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 December 2024
Commission
File Number: 001-38766
MMTEC, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into
English)
c/o MM Future Technology Limited
Room 2302, 23rd Floor
FWD Financial Center
308 Des Voeux Road Central
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 36908356
(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 ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
Yes ☐
No ☒
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned
to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.
On December 12, 2024, MMTEC, Inc. issued a press
release, included herewith as Exhibit 99.1, announcing that it expects to implement a 1-for-8 reverse stock split effective December 18,
2024, subject to the Company’s satisfaction of Nasdaq Operations notice requirements, with trading to begin on a split-adjusted
basis at the market open on that day.
In connection with the reverse stock split, the
Company filed a Second Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association, included herewith as Exhibit 3.1, with the Registry of Corporate
Affairs of the British Virgin Islands on November 26, 2024 to reduce the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock from
5,000,000,000 shares to 625,000,000 shares, the reduction at the same ratio as its reduction in the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock, and to increase the par value per share from $0.01 to $0.08. The Board of Directors of the Company approved the reverse stock split
on November 21, 2024. No stockholders’ approval of the reverse stock split is required pursuant to BVI law.
The information, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto,
is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and shall
not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933, except as expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.
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, hereunto duly authorized.
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MMTEC, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Min Kong |
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Min Kong
Chief Financial Officer |
Date: December 12, 2024
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Exhibit
3.1
BVI COMPANY NUMBER: 1966158
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
OF ASSOCIATION
OF
MMTEC, INC.
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
Incorporated on the 4th day of January,
2018
INCORPORATED IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS
(As adopted by the Directors’ resolutions dated 21 November,
2024 and filed on 26 November, 2024)
TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM
OF ASSOCIATION
OF
MMTEC, INC.
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
(as adopted by a Resolution of Directors
of the Company dated November 21, 2024)
| I. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
| 1.1 | In this Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association of the Company, if not inconsistent with the subject or context: |
“Act” means the
BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (No. 16 of 2004) and includes the regulations made under the Act;
“Articles”
means the Articles of Association of the Company;
“Chairman of the Board” has the meaning specified in Regulation 12;
“Distribution” in relation to a distribution by the Company to a Shareholder means the direct or indirect transfer
of an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of the Shareholder, or the incurring of a debt to or for the benefit of a Shareholder,
in relation to Shares held by a Shareholder, and whether by means of the purchase of an asset, the purchase, redemption or other acquisition
of Shares, a transfer of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend;
“Memorandum” means this Memorandum of
Association of the Company;
“Person” includes individuals, corporations,
trusts, the estates of deceased individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Corporate
Affairs as appointed under section 229 of the Act;
“Resolution of Directors” means either:
| (a) | a resolution at a duly convened and constituted meeting of directors of the Company by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a director has given more than one vote, he shall
be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing a majority; or |
| (b) | a resolution consented to in writing or by telex, telegram, cable or other written electronic communication
by a majority of the directors of the Company. A written resolution consented to in such manner may consist of several documents including
written electronic communication, in like form each signed or assented to by one or more directors. |
“Resolution of Shareholders” means either:
| (a) | a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Shareholders of the Company by
the affirmative vote of a majority of in excess of 50 percent of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at
the meeting and were voted; or |
| (b) | a resolution consented to in writing by a majority of in excess of 50 percent of the votes of Shares entitled
to vote thereon; |
“Seal” means any
seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;
“Securities” means
Shares and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire Shares
or debt obligations;
“Share” means a
share issued or to be issued by the Company;
“Shareholder” means
a Person whose name is entered in the register of members as the holder or one or more Shares or fractional Shares;
“Treasury Share”
means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not canceled; and
“Written” or any
term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic,
biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and
“in writing” shall be construed accordingly.
| 1.2 | In the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to: |
| (a) | a “Regulation” is a reference to a regulation of the Articles; |
| (b) | a “Clause” is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum; |
| (c) | voting by Shareholders is a reference to the casting of votes attached to the Shares held by the Shareholder
voting; |
| (d) | the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended or, in
the case of the Act, any re-enactment thereof and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder; and |
| (e) | the singular includes the plural and vice versa. |
| 1.3 | Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and the
Articles unless otherwise defined herein. |
| 1.4 | Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum and the Articles. |
The name of the Company is MMTEC, INC. The name of the Company
may be changed and this Clause thereby amended by a Resolution of the Directors.
The Company is a company limited by Shares.
4. | REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT |
| 4.1 | The first registered office of the Company is at Vistra Corporate Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road
Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands, the office of the first registered agent. |
| 4.2 | The first registered agent of the Company is Vistra (BVI) Limited of Vistra Corporate Services Centre,
Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands.. |
| 4.3 | The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors, change the location of its registered agent or change
its registered agent. |
| 4.4 | Any change of registered office or registered agent will take effect on the registration by the Registrar
of a notice of the change filed by the existing registered agent or a legal practitioner in the British Virgin Islands acting on behalf
of the Company. |
| 5.1 | Subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation, the Company has, irrespective of corporate benefit: |
| (a) | full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction; and |
| (b) | for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges. |
| 5.2 | For the purposes of section 9(4) of the Act, there are no limitations on the business that the Company may carry on. |
6. | NUMBER AND CLASSES OF SHARES |
| 6.1 | Shares in the Company shall be issued in the currency of the United States of America. |
| 6.2 | The Company is authorized to issue a maximum of 625,000,000 Shares of a single class each with a par value of US$0.08. |
| 6.3 | The company may issue fractional Shares and a fractional Share shall have the corresponding fractional
rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole Share of the same class or series of Shares. |
| 6.4 | Shares may be issued in one or more series of Shares as the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine from time to time. |
| 7.1 | Each Share confers upon the Shareholder: |
| (a) | the right to one vote at a meeting of the Shareholders or on any Resolution of Shareholders; |
| (b) | the right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company; and |
| (c) | the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation. |
| 7.2 | The Company may be Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire all or any of the Shares
subject to Regulation 3 of the Articles. |
If at any time the Shares are divided
into different classes, the rights attached to any class may only be varied, whether or not the Company is in liquidation, with the consent
in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of not less than 50 percent of the issued Shares in that class.
9. | RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU |
The rights conferred upon the holders
of the Shares of any class shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed
to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.
| 10.1 | The Company shall issue Registered Shares only. |
| 10.2 | The Company is not authorized to issue Bearer Shares, convert Registered Shares to Bearer Shares or exchange
Registered Shares for Bearer Shares. |
| 11.1 | The Company shall, on receipt of an instrument of transfer complying with Sub- Regulation 6.1 of the Articles,
enter the name of the transferee of a Share in the register of members unless the directors resolve to refuse or delay the registration
of the transfer for reasons that shall be specified in a Resolution of Directors. |
| 11.2 | The directors may not resolve to refuse or delay the transfer of a Share unless the Shareholder has failed
to pay an amount due in respect of the Share. |
12. | AMENDMENT OF THE MEMORANDUM AND THE ARTICLES |
| 12.1 | Subject to Clause 8, the Company may amend the Memorandum or the Articles by Resolution of Shareholders
or by Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by Resolution of Directors: |
| (a) | to restrict the rights or powers of the Shareholders to amend the Memorandum or the Articles; |
| (b) | to change the percentage of Shareholders required to pass a Resolution of Shareholders to amend the Memorandum or the Articles; |
| (c) | in circumstances where the Memorandum or the Articles cannot be amended by the Shareholders; or |
| (d) | to Clauses 7, 8, 9 or this Clause 12. |
| 12.2 | Any amendment of the Memorandum or the Articles will take effect on the registration by the Registrar
of a notice of amendment, or restated Memorandum and Articles, filed by the registered agent. |
We, Vistra (BVI) Limited of Vistra Corporate
Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI Business Company
under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association the 4th day of January, 2018.
Incorporator
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(Sd.) Rexella D. Hodge |
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Authorised Signatory |
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Vistra
(BVI) Limited |
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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS THE BVI BUSINESS
COMPANIES ACT, 2004
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF
MMTEC,
INC.
A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
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1.1. |
Every
Shareholder is entitled, on request to a certificate signed by a director or officer of the Company, or any other person authorised
by Resolution of Directors, or under the Seal specifying the number of Shares held by him and the signature of the director, officer
or authorised person and the Seal may be facsimiles. |
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1.2. |
Any
Shareholder receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability
which it or they may incur by reason of any wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession
thereof. If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory
proof of its loss together with such indemnity as may be required by Resolution of Directors. |
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1.3. |
If several Persons are
registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such Persons may give an effectual receipt for any Distribution. |
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2.1. |
Shares and other
Securities may be issued at such times, to such Persons, for such consideration and on such terms as the directors may by Resolution
of Directors determine. |
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2.2. |
Section 46 of the Act (Pre-emptive rights) does not apply to the Company. |
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2.3. |
A
Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money, a promissory note, or other written obligation to contribute
money or property, real property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how), services rendered or a contract for future
services. |
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2.4. |
The consideration for a
Share with par value shall not be less than the par value of the Share. If a Share with par value is issued for consideration less than
the par value, the person to whom the Share is issued is liable to pay to the Company an amount equal to the difference between the issue
price and the par value. |
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2.5. |
No Shares may be issued
for a consideration other than money, unless a Resolution of Directors has been passed stating: |
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(a) |
the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares; |
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(b) |
the determination of the
directors of the reasonable present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue; and |
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(c) |
that, in the opinion of
the directors, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is not less than the amount to be credited for the
issue of the Shares.
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2.6. |
The consideration paid for
any Share, whether a par value Share or a no par value Share, shall not be treated as a liability or debt of the Company for the
purposes of: |
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the solvency test in Regulations 3 and 18; and |
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sections 197 and 209 of the Act. |
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2.7. |
The Company shall keep a register (the “register of members”) containing: |
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(a) |
the names and addresses of the Persons who hold Shares; |
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(b) |
the number of each class and series of Shares held by each Shareholder; |
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(c) |
the date on which the name
of each Shareholder was entered in the register of members; and |
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(d) |
the date on which any Person ceased to be a Shareholder. |
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2.8. |
The register of members
may be in any such form as the directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company
must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents. Until the directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other
data storage form shall be the original register of members. |
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2.9. |
A Share is deemed to be
issued when the name of the Shareholder is entered in the register of members. |
3. |
REDEMPTION OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES |
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3.1. |
The
Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares in such manner and upon such other terms as the directors
may agree with the relevant Shareholder(s) save that the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares
without the consent of Shareholders whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted
by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without their
consent. |
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3.2. |
The
Company may only offer to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Shares if the Resolution of Directors authorising the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition contains a statement that the directors are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that immediately after
the acquisition the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as
they fall due. |
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3.3. |
Sections 60 (Process for
purchase, redemptions or other acquisitions of own shares), 61 (Offer to one or more shareholders) and 62 (Shares redeemed otherwise
than at the option of company) of the Act shall not apply to the Company. |
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3.4. |
Shares
that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires pursuant to this Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares
except to the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the issued Shares in which case they shall be cancelled but
they shall be available for reissue. |
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3.5. |
All rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are
suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds the Share as a Treasury
Share. |
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3.6. |
Treasury Shares may be
transferred by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent with the Memorandum and the Articles) as the Company
may by Resolution of Directors determine. |
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3.7. |
Where
Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, Shares having more than 50 percent of the
votes in the election of directors of the other body corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held by the other
body corporate are suspended and shall not be exercised by the other body corporate. |
4. |
MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES |
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4.1. |
Shareholders may mortgage or charge their Shares. |
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4.2. |
There shall be entered
in the register of members at the written request of the Shareholder: |
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(a) |
a statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged; |
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(b) |
the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and |
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(c) |
the date on which the particulars
specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the register of members. |
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4.3. |
Where particulars of a
mortgage or charge are entered in the register of members, such particulars may be cancelled: |
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(a) |
with the written consent
of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or |
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(b) |
upon evidence satisfactory
to the directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the
directors shall consider necessary or desirable. |
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4.4. |
Whilst particulars of a
mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the register of members pursuant to this Regulation: |
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(a) |
no transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected; |
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(b) |
the Company may not purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and |
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(c) |
no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such
Shares, |
without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.
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5.1. |
Shares that are not fully
paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation. |
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5.2. |
A written notice of call
specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the Shareholder who defaults in making payment in respect of the
Shares.
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5.3. |
The
written notice of call referred to in Sub-Regulation 5.2 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from
the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement
that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment
is not made will be liable to be forfeited. |
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5.4. |
Where a written notice of
call has been issued pursuant to Sub-Regulation 5.3 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the directors
may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates. |
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5.5. |
The Company is under no
obligation to refund any moneys to a Shareholder whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Sub-Regulation 5.4 and that
Shareholder shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company. |
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6.1. |
Subject to the Memorandum,
Shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the
transferee, which shall be sent to the Company for registration. |
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6.2. |
The transfer of a Share
is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the register of members. |
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6.3. |
If the directors of the
Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or
destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution of Directors: |
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(a) |
to accept such evidence
of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and |
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(b) |
that the transferee’s
name should be entered in the register of members notwithstanding the absence of the instrument of transfer. |
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6.4. |
Subject to the Memorandum,
the personal representative of a deceased Shareholder may transfer a Share even though the personal representative is not a
Shareholder at the time of the transfer. |
7. |
MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS |
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7.1. |
Any director of the
Company may convene meetings of the Shareholders at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin
Islands as the director considers necessary or desirable. |
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7.2. |
Upon the written request
of Shareholders entitled to exercise 30 percent or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is
requested the directors shall convene a meeting of Shareholders. |
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7.3. |
The director convening
a meeting shall give not less than 7 days’ notice of a meeting of Shareholders to: |
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(a) |
those Shareholders whose
names on the date the notice is given appear as Shareholders in the register of members and are entitled to vote at the meeting;
and |
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7.4. |
The director convening a
meeting of Shareholders may fix as the record date for determining those Shareholders that are entitled to vote at the meeting the
date notice is given of the meeting, or such other date as may be specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than the date of
the notice. |
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7.5. |
A
meeting of Shareholders held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Shareholders holding at least 90 percent
of the total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice of the meeting and, for this
purpose, the presence of a Shareholder at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Shareholder
holds. |
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7.6. |
The inadvertent failure of
a director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a Shareholder or another director, or the fact that a Shareholder
or another director has not received notice, does not invalidate the meeting. |
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7.7. |
A Shareholder may be represented
at a meeting of Shareholders by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the Shareholder. |
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7.8. |
The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at
which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote. The notice of the meeting may specify an alternative or additional place
or time at which the proxy shall be presented. |
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7.9. |
The instrument appointing
a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly
evidencing the wishes of the Shareholder appointing the proxy. |
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________________(the “Company”) |
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I/We,
_____________being a Shareholder of the Company HEREBY APPOINT ___________of ______________or failing him ______________of _____________to
be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Shareholders to be held on the ___________day of ___________, 20___________and
at any adjournment thereof. |
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(Any restrictions on voting to be inserted
here.) |
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Signed this ___________day of ______________,
20_____ |
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Shareholder |
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7.10. |
The following applies where Shares are jointly owned: |
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(a) |
if two or more persons
hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of Shareholders and may speak as a
Shareholder; |
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(b) |
if only one of the joint
owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners; and |
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(c) |
if two or more of the joint
owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one. |
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7.11. |
A Shareholder shall be
deemed to be present at a meeting of Shareholders if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Shareholders
participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.
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7.12. |
A
meeting of Shareholders is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less
than one-third (1/3) of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on Resolutions of Shareholders to be considered at the meeting. A
quorum may comprise a single Shareholder or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution of Shareholders and a certificate
signed by such person accompanied where such person be a proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution
of Shareholders. |
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7.13. |
If
within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders,
shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the next business day in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was
to have been held at the same time and place or to such other time and place as the directors may determine, and if at the adjourned
meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one-third (1/3)
of the votes of the Shares or each class or series of Shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present
shall constitute a quorum. |
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7.14. |
At
every meeting of Shareholders, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board
or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting, the Shareholders present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman.
If the Shareholders are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting Shares
present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside as chairman. |
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7.15. |
The chairman may, with
the consent of the meeting, adjourn any 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. |
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7.16. |
At
any meeting of the Shareholders the chairman is responsible for deciding in such manner as he considers appropriate whether any
resolution proposed has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the
minutes of the meeting. If the chairman has any doubt as to the outcome of the vote on a proposed resolution, he shall cause a poll
to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution. If the chairman fails to take a poll then any Shareholder present in person or
by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand
that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result shall be
announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting. |
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7.17. |
Subject to the specific provisions contained
in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives of Persons other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or
represent a Shareholder shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the Person is constituted
or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the directors may in good faith seek legal advice from any qualified person and unless and
until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability
to any Shareholder or the
Company. |
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7.18. |
Any
Person other than an individual which is a Shareholder may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such
individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of Shareholders or of any class of Shareholders, and the
individual so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same rights on behalf of the Shareholder which he represents as that
Shareholder could exercise if it were an individual. |
| 7.19. | The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy
or on behalf of any Person other than an individual may call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be
produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Person shall be disregarded. |
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7.20. |
Directors of the Company
may attend and speak at any meeting of Shareholders and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of Shares. |
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7.21. |
An
action that may be taken by the Shareholders at a meeting may also be taken by a resolution consented to in writing, without the
need for any notice, but if any Resolution of Shareholders is adopted otherwise than by the unanimous written consent of all
Shareholders, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be sent to all Shareholders not consenting to such resolution. The consent
may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Shareholders. If the consent is in one or more
counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the earliest date upon which
Shareholders holding a sufficient number of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Shareholders have consented to the
resolution by signed counterparts. |
|
8.1. |
The
first directors of the Company shall be appointed by the first registered agent within 6 months of the date of incorporation of the
Company; and thereafter, the directors shall be elected by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors. Any director
appointed by Resolution of Directors must be affirmed by the Shareholders at the next meeting of Shareholders. |
|
8.2. |
No person shall be
appointed as a director, alternate director, or nominated as a reserve director, of the Company unless he has consented in writing
to be a director, alternate director or to be nominated as a reserve director respectively. |
|
8.3. |
Subject to Sub-Regulation
8.1, the minimum number of directors shall be one and there shall be no maximum number. |
|
8.4 |
The Board shall be divided
into three classes of Directors, as nearly equal in numbers as the then total number of Directors permits with the term of office of
one class expiring each year. |
|
8.5 |
At the annual meeting of Shareholders: |
|
(a) |
The Class A Directors shall
be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of Shareholders; |
|
(b) |
The Class B Directors shall
be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting of Shareholders; and |
|
(c) |
The Class C Directors shall
be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of Shareholders. |
|
8.6 |
At every succeeding annual
meeting of Shareholders, the successors to the class of Directors whose term shall then expire shall be elected to hold office for a
term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of Shareholders. |
|
8.7 | A Director who retires at the
annual meeting of Shareholders shall be eligible for re-election. If he is not re-elected he shall retain office until the meeting elects
someone in his place, or if it does not do so, until the end of the meeting. |
|
8.8. |
Each director holds office
for the term, if any, fixed by the Resolution of Shareholders or the Resolution of Directors appointing him, or until his earlier
death, resignation or removal. |
|
8.9. |
A director may be removed from office, |
| (a) | with or without cause, by Resolution of Shareholders passed
at a meeting of Shareholders called for the purposes of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director or
by a written resolution passed by at least 50 percent of the votes of the Shareholders of the Company entitled to vote; or |
| (b) | with cause, by Resolution of Directors passed at a meeting of
directors called for the purpose of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director. |
|
8.10. |
A
director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company and the resignation has effect from the
date the notice is received by the Company or from such later date as may be specified in the notice. A director shall resign
forthwith as a director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting as a director under the Act. |
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8.11. |
The
directors may at any time appoint any person to be a director either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors.
Where the directors appoint a person as director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the term that remained when the person
who has ceased to be a director ceased to hold office. |
|
8.12. |
A vacancy in relation to
directors occurs if a director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office prior to the expiration of his term of office. |
|
8.13. |
Where
the Company only has one Shareholder who is an individual and that Shareholder is also the sole director of the Company, the sole
Shareholder/director may, by instrument in writing, nominate a person who is not disqualified from being a director of the Company
as a reserve director of the Company to act in the place of the sole director in the event of his death. |
|
8.14. |
The nomination of a person as a reserve director of the Company ceases to have effect if: |
| (a) | before the death of the sole Shareholder/director
who nominated him, |
| (i) | he resigns as reserve director,
or |
| (ii) | the sole Shareholder/director
revokes the nomination in writing; or |
| (b) | the sole Shareholder/director who nominated him ceases to be
able to be the sole Shareholder/director of the Company for any reason other than his death. |
|
8.15. |
The Company shall keep a register of directors containing: |
| (a) | the names and addresses of the persons who are directors of
the Company or who have been nominated as reserve directors of the Company; |
| (b) | the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register
was appointed as a director, or nominated as a reserve director, of the Company; |
| (c) | the date on which each person named as a director ceased to
be a director of the Company; |
| (d) | the date on which the nomination of any person nominated as
a reserve director ceased to have effect; and |
| (e) | such other information as may
be prescribed by the Act. |
|
8.16. | The register of directors may be kept in any such form as the
directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence
of its contents. Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall
be the original register of directors. |
|
8.17. |
The directors may, by Resolution
of Directors, fix the emoluments of directors with respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company. |
|
8.18. |
A director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office. |
|
8.19. |
A director, by written
instrument deposited at the registered office of the Company may from time to time appoint another director or another person who is
not disqualified for appointment as a director under section 111 of the Act to be his alternate to: |
| (a) | exercise the appointing director’s
powers; and |
| (b) | carry out the appointing director’s
responsibilities, |
in relation to the taking of decisions by the directors
in the absence of the appointing director.
|
8.20. |
No
person shall be appointed as an alternate director unless he has consented in writing to be an alternate director. The appointment
of an alternate director does not take effect until written notice of the appointment has been deposited at the registered office of
the Company. |
|
8.21. |
The appointing director may, at any
time, terminate or vary the alternate’s appointment. The termination or variation of the appointment of an alternate director does not
take effect until written notice of the termination or variation has been deposited at the registered office of the Company, save that
if a director shall die or cease to hold the office of director, the appointment of his alternate shall thereupon cease and terminate
immediately without the need of notice. |
|
8.22. |
An alternate director has
no power to appoint an alternate, whether of the appointing director or of the alternate director. |
|
8.23. |
An
alternate director has the same rights as the appointing director in relation to any directors’ meeting and any written resolution
of directors circulated for written consent. Unless stated otherwise in the notice of the appointment of the alternate, or a notice
of variation of the appointment, if undue delay or difficulty would be occasioned by giving notice to a director of a resolution of
which his approval is sought in accordance with these Articles his alternate (if any) shall be entitled to signify approval of the
same on behalf of that director. Any exercise by the alternate director of the appointing director’s powers in relation to the
taking of decisions by the directors is as effective as if the powers were exercised by the appointing director. An alternate
director does not act as an agent of or for the appointing director and is liable for his own acts and omissions as an alternate director. |
|
8.24. |
The remuneration of an
alternate director (if any) shall be payable out of the remuneration payable to the director appointing him (if any), as agreed between
such alternate and the director appointing him. |
|
9.1. |
The
business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision of, the directors of the Company. The
directors of the Company have all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of
the Company. The directors may pay all expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation of the Company and
may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by
the Shareholders. |
|
9.2. |
Each director shall
exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the Company acting in a manner that contravenes the
Memorandum, the Articles or the Act. Each director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in
good faith in what the director believes to be the best interests of the Company. |
|
9.3. |
If
the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing
duties as a director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in
the best interests of the Company. |
|
9.4. |
Any director which is a
body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative for the purpose of representing it at meetings of
the directors, with respect to the signing of consents or otherwise. |
|
9.5. |
The continuing directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body. |
|
9.6. |
The directors may by Resolution
of Directors exercise all the powers of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness, liabilities
or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party. |
|
9.7. |
All
cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the
Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to
time be determined by Resolution of Directors. |
|
9.8. |
For
the purposes of Section 175 (Disposition of assets) of the Act, the directors may by Resolution of Directors determine that any
sale, transfer, lease, exchange or other disposition is in the usual or regular course of the business carried on by the Company and
such determination is, in the absence of fraud, conclusive. |
10. |
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS |
|
10.1. |
Any one director of the
Company may call a meeting of the directors by sending a written notice to each other director. |
|
10.2. |
The directors of the
Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands
as the directors may determine to be necessary or desirable. |
|
10.3. |
A director is deemed to be present at a meeting of directors if he
participates by telephone or other electronic means and all directors participating
in the meeting are able to hear each other. |
|
10.4. |
A director shall be given not less
than 3 days’ notice of meetings of directors, but a meeting of directors held without 3 days’ notice having been given to
all directors shall be valid if all the directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend waive notice of the meeting, and for
this purpose the presence of a director at a meeting shall constitute waiver by that director. The inadvertent failure to give notice
of a meeting to a director, or the fact that a director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the
meeting. |
|
10.5. |
A meeting of directors is
duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person or by alternate not less than
one-half of the total number of directors, unless there are only 2 directors in which case the quorum is 2. |
|
10.6. |
If the Company has only one director
the provisions herein contained for meetings of directors do not apply and such sole director has full power to represent and act for
the Company in all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Shareholders. In lieu
of minutes of a meeting the sole director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution
of Directors. Such a note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution
for all purposes. |
|
10.7. |
At meetings of directors
at which the Chairman of the Board is present, he shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or
if the Chairman of the Board is not present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the
meeting. |
|
10.8. |
An
action that may be taken by the directors or a committee of directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Directors or
a resolution of a committee of directors consented to in writing or by telex, telegram, cable or other written electronic
communication by a majority of the directors or by a majority of the members of the committee, as the case may be, without the need
for any notice. A written resolution consented to in such manner may consist of several documents, including written electronic
communication, in like form each signed or assented to by one or more directors. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and
the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date upon which the last director has consented
to the resolution by signed counterparts. |
|
11.1. |
The directors may, by
Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors, and delegate one or more of
their powers, including the power to affix the Seal, to the committee. |
|
11.2. |
The directors have no power
to delegate to a committee of directors any of the following powers: |
| (a) | to amend the Memorandum or the
Articles; |
| (b) | to designate committees of directors; |
| (c) | to delegate powers to a committee
of directors; |
| (d) | to appoint or remove directors; |
| (e) | to appoint or remove an agent; |
| (f) | to approve a plan of merger, consolidation
or arrangement; |
| (g) | to make a declaration of solvency
or to approve a liquidation plan; or |
| (h) | to make a determination that immediately after a proposed Distribution
the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due. |
|
11.3. |
Sub-Regulation 11.2(b) and
(c) do not prevent a committee of directors, where authorised by the Resolution of Directors appointing such committee or by a
subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the
sub-committee. |
|
11.4. |
The meetings and
proceedings of each committee of directors consisting of 2 or more directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of
the Articles regulating the proceedings of directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of
Directors establishing the committee. |
|
11.5. |
Where
the directors delegate their powers to a committee of directors they remain responsible for the exercise of that power by the committee,
unless they believed on reasonable grounds at all times before the exercise of the power that the committee would exercise the power
in conformity with the duties imposed on directors of the Company under the Act. |
|
12.1. |
The
Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may be considered necessary or expedient.
Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a president and one or more vice-presidents, secretaries and
treasurers and such other officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or expedient. Any number of offices may be held
by the same person. |
|
12.2. |
The
officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may
be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors. In the absence of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the responsibility
of the Chairman of the Board to preside at meetings of directors and Shareholders, the president to manage the day to day affairs of
the Company, the vice- presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the president but otherwise to perform such duties as
may be delegated to them by the president, the secretaries to maintain the register of members, minute books and records (other than
financial records) of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company by applicable law,
and the treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company. |
|
12.3. |
The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors. |
|
12.4. |
The officers of the
Company shall hold office until their successors are duly appointed, but any officer elected or appointed by the directors may be
removed at any time, with or without cause, by Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be
filled by Resolution of Directors. |
|
12.5. |
The directors may, by Resolution
of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a director, to be an agent of the Company. |
|
12.6. |
An agent of the Company
shall have such powers and authority of the directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the
Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the
following: |
| (a) | to amend the Memorandum or the
Articles; |
| (b) | to change the registered office
or agent; |
| (c) | to designate committees of directors; |
| (d) | to delegate powers to a committee
of directors; |
| (e) | to appoint or remove directors; |
| (f) | to appoint or remove an agent; |
| (g) | to fix emoluments of directors; |
| (h) | to approve a plan of merger, consolidation
or arrangement; |
| (i) | to make a declaration of solvency
or to approve a liquidation plan; |
| (j) | to make a determination that immediately after a proposed Distribution
the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due; or |
| (k) | to authorise the Company to continue as a company incorporated
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands. |
|
12.7. |
The Resolution of Directors
appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred
on the agent by the Company. |
|
12.8. |
The directors may remove
an agent appointed by the Company and may revoke or vary a power conferred on him. |
13. |
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS |
|
13.1. |
A director of the Company
shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the
Company, disclose the interest to all other directors of the Company. |
|
13.2. |
For
the purposes of Sub-Regulation 13.1, a disclosure to all other directors to the effect that a director is a member, director or
officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be
regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date of the entry into the transaction or disclosure of the interest,
be entered into with that entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction. |
|
13.3. |
A director of the Company
who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may: |
| (a) | vote on a matter relating to the
transaction; |
| (b) | attend a meeting of directors
at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a
quorum; and |
| (c) | sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing
in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction, |
and, subject to compliance with the
Act shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from such transaction and no such
transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.
|
14.1. |
Subject
to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company shall indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative
proceedings any person who: |
| (a) | is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director of the Company; or |
| (b) | is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a director
of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. |
|
14.2. |
The indemnity in Sub-Regulation
14.1 only applies if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of
criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful. |
|
14.3. |
For the purposes of Sub-Regulation
14.2, a director acts in the best interests of the Company if he acts in the best interests of |
| (a) | the Company’s holding company;
or |
| (b) | a Shareholder or Shareholders; |
in either case, in the circumstances
specified in Sub-Regulation 9.3 or the Act, as the case may be.
|
14.4. |
The
decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the
Company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud,
sufficient for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved. |
|
14.5. |
The
termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the
Company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. |
|
14.6. |
Expenses,
including legal fees, incurred by a director in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the
Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director to
repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the director is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in
accordance with Sub-Regulation 14.1. |
|
14.7. |
Expenses,
including legal fees, incurred by a former director in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by
the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the former director
to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the former director is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in
accordance with Sub- Regulation 14.1 and upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Company deems appropriate. |
|
14.8. |
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section is not exclusive of any other rights
to which the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, Resolution of
Shareholders, resolution of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as acting in the person’s official capacity and as to
acting in another capacity while serving as a director of the Company. |
|
14.9. |
If a
person referred to in Sub-Regulation 14.1 has been successful in defence of any proceedings referred to in Sub-Regulation 14.1, the
person is entitled to be indemnified against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceedings. |
|
14.10. |
The
Company may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director, officer or liquidator of the
Company, or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is
or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to
indemnify the person against the liability as provided in the Articles. |
|
14.11 |
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) may be
permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been advised that in the
opinion of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. |
|
15.1. |
The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent: |
| (a) | the Memorandum and the Articles; |
| (b) | the register of members, or a
copy of the register of members; |
| (c) | the register of directors, or
a copy of the register of directors; and |
| (d) | copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company
with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the previous 10 years. |
|
15.2. |
Until the directors
determine otherwise by Resolution of Directors the Company shall keep the original register of members and original register of
directors at the office of its registered agent. |
|
15.3. |
If the Company maintains
only a copy of the register of members or a copy of the register of directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall: |
| (a) | within 15 days of any change in either register, notify the
registered agent in writing of the change; and |
| (b) | provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical
address of the place or places at which the original register of members or the original register of directors is kept. |
|
15.4. |
The Company shall keep
the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands,
as the directors may determine: |
| (a) | minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Shareholders and classes
of Shareholders; |
| (b) | minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees
of directors; and |
| (c) | an impression of the Seal. |
|
15.5. |
Where
any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office of the registered agent of the Company,
and the place at which the original records is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of
the new location of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location. |
|
15.6. |
The records kept by the
Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements
of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2001 (No. 5 of 2001) as from time to time amended or re-enacted. |
The Company shall maintain at the office
of its registered agent a register of charges in which there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge
and other encumbrance created by the Company:
| (a) | the date of creation of the charge; |
| (b) | a short description of the liability
secured by the charge; |
| (c) | a short description of the property
charged; |
| (d) | the name and address of the trustee for the security or, if
there is no such trustee, the name and address of the chargee; |
| (e) | unless the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address
of the holder of the charge; and |
| (f) | details of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument
creating the charge on the power of the Company to create any future charge ranking in priority to or equally with the charge. |
The
Company shall have a Seal and may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which
shall have been duly adopted by Resolution of Directors. The directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an
imprint thereof to be kept at the registered office. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any
written instrument shall be witnessed and attested to by the signature of any one director or other person so authorised from time
to time by Resolution of Directors. Such authorisation may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and
may refer to any number of sealings. The directors may provide for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any director or
authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity
as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been attested to as hereinbefore described.
|
18.1. | The directors of the Company may, by Resolution of Directors,
authorise a Distribution at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after
the Distribution, the value of the Company’s assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as
they fall due. |
|
18.2. | Distributions may be paid in money,
Shares, or other property. |
|
18.3. | Notice of any Distribution that may have been declared shall
be given to each Shareholder as specified in Sub-Regulation 20.1 and all Distributions unclaimed for 3 years after having been declared
may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company. |
|
18.4. | No Distributions shall bear interest as against the Company
and no Distribution shall be paid on Treasury Shares. |
|
19.1. | The Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and
explain the Company’s transactions and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with
reasonable accuracy. |
|
19.2. | The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders call for the directors
to prepare periodically and make available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and balance sheet
shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for a financial period and a
true and fair view of the assets and liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period. |
|
19.3. | The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders call for the accounts
to be examined by auditors. |
|
19.4. | The first auditors shall be appointed by Resolution of Directors;
subsequent auditors shall be appointed by Resolution of Shareholders or by Resolution of Directors. |
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19.5. | The auditors may be Shareholders, but no director or other officer
shall be eligible to be an auditor of the Company during their continuance in office. |
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19.6. | The remuneration of the auditors of the Company may be fixed
by Resolution of Directors. |
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19.7. | The auditors shall examine each profit and loss account and
balance sheet required to be laid before a meeting of the Shareholders or otherwise given to Shareholders and shall state in a written
report whether or not: |
| (a) | in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet
give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the assets and liabilities
of the Company at the end of that period; and |
| (b) | all the information and explanations required by the auditors
have been obtained. |
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19.8. | The report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts
and shall be read at the meeting of Shareholders at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given to the
Shareholders. |
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19.9. | Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at
all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the
Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors. |
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19.10. | The auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice
of, and to attend any meetings of Shareholders at which the Company’s profit and loss account and balance sheet are to be presented. |
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20.1. | Any notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Shareholders may be given
by personal service or by mail addressed to each Shareholder at the address shown in the register of members. |
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20.2. | Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or
written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company,
at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company. |
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20.3. | Service of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information
or written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process, information
or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time
as to admit to its being delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery within
the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid. |
The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders
or, subject to section 199(2) of the Act, by Resolution of Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.
The Company may by Resolution of Shareholders
or by a Resolution of Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands
in the manner provided under those laws.
We, Vistra (BVI) Limited of Vistra
Corporate Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands for the purpose of incorporating a BVI
Business Company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these
Articles of Association the 4th day of January, 2018.
Incorporator
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(Sd.)
Rexella D. Hodge |
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Authorised
Signatory |
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Vistra
(BVI) Limited |
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Exhibit 99.1
MMTEC, Inc. Announces 1-for-8 Reverse Stock Split
HONG KONG, December 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MMTEC,
Inc. (“MMTEC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MTC) reported that it expects to implement a 1-for-8 reverse stock split
on its common stock. The effective date is scheduled to be December 18, 2024, subject to the Company’s satisfaction of Nasdaq Operations
notice requirements, with trading to begin on a split-adjusted basis at the market open on that day. Trading in the common stock will
continue on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “MTC”. The new CUSIP number for the common stock following the reverse
stock split will be G6181K122. In the event that the effective date is delayed, the Company will update the effective date via a subsequent
press release.
The reverse stock split at a ratio of 1-for-8
shares was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Upon the effectiveness of the reverse stock split,
every 8 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock will automatically be converted into one share of issued and
outstanding common stock. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the reverse stock split. Instead, any fractional shares that
would have resulted from the split will be rounded up to the next whole number. The reverse stock split affects all stockholders uniformly
and will not alter any stockholder’s percentage interest in the Company’s outstanding common stock, except for adjustments
that may result from the treatment of fractional shares.
In connection with the reverse stock split, the
Company filed a Second Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association with the Registry of Corporate Affairs of the British Virgin Islands
to reduce the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock from 5,000,000,000 shares to 625,000,000 shares, the reduction
at the same ratio as its reduction in the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, and to increase the par value per share from
$0.01 to $0.08. The Board of Directors of the Company approved the reverse stock split on November 21, 2024. No stockholders’ approval
of the reverse stock split is required pursuant to BVI law.
About MMTEC, Inc.
Headquartered in Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, our Company mainly focuses on investment banking and asset management business, providing customers with one-stop and all-round
financial services.
More information about the Company can be found
at: www.haisc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements
as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives,
goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical
facts. When the Company uses words such as “may”, “will”, “intend”, “should”, “believe”,
“expect”, “anticipate”, “project”, “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate
solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Specifically, the Company’s statements regarding its ability
to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule, its continued growth, its business outlook, and other similar statements are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the
actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements
are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company’s goals and strategies; the Company’s
future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; reputation and brand;
the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and assumptions
underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 20-F and its subsequent filings. For these reasons,
among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional
factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review
at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
that arise after the date hereof.
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