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CSC Holdings Limited AGM Information 2021

Apr 23, 2021

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AGM Information

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this notice.

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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00138)
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the ‘‘AGM’’) of CCT FORTIS HOLDINGS LIMITED (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at 18/F., CCT Telecom Building, 11 Wo Shing Street, Fotan, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 23 June 2021 at 10:45 a.m. for the following purposes:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

As Ordinary Business

  1. To receive and consider the audited consolidated Financial Statements, the Report of the Directors and the Independent Auditor’s Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

  2. To re-elect the retiring directors, Mr. Tam Ngai Hung, Terry as an executive director of the Company and Mr. Chow Siu Ngor as an independent non-executive director of the Company, and to authorise the board of directors to fix the remuneration of the directors.

  3. To re-appoint Messrs. Ernst & Young as auditors and to authorise the board of directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors.

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As Special Business

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:

‘‘THAT:

  • (a) subject to and conditional upon the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Stock Exchange’’) granting the approval for the listing of, and the permission to deal in, the ordinary shares of HK$0.10 each in the share capital of the Company (or such nominal amount as shall result from a capitalisation issue, rights issue, sub-division, consolidation, re-classification, reconstruction or reduction of share capital of the Company from time to time) (the ‘‘Share(s)’’) to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the share options granted which may be granted under the proposed new share option scheme (the ‘‘2021 Share Option Scheme’’), a copy of which is tabled at the AGM and marked ‘‘A’’ and initialled by the chairman of the AGM for identification purpose;

  • (b) the 2021 Share Option Scheme be and is hereby approved and adopted; and the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and to enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements as may be necessary or expedient in order to give full effect to the 2021 Share Option Scheme, including but without limitation:

  • (i) to administer the 2021 Share Option Scheme under which share options will be granted to the Eligible Participants (as defined in the 2021 Share Option Scheme) eligible under the 2021 Share Option Scheme to subscribe for the Shares, including but not limited to determining and granting the share options in accordance with the terms of the 2021 Share Option Scheme;

  • (ii) to modify and/or amend the 2021 Share Option Scheme from time to time provided that such modification and/or amendment is effected in accordance with the provisions of the 2021 Share Option Scheme relating to the modification and/or amendment and subject to Chapter 17 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the ‘‘Listing Rules’’);

  • (iii) to allot and issue from time to time such number of Shares in the capital of the Company as may be required to be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of the share options under the 2021 Share Option Scheme and subject to the Listing Rules;

  • (iv) to make application at appropriate time or times to the Stock Exchange; and any other stock exchanges upon which the issued Shares may for the time being be listed, for listing of, and permission to deal in, any Shares which may hereafter from time to time be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of the share options under the 2021 Share Option Scheme; and

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  • (v) to consent, if it so deems fit and expedient, to such conditions, modifications and/or variations as may be required or imposed by the relevant authorities in relation to the 2021 Share Option Scheme;

and

  • (c) the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to grant Share Options to subscribe for Shares in accordance with the rules of the 2021 Share Option Scheme up to a maximum of 10% of the Shares in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution, to issue and allot Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Share Options so granted, to administer the 2021 Share Option Scheme in accordance with its terms and to take all necessary actions incidental thereto as the Directors deem fit.’’

  • To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:

‘‘THAT:

  • (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to buy back issued shares in the share capital of the Company subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and requirements of the Listing Rules or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

  • (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the directors of the Company and shall authorise the directors on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to procure the Company to buy back its shares at a price determined by the directors of the Company;

  • (c) the total number of shares of the Company to be bought back by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

  • (d) for the purposes of this resolution:

‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

  • (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

  • (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by applicable laws or the Company’s bye-laws to be held; and

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  • (iii) the date upon which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by way of an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting.’’

  • To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:

‘‘THAT:

  • (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional new shares in the share capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements, options and rights of exchange or conversion which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

  • (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the directors of the Company and shall authorise the directors on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements, options and rights of exchange or conversion which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined);

  • (c) the total number of shares of the Company allotted or issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted or issued (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval granted in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (ii) the exercise of share options granted under any share option scheme or similar arrangement adopted by the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on the shares of the Company in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company from time to time, shall not exceed 20 per cent. of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

  • (d) for the purposes of this resolution:

‘‘Relevant Period’’ shall have the same meaning as that ascribed to it under resolution no. 5 as set out in the notice convening the annual general meeting of which this resolution forms part; and

‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to the holders of shares of the Company on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to the fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange, in any territory outside Hong Kong).’’

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  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:

‘‘THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions nos. 5 and 6 as set out in the notice convening the annual general meeting of which this resolution forms part, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to the resolution no. 6 as set out in the notice convening the annual general meeting of which this resolution forms part be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the total number of shares of the Company to be bought back by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the resolution no. 5 as set out in the notice convening the annual general meeting of which this resolution forms part, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.’’

By Order of the Board of CCT FORTIS HOLDINGS LIMITED Mak Shiu Tong, Clement Chairman

Hong Kong, 26 April 2021

Notes:

  • (1) The register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 18 June 2021 to Wednesday, 23 June 2021 (both days inclusive) during which period no transfer of share(s) will be effected. In order to determine the eligibility to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfer of share(s), accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) with the properly completed transfer form(s) either overleaf or separately, must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 17 June 2021.

  • (2) Any shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the AGM or at any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be) is entitled to appoint another person as his/her proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her. A shareholder who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint not more than two proxies, or more than two proxies provided that the shareholder is a clearing house (who must be an individual or individuals) to attend and vote instead of him/her on the same occasion. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company but must attend the AGM or at any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be) in person to represent him/her.

  • (3) In order to be valid, a form of proxy in the prescribed form together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not later than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM (i.e. not later than 10:45 a.m. on Monday, 21 June 2021, Hong Kong time) or any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be). Such prescribed form of proxy for use at the AGM is also published on the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited at www.hkexnews.hk and the Company at www.cct-fortis.com/eng/investor/announcements.php.

  • (4) Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending and voting in person at the AGM or at any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be) should they so wish, and in such event, the form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

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  • (5) Where there are joint registered holders of any share(s), any one of such joint holders may attend and vote at the AGM or at any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be), either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share(s) as if he/she was solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the AGM or at any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be), the most senior shall alone be entitled to vote, whether in person or by proxy. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.

  • (6) With respect to the resolution set out in resolution no. 2 of this notice, Mr. Tam Ngai Hung, Terry and Mr. Chow Siu Ngor will retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election at the AGM. Biographical details of the above directors are set out in the circular of the Company dated 26 April 2021.

  • (7) With respect to the resolution set out in resolution no. 5 of this notice, approval is being sought from the shareholders for the general mandate to be given to the directors to buy back the shares of the Company. An explanatory statement with further information with respect to such resolution is set out in the circular of the Company dated 26 April 2021.

  • (8) With respect to the resolutions set out in resolutions nos. 6 and 7 of this notice, approval is being sought from the shareholders for the general mandates to be given to the directors to allot, issue and deal with new shares of the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.

As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Mak Shiu Tong, Clement, Mr. Tam Ngai Hung, Terry and Ms. Cheng Yuk Ching, Flora; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Tam King Ching, Kenny, Mr. Chen Li and Mr. Chow Siu Ngor.

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