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WH Group Limited — AGM Information 2021
Aug 30, 2021
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AGM Information
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China Baoli Technologies Holdings Limited 中國寶力科技控股有限公司
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 164)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the ‘‘AGM’’) of China Baoli Technologies Holdings Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at 3: 00 p.m. on Thursday, 30 September 2021 at Room 1703–1704, World-Wide House, 19 Des Voeux Road Central, Central, Hong Kong for the following purposes:
AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2021 together with the reports of the directors and auditor thereon.
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To re-elect retiring directors and to authorise the board (the ‘‘Board’’) of directors (the ‘‘Director(s)’’) of the Company to fix the Directors’ remuneration.
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To re-appoint Asian Alliance (HK) CPA Limited as the auditor of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.
AS SPECIAL BUSINESS
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as ordinary resolution:
‘‘THAT:
- (a) subject to paragraph (c) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company (the ‘‘Share(s)’’) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including
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warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which might require the exercise of such power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the total number of Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to the general mandate in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company or (iii) any grant or exercise of any option granted under any scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue of options to subscribe for, or rights to acquire Shares or (iv) the exercise of any rights of subscription or conversion under any existing warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities issued by the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;
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(d) for the purposes of this resolution,
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(i) ‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(aa) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(bb)the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law to be held; and
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(cc) 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; and
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(ii) ‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of Shares or issue of options, warrants, or other securities giving the right to subscribe for Shares, open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares whose names appear on the register of members of the Company (and, where appropriate, to holders of other securities entitled to the offer) on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares (or, where appropriate, such other securities), subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the
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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, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, or any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company.’’
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as ordinary resolution:
‘‘THAT:
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to buy back 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 recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and/or requirements of the Stock Exchange or other applicable rules and regulations as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall, in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors, authorise the Directors on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period to procure the Company to buy back its own Shares at a price to be determined by the Directors;
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(c) the total number of Shares to be bought back or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be bought back by the Company during the Relevant Period pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) 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 bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law to be held; and (iii) 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.’’
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- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as ordinary resolution:
‘‘THAT conditional upon the passing of resolutions numbered 4 and 5 above, the general mandate granted to the Directors and for the time being in force to exercise the power of the Company to allot, issue or otherwise deal with Shares pursuant to the said resolution numbered 4 be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the total number of Shares bought back by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the said resolution numbered 5, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of the said resolution numbered 5.’’
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
‘‘THAT the rules of the new share option scheme of the Company (the ‘‘New Share Option Scheme’’) (a copy of which has been submitted to the AGM and signed by the Chairman of the AGM for the purpose of identification and a summary of the terms and conditions of which has been set out in the circular dated 30 August 2021) be and are hereby approved and adopted as the new share option scheme of the Company subject to the conditions set out therein, and that the Directors be and are hereby authorized to do such acts and to enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements as may be necessary or expedient in order to give full effect to the New Share Option Scheme, notwithstanding that they or any of them may be interested in the same including without limitation to:
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(i) implement the New Share Option Scheme and to grant options to persons eligible under the New Share Option Scheme to subscribe for Shares;
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(ii) modify and/or amend the New Share Option Scheme from time to time provided that such modification and/or amendment is/are effected in accordance with the terms and provisions of the New Share Option Scheme in relation to modifications and/or amendments and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;
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(iii) allot and issue and deal with from time to time such number of Shares as may be required to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the options granted under the New Share Option Scheme provided that the total number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all options to be granted under the New Share Option Scheme and other share option scheme(s) shall not exceed 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution (the ‘‘Scheme Mandate Limit’’), with the acknowledgment that the Company may seek an approval from the shareholders in general meeting to refresh the Scheme Mandate Limit from time to time but provided always that the maximum
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number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all outstanding options granted and yet to be exercised under the New Share Option Scheme and other share option scheme(s) shall not in aggregate exceed 30% of the issued share capital of the Company from time to time; and
- (iv) make application at the appropriate time or times to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and any other stock exchanges, if appropriate, for the listing of, and permission to deal in, any Shares or any part thereof that may hereafter from time to time be issued and allotted pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the New Share Option Scheme.’’
By order of the Board China Baoli Technologies Holdings Limited Zhang Yi Chairman
Hong Kong, 30 August 2021
Notes:
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Any shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the AGM shall be entitled to appoint another person as his/her proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder who is the holder of two or more Shares may appoint more than one proxy to attend and vote on the same occasion.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any Share(s), any one of such joint holders may attend and vote at the AGM, either in person or by proxy in respect of such Share(s) as if he/she were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the AGM or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be), the more senior shall alone be entitled to vote, whether in person or by proxy. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.
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In order to be valid, a form of proxy in the prescribed form 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 branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Secretaries Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be).
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Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude members from attending and voting at the AGM or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be) should they so wish and in such event, the form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 24 September 2021 to Thursday, 30 September 2021, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to determine the identity of the shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM, all duly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Secretaries Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, not later than 4: 30 p.m. on Thursday, 23 September 2021.
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If a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above is hoisted or ‘‘extreme conditions’’ caused by super typhoons or a black rainstorm warning signal is in force any time from 8: 00 a.m. to 3: 00 p.m. on the date of the AGM, the AGM will be postponed and members of the Company will be informed of the date, time and venue of the postponed AGM by a supplementary announcement posted on the website of the Stock Exchange. The AGM will be held as scheduled even when tropical cyclone warning signal no. 3 or below is hoisted, or an amber or red rainstorm warning signal is in force. Members of the Company should make their own decisions as to whether they would attend the AGM under such bad weather conditions and if they choose to do so, they are advised to exercise care and caution.
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PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES FOR THE AGM
To safeguard the health and safety of the Shareholders and to prevent the spreading of the novel coronavirus (‘‘COVID-19’’) pandemic, the following precautionary measures will be implemented by the Company at the AGM:
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(i) use hand sanitizer gel before entry and compulsory temperature checks;
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(ii) mandatory wearing of surgical face masks;
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(iii) maintain appropriate social distancing and the number of attendees at the meeting will be limited according to the latest regulations announced by the government;
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(iv) no provision of corporate gift distributed and refreshments or drinks will be served; and
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(v) any person who does not comply with the precautionary measures to be taken at the AGM may be denied entry into the meeting venue.
For the health and safety of the Shareholders, the Company encourages the Shareholders to appoint the chairman of the AGM as their proxy to vote on the relevant resolution as an alternative to attending the AGM in person. Subject to the development of COVID-19, the Company may implement further changes and precautionary measures and may issue further announcement(s) on such measures as appropriate.
As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Zhang Yi (Chairman), Ms. Chu Wei Ning (Chief Executive Officer) and Ms. Lam Sze Man; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Chan Fong Kong, Francis, Mr. Chan Kee Huen, Michael and Mr. Feng Man.
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