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Melbourne Enterprises Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Dec 29, 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 notice, 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 notice.

MELBOURNE ENTERPRISES LIMITED 喗ଋۯ嶾ޥୡҷ՚

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) (Stock Code: 158)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting (the "Annual General Meeting" or the "Meeting") of Melbourne Enterprises Limited (the "Company") will be held at Level 2, No. 28 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong on Friday, 23 January 2026 at 3:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

    1. To consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the Directors and the independent auditor for the year ended 30 September 2025.
    1. To declare a final dividend.
    1. To re-elect the retiring Directors and authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
    1. To re-appoint Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor and authorise the Board of Directors to fix its remuneration.

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ORDINARY RESOLUTION

  1. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

"THAT:

  • (a) subject to paragraph (c) below and pursuant to Sections 140 and 141 of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue or otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
  • (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such power to issue shares of the Company after the end of the Relevant Period;
  • (c) the aggregate number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the Directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue; (ii) an issue of shares as scrip dividends pursuant to the articles of association of the Company from time to time; (iii) an issue of shares under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (iv) an issue of shares upon conversion by the bondholders of their bonds into shares of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of an issue of convertible guaranteed bonds by the Company or a special purpose subsidiary wholly owned by the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate number of the issued shares of the Company (subject to adjustment in the case of subdivision or consolidation of shares) as at the date of passing this Resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
  • (d) for the purpose 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;

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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 and any applicable laws to be held; and
  • (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; and

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

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

  1. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as a Special Resolution:

"THAT:

  • (a) the proposed amendments (the "Proposed Amendments") to the existing articles of association of the Company (the "Articles of Association"), the details of which are set out in Appendix II to the circular of the Company dated 29 December 2025, be and are hereby approved;
  • (b) the new articles of association of the Company (the "New Articles of Association"), which contain all the Proposed Amendments and a copy of which has been produced to this meeting and marked "A" and initialled by the chairman of this meeting for the purpose of identification, be and are hereby approved and adopted in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Articles of Association with immediate effect; and

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(c) any director or company secretary of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts, deeds and things and execute all such documents and make all such arrangements that he/she shall, in his/her absolute discretion, deem necessary or expedient to effect and record the adoption of the New Articles of Association."

By order of the Board Melbourne Enterprises Limited Chung Wai Shu, Robert Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 29 December 2025

Notes:

    1. Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, any vote of shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll. The chairman of the Annual General Meeting will exercise his power under Article 74 of the Company's existing articles of association (the "Articles of Association") to put each of the above resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to be voted by way of a poll.
    1. A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting will be entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his or her stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
    1. A form of proxy in respect of the Meeting is enclosed. Whether or not you intend to attend the Meeting in person, you are urged to complete and return the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the Meeting and voting in person if you so wish. In the event that you attend the Meeting after having lodged the form of proxy, it will be deemed to have been revoked.
    1. To be valid, the form of proxy, together with any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be deposited at the Company's share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Annual General Meeting or the adjourned meeting (as the case may be).
    1. Where there are joint registered holders of any Share, any one of such persons may vote at the Meeting, 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 registered holders be present at the Meeting 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.
    1. The record date for determining the eligibility of Shareholders to attend and vote at the Meeting will be Friday, 23 January 2026. The register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 20 January 2026 to Friday, 23 January 2026 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order for a Shareholder to be eligible to attend and vote at the Meeting, all transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's share registrar, 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 Monday, 19 January 2026.

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    1. For determining the Shareholders' entitlement to the proposed final dividend payable on or about Monday, 9 February 2026, all transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's share registrar, 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 Thursday, 29 January 2026, being the record date for determining Shareholders' entitlement to the proposed final dividend.
    1. With reference to Resolution No. 3 above, Mr. Chung Wai Shu, Robert, Ms. Ling Kit Sum and Mr. Tan Leng Cheng, Aaron will retire from office at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, have offered themselves for re-election. Details of the above Directors are set out in Appendix II to the circular of the Company dated 29 December 2025.
    1. If a tropical cyclone warning signal no. 8 or above is hoisted in Hong Kong, or a black rainstorm warning signal or "extreme conditions" announced by the Hong Kong Government is/are in force in Hong Kong at or at any time after 12:00 noon on the day of the Annual General Meeting, the Annual General Meeting will be adjourned. The Company will publish an announcement on its website (www.irasia.com/listco/hk/melbourneweb) and the website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) to notify shareholders of the date, time and venue of the adjourned meeting.

The Annual General Meeting will be held as scheduled when an amber or a red rainstorm warning signal is in force. Shareholders should decide on their own whether they would attend the Annual General Meeting in person under bad weather condition bearing in mind their own situations.

    1. Attendees should note and observe the following arrangements:
  • (a) No refreshments will be provided; and
  • (b) No distribution of company coupons for subsequent consumption.

This notice is prepared in English and Chinese. In case of any inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.

As at the date of this notice, the Board of the Company comprises (a) two executive directors, namely Mr. Chung Yin Shu, Frederick and Mr. Tsang On Yip, Patrick (Mr. Kenneth Lau as his alternate); (b) two non-executive directors, namely Mr. Chung Wai Shu, Robert and Mr. Wong Tak Wai; and (c) three independent non-executive directors, namely Mr. Yuen Sik Ming, Patrick, Ms. Ling Kit Sum and Mr. Tan Leng Cheng, Aaron.