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Apr 26, 2022
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AGM Information
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ASIA ENERGY LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED 亞 洲 能 源 物 流 集 團 有 限 公 司
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 351)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the ‘‘Meeting’’) of Asia Energy Logistics Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at Room 2906, 29/F., China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Friday, 27 May 2022 at 3:00 p.m. for the following purposes:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements, the Directors’ Report and the Independent Auditor’s Report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2021.
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(a) To re-elect Mr. Pang Yuet as an executive director of the Company;
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(b) To re-elect Mr. Sun Peng as an executive director of the Company;
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(c) To re-elect Mr. Hui Wai as an executive director of the Company;
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(d) To authorize the board of directors to fix the directors’ remuneration.
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To re-appoint Mazars CPA Limited as auditor of the Company and to authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.
By way of special business, to consider, and if thought fit, pass with or without amendments the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
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‘‘THAT:
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(i) subject to paragraph (iii) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares (the ‘‘Shares’’) in the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which would or might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(ii) the approval in paragraph (i) of this resolution shall authorize the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares of the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(iii) the aggregate number of the Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (a) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (b) an issue of Shares upon the exercise of subscription rights under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the grantees as specified in such scheme or similar arrangement of Shares or rights to acquire Shares; or (c) any issue of Shares pursuant to the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any existing warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares; or (d) an issue of Shares pursuant to any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of the dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company, shall not exceed 20 per cent of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(iv) for the purposes of this resolution:
‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
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(b) 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 any applicable laws to be held; or
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(c) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the Company in general meeting; and
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‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of Shares or issue of options, warrants or other securities giving the right to subscribe for Shares, open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of Shares, or any class of shares, whose names appear on the register of members of the Company (and, where appropriate, to holders of other securities of the Company entitled to the offer) on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of such shares (or, where appropriate, such other securities) as at that date (subject to such exclusions 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 any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (‘‘Hong Kong’’) applicable to the Company).’’
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‘‘THAT:
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(i) subject to paragraph (ii) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase the Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Stock Exchange’’) or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognized for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws of Hong Kong and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange and other regulations as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(ii) the aggregate number of the Shares to be repurchased or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(iii) for the purpose of this resolution, ‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
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(b) 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 any applicable laws to be held; or
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(c) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the Company in general meeting.’’
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‘‘THAT conditional upon Resolutions 4 and 5 as set out in the notice convening the Meeting (the ‘‘AGM Notice’’) being passed, the aggregate number of the Shares which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to Resolution 5 as set out in the AGM Notice (up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of passing of Resolution 5 as set out in the AGM Notice) shall be added to the aggregate number of the Shares that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to Resolution 4 as set out in the AGM Notice.’’
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‘‘THAT the existing scheme mandate limit in respect of the granting of options to subscribe for Shares under the share option scheme adopted by the Company on 20 August 2018 (the ‘‘Share Option Scheme’’) and any other share option schemes of the Company be refreshed and renewed provided that the total number of Shares which may be allotted and issued upon exercise of the options to be granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option scheme of the Company (excluding options previously granted, outstanding, cancelled, lapsed or exercised in accordance with the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company) (where such options hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘‘Options’’) shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of the Shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this resolution (the ‘‘Refreshed Limit’’) and subject to The Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of and permission to deal in the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the Options to be granted under the Refreshed Limit and in compliance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange, the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised, at their absolute discretion, to grant Options and to allot and issue Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Options up to the Refreshed Limit.’’
By Order of the Board Pang Yuet Chairman and Executive Director
Hong Kong, 27 April 2022
Registered office: Room 2906, 29/F China Resources Building 26 Harbour Road, Wanchai Hong Kong
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Notes:
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A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A member who is the holder of two or more shares in the Company may appoint more than one proxy. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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To be valid, the 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 thereof, must be deposited with the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Secretaries 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 any adjournment thereof (as the case may be).
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Where there are joint holders of any share in the Company, any one of such joint holders may vote at the Meeting, 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 the 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 other holders and, for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.
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For the purpose of determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the Meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 24 May 2022 to Friday, 27 May 2022 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares of the Company will be registered. In order to be qualified for attending and voting at the Meeting, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Secretaries Limited at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration by not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 23 May 2022.
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In respect of Resolution 2 of the AGM Notice regarding re-election of retiring directors of the Company, Mr. Pang Yuet, Mr. Sun Peng and Mr. Hui Wai will retire from the office of directorship at the Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election in accordance with the articles of association of the Company. The biographical details of the above retiring directors of the Company are set out in Appendix I to the circular of the Company dated 27 April 2022.
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In view of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic and recent guidelines for prevention and control of its spread, the Company will implement the following precautionary measures at the Meeting to protect the Shareholders, staff and other stakeholders who attend the Meeting from the risk of infection:
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compulsory body temperature checks;
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compulsory wearing of surgical face masks (please bring your own mask);
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no refreshment will be served; and
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no souvenirs will be distributed.
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Any person who does not comply with the above precautionary measures may be denied entry into the Meeting venue. The Company will require all attendees to wear surgical face masks before they are permitted to attend, and during their attendance of the Meeting at all times, and encourages the Shareholders that attending the Meeting in person is not necessary for the purpose of exercising voting rights. Shareholders can exercise their voting rights by submitting a proxy form appointing the chairman of the Meeting as their proxy to vote on the relevant resolutions at the Meeting as an alternative to attending the Meeting in person.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, prohibition of physical general meetings of companies under the Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Gathering) Regulation (Cap. 599G) has been lifted. In the event a physical Meeting is not permitted to be held on 27 May 2022, the Company will consider to hold the Meeting by live online webcast as an alternative. The Company may implement further procedures and precautionary measures and change the Meeting arrangements at short notice. Shareholders should visit the Company’s website at www.aelg.com.hk for future announcements and updates on the Meeting arrangements.
As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Pang Yuet (Chairman), Mr. Sun Peng and Mr. Hui Wai; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Ng Kwun Wan, Mr. Wong Cheuk Bun and Mr. Hon Ming Sang.
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