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TUHU Car Inc. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

May 13, 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.

TUHU Car Inc. is controlled through weighted voting rights, whose share capital comprises Class A Shares and Class B Shares. Each Class A Share entitles the holder to exercise one vote, and each Class B Share entitles the holder to exercise ten votes, respectively, on any resolution tabled at the general meetings, except as may otherwise be required by law or by the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or provided for in the memorandum and articles of association of TUHU Car Inc. Shareholders and prospective investors should be aware of the potential risks of investing in a company with a weighted voting rights structure, in particular that the weighted voting rights beneficiaries, whose interests may not necessarily be aligned with those of the shareholders of our Company as a whole, will be in a position to exert significant influence over the outcome of shareholders' resolutions, irrespective of how other shareholders vote.

适庚养年

TUHU Car Inc.

(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 9690)

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of TUHU Car Inc. (the "Company") will be held at Meeting Room No. 19, 7/F, Building 24, Caohejing Technology Oasis Phase 3, No. 1999 Yishan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China on Friday, 6 June 2025 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors (the "Director(s)") and the auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024;
  2. To re-elect Mr. Hu Xiaodong as an executive Director;
  3. To re-elect Mr. Yao Leiwen as a non-executive Director;
  4. To authorize the board of Directors to fix the respective Directors' remuneration;
  5. To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorize the board of Directors to fix its remuneration;
  6. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its class A ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company (the "Class A Shares") on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or on another stock exchange recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, subject to and in accordance with the applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the total number of the Class A Shares of the Company to be purchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed $10\%$ of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution (excluding treasury shares, and subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of the shares of the Company after the passing of this resolution) and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and


(c) 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 first annual general meeting of the Company following the passing of the resolution at which time it shall lapse unless, by ordinary resolution passed at that meeting, the mandate is renewed, either unconditionally or subject to conditions;

(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

(iii) revoked or varied by ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting.”

  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with authorized and unissued Class A Shares or securities convertible into Class A Shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for Class A Shares or such convertible securities of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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

(c) the total number of Class A Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than by way of Rights Issue (as defined below) or pursuant to the exercise of any subscription rights attaching to any securities which may be allotted and issued by the Company from time to time or, pursuant to the exercise of any options which may be granted or the allotment and issue of Class A Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Class A Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of the shares of

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the Company after the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly) excluding any (A) Class A Shares to be issued pursuant to (i) the exercise of share options which have been granted under the 2019 Share Incentive Plan (as defined below), (ii) exercise of share options which have been or may be granted under the Post-IPO Share Scheme (as defined below), (iii) awards granted under the Post-IPO Share Scheme and (B) Class A Shares to be issued upon conversion of Class B ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company into Class A Shares on a one to one basis;

(d) for the purposes of this resolution:

“2019 Share Incentive Plan” means the share incentive plan approved and adopted by the Company on 31 October 2019;

“Post-IPO Share Scheme” means the post-IPO share scheme adopted by the Company on 7 September 2023;

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

(i) the conclusion of the first annual general meeting of the Company following the passing of the resolution at which time it shall lapse unless, by ordinary resolution passed at that meeting, the mandate is renewed, either unconditionally or subject to conditions;

(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

(iii) revoked or varied by ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting; “Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors 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 exclusions 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 any relevant jurisdiction or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange).”

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  1. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions set out in items 6 and 7 of the notice convening this meeting (the “Notice”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 7 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the total number of shares which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the total number of shares purchased by the Company pursuant to the general 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 the issued shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of passing this resolution.”

By order of the Board

TUHU Car Inc.

Chen Min

Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 13 May 2025

Notes:

a. Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at this meeting is entitled to appoint another person as proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her/it. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint any number of proxies to represent him/her/it to attend and vote on his/her/its behalf. 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.

b. 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 notarially certified copy of that power or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong (i.e. Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong) as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting (i.e. not later than 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 4 June 2025) or any adjournment thereof. Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a member of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting and, in such event, the form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

c. To ascertain shareholders’ eligibility to attend and vote at this meeting, the record date will be Friday, 6 June 2025 and the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 3 June 2025 to Friday, 6 June 2025 (both days inclusive) during which period no share transfer will be effected. In order to qualify for attending and voting at the annual general meeting, unregistered holders of shares of the Company should ensure that all completed transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong (i.e. 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 no later than 4:30 p.m., on Monday, 2 June 2025.

d. References to time and dates in this Notice are to Hong Kong time and dates.

e. References herein to an allotment, issue or dealing with securities or shares shall include a sale or transfer of treasury shares listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises Mr. Chen Min and Mr. Hu Xiaodong as executive Directors; Mr. Yao Leiwen as non-executive Director; Ms. Yan Huiping, Mr. Feng Wei and Mr. Wang Jingbo as independent non-executive Directors.