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Elife Holdings Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Feb 20, 2017

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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 announcement, 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 announcement.

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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 223)

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the “ Meeting ”) of Elife Holdings Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Room 2502, 25/F., 9 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, at 11 a.m. for the following purposes:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. THAT :

  2. (a) the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company (the “ Director(s) ”) to allot, issue and deal with the unissued shares of the Company pursuant to an ordinary resolution passed at the annual general meeting of the Company held on 15 September 2016 be and is hereby revoked (without prejudice to any valid exercise of such general mandate prior to the passing of this resolution);

  3. (b) subject to the following provisions of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of HK$0.01 each in the share capital of the Company (the “ Share(s) ”), and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into Shares) which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period (as defined below);

  4. (c) the total number of Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (b) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); (ii) the exercise of the conversion rights attaching to any convertible securities issued by the Company; (iii) the exercise of warrants to subscribe for Shares;

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(iv) the exercise of options granted under any share option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted by the Company; or (v) an 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 (the “ Articles ”), shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of the passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

  • (d) for the purpose of this resolution:

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

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

  • (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles, the Companies Law, Cap 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or

  • (iii) the date on which such mandate is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolutions of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.

“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to the holders of Shares or any class of Shares whose names appear on the registers of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares as at that date (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 any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory applicable to the Company).”

  1. THAT subject to and conditional upon the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of and permission to deal in the shares of the Company issuable upon exercise of the share options to be granted pursuant to the authority hereby given, the Board be and is hereby authorised (i) to grant share options under the Share Option Scheme adopted on 8 October 2010 to such extent that the total number of shares of the Company which may be issued upon the exercise of such options shall represent up to 10 per cent. of the number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution (the “ Refreshed Scheme Mandate ”); and (ii) 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 Refreshed Scheme Mandate.”

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  1. THAT

  2. (a) the authorised share capital of the Company be and is hereby increased from HK$60,000,000 divided into 6,000,000,000 Shares of HK$0.01 each to HK$300,000,000 divided into 30,000,000,000 Shares of HK$0.01 each (the “ Increase in Authorised Share Capital ”); and

  3. (b) the Director(s) be and is/are hereby authorised to execute all such documents, instruments and agreements and to all such acts or things deemed by him/ them to be incidental to, ancillary to or in connection with the matters contemplated in and for the completion of the Increase in Authorised Share Capital.”

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

  1. THAT the reduction of the share premium account of the Company by an amount of HK$1,012,674,000 be and is approved and such reduced amount be transferred to the retained earnings account of the Company, and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to apply the sum from such retained earnings account towards elimination of the accumulated losses of the Company of HK$835,612,000 as at 31 March 2016.”

By Order of the Board Elife Holdings Limited Chow Chi Fai Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 21 February 2017

Notes:

  • (a) Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on his behalf. A proxy needs not be a shareholder of the Company. 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 deposited with the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the Meeting or any adjourned meeting thereof.

  • (b) Where there are joint registered holders of any Share, any one of such person may vote at the Meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such Share as if he were solely entitled thereto. However, if more than one of such joint holders be present at the Meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present being the most or, as the case may be, the more senior shall alone be entitled to vote in respect of the relevant joint holding. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by reference to the order in which the names of the joint holders stand on the register in respect of the relevant joint holding.

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  • (c) The above resolutions put to the Meeting will be decided by way of poll as required by the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

  • (d) As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprised eleven Directors, of which Mr. Zhang Xiaobin, Mr. Gao Feng and Mr. Chiu Sui Keung are executive Directors, Mr. Zhang Yichun, Mr. Shao Zili, Mr. Xie Zhichun and Ms. Xu Ying are non-executive Directors and Mr. Cheng Wing Keung, Raymond, Mr. Lam Williamson, Mr. Wong Hoi Kuen and Dr. Lam Lee G are independent non-executive Directors.

  • (e) The register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 13 March 2017 to Wednesday, 15 March 2017 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares will be effected. In order to qualify for attending the Meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates and transfer forms must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 10 March 2017.

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Zhang Xiaobin, Mr. Gao Feng and Mr. Chiu Sui Keung, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Zhang Yichun, Mr. Shao Zili, Mr. Xie Zhichun and Ms. Xu Ying, and the independent nonexecutive Directors are Mr. Cheng Wing Keung Raymond, Mr. Lam Williamson, Mr. Wong Hoi Kuen and Dr. Lam Lee G.

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