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GCL Technology Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Apr 29, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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GCL Technology Holdings Limited
協鑑科技控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 3800)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an annual general meeting (the "Meeting") of GCL Technology Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Multifunctional Room, GCL Energy Center, No. 28 Xinqing Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China on Friday, 30 May 2025 at 10:00 a.m. to transact the following businesses:
- To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors of the Company (the "Directors") and auditor ("Auditor") for the financial year ended 31 December 2024.
- To re-elect Ms. SUN Wei as an executive Director.
- To re-elect Mr. YEUNG Man Chung, Charles as an executive Director.
- To re-elect Mr. LI Junfeng as an independent non-executive Director.
- To re-elect Mr. YIP Tai Him as an independent non-executive Director.
- To authorise the board (the "Board") of the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors.
- To re-appoint Auditor and to authorise the Directors to fix its remuneration.
- As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
(A) “THAT:
(a) subject to the following provisions of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of the Company (the “Shares”) (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares, if any, out of treasury), 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, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, 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 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;
(c) the aggregate number of Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the Directors (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares, if any, out of treasury) pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); (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; (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; shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate number of Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares, if any) 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 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 of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
(iii) the date on which such mandate is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.
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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 to the holders 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).
(B) "THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to buy back the Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or any other stock exchange on which Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or those of any other recognised stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate number of Shares to be bought back by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of the passing of 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 of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
(iii) the date on which such mandate is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting."
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(C) “THAT conditional upon resolutions numbered 8(A) and 8(B) above being passed, the unconditional general mandate granted to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with additional Shares and to make or grant offers, agreements, and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to resolution numbered 8(A) above be and is hereby extended by the additional thereto of an amount representing the aggregate number of Shares bought back by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution numbered 8(B) above, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing the resolution.”
By order of the Board
GCL Technology Holdings Limited
協鑫科技控股有限公司
Zhu Gongshan
Chairman
Hong Kong, 30 April 2025
Notes:
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A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or, if he is the holder of two or more shares, more proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, any treasury shares held by the Company shall not be entitled to vote at the Company’s general meeting.
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In the case of joint holders of shares in the Company, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s), seniority being determined by the order in which names stand in the register of members.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal, or under the hand of an officer or attorney or other person duly authorised, and must be deposited with the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong (together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy thereof) not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding of the Meeting.
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A circular containing, inter alia, details of the proposed general mandates to issue and buy back shares of the Company and information of the retiring Directors of the Company who are proposed to be re-elected at the Meeting, will be despatched to shareholders of the Company together with the 2024 Annual Report of the Company.
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For the purpose of ascertaining the shareholders’ rights of attending and voting at the meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 26 May 2025 to Friday, 30 May 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares shall be effected. In order to be entitled to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office 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 Friday, 23 May 2025. The Record date will be Friday, 30 May 2025.
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Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, all resolutions set out in this notice will be decided by poll at the Meeting.
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If there is a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal or a Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above or “extreme conditions” caused by super typhoons is hoisted at or after 8:30 a.m. on the date of the Meeting and/or the Hong Kong Observatory has announced at or before 8:30 a.m. on the date of the Meeting that either of the above mentioned warnings is to be issued within the next two hours, the Meeting will be postponed.
As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises Mr. Zhu Gongshan (Chairman), Mr. Zhu Yufeng, Mr. Zhu Zhanjun, Ms. Sun Wei, Mr. Lan Tianshi and Mr. Yeung Man Chung, Charles as executive Directors; and Ir. Dr. Ho Chung Tai, Raymond, Dr. Shen Wenzhong, Mr. Li Junfeng and Mr. Yip Tai Him as independent non-executive Directors.
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