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VISEN Pharmaceuticals — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2026
Apr 28, 2026
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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VISEN PHARMACEUTICALS
维昇药业
(Incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 2561)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Visen Pharmaceuticals (维昇药业) (the "Company") will be held at Room 1701, 1788 Square, No. 1788 West Nanjing Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China on Friday, 26 June 2026 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
- To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2025.
2(a). To re-elect Mr. LU An-Bang as an executive director of the Company;
2(b). To re-elect Dr. YAO Zhengbin (Bing) as an independent non-executive director of the Company;
2(c). To re-elect Mr. ZHANG Qing as an independent non-executive director of the Company;
2(d). To authorize the board of directors to fix the respective directors' remuneration. - To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditor of the Company and to authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"THAT:
(a) subject to compliance with the prevailing requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and paragraph (b) below, a general mandate be and is hereby generally and unconditionally given to the directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period (as defined below) all the powers of the Company to repurchase its shares for cancellation or to hold as treasury shares (which shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "treasury shares") in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations;
(b) the total number of shares of the Company to be repurchased pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed $10\%$ of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of shares of the Company after the date of passing of this resolution); and
(c) for the purposes 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 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.”
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
(a) subject to compliance with the prevailing requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and paragraph (b) below, a general mandate be and is hereby generally and unconditionally given to the directors of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital 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 during or after the end of the Relevant Period (as defined below) in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations;
(b) the aggregate number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:
(i) a Rights Issue (as defined below);
(ii) the exercise of any subscription rights which may be granted any share option scheme or similar agreement for the time adopted by the Company; and
(iii) any scrip dividend scheme 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.
shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of shares of the Company after the date of passing of this resolution); and
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(c) for the purposes 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 Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company or 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.
“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).
- 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 4 and 5 of the notice convening this meeting (the “Notice”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 5 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the total number of shares which may be allotted, issued or dealt with and treasury shares sold or transferred or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be sold or transferred by the directors pursuant to such general mandate of the number of shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in resolution set out in item 4 of the Notice, provided that such number of shares shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company (excluding any treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of shares of the Company after the date of passing of this resolution).”
By Order of the Board
VISEN Pharmaceuticals
Mr. LU An-Bang
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, 27 April 2026
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Notes:
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All resolutions at the meeting will be taken by poll (except where the chairman decides to allow a resolution relating to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands) pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”). The results of the poll will be published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.
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Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy/more than one proxy to attend and on a poll, vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. If more than one proxy is appointed, the number of shares in respect of which each such proxy so appointed must be specified in the relevant form of proxy. Every shareholder present in person or by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by him.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting (i.e. not later than 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 (Hong Kong time)) or the adjourned meeting (as the case may be). Completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the meeting, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 23 June 2026 to Friday, 26 June 2026, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar 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 for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 22 June 2026. The record date for determining the entitlement of Shareholders to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is Friday, 26 June 2026.
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A circular containing further details concerning items set out in the above notice will be published together with the 2025 Annual Report.
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If Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above, “extreme conditions” caused by super typhoons or a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is in effect any time within 3 hours before the meeting time on the date of the meeting, then the meeting will be postponed. The Company will post an announcement on the website of the Company (www.visenpharma.com) and HKEXnews website (www.hkexnews.hk) to notify the Shareholders of the date, time and place of the rescheduled meeting. The 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 meeting under bad weather condition bearing in mind their own situations. “Business Day”, in this context, shall mean a day (excluding Saturday) on which banks are open for general banking business in Hong Kong.
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References to time and dates in this notice are to Hong Kong time and dates.
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Treasury shares, if any and registered under the name of the Company, shall have no voting rights at the general meeting(s) of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, solely from the perspective of the Listing Rules, the Company shall, upon depositing any treasury shares in the CCASS, abstain from voting at any of its general meeting(s) in relation to those shares.
As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises (i) Mr. LU An-Bang as executive director; (ii) Mr. FU Shan and Mr. CAO Yibo as non-executive directors; and (iii) Dr. YAO Zhengbin (Bing), Mr. CHAN Peng Kuan, Ms. NI Hong and Mr. ZHANG Qing as independent non-executive directors.