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Vobile Group Limited AGM Information 2021

May 28, 2021

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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.

Vobile Group Limited 阜 博 集 團 有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 3738)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting (the ‘‘AGM’’) of Vobile Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 at United Conference Centre, 10/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong for the following purposes:

  1. To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors (the ‘‘Directors’’) and the independent auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.

  2. a. To re-elect Mr. Yangbin Bernard WANG as an executive Director; and

  3. b. To re-elect Mr. J David WARGO as a non-executive Director.

  4. a. To appoint Mr. MATSUZAWA Masaaki as an executive Director; and

  5. b. To appoint Mr. KWAN Ngai Kit as an independent non-executive Director.

  6. To authorise the board of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) to fix the Directors’ remuneration.

  7. To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

  8. 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, a general and unconditional mandate be and is hereby given to the Directors to exercise all the powers of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to purchase its own shares (the ‘‘Shares’’) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Stock Exchange’’) or on any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and which is recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of

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Hong Kong (the ‘‘Securities and Futures Commission’’) and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time;

  • (b) the total number of Shares to be purchased or agreed to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of this resolution and the approval pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be limited accordingly; and

  • (c) for the purposes of this resolution:

‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the date of 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 of the Company 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 paragraph (b) below, a general and unconditional mandate be and is hereby given to the Directors to exercise all the powers of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to allot, issue and deal with the unissued Shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers, whether during the continuance of the Relevant Period or thereafter;

  • (b) the aggregate number of Shares issued, allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be issued, allotted or dealt with pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period, otherwise than pursuant to the following, shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly:

  • (i) a rights issue where Shares are offered for a period fixed by the Directors to shareholders on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard, as appropriate, to any

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restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or stock exchange in Hong Kong, or in any territory applicable to the Company);

  • (ii) the exercise of options under a share option scheme;

  • (iii) the exercise of rights of conversion under the terms of any securities which are convertible into Shares or exercise of warrants to subscribe for Shares;

  • (iv) any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or in part of any dividend in accordance with the articles of association of the Company; or

  • (v) any specific authority granted or to be granted by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting; and

  • (c) for the purposes of this resolution:

‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the date of 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 of the Company in general meeting.’’

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

‘‘THAT conditional upon the passing of resolutions nos. 6 and 7 as set out in the notice convening this meeting, the general mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to resolution no. 7 to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the unissued Shares be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto the aggregate number of Shares to be repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution no. 6, provided that such number in aggregate shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of this resolution.’’

By order of the Board Vobile Group Limited Yangbin Bernard WANG Chairman

Hong Kong, 31 May 2021

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Notes:

  1. All resolutions at the AGM 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.

  2. Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A shareholder who is the holder of two or more Shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at the AGM. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

  3. 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 notarially certified copy of that power of attorney, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM (i.e. 9:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on Monday, 28 June 2021) or any adjournment thereof. Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the AGM and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

  4. For determining the qualification as shareholder of the Company to attend and vote at the AGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 25 June 2021 to Wednesday, 30 June 2021, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to qualify as shareholders to attend and vote at the AGM, investors are required to lodge all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates with the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 24 June 2021.

  5. In view of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, shareholders are strongly encouraged to appoint the chairman of the Annual General Meeting as proxy to attend and vote on his/her behalf at the Annual General Meeting or any adjourned meeting.

As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises Mr. Yangbin Bernard WANG and Mr. Michael Paul WITTE as executive Directors; Mr. J David WARGO and Mr. WONG Wai Kwan as non-executive Directors; and Mr. CHAN King Man Kevin, Mr. Derek CHANG, Mr. Alfred Tsai CHU and Mr. Charles Eric EESLEY as independent non-executive Directors.

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