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Dowway Holdings Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 25, 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 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.

DOWWAY
Dedicate Our Wonderful Way, Reserve You

Dowway Holdings Limited

天平道合控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 8403)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of Dowway Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at The Function Room 1–2, 2/F, The Harbourview, No. 4 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Friday, 23 May 2025 at 9:30 a.m. for the following purposes:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors and independent auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024.

  2. To re-elect the following retiring directors (the “Directors”) of the Company:

(a) To re-elect Mr. Huang Xiaodi as an executive Director;

(b) To re-elect Mr. Dong Kejia as an executive Director;

(c) To re-elect Mr. Shum Ngok Wa as an executive Director;

(d) To re-elect Mr. Li Huaguo as an executive Director;

(e) To re-elect Mr. Tam Chak Chi as an independent non-executive Director;

(f) To re-elect Ms. Yau Yin Tan as an independent non-executive Director; and

(g) To re-elect Mr. Ma Lin as an independent non-executive Director.

  1. To authorise the board (the “Board”) of Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors.

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  1. To re-appoint Forvis Mazars CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM and to authorise the Board to fix its remuneration.

  2. As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

(A) “That:

(i) subject to paragraph (iii) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and/or otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company or securities convertible into shares, or 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 may require the exercise of such powers, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the approval in paragraph (i) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options which may require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

(iii) the aggregate number of shares allotted, issued or dealt with, or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued or dealt with (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) pursuant to paragraph (i) above, otherwise than pursuant to:

(1) any Rights Issue (as defined hereinafter);

(2) the grant or exercise of any option under any share option scheme of the Company (if applicable) or any other option, scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the Directors, officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or other eligible participants specified thereunder of options to subscribe for shares or rights to acquire shares;

(3) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement 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 the Company; or

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(4) any issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants or convertible bonds/notes issued by the Company or any securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares in the Company with an aggregate nominal value shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution; and the authority pursuant to paragraph (i) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly.

(iv) for the purposes of this resolution:

(a) “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(1) the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company;

(2) the expiration of the period within which the next AGM of the Company is required by the Articles of the Company and any applicable laws and regulations in the Cayman Islands to be held; and

(3) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution; and

(b) “Rights Issue” means an offer of shares of the Company or an 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 the Shareholders on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares of the Company (subject to such exclusions 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, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the exercise or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).

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(B) “That:

(i) subject to paragraph (ii) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and which is recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange under the Code on Share Buy-backs and, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM of the Stock Exchange (the “GEM Listing Rules”), be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the aggregate number of the shares to be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) of this resolution with an aggregate nominal value shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(iii) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution which had been granted to the Directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; and

(iv) for the purpose of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(a) the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company;

(b) the expiration of the period within which the next AGM of the Company is required by the Articles of the Company and any applicable laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands to be held; and

(c) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the Shareholders in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.”

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(C) “THAT conditional upon the resolutions numbered 5(A) and 5(B) set out in this notice being passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and/or otherwise deal with new shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to the resolution numbered 5(A) set out in this notice be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the total number of shares which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Directors pursuant to resolution numbered 5(B) set out in this notice.”

By Order of the Board
Dowway Holdings Limited
Huang Xiaodi
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 25 April 2025

Registered office:
Windward 3, Regatta Office Park
P.O. Box 1350
Grand Cayman KY1–1108
Cayman Islands

Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
Room 529–533, 5/F
Beverley Commercial Centre
87–105 Chatham Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong

Notes:
(i) Resolution numbered 5(C) will be proposed to the Shareholders for approval provided that resolutions numbered 5(A) and 5(B) are passed by the Shareholders.
(ii) A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote in his/her stead. A proxy needs not be a member of the Company.
(iii) To be valid, a form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power of attorney or authority must be deposited with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong or via the designated URL (https://evoting.vistra.com) by using the username and password provided on the notification letter sent by the Company on 25 April


2025 not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM (i.e. before at 9:30 a.m. on 21 May 2025) and in default thereof the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid. No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiry of 12 months from the date of its execution.

(iv) The register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 16 May 2025 to Friday, 23 May 2025, both days inclusive, in order to determine the eligibility of Shareholders to attend the above meeting, during which period no share transfers will be registered. To be eligible to attend the above meeting, all properly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Hong Kong branch share registrar of the Company, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 15 May 2025.

(v) Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy will not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting in person at the AGM: in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

(vi) Pursuant to the GEM Listing Rules, all the resolutions will be voted by way of poll.

(vii) If Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above, or a “black” rainstorm warning signal or “extreme conditions after super typhoons” announced by Hong Kong Government is/are in force any time after 8:30 a.m. on the date of the AGM, the AGM will be postponed. The Company will post an announcement on the website of the Company at www.dowway-exh.com and on the website of the Stock Exchange at https://www.hkexnews.hk to notify its Shareholders of the date, time and place of the rescheduled meeting.

As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. Huang Xiaodi, Mr. Chen Xicheng, Mr. Yan Jinghui, Mr. Dong Kejia, Mr. Shum Ngok Wa and Mr. Li Huaguo; the non-executive Director is Mr. Lian Mingcheng; and the independent non-executive Directors are Ms. Xu Shuang, Mr. Tam Chak Chi, Ms. Yau Yin Tan and Mr. Ma Lin.

This notice, 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 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 “Latest Listed Company Information” page of the Stock Exchange at https://www.hkexnews.hk for at least 7 days from the date of its publication and published on the website of the Company at www.dowway-exh.com.

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