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Hephaestus Holdings Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2020

Jun 26, 2020

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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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UNION ASIA ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD

萬亞企業控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 8173)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the "AGM") of Union Asia Enterprise Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Pacific Room 2/F, Island Pacific Hotel, 152 Connaught Road West, Hong Kong on Friday, 7 August 2020 at 3:00 p.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 (the "Directors") and auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2020.

  2. (a) To re-elect Mr. Chan Norman Enrique as executive Director;

(b) To re-elect Mr. Lee Alex Kam-fai as executive Director;

(c) To re-elect Mr. Kwong U Hoi Andrew as independent non-executive Director;

(d) To re-elect Mr. Wong Jonathan as independent non-executive Director;

(e) To re-elect Mr. Chi Chi Hung Kenneth as independent non-executive Director; and

(f) To authorise the board of Directors to fix the Directors' remuneration.

  1. To re-appoint RSM Hong Kong as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors to fix their remuneration.

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as ordinary resolution:

“THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules (the “GEM Listing Rules”) Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM operated by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”), 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 unissued shares of the Company (the “Shares”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company), which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company), which 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 options or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under a share option scheme of the Company; or (iii) 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 association of the Company in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed the aggregate of:

(aa) 20 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares on the date of the passing of this resolution; and

(bb) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the number of issued Shares repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares on the date of the passing of resolution no. 5),

and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and

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(d) for the purposes of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of 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, the Companies Law (Revised) of the Cayman Islands or any other applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; and

(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting prior to the next annual general meeting of the Company revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.

“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (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, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as ordinary resolution:

“THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all powers of the Company to purchase the Shares on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for such purpose under the Hong Kong Code on Share Buy-backs, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Law and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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(b) the total number of Shares which may be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and

(c) for the purposes of this resolution,

“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of 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, the Companies Law (Revised) of the Cayman Islands or any other applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; and

(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting prior to the next annual general meeting of the Company revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.”

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as ordinary resolution:

“THAT conditional upon resolutions numbered 4 and 5 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 4 above be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution numbered 5 above, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.”

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as ordinary resolution:

“THAT subject to and conditional upon the GEM Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, the additional shares of HK$0.0001 each in the capital of the Company (the “Shares”) to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options which may be granted under the Refreshed Limit (as defined below) of the share option scheme adopted by the Company on 30 July 2012

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(the "Share Option Scheme"), the refreshment of the scheme mandate limit in respect of the grant of options to subscribe for Shares under the Share Option Scheme be and is hereby approved provided that:

(a) the total number of Shares which may be allotted and issued upon the exercise of all options to be granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company under the limit as refreshed hereby shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of passing this resolution (the "Refreshed Limit");

(b) options previously granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company (including those outstanding, cancelled, lapsed or exercised in accordance with the terms of the Share Option Scheme or any other share option schemes of the Company) will not be counted for the purpose of calculating the Refreshed Limit;

(c) the Directors be and are hereby unconditionally authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents, including under seal where applicable, as they consider necessary or expedient to give effect to the foregoing arrangement; and

(d) such increase in the Refreshed Limit shall in no event result in the number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all outstanding options granted and yet to be exercised under the Share Option Scheme and any other schemes of the Company exceed 30% of the Shares in issue from time to time."

By order of the Board

Union Asia Enterprise Holdings Limited

Chan Norman Enrique

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 29 June 2020

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:
Flat A-G, 15/F
15 Chong Yip Street
Kwun Tong
Kowloon
Hong Kong

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises two executive Directors, namely Mr. Chan Norman Enrique and Mr. Lee Alex Kam-fai and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Kwong U Hoi Andrew, Mr. Wong Jonathan and Mr. Chi Chi Hung Kenneth.

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Notes:

  1. A member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM, is entitled to appoint a proxy or more than one proxy (for member holding two or more shares) to attend and vote in his/her stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

  2. In the case of joint holders of a share, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s), and for this purpose, seniority will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members of the Company in respect of the relevant joint holding.

  3. 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 certified copy of that power of attorney or authority must be deposited with the Company's share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Union Registrars Limited, at Suites 3301-04, 33/F., Two Chinachem Exchange Square, 338 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the AGM or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be), and in default thereof the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

  4. With respect to resolution numbered 2 of this announcement, details of the retiring Directors standing for re-election are set out in the circular of the Company dated 29 June 2020.

  5. For the purpose of determining shareholders' entitlements to attend and vote at the AGM, the transfer books and the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 4 August 2020 to Friday, 7 August 2020 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to establish the right to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Union Registrars Limited, at Suites 3301-04, 33/F., Two Chinachem Exchange Square, 338 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, 3 August 2020.