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Kelfred Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Apr 29, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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KELFRED HOLDINGS LIMITED
恒發光學控股有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1134)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of Kelfred Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Room 1606, 16/F, Block B, New Trade Plaza, 6 On Ping Street, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong on Thursday, 29 May 2025 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
The capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the circular of the Company dated 29 April 2025.
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
As ordinary business to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
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To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors and independent auditor of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2024.
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To re-appoint ZHONGHUI ANDA CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company and to authorise the Board of the Company to fix their remuneration.
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(a) To re-elect Mr. Kwok Kwan Fai as an executive director of the Company and authorise the Board of the Company to fix his remuneration.
(b) To re-elect Ms. Chan Yin Wah as a non-executive director of the Company and authorise the Board of the Company to fix her remuneration.
(c) To re-elect Mr. Leung Ka Tin as an independent non-executive director of the Company and authorise the Board of the Company to fix his remuneration.
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(a) a general unconditional mandate be and is hereby given to the Directors to exercise all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with shares of the Company or securities convertible into such shares or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any such shares or such convertible securities (including the power to make or grant any offers, agreements or options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into Shares of the Company) and rights of exchange or conversion which would or might require the exercise of all such powers) subject to a restriction that the aggregate number of securities allotted or agreed to be allotted, otherwise than pursuant to:
(i) a Rights Issue (as defined below);
(ii) any scrip dividend schemes or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles”);
(iii) the exercise of options granted under any share option scheme or other similar arrangement adopted by the Company for the grant or issue to the employees, officers, directors and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or other eligible participants specified thereunder of options to subscribe for or rights to acquire shares of the Company;
(iv) the exercise of any right of subscription or conversion under the terms of any bonds, warrants or debentures which may be issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into shares of the Company; or
(v) a specific authority granted by the Shareholders in general meeting,
shall not exceed 20% of the number of the issued shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution;
(b) the aforesaid mandate shall authorise the directors of the Company to make or grant offers, agreements, options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) and rights of exchange or conversion which would or might require the exercise of such powers either during or after the end of period mentioned in paragraph (c) below.
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(c) the aforesaid mandate shall remain in effect until (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or any applicable laws to be held; or (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, whichever occurs first; and
(d) for the purpose of this resolution, “Right Issue” means an offer of shares of the Company or offer or issue of warrants or options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for the shares of the Company open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares of the Company on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any legal or practical problems, restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong) and an offer, allotment or issue of shares by way of rights shall be construed accordingly.”
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(a) a general unconditional mandate be and is hereby given to the Directors authorising them to exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase or repurchase on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of the Securities on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, shares of the Company not exceeding 10% of the number of the issued shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution; and
(b) the aforesaid mandate shall remain in effect until (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or any applicable laws to be held; or (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, whichever occurs first.
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- “THAT:
conditional upon the ordinary resolutions numbered 4 and numbered 5 as set out in the notice convening the AGM being duly passed (with or without amendments), the general unconditional mandate granted to the Directors to exercise all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with shares of the Company pursuant to the resolution set out in the said resolution numbered 4 be and is hereby extended by the addition to the number of shares of the Company which may be issued, allotted and dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be issued, allotted and dealt with by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the number of issued shares of the Company purchased or repurchased by the Company pursuant to the general mandate referred to in the said resolution numbered 5, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the issued shares of the Company at the date of passing of the said resolutions.”
By Order of the Board
KELFRED HOLDINGS LIMITED
Mr. Kwok Kwan Fai
Chairman and Executive Director
Hong Kong, 29 April 2025
Notes:
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A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the AGM shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote in his/her stead. A member who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a member of the Company from attending the AGM and voting in person should he/she so wish. In such event, his/her form of proxy will be deemed to be revoked.
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A form of proxy for the AGM is enclosed. In order to be valid, the form of proxy 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, shall be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed (i.e. Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at 11:00 a.m.) for holding the AGM or any adjourned meeting.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share of the Company, any one of such persons may vote at the AGM, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the AGM personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
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To ascertain the members' entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM, the register of members will be closed from Friday, 23 May 2025 to Thursday, 29 May 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares of the Company can be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the meeting, all completed share transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, shall be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May 2025.
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An explanatory statement containing further details regarding resolution numbered 5 above is set out in Appendix I to this circular of which this notice of AGM forms part.
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Details of the retiring directors proposed to be re-elected as Directors are set out in Appendix II to this circular.
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Members of the Company or their proxies shall produce documents of their proof of identity when attending the AGM.
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If Typhoon signal number 8 or above, or "extreme conditions" caused by super typhoons or a "black" rainstorm warning is in effect any time after 7:00 a.m. on the date of the AGM, the meeting will be postponed. The Company will post an announcement on the website of Company at www.kelfred.com.hk and on the HKEXnews website of the Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk to notify shareholders of the Company of the date, time and place of the rescheduled meeting.
As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. Kwok Kwan Fai and Mr. Kwok Kwan Yu, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Kwok Mau Kwan and Ms. Chan Yin Wah and the independent nonexecutive Directors are Mr. Chu Kin Ming, Mr. Hong Sze Lung and Mr. Leung Ka Tin.
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