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Zhong An Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Apr 25, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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众安集团
ZHONG AN GROUP
眾安集團有限公司
Zhong An Group Limited
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 672)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of the shareholders of Zhong An Group Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 4/F, Holiday Inn Xiaoshan Hangzhou, 688 Shanyin Road, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the People’s Republic of China on Thursday, 5 June 2025 at 10:30 a.m. for the following purposes:
- To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors and auditor for the year ended 31 December 2024.
- To re-elect the following directors of the Company:
A. Mr Zhang Jiangang as an executive director of the Company;
B. Ms Jin Ni as an executive director of the Company;
C. Mr Shen Jiayang as an executive director of the Company; and
D. Professor Pei Ker Wei as an independent non-executive director of the Company.
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To authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix the directors' remuneration.
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To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditor of the Company and to authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix its remuneration.
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As special business to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
5.A. "THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c), the exercise by the directors of the Company (the "Directors") during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue or deal with additional ordinary shares (the "Shares") in the capital of the Company (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares (which has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules) out of treasury if permitted under the Listing Rules) or securities convertible into such Shares or warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any Shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options 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) shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;
(c) the number of the Shares allotted (or transferred out of treasury) or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (or transferred out of treasury) (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a), otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); (ii) the exercise of rights of subscription, exchange or conversion under the terms of any warrants or convertible securities issued by the Company or any securities which are exchangeable into Shares; (iii) the exercise of options under the share option scheme of the Company for the time being adopted; or (iv) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of the dividend on the Shares in accordance with the Company's articles of association, shall not exceed 20% of the number of the Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period commencing 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 of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
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(iii) revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares or securities open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of such Shares (subject to such exclusions or the 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, or the requirements of, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong).
5.B. “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase its own Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose and, if permitted under the Listing Rules, to determine whether such shares repurchased shall be held as treasury shares by the Company or otherwise be cancelled, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the number of the Shares to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval mentioned in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the number of the Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(c) for the purposes of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period commencing 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 of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
(iii) revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”
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5.C. “THAT conditional upon resolutions 5.A and 5.B set out in this notice being passed, the number of the Shares which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Directors pursuant to resolution 5.B shall be added to the total number of the Shares that may be allotted, issued or dealt with (or sold or transferred out of treasury) or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued or dealt with (or sold or transferred out of treasury) pursuant to resolution 5.A, provided that the number of the Shares repurchased by the Company shall not exceed 10% of the number of the Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date of passing of this resolution.”
By order of the Board
Zhong An Group Limited
Shi Zhongan
Chairman
The People’s Republic of China, 28 April 2025
Registered office:
Cricket Square
Hutchins Drive
P.O. Box 2681
Grand Cayman KY1-1111
Cayman Islands
Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
Room 4009, 40/F,
China Resources Building,
26 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Notes:
(1) A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
(2) In order to be valid, the completed 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 or other authority, must be deposited at the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof.
(3) The register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 2 June 2025 to Thursday, 5 June 2025 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to determine the entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM to be held on Thursday, 5 June 2025, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 30 May 2025.
(4) The Chinese translation of this notice is for reference only. In case of any inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.
As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises five executive Directors, namely Mr Shi Zhongan (Chairman), Mr Zhang Jiangang (Chief Executive Officer), Ms Jin Ni, Ms Shi Jinfan and Mr Shen Jiayang; and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Professor Pei Ker Wei, Mr Zhang Huaqiao and Mr Fung Che Wai Anthony.
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