ZO Future Group — AGM Information 2016

Nov 25, 2016

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BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 伯明翰環球控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2309)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting of Birmingham International Holdings Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Plaza 3, Lower Lobby, Novotel Century Hong Kong, 238 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Friday, 30 December 2016 at 10:30 a.m. for the purposes to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following ordinary resolutions (as ordinary business):

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1. To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditor for the year ended 30 June 2016;

2. To re-elect the retiring directors of the Company and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix the directors’ remuneration;

3. To re-appoint ZHONGHUI ANDA CPA Limited as auditor of the Company and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix its remuneration.

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1. As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:

(A) “ THAT :

• (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the “ Listing Rules ”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”), 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 and deal with additional shares in the share capital of the Company (the “ Shares ”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which would or might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

• (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements or options (including bonds, warrants, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

• (c) the total number of Shares allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:

  • (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined);

  • (ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under terms of any existing warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other securities issued by the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares;

  • (iii) an exercise of the subscription rights under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees and/or consultants and/or advisers of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries or such other persons eligible to participate in any such scheme(s) or arrangement of Shares or rights to acquire Shares; or

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• (iv) any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on the Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company (the “ Articles of Association ”) from time to time,

shall not exceed 20% of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

• (d) for the purpose of this resolution, “ Relevant Period ” means the period from the date of 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 or any applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; or

  • (iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given to the Directors under this resolution by an ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company in general meetings.

“ Rights Issue ” means an offer of Shares, or issue of options, warrants or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares or any class of Shares on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares or any class of Shares (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 recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory applicable to the Company). ”

(B) “ THAT :

• (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, 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 repurchase its shares, subject to and in accordance with the applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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• (b) the total number of shares of the Company (the “ Shares ”) which the Company is authorised to repurchase pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of 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 date of 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 law of the Cayman Islands to be held; or

  • (iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given to the Directors under this resolution by an ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company in general meetings.”

(C) “ THAT :

conditional upon the passing of the resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) as set out in the notice convening this meeting (the “ Notice ”), the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company (the “ Directors ”) to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of the Company (the “ Shares ”) pursuant to the said resolution numbered 4(A) as set out in the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of such number of Shares repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Directors of the Company pursuant to the resolution numbered 4(B) as set out in the Notice, provided that such number of Shares so repurchased shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of the said resolution. ”

5. “ THAT :

subject to and conditional upon the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, the shares of the Company which may fall to be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the proposed share option scheme of the Company (the “ Share Option Scheme ”) (a copy of which has been produced to this meeting marked “A” and signed by the chairman of this meeting for identification purpose), (i) the existing share option scheme of the Company adopted on 30 July

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2007 be and is hereby terminated, and (ii) the rules of the Share Option Scheme be and are hereby approved and the directors of the Company be authorised to grant options and allot and issue shares of the Company pursuant to the Share Option Scheme, and that directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and to enter into all such transactions and arrangements as may be necessary and expedient in order to give effect to the Share Option Scheme.”

By Order of the Board Birmingham International Holdings Limited Zhao Wenqing Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 28 November 2016

Head office and principal place of Business in Hong Kong Room 1200, 12th Floor,

Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Notes:

• (1) Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his/her/its proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her/it. A member who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy to represent him/her/it and vote on his/her/its behalf at a general meeting of the Company or at class meeting. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

• (2) Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such joint holders may vote at the meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she/it were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders shall be present at the meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members in respect of the joint holding.

• (3) The form of proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of such power of attorney or authority must be returned to the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting, and in default the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid. The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude members from attending and voting in person at the meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) should they so wish.

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises eight Directors, namely Mr. Zhao Wenqing (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Sue Ka Lok, Ms. Chan Yuk Yee, Mr. Yiu Chun Kong, and Mr. Zhu Kai as Executive Directors; and Mr. To Yan Ming, Edmond, Mr. Pun Chi Ping and Ms. Leung Pik Har, Christine as Independent Non-executive Directors.

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