SOHO China Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 28, 2025

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(SOHO CHINA LIMITED)

(SOHO 中國有限公司)

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 410)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting of SOHO China Limited (the "Company") will be held at 11/F, Tower A, Chaowai SOHO, 6B Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the PRC on Friday, 23 May 2025 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

Ordinary Resolutions

1. To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors of the Company (the "Directors") and independent auditor of the Company (the "Auditor") for the year ended 31 December 2024.
2. To re-elect Ms. Xu Jin as an executive Director.
3. To re-elect Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita as an executive Director.
4. To re-elect Mr. Xiong Ming Hua as an independent non-executive Director.
5. To authorize the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors.
6. To re-appoint Grant Thornton Hong Kong Limited as Auditor and authorize the Board to fix their remuneration.
7. To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without modification, 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;

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(ii) the approval in paragraph (i) above shall be in addition to any other authorization given to the Directors and shall authorize the Directors during the Relevant Period 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 (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors during the Relevant Period pursuant to paragraph (i) above, otherwise than pursuant to (a) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (b) the grant or exercise of any option under the option scheme of the Company or any other option scheme or similar arrangements 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 (c) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements 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 (d) 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 total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares) as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(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;

(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; or

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

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(b) “Rights Issue” means an offer of shares in the capital of the Company, or 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 whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of shares (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 recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).

(B) “That:

(i) subject to paragraph (ii) 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 recognised 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, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(ii) the aggregate number of issued shares of the Company, which may be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) above shall not exceed 10 per cent (%) of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares) at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

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

(iv) 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; or

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

(C) "That conditional upon the resolutions numbered 7(A) and 7(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 additional 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 7(A) set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of issued shares of the Company which may be allotted by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate an amount representing the aggregate number of issued shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to ordinary resolution numbered 7(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such number shall not exceed 10 per cent (%) of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares) at the date of passing of the said resolutions."

By order of the Board

SOHO China Limited

Xu Jin

Chairman

Beijing, the People's Republic of China, 28 April 2025

Registered office:
Cricket Square
Hutchins Drive
P.O. Box 2681
Grand Cayman KY1-1111
Cayman Islands

Corporate headquarter:
11/F, Tower A, Chaowai SOHO
No. 6B, Chaowai Street
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100020
The People's Republic of China

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

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Notes:

(i) Ordinary resolution numbered 7(C) will be proposed to the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) for approval provided that ordinary resolutions numbered 7(A) and 7(B) are passed by the Shareholders.

(ii) A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the above 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.

(iii) In the case of joint holders of any share of the Company (the “Share”), 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 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 branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, 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 or any adjournment thereof. The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude the Shareholders from attending and voting in person at the above meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish and in such event the relevant form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

(v) The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 20 May 2025 to Friday, 23 May 2025, both days inclusive, in order to determine the entitlement of the Shareholders to attend and vote at the above meeting, during which period no share transfers can be registered. All transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company 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 not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 19 May 2025.

(vi) In respect of the ordinary resolution numbered 7(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 as a general mandate for the purposes of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the “Listing Rules”).

(vii) In respect of ordinary resolution numbered 7(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 the Shareholders. An explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable the 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 28 April 2025.

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Pan Shiyi, Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita, Ms. Xu Jin and Mr. Qian Ting; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Huang Jingsheng, Mr. Xiong Ming Hua and Mr. Zhang Mingeng.