Seazen Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 16, 2025

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Seazen

新城发展

SEAZEN GROUP LIMITED

新城發展控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1030)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting (the "Meeting") of Seazen Group Limited (the "Company") will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 8 May 2025 at Room 201, 2/F, Seazen Holdings Tower B, No. 5, Lane 388, Zhongjiang Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, PRC for considering and, if thought fit, passing, with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1. To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors (the "Directors") and auditor for the year ended 31 December 2024.

2. To consider the re-election of the Directors, each as a separate resolution:

(A) To re-elect Mr. Lu Zhongming as executive Director.
(B) To re-elect Mr. Zhou Fudong as executive Director.
(C) To re-elect Ms. Wu Ke as independent non-executive Director.
(D) To re-elect Mr. Zhong Wei (who has served more than nine years) as independent non-executive Director.
(E) To authorise the board of Directors (the "Board") to fix the remuneration of the Directors.

1. To re-appoint Grant Thornton Hong Kong Limited as auditor of the Company and authorise the Board to fix its remuneration.

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1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

(A) “That:

(i) subject to paragraph (iii) below, the exercise by the Directors 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 (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) 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 or grant offers, agreements and/or options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which may require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the approval in paragraph (i) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options which may require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

(iii) the aggregate number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to paragraph (i) above, otherwise than pursuant to (1) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (2) the grant or exercise of any option under the 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 and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (3) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment 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 in force from time to time; or (4) any issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any existing convertible notes issued by the Company or any existing securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares of the Company, shall not exceed the aggregate of 20 per cent of the number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(iv) for the purpose of this resolution:

(a) “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(1) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

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(2) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the articles of association of the Company to be held; and

(3) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting; and

(b) “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 to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof whose names appear on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (subject to such exclusion 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, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the exercise or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).

(B) “That:

(i) subject to paragraph (iii) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company 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 recognized for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange under the Code on Share Buy-backs and, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the “Listing Rules”), be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the approval in paragraph (i) of this resolution 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 (as hereinafter defined) to procure the Company to repurchase its shares at a price determined by the Directors;

(iii) the aggregate number of the shares of the Company, which may be repurchased by the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) above shall not exceed 10 per cent of the number of the issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

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(iv) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this resolution which had been granted to the Directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; and

(v) for the purpose of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(b) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the articles of association of the Company to be held; and

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

(C) “That conditional upon the resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting being passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with new shares of the Company (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to the ordinary resolution numbered 4(A) set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the number of the shares of the Company which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the number of the shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to ordinary resolution numbered 4(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such extended amount shall not exceed 10 per cent of the number of the issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares, if any) as at the date of passing of this resolution.”

By order of the Board
Seazen Group Limited
Wang Xiaosong
Chairman

The PRC, 17 April 2025

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Registered office:
Grand Pavilion
Hibiscus Way
802 West Bay Road
P.O. Box 31119
KY1-1205
Cayman Islands

Principal place of business
in Hong Kong:
31/F, Tower Two
Times Square
1 Matheson Street
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Notes:

(i) Ordinary resolution numbered 4(C) will be proposed to the shareholders for approval provided that ordinary resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) are passed by the shareholders of the Company.

(ii) A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his/her proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her; a proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him/her and vote on his/her behalf at the Meeting. On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

(iii) In the case of joint holders, any one of such joint holders may vote at the Meeting, either in person 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 Meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s) and for this purpose seniority shall be determined as 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.

(iv) In order to be valid, a form of proxy must be deposited at the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, MUFG Corporate Markets Pty Limited, at Suite 1601, 16/F, Central Tower, 28 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the above meeting (i.e. before 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 6 May 2025) or any adjournment thereof. The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude shareholders of the Company from attending and voting in person at the above meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish.

(v) The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 2 May 2025 to Thursday, 8 May 2025, both days inclusive, in order to determine the identity of the Shareholders who are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 8 May 2025, during which period no share transfers can be registered. In order to qualify for attending the Meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, MUFG Corporate Markets Pty Limited, at Suite 1601, 16/F, Central Tower, 28 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 April 2025 for registration.

(vi) In respect of ordinary resolution numbered 2 above, Mr. Lu Zhongming, Mr. Zhou Fudong, Mr. Zhong Wei and Ms. Wu Ke shall retire at the Meeting and being eligible, have offered themselves for re-election at the above meeting. Details of the above retiring Directors are set out in Appendix I to the accompanied circular dated 17 April 2025.

(vii) In respect of the ordinary resolution numbered 4(A) above, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new shares of the Company. Approval is being sought from the shareholders of the Company as a general mandate for the purposes of the Listing Rules.

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(viii) In respect of ordinary resolution numbered 4(B) above, the Directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred by the general mandate to repurchase shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefits of shareholders of the Company. The explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolution to approve the repurchase by the Company of its own shares, as required by the Listing Rules, is set out in Appendix II to the accompanied circular dated 17 April 2025.

(ix) Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, voting for the resolutions set out in this notice will be taken by poll at the above meeting.

(x) If Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above, black rainstorm warning or extreme conditions caused by super typhoons is in effect in Hong Kong after 8:00 a.m. on the date of the Meeting, the Meeting will be postponed. The Company will post an announcement on the website of the Company at www.seazengroup.com.cn and on the website of the HKEXnews at www.hkexnews.hk to notify Shareholders of the date, time and place of the rescheduled meeting.

Unless otherwise stated, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the circular of the Company dated 17 April 2025.

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors are Mr. Lv Xiaoping, Mr. Lu Zhongming and Mr. Zhou Fudong as executive Directors, Mr. Wang Xiaosong as non-executive Director, and Mr. Zhu Zengjin, Mr. Zhong Wei and Ms. Wu Ke as independent non-executive Directors.

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