to nominate a person to stand for election as a Director, the following documents must be validly served on the secretary of the Company, namely (i) his/her notice of intention to propose a resolution at the general meeting; and (ii) a notice signed by the nominated candidate of the candidate’s willingness to be appointed together with (A) that candidate’s information as required to be disclosed under Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules and such other information, as set out in the below heading ‘‘Required information of the candidate(s) nominated by Shareholders’’, and (B) the candidate’s written consent to the publication of his/her personal data.

Required information of the candidate(s) nominated by Shareholders

In order to enable Shareholders to make an informed decision on their election of Directors, the above described notice of intention to propose a resolution by a Shareholder should be accompanied by the following information of the nominated candidate(s):

  • (a) full name and age;

  • (b) positions held with the Company and its subsidiaries (if any);

  • (c) experience including (i) other directorships held in the past three years in public companies of which the securities are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong and overseas, and (ii) other major appointments and professional qualifications;

  • (d) current employment and such other information (which may include business experience and academic qualifications) of which Shareholders should be aware of, pertaining to the ability or integrity of the candidate;

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

  • (e) length or proposed length of service with the Company;

  • (f) relationships with any Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company, or an appropriate negative statement;

  • (g) interests in shares of HK$0.001 each of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO, or an appropriate negative statement;

  • (h) a declaration made by the nominated candidate in respect of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.5 1(2)(h) to (w) of the Listing Rules, or an appropriate negative statement to that effect where there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of such requirements nor there are any other matters relating to that nominated candidate’s standing for election as a Director that should be brought to Shareholders’ attention; and

  • (i) contact details.

The Shareholder proposing the candidate will be required to read out aloud the proposed resolution at the general meeting.

VOTING BY POLL AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Pursuant to Rule 13.39 of the Listing Rules, all votes of the Shareholders at the general meetings must be taken by poll. The Chairman of the meeting will therefore demand a poll for every resolution put to the vote of the Annual General Meeting pursuant to Article 66 of the Articles.

RECOMMENDATION

The Directors believe that the proposed grant of the Issue Mandate, the Buy-back Mandate and the Extension Mandate and the re-election of Directors named above are beneficial to the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.

Accordingly, the Directors recommend that the Shareholders vote in favour of the ordinary resolutions for approving the grant of the Issue Mandate, the Buy-back Mandate and the Extension Mandate and the re-election of the retiring Directors at the Annual General Meeting.

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS

The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 25 May 2018 to Wednesday, 30 May 2018, both days inclusive, for the purpose of determining Shareholders’ entitlements to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. In order to qualify for the right to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, 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 Thursday, 24 May 2018.

Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of the Board of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited John Yi ZHANG Chairman

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX I

This Appendix I serves as an explanatory statement, as required by the Listing Rules, to provide requisite information as to the proposed Buy-back Mandate.

1. LISTING RULES RELATING TO THE BUY-BACK OF SHARES

The Listing Rules permit companies whose primary listing is on the Stock Exchange to buy back their shares on the Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange on which the securities of the company are listed and such exchange is recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange subject to certain restrictions. Among such restrictions, the Listing Rules provide that the shares of such company must be fully paid up and all buy-back of shares by such company must be approved in advance by an ordinary resolution of Shareholders, either by way of a general buy-back mandate or by specific approval of a particular transaction.

2. SHARE CAPITAL

As at the Latest Practicable Date, there were a total of 2,097,703,580 Shares in issue.

Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution granting the Buy-back Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or bought back prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Buy-back Mandate to buy back a maximum of 209,770,358 Shares, which represents 10% of the entire issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the resolution until the earliest 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 Articles of the Company or the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or

  • (iii) revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders of the Company in a general meeting.

3. REASONS FOR THE BUY-BACK

The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole to seek a general authority from the Shareholders to enable the Company to buy back the Shares on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed. Share buy-backs may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value per Share and/or earnings per Share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such buy-back will benefit the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX I

4. FUNDING OF BUY-BACKS

In buying back the Shares, the Company may only apply funds legally available for the purpose in accordance with the Articles and the Companies Law.

Taking into account the current working capital position of the Company, the Directors consider that, if the Buy-back Mandate was to be exercised in full, it might have a material adverse effect on the working capital and/or the gearing position of the Company (as compared with the position disclosed in the 2017 Annual Report). However, the Directors do not intend to make any buy-backs to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements or the gearing position of the Company.

5. SHARE PRICES

The Shares are trading on the Stock Exchange and the highest and lowest prices at which the Shares have been traded on the Stock Exchange in each of the following months immediately preceding the Latest Practicable Date are as follows:

Highest Lowest
HK$ HK$
April 2017 0.33 0.295
May 2017 0.335 0.305
June 2017 0.315 0.275
July 2017 0.295 0.275
August 2017 0.285 0.255
September 2017 0.38 0.265
October 2017 0.415 0.340
November 2017 0.34 0.295
December 2017 0.305 0.265
January 2018 0.31 0.280
February 2018 0.28 0.255
March 2018 0.26 0.227
1 April 2018 to the Latest Practicable Date 0.22 0.172

6. THE TAKEOVERS CODE AND MINIMUM PUBLIC HOLDING

If a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases when the Company exercises its powers to buy back Shares pursuant to the Buy-back Mandate, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code. As a result, a Shareholder or group of Shareholders acting in concert could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 or Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX I

As at the Latest Practicable Date, as far as the Directors are aware, substantial Shareholders having interests in 10% or more in the issued share capital of the Company are as follows:

Approximate
percentage of
interest in the
Number of issued share
Shares capital of the
Name of Shareholders Nature of interest interested Company
Mr. John Yi Zhang1 Beneficiary of interest in 629,283,550 30.00%
a controlled
corporation, and interest
of child under 18
Fonty Holdings Limited Beneficial owner 576,453,844 27.48%
(‘‘Fonty’’)
Ms. Carrie Wang2 Spouse interest 629,283,550 30.00%

Notes:

  • (1) Mr. John Yi Zhang legally owns the entire issued share capital of Fonty Holdings Limited, which beneficially owns 576,453,844 Shares. Mr. John Yi Zhang is therefore deemed to be interested in all the Shares held by Fonty Holdings Limited. For the purposes of the SFO, Mr. Zhang is also deemed to be interested in 47,829,706 Shares which are beneficially owned by Mr. Alan Zhang, Mr. Zhang’s child under the age of 18, as beneficiary of Zhang Trusts For Descendants, which is an irrevocable trust set up by Mr. Zhang for the benefit of his descendants and of which J.P. Morgan Trust Company of Delaware is the trustee. In addition, Mr. Zhang is also deemed to be interested in 5,000,000 Shares which may be issued to him upon the exercise of the share options granted to him on 28 June 2012.

  • (2) Ms. Carrie Wang is the spouse of Mr. John Yi Zhang, therefore, pursuant to the SFO, she is deemed to be interested in all the Shares in which Mr. John Yi Zhang is interested.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, to the best knowledge of the Directors, Mr. John Yi Zhang and Fonty control the exercise of approximately 30.00% voting rights in the general meeting of the Company.

In the event that the Directors should exercise in full the power to buy back Shares which is proposed to be granted pursuant to the Buy-back Mandate, the voting right of Mr. John Yi Zhang and Fonty in the Company would increase to approximately 33.33% of the issued share capital of the Company. Such exercise of the Buy-back Mandate in full to Buy-back the Shares will trigger an obligation on the part of Fonty to make a mandatory general offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code. The Directors do not have any present intention to exercise the Buy-back Mandate to such an extent as will trigger such obligation under the Takeovers Code.

The Directors will not exercise the Buy-back Mandate to such an extent that will result in the number of Shares in the hands of public falling below the prescribed minimum percentage of 25%.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX I

7. SHARE BUY-BACK MADE BY THE COMPANY

The Company had not bought back any of its Shares (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise) during the previous six months preceding the Latest Practicable Date.

8. GENERAL

None of the Directors, to the best of their knowledge having made all reasonable enquiries, nor any of their close associates has any present intention to sell any Shares to the Company if the Buy-back Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.

The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that they will exercise the power of the Company to make purchases pursuant to the Buy-back Mandate in accordance with the Listing Rules, the applicable laws of Cayman Islands and the regulations set out in the Articles of the Company.

No core connected person of the Company has notified the Company that he has a present intention to sell any Shares to the Company nor has any such core connected person undertaken not to sell any Shares held by him to the Company in the event that the Buy-back Mandate is granted.

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PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS FOR RE-ELECTION

APPENDIX II

The details of the Directors eligible and offering themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting are set out below:

Mr. Zhang Zhen (張楨), aged 49, is currently an executive Director, the chief executive officer of the Company and a director of certain of our subsidiaries. He was also the president of the Company from 3 October 2016 to 19 April 2017. He is also currently a director Comtec Renewable Energy Group Limited (formally known as Joy Boy HK Limited), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group. Mr. Zhang Zhen is primarily responsible for overseeing the Group’s downstream solar power business. Mr. Zhang Zhen has extensive experience in the downstream solar business and served as the president and co-founder of Enfinity HK Development Ltd. for its operation of downstream solar business in the PRC since 2008. Mr. Zhang Zhen graduated from Beihang University with a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering in July 1993 and then obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois in May 1999.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Zhang Zhen has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the past three years and does not hold any other position with the Company and other members of the Group.

A service contract has been entered into between the Company and Mr. Zhang Zhen for an initial fixed term of two years commencing from 3 October 2016, automatically renewable for a term of two years subject to the retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the Articles and the Listing Rules. The current Director’s fee payable to Mr. Zhang Zhen is HK$1 million per annum, and may, subject to the discretion of the Directors, be reviewed. Mr. Zhang Zhen, as an executive Director of the Company, is also entitled to a discretionary bonus, provided that the aggregate amount of the bonuses payable to all executive Directors of the Company in respect of any financial year may not exceed 5% of the Company’s audited consolidated or combined net profit (after taxation and payment of such bonuses) in respect of that financial year. The remuneration package of Mr. Zhang Zhen is determined by reference to his duty, experience, workload and time devoted to the Group.

Mr. Zhang Zhen does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, or other substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Zhang Zhen is deemed to be interested in 141,402,615 Shares of the Company, which include (1) the 96,627,076 Shares held by True Joy Renewable Limited, a company which is wholly-owned by Mr. Zhang Zhen; (2) the 1,500,000 Shares which may be issued to him upon the exercise of the share options granted to him on 2 May 2017 under the share option scheme of the Company; and (3) a remaining maximum of 43,275,539 consideration Shares which may be issued to him or a company designated by him, pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement entered into by, amongst others, the Company and Mr. Zhang Zhen, dated 7 July 2016. Please refer to the announcements of the Company dated 7 July 2016 and 29 August 2017 for further details. Save as disclosed, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Zhang Zhen had no interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the SFO.

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Mr. Zhang Zhen has confirmed that there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders, and there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.

Mr. Kang Sun, aged 63, is an independent non-executive Director. Mr. Sun is currently the president and chief executive officer of RayTracker Inc., Pasadena, California, USA and a venture partner of WI Harper Group, San Francisco, California USA. Prior to that, Mr. Sun worked from September 2007 to August 2008 as the president and chief operating officer of JA Solar Holding Ltd, China, a company listed on NASDAQ (Code: JASO), managing director of new business development at Applied Materials Inc., USA since 2005. Prior to that, in different periods of time between 1990 and 2005, he had served as the vice president of Microfabrica Inc., the vice president of Honeywell International Inc., USA and the general manager of Optical Devices Business, AlliedSignal Inc., USA, respectively. Mr. Sun received a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from Brown University, USA in 1988, a M.S. degree in Physical Chemistry from University of Georgia, USA in 1983 and a B.S. degree in Polymer Chemistry from 南京大學 (Nanjing University), China in 1978.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Kang Sun has not held any other directorship in other listed public companies in the past three years and does not hold any other position with the Company and other members of the Group.

Mr. Kang Sun has entered into a service contract with the Company for an initial term of two years commencing from 30 October 2009, automatically renewable for a term of two years subject to the retirement for rotation and re-election according to the Articles and the Listing Rules. The current Director’s fee payable to Mr. Kang Sun is USD50,000 per year. The remuneration package of Mr. Kang Sun is determined by reference to his duty, experience, workload and time devoted to the Group.

Mr. Kang Sun is deemed to be interested in 749,574 Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO, which comprise shares that may be issued to him upon the exercise of pre-IPO share options granted to him on 3 August 2009 and 2 October 2009 and the share options granted to him on 27 December 2012 and 2 May 2017. Save as disclosed above, he does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, or other substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company and its subsidiaries. Mr. Kang Sun has confirmed that there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the holders of securities of the Company, and there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules in relation to his re-election.

Mr. Xu Erming (徐二明), aged 69, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 19 April 2017. Mr. Xu is currently a professor and the dean of Shantou University (汕頭大學) Business School and vice chairman of the Chinese Enterprise Management Research Association. He is entitled to the State Council’s special government allowances. Mr. Xu was once the dean of the Business School and the assistant dean of the Graduate School of Renmin University of China (中國人民大學). He was also an independent supervisor of Harbin Electric Company Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code of 1133). Over the years, Professor Xu has conducted research in areas related to strategic management, organisational theories, international management and education management, and has been

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responsible for research on many subjects put forward by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, and other authorities at provincial and ministry level. He has received many awards such as the Ministry of Education’s Class One Excellent Higher Education Textbook Award, the State-Level Class Two Teaching Award and the National Excellent Course Award. Mr. Xu has been a visiting professor at over 10 domestic universities and has been awarded the Fulbright Scholar of U.S.A. twice. Professor Xu was previously a lecturer at the New York State University at Buffalo, U.S.A., the University of Scranton, U.S.A., the University of Technology, Sydney, the Kyushu University, Japan, Panyapiwat Institute of Management, Thailand and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr. Xu is also currently the independent non-executive director of China Telecom Corporation Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange with stock codes of ‘‘728’’and ‘‘CHA’’, respectively). Mr. Xu graduated from Renming University of China with a bachelor’s degree in industrial economic management in December 1982 and also obtained a master’s degree and doctorate degree in economy from Renming University of China in October 1989 and January 1998, respectively.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Xu has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the past three years and does not hold any other position with the Company and other members of the Group.

A service contract has been entered into between the Company and Mr. Xu for an initial term of two years commencing from 19 April 2017, automatically renewable for a term of two years subject to retirement and re-election by the Shareholders in accordance with the Articles of and the Listing Rules. The current Director’s fee payable to Mr. Xu is RMB200,000 per annum. The remuneration package of Mr. Xu is determined by reference to his duty, experience, workload and time devoted to the Group.

Mr. Xu does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company. Mr. Xu is deemed to be interested in 200,000 Shares which may be issued to him upon exercise of the share option granted to him on 2 May 2017. Save as disclosed, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Xu had no interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the SFO.

Mr. Xu Erming has confirmed that there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders, and there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.

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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

卡姆丹克太陽能系統集團有限公司 Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 712)

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at 5/F, BOC Group Life Assurance Tower, 136 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 to consider and, if thought fit, transact the following business:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

  1. to receive and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors (the ‘‘Directors’’) of the Company and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017;

  2. to re-elect Mr. Zhang Zhen as an executive Director of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) to fix his remuneration;

  3. to re-elect Mr. Kang Sun as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix his remuneration;

  4. to re-elect Mr. Xu Erming as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix his remuneration;

  5. to authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the Company’s Directors;

  6. to re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the Company’s auditors and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration;

and, as additional ordinary business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions (with or without modification);

  1. ‘‘THAT:

  2. (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, 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 of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the unissued shares (each, a ‘‘Share’’) of HK$0.001 each in the

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capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements or options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

  • (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements or options which might require the exercise of the aforesaid powers after the expiry of the Relevant Period;

  • (c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to options and otherwise) by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under all share option schemes of the Company adopted from time to time in accordance with the Listing Rules; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements 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:

  • (i) 20 per cent, of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution; and

  • (ii) (if the directors of the Company are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the aggregate nominal value of any share capital of the Company bought back by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent, of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue 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

  • (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 or the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or

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  • (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 of the Company by this resolution.

‘‘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 of the Company to holders of Shares on the Company’s register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the directors of the Company 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 outside Hong Kong or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange outside Hong Kong).’’

  1. ‘‘THAT:

  2. (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (c) below) of all the powers of the Company to buy back (or agree to buy back) shares (each, a ‘‘Share’’) of HK$0.001 each in the capital of the Company on the Stock Exchange, or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for such purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Law, Cap 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

  3. (b) the aggregate nominal amount of Shares which may be bought back or agreed to be bought back by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 percent, of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital 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

  4. (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 or the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or

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  • (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 of the Company by this resolution.’’

  • ‘‘THAT conditional on the passing of resolutions numbered 7 and 8 above, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) of resolution numbered 7 above be and it is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal value of the shares which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to or in accordance with such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company bought back or agreed to be bought back by the Company pursuant to or in accordance with the authority granted under paragraph (a) of resolution numbered 7 above.’’

By Order of the Board Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited John Yi ZHANG Chairman

Hong Kong, 27 April 2018

As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. John Yi ZHANG, Mr. ZHANG Zhen and Mr. CHAU Kwok Keung; the non-executive Director is Mr. WANG Yixin; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Kang SUN, Mr. LEUNG Ming Shu and Mr. XU Erming.

Registered office:

Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive PO Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands

Principal place of business in Hong Kong:

Suite 33 35/F, Central Plaza 18 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong

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Notes:

  1. Any member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or, if he is the holder of two or more shares, one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

  2. In order 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 notarially certified copy thereof, must be deposited at the offices of the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  3. The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 25 May 2018 to Wednesday, 30 May 2018, both days inclusive, for the purpose of determining shareholders’ entitlements to attend and vote at the annual general meeting. In order to qualify for the right to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, 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 Thursday, 24 May 2018.

  4. In relation to proposed resolutions numbered 7 and 9 above, approval is being sought from the shareholders for the grant to the directors of a general mandate to authorise the allotment and issue of shares under the Listing Rules. The directors have no immediate plans to issue any new shares of the Company.

  5. In relation to proposed resolution numbered 8 above, the directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred thereby to purchase shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefit of the shareholders of the Company. An explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable the shareholders of the Company to make an informed decision to vote on the proposed resolution as required by the Listing Rules is set out in the Appendix I in the circular of which this notice of the annual general meeting forms part.

  6. In the case of joint holders of a share, 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 be present at any meeting the vote of the senior 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 stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.

  7. Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the meeting convened and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

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