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 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2024
Commission File Number 001-41776
SOLOWIN HOLDINGS
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Room 1910-1912A, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City
33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices)
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
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On November 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of SOLOWIN HOLDINGS (the
“Company”) decided to postpone the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary Meeting”),
which was originally scheduled for December 13, 2024. The Extraordinary Meeting has been rescheduled to December 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.,
Hong Kong time, at its original location. This postponement allows additional time for shareholders to consider and vote on the amended
proposal.
The proposal to be voted on at the Extraordinary Meeting was amended
to accommodate the allotment and issuance of additional ordinary shares by the Company after the Extraordinary Meeting was originally
scheduled. The record date for the Extraordinary Meeting remains November 11, 2024.
This Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the registration
statements of the Company on Form S-8 (File No. 333-275337) and Form F-3 (File No. 333-282552) and shall be a part thereof
from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished
by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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.
Date: November 27, 2024 |
SOLOWIN HOLDINGS |
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By: |
/s/ Shing Tak
Tam |
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Shing Tak Tam |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
SOLOWIN HOLDINGS
Room 1910-1912A, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City
33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong
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AMENDED NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
OF MEMBERS
To Be Held on December 17, 2024
Reference is made to the notice of the extraordinary general meeting
of members of SOLOWIN HOLDINGS (the “Extraordinary Meeting”), originally scheduled for December 13, 2024 with the record date
for the Extraordinary Meeting being November 11, 2024. The Extraordinary Meeting has been postponed until December 17, 2024 to accommodate
the allotment and issue of additional ordinary shares by the Company after the Extraordinary Meeting was originally scheduled. This postponement
also allows shareholders sufficient time to review this amended notice and proxy statement and to evaluate the amended proposal. The record
date for the Extraordinary Meeting, November 11, 2024, remains unchanged.
AMENDED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Extraordinary Meeting
of SOLOWIN HOLDINGS (the “Company”) has been rescheduled and will be held on December 17, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., Hong
Kong time (December 16, 2024 at 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time), at Room 1910-1912A, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha
Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong for the following purposes:
| 1. | To approve, as a special resolution: |
| (A) | the re-designation and re-classification of shares of the
Company such that the currently issued 16,172,300 ordinary shares of nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each in the Company be and are
re-designated and re-classified into 8,132,300 Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with 1 vote per share (the “Class
A Ordinary Shares”) and 8,040,000 Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with 10 votes per share (the “Class
B Ordinary Shares”) on a one for one basis as follows: |
Name of Shareholder | |
Number of
existing
shares held | | |
Number and class of
shares to be held
after the re-designation and
re-classification of
shares of the Company |
Fortune Dynasty Global Limited | |
| 3,960,000 | | |
3,960,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
Gemini Asia Holdings Limited | |
| 4,080,000 | | |
4,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
All other shareholders | |
| 8,132,300 | | |
8,132,300 Class A Ordinary Shares |
| (B) | the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association of the Company as set forth in Annex A to this notice (the “Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association”) in substitution for the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company currently in
effect, to reflect the dual-class share structure and set out the rights and privileges of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary
Shares. |
The foregoing item of business is more fully described in the amended
proxy statement accompanying this notice. We are not aware of any other business to come before the Extraordinary Meeting. The board of
directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote “FOR” all
proposed items.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of
business on November 11, 2024 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive
notice of and to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only holders of ordinary shares of the
Company on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting or any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
The amended notice of the Extraordinary Meeting, the amended proxy
statement, and the amended proxy card will be sent to shareholders on or about November 27, 2024.
It is important that your shares are represented
at the Extraordinary Meeting. We urge you to review the attached proxy statement and, whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary
Meeting in person, please vote your shares promptly by casting your vote via the internet or, if you prefer to mail your proxy or vote
instructions, please complete, sign, date, and return your proxy or vote instruction form to the address provided in the enclosed proxy
card. You may revoke your vote by submitting a subsequent vote before the Extraordinary Meeting, or by voting in person at the Extraordinary
Meeting.
If you plan to attend the Extraordinary Meeting
in person, please notify us of your intentions. This will assist us with meeting preparations. If your shares are not registered in your
own name and you would like to attend the Extraordinary Meeting, please follow the instructions contained in the proxy materials that
are being mailed to you and any other information forwarded to you by your broker, trust, bank, or other holder of record to obtain a
valid proxy from it. This will enable you to gain admission to the Extraordinary Meeting and vote in person.
By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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/s/ Ling Ngai Lok |
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Ling Ngai Lok |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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November 27, 2024 |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY
OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR
THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF MEMBERS TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 17, 2024
This notice, proxy statement and proxy card are
also available online at www.Transhare.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Purpose of the Extraordinary Meeting |
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Will there be any other items of business on the agenda? |
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Who is entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting? |
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What constitutes a quorum and how will votes be counted? |
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Votes Required |
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How do I vote? |
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Revoking Your Proxy |
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Proxy Solicitation Costs |
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PROPOSAL – RE-DESIGNATION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND
ADOPTION OF THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (AMENDED) |
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OTHER MATTERS |
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SOLOWIN HOLDINGS
Room 1910-1912A, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City
33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong
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AMENDED PROXY STATEMENT
This amended proxy statement and the accompanying
amended proxy are being furnished with respect to the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of SOLOWIN HOLDINGS, a Cayman
Islands exempted company with limited liability (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”),
for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Members (the “Extraordinary Meeting”), which was originally scheduled to be held
on Friday, December 13, 2024. As the Company has amended the proposal for the re-designation and re-classification of shares of the Company
to be considered at the Extraordinary Meeting, in order to allow shareholders sufficient time to review this amended proxy statement and
evaluate the amended proposal, the Extraordinary Meeting will be postponed and rescheduled to December 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., Hong Kong
time (December 16, 2024, at 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time), at SOLOWIN HOLDINGS, Room 1910-1912A, Tower 3, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The declared Record Date for the Extraordinary Meeting, November 11, 2024, remains unchanged.
This amended proxy statement and the accompanying
amended proxy replace in their entirety the proxy statement and proxy card previously sent to the Company’s shareholders with respect
to the Extraordinary Meeting, each dated November 12, 2024 (the “Original Proxy”), which were attached as Exhibit 99.1 and
Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Report on Form 6-K, respectively, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
12, 2024. Accordingly, we encourage you to read this amended proxy statement and the accompanying amended proxy carefully and in their
entirety.
If you have already voted, and unless revoked
or changed as described in this amended proxy statement, a vote cast “for,” “against,” or “abstain”
on the proposal included in the Original Proxy will be counted as a vote “for,” “against,” or “abstain”
on the proposal, as revised in this amended proxy statement and the accompanying amended proxy, respectively. If you have not yet voted
and wish to vote using the proxy card enclosed in the Original Proxy, any votes cast “for,” “against,” or “abstain”
on the proposal will be counted as votes cast “for,” “against,” or “abstain” on the proposal, as amended
by this amended proxy statement and the accompanying amended proxy, respectively.
We will send or make these amended proxy materials
available to shareholders on or about November 27, 2024.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Purpose of the Extraordinary Meeting
The purposes of the Extraordinary Meeting are to seek shareholders’
approval of the following special resolution:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
THAT:-
| (A) | the re-designation and re-classification of shares of the
Company such that the currently issued 16,172,300 ordinary shares of nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each in the Company be and are
re-designated and re-classified into 8,132,300 Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with 1 vote per share (the “Class
A Ordinary Shares”) and 8,040,000 Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with 10 votes per share (the “Class
B Ordinary Shares”) on a one for one basis as follows: |
Name of Shareholder | |
Number of
existing
shares held | | |
Number and class of
shares to be held
after the re-designation and
re-classification of
shares of the Company |
Fortune Dynasty Global Limited | |
| 3,960,000 | | |
3,960,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
Gemini Asia Holdings Limited | |
| 4,080,000 | | |
4,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
All other shareholders | |
| 8,132,300 | | |
8,132,300 Class A Ordinary Shares |
| (B) | the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association of the Company as set forth in Annex A to this notice (the “Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association”) in substitution for the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company currently in
effect, to reflect the dual-class share structure and set out the rights and privileges of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary
Shares. |
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR
the Proposal.
Will there be any other items of business on the agenda?
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other
matters that will be presented for consideration at the Extraordinary Meeting. Nonetheless, in case there is an unforeseen need, the accompanying
proxy gives discretionary authority to the persons named on the proxy with respect to any other matters that might be brought before the
Extraordinary Meeting or at any postponement or adjournment of the Extraordinary Meeting. Those persons intend to vote that proxy in accordance
with their judgment.
Who is entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting?
Only shareholders of record of our ordinary shares,
as of 5:00 p.m., New York time on November 11, 2024 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice and to attend and vote
at the Extraordinary Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Each fully paid ordinary share is entitled to
one vote on each matter properly brought before the Extraordinary Meeting. The enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card shows the
number of ordinary shares you are entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting.
Shareholder of Record: Shares Registered in
Your Name
If on the Record Date your shares were registered
directly in your name with the Company, then you are a shareholder of record. As a shareholder of record, you may vote in person at the
Extraordinary Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary Meeting, to ensure your vote is counted, we
encourage you to vote either by Internet or by filling out and returning the enclosed proxy card.
Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the
Name of a Broker or Bank
If on the Record Date your shares were held in
an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street
name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered
the shareholder of record for purposes of voting at the Extraordinary Meeting. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your
broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. Your broker will not be able to vote your shares unless your broker receives
specific voting instructions from you. We strongly encourage you to vote.
What constitutes a quorum and how will votes be counted?
Two (2) members entitled to vote and present in
person or by proxy or (in the case of a member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative representing not less than one-third
in nominal value of the total issued voting shares in the Company throughout the Extraordinary Meeting shall form a quorum.
Shareholders entitled to vote at the Extraordinary
Meeting may do so either in person or by proxy. Those shareholders who are unable to attend the Extraordinary Meeting are requested to
read, complete, sign, date, and return the attached proxy card in accordance with the instructions set out therein.
The proposal/resolution shall be put to the vote
of the Extraordinary Meeting and decided on a poll.
The holder of an ordinary share shall have one
vote for every ordinary share of which they are the holder.
Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered
present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as a vote cast at the Extraordinary Meeting.
In the event that there are not sufficient votes
for a quorum, the Extraordinary Meeting may be adjourned or postponed in order to permit the further solicitation of proxies.
Votes Required
How many votes are required to approve the proposal?
Assuming a quorum as referenced above is reached,
the approval of the proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of at least two-thirds of the ordinary shares who, being present and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting, vote in person or
by proxy at the Extraordinary Meeting.
Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered
present for the purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as a vote cast at the Extraordinary Meeting.
How do I vote?
Your shares may only be voted at the Extraordinary
Meeting if you are entitled to vote and present in person or are represented by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Extraordinary
Meeting, we encourage you to vote by proxy to ensure that your shares will be represented.
You may vote using any of the following methods:
| ● | By Internet. You may
vote by using the Internet in accordance with the instructions included in the proxy card. The Internet voting procedures are designed
to authenticate shareholders’ identities, to allow shareholders to vote their shares and to confirm that their instructions have
been properly recorded. |
| ● | By Email. You may vote
by proxy by marking the enclosed proxy card, dating and signing it, and emailing it according to the email address provided on the enclosed
proxy card. |
| ● | By Mail. Shareholders
of record as of the Record Date may submit proxies by completing, signing and dating their proxy cards and mailing them to the address
provided on the enclosed proxy card. If you return your signed proxy but do not indicate your voting preferences, your shares will
be voted on your behalf “FOR” the proposal. Shareholders who hold shares beneficially in street name may provide
voting instructions by mail by completing, signing and dating the voting instruction forms provided by their brokers, banks or other
nominees and mailing them to the address provided on the enclosed proxy card. |
| ● | By Fax. You may
vote by proxy by marking the enclosed proxy card, dating and signing it, and faxing it according to the fax number provided on the enclosed
proxy card. |
| ● | In person at the Extraordinary
Meeting. Shares held in your name as the shareholder of record may be voted in person at the Extraordinary Meeting or at any
postponement or adjournment of the Extraordinary Meeting. Shares held beneficially in street name may be voted in person only if you
obtain a legal proxy from the broker, bank or nominee that holds your shares giving you the right to vote the shares. Even
if you plan to attend the Extraordinary Meeting, we recommend that you also submit your proxy or voting instructions by mail or Internet
so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the Extraordinary Meeting. |
Revoking Your Proxy
Even if you execute a proxy, you retain the right
to revoke it and to change your vote by notifying us at any time but no later than two hours before the commencement of the meeting or
adjourned or postponed meeting, at which the proxy is voted. Such revocation may be effected by following the instructions for voting
on your proxy card or vote instruction form. Unless so revoked, the shares represented by proxies, if received in time, will be voted
in accordance with the directions given therein. Mere attendance at the meeting will not revoke a proxy. However, if you are shareholder
of record, delivery of a proxy would not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the meeting convened and in such event, the
instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
If the Extraordinary Meeting is postponed or adjourned
for any reason, at any subsequent reconvening of the Extraordinary Meeting, all proxies will be voted in the same manner as the proxies
would have been voted at the original convening of the Extraordinary Meeting (except for any proxies that have at that time effectively
been revoked or withdrawn), even if the proxies had been effectively voted on the same or any other matter at a previous Extraordinary
Meeting that was postponed or adjourned.
Proxy Solicitation Costs
We will bear the entire cost of this solicitation
of proxies, including the preparation, assembly, printing, and mailing of the proxy materials that we may provide to our shareholders.
Copies of solicitation material will be provided to brokerage firms, fiduciaries and custodians holding shares in their names that are
beneficially owned by others so that they may forward the solicitation material to such beneficial owners. We may solicit proxies by mail,
and the officers and employees of the Company, who will receive no extra compensation therefore, may solicit proxies personally or by
telephone. The Company will reimburse brokerage houses and other nominees for their expenses incurred in sending proxies and proxy materials
to the beneficial owners of shares held by them.
PROPOSAL – RE-DESIGNATION OF SHARE CAPITAL
AND ADOPTION OF THE SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (AMENDED)
The Board of Directors approved, and directed
that there be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for approval, as a special resolution the re-designation and re-classification
of shares of the Company (the “Re-Designation of Share Capital”) and adoption of the second amended and restated memorandum
and articles of the Company, such that the currently issued 16,172,300 ordinary shares of nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each in the
Company be and are re-designated and re-classified into 8,132,300 Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with 1 vote per
share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) and 8,040,000 Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each with 10 votes per
share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”) on a one for one basis as follows:
Name of Shareholder | |
Number of existing shares held | | |
Number and class of
shares to be held
after the re-designation and
re-classification of
shares of the Company |
Fortune Dynasty Global Limited | |
| 3,960,000 | | |
3,960,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
Gemini Asia Holdings Limited | |
| 4,080,000 | | |
4,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
All other shareholders | |
| 8,132,300 | | |
8,132,300 Class A Ordinary Shares |
Following the Re-Designation of Share Capital,
each Class A Ordinary Share would be entitled to one vote and each Class B Ordinary Share would be entitled to 10 votes on all matters
subject to vote at general meetings of the Company and with such other rights, preferences, and privileges as set forth in the
Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
The Board of Directors deems it advisable and is recommending that
our shareholders approve and adopt the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association attached hereto as Annex
A. The Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, in paragraph 8 of the second amended and restated memorandum
of association, articles 10 of the second amended and restated articles of association, reflects the proposed dual-class share structure
and set out the rights and privileges of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares (which are the subject of this proposal).
Resolution to be Voted Upon
The full text of the resolution to be proposed
is as follows:
RESOLVED, AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION, THAT:
| (A) | the authorized share capital of the Company be and is hereby
re-designated as follows: |
From: US$100,000
divided into 1,000,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each;
To: US$100,000 divided
into 950,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each and 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a nominal
or par value of US$0.0001 each;
By: the re-designation
and re-classification of 941,867,700 unissued ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each into 941,867,700 Class
A ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each with the rights attaching to such shares as set out in the Second Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members;
By: the re-designation
and re-classification of 41,960,000 unissued ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each into 41,960,000 Class B
ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each with the rights attaching to such shares as set out in the Second Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members; and
By: the re-designation
and re-classification of 16,172,300 issued ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each into 8,132,300 Class A ordinary
shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each and 8,040,000 Class B ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each as
set out in the table below with the rights attaching to such shares as set out in the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members:
Name of Shareholder | |
Number of
existing
shares held | | |
Number and class of
shares to be held
after the re-designation and
re-classification of
shares of the Company |
Fortune Dynasty Global Limited | |
| 3,960,000 | | |
3,960,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
Gemini Asia Holdings Limited | |
| 4,080,000 | | |
4,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
All other shareholders | |
| 8,132,300 | | |
8,132,300 Class A Ordinary Shares |
| (B) | that the 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 Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
of Members. |
Vote Required for Approval
Assuming a quorum as referenced above is reached,
the approval of the proposal requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of at least two-thirds of the ordinary shares who, being present and entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting, vote in person or
by proxy at the Extraordinary Meeting.
Abstentions and broker non-votes, while considered present for the
purposes of establishing a quorum, will not count as a vote cast at the Extraordinary Meeting.
The Re-Designation of Share Capital and the adoption
of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association will become effective upon approval of our shareholders.
The proposed re-designation and re-classification
will not affect in any way the validity or transferability of share certificates outstanding or the trading of the Company’s shares
on the NASDAQ Capital Market. If the amendment is passed by our shareholders, it will not be necessary for shareholders to surrender their
existing share certificates. Instead, when certificates are presented for transfer, new certificates representing Class A Ordinary Shares
or Class B Ordinary Shares, as the case may be, will be issued.
Future issuances of Class B Ordinary Shares or
securities convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares could have a dilutive effect on our earnings per share, book value per share, and
the voting power and interest of current holders of ordinary shares. In addition, the availability of additional shares of Class A Ordinary
Shares for issuance could, under certain circumstances, discourage or make more difficult any efforts to obtain control of the Company.
The Board of Directors 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 of
Directors from taking any such actions that it deems to be consistent with its fiduciary duties.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE RE-DESIGNATION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND ADOPTION
OF THE Second Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters to be submitted
to the Extraordinary Meeting. If any other matters properly come before the Extraordinary Meeting, it is the intention of the persons
named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the shares they represent as the Board of Directors may recommend.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our Ordinary
Shares is Transhare Corporation. Its address is Bayside Center 1, 17755 US Highway 19 N, Suite 140, Clearwater, FL 33764.
Where You Can Find More Information
We file annual report and other documents with
the SEC under the Exchange Act. Our SEC filings made electronically through the SEC’s EDGAR system are available to the public at
the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
November 27, 2024 |
By Order of the Board of Directors |
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/s/ Ling Ngai Lok |
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Ling Ngai Lok |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Annex
A
THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY
(in redline)
COMPANIES ACT (2022 REVISION)
EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
SOLOWIN HOLDINGS
Adopted by special resolution passed on 17
December 20224
and with effect from 17
December 20224
| 1. | The name of the Company is SOLOWIN HOLDINGS. |
| 2. | The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited,
Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, PO Box 2681, Grand Cayman, KY1-1111, Cayman Islands. |
| 3. | Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the Company is established
are unrestricted. |
| 4. | Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising
all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 27(2)
of the Companies Act. |
| 5. | Nothing in this Memorandum shall permit the Company to carry on a business for which a licence is required
under the laws of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed. |
| 6. | The Company shall not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance
of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as to prevent
the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary
for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands. |
| 7. | The liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such member’s shares. |
| 8. | The share capital of the Company is US$100,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value
of US$0.0001 each, consisting of (i) 950,000,000 class A ordinary shares
of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each and (ii) 50,000,000class B ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each. |
| 9. | The Company may exercise the power contained in the Companies Act to deregister in the Cayman Islands
and be registered by way of continuation in another jurisdiction. |
The Companies Act (As Revised)
Exempted Company Limited by Shares
THESECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
SOLOWIN HOLDINGS
(Conditionally
aAdopted by way of a special resolution passed on
6 March 2023 and to become effective immediately prior to the completion of the initial public offering
of the Company’s ordinary shares with effect from 17
SDeptcember
20234)
with
effect from 17 December 2024)
I N D E X
SUBJECT |
Article No. |
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Table A |
1 |
Interpretation |
2 |
Share Capital |
3 |
Alteration Of Capital |
4-7 |
Share Rights |
8-10 |
Variation Of Rights |
11-12 |
Shares |
13-16 |
Share Certificates |
17-22 |
Lien |
23-25 |
Calls On Shares |
26-34 |
Forfeiture Of Shares |
35-43 |
Register Of Members |
44-45 |
Record Dates |
46 |
Transfer Of Shares |
47-52 |
Transmission Of Shares |
53-55 |
Untraceable Members |
56 |
General Meetings |
57-59 |
Notice Of General Meetings |
60-61 |
Proceedings At General Meetings |
62-66 |
Voting |
67-78 |
Proxies |
79-84 |
Corporations Acting By Representatives |
85 |
Action By Written Resolutions Of Members |
86 |
Board Of Directors |
87 |
Disqualification Of Directors |
88 |
Executive Directors |
89-90 |
Alternate Directors |
91-94 |
Directors’ Fees And Expenses |
95-98 |
Directors’ Interests |
99-102 |
General Powers Of The Directors |
103-108 |
Borrowing Powers |
109-112 |
Proceedings Of The Directors |
113-122 |
Audit Committee |
123-125 |
Officers |
126-129 |
Register of Directors and Officers |
130 |
Minutes |
131 |
Seal |
132 |
Authentication Of Documents |
133 |
Destruction Of Documents |
134 |
Dividends And Other Payments |
135-144 |
Reserves |
145 |
Capitalisation |
146-147 |
Subscription Rights Reserve |
148 |
Accounting Records |
149-153 |
Audit |
154-159 |
Notices |
160-162 |
Signatures |
163 |
Winding Up |
164-165 |
Indemnity |
166 |
Financial Year End |
167 |
Amendment To Memorandum and Articles of Association And Name of Company |
168 |
Information |
169 |
TABLE A
1. The
regulations in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies Act (As Revised) do not apply to the Company.
INTERPRETATION
2. (1) In these Articles, unless the context
otherwise requires, the words standing in the first column of the following table shall bear the meaning set opposite them respectively
in the second column.
WORD |
MEANING
|
“Act” |
The Companies Act, Cap. 22 (As Revised) of the
Cayman Islands.
|
“Affiliate”
|
shall
have the meaning given to it in Rule 405 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
|
“Articles” |
these Articles in their present form or as supplemented
or amended or substituted from time to time.
|
“Audit Committee” |
the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 123 hereof, or any successor audit committee. |
|
|
“Auditor” |
the independent auditor of the Company which shall be an internationally recognized firm of independent accountants. |
|
|
“Board” or “Directors” |
the board of directors of the Company or the directors present at a meeting of directors of the Company at which a quorum is present. |
|
|
“capital” |
the share capital from time to time of the Company. |
|
|
“Class A Ordinary Shares” |
class
A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each of the Company having the rights set out in these Articles. |
|
|
“Class B Ordinary Shares” |
class
B ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each of the Company having the rights set out in these Articles.
|
“clear days” |
in relation to the period of a notice, that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect. |
“clearing house” |
a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction. |
|
|
“Company” |
SOLOWIN HOLDINGS |
|
|
“competent regulatory authority” |
a competent regulatory authority in the territory where the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such territory. |
|
|
“Conversion Date” |
in
respect of a Conversion Notice means the day on which that Conversion Notice is delivered.
|
“Conversion Notice” |
a
written notice delivered to the Company at its Office (and as otherwise stated therein) stating that a holder of Class B Ordinary Shares
elects to convert the number of Class B Ordinary Shares specified therein pursuant to Article 10.
|
“Conversion Number” |
in
relation to any Class B Ordinary Shares, such number of Ordinary Shares as may, upon exercise of the Conversion Right, be issued at the
Conversion Rate.
|
“Conversion Rate” |
means,
at any time, on a 1 : 1 basis.
|
“Conversion Right” |
in
respect of a Class B Ordinary Share means the right of its holder, subject to the provisions of these Articles and to any applicable fiscal
or other laws or regulations including the Act, to convert all or any of its Class B Ordinary Shares, into the Conversion Number of Ordinary
Shares in its discretion.
|
“debenture” and “debenture holder” |
include debenture stock and debenture stockholder respectively. |
|
|
“Designated Stock Exchange” |
the stock exchange in the United States of America
on which any shares are listed for trading.
|
“dollars” and “$” |
dollars, the legal currency of the United States
of America.
|
“electronic communication” |
a communication sent, transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other similar means in any form through any medium. |
|
|
“electronic meeting” |
a general meeting held and conducted wholly and
exclusively by virtual attendance and participation by Members and/or proxies by means of electronic facilities.
|
“Exchange Act” |
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
|
|
“head office” |
such office of the Company as the Directors may
from time to time determine to be the principal office of the Company.
|
“hybrid meeting” |
a general meeting convened for the (i) physical attendance by Members and/or proxies at the Principal Meeting Place and where applicable, one or more Meeting Locations and (ii) virtual attendance and participation by Members and/or proxies by means of electronic facilities. |
|
|
“Meeting Location” |
has the meaning given to it in Article 65A.
|
“Independent Director” |
a director who is an independent director as defined
in the applicable rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange.
|
“Member” |
a duly registered holder from time to time of the shares in the capital of the Company. |
|
|
“Memorandum of Association” |
the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended from time to time. |
|
|
“month” |
a calendar month. |
|
|
“Notice” |
written notice unless otherwise specifically stated and as further defined in these Articles. |
|
|
“Office” |
the registered office of the Company for the time being. |
|
|
“ordinary resolution” |
a resolution shall be an ordinary resolution when it has been passed by a simple majority of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of any Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of which Notice has been duly given in accordance with Article 60; |
|
|
“paid up” |
paid up or credited as paid up.
|
“physical meeting” |
a general meeting held and conducted by physical attendance and participation by Members and/or proxies at the Principal Meeting Place and/or where applicable, one or more Meeting Locations. |
|
|
“Principal Meeting Place” |
shall have the meaning given to it in Article
60(2).
|
“Register” |
the principal register and where applicable, any branch register of Members of the Company to be maintained at such place within or outside the Cayman Islands as the Board shall determine from time to time. |
|
|
“Registration Office” |
in respect of any class of share capital such place as the Board may from time to time determine to keep a branch register of Members in respect of that class of share capital and where (except in cases where the Board otherwise directs) the transfers or other documents of title for such class of share capital are to be lodged for registration and are to be registered. |
|
|
“SEC” |
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. |
|
|
“Securities Act” |
mean the U.S. Securities Act 1933 as amended,
or any
similar federal statute and the rules and regulations
of the SEC thereunder as the same shall be in effect from time to time. |
|
|
“Seal” |
common seal or any one or more duplicate seals of the Company (including a securities seal) for use in the Cayman Islands or in any place outside the Cayman Islands. |
|
|
“Secretary” |
any person, firm or corporation appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes any assistant, deputy, temporary or acting secretary. |
|
|
“shares” |
shares of par
value US$0.0001 eachin the capital of the Company including
Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares.
|
“special resolution” |
a resolution shall be a special resolution when
it has been passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person
or, in the case of such Members as are corporations, by their respective duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed,
by proxy at a general meeting of which Notice has been duly given in accordance with Article 60;
|
|
a special resolution shall be effective for any purpose for which an ordinary resolution is expressed to be required under any provision of these Articles or the Statutes. |
|
|
“Statutes” |
the Act and every other law of the Legislature of the Cayman Islands for the time being in force applying to or affecting the Company, its Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles. |
|
|
“year” |
a calendar year. |
| (2) | In these Articles, unless there be something within the subject or context inconsistent with such construction: |
| (a) | words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa; |
| (b) | words importing a gender include both gender and the neuter; |
| (c) | words importing persons include companies, associations and bodies of persons whether corporate or not; |
| (i) | “may” shall be construed as permissive; |
| (ii) | “shall” or “will” shall be construed as imperative; |
| (e) | expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including
printing, lithography, email, facsimile, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words or figures in a legible and
non-transitory form or, to the extent permitted by and in accordance with the Statutes and other applicable laws, rules and regulations,
any visible substitute for writing (including an electronic communication), or modes of representing or reproducing words partly in one
visible form and partly in another visible form, and including where the representation takes the form of electronic display, or represented
by any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing or partly one and partly another provided that both the mode
of service of the relevant document or Notice and the Member’s election comply with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations; |
| (f) | any requirement as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an electronic record
(as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act of the Cayman Islands) or an electronic communication; |
| (g) | references to any law, ordinance, statute or statutory provision shall be interpreted as relating to any
statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force; |
| (h) | save as aforesaid words and expressions defined in the Statutes shall bear the same meanings in these
Articles if not inconsistent with the subject in the context; |
| (i) | references to a document (including, but without limitation, a resolution in writing) being signed or
executed include references to it being signed or executed under hand or under seal or by electronic signature or by electronic communication
or by any other method and references to a Notice or document include a Notice or document recorded or stored in any digital, electronic,
electrical, magnetic or other retrievable form or medium and information in visible form whether having physical substance or not; |
| (j) | Sections 8 and 19 of the Electronic Transaction Act of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time,
shall not apply to these Articles to the extent it imposes obligations or requirements in addition to those set out in these Articles; |
| (k) | the right of a Member to speak at an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting shall include the right to
raise questions or make statements to the chairman of the meeting, verbally or in written form, by means of electronic facilities. Such
a right shall be deemed to have been duly exercised if the questions or statements may be heard or seen by all or only some of the persons
present at the meeting (or only by the chairman of the meeting) in which event the chairman of the meeting shall relay the questions raised
or the statements made verbatim to all persons present at the meeting, either orally or in writing using electronic facilities; |
| (l) | a reference to a meeting shall mean a meeting convened and held in any manner permitted by these Articles
and any Member or Director attending and participating at a meeting by means of electronic facilities shall be deemed to be present at
that meeting for all purposes of the Statutes and these Articles, and attend, participate, attending, participating, attendance and participation
shall be construed accordingly; |
| (m) | references to a person’s participation in the business of a general meeting include without limitation
and as relevant the right (including, in the case of a corporation, through a duly authorised representative) to speak or communicate,
vote, be represented by a proxy and have access in hard copy or electronic form to all documents which are required by the Statutes or
these Articles to be made available at the meeting, and participate and participating in the business of a general meeting shall be construed
accordingly; |
| (n) | references to electronic facilities include, without limitation, website addresses, webinars, webcast,
video or any form of conference call systems (telephone, video, web or otherwise; |
| (o) | where a Member is a corporation, any reference in these Articles to a Member shall, where the context
requires, refer to a duly authorised representative of such Member; and |
| (p) | references to “in the ordinary course of business” and comparable expressions mean the ordinary
and usual course of business of the relevant party, consistent in all material respects (including nature and scope) with the prior practice
of such party. |
SHARE CAPITAL
3. (1) The share capital of the Company
at the date on which these Articles come into effect shall be US$100,000
divided into shares of a1,000,000,000
shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each comprising of (a) 950,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares with a nominal or par value
of US$0.0001 each and (b) 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each.
(2) Subject
to the Act, the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated
Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority, the Company shall have the power to purchase or otherwise acquire its own shares
and such power shall be exercisable by the Board in such manner, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as it in its absolute
discretion thinks fit and any determination by the Board of the manner of purchase shall be deemed authorized by these Articles for purposes
of the Act. Subject to the Act, the Company is hereby authorized to make payments in respect of a redemption or purchase of its own shares
in any manner authorized by the Act, including out of its capital. The purchase of any share shall not oblige the Company to purchase
any other share other than as may be required pursuant to applicable law and any other contractual obligations of the Company.
(3) The
Company is authorised to hold treasury shares in accordance with the Act and may designate as treasury shares any of its shares that it
purchases or redeems, or any share surrendered to it subject to the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any
competent regulatory authority. Shares held by the Company as treasury shares shall continue to be classified as treasury shares until
such shares are either cancelled or transferred as the Board may determine on such terms and subject to such conditions as it in its absolute
discretion thinks fits in accordance with the Act subject to the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent
regulatory authority.
(4) The
Company may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid share unless, as a result of such surrender, there would no longer
be any issued shares of the Company other than shares held as treasury shares.
(5) No
share shall be issued to bearer.
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
4. (1) The
Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution in accordance with the Act alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association
to:
| (a) | increase its capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amounts, as the resolution shall prescribe; |
| (b) | consolidate and divide all or any of its capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares; |
| (c) | without prejudice to the powers of the Board under Article 13, divide its shares into several classes
and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares attach thereto respectively any preferential,
deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions which in the absence of any such determination by the
Company in general meeting, as the Directors may determine provided always that, for the avoidance of doubt, where a class of shares has
been authorized by the Company no resolution of the Company in general meeting is required for the issuance of shares of that class and
the Directors may issue shares of that class and determine such rights, privileges, conditions or restrictions attaching thereto as aforesaid,
and further provided that where the Company issues shares which do not carry voting rights, the words “non-voting” shall appear
in the designation of such shares and where the equity capital includes shares with different voting rights, the designation of each class
of shares, other than those with the most favourable voting rights, must include the words “restricted voting” or “limited
voting”; |
| (d) | sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum of
Association (subject, nevertheless, to the Act), and may by such resolution determine that, as between the holders of the shares resulting
from such sub-division, one or more of the shares may have any such preferred, deferred or other rights or be subject to any such restrictions
as compared with the other or others as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares; |
| (e) | 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 capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares,
without par value, diminish the number of shares into which its capital is divided. |
(2) No
alteration may be made of the kind contemplated by Article 4(1), or otherwise, to the par value of the Class A Ordinary Shares or the
Class B Ordinary Shares unless an identical alteration is made to the par value of the Class A Ordinary Shares or the Class B Preferred
Shares, as the case may be.
5. The Board may settle as it considers expedient
any difficulty which arises in relation to any consolidation and division under the Article 4 and in particular but without prejudice
to the generality of the foregoing may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares or arrange for the sale of the shares representing
fractions and the distribution of the net proceeds of sale (after deduction of the expenses of such sale) in due proportion amongst the
Members who would have been entitled to the fractions, and for this purpose the Board may authorise any person to transfer the shares
representing fractions to their purchaser or resolve that such net proceeds be paid to the Company for the Company’s benefit. Such
purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor will his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity
or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale.
6. The Company may from time to time by special
resolution, subject to any confirmation or consent required by the Act, reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve or
other undistributable reserve in any manner permitted by law.
7. Except so far as otherwise provided by the
conditions of issue, or by these Articles, any capital raised by the creation of new shares shall be treated as if it formed part of the
original capital of the Company, and such shares shall be subject to the provisions contained in these Articles with reference to the
payment of calls and instalments, transfer and transmission, forfeiture, lien, cancellation, surrender, voting and otherwise.
SHARE RIGHTS
8. Subject to the provisions of the Act, the
rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and the Memorandum and Articles of Association and to any special rights conferred
on the holders of any shares or class of shares, and without prejudice to Article 13 hereof, any share in the Company (whether forming
part of the present capital or not) may be issued with or have attached thereto such rights or restrictions whether in regard to dividend,
voting, return of capital or otherwise as the Board may determine, including without limitation on terms that they may be, or at the option
of the Company or the holder are, liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner, including out of capital, as the Board may deem
fit.
9. Subject to the Act, the rules and regulations
of the Designated Stock Exchange and the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and to any special rights conferred on the holders of
any shares or attaching to any class of shares, shares may be issued on the terms that may be or at the option of the Company or the holder
are, liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner, including out of capital, as the Board may deem fit.
10.
Subject to Article 13(1), the Memorandum of Association and any resolution of the Members to the contrary and without prejudice to any
special rights conferred thereby on the holders of any other shares or class of shares, the share capital of the Company immediately
upon the effectiveness of these Articles shall be divided into shares of a single class the holders
of which shall, subject to these Articles:two classes, Class
A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares. The Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares shall carry equal rights and
rank pari passu with one another other than as set out below:
(a)
be entitled to one vote per share;
| (i) | Subject to the provisions hereof and to compliance with
all fiscal and other laws and regulations applicable thereto, including the Act, a holder of Class B Ordinary Shares shall have the Conversion
Right in respect of each Class B Ordinary Share. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of Class A Ordinary Shares shall have no rights
to convert Class A Ordinary Shares into Class B Ordinary Shares under any circumstances. |
| (ii) | Each Class B Ordinary Share shall be converted at the
option of the holder, at any time after issue and without the payment of any additional sum, into one fully paid Class A Ordinary Share
calculated at the Conversion Rate. Such conversion shall take effect on the Conversion Date. A Conversion Notice shall not be effective
if it is not accompanied by the share certificates in respect of the relevant Class B Ordinary Shares and such other evidence (if any)
as the Directors may reasonably require to prove the title of the person exercising such right (or, if such certificates have been lost
or destroyed, such evidence of title and such indemnity as the Directors may reasonably require). Any and all taxes and stamp, issue and
registration duties (if any) arising on conversion shall be borne by the holder of Class B Ordinary Shares requesting conversion. |
| (iii) | On the Conversion Date, every Class B Ordinary Share to
be converted shall automatically be re-designated and re-classified as an Class A Ordinary Share with such rights and restrictions attached
thereto and shall rank pari passu in all respects with the Class A Ordinary Shares then in issue and the Company shall enter or procure
the entry of the name of the relevant holder of Class B Ordinary Shares as the holder of the same number of Class A Ordinary Shares resulting
from the conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares in, and make any other necessary and consequential changes to, the Register and shall
procure that certificates in respect of the relevant Class A Ordinary Shares, together with a new certificate for any unconverted Class
B Ordinary Shares comprised in the certificate(s) surrendered by the holder of the Class B Ordinary Shares, are issued to the holders
thereof. |
| (iv) | Until such time as the Class B Ordinary Shares have been
converted into Class A Ordinary Shares, the Company shall: |
| (1) | at all times keep available for issue and free of all
liens, charges, options, mortgages, pledges, claims, equities, encumbrances and other third-party rights of any nature, and not subject
to any pre-emptive rights out of its authorised but unissued share capital, such number of authorised but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares
as would enable all Class B Ordinary Shares to be converted into Class A Ordinary Shares and any other rights of conversion into, subscription
for or exchange into Class A Ordinary Shares to be satisfied in full; and |
| (2) | not make any issue, grant or distribution or take any
other action if the effect would be that on the conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares to Class A Ordinary Shares it would be required
to issue Ordinary Shares at a price lower than the par value thereof |
| (b) | As regards Voting Rights |
Holders
of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to receive notice of, attend, speak and vote at general meetings
of the Company. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall, at all times (other than in respect of separate
general meetings of the holders of a class or series of shares held in accordance with Article 11 below), vote together as one class on
all matters submitted to a vote for Members’ consent. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters
subject to the vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall be entitled to ten (10) votes on all matters
subject to the vote at general meetings of the Company.
Upon
any sale, transfer, assignment or disposition of Class B Ordinary Shares by a holder thereof to any person or entity which is not an Affiliate
of such holder, such Class B Ordinary Shares validly transferred to the new holder shall be automatically and immediately converted into
an equal number of Class A Ordinary Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) a sale, transfer, assignment or disposition shall be effective
upon the Company’s registration of such sale, transfer, assignment or disposition in the Company’s Register; and (ii) the
creation of any pledge, charge, encumbrance or other third party right of whatever description on any of Class B Ordinary Shares to secure
a holder’s contractual or legal obligations shall not be deemed as a sale, transfer, assignment or disposition unless and until any such
pledge, charge, encumbrance or other third party right is enforced and results in the third party holding legal title to the related Class
B Ordinary Shares, in which case all the related Class B Ordinary Shares shall be automatically converted into the same number of Class
A Ordinary Shares upon the Company’s registration of the third party or its designee as a Member holding that number of Class A Ordinary
Shares in the Register.
(b)
Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares
shall be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from time to time declare;
on a pari passu basis.
(e) | As
regards a winding up or dissolution |
(c)
inIn the event of a winding up or dissolution of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the purpose of a reorganisation or otherwise or upon any distribution of capital, the
Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares shall be entitled to the surplus assets of the Company;
and on a pari passu basis.
(d)
generally, be entitled to enjoy all of the rights attaching to shares.
VARIATION OF RIGHTS
11. Subject to the Act and without prejudice
to Article 8, all or any of the special rights for the time being attached to the shares or any class of shares may, unless otherwise
provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be varied,
modified or abrogated with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that
class. To every such separate general meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall,
mutatis mutandis, apply, but so that:
| (a) | notwithstanding Article 59 which shall not apply to this Article 11, separate general meetings of the
holders of a class or series of shares may be called only by (i) the Chairman of the Board, or (ii) a majority of the entire Board (unless
otherwise specifically provided by the terms of issue of the shares of such class or series). Nothing in this Article 11 shall be deemed
to give any Member or Members the right to call a class or series meeting; |
| (b) | the necessary quorum (whether at a separate general meeting or at its adjourned meeting) shall be a person
or persons or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) its duly authorized representative together holding or representing by proxy
not less than one-third in nominal value or par value of the issued shares of that class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such
holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Members who are present shall form a quorum (whatever the number of shares held
by them)); |
| (c) | every holder of shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for every such share held
by him; and |
| (d) | any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy or authorised representative may demand
a poll. |
12. The special rights conferred upon the holders
of any shares or class of shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights attaching to or the terms of issue of such
shares, be deemed to be varied, modified or abrogated by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.
SHARES
13. (1) Subject to the Act, these Articles
and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and without prejudice to any special rights or restrictions
for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original
or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Board, which may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them
to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may in its absolute discretion
determine but so that no shares shall be issued at a discount to their nominal value. In particular and without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing, the Board is hereby empowered to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more
classes or series of preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other
rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares
constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting powers, full or limited or no
voting powers, and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the size of any such class or series (but not below the number
of shares of any class or series of preferred shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by the Act. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares may, to the
extent permitted by law, provide that such class or series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to the preferred shares
of any other class or series.
(2) Neither
the Company nor the Board shall be obliged, when making or granting any allotment of, offer of, option over or disposal of shares, to
make, or make available, any such allotment, offer, option or shares to Members or others with registered addresses in any particular
territory or territories being a territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities,
this would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence
shall not be, or be deemed to be, a separate class of members for any purpose whatsoever. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the
resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares, no vote of the holders of preferred
shares or ordinary shares shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of any shares of any class or series of the preferred shares authorized
by and complying with the conditions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
(3) The
Board may issue options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof
to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of shares or securities in the capital of the Company on such terms as it may from time
to time determine.
14. The Company may in connection with the
issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by the Act. Subject to the Act, the
commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one and partly in the
other.
15. Except as required by law, no person shall
be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or required in any way to recognise
(even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any fractional part of a share
or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to
the entirety thereof in the registered holder.
16. Subject to the Act and these Articles,
the Board may at any time after the allotment of shares but before any person has been entered in the Register as the holder, recognise
a renunciation thereof by the allottee in favour of some other person and may accord to any allottee of a share a right to effect such
renunciation upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board considers fit to impose.
SHARE CERTIFICATES
17. Every share certificate shall be issued
under the Seal or a facsimile thereof or with the Seal printed thereon and shall specify the number and class and distinguishing numbers
(if any) of the shares to which it relates, and the amount paid up thereon and may otherwise be in such form as the Directors may from
time to time determine. No certificate shall be issued representing shares of more than one class. The Board may by resolution determine,
either generally or in any particular case or cases, that any signatures on any such certificates (or certificates in respect of other
securities) need not be autographic but may be affixed to such certificates by some mechanical means or may be printed thereon.
18. (1) In the case of a share held jointly
by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate therefor and delivery of a certificate to one of
several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such holders.
(2) Where
a share stands in the names of two or more persons, the person first named in the Register shall as regards service of notices and, subject
to the provisions of these Articles, all or any other matters connected with the Company, except the transfer of the shares, be deemed
the sole holder thereof.
19. The Company is not obliged to issue a share
certificate to a Member unless the Member requests it in writing from the Company. Every person whose name is entered, upon an allotment
of shares, as a Member in the Register shall be entitled without payment, to receive one certificate for all such shares of any one class
or several certificates each for one or more of such shares of such class upon payment for every certificate after the first of such reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses as the Board from time to time determines.
20. Share certificates shall be issued within
the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Act or as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine, whichever is the
shorter, after allotment or, except in the case of a transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and
does not register, after lodgment of a transfer with the Company. Every share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under
the applicable laws, including the Securities Act.
21. (1) Upon every transfer of shares the
certificate held by the transferor shall be given up to be cancelled, and shall forthwith be cancelled accordingly, and a new certificate
shall be issued to the transferee in respect of the shares transferred to him at such fee as is provided in paragraph (2) of this Article
21. If any of the shares included in the certificate so given up shall be retained by the transferor a new certificate for the balance
shall be issued to him at the aforesaid fee payable by the transferor to the Company in respect thereof.
(2) The
fee referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be an amount not exceeding the relevant maximum amount as the Designated Stock Exchange may
from time to time determine provided that the Board may at any time determine a lower amount for such fee.
22. If a share certificate shall be damaged
or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed a new certificate representing the same shares may be issued to the relevant
Member upon request and on payment of such fee as the Board may determine and, subject to compliance with such terms (if any) as to evidence
and indemnity and to payment of the costs and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing
such indemnity as the Board may think fit and, in case of damage or defacement, on delivery of the old certificate to the Company provided
always that where share warrants have been issued, no new share warrant shall be issued to replace one that has been lost unless the Board
has determined that the original has been destroyed.
LIEN
23. The Company shall have a first and paramount
lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time
in respect of that share. The Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) registered
in the name of a Member (whether or not jointly with other Members) for all amounts of money presently payable by such Member or his estate
to the Company whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any equitable or other interest of any
person other than such member, and whether the period for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually become due or not,
and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such Member or his estate and any other person, whether a Member or
not. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to all dividends or other moneys payable thereon or in respect thereof. The Board
may at any time, generally or in any particular case, waive any lien that has arisen or declare any share exempt in whole or in part,
from the provisions of this Article 23.
24. Subject to these Articles, the Company
may sell in such manner as the Board determines any share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless some sum in
respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, or the liability or engagement in respect of which such lien exists is liable to
be presently fulfilled or discharged nor until the expiration of fourteen (14) clear days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding
payment of the sum presently payable, or specifying the liability or engagement and demanding fulfilment or discharge thereof and giving
notice of the intention to sell in default, has been served on the registered holder for the time being of the share or the person entitled
thereto by reason of his death or bankruptcy.
25. The net proceeds of the sale shall be received
by the Company and applied in or towards payment or discharge of the debt or liability in respect of which the lien exists, so far as
the same is presently payable, and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed
upon the share prior to the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the share at the time of the sale. To give effect to any such sale
the Board may authorise some person to transfer the shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder
of the shares so transferred and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the shares
be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale.
CALLS ON SHARES
26. Subject to these Articles and to the terms
of allotment, the Board may from time to time make calls upon the Members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether on
account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium), and each Member shall (subject to being given at least fourteen (14)
clear days’ Notice specifying the time and place of payment) pay to the Company as required by such notice the amount called on
his shares. A call may be extended, postponed or revoked in whole or in part as the Board determines but no Member shall be entitled to
any such extension, postponement or revocation except as a matter of grace and favour.
27. A call shall be deemed to have been made
at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed and may be made payable either in one lump sum or by instalments.
28. A person upon whom a call is made shall
remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made. The
joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and instalments due in respect thereof or other moneys
due in respect thereof.
29. If a sum called in respect of a share is
not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid
from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate (not exceeding twenty per cent. (20%) per annum)
as the Board may determine, but the Board may in its absolute discretion waive payment of such interest in whole or in part.
30. No Member shall be entitled to receive
any dividend or bonus or to be present and vote (save as proxy for another Member) at any general meeting either personally or by proxy,
or be reckoned in a quorum, or exercise any other privilege as a Member until all calls or instalments due by him to the Company, whether
alone or jointly with any other person, together with interest and expenses (if any) shall have been paid.
31. On the trial or hearing of any action or
other proceedings for the recovery of any money due for any call, it shall be sufficient to prove that the name of the Member sued is
entered in the Register as the holder, or one of the holders, of the shares in respect of which such debt accrued, that the resolution
making the call is duly recorded in the minute book, and that notice of such call was duly given to the Member sued, in pursuance of these
Articles; and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call, nor any other matters whatsoever,
but the proof of the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the debt.
32. Any amount payable in respect of a share
upon allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of nominal value or premium or as an instalment of a call, shall be deemed to
be a call duly made and payable on the date fixed for payment and if it is not paid the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if
that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
33. On the issue of shares the Board may differentiate
between the allottees or holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.
34. The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive
from any Member willing to advance the same, and either in money or money’s worth, all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid
or instalments payable upon any shares held by him and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced (until the same would, but for such advance,
become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (if any) as the Board may decide. The Board may at any time repay the amount so advanced
upon giving to such Member not less than one (1) month’s Notice of its intention in that behalf, unless before the expiration of
such notice the amount so advanced shall have been called up on the shares in respect of which it was advanced. Such payment in advance
shall not entitle the holder of such share or shares to participate in respect thereof in a dividend subsequently declared.
FORFEITURE OF SHARES
35. (1) If a call remains unpaid after it
has become due and payable the Board may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ Notice:
| (a) | requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and which may
still accrue up to the date of actual payment; and |
| (b) | stating that if the Notice is not complied with the shares on which the call was made will be liable to
be forfeited. |
(2) If
the requirements of any such Notice are not complied with, any share in respect of which such Notice has been given may at any time thereafter,
before payment of all calls and interest due in respect thereof has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect,
and such forfeiture shall include all dividends and bonuses declared in respect of the forfeited share but not actually paid before the
forfeiture.
36. When any share has been forfeited, notice
of the forfeiture shall be served upon the person who was before forfeiture the holder of the share. No forfeiture shall be invalidated
by any omission or neglect to give such Notice.
37. The Board may accept the surrender of any
share liable to be forfeited hereunder and, in such case, references in these Articles to forfeiture will include surrender.
38. Any share so forfeited shall be deemed
the property of the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of to such person, upon such terms and in such manner as
the Board determines, and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be annulled by the Board on such terms
as the Board determines.
39. A person whose shares have been forfeited
shall cease to be a Member in respect of the forfeited shares but nevertheless shall remain liable to pay the Company all moneys which
at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares, with (if the Board shall in its discretion
so requires) interest thereon from the date of forfeiture until payment at such rate (not exceeding twenty per cent. (20%) per annum)
as the Board shall determine. The Board may enforce payment thereof if it thinks fit, and without any deduction or allowance for the value
of the forfeited shares, at the date of forfeiture, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment
in full of all such moneys in respect of the shares. For the purposes of this Article 39 any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share,
is payable thereon at a fixed time which is subsequent to the date of forfeiture, whether on account of the nominal value of the share
or by way of premium, shall notwithstanding that time has not yet arrived be deemed to be payable at the date of forfeiture, and the same
shall become due and payable immediately upon the forfeiture, but interest thereon shall only be payable in respect of any period between
the said fixed time and the date of actual payment.
40. A declaration by a Director or the Secretary
that a share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all persons claiming
to be entitled to the share, and such declaration shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer by the Company if necessary)
constitute a good title to the share, and the person to whom the share is disposed of shall be registered as the holder of the share and
shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration (if any), nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity
in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share. When any share shall have been forfeited,
notice of the declaration shall be given to the Member in whose name it stood immediately prior to the forfeiture, and an entry of the
forfeiture, with the date thereof, shall forthwith be made in the Register, but no forfeiture shall be in any manner invalidated by any
omission or neglect to give such notice or make any such entry.
41. Notwithstanding any such forfeiture as
aforesaid the Board may at any time, before any shares so forfeited shall have been sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, permit
the shares forfeited to be bought back upon the terms of payment of all calls and interest due upon and expenses incurred in respect of
the share, and upon such further terms (if any) as it thinks fit.
42. The forfeiture of a share shall not prejudice
the right of the Company to any call already made or instalment payable thereon.
43. The provisions of these Articles as to
forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time,
whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made
and notified.
REGISTER OF MEMBERS
44. (1) The Company shall keep in one or
more books a Register of its Members and shall enter therein the following particulars, that is to say:
| (a) | the name and address of each Member, the number and class of shares held by him and the amount paid or
agreed to be considered as paid on such shares; |
| (b) | the date on which each person was entered in the Register; and |
| (c) | the date on which any person ceased to be a Member. |
(2) The
Company may keep an overseas or local or other branch register of Members resident in any place, and the Board may make and vary such
regulations as it determines in respect of the keeping of any such register and maintaining a Registration Office in connection therewith.
45. The Register and branch register of Members,
as the case may be, shall be open to inspection for such times and on such days as the Board shall determine by Members without charge
or by any other person, upon a maximum payment of $2.50 or such other sum specified by the Board, at the Office or Registration Office
or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Act. The Register including any overseas or local or other branch
register of Members may, after compliance with any notice requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange or by any electronic means in
such manner as may be accepted by the Designated Stock Exchange to that effect, be closed for inspection at such times or for such periods
not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in each year as the Board may determine and either generally or in respect of any class of
shares.
RECORD DATES
46. For the purpose of determining the Members
entitled to notice of or to vote at any general meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action
in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled
to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board
may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of Members, which date shall not be more than ninety (90) days
nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than ninety (90) days prior to any other such action.
If the Board does not fix a
record date for any general meeting, the record date for determining the Members entitled to a notice of or to vote at such meeting shall
be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if in accordance with these Articles notice
is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining the
Members for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
A determination of the Members
of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however,
that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
47. (1) Subject to these Articles, including,
without limitation, in the case of Class B Preferred Shares, Article 10(c), any Member may transfer all or any of his shares by
an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved
by the Board and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a clearing house or a central depository house or its nominee(s),
by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time.
(2) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subparagraph (1) above, for so long as any shares are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, titles to such listed
shares may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock
Exchange that are or shall be applicable to such listed shares. The register of members of the Company in respect of its listed shares
(whether the Register or a branch register) may be kept by recording the particulars required by Section 40 of the Act in a form otherwise
than legible if such recording otherwise complies with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange
that are or shall be applicable to such listed shares.
48. The instrument of transfer shall be executed
by or on behalf of the transferor and the transferee provided that the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer
by the transferee in any case which it thinks fit in its discretion to do so. Without prejudice to Article 47, the Board may also resolve,
either generally or in any particular case, upon request by either the transferor or transferee, to accept mechanically executed transfers.
The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect
thereof. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognising a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment
of any share by the allottee in favour of some other person.
49. (1) The Board may, in its absolute discretion,
and without giving any reason therefor, refuse to register a transfer of any share (not being a fully paid up share) to a person of whom
it does not approve, or any share issued under any share incentive scheme for employees upon which a restriction on transfer imposed thereby
still subsists, and it may also, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, refuse to register a transfer of any share to more than
four joint holders or a transfer of any share (not being a fully paid up share) on which the Company has a lien.
(2) The
Board in so far as permitted by any applicable law may, in its absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time transfer any share
upon the Register to any branch register or any share on any branch register to the Register or any other branch register. In the event
of any such transfer, the shareholder requesting such transfer shall bear the cost of effecting the transfer unless the Board otherwise
determines.
(3) Unless
the Board otherwise agrees (which agreement may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board in its absolute discretion
may from time to time determine, and which agreement the Board shall, without giving any reason therefor, be entitled in its absolute
discretion to give or withhold), no shares upon the Register shall be transferred to any branch register nor shall shares on any branch
register be transferred to the Register or any other branch register and all transfers and other documents of title shall be lodged for
registration, and registered, in the case of any shares on a branch register, at the relevant Registration Office, and, in the case of
any shares on the Register, at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Act.
50. Without limiting the generality of the
Article 49, the Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:-
| (a) | a fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable or such lesser
sum as the Board may from time to time require is paid to the Company in respect thereof; |
| (b) | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share; |
| (c) | the instrument of transfer is lodged at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in
accordance with the Act or the Registration Office (as the case may be) accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other
evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer
is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do); and |
| (d) | if applicable, the instrument of transfer is duly and properly stamped. |
51. If the Board refuses to register a transfer
of any share, it shall, within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to each of the transferor
and transferee notice of the refusal.
52. The registration of transfers of shares
or of any class of shares may, after compliance with any notice requirement of the Designated Stock Exchange, be suspended at such times
and for such periods (not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in any year) as the Board may determine. The period of thirty (30) days
may be extended for a further period or periods not exceeding thirty (30) days in respect of any year if approved by the Members by ordinary
resolution.
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
53. If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors
where the deceased was a joint holder, and his legal personal representatives where he was a sole or only surviving holder, will be the
only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares; but nothing in this Article will release the
estate of a deceased Member (whether sole or joint) from any liability in respect of any share which had been solely or jointly held by
him.
54. Any person becoming entitled to a share
in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member may, upon such evidence as to his title being produced as may be required
by the Board, elect either to become the holder of the share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof.
If he elects to become the holder he shall notify the Company in writing either at the Registration Office or the Office, as the case
may be, to that effect. If he elects to have another person registered he shall execute a transfer of the share in favour of that person.
The provisions of these Articles relating to the transfer and registration of transfers of shares shall apply to such notice or transfer
as aforesaid as if the death or bankruptcy of the Member had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by such Member.
55. A person becoming entitled to a share by
reason of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would
be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share. However, the Board may, if it thinks fit, withhold the payment of any dividend
payable or other advantages in respect of such share until such person shall become the registered holder of the share or shall have effectually
transferred such share, but, subject to the requirements of Article 76(2) being met, such a person may vote at meetings.
UNTRACEABLE MEMBERS
56. (1) Without prejudice to the rights
of the Company under paragraph (2) of this Article 56, the Company may cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants
by post if such cheques or warrants have been left uncashed on two consecutive occasions. However, the Company may exercise the power
to cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants after the first occasion on which such a cheque or warrant is
returned undelivered.
(2) The
Company shall have the power to sell, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, any shares of a Member who is untraceable, but no such sale
shall be made unless:
| (a) | all cheques or warrants in respect of dividends of the shares in question, being not less than three in
total number, for any sum payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect of them sent during the relevant period in the manner
authorised by the Articles have remained uncashed; |
| (b) | so far as it is aware at the end of the relevant period, the Company has not at any time during the relevant
period received any indication of the existence of the Member who is the holder of such shares or of a person entitled to such shares
by death, bankruptcy or operation of law; and |
| (c) | the Company, if so required by the rules governing the listing of shares on the Designated Stock Exchange,
has given notice to, and caused advertisement in newspapers to be made in accordance with the requirements of, the Designated Stock Exchange
of its intention to sell such shares in the manner required by the Designated Stock Exchange, and a period of three (3) months or such
shorter period as may be allowed by the Designated Stock Exchange has elapsed since the date of such advertisement. |
For the purpose of the foregoing,
the “relevant period” means the period commencing twelve (12) years before the date of publication of the advertisement referred
to in paragraph (c) of this Article and ending at the expiry of the period referred to in that paragraph.
(3) To
give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the said shares and an instrument of transfer signed or otherwise
executed by or on behalf of such person shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled
by transmission to such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title
to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. The net proceeds of the sale will
belong to the Company and upon receipt by the Company of such net proceeds it shall become indebted to the former Member for an amount
equal to such net proceeds. No trust shall be created in respect of such debt and no interest shall be payable in respect of it and the
Company shall not be required to account for any money earned from the net proceeds which may be employed in the business of the Company
or as it thinks fit. Any sale under this Article shall be valid and effective notwithstanding that the Member holding the shares sold
is dead, bankrupt or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity.
GENERAL MEETINGS
57. The Company shall, if required by the Statute,
in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. An
annual general meeting of the Company shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Board.
58. Each general meeting, other than an annual
general meeting, shall be called an extraordinary general meeting. All General meetings (including an annual general meeting, any adjourned
general meeting or postponed meeting) may be held as a physical meeting at such times and in any part of the world and at one or more
locations as provided in Article 65A, as a hybrid meeting or as an electronic meeting, as may be determined by the Board in its absolute
discretion.
59. A majority of the Board or the Chairman
of the Board may call extraordinary general meetings, which extraordinary general meetings shall be held at such times and locations (as
permitted hereby) as such person or persons shall determine.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
60. (1) An annual general meeting and any
extraordinary general meeting may be called by not less than ten (10) clear days’ Notice but a general meeting may be called by
shorter notice, subject to the Act, if it is so agreed:
| (a) | in the case of a meeting called as an annual general meeting, by all the Members entitled to attend and
vote thereat; and |
| (b) | in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and
vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninety-five per cent. (95%) in nominal value of the issued shares
giving that right. |
(2) The
notice shall specify (a) the time and place of the meeting, (b) save for an electronic meeting, the place of the meeting and if there
is more than one meeting location as determined by the Board pursuant to Article 65A, the principal place of the meeting (the “Principal
Meeting Place”), (c) if the general meeting is to be a hybrid meeting or an electronic meeting, the Notice shall include a statement
to that effect and with details of the electronic facilities for attendance and participation by electronic means at the meeting or where
such details will be made available by the Company prior to the meeting, and (d) in case of special business, the general nature of the
business. The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such. Notice of every general meeting shall be given
to all Members other than to such Members as, under the provisions of these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are
not entitled to receive such notices from the Company, to all persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or
winding-up of a Member and to each of the Directors.
61. The accidental omission to give Notice
of a meeting or (in cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with the Notice) to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt
of such Notice or such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive such Notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or
the proceedings at that meeting.
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
62. (1) All business shall be deemed special
that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, with the
exception of:
| (a) | the declaration and sanctioning of dividends; and |
| (b) | consideration and adoption of the accounts and balance sheet and the reports of the Directors and Auditors
and other documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet. |
(2) No
business other than the appointment of a chairman of a meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at
the commencement of the business. At any general meeting of the Company, two (2) Members entitled to vote and present in person or by
proxy or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative representing not less than one-third in nominal
value of the total issued voting shares in the Company throughout the meeting shall form a quorum for all purposes.
63. If within thirty (30) minutes (or such
longer time not exceeding one hour as the chairman of the meeting may determine to wait) after the time appointed for the meeting a quorum
is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and (where applicable) same place(s)
or to such time and (where applicable) such place(s) and in such form and manner referred to in Article 58 as the Board may absolutely
determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting, the
meeting shall be dissolved.
64. (1) The Chairman of the Board shall
preside as chairman at every general meeting. If at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time
appointed for holding the meeting, or is not willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act,
or if one Director only is present he shall preside as chairman if willing to act. If no Director is present, or if each of the Directors
present declines to take the chair, or if the chairman chosen shall retire from the chair, the Members present in person or by its duly
authorised representative or by proxy and entitled to vote shall elect one of their number to be chairman.
(2) If
the chairman of a general meeting is participating in the general meeting using an electronic facility or facilities and becomes unable
to participate in the general meeting using such electronic facility or facilities, another person (determined in accordance with Article
64(1) above) shall preside as chairman of the meeting unless and until the original chairman of the meeting is able to participate in
the general meeting using the electronic facility or facilities
65. The chairman may adjourn the meeting from
time to time (or indefinitely) and/or from place to place(s) and/or from one form to another (a physical meeting, a hybrid meeting or
an electronic meeting), but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business which might lawfully have
been transacted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place. When a meeting is adjourned for fourteen (14) days or more, at least
seven (7) clear days’ notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given specifying the time and place of the adjourned meeting but
it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the nature of the business to be transacted at the adjourned meeting and the general
nature of the business to be transacted. Save as aforesaid, it shall be unnecessary to give notice of an adjournment.
65A. (1) The Board may, at its absolute
discretion, arrange for persons entitled to attend a general meeting to do so by simultaneous attendance and participation by means of
electronic facilities at such location or locations (“Meeting Location(s)”) determined by the Board at its absolute
discretion. Any Member or any proxy attending and participating in such way or any Member or proxy attending and participating in an electronic
meeting or a hybrid meeting by means of electronic facilities is deemed to be present at and shall be counted in the quorum of the meeting.
(2) All
general meetings are subject to the following and, where appropriate, all references to a “Member” or “Members”
in this sub-paragraph (2) shall include a proxy or proxies respectively:
| (a) | where a Member is attending a Meeting Location and/or in the case of a hybrid meeting, the meeting shall
be treated as having commenced if it has commenced at the Principal Meeting Place; |
| (b) | Members present in person or by proxy at a Meeting Location and/or Members attending and participating
in an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting by means of electronic facilities shall be counted in the quorum for and entitled to vote
at the meeting in question, and that meeting shall be duly constituted and its proceedings valid provided that the chairman of the meeting
is satisfied that adequate electronic facilities are available throughout the meeting to ensure that Members at all Meeting Locations
and Members participating in an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting by means of electronic facilities are able to participate in the
business for which the meeting has been convened; |
| (c) | where Members attend a meeting by being present at one of the Meeting Locations and/or where Members participating
in an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting by means of electronic facilities, a failure (for any reason) of the electronic facilities
or communication equipment, or any other failure in the arrangements for enabling those in a Meeting Location other than the Principal
Meeting Place to participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened or in the case of an electronic meeting or a hybrid
meeting, the inability of one or more Members or proxies to access, or continue to access, the electronic facilities despite adequate
electronic facilities having been made available by the Company, shall not affect the validity of the meeting or the resolutions passed,
or any business conducted there or any action taken pursuant to such business provided that there is a quorum present throughout the meeting. |
| (d) | if any of the Meeting Locations is not in the same jurisdiction as the Principal Meeting Place and/or
in the case of a hybrid meeting, the provisions of these Articles concerning the service and giving of Notice for the meeting, and the
time for lodging proxies, shall apply by reference to the Principal Meeting Place; and in the case of an electronic meeting, the time
for lodging proxies shall be as stated in the Notice for the meeting. |
65B. The Board and, at any general meeting,
the chairman of the meeting may from time to time make arrangements for managing attendance and/or participation and/or voting at the
Principal Meeting Place, any Meeting Location(s) and/or participation in an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting by means of electronic
facilities (whether involving the issue of tickets or some other means of identification, passcode, seat reservation, electronic voting
or otherwise) as it shall in its absolute discretion consider appropriate, and may from time to time change any such arrangements, provided
that a Member who, pursuant to such arrangements, is not entitled to attend, in person or by proxy, at any Meeting Location shall be entitled
so to attend at one of the other Meeting Locations; and the entitlement of any Member so to attend the meeting or adjourned meeting or
postponed meeting at such Meeting Location or Meeting Locations shall be subject to any such arrangement as may be for the time being
in force and by the Notice of meeting or adjourned meeting or postponed meeting stated to apply to the meeting.
65C. If it appears to the chairman of the general
meeting that:
| (a) | the electronic facilities at the Principal Meeting Place or at such other Meeting Location(s) at which
the meeting may be attended have become inadequate for the purposes referred to in Article 65A(1) or are otherwise not sufficient to allow
the meeting to be conducted substantially in accordance with the provisions set out in the Notice of the meeting; or |
| (b) | in the case of an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting, electronic facilities being made available by
the Company have become inadequate; or |
| (c) | it is not possible to ascertain the view of those present or to give all persons entitled to do so a reasonable
opportunity to communicate and/or vote at the meeting; or |
| (d) | there is violence or the threat of violence, unruly behaviour or other disruption occurring at the meeting
or it is not possible to secure the proper and orderly conduct of the meeting; |
then, without prejudice to any other power which
the chairman of the meeting may have under these Articles or at common law, the chairman may, at his/her absolute discretion, without
the consent of the meeting, and before or after the meeting has started and irrespective of whether a quorum is present, interrupt or
adjourn the meeting (including adjournment for indefinite period). All business conducted at the meeting up to the time of such adjournment
shall be valid.
65D. The Board and, at any general meeting,
the chairman of the meeting may make any arrangement and impose any requirement or restriction the Board or the chairman of the meeting,
as the case may be, considers appropriate to ensure the security and orderly conduct of a meeting (including, without limitation, requirements
for evidence of identity to be produced by those attending the meeting, the searching of their personal property and the restriction of
items that may be taken into the meeting place, determining the number and frequency of and the time allowed for questions that may be
raised at a meeting). Members shall also comply with all requirements or restrictions imposed by the owner of the premises at which the
meeting is held. Any decision made under this Article shall be final and conclusive and a person who refuses to comply with any such arrangements,
requirements or restrictions may be refused entry to the meeting or ejected (physically or electronically) from the meeting.
65E. If, after the sending of Notice of a general
meeting but before the meeting is held, or after the adjournment of a meeting but before the adjourned meeting is held (whether or not
Notice of the adjourned meeting is required), the Directors, in their absolute discretion, consider that it is inappropriate, impracticable,
unreasonable or undesirable for any reason to hold the general meeting on the date or at the time or place or by means of electronic facilities
specified in the Notice calling the meeting, they may change or postpone the meeting to another date, time and/or place and/or change
the electronic facilities and/or change the form of the meeting (a physical meeting, an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting) without
approval from the Members. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Directors shall have the power to provide in every
Notice calling a general meeting the circumstances in which a postponement of the relevant general meeting may occur automatically without
further notice, including without limitation where a number 8 or higher typhoon signal, black rainstorm warning or other similar event
is in force at any time on the day of the meeting. This Article shall be subject to the following:
| (a) | when a meeting is so postponed, the Company shall endeavour to post a Notice of such postponement on the
Company’s website as soon as practicable (provided that failure to post such a Notice shall not affect the automatic postponement
of a meeting); |
| (b) | when only the form of the meeting or electronic facilities specified in the Notice are changed, the Board
shall notify the Members of details of such change in such manner as the Board may determine; |
| (c) | when a meeting is postponed or changed in accordance with this Article, subject to and without prejudice
to Article 65, unless already specified in the original Notice of the meeting, the Board shall fix the date, time, place (if applicable)
and electronic facilities (if applicable) for the postponed or changed meeting and shall notify the Members of such details in such manner
as the Board may determine; further all proxy forms shall be valid (unless revoked or replaced by a new proxy) if they are received as
required by these Articles not less than 48 hours before the time of the postponed meeting; and |
| (d) | Notice of the business to be transacted at the postponed or changed meeting shall not be required, nor
shall any accompanying documents be required to be recirculated, provided that the business to be transacted at the postponed or changed
meeting is the same as that set out in the original Notice of general meeting circulated to the Members. |
65F. All persons seeking to attend and participate
in an electronic meeting or a hybrid meeting shall be responsible for maintaining adequate facilities to enable them to do so. Subject
to Article 65C, any inability of a person or persons to attend or participate in a general meeting by way of electronic facilities shall
not invalidate the proceedings of and/or resolutions passed at that meeting.
65G. Without prejudice to other provisions
in Article 65, a physical meeting may also be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as permit
all persons participating 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
66. If an amendment is proposed to any resolution
under consideration but is in good faith ruled out of order by the chairman of the meeting, the proceedings on the substantive resolution
shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling. In the case of a resolution duly proposed as a special resolution, no amendment
thereto (other than a mere clerical amendment to correct a patent error) may in any event be considered or voted upon.
VOTING
67. (1) Holders
of Class A Ordinary sShares
and Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to receive notice of, attend,
speak and vote at general meetings of the Company. Except as required by
applicable law and subject to these Articles, holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall at all times vote together
as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Members.
(2) Subject
to any special rights or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any shares by or in accordance with these Articles,
at any general meeting on a show of hands:
| (a) | every Member holding Class A Ordinary Shares
present in person (or being a corporation, is present by a duly authorised representative), or by proxy shall have one (1)
vote for every fully paid Class A Ordinary Share of which he is the
holder and on a poll every Member present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised
representative shall have one (1) vote for every fully paid Class
A Ordinary sShare
of which he is the holder but so that no ;
and |
| (b) | every Member holding Class B Ordinary Shares present in
person (or being a corporation, is present by a duly authorised representative), or by proxy shall have ten (10) votes for every fully
paid Class B Ordinary Share of which he is the holder and on a poll every Member present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Member
being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative shall have ten (10) votes for every fully paid Class B Ordinary Share of which
he is the holder. |
(3) No
amount paid up or credited as paid up on a share in advance of calls or instalments is treated for the foregoing purposes as paid
up on the share.
(4) Notwithstanding
anything contained in these Articles, where more than one proxy is appointed by a Member which is a clearing house or a central depository
house (or its nominee(s)), each such proxy shall have one vote on a show of hands. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be
decided by way of a poll save that in the case of a physical meeting, the chairman of the meeting may decide that a vote be on a show
of hands unless voting by way of a poll is required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or (before or on the
declaration of the result of the show of hands or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded:
| (a) | by at least three Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly
authorised representative or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the meeting; or |
| (b) | by a Member or Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly
authorised representative or by proxy and representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all Members having the right
to vote at the meeting; or |
| (c) | by a Member or Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly
authorised representative or by proxy and holding shares in the Company conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which
an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one tenth of the total sum paid up on all shares conferring that right. |
A demand by a person as proxy
for a Member or in the case of a Member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative shall be deemed to be the same as a
demand by a Member. Votes (whether on a show of hands or by way of poll) may be cast by such means, electronic or otherwise, as the Directors
or the chairman of the meeting may determine.
68. Unless a poll is duly demanded and the
demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular
majority, or not carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect made in the minute book of the Company, shall
be conclusive evidence of the facts without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded for or against the resolution.
69. If a poll is duly demanded the result of
the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. The Company shall only be required to disclose
the voting figures on a poll if such disclosure is required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange.
70. A poll demanded on the election of a chairman,
or on a question of adjournment, shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken in such manner (including
the use of ballot or voting papers or tickets) and either forthwith or at such time (being not later than thirty (30) days after the date
of the demand) and place as the chairman directs. It shall not be necessary (unless the chairman otherwise directs) for notice to be given
of a poll not taken immediately.
71. The demand for a poll shall not prevent
the continuance of a meeting or the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded, and, with
the consent of the chairman, it may be withdrawn at any time before the close of the meeting or the taking of the poll, whichever is the
earlier.
72. On a poll votes may be given either personally
or by proxy.
73. A person entitled to more than one vote
on a poll need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.
74. All questions submitted to a meeting shall
be decided by a simple majority of votes except where a greater majority is required by these Articles, by the Act or the rules and regulations
of the Designated Stock Exchange. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting
shall be entitled to a second or casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.
75. Where there are joint holders of any share
any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto,
but if more than one of such joint holders be present at any meeting the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person
or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined
by the order in which the names stand in the Register in respect of the joint holding. Several executors or administrators of a deceased
Member in whose name any share stands shall for the purposes of this Article be deemed joint holders thereof.
76. (1) A Member who is a patient for any
purpose relating to mental health or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction for the protection or
management of the affairs of persons incapable of managing their own affairs may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his
receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person in the nature of a receiver, committee or curator bonis appointed by
such court, and such receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person may vote on a poll by proxy, and may otherwise act and
be treated as if he were the registered holder of such shares for the purposes of general meetings, provided that such evidence as the
Board may require of the authority of the person claiming to vote shall have been deposited at the Office, head office or Registration
Office, as appropriate, not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting, or adjourned meeting or
postponed meeting, or poll, as the case may be.
(2) Any
person entitled under Article 54 to be registered as the holder of any shares may vote at any general meeting in respect thereof in the
same manner as if he were the registered holder of such shares, provided that forty-eight (48) hours at least before the time of the holding
of the meeting or adjourned meeting or postponed meeting, as the case may be, at which he proposes to vote, he shall satisfy the Board
of his entitlement to such shares, or the Board shall have previously admitted his right to vote at such meeting in respect thereof.
77. No Member shall, unless the Board otherwise
determines, be entitled to attend and vote and to be reckoned in a quorum at any general meeting unless he is duly registered and all
calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.
78. If:
| (a) | any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or |
| (b) | any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or |
| (c) | any votes are not counted which ought to have been counted; |
the objection or error shall
not vitiate the decision of the meeting or adjourned meeting on any resolution unless the same is raised or pointed out at the meeting
or, as the case may be, the adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered or at which the error occurs. Any objection
or error shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and shall only vitiate the decision of the meeting on any resolution if the
chairman decides that the same may have affected the decision of the meeting. The decision of the chairman on such matters shall be final
and conclusive.
PROXIES
79. Any Member entitled to attend and vote
at a meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A Member who is
the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at a general meeting of the Company
or at a class meeting. A proxy need not be a Member. In addition, a proxy or proxies representing either a Member who is an individual
or a Member which is a corporation shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Member which he or they represent as
such Member could exercise.
80. The instrument appointing a proxy shall
be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either
under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same. In the case of an instrument of
proxy purporting to be signed on behalf of a corporation by an officer thereof it shall be assumed, unless the contrary appears, that
such officer was duly authorised to sign such instrument of proxy on behalf of the corporation without further evidence of the facts.
81. (1) The Company may, at its absolute
discretion, provide an electronic address for the receipt of any document or information relating to proxies for a general meeting (including
any instrument of proxy or invitation to appoint a proxy, any document necessary to show the validity of, or otherwise relating to, an
appointment of proxy (whether or not required under these Articles) and notice of termination of the authority of a proxy). If such an
electronic address is provided, the Company shall be deemed to have agreed that any such document or information (relating to proxies
as aforesaid) may be sent by electronic means to that address, subject as hereafter provided and subject to any other limitations or conditions
specified by the Company when providing the address. Without limitation, the Company may from time to time determine that any such electronic
address may be used generally for such matters or specifically for particular meetings or purposes and, if so, the Company may provide
different electronic addresses for different purposes. The Company may also impose any conditions on the transmission of and its receipt
of such electronic communications including, for the avoidance of doubt, imposing any security or encryption arrangements as may be specified
by the Company. If any document or information required to be sent to the Company under this Article is sent to the Company by electronic
means, such document or information is not treated as validly delivered to or deposited with the Company if the same is not received by
the Company at its designated electronic address provided in accordance with this Article or if no electronic address is so designated
by the Company for the receipt of such document or information.
(2) The
instrument appointing a proxy and (if required by the Board) the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed,
or a certified copy of such power or authority, shall be delivered to such place or one of such places (if any) as may be specified for
that purpose in or by way of note to or in any document accompanying the notice convening the meeting (or, if no place is so specified
at the Registration Office or the Office, as may be appropriate) , or if the Company has provided an electronic address in accordance
with the preceding paragraph, shall be received at the electronic address specified, not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time
appointed for holding the meeting, the postponed meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to
vote or, in the case of a poll taken subsequently to the date of a meeting or adjourned meeting, not less than twenty-four (24) hours
before the time appointed for the taking of the poll and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid. No instrument
appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date named in it as the date of its execution, except
at an adjourned meeting or on a poll demanded at a meeting or an adjourned meeting in cases where the meeting was originally held within
twelve (12) months from such date. Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a Member from attending and voting
at the meeting convened and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
82. Instruments of proxy shall be in any common
form or in such other form as the Board may approve (provided that this shall not preclude the use of the two-way form) and the Board
may, if it thinks fit, send out with the notice of any meeting forms of instrument of proxy for use at the meeting. The instrument of
proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the
meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid
as well for any adjournment or postponement of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates. The Board may decide, either generally
or in any particular case, to treat a proxy appointment as valid notwithstanding that the appointment or any of the information required
under these Articles has not been received in accordance with the requirements of these Articles. Subject to aforesaid, if the proxy appointment
and any of the information required under these Articles is not received in the manner set out in these Articles, the appointee shall
not be entitled to vote in respect of the shares in question.
83. A vote 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 it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity or revocation
shall have been received by the Company at the Office or the Registration Office (or such other place as may be specified for the delivery
of instruments of proxy in the notice convening the meeting or other document sent therewith) two (2) hours at least before the commencement
of the meeting, the postponed meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, at which the instrument of proxy is used.
84. Anything which under these Articles a Member
may do by proxy he may likewise do by his duly appointed attorney and the provisions of these Articles relating to proxies and instruments
appointing proxies shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to any such attorney and the instrument under which such attorney is
appointed.
CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES
85. (1) Any 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 meeting of any class of Members. The person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers
on behalf of such corporation as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member and such 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 thereat.
(2) If
a clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or a central depository entity (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 meeting of any class of Members provided
that 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 a central depository entity (or its nominee(s))
as if such person was the registered holder of the shares of the Company held by the clearing house or a central depository entity (or
its nominee(s)) including the right to vote individually on a show of hands.
(3) Any
reference in these Articles to a duly authorised representative of a Member being a corporation shall mean a representative authorised
under the provisions of this Article.
ACTION BY WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS OF MEMBERS
86. A resolution in writing signed (in such
manner as to indicate, expressly or impliedly, unconditional approval) by or on behalf of all persons for the time being entitled to receive
Notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company shall, for the purposes of these Articles, be treated as a resolution
duly passed at a general meeting of the Company and, where relevant, as a special resolution so passed. Any such resolution shall be deemed
to have been passed at a meeting held on the date on which it was signed by the last Member to sign, and where the resolution states a
date as being the date of his signature thereof by any Member the statement shall be prima facie evidence that it was signed by him on
that date. Such a resolution may consist of several documents in the like form, each signed by one or more relevant Members.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
87. (1) Unless otherwise determined by the
Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall not be less than two (2). There shall be no maximum number of Directors unless
otherwise determined from time to time by the Board. For so long as the shares are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors
shall include such number of Independent Directors as applicable law, rules or regulations or the Designated Stock Exchange require, unless
the Board resolves to follow any available exceptions or exemptions. The Directors shall be elected or appointed in accordance with Article
87 and 88 and shall hold office until the expiration of his term or until their successors are elected or appointed.
(2) Subject
to the Articles and the Act, the Company may by ordinary resolution elect any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy
or as an addition to the existing Board.
(3) The
Directors shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director to fill a casual vacancy on the Board
or as an addition to the existing Board subject to the Company’s compliance with director nomination procedures required under the
rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange as long as shares are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, unless the Board
resolves to follow any available exceptions or exemptions.
(4) No
Director shall be required to hold any shares of the Company by way of qualification and a Director who is not a Member shall be entitled
to receive notice of and to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company and of all classes of shares of the Company.
(5) Subject
to any provision to the contrary in these Articles, a Director may be removed by way of an ordinary resolution of the Members at any time
before the expiration of his period of office notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such
Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under any such agreement).
(6) A
vacancy on the Board created by the removal of a Director under the provisions of subparagraph (5) above may be filled by the election
or appointment by ordinary resolution of the Members at the meeting at which such Director is removed or by the affirmative vote of a
simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting.
(7) The
Company may from time to time in general meeting by ordinary resolution increase or reduce the number of Directors but so that the number
of Directors shall never be less than two (2).
DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
88. The office of a Director shall be vacated
if the Director:
(1) resigns
his office by notice in writing delivered to the Company at the Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;
(2) becomes of unsound mind or dies;
(3) without
special leave of absence from the Board, is absent from meetings of the Board for three consecutive meetings and the Board resolves that
his office be vacated;
(4) becomes
bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or suspends payment or compounds with his creditors;
(5) is prohibited by law from being a Director; or
(6) ceases
to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Statutes or is removed from office pursuant to these Articles.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
89. The Board may from time to time appoint
any one or more of its body to be a managing director, joint managing director or deputy managing director or to hold any other employment
or executive office with the Company for such period (subject to their continuance as Directors) and upon such terms as the Board may
determine and the Board may revoke or terminate any of such appointments. Any such revocation or termination as aforesaid shall be without
prejudice to any claim for damages that such Director may have against the Company or the Company may have against such Director. A Director
appointed to an office under this Article 91 shall be subject to the same provisions as to removal as the other Directors of the Company,
and he shall (subject to the provisions of any contract between him and the Company) ipso facto and immediately cease to hold such office
if he shall cease to hold the office of Director for any cause.
90. Notwithstanding Articles 95, 96, 97 and
98, an executive director appointed to an office under Article 89 hereof shall receive such remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission,
participation in profits or otherwise or by all or any of those modes) and such other benefits (including pension and/or gratuity and/or
other benefits on retirement) and allowances as the Board may from time to time determine, and either in addition to or in lieu of his
remuneration as a Director.
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
91. Any Director may at any time by Notice
delivered to the Office or head office or at a meeting of the Directors appoint any person (including another Director) to be his alternate
Director. Any person so appointed shall have all the rights and powers of the Director or Directors for whom such person is appointed
in the alternative provided that such person shall not be counted more than once in determining whether or not a quorum is present. An
alternate Director may be removed at any time by the body which appointed him and, subject thereto, the office of alternate Director shall
continue until the happening of any event which, if he were a Director, would cause him to vacate such office or if his appointer ceases
for any reason to be a Director. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be effected by Notice signed by the appointor
and delivered to the Office or head office or tendered at a meeting of the Board. An alternate Director may also be a Director in his
own right and may act as alternate to more than one Director. An alternate Director shall, if his appointor so requests, be entitled to
receive notices of meetings of the Board or of committees of the Board to the same extent as, but in lieu of, the Director appointing
him and shall be entitled to such extent to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is
not personally present and generally at such meeting to exercise and discharge all the functions, powers and duties of his appointor as
a Director and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director
save that as an alternate for more than one Director his voting rights shall be cumulative.
92. An alternate Director shall only be a Director
for the purposes of the Act and shall only be subject to the provisions of the Act insofar as they relate to the duties and obligations
of a Director when performing the functions of the Director for whom he is appointed in the alternative and shall alone be responsible
to the Company for his acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of or for the Director appointing him. An alternate Director
shall be entitled to contract and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements or transactions and to be repaid expenses
and to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director but he shall not be entitled
to receive from the Company any fee in his capacity as an alternate Director except only such part, if any, of the remuneration otherwise
payable to his appointor as such appointor may by Notice to the Company from time to time direct.
93. Every person acting as an alternate Director
shall have one vote for each Director for whom he acts as alternate (in addition to his own vote if he is also a Director). If his appointor
is for the time being absent from The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China or otherwise not
available or unable to act, the signature of an alternate Director to any resolution in writing of the Board or a committee of the Board
of which his appointor is a member shall, unless the notice of his appointment provides to the contrary, be as effective as the signature
of his appointor.
94. An alternate Director shall ipso facto
cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases for any reason to be a Director, however, such alternate Director or any other
person may be re-appointed by the Directors to serve as an alternate Director.
DIRECTORS’ FEES AND EXPENSES
95. The Directors shall receive such remuneration
as the Board may from time to time determine. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all traveling, hotel and incidental
expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the board or general
meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debenture of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his
duties as a Director.
96. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid
or prepaid all travelling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of
the Board or committees of the Board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company or
otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.
97. Any Director who, by request, goes or resides
abroad for any purpose of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director
may be paid such extra remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine
and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any
other Article.
98. The Board
shall determine any payment to any Director or past Director of the Company by way of compensation for loss of office, or as consideration
for or in connection with his retirement from office (not being payment to which the Director is contractually entitled).
DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS
99. A Director may:
| (a) | hold any other office or place of profit with the Company (except that of Auditor) in conjunction with
his office of Director for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine. Any remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission,
participation in profits or otherwise) paid to any Director in respect of any such other office or place of profit shall be in addition
to any remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article; |
| (b) | act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as Auditor) and
he or his firm may be remunerated for professional services as if he were not a Director; |
| (c) | continue to be or become a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director,
executive director, manager or other officer or member of any other company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested
as a vendor, shareholder or otherwise and (unless otherwise agreed) no such Director shall be accountable for any remuneration, profits
or other benefits received by him as a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director,
manager or other officer or member of or from his interests in any such other company. Subject as otherwise provided by these Articles
the Directors may exercise or cause to be exercised the voting powers conferred by the shares in any other company held or owned by the
Company, or exercisable by them as Directors of such other company in such manner in all respects as they think fit (including the exercise
thereof in favour of any resolution appointing themselves or any of them directors, managing directors, joint managing directors, deputy
managing directors, executive directors, managers or other officers of such company) or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration
to the director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officers of
such other company and any Director may vote in favour of the exercise of such voting rights in manner aforesaid notwithstanding that
he may be, or about to be, appointed a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director,
manager or other officer of such a company, and that as such he is or may become interested in the exercise of such voting rights in manner
aforesaid. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Independent
Director shall without the consent of the Audit Committee take any of the foregoing actions or any other action that would reasonably
be likely to affect such Director’s status as an Independent Director.
100. Subject to the Act and to these Articles,
no Director or proposed or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company, either with regard
to his tenure of any office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or in any other manner whatsoever, nor shall any such contract
or any other contract or arrangement in which any Director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so
contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company or the Members for any remuneration, profit or other benefits realised
by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established
provided that such Director shall disclose the nature of his interest in any contract or arrangement in which he is interested in accordance
with Article 101 herein. Any such transaction that would reasonably be likely to affect a Director’s status as an Independent Director,
or that would constitute a “related party transaction” as defined by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange
or under applicable laws, shall require the approval of the Audit Committee.
101. A Director who to his knowledge is in
any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company
shall declare the nature of his interest at the meeting of the Board at which the question of entering into the contract or arrangement
is first considered, if he knows his interest then exists, or in any other case at the first meeting of the Board after he knows that
he is or has become so interested. For the purposes of this Article, a general Notice to the Board by a Director to the effect that:
| (a) | he is a member or officer of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract
or arrangement which may after the date of the Notice be made with that company or firm; or |
| (b) | he is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the Notice
be made with a specified person who is connected with him; |
shall be deemed to be a sufficient
declaration of interest under this Article in relation to any such contract or arrangement, provided that no such Notice shall be effective
unless either it is given at a meeting of the Board or the Director takes reasonable steps to secure that it is brought up and read at
the next Board meeting after it is given.
102. Following a declaration being made pursuant
to the last preceding two Articles, subject to any separate requirement for Audit Committee approval under applicable law or the rules
and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, and unless disqualified by the chairman of the relevant Board meeting, a Director may
vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement in which such Director is interested and may be counted in the quorum
at such meeting.
GENERAL POWERS OF THE DIRECTORS
103. (1) The business of the Company shall
be managed and conducted by the Board, which may pay all expenses incurred in forming and registering the Company and may exercise all
powers of the Company (whether relating to the management of the business of the Company or otherwise) which are not by the Statutes or
by these Articles required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting, subject nevertheless to the provisions of the Statutes and
of these Articles and to such regulations being not inconsistent with such provisions, as may be prescribed by the Company in general
meeting, but no regulations made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid
if such regulations had not been made. The general powers given by this Article shall not be limited or restricted by any special authority
or power given to the Board by any other Article.
(2) Any
person contracting or dealing with the Company in the ordinary course of business shall be entitled to rely on any written or oral contract
or agreement or deed, document or instrument entered into or executed as the case may be by any one Director on behalf of the Company
and the same shall be deemed to be validly entered into or executed by the Company as the case may be and shall, subject to any rule of
law, be binding on the Company.
(3) Without
prejudice to the general powers conferred by these Articles it is hereby expressly declared that the Board shall have the following powers:
| (a) | to give to any person the right or option of requiring at a future date that an allotment shall be made
to him of any share at par or at such premium as may be agreed; |
| (b) | to give to any Directors, officers or employees of the Company an interest in any particular business
or transaction or participation in the profits thereof or in the general profits of the Company either in addition to or in substitution
for a salary or other remuneration; and |
| (c) | to resolve that the Company be deregistered in the Cayman Islands and continued in a named jurisdiction
outside the Cayman Islands subject to the provisions of the Act. |
104. The Board may establish any regional or
local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company in any place, and may appoint any persons to be members of such
local boards, or any managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration (either by way of salary or by commission or by conferring the
right to participation in the profits of the Company or by a combination of two or more of these modes) and pay the working expenses of
any staff employed by them upon the business of the Company. The Board may delegate to any regional or local board, manager or agent any
of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in or exercisable by the Board (other than its powers to make calls and forfeit shares),
with power to sub-delegate, and may authorise the members of any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies.
Any such appointment or delegation may be made upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit, and the Board
may remove any person appointed as aforesaid, and may revoke or vary such delegation, but no person dealing in good faith and without
notice of any such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.
105. The Board may by power of attorney appoint
any company, firm or person or any fluctuating body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be the attorney
or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable
by the Board under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit, and any such power of attorney
may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board may think fit, and
may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him. Such attorney
or attorneys may, if so authorised under the Seal of the Company, execute any deed or instrument under their personal seal with the same
effect as the affixation of the Company’s Seal.
106. The Board may entrust to and confer upon
a managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, an executive director or any Director any of the powers exercisable
by it upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as it thinks fit, and either collaterally with, or to the exclusion of,
its own powers, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice
of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.
107. All cheques, promissory notes, drafts,
bills of exchange and other instruments, whether negotiable or transferable or not, 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 the Board shall from time to time by
resolution determine. The Company’s banking accounts shall be kept with such banker or bankers as the Board shall from time to time
determine.
108. (1) The Board may establish or concur
or join with other companies (being subsidiary companies of the Company or companies with which it is associated in business) in establishing
and making contributions out of the Company’s moneys to any schemes or funds for providing pensions, sickness or compassionate allowances,
life assurance or other benefits for employees (which expression as used in this and the following paragraph shall include any Director
or ex-Director who may hold or have held any executive office or any office of profit under the Company or any of its subsidiary companies)
and ex-employees of the Company and their dependants or any class or classes of such person.
(2) The
Board may pay, enter into agreements to pay or make grants of revocable or irrevocable pensions or other benefits to employees and ex-employees
and their dependants, or to any of such persons, including pensions or benefits additional to those, if any, to which such employees or
ex-employees or their dependants are or may become entitled under any such scheme or fund as mentioned in the last preceding paragraph.
Any such pension or benefit may, as the Board considers desirable, be granted to an employee either before and in anticipation of or upon
or at any time after his actual retirement, and may be subject or not subject to any terms or conditions as the Board may determine.
BORROWING POWERS
109. The Board may exercise all the powers
of the Company to raise or borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and
future) and uncalled capital of the Company and, subject to the Act, to issue debentures, bonds and other securities, whether outright
or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
110. Debentures, bonds and other securities
may be made assignable free from any equities between the Company and the person to whom the same may be issued.
111. Any debentures, bonds or other securities
may be issued at a discount (other than shares), premium or otherwise and with any special privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawings,
allotment of shares, attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, appointment of Directors and otherwise.
112. (1) Where any uncalled capital of the
Company is charged, all persons taking any subsequent charge thereon shall take the same subject to such prior charge, and shall not be
entitled, by notice to the Members or otherwise, to obtain priority over such prior charge.
(2) The
Board shall cause a proper register to be kept, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, of all charges specifically affecting the
property of the Company and of any series of debentures issued by the Company and shall duly comply with the requirements of the Act in
regard to the registration of charges and debentures therein specified and otherwise.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTORS
113. The Board may meet for the despatch of
business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it considers appropriate. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined
by a majority of votes. In the case of any equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have an additional or casting vote.
114. A meeting of the Board may be convened
by the Secretary on request of a Director or by any Director. The Secretary shall convene a meeting of the Board of which notice may be
given in writing or by telephone or by electronic means to an electronic address from time to time notified to the Company by such Director
or (if the recipient consents to it being made available on a website) by making it available on a website or in such other manner as
the Board may from time to time determine whenever he shall be required so to do by the president or chairman, as the case may be, or
any Director.
115. (1) The quorum necessary for the transaction
of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Board and, unless so fixed at any other number, shall be a majority of the Directors
then in office. An alternate Director shall be counted in a quorum in the case of the absence of a Director for whom he is the alternate
provided that he shall not be counted more than once for the purpose of determining whether or not a quorum is present.
(2) Directors
may participate in any meeting of the Board by means of a conference, telephone, electronic or other communications equipment through
which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and, for the purpose
of counting a quorum, such participation shall constitute presence at a meeting as if those participating were present in person.
(3) Any
Director who ceases to be a Director at a Board meeting may continue to be present and to act as a Director and be counted in the quorum
until the termination of such Board meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present.
116. The continuing Directors or a sole continuing
Director may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board but, if and so long as the number of Directors is reduced below the minimum
number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles as the quorum, the continuing Directors or Director, notwithstanding that the number
of Directors is below the number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles as the quorum or that there is only one continuing Director,
may act for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Board or of summoning general meetings of the Company but not for any other purpose.
117. The Chairman of the Board shall be the
chairman of all meetings of the Board. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at any meeting within five (5) minutes after the time
appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
118. A meeting of the Board at which a quorum
is present shall be competent to exercise all the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the
Board.
119. (1) The Board may delegate any of its
powers, authorities and discretions to committees (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee), consisting of such Director or
Directors and other persons as it thinks fit, and they may, from time to time, revoke such delegation or revoke the appointment of and
discharge any such committees either wholly or in part, and either as to persons or purposes. Any committee so formed shall, in the exercise
of the powers, authorities and discretions so delegated, conform to any regulations which may be imposed on it by the Board.
(2) All
acts done by any such committee in conformity with such regulations, and in fulfilment of the purposes for which it was appointed, but
not otherwise, shall have like force and effect as if done by the Board, and the Board (or if the Board delegates such power, the committee)
shall have power to remunerate the members of any such committee, and charge such remuneration to the current expenses of the Company.
120. The meetings and proceedings of any committee
consisting of two or more members shall be governed by the provisions contained in these Articles for regulating the meetings and proceedings
of the Board so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations imposed by the Board under the last preceding
Article, indicating, without limitation, any committee charter adopted by the Board for purposes or in respect of any such committee.
121. A resolution in writing signed by all
the Directors except such as are temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability shall (provided that such number is sufficient
to constitute a quorum and further provided that a copy of such resolution has been given or the contents thereof communicated to all
the Directors for the time being entitled to receive notices of Board meetings in the same manner as notices of meetings are required
to be given by these Articles) be as valid and effectual as if a resolution had been passed at a meeting of the Board duly convened and
held. A notification of consent to such resolution given by a Director in writing to the Board by any means (including by means of electronic
communication) shall be deemed to be his/her signature to such resolution in writing for the purpose of this Article. Such resolution
may be contained in one document or in several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the Directors and for this purpose
a facsimile signature of a Director shall be treated as valid.
122. All acts bona fide done by the Board or
by any committee or by any person acting as a Director or members of a committee, shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered
that there was some defect in the appointment of any member of the Board or such committee or person acting as aforesaid or that they
or any of them were disqualified or had vacated office, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified
and had continued to be a Director or member of such committee.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
123. Without prejudice to the freedom of the
Directors to establish any other committees, for so long as the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or
quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Board, the composition
and responsibilities of which shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and the rules and regulations
of the SEC.
124. The Board shall adopt a formal written
audit committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis.
125. For so long as the shares of the Company
(or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review
of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilize the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts
of interest in accordance with the audit committee charter.
OFFICERS
126. (1) The officers of the Company shall
consist of the Chairman of the Board, the Directors and Secretary and such additional officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the
Board may from time to time determine, all of whom shall be deemed to be officers for the purposes of the Act and these Articles. In addition
to the officers of the Company, the Board may also from time to time determine and appoint managers and delegate to the same such powers
and duties as are prescribed by the Board.
(2) The
Directors shall, as soon as may be after each appointment or election of Directors, elect amongst the Directors a chairman and if more
than one Director is proposed for this office, the election to such office shall take place in such manner as the Directors may determine.
(3) The
officers shall receive such remuneration as the Directors may from time to time determine.
127. (1) The Secretary and additional officers,
if any, shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office on such terms and for such period as the Board may determine. If thought
fit, two or more persons may be appointed as joint Secretaries. The Board may also appoint from time to time on such terms as it thinks
fit one or more assistant or deputy Secretaries.
(2) The
Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Members and shall keep correct minutes of such meetings and enter the same in the proper books
provided for the purpose. He shall perform such other duties as are prescribed by the Act or these Articles or as may be prescribed by
the Board.
128. The officers of the Company shall have
such powers and perform such duties in the management, business and affairs of the Company as may be delegated to them by the Directors
from time to time.
129. A provision of the Act or of these Articles
requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the
same person acting both as Director and as or in place of the Secretary.
REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
130. The Company shall cause to be kept in
one or more books at its Office a Register of Directors and Officers in which there shall be entered the full names and addresses of the
Directors and Officers and such other particulars as required by the Act or as the Directors may determine. The Company shall send to
the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands a copy of such register, and shall from time to time notify to the said Registrar of
any change that takes place in relation to such Directors and Officers as required by the Act.
MINUTES
131. (1) The Board shall cause minutes to
be duly entered in books provided for the purpose:
| (a) | of all elections and appointments of officers; |
| (b) | of the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; |
| (c) | of all resolutions and proceedings of each general meeting of the Members, meetings of the Board and meetings
of committees of the Board and where there are managers, of all proceedings of meetings of the managers. |
| (2) | Minutes shall be kept by the Secretary at the Office. |
SEAL
132. (1) The Company shall have one or more
Seals, as the Board may determine. For the purpose of sealing documents creating or evidencing securities issued by the Company, the Company
may have a securities seal which is a facsimile of the Seal of the Company with the addition of the word “Securities” on its
face or in such other form as the Board may approve. The Board shall provide for the custody of each Seal and no Seal shall be used without
the authority of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by the Board in that behalf. Subject as otherwise provided in these
Articles, any instrument to which a Seal is affixed shall be signed autographically by one Director or by such other person (including
a Director) or persons as the Board may appoint, either generally or in any particular case, save that as regards any certificates for
shares or debentures or other securities of the Company the Board may by resolution determine that such signatures or either of them shall
be dispensed with or affixed by some method or system of mechanical signature. Every instrument executed in manner provided by this Article
132 shall be deemed to be sealed and executed with the authority of the Board previously given.
(2) Where
the Company has a Seal for use abroad, the Board may by writing under the Seal appoint any agent or committee abroad to be the duly authorised
agent of the Company for the purpose of affixing and using such Seal and the Board may impose restrictions on the use thereof as may be
thought fit. Wherever in these Articles reference is made to the Seal, the reference shall, when and so far as may be applicable, be deemed
to include any such other Seal as aforesaid.
AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS
133. Any Director or the Secretary or any person
appointed by the Board for the purpose may authenticate any documents affecting the constitution of the Company and any resolution passed
by the Company or the Board or any committee, and any books, records, documents and accounts relating to the business of the Company,
and to certify copies thereof or extracts therefrom as true copies or extracts, and if any books, records, documents or accounts are elsewhere
than at the Office or the head office the local manager or other officer of the Company having the custody thereof shall be deemed to
be a person so appointed by the Board. A document purporting to be a copy of a resolution, or an extract from the minutes of a meeting,
of the Company or of the Board or any committee which is so certified shall be conclusive evidence in favour of all persons dealing with
the Company upon the faith thereof that such resolution has been duly passed or, as the case may be, that such minutes or extract is a
true and accurate record of proceedings at a duly constituted meeting.
DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
134. (1) The Company shall be entitled to
destroy the following documents at the following times:
| (a) | any share certificate which has been cancelled at any time after the expiry of one (1) year from the date
of such cancellation; |
| (b) | any dividend mandate or any variation or cancellation thereof or any notification of change of name or
address at any time after the expiry of two (2) years from the date such mandate variation cancellation or notification was recorded by
the Company; |
| (c) | any instrument of transfer of shares which has been registered at any time after the expiry of seven (7)
years from the date of registration; |
| (d) | any allotment letters after the expiry of seven (7) years from the date of issue thereof; and |
| (e) | copies of powers of attorney, grants of probate and letters of administration at any time after the expiry
of seven (7) years after the account to which the relevant power of attorney, grant of probate or letters of administration related has
been closed; |
and it shall conclusively be
presumed in favour of the Company that every entry in the Register purporting to be made on the basis of any such documents so destroyed
was duly and properly made and every share certificate so destroyed was a valid certificate duly and properly cancelled and that every
instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered and that every other document destroyed
hereunder was a valid and effective document in accordance with the recorded particulars thereof in the books or records of the Company.
Provided always that: (1) the foregoing provisions of this Article 134 shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith
and without express notice to the Company that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim; (2) nothing contained in this
Article 134 shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document earlier than
as aforesaid or in any case where the conditions of proviso (1) above are not fulfilled; and (3) references in this Article 134 to the
destruction of any document include references to its disposal in any manner.
(2) Notwithstanding
any provision contained in these Articles, the Directors may, if permitted by applicable law, authorise the destruction of documents set
out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (1) of this Article 134 and any other documents in relation to share registration which
have been microfilmed or electronically stored by the Company or by the share registrar on its behalf provided always that this Article
shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company and its share registrar that
the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS
135. Subject to the Act, the Board may from
time to time declare dividends in any currency to be paid to the Members.
136. Dividends may be declared and paid out
of the profits of the Company, realised or unrealised, or from any reserve set aside from profits which the Directors determine is no
longer needed. The Board may also declare and pay dividends out of share premium account or any other fund or account which can be authorised
for this purpose in accordance with the Act.
137. Except in so far as the rights attaching
to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:
| (a) | all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares in respect of
which the dividend is paid, but no amount paid up on a share in advance of calls shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as
paid up on the share; and |
| (b) | all dividends shall be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts paid up on the shares during
any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid. |
138. The Board may from time to time pay to
the Members such interim dividends as appear to the Board to be justified by the profits of the Company and in particular (but without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes, the Board
may pay such interim dividends in respect of those shares in the capital of the Company which confer on the holders thereof deferred or
non-preferential rights as well as in respect of those shares which confer on the holders thereof preferential rights with regard to dividend
and provided that the Board acts bona fide the Board shall not incur any responsibility to the holders of shares conferring any preference
for any damage that they may suffer by reason of the payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferential
rights and may also pay any fixed dividend which is payable on any shares of the Company half-yearly or on any other dates, whenever such
profits, in the opinion of the Board, justifies such payment.
139. The Board may deduct from any dividend
or other moneys payable to a Member by the Company on or in respect of any shares all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him
to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.
140. No dividend or other moneys payable by
the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.
141. Any dividend, interest or other sum payable
in cash to the holder of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post addressed to the holder at his registered address
or, in the case of joint holders, addressed to the holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the shares at his address
as appearing in the Register or addressed to such person and at such address as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every
such cheque or warrant shall, unless the holder or joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of the holder or, in the
case of joint holders, to the order of the holder whose name stands first on the Register in respect of such shares, and shall be sent
at his or their risk and payment of the cheque or warrant by the bank on which it is drawn shall constitute a good discharge to the Company
notwithstanding that it may subsequently appear that the same has been stolen or that any endorsement thereon has been forged. Any one
of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect
of the shares held by such joint holders.
142. All dividends or bonuses unclaimed for
one (1) year after having been declared may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board for the benefit of the Company until claimed.
Any dividend or bonuses unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration shall be forfeited and shall revert to
the Company. The payment by the Board of any unclaimed dividend or other sums payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account
shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof.
143. Whenever the Board has resolved that a
dividend be paid or declared, the Board may further resolve that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part by the distribution of specific
assets of any kind and in particular of paid up shares, debentures or warrants to subscribe securities of the Company or any other company,
or in any one or more of such ways, and where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution the Board may settle the same as it
thinks expedient, and in particular may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares, disregard fractional entitlements or round
the same up or down, and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets, or any part thereof, and may determine that cash
payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties, and may vest
any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board and may appoint any person to sign any requisite instruments of
transfer and other documents on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend, and such appointment shall be effective and binding on
the Members. The Board may resolve that no such assets shall be made available to Members with registered addresses in any particular
territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, such distribution of assets would
or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable and in such event the only entitlement of the Members aforesaid shall
be to receive cash payments as aforesaid. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be or be deemed to be a separate
class of Members for any purpose whatsoever.
144. (1) Whenever the Board has resolved
that a dividend be paid or declared on any class of the share capital of the Company, the Board may further resolve either:
| (a) | that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully
paid up, provided that the Members entitled thereto will be entitled to elect to receive such dividend (or part thereof if the Board so
determines) in cash in lieu of such allotment. In such case, the following provisions shall apply: |
| (i) | the basis of any such allotment shall be determined by the Board; |
| (ii) | the Board, after determining the basis of allotment, shall give not less than ten (10) days’ Notice
to the holders of the relevant shares of the right of election accorded to them and shall send with such notice forms of election and
specify the procedure to be followed and the place at which and the latest date and time by which duly completed forms of election must
be lodged in order to be effective; |
| (iii) | the right of election may be exercised in respect of the whole or part of that portion of the dividend
in respect of which the right of election has been accorded; and |
| (iv) | the dividend (or that part of the dividend to be satisfied by the allotment of shares as aforesaid) shall
not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the cash election has not been duly exercised (“the non-elected shares”)
and in satisfaction thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the non-elected
shares on the basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of
the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share
premium account, capital redemption reserve other than the Subscription Rights Reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be
required to pay up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders
of the non-elected shares on such basis; or |
| (b) | that the Members entitled to such dividend shall be entitled to elect to receive an allotment of shares
credited as fully paid up in lieu of the whole or such part of the dividend as the Board may think fit. In such case, the following provisions
shall apply: |
| (i) | the basis of any such allotment shall be determined by the Board; |
| (ii) | the Board, after determining the basis of allotment, shall give not less than ten (10) days’ Notice
to the holders of the relevant shares of the right of election accorded to them and shall send with such notice forms of election and
specify the procedure to be followed and the place at which and the latest date and time by which duly completed forms of election must
be lodged in order to be effective; |
| (iii) | the right of election may be exercised in respect of the whole or part of that portion of the dividend
in respect of which the right of election has been accorded; and |
| (iv) | the dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been accorded)
shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the share election has been duly exercised (“the elected shares”)
and in lieu thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the elected shares on the
basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of the undivided
profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share premium account,
capital redemption reserve other than the Subscription Rights Reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be required to pay
up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the elected
shares on such basis. |
| (2) | (a) The shares allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article 144 shall rank
pari passu in all respects with shares of the same class (if any) then in issue save only as regards participation in the relevant
dividend or in any other distributions, bonuses or rights paid, made, declared or announced prior to or contemporaneously with the payment
or declaration of the relevant dividend unless, contemporaneously with the announcement by the Board of their proposal to apply the provisions
of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (2) of this Article 144 in relation to the relevant dividend or contemporaneously with their
announcement of the distribution, bonus or rights in question, the Board shall specify that the shares to be allotted pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall rank for participation in such distribution, bonus or rights. |
| (b) | The Board may do all acts and things considered necessary or expedient to give effect to any capitalisation
pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article 144, with full power to the Board to make such provisions as it thinks fit
in the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby, in whole or in part, fractional entitlements
are aggregated and sold and the net proceeds distributed to those entitled, or are disregarded or rounded up or down or whereby the benefit
of fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Board may authorise any person to enter into
on behalf of all Members interested, an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and
any agreement made pursuant to such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned. |
(3) The
Board may determine and resolve in respect of any one particular dividend of the Company that notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
(1) of this Article 144 a dividend may be satisfied wholly in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up without offering
any right to shareholders to elect to receive such dividend in cash in lieu of such allotment.
(4) The
Board may on any occasion determine that rights of election and the allotment of shares under paragraph (1) of this Article 144 shall
not be made available or made to any shareholders with registered addresses in any territory where, in the absence of a registration statement
or other special formalities, the circulation of an offer of such rights of election or the allotment of shares would or might, in the
opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable, and in such event the provisions aforesaid shall be read and construed subject to
such determination. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be or be deemed to be a separate class of Members
for any purpose whatsoever.
(5) Any
resolution declaring a dividend on shares of any class by the Board, may specify that the same shall be payable or distributable to the
persons registered as the holders of such shares at the close of business on a particular date, notwithstanding that it may be a date
prior to that on which the resolution is passed, and thereupon the dividend shall be payable or distributable to them in accordance with
their respective holdings so registered, but without prejudice to the rights inter se in respect of such dividend of transferors and transferees
of any such shares. The provisions of this Article shall mutatis mutandis apply to bonuses, capitalisation issues, distributions
of realised capital profits or offers or grants made by the Company to the Members.
RESERVES
145. (1) The Board shall establish an account
to be called the share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value
of the premium paid on the issue of any share in the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of these Articles, the Board
may apply the share premium account in any manner permitted by the Act. The Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of the
Act in relation to the share premium account.
(2) Before
recommending any dividend, the Board may set aside out of the profits of the Company such sums as it determines as reserves which shall,
at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may be properly applied and pending
such application may, also at such discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as
the Board may from time to time think fit and so that it shall not be necessary to keep any investments constituting the reserve or reserves
separate or distinct from any other investments of the Company. The Board may also without placing the same to reserve carry forward any
profits which it may think prudent not to distribute.
CAPITALISATION
146. The Company may, upon the recommendation
of the Board, at any time and from time to time pass an ordinary resolution to the effect that it is desirable to capitalise all or any
part of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (including a share premium account and capital redemption
reserve and the profit and loss account) whether or not the same is available for distribution and accordingly that such amount be set
free for distribution among the Members or any class of Members who would be entitled thereto if it were distributed by way of dividend
and in the same proportions, on the basis that the same is not paid in cash but is applied either in or towards paying up the amounts
for the time being unpaid on any shares in the Company held by such Members respectively or in paying up in full unissued shares, debentures
or other obligations of the Company, to be allotted and distributed credited as fully paid up among such Members, or partly in one way
and partly in the other, and the Board shall give effect to such resolution provided that, for the purposes of this Article 146, a share
premium account and any capital redemption reserve or fund representing unrealised profits, may be applied only in paying up in full unissued
shares of the Company to be allotted to such Members credited as fully paid.
147. The Board may settle, as it considers
appropriate, any difficulty arising in regard to any distribution and in particular may issue certificates in respect of fractions of
shares or authorise any person to sell and transfer any fractions or may resolve that the distribution should be as nearly as may be practicable
in the correct proportion but not exactly so or may ignore fractions altogether, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to
any Members in order to adjust the rights of all parties, as may seem expedient to the Board. The Board may appoint any person to sign
on behalf of the persons entitled to participate in the distribution any contract necessary or desirable for giving effect thereto and
such appointment shall be effective and binding upon the Members.
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS RESERVE
148. The following provisions shall have effect
to the extent that they are not prohibited by and are in compliance with the Act:
(1) If,
so long as any of the rights attached to any warrants issued by the Company to subscribe for shares of the Company shall remain exercisable,
the Company does any act or engages in any transaction which, as a result of any adjustments to the subscription price in accordance with
the provisions of the conditions of the warrants, would reduce the subscription price to below the par value of a share, then the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) as
from the date of such act or transaction the Company shall establish and thereafter (subject as provided in this Article 148) maintain
in accordance with the provisions of this Article 148 a reserve (the “Subscription Rights Reserve”) the amount of which shall
at no time be less than the sum which for the time being would be required to be capitalised and applied in paying up in full the nominal
amount of the additional shares required to be issued and allotted credited as fully paid pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) below on the exercise
in full of all the subscription rights outstanding and shall apply the Subscription Rights Reserve in paying up such additional shares
in full as and when the same are allotted;
| (b) | the Subscription Rights Reserve shall not be used for any purpose other than that specified above unless
all other reserves of the Company (other than share premium account) have been extinguished and will then only be used to make good losses
of the Company if and so far as is required by law; |
| (c) | upon the exercise of all or any of the subscription rights represented by any warrant, the relevant subscription
rights shall be exercisable in respect of a nominal amount of shares equal to the amount in cash which the holder of such warrant is required
to pay on exercise of the subscription rights represented thereby (or, as the case may be the relevant portion thereof in the event of
a partial exercise of the subscription rights) and, in addition, there shall be allotted in respect of such subscription rights to the
exercising warrantholder, credited as fully paid, such additional nominal amount of shares as is equal to the difference between: |
| (i) | the said amount in cash which the holder of such warrant is required to pay on exercise of the subscription
rights represented thereby (or, as the case may be, the relevant portion thereof in the event of a partial exercise of the subscription
rights); and |
| (ii) | the nominal amount of shares in respect of which such subscription rights would have been exercisable
having regard to the provisions of the conditions of the warrants, had it been possible for such subscription rights to represent the
right to subscribe for shares at less than par and immediately upon such exercise so much of the sum standing to the credit of the Subscription
Rights Reserve as is required to pay up in full such additional nominal amount of shares shall be capitalised and applied in paying up
in full such additional nominal amount of shares which shall forthwith be allotted credited as fully paid to the exercising warrantholders;
and |
| (d) | if, upon the exercise of the subscription rights represented by any warrant, the amount standing to the
credit of the Subscription Rights Reserve is not sufficient to pay up in full such additional nominal amount of shares equal to such difference
as aforesaid to which the exercising warrantholder is entitled, the Board shall apply any profits or reserves then or thereafter becoming
available (including, to the extent permitted by law, share premium account) for such purpose until such additional nominal amount of
shares is paid up and allotted as aforesaid and until then no dividend or other distribution shall be paid or made on the fully paid shares
of the Company then in issue. Pending such payment and allotment, the exercising warrantholder shall be issued by the Company with a certificate
evidencing his right to the allotment of such additional nominal amount of shares. The rights represented by any such certificate shall
be in registered form and shall be transferable in whole or in part in units of one share in the like manner as the shares for the time
being are transferable, and the Company shall make such arrangements in relation to the maintenance of a register therefor and other matters
in relation thereto as the Board may think fit and adequate particulars thereof shall be made known to each relevant exercising warrantholder
upon the issue of such certificate. |
(2) Shares
allotted pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall rank pari passu in all respects with the other shares allotted on the
relevant exercise of the subscription rights represented by the warrant concerned. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (1)
of this Article, no fraction of any share shall be allotted on exercise of the subscription rights.
(3) The
provision of this Article as to the establishment and maintenance of the Subscription Rights Reserve shall not be altered or added to
in any way which would vary or abrogate, or which would have the effect of varying or abrogating the provisions for the benefit of any
warrantholder or class of warrantholders under this Article without the sanction of a special resolution of such warrantholders or class
of warrantholders.
(4) A
certificate or report by the auditors for the time being of the Company as to whether or not the Subscription Rights Reserve is required
to be established and maintained and if so the amount thereof so required to be established and maintained, as to the purposes for which
the Subscription Rights Reserve has been used, as to the extent to which it has been used to make good losses of the Company, as to the
additional nominal amount of shares required to be allotted to exercising warrantholders credited as fully paid, and as to any other matter
concerning the Subscription Rights Reserve shall (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding upon the Company and all
warrantholders and shareholders.
ACCOUNTING RECORDS
149. The Board shall cause true accounts to
be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Company, and the matters in respect of which such receipt and expenditure take
place, and of the property, assets, credits and liabilities of the Company and of all other matters required by the Act or necessary to
give a true and fair view of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.
150. The accounting records shall be kept at
the Office or, at such other place or places as the Board decides and shall always be open to inspection by the Directors. No Member (other
than a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any accounting record or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law
or authorised by the Board or the Company in general meeting.
151. Subject to Article 152, a printed copy
of the Directors’ report, accompanied by the balance sheet and profit and loss account, including every document required by law
to be annexed thereto, made up to the end of the applicable financial year and containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of the
Company under convenient heads and a statement of income and expenditure, together with a copy of the Auditors’ report, shall be
sent to each person entitled thereto in any manner set out in Article 160
every year. The Directors shall have the discretion to lay these documents before the Company at any annual
general meeting held in accordance with Article 57 in which case,
the documents shall be sent to each person entitled thereto at least ten (10) days before the date of the general meeting and
laid before the Company at the annual general meeting held in accordance with Article
57 provided that this. This
Article shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent to any person whose address the Company is not aware or to more than one
of the joint holders of any shares or debentures.
152. Subject to due compliance with all
applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange,
and to obtaining all necessary consents, if any, required thereunder, the requirements of Article 151 shall be deemed satisfied in relation
to any person by sending to the person in any manner not prohibited by the Statutes, a summarised financial statements derived from the
Company’s annual accounts and the directors’ report which shall be in the form and containing the information required by
applicable laws and regulations, provided that any person who is otherwise entitled to the annual financial statements of the Company
and the directors’ report thereon may, if he so requires by notice in writing served on the Company, demand that the Company sends
to him, in addition to a summarised financial statements, a complete printed copy of the Company’s annual financial statement and
the directors’ report thereon.
153. The requirement to send to a person
referred to in Article 151 the documents referred to in that article or a summary financial report in accordance with Article 152 shall
be deemed satisfied where, in accordance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules
and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company publishes copies of the documents referred to in Article 151 and, if applicable,
a summary financial report complying with Article 152, on the Company’s computer network or in any other permitted manner (including
by sending any form of electronic communication), and that person has agreed or is deemed to have agreed to treat the publication or receipt
of such documents in such manner as discharging the Company’s obligation to send to him a copy of such documents.
AUDIT
154. Subject
to applicable law and rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall appoint an Auditor to audit the accounts
of the Company and such auditor shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors. Such auditor may be a Member
but no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall, during his continuance in office, be eligible to act as an Auditor.
155. Subject to the Act the accounts of the
Company shall be audited at least once in every year.
156. The remuneration of the Auditor shall
be determine by the Audit Committee or, in the absence of such Audit Committee, by the Board.
157. The Board may remove the Auditor at any
time before the expiration of his term of office and may by resolution appoint another Auditor in his stead.
158. The Auditor shall at all reasonable times
have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and he may call on the Directors or officers
of the Company for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.
159. The statement of income and expenditure
and the balance sheet provided for by these Articles shall be examined by the Auditor and compared by him with the books, accounts and
vouchers relating thereto; and he shall make a written report thereon stating whether such statement and balance sheet are drawn up so
as to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations for the period under review and, in case
information shall have been called for from Directors or officers of the Company, whether the same has been furnished and has been satisfactory.
The financial statements of the Company shall be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The
Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the report of the Auditor shall
be submitted to the Audit Committee. The generally accepted auditing standards referred to herein may be those of a country or jurisdiction
other than the Cayman Islands. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor should disclose this fact and name such country
or jurisdiction.
NOTICES
160. Any Notice or document, whether or not,
to be given or issued under these Articles from the Company to a Member shall be in writing or by cable, telex or facsimile transmission
message or other form of electronic transmission or electronic communication and any such Notice and document may be served or delivered
by the Company on or to any Member either (i) personally or (ii) by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope addressed to such
Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register or at any other address supplied by him to the Company for the purpose or,
(iii) by transmitting it to any such address or transmitting it to any telex or facsimile transmission number or electronic number or
electronic address or website supplied by him to the Company for the giving of Notice to him or which the person transmitting the notice
reasonably and bona fide believes at the relevant time will result in the Notice being duly received by the Member or (iv) by advertisement
in appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange or, (v) to the extent permitted by the
applicable laws, by placing it on the Company’s website. In the case of joint holders of a share all notices shall be given to that
one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register and notice so given shall be deemed a sufficient service on or delivery
to all the joint holders.
161. Any Notice or other document:
| (a) | if served or delivered by post, shall where appropriate be sent by airmail and shall be deemed to have
been served or delivered on the day following that on which the envelope containing the same, properly prepaid and addressed, is put into
the post; in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope or wrapper containing the notice or document
was properly addressed and put into the post and a certificate in writing signed by the Secretary or other officer of the Company or other
person appointed by the Board that the envelope or wrapper containing the Notice or other document was so addressed and put into the post
shall be conclusive evidence thereof; |
| (b) | if sent by electronic communication, shall be deemed to be given on the day on which it is transmitted
from the server of the Company or its agent. A Notice placed on the Company’s website is deemed given by the Company to a Member
on the day on which it is placed on the Company’s website; |
| (c) | if served or delivered in any other manner contemplated by these Articles, shall be deemed to have been
served or delivered at the time of personal service or delivery or, as the case may be, at the time of the relevant despatch or transmission
or publication; and in proving such service or delivery a certificate in writing signed by the Secretary or other officer of the Company
or other person appointed by the Board as to the act and time of such service, delivery, despatch or transmission or publication shall
be conclusive evidence thereof; and |
| (d) | may be given to a Member in the English language or such other language as may be approved by the Directors,
subject to due compliance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations. |
162. (1) Any Notice or other document delivered
or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Member in pursuance of these Articles shall, notwithstanding that such Member
is then dead or bankrupt or that any other event has occurred, and whether or not the Company has notice of the death or bankruptcy or
other event, be deemed to have been duly served or delivered in respect of any share registered in the name of such Member as sole or
joint holder unless his name shall, at the time of the service or delivery of the Notice or document, have been removed from the Register
as the holder of the share, and such service or delivery shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service or delivery of such Notice
or document on all persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the share.
(2) A
Notice may be given by the Company to the person entitled to a share in consequence of the death, mental disorder or bankruptcy of a Member
by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter, envelope or wrapper addressed to him by name, or by the title of representative of
the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description, at the address, if any, supplied for the purpose by the person claiming
to be so entitled, or (until such an address has been so supplied) by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been
given if the death, mental disorder or bankruptcy had not occurred.
(3) Any
person who by operation of law, transfer or other means whatsoever shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every Notice in
respect of such share which prior to his name and address being entered on the Register shall have been duly given to the person from
whom he derives his title to such share.
(4) Every
Member or a person who is entitled to receive notice from the Company under the provisions of the Statutes or these Articles may register
with the Company an electronic address to which notices can be served upon him.
SIGNATURES
163. For the purposes of these Articles, a
cable or telex or facsimile or electronic transmission message purporting to come from a holder of shares or, as the case may be, a Director,
or, in the case of a corporation which is a holder of shares from a director or the secretary thereof or a duly appointed attorney or
duly authorised representative thereof for it and on its behalf, shall in the absence of express evidence to the contrary available to
the person relying thereon at the relevant time be deemed to be a document or instrument in writing signed by such holder or Director
in the terms in which it is received. The signature to any notice or document to be given by the Company may be written, printed or made
electronically.
WINDING UP
164. (1) Subject to Article 164(2), the
Board shall have power in the name and on behalf of the Company to present a petition to the court for the Company to be wound up.
(2) Unless
otherwise provided by the Act, a resolution that the Company be wound up by the court or be wound up voluntarily shall be a special resolution.
165. (1) Subject to any special rights,
privileges or restrictions as to the distribution of available surplus assets on liquidation for the time being attached to any class
or classes of shares (i) if the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more
than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed pari
passu amongst such members in proportion to the amount paid up on the shares held by them respectively and (ii) if the Company shall
be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid-up
capital such assets shall be distributed so that, a nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the capital
paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, at the commencement of the winding up on the shares held by them respectively.
(2) If
the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary or by the court) the liquidator may, with the authority of a special
resolution and any other sanction required by the Act, divide among the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets
of the Company and whether or not the assets shall consist of properties of one kind or shall consist of properties to be divided as aforesaid
of different kinds, and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any one or more class or classes of property and may
determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the
like authority, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator with the like
authority shall think fit, and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall
be compelled to accept any shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability.
INDEMNITY
166. (1) Every Director (including for the
purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles), Secretary, or other officer for
the time being and from time to time of the Company (but not including the Auditor) and the personal representatives of the same (each
an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and profits of the Company from and against
all actions, proceeding, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other
than by reason of such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the Company’s
business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities
or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by
such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in
any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.
(2) Each
Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action he might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against
any Director on account of any action taken by such Director, or the failure of such Director to take any action in the performance of
his duties with or for the Company; PROVIDED THAT such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud, willful default
or dishonesty which may attach to such Director.
FINANCIAL YEAR
167. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors,
the financial year of the Company shall end on the 31st of March in each year.
AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
AND NAME OF COMPANY
168. No Article shall be rescinded, altered
or amended and no new Article shall be made until the same has been approved by a special resolution of the Members. A special resolution
shall be required to alter the provisions of the Memorandum of Association or to change the name of the Company.
INFORMATION
169. No Member shall be entitled to require
discovery of or any information respecting any detail of the Company’s trading or any matter which is or may be in the nature of
a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Directors
it will be inexpedient in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.
A-52
Exhibit
99.2
SOLOWIN
HOLDINGS
(the
“Company”)
PROXY
FOR EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS
(AMENDED)
Solicited
on Behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Members (the “Extraordinary Meeting”)
to be held on December 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Hong Kong time (December 16, 2024, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time), at Room 1910-1912A, Tower
3, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the AMENDED notice of the Extraordinary Meeting and the AMENDED proxy statement, each dated
November 27, 2024, and appoints Ling Ngai Lok, Shing Tak Tam and Lili Liu, and each of them, with full power of substitution, to act
as proxies for the undersigned and authorizes them to represent and vote all of the ordinary shares of the Company that the undersigned
is entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, with respect to all of the matters set
forth below, and with discretionary authority as to any other matters that may properly come before the Extraordinary Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof.
This
proxy card must be signed by the person registered in the register of members of the Company at the close of business on November 11,
2024 (Eastern Time) (the “Record Date”). In the case of a corporation, this Proxy Card must be executed by a duly authorized
officer or attorney.
PROPOSAL
– RE-DESIGNATION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND ADOPTION OF THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
RESOLVED,
AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION, THAT:
| (A) | the
authorized share capital of the Company be and is hereby re-designated as follows: |
From: US$100,000
divided into 1,000,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each;
To: US$100,000
divided into 950,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each and 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of
a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each;
By: the
re-designation and re-classification of 941,867,700 unissued ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each into 941,867,700
Class A ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each with the rights attaching to such shares as set out in the Second
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members;
By: the
re-designation and re-classification of 41,960,000 unissued ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each into 41,960,000
Class B ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each with the rights attaching to such shares as set out in the Second
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members; and
By: the
re-designation and re-classification of 16,172,300 issued ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each into 8,132,300
Class A ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.0001 each and 8,040,000 Class B ordinary shares of a nominal or par value of
US$0.0001 each as set out in the table below with the rights attaching to such shares as set out in the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members:
Name of Shareholder | |
Number of
existing
shares held | | |
Number and class of shares to be held
after the
re-designation and
re-classification of
shares of the Company |
Fortune Dynasty Global Limited | |
| 3,960,000 | | |
3,960,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
Gemini Asia Holdings Limited | |
| 4,080,000 | | |
4,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares |
All other shareholders | |
| 8,132,300 | | |
8,132,300 Class A Ordinary Shares |
| (B) | that
the 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 Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
annexed to the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Members. |
For ☐ |
|
Against ☐ |
|
Abstain ☐ |
This
Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this
Proxy will be voted FOR the proposal described above and in the discretion of each of the proxies on any other matters that properly
comes before the Extraordinary Meeting.
Your
vote matters- here’s how to vote!
| ● | TO
VOTE ONLINE: www.Transhare.com click on Vote Your Proxy |
Enter
Your Control Number:
| ● | TO
VOTE BY EMAIL: Please email your signed proxy card to Proxy@Transhare.com |
| ● | TO
VOTE BY FAX: Please fax
this proxy card to 1.727.269.5616 |
| ● | TO
VOTE BY MAIL: Please
sign, date, and mail to |
Proxy
Team15
Transhare
Corporation
17755
US Highway 19 N
Suite
140
Clearwater
FL 33764
| ● | To
vote in person at the EXTRAORDINARY meeting:
You can attend the Extraordinary
Meeting and vote in person. However, if your ordinary shares are held in the name of your
broker, bank or other nominee, you will need to obtain a proxy form from the institution
that holds your ordinary shares indicating that you were the beneficial owner of the Company’s
ordinary shares on the Record Date for voting at the Extraordinary Meeting. |
If
you already voted, and unless revoked or changed as described in the accompanying AMENDED proxy statement, a vote cast “for,”
“against” or “abstain” on the proposal included in the notice of the Extraordinary Meeting and the proxy statement,
each dated November 12, 2024 (the “Original Proxy”) will be counted as a vote “for,” “against” or
“abstain” on the proposal, as amended in the accompanying AMENDED proxy statement and this AMENDED proxy card, respectively.
If you have not yet voted and wish to vote using the proxy card enclosed in the Original Proxy, any votes cast “for,” “against”
or “abstain” on the proposal will be counted as votes cast “for,” “against” or “abstain”
on the proposal, as amended by the accompanying AMENDED proxy statement and this AMENDED proxy card, respectively.
IMPORTANT:
Please date this Proxy and sign exactly as your name or names appear hereon. If ordinary shares are held jointly, both owners must
sign. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians and others signing in a representative capacity should give their full titles.
Dated: |
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Shareholder Name: |
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Signature of Shareholder: |
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Signature of Joint Shareholder: |
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