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Directel Holdings Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 29, 2025

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims 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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DIRECTEL HOLDINGS LIMITED

直通電訊控股有限公司

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 8337)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting of Directel Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Office Nos. 1, 2, 14 and 15, 37th Floor, Hong Kong Plaza, No. 188 Connaught Road West, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 5 June 2025 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2024.
  2. To re-appoint Reanda HK CPA Limited as the independent auditor of the Company and to authorise the board of directors of the Company (the "Directors") to fix their remuneration.
  3. (A) To re-elect Mr. Wong Kin Wa as a Director.
    (B) To re-elect Mr. Chen Xue Dao as a Director.
  4. To authorise the board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors.
  5. As special business, to consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions with or without amendments as ordinary resolutions:

(A) "THAT

(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this Resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to allot, issue and deal with the new shares in the capital of the Company or securities convertible into shares, options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for shares or such convertible securities of the Company, and to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options (including bonds, warrants, and debentures


convertible into shares of the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such powers, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options (including bonds, warrants, and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c) the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution, otherwise than pursuant to:

(i) a Right Issue (as hereinafter defined);

(ii) the grant or exercise of any option under the option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and/or other eligible persons of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or

(iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of the cash payment for a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company,

shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(d) for the purpose 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 the articles of association of the Company or any applicable law to be held; and

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.

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"Right Issue" means an offer of shares or other securities of the Company or an offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares of the Company, open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China).

(B) "THAT

(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this Resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its own shares on GEM ("GEM") of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Stock Exchange"), subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM of the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved and authorised;

(b) the aggregate nominal amount of the shares of the Company to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(c) for the purpose 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 the articles of association of the Company or any applicable law to be held; and

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting."

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(C) “THAT

conditional upon Resolutions 5(A) and 5(B) being passed, the aggregate nominal amount of the number of shares in the capital of the Company which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Directors as mentioned in Resolution 5(B) shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of share capital that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to Resolution 5(A) above.”

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

  1. As special business, to consider and if thought fit, pass the following as special resolution:

“THAT

(A) the proposed amendments to the second amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company as set out in Appendix II to the circular issued by the Company on 29 April 2025 be and are hereby approved and confirmed;

(B) the third amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company (a printed copy of which being tabled before the meeting and initialled by the chairman of the meeting for the purposes of identification) be and are hereby adopted in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company with immediate effect after the close of the meeting; and

(C) any one Director of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts and things (including filing the third amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company with the relevant authorities for approval, endorsement and/or registration as appropriate) and execute and deliver all such documents, deeds or instruments (including affixing the common seal of the Company thereon) and take all such steps as the Director in his or her sole opinion and absolute discretion may consider necessary, appropriate or desirable to implement or give effect to the proposed amendments.”

On behalf of the Board
Directel Holdings Limited
Li Kin Shing
Chairman

Hong Kong, 29 April 2025


Head office and principal place of business:
Office Nos. 1, 2, 14 and 15
37th Floor
Hong Kong Plaza
No. 188 Connaught Road West
Hong Kong

Notes:

(1) The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of appointor or his/her attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of any officer, attorney or other person duly authorised to sign the same.

(2) A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and, on a poll, vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend the annual general meeting to represent the member.

(3) In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be deposited with the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 17 Floor, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong together with any power of attorney or other authority, under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, not less than 48 hours (i.e. 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 3 June 2025) before the time for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

(4) In the case of joint holders of any shares in the Company, any one of such joint holders may vote at the annual general meeting, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such shares as if he was solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the meeting, either personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register of members in respect of such shares shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint registered holders.

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

(6) For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the annual general meeting, the company's register of members will be closed from Monday, 2 June 2025 to Thursday, 5 June 2025, both days inclusive, during which time no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to ensure that the shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting, the shareholders must deliver their duly stamped instruments of transfer, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, to the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 17 Floor, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 30 May 2025 for registration of the relevant transfer.

(7) If tropical cyclone warning signal no. 8 or above, "extreme conditions" caused by super typhoons or a black rainstorm warning signal is in force at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, 5 June 2025, the meeting will be postponed and further announcement for details of alternative meeting arrangements will be made. The meeting will be held as scheduled even when tropical cyclone warning signal no. 3 or below is hoisted, or an amber or red rainstorm warning signal is in force. You should make your own decision as to whether you would attend the meeting under bad weather conditions and if you should choose to do so, you are advised to exercise care and caution.

(8) References to time and dates in this notice are to Hong Kong time and dates.

As at the date of this notice, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Li Kin Shing and Mr. Wong Kin Wa, the executive Director is Mr. Pang Kwok Chau and the independent non-executive Directors are Ms. Lee Man Yee, Maggie, Mr. Chen Xue Dao and Mr. Liu Kejun.


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

This notice will remain on the website of the Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk on the "Latest Listed Company Information" page for at least 7 days from the date of its posting. This notice will also be posted on the Company's website at www.directel.hk.

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