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Future World Holdings Limited — AGM Information 2021
May 25, 2021
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AGM Information
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FUTURE WORLD HOLDINGS LIMITED 未來世界控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 572)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting of Future World Holdings Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Unit 2218, 22/F, The Metropolis Tower, 10 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
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To receive, consider and adopt the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.
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To re-elect the retiring directors of the Company and to authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to fix the directors’ remuneration.
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To re-appoint Moore Stephens CPA Limited as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.
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- As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass, with or without amendments, the following resolution as ordinary resolution of the Company:
(A) “ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company (the “ Directors ”) during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with authorised and unissued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants, debentures, notes and any securities carrying rights to subscribe for or convert or exercise into ordinary shares of the Company) which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the Directors to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants, debentures, notes and any securities carrying rights to subscribe for or convert or exercise into ordinary shares of the Company) during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the aggregate number of the shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to:
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(i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined);
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(ii) the exercise of options under a share option scheme of the Company;
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(iii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any securities issued by the Company which are convertible or exercisable into shares of the Company; or
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- (iv) any scrip dividend scheme 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 Article of the Company from time to time;
shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate number of the 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 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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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meetings; and
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(iii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Article of the Company or any applicable laws to be held.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares 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 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 any relevant jurisdiction or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange).”
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(B) “ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) 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 its ordinary shares, subject to and in accordance with the applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate number of the ordinary shares of the Company to be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the issued ordinary shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(c) for the purposes of this resolution:
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“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meetings; and
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(iii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Article of the Company or any applicable laws to be held.”
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(C) “ THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) as set out in the notice convening this meeting (the “ Notice ”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution numbered 4(A) of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of the ordinary shares which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the directors of the Company pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate number of the ordinary shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the general mandate referred to in the resolution numbered 4(B) of the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.”
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As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass, with or without amendments, the following resolution as ordinary resolution of the Company:
“ THAT :
- (a) conditional upon The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”) granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, the ordinary shares (the “ Shares ”) of HK$0.01 each in the capital of the Company falling to be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of any options granted pursuant to the share option scheme of the Company (the “New Share Option Scheme ”), the terms of which are set out in the document marked “A” which has been produced to this meeting and signed by the chairman of this meeting for the purpose of identification, the rules of the New Share Option Scheme be and are hereby approved and adopted and the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to approve further amendments to the rules of the New Share Option Scheme as may be acceptable or not objected by the Stock Exchange and to grant options and to allot, issue and deal with any Shares pursuant to the exercise of any options granted thereunder and to take all such steps as they may consider necessary or expedient to give effect to the New Share Option Scheme;
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(b) that conditional upon the adoption of the New Share Option Scheme, the existing share option scheme adopted on 22 February 2012 shall be terminated forthwith;
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(c) the aggregate number of Shares to be allotted and issued pursuant to resolution (a) above, together with any issue of Shares upon the exercise of any options granted under any other share option schemes of the Company as may from time to time adopted by the Company, shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of this resolution (the “ Scheme Mandate Limit ”); and
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(d) the directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee thereof be and is/ are hereby authorised: (i) at its/his/her/their absolute discretion, to grant options to subscribe for shares of the Company within the Scheme Mandate Limit in accordance with the rules of the New Share Option Scheme, and (ii) to allot, issue and deal with shares of the Company pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the New Share Option Scheme within the Scheme Mandate Limit.”
By Order of the Board Liang Jian Chairman
Hong Kong, 26 May 2021
Registered Office: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
Head Office and Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:
Unit 2218, 22/F, The Metropolis Tower, 10 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong
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Notes:
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The Register of Members will be closed from Wednesday, 23 June 2021 to Wednesday, 30 June 2021, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of the Company’s shares will be registered. In order to establish the identity of the Company’s shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held on Wednesday, 30 June 2021, all transfer of the shares of the Company accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer agent in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 22 June 2021.
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A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the AGM convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy to represent him to attend and vote on his behalf. In case of a recognised clearing house (or its nominees(s) and in each case, being a corporation), it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives of the meeting and vote in its stead.
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In order to be valid, proxy form, together with the power of attorney (if required by the Board) or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a certified copy of such power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the AGM or adjourned meeting.
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Completion and deposit of the proxy form will not preclude a member of the Company from attending and voting in person at the AGM convened or any adjourned meeting and in such event, the proxy form will be deemed to be revoked.
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Where there are joint holders of any share of the Company, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she were solely entitled to vote, but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the AGM, 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 name stands first on the registrar of members of the company in respect of the joint holding.
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- If a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above is expected to be hoisted or a black rainstorm warning signal is expected to be in force at any time between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the date of the AGM, the AGM will be postponed and Members will be informed of the date, time and venue of the postponed AGM by a supplementary notice, posted on the respective websites of the Company and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.
If a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above or a black rainstorm warning signal is cancelled at or before 8:00 a.m. on the date of the AGM and where conditions permit, the AGM will be held as scheduled.
The AGM will be held as scheduled when an amber or red rainstorm warning signal is in force.
After considering their own situations, members of the Company should decide whether they would attend the AGM under bad weather condition and if they do so, they are advised to exercise care and caution.
As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises (i) seven executive Directors, namely Mr. Liang Jian, Mr. Yu Zhenzhong, Mr. Cai Linzhan, Mr. Lau Fai Lawrence, Mr. Siu Yun Fat, Mr. Wang Fei, and Mr. Yu Qingrui; and (ii) five independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Chen Pei, Mr. Siu Siu Ling, Robert, Mr. Tam Tak Wah, Mr. Wang Ning and Mr. Zheng Zongjia.
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