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Meitu, Inc. — AGM Information 2021
Apr 26, 2021
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AGM Information
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Meitu, Inc. 美 图 公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and carrying on business in Hong Kong as “美圖之家”)
(Stock Code: 1357)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the “ AGM ”) of Meitu, Inc. (the “ Company ”) will be held at Studio 1, Level 7, W Hong Kong, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. for the following purposes:
ORDINARY BUSINESS
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To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company, the reports of the directors and the independent auditor’s report for the year ended December 31, 2020.
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To re-elect the following retiring directors of the Company:
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(a) Mr. WU Zeyuan as executive director of the Company; and
(b) Mr. LAI Xiaoling as an independent non-executive director of the Company.
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To authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix the remuneration of the directors of the Company.
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To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s auditor and to authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix the auditor’s remuneration.
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Share Issue Mandate
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, a general and unconditional mandate be and is hereby given to the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of US$0.00001 each in the capital of the Company or securities convertible into shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for shares or such convertible securities of the Company and to make offers, agreements and/or grant options (including but not limited to warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) that would or might require the exercise of such powers;
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(b) the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorization given to the directors of the Company and shall authorize the directors of the Company to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) that would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below);
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(c) the total number of shares of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:
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(i) a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below);
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(ii) the exercise of any subscription or conversion rights attaching to any warrants that may be allotted and issued by the Company or any securities that are convertible into shares of the Company from time to time;
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(iii) the grant or exercise of any options that may be granted under any share option scheme of the Company or any other option, scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the directors, officers, consultants and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company;
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(iv) 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 of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company;
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(v) the vesting of share awards granted or to be granted pursuant to the share award scheme of the Company; and
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- (vi) a specific authority granted by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting,
shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the shares of the Company into a smaller or larger number of shares of the Company respectively after the passing of this resolution) and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly.
- (d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“ Relevant Period ” means the period from the passing of this resolution until 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 to be held by the articles of association of the Company and any applicable laws; and
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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 of the Company, or an offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares, open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company whose names appear on the register of members 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 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 jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory applicable to the Company).”
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Share Buy-back Mandate
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“ THAT :
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(a) a general unconditional mandate be and is hereby given to the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (c) below) to exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase its own shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Hong Kong Stock Exchange ”) or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and which is recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for this purpose, provided that the total number of shares of the Company which may be purchased pursuant to this mandate shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the shares of the Company into a smaller or larger number of shares of the Company respectively after the passing of this resolution) and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly; and
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution above shall be in addition to any other authorization given to the directors of the Company and shall authorize the directors of the Company on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (c) below) to procure the Company to purchase its shares at a price determined by the directors of the Company;
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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 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 to be held; and
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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.”
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- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“ THAT conditional upon the passing of resolutions set out in items 5 and 6 of the notice convening this meeting (the “ Notice ”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 5 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of shares that may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the directors of the Company pursuant to such general mandate of the number of shares bought back by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 6 of the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the shares of the Company into a smaller or larger number of shares of the Company respectively after the passing of this resolution).”
By order of the Board Meitu, Inc. CAI Wensheng Chairman
Hong Kong, April 27, 2021
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Registered Office: Room 8106B, Level 81 The offices of Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited International Commerce Centre Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive 1 Austin Road West PO Box 2681 Kowloon, Hong Kong Grand Cayman, KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
Notes:
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(1) All resolutions at the AGM will be taken by poll pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Listing Rules ”) and the Company’s articles of association, except where the Chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution that relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands pursuant to the Listing Rules. The results of the poll will be published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.
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(2) Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his/her/its stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.
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(3) In order 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 or authority, must be delivered 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 the any adjournment therefor (as the case may be). The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude shareholders of the Company from attending and voting in person at the AGM (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish.
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(4) Where there are joint holders of any 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 any meeting the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members in respect of the joint holding.
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(5) The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, May 28, 2021 to Wednesday, June 2, 2021, both days inclusive, during which period no share transfers can be registered. In order to qualify for attending the AGM, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Hong Kong branch share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, 2021.
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(6) A circular containing further details concerning items 5 to 7 set out in the above notice will be sent to all shareholders of the Company together with this notice.
As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. CAI Wensheng and Mr. WU Zeyuan (also known as Mr. WU Xinhong); the non-executive Directors are Dr. GUO Yihong, Dr. LEE Kai-fu and Mr. CHEN Jiarong; the independent nonexecutive Directors are Mr. ZHOU Hao, Mr. LAI Xiaoling, Mr. ZHANG Ming (also known as Mr. WEN Chu) and Ms. KUI Yingchun.
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