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IPS SECUREX HOLDINGS LIMITED AGM Information 2025

Oct 13, 2025

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AGM Information

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IPS SECUREX HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Company Registration No. 201327639H)

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“ AGM ”) of IPS SECUREX HOLDINGS LIMITED (“ Company ”) will be convened and held at Heron Room, Level 2, Seletar Country Club, 101 Seletar Club Rd, Singapore 798273 on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at 2.30 p.m. for the following purposes.

ORDINARY BUSINESS

  1. To receive and adopt the Directors’ Statement and the Audited Financial Statements of the Company and the Group for the financial year ended 30 June 2025 together with the Auditors’ Report thereon.

(Resolution 1)

  1. To approve the payment of Directors’ fees of S$190,216 for the financial year ending 30 June 2026, to be paid half yearly in arrears. (2025: S$176,024)

(Resolution 2)

  1. To re-elect the following Directors retiring pursuant to Regulation 97 of the Constitution of the Company:

Regulation 97

Mr. Barney Lau Tai Chiau (Resolution 3) Ms. Lee Li Ing (Resolution 4)

[See Explanatory note (i)]

  1. To re-appoint Messrs RSM SG Assurance LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.

(Resolution 5)

  1. To transact any other ordinary business which may properly be transacted at an AGM.

SPECIAL BUSINESS

To consider and if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions, with or without modifications:

  1. Authority to issue shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act 1967 (“Companies Act”) and Rule 806 of the Listing Manual – Section B: Rules of the Catalist of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) (“Catalist Rules”)

That pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act and Rule 806 of the Catalist Rules, the Directors of the Company be authorised and empowered to:

  • (a) (i) allot and issue shares in the Company (“ Shares ”) whether by way of rights, bonus or otherwise; and/or

  • (ii) make or grant offers, agreements or options (collectively, “ Instruments ”) that might or would require Shares to be issued, including but not limited to the creation and issue of (as well as adjustments to) options, warrants, debentures or other instruments convertible into Shares,

at any time and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes and to such persons as the Directors of the Company may in their absolute discretion deem fit; and

  • (b) (notwithstanding the authority conferred by this Resolution may have ceased to be in force) issue Shares pursuant to any Instrument made or granted by the Directors of the Company while this Resolution was in force,

  • (“ Share Issue Mandate ”)

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PROVIDED ALWAYS that:

  • (1) the aggregate number of Shares (including Shares to be issued pursuant to the Instruments, made or granted pursuant to this Resolution) and Instruments to be issued pursuant to this Resolution shall not exceed one hundred per centum (100.0%) of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) in the capital of the Company (as calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) below), of which the aggregate number of Shares and Instruments to be issued other than on a pro rata basis to existing shareholders of the Company shall not exceed fifty per centum (50.0%) of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) in the capital of the Company (as calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) below);

  • (2) (subject to such calculation as may be prescribed by the SGX-ST) for the purpose of determining the aggregate number of shares and Instruments that may be issued under sub-paragraph (1) above, the percentage of issued Shares and Instruments shall be based on the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) at the time of the passing of this Resolution, after adjusting for:

  • (a) new Shares arising from the conversion or exercise of the Instruments or any convertible securities;

  • (b) new Shares arising from exercising share options or vesting of share awards provided the share options or share awards (as the case may be) were granted in compliance with Part VIII of Chapter 8 of the Catalist Rules; and

  • (c) any subsequent bonus issue, consolidation or subdivision of Shares;

Adjustments in accordance with Rule 806(3)(a) or Rule 806(3)(b) of the Catalist Rules are only to be made in respect of new shares arising from convertible securities, share options or share awards which were issued and outstanding or subsisting at the time of the passing of the resolution approving the mandate.

  • (3) in exercising the Share Issue Mandate conferred by this Resolution, the Company shall comply with the provisions of the Catalist Rules for the time being in force (unless such compliance has been waived by the SGX-ST) and the Constitution of the Company; and

  • (4) unless revoked or varied by the Company in a general meeting, the Share Issue Mandate shall continue in force (i) until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is earlier or (ii) in the case of Shares to be issued in pursuance of the Instruments, made or granted pursuant to this Resolution, until the issuance of such Shares in accordance with the terms of the Instruments.

[See Explanatory note (ii)]

(Resolution 6)

7. Authority to issue shares under the IPS Securex Employee Share Option

That pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act and the provisions of the IPS Securex Employee Share Option Scheme (“ IPS Securex ESOS ”), the Directors of the Company be authorised and empowered to offer and grant share options under the IPS Securex ESOS and to issue from time to time such number of Shares as may be required to be issued pursuant to the exercise of share options granted by the Company under the IPS Securex ESOS, whether granted during the subsistence of this authority or otherwise, provided always that the aggregate number of additional ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to the IPS Securex ESOS shall not exceed fifteen per centum (15.0%) of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time and that such authority shall, unless revoked or varied by the Company or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is earlier.

[See Explanatory note (iii)]

(Resolution 7)

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8. Authority to issue shares under the IPS Securex Performance Share Plan

That pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act and the provisions of the IPS Securex Performance Share Plan (“ IPS Securex PSP ”), the Directors of the Company be authorised and empowered to offer and grant share awards under the IPS Securex PSP and to issue from time to time such number of Shares as may be required to be issued pursuant to the vesting of share awards under the IPS Securex PSP, whether granted during the subsistence of this authority or otherwise, provided always that the aggregate number of additional ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to the IPS Securex PSP shall not exceed fifteen per centum (15.0%) of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time and that such authority shall, unless revoked or varied by the Company in a general meeting, continue in force until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is earlier.

[See Explanatory note (iv)]

(Resolution 8)

9. Renewal of the Share Buyback Mandate

That:

  • (a) for the purposes of Section 76C and 76E of the Companies Act, the exercise by the Directors of the Company of all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire Shares not exceeding the Prescribed Limit (as defined hereinafter), at such price(s) as may be determined by the Directors of the Company from time to time up to the Maximum Price (as defined hereinafter), whether by way of:

  • (i) on-market purchases, transacted on the SGX-ST through the SGX-ST’s trading system (“ Market Purchase ”); and/or

  • (ii) off-market purchases pursuant to an equal access scheme in accordance with Section 76C of the Companies Act and the Catalist Rules (“ Off-Market Purchase ”),

and otherwise in accordance with all other laws and regulations and rules of the SGX-ST as may for the time being be applicable, be and is hereby authorised and approved generally and unconditionally (“ Share Buyback Mandate ”);

  • (b) unless varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting, the authority conferred on the Directors of the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate may be exercised by the Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this Resolution and expiring on the earliest of:

  • (i) the date on which the next AGM is held or required by law to be held;

  • (ii) the date on which the purchase or acquisition of Shares by the Company pursuant to the Share Buyback Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated; and

  • (iii) the date on which the authority conferred by the Share Buyback Mandate is varied or revoked by shareholders of the Company in a general meeting;

  • (c) in this Resolution:

Prescribed Limit ” means 10.0% of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) as at the date of passing of this Resolution, unless the Company has effected a reduction of the Shares in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, at any time during the Relevant Period;

Relevant Period ” means the period commencing from the date on which this Resolution authorising the Share Buyback Mandate is passed, and expiring on the date the next AGM is or is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier;

Average Closing Price ”, in the case of a Market Purchase, means the average of the closing market prices of the Shares over the last five Market Days on which transactions in the Shares were recorded preceding the day of the Market Purchase, and deemed to be adjusted for any corporate action that occurs after the relevant fiveday period, or in case of an Off-Market Purchase, means the average of the closing market prices of a Share over the last five Market Days, on which transactions in the Shares were recorded, preceding the date on which the Company makes an offer for the purchase or acquisition of Shares from Shareholders, stating therein the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the Off-Market Purchase;

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Maximum Price ” in relation to a Share to be purchased or acquired, means the purchase price (excluding brokerage, stamp duties, commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses) which shall not exceed:

  • (i) in the case of a Market Purchase, 105.0% of the Average Closing Price of the Shares; and

  • (ii) in the case of an Off-Market Purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 120.0% of the Average Closing Price of the Shares; and

  • (d) the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorised by this Resolution.

  • [See Explanatory note (v)]

(Resolution 9)

By Order of the Board

Shirley Tan Sey Liy Company Secretary Singapore, 13 October 2025

Explanatory Notes:

  • (i) Mr. Barney Lau Tai Chiau will, upon re-election as a Director of the Company, remain as Independent Director, the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee. There are no relationships (including family relationships) between Mr. Barney Lau Tai Chiau and the other Directors, the Company, its related corporations, its officers or its substantial shareholders, which may affect his independence. The Board considers Mr. Barney Lau Tai Chiau to be independent for the purposes of Rule 704(7) of the Catalist Rules.

Ms. Lee Li Ing will, upon re-election as a Director of the Company, remain as Independent Director, the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. There are no relationships (including family relationships) between Ms. Lee Li Ing and the other Directors, the Company, its related corporations, its officers or its substantial shareholders, which may affect her independence. The Board considers Ms. Lee Li Ing to be independent for the purposes of Rule 704(7) of the Catalist Rules.

Please refer to pages 68 to 71 of the annual report for the detailed information on Mr. Barney Lau Tai Chiau and Ms. Lee Li Ing required pursuant to Rule 720(5) of the Catalist Rules.

  • (ii) Resolution 6 above, if passed, will empower the Directors of the Company from the date of this AGM until the date of the next AGM of the Company, or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held or such authority is varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting, whichever is the earlier, to issue Shares, make or grant Instruments convertible into Shares and to issue Shares pursuant to such Instruments, up to a number not exceeding, in total, one hundred per centum (100.0%) of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings), of which up to fifty per centum (50.0%) may be issued other than on a pro rata basis to existing shareholders of the Company for such purposes as they consider would be in the interest of the Company.

For determining the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued, the percentage of issued Shares will be calculated based on the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) at the time this Resolution is passed after adjusting for new Shares arising from the conversion or exercise of the Instruments or any convertible securities, the exercise of share options or the vesting of share awards outstanding or subsisting at the time when this Resolution is passed and any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of Shares.

  • (iii) Resolution 7 above, if passed, will empower the Directors of the Company, from the date of this AGM until the next AGM of the Company, or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held or such authority is varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting, whichever is the earlier, to allot and issue Shares pursuant to the vesting of share awards under the IPS Securex PSP provided that the aggregate additional Shares to be allotted and issued pursuant to the IPS Securex PSP and IPS Securex ESOS do not exceed in total (for the entire duration of the IPS Securex PSP and IPS Securex ESOS) fifteen per centum (15.0%) of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time.

  • (iv) Resolution 8 above, if passed, will empower the Directors of the Company from the date of this AGM until the next AGM of the Company, or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier, to repurchase Shares of the Company by way of market purchases or off-market purchases of up to ten per centum (10.0%) of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) in the capital of the Company at the Maximum Price as defined in the Notice of AGM.

  • (v) Resolution 9 above, if passed, will empower the Directors of the Company effective until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or the date by which the next AGM of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier, to repurchase ordinary shares of the Company by way of market purchases or off-market purchases of up to 10% of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares) in the capital of the Company at the Maximum Price as defined in Section 2.7.3 of the Appendix. The rationale for, the authority and limitation on, the sources of funds to be used for the purchase or acquisition including the amount of financing and the financial effects of the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares by the Company pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate on the audited consolidated financial accounts of the Group for the financial year ended 30 June 2025 are set out in greater detail in the Appendix.

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Notes:

  1. The members of the Company are invited to attend physically only at the AGM. Printed copies of this Notice of AGM and the accompanying proxy form as well as a request form for the members to opt receive hard copy of the Annual Report, will be sent by post to members. These documents as well as the Annual Report will also be available via publication on the Company’s corporate website at https://www.ips-securex.com/ and SGXNET at https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements.

  2. A member of the Company (other than a Relevant Intermediary*) entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or two proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. The accompanying proxy form for the AGM may be accessed via the Company’s corporate website at https://www.ips-securex.com/, and will also be made available on the SGX website at https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements. Printed copies of the proxy form for the AGM will also be sent by post to members.

  3. A Relevant Intermediary* may appoint more than two proxies, but each proxy must be appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different Share or Shares held by him (which number and class of shares shall be specified).

  4. Where a member appoints two proxies, he/she shall specify the proportion of his/her shareholding to be represented by each proxy in the Instrument appointing the proxies.

  5. A member of the Company which is a corporation is entitled to appoint its authorised representative or proxy to vote on its behalf. The appointment of proxy must be executed under seal or the hand of its duly authorised officer or attorney in writing.

  6. The Instrument appointing a proxy or proxies must be submitted to the Company in the following manner:

  7. (a) if submitted by post, be lodged at the Company’s registered office at 213 Henderson Road #04-09 Henderson Industrial Park Singapore 159553; or

  8. (b) if submitted electronically, be submitted via email to the Company at [email protected],

  9. in either case by no later than 2.30 p.m. on 26 October 2025, being forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for the AGM (“ Cut-Off Time ”).

Members are strongly encouraged to submit completed proxy forms electronically via email to the Company.

  1. In view of the guidance note issued by the Singapore Exchange Regulation, a member may ask question relating to the item on the agenda of the AGM by:–

  2. (a) submitting question via post to the Company’s registered office at 213 Henderson Road #04-09 Henderson Industrial Park Singapore 159553 in advance of the AGM no later than 20 October 2025 at 2.30 p.m.; or

  3. (b) in person at the AGM.

Shareholders submitting questions are required to state:

  • (a) their full name as it appears on his/her/its The Central Depositor (Pte) Limited (“ CDP ”)/Central Provident Fund (“ CPF ”) Investment Scheme/Supplementary Retirement Scheme (“ SRS ”) records;

  • (b) their identification/registration number;

  • (c) current address;

  • (d) contact number; and

  • (e) number of shares held and the manner in which his/her/its shares in the Company are held (e.g. via CDP, CPF, or SRS),

failing which the Company shall be entitled to regard the submission as invalid and not respond to the question(s) submitted.

Shareholders are encouraged to submit their questions before 20 October 2025 at 2.30 p.m., as this will allow the Company sufficient time to address and respond to these questions on or before 24 October 2025, 2.30 p.m. (48 hours prior to the closing date and time for the lodgement of the proxy forms). The Company will endeavour to address all substantial and relevant questions relating to the resolutions to be tabled for approval at the AGM as received from Shareholders before the AGM on SGXNet and the Company’s corporate website at https://www.ips-securex.com/ at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the Cut-Off Time for the lodgement of the proxy form or in person at the AGM for the relevant questions received during the AGM.

The Company will publish the minutes of the AGM on SGXNet and the Company’s corporate website within one month after the date of the AGM and the minutes will include the responses to the questions referred to above.

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  • A Relevant Intermediary is:

  • (a) a banking corporation licensed under the Banking Act 1970 or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such a banking corporation, whose business includes the provision of nominee services and who holds shares in that capacity; or

  • (b) a person holding a capital markets services licence to provide custodial services for securities under the Securities and Futures Act 2001 and who holds shares in that capacity; or

  • (c) the Central Provident Fund Board established by the Central Provident Fund Act 1953, in respect of shares purchased under the subsidiary legislation made under that Act providing for the making of investments from the contributions and interest standing to the credit of members of the Central Provident Fund, if the Central Provident Fund Board holds those shares in the capacity of an intermediary pursuant to or in accordance with that subsidiary legislation.

PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY

By (a) submitting an instrument appointing a proxy(ies) and/or representative(s) or the Chairman of the AGM as a proxy to vote at the AGM and/or any adjournment thereof, or (b) submitting any question prior to the AGM in accordance with this Notice of AGM, a member of the Company consents to the collection, use and disclosure of the member’s personal data by the Company (or its agents or service providers) for the following purposes:

  • (i) processing and administration by the Company (or its agents) of proxy forms appointing a proxy(ies) and/or representative(s) or the Chairman of the AGM as a proxy for the AGM (including any adjournment thereof) and the preparation and compilation of the attendance lists, proxy lists, minutes and other documents relating to the AGM (including any adjournment thereof);

  • (ii) addressing relevant and substantial questions from members received before the AGM and if necessary, following up with the relevant members in relation to such questions;

  • (iii) preparation and compilation of the attendance list, proxy list, minutes and other documents relating to the AGM (including any adjournment thereof); and

  • (iv) enabling the Company (or its agents or service providers) to comply with any applicable laws, listing rules, regulations and/or guidelines by the relevant authorities.

Photographic, sound and/or video recordings of the AGM may be made by the Company for record keeping and to ensure the accuracy of the minutes prepared of the AGM. Accordingly, the personal data of a member of the Company (such as his name, his presence at the AGM and any questions he may raise or motions he propose/second) may be recorded by the Company for such purpose.

This Notice of AGM has been prepared by IPS Securex Holdings Limited (“Company”) and has been reviewed by the Company’s sponsor, United Overseas Bank Limited (“Sponsor”), for compliance with Rules 226(2)(b) and 753(2) of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) Listing Manual Section B: Rules of Catalist.

This announcement has not been examined or approved by the SGX-ST. The SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this announcement.

The contact person for the Sponsor is Mr. David Tham, Senior Director, Equity Capital Markets, who can be contacted at 80 Raffles Place, #03-03 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624, Telephone: +65 6533 9898.

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