UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July, 2024
Commission File Number: 001-38631
CHEER HOLDING, INC.
22F, Block B, Xinhua Technology Building,
No. 8 Tuofangying South Road,
Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
100016
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This report and Exhibit 99.1
to this Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-237788) and
on Form F-3 as amended (File No. 333-279221), each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent not superseded
by documents or reports subsequently filed.
Exhibit Index
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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Cheer Holding, Inc. |
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/s/
Bing Zhang |
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Name:
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Bing Zhang
Chief Executive Officer |
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Dated: July 29, 2024 |
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Exhibit
99.1
CHEER
HOLDING, INC.
22F,
Block B, Xinhua Technology Building
No.
8 Tuofangying South Road,
Jiuxianqiao,
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
To the Shareholders
of Cheer Holding, Inc.:
You
are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Cheer Holding, Inc. (“Cheer” or the “Company”)
on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (the “Annual General Meeting” or the “meeting”), at the offices of the Company,
located at 22F, Block B, Xinhua Technology Building, No. 8 Tuofangying South Road, Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100016,
at 10:00 a.m., local time. A Notice of the Annual General Meeting, a Proxy Card and a Proxy Statement containing information about the
matters to be voted upon at the Annual General Meeting are enclosed.
All
registered holders of our ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares” or “Shares”) as of the close of business on Tuesday,
July 23, 2024 (the “Record Date”), will be entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting on the basis of one vote on a show
of hands and, on a poll, one vote for each Ordinary Share held.
Our
activities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, are included in our annual report on Form 20-F, as amended, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 14, 2024 (the “Annual Report”). Upon written request to the Secretary
of the Company, the Company will provide, without charge, to each person solicited a copy of the Annual Report, including the financial
statements and report of independent registered public accounting firm filed therewith. The Annual Report and other reports that we file
with the SEC are also available to the public from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Whether
or not you plan to attend the Annual General Meeting, the Company requests that you please exercise your voting rights by completing
and returning your Proxy card promptly in the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope, or to vote your shares online electronically
at https://www.cstproxyvote.com/. If you are a registered holder of Ordinary Shares, by attending the Annual General Meeting and voting
in person, your Proxy Card will not be used.
We
are providing the accompanying Proxy Statement and accompanying Proxy Card to our shareholders in connection with the solicitation of
proxies to be voted at the Annual General Meeting and at any adjournments of such meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual
General Meeting, we urge you to read the Proxy Statement and sign, date and return the Proxy Card.
On
behalf of our Board of Directors, I thank you for your support.
| Sincerely, |
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| /s/
Bing Zhang |
| Bing
Zhang |
| Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
CHEER
HOLDING, INC
22F,
Block B, Xinhua Technology Building
No.
8 Tuofangying South Road,
Jiuxianqiao,
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
NOTICE
OF THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OF
CHEER HOLDING, INC.
To
Be Held on August 28, 2024
Dear Shareholder:
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Cheer Holding, Inc. (“Cheer” or the “Company”) will be
held on August 28, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of the Company, located at 22F, Block B, Xinhua Technology Building,
No. 8 Tuofangying South Road, Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100016 (the “Annual General Meeting” or the
“meeting”).
At
the Annual General Meeting, our shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon:
Proposal
No. 1. To consider and approve a proposal, as an ordinary resolution, that Yong Li and Bing Zhang each be appointed as a Class II Director
to hold office in accordance with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company until the 2027 Annual
General Meeting of the Company and until his successor is appointed and duly qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.
We refer to Proposal No. 1 as the “Director Appointment Proposal.”
Proposal
No. 2. To consider and approve a proposal, as a special resolution, subject to the determination, confirmation and approval of the board
of directors of the Company that this resolution should be implemented, that the authorized share capital of the Company be increased
to US$200,700 divided into 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, 500,000 Class B ordinary shares of a
par value of US$0.001 each and 2,000,000 preferred shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, and that the second amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association of the Company be amended and restated pursuant to the third amended and restated memorandum and
articles of association in the form set forth in Annex A to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to provide
for rights for Class B ordinary shares. We refer to Proposal No. 2 as the “Charter Proposal.”
Proposal
No. 3. To consider and approve a proposal, as an ordinary resolution, subject to the approval and implementation of the Charter
Proposal, that Mr. Bing Zhang, our Chairman, Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, be allotted and issued
all 500,000 Class B ordinary shares at par for an aggregate purchase price of US$500, or US$0.001 per share. Such payment may be
made in Renminbi. We refer to Proposal No. 3 as the “Share Issuance Proposal.”
Proposal
No. 4. To consider and approve a proposal, as an ordinary resolution, that the Cheer Holding, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan in the
form set forth in Annex B to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company (the “Equity Incentive Plan”),
be approved and adopted. We refer to Proposal No. 4 as the “Equity Incentive Plan Proposal.”
Proposal
No. 5. To consider and approve a proposal, as an ordinary resolution, that the appointment of Assentsure PAC as the independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, be approved and ratified. We refer to Proposal No. 5 as the “Ratification
of Auditors Proposal.”
Only
holders of record of our ordinary shares at the close of business on July 23, 2024 are entitled to notice of the Annual General Meeting
and to vote at the meeting and any adjournments of the meeting. A complete list of our shareholders of record entitled to vote at the
Annual General Meeting will be available for ten (10) days before the meeting at our principal executive offices for inspection by shareholders
during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the meeting.
Each
of these Proposals is more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement. We ask that you vote or date, sign and return the enclosed
Proxy Card in the self-addressed stamped envelope. If you are a registered holder of ordinary shares, you may revoke your Proxy Card
and vote in person if you later decide to attend in person.
| Sincerely, |
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| /s/
Bing Zhang |
| Bing
Zhang |
| Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
| July
29, 2024 |
CHEER
HOLDING, INC.
22F,
Block B, Xinhua Technology Building
No.
8 Tuofangying South Road,
Jiuxianqiao,
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
PROXY
STATEMENT
July
29, 2024
GENERAL
INFORMATION
This
Proxy Statement and the accompanying Proxy Card are being mailed to shareholders of Cheer Holding, Inc. (“Cheer” or the “Company”)
in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company for the 2024 Annual
General Meeting of the Company (the “Annual General Meeting” or the “meeting”) to be held on August 28, 2024,
at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of the Company, located at 22F, Block B, Xinhua Technology Building, No. 8 Tuofangying South
Road, Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100016. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F, as amended, for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2023, which is not part of this Proxy Statement, was filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 14, 2024.
Voting
By Registered Holders of Ordinary Shares
When
your Proxy Card is returned properly executed, the Ordinary Shares it represents will be voted in accordance with your specifications.
You have three choices as to your vote on each of the items described in this Proxy Statement that are to be voted upon at the Annual
General Meeting. You may vote “for” or “against” each item or “abstain” from voting by marking the
appropriate box.
Voting
via the Internet. To vote through the Internet before the Annual General Meeting, go to https://www.cstproxyvote.com/ and follow
the on-screen instructions to complete an electronic proxy card. Please have your proxy card available when you access the website. You
will need the information on your proxy card to vote your shares. We encourage you to vote via the Internet. You may vote online until
11:59 PM EST the day before the Annual General Meeting
Voting
by mail. To vote using the proxy card, simply complete, sign and date the proxy card that was delivered to you by mail and return
it promptly in the envelope provided. If you return your signed proxy card to us before the Annual General Meeting, we will vote your
shares as you direct. If you sign and return your Proxy Card but do not specify any choices, you will thereby confer discretionary authority
for your Ordinary Shares to be voted as recommended by the Board. The Proxy Card also confers discretionary authority on the individuals
named therein to vote on any variations to the proposed resolutions.
Whether
or not you plan to attend the Annual General Meeting, you can be assured that your Ordinary Shares are voted by completing, signing,
dating and returning the enclosed Proxy Card to the attention of the Company’s chief financial officer at 22F, Block B, Xinhua
Technology Building, No. 8 Tuofangying South Road, Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100016, not less than forty-eight (48)
hours before the time appointed for the Annual General Meeting. You may revoke your Proxy Card at any time before it is exercised by
giving written notice thereof to the Secretary of the Company, by submitting a subsequently dated Proxy Card, by attending the Annual
General Meeting and withdrawing the Proxy Card, or by voting in person at the Annual General Meeting.
Each
holder of the Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company in issue, and recorded in the Register of Members of the Company at the close
of business on July 23, 2024, is entitled to one vote on a show of hands and, on a poll, to one vote for each Ordinary Share so held
at the Annual General Meeting. All such Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting are referred to herein as “Record
Shares.” The presence in person or by proxy of two shareholders will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the
Annual General Meeting. Resolutions put to the vote at the Annual General Meeting will be decided by a show of hands unless a poll is,
before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands, demanded by the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting or any holder
of Record Shares present in person or by proxy. Every holder of a Record Share present in person or by proxy is entitled to one vote
on a show of hands and, on a poll, to one vote for each Record Share held.
If
two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of an Ordinary Share then in voting, 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 other holders of the Ordinary Share and, for this purpose
seniority, shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the register of the Members.
Broker
Non-Votes and Abstentions
Under
the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, your broker, bank or other nominee cannot vote your shares with respect
to non-discretionary matters unless you provide instructions on how to vote in accordance with the information and procedures provided
to you by your broker, bank or other nominee. The proposals, except for the Ratification of Auditors Proposal, will be considered non-discretionary
and therefore your broker, bank or other nominee cannot vote your shares without your instruction. If you do not provide instructions
with your proxy, your bank, broker or other nominee may deliver a proxy Card expressly indicating that it is NOT voting your shares;
this indication that a broker, bank or other nominee is not voting your shares is referred to as a “broker non-vote.” The
Ratification of Auditors Proposal will be considered discretionary and therefore your broker, bank or other nominee may vote your shares
without your instruction.
With
respect to the meeting, abstentions and broker non-votes will be considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum but will
have no effect on any of the Proposals.
Certain
Filings With SEC
Our
activities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, are included in our annual report on Form 20-F, as amended, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 14, 2024 (the “Annual Report”). Upon written request to the Secretary
of the Company, the Company will provide, without charge, to each person solicited a copy of the Annual Report, including the financial
statements and report of independent registered public accounting firm filed therewith. The Annual Report and other reports that we file
with the SEC are also available to the public from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Upon
request, we will, without charge, send you copies of our Annual Report that we have filed with the SEC. You may request copies of the
Annual Report by addressing your request to Secretary, Cheer Holding, Inc., 22F, Block B, Xinhua Technology Building, No. 8 Tuofangying
South Road, Jiuxianqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100016.
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The
following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of July 23, 2024:
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each person known to us
to own beneficially more than 5% of our Ordinary Shares; |
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each of our current executive
officers and directors; and |
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each of our directors and
executive officers as a group. |
As
of July 23, 2024, we had a total of 10,285,568 Ordinary Shares outstanding.
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Ordinary
Shares Beneficially
Owned | |
Name
and Address(1) | |
Number** | | |
Percent | |
Bing Zhang(2) | |
| 1,971,287 | | |
| 19.17 | % |
Jia Lu(3) | |
| 655,429 | | |
| 6.37 | % |
Ke Chen | |
| 200 | | |
| * | |
Zhihong Tan | |
| 200 | | |
| * | |
Yong Li | |
| 200 | | |
| * | |
All directors and executive
officers as a group (five individuals): | |
| 2,627,316 | | |
| 25.54 | % |
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| * | |
Happy Starlight Limited(2) | |
| 1,895,287 | | |
| 18.43 | % |
Enjoy Starlight Limited(3) | |
| 655,412 | | |
| 6.37 | % |
Shah Capital Management(4) | |
| 1,256,691 | | |
| 12.22 | % |
Shah Capital Opportunity Fund
LP(4) | |
| 1,256,691 | | |
| 12.22 | % |
Himanshu H. Shah(4) | |
| 1,256,691 | | |
| 12.22 | % |
Zhong Sheng Ding Xin Investment
Fund Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd.(5) | |
| 2,016,129 | | |
| 19.60 | % |
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Less than 1% |
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Reflects the consolidation
of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares on the basis of one post-consolidation of ordinary share for each 10 pre-consolidation
ordinary shares issued and outstanding which took effect on November 24, 2023 (the “Share Consolidation”). |
(1) |
Unless otherwise indicated,
the business address of each of the individuals is 22nd Floor, Block B, Xinhua Technology Building, No. 8 Tuofangying Road, Chaoyang
District, Beijing, China. |
(2) |
Mr. Bing Zhang is the chairman,
chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Cheer. Mr. Zhang is sole shareholder and director of Happy Starlight Limited,
which holds 18.85% of our ordinary shares. |
(3) |
Mr. Jia Lu is the director
and senior vice president of Glory Star Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Mr. Lu is the sole shareholder and a director of Enjoy Starlight
Limited, which holds 6.52% of our ordinary shares. |
(4) |
Mr. Himanshu H. Shah is
the president and chief investment officer of Shah Capital Management, Inc., which serves as the investment adviser to Shah Capital
Opportunity Fund LP, of which Mr. Shah is also its managing member. According to the Form 13G/A jointly filed by Mr. Shah, Shah Capital
Opportunity Fund LP and Shah Capital Management (Collectively, “Reporting Persons”) with the SEC on July 12, 2024, the
amount of shares the Reporting Person beneficially owned was 1,256,691. Consequently, Mr. Shah may be deemed the beneficial owner
of the 900,000 shares held by Shah Capital Opportunity Fund LP and has shared voting and dispositive control over such securities. |
(5) |
Zhong Sheng Ding Xin Investment
Fund Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“ZSDX”) is a corporation with limited liability organized under the laws of the
People’s Republic of China. The principal office for ZSDX is located at 6F Building 4, Wangjing Street, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China 100020. According to the Form 13D filed by ZSDX with the SEC on May 19, 2023, the amount of shares ZSDX beneficially
owned was 2,016,129 (as adjusted for the Share Consolidation). |
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
The
Board is responsible for establishing broad corporate policies and for overseeing the overall performance of the Company. The Board reviews
significant developments affecting the Company and acts on other matters requiring its approval.
Number
and Terms of Directors. Our Board is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being appointed in each year and
each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual meeting) serving a three-year term. The term of office for
Class I directors, consisting of Messrs. Zhihong Tan, and Jia Lu, will expire at our 2026 annual general meeting. The term of office
of the Class II directors, consisting of Messrs. Yong Li and Bing Zhang, will expire at our 2024 annual general meeting unless they are
re-elected to serve until the 2027 annual general meeting, and the term of office of the Class III directors, consisting of Mr. Ke Chen,
will expire at the 2025 annual general meeting.
Director
Independence. Currently, each of Messrs. Zhihong Tan, Yong Li, and Ke Chen would be considered an “independent director”
under the NASDAQ listing rules, which is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries
or any other individual having a relationship, which, in the opinion of the company’s Board would interfere with the director’s
exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled
meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Committees
of the Board of Directors. Our Board has three standing committees: an audit committee, a nominating committee and a compensation
committee. Subject to phase-in rules and certain limited exceptions, the rules of NASDAQ and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that
the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and the rules of NASDAQ require that the compensation
committee and nominating committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.
Audit
Committee. We have established an audit committee of the Board, which consists of Messrs. Zhihong Tan, Yong Li, and Ke Chen, each
of whom is an independent director under NASDAQ’s listing standards. Mr. Tan is the Chairperson of the audit committee.
The
audit committee’s duties, which are specified in our Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:
| ● | reviewing
and discussing with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements,
and recommending to the board whether the audited financial statements should be included
in our annual report; |
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| ● | discussing
with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments
made in connection with the preparation of our financial statements; |
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| ● | discussing
with management major risk assessment and risk management policies; |
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| ● | monitoring
the independence of the independent auditor; |
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| ● | verifying
the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for
the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law; |
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| ● | reviewing
and approving all related-party transactions; |
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| ● | inquiring
and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
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| ● | pre-approving
all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditor,
including the fees and terms of the services to be performed; |
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| ● | appointing
or replacing the independent auditor; |
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| ● | determining
the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution
of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting)
for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work; |
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| ● | establishing
procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding
accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding
our financial statements or accounting policies; and |
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| ● | approving
reimbursement of expenses incurred by our management team in identifying potential target
businesses. |
The
audit committee will at all times be composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are “financially literate”
as defined under NASDAQ listing standards. NASDAQ listing standards define “financially literate” as being able to read and
understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
In
addition, we must certify to NASDAQ that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience
in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results
in the individual’s financial sophistication. The Board has determined that Messrs. Zhihong Tan, Yong Li, and Ke Chen each qualify
as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under rules and regulations of the SEC.
Nominating
Committee. We have established a nominating committee of the Board, which consists of Messrs. Zhihong Tan, Yong Li, and Ke Chen,
each of whom is an independent director under NASDAQ’s listing standards. Mr. Chen is the Chairperson of the nominating committee.
The nominating committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our Board. The nominating
committee considers persons identified by its members, management, shareholders, investment bankers and others.
Compensation
Committee. We have established a compensation committee of the Board, which consists of Messrs. Zhihong Tan, Yong Li, and Ke Chen,
each of whom is an independent director under NASDAQ’s listing standards. Mr. Li is the Chairperson of the compensation committee.
The compensation committee’s duties, which are specified in our Compensation Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:
| ● | reviewing
and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief
Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance
in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if
any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation; |
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| ● | reviewing
and approving the compensation of all of our other executive officers; |
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| ● | reviewing
our executive compensation policies and plans; |
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| ● | implementing
and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans; |
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| ● | assisting
management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements; |
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| ● | approving
all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit
arrangements for our executive officers and employees; |
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| ● | if
required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy
statement; and |
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| ● | reviewing,
evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors. |
PROPOSAL
NO. 1.
APPOINTMENT
OF CLASS II DIRECTORS
Our
Board is currently divided into three classes, Classes I, II and III. The Company’s Articles of Association provides that, at each
annual general meeting one-third of the directors who are subject to retirement by rotation or, if their number is not three nor a multiple
of three, the number nearest to but not exceeding one-third, shall retire from office. The Company currently has five (5) directors.
Accordingly, the Board is divided into three (3) classes as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors permits. Each
Class I, Class II and Class III director will be appointed for a three-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase
or decrease will be apportioned among the classes so that one-third of the directors will retire from office at each annual general meeting,
and any additional directors of any class appointed to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in that class will hold office for a
term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the
term of any incumbent director.
At
the Annual General Meeting, the existing Class II Directors consisting of Messrs. Yong Li and Bing Zhang are being proposed to be appointed
for a three-year term ending 2027, and until their successors are appointed and duly qualified, or until such director’s earlier
resignation or removal. A brief summary of Messrs. Yong Li and Bing Zhang’s principal occupation, business affiliations and other
information are as follows.
Mr.
Yong Li became our independent director in February 2020. Mr. Li is the deputy director of Intelligent Communication Commission of
China TV Artists Association (CTAA), Partner of Chengmei Capital and Chairman of Guyuan Culture since June 2019. From 2014 to 2018, Mr.
Li served as Chief Inspector/General Manager of Dragon TV Center, Oriental Entertainment Media Group Co., Ltd. From 2011 to 2014, Mr.
Li served as the general manager of Shanghai New Media & Entertainment Co. LTD. In addition, Mr. Li was the first to launch “independent
producer system” in Shanghai, which has significantly promoted the development of China’s entertainment and media industry.
Mr. Li holds a master degree in business from China Europe International Business School in 2006 and a Bachelor of Art in Journalism
from Communication University of China in 1991.
Mr.
Bing Zhang became our chairman, director and chief executive officer in February 2020 upon the consummation of the Business Combination.
Mr. Zhang has been the chairman of CHEER Group since 2019 and he also serves as the chief executive officer of Horgos and Xing Cui Can
since 2016. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Zhang was the Vice President of Trends Group as well as Chairman of Board of Directors and General
Manager of Trends Star (Beijing) Cultural Media Co., Ltd. Mr. Bing Zhang holds an EMBA Degree of Tsinghua SEM and a Bachelor Degree of
Hunan University.
Messrs.
Yong Li and Bing Zhang have consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve on the Board, if appointed. In the event that
the nominee is not be available, the persons named in the Proxy Card will vote for the other nominees and may vote for a substitute for
the unavailable nominee.
Vote Required
for Approval
This
proposal requires the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law which requires the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of our Ordinary Shares that are represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and actually cast a vote
at the meeting. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.
Full
Text of the Resolution
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that Messrs. Yong Li and Bing Zhang each be appointed as a Class II Director to hold office in accordance
with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company until the 2027 Annual General Meeting of the Company
and until his successor is appointed and duly qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.
OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPOINTMENT OF EACH OF MESSRS. YONG LI AND
BING ZHANG AS A CLASS II DIRECTOR TO SERVE A THREE-YEAR TERM UNTIL THE 2027 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY AND UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS
ARE APPOINTED AND DULY QUALIFIED, OR UNTIL SUCH DIRECTOR’S EARLIER RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL. UNLESS DIRECTED TO THE CONTRARY, THE
ORDINARY SHARES REPRESENTED BY VALID PROXIES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF EACH SAID NOMINEE.
PROPOSAL
NO. 2
APPROVAL
OF AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
Amendment
to Our Memorandum and Articles of Association
To
consider and approve a proposal, as a special resolution, subject to the determination, confirmation and approval of the board of directors
of the Company that this resolution should be implemented, that the authorized share capital of the Company be increased to US$200,700
divided into 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, 500,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001
each and 2,000,000 preferred shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, and that the second amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association of the Company be amended and restated pursuant to the third amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
in the form set forth in Annex A to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to provide for rights for Class B
ordinary shares. We refer to Proposal No. 2 as the “Charter Proposal.”
Reason
for the Charter Proposal
The
purpose of the Charter Proposal is to create a dual class structure as follows:
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shares is US$200,700 divided into 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, 500,000 Class B ordinary shares
of a par value of US$0.001 each and 2,000,000 preferred shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, |
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A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares shall at all times vote together as one class on all resolutions submitted to a vote by
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Class A ordinary share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each
Class B ordinary share shall be entitled to one hundred (100) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company; |
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winding up of the Company, holders of Class A ordinary shares shall be entitled to participate in the surplus assets of the Company,
and holders of Class B ordinary shares shall only be entitled to repayment of capital; |
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terms of dividends, holders of Class A ordinary shares shall be entitled the right to receive dividend, and holders of Class B ordinary
shares shall not be entitled to any dividends; |
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to redemption, a Class B ordinary share may be redeemed at par value at the option of the holder; and |
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Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 2
This
proposal requires the approval of a special resolution under Cayman Islands law which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of
at least two-thirds of our Ordinary Shares that are represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and actually cast
a vote at the meeting. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.
Full
Text of the Resolution
RESOLVED,
as a special resolution, subject to the determination, confirmation and approval of the board of directors of the Company that this resolution
should be implemented, that:
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authorized share capital of the Company be increased as follows: |
| FROM: | US$200,200
divided into 200,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each and 2,000,000 preferred
shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each; |
| TO: | US$200,700
divided into 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, 500,000
Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each and 2,000,000 preferred shares of
a par value of US$0.0001 each; |
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creation of 500,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each with the rights
attaching to such shares as set out in the Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association in the form set forth in Annex A to the Notice of the 2024 Annual General
Meeting of the Company; and |
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Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company currently
in effect be amended and restated by the deletion in their entirety and the substitution
in their place of the Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in
the form set forth in Annex A to the Notice of the 2024 Annual General Meeting of
the Company. |
OUR
AUDIT COMMITTEE, ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE CHARTER PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL
NO. 3
SHARE
ISSUANCE PROPOSAL
To
consider and approve a proposal, as an ordinary resolution, subject to the approval and implementation of the Charter Proposal, that
Mr. Bing Zhang, our Chairman, Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, be allotted and issued all 500,000 Class
B ordinary shares at par for an aggregate purchase price of US$500, or US$0.001 per share. Such payment may be made in Renminbi. We refer
to this Proposal No. 3 as the “Share Issuance Proposal.”
Background
and Potential Adverse Effects of the Reclassification
If
the Charter Proposal and Share Issuance Proposal are both approved, Mr. Bing Zhang, our Chairman, Director, Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer will enter into a Share Purchase Agreement with the Company to subscribe for 500,000 Class B ordinary shares
at par for an aggregate purchase price of US$500, or US$0.001 per share (“Share Purchase”). Such payment may be made in Renminbi.
The Company believes that this structure will support the management team’s ability to implement a sustainable development strategy
to fully integrate the Company’s multi-platform portfolio to become one of the most innovative internet companies in China. This
structure will assist in the continuity of management in order to implement its short- and long-term business plan without being distracted
by external financial market factors which, many time, are out of management’s control.
Potential
Adverse Effects of the Share Issuance Proposal
The
issuances of Class B ordinary shares to Mr. Bing Zhang would have a dilutive effect on the voting power of current holders of Class A
ordinary shares. Mr. Bing Zhang currently beneficially owns 1,971,287 ordinary shares, or 19.17%. Upon consummation of the Share Purchase,
Mr. Bing Zhang could beneficially own 1,971,287 Class A ordinary shares and 500,000 Class B ordinary shares, representing a combined
voting power of 86.21%.
The
Board is not aware of any attempt, or contemplated attempt, to acquire control of the Company, nor is this proposal being presented with
the intent that it be used to prevent or discourage any acquisition attempt. However, nothing would prevent the Board from taking any
such actions that it deems to be consistent with its fiduciary duties.
Possible
Abandonment
The
board of director the Company may exercise its discretion to terminate and abandon the Share Purchase at any time, prior to the closing.
Vote Required
for Approval
This
proposal requires the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law which requires the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of our Ordinary Shares that are represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and actually cast a vote
at the meeting. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.
Full
Text of the Resolution
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, subject to the approval and implementation of Proposal No. 2, Mr. Bing Zhang, the Chairman, Director, Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company be allotted and issued all 500,000 Class B ordinary shares at par for an
aggregate purchase price of US$500, or US$0.001 per share. Such payment may be made in Renminbi.
OUR
AUDIT COMMITTEE, ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE SHARE ISSUANCE PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL
NO. 4
APPROVAL
OF THE 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Background
of the Equity Incentive Plan
Our
Board has unanimously approved and adopted the Cheer Holding, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”),
and our Board has unanimously approved and recommended that our shareholders approve and adopt the Equity Incentive Plan. (the “Equity
Incentive Plan Proposal”)
The
principal features of the Equity Incentive Plan are summarized below, but the summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
complete text of the Equity Incentive Plan document, which is attached as Annex B to this proxy statement.
Our
2024 Equity Incentive Plan, or the Plan, was approved by our Board on July 15, 2024. Our Board and management all believe that in order
to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to employees,
directors and consultants, and to promote the success of the Company’s business, we will need to have the flexibility to grant
restricted shares, share options, and other equity instruments. The Board believes that equity incentive compensation is also an important
component of our overall compensation and incentive strategy for employees, directors, officers and consultants. Without a broad based
equity plan, we believe that we will be impaired in our efforts to hire new executives of the caliber that we believe is required, and
will not be able to offer competitive packages to retain such executives.
The
Company will reserve such number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the
Plan. Currently there are no shares or options granted under the Plan. If Proposal 2 – the Charter Proposal is approved by our
shareholders, the shares that may be issued under the Plan shall be Class A ordinary shares. If Proposal 2 is not approved by our shareholders,
the shares that may be issued under the Plan shall remain our ordinary shares. We refer to such issuable shares herein as “Ordinary
Shares.”
The
following is a brief summary of the Plan. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Plan, a copy of which
is attached as Annex B to this Information Statement.
Summary
of the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan
The
principal provisions of the Plan are summarized below. This summary is not a complete description of all of the Plan’s provisions,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan which is attached as Annex B to this Information Statement. Capitalized
terms in this summary not defined in this Information Statement have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Structure.
The Plan allows for the grant of Incentive Share Options, Nonstatutory Share Options, Restricted Shares, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted
Shares, Restricted Share Units, Performance Units, Performance Shares, and Other Share Based Awards (collectively, the “Awards”).
Number
of shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that may be issued under
the Plan shall not exceed two million (2,000,000) Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares subject to the Plan may be authorized, but unissued,
or reacquired Ordinary Shares. Subject to the adjustments provided in Section 15 of the Plan, no contraction of the number of ordinary
shares outstanding will affect the validity or enforceability of any awards then outstanding.
Administration.
Authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan will be vested with the Board or the compensation committee
of our Board (“Committee”), or such other committee of at least two persons as the Board shall designate. To the extent desirable
to qualify transactions under the Plan as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated under the Plan will be structured to
satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3. The Administrator may expressly delegate to a special committee, consisting
of one or more directors who may but need not be an officer, to designate recipients of Awards and to determine the number of such Awards
to be granted. The Administrator has the authority to interpret the Plan and the rights underlying any grants or awards made subject
to the Plan. Any decision or action of the Administrator in connection with the Plan is final and binding.
Term.
The Plan will become effective pursuant to the resolution adopting the Plan by the Board. It will continue in effect for a term of ten
(10) years unless terminated earlier under Section 18 of the Plan.
Amendment
and Termination of the Plan. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.
Eligibility.
Nonstatutory Share Options, Restricted Shares, Share Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Performance Shares, Restricted Share Units
and Other Share Based Awards may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Share Options may be granted only to Employees.
Annual
Non-Employee Director Compensation Limitation. Any individual director who is not an employee in any fiscal year shall be granted
compensation for service having an aggregate maximum value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial
accounting rules) exceeding $1,000,000.
Share
Options. Incentive and Nonstatutory Share Options (each, an “Option”) may be granted under the Plan, with an exercise
price that may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of our Ordinary Shares on the date of grant. The Administrator shall further
determine the number of Ordinary Shares subject to the Option, the exercise price of the Option, the period during which the option may
vest and be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of an Ordinary
Share. Each Option will be designated in the award agreement as either an Incentive Share Option or a Nonstatutory Share Option.
With
respect to Incentive Share Option, the term ill be ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the
Award Agreement. Notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares with respect
to which Incentive Share Options are exercisable for the first time by a participant during any calendar exceeds $100,000, such Options
will be treated as Nonstatutory Share Options. In the case of an Incentive Share Option granted to a participant who at the time of grant
owns shares representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all of our classes of shares, the option exercise
price is at least 110% of the fair market value of the stock subject to the option on the date of grant and the term of the option does
not exceed five years from the date of grant.
Restricted
shares and restricted share units. The Administrator may grant restricted shares and restricted share units to Service Provides.
A restricted share unit may consist of a restricted share, performance share, or performance unit award that the Administrator, in its
sole discretion, permits to be paid out in installments or on a deferred basis, in accordance with rules and procedures established by
the Administrator, subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code. In the case of restricted shares, the Administrator shall, in
its sole discretion, determine the applicable restrictions, the number of Ordinary Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions
which shall be evidenced by an award agreement. Subject to these restrictions and the other requirements of the Plan, a participant receiving
restricted shares may exercise the voting rights applicable to those restricted shares, unless the applicable award agreement provides
otherwise.
Share
appreciation rights. A share appreciation right, or SAR, is a right to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of shares,
cash or any combination thereof, the amount of which is equal to the aggregate amount of the appreciation in the ordinary shares as to
which the SAR is exercised. Each SAR grant will be evidenced by an Award Agreement. The Administrator has the discretion to determine
the number of shares as to which an SAR will relate as well as the duration and exercisability of an SAR.
Performance
units and performance shares. Performance units and performance shares may be granted under the Plan. Performance units and performance
shares are awards that will result in a payment to a participant if performance goals or other criteria established by the administrator
are achieved or the awards otherwise vest. Each award of performance units or performance shares will be evidenced by an award agreement
specifying the number of units or Ordinary Shares (as applicable), any vesting conditions, the performance period, and other terms and
conditions of the award, as determined by the Administrator, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Administrator may set
performance objectives based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional, or individual goals, applicable securities laws, or any
other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.
Other
share base awards. Other share base awards consist of other awards that are valued in whole or in parts by reference to, or are otherwise
based on, ordinary shares of the Company and are created by the Administrator that may be granted to participants in the Plan either
alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, other Awards granted under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside the Plan.
Transferability
of awards. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, the Plan generally does not allow for the transfer of awards other than by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and only the recipient of an award may exercise such an award during his or her lifetime.
If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award will contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems
appropriate.
Certain
adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Ordinary Shares, other securities,
or other property), recapitalization, share capitalization, share subdivision, share consolidation, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate
structure of the Company affecting the Ordinary Shares occurs such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator, in its sole
discretion, to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Ordinary Shares
which may be issued under the Plan, the number, class and price of Ordinary Shares subject to outstanding Awards, and the numerical limits
of the Plan. Notwithstanding the preceding, the number of Ordinary Shares subject to any Award always shall be a whole number.
Winding-Up,
Liquidation and Dissolution. In the event of the proposed winding up, liquidation and dissolution of the Company, the Administrator
will notify each participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its
discretion may provide for a participant to have the right to exercise his or her Award, to the extent applicable, until ten (10) days
prior to such transaction as to all of the Awarded Shares covered thereby, including Ordinary Shares as to which the Award would not
otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase Option or forfeiture rights applicable
to any Award shall lapse, and that any Award vesting shall accelerate, provided the proposed winding up, liquidation and dissolution
n takes place at the time and in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously vested and, if applicable, exercised,
an Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.
Change
in control. In the event of a change in control, as defined under the Plan, each outstanding award will be treated as the administrator
determines, including, without limitation, that each award be assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor corporation
or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation, except that if a successor corporation or its parent or subsidiary does not assume
or substitute an equivalent award for any outstanding award, then such award will fully vest, all restrictions on such award will lapse,
all performance goals or other vesting criteria applicable to such award will be deemed achieved at the target levels and all other terms
and conditions met, and such award will become fully exercisable, if applicable, for a specified period prior to the transaction. The
Administrator will notify participants regarding the exercisability of their awards over such period. Awards that become exercisable
for such period will then terminate upon the expiration of such period. If the service of an outside director is terminated on or following
a change in control, other than pursuant to a voluntary resignation, then his or her awards will fully vest, all restrictions on such
awards will lapse, all performance goals or other vesting criteria applicable to such awards will be deemed achieved at the target levels
and all other terms and conditions met, and such awards will become fully exercisable (if applicable).
U.S.
Federal Income Tax Matters
The
following paragraphs are a summary of the general U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. taxpayers of equity awards granted under
the Plan. Tax consequences for any particular individual may be different.
Nonstatutory
share options. No taxable income is recognized by an option holder upon the grant or vesting of an Nonstatutory Share Option, provided
the Nonstatutory Share Option does not have a readily ascertainable fair market value. If the Nonstatutory Share Option does not have
a readily ascertainable fair market value, the option holder will generally recognize ordinary income in the year in which the option
is exercised equal to the excess of the fair market value of the purchased shares on the exercise date over the exercise price paid for
the shares. If the option holder is an employee or former employee, the option holder will be required to satisfy the tax withholding
requirements applicable to such income. Upon resale of the purchased shares, any subsequent appreciation or depreciation in the value
of the shares will be treated as short-term or long-term capital gain or loss depending on how long the shares were held by the option
holder.
Incentive
stock options. No taxable income is recognized by an option holder upon the grant or vesting of an Incentive Share Option, and no
taxable income is recognized at the time an Incentive Share Option is exercised unless the option holder is subject to the alternative
minimum tax. The excess of the fair market value of the purchased shares on the exercise date over the exercise price paid for the shares
is includable in alternative minimum taxable income. If the option holder holds the purchased shares for more than one year after the
date the Incentive Share Option was exercised and more than two years after the Incentive Share Option was granted (the “required
ISO holding periods”), then the option holder will generally recognize long-term capital gain or loss upon disposition of such
shares. The gain or loss will equal the difference between the amount realized upon the disposition of the shares and the exercise price
paid for such shares. If the option holder disposes of the purchased shares before satisfying either of the required ISO holding periods,
then the option holder will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares on the date the Incentive Share Option
was price paid for the shares (or, if less, the amount realized on a sale of such shares). Any additional gain will be a capital gain
and will be treated as short-term or long-term capital gain depending on how long the shares were held by the option holder.
Share
appreciation rights. In general, no taxable income results upon the grant of a SAR. A participant will generally recognize ordinary
income in the year of exercise equal to the value of the shares or other consideration received. In the case of a current or former employee,
this amount is subject to income tax withholding. Upon resale of the shares acquired pursuant to a SAR, any subsequent appreciation or
depreciation in the value of the shares will be treated as short-term or long-term capital gain or loss depending on how long the shares
were held by the recipient.
Restricted
share awards. A participant who receives an award of restricted stock generally does not recognize taxable income at the time of
the award. Instead, the participant recognizes ordinary income when the shares vest, subject to withholding if the participant is an
employee or former employee. The amount of taxable income is equal to the fair market value of the shares on the vesting date(s) less
the amount, if any, paid for the shares. Alternatively, a participant may make a one-time election to recognize income at the time the
participant receives restricted stock in an amount equal to the fair market value of the restricted stock (less any amount paid for the
shares) on the date of the award by making an election under Section 83(b) of the Code.
Restricted
share unit. In general, no taxable income results upon the grant of a restricted share unit. The recipient will generally recognize
ordinary income, subject to withholding if the recipient is an employee or former employee, equal to the fair market value of the shares
that are delivered to the recipient upon settlement of the restricted share unit(s). Upon resale of the shares acquired pursuant to a
restricted share unit, any subsequent appreciation or depreciation in the value of the shares will be treated as short-term or long-term
capital gain or loss depending on how long the shares were held by the recipient.
Other
awards. A participant generally will not have taxable income at the time an award of restricted shares, restricted share units, performance
units, or performance shares are granted. Instead, he or she generally will recognize ordinary income in the first taxable year in which
his or her interest in the shares underlying the award becomes either (i) freely transferable, or (ii) no longer subject to substantial
risk of forfeiture. However, the recipient of a restricted share award may elect to recognize income at the time he or she receives the
award in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares underlying the award (less any cash paid for the shares) on the date
the award is granted.
Section
409A. The Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan shall be administered, interpreted, and construed in a manner
consistent with Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A(a)(1)(B)
of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Administrator exercise its discretion to accelerate
the payment or settlement of an Award where such payment or settlement constitutes deferred compensation within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code unless, and solely to the extent that, such accelerated payment or settlement is permissible under Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)
of the Treasury Regulations. If a participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(i) of the
Treasury Regulations) at any time during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of his or her termination of employment, and
any Award hereunder subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code is to be satisfied on account of the participant’s
termination of employment, satisfaction of such Award shall be suspended until the date that is six (6) months after the date of such
termination of employment.
THE
FOREGOING IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF THE EFFECT OF U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANT AND EXERCISE OF AWARDS UNDER THE
PLAN. IT DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE COMPLETE, AND DOES NOT DISCUSS THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S DEATH OR THE PROVISIONS
OF THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH ANY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL MAY RESIDE.
Plan
Benefits
The
awards that may be granted under the Plan to any participant or group of participants are indeterminable at the date of this information
statement because participation and the types of awards that may be granted under the Plan are subject to the discretion of the Administrator.
No awards will be granted under the Plan before the meeting and unless the Plan is approved by our shareholders.
Interest
of Certain Persons in the Equity Incentive Plan
Shareholders
should understand that our executive officers and non-employee directors may be considered to have an interest in the approval of the
Equity Incentive Plan because they may in the future receive Awards under it. Nevertheless, our Board believes that it is important to
provide incentives and rewards for superior performance and the retention of experienced directors by implementing the Equity Incentive
Plan.
Awards
The
grant of options and other equity or cash awards under the Equity Incentive Plan is discretionary and we cannot determine now the specific
number or type of equity or cash awards to be granted in the future to any particular person or group. Any such grants of Awards will
be made in the sole discretion of the Administrator, in such amounts and to such persons, as the Administrator deems appropriate.
Vote
Required for Approval
This
proposal requires the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law which requires the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of our ordinary shares that are represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and actually cast at the
meeting. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.
Full Text
of the Resolution
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the Cheer Holding, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan in the form set forth in Annex B to the Notice
of the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Company be approved and adopted in all respects.
Recommendation
of the Board
OUR BOARD
OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CHEER HOLDING, INC.
2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN.
PROPOSAL
NO. 5
APPROVAL
AND RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
consider and approve a proposal, as an ordinary resolution, that the appointment of Assentsure PAC as the independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, be approved and ratified. We refer to Proposal No. 2 as the “Ratification
of Auditors Proposal.”
The
Audit Committee of the Board has appointed Assentsure PAC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, subject to approval and ratification by the Shareholders.
If
the Shareholders do not approve and ratify the appointment of Assentsure PAC, the selection of another independent registered public
accounting firm will be considered by the Audit Committee and the Board.
Vote
Required to Approve Proposal No. 5
This
proposal requires the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law which requires the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of our ordinary shares that are represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon and actually cast a vote
at the meeting. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.
Full
Text of the Resolution
RESOLVED,
as an ordinary resolution, that the appointment of Assentsure PAC as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2024, be approved and ratified.
OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF ASSENTSURE PAC AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024. UNLESS
DIRECTED TO THE CONTRARY, THE ORDINARY SHARES REPRESENTED BY VALID PROXIES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF ASSENTSURE PAC AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024.
GENERAL
At
the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board has no knowledge of any business which has been presented for consideration at the Annual
General Meeting other than that described above.
Present
officers, directors and other employees of the Company may solicit proxies by telephone, telecopy, telegram or mail, or by meetings with
Shareholders or their representatives. The Company will reimburse brokers, banks or other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their
charges and expenses in forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. All expenses of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the
Company.
| By
Order of the Board of Directors, |
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| /s/
Bing Zhang |
| Bing
Zhang |
| Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
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Dated: July
29, 2024 | |
ANNEX
A
CHARTER
AMENDMENT
THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Cheer
Holding, Inc.
(Adopted
by Special Resolution effective on [date])
THE COMPANIES ACT
(AS REVISED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
EXEMPTED COMPANY
LIMITED BY SHARES
THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Cheer Holding,
Inc.
(Adopted by Special
Resolution effective on [DATE])
| 1. | The name of the Company is Cheer Holding, Inc. |
| 2. | The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO
Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide. |
| 3. | The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power
and authority to exercise all the functions of a natural person of full capacity. |
| 4. | The liability of each Member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Member’s Shares. |
| 5. | The share capital of the Company is US$200,700 divided into 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par
value of US$0.001 each, 500,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each and 2,000,000 preferred shares of a par value
of US$0.0001 each. |
| 6. | The Company has the power to register by way of continuation outside of the Cayman Islands in accordance
with the Companies Act and to de-register as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands. |
| 7. | Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Third Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association have
the same meaning as those given in the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company. |
THE COMPANIES aCT
(AS REVISED)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
EXEMPTED COMPANY
LIMITED BY SHARES
THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Cheer Holding,
Inc.
(Adopted by Special
Resolution effective on [DATE])
The regulations
contained or incorporated in Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Act shall not apply to the Company and these Articles shall
apply in place thereof.
“Articles” |
means these third amended and restated articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time; |
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“Auditor” |
means the person (if any) for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company; |
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“Beneficial Ownership” |
means, with respect to a security, sole or shared voting power (which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security) and/or investment power (which includes the power to acquire (or an obligation to acquire) or dispose, or to direct the acquisition or disposal of, such security) and/or a long economic exposure, whether absolute or conditional, to changes in the price of such security, in each case, whether direct or indirect, and whether though any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise and “beneficial owner” shall mean a person entitled to such Interest; |
“business day” |
means any day on which the Exchange is open for the business of dealing in securities; |
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“certificated” |
means, in relation to a Share, a Share which is recorded in the Register of Members as being held in certificated form; |
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“Class” or “Classes” |
means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company; |
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“Class A Ordinary Share” |
means a Class A ordinary share in the capital of the Company. |
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“Class B Ordinary Share” |
means a Class B ordinary share in the capital of the Company. |
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“clear days” |
in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is served or deemed to be served and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; |
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“Clearing House” |
means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or any Interests in Shares) are listed or quoted on an Exchange. |
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“Companies Act” |
means the Companies Act (as revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended or revised from time to time; |
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“Company” |
means the above-named company; |
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“Depository” |
means any person who is a Member by virtue of its holding Shares as trustee or otherwise on behalf of those who have elected to hold Shares in dematerialised form through a Depository Interest. |
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“Depository Interest” |
means a dematerialised depository receipt representing the underlying Share in the capital of the Company to be issued by a Depository nominated by the Company. |
“Directors” |
means the directors for the time being of the Company or as the case may be, the Directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof; |
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“Dollar” or “US$” |
means the lawful currency of the United States of America; |
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“Electronic Record” |
has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act; |
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“Electronic Transactions Act” |
means the Electronic Transactions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended or revised from time to time; |
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“Exchange” |
means the Nasdaq Stock Market for so long as any Shares or Interests in Shares are there listed or quoted and any other recognised securities exchange(s) on which any Shares or Interests in Shares are listed or quoted for trading from time to time; |
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“Exchange Rules” |
means NASDAQ Listing Rules and any other relevant code, rules and regulations, as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the original and continued listing or quotation of any Shares (or any Interests in Shares) on an Exchange; |
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“Group” |
means the group comprising the Company and its subsidiary undertakings (not including any parent undertaking of the Company); |
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“Group Undertaking” |
means any undertaking in the Group, including the Company; |
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“Interest” |
in securities or in a person means any form of Beneficial Ownership (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any derivative, contractual or economic right or contract for difference) of securities of such person; |
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“Listed Share” |
means a Share that is listed or admitted to trading on an Exchange; |
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“Listed Share Register” |
means the register of members which registers the holdings of Listed Shares; |
“Member” |
means any person from time to time entered in the Register of Members as a holder of one or more Shares; |
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“Memorandum” |
means the third amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time; |
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“Ordinary Resolution” |
means a resolution:
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passed
by a simple majority of such Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general
meeting of the Company and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Member
is entitled by the Articles; or |
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approved in writing by
all of the Members entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company, passed in accordance with these Articles; |
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“Preference Share” |
means a preference share in the capital of the Company. |
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“Register of Members” |
means the Listed Share Register, the Unlisted Share Register and any branch register(s) in each case as the context requires; |
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“Registered Office” |
means the registered office for the time being of the Company in the Cayman Islands; |
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“Relevant System” |
means any computer-based system and procedures permitted by the Exchange Rules, which enable title to Interests in a security to be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument, and which facilitate supplementary and incidental matters; |
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“Seal” |
means the common seal of the Company (if any) and includes every duplicate seal; |
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“Secretary” |
means any person or persons appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company; |
“Share” |
means a Class A Ordinary Share, a Class B Ordinary Share or a Preference Share and includes a fraction of a share in the Company. |
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“Special Resolution” |
means a special resolution passed in accordance
with the Companies Act, being a resolution: |
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(a) |
passed by a majority of
not less than two-third of such Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general
meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution has been duly given
and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled; or |
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approved in writing by
all of the Members entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company, passed in accordance with these Articles; |
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“subsidiary undertaking” |
a company or undertaking is a subsidiary of a parent undertaking if the parent undertaking (i) holds a majority of the voting rights in it, or (ii) is a member of it and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of its board of directors, or (iii) is a member of it and controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other shareholders or members, a majority of the voting rights in it; |
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“Treasury Shares” |
means Shares held in treasury pursuant to the Companies Act and these Articles; |
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“uncertificated” |
means, in relation to a Share, a Share to which title is recorded in the Register of Members as being in uncertificated form and title to which may be transferred by means of a Relevant System; |
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“Uncertificated Proxy Instruction” |
means a properly authenticated dematerialised instruction and/or other instruction or notification, which is sent by means of the Relevant System concerned and received by such participant in that system acting on behalf of the Company as the Directors may prescribe, in such form and subject to such terms and conditions as may from time to time be prescribed by the Directors (subject always to the facilities and requirements of the Relevant System concerned); |
“Unlisted Share Register” |
means the register of members that registers the holdings of Unlisted Shares and which, for the purposes of the Companies Act, constitutes the Company’s “principal register”; and |
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“Unlisted Shares” |
means a Share that is not listed or admitted to trading on an Exchange. |
Unless the contrary
intention appears, in these Articles
| (a) | singular words include the plural and vice versa; |
| (b) | a word of any gender includes the corresponding words of any other gender; |
| (c) | references to “persons” include natural persons, companies, partnerships, firms, joint ventures,
associations or other bodies of persons (whether or not incorporated); |
| (d) | a reference to a person includes that person’s successors and legal personal representatives; |
| (e) | “writing” and “written” includes any method of representing or reproducing words in
a visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record; |
| (f) | a reference to “shall” shall be construed as imperative and a reference to “may” shall
be construed as permissive; |
| (g) | in relation to determinations to be made by the Directors and all powers, authorities and discretions
exercisable by the Directors under these Articles, the Directors may make those determinations and exercise those powers, authorities
and discretions in their sole and absolute discretion, either generally or in a particular case, subject to any qualifications or limitations
expressed in these Articles or imposed by law; |
| (h) | any reference to the powers of the Directors shall include, when the context admits, the service providers
or any other person to whom the Directors may, from time to time, delegate their powers; |
| (i) | the term “and/or” is used in these Articles to mean both “and” as well as “or”.
The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or”
in others. “Or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive, and “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive,
in each case unless the context requires otherwise; |
| (j) | any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “includes”, “in particular”
or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms; |
| (k) | headings are inserted for reference only and shall not affect construction; |
| (l) | a reference to a law includes regulations and instruments made under that law; |
| (m) | a reference to a law or a provision of law includes amendments, re-enactments, consolidations or replacements
of that law or the provision; |
| (n) | “fully paid” and “paid up” means paid up as to the par value and any premium payable
in respect of the issue or re-designation of any Shares and includes credited as fully paid; |
| (o) | where an Ordinary Resolution is expressed to be required for any purpose, a Special Resolution is also
effective for that purpose; and |
| (p) | sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act are hereby excluded. |
| 2. | COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS |
| 2.1 | The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation as the Directors shall see fit. |
| 2.2 | The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in
connection with the formation and operation of the Company, including the expenses of registration and any expenses relating to the offer
of, subscription for, or issuance of Shares. |
| 2.3 | Expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine. |
| 3. | REGISTERED OFFICE and OTHER OFFICES |
| 3.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change
the location of its Registered Office. |
| 3.2 | The Directors, in addition to the Registered Office, may in their discretion establish and maintain such
other offices, places of business and agencies whether within or outside of the Cayman Islands. |
The Directors may
appoint any person to act as a service provider to the Company and may delegate to any such service provider any of the functions, duties,
powers and discretions available to them as Directors, upon such terms and conditions (including as to the remuneration payable by the
Company) and with such powers of sub-delegation, but subject to such restrictions, as they think fit.
| 5.1 | Power of Directors to issue Shares |
| 5.1.1 | The issue of Shares is under the control of the Directors who may: |
| (a) | offer, issue, allot or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, in such manner, on such terms and having
such rights and being subject to such restrictions, as they may from time to time determine; and |
| (b) | grant options over such Shares and issue warrants, convertible securities or similar instruments with
respect thereto, |
subject
to the Companies Act, the Memorandum, these Articles, the Exchange Rules (where applicable), any resolution that may be passed by the
Company in general meeting and any rights attached to any Shares or Class of Shares.
| 5.1.2 | The Directors may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and the different Classes
shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including,
without limitation, voting, dividend, return of capital and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations
as between the different Classes (if any) shall be fixed and determined by the Directors. |
| 5.1.3 | The Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application in whole
or in part, for any reason or for no reason. |
| 5.2 | Payment of commission or brokerage |
Subject to the provisions
of the Companies Act, the Company may pay a commission or brokerage in connection with the subscription for or issue of any Shares. The
Company may pay the commission or brokerage in cash or by issuing fully or partly paid Shares or by a combination of both.
The Company shall
not issue Shares to bearer.
The Directors may
issue fractions of a Share of any Class, and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share (calculated to such decimal points as the Directors
may determine) shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to any unpaid amount thereon,
contribution, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without limitation,
voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share of the same Class.
| 5.5.1 | Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires by way of surrender in accordance with the Companies
Act shall be held as Treasury Shares and not treated as cancelled if: |
| (a) | the Directors so determine prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of those shares; and |
| (b) | the relevant provisions of the Memorandum and Articles, the Companies Act and the Exchange Rules are otherwise
complied with. |
| 5.5.2 | No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company’s
assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding up) may be made to the Company in respect of a Treasury Share. |
| 5.5.3 | The Company shall be entered in the Register of Members as the holder of the Treasury Shares. However: |
| (a) | the Company shall not be treated as a Member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect
of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void; and |
| (b) | a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any general meeting of the Company and
shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued Shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or
the Companies Act. |
| 5.5.4 | Nothing in paragraph 5.5.3 above prevents an allotment of Shares as fully paid up bonus Shares in respect
of a Treasury Share and Shares allotted as fully paid up bonus Shares in respect of a Treasury Share shall be treated as Treasury Shares. |
| 5.5.5 | Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company in accordance with the Companies Act and otherwise on
such terms and conditions as the Directors determine. |
| 5.6 | Rights of Class A Ordinary Shares |
| 5.6.1 | The Class A Ordinary Shares shall have the following rights: |
| (a) | as to voting: the holder of a Class A Ordinary Share shall (in respect of such Class A Ordinary Share)
have the right to receive notice of, attend at and vote as a Member at any general meeting of the Company as provided in these Articles; |
| (b) | as to capital: a Class A Ordinary Share shall confer upon the holder thereof the right in a winding up
to participate in the surplus assets of the Company as provided in these Articles; and |
| (c) | as to income: the Class A Ordinary Shares shall confer on the holders thereof the right to receive dividends
as provided in these Articles. |
| 5.7 | Rights of Class B Ordinary Shares |
| 5.7.1 | The Class B Ordinary Shares shall have the following rights: |
| (a) | as to voting: the holder of a Class B Ordinary Share shall (in respect of such Class B Ordinary Share)
have the right to receive notice of, attend at and vote as a Member at any general meeting of the Company as provided in these Articles; |
| (b) | as to capital: a Class B Ordinary Share shall confer upon the holder the right in a winding up to repayment
of capital as provided in these Articles but shall confer no other right to participate in the profits or assets of the Company; |
| (c) | as to income: no dividends shall be payable on the Class B Ordinary Shares; and |
| (d) | as to redemption: a Class B Ordinary Share may be redeemed at the option of the Member by notice in writing
the Company and the redemption price shall be the par value of such Class B Ordinary Share. |
| 6.1 | Duty to establish and maintain a Register of Members |
| 6.1.1 | The Directors shall cause the Company to keep at its Registered Office, or at any other place within or
outside the Cayman Islands they think fit, the Register of Members (which, for the avoidance of doubt, comprises the Listed Share Register,
the Unlisted Share Register and any branch register(s) maintained from time to time) in which shall be entered: |
| (a) | the particulars of the Members; |
| (b) | the particulars of the Shares issued to each of them; and |
| (c) | other particulars required under the Companies Act and the Exchange Rules (as appropriate). |
| 6.1.2 | If the recording complies with the Companies Act, the Exchange Rules and any other applicable law, the
Listed Share Register may be kept by recording the particulars required under the Companies Act in a form otherwise than in a physically
written form. However, to the extent the Listed Share Register is kept in a form otherwise than in a physically written form, it must
be capable of being reproduced in a legible form. |
| 6.2 | Power to establish and maintain branch registers |
| 6.2.1 | Subject to the Exchange Rules, the rules and regulations of the Relevant System and any other applicable
laws, if the Directors consider it necessary or desirable, whether for administrative purposes or otherwise, they may cause the Company
to establish and maintain a branch register or registers of members of such category or categories and at such location or locations within
or outside the Cayman Islands as they think fit. |
| 6.2.2 | The Company shall cause to be kept at the place where the Unlisted Share Register is kept, a duplicate
of any branch register duly entered up from time to time. Subject to this Article, with respect to a duplicate of any branch register: |
| (a) | the Unlisted Shares registered in the branch register shall be distinguished from those registered in
the Unlisted Share Register; and |
| (b) | no transaction with respect to any Unlisted Shares registered in a branch register shall, during the continuance
of that registration, be registered in any other register. |
| 6.2.3 | The Company may discontinue keeping any branch register and thereupon all entries in such branch register
shall be transferred to another branch register kept by the Company or to the Unlisted Share Register. |
| 7. | CLOSING REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND FIXING RECORD DATE |
| 7.1 | Power of Directors to close the Register of Members |
For the purpose
of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment of a meeting, or Members entitled
to receive payment of any dividend or distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other proper purpose, the Directors
may provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed thirty (30)
days.
| 7.2 | Power of Directors to fix a record date |
In lieu of, or apart
from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrear a date as the record date for any such determination
of Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members, and for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.
| 7.3 | Circumstances where Register of Members is not closed and no fixed record date |
If the Register
of Members is not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting
of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the
date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such
determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this
Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment of that meeting.
Subject to the Companies
Act, the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the Exchange Rules and/or the Exchange, and these Articles, every person, upon becoming
the holder of a certificated Share is entitled, without charge, to one certificate for all the certificated Shares of a Class in his name,
or in the case of certificated Shares of more than one Class being registered in his name, to a separate certificate for each Class of
Shares, unless the terms of issue of the Shares provide otherwise.
| 8.2 | Form of share certificates |
Share certificates,
if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine and shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by
the Directors. The Directors may authorise share certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process.
All share certificates shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the number and Class of Shares to which
they relate and the amount paid up thereon or the fact that they are fully paid, as the case may be. All share certificates surrendered
to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and subject to these Articles no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate
evidencing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. Where only some of the certificated Shares evidenced
by a share certificate are transferred, the old certificate shall be surrendered and cancelled and a new certificate for the balance of
the certificated Shares shall be issued in lieu without charge.
| 8.3 | Certificates for jointly-held Shares |
If the Company issues
a share certificate in respect of certificated Shares held jointly by more than one person, delivery of a single share certificate to
one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.
| 8.4 | Replacement of share certificates |
If a share certificate
is defaced, worn-out or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new share certificate shall be issued on the payment of such
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company and the person requiring the new share certificate shall first surrender the defaced or worn-out
share certificate or give such evidence of the loss, theft or destruction of the share certificate and such indemnity to the Company as
the Directors may require.
| 9.1 | Uncertificated Shares held by means of a Relevant System |
The Directors may
permit Shares to be held in uncertificated form and shall have power to implement such arrangements as they may, in their absolute discretion,
think fit in order for any Class of Shares to be transferred by means of a Relevant System of holding and transferring Shares (subject
always to any applicable law and the requirements of the Relevant System concerned).
(For the purpose
of this Article 9, the expression “Shares”, where the context permits, also includes Interests in such Shares).
| 9.2 | Disapplication of inconsistent Articles |
| 9.2.1 | Where the arrangements described in this Article 9 are implemented, no provision of these Articles shall
apply or have effect to the extent that it is in any respect inconsistent with: |
| (a) | the holding of Shares of that Class in uncertificated form; and |
| (b) | the facilities and requirements of the Relevant System. |
| 9.3 | Arrangements for uncertificated Shares |
| 9.3.1 | Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles (but subject always to the Companies Act, any other
applicable laws and regulations and the facilities and requirements of any Relevant System): |
| (a) | unless the Directors otherwise determine, Shares held by the same holder or joint holder in certificated
form and uncertificated form shall be treated as separate holdings; |
| (b) | conversion of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa,
may be made in such a manner as the Directors may in their absolute discretion think fit and in accordance with applicable regulations; |
| (c) | Shares may be changed from uncertificated to certificated form, and from certificated to uncertificated
form, in such manner as the Directors may in their absolute discretion, think fit; |
| (d) | Article 13.2 shall not apply in respect of Shares recorded on the Register of Members as being held in
uncertificated form to the extent that Article 13.2 requires or contemplates the effecting of a transfer by an instrument in writing and
the production of a certificate for the Share to be transferred; |
| (e) | a Class of Share shall not be treated as two Classes by virtue only of that Class comprising both certificated
and uncertificated Shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles or any other applicable law or regulation which applies only
in respect of certificated and uncertificated Shares; |
| (f) | where the Company is entitled under applicable law or these Articles to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
of, redeem, repurchase, re-allot, accept the surrender of, forfeit or enforce a lien over, a Share in the Company, the Directors shall,
subject to such applicable laws, these Articles and the facilities and requirements of the Relevant System be entitled (without limitation): |
| (i) | to require the holder of that Share by notice to convert that Share into certificated form within the
period specified in the notice and to hold that Share in certificated form so long as required by the Company; |
| (ii) | to require the operator of the Relevant System to convert that Share into certificated form; |
| (iii) | to require the holder of that Share by notice to give any instructions necessary to transfer title to
that Share by means of the Relevant System within the period specified in the notice; |
| (iv) | to require the holder of that Share by notice to appoint any person to take any step, including without
limitation the giving of any instructions by means of the Relevant System, necessary to transfer that Share within the period specified
in the notice; |
| (v) | to take any other action that the Directors consider necessary or expedient to achieve the sale, transfer,
disposal, re-allotment, forfeiture or surrender of that Share or otherwise to enforce a lien in respect of that Share; |
| (vi) | to require the deletion of any entries in the Relevant System reflecting the holding of such Share in
uncertificated form; and |
| (vii) | to require the operator of the Relevant System to alter the entries in the Relevant System so as to divest
the holder of the relevant Share of the power to transfer such Share other than to a person selected or approved by the Directors for
the purposes of such transfer. |
| 9.3.2 | Article 8 shall not apply so as to require the Company to issue a certificate to any person holding Shares
in uncertificated form. |
| 10.1 | Depository Interests held by means of a Relevant System |
The Directors may
permit Shares of any Class to be represented by Depository Interests and to be transferred or otherwise dealt with by means of a Relevant
System and may revoke any such permission.
| 10.2 | Disapplication of inconsistent Articles |
| 10.2.1 | Where the arrangements described in this Article 10 are implemented, no provision of these Articles shall
apply or have effect to the extent that it is in any respect inconsistent with: |
| (a) | the holding of Depository Interests; and |
| (b) | the facilities and requirements of the Relevant System. |
| 10.3 | Arrangements for Depository Interests |
| 10.3.1 | The Directors may make such arrangements or regulations (if any) as they may from time to time in their
absolute discretion think fit in relation to the evidencing, issue and transfer of Depository Interests and otherwise for the purpose
of implementing and/or supplementing the provisions of this Article 10 and the Exchange Rules and the facilities and requirements of the
Relevant System. |
| 10.3.2 | The Company may use the Relevant System in which any Depository Interests are held to the fullest extent
available from time to time in the exercise of any of its powers or functions under the Companies Act, the Exchange Rules or these Articles
or otherwise in effecting any actions. |
| 10.3.3 | For the purpose of effecting any action by the Company, the Directors may determine that Depository Interests
held by a person shall be treated as a separate holding from certificated Shares held by that person. |
Shares in a particular
Class shall not form a separate Class of Shares from other Shares in that Class because they are dealt with as Depository Interests.
| 10.5.1 | Where the Company is entitled under applicable law or these Articles to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
of, redeem, repurchase, re-allot, accept the surrender of, forfeit or enforce a lien over, any Share represented by a Depository Interest,
the Directors shall, subject to such applicable laws, these Articles and the facilities and requirements of the Relevant System be entitled
(without limitation): |
| (a) | to require the holder of that Depository Interest by notice to convert that Share represented by the Depository
Interest into certificated form within the period specified in the notice and to hold that Share in certificated form so long as required
by the Company; |
| (b) | to require the holder of that Depository Interest by notice to give any instructions necessary to transfer
title to that Share by means of the Relevant System within the period specified in the notice; |
| (c) | to require the holder of that Depository Interest by notice to appoint any person to take any step, including
without limitation the giving of any instructions by means of the Relevant System, necessary to transfer that Share within the period
specified in the notice; and |
| (d) | to take any other action that the Directors consider necessary or expedient to achieve the sale, transfer,
disposal, re-allotment, forfeiture or surrender of that Share or otherwise to enforce a lien in respect of that Share. |
| 11.1.1 | Subject to the terms on which Shares are allotted, the Directors may make calls on the Members (and any
persons entitled by transmission) in respect of any amounts unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of nominal value or premium or
otherwise) and not payable on a date fixed by or in accordance with the allotment terms. Each such Member or other person shall pay to
the Company the amount called, subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) clear days’ notice specifying when and where the payment is
to be made, as required by such notice. |
| 11.1.2 | A call may be made payable by instalments. A call shall be deemed to have been made when the resolution
of the Directors authorising it is passed. A call may, before the Company’s receipt of any amount due under it, be revoked or postponed
in whole or in part as the Directors may decide. A person upon whom a call is made will remain liable for calls made on him notwithstanding
the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. |
| 11.2 | Liability of joint holders |
The joint holders
of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of it.
lf the whole of
the sum payable in respect of any call is not paid by the day it becomes due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay all
costs, charges and expenses that the Company may have incurred by reason of such non-payment, together with interest on the unpaid amount
from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at the rate fixed by the terms of the allotment of the Share or in the notice
of the call or, if no rate is fixed, at such rate, not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum (compounded on a six monthly basis), as
the Directors shall determine. The Directors may waive payment of such costs, charges, expenses or interest in whole or in part.
Subject to the allotment
terms, the Directors may make arrangements on or before the issue of Shares to differentiate between the holders of Shares in the amounts
and times of payment of calls on their Shares.
| 11.5 | Payment in advance of calls |
| 11.5.1 | The Directors may receive from any Member (or any person entitled by transmission) all or any part of
the amount uncalled and unpaid on the Shares held by him (or to which he is entitled). The liability of each such Member or other person
on the Shares to which such payment relates shall be reduced by such amount. The Company may pay interest on such amount from the time
of receipt until the time when such amount would, but for such advance, have become due and payable at such rate not exceeding eight percent
(8%) per annum (compounded on a six monthly basis) as the Directors may decide. |
| 11.5.2 | No sum paid up on a Share in advance of a call shall entitle the holder to any portion of a dividend subsequently
declared or paid in respect of any period prior to the date on which such sum would, but for such payment, become due and payable. |
| 11.6 | Restrictions if calls unpaid |
Unless the Directors
decide otherwise, no Member shall be entitled to receive any dividend or to be present or vote at any meeting or to exercise any right
or privilege as a Member until he has paid all calls due and payable on every Share held by him, whether alone or jointly with any other
person, together with interest and expenses (if any) to the Company.
| 11.7 | Sums due on allotment treated as calls |
Any sum payable
in respect of a Share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of the nominal value of the Share or by way of premium or
otherwise or as an instalment of a call, shall be deemed to be a call. lf such sum is not paid, these Articles shall apply as if it had
become due and payable by virtue of a call.
| 12.1 | Forfeiture after notice of unpaid call |
| 12.1.1 | lf a call or an instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the Directors
may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together
with any interest which may have accrued and any costs, charges and expenses that the Company may have incurred by reason of such non-payment.
The notice shall state the place where payment is to be made and that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which
the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. lf the notice is not complied with, any Shares in respect of which it was given may,
before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. The forfeiture will include all
dividends and other amounts payable in respect of the forfeited Shares which have not been paid before the forfeiture. |
| 12.1.2 | The Directors may accept the surrender of a Share which is liable to be forfeited in accordance with these
Articles. All provisions in these Articles which apply to the forfeiture of a Share also apply to the surrender of a Share. |
| 12.2 | Notice after forfeiture |
When a Share has
been forfeited, the Company shall give notice of the forfeiture to the person who was before forfeiture the holder of the Share or the
person entitled by transmission to the Share. An entry that such notice has been given and of the fact and date of forfeiture shall be
made in the Register of Members. Notwithstanding the above, no forfeiture will be invalidated by any omission to give such notice or make
such entry.
| 12.3 | Consequences of forfeiture |
| 12.3.1 | A Share shall, on its forfeiture, become the property of the Company. |
| 12.3.2 | All interest in and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of a Share and all other rights
and liabilities incidental to the Share as between its holder and the Company shall, on its forfeiture, be extinguished and terminate
except as otherwise stated in these Articles. |
| 12.3.3 | The holder of a Share (or the person entitled to it by transmission) which is forfeited shall: |
| (a) | on its forfeiture cease to be a Member (or a person entitled) in respect of it; |
| (b) | if a certificated Share, surrender to the Company for cancellation the share certificate for the Share; |
| (c) | remain liable to pay to the Company all monies payable in respect of the Share at the time of forfeiture,
with interest from such time of forfeiture until the time of payment, in the same manner in all respects as if the Share had not been
forfeited; and |
| (d) | remain liable to satisfy all (if any) claims and demands which the Company might have enforced in respect
of the Share at the time of forfeiture without any deduction or allowance for the value of the Share at the time of forfeiture or for
any consideration received on its disposal. |
| 12.4 | Disposal of forfeited Share |
| 12.4.1 | A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as
the Directors may decide either to the person who was before the forfeiture the holder or to any other person. At any time before the
disposal, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors may decide. Where for the purpose of its disposal a forfeited
Share is to be transferred to any transferee, the Directors may: |
| (a) | in the case of certificated Shares, authorise a person to execute an instrument of transfer of Shares
in the name and on behalf of their holder to the purchaser or as the purchaser may direct; |
| (b) | in the case of uncertificated Shares, exercise any power conferred on them by Article 13 to effect a transfer
of the Shares; and |
| (c) | if the Share is represented by a Depository Interest, exercise any of the Company’s powers under Article
10.5 to effect the sale of the Share to, or in accordance with the directions of, the buyer. |
| 12.4.2 | The purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies in respect of any such
sale. The title of the transferee to the Shares will not be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings connected
with the sale or transfer. Any instrument or exercise referred to at paragraph (a) of this Article shall be effective as if it had been
executed or exercised by the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, the Shares to which it relates. |
A statutory declaration
by a Director or any other officer that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated
in it against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The declaration shall (subject to the execution of any necessary instrument
of transfer) constitute good title to the Share. The person to whom the Share is disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application
of the consideration (if any) given for it on such disposal. His title to the Share will not be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity
of, the proceedings connected with the forfeiture or disposal.
| 13.1.1 | Subject to these Articles, a Member may transfer all or any of his Shares: |
| (a) | in the case of certificated Shares, by an instrument of transfer in writing in any usual form or in another
form approved by the Directors or prescribed by the Exchange, which must be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and (in the case
of a transfer of a Share which is not fully paid) by or on behalf of the transferee; or |
| (b) | in the case of uncertificated Shares, without a written instrument in accordance with the rules or regulations
of any Relevant System in which the Shares are held. |
| 13.2 | Registration of a certificated Share transfer |
| 13.2.1 | Subject to these Articles, the Directors may, in their absolute discretion and without giving a reason,
refuse to register the transfer of a certificated Share unless it is: |
| (a) | in respect of a Share which is fully paid; |
| (b) | in respect of a Share on which the Company has no lien; |
| (c) | in respect of only one Class of Shares; |
| (d) | in favour of a single transferee or not more than four joint transferees; |
| (e) | duly stamped (if required); and |
| (f) | delivered for registration to the Registered Office or such other place as the Directors may decide, accompanied
by the certificate for the Shares to which it relates and any other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to prove the title
to such Share of the transferor and the due execution by him of the transfer or, if the transfer is executed by some other person on his
behalf, the authority of such person to do so, provided that the Directors shall not refuse to register any transfer of any certificated
Shares listed on the Exchange on the ground that they are partly paid in circumstances where such refusal would prevent dealings in such
Shares from taking place on an open and proper basis. |
| 13.2.2 | lf the Directors refuse to register a transfer pursuant to this Article, they shall, within two (2) months
after the date on which the transfer was delivered to the Company, send notice of the refusal to the transferee. An instrument of transfer
which the Directors refuse to register shall (except in the case of suspected fraud) be returned to the person delivering it. All instruments
of transfer which are registered may, subject to these Articles, be retained by the Company. |
| 13.3 | Registration of an uncertificated Share transfer |
| 13.3.1 | The Directors shall register a transfer of title to any uncertificated Share which is held in uncertificated
form in accordance with the rules or regulations of any Relevant System in which the Shares are held, except that the Directors may refuse
(subject to any relevant requirements of (to the extent applicable) the Exchange Rules and/or the Exchange) to register any such transfer
which is in favour of more than four persons jointly or in any other circumstance permitted by the rules or regulations of any Relevant
System in which the Shares are held. |
| 13.3.2 | lf the Directors refuse to register any such transfer the Company shall, within two months after the date
on which the instruction relating to such transfer was received by the Company, send notice of the refusal to the transferee. |
| 13.4 | Transfers of Depository Interests |
| 13.4.1 | The Company shall register the transfer of any Shares represented by Depository Interests in accordance
with the rules or regulations of the Relevant System and any other applicable laws and regulations. |
| 13.4.2 | Where permitted by the rules or regulations of the Relevant System and any other applicable laws and regulations,
the Directors may, in their absolute discretion and without giving any reason for their decision, refuse to register any transfer of any
Share represented by a Depository Interest. |
| 13.5 | No fee on registration |
No fee shall be
charged for the registration of a transfer of a Share or other document relating to or affecting the title to any Share.
| 13.6 | Renunciations of Shares |
Nothing in these
Articles shall preclude the Directors from recognising the renunciation of any Share by the allottee thereof in favour of some other person.
| 13.7 | Enforceability of and interpretation/administration of this Article |
| 13.7.1 | If any provision of this Article 13 or any part of such provision is held under any circumstances to be
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then: |
| (a) | the invalidity of unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
such provision or part thereof under any other circumstances or in any other jurisdiction; and |
| (b) | the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision or part thereof shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the remainder of such provision or the validity or enforceability of any other provision of these Articles. |
| 13.7.2 | The Directors shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer and interpret the provisions
of this Article 13 and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted the Directors and the Company or as may be necessary or
advisable in the administration of this Article 13. All such actions, calculations, determinations and interpretations which are done
or made by the Directors in good faith shall be final, conclusive, and binding on the Company and the beneficial and registered owners
of the Shares and shall not subject the Directors to any liability. |
| 13.8 | No transfers to an infant etc |
No transfer shall
be made to an infant or to a person of whom an order has been made by competent court or official on the grounds that he is or may be
suffering from mental disorder or is otherwise incapable of managing his affairs or under other legal disability.
| 13.9 | Effect of registration |
The transferor shall
be deemed to remain the holder of the Share transferred until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members in respect
of that Share.
| 14. | TRANSMISSION OF SHARES |
| 14.1 | Transmission of Shares |
| 14.1.1 | If a Member dies, becomes bankrupt, commences liquidation or is dissolved, the only person that the Company
will recognise as having any title to, or interest in, that Member’s Share (other than the Member) are: |
| (a) | if the deceased Member was a joint holder, the survivor; |
| (b) | if the deceased Member was a sole or the only surviving holder, the personal representative of that Member;
or |
| (c) | any trustee in bankruptcy or other person succeeding to the Member’s interest by operation of law, |
but nothing in these
Articles releases the estate of a deceased Member, or any other successor by operation of law, from any liability in respect of any Share
held by that Member solely or jointly.
| 14.2 | Election by persons entitled on transmission |
| 14.2.1 | Any person becoming entitled to a Share as a result of the death, bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution
of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the
Directors, elect either to become registered as the holder of the Share or nominate another person to be registered as the holder of that
Share. |
| 14.2.2 | If he elects to be registered as the holder of the Share himself, he shall give written notice to the
Company to that effect. If he elects to have some other person registered as the holder of the Share, he shall: |
| (a) | in the case of a certificated Share, execute an instrument of transfer of such Share to such person; |
| (b) | in the case of an uncertificated Share, either: |
| (i) | procure that all the appropriate instructions are given by means of the Relevant System to effect the
transfer of such Share to such person; or |
| (ii) | change the uncertificated Share to certified form and then execute a transfer of such Share to such person;
and |
| (c) | in the case of a Share represented by a Depository Interest, take any action the Directors may require
(including, without limitation, the execution of any document and the giving of any instruction by means of the Relevant System) to effect
the transfer of the Share to that person. |
| 14.3 | Rights of persons entitled by transmission |
A person becoming
entitled to a Share by reason of the death, bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer)
shall be entitled to the same Dividends and other rights to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the Share.
However, the person shall not, before being registered as a Member in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to attend or
vote at any meeting of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered
himself or to have some person nominated by him registered as the holder (and the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right
to refuse registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by that Member before his death, bankruptcy, liquidation
or dissolution, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) days the Directors may withhold payment of
all Dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.
| 15. | REDEMPTION,
PURCHASE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES |
| 15.1 | Subject to the Companies Act, the Memorandum, these Articles, the Exchange Rules (where applicable) and
any rights conferred on the holders of any Shares or attaching to any Class of Shares, the Company may: |
| 15.1.1 | issue Shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of one or
both of the Company or the Member on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine before the issue of the Shares; |
| 15.1.2 | purchase, or enter into a contract under which it will or may repurchase, any of its own Shares of any
Class (including any redeemable Shares) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine or agree with the Member; |
| 15.1.3 | make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by
the Companies Act, including out of capital; and |
| 15.1.4 | accept the surrender for no consideration of any paid up Share (including any redeemable Share) on such
terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine. |
| 15.2 | Any Share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be entitled to participate
in the profits of the Company in respect of the period after the date specified as the date of redemption in the notice of redemption. |
| 15.3 | The redemption or purchase of any Share shall not be deemed to give rise to the redemption or purchase
of any other Share. |
| 15.4 | The Directors may when making payments in respect of the redemption or purchase of Shares, if authorised
by the terms of issue of the Shares being redeemed or purchased or with the agreement of the holder of such Shares, make such payment
either in cash or in specie. |
| 15.5 | The Directors may hold any repurchased, redeemed or surrendered Shares as Treasury Shares in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies Act and these Articles. |
Any financial assistance
given by the Company in connection with a purchase made or to be made by any person of any Shares or Interests in Shares in the Company
shall only be made in accordance with the Companies Act, applicable law and the Exchange Rules (where applicable).
| 17. | CLASS RIGHTS AND CLASS MEETINGS |
| 17.1 | Variation of class rights |
| 17.1.1 | Subject to the Companies Act, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different
Classes of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any Class of Shares may be varied in such manner as those rights may provide or,
if no such provision is made, either: |
| (a) | with the consent in writing of holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares
of that Class; or |
| (b) | with the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that Class
by a two-thirds majority of the holders of the Shares of that Class present and voting at such meeting (whether in person or by proxy). |
| 17.2 | Treatment of classes of Shares by Directors |
The Directors may
treat two or more or all of the Classes of Shares as forming one class of Shares if the Directors consider that such Classes of Shares
would be affected by the proposed variation in the same way.
| 17.3 | Effect of Share issue on class rights |
| 17.3.1 | The rights attached to any Class of Shares are not taken to be varied by: |
| (a) | the creation or issue of further Shares ranking equally with them unless expressly provided by the terms
of the issue of the Shares of that Class; or |
| (b) | the reduction of capital paid up on such Shares or by the repurchase, redemption or surrender of any Shares
in accordance with the Companies Act and these Articles. |
The provisions of
these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall apply mutatis mutandis to any Class meeting, except that the quorum
shall be one or more Members that together hold at least one-third of the Shares of that Class.
| 18. | No recognition of trusts or third party interests |
| 18.1.1 | Except as otherwise expressly provided by these Articles or as required by law or as ordered by a court
of competent jurisdiction, the Company: |
| (a) | is not required to recognise a person as holding any Share on any trust, even if the Company has notice
of the trust; and |
| (b) | is not required to recognise, and is not bound by, any interest in or claim to any Share, except for the
registered holder’s absolute legal ownership of the Share, even if the Company has notice of that interest or claim. |
| 19.1 | Lien on Shares generally |
The Company shall
have a first and paramount lien on all Shares registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts,
liabilities or amounts payable to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or
jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time determine any Share to be wholly or in part
exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien on a Share is released if a transfer of that Share is registered.
| 19.2 | Enforcement of lien by sale |
The Company may
sell, on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Share on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which
the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen (14) clear days after notice has been given by the Company to the
holder of the Share (or to any other person entitled by transmission to the Shares) demanding payment of that amount and giving notice
of intention to sell the Share if such payment is not made.
| 19.3 | Completion of sale under lien |
| 19.3.1 | To give effect to a sale of Shares under a lien the Directors may: |
| (a) | in the case of certificated Shares, authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer in respect
of the Shares to be sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the relevant purchaser; |
| (b) | in the case of uncertificated Shares, exercise any power conferred on them by Article 13 to effect a transfer
of Shares; and |
| (c) | if the Shares are represented by a Depository Interest, exercise any of the Company’s powers under Article
10.5 to effect the sale of such Shares to, or in accordance with the directions of the purchaser. |
| 19.3.2 | The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer,
and he shall not be bound to see to the application of any consideration provided for the Shares, nor will the purchaser’s title
to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in connection with the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale
under these Articles. |
| 19.4 | Application of proceeds of sale |
The net proceeds
of a sale made under a lien after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien
exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares
before the sale) be paid to the person who was entitled to the Shares immediately prior to the sale.
| 20.1.1 | The Company may sell at the best price reasonably obtainable any Share of a Member, or any Share to which
a person is entitled by transmission, if: |
| (a) | during the period of six (6) years prior to the date of the publication of the advertisements referred
to in this paragraph (a) (or, if published on different dates, the earlier or earliest of them): |
| (i) | no cheque, warrant or money order in respect of such Share sent by or on behalf of the Company to the
Member or to the person entitled by transmission to the Share, at his address in the Register of Members or other address last known to
the Company has been cashed; and |
| (ii) | no cash dividend payable on the Shares has been satisfied by the transfer of funds to a bank account of
the Member (or person entitled by transmission to the share) or by transfer of funds by means of the Relevant System, and the Company
has received no communication (whether in writing or otherwise) in respect of such Share from such Member or person, provided that during
such six year period the Company has paid at least three cash dividends (whether interim or final) in respect of Shares of the Class in
question and no such dividend has been claimed by the person entitled to such Share; |
| (b) | on or after the expiry of such six year period the Company has given notice of its intention to sell such
Share by advertisements in a national newspaper published in the country in which the Registered Office is located and in a newspaper
circulating in the area in which the address in the Register of Members or other last known address of the member or the person entitled
by transmission to the Share or the address for the service of notices on such member or person notified to the Company in accordance
with these Articles is located; |
| (c) | such advertisements, if not published on the same day, are published within thirty (30) days of each other; |
| (d) | during a further period of three months following the date of publication of such advertisements (or,
if published on different dates, the date on which the requirements of this paragraph (a) concerning the publication of newspaper advertisements
are met) and prior to the sale the Company has not received any communication (whether in writing or otherwise) in respect of such Share
from the Member or person entitled by transmission. |
| 20.1.2 | lf during such six year period, or during any subsequent period ending on the date when all the requirements
of paragraph (a) of this Article have been met in respect of any Shares, any additional Shares have been issued in respect of those held
at the beginning of, or previously so issued during, any such subsequent period and all the requirements of paragraph (a) of this Article
have been satisfied with regard to such additional Shares, the Company may also sell the additional Shares. |
| 20.1.3 | To give effect to a sale pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this Article, the Directors may: |
| (a) | in the case of certificated Shares, authorise a person to execute an instrument of transfer of Shares
in the name and on behalf of the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, them to the purchaser or as the purchaser may direct; |
| (b) | in the case of uncertificated Shares, exercise any power conferred on them by Article 13 to effect a transfer
of the Shares; and |
| (c) | if the Share is represented by a Depository Interest, exercise any of the Company’s powers under Article
10.5 to effect the sale of the Share to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. |
| 20.1.4 | The purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase monies in respect of any such
sale. The title of the transferee to the Shares will not be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings connected
with the sale or transfer. Any instrument or exercise referred to at paragraph (c) of this Article shall be effective as if it had been
executed or exercised by the holder of, or the person entitled by transmission to, the Shares to which it relates. |
| 20.2 | Application of sale proceeds |
The Company shall
account to the Member or other person entitled to such Share for the net proceeds of such sale by carrying all monies in respect of the
sale to a separate account. The Company shall be deemed to be a debtor to, and not a trustee for, such Member or other person in respect
of such monies. Monies carried to such separate account may either be employed in the business of the Company or invested as the Directors
may think fit. No interest shall be payable to such Member or other person in respect of such monies and the Company shall not be required
to account for any money earned on them.
| 21. | ALTERATION OF share CAPITAL |
| 21.1 | Increase, consolidation, subdivision and cancellation |
| 21.1.1 | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | increase its share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amounts as the resolution
shall prescribe; |
| (b) | consolidate, or consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount
than its existing Shares; |
| (c) | subdivide its Shares, or any of them, into Shares of a smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum;
and |
| (d) | cancel any Shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken, or agreed
to be taken, by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled. |
| 21.1.2 | All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be subject to the same
provisions of these Articles with reference to liens, transfer, transmission and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital. |
| 21.2 | Dealing with fractions resulting from consolidation or subdivision of Shares |
| 21.2.1 | Whenever, as a result of a consolidation or subdivision of Shares, any Members would become entitled to
fractions of a Share the Directors may on behalf of those Members deal with the fractions as they think fit, including (without limitation): |
| (a) | selling the Shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person (including,
subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, the Company); and |
| (b) | distributing the net proceeds in due proportion among those Members (except that if the amount due to
a person is less than US$5.00, or such other sum as the Directors may decide, the Company may retain such sum for its own benefit). |
| 21.2.2 | For the purposes of this Article, the Directors may: |
| (a) | in the case of certificated Shares, authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the
Shares to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser; |
| (b) | in the case of uncertificated Shares, exercise any power conferred on it by Article 13 to effect a transfer
of the Shares; and |
| (c) | if the Share is represented by a Depository Interest, exercise any of the Company’s powers under Article
10.5 to effect the sale of the Share to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. |
| 21.2.3 | The transferee shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall the transferee’s
title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings in respect of any sale undertaken pursuant to
this Article. |
| 21.3 | Reduction of Share Capital |
Subject to the provisions
of the Companies Act and to any rights attached to any Shares, the Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital, any capital
redemption reserve, any share premium account or any other undistributable reserve in any way.
| 22.1 | Annual general meetings and general meetings |
| 22.1.1 | The Company shall hold an annual general meeting in each calendar year, which shall be convened by the
Directors, in accordance with these Articles, but so that the maximum period between such annual general meetings shall not exceed fifteen
(15) months. |
| 22.1.2 | All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called general meetings. |
| 22.2 | Convening of general meetings |
The Directors may
convene a general meeting of the Company whenever the Directors think fit, and must do so if required to do so pursuant to a valid Members’
requisition.
A Members’
requisition is a requisition of Members of the Company holding at the date of deposit of the requisition at the Registered Office not
less than one-third in par value of the issued Shares which as at that date carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company.
| 22.4 | Requirements of Members’ requisition |
| 22.4.1 | The requisition must state the objects of the general meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists
and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists. |
| 22.4.2 | If the Directors do not within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the deposit of the requisition duly
proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further 21 days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing a majority
of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a general meeting of the Company, but any meeting so convened shall
not be held after the expiration of three months after the expiration of such 21 day period. |
| 22.4.3 | A general meeting convened in accordance with this Article by requisitionists shall be convened (insofar
as is possible) in the same manner as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors and the Directors shall, upon demand,
provide the names and addresses of each Member to the requisitionists for the purpose of convening such meeting. |
| 23. | NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS |
| 23.1 | Length and form of notice and persons to whom notice must be given |
| 23.1.1 | At least seven (7) clear days’ notice shall be given of any annual general meeting or general meeting
of the Company. |
| 23.1.2 | Subject to the Companies Act and notwithstanding that it is convened by shorter notice than that specified
in paragraph 23.1.1 of this Article, (i) an annual general meeting shall be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed in the
case of by all the Members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting thereat, and (ii) a general meeting shall be deemed to have been
duly convened if it is so agreed in the case of by a majority in number of the Members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting thereat. |
| 23.1.3 | The notice of meeting shall specify: |
| (a) | whether the meeting is an annual general meeting or a general meeting; |
| (b) | the place, the day and the time of the meeting; |
| (c) | subject to the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the Exchange Rules and/or the Exchange, the
general nature of the business to be transacted; |
| (d) | if the meeting is convened to consider a Special Resolution, the intention to propose the resolution as
such; and |
| (e) | with reasonable prominence, that a Member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more
proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote instead of him and that a proxy need not also be a Member. |
| 23.1.4 | The notice of meeting: |
| (a) | shall be given to the Members (other than a Member who, under these Articles or any restrictions imposed
on any Shares, is not entitled to receive notice from the Company), to each Director and alternate Director, to the Auditor and to such
other persons as may be required by the Exchange Rules and/or the Exchange; and |
| (b) | may specify a time by which a person must be entered on the Register of Members in order for such person
to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting. |
| 23.1.5 | The Directors may determine that the Members entitled to receive notice of a meeting are those persons
entered on the Register of Members at the close of business on a day determined by the Directors. |
| 23.2 | Omission or non-receipt of notice or instrument of proxy |
The accidental omission
to send or give notice of meeting or, in cases where it is intended that it be sent out or given with the notice, an instrument of proxy
or other document to, or the non-receipt of any such item by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings
at that meeting.
| 24. | PROCEEDINGS
AT GENERAL MEETINGS |
| 24.1 | Requirement and number for a quorum |
No business may
be transacted at a general meeting unless a quorum is present. A quorum is two Members present in person or by proxy or by a duly authorised
representative and entitled to vote on the business to be transacted, unless the Company has only one Member in which case that Member
alone constitutes a quorum The absence of a quorum will not prevent the appointment of a chairman of the meeting. Such appointment shall
not be treated as being part of the business of the meeting.
| 24.2 | General meetings by telephone or other communications device |
A general meeting
may be held by means of any telephone, electronic or other communications facilities that permit all persons in the meeting to communicate
with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Members present, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman
is physically present.
| 24.3 | Adjournment if quorum not present |
| 24.3.1 | If within thirty (30) minutes after the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present (or
if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present), the meeting: |
| (a) | if convened upon the requisition of Members, shall be dissolved; and |
| (b) | in any other case, stands adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to
such other day, time and place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within thirty (30)
minutes from the time appointed for the meeting the Members present shall be a quorum. |
| 24.4 | Appointment of chairman of general meeting |
| 24.4.1 | If the Directors have elected one of their number as chairman of their meetings that person shall preside
as chairman at every general meeting of the Company. If there is no such chairman, or if the elected chairman is not present within fifteen
(15) minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting, or is unable or unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect
one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 24.4.2 | If no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen (15) minutes
after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
The chairman shall
take such action or give directions for such action to be taken as he thinks fit to promote the orderly conduct of the business of the
meeting. The chairman’s decision on points of order, matters of procedure or arising incidentally from the business of the meeting
shall be final as shall be his determination as to whether any point or matter is of such a nature.
| 24.6 | Entitlement to attend and speak |
Each Director shall
be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company. The chairman may invite any person to attend and speak at any general
meeting of the Company where he considers that this will assist in the deliberations of the meeting.
| 24.7 | Adjournment of general meeting |
The chairman may,
with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to
time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at
the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice.
| 24.8 | Voting on a show of hands |
| 24.8.1 | At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting must be decided on a show of hands
unless a poll is demanded. |
| 24.8.2 | Unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has, on a show of hands,
been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the Company’s book containing
the minutes of proceedings of the Company, is conclusive evidence of the fact. Neither the chairman nor the minutes need state, and it
is not necessary to prove, the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution. |
| 24.9 | When a poll may be demanded |
| 24.9.1 | A poll may only be demanded: |
| (a) | before the show of hands on that resolution is taken; |
| (b) | before the result of the show of hands on that resolution is declared; or |
| (c) | immediately after the result of the show of hands on that resolution is declared. |
| 24.10.1 | A poll may be demanded by either: |
| (a) | the chairman of the meeting; |
| (b) | at least five (5) Members entitled to vote at the meeting; |
| (c) | a Member or Members representing in aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total voting rights
of all the Members having the right to vote at the meeting; or |
| (d) | a Member or Members holding Shares conferring a right to vote on the resolution on which an aggregate
sum has been paid up equal to not less than ten percent (10%) of the total sum paid up on all the Shares conferring that right. |
| 24.10.2 | A demand for a poll does not prevent the continuance of the meeting for the transaction of any business
other than the question on which the poll has been demanded. |
| 24.11.1 | If a poll is properly demanded: |
| (a) | it must be taken in the manner and at the date and time directed by the chairman; |
| (b) | on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, it must be taken immediately; |
| (c) | the result of the poll is a resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded; and |
| (d) | the demand may be withdrawn. |
| 24.12 | Casting vote for chairman |
If there is an equality
of votes either on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman is entitled to a second or casting vote in addition to any other vote he
may have or be entitled to exercise.
| 25.1 | Written resolutions of Members |
A resolution (including
a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of all Members for the time being entitled to receive
notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed
at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. A resolution in writing is adopted when all Members entitled to do so have
signed it.
| 25.2 | Registered Members to vote |
No person shall
be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he is registered as a Member in the Register of Members on the record date for such
meeting.
| 25.3.1 | Subject to these Articles and to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Class or
Classes of Shares: |
| (a) | on a show of hands, each Member present in person and each other person present as a proxy or duly authorised
representative of a Member has one vote; and |
| (i) | each Member holding of a Class A Ordinary Share present in person has one vote for each Class A Ordinary
Share held by the Member and each person present as a proxy or duly authorised representative of a Member holding of a Class A Ordinary
Share has one vote for each Class A Ordinary Share held by the Member that the person represents. Each fractional Class A Ordinary Share
shall carry the applicable fraction of one vote; and |
| (ii) | each Member holding of a Class B Ordinary Share present in person has 100 votes for each Class B Ordinary
Share held by the Member and each person present as a proxy or duly authorised representative of a Member holding of a Class B Ordinary
Share has 100 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share held by the Member that the person represents. Each fractional Class B Ordinary Share
shall carry the applicable fraction of 100 votes. |
| 25.4 | Voting rights of joint holders |
If a Share is held
jointly and more than one of the joint holders votes in respect of that Share, only the vote of the joint holder whose name appears first
in the Register of Members in respect of that Share counts.
| 25.5 | Voting rights of Members incapable of managing their affairs |
A Member of unsound
mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in matters concerning mental disorder, may vote whether
on a show of hands or on a poll by his receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court,
and any such receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.
| 25.6 | Voting restriction on an outstanding call |
Unless the Directors
decide otherwise, no Member shall be entitled to be present or vote at any general meeting either personally or by proxy until he has
paid all calls due and payable on every Share held by him whether alone or jointly with any other person together with interest and expenses
(if any) to the Company.
| 25.7 | Objection to error in voting |
| 25.7.1 | An objection to the right of a person to attend or vote at a general meeting or adjourned general meeting: |
| (a) | may not be raised except at that meeting or adjourned meeting; and |
| (b) | must be referred to the chairman of the meeting whose decision is final. |
| 25.7.2 | If any objection is raised to the right of a person to vote and the chairman disallows the objection then
the vote cast by that person is valid for all purposes. |
| 26. | REPRESENTATION
OF MEMBERS AT GENERAL MEETINGS |
| 26.1 | How Members may attend and vote |
| 26.1.1 | Subject to these Articles, each Member entitled to vote at a general meeting may attend and vote at the
general meeting: |
| (a) | in person, or where a Member is a company or non-natural person, by a duly authorised representative;
or |
| (b) | by one or more proxies. |
| 26.1.2 | A proxy or a duly authorised representative may, but not need be, a Member of the Company. |
| 26.2 | Appointment of proxies |
| 26.2.1 | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and be executed by or on behalf of the Member appointing
the proxy. |
| 26.2.2 | A corporation may execute an instrument appointing a proxy either under its common seal (or in any other
manner permitted by law and having the same effect as if executed under seal) or under the hand of a duly authorised officer, attorney
or other person. |
| 26.2.3 | A Member may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion, but only one proxy may be appointed
in respect of any one Share. |
| 26.2.4 | The appointment of a proxy shall not preclude a Member from attending and voting at the meeting or any
adjournment of it. |
| 26.3 | Form of instrument of proxy |
The instrument appointing
a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or in any other form approved by the Directors or prescribed by the Exchange) and may be expressed
to be for a particular general meeting (or any adjournment of a general meeting) or generally until revoked.
| 26.4 | Authority under instrument of proxy |
The instrument appointing
a proxy shall be deemed (unless the contrary is stated in it) to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote, on
a poll, on a resolution as a motion or an amendment of a resolution put to, or other business which may properly come before, the meeting
or meetings for which it is given or any adjournment of any such meeting, as the proxy thinks fit.
| 26.5 | Receipt of proxy appointment |
The instrument appointing
a proxy and any authority under which it is executed shall be deposited at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified
in the notice convening the meeting (or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company) prior to the time set out in such notice or
instrument (or if no such time is specified, no later than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or
adjourned meeting). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the chairman may, in any event, at his discretion, direct that an instrument of proxy
shall be deemed to have been duly deposited.
| 26.6 | Uncertificated Proxy Instruction |
In relation to any
Shares which are held by means of a Relevant System, the Directors may from time to time permit appointments of a proxy to be made by
means of an electronic communication in the form of an Uncertificated Proxy Instruction. The Directors may in a similar manner permit
supplements to, or amendments or revocations of, any such Uncertificated Proxy Instruction to be made by like means. The Directors may
in addition prescribe the method of determining the time at which any such properly authenticated dematerialised instruction (and/or other
instruction or notification) is to be treated as received by the Company or such participant. Notwithstanding any other provision in these
Articles, the Directors may treat any such Uncertificated Proxy Instruction which purports to be or is expressed to be sent on behalf
of a holder of a Share as sufficient evidence of the authority of the persons sending that instruction to send it on behalf of the holder.
| 26.7 | Validity of votes cast by proxy |
Votes given in accordance
with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation
of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which the instrument of proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect
of which the proxy is appointed unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at
the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which the proxy voted.
| 26.8 | Corporate representatives |
A corporation which
is a Member may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative
at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of any Class of Shares. Any person so authorised shall be entitled
to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation (in respect of that part of the corporation’s holdings to which the authority
relates) as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member. The corporation shall for the purposes of these Articles be
deemed to be present in person at any such meeting if a person so authorised is present at it. All references in these Articles to attendance
and voting in person shall be construed accordingly. A Director, the Secretary or some other person authorised for the purpose by a Director
may require the representative to produce a certified copy of the resolution so authorising him or such other evidence of his authority
reasonably satisfactory to such person before permitting him to exercise his powers.
| 26.9 | Clearing Houses and Depositories |
If a Clearing House
or a Depository (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives
at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders of any Class of Shares provided that, if more than one person
is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and Class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised.
Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of
the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Clearing House or the Depository (or its nominee(s))
as if such person was the registered holder of the Shares of the Company held by the Clearing House or the Depository (or its nominee(s)).
| 26.10 | Termination of proxy or corporate authority |
A vote given or
poll demanded by proxy or by the duly authorised representative of a corporation shall be valid notwithstanding the previous termination
of the authority of the person voting or demanding a poll, unless notice of the termination was received by the Company at the Registered
Office, or at such other place at which the instrument of proxy was duly deposited, or, where the appointment of proxy was contained in
an electronic communication, at the address at which such appointment was duly received, at least one hour before the commencement of
the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote is given or the poll demanded or (in the case of a poll not taken on the same day as
the meeting or adjourned meeting) at least one hour before the time appointed for taking the poll.
| 26.11 | Amendment to resolution |
| 26.11.1 | If an amendment shall be proposed to any resolution but shall in good faith be ruled out of order by the
chairman of the meeting, any error in such ruling shall not invalidate the proceedings on the substantive resolution. |
| 26.11.2 | ln the case of a resolution duly proposed as a Special Resolution, no amendment to it (other than an amendment
to correct a patent error) may be considered or voted on and in the case of a resolution duly proposed as an Ordinary Resolution no amendment
to it (other than an amendment to correct a patent error) may be considered or voted on unless either at least forty-eight (48) hours
hours prior to the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which such Ordinary Resolution is to be proposed notice
in writing of the terms of the amendment and intention to move it has been lodged at the Registered Office or the chairman of the meeting
in his absolute discretion decides that it may be considered or voted on. |
| 26.12 | Shares that may not be voted |
Shares that are
beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any general meeting or Class meeting (as applicable)
and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.
| 27. | Appointment,
retirement and removal Of Directors |
The Company may
from time to time by Ordinary Resolution establish or vary a maximum and/or minimum number of Directors. Unless otherwise determined by
the Company by Ordinary Resolution the number of Directors (other than alternate Directors) shall be not less than two and there shall
be no maximum number of Directors.
| 27.2 | No shareholding qualification |
The Company may
by Ordinary Resolution fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification
is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares.
| 27.3 | Appointment of Directors |
| 27.3.1 | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint a person who is willing to act to be a Director either
to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors, subject to the total number of Directors not exceeding any maximum number
fixed by or in accordance with these Articles. |
| 27.3.2 | Without prejudice to the Company’s power to appoint a person to be a Director pursuant to these Articles,
the Directors shall have power at any time to appoint any person who is willing to act as a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an
addition to the existing Directors, subject to the total number of Directors not exceeding any maximum number fixed by or in accordance
with these Articles. |
| 27.3.3 | Any Director so appointed shall, if still a Director, retire at the next annual general meeting after
his appointment and be eligible to stand for election as a Director at such meeting. Such person shall not be taken into account in determining
the number or identity of Directors who are to retire by rotation at such meeting. |
| 27.4 | Appointment of executive Directors |
The Directors may
appoint one or more of its members to an executive office or other position of employment with the Company for such term and on any other
conditions the Directors think fit. The Directors may revoke, terminate or vary the terms of any such appointment, without prejudice to
a claim for damages for breach of contract between the Director and the Company.
| 27.5 | Rotational retirement at annual general meeting |
| 27.5.1 | Each Director is subject to retirement by rotation in accordance with these Articles, subject to Article
27.3.3. |
| 27.5.2 | At each annual general meeting one-third of the Directors who are subject to retirement by rotation or,
if their number is not three nor a multiple of three, the number nearest to but not exceeding one-third, shall retire from office. lf
there are fewer than three Directors who are subject to retirement by rotation, one of them shall retire from office at the annual general
meeting. |
| 27.5.3 | Subject to these Articles, the Directors to retire by rotation at each annual general meeting shall be,
so far as necessary to obtain the number required, first, any Director who wishes to retire and not offer himself for re-election and
secondly, those Directors who have been longest in office since their last appointment or re-appointment. As between two or more Directors
who have been in office an equal length of time, the Director to retire shall, in default of agreement between them, be determined by
lot. The Directors to retire on each occasion (both as to number and identity) shall be determined by the composition of the Directors
at the start of business seven (7) days before the date of the notice convening the annual general meeting notwithstanding any change
in the number or identity of the Directors after that time but before the close of the meeting. |
| 27.5.4 | lf the Directors so decide, one or more other Directors selected by the Directors may also retire at an
annual general meeting as if any such other Director was also retiring by rotation at that meeting in accordance with these Articles. |
| 27.6 | Position of retiring Director |
| 27.6.1 | A Director who retires at an annual general meeting (whether by rotation or otherwise) may, if willing
to act, be re-appointed. lf he is not re-appointed or deemed to have been reappointed, he shall retain office until the meeting appoints
someone in his place or, if it does not do so, until the end of the meeting. |
| 27.6.2 | At any general meeting at which a Director retires by rotation the Company may fill the vacancy and, if
it does not do so, the retiring Director shall, if willing, be deemed to have been re-appointed unless it is expressly resolved not to
fill the vacancy or a resolution for the re-appointment of the Director is put to the meeting and lost. |
| 27.7.1 | No person shall be disqualified from being appointed or re-appointed as a Director and no Director shall
be requested to vacate that office by reason of his attaining the age of seventy or any other age. |
| 27.7.2 | It shall not be necessary to give special notice of any resolution appointing, re-appointing or approving
the appointment of a Director by reason of his age. |
| 27.8 | Removal of Directors by Ordinary Resolution |
| (a) | by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director before the expiration of his period of office, but without
prejudice to any claim for damages which he may have for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company; and |
| (b) | by Ordinary Resolution appoint another person who is willing to act to be a Director in his place (subject
to these Articles). |
| 27.8.2 | Any person so appointed shall be treated, for the purposes of determining the time at which he or any
other Director is to retire, as if he had become a Director on the day on which the person in whose place he is appointed was last appointed
or re-appointed a Director. |
| 27.9 | Other circumstances in which a Director ceases to hold office |
| 27.9.1 | Without prejudice to the provisions in these Articles for retirement (by rotation or otherwise) a Director
ceases to hold office as a Director if: |
| (a) | he resigns as Director by notice in writing delivered to the Directors or to the Registered Office or
tendered at a meeting of Directors; |
| (b) | he is not present personally or by proxy or represented by an alternate Director at meetings of the Directors
for a continuous period of 6 months without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution that he has
by reason of such absence vacated office; |
| (c) | he only held office as a Director for a fixed term and such term expires; |
| (d) | he dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; |
| (e) | he is removed from office pursuant to these Articles or the Companies Act or becomes prohibited by law
from being a Director; |
| (f) | an order is made by any court of competent jurisdiction on the ground (however formulated) of mental disorder
for his detention or for the appointment of a guardian or receiver or other person to exercise powers with respect to his property or
affairs or he is admitted to hospital in pursuance of an application for admission for treatment under any legislation relating to mental
health and the Directors resolve that his office be vacated; |
| (g) | he is removed from office by notice in writing addressed to him at his address as shown in the Company’s
register of directors and signed by not less than three-fourths of all the Directors in number (without prejudice to any claim for damages
which he may have for breach of contract against the Company); or |
| (h) | in the case of a Director who holds executive office, his appointment to such office is terminated or
expires and the Directors resolve that his office be vacated. |
| 27.9.2 | A Resolution of the Directors declaring a Director to have vacated office pursuant to this Article shall
be conclusive as to the fact and grounds of vacation stated in the resolution. |
| 28.1.1 | A Director (other than an alternate Director) may appoint any other Director or any person approved for
that purpose by the Directors and willing to act, to be his alternate by notice in writing delivered to the Directors or to the Registered
Office, or in any other manner approved by the Directors. |
| 28.1.2 | The appointment of an alternate Director who is not already a Director shall require the approval of either
a majority of the Directors or the Directors by way of a Directors’ resolution. |
| 28.1.3 | An alternate Director need not hold a Share qualification and shall not be counted in reckoning any maximum
or minimum number of Directors allowed by these Articles. |
Every person acting
as an alternate Director shall be an officer of the Company, shall alone be responsible to the Company for his own acts and defaults and
shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him.
| 28.3 | Participation at Directors’ meetings |
An alternate Director
shall (subject to his giving to the Company an address at which notices may be served on him) be entitled to receive notice of all meetings
of the Directors and all committees of the Directors of which his appointor is a member and, in the absence from such meetings of his
appointor, to attend and vote at such meetings and to exercise all the powers, rights, duties and authorities of his appointor (other
than the power to appoint an alternate Director). A Director acting as alternate Director shall have a separate vote at Directors’ meetings
for each Director for whom he acts as alternate Director, but he shall count as only one for the purpose of determining whether a quorum
is present.
An alternate Director
shall be entitled to contract and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements with the Company and to be repaid expenses
and to be indemnified in the same way and to the same extent as a Director. However, he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company
any fees for his services as alternate, except only such part (if any) of the fee payable to his appointor as such appointor may by notice
in writing to the Company direct. Subject to this Article, the Company shall pay to an alternate Director such expenses as might properly
have been paid to him if he had been a Director.
| 28.5 | Termination of appointment |
| 28.5.1 | An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director: |
| (a) | if his appointor revokes his appointment by notice delivered to the Directors or to the Registered Office
or in any other manner approved by the Directors; |
| (b) | if his appointor ceases for any reason to be a Director, provided that if any Director retires but is
re-appointed or deemed to be re-appointed at the same meeting, any valid appointment of the alternate Director which was in force immediately
before his retirement shall remain in force; or |
| (c) | if any event happens in relation to him which, if he were a Director, would cause his office as Director
to be vacated. |
| 29.1 | General powers to manage the Company’s business |
| 29.1.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, the Memorandum and these Articles and to any directions
given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may exercise all the powers of the Company.
No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been
valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. |
| 29.1.2 | The powers given by this Article shall not be limited by any special power given to the Directors by these
Articles and a duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors. |
All cheques, promissory
notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn,
accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine.
| 29.3 | Retirement payments and other benefits |
The Directors on
behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office
or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase
or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.
| 29.4 | Borrowing powers of Directors |
The Directors may
exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of its undertaking and property and to
issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability
or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
| 30. | PROCEEDINGS
OF DIRECTORS |
Subject to the provisions
of these Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit.
Questions arising
at any Directors’ meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall
have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate
vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote.
| 30.3 | Notice of a Directors’ meeting |
A Director or an
alternate Director may, or any other officer of the Company at the request of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of
the Directors by not less than twenty-four (24) hours’ notice. Notice of a meeting of the Directors must specify the time and place of
the meeting and the general nature of the business to be considered, and shall be deemed to be given to a Director if it is given to him
personally or by word of mouth or sent in writing to his last known address given to the Company by him for such purpose or given by electronic
communications to an address for the time being notified to the Company by the Director. A Director may waive the requirement that notice
of any Directors’ meeting be given to him, either at, before or after the meeting.
| 30.4 | Failure to give notice |
A
Director or alternate Director who attends any Directors’ meeting waives any objection that he or she may have to any failure to give
notice of that meeting. The accidental failure to give notice of a Directors’ meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice by, any person
entitled to receive notice of that meeting does not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting or any resolution passed at that meeting.
No business shall
be transacted at any meeting of the Directors unless a quorum is present. The quorum may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed
shall be two (2) if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if there is only one Director. A person who holds office only as
an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum.
| 30.6 | Power to act notwithstanding vacancies |
The continuing Directors
or sole continuing Director may act notwithstanding any vacancies in their number, but if the number of Directors is less than the number
fixed as the quorum, the continuing Directors or Director may act only for the purpose of filling vacancies in that number, or for calling
a general meeting of the Company.
The Directors may
elect a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he is to hold office, but if no such chairman is elected, or if at
any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the Directors present may appoint
one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
| 30.8 | Validity of acts of Directors in spite of a formal defect |
All acts done by
a meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding
that it be afterwards discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director, or that they or any
of them were disqualified from holding office (or had vacated office) or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person
had been duly appointed and qualified to be a Director or alternate Director as the case may be and had been entitled to vote.
| 30.9 | Directors’ meetings by telephone or other communication device |
A meeting of the
Directors (or committee of Directors) may be held by means of any telephone, electronic or such other communications facilities that permit
all persons in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and participation in such a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at
the place where the chairman is physically present.
| 30.10 | Written resolutions of Directors |
A resolution in
writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of Directors (an alternate Director
being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointor) shall be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting
of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held. A resolution in writing is adopted when all the
Directors (whether personally, by an alternate Director or by a proxy) have signed it.
| 30.11 | Appointment of a proxy |
A Director but not
an alternate Director may be represented at any meeting of the Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by him. The proxy shall count
towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director. The authority of
any such proxy shall be deemed unlimited unless expressly limited in the written instrument appointing him.
| 30.12 | Presumption of assent |
A Director (or alternate
Director) present at a meeting of Directors is taken to have cast a vote in favour of a resolution of the Directors unless his dissent
shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the chairman or secretary
of the meeting before the adjournment of the meeting or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after
the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of a resolution of the Directors.
| 30.13 | Directors’ interests |
| 30.13.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and provided that he has declared to the Directors the
nature and extent of any personal interest of his in a matter, transaction or arrangement, a Director or alternate Director notwithstanding
his office may: |
| (a) | hold any office or place of profit in the Company, except that of Auditor; |
| (b) | hold any office or place of profit in any other company or entity promoted by the Company or in which
it has an interest of any kind; |
| (c) | enter into any contract, transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise
interested; |
| (d) | act in a professional capacity (or be a member of a firm which acts in a professional capacity) for the
Company, except as Auditor; |
| (e) | sign or participate in the execution of any document in connection with matters related to that interest; |
| (f) | participate in, vote on and be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors that considers matters
relating to that interest; and |
| (g) | do any of the above despite the fiduciary relationship of the Director’s office: |
| (i) | without any liability to account to the Company for any direct or indirect benefit accruing to the Director;
and |
| (ii) | without affecting the validity of any contract, transaction or arrangement. |
| 30.13.2 | For the purposes of this Article, a general notice given to the Directors that a Director is to be regarded
as having an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any matter, transaction or arrangement for which a specified
person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the Director has an interest in any such matter, transaction
or arrangement of the nature and extent so specified. |
| 30.14 | Minutes of meetings to be kept |
The Directors shall
cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at general
and Class meetings of the Company and meetings of the Directors or committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors or
alternate Directors present at each meeting.
| 31. | DELEGATION
OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS |
| 31.1 | Power of Directors to delegate |
| (a) | delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions to any committee of the Directors consisting
of one or more Directors and (if the Directors think fit) to one or more other persons in each case to such extent, by such means (including
by power of attorney) and on such terms and conditions as the Directors think fit; |
| (b) | authorise any person to whom powers, authorities and discretions are delegated under this Article by the
Directors to further delegate some or all of those powers, authorities and discretions; |
| (c) | delegate their powers, authorities and discretions under this Article either collaterally with or to the
exclusion of their own powers, authorities and discretions; and |
| (d) | at any time revoke any delegation made under this Article by the Directors in whole or in part or vary
its terms and conditions. |
| 31.2 | Delegation to Committees |
A committee to which
any powers, authorities and discretions have been delegated under the preceding Article must exercise those powers, authorities and discretions
in accordance with the terms of delegation and any other regulations that may be imposed by the Directors on that committee. The proceedings
of a committee of the Directors must be conducted in accordance with any regulations imposed by the Directors, and, subject to any such
regulations, to the provisions of these Articles dealing with proceedings of Directors insofar as they are capable of applying.
| 31.3 | Delegation to executive Directors |
The Directors may
delegate to a Director holding executive office any of its powers, authorities and discretions for such time and on such terms and conditions
as it shall think fit. The Directors may grant to a Director the power to sub-delegate, and may retain or exclude the right of the Directors
to exercise the delegated powers, authorities or discretions collaterally with the Director. The Directors may at any time revoke the
delegation or alter its terms and conditions.
| 31.4 | Delegation to local boards |
| 31.4.1 | The Directors may establish any local or divisional board or agency for managing any of the affairs of
the Company whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere and may appoint any persons to be members of a local or divisional board, or to
be managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration. |
| 31.4.2 | The Directors may delegate to any local or divisional board, manager or agent any of its powers and authorities
(with power to sub-delegate) and may authorise the members of any local or divisional board or any of them to fill any vacancies and to
act notwithstanding vacancies. |
| 31.4.3 | Any appointment or delegation under this Article may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions
as the Directors think fit and the Directors may remove any person so appointed, and may revoke or vary any delegation. |
| 31.5 | Appointing an attorney, agent or authorised signatory of the Company |
| 31.5.1 | The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the attorney, agent or authorised
signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable
by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they think fit. |
| 31.5.2 | Any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience
of persons dealing with any such attorney, agent or authorised signatory as the Directors think fit and may also authorise any such attorney,
agent or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in such person. |
The Directors may
appoint such officers (including a Secretary) as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties,
and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms
of his appointment, an officer may be removed from that office by resolution of the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.
| 32. | Directors’
renumeration, expenses and benefits |
The Company shall
pay to the Directors (but not alternate Directors) for their services as Directors such aggregate amount of fees as the Directors may
decide. The aggregate fees shall be divided among the Directors in such proportions as the Directors may decide or, if no decision is
made, equally. A fee payable to a Director pursuant to this Article shall be distinct from any salary, remuneration or other amount payable
to him pursuant to other provisions of these Articles and accrues from day to day.
A Director may also
be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by him in connection with his attendance at meetings of the Directors
or of committees of the Directors or general meetings or separate meetings of the holders of any Class of Shares or otherwise in connection
with the discharge of his duties as a Director, including (without limitation) any professional fees incurred by him (with the approval
of the Directors or in accordance with any procedures stipulated by the Directors) in taking independent professional advice in connection
with the discharge of such duties.
| 32.3 | Remuneration of executive Directors |
The salary or remuneration
of a Director appointed to hold employment or executive office in accordance with these Articles may be a fixed sum of money, or wholly
or in part governed by business done or profits made, or as otherwise decided by the Directors (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
by the Directors acting through a duly authorised Directors’ committee), and may be in addition to or instead of a fee payable to him
for his services as Director pursuant to these Articles.
A Director who,
at the request of the Directors, goes or resides abroad, makes a special journey or performs a special service on behalf of or for the
Company (including, without limitation, services as a chairman of the board of Directors, services as a member of any committee of the
Directors and services which the Directors consider to be outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a Director) may be paid such reasonable
additional remuneration (whether by way of salary, bonus, commission, percentage of profits or otherwise) and expenses as the Directors
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Directors acting through a duly authorised Directors’ committee) may decide.
| 32.5 | Pensions and other benefits |
The Directors may
exercise all the powers of the Company to provide pensions or other retirement or superannuation benefits and to provide death or disability
benefits or other allowances or gratuities (by insurance or otherwise) for a person who is or has at any time been a Director, an officer
or a director or an employee of a company which is or was a Group Undertaking, a company which is or was allied to or associated with
the Company or with a Group Undertaking or a predecessor in business of the Company or of a Group Undertaking (and for any member of his
family, including a spouse or former spouse, or a person who is or was dependent on him). For this purpose the Directors may establish,
maintain, subscribe and contribute to any scheme, trust or fund and pay premiums. The Directors may arrange for this to be done by the
Company alone or in conjunction with another person. A Director or former Director is entitled to receive and retain for his own benefit
any pension or other benefit provided in accordance with this Article and is not obliged to account for it to the Company.
| 33.1 | Directors to determine use of Seal |
The Company may,
if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used with the authority of the Directors or a committee of the Directors
established for such purpose. Every document to which the Seal is affixed shall be signed by at least one person who shall be either a
Director or some officer or other person appointed by the Directors for that purpose unless the Directors decide that, either general
or in a particular case, that a signature may be dispensed with or affixed by mechanical means.
The Company may
have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the common
Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.
| 34. | DIVIDENDS,
DISTRIBUTIONS AND RESERVES |
Subject to the Companies
Act and these Articles, the Directors may declare dividends and distributions on any one or more Classes of Shares in issue and authorise
payment of the dividends or distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. No dividend or distribution shall
be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company, or out of the share premium account, or as otherwise permitted
by the Companies Act.
Subject to the Companies
Act, the Directors may pay such interim dividends (including any dividend payable at a fixed rate) as appears to the Directors to be available
for distribution. lf at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different Classes, the Directors may pay such interim
dividends on Shares which rank after Shares conferring preferential rights with regard to dividend as well as on Shares conferring preferential
rights, unless at the time of payment any preferential dividend is in arrears. lf the Directors act in good faith, they shall not incur
any liability to the holders of Shares conferring preferential rights for any loss that they may suffer by the lawful payment of an interim
dividend on any Shares ranking after those with preferential rights.
| 34.3 | Entitlement to dividends |
| 34.3.1 | Except as otherwise provided by these Articles or the rights attached to Shares: |
| (a) | a dividend shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up (otherwise than in advance of calls)
on the nominal value of the Shares on which the dividend is paid; and |
| (b) | dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amounts paid up on the nominal value of
the Shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid, but if any Share is issued on terms
that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, it shall rank for dividend accordingly. |
| 34.3.2 | Except as otherwise provided by these Articles or the rights attached to Shares: |
| (a) | a dividend may be paid in any currency or currencies decided by the Directors; and |
| (b) | the Company may agree with a Member that any dividend declared or which may become due in one currency
will be paid to the Member in another currency, for which purpose the Directors may use any relevant exchange rate current at any time
as the Directors may select for the purpose of calculating the amount of any Member’s entitlement to the dividend. |
| 34.4.1 | The Company may pay a dividend, interest or other amount payable in respect of a Share in cash or by cheque,
warrant or money order or by a bank or other funds transfer system or (in respect of any uncertificated Share or any Share represented
by a Depository Interest) through the Relevant System in accordance with any authority given to the Company to do so (whether in writing,
through the Relevant System or otherwise) by or on behalf of the Member in a form or in a manner satisfactory to the Directors. Any joint
holder or other person jointly entitled to a Share may give an effective receipt for a dividend, interest or other amount paid in respect
of such Share. |
| 34.4.2 | The Company may send a cheque, warrant or money order by post: |
| (a) | in the case of a sole holder, to his registered address; |
| (b) | in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the person whose name stands first in the Register
of Members; |
| (c) | in the case of a person or persons entitled by transmission to a Share, as if it were a notice given in
accordance with Article 14; or |
| (d) | in any case, to a person and address that the person or persons entitled to the payment may in writing
direct. |
| 34.4.3 | Every cheque, warrant or money order shall be sent at the risk of the person or persons entitled to the
payment and shall be made payable to the order of the person or persons entitled or to such other person or persons as the person or persons
entitled may in writing direct. The payment of the cheque, warrant or money order shall be a good discharge to the Company. lf payment
is made by a bank or other funds transfer or through the Relevant System, the Company shall not be responsible for amounts lost or delayed
in the course of transfer. lf payment is made by or on behalf of the Company through the Relevant System: |
| (a) | the Company shall not be responsible for any default in accounting for such payment to the Member or other
person entitled to such payment by a bank or other financial intermediary of which the Member or other person is a customer for settlement
purposes in connection with the Relevant System; and |
| (b) | the making of such payment in accordance with any relevant authority referred to in paragraph (a) above
shall be a good discharge to the Company. |
| (a) | lay down procedures for making any payments in respect of uncertificated Shares through the Relevant System; |
| (b) | allow any holder of uncertificated Shares to elect to receive or not to receive any such payment through
the Relevant System; and |
| (c) | lay down procedures to enable any such holder to make, vary or revoke any such election. |
| 34.4.5 | The Directors may withhold payment of a dividend (or part of a dividend) payable to a person entitled
by transmission to a Share until he has provided any evidence of his entitlement that the Directors may reasonably require. |
The Directors may
deduct from any dividend or other amounts payable to any person in respect of a Share all such sums as may be due from him to the Company
on account of calls or otherwise in relation to any Shares.
No dividend or other
money payable in respect of a Share shall bear interest against the Company, unless otherwise provided by the rights attached to the Share.
All unclaimed dividends
or other monies payable by the Company in respect of a Share may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Directors for the benefit
of the Company until claimed. The payment of any unclaimed dividend or other amount payable by the Company in respect of a Share into
a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect of it. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of three (3) years
from the date the dividend became due for payment shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.
| 34.8.1 | lf, in respect of a dividend or other amount payable in respect of a Share: |
| (a) | a cheque, warrant or money order is returned undelivered or left uncashed; or |
| (b) | a transfer made by or through a bank transfer system and/or other funds transfer system(s) (including,
without limitation, the Relevant System in relation to any uncertificated Shares) fails or is not accepted, on two consecutive occasions,
or one occasion and reasonable enquiries have failed to establish another address or account of the person entitled to the payment, the
Company shall not be obliged to send or transfer a dividend or other amount payable in respect of such Share to such person until he notifies
the Company of an address or account to be used for such purpose. |
| 34.9.1 | The Directors may direct that any dividend or distribution shall be satisfied wholly or partly by the
distribution of assets (including, without limitation, paid up Shares or securities of any other body corporate). Where any difficulty
arises concerning such distribution, the Directors may settle it as it thinks fit. ln particular (without limitation), the Directors may: |
| (a) | issue fractional certificates or ignore fractions; |
| (b) | fix the value for distribution of any assets, and may determine that cash shall be paid to any Member
on the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Members; and |
| (c) | vest any assets in trustees on trust for the persons entitled to the dividend. |
| 34.10.1 | The Directors may offer any holders of ordinary Shares the right to elect to receive ordinary Shares,
credited as fully paid, instead of cash in respect of the whole (or some part, to be determined by the Directors) of any dividend specified
by the Ordinary Resolution, subject to the Companies Act and to the provisions of this Article. |
| 34.10.2 | The Directors may make any provision they consider appropriate in relation to an allotment made or to
be made pursuant to this Article (whether before or after the passing or the Ordinary Resolution referred to in paragraph (a) of this
Article), including (without limitation): |
| (a) | the giving of notice to holders of the right of election offered to them; |
| (b) | the provision of forms of election and/or a facility and a procedure for making elections through the
Relevant System (whether in respect of a particular dividend or dividends generally); |
| (c) | determination of the procedure for making and revoking elections; |
| (d) | the place at which, and the latest time by which, forms of election and other relevant documents must
be lodged in order to be effective; |
| (e) | the disregarding or rounding up or down or carrying forward of fractional entitlements, in whole or in
part, or the accrual of the benefit of fractional entitlements to the Company (rather than to the holders concerned); and |
| (f) | the exclusion from any offer of any holders of ordinary Shares where the Directors consider that the making
of the offer to them would or might involve the contravention of the laws of any territory or that for any other reason the offer should
not be made to them. |
| 34.10.3 | The dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been offered) shall
not be payable on ordinary Shares in respect of which a valid election has been made (“the elected ordinary Shares”). Instead
additional ordinary Shares shall be allotted to the holders of the elected ordinary Shares on the basis of allotment determined under
this Article. For such purpose, the Directors may capitalise out of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve
or fund of the Company (including any share premium account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available
for distribution, a sum equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the additional ordinary Shares to be allotted on that basis and apply
it in paying up in full the appropriate number of unissued ordinary Shares for allotment and distribution to the holders of the elected
ordinary Shares on that basis. |
| 34.10.4 | The additional ordinary Shares when allotted shall rank equally in all respects with the fully paid ordinary
Shares in issue on the record date for the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been offered, except that they will
not rank for any dividend or other entitlement which has been declared, paid or made by reference to such record date. |
| 34.10.5 | The Directors may: |
| (a) | do all acts and things which it considers necessary or expedient to give effect to any such capitalisation,
and may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation
and incidental matters and any agreement so made shall be binding on all concerned; |
| (b) | establish and vary a procedure for election mandates in respect of future rights of election and determine
that every duly effected election in respect of any ordinary Shares shall be binding on every successor in title to the holder of such
Shares; and |
| (c) | terminate, suspend or amend any offer of the right to elect to receive ordinary Shares in lieu of any
cash dividend at any time and generally implement any scheme in relation to any such offer on such terms and conditions as the Directors
may from time to time determine and take such other action as the Directors may deem necessary or desirable from time to time in respect
of any such scheme. |
The Directors may
set aside out of the profits of the Company and carry to reserve such sums as it thinks fit. Such sums standing to reserve may be applied,
at the Directors’ discretion, for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may properly be applied and, pending such application,
may either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Directors thinks fit. The Directors may
divide the reserve into such special funds as it thinks fit and may consolidate into one fund any special funds or any parts of any special
funds into which the reserve may have been divided as it thinks fit. The Directors may also carry forward any profits without placing
them to reserve.
| 34.12 | Capitalisation of profits and reserves |
| 34.12.1 | The Directors may, with the authority of an Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | subject to this Article, resolve to capitalise any undivided profits of the Company not required for paying
any preferential dividend (whether or not available for distribution) or any sum standing to the credit of any reserve or fund of the
Company (including any share premium account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), whether or not available for distribution; |
| (b) | appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the holders of ordinary Shares in proportion to the
nominal amounts of the Shares (whether or not fully paid) held by them respectively which would entitle them to participate in a distribution
of that sum if the Shares were fully paid and the sum were then distributable and were distributed by way of dividend and apply such sum
on their behalf either in or towards paying up the amounts, if any, unpaid on any Shares held by them respectively, or in paying up in
full unissued Shares or debentures of the Company of a nominal amount equal to that sum, and allot the Shares or debentures credited as
fully paid to those holders of ordinary Shares or as the Directors may direct, in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in
the other, but so that the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve and any profits or reserves which are not available for
distribution may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up unissued Shares to be allotted to Members credited as
fully paid; |
| (c) | resolve that any Shares so allotted to any Member in respect of a holding by him of any partly paid Shares
shall, so long as such Shares remain partly paid, rank for dividend only to the extent that such partly paid Shares rank for dividend; |
| (d) | make such provision by the issue of fractional certificates (or by ignoring fractions or by accruing the
benefit of fractions to the Company rather than to the holders concerned) or by payment in cash or otherwise as the Directors may determine
in the case of Shares or debentures becoming distributable in fractions; |
| (e) | authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the Members concerned into an agreement with the Company
providing for either: |
| (i) | the allotment to them respectively, credited as fully paid, of any further Shares or debentures to which
they are entitled upon such capitalisation; or |
| (ii) | the payment up by the Company on behalf of such Members by the application thereto of their respective
proportions of the reserves or profits resolved to be capitalised, of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their
existing Shares, and so that any such agreement shall be binding on all such Members; and |
| (f) | generally do all acts and things required to give effect to such resolution. |
| 35.1 | Directors to maintain share premium account |
The Directors shall
establish a share premium account in accordance with the Companies Act. They shall carry to the credit of that account from time to time
an amount equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share or capital contributed or such other amounts required
by the Companies Act.
| 35.2 | Debits to share premium account |
| 35.2.1 | The following amounts shall be debited to any share premium account: |
| (a) | on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the difference between the nominal value of that Share and the
redemption or purchase price; and |
| (b) | any other amount paid out of a share premium account as permitted by the Companies Act. |
| 35.2.2 | Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the Directors may pay the
difference between the nominal value of that Share and the redemption purchase price out of the profits of the Company or, as permitted
by the Companies Act, out of capital. |
| 36. | DISTRIBUTION
PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS |
Notwithstanding
any other provision of these Articles, the Company shall not be obliged to make any payment to a Member in respect of a dividend, repurchase,
redemption or other distribution if the Directors suspect that such payment may result in the breach or violation of any applicable laws
or regulations (including, without limitation, any anti-money laundering laws or regulations) or such refusal is required by the laws
and regulations governing the Company or its service providers.
| 37.1 | Books of account to be kept |
The Directors shall
cause proper books of account to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect
of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the
Company. Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair
view of the state of the affairs of the Company and to explain its transactions.
| 37.2 | Inspection by Members |
The Directors shall
from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts
and books of the Company or any of them will be open to the inspection of Members (not being Directors). No Member (not being a Director)
shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by the Companies Act by order of
the court or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.
| 37.3 | Accounts required by law |
The Directors shall
cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company at each annual general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group
accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.
All books of account
maintained by the Company shall be retained for a period of at least five years, or such longer period required by any applicable law
or regulation from time to time.
| 38.1 | Appointment of Auditor |
The Directors may
appoint an Auditor who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors, and may fix the Auditor’s remuneration.
The Auditor shall
have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors
and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor.
| 38.3 | Reporting requirements of Auditor |
Auditors shall,
if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next general meeting
following their appointment, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of
the Company.
Any notice to be
given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles (other than a notice calling a meeting of the Directors) shall be in writing or shall
be given using electronic communications to an address for the time being notified for that purpose to the person giving the notice, except
that a notice to a holder of any uncertificated Shares or given in respect of any such Shares may be given electronically through the
Relevant System (if permitted by, and subject to, the facilities and requirements of the Relevant System and subject to compliance with
any relevant requirements of the Exchange Rules and/or the Exchange).
(ln this Article
“address”, in relation to electronic communications, includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications).
| 39.2.1 | A notice or other document may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it
by post in a pre-paid envelope addressed to such Member at his registered address or by leaving it at that address or by giving it using
electronic communications to an address for the time being notified to the Company by the Member, or by any other means authorised in
writing by the Member concerned or (in the case of a notice to a Member holding uncertificated Shares) by transmitting the notice through
the Relevant System. |
| 39.2.2 | ln the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices and documents shall be given to the person whose
name stands first in the Register of Members in respect of that Share. Notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders. |
| 39.2.3 | Any notice or other document to be given to a Member may be given by reference to the Register of Members
as it stands at any time within the period of 21 days before the day that the notice is given or (where and as applicable) within any
other period permitted by, or in accordance with the requirements of, (to the extent applicable) the Exchange Rules and/or the Exchange.
No change in the Register of Members after that time shall invalidate the giving of such notice or document or require the Company to
give such item to any other person. |
| 39.2.4 | lf on three consecutive occasions notices or other documents have been sent through the post to any Member
at his registered address or his address for the service of notices but have been returned undelivered, such Member shall not be entitled
to receive notices or other documents from the Company until he shall have communicated with the Company and supplied in writing a new
registered address for the service of notices. |
| 39.2.5 | lf on three consecutive occasions notices or other documents have been sent using electronic communications
to an address for the time being notified to the Company by the Member and the Company becomes aware that there has been a failure of
transmission, the Company shall revert to giving notices and other documents to the Member by post or by any other means authorised in
writing by the Member concerned. Such Member shall not be entitled to receive notices or other documents from the Company using electronic
communications until he shall have communicated with the Company and supplied in writing a new address to which notices or other documents
may be sent using electronic communications. |
| 39.3 | Evidence of giving notice |
| 39.3.1 | A notice or other document addressed to a Member at his registered address shall be, if sent by post or
airmail, deemed to have been given at the time forty-eight (48) hours after posting if pre-paid as first class post and at the time 48
hours after posting if pre-paid as second class post. ln proving that notice has been given it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope
containing the notice or document was properly addressed, pre-paid and posted. |
| 39.3.2 | A notice or other document address to a Member at an address to which notices may be sent using electronic
communications shall be, if sent by electronic communications, deemed to have been given at the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours after
the time it was sent. |
| 39.3.3 | A notice or document not sent by post but: |
| (a) | left at a registered address or address for giving notice in People’s Republic of China shall be
deemed to be given on the day it is left; and |
| (b) | given through the Relevant System shall be deemed to be given when the Company or other relevant person
acting on the Company’s behalf sends the relevant instruction or other relevant message in respect of such notice. |
| 39.3.4 | A Member present either in person or by proxy, or in the case of a corporate Member by a duly authorised
representative, at any meeting of the Company or of the holders of any Class of Shares shall be deemed to have received due notice of
such meeting and, where required, of the purposes for which it was called. |
| 39.4 | Notice binding on transferees |
A person who becomes
entitled to a Share by transfer, transmission or otherwise shall be bound by any notice in respect of that Share which, before his name
is entered in the Register of Members, has been given to the person from whom he derives his title.
| 39.5 | Notice to persons entitled by transmission |
A notice or other
document may be given by the Company to a person entitled by transmission to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member
or otherwise by sending or delivering it in any manner authorised by these Articles for the giving of notice to a Member, addressed to
that person by name, or by the title of representative of the deceased or trustee of the bankrupt or by any similar or equivalent description,
to the address to which notices have been requested to be sent for that purpose by the person claiming to be so entitled. Until such an
address has been supplied, a notice or other document may be given in any manner in which it might have been given if the event giving
rise to the transmission had not occurred. The giving of notice in accordance with this Article shall be sufficient notice to all other
persons interested in the Share.
| 40.1.1 | If the Company shall be wound up, and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall
be insufficient to repay the whole of the share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall
be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them. |
| 40.1.2 | If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient
to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in
proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares
in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company. |
| 40.1.3 | This Article is without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and
conditions. |
| 40.2 | Distribution of assets in a winding up |
| 40.2.1 | Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Class of Shares, on a winding
up of the Company the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the
Companies Act, distribute among the Members the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property
of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose: |
| (a) | decide how the assets are to be distributed as between the Members or different Classes of Members; |
| (b) | value the assets to be distributed in such manner as the liquidator thinks fit; and |
| (c) | vest the whole or any part of any assets in such trustees and on such trusts for the benefit of the Members
entitled to the distribution of those assets as the liquidator sees fit, but so that no Member shall be obliged to accept any assets in
respect of which there is any liability. |
41. INDEMNITY
AND INSURANCE
| 41.1 | Indemnity and limitation of liability of Directors and officers |
| 41.1.1 | To the maximum extent permitted by law, every current and former Director and officer of the Company (excluding
an Auditor) (each an “Indemnified Person”), shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any
liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses (each a “Liability”), which
such Indemnified Person may incur in that capacity unless such Liability arose as a result of the actual fraud or wilful default of such
person. |
| 41.1.2 | No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage resulting (directly or indirectly)
from such Indemnified Person carrying out his or her duties unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of
such Indemnified Person. |
| 41.1.3 | For the purpose of these Articles, no Indemnified Person shall be deemed to have committed “actual
fraud” or “wilful default” until a court of competent jurisdiction has made a final, non-appealable finding to that effect. |
| 41.2 | Advance of legal fees |
The Company shall
advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable legal fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action,
suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any
such advance of expenses, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it is determined
that the Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification under these Articles.
| 41.3 | Indemnification to form part of contract |
The indemnification
and exculpation provisions of these Articles are deemed to form part of the employment contract or terms of appointment entered into by
each Indemnified Person with the Company and accordingly are enforceable by such persons against the Company.
The Directors may
purchase and maintain insurance for or for the benefit of any Indemnified Person including (without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing) insurance against any Liability incurred by such persons in respect of any act or omission in the actual or purported execution
or discharge of their duties or the exercise or purported exercise of their powers or otherwise in relation to or in connection with their
duties, powers or offices in relation to the Company.
If required to do
so under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the Company (or any of its service providers) is subject, or in compliance with Exchange
Rules of any Exchange, or to ensure the compliance by any person with any anti-money laundering legislation in any relevant jurisdiction,
any Director, officer or service provider (acting on behalf of the Company) shall be entitled to release or disclose any information in
its possession regarding the affairs of the Company or a Member, including, without limitation, any information contained in the Register
of Members or subscription documentation of the Company relating to any Member.
Unless the Directors
resolve otherwise, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31 December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall
begin on 1 January in each year.
| 44. | TRANSFER
BY WAY OF CONTINUATION |
The Company shall,
with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation to a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands
in accordance with the Companies Act.
| 45. | MERGERS
AND CONSOLIDATIONS |
The Company shall,
with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in
the Companies Act), upon such terms as the Directors may determine.
| 46. | AMENDMENT
OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES |
| 46.1 | Power to change name or amend Memorandum |
| 46.1.1 | Subject to the Companies Act, the Company may, by Special Resolution: |
| (b) | change the provisions of its Memorandum with respect to its objects, powers or any other matter specified
in the Memorandum. |
| 46.2 | Power to amend these Articles |
Subject to the Companies
Act and as provided in these Articles, the Company may, by Special Resolution, amend these Articles in whole or in part.
ANNEX B
CHEER HOLDING, INC. 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
CHEER HOLDING, INC.
2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purposes of the
Plan. The purposes of this Cheer Holding, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”) are:
| ● | to attract and retain the best
available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, |
|
● |
to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and |
|
● |
to promote the success of the Company’s business. |
The Plan permits the grant
of Incentive Share Options, Nonstatutory Share Options, Restricted Shares, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share
Units, Performance Units, Performance Shares, and Other Share Based Awards.
2. Definitions.
As used herein, the following definitions will apply:
(a) “Administrator”
means the Board or the Committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
(b) “Applicable Laws”
means the legal requirements relating to the Plan and the Awards under applicable provisions of the corporate, securities, tax and other
laws, rules, regulations and government orders, and the rules of any applicable stock exchange or national market system, of any jurisdiction
applicable to Awards granted to residents therein.
(c) “Award”
means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, SARs, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Performance Units,
Performance Shares or Other Share Based Awards.
(d) “Award Agreement”
means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. Each
Award Agreement entered into hereunder shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(e) “Awarded Shares”
means the Ordinary Shares subject to an Award.
(f) “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company, from time to time.
(g) “Change in Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) An acquisition (whether
directly from the Company or otherwise) of any voting securities of the Company by any “person” (as such term is used in Section
13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which such person becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule
13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
voting power represented by the Company’s then issued and outstanding voting securities;
(ii) The consummation of the
sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;
(iii) A change in the composition
of the Board occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors.
“Incumbent Directors” means directors who either (A) are Directors as of the effective date of the Plan, or (B) are elected,
or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such
election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened
proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Company); or
(iv) The consummation of a
merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company or corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result
in the voting securities of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
issued and outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) more than fifty percent (50%)
of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent issued and outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation.
(h) “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rulings issued and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any reference to a
section of the Code herein will be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.
(i) “Committee”
means the compensation committee of the Board, or such other committee of at least two persons as the Board shall designate.
(j) “Company”
means Cheer Holding, Inc., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, or any successor thereto.
(k) “Consultant”
means any consultant or adviser if: (a) the consultant or adviser renders bona fide services to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary;
(b) the services rendered by the consultant or adviser are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising
transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities; and (c) the consultant
or adviser is a natural person who has contracted directly with the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary.
(l) “Director”
means a director of the Company.
(m) “Disability”
means a total and permanent disability incurred by a Participant whereby the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected
to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, provided that in the case of Awards other than Incentive Share Options,
the Administrator in its discretion may determine whether a permanent and total disability exists in accordance with uniform and non-discriminatory
standards adopted by the Administrator from time to time.
(n) “Dividend Equivalent”
means a credit, made at the discretion of the Administrator, for the account of a Participant in an amount equal to the value of dividends
paid on one Share for each Share represented by an Award held by such Participant.
(o) “Employee”
means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service
as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.
(p) “Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(q) “Fair Market Value”
means, as of any date, the value of the Ordinary Shares determined as follows:
(i) If the Ordinary Shares
are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the NASDAQ, its Fair Market Value
will be the closing sales price for such shares (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for
the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
(ii) If the Ordinary Shares
are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share will be the
mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Ordinary Shares for the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street
Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
(iii) In the absence of an
established market for the Ordinary Shares, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Administrator by such other
methodology as the Administrator determines in good faith to be reasonable and in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.
(r) “Fiscal Year”
means the fiscal year of the Company.
(s) “Incentive Share
Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.
(t) “Non-Employee Director”
means a member of the Board who qualifies as a “Non-Employee Director” as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) of the Exchange Act,
or any successor definition adopted by the Board.
(u) “Nonstatutory Share
Option” means an Option that by its terms does not qualify or is not intended to qualify as an Incentive Share Option.
(v) “Ordinary Shares”
means the ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.001, (provided however, in the event the Company adopts a multi-class share structure,
“Ordinary Shares shall means Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.001),and any shares or other securities into
which such ordinary shares may be substituted, converted or into which they may be exchanged).
(w) “Officer”
means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(x) “Option”
means a share option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(y) “Other Share Based
Awards” means any other awards not specifically described in the Plan that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or
are otherwise based on, Ordinary Shares and are created by the Administrator pursuant to Section 12.
(z) “Outside Director”
means a Director who is not an Employee.
(aa) “Parent”
means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(bb) “Participant”
means the holder of an outstanding Award granted under the Plan.
(cc) “Performance Share”
means an Award granted to a Service Provider pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.
(dd) “Performance Unit”
means an Award granted to a Service Provider pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.
(ee) “Period of Restriction”
means the period during which the transfer of Restricted Shares is subject to restrictions and a substantial risk of forfeiture. Such
restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as
determined by the Administrator.
(ff) “Plan”
means this 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
(gg) “Restricted Shares”
means Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to an Award under Section 8 or issued pursuant to the early exercise of an Option.
(hh) “Restricted Share
Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to issue Ordinary Shares, cash, other securities or other property, subject to
certain restrictions (including, without limitation, a Period of Restriction requiring that the Participant remain continuously employed
or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 11 of the Plan.
(ii) “Rule 16b-3”
means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the
Plan.
(jj) “Section 16(b)”
means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
(kk) “Service Provider”
means an Employee, Director or Consultant.
(ll) “Share”
means an Ordinary Share, as adjusted in accordance with Section 15 of the Plan.
(mm) “Share Appreciation
Right” or “SAR” means an Award that pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan is designated as a SAR and which meets
all of the requirements of Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(B) of the Treasury Regulations.
(nn) “Subsidiary”
means any entities Controlled by the Company, provided, however, for the purpose of Incentive Share Options, “subsidiary”
means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424 (f) of the Code. “Control”
means, with respect to any entities, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
policies of an entity whether through the ownership of the voting securities of such entity or by contract or otherwise. For purposes
of the Plan, any “variable interest entity” that is consolidated into the consolidated financial statements of the Company
under applicable accounting principles or standards as may apply to the consolidated financial statements of the Company shall be deemed
a Subsidiary.”
3. Ordinary Shares
Subject to the Plan.
(a) Ordinary Shares
Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 15 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that may
be issued under the Plan shall not exceed two million (2,000,000) Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares subject to the Plan may be authorized,
but unissued, or reacquired Ordinary Shares. Ordinary Shares shall not be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan with respect
to any portion of an Award that is settled in cash. Upon payment in Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise or settlement of an Award,
the number of Ordinary Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced only by the number of Ordinary Shares actually issued
in such payment. The allotment and issuance of Shares pursuant to the terms of this Plan following the exercise of an Award shall be subject
to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended and in effect from time to time.
(b) Lapsed Awards.
If any outstanding Award expires or is terminated or canceled without having been exercised or settled in full, or if the Ordinary Shares
acquired pursuant to an Award subject to forfeiture or repurchase are forfeited or repurchased by the Company, the Ordinary Shares allocable
to the terminated portion of such Award or such forfeited or repurchased Ordinary Shares shall again be available for grant under the
Plan.
(d) Share Certificates.
(i) Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates evidencing the Shares pursuant to the exercise
of any Award, unless and until the Committee has determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance and delivery of such certificates
is in compliance with all Applicable Laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange
on which the Shares are listed or traded. All Share certificates delivered pursuant to the Plan are subject to any stop-transfer orders
and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with all Applicable Laws, and the rules of any national
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee may place legends on
any Share certificate to reference restrictions applicable to the Shares. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the
Committee may require that a Participant make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Committee, in its discretion,
deems advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements. The Committee shall have the right to require any
Participant to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award, including a window-period
limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the Committee.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or required by Applicable Laws, the Company shall not deliver
to any Participant certificates evidencing Shares issued in connection with any Award and instead such Shares shall be recorded on the
register of members of the Company.
(e) Share Reserve.
The Company, during the term of the Plan, shall at all times keep available such number of Ordinary Shares authorized for issuance as
will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
(f) Annual Non-Employee
Director Compensation Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event will any individual Director
who is not an Employee in any Fiscal Year be granted compensation for service having an aggregate maximum value (computed as of the date
of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) exceeding $1,000,000.
4. Administration
of the Plan.
(a) Procedure.
(i) Administrative
Bodies. The Board or the Committee shall administer the Plan.
(ii) Rule 16b-3.
To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder will be
structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.
(iii) Other Administration.
Other than as provided above, the Plan will be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which committee will be constituted to
satisfy Applicable Laws.
(iv) Delegation of
Authority for Day-to-Day Administration. The Administrator may, by resolution, expressly delegate to a special committee, consisting
of one or more directors who may but need not be Officers, the authority, within specified parameters as to the number and types of Awards,
(A) to designate Officers and/or Employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be recipients of Awards under the Plan, and (B)
to determine the number of such Awards to be received by any such Participants; provided, however, that such delegation of duties and
responsibilities may not be made with respect to grants of Awards to persons subject to Section 16(b). The acts of such delegates
shall be treated as acts of the Administrator, and such delegates shall report regularly to the Administrator regarding the delegated
duties and responsibilities and any Awards granted.
(b) Powers of the Administrator.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee,
the Administrator will have the authority, in its discretion and subject to the requirements of Applicable Laws:
(i) to determine the Fair
Market Value;
(ii) to select the Service
Providers to whom Awards may be granted hereunder;
(iii) to determine the number
of the Ordinary Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
(iv) to approve forms of agreement
for use under the Plan;
(v) to determine the terms
and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are
not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting,
acceleration or waiver of forfeiture or repurchase restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the Ordinary
Shares relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine;
(vi) to construe and interpret
the terms of the Plan and Awards granted pursuant to the Plan;
(vii) to prescribe, amend
and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose
of satisfying applicable foreign laws and/or qualifying for preferred tax treatment under applicable foreign tax laws;
(viii) to modify or amend
each Award (subject to Section 18(c) of the Plan), including (A) the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability
period of Awards longer than is otherwise provided for in the Plan and (B) accelerate the satisfaction of any vesting criteria or waiver
of forfeiture or repurchase restrictions;
(ix) to allow Participants
to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the Company withhold from the Ordinary Shares or cash to be issued upon exercise
or vesting of an Award that number of the Ordinary Shares or cash having a Fair Market Value equal to the maximum amount required to be
withheld. The Fair Market Value of any Ordinary Shares to be withheld will be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld
is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Ordinary Shares or cash withheld for this purpose will be made in such form
and under such conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable;
(x) to authorize any person
to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator, to
allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the issue of the Ordinary Shares that would otherwise be due to such
Participant under an Award;
(xi) to determine whether
Awards will be settled in Ordinary Shares, cash or in any combination thereof;
(xii) to determine whether
Awards will be adjusted for Dividend Equivalents;
(xiii) to create Other Share
Based Awards for issuance under the Plan;
(xiv) to establish a program
whereby Service Providers designated by the Administrator can reduce compensation otherwise payable in cash in exchange for Awards under
the Plan;
(xv) to impose such restrictions,
conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent
transfers by the Participant of any Ordinary Shares issued as a result of or under an Award, including without limitation, restrictions
under an insider trading policy, and
(xvi) to make all other determinations
deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.
(c) Effect of Administrator’s
Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations will be final and binding on all Participants and
any other holders of Awards.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer
the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Administrator under the
Plan
5. Eligibility.
Nonstatutory Share Options, Restricted Shares, Share Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Performance Shares, Restricted Share Units
and Other Share Based Awards may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Share Options may be granted only to Employees.
6. Limitations.
(a) ISO $100,000 Rule.
Each Option will be designated in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Share Option or a Nonstatutory Share Option. However, notwithstanding
such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares with respect to which Incentive Share Options
are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary)
exceeds $100,000, such Options will be treated as Nonstatutory Share Options. For purposes of this Section 6(a), Incentive Share Options
will be taken into account in the order in which they were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares will be determined as
of the time the Option with respect to such Ordinary Shares is granted.
(b) No Rights as a Service
Provider. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continuing his or her relationship
as a Service Provider, nor shall they interfere in any way with the right of the Participant or the right of the Company or its Parent
or Subsidiaries to terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause.
7. Share Options.
(a) Number and Term
of Option. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Options
under the Plan. The Administrator will have complete discretion to determine the number of Options granted to any Service Provider. The
term of each Option will be stated in the Award Agreement. In the case of an Incentive Share Option, the term will be ten (10) years from
the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement. Moreover, in the case of an Incentive Share Option granted
to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Share Option is granted, owns shares representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total
combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Share Option will
be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement.
(b) Option Exercise
Price and Consideration.
(i) Exercise Price.
The per share exercise price for the Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option will be determined by the Administrator,
subject to the following:
(1) In the case of an Incentive
Share Option
(A) granted to an Employee who,
at the time the Incentive Share Option is granted, owns shares representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power
of all shares of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per share exercise price will be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value
per Ordinary Share on the date of grant.
(B) granted to any Employee
other than an Employee described in paragraph (A) immediately above, the per share exercise price will be no less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value per Ordinary Share on the date of grant.
(2) In the case of a Nonstatutory
Share Option, the per share exercise price will be determined by the Administrator, provided that such per share exercise price will be
no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the date of grant.
(ii) Waiting Period
and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator will fix the period within which the Option may be exercised
and will determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised. The Administrator, in its sole discretion,
may accelerate the satisfaction of such conditions at any time.
(c) Form of Consideration.
The Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the
case of an Incentive Share Option, the Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration,
to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, may consist entirely of:
(i) cash;
(ii) check, subject to collection;
(iii) promissory note;
(iv) other Ordinary Shares
which meet the conditions established by the Administrator to avoid adverse accounting consequences (as determined by the Administrator);
(v) consideration received
by the Company under a cashless exercise program implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan;
(vi) a reduction in the amount
of any Company liability to the Participant;
(vii) any combination of the
foregoing methods of payment; or
(viii) such other consideration
and method of payment for the issuance of Ordinary Shares to the extent approved by the Board and permitted by Applicable Laws.
(d) Exercise of Option.
(i) Procedure for
Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option granted hereunder will be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such
times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. An Option may not be exercised
for a fraction of an Ordinary Share.
An Option will be deemed exercised
when the Company receives: (x) written or electronic notice of exercise (in accordance with the Award Agreement) from the person entitled
to exercise the Option, and (y) full payment for the Ordinary Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised (including provision
for any applicable tax withholding). Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator
and permitted by the Award Agreement and the Plan. Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of an Option will be issued in the name of the
Participant. Until the Ordinary Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder will exist with respect to
the Awarded Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company will issue (or cause to be issued) such Ordinary Shares promptly
after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date
the Ordinary Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 15 of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement.
Exercising an Option in any
manner will decrease the number of Ordinary Shares thereafter available for sale under the Option, by the number of Ordinary Shares as
to which the Option is exercised.
(ii) Termination of
Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s death
or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the
extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set
forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for three
(3) months following the Participant’s termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination
the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Ordinary Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will be
forfeited and will revert to the Plan and again will become available for grant under the Plan. If after termination the Participant does
not exercise his or her Option as to all of the vested Ordinary Shares within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option will
be forfeited and will revert to the Plan and again will become available for grant under the Plan.
(iii) Disability of
Participant. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may
exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent the Option is vested on the
date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the
absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s
termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or
her entire Option, the Ordinary Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will be forfeited and will revert to the Plan and
again will become available for grant under the Plan.. If after termination the Participant does not exercise his or her Option as to
all of the vested Ordinary Shares within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option will terminate, and the remaining Ordinary
Shares covered by such Option will be forfeited and will revert to the Plan and again will become available for grant under the Plan.
(iv) Death of Participant.
If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised following the Participant’s death within such period
of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death (but in no event may the Option
be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement), by the Participant’s designated
beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to the Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator.
If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the
Participant’s estate or by the persons to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance
with the laws of descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable
for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s death. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if at the time of death
the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Ordinary Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will be
forfeited and will revert to the Plan and again will become available for grant under the Plan. If the Option is not exercised as to all
of the vested Ordinary Shares within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option will terminate, and the remaining Ordinary Shares
covered by such Option will be forfeited and will revert to the Plan and again will become available for grant under the Plan.
8. Restricted Shares.
(a) Grant of Restricted
Shares. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Restricted
Shares to Service Providers in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.
(b) Restricted Share
Agreement. Each Award of Restricted Shares will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Period of Restriction and
the applicable restrictions, the number of Ordinary Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole
discretion, will determine. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, Restricted Shares will be held by the Company as escrow agent
until the restrictions on such Restricted Shares have lapsed.
(c) Transferability.
Except as provided in this Section 8, Restricted Shares may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated
until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.
(d) Other Restrictions.
The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Restricted Shares as it may deem advisable or appropriate.
(e) Removal of Restrictions.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8, Restricted Shares covered by each Restricted Shares grant made under the Plan will be
released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction. The Board, in its discretion, may accelerate
the time at which any restrictions will lapse or be removed.
(f) Voting Rights.
During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Restricted Shares granted hereunder may exercise the voting rights applicable
to those Restricted Shares, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise.
(g) Dividends and Other
Distributions. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Restricted Shares will be entitled to receive all dividends
and other distributions paid with respect to such Restricted Shares unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement; provided that any
such dividends and other distributions will be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the Restricted Shares. If any
such dividends or distributions are paid in Ordinary Shares, the Ordinary Shares will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability
and forfeitability as the Restricted Shares with respect to which they were paid.
(h) Return of Restricted
Shares to Company. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Shares for which the Period of Restriction has not
lapsed will be forfeited and will revert to the Company and again will become available for grant under the Plan.
9. Share Appreciation
Rights.
(a) Grant of SARs.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a SAR may be granted to Service Providers at any time and from time to time as will be
determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.
(b) Number of SARs.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Administrator will have complete discretion to determine the number of SARs granted
to any Service Provider.
(c) Exercise Price and
Other Terms. The Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, will have complete discretion to determine the per-Share exercise
price and other terms and conditions of SARs granted under the Plan; provided that such exercise price of each SAR shall not be less than
100% of the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share on the date of grant.
(d) Exercise of SARs.
SARs will be exercisable on such terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. The Administrator,
in its sole discretion, may accelerate exercisability at any time.
(e) SAR Agreement.
Each SAR grant will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price, the term of the SAR, the conditions of exercise,
and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.
(f) Expiration of SARs.
An SAR granted under the Plan will expire upon the date determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the
Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rules of Sections 7(d)(ii), 7(d)(iii) and 7(d)(iv) also will apply to SARs.
(g) Payment of SAR Amount.
Upon exercise of an SAR, a Participant will be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:
(i) The difference between
the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price; times
(ii) The number of Shares
with respect to which the SAR is exercised.
At the discretion of the Administrator,
the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof.
10. Performance Units
and Performance Shares.
(a) Grant of Performance
Units/Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Performance Units and Performance Shares may be granted to Service
Providers at any time and from time to time, as will be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, the Administrator will have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Units and Performance
Shares granted to each Participant.
(b) Value of Performance
Units/Shares. Each Performance Unit will have an initial value that is established by the Administrator on or before the date of grant.
Each Performance Share will have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share on the date of grant.
(c) Performance Objectives
and Other Terms. The Administrator will set performance objectives in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they
are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Units/Shares that will be paid out to the Participant. The time period during
which the performance objectives must be met will be called the “Performance Period.” Each Award of Performance Units/Shares
will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator,
in its sole discretion, will determine. The Administrator may set performance objectives based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional,
or individual goals, applicable securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.
(d) Earning of Performance
Units/Shares. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Shares will be entitled to receive
a payout of the number of Performance Units/Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function
of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives have been achieved, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
After the grant of a Performance Unit/Share, the Board, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives for such
Performance Unit/Share.
(e) Form and Timing
of Payment of Performance Units/Shares. Payment of earned Performance Units/Shares will be made after the expiration of the applicable
Performance Period at the time determined by the Administrator. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance
Units/Shares in the form of cash, in Shares (which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the earned Performance Units/Shares
at the close of the applicable Performance Period) or in a combination of cash and Shares.
(f) Cancellation of
Performance Units/Shares. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned or unvested Performance Units/Shares will be
forfeited to the Company, and again will be available for grant under the Plan.
11. Restricted Share
Units. Restricted Share Units shall consist of a Restricted Share, Performance Share or Performance Unit Award that the Administrator,
in its sole discretion permits to be paid out in installments or on a deferred basis, in accordance with rules and procedures established
by the Administrator, subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code.
12. Other Share Based
Awards. Other Share Based Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, other Awards granted under the Plan
and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. The Administrator shall have authority to determine the Service Providers to whom and the
time or times at which Other Share Based Awards shall be made, the amount of such Other Share Based Awards, and all other conditions of
the Other Share Based Awards including any dividend and/or voting rights.
13. Leaves of Absence.
Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, vesting of Awards granted hereunder will be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence
and will resume on the date the Participant returns to work on a regular schedule as determined by the Company; provided, however, that
no vesting credit will be awarded for the time vesting has been suspended during such leave of absence. A Service Provider will not cease
to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or
between the Company, its Parent, or any Subsidiary. For purposes of Incentive Share Options, no leave of absence may exceed ninety (90)
days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave
of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three months following the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Share Option
held by the Participant will cease to be treated as an Incentive Share Option and will be treated for U.S. federal tax purposes as a Nonstatutory
Share Option.
14. Non-Transferability
of Awards. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Award may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred,
or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of
the Participant, only by the Participant. If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award will contain such additional terms
and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate.
15. Adjustments; Dissolution
or Liquidation; Change in Control.
(a) Adjustments.
In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Ordinary Shares, other securities, or other property),
recapitalization, share capitalization, share subdivision, share consolidation, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination,
repurchase, or exchange of Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company
affecting the Ordinary Shares occurs such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator (in its sole discretion) to be appropriate
in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the
Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Ordinary Shares which may be issued under
the Plan, the number, class and price of Ordinary Shares subject to outstanding Awards, and the numerical limits in Section 6. Notwithstanding
the preceding, the number of Ordinary Shares subject to any Award always shall be a whole number.
(b) Winding-Up, Liquidation
and Dissolution. In the event of the proposed winding up, liquidation and dissolution of the Company, the Administrator will notify
each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its discretion
may provide for a Participant to have the right to exercise his or her Award, to the extent applicable, until ten (10) days prior to such
transaction as to all of the Awarded Shares covered thereby, including Ordinary Shares as to which the Award would not otherwise be exercisable.
In addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase Option or forfeiture rights applicable to any Award shall lapse,
and that any Award vesting shall accelerate, provided the proposed winding up, liquidation and dissolution n takes place at the time and
in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously vested and, if applicable, exercised, an Award will terminate immediately
prior to the consummation of such proposed action.
(c) Change in Control.
(i) Share Options
and SARs. In the event of a Change in Control, each outstanding Option and SAR shall be assumed or an equivalent Option or SAR substituted
by the acquiring or successor company or corporation or a Parent of the acquiring or successor company or corporation. Unless determined
otherwise by the Administrator, in the event that the successor company or corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option
or SAR, the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option or SAR as to all of the Awarded Shares, including
those as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable; provided, that any Option or SAR for which the exercise price is equal
to or less than the consideration offered by the acquiring or successor company or corporation shall terminate as of the effective date
of the Change in Control. If an Option or SAR is not assumed or substituted in the event of a Change in Control, the Administrator shall
notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option or SAR shall be exercisable, to the extent vested, for a period of
up to fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the Option or SAR shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the
purposes of this paragraph, the Option or SAR shall be considered assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Option or SAR confers
the right to purchase or receive, for each Awarded Share subject to the Option or SAR immediately prior to the Change in Control, the
consideration (whether shares, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change in Control by holders of the Ordinary Shares
for each Ordinary Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type
of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration
received in the Change in Control is not solely Ordinary Shares of the acquiring or successor company or corporation or its Parent, the
Administrator may, with the consent of the acquiring or successor company or corporation, provide for the consideration to be received
upon the exercise of the Option or SAR, for each Awarded Share subject to the Option or SAR, to be solely Ordinary Shares of the acquiring
or successor company or corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Ordinary
Shares in the Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an Award that vests, is earned, or is paid out upon
the satisfaction of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or the acquiring or successor company
or corporation modifies any of such performance goals without the Participant’s consent; provided, however, that a modification
to such performance goals only to reflect the acquiring or successor company or corporation’s post-Change in Control corporate structure
will not be deemed to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption.
(ii) Restricted Shares,
Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Share Units and Other Share Based Awards. In the event of a Change in Control, each
outstanding Award of Restricted Shares, Performance Share, Performance Unit, Restricted Share Unit or Other Share Based Award shall be
assumed or an equivalent Restricted Share, Performance Share, Performance Unit, Restricted Share Unit or Other Share Based Award substituted
by the acquiring or successor company or corporation or a Parent of the acquiring or successor company or corporation. Unless determined
otherwise by the Administrator, in the event that the acquiring or successor company or corporation refuses to assume or substitute for
the Award, the Participant shall fully vest in the Award including as to Shares/Units that would not otherwise be vested, all applicable
restrictions will lapse, and all performance objectives and other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at targeted levels. For the
purposes of this paragraph, an Award of Restricted Shares, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Other Share Based Awards and Restricted
Share Units shall be considered assumed if, following the Change in Control, the award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each
Ordinary Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change in Control (and if a Restricted Share Unit or Performance Unit, for
each Share as determined based on the then current value of the unit), the consideration (whether shares, cash, or other securities or
property) received in the Change in Control by holders of the Ordinary Shares for each Ordinary Share held on the effective date of the
transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Ordinary Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change in Control is not solely Ordinary Shares
of the successor company or corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the acquiring or successor company or
corporation, provide that the consideration to be received for each Ordinary Share (and if a Restricted Share Unit or Performance Unit,
for each Ordinary Share as determined based on the then current value of the unit) be solely Ordinary Shares of the acquiring or successor
company or corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Ordinary Shares
in the Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an Award that vests, is earned, or is paid out upon the satisfaction
of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or the acquiring or successor company or corporation modifies
any of the performance goals without the Participant’s consent; provided, however, that a modification to the performance goals
only to reflect the acquiring or successor company or corporation’s post-Change in Control corporate structure will not be deemed
to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption.
(iii) Outside Director
Awards. Notwithstanding any provision of Section 15(c)(i) or 15(c)(ii) to the contrary, with respect to Awards granted to an Outside
Director that are assumed or substituted for, if on the date of or following the assumption or substitution the Participant’s status
as a Director or a director of the acquiring or successor company or corporation, as applicable, is terminated other than upon a voluntary
resignation by the Participant, then the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise his or her Options and Share Appreciation
Rights as to all of the Awarded Shares, including those as to which such Awards would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions
on Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units, as applicable, will lapse, and, with respect to Performance Shares, Performance Units,
and Other Share Based Awards, all performance goals and other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at target levels and all other
terms and conditions met; provided, that any Option or SAR for which the exercise price is equal to or less than the consideration offered
by the acquiring or successor company or corporation shall terminate as of the effective date of the Change in Control.
(d) Outstanding Awards –
Other Changes. In the event of any other change in the capitalization of the Company or corporate change other than those specifically
referred to in this Section 15, the Committee may, in its absolute discretion, make such adjustments in the number and class of shares
subject to Awards outstanding on the date on which such change occurs and in the per share grant or exercise price of each Award as the
Committee may consider appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights.
16. Date of Grant.
The date of grant of an Award will be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award,
or such later date as is determined by the Administrator, consistent with applicable laws; provided that with respect to the grant of
an Option, such date is determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code. Notice of the determination will be provided
to each Participant within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.
17. Term of Plan.
Subject to Section 22 of the Plan, the Plan will become effective pursuant to the resolution adopting the Plan by the Board. It will continue
in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless terminated earlier under Section 18 of the Plan.
18. Amendment and
Termination of the Plan.
(a) Amendment and Termination.
The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.
(b) Shareholder Approval.
The Company will obtain shareholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary or, as determined by the Administrator in its
sole discretion, desirable to comply with Applicable Laws.
(c) Effect of Amendment
or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension, or termination of the Plan will impair the rights of any Participant with respect
to outstanding Awards, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing
and signed by the Participant and the Company. Termination of the Plan will not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the
powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.
19. Conditions Upon
Issuance of Ordinary Shares.
(a) Legal Compliance.
Ordinary Shares will not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance of such Ordinary
Shares will comply with Applicable Laws and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
(b) Investment Representations.
As a condition to the exercise or receipt of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising or receiving such Award to represent
and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that the Ordinary Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any
present intention to sell or distribute such Ordinary Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.
20. Severability.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan or an Award to the contrary, if any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof)
of this Plan or the Awards shall be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be modified so as to
make it valid, legal, and enforceable, and the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof)
of the Plan or Award, as applicable, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
21. Inability to Obtain
Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed
by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Ordinary Shares hereunder, will relieve the Company
of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Ordinary Shares as to which such requisite authority will not have been
obtained.
22. Section 409A. The
Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code. The Plan and all Awards granted under this Plan shall be administered, interpreted, and construed in a manner consistent with Section
409A of the Code to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. Notwithstanding
anything in this Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Administrator exercise its discretion to accelerate the payment or settlement
of an Award where such payment or settlement constitutes deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code unless,
and solely to the extent that, such accelerated payment or settlement is permissible under Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) of the Treasury Regulations.
If a Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations) at any
time during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of his or her termination of employment, and any Award hereunder subject to
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code is to be satisfied on account of the Participant’s termination of employment, satisfaction
of such Award shall be suspended until the date that is six (6) months after the date of such termination of employment.
23. Shareholder Approval.
The Plan will be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted.
Such shareholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.
24. Interpretation.
In this Plan:
(a) any forfeiture of Shares
described herein will take effect as a surrender of shares for no consideration of such Shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law;
(b) any share dividends described
herein will take effect as share capitalizations as a matter of Cayman Islands law;
(c) any share splits described
herein will take effect as share sub-divisions as a matter of Cayman Islands law;
(d) the allotment and issuance
of Shares pursuant to the terms of this Plan following the exercise of an Option or Award shall be subject to the Memorandum and Articles
of Association of the Company, as amended and in effect from time to time.; and
(e) as a matter of Cayman Islands
law, Shares shall not in fact be legally issued, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or forfeited until the time at which the appropriate
entries are made in Register of Members of the Company (the Register of Members being prima facie evidence of legal title to shares).
25. Choice of Law.
The Plan will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to principles of conflicts
of laws.
As approved by the Board of the Company on July
15, 2024.
As approved by the shareholders of the Company
on August 28, 2024.
B-18
Exhibit 99.2
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