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Tencent Holdings Limited AGM Information 2016

Mar 29, 2016

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AGM Information

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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 announcement, 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 announcement.

TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED 騰訊控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 700)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of Tencent Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Island Ballroom C, Level 5, Island Shangri-La Hotel, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 18 May 2016 at 3:30 p.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and consider the audited Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2015.

  2. To declare a final dividend.

  3. To re-elect Directors and authorise the Board of Directors to fix the Directors’ remuneration:

    • (a) To re-elect Mr Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker as Director;

    • (b) To re-elect Mr Ian Charles Stone as Director; and

    • (c) To authorise the Board of Directors to fix the Directors’ remuneration.

  4. To re-appoint Auditor and authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.

To consider and if thought fit, to pass with or without modification the following resolutions as Ordinary Resolutions:

  1. That :

    • (a) subject to paragraph (c), a general mandate be and is hereby unconditionally granted to the Directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period (as defined below) all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and dispose of shares in the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements, options or warrants which would or might require the exercise of such powers;

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  • (b) the mandate in paragraph (a) shall authorise the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

  • (c) the aggregate nominal value of share capital 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 mandate in paragraph (a), otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below), or (ii) any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement pursuant to the articles of association of the Company from time to time, shall not exceed twenty per cent (20%) of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of this Resolution and the said mandate 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 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 by law 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 of the Company in general meeting.

“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register 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 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).”

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6. “ That :

  • (a) a general mandate be and is hereby unconditionally granted to the Directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period (as defined below) all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire shares in the capital of the Company in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, provided that the aggregate nominal amount of shares so purchased or otherwise acquired shall not exceed ten per cent (10%) of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of this Resolution; and

  • (b) for the purpose of this Resolution:

“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 by law 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 of the Company in general meeting.”

  1. That , conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 5 and 6 set out in the Notice convening this Annual General Meeting, the aggregate nominal amount of the shares which are purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company pursuant to Resolution 6 shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of the shares which may be issued pursuant to Resolution 5.”

By Order of the Board

Ma Huateng Chairman

29 March 2016

Notes:

  1. For ascertaining the entitlement to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 16 May 2016 to Wednesday, 18 May 2016, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, all duly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 13 May 2016.

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  1. For ascertaining the entitlement to proposed final dividend, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 24 May 2016 to Wednesday, 25 May 2016, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend, all duly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 23 May 2016.

  2. Any member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint one or, if he holds two or more shares, more person(s) as his proxy or proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy needs not be a member of the Company.

  3. The form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is enclosed with the circular to the shareholders dated 29 March 2016. The form of proxy can also be downloaded from the website of the Company at www.tencent.com and the website of HKExnews at www.hkexnews.hk. To be valid, the form of proxy must be completed, signed and deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  4. A printed version of the circular containing further details regarding Resolutions 5 to 7 above will be expected to be dispatched to the shareholders on or about 5 April 2016.

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are:

Executive Directors:

Ma Huateng and Lau Chi Ping Martin;

Non-Executive Directors:

Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker and Charles St Leger Searle; and

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Li Dong Sheng, Iain Ferguson Bruce and Ian Charles Stone.

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