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Kinetic Development Group Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Mar 31, 2025

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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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力量发展

KINETIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Kinetic Development Group Limited

力量發展集團有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1277)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of the shareholders of Kinetic Development Group Limited (the "Company") will be held at 18/F, 80 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 20 May 2025 at 2:00 p.m. to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions (with or without modifications):

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. To receive and consider the audited Financial Statements, the Directors' Report and the Independent Auditor's Report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
  2. To declare a final dividend of HK$4.5 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2024.
  3. To re-elect Mr. Ju Wenzhong as an Executive Director.
  4. To re-elect Mr. Ji Kunpeng as an Executive Director.
  5. To re-elect Ms. Zhang Lin as a Non-executive Director.
  6. To authorise the board of directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors.

  1. To re-appoint KPMG as Independent Auditor and authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration.

and, as additional ordinary business, to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions (with or without modification):

  1. "THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) below and pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules"), 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 (including any sales or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) of the Company or securities convertible into shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any shares or such securities of the Company, and to make or grant offers, agreements, options and rights of exchange or conversion which would or might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements, options and rights of exchange or conversion 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 shares of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option, warrant or otherwise) and issued by the Directors (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (ii) any scrip dividend 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 articles of association of the Company; or (iii) the exercise of any options under any share option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue of the shares or right to acquire the shares of the Company; or (iv) the exercise of any rights under the bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into the shares of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(d) for the purposes of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier 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 applicable law or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or

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iii. the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.

"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of the shares of the Company on the register of shareholders of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares of the Company (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 outside Hong Kong).

  1. "THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase its own issued shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and which is recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with Cayman Islands law and all applicable laws and/or the Listing Rules or the rules of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period to procure the Company to repurchase its shares at a price determined by the Directors;

(c) the aggregate number of shares of the Company to be repurchased by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of this resolution 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 passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier 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 applicable law or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or

iii. the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”

  1. “THAT:

conditional upon the passing of the ordinary resolutions nos. 8 and 9 as set out in the notice convening this meeting, the general unconditional mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to the ordinary resolution no. 8 as set out in the notice convening this meeting be extended by the addition to the aggregate number of shares of the Company which may be allotted or agreed to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of the aggregate number of the shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the authority to repurchase shares granted pursuant to the ordinary resolution no. 9 set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such extended amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of this resolution.”

By Order of the Board

Kinetic Development Group Limited

Ju Wenzhong

Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 31 March 2025

As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises seven directors, of whom three are executive Directors, namely Mr. Ju Wenzhong (Chairman), Mr. Li Bo (Chief Executive Officer) and Mr. Ji Kunpeng; one is a non-executive Director, namely Ms. Zhang Lin, and three are independent non-executive Directors, namely Ms. Liu Peilian, Mr. Chen Liangnuan and Ms. Xue Hui.


Notes:

  1. The ordinary resolution no. 10 will be proposed to the shareholders for approval provided that the ordinary resolutions nos. 8 and 9 are passed by the shareholders.

  2. The register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 29 May 2025 to Monday, 2 June 2025 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be registered for the purpose of determining shareholders’ entitlement to the proposed final dividend. To qualify for the final dividend, all share transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office 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 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 28 May 2025.

  3. The register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 15 May 2025 to Tuesday, 20 May 2025 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be registered for the purpose of determining shareholders’ entitlement to attending and voting at the forthcoming AGM. In order to be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM, all share transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office 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 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 May 2025.

  4. A member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or 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(s).

  5. To be effective, the instrument appointing a 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 at the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  6. In accordance with Article 108(a) of the Articles, Mr. Ju Wenzhong, Mr. Ji Kunpeng and Ms. Zhang Lin will retire at the AGM, and being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election at the AGM. Particulars of the said Directors for re-election are set out in the Appendix I to the circular of which this notice of the annual general meeting forms part.

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