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Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited — AGM Information 2019
Apr 30, 2019
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AGM Information
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult a stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited, you should at once hand this circular, together with the accompanying form of proxy to the purchaser or the transferee, or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this circular.
卡姆丹克太陽能系統集團有限公司 Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock Code: 712)
PROPOSED GRANT OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND BUY BACK SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A Notice convening the Annual General Meeting of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited to be held at 5/F, BOC Group Life Assurance Tower, 136 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 is set out on pages 17 to 21 of this circular.
Whether or not you are able to attend the meeting in person, you are requested to complete the accompanying form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible and deposit the same with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the meeting or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.
30 April 2019
CONTENTS
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| Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Letter from the Board | |
| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| Issue Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Buy-back Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Extension Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| The Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Re-election of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Procedures for Shareholders to Propose a Person for Election as a Director . . . . . . . . | 6 |
| Voting by poll at the Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| Responsibility Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| Closure of Register of Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| Appendix I — Explanatory Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Appendix II — Particulars of Directors for Re-election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Notice of the Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
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‘‘2018 Annual Report’’ the annual report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 despatched to the Shareholders on 30 April 2019
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‘‘Annual General Meeting’’ the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 5/F, BOC Group Life Assurance Tower, 136 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 or any adjournment thereof
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‘‘Articles’’ the articles of association of the Company adopted on 2 October 2009 and as amended from time to time
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‘‘Board’’ the board of Directors
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‘‘Buy-back Mandate’’ a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to exercise the power of the Company to buy back the Shares on the Stock Exchange with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting
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‘‘close associate(s)’’ has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules
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‘‘Companies Law’’ the Companies Law, Chapter 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands
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‘‘Company’’ Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the issued Shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 712)
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‘‘core connected person(s)’’ has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules
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‘‘Director(s)’’ director(s) of the Company
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‘‘Extension Mandate’’
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a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to the effect that the aggregate nominal value of the Shares which may be allotted and issued under the Issue Mandate may be extended by an addition of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of Shares bought back under the Buy-back Mandate
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‘‘Group’’ the Company and its subsidiaries
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DEFINITIONS
- ‘‘Hong Kong’’
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
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‘‘Issue Mandate’’
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a general and unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to exercise the power of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting
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‘‘Latest Practicable Date’’ 23 April 2019, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information in this circular
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‘‘Listing Rules’’ the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange
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‘‘Notice’’ the notice convening the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 17 to 21 of this circular
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‘‘PRC’’PRC’’’’ the People’s Republic of China excluding, for the purpose of this circular, Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan
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‘‘SFO’’ the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
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‘‘Share(s)’’ ordinary share(s) of HK$0.001 each in the share capital of the Company
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‘‘PRC’’PRC’’’’
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‘‘Shareholder(s)’’ holder(s) of the Share(s)
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‘‘Stock Exchange’’ The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
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‘‘Takeovers Code’’ The Code on Takeovers and Mergers ‘‘HK$’’ Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong ‘‘%’’ per cent.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
卡姆丹克太陽能系統集團有限公司 Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 712)
Executive Directors: Mr. John Yi Zhang (Chairman) Mr. Zhang Zhen Mr. Chau Kwok Keung
Non-executive Director: Mr. Wang Yixin
Independent non-executive Directors: Mr. Leung Ming Shu Mr. Kang Sun Mr. Xu Erming
Registered office: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Level 8 & 14 88 Gloucester Road Wanchai Hong Kong 30 April 2019
To the Shareholders,
Dear Sir/Madam,
PROPOSED GRANT OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND BUY BACK SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
INTRODUCTION
The primary purpose of this circular is to provide you with information regarding the proposed grant of the Issue Mandate, the Buy-back Mandate and the Extension Mandate (collectively the ‘‘Mandates’’) and the re-election of the retiring Directors and to seek your approval of the resolutions to these matters at the Annual General Meeting.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
ISSUE MANDATE
At the Annual General Meeting, an ordinary resolution will be proposed to grant to the Directors a general and unconditional mandate to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting. As at the Latest Practicable Date, a total of 2,097,703,580 Shares were in issue. Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution granting the Issue Mandate to the Directors and on the basis that no Shares will be issued or bought back by the Company prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Issue Mandate to issue a maximum of 419,540,716 Shares.
BUY-BACK MANDATE
At the Annual General Meeting, an ordinary resolution will be proposed to grant to the Directors a general and unconditional mandate to exercise all powers of the Company to buy back, on the Stock Exchange, or on any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed, Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting. Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution granting the Buy-back Mandate to the Directors and on the basis that no Shares will be issued or bought back by the Company prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Buy-back Mandate to buy back a maximum of 209,770,358 Shares.
Under the Listing Rules, the Company is required to give to its Shareholders all information which is reasonably necessary to enable Shareholders to make an informed decision as to whether to vote for or against the resolution in respect of the Buy-back Mandate at the Annual General Meeting. An explanatory statement for such purpose is set out in Appendix I to this circular.
EXTENSION MANDATE
In addition, an ordinary resolution will also be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to extend the Issue Mandate by an addition of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of Shares bought back under the Buy-back Mandate.
The Buy-back Mandate and the Issue Mandate would expire at the earliest of: (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (b) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or the applicable laws of Cayman Islands to be held; or (c) revocation or variation by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders of the Company in a general meeting prior to the next annual general meeting of the Company.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Notice of the Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 17 to 21 of this circular. The 2018 Annual Report incorporating the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2018 and the reports of the Directors and the auditors of the Company thereon has been despatched to the Shareholders.
A form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is enclosed with this circular. Whether or not you are able to attend the Annual General Meeting in person, you are requested to complete the accompanying form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible and deposit the same with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.
RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
According to Article 84 of the Articles, at each annual general meeting, one third of the Directors for the time being (or if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not less than one-third) shall retire from office by rotation provided that every Director shall be subject to retirement at least once every three years.
As such, Mr. Chau Kwok Keung, Mr. Wang Yixin and Mr. Leung Ming Shu will retire. Each of them, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election. Particulars of each of them are set out in Appendix II of this circular.
Each of the independent non-executive Directors of the Company has confirmed independence with reference to the factors set out in Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. In particular, Mr. Leung Ming Shu has served as an independent non-executive Director of the Company for more than nine years. During his years of appointment, Mr. Leung demonstrated his ability to provide an independent view to the Company’s matters. Notwithstanding his years of service as an independent non-executive Director of the Company, the nomination committee is of the view that Mr. Leung is able to continue to fulfill his role as required and thus recommends him for re-election at the Annual General Meeting. Further, the nomination committee of the Company is also responsible for, inter alia, assessing the independence of all independent non-executive Directors. The nomination committee has assessed and reviewed each of the independent non-executive Director’s annual confirmation of independence to the Company based on the independence criteria as set out in Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules, and affirmed that all independent non-executive Directors have remained independent.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
PROCEDURES FOR SHAREHOLDERS TO PROPOSE A PERSON FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR
Article 85 of the Articles provides that:
‘‘No person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Directors for election, be eligible for election as a Director at any general meeting unless a Notice signed by a Member (other than the person to be proposed) duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given of his intention to propose such person for election and also a Notice signed by the person to be proposed of his willingness to be elected shall have been lodged at the head office or at the Registration Office provided that the minimum length of the period, during which such Notice(s) are given, shall be at least seven (7) days and that (if the Notices are submitted after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election) the period for lodgment of such Notice(s) shall commence on the day after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election and end no later than seven (7) days prior to the date of such general meeting.’’
For the purpose of the Articles:
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(i) ‘‘Member’’ means a duly registered holder from time to time of the shares in the capital of the Company;
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(ii) ‘‘Notice’’ means written notice unless otherwise specifically stated and as further defined in the Articles of Association; and
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(iii) ‘‘Registration Office’’ means, 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.
Accordingly, if a Shareholder wishes to nominate a person to stand for election as a Director, the following documents must be validly served on the secretary of the Company, namely (i) his/her notice of intention to propose a resolution at the general meeting; and (ii) a notice signed by the nominated candidate of the candidate’s willingness to be appointed together with (A) that candidate’s information as required to be disclosed under Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules and such other information, as set out in the below heading ‘‘Required information of the candidate(s) nominated by Shareholders’’, and (B) the candidate’s written consent to the publication of his/her personal data.
Required information of the candidate(s) nominated by Shareholders
In order to enable Shareholders to make an informed decision on their election of Directors, the above described notice of intention to propose a resolution by a Shareholder should be accompanied by the following information of the nominated candidate(s):
- (a) full name and age;
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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(b) positions held with the Company and its subsidiaries (if any);
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(c) experience including (i) other directorships held in the past three years in public companies of which the securities are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong and overseas, and (ii) other major appointments and professional qualifications;
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(d) current employment and such other information (which may include business experience and academic qualifications) of which Shareholders should be aware of, pertaining to the ability or integrity of the candidate;
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(e) length or proposed length of service with the Company;
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(f) relationships with any Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company, or an appropriate negative statement;
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(g) interests in shares of HK$0.001 each of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO, or an appropriate negative statement;
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(h) a declaration made by the nominated candidate in respect of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (w) of the Listing Rules, or an appropriate negative statement to that effect where there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of such requirements nor there are any other matters relating to that nominated candidate’s standing for election as a Director that should be brought to Shareholders’ attention; and
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(i) contact details.
The Shareholder proposing the candidate will be required to read out aloud the proposed resolution at the general meeting.
VOTING BY POLL AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Pursuant to Rule 13.39 of the Listing Rules, all votes of the Shareholders at the general meetings must be taken by poll. The Chairman of the meeting will therefore demand a poll for every resolution put to the vote of the Annual General Meeting pursuant to Article 66 of the Articles.
RECOMMENDATION
The Directors believe that the proposed grant of the Issue Mandate, the Buy-back Mandate and the Extension Mandate and the re-election of Directors named above are beneficial to the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
Accordingly, the Directors recommend that the Shareholders vote in favour of the ordinary resolutions for approving the grant of the Issue Mandate, the Buy-back Mandate and the Extension Mandate and the re-election of the retiring Directors at the Annual General Meeting.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.
CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS
The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 20 June 2019 to Tuesday, 25 June 2019, both days inclusive, for the purpose of determining Shareholders’ entitlements to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. In order to qualify for the right to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 19 June 2019.
Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of the Board of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited John Yi ZHANG Chairman
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
This Appendix I serves as an explanatory statement, as required by the Listing Rules, to provide requisite information as to the proposed Buy-back Mandate.
1. LISTING RULES RELATING TO THE BUY-BACK OF SHARES
The Listing Rules permit companies whose primary listing is on the Stock Exchange to buy back their shares on the Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange on which the securities of the company are listed and such exchange is recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange subject to certain restrictions. Among such restrictions, the Listing Rules provide that the shares of such company must be fully paid up and all buy-back of shares by such company must be approved in advance by an ordinary resolution of Shareholders, either by way of a general buy-back mandate or by specific approval of a particular transaction.
2. SHARE CAPITAL
As at the Latest Practicable Date, there were a total of 2,097,703,580 Shares in issue.
Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution granting the Buy-back Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or bought back prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Buy-back Mandate to buy back a maximum of 209,770,358 Shares, which represents 10% of the entire issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the resolution until the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of the Company or the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
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(iii) revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders of the Company in a general meeting.
3. REASONS FOR THE BUY-BACK
The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole to seek a general authority from the Shareholders to enable the Company to buy back the Shares on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed. Share buy-backs may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value per Share and/or earnings per Share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such buy-back will benefit the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
4. FUNDING OF BUY-BACKS
In buying back the Shares, the Company may only apply funds legally available for the purpose in accordance with the Articles and the Companies Law.
Taking into account the current working capital position of the Company, the Directors consider that, if the Buy-back Mandate was to be exercised in full, it might have a material adverse effect on the working capital and/or the gearing position of the Company (as compared with the position disclosed in the 2018 Annual Report). However, the Directors do not intend to make any buy-backs to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements or the gearing position of the Company.
5. SHARE PRICES
The Shares are trading on the Stock Exchange and the highest and lowest prices at which the Shares have been traded on the Stock Exchange in each of the following months immediately preceding the Latest Practicable Date are as follows:
| Highest | Lowest | |
|---|---|---|
| HK$ | HK$ | |
| April 2018 | 0.220 | 0.166 |
| May 2018 | 0.184 | 0.157 |
| June 2018 | 0.159 | 0.079 |
| July 2018 | 0.095 | 0.088 |
| August 2018 | 0.089 | 0.070 |
| September 2018 | 0.105 | 0.084 |
| October 2018 | 0.095 | 0.086 |
| November 2018 | 0.100 | 0.087 |
| December 2018 | 0.095 | 0.078 |
| January 2019 | 0.090 | 0.078 |
| February 2019 | 0.106 | 0.084 |
| March 2019 | 0.103 | 0.080 |
| 1 April 2019 to the Latest Practicable Date | 0.086 | 0.079 |
6. THE TAKEOVERS CODE AND MINIMUM PUBLIC HOLDING
If a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases when the Company exercises its powers to buy back Shares pursuant to the Buy-back Mandate, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code. As a result, a Shareholder or group of Shareholders acting in concert could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 or Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
As at the Latest Practicable Date, as far as the Directors are aware, substantial Shareholders having interests in 10% or more in the issued share capital of the Company are as follows:
| Approximate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| percentage of | |||
| interest in the | |||
| Number of | issued share | ||
| Shares | capital of the | ||
| Name of Shareholders | Nature of interest | interested | Company |
| Mr. John Yi Zhang1 | Beneficiary of interest in a | 629,283,550 | 30.00% |
| controlled corporation, | |||
| and founder of a trust | |||
| Fonty Holdings Limited | Beneficial owner | 576,453,844 | 27.48% |
| (‘‘Fonty’’) | |||
| Ms. Carrie Wang2 | Spouse interest | 629,283,550 | 30.00% |
Notes:
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(1) Mr. John Yi Zhang legally owns the entire issued share capital of Fonty Holdings Limited, which beneficially owns 576,453,844 Shares. Mr. John Yi Zhang is therefore deemed to be interested in all the Shares held by Fonty Holdings Limited. For the purpose of the SFO, Mr. Zhang is also deemed to be interested in 47,820,706 Shares owned by Zhang Trusts For Descendants as the founder of the trust. In addition, Mr. Zhang is also deemed to be interested in 5,000,000 Shares which may be issued to him upon the exercise of the share options granted to him on 28 June 2012.
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(2) Ms. Carrie Wang is the spouse of Mr. John Yi Zhang, therefore, pursuant to the SFO, she is deemed to be interested in all the Shares in which Mr. John Yi Zhang is interested.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, to the best knowledge of the Directors, Mr. John Yi Zhang and Fonty control the exercise of approximately 30.00% voting rights in the general meeting of the Company.
In the event that the Directors should exercise in full the power to buy back Shares which is proposed to be granted pursuant to the Buy-back Mandate, the voting right of Mr. John Yi Zhang and Fonty in the Company would increase to approximately 33.33% of the issued share capital of the Company. Such exercise of the Buy-back Mandate in full to Buy-back the Shares will trigger an obligation on the part of Fonty to make a mandatory general offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code. The Directors do not have any present intention to exercise the Buy-back Mandate to such an extent as will trigger such obligation under the Takeovers Code.
The Directors will not exercise the Buy-back Mandate to such an extent that will result in the number of Shares in the hands of public falling below the prescribed minimum percentage of 25%.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
7. SHARE BUY-BACK MADE BY THE COMPANY
The Company had not bought back any of its Shares (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise) during the previous six months preceding the Latest Practicable Date.
8. GENERAL
None of the Directors, to the best of their knowledge having made all reasonable enquiries, nor any of their close associates has any present intention to sell any Shares to the Company if the Buy-back Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that they will exercise the power of the Company to make purchases pursuant to the Buy-back Mandate in accordance with the Listing Rules, the applicable laws of Cayman Islands and the regulations set out in the Articles of the Company.
No core connected person of the Company has notified the Company that he has a present intention to sell any Shares to the Company nor has any such core connected person undertaken not to sell any Shares held by him to the Company in the event that the Buy-back Mandate is granted.
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PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS FOR RE-ELECTION
APPENDIX II
The details of the Directors eligible and offering themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting are set out below:
Mr. Chau Kwok Keung(鄒國強), aged 42, is an executive Director, the chief financial officer of the Group and the company secretary of the Company, responsible for corporate financial and general management. He is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. He was also appointed as (i) an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee of Qingdao Port International Co., Ltd., a company dually-listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 6198) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: SH601298), in May 2014; (ii) an independent director of The9 Limited, whose shares are listed by way of American Depository Shares on the NASDAQ (NASDAQ: NCTY), in October 2015; and (iii) an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee of China Xinhua Education Group Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 2779), in October 2017. He has obtained the certificate of Qualified Independent Director from Shanghai Stock Exchange in August 2017. He acted as a member of supervisory board of RIB Software AG, a software company in Germany, which was listed in Frankfurt Stock Exchange, from May 2010 to June 2013. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Chau served in various positions at China.com Inc., a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 8006) from October 2005 to October 2007, including vice president of the finance department, chief financial officer, company secretary and authorised representative. Prior to joining China. com Inc., he was the deputy group financial controller of China South City Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1668) from August 2003 to April 2005 and the financial controller of Shanghai Hawei New Material and Technology Co., Ltd. from June 2002 to August 2003. Mr. Chau was employed by Andersen & Co. initially as an experienced staff accountant and then he was subsequently promoted to be a senior consultant in the Global Corporate Finance Division of Andersen & Co. in March 2002. Mr. Chau has been a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since June 2002, a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since July 2005 and a Chartered Financial Analyst of CFA Institute since September 2003. Mr. Chau received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in May 1998.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Chau has confirmed that he has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years.
A service contract has been entered into between the Company and Mr. Chau for an initial fixed term of two years commencing from 30 October 2009 and shall automatically continue thereafter until terminate by not less than three months’ notice by either party or the other, subject to retirement and re-election by the Shareholders pursuant to the Articles of the Company. The current Director’s fee payable to Mr. Chau is RMB160,000 per month. Mr. Chau, as an executive Director of the Company, is also entitled to a discretionary bonus, provided that the aggregate amount of the bonuses payable to all executive Directors of the Company in respect of any financial year may not exceed 5% of the Company’s audited consolidated or combined net profit (after taxation and payment of such bonuses) in respect of that financial year. The remuneration package of Mr. Chau is determined by reference to his duty, experience, workload and time devoted to the Group.
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Mr. Chau does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, or other substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Chau is deemed to be interested in 14,728,000 Shares which may be issued to him upon the exercise of the share options granted to him on 28 June 2012, 31 May 2014 and 2 May 2017, within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Save as disclosed, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Chau had no interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the SFO.
Mr. Chau has confirmed that there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders, and there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.
Mr. Wang Yixin (王益新), aged 48, is a non-executive Director. Mr. Wang acted as the director of the port affairs bureau and the director assistant and the deputy director of the management committee of Wuxi Jiangyin Lingang Economic Development Zone* (無錫江陰臨 港經濟開發區) from February 2006 to September 2015. Mr. Wang graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University with a bachelor’s degree in industrial electric automation in July 1994, and obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Nanjing University in June 2001. Mr. Wang is now pursuing a doctor’s degree in global finance business administration in Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance of Shanghai Jiaotong University. Mr. Wang also passed the professionals qualification test of the securities industry organised by the Securities Association of China in June 2015.
Mr. Wang has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the past three years and does not hold any other position with the Company and other members of the Group.
A service contract has been entered into between the Company and Mr. Wang for an initial term of two years commencing from 3 October 2016, automatically renewable for a term of two years subject to retirement and re-election by the Shareholders pursuant to the Articles and the Listing Rules. The current Director’s fee payable to Mr. Wang is RMB200,000 per annum. The remuneration package of Mr. Wang is determined by reference to his duty, experience, workload and time devoted to the Group.
Mr. Wang does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company. Mr. Wang is deemed to be interested in 200,000 Shares which may be issued to him upon exercise of the share options granted to him on 2 May 2017. Save as disclosed, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Wang had no interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the SFO.
Mr. Wang Yixin has confirmed that there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders, and there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.
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Mr. Leung Ming Shu(梁銘樞), aged 43, is an independent non-executive Director. Mr. Leung founded internet private equity fund Harmony Capital as Founding Partner in January 2018. Mr. Leung has been the company secretary of China ITS (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (中國智能 交通系統(控股)有限公司), a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1900), since January 2008 and the chief financial officer of the said company from January 2008 to January 2018. He has also been an independent non-executive director of Cabbeen Fashion Limited (卡 賓服飾有限公司) (stock code: 2030) since February 2013 and Sun.King Power Electronics Group Limited (stock code: 580) since March 2017, which both companies are listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Leung has over 15 years of experience in the areas of corporate finance and accounting. Mr. Leung started his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong as an auditor in 1998. He then worked at the global corporate finance division of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Hong Kong, which subsequently merged with PricewaterhouseCoopers, until December 2000. From July 2001 to February 2003, Mr. Leung also worked as a business consultant in Market Catalyst International (Hong Kong) Limited, where he advised companies on issues of strategy, organization and operations. Mr. Leung then spent approximately three years from February 2003 to January 2006 at CDC Corporation, a NASDAQ listed company, as a senior manager in the mergers and acquisitions department, and as the chief financial officer of China.com Inc., a subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a company listed on the Stock Exchange. From February 2006 to October 2006, Mr. Leung served as the chief financial officer of Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Co., Ltd., a related party of 大唐電信科技股份 有限公司 (Datang Telecom Technology Co., Ltd., a company listed on The Shanghai Stock Exchange) which is engaged in the development of telecommunication standard and manufacture of telecommunication equipment. From November 2006 to January 2008, he served as the chief financial officer of Beijing Lingtu Spacecom Technology Co., Ltd (北京靈 圖星訊科技有限公司), a subsidiary of Beijing Lingtu Software Co., Ltd (北京靈圖軟件技術有 限公司), a PRC digital mapping and navigation software company. Mr. Leung obtained his bachelor’s degree in arts with first class honor in accountancy from The City University of Hong Kong in June 1998 and a master’s degree in accountancy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in November 2001. He is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FCPA).
Mr. Leung has entered into a service contract with the Company for an initial term of two years commencing from 30 October 2009, automatically renewable for a term of two years subject to the retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the articles of association of the Company and the Listing Rules. The current Director’s fee payable to Mr. Leung is RMB200,000 per year. The remuneration package of Mr. Leung Ming Shu is determined by reference to his duty, experience, workload and time devoted to the Group.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Leung has not held any other directorship in other listed public companies in the past three years and does not hold any other position with the Company and other members of the Group.
Mr. Leung is deemed to be interested in 562,787 Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO, which comprise Shares that may be issued to him upon the exercise of pre-IPO share options granted to him on 3 August 2009, 2 October 2009 and the share options granted to him on 27 December 2012 and 2 May 2017. He does not have any relationship with any other
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Directors, senior management, or other substantial shareholders or Controlling Shareholders of the Company and its subsidiaries. Save as disclosed, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Leung had no interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the SFO.
Mr. Leung has confirmed that there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders, and there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules in relation to his reelection.
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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
卡姆丹克太陽能系統集團有限公司 Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 712)
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at 5/F, BOC Group Life Assurance Tower, 136 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 to consider and, if thought fit, transact the following business:
ORDINARY BUSINESS
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to receive and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors (the ‘‘Directors’’) of the Company and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018;
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to re-elect Mr. Chau Kwok Keung as an executive Director of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) to fix his remuneration;
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to re-elect Mr. Wang Yixin as a non-executive Director of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix his remuneration;
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to re-elect Mr. Leung Ming Shu as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix his remuneration;
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to authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the Company’s Directors;
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to re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the Company’s auditors and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration;
and, as additional ordinary business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions (with or without modification);
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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Listing Rules’’), the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the unissued shares (each, a ‘‘Share’’) of HK$0.001 each in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements or options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements or options which might require the exercise of the aforesaid powers after the expiry of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to options and otherwise) by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under all share option schemes of the Company adopted from time to time in accordance with the Listing Rules; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed the aggregate of:
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(i) 20 per cent, of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution; and
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(ii) (if the directors of the Company are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the aggregate nominal value of any share capital of the Company bought back by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent, of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution), and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
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(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the directors of the Company by this resolution.
‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of Shares on the Company’s register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of; or the requirements of, any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange outside Hong Kong).’’
8. ‘‘THAT:
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (c) below) of all the powers of the Company to buy back (or agree to buy back) shares (each, a ‘‘Share’’) of HK$0.001 each in the capital of the Company on the Stock Exchange, or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for such purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Law, Cap 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate nominal amount of Shares which may be bought back or agreed to be bought back by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 percent, of the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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(c) for the purposes of this resolution, ‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
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(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the directors of the Company by this resolution.’’
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‘‘THAT conditional on the passing of resolutions numbered 7 and 8 above, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) of resolution numbered 7 above be and it is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal value of the shares which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to or in accordance with such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company bought back or agreed to be bought back by the Company pursuant to or in accordance with the authority granted under paragraph (a) of resolution numbered 7 above.’’
By Order of the Board Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited John Yi ZHANG Chairman
Hong Kong, 30 April 2019
As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. John Yi ZHANG, Mr. ZHANG Zhen and Mr. CHAU Kwok Keung; the non-executive Director is Mr. WANG Yixin; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Kang SUN, Mr. LEUNG Ming Shu and Mr. XU Erming.
Registered office:
Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive PO Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
Level 8 & 14 88 Gloucester Road Wanchai Hong Kong
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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notes:
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Any member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or, if he is the holder of two or more shares, one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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In order to be valid, a form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy thereof, must be deposited at the offices of the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 20 June 2019 to Tuesday, 25 June 2019, both days inclusive, for the purpose of determining shareholders’ entitlements to attend and vote at the annual general meeting. In order to qualify for the right to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 19 June 2019.
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In relation to proposed resolutions numbered 7 and 9 above, approval is being sought from the shareholders for the grant to the directors of a general mandate to authorise the allotment and issue of shares under the Listing Rules. The directors have no immediate plans to issue any new shares of the Company.
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In relation to proposed resolution numbered 8 above, the directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred thereby to purchase shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefit of the shareholders of the Company. An explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable the shareholders of the Company to make an informed decision to vote on the proposed resolution as required by the Listing Rules is set out in the Appendix I in the circular of which this notice of the annual general meeting forms part.
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In the case of joint holders of a share, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at any meeting the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.
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Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a shareholder 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.
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