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Creative China Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022
Mar 31, 2022
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in any 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 Creative China Holdings Limited (the “Company”), you should at once hand this circular together with the accompanying form of proxy to the purchaser or 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.
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Creative China Holdings Limited 中國創意控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 8368)
GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
This circular together with a form of proxy will remain on the GEM website at http://www.hkgem.com on the “Latest Company Announcements” page for at least 7 days from the date of its posting and on the website of the Company at http://www.ntmediabj.com .
A notice convening the AGM to be held at 23/F, Yue Thai Commercial Building, 128 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong on 27 May 2022 (Friday), at 2:00 p.m. is set out on pages 38 to 42 of this circular. Whether or not you are able to attend the AGM, you are requested to complete the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the AGM or any adjournment thereof if you so wish.
This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the GEM 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 aspects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.
31 March 2022
CHARACTERISTICS OF GEM
GEM has been positioned as a market designed to accommodate small and mid-sized companies to which a higher investment risk may be attached than other companies listed on the Stock Exchange. Prospective investors should be aware of the potential risks of investing in such companies and should make the decision to invest only after due and careful consideration.
Given that the companies listed on GEM are generally small and mid-sized companies, there is a risk that securities traded on GEM may be more susceptible to high market volatility than securities traded on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and no assurance is given that there will be a liquid market in the securities traded on GEM.
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CONTENTS
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| DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| LETTER FROM THE BOARD | |
| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| Issue Mandate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Repurchase Mandate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Re-election of the Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Re-appointment of the Auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Proposed Amendments to the Existing Memorandum and Articles and | |
| Adoption of the New Memorandum and Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Annual General Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| APPENDIX I — EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| APPENDIX II — DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED |
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| TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE AGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
| APPENDIX III — PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BROUGHT |
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| ABOUT BY NEW MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES. . . . | 15 |
| NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 38 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context requires otherwise, the following expressions have the following meanings:
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“AGM” the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 23/F, Yue Thai Commercial Building, 128 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong on 27 May 2022 (Friday) at 2:00 p.m.
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“AGM Notice” the notice convening the AGM set out on pages 38 to 42 of this circular
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“Annual Report” the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2021
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“Articles” the articles of association of the Company, as amended from time to time
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“associate(s)” has the same meaning as defined in the GEM Listing Rules
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“Board” the board of Directors
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“Companies Act” the Companies Act, Chapter 22 (Act 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
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“Company” Creative China Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the Shares of which are listed on GEM
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“connected person(s)” has the same meaning as defined in the GEM Listing Rules
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“Director(s)” director(s) of the Company
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“GEM” the GEM of the Stock Exchange
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“GEM Listing Rules” the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM
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“Group” the Company and its subsidiaries
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“HK$” Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong “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 all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with Shares as set out in resolutions 4 and 6 of the AGM Notice
“Latest Practicable Date”
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24 March 2022, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information for inclusion in this circular
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“Memorandum”
the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended from time to time
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“Memorandum and Articles”
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the memorandum of association and articles of the association of the Company, as amended from time to time
“PRC”
- the People’s Republic of China (for the purpose of this circular, excluding Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan)
“Repurchase Mandate”
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a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to exercise all powers of the Company to repurchase Shares as set out in resolution 5 of the AGM Notice
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“RMB”
Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC
“SFO”
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the Securities and Future Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), as amended or supplemented from time to time
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“Share(s)” ordinary share(s) of HK$0.05 each in the share capital of the Company
“Shareholder(s)” holder(s) of Share(s)
“Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
“Takeovers Code” The Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs issued by Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, as amended from time to time
“%”
per cent
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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Creative China Holdings Limited 中國創意控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock code: 8368)
Executive Directors:
Mr. Philip Jian Yang (Chairman) Ms. Yang Jianping
Non-executive Directors:
Mr. Yang Shiyuan Mr. Ge Xuyu Mr. Wang Yong
Independent Non-executive Directors: Ms. Fu Yuehong Mr. Yau Yan Yuen Mr. Tan Song Kwang
Registered office: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 23/F, Yue Thai Commercial Building 128 Connaught Road Central Sheung Wan Hong Kong
31 March 2022
To the Shareholders
Dear Sir or Madam,
GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES,
RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
INTRODUCTION
The Shareholders passed the resolutions to grant the general mandates to the Directors to issue and allot Shares and to exercise the powers of the Company to repurchase its own Shares (the “Previous Mandates”) at the annual general meeting held on 10 June 2021 in accordance with the GEM Listing Rules. The Previous Mandates will lapse at the conclusion of the AGM. It
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
is therefore proposed that the general mandates to issue and allot Shares and to repurchase Shares be renewed at the AGM.
The purpose of this circular is to provide you with information regarding (i) the proposed renewal of the general mandates to issue and allot Shares and to repurchase Shares; (ii) the proposed re-election of Directors; (iii) the proposed re-appointment of auditor of the Company; and (iv) the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles and adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles and to seek your approval of the resolutions relating to these matters at the AGM.
ISSUE MANDATE
Ordinary resolutions will be proposed at the AGM to grant to the Directors the Issue Mandate, and authorise the extension of the Issue Mandate to issue and allot the Shares repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Mandate, details of which are set out in ordinary resolutions nos. 4 and 6 of the AGM Notice. The Shares which may be issued and allotted pursuant to the Issue Mandate is limited to a maximum of 20% of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing of the resolution approving the Issue Mandate. On the basis that 336,986,978 Shares are in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date and no further Shares are issued or repurchased prior to the AGM, exercise in full of the Issue Mandate (without being extended by the number of Shares (if any) repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Mandate) could result in up to 67,397,395 Shares being issued and allotted by the Company.
REPURCHASE MANDATE
An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to grant to the Directors the Repurchase Mandate, details of which are set out in ordinary resolution no. 5 of the AGM Notice. The Shares which may be repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate is limited to a maximum of 10% of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing of the resolution approving the Repurchase Mandate.
An explanatory statement as required under the GEM Listing Rules, in particular Rule 13.08, giving certain information regarding the Repurchase Mandate, is set out in the Appendix I hereto.
RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTORS
Pursuant to the Articles, Mr. Yang Shiyuan and Mr. Tan Song Kwang will retire at the AGM and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Particulars of the retiring Directors proposed for re-election at the AGM are set out in Appendix II to this circular.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Ms. Yang Jianping (“Ms. Yang”) will retire by rotation at the AGM pursuant to articles 84(2) of the Articles. Ms. Yang would like to spend more time pursuing her own business, thus, it is confirmed that Ms. Yang will not offer herself for re-election at the AGM and will retire upon conclusion of the AGM.
RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE AUDITOR
CL Partners CPA Limited will retire as the auditor of the Company at the AGM and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
The Board proposed to re-appoint CL Partners CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company and to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 24 March 2022 in relation to the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles and adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles.
The Board proposed to amend its existing Memorandum and Articles by way of adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles to bring the Memorandum and Articles in line with the latest legal and regulatory requirements under the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands and the relevant GEM Listing Rules (including the Core Shareholder Protection Standards set out in the amended Appendix 3 to the GEM Listing Rules with effect from 1 January 2022 (the “ Appendix 3 ”)) and make some other house-keeping improvements.
The major areas of the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles are summarized hereinbelow:
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(a) to delete the word “Law” wherever it may appear and replace it with the word “Act” in the Memorandum and Articles;
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(b) to provide that an annual general meeting of the Company shall be held in each financial year and such annual general meeting must be held within six (6) months after the end of the Company’s financial year (unless a longer period would not infringe the GEM Listing Rules or otherwise permitted by the Stock Exchange, if any) in alignment with Paragraph 14(1) of Appendix 3;
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(c) to provide that an annual general meeting of the Company must be called by written notice of not less than twenty-one (21) clear days while all other general meetings (including an extraordinary general meeting) must be called by written notice of not less than fourteen (14) clear days but if permitted by the GEM Listing Rules or the
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Stock Exchange, a general meeting may be called by shorter notice, subject to the Companies Act, if it is agreed under the circumstances set out in the Articles, in alignment with Paragraph 14(2) of Appendix 3;
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(d) to provide that all Shareholders shall have the right to (a) speak at a general meeting of the Company; and (b) vote at a general meeting of the Company except where a Shareholder is required, by the GEM Listing Rules, to abstain from voting to approve the matter under consideration in alignment with Paragraph 14(3) of Appendix 3;
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(e) to provide that remuneration of the auditor of the Company, unless otherwise provided by the provision of the Articles, shall be fixed by the Company by ordinary resolution in general meeting or in such manner as the Shareholders may determine or by other body that is independent of the Board in alignment with Paragraph 17 of Appendix 3;
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(f) to provide that any representatives authorised by a clearing house (including but not limited to Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited) to attend any meeting of the Company shall have the right to speak at the meeting, in alignment with Paragraph 19 of Appendix 3;
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(g) to provide two Shareholders entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or, for quorum purposes only, two persons appointed by the clearing house as authorised representative or proxy, shall form a quorum for all purposes;
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(h) to provide that the Directors may fill any casual vacancy in the office of the auditor but while any such vacancy continues the surviving or continuing auditor or auditors, if any, may act, and that the remuneration of any auditor appointed by the Directors under such article may be fixed by the Board. Subject to the Articles, an auditor appointed under this article shall hold office until the next following annual general meeting of the Company and shall then be subject to appointment by the Shareholders under the Articles at such remuneration to be determined by the Shareholders or by other body that is independent of the Board;
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(i) to provide that unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the financial year end of the Company shall be 31 of December in each year; and
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(j) to make other housekeeping amendments in line with the proposed amendments to the Memorandum and Articles; to better align with the wordings in the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands and the GEM Listing Rules and to reflect certain updates in relation to the applicable laws of Cayman Islands and the GEM Listing Rules.
The proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles and adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles are subject to the approval of the Shareholders by way of a special resolution at the AGM and shall take effect on the date the relevant special resolution is approved at the AGM.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Full particulars of the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles brought about by the adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles are set out in Appendix III to this circular. The new Memorandum and Articles are written in English and the Chinese translation is for reference only. Should there be any discrepancy, the English version shall prevail.
The legal advisers to the Company as to Hong Kong laws have confirmed that the proposed amendments to the Memorandum and Articles comply with the requirements of the GEM Listing Rules and the legal advisers to the Company as to the laws of the Cayman Islands have confirmed that the proposed amendments to the Memorandum and Articles do not violate the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands. The Company confirms that there is nothing unusual about the proposed amendments to the Memorandum and Articles for a company listed on the Stock Exchange.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The notice convening the AGM at which (i) ordinary resolutions will be proposed to approve the Issue Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate, to re-elect Directors and to re-appoint auditor of the Company; and (ii) special resolution will be proposed to approve the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles and adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles are set out on page 15 to page 37 of this circular. According to Rule 17.47(4) of the GEM Listing Rules, the voting at the AGM will be taken by poll.
A form of proxy for the AGM is enclosed with this circular. Whether or not you intend to be present at the AGM, you are requested to complete the form of proxy and return it to the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the AGM. The completion of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the AGM in person if you so wish.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
RECOMMENDATION
The Directors believe that the grant of the Issue Mandate, the Repurchase Mandate, the extension of the Issue Mandate, the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles and adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles, are in the best interests of the Company as well as its Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend that all Shareholders should vote in favour of all resolutions approving such matters.
The Board is pleased to recommend the retiring Directors, to be re-elected as the Directors at the AGM. In addition, the Board also recommends all Shareholders to vote in favour of re-appointing CL Partners CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company.
Yours faithfully, On behalf of the Board Creative China Holdings Limited Philip Jian Yang Chairman and Executive Director
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
This appendix serves as an explanatory statement, as required pursuant to Rule 13.08 and other relevant provisions of the GEM Listing Rules, to provide you with the requisite information for your consideration of the Repurchase Mandate.
1. EXERCISE OF THE REPURCHASE MANDATE
On the basis that 336,986,978 Shares are in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date and no further Shares are issued or repurchased prior to the AGM, exercise in full of the Repurchase Mandate could result in up to 33,698,697 Shares being repurchased by the Company during the period from the passing of resolution no. 5 set out in the AGM Notice up to (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 or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or (iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by Shareholders in general meeting revoking, varying and renewing the Repurchase Mandate, whichever occurs first.
2. REASONS FOR REPURCHASE
The Directors believe that the Repurchase Mandate is in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders. Repurchases of Shares will only be made when the Directors believe that such repurchases will benefit the Company and the Shareholders. Such repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value of the Company and/or its earnings per share.
3. FUNDING AND EFFECT OF REPURCHASES
Repurchases made pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate would be funded out of funds legally available for the purpose in accordance with the Company’s memorandum of association, the Articles, the Companies Act and other applicable laws of the Cayman Islands. A listed company may not repurchase its own securities on GEM for a consideration other than cash or for settlement otherwise than in accordance with the trading rules of the Stock Exchange. Under the Companies Act, repurchases by the Company may only be made out of profits of the Company or out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares made for the purpose, or, if so authorised by the Articles and subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, out of capital.
Any premium payable on a redemption or purchase over the par value of the Shares to be purchased must be provided for out of profits of the Company or out of the Company’s share premium account, or, if so authorised by the Articles and subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, out of capital.
Taking into account the current working capital position of the Company, the Directors consider that, if the Repurchase 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 as at 31 December 2021, being the date of its latest published audited financial statements. However, the Directors do not intend to make any repurchases to such an extent as
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements or the gearing position of the Company which in the opinion of the Directors are from time to time appropriate for the Company.
4. UNDERTAKING
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that, so far as the same may be applicable, they will exercise the Repurchase Mandate in accordance with the GEM Listing Rules, the Articles and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands.
5. INTENTION TO SELL SHARES
None of the Directors and, to the best of their knowledge, having made all reasonable enquiries, none of their respective close associates, have any present intention, in the event that the proposal on the Repurchase Mandate is approved by Shareholders, to sell Shares to the Company or its subsidiaries.
6. TAKEOVERS CODE CONSEQUENCE
If a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases on the Company exercising its powers to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purpose of Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code.
As a result, a Shareholder or group of Shareholders acting in concert (as defined in the Takeovers Code) could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rules 26 and 32 of the Takeovers Code.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, according to the register of members kept by the Company pursuant to section 336 of the SFO and so far as was known to, or could be ascertained after reasonable enquiry by the Directors, the following persons were directly or indirectly interested in 10% or more of the nominal value of the issued ordinary shares that carry a right to vote in all circumstances at general meetings of the Company:
| Number of | Approximate | |
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| issued Shares | percentage of | |
| Name | held/interested | shareholding |
| Guang Rui Investments Limited | 175,968,000 | 52.22% |
| Ms. Mu Sufang | 175,968,000 | 52.22% |
| Mr. Yang Shaoqian | 175,968,000 | 52.22% |
| Youth Success Holdings Limited | 173,373,600 | 51.45% |
| Goldbless International Limited | 76,500,000 | 22.70% |
| Mr. Wang Yong | 76,500,000 | 22.70% |
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
In the event that the Directors exercised in full the power to repurchase Shares in accordance with the terms of the ordinary resolution no. 5 to be proposed at the AGM, the aforesaid interests of (1) Guang Rui Investments Limited; (2) Ms. Mu Sufang; (3) Mr. Yang Shaoqian; (4) Youth Success Holdings Limited; (5) Goldbless International Limited; and (6) Mr. Wang Yong in the issued share capital of the Company as at the Latest Practicable Date would be proportionally increased to approximately (1) 58.02%; (2) 58.02%; (3) 58.02%; (4) 57.17%; (5) 25.22%; and (6) 25.22% respectively.
In the view of this, an exercise of the Repurchase Mandate in full would not result in them becoming obliged to make a mandatory offer under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code. Save as disclosed above, the Directors are not aware of any Shareholder or group of Shareholders acting in concert, who may become obliged to make a mandatory offer under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code as a consequence of any purchases made pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate.
The Directors have no intention to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such an extent that would result in the number of Shares in the hands of public falling below the prescribed minimum percentage of 25%.
7. SHARE PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY
The Company has not purchased any of its Shares (whether on GEM or otherwise) in the previous six months.
8. CONNECTED PERSON
No core connected person has notified the Company that he/it has a present intention to sell Shares to the Company, or has undertaken not to do so, in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
9. SHARE PRICES
The highest and lowest prices at which the Shares have been traded on GEM during each of the twelve months were as follows:
| Shares | |||
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| Highest | Lowest | ||
| HK$ | HK$ | ||
| 2021 | |||
| April | 0.355 | 0.29 | |
| May | 0.39 | 0.325 | |
| June | 0.42 | 0.355 | |
| July | 0.56 | 0.425 | |
| August | 0.65 | 0.52 | |
| September | 0.66 | 0.5 | |
| October | 0.6 | 0.495 | |
| November | 0.48 | 0.44 | |
| December | 0.445 | 0.34 | |
| 2022 | |||
| January | 0.355 | 0.34 | |
| February | 0.34 | 0.25 | |
| March (up to the Latest Practicable Date) | 0.295 | 0.22 |
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DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE AGM
APPENDIX II
Stated below are the details of the Directors who will retire and be eligible for re-election at the AGM in accordance with the Articles.
Mr. Yang Shiyuan (楊世遠) , aged 46, is a non-executive Director of the Company. He was re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director on 25 March 2019. Mr. Yang has been responsible for supervising the Group’s business in large-scale performance events, such as awards ceremonies and movie premieres. He joined the Group in October 2002 as a project assistant and was promoted to the position of project manager in August 2004. From October 2009 to the date of re-designation as a non-executive director, he served as a project director in the Group. He is appointed for an initial term commencing on his appointment date in a letter of appointment and will continue thereafter unless terminated by either party giving at least one month’s notice in writing. He is not entitled to a director’s remuneration as a non-executive Director.
Mr. Yang has not held any directorship in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas. He is also the director of certain subsidiaries in the Group. As at the Latest Practicable Date, he was interested in 148 ordinary shares of Youth Success Holdings Limited (“Youth Success”), which represents 1.48% of issued share capital of Youth Success. Youth Success is a substantial shareholder of the Company. Save as disclosed above, he does not have any interest in Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. He does not have any relationships with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholder of the Company for the purpose of the GEM Listing Rules.
Mr. Tan Song Kwang (陳松光) , aged 54, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 3 November 2015. Mr. Tan has been a director of the Financial Advisory Department of Stratus Capital Pte Ltd. since 2005 and an independent director, chairman of the nomination committee and member of the remuneration and audit committees of Oriental Group Ltd. (SGX: 5FI) from February 2004 to December 2016. From May 2012 to January 2014, he served as an independent non-executive director, chairman of the remuneration committee, member of the nomination and audit committees of China Paper Holdings Ltd (SGX: C71). Mr. Tan graduated from National University of Singapore with a bachelor’s degree in arts, majoring in economics and sociology, in 1991.
He has been appointed for an initial term commencing on the date of the letter of appointment and will continue thereafter subject to a maximum of three years unless terminated by either party giving at least one month’s notice in writing. He shall retire from office by rotation and re-election at an annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Articles and shall be retired at least once every three years. His remuneration is fixed at HK$180,000 per annum, which commensurates with his duties and responsibilities as independent non-executive Director.
Save as disclosed above, he has not held any directorship in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas.
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DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE AGM
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As at the Latest Practicable Date, he did not have any interests in shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. He does not have any relationships with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholder of the Company for the purpose of the GEM Listing Rules.
The Board would consider to enhance its diversity with different expertise when appointing or re-electing an independent non-executive Director. He has confirmed his independence pursuant to Rule 5.09 of the GEM Listing Rules and possess extensive experience in economy and finance. The Board considers Mr. Tan is independent and can bring further contributions to the Board and its diversity.
Save as disclosed herein, in relation to the re-election of the above-mentioned retiring Directors, the Board is not aware of any information that ought to be disclosed pursuant to the requirements under Rule 17.50(2)(h) to (w) of the GEM Listing Rules, nor are there any other matters that ought to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders.
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The following are the proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum and Articles brought about by the adoption of the new Memorandum and Articles (which are shown as mark-ups). Unless otherwise specified, clauses, paragraphs and article numbers referred to herein are clauses, paragraphs and article numbers of the new Memorandum and Articles.
Proposed amendments to the existing Memorandum (showing changes to the No. existing Memorandum)
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The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of ~~Codan~~ Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited, Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, PO Box 2681, Grand Cayman, KY1-1111, Cayman Islands, or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide.
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Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 27(2) of the Companies ~~Law A~~ ct (Revised).
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The share capital of the Company is HK$80,000,000 divided into ~~8,000,000,0001~~ ,600,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of HK$ ~~0.010~~ .05 each, with the power for the Company, insofar as is permitted by law, to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to increase or reduce the said share capital subject to the provisions of the Companies ~~Law A~~ ct (Revised) and the Articles of Association of the Company and to issue any part of its capital, whether original, redeemed or increased, with or without any preference, priority or special privilege or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions; and so that, unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly declare, every issue of shares, whether declared to be preference or otherwise, shall be subject to the power hereinbefore contained.
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The Company may exercise the power contained in the Companies ~~Law A~~ ct to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in another jurisdiction.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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The regulations in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies ~~Law~~ Act (Revised) do not apply to the Company.
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2(1). In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, the words standing in the first column of the following table shall bear the meaning set opposite them respectively in the second column.
WORD MEANING
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“Act” The Companies Act, Cap. 22 (Act 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands.
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“clearing house”
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a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the shares of the Company are listed or quoted on a stock exchange in such jurisdiction, including but not limited to Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited.
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“close associate”
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in relation to any Director, shall have the same meaning as defined in the ~~rule of the Designated Exchange (“~~ Listing Rules ~~”)~~ as modified from time to time, except that for purposes of Article 100 where the transaction or arrangement to be approved by the Board is a connected transaction referred to in the Listing Rules, it shall have the same meaning as that ascribed to “associate” in the Listing Rules.
~~“Law” The Companies Law, Cap. 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands.~~
“Listing Rules” the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange.
- “Statutes”
the ~~LawA~~ ct and every other law of the Legislature of the Cayman Islands for the time being in force applying to or affecting the Company, its memorandum of association and/or these Articles.
~~“Subsidiary and Holding Company”~~
~~has the meanings attributed to them in the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange.~~
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
- “substantial a person who is entitled to exercise, or to control the shareholder” exercise of, 10% or more (or such other percentage as may be prescribed by the ~~rules of the Designated Stock ExchangeL~~ isting Rules from time to time) of the voting power at any general meeting of the Company.
(Note: The above new/amended definitions will be inserted/arranged in Article 2(1) in alphabetical order.)
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2(2)(i). Section 8 and Section 19 of the Electronic Transactions ~~Law~~ Act (2003) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time, shall not apply to these Articles to the extent it imposes obligations or requirements in addition to those set out in these Articles.
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3(1). (1) The share capital of the Company at the date on which these Articles come into effect shall be divided into shares of a par value of HK$ ~~0.01~~ 0.05 each.
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3(2). Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act, the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and, where applicable, the ~~rules of any Designated Stock Exchange~~ Listing Rules and/or any competent regulatory authority, the Company shall have the power to purchase or otherwise acquire its own shares and such power shall be exercisable by the Board in such manner, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as it in its absolute discretion thinks fit and any determination by the Board of the manner of purchase shall be deemed authorised by these Articles for purposes of the ~~Law~~ Act. The Company is hereby authorised to make payments in respect of the purchase of its shares out of capital or out of any other account or fund which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the ~~Law~~ Act.
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The Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution in accordance with the ~~Law~~ Act alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association to:
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(a) increase its capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amounts, as the resolution shall prescribe;
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(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;
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(c) divide its shares into several classes and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions which in the absence of any such determination by the Company in general meeting, as the Directors may determine provided always that where the Company issues shares which do not carry voting rights, the words “non-voting” shall appear in the designation of such shares and where the equity capital includes shares with different voting rights, the designation of each class of shares, other than those with the most favorable voting rights, must include the words “restricted voting” or “limited voting”;
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(d) sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Company’s Memorandum of Association (subject, nevertheless, to the ~~Law~~ Act), and may by such resolution determine that, as between the holders of the shares resulting from such sub-division, one or more of the shares may have any such preferred, deferred or other rights or be subject to any such restrictions as compared with the other or others as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares;
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(e) cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken, or agreed to be taken, by any person, and diminish the amount of its capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares, without par value, diminish the number of shares into which its capital is divided.
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The Company may from time to time by special resolution, subject to any confirmation or consent required by the ~~Law~~ Act, reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve or other undistributable reserve in any manner permitted by law.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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~~(1)~~ Subject to the provisions of the ~~Law~~ Act and the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or class of shares, any share in the Company (whether forming part of the present capital or not) may be issued with or have attached thereto such rights or restrictions whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise as the Board may determine.
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~~(2)~~ 9. Subject to the provisions of the ~~Law~~ Act, the ~~rules of any Designated Stock ExchangeL~~ isting Rules and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, and to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or attaching to any class of shares, shares may be issued on the terms that they may be, or at the option of the Company or the holder are, liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner, including out of capital, as the Board may deem fit.
~~9. Where the Company purchases for redemption a redeemable share, purchases not made through the market or by tender shall be limited to a maximum price as may from time to time be determined by the Company in general meeting, either generally or with regard to specific purchases. If purchases are by tender, tenders shall be available to all Members alike.~~
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Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act and without prejudice to Article 8, all or any of the special rights for the time being attached to the shares or any class of shares may, unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be varied, modified or abrogated either with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-fourths in nominal value of the issued shares of that class having the voting rights or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall, mutatis mutandis , apply, but so that:
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(a) the necessary quorum (other than at an adjourned meeting) shall be two persons (or in the case of a Member being a corporation, its duly authorized representative) holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third in nominal value of the issued shares of that class and at any adjourned meeting of such holders, two holders present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) its duly authorized representative or by proxy (whatever the number of shares held by them) shall be a quorum; and
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(b) every holder of shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for every such share held by him.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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12(1). Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act, these Articles, any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting and, where applicable, the ~~rules of any Designated Stock Exchange~~ Listing Rules and without prejudice to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Board, which may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine but so that no shares shall be issued at a discount. Neither the Company nor the Board shall be obliged, when making or granting any allotment of, offer of, option over or disposal of shares, to make, or make available, any such allotment, offer, option or shares to Members or others with registered addresses in any particular territory or territories being a territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, this would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be, or be deemed to be, a separate class of members for any purpose whatsoever.
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The Company may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by the ~~Law~~ Act. Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act, the commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one and partly in the other.
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Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act and these Articles, the Board may at any time after the allotment of shares but before any person has been entered in the Register as the holder, recognise a renunciation thereof by the allottee in favour of some other person and may accord to any allottee of a share a right to effect such renunciation upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board considers fit to impose.
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Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the ~~Law~~ Act or as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine, whichever is the shorter, after allotment or, except in the case of a transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgment of a transfer with the Company.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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The Register and branch register of Members, as the case may be, shall be open to inspection for at least two (2) hours during business hours by Members without charge or by any other person, upon a maximum payment of $2.50 or such lesser sum specified by the Board, at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the ~~Law~~ Act or, if appropriate, upon a maximum payment of $1.00 or such lesser sum specified by the Board at the Registration Office. The Register including any overseas or local or other branch register of Members may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspapers in accordance with the requirements of any Designated Stock Exchange or by any electronic means in such manner as may be accepted by the Designated Stock Exchange to that effect, be closed at such times or for such periods not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in each year as the Board may determine and either generally or in respect of any class of shares.
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Subject to the Listing Rules ~~ules of any Designated Stock Exchange~~ , notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles the Company or the Directors may fix any date as the record date for:
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(a) determining the Members entitled to receive any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue and such record date may be on, or at any time not more than thirty (30) days before or after, any date on which such dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is declared, paid or made;
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(b) determining the Members entitled to receive notice of and to vote at any general meeting of the Company.
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48(4). Unless the Board otherwise agrees (which agreement may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board in its absolute discretion may from time to time determine, and which agreement the Board shall, without giving any reason therefor, be entitled in its absolute discretion to give or withhold), no shares upon the Register shall be transferred to any branch register nor shall shares on any branch register be transferred to the Register or any other branch register and all transfers and other documents of title shall be lodged for registration, and registered, in the case of any shares on a branch register, at the relevant Registration Office, and, in the case of any shares on the Register, at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the ~~Law~~ Act.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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Without limiting the generality of the last preceding Article, the Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:-
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(a) a fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as the Board may from time to time require is paid to the Company in respect thereof;
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(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share;
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(c) the instrument of transfer is lodged at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the ~~Law~~ Act or the Registration Office (as the case may be) accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do); and
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(d) if applicable, the instrument of transfer is duly and properly stamped.
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An annual general meeting of the Company shall be held in each financial year other than the year of the Company’s adoption of these Articles (within a period ~~of not more than fifteen (15) months after the holding of the last preceding~~ and such annual general meeting ~~or not more than eighteen~~ must be held within six ( ~~18~~ 6) months after the ~~date~~ end of ~~adoption of these Articles,~~ the Company’s financial year (unless a longer period would not infringe the rules of Listing Rules or otherwise permitted by the Designated Stock Exchange, if any) at such time and place as may be determined by the Board. A meeting of Members or any class thereof may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as to permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence at such meeting.
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The Board may whenever it thinks fit call extraordinary general meetings. Any one or more Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than one-tenth of the paid up capital of the Company carrying the right of voting at general meetings of the Company shall at all times have the right, by written requisition to the Board or the Secretary of the Company, to require an extraordinary general meeting to be called by the Board and add resolutions to the agenda of such meeting for the transaction of any business or resolution specified in such requisition; and such meeting shall be held within two (2) months after the deposit of such requisition. If within twenty-one (21) days of such deposit the Board fails to proceed to convene such meeting the requisitionist(s) himself (themselves) may do so in the same manner, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionist(s) as a result of the failure of the Board shall be reimbursed to the requisitionist(s) by the Company.
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59(1). An annual general meeting must be called by written Notice of not less than twenty-one (21) clear days ~~and not less than twenty (20) clear business days~~ . All other general meetings (including an extraordinary general meeting) must be called by written Notice of not less than fourteen (14) clear ~~days and not less~~ than ten (10) clear business days but if permitted by the ~~rules~~ Listing Rules or the Designated Stock Exchange, a general meeting may be called by shorter notice, subject to the ~~Law~~ Act, if it is so agreed:
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(a) in the case of a meeting called as an annual general meeting, by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and
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(b) in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together representing not less than ninety-five per cent. (95%) of the total voting rights at the meeting of all the Members.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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(1) All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, with the exception of:
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(a) the declaration and sanctioning of dividends;
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(b) consideration and adoption of the accounts and balance sheet and the reports of the Directors and Auditors and other documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet;
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(c) the election of Directors whether by rotation or otherwise in the place of those retiring;
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(d) appointment of Auditors (where special notice of the intention for such appointment is not required by the ~~Law~~ Act) and other officers;
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(e) the fixing of the remuneration of the Auditors, and the voting of remuneration or extra remuneration to the Directors;
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(f) the granting of any mandate or authority to the Directors to offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the unissued shares in the capital of the Company representing not more than twenty percent. (20%) in nominal value of its existing issued share capital; and
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(g) the granting of any mandate or authority to the Directors to repurchase securities of the Company.
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(2) No business other than the appointment of a chairman of a meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at the commencement of the business. Two (2) Members entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or, for quorum purposes only, two persons appointed by the clearing house as authorised representative or proxy, shall form a quorum for all purposes.
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66(1). Subject to any special rights or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any shares by or in accordance with these Articles, at any general meeting on a poll every Member present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative shall have one vote for every fully paid share of which he is the holder but so that no amount paid up or credited as paid up on a share in advance of calls or instalments is treated for the foregoing purposes as paid up on the share. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided by way of a poll save that the chairman of the meeting may in good faith, allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands in which case every Member present in person (or being a corporation, is present by a duly authorized representative), or by proxy(ies) shall have one vote provided that where more than one proxy is appointed by a Member which is a clearing house (or its nominee(s)), each such proxy shall have one vote on a show of hands and on a poll, each such proxy is under no obligation to cast all his votes in the same way. For purposes of this Article, procedural and administrative matters are those that (i) are not on the agenda of the general meeting or in any supplementary circular that may be issued by the Company to its Members; and (ii) relate to the chairman’s duties to maintain the orderly conduct of the meeting and/or allow the business of the meeting to be properly and effectively dealt with, whilst allowing all Members a reasonable opportunity to express their views.
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Where a resolution is voted on by a show of hands, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or not carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect made in the minute book of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded for or against the resolution. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting. The Company shall only be required to disclose the voting figures on a poll if such disclosure is required by the ~~rules of the Designated Stock Exchange~~ Listing Rules.
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All questions submitted to a meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of votes except where a greater majority is required by these Articles or by the ~~Law~~ Act. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of such meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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(1) No Member shall, unless the Board otherwise determines, be entitled to attend and vote and to be reckoned in a quorum at any general meeting unless he is duly registered and all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.
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(2) All Members have the right to (a) speak at a general meeting; and (b) vote at a general meeting except where a Member is required, by the Listing Rules, to abstain from voting to approve the matter under consideration.
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(3) Where the Company has knowledge that any Member is, under the ~~rules of the Designated Stock Exchange~~ Listing Rules, required to abstain from voting on any particular resolution of the Company or restricted to voting only for or only against any particular resolution of the Company, any votes cast by or on behalf of such Member in contravention of such requirement or restriction shall not be counted.
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81(2). If a clearing house (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that, if more than one person is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of the shares of the Company held by the clearing house (or its nominee(s)) including the right to speak and, where a show of hands is allowed, the right to vote individually on a show of hands.
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83(2). Subject to the Articles and the ~~Law~~ Act, the Company may by ordinary resolution elect any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy on the Board, or as an addition to the existing Board.
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83(3). The Directors shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director either to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an addition to the existing Board. Any Director ~~appointed by the Board to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office until the first general meeting of Members after his appointment and be subject to re-election at such meeting and any Director appointed by the Board as an addition to the existing Board~~ so appointed shall hold office ~~only~~ until the next following annual general meeting of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election.
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83(5). The Members may, at any general meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by ordinary resolution remove a Director (including a managing or other executive director) at any time before the expiration of his ~~period~~ term of office notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under any such agreement).
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An alternate Director shall only be a Director for the purposes of the ~~Law~~ Act and shall only be subject to the provisions of the ~~Law~~ Act insofar as they relate to the duties and obligations of a Director when performing the functions of the Director for whom he is appointed in the alternative and shall alone be responsible to the Company for his acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of or for the Director appointing him. An alternate Director shall be entitled to contract and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements or transactions and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director but he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any fee in his capacity as an alternate Director except only such part, if any, of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appoint or as such appoint or may by Notice to the Company from time to time direct.
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Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act and to these Articles, no Director or proposed or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company, either with regard to his tenure of any office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or in any other manner whatsoever, nor shall any such contract or any other contract or arrangement in which any Director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company or the Members for any remuneration, profit or other benefits realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established provided that such Director shall disclose the nature of his interest in any contract or arrangement in which he is interested in accordance with Article 99 herein.
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(1) A Director shall not vote (nor be counted in the quorum) on any resolution of the Board approving any contract or arrangement or any other proposal in which he or any of his close associates is materially interested, but this prohibition shall not apply to any of the following matters namely:
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(i) ~~any contract or arrangement for~~ the giving of any security or indemnity either:
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(a) to ~~such~~ the Director or his close associate(s) ~~any security or indemnity~~ in respect of money lent ~~by him or any of his close associate(s)~~ or obligations incurred or undertaken by him or any of his close associate(s)them at the request of or for the benefit of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
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(b) ~~(ii) any contract or arrangement for the giving of any security or indemnity~~ to a third party in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which the Director or his close associate(s) has himself/themselves assumed responsibility in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;
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( ~~iii~~ ii)any ~~contract or arrangement~~ proposal concerning an offer of shares or debentures or other securities of or by the Company or any other company which the Company may promote or be interested in for subscription or purchase, where the Director or his close associate(s) is/are or is/are to be interested as a participant in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of the offer;
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~~(iv) any contract or arrangement in which the Director or his close associate(s) is/are interested in the same manner as other holders of shares or debentures or other securities of the Company by virtue only of his/their interest in shares or debentures or other securities of the Company; or~~
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
- ( ~~v~~ iii)any proposal or arrangement concerning the benefit of employees of the Company or its subsidiaries including:
- (a) the adoption, modification or operation of ~~a~~ any employees’ share scheme or any share incentive or share option scheme ~~,~~ under which the Director or his close associate(s) may benefit; or
- (b) the adoption, modification or operation of a pension fund or retirement, death or disability benefits scheme ~~or other arrangement~~ which relates ~~both~~ to ~~Directors or~~ the Director, his close associate(s) and ~~to employees~~ employee(s) of the Company or ~~of~~ any of its subsidiaries and does not provide in respect of any Director, or his close associate(s), as such any privilege or advantage not ~~accorded~~ generally accorded to the class of persons to which such scheme or fund relates;
- (iv) any contract or arrangement in which the Director or his close associate(s) is/are interested in the same manner as other holders of shares or debentures or other securities of the Company by virtue only of his/their interest in shares or debentures or other securities of the Company.
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101(3). Without prejudice to the general powers conferred by these Articles it is hereby expressly declared that the Board shall have the following powers:
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(a) to give to any person the right or option of requiring at a future date that an allotment shall be made to him of any share at par or at such premium as may be agreed;
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(b) to give to any Directors, officers or servants of the Company an interest in any particular business or transaction or participation in the profits thereof or in the general profits of the Company either in addition to or in substitution for a salary or other remuneration; and
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(c) to resolve that the Company be deregistered in the Cayman Islands and continued in a named jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands subject to the provisions of the ~~Law~~ Act.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to raise or borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and, subject to the ~~Law~~ Act, to issue debentures, bonds and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
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110(2). The Board shall cause a proper register to be kept, in accordance with the provisions of the ~~Law~~ Act, of all charges specifically affecting the property of the Company and of any series of debentures issued by the Company and shall duly comply with the requirements of the ~~Law~~ Act in regard to the registration of charges and debentures therein specified and otherwise.
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124(1). The officers of the Company shall consist of a chairman, the Directors and Secretary and such additional officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the Board may from time to time determine, all of whom shall be deemed to be officers for the purposes of the ~~Law~~ Act and these Articles.
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125(2). The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Members and shall keep correct minutes of such meetings and enter the same in the proper books provided for the purpose. He shall perform such other duties as are prescribed by the ~~Law~~ Act or these Articles or as may be prescribed by the Board.
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A provision of the ~~Law~~ Act or of these Articles requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as Director and as or in place of the Secretary.
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The Company shall cause to be kept in one or more books at its Office a Register of Directors and Officers in which there shall be entered the full names and addresses of the Directors and Officers and such other particulars as required by the ~~Law~~ Act or as the Directors may determine. The Company shall send to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands a copy of such register, and shall from time to time notify to the said Registrar of any change that takes place in relation to such Directors and Officers as required by the ~~Law~~ Act.
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Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act, the Company in general meeting may from time to time declare dividends in any currency to be paid to the Members but no dividend shall be declared in excess of the amount recommended by the Board.
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Dividends may be declared and paid out of the profits of the Company, realised or unrealised, or from any reserve set aside from profits which the Directors determine is no longer needed. With the sanction of an ordinary resolution dividends may also be declared and paid out of share premium account or any other fund or account which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the ~~Law~~ Act.
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143(1). The Board shall establish an account to be called the share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share in the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of these Articles, the Board may apply the share premium account in any manner permitted by the ~~Law~~ Act. The Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of the ~~Law~~ Act in relation to the share premium account.
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The following provisions shall have effect to the extent that they are not prohibited by and are in compliance with the ~~Law~~ Act:
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(1) If, so long as any of the rights attached to any warrants issued by the Company to subscribe for shares of the Company shall remain exercisable, the Company does any act or engages in any transaction which, as a result of any adjustments to the subscription price in accordance with the provisions of the conditions of the warrants, would reduce the subscription price to below the par value of a share, then the following provisions shall apply:
- (a) as from the date of such act or transaction the Company shall establish and thereafter (subject as provided in this Article) maintain in accordance with the provisions of this Article a reserve (the “Subscription Rights Reserve”) the amount of which shall at no time be less than the sum which for the time being would be required to be capitalised and applied in paying up in full the nominal amount of the additional shares required to be issued and allotted credited as fully paid pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) below on the exercise in full of all the subscription rights outstanding and shall apply the Subscription Rights Reserve in paying up such additional shares in full as and when the same are allotted;
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(b) the Subscription Rights Reserve shall not be used for any purpose other than that specified above unless all other reserves of the Company (other than share premium account) have been extinguished and will then only be used to make good losses of the Company if and so far as is required by law;
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(c) upon the exercise of all or any of the subscription rights represented by any warrant, the relevant subscription rights shall be exercisable in respect of a nominal amount of shares equal to the amount in cash which the holder of such warrant is required to pay on exercise of the subscription rights represented thereby (or, as the case may be the relevant portion thereof in the event of a partial exercise of the subscription rights) and, in addition, there shall be allotted in respect of such subscription rights to the exercising warrant holder, credited as fully paid, such additional nominal amount of shares as is equal to the difference between:
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(i) the said amount in cash which the holder of such warrant is required to pay on exercise of the subscription rights represented thereby (or, as the case may be, the relevant portion thereof in the event of a partial exercise of the subscription rights); and
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(ii) the nominal amount of shares in respect of which such subscription rights would have been exercisable having regard to the provisions of the conditions of the warrants, had it been possible for such subscription rights to represent the right to subscribe for shares at less than par and immediately upon such exercise so much of the sum standing to the credit of the Subscription Rights Reserve as is required to pay up in full such additional nominal amount of shares shall be capitalised and applied in paying up in full such additional nominal amount of shares which shall forthwith be allotted credited as fully paid to the exercising warrantholders; and
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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(d) if, upon the exercise of the subscription rights represented by any warrant, the amount standing to the credit of the Subscription Rights Reserve is not sufficient to pay up in full such additional nominal amount of shares equal to such difference as aforesaid to which the exercising warrantholder is entitled, the Board shall apply any profits or reserves then or thereafter becoming available (including, to the extent permitted by law, share premium account) for such purpose until such additional nominal amount of shares is paid up and allotted as aforesaid and until then no dividend or other distribution shall be paid or made on the fully paid shares of the Company then in issue. Pending such payment and allotment, the exercising warrantholder shall be issued by the Company with a certificate evidencing his right to the allotment of such additional nominal amount of shares. The rights represented by any such certificate shall be in registered form and shall be transferable in whole or in part in units of one share in the like manner as the shares for the time being are transferable, and the Company shall make such arrangements in relation to the maintenance of a register therefor and other matters in relation thereto as the Board may think fit and adequate particulars thereof shall be made known to each relevant exercising warrantholder upon the issue of such certificate.
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(2) Shares allotted pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall rank pari passu in all respects with the other shares allotted on the relevant exercise of the subscription rights represented by the warrant concerned. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (1) of this Article, no fraction of any share shall be allotted on exercise of the subscription rights.
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(3) The provision of this Article as to the establishment and maintenance of the Subscription Rights Reserve shall not be altered or added to in any way which would vary or abrogate, or which would have the effect of varying or abrogating the provisions for the benefit of any warrantholder or class of warrantholders under this Article without the sanction of a special resolution of such warrantholders or class of warrantholders.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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(4) A certificate or report by the auditors for the time being of the Company as to whether or not the Subscription Rights Reserve is required to be established and maintained and if so the amount thereof so required to be established and maintained, as to the purposes for which the Subscription Rights Reserve has been used, as to the extent to which it has been used to make good losses of the Company, as to the additional nominal amount of shares required to be allotted to exercising warrantholders credited as fully paid, and as to any other matter concerning the Subscription Rights Reserve shall (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding upon the Company and all warrantholders and shareholders.
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The Board shall cause true accounts to be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Company, and the matters in respect of which such receipt and expenditure take place, and of the property, assets, credits and liabilities of the Company and of all other matters required by the ~~Law~~ Act or necessary to give a true and fair view of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.
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Subject to due compliance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the ~~rules of the Designated Stock Exchange~~ Listing Rules, and to obtaining all necessary consents, if any, required thereunder, the requirements of Article 149 shall be deemed satisfied in relation to any person by sending to the person in any manner not prohibited by the Statutes, summarised financial statements derived from the Company’s annual accounts and the directors’ report which shall be in the form and containing the information required by applicable laws and regulations, provided that any person who is otherwise entitled to the annual financial statements of the Company and the directors’ report thereon may, if he so requires by notice in writing served on the Company, demand that the Company sends to him, in addition to summarised financial statements, a complete printed copy of the Company’s annual financial statement and the directors’ report thereon.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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The requirement to send to a person referred to in Article 149 the documents referred to in that article or a summary financial report in accordance with Article 150 shall be deemed satisfied where, in accordance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the ~~rules of the Designated Stock Exchange~~ Listing Rules, the Company publishes copies of the documents referred to in Article 149 and, if applicable, a summary financial report complying with Article 150, on the Company’s computer network or in any other permitted manner (including by sending any form of electronic communication), and that person has agreed or is deemed to have agreed to treat the publication or receipt of such documents in such manner as discharging the Company’s obligation to send to him a copy of such documents.
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152(2). The Members may, at any general meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by ~~special~~ ordinary resolution remove the Auditor at any time before the expiration of his term of office and shall by ordinary resolution at that meeting appoint another Auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term.
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- Subject to the ~~Law~~ Act the accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.
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- The remuneration of the Auditor (except for any Auditor appointed by the Directors in accordance with Article 155, the remuneration of which for the period until the next following annual general meeting of the Company may be fixed by the Directors) shall be fixed by the Company by ordinary resolution in general meeting or in such manner as the Members may determine or by other body that is independent of the Board.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
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Any Notice or document (including any “corporate communication” within the meaning ascribed thereto under the ~~rules of the Designated Stock ExchangeL~~ isting Rules), whether or not, to be given or issued under these Articles from the Company to a Member shall be in writing or by cable, telex or facsimile transmission message or other form of electronic transmission or communication and any such Notice and document may be served or delivered by the Company on or to any Member either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register or at any other address supplied by him to the Company for the purpose or, as the case may be, by transmitting it to any such address or transmitting it to any telex or facsimile transmission number or electronic number or address or website supplied by him to the Company for the giving of Notice to him or which the person transmitting the notice reasonably and bona fide believes at the relevant time will result in the Notice being duly received by the Member or may also be served by advertisement in appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange or, to the extent permitted by the applicable laws, by placing it on the Company’s website or the website of the Designated Stock Exchange, and giving to the member a notice stating that the notice or other document is available there (a “notice of availability”). The notice of availability may be given to the Member by any of the means set out above other than by posting it on a website. In the case of joint holders of a share all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register and notice so given shall be deemed a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders.
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162(1). ~~TheS~~ ubject to Article 162(2), the Board shall have power in the name and on behalf of the Company to present a petition to the court for the Company to be wound up.
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Article Proposed amendments to the existing Articles (showing changes to the No. existing Articles)
- 163(2). If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary or by the court) the liquidator may, with the authority of a special resolution and any other sanction required by the ~~Law~~ Act, divide among the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and whether or not the assets shall consist of properties of one kind or shall consist of properties to be divided as aforesaid of different kinds, and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any one or more class or classes of property and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like authority, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator with the like authority shall think fit, and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall be compelled to accept any shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability.
FINANCIAL YEAR
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Unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the financial year end of the Company shall be 31 of December in each year.
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~~1651~~ 66. No Article shall be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Article shall be made until the same has been approved by a special resolution of the Members. A special resolution shall be required to alter the provisions of the memorandum of association or to change the name of the Company.
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~~1661~~ 67. No Member shall be entitled to require discovery of or any information respecting any detail of the Company’s trading or any matter which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Directors it will be inexpedient in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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Creative China Holdings Limited 中國創意控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 8368)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of Creative China Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 23/F, Yue Thai Commercial Building, 128 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong on 27 May 2022 (Friday), at 2:00 p.m. for the following purposes:
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To receive and approve the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2021;
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To re-elect retiring directors and to authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix the respective directors’ remuneration;
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To re-appoint CL Partners CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company and to authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix its remuneration;
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions with or without amendments as ordinary resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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“ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the GEM of The Stock Exchange of the Hong Kong Limited (the “GEM 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 or otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company (the “Shares”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options, including bonds to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the directors of the Company 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;
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(c) the aggregate number of Shares allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Right 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 GEM 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 and other relevant regulations 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:
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(aa) 20% of the total issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution; and
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(bb) (if the directors of the Company are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the aggregate number of Shares purchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10% of the total issued 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
- (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:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(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 law of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
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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 resolutions;
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“ Right 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 holder 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).”
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“ THAT :
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(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 powers of the Company to purchase shares of the Company (the “Shares”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”), or any other stock exchange on which 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 Act, Chapter 22 (Act 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;
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(b) the aggregate number of the Shares which may be purchased or agreed to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the total issued 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
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(c) for the purposes of this resolution, “Relevant Period” shall have the same meaning as the resolution numbered 4(d) above.”
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“ THAT conditional on the passing of resolutions numbered 4 and 5 above, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) of resolution numbered 4 above be and it is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of the shares of the Company (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 number of Shares purchased by the Company pursuant to or in accordance with the authority granted under paragraph (a) of resolution numbered 5 above.”
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As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution with or without amendments as a special resolution:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
- “ THAT (i) the proposed amendments to the existing amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company (the “Proposed Amendments”), details of which are set out in Appendix III to the circular of the Company dated 31 March 2022 (the “Circular”), be and are hereby approved; and (ii) a new set of the amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company (the “New Memorandum and Articles”), which incorporates and consolidates all the Proposed Amendments and a copy of which has been produced to this meeting and marked “A”, be and is hereby approved and adopted in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company and that the directors or the company secretary of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all things necessary to implement the adoption of the New Memorandum and Articles.”
By order of the Board Creative China Holdings Limited Philip Jian Yang Chairman and Executive Director
Hong Kong, 31 March 2022
Notes:
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(1) Any member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies (if such member is the holder of two or more shares) to attend and to vote instead of them. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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(2) Where there are joint holders of any share, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he 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 in respect of the joint holding.
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(3) A form of proxy for use at the meeting is enclosed.
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(4) 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 such power or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude members from attending and voting in person at the meeting or adjourned meeting.
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(5) According to Rule 17.47(4) of the GEM Listing Rules, the voting at the AGM will be taken by poll.
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(6) Taking into account of the recent development of the epidemic caused by Coronavirus Disease (“COVID-19”), the Company will implement the following prevention and control measures at the meeting against the epidemic to protect the Shareholders from the risk of infection:
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(i) Compulsory body temperature check will be conducted for every Shareholder or proxy at the entrance of the venue. Any person with a body temperature of over 37.5 degrees Celsius will not be admitted to the venue;
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(ii) Every Shareholder or proxy is required to wear surgical facial mask throughout the meeting; and
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(iii) No refreshment will be served.
Furthermore, the Company wishes to advise the Shareholders, particularly the Shareholders who are subject to quarantine in relation to COVID-19, that they may appoint any person or the chairman of the meeting as a proxy to vote on the resolutions, instead of attending the meeting in person.
If necessary, more severe precautionary measures and/or other arrangement may be adopted at the meeting to comply with any new, amended and then existing law provision of Hong Kong in effect that time. The Company may change the meeting arrangement at short notice and issue further announcement(s) as appropriate.
- (7) The register of members of the Company will be closed from 24 May 2022 (Tuesday) to 27 May 2022 (Friday), both days inclusive, for the purpose of ascertaining shareholders’ entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Company’s share registrars in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on 23 May 2022 (Monday).
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