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Marketingforce Management Ltd — AGM Information 2021
May 7, 2021
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AGM Information
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Hong Kong Television Network Limited 香港電視網絡有限公司
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance) (Stock Code: 1137)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (‘‘Meeting’’) of Hong Kong Television Network Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at Ground Floor, HKTV Multimedia and Ecommerce Centre, No. 1 Chun Cheong Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, New Territories, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 9 June 2021 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
Ordinary Business
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To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.
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(a) To re-elect Mr. Wong Wai Kay, Ricky as a director of the Company.
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(b) To re-elect Ms. Zhou Huijing as a director of the Company.
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(c) To re-elect Mr. Lee Hon Ying, John as a director of the Company.
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(d) To authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix the directors’ remuneration.
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To re-appoint Messrs. KPMG as auditor of the Company and to authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.
Special Business
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions (with or without modification) as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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‘‘THAT:
- (a) subject to sub-paragraph (c) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the Company or
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securities convertible into such shares or options, warrants, or similar rights to subscribe for any shares or convertible securities and to make, issue or grant offers, agreements or options which would or might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in sub-paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make, issue or grant offers, agreements or options 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 share allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in sub-paragraph (a) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) Rights Issue (as defined below), (ii) the exercise of the rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any securities which are convertible into shares of the Company and from time to time outstanding, (iii) any share option scheme(s) or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to eligible participants of rights to acquire shares of the Company, or (iv) any shares allotted 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, shall not exceed 20% of the number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purpose of this resolution:
‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(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 laws of Hong Kong to be held; or
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(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.
‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of shares or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities of the Company giving rights to subscribe for shares open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares 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 exclusions or other arrangements as the directors of the Company 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, or any territory outside, Hong Kong).’’
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‘‘THAT:
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(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, articles of association of the Company and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate number of shares of the Company to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in sub-paragraph (a) of this resolution above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(c) for the purposes of this resolution:
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‘‘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 laws of Hong Kong 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 in general meeting.’’
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‘‘THAT, subject to the passing of ordinary resolutions Nos. 4 and 5 above, the authority granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to the ordinary resolution No. 4 above be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of shares of the Company which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted pursuant to such authority an amount representing the aggregate number of shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the ordinary resolution No. 5 above, provided that such extended amount so repurchased shall not be more than 10% of the aggregate number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this resolution.’’
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‘‘THAT:
- (a) the grant of specific mandate to the directors of the Company to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and issue an aggregate of up to 45,799,285 new shares (the ‘‘Connected Award Shares’’) to Mr. Wong Wai Kay, Ricky pursuant to the share award scheme adopted by the Company on 31 March 2021 (the ‘‘Scheme’’), and the transactions contemplated thereunder, be and are hereby approved and confirmed;
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(b) the award of the Connected Award Shares (the ‘‘Award’’) pursuant to the Scheme to Mr. Wong Wai Kay, Ricky in accordance with the terms of the Scheme, be and are hereby approved and confirmed; and
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(c) any one director of the Company be and is hereby authorized to do all such acts and things and execute all documents which he/she considers necessary, desirable or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the implementation of and giving effect to the Award and the transactions contemplated thereunder, including but not limited to the issue and allotment of the Connected Award Shares pursuant to the Scheme.’’
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions (with or without modification) as a special resolutions of the Company:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
- ‘‘THAT, subject to the approval of the Companies Registry in Hong Kong, the English name of the Company be changed from ‘‘Hong Kong Television Network Limited’’ to ‘‘Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited’’ and the Chinese name of the Company be changed from ‘‘
香港電視網絡有限公司’’ to ‘‘香港科技探索有限公司’’, and that any of the directors of the Company shall be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all documents or make such arrangements as he/she may, in his/her absolute discretion, consider necessary or expedient to effect the said change of name of the Company’’.
By Order of the Board
Hong Kong Television Network Limited Wong Nga Lai, Alice
Executive Director, Group Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 10 May 2021
Registered Office:
HKTV Multimedia and Ecommerce Centre No. 1 Chun Cheong Street Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate New Territories Hong Kong
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Notes:
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Every member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any shares of the Company, any one of such persons may vote at the meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such shares as if he/she were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint persons be present at the meeting personally or by proxy, then one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register of members in respect of such shares of the Company shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy duly completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarised copy thereof must be delivered to the Company’s share registrar (the ‘‘Share Registrar’’), 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 the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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For the purpose of ascertaining shareholders’ rights of attending and voting at the meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 4 June 2021 to Wednesday, 9 June 2021 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares shall be effected. In order to entitled to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Share Registrar, at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 3 June 2021.
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With regard to item 2 in this notice, the board of directors of the Company proposes that the retiring directors, namely Mr. Wong Wai Kay, Ricky, Ms. Zhou Huijing and Mr. Lee Hon Ying, John be reelected as directors of the Company. The biographical details of these directors are set out in Appendix II to the circular of the Company to the shareholders dated 10 May 2021.
As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Cheung Chi Kin, Paul (Chairman), Mr. Wong Wai Kay, Ricky (Vice Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer), Ms. Wong Nga Lai, Alice (Group Chief Financial Officer), Mr. Lau Chi Kong (Chief Executive Officer (International Business)) and Ms. Zhou Huijing (Chief Executive Officer (Hong Kong)) and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Lee Hon Ying, John, Mr. Peh Jefferson Tun Lu and Mr. Mak Wing Sum, Alvin.
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