UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2024
Commission File Number: 001-41663
Chanson International Holding
B9 Xinjiang Chuangbo Zhigu Industrial Park
No. 100 Guangyuan Road, Shuimogou District
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 830017
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form
40-F ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The extraordinary general meeting of holders of
Class A ordinary shares of Chanson International Holding, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”),
will be held on December 26, 2024, followed by the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company (together with the extraordinary
general meeting of holders of Class A ordinary shares, the “Meetings”). In connection with the Meetings, the Company
hereby furnishes the following documents:
Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Gang Li |
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Chief Executive Officer, Director, and
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Exhibit 99.1
Chanson International Holding
(incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands)
(NASDAQ: CHSN)
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF HOLDERS
OF CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an extraordinary
general meeting of holders of Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) of
Chanson International Holding (the “Company”) will be held on December 26, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time (the “EGM”),
which shall be followed by the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “AGM”). The EGM will
be held in a hybrid format. In-person participants will be able to attend the EGM at B9 Xinjiang Chuangbo Zhigu Industrial Park, No. 100 Guangyuan Road,
Shuimogou District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 830017. Remote participants
will be able to attend the EGM at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHSN2024.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
notice of meeting have the meaning given to them in the Company’s current amended and restated articles of association.
The purpose of the EGM is for holders of Class
A Ordinary Shares (“Class A shareholders”) to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
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“It is resolved, as a Special Resolution in accordance with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association, that the variation of the rights attaching to Class A Ordinary Shares resulting from the number of votes holders of Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”) are entitled to cast on a poll being increased from 10 votes to 50 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share they hold is approved” (the “Class B Variation”); and |
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“It is resolved, as an Ordinary Resolution, to adjourn the EGM (as defined in the proxy statement) to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, at the time of the EGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the AGM (as defined in the proxy statement)” (the “EGM Adjournment”). |
The foregoing items of business are described
in the proxy statement accompanying this notice. The Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”)
unanimously recommends that the Class A shareholders vote “FOR” for each item.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of
business on November 11, 2024 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the Class A shareholders entitled
to receive notice of and to vote at the EGM or any adjournment thereof. Only holders of Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company on the
Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the EGM or any adjournment thereof.
Class A shareholders may obtain a copy of the
proxy materials from the Company’s website at https://ir.chanson-international.net/. The notice of the EGM, the proxy statement,
and the proxy card will be sent or made available to Class A shareholders on or about November 29, 2024.
By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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/s/ Gang Li |
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Gang Li |
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Chief Executive Officer, Director, and
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Urumqi, China |
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November 29, 2024
CHANSON INTERNATIONAL HOLDING
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF HOLDERS OF
CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES
December 26, 2024
9:30 a.m., Eastern Time
PROXY STATEMENT
The board of directors (the “Board of Directors”)
of Chanson International Holding (the “Company”) is soliciting proxies for the extraordinary general meeting of holders
of Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each of the Company (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) to be held on December
26, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time (the “EGM”), which shall be followed by the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders
of the Company (the “AGM”). The Company will hold the EGM at B9 Xinjiang Chuangbo Zhigu Industrial Park, No. 100 Guangyuan Road,
Shuimogou District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 830017, which holders
of Class A Ordinary Shares (“Class A shareholders”) will be able to attend in person and via live audio webcast online
at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHSN2024. Class A shareholders will have an equal opportunity to participate in the business for
which the EGM has been convened, to hear and see all persons present who speak and to be heard and seen by all other persons present in
the same way, regardless of their geographic location.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
proxy statement have the meaning given to them in the Company’s current amended and restated articles of association.
Registered Class A shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will
be able to attend, participate and vote at the EGM or any adjournment thereof in real time. Beneficial Class A shareholders who hold their
shares through a broker, investment dealer, bank, trust corporation, custodian, nominee or other intermediary who have not duly appointed
themselves as proxyholder will be able to attend as guests and may view the webcast, but will not be able to participate in or vote at
the EGM.
Only Class A shareholders of record at the close of business on November
11, 2024 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to attend and vote at the EGM or at any adjournment thereof. The Class A
shareholders entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a Class A shareholder being a corporate entity) by
its duly authorized representative representing not less than one-third of the voting rights of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares
carrying the right to vote at the EGM shall form a quorum.
Any Class A shareholder entitled to attend and
vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on such shareholder’s behalf. A proxy need not be a Class A shareholder
of the Company. Each holder of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each Class A Ordinary
Share held by such holder on the Record Date.
PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON
At the EGM, resolutions will be proposed as follows:
Proposal 1: It is resolved, as a Special Resolution
in accordance with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association, that the variation of the rights attaching to Class A
ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each resulting from the number of votes holders of Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.001
each are entitled to cast on a poll being increased from 10 votes to 50 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share they hold is approved (the
“Class B Variation”); and
Proposal 2: It is resolved, as an Ordinary Resolution,
to adjourn the EGM (as defined in the proxy statement) to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary, to permit further solicitation
and vote of proxies if, at the time of the EGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the
foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the AGM (as defined in the proxy statement)(the “EGM Adjournment”).
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR”
the Proposal No. 1 and Proposal No. 2.
VOTING PROCEDURE FOR HOLDERS OF CLASS A ORDINARY
SHARES
Class A shareholders entitled to vote at the EGM
may do so either in person or by proxy. Those Class A shareholders who are unable to attend the EGM are requested to read, complete, sign,
date, and return the attached proxy card in accordance with the instructions set out therein.
ANNUAL REPORT TO CLASS A SHAREHOLDERS
Pursuant
to the Marketplace Rules of Nasdaq Stock Market, which permit companies to make available their annual reports to shareholders on or through
the Company’s website, the Company posts its annual reports on the Company’s website. The annual report for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2023 on Form 20-F (the “2023 Annual Report”) has been filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Company adopted this practice to avoid the considerable expense associated with mailing physical copies of
such report to record holders. You may obtain a copy of the Company’s 2023 Annual Report to shareholders by visiting the Company’s
website at https://ir.chanson-international.net/. If you want to receive
a paper or email copy of the Company’s 2023 Annual Report to shareholders, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting
a copy. Please make your request for a copy to the Investor Relations of the Company, available at https://ir.chanson-international.net/.
PROPOSAL NO. 1
CLASS B VARIATION
General
Currently, each holder of Class B ordinary
shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”) is, on a poll, entitled to 10 votes for each Class B
Ordinary Share held. The Company is proposing to vary the rights of the Class B Ordinary Shares in such manner and to such extent
such that each holder of Class B Ordinary Shares will be, on a poll, entitled to exercise 50 votes for each Class B Ordinary
Share held (the “Class B Variation”). Each holder of Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “Class
A Ordinary Shares”) is and shall remain entitled, on a poll, to one vote for each Class A Ordinary Share held. On a show
of hands, every shareholder shall continue to have one vote.
Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association
provides that the right attaching to a class of shares may only be varied if one of the following applies: (a) the shareholder holding
not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class consent in writing to the variation; or (b) the variation is made with the
sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the shareholders holding the issued shares of that class.
The
Class B Variation will vary the rights attaching to Class A Ordinary Shares by diluting the voting power of Class A Ordinary Shares. Accordingly,
the purpose of the EGM is to seek the approval of Class A shareholders to the Class B Variation and the consequent variation to the rights
attaching to the Class A Ordinary Shares by way of Special Resolution in accordance with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles
of association.
The Company has separately asked its sole holder
of Class B Ordinary Shares to consent in writing to the Class B Variation and expects to receive such consent prior to the EGM (the “Class
B Shareholder Consent”).
If the Class B Variation is approved by holders of Class A Ordinary
Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, separately in accordance with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association,
then shareholders will be asked to amend the articles of association to, amongst other things, reflect the Class B Variation at the Company’s
next annual general meeting, to be held following the EGM on December 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at B9 Xinjiang Chuangbo Zhigu Industrial Park, No. 100 Guangyuan Road,
Shuimogou District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 830017, accessible through the link www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHSN2024 (the “AGM”).
Resolution
The resolution to be proposed shall be as follows:
It is resolved, as a Special Resolution in accordance
with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association, that the variation of the rights attaching to Class A Ordinary Shares
resulting from the number of votes holders of Class B Ordinary Shares are entitled to cast on a poll being increased from 10 votes to
50 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share they hold is approved.
Proposal No. 1 will be approved if at least two-thirds of the total
votes properly cast in person or by proxy at the EGM by the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the EGM vote “FOR”
the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
CLASS B VARIATION.
PROPOSAL NO. 2
EGM ADJOURNMENT
Proposal No. 2, if adopted, will allow the Board
of Directors to adjourn the EGM to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies
if, at the time of the EGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of any proposal to be presented
at either the EGM or AGM. If Proposal No. 2 is not approved by shareholders, the Board of Directors may not be able to adjourn the EGM
to a later date in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the proposals to
be presented at the EGM or AGM.
Resolution
The resolution to be proposed shall be as follows:
It
is resolved, as an Ordinary Resolution, to adjourn the EGM (as defined in the proxy statement) to a later date or dates or sine die, if
necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, at the time of the EGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise
in connection with, the approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the AGM (as defined in the proxy statement).
Proposal No. 2 will be approved if a simple majority
of the total votes properly cast in person or by proxy at the EGM by the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares entitled to vote at the EGM
vote “FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE EGM ADJOURNMENT.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other
matters to be submitted to the EGM. If any other matters properly come before the EGM, 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.
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November 29, 2024 |
/s/ Gang Li |
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Gang Li |
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Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Exhibit 99.2
Chanson International Holding
(incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands)
(NASDAQ: CHSN)
NOTICE OF 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 2024 annual
general meeting of shareholders (the “AGM”) of Chanson International Holding (the “Company”) will
be held on December 26, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, following the Company’s extraordinary general meeting of holders of
Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “EGM”). The AGM will be held in a hybrid format. In-person
participants will be able to attend the AGM at B9 Xinjiang Chuangbo Zhigu Industrial Park, No. 100 Guangyuan Road,
Shuimogou District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 830017. Remote participants will be able to attend
the AGM at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHSN2024. The agenda for the AGM is as follows:
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to approve, as an ordinary resolution, the re-election of each of the five directors named in the proxy statement as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until the next annual general meeting of the Company (the “Director Re-election”); |
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to approve, as an ordinary resolution, that the re-appointment of Assentsure PAC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 be approved, ratified and confirmed (the “Auditor Appointment”); |
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to pass the following special resolution:
“It is resolved as a Special Resolution that,
subject to the Company receiving consent to the Class B Variation (as defined in the proxy statement) from each class of shareholders
in accordance with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association, the Company adopt amended and restated articles of association
in the form annexed to the proxy statement in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing articles of association,
to, amongst other things, reflect the Class B Variation and FYE Change (as defined in the proxy statement)” (the “Amended
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To approve, as an ordinary resolution, to adjourn the AGM to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, at the time of the AGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the EGM (the “AGM Adjournment”). |
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The foregoing items of business are described
in the proxy statement accompanying this notice. The Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”)
unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote “FOR” for all the 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 AGM or any adjournment thereof. Only holders of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares of the
Company on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the AGM or any adjournment thereof.
Shareholders may obtain a copy of the proxy materials
from the Company’s website at https://ir.chanson-international.net/. The notices of the AGM, the proxy statement, and the proxy
card will be sent or made available to shareholders on or about November 29, 2024.
By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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/s/ Gang Li |
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Gang Li |
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Chief Executive Officer, Director, and
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Urumqi, China |
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November 29, 2024
CHANSON INTERNATIONAL HOLDING
2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
December 26, 2024
10:00 a.m., Eastern Time
PROXY STATEMENT
The board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) of
Chanson International Holding (the “Company”) is soliciting proxies for the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders
(the “AGM”) of the Company to be held on December 26, 2024, at 10:00 AM, Eastern Time, following the Company’s
extraordinary general meeting of holders of Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “EGM”). The Company
will hold the AGM at B9 Xinjiang Chuangbo Zhigu Industrial Park, No. 100 Guangyuan Road,
Shuimogou District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 830017, which shareholders will be able to attend in person and via live audio webcast
online at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHSN2024. Shareholders will have an equal opportunity to participate in the business for which
the AGM has been convened, to hear and see all persons present who speak and to be heard and seen by all other persons present in the
same way, regardless of their geographic location.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
notice of meeting have the meaning given to them in the Company’s current amended and restated articles of association.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders
will be able to attend, participate and vote at the AGM or any adjournment thereof in real time. Beneficial shareholders who hold their
shares through a broker, investment dealer, bank, trust corporation, custodian, nominee or other intermediary who have not duly appointed
themselves as proxyholder will be able to attend as guests and may view the webcast, but will not be able to participate in or vote at
the AGM.
Only holders of the Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each
(the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) and Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “Class B
Ordinary Shares”) (Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares collectively, the “ordinary shares”)
of the Company of record at the close of business on November 11, 2024 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to attend and
vote at the AGM or at any adjournment thereof. The shareholders entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy or (in the case of
a shareholder being a corporate entity) by its duly authorized representative representing not less than one-third of the voting rights
of the outstanding ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the AGM shall form a quorum.
Any shareholder entitled to attend and vote at
the AGM is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on such shareholder’s behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the
Company. Each holder of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each Class A ordinary
share held by such holder on the Record Date. Each holder of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares shall be entitled to 10 votes
in respect of each Class B ordinary share held by such holder on the Record Date.
PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON
At the AGM, resolutions will be proposed as follows:
Proposal 1: Will involve shareholders being asked
to consider and, if thought fit, separately pass the following ordinary resolutions for the re-election of the Company’s current directors:
RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that
Gang Li be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until
the next annual general meeting of the Company.
RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that
Yong Du be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until
the next annual general meeting of the Company.
RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that
Jie Li be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until the
next annual general meeting of the Company.
RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that
Shuaiheng Zhang be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company
until the next annual general meeting of the Company.
RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that
Jin Wang be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until
the next annual general meeting of the Company.
Proposal 2: RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION,
that the re-appointment of Assentsure PAC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2024 be approved, ratified and confirmed.
Proposal 3: RESOLVED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION that,
subject to the Company receiving consent to the Class B Variation (as defined in the proxy statement) from each class of shareholders
in accordance with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association, the Company adopt amended and restated articles of association
in the form annexed to the proxy statement in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing articles of association,
to, amongst other things, reflect the Class B Variation and FYE Change (as defined in the proxy statement).
Proposal
4: RESOLVED AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, that, the AGM be adjourned to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary, to permit further
solicitation and vote of proxies if, at the time of the AGM, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the
approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the EGM to be held on or about the date of the AGM.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR”
each of the Proposals No. 1–4.
VOTING PROCEDURE FOR HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES
Shareholders entitled to vote at the AGM may do
so either in person or by proxy. Those shareholders who are unable to attend the AGM are requested to read, complete, sign, date, and
return the attached proxy card in accordance with the instructions set out therein.
ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
Pursuant
to the Marketplace Rules of Nasdaq Stock Market, which permit companies to make available their annual reports to shareholders on or through
the Company’s website, the Company posts its annual reports on the Company’s website. The annual report for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2023 on Form 20-F (the “2023 Annual Report”) has been filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Company adopted this practice to avoid the considerable expense associated with mailing physical copies of
such report to record holders. You may obtain a copy of the Company’s 2023 Annual Report to shareholders by visiting the Company’s
website at https://ir.chanson-international.net. If you want to receive
a paper or email copy of the Company’s 2023 Annual Report to shareholders, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting
a copy. Please make your request for a copy to the Investor Relations of the Company, available at https://ir.chanson-international.net.
PROPOSAL NO. 1
DIRECTOR RE-ELECTION
The Board of Directors currently consists of five
members. All five current directors of the Company named below (the “Director Nominees”) will seek re-election at the
AGM.
Each director to be re-elected will hold office
in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders. Pursuant to the current
written agreements between each director and the Company, the directorship shall be up for re-election each year at the annual meeting
of shareholders of the Company, and upon re-election, the terms and provisions of such written agreements shall remain in full force and
effect.
The re-election of each of the five current directors
will be proposed as separate ordinary resolutions of the Company.
Director Nominees
The Director Nominees recommended by the Board
are as follows:
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Gang Li |
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Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Yong Du |
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52 |
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Independent Director |
Shuaiheng Zhang |
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60 |
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Independent Director |
Jie Li |
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Independent Director |
Jin Wang |
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Independent Director |
Information Regarding the Company’s Directors
and Nominees
Mr. Gang Li has been our chief executive
officer since September 2022, our Chairman since September 2020, and our director since July 2019. Mr. Li served as the chief executive
officer of Xinjiang United Family from May 2016 to January 2018 and from August 2015 to January 2016. Mr. Li has been the chief executive
officer of Urumqi Plastic Surgery Hospital Co., Ltd. since July 2011 and the chief executive officer of Urumqi Marie Gynecological and
Obstetrical Hospital (Limited) since August 2009, responsible for the operations and investment of the companies. Mr. Li received his
bachelor’s degree in Chinese Literature from Xinjiang University in 1989.
Mr. Yong Du has served as our independent
director since March 2023. Mr. Du has been an accounting professor, doctorial supervisor, and academic leader in the field of accounting
and the director of the New Economics and Management Research Institute at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies South China Business
College since September 2019. His research focuses in areas such as accounting and investor protection, budget management, capital market
accounting and finance, and capital market auditing. From July 2004 to August 2019, Mr. Du taught at Xinjiang University of Finance and
Economics and had been an accounting professor since December 2017, a doctorial supervisor since August 2018, and the academic leader
in the field of accounting since March 2019. From October 2013 to November 2015, Mr. Du served as a postdoctoral researcher of Peking
University. Mr. Du has served as an expert on the Academic Committee of Silk Road Economics and Management Research Institute at Xinjiang
University of Finance and Economics since March 2019, an expert on the Academic Committee of the Commerce Economy Association of China
since June 2017, a senior researcher of the Audit Research Institute of WUYIGE Certified Public Accountants LLP since July 2016, a part-time
researcher of Financial Analysis and Investment Research Center at Peking University, a researcher of Beijing State-Owned Asset Management
and Innovation Center, and a special researcher of Accounting and Investor Protection Research Center at Beijing Technology and Business
University since October 2013. Mr. Du received his doctoral degree in Accounting from Central University of Finance and Economics in 2011.
Mr. Shuaiheng Zhang has served as
our independent director since August 2023. Mr. Zhang has over 40 years of business and managerial experience in electronic components
manufacturing and new energy industries. Since September 2019, Mr. Zhang has been serving as the General Manager at Sunwoda Electronic
Co., Ltd, a company listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2011 and a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion
battery cells and modules. From December 2015 to September 2019, Mr. Zhang served as the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Shenzhen SEG Longyan Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the development and sales of solar power plants and
accessories. Prior to that, Mr. Zhang served as the General Manager of Shenzhen SI Semiconductors Co., Ltd, a power semiconductor device
manufacturer with international presence from July 2013 to December 2015. Mr. Zhang received his EMBA degree from Tsinghua University
in 1998 and a bachelor’s degree from Xidian University in 1986.
Mr. Jie Li has served as our independent
director since August 2024. Mr. Li has worked as a lawyer at Beijing DeHeng Law Offices (Urumqi) since April 2016. He received his Bachelor
of Laws degree from Shandong University of Finance and Economics in 2008.
Mr. Jin Wang has served as our independent
director since November 2023. Mr. Wang served as the Financial Manager at JunYe Investment Company from January 2019 to December 2022
and his major responsibilities included financial policy making and human resources management. Mr. Wang served as the Compliance Manager
at Xiangcai Securities Co., Ltd. from January 2015 to December 2018, where he supervised industry compliance matters. He received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Xiangtan University in 2002.
Resolution
The resolutions to be proposed shall be as follows:
It is resolved as an Ordinary Resolution that
Gang Li be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until
the next annual general meeting of the Company.
It is resolved as an Ordinary Resolution that
Yong Du be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until
the next annual general meeting of the Company.
It is resolved as an Ordinary Resolution that
Jie Li be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until the
next annual general meeting of the Company.
It is resolved as an Ordinary Resolution that
Shuaiheng Zhang be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company
until the next annual general meeting of the Company.
It is resolved as an Ordinary Resolution that
Jin Wang be re-elected as a director of the Company to hold office in accordance with the articles of association of the Company until
the next annual general meeting of the Company.
Each ordinary resolution will be approved if a
simple majority of the total votes properly cast in person or by proxy at the AGM by the holders of ordinary shares of the Company entitled
to vote at the AGM vote “FOR” the resolution. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.
Each Director Re-election will become effective
upon the passing of the relevant ordinary resolution.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
EACH DIRECTOR RE-ELECTION.
PROPOSAL NO. 2
AUDITOR APPOINTMENT
The Company’s audit committee recommends,
and the Board of Directors concurs, that Assentsure PAC be re-appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (the “Auditor Appointment”).
In the event that our shareholders fail to ratify
the re-appointment, our audit committee will reconsider its selection. Even if the re-appointment is ratified, our audit committee in
its discretion may recommend the appointment of a different independent auditing firm at any time during the year, if the audit committee
believes that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
Resolution
The resolution to be proposed shall be as follows:
RESOLVED
AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, that the re-appointment of Assentsure PAC as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 be approved, ratified and confirmed.
Proposal No. 2 will be approved if a simple majority
of the total votes properly cast in person or by proxy at the AGM by the holders of ordinary shares of the Company entitled to vote at
the AGM vote “FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.
The Auditor Appointment will become effective
upon approval of our shareholders.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE AUDITOR APPOINTMENT.
PROPOSAL NO. 3
AMENDED ARTICLES ADOPTION
General
Class B Variation
Currently, each holder of Class B Ordinary
Shares is, on a poll, entitled to 10 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share held. The Company is proposing to vary the rights of the
Class B Ordinary Shares in such manner and to such extent such that each holder of Class B Ordinary Shares will be, on a poll,
entitled to exercise 50 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share held (the “Class B Variation”). Each holder of Class A
Ordinary Shares is and shall remain entitled, on a poll, to one vote for each Class A Ordinary Share held. On a show of hands, every
shareholder shall continue to have one vote.
Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles
of association provides that the right attaching to a class of shares may only be varied if one of the following applies: (a) the shareholder
holding not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class consent in writing to the variation; or (b) the variation is made
with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the shareholders holding the issued shares of that class.
For this purpose, the Company has sought approval from holders of Class A Ordinary Shares to the variation of the rights attaching to
Class A Ordinary Shares arising from the Class B Variation at the EGM. The Company has also separately asked its sole holder of Class
B Ordinary Shares to consent in writing to the Class B Variation and expects to receive such consent prior to the AGM.
Financial year end
Article 21.3 of the Company’s current articles
of association provides that, unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on September 30 in
each year and begin on October 1 in each year. The Company has been conducting business and preparing its financial accounts on the basis
that its financial year ends on December 31 in each year and begins on January 1 in each year. On or about the date of this proxy statement,
the director passed unanimous written resolutions resolving that, with effect from the Company’s date of incorporation, the financial
year of the Company shall end on December 31 in each year and begin on January 1 in each year (the “FYE Change”).
Changes to the Company’s articles of association
If the Company receives the necessary consents required
by Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association in relation to the Class B Variation, it is proposed that shareholders
pass a special resolution approving the Company’s adoption of the amended articles of association attached as Annex A of
this proxy statement (the “Amended Articles”) in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing
articles of association, to reflect the Class B Variation and the FYE Change.
The Amended Articles will amend Article 12.3 to
reflect the Class B Variation and Article 21.3 to reflect the FYE Change.
The form of the Amended M&A, reflecting the
effect of the Class B Variation and FYE Change, is attached as Annex A of this proxy statement. The Amended Articles will not be
adopted unless the Company receives the necessary consents to the Class B Variation prior to the AGM from each class of shareholders in
accordance with Article 2.8.
Resolution
The resolution to be proposed shall be as follows:
RESOLVED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION that, subject
to the Company receiving consent to the Class B Variation (as defined in the proxy statement) from each class of shareholders in accordance
with Article 2.8 of the Company’s current articles of association, the Company adopt amended and restated articles of association in the
form annexed to the proxy statement in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company’s existing articles of association, to,
amongst other things, reflect the Class B Variation and FYE Change (as defined in the proxy statement).
Proposal No. 3 will be approved if at least two-thirds of the total
votes properly cast in person or by proxy at the AGM by the holders of ordinary shares of the Company entitled to vote at the AGM vote
“FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.
The Amended Articles Adoption will become effective
upon approval of our shareholders.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
AMENDED ARTICLES ADOPTION.
PROPOSAL NO. 4
AGM ADJOURNMENT
Proposal No. 4, if adopted, will allow the Board
of Directors to adjourn the AGM to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies
if, at the time of the annual general meeting of the Company, there are not sufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the
approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the EGM. If Proposal No. 4 is not approved by shareholders, the
Board of Directors may not be able to adjourn the AGM to a later date in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise
in connection with, the approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the EGM.
Resolution
The resolution to be proposed shall be as follows:
RESOLVED
AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that, the annual general meeting of the Company be adjourned to a later date or dates or sine die, if necessary,
to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, at the time of the annual general meeting of the Company, there are not sufficient
votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the foregoing proposals or any proposal to be presented at the extraordinary
general meeting of the holders of Class A ordinary shares of the Company to be held on or about the date of the annual general meeting.
Proposal No. 4 will be approved if a simple majority
of the total votes properly cast in person or by proxy at the AGM by the holders of ordinary shares of the Company entitled to vote at
the AGM vote “FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR
THE AGM ADJOURNMENT.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other
matters to be submitted to the AGM. If any other matters properly come before the AGM, 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.
|
By order of the Board of Directors |
|
|
November 29, 2024 |
/s/ Gang Li |
|
Gang Li |
|
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Appendix A
The Amended Articles
Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited By Shares
Second
Amended and Restated
Articles
of Association
of
Chanson International Holding
香颂国际控股公司
(Adopted
by special resolution passed on [ ] 2024)
Contents
1 |
Definitions, interpretation
and exclusion of Table A |
1 |
|
Definitions |
1 |
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Interpretation |
4 |
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Exclusion of Table A Articles |
5 |
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2 |
Shares |
5 |
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Power to issue Shares and
options, with or without special rights |
5 |
|
Power to pay commissions and
brokerage fees |
5 |
|
Trusts not recognised |
6 |
|
Security interests |
6 |
|
Power to vary class rights |
6 |
|
Effect of new Share issue
on existing class rights |
6 |
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No bearer Shares or warrants |
7 |
|
Treasury Shares |
7 |
|
Rights attaching to Treasury
Shares and related matters |
7 |
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Register of Members |
7 |
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Annual Return |
8 |
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3 |
Share certificates |
8 |
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Issue of share certificates |
8 |
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Renewal of lost or damaged
share certificates |
8 |
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4 |
Lien on Shares |
9 |
|
Nature and scope of lien |
9 |
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Company may sell Shares to
satisfy lien |
9 |
|
Authority to execute instrument
of transfer |
9 |
|
Consequences of sale of Shares
to satisfy lien |
10 |
|
Application of proceeds of
sale |
10 |
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5 |
Calls on Shares and forfeiture |
11 |
|
Power to make calls and effect
of calls |
11 |
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Time when call made |
11 |
|
Liability of joint holders |
11 |
|
Interest on unpaid calls |
11 |
|
Deemed calls |
11 |
|
Power to accept early payment |
12 |
|
Power to make different arrangements
at time of issue of Shares |
12 |
|
Notice of default |
12 |
|
Forfeiture or surrender of
Shares |
12 |
|
Disposal of forfeited or surrendered
Share and power to cancel forfeiture or surrender |
12 |
|
Effect of forfeiture or surrender
on former Member |
13 |
|
Evidence of forfeiture or
surrender |
13 |
|
Sale of forfeited or surrendered
Shares |
13 |
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6 |
Transfer of Shares |
14 |
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Right to transfer |
14 |
|
Suspension of transfers |
15 |
|
Company may retain instrument
of transfer |
15 |
|
Notice of refusal to register |
15 |
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7 |
Transmission of Shares |
15 |
|
Persons entitled on death
of a Member |
15 |
|
Registration of transfer of
a Share following death or bankruptcy |
15 |
|
Indemnity |
16 |
|
Rights of person entitled
to a Share following death or bankruptcy |
16 |
8 |
Alteration of
capital |
16 |
|
Increasing, consolidating,
converting, dividing and cancelling share capital |
16 |
|
Dealing with fractions resulting
from consolidation of Shares |
17 |
|
Reducing share capital |
17 |
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|
9 |
Redemption and purchase of
own Shares |
17 |
|
Power to issue redeemable
Shares and to purchase own Shares |
17 |
|
Power to pay for redemption
or purchase in cash or in specie |
18 |
|
Effect of redemption or purchase
of a Share |
18 |
|
Conversion Rights |
18 |
|
Share Conversions |
19 |
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|
10 |
Meetings of Members |
19 |
|
Annual and extraordinary general
meetings |
19 |
|
Power to call meetings |
19 |
|
Content of notice |
20 |
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Period of notice |
21 |
|
Persons entitled to receive
notice |
21 |
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Accidental omission to give
notice or non-receipt of notice |
21 |
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11 |
Proceedings at meetings of
Members |
22 |
|
Quorum |
22 |
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Lack of quorum |
22 |
|
Chairman |
22 |
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Right of a Director to attend
and speak |
22 |
|
Accommodation of Members at
meeting |
23 |
|
Security |
23 |
|
Adjournment |
23 |
|
Method of voting |
23 |
|
Outcome of vote by show of
hands |
24 |
|
Withdrawal of demand for a
poll |
24 |
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Taking of a poll |
24 |
|
Chairman’s casting vote |
24 |
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Written resolutions |
24 |
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Sole-Member Company |
25 |
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|
12 |
Voting rights of Members |
25 |
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Right to vote |
25 |
|
Rights of joint holders |
26 |
|
Representation of corporate
Members |
26 |
|
Member with mental disorder |
26 |
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Objections to admissibility
of votes |
27 |
|
Form of proxy |
27 |
|
How and when proxy is to be
delivered |
28 |
|
Voting by proxy |
29 |
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|
13 |
Number of Directors |
29 |
|
|
|
14 |
Appointment, disqualification
and removal of Directors |
30 |
|
First Directors |
30 |
|
No age limit |
30 |
|
Corporate Directors |
30 |
|
No shareholding qualification |
30 |
|
Appointment of Directors |
30 |
|
Board’s power to appoint
Directors |
30 |
|
Eligibility |
31 |
|
Appointment at annual general
meeting |
31 |
|
Removal of Directors |
31 |
|
Resignation of Directors |
31 |
|
Termination of the office
of Director |
31 |
15 |
Alternate Directors |
32 |
|
Appointment and removal |
32 |
|
Notices |
33 |
|
Rights of alternate Director |
33 |
|
Appointment ceases when the
appointor ceases to be a Director |
33 |
|
Status of alternate Director |
33 |
|
Status of the Director making
the appointment |
34 |
|
|
|
16 |
Powers of Directors |
34 |
|
Powers of Directors |
34 |
|
Directors below the minimum
number |
34 |
|
Appointments to office |
34 |
|
Provisions for employees |
35 |
|
Exercise of voting rights |
35 |
|
Remuneration |
35 |
|
Disclosure of information |
36 |
|
|
|
17 |
Delegation of powers |
36 |
|
Power to delegate any of the
Directors’ powers to a committee |
36 |
|
Local boards |
37 |
|
Power to appoint an agent
of the Company |
37 |
|
Power to appoint an attorney
or authorised signatory of the Company |
37 |
|
Borrowing Powers |
38 |
|
Corporate Governance |
38 |
|
|
|
18 |
Meetings of Directors |
38 |
|
Regulation of Directors’
meetings |
38 |
|
Calling meetings |
38 |
|
Notice of meetings |
39 |
|
Use of technology |
39 |
|
Quorum |
39 |
|
Chairman or deputy to preside |
39 |
|
Voting |
39 |
|
Recording of dissent |
39 |
|
Written resolutions |
40 |
|
Validity of acts of Directors
in spite of formal defect |
40 |
|
|
|
19 |
Permissible Directors’ interests
and disclosure |
40 |
|
|
|
20 |
Minutes |
41 |
|
|
|
21 |
Accounts and audit |
42 |
|
Auditors |
42 |
|
|
|
22 |
Record dates |
42 |
|
|
|
23 |
Dividends |
43 |
|
Source of dividends |
43 |
|
Declaration of dividends by
Members |
43 |
|
Payment of interim dividends
and declaration of final dividends by Directors |
43 |
|
Apportionment of dividends |
44 |
|
Right of set off |
44 |
|
Power to pay other than in
cash |
44 |
|
How payments may be made |
45 |
|
Dividends or other monies
not to bear interest in absence of special rights |
45 |
|
Dividends unable to be paid
or unclaimed |
45 |
24 |
Capitalisation
of profits |
46 |
|
Capitalisation of profits
or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve; |
46 |
|
Applying an amount for the
benefit of Members |
46 |
|
|
|
25 |
Share Premium Account |
46 |
|
Directors to maintain share
premium account |
46 |
|
Debits to share premium account |
46 |
|
|
|
26 |
Seal |
47 |
|
Company seal |
47 |
|
Duplicate seal |
47 |
|
When and how seal is to be
used |
47 |
|
If no seal is adopted or used |
47 |
|
Power to allow non-manual
signatures and facsimile printing of seal |
47 |
|
Validity of execution |
48 |
|
|
|
27 |
Indemnity |
48 |
|
Release |
49 |
|
Insurance |
49 |
|
|
|
28 |
Notices |
49 |
|
Form of notices |
49 |
|
Electronic communications |
50 |
|
Persons entitled to notices |
51 |
|
Persons authorised to give
notices |
51 |
|
Delivery of written notices |
51 |
|
Joint holders |
51 |
|
Signatures |
51 |
|
Giving notice to a deceased
or bankrupt Member |
52 |
|
Date of giving notices |
52 |
|
Saving provision |
52 |
|
|
|
29 |
Authentication of Electronic
Records |
53 |
|
Application of Articles |
53 |
|
Authentication of documents
sent by Members by Electronic means |
53 |
|
Authentication of document
sent by the Secretary or Officers of the Company by Electronic means |
53 |
|
Manner of signing |
54 |
|
Saving provision |
54 |
|
|
|
30 |
Transfer by way of continuation |
54 |
|
|
|
31 |
Winding up |
55 |
|
Distribution of assets in
specie |
55 |
|
No obligation to accept liability |
55 |
|
|
|
32 |
Amendment of Memorandum and
Articles |
55 |
|
Power to change name or amend
Memorandum |
55 |
|
Power to amend these Articles |
55 |
Companies
Act (Revised)
Company
Limited by Shares
Second
Amended and Restated
Articles of Association
of
Chanson
International Holding
香颂国际控股公司
(Adopted
by special resolution passed on [ ] 2024)
| 1 | Definitions,
interpretation and exclusion of Table A |
Definitions
| 1.1 | In
these Articles, the following definitions apply: |
ADS
means an American depository share representing a Share;
Articles
means, as appropriate:
| (a) | these
articles of association as amended from time to time: or |
| (b) | two
or more particular articles of these Articles; |
and
Article refers to a particular article of these Articles;
Auditors
means the auditor or auditors for the time being of the Company;
Board
means the board of Directors from time to time;
Business
Day means a day when banks in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands are open for the transaction of normal banking business and for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not include a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the Cayman Islands;
Cayman
Islands means the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands;
Class
A Ordinary Share means a Class A ordinary share of a par value of US$0.001 in the share capital of the Company;
Class
B Ordinary Share means a Class B ordinary share of a par value of US$0.001 in the share capital of the Company;
Clear
Days, in relation to a period of notice, means that period excluding:
| (a) | the
day when the notice is given or deemed to be given; and |
| (b) | the
day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; |
Commission
means Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or other federal agency for the time being administering
the U.S. Securities Act;
Company
means the above-named company;
Default
Rate means ten per cent per annum;
Designated
Stock Exchanges means Nasdaq Capital Market in the United States of America for so long as the Company’s Shares or ADSs are
there listed and any other stock exchange on which the Company’s Shares or ADSs are listed for trading;
Designated
Stock Exchange Rules means the relevant code, rules and regulations, as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the
original and continued listing of any Shares or ADSs on the Designated Stock Exchanges;
Directors
means the directors for the time being of the Company and the expression Director shall be construed accordingly;
Electronic
has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands;
Electronic
Record has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands;
Electronic
Signature has the meaning given to that term in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands;
Fully
Paid Up means:
| (a) | in
relation to a Share with par value, means that the par value for that Share and any premium
payable in respect of the issue of that Share, has been fully paid or credited as paid in
money or money’s worth; and |
| (b) | in
relation to a Share without par value, means that the agreed issue price for that Share has
been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth; |
General
Meeting means a general meeting of the Company duly constituted in accordance with the Articles;
Independent
Director means a Director who is an independent director as defined in the Designated Stock Exchange Rules as determined by the Board;
Law
means the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time
being in force;
Member
means any person or persons entered on the register of Members from time to time as the holder of a Share;
Memorandum
means the memorandum of association of the Company as amended from time to time;
month
means a calendar month;
Officer
means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company including a Director, alternate Director or liquidator and excluding the
Secretary;
Ordinary
Resolution means a resolution of a General Meeting passed by a simple majority of Members who (being entitled to do so) vote in person
or by proxy at that meeting. The expression includes a unanimous written resolution;
Partly
Paid Up means:
| (a) | in
relation to a Share with par value, that the par value for that Share and any premium payable
in respect of the issue of that Share, has not been fully paid or credited as paid in money
or money’s worth; and |
| (b) | in
relation to a Share without par value, means that the agreed issue price for that Share has
not been fully paid or credited as paid in money or money’s worth; |
Secretary
means a person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary;
Share
means a Class A Ordinary Share or a Class B Ordinary Share in the capital of the Company and the expression:
| (a) | includes
stock (except where a distinction between shares and stock is expressed or implied); and |
| (b) | where
the context permits, also includes a fraction of a Share; |
Special
Resolution means a resolution of a General Meeting or a resolution of a meeting of the holders of any class of Shares in a class
meeting duly constituted in accordance with the Articles in each case passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of Members who
(being entitled to do so) vote in person or by proxy at that meeting. The expression includes a unanimous written resolution;
Treasury
Shares means Shares held in treasury pursuant to the Law and Article 2.12; and
U.S.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
Interpretation
| 1.2 | In
the interpretation of these Articles, the following provisions apply unless the context otherwise
requires: |
| (a) | A
reference in these Articles to a statute is a reference to a statute of the Cayman Islands
as known by its short title, and includes: |
| (i) | any
statutory modification, amendment or re-enactment; and |
| (ii) | any
subordinate legislation or regulations issued under that statute. |
Without
limitation to the preceding sentence, a reference to a revised Law of the Cayman Islands is taken to be a reference to the revision of
that Law in force from time to time as amended from time to time.
| (b) | Headings
are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Articles,
unless there is ambiguity. |
| (c) | If
a day on which any act, matter or thing is to be done under these Articles is not a Business
Day, the act, matter or thing must be done on the next Business Day. |
| (d) | A
word which denotes the singular also denotes the plural, a word which denotes the plural
also denotes the singular, and a reference to any gender also denotes the other genders. |
| (e) | A
reference to a person includes, as appropriate, a company, trust, partnership, joint
venture, association, body corporate or government agency. |
| (f) | Where
a word or phrase is given a defined meaning another part of speech or grammatical form in
respect to that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning. |
| (g) | All
references to time are to be calculated by reference to time in the place where the Company’s
registered office is located. |
| (h) | The
words written and in writing include all modes of representing or reproducing
words in a visible form, but do not include an Electronic Record where the distinction between
a document in writing and an Electronic Record is expressed or implied. |
| (i) | The
words including, include and in particular or any similar expression
are to be construed without limitation. |
| 1.3 | The
headings in these Articles are intended for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation
of these Articles. |
Exclusion
of Table A Articles
| 1.4 | The
regulations contained in Table A in the First Schedule of the Law and any other regulations
contained in any statute or subordinate legislation are expressly excluded and do not apply
to the Company. |
Power
to issue Shares and options, with or without special rights
| 2.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Law and these Articles about the redemption and purchase of the
Shares, the Directors have general and unconditional authority to allot (with or without
confirming rights of renunciation), grant options over or otherwise deal with any unissued
Shares to such persons, at such times and on such terms and conditions as they may decide.
No Share may be issued at a discount except in accordance with the provisions of the Law. |
| 2.2 | Without
limitation to the preceding Article, the Directors may so deal with the unissued Shares: |
| (a) | either
at a premium or at par; or |
| (b) | with
or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions, whether in regard
to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise. |
| 2.3 | Without
limitation to the two preceding Articles, the Directors may refuse to accept any application
for Shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no
reason. |
Power
to pay commissions and brokerage fees
| 2.4 | The
Company may pay a commission to any person in consideration of that person: |
| (a) | subscribing
or agreeing to subscribe, whether absolutely or conditionally; or |
| (b) | procuring
or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolute or conditional, |
for
any Shares. That commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the allotment of Fully Paid Up or Partly Paid Up Shares or partly
in one way and partly in another.
| 2.5 | The
Company may employ a broker in the issue of its capital and pay him any proper commission
or brokerage. |
Trusts
not recognised
| 2.6 | Except
as required by Law: |
| (a) | no
person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share on any trust; and |
| (b) | no
person other than the Member shall be recognised by the Company as having any right in a
Share. |
Security
interests
| 2.7 | Notwithstanding
the preceding Article, the Company may (but shall not be obliged to) recognise a security
interest of which it has actual notice over shares. The Company shall not be treated as having
recognised any such security interest unless it has so agreed in writing with the secured
party. |
Power
to vary class rights
| 2.8 | If
the share capital is divided into different classes of Shares then, unless the terms on which
a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights attaching to a class of Shares may
only be varied if one of the following applies: |
| (a) | the
Members holding not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of that class consent in writing
to the variation; or |
| (b) | the
variation is made with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general
meeting of the Members holding the issued Shares of that class. |
| 2.9 | For
the purpose of Article 2.8(b), all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings
apply, mutatis mutandis, to every such separate meeting except that: |
| (a) | the
necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding, or representing by proxy, not less
than one third of the issued Shares of the class; and |
| (b) | any
Member holding issued Shares of the class, present in person or by proxy or, in the case
of a corporate Member, by its duly authorised representative, may demand a poll. |
Effect
of new Share issue on existing class rights
| 2.10 | Unless
the terms on which a class of Shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred on
the Member holding Shares of any class shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or
issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with the existing Shares of that class. |
No
bearer Shares or warrants
| 2.11 | The
Company shall not issue Shares or warrants to bearers. |
Treasury
Shares
| 2.12 | Shares
that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires by way of surrender in accordance with the
Law shall be held as Treasury Shares and not treated as cancelled if: |
| (a) | the
Directors so determine prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of those shares; and |
| (b) | the
relevant provisions of the Memorandum and Articles and the Law are otherwise complied with. |
Rights
attaching to Treasury Shares and related matters
| 2.13 | No
dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise)
of the Company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to Members on a winding
up) may be made to the Company in respect of a Treasury Share. |
| 2.14 | The
Company shall be entered in the register of Members as the holder of the Treasury Shares.
However: |
| (a) | the
Company shall not be treated as a Member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right
in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
and |
| (b) | a
Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company
and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time,
whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Law. |
| 2.15 | Nothing
in Article 2.14 prevents an allotment of Shares as Fully Paid Up bonus shares in respect
of a Treasury Share and Shares allotted as Fully Paid Up bonus shares in respect of a Treasury
Share shall be treated as Treasury Shares. |
| 2.16 | Treasury
Shares may be disposed of by the Company in accordance with the Law and otherwise on such
terms and conditions as the Directors determine. |
Register
of Members
| 2.17 | The
Directors shall keep or cause to be kept a register of Members as required by the Law and
may cause the Company to maintain one or more branch registers as contemplated by the Law,
provided that where the Company is maintaining one or more branch registers, the Directors
shall ensure that a duplicate of each branch register is kept with the Company’s principal
register of Members and updated within such number of days of any amendment having been made
to such branch register as may be required by the Law. |
Annual
Return
| 2.18 | The
Directors in each calendar year shall prepare or cause to be prepared an annual return and
declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Law and shall deliver a copy thereof
to the registrar of companies for the Cayman Islands. |
Issue
of share certificates
| 3.1 | A
Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share
certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in
such form as the Directors may determine. If the Directors resolve that share certificates
shall be issued, upon being entered in the register of Members as the holder of a Share,
the Directors may issue to any Member: |
| (a) | without
payment, one certificate for all the Shares of each class held by that Member (and, upon
transferring a part of the Member’s holding of Shares of any class, to a certificate
for the balance of that holding); and |
| (b) | upon
payment of such reasonable sum as the Directors may determine for every certificate after
the first, several certificates each for one or more of that Member’s Shares. |
| 3.2 | Every
certificate shall specify the number, class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the Shares
to which it relates and whether they are Fully Paid Up or Partly Paid Up. A certificate may
be executed under seal or executed in such other manner as the Directors determine. |
| 3.3 | Every
certificate shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the U.S. Securities
Act. |
| 3.4 | The
Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by
several persons and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one joint holder shall be a
sufficient delivery to all of them. |
Renewal
of lost or damaged share certificates
| 3.5 | If
a share certificate is defaced, worn-out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms
(if any) as to: |
| (c) | payment
of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating the evidence; and |
| (d) | payment
of a reasonable fee, if any for issuing a replacement share certificate, |
as
the Directors may determine, and (in the case of defacement or wearing-out) on delivery to the Company of the old certificate.
Nature
and scope of lien
| 4.1 | The
Company has a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether Fully Paid Up or not) registered
in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others). The lien is for all monies
payable to the Company by the Member or the Member’s estate: |
| (a) | either
alone or jointly with any other person, whether or not that other person is a Member; and |
| (b) | whether
or not those monies are presently payable. |
| 4.2 | At
any time the Board may declare any Share to be wholly or partly exempt from the provisions
of this Article. |
Company
may sell Shares to satisfy lien
| 4.3 | The
Company may sell any Shares over which it has a lien if all of the following conditions are
met: |
| (a) | the
sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable; |
| (b) | the
Company gives notice to the Member holding the Share (or to the person entitled to it in
consequence of the death or bankruptcy of that Member) demanding payment and stating that
if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold; and |
| (c) | that
sum is not paid within fourteen Clear Days after that notice is deemed to be given under
these Articles, |
and
Shares to which this Article 4.3 applies shall be referred to as Lien Default Shares.
| 4.4 | The
Lien Default Shares may be sold in such manner as the Board determines. |
| 4.5 | To
the maximum extent permitted by law, the Directors shall incur no personal liability to the
Member concerned in respect of the sale. |
Authority
to execute instrument of transfer
| 4.6 | To
give effect to a sale, the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of
transfer of the Lien Default Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the
purchaser. |
| 4.7 | The
title of the transferee of the Lien Default Shares shall not be affected by any irregularity
or invalidity in the proceedings in respect of the sale. |
Consequences
of sale of Shares to satisfy lien
| 4.8 | On
a sale pursuant to the preceding Articles: |
| (a) | the
name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the register of Members as the holder
of those Lien Default Shares; and |
| (b) | that
person shall deliver to the Company for cancellation the certificate (if any) for those Lien
Default Shares. |
| 4.9 | Notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 4.8, such person shall remain liable to the Company for all monies
which, at the date of sale, were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of those
Lien Default Shares. That person shall also be liable to pay interest on those monies from
the date of sale until payment at the rate at which interest was payable before that sale
or, failing that, at the Default Rate. The Board may waive payment wholly or in part or enforce
payment without any allowance for the value of the Lien Default Shares at the time of sale
or for any consideration received on their disposal. |
Application
of proceeds of sale
| 4.10 | The
net proceeds of the sale, after payment of the costs, shall be applied in payment of so much
of the sum for which the lien exists as is presently payable. Any residue shall be paid to
the person whose Lien Default Shares have been sold: |
| (a) | if
no certificate for the Lien Default Shares was issued, at the date of the sale; or |
| (b) | if
a certificate for the Lien Default Shares was issued, upon surrender to the Company of that
certificate for cancellation |
but,
in either case, subject to the Company retaining a like lien for all sums not presently payable as existed on the Lien Default Shares
before the sale.
| 5 | Calls
on Shares and forfeiture |
Power
to make calls and effect of calls
| 5.1 | Subject
to the terms of allotment, the Board may make calls on the Members in respect of any monies
unpaid on their Shares including any premium. The call may provide for payment to be by instalments.
Subject to receiving at least 14 Clear Days’ notice specifying when and where payment is
to be made, each Member shall pay to the Company the amount called on his Shares as required
by the notice. |
| 5.2 | Before
receipt by the Company of any sum due under a call, that call may be revoked in whole or
in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part. Where a call is to be
paid in instalments, the Company may revoke the call in respect of all or any remaining instalments
in whole or in part and may postpone payment of all or any of the remaining instalments in
whole or in part. |
| 5.3 | A
Member on whom a call is made shall remain liable for that call notwithstanding the subsequent
transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. He shall not be liable for
calls made after he is no longer registered as Member in respect of those Shares. |
Time
when call made
| 5.4 | A
call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising
the call was passed. |
Liability
of joint holders
| 5.5 | Members
registered as the joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all
calls in respect of the Share. |
Interest
on unpaid calls
| 5.6 | If
a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the person from whom it is due
and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable
until it is paid: |
| (a) | at
the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the Share or in the notice of the call; or |
| (b) | if
no rate is fixed, at the Default Rate. |
The
Directors may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.
Deemed
calls
| 5.7 | Any
amount payable in respect of a Share, whether on allotment or on a fixed date or otherwise,
shall be deemed to be payable as a call. If the amount is not paid when due the provisions
of these Articles shall apply as if the amount had become due and payable by virtue of a
call. |
Power
to accept early payment
| 5.8 | The
Company may accept from a Member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on Shares
held by him although no part of that amount has been called up. |
Power
to make different arrangements at time of issue of Shares
| 5.9 | Subject
to the terms of allotment, the Directors may make arrangements on the issue of Shares to
distinguish between Members in the amounts and times of payment of calls on their Shares. |
Notice
of default
| 5.10 | If
a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person
from whom it is due not less than 14 Clear Days’ notice requiring payment of: |
| (b) | any
interest which may have accrued; |
| (c) | any
expenses which have been incurred by the Company due to that person’s default. |
| 5.11 | The
notice shall state the following: |
| (a) | the
place where payment is to be made; and |
| (b) | a
warning that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call is
made will be liable to be forfeited. |
Forfeiture
or surrender of Shares
| 5.12 | If
the notice given pursuant to Article 5.10 is not complied with, the Directors may, before
the payment required by the notice has been received, resolve that any Share the subject
of that notice be forfeited. The forfeiture shall include all dividends or other monies payable
in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. Despite the foregoing,
the Board may determine that any Share the subject of that notice be accepted by the Company
as surrendered by the Member holding that Share in lieu of forfeiture. |
Disposal
of forfeited or surrendered Share and power to cancel forfeiture or surrender
| 5.13 | A
forfeited or surrendered Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such
terms and in such manner as the Board determine either to the former Member who held that
Share or to any other person. The forfeiture or surrender may be cancelled on such terms
as the Directors think fit at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition.
Where, for the purposes of its disposal, a forfeited or surrendered Share is to be transferred
to any person, the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer
of the Share to the transferee. |
Effect
of forfeiture or surrender on former Member
| 5.14 | On
forfeiture or surrender: |
| (a) | the
name of the Member concerned shall be removed from the register of Members as the holder
of those Shares and that person shall cease to be a Member in respect of those Shares; and |
| (b) | that
person shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate (if any) for the forfeited
or surrendered Shares. |
| 5.15 | Despite
the forfeiture or surrender of his Shares, that person shall remain liable to the Company
for all monies which at the date of forfeiture or surrender were presently payable by him
to the Company in respect of those Shares together with: |
| (b) | interest
from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment: |
| (i) | at
the rate of which interest was payable on those monies before forfeiture; or |
| (ii) | if
no interest was so payable, at the Default Rate. |
The
Directors, however, may waive payment wholly or in part.
Evidence
of forfeiture or surrender
| 5.16 | A
declaration, whether statutory or under oath, made by a Director or the Secretary shall be
conclusive evidence of the following matters stated in it as against all persons claiming
to be entitled to forfeited Shares: |
| (a) | that
the person making the declaration is a Director or Secretary of the Company, and |
| (b) | that
the particular Shares have been forfeited or surrendered on a particular date. |
Subject
to the execution of an instrument of transfer, if necessary, the declaration shall constitute good title to the Shares.
Sale
of forfeited or surrendered Shares
| 5.17 | Any
person to whom the forfeited or surrendered Shares are disposed of shall not be bound to
see to the application of the consideration, if any, of those Shares nor shall his title
to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of the proceedings in respect
of, the forfeiture, surrender or disposal of those Shares. |
Right
to transfer
| 6.1 | Subject
to the following Articles about the transfer of Shares, and provided that such transfer complies
with applicable rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, a Member may transfer Shares to another
person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by
the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the directors, executed: |
| (a) | where
the Shares are Fully Paid, by or on behalf of that Member; and |
| (b) | where
the Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that Member and the transferee. |
| 6.2 | The
transferor shall be deemed to remain a Member until the name of the transferee is entered
in the register of Members in respect of the relevant Shares. |
| 6.3 | Where
the Shares in question are not listed on or subject to the rules of any Designated Stock
Exchange, the Directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer
of Shares which is not Fully Paid Up or on which the Company has a lien. The Directors may
also, but are not required to, decline to register any transfer of any Share unless: |
| (a) | the
instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate (if any) for the Shares to which it relates and such
other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; |
| (b) | the
instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of Shares; |
| (c) | the
instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; |
| (d) | in
the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the Share is to be transferred does not exceed four; |
| (e) | the
Shares transferred are Fully Paid Up and free of any lien in favour of the Company; and |
| (f) | any
applicable fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchanges may determine to be payable, or such lesser sum as the Board may
from time to time require, related to the transfer is paid to the Company. |
Suspension
of transfers
| 6.4 | The
registration of transfers may, on 14 days’ notice being given by advertisement in such
one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the register of Members closed
at such times and for such periods as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, from
time to time determine, provided always that such registration of transfer shall not be suspended
nor the register of Members closed for more than 30 days in any year. |
Company
may retain instrument of transfer
| 6.5 | All
instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company. |
Notice
of refusal to register
| 6.6 | If
the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any Shares not listed on a Designated Stock
Exchange, they shall within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer
was lodged with the Company send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the
refusal. |
Persons
entitled on death of a Member
| 7.1 | If
a Member dies, the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased
Members’ interest are the following: |
| (a) | where
the deceased Member was a joint holder, the survivor or survivors; and |
| (b) | where
the deceased Member was a sole holder, that Member’s personal representative or representatives. |
| 7.2 | Nothing
in these Articles shall release the deceased Member’s estate from any liability in
respect of any Share, whether the deceased was a sole holder or a joint holder. |
Registration
of transfer of a Share following death or bankruptcy
| 7.3 | A
person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member
may elect to do either of the following: |
| (a) | to
become the holder of the Share; or |
| (b) | to
transfer the Share to another person. |
| 7.4 | That
person must produce such evidence of his entitlement as the Directors may properly require. |
| 7.5 | If
the person elects to become the holder of the Share, he must give notice to the Company to
that effect. For the purposes of these Articles, that notice shall be treated as though it
were an executed instrument of transfer. |
| 7.6 | If
the person elects to transfer the Share to another person then: |
| (a) | if
the Share is Fully Paid Up, the transferor must execute an instrument of transfer; and |
| (b) | if
the Share is nil or Partly Paid Up, the transferor and the transferee must execute an instrument
of transfer. |
| 7.7 | All
the Articles relating to the transfer of Shares shall apply to the notice or, as appropriate,
the instrument of transfer. |
Indemnity
| 7.8 | A
person registered as a Member by reason of the death or bankruptcy of another Member shall
indemnify the Company and the Directors against any loss or damage suffered by the Company
or the Directors as a result of that registration. |
Rights
of person entitled to a Share following death or bankruptcy
| 7.9 | A
person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Member shall
have the rights to which he would be entitled if he were registered as the holder of the
Share. But, until he is registered as Member in respect of the Share, he shall not be entitled
to attend or vote at any meeting of the Company or at any separate meeting of the holders
of that class of Shares. |
Increasing,
consolidating, converting, dividing and cancelling share capital
| 8.1 | To
the fullest extent permitted by the Law, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution do any of
the following and amend its Memorandum for that purpose: |
| (a) | increase
its share capital by new Shares of the amount fixed by that Ordinary Resolution and with
the attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that Ordinary Resolution; |
| (b) | consolidate
and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing
Shares; |
| (c) | convert
all or any of its Paid Up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into Paid Up Shares
of any denomination; |
| (d) | sub-divide
its Shares or any of them into Shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by the Memorandum,
so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount,
if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case of the Share from
which the reduced Share is derived; and |
| (e) | cancel
Shares which, at the date of the passing of that Ordinary Resolution, have not been taken
or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the
amount of the Shares so cancelled or, in the case of Shares without nominal par value, diminish
the number of Shares into which its capital is divided. |
Dealing
with fractions resulting from consolidation of Shares
| 8.2 | Whenever,
as a result of a consolidation of Shares, any Members would become entitled to fractions
of a Share the Directors may on behalf of those Members deal with the fractions as it thinks
fit, including (without limitation): |
| (a) | sell
the Shares representing the fractions for the best price reasonably obtainable to any person
(including, subject to the provisions of the Law, the Company); and |
| (b) | distribute
the net proceeds in due proportion among those Members. |
| 8.3 | For
the purposes of Article 8.2, the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument
of transfer of the Shares to, in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The transferee
shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall the transferee’s
title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings
in respect of the sale. |
Reducing
share capital
| 8.4 | Subject
to the Law and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular
class of Shares, the Company may, by Special Resolution, reduce its share capital in any
way. |
| 9 | Redemption
and purchase of own Shares |
Power
to issue redeemable Shares and to purchase own Shares
| 9.1 | Subject
to the Law and to any rights for the time being conferred on the Members holding a particular
class of Shares, the Company may by its Directors: |
| (a) | issue
Shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at the option of the Company or
the Member holding those redeemable Shares, on the terms and in the manner its Directors
determine before the issue of those Shares; |
| (b) | with
the consent by Special Resolution of the Members holding Shares of a particular class, vary
the rights attaching to that class of Shares so as to provide that those Shares are to be
redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company on the terms and in the
manner which the Directors determine at the time of such variation; and |
| (c) | purchase
all or any of its own Shares of any class including any redeemable Shares on the terms and
in the manner which the Directors determine at the time of such purchase. |
The
Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner authorised by the Law, including
out of any combination of the following: capital, its profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares.
Power
to pay for redemption or purchase in cash or in specie
| 9.2 | When
making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of Shares, the Directors may make
the payment in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other) if so
authorised by the terms of the allotment of those Shares or by the terms applying to those
Shares in accordance with Article 9.1, or otherwise by agreement with the Member holding
those Shares. |
Effect
of redemption or purchase of a Share
| 9.3 | Upon
the date of redemption or purchase of a Share: |
| (a) | the
Member holding that Share shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect of the Share
other than the right to receive: |
| (i) | the
price for the Share; and |
| (ii) | any
dividend declared in respect of the Share prior to the date of redemption or purchase; |
| (b) | the
Member’s name shall be removed from the register of Members with respect to the Share;
and |
| (c) | the
Share shall be cancelled or held as a Treasury Share, as the Directors may determine. |
| 9.4 | For
the purpose of Article 9.3, the date of redemption or purchase is the date when the Member’s
name is removed from the register of Members with respect to the Shares the subject of the
redemption or purchase. |
Conversion
Rights
| 9.5 | Each
Class B Ordinary Share shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any
time after the date of issuance of such Share, at the office of the Company or any transfer
agent for such Shares, into one fully paid and non-assessable Class A Ordinary Share. |
| 9.6 | The
Directors shall at all times reserve and keep available out of the Company’s authorised but
unissued Class A Ordinary Shares, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the
Class B Ordinary Shares, such number of its Class A Ordinary Shares as shall from time to
time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares; and
if at any time the number of authorised but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares shall not be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, in addition
to such other remedies as shall be available to the holders of such Class B Ordinary Shares,
the Directors will take such action as may be necessary to increase its authorised but unissued
Class A Ordinary Shares to such number of Shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes. |
Share
Conversions
| 9.7 | All
conversions of Class B Ordinary Shares to Class A Ordinary Shares shall be effected by way
of redemption or repurchase by the Company of the relevant Class B Ordinary Shares and the
simultaneous issue of Class A Ordinary Shares in consideration for such redemption or repurchase.
The Members and the Company will procure that any and all necessary corporate actions are
taken to effect such conversion. |
Annual
and extraordinary general meetings
| 10.1 | The
Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules) be obligated
to, in each year hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting, which, if held, shall
be convened by the Board, in accordance with these Articles. |
| 10.2 | All
general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general
meetings. |
Power
to call meetings
| 10.3 | The
Directors may call a general meeting at any time. |
| 10.4 | If
there are insufficient Directors to constitute a quorum and the remaining Directors are unable
to agree on the appointment of additional Directors, the Directors must call a general meeting
for the purpose of appointing additional Directors. |
| 10.5 | The
Directors must also call a general meeting if requisitioned in the manner set out in the
next two Articles. |
| 10.6 | The
requisition must be in writing and given by one or more Members who together hold at least
ten per cent of the rights to vote at such general meeting. |
| 10.7 | The
requisition must also: |
| (a) | specify
the purpose of the meeting. |
| (b) | be
signed by or on behalf of each requisitioner (and for this purpose each joint holder shall
be obliged to sign). The requisition may consist of several documents in like form signed
by one or more of the requisitioners; and |
| (c) | be
delivered in accordance with the notice provisions. |
| 10.8 | Should
the Directors fail to call a general meeting within 21 Clear Days’ from the date of
receipt of a requisition, the requisitioners or any of them may call a general meeting within
three months after the end of that period. |
| 10.9 | Without
limitation to the foregoing, if there are insufficient Directors to constitute a quorum and
the remaining Directors are unable to agree on the appointment of additional Directors, any
one or more Members who together hold at least five per cent of the rights to vote at a general
meeting may call a general meeting for the purpose of considering the business specified
in the notice of meeting which shall include as an item of business the appointment of additional
Directors. |
| 10.10 | If
the Members call a meeting under the above provisions, the Company shall reimburse their
reasonable expenses. |
Content
of notice
| 10.11 | Notice
of a general meeting shall specify each of the following: |
| (a) | the
place, the date and the hour of the meeting; |
| (b) | if
the meeting is to be held in two or more places, the technology that will be used to facilitate
the meeting; |
| (c) | subject
to paragraph (d) and the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the Designated Stock
Exchange Rules, the general nature of the business to be transacted; and |
| (d) | if
a resolution is proposed as a Special Resolution, the text of that resolution. |
| 10.12 | In
each notice there shall appear with reasonable prominence the following statements: |
| (a) | that
a Member who is entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to
attend and vote instead of that Member; and |
| (b) | that
a proxyholder need not be a Member. |
Period
of notice
| 10.13 | At
least twenty-one Clear Days’ notice of an annual general meeting must be given to Members.
For any other general meeting, at least fourteen Clear Days’ notice must be given to
Members. |
| 10.14 | Subject
to the Law, a meeting may be convened on shorter notice, subject to the Law with the consent
of the Member or Members who, individually or collectively, hold at least ninety per cent
of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote at that meeting. |
Persons
entitled to receive notice
| 10.15 | Subject
to the provisions of these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any Shares, the notice
shall be given to the following people: |
| (b) | persons
entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member; |
| 10.16 | The
Board may determine that the Members entitled to receive notice of a meeting are those persons
entered on the register of Members at the close of business on a day determined by the Board. |
Accidental
omission to give notice or non-receipt of notice
| 10.17 | Proceedings
at a meeting shall not be invalidated by the following: |
| (a) | an
accidental failure to give notice of the meeting to any person entitled to notice; or |
| (b) | non-receipt
of notice of the meeting by any person entitled to notice. |
| 10.18 | In
addition, where a notice of meeting is published on a website proceedings at the meeting
shall not be invalidated merely because it is accidentally published: |
| (a) | in
a different place on the website; or |
| (b) | for
part only of the period from the date of the notification until the conclusion of the meeting
to which the notice relates. |
| 11 | Proceedings
at meetings of Members |
Quorum
| 11.1 | Save
as provided in the following Article, no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless
a quorum is present in person or by proxy. A quorum is as follows: |
| (a) | if
the Company has only one Member: that Member; |
| (b) | if
the Company has more than one Member: one or more Members holding Shares that represent not
less than one-third of the outstanding Shares carrying the right to vote at such general
meeting. |
Lack
of quorum
| 11.2 | If
a quorum is not present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or
if at any time during the meeting it becomes inquorate, then the following provisions apply: |
| (a) | If
the meeting was requisitioned by Members, it shall be cancelled. |
| (b) | In
any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same time and place seven days hence,
or to such other time or place as is determined by the Directors. If a quorum is not present
within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the adjourned meeting, then the Members
present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum. |
Chairman
| 11.3 | The
chairman of a general meeting shall be the chairman of the Board or such other Director as
the Directors have nominated to chair Board meetings in the absence of the chairman of the
Board. Absent any such person being present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed
for the meeting, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to chair the meeting. |
| 11.4 | If
no Director is present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if
no Director is willing to act as chairman, the Members present in person or by proxy and
entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting. |
Right
of a Director to attend and speak
| 11.5 | Even
if a Director is not a Member, he shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general meeting
and at any separate meeting of Members holding a particular class of Shares. |
Accommodation
of Members at meeting
| 11.6 | If
it appears to the chairman of the meeting that the meeting place specified in the notice convening the meeting is inadequate to accommodate
all Members entitled and wishing to attend, the meeting will be duly constituted and its proceedings valid if the chairman is satisfied
that adequate facilities are available to ensure that a Member who is unable to be accommodated is able (whether at the meeting place
or elsewhere): |
| (a) | to
participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened; |
| (b) | to
hear and see all persons present who speak (whether by the use of microphones, loud-speakers,
audio-visual communications equipment or otherwise); and |
| (c) | to
be heard and seen by all other persons present in the same way. |
Security
| 11.7 | In
addition to any measures which the Board may be required to take due to the location or venue
of the meeting, the Board may make any arrangement and impose any restriction it considers
appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to ensure the security of a meeting including,
without limitation, the searching of any person attending the meeting and the imposing of
restrictions on the items of personal property that may be taken into the meeting place.
The Board may refuse entry to, or eject from, a meeting a person who refuses to comply with
any such arrangements or restrictions. |
Adjournment
| 11.8 | The
chairman may at any time adjourn a meeting with the consent of the Members constituting a
quorum. The chairman must adjourn the meeting if so directed by the meeting. No business,
however, can be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than business which might properly
have been transacted at the original meeting. |
| 11.9 | Should
a meeting be adjourned for more than 7 Clear Days, whether because of a lack of quorum or
otherwise, Members shall be given at least seven Clear Days’ notice of the date, time and
place of the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. Otherwise
it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjournment. |
Method
of voting
| 11.10 | A
resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before,
or on, the declaration of the result of the show of hands, a poll is duly demanded. Subject
to the Law, a poll may be demanded: |
| (a) | by
the chairman of the meeting; |
| (b) | by
at least two Members having the right to vote on the resolutions; |
| (c) | by
any Member or Members present who, individually or collectively, hold at least ten per cent
of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote on the resolution. |
Outcome
of vote by show of hands
| 11.11 | Unless
a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chairman as to the result of a resolution and
an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the
outcome of a show of hands without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded
in favour of or against the resolution. |
Withdrawal
of demand for a poll
| 11.12 | The
demand for a poll may be withdrawn before the poll is taken, but only with the consent of
the chairman. The chairman shall announce any such withdrawal to the meeting and, unless
another person forthwith demands a poll, any earlier show of hands on that resolution shall
be treated as the vote on that resolution; if there has been no earlier show of hands, then
the resolution shall be put to the vote of the meeting. |
Taking
of a poll
| 11.13 | A
poll demanded on the question of adjournment shall be taken immediately. |
| 11.14 | A
poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either immediately or at an adjourned
meeting at such time and place as the chairman directs, not being more than thirty Clear
Days after the poll was demanded. |
| 11.15 | The
demand for a poll shall not prevent the meeting continuing to transact any business other
than the question on which the poll was demanded. |
| 11.16 | A
poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs. He may appoint scrutineers (who
need not be Members) and fix a place and time for declaring the result of the poll. If, through
the aid of technology, the meeting is held in more than place, the chairman may appoint scrutineers
in more than place; but if he considers that the poll cannot be effectively monitored at
that meeting, the chairman shall adjourn the holding of the poll to a date, place and time
when that can occur. |
Chairman’s
casting vote
| 11.17 | In
the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the Chairman of
the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded shall
not be entitled to a second or casting vote. |
Written
resolutions
| 11.18 | Members
may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if the following conditions are
met: |
| (a) | all
Members entitled to vote are given notice of the resolution as if the same were being proposed
at a meeting of Members; |
| (b) | all
Members entitled so to vote; |
| (ii) | sign
several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Members; and |
| (c) | the
signed document or documents is or are delivered to the Company, including, if the Company
so nominates, by delivery of an Electronic Record by Electronic means to the address specified
for that purpose. |
| (d) | Such
written resolution shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members
entitled to vote duly convened and held. |
| 11.19 | If
a written resolution is described as a Special Resolution or as an Ordinary Resolution, it
has effect accordingly. |
| 11.20 | The
Directors may determine the manner in which written resolutions shall be put to Members.
In particular, they may provide, in the form of any written resolution, for each Member to
indicate, out of the number of votes the Member would have been entitled to cast at a meeting
to consider the resolution, how many votes he wishes to cast in favour of the resolution
and how many against the resolution or to be treated as abstentions. The result of any such
written resolution shall be determined on the same basis as on a poll. |
Sole-Member
Company
| 11.21 | If
the Company has only one Member, and the Member records in writing his decision on a question,
that record shall constitute both the passing of a resolution and the minute of it. |
| 12 | Voting
rights of Members |
Right
to vote
| 12.1 | Unless
their Shares carry no right to vote, or unless a call or other amount presently payable has
not been paid, all Members are entitled to vote at a general meeting, whether on a show of
hands or on a poll, and all Members holding Shares of a particular class of Shares are entitled
to vote at a meeting of the holders of that class of Shares. |
| 12.2 | The
holder of an Ordinary Share shall (in respect of such Ordinary Share) have the right to receive
notice of, attend at and vote as a Member at any general meeting of the Company. |
| 12.3 | Each
holder of Ordinary Shares shall, on a poll, be entitled to one vote for each Share he or
she holds save that each holder of Class B Ordinary Shares shall, on a poll, be entitled
to exercise fifty (50) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share he or she holds on any and all
matters. |
| 12.4 | Members
may vote in person or by proxy. |
| 12.5 | On
a show of hands, every Member shall have one vote. For the avoidance of doubt, an individual
who represents two or more Members, including a Member in that individual’s own right,
that individual shall be entitled to a separate vote for each Member. |
| 12.6 | No
Member is bound to vote on his Shares or any of them; nor is he bound to vote each of his
Shares in the same way. |
Rights
of joint holders
| 12.7 | If
Shares are held jointly, only one of the joint holders may vote. If more than one of the
joint holders tenders a vote, the vote of the holder whose name in respect of those Shares
appears first in the register of Members shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes
of the other joint holder. |
Representation
of corporate Members
| 12.8 | Save
where otherwise provided, a corporate Member must act by a duly authorised representative. |
| 12.9 | A
corporate Member wishing to act by a duly authorised representative must identify that person
to the Company by notice in writing. |
| 12.10 | The
authorisation may be for any period of time, and must be delivered to the Company before
the commencement of the meeting at which it is first used. |
| 12.11 | The
Directors of the Company may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary
to determine the validity of the notice. |
| 12.12 | Where
a duly authorised representative is present at a meeting that Member is deemed to be present
in person; and the acts of the duly authorised representative are personal acts of that Member. |
| 12.13 | A
corporate Member may revoke the appointment of a duly authorised representative at any time
by notice to the Company; but such revocation will not affect the validity of any acts carried
out by the duly authorised representative before the Directors of the Company had actual
notice of the revocation. |
Member
with mental disorder
| 12.14 | A
Member in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether
in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, whether
on a show of hands or on a poll, by that Member’s receiver, curator bonis or
other person authorised in that behalf appointed by that court. |
| 12.15 | For
the purpose of the preceding Article, evidence to the satisfaction of the Directors of the
authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote must be received not less
than 24 hours before holding the relevant meeting or the adjourned meeting in any manner
specified for the delivery of forms of appointment of a proxy, whether in writing or by Electronic
means. In default, the right to vote shall not be exercisable. |
Objections
to admissibility of votes
| 12.16 | An
objection to the validity of a person’s vote may only be raised at the meeting or at
the adjourned meeting at which the vote is sought to be tendered. Any objection duly made
shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive. |
Form
of proxy
| 12.17 | An
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in any common form or in any other form approved by
the Directors. |
| 12.18 | The
instrument must be in writing and signed in one of the following ways: |
| (b) | by
the Member’s authorised attorney; or |
| (c) | if
the Member is a corporation or other body corporate, under seal or signed by an authorised
officer, secretary or attorney. |
If
the Directors so resolve, the Company may accept an Electronic Record of that instrument delivered in the manner specified below and
otherwise satisfying the Articles about authentication of Electronic Records.
| 12.19 | The
Directors may require the production of any evidence which they consider necessary to determine
the validity of any appointment of a proxy. |
| 12.20 | A
Member may revoke the appointment of a proxy at any time by notice to the Company duly signed
in accordance with Article 12.18. |
| 12.21 | No
revocation by a Member of the appointment of a proxy made in accordance with Article 12.20
will affect the validity of any acts carried out by the relevant proxy before the Directors
of the Company had actual notice of the revocation. |
How
and when proxy is to be delivered
| 12.22 | Subject
to the following Articles, the Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned
meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which
the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not
later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to
which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In
the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting
or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the form of appointment
of a proxy and any authority under which it is signed (or a copy of the authority certified
notarially or in any other way approved by the Directors) must be delivered so that it is
received by the Company before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which
the person named in the form of appointment of proxy proposes to vote. They must be delivered
in either of the following ways: |
| (a) | In
the case of an instrument in writing, it must be left at or sent by post: |
| (i) | to
the registered office of the Company; or |
| (ii) | to
such other place within the Cayman Islands specified in the notice convening the meeting
or in any form of appointment of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting. |
| (b) | If,
pursuant to the notice provisions, a notice may be given to the Company in an Electronic
Record, an Electronic Record of an appointment of a proxy must be sent to the address specified
pursuant to those provisions unless another address for that purpose is specified: |
| (i) | in
the notice convening the meeting; or |
| (ii) | in
any form of appointment of a proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting; or |
| (iii) | in
any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting. |
| (c) | Notwithstanding
Article 12.22(a) and Article 12.22(b), the chairman of the Company may, in any event at his
discretion, direct that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. |
| 12.23 | Where
a poll is taken: |
| (a) | if
it is taken more than seven Clear Days after it is demanded, the form of appointment of a
proxy and any accompanying authority (or an Electronic Record of the same) must be delivered
in accordance with Article 12.22 before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; |
| (b) | if
it to be taken within seven Clear Days after it was demanded, the form of appointment of
a proxy and any accompanying authority (or an Electronic Record of the same) must be delivered
in accordance with Article 12.22 before the time appointed for the taking of the poll. |
| 12.24 | If
the form of appointment of proxy is not delivered on time, it is invalid. |
| 12.25 | When
two or more valid but differing appointments of proxy are delivered or received in respect
of the same Share for use at the same meeting and in respect of the same matter, the one
which is last validly delivered or received (regardless of its date or of the date of its
execution) shall be treated as replacing and revoking the other or others as regards that
Share. If the Company is unable to determine which appointment was last validly delivered
or received, none of them shall be treated as valid in respect of that Share. |
| 12.26 | The
Board may at the expense of the Company send forms of appointment of proxy to the Members
by post (that is to say, pre-paying and posting a letter), or by Electronic communication
or otherwise (with or without provision for their return by pre-paid post) for use at any
general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of Shares, either
blank or nominating as proxy in the alternative any one or more of the Directors or any other
person. If for the purpose of any meeting invitations to appoint as proxy a person or one
of a number of persons specified in the invitations are issued at the Company’s expense,
they shall be issued to all (and not to some only) of the Members entitled to be sent notice
of the meeting and to vote at it. The accidental omission to send such a form of appointment
or to give such an invitation to, or the non-receipt of such form of appointment by, any
Member entitled to attend and vote at a meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings at that
meeting |
Voting
by proxy
| 12.27 | A
proxy shall have the same voting rights at a meeting or adjourned meeting as the Member would
have had except to the extent that the instrument appointing him limits those rights. Notwithstanding
the appointment of a proxy, a Member may attend and vote at a meeting or adjourned meeting.
If a Member votes on any resolution a vote by his proxy on the same resolution, unless in
respect of different Shares, shall be invalid. |
| 12.28 | The
instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting shall be deemed also to confer authority
to demand or join in demanding a poll and, for the purposes of Article 11.11, a demand by
a person as proxy for a Member shall be the same as a demand by a Member. Such appointment
shall not confer any further right to speak at the meeting, except with the permission of
the chairman of the meeting. |
| 13.1 | There
shall be a Board consisting of not less than one person provided however that the Company
may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors. Unless
fixed by Ordinary Resolution, the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited. |
| 14 | Appointment,
disqualification and removal of Directors |
First
Directors
| 14.1 | The
first Directors shall be appointed in writing by the subscriber or subscribers to the Memorandum,
or a majority of them. |
No
age limit
| 14.2 | There
is no age limit for Directors save that they must be at least eighteen years of age. |
Corporate
Directors
| 14.3 | Unless
prohibited by law, a body corporate may be a Director. If a body corporate is a Director,
the Articles about representation of corporate Members at general meetings apply, mutatis
mutandis, to the Articles about Directors’ meetings. |
No
shareholding qualification
| 14.4 | Unless
a shareholding qualification for Directors is fixed by Ordinary Resolution, no Director shall
be required to own Shares as a condition of his appointment. |
Appointment
of Directors
| 14.5 | A
Director may be appointed by Ordinary Resolution or by the Directors. Any appointment may
be to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director. |
| 14.6 | A
remaining Director may appoint a Director even though there is not a quorum of Directors. |
| 14.7 | No
appointment can cause the number of Directors to exceed the maximum (if one is set); and
any such appointment shall be invalid. |
| 14.8 | For
so long as Shares or ADSs are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors shall
include at least such number of Independent Directors as applicable law, rules or regulations
or the Designated Stock Exchange Rules require as determined by the Board. |
Board’s
power to appoint Directors
| 14.9 | Without
prejudice to the Company’s power to appoint a person to be a Director pursuant to these
Articles, the Board shall have power at any time to appoint any person who is willing to
act as a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board, subject
to the total number of Directors not exceeding any maximum number fixed by or in accordance
with these Articles. |
| 14.10 | Any
Director so appointed shall, if still a Director, retire at the next annual general meeting
after his appointment and be eligible to stand for election as a Director at such meeting. |
Eligibility
| 14.11 | No
person (other than a Director retiring in accordance with these Articles) shall be appointed
or re-appointed a Director at any general meeting unless: |
| (a) | he
is recommended by the Board; or |
| (b) | not
less than seven nor more than forty-two Clear Days before the date appointed for the meeting,
a Member (other than the person to be proposed) entitled to vote at the meeting has given
to the Company notice of his intention to propose a resolution for the appointment of that
person, stating the particulars which would, if he were so appointed, be required to be included
in the Company’s register of Directors and a notice executed by that person of his
willingness to be appointed. |
Appointment
at annual general meeting
| 14.12 | Unless
re-appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 14.5 or removed from office pursuant to
the provisions of Article 14.13, each Director shall be appointed for a term expiring at
the next-following annual general meeting of the Company. At any such annual general meeting,
Directors will be elected by Ordinary Resolution. At each annual general meeting of the Company,
each Director elected at such meeting shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term
and until the election of their respective successors in office or removal pursuant to Articles
14.5 and 14.13. |
Removal
of Directors
| 14.13 | A
Director may be removed by Ordinary Resolution. |
Resignation
of Directors
| 14.14 | A
Director may at any time resign office by giving to the Company notice in writing or, if
permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in an Electronic Record delivered in either
case in accordance with those provisions. |
| 14.15 | Unless
the notice specifies a different date, the Director shall be deemed to have resigned on the
date that the notice is delivered to the Company. |
Termination
of the office of Director
| 14.16 | A
Director may retire from office as a Director by giving notice in writing to that effect
to the Company at the registered office, which notice shall be effective upon such date as
may be specified in the notice, failing which upon delivery to the registered office. |
| 14.17 | Without
prejudice to the provisions in these Articles for retirement (by rotation or otherwise),
a Director’s office shall be terminated forthwith if: |
| (a) | he
is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a Director; or |
| (b) | he
is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
| (c) | he
resigns his office by notice to the Company; or |
| (d) | he
only held office as a Director for a fixed term and such term expires; or |
| (e) | in
the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically
or mentally incapable of acting as a Director; or |
| (f) | he
is given notice by the majority of the other Directors (not being less than two in number)
to vacate office (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any agreement
relating to the provision of the services of such Director); or |
| (g) | he
is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order
or otherwise; or |
| (h) | without
the consent of the other Directors, he is absent from meetings of Directors for a continuous
period of six months. |
Appointment
and removal
| 15.1 | Any
Director may appoint any other person, including another Director, to act in his place as
an alternate Director. No appointment shall take effect until the Director has given notice
of the appointment to the Board. |
| 15.2 | A
Director may revoke his appointment of an alternate at any time. No revocation shall take
effect until the Director has given notice of the revocation to the Board. |
| 15.3 | A
notice of appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be effective only if given
to the Company by one or more of the following methods: |
| (a) | by
notice in writing in accordance with the notice provisions contained in these Articles; |
| (b) | if
the Company has a facsimile address for the time being, by sending by facsimile transmission
to that facsimile address a facsimile copy or, otherwise, by sending by facsimile transmission
to the facsimile address of the Company’s registered office a facsimile copy (in either case,
the facsimile copy being deemed to be the notice unless Article 29.7 applies), in which event
notice shall be taken to be given on the date of an error-free transmission report from the
sender’s fax machine; |
| (c) | if
the Company has an email address for the time being, by emailing to that email address a
scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment or, otherwise, by emailing to the email address
provided by the Company’s registered office a scanned copy of the notice as a PDF attachment
(in either case, the PDF version being deemed to be the notice unless Article 29.7 applies),
in which event notice shall be taken to be given on the date of receipt by the Company or
the Company’s registered office (as appropriate) in readable form; or |
| (d) | if
permitted pursuant to the notice provisions, in some other form of approved Electronic Record
delivered in accordance with those provisions in writing. |
Notices
| 15.4 | All
notices of meetings of Directors shall continue to be given to the appointing Director and
not to the alternate. |
Rights
of alternate Director
| 15.5 | An
alternate Director shall be entitled to attend and vote at any Board meeting or meeting of
a committee of the Directors at which the appointing Director is not personally present,
and generally to perform all the functions of the appointing Director in his absence. An
alternate Director, however, is not entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company
for services rendered as an alternate Director. |
Appointment
ceases when the appointor ceases to be a Director
| 15.6 | An
alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if: |
| (a) | the
Director who appointed him ceases to be a Director; or |
| (b) | the
Director who appointed him revokes his appointment by notice delivered to the Board or to
the registered office of the Company or in any other manner approved by the Board; or |
| (c) | in
any event happens in relation to him which, if he were a Director of the Company, would cause
his office as Director to be vacated. |
Status
of alternate Director
| 15.7 | An
alternate Director shall carry out all functions of the Director who made the appointment. |
| 15.8 | Save
where otherwise expressed, an alternate Director shall be treated as a Director under these
Articles. |
| 15.9 | An
alternate Director is not the agent of the Director appointing him. |
| 15.10 | An
alternate Director is not entitled to any remuneration for acting as alternate Director. |
Status
of the Director making the appointment
| 15.11 | A
Director who has appointed an alternate is not thereby relieved from the duties which he
owes the Company. |
Powers
of Directors
| 16.1 | Subject
to the provisions of the Law, the Memorandum and these Articles the business of the Company
shall be managed by the Directors who may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the
Company. |
16.2 | No
prior act of the Directors shall be invalidated by any subsequent alteration of the Memorandum
or these Articles. However, to the extent allowed by the Law, Members may, by Special Resolution,
validate any prior or future act of the Directors which would otherwise be in breach of their
duties. |
Directors
below the minimum number
16.3 |
If the number of Directors is less than the minimum prescribed in accordance with these Articles, the remaining Director or Directors shall act only for the purposes of appointing an additional Director or Directors to make up such minimum or of convening a general meeting of the Company for the purpose of making such appointment. If there are no Director or Directors able or willing to act, any two Members may summon a general meeting for the purpose of appointing Directors. Any additional Director so appointed shall hold office (subject to these Articles) only until the dissolution of the annual general meeting next following such appointment unless he is re-elected during such meeting. |
Appointments
to office
| 16.4 | The
Directors may appoint a Director: |
| (a) | as
chairman of the Board; |
| (c) | to
any other executive office, |
for
such period, and on such terms, including as to remuneration as they think fit.
| 16.5 | The
appointee must consent in writing to holding that office. |
| 16.6 | Where
a chairman is appointed he shall, unless unable to do so, preside at every meeting of Directors. |
| 16.7 | If
there is no chairman, or if the chairman is unable to preside at a meeting, that meeting
may select its own chairman; or the Directors may nominate one of their number to act in
place of the chairman should he ever not be available. |
| 16.8 | Subject
to the provisions of the Law, the Directors may also appoint and remove any person, who need
not be a Director: |
| (b) | to
any office that may be required |
for
such period and on such terms, including as to remuneration, as they think fit. In the case of an Officer, that Officer may be given
any title the Directors decide.
| 16.9 | The
Secretary or Officer must consent in writing to holding that office. |
| 16.10 | A
Director, Secretary or other Officer of the Company may not the hold the office, or perform
the services, of auditor. |
Provisions
for employees
| 16.11 | The
Board may make provision for the benefit of any persons employed or formerly employed by
the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings (or any member of his family or any person
who is dependent on him) in connection with the cessation or the transfer to any person of
the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings. |
Exercise
of voting rights
| 16.12 | The
Board may exercise the voting power conferred by the Shares in any body corporate held or
owned by the Company in such manner in all respects as it thinks fit (including, without
limitation, the exercise of that power in favour of any resolution appointing any Director
as a Director of such body corporate, or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration
to the Directors of such body corporate). |
Remuneration
| 16.13 | Every
Director may be remunerated by the Company for the services he provides for the benefit of
the Company, whether as Director, employee or otherwise, and shall be entitled to be paid
for the expenses incurred in the Company’s business including attendance at Directors’
meetings. |
| 16.14 | Until
otherwise determined by the Company by Ordinary Resolution, the Directors (other than alternate
Directors) shall be entitled to such remuneration by way of fees for their services in the
office of Director as the Directors may determine. |
| 16.15 | Remuneration
may take any form and may include arrangements to pay pensions, health insurance, death or
sickness benefits, whether to the Director or to any other person connected to or related
to him. |
| 16.16 | Unless
his fellow Directors determine otherwise, a Director is not accountable to the Company for
remuneration or other benefits received from any other company which is in the same group
as the Company or which has common shareholdings. |
Disclosure
of information
| 16.17 | The
Directors may release or disclose to a third party any information regarding the affairs
of the Company, including any information contained in the register of Members relating to
a Member, (and they may authorise any Director, Officer or other authorised agent of the
Company to release or disclose to a third party any such information in his possession) if: |
| (a) | the
Company or that person, as the case may be, is lawfully required to do so under the laws
of any jurisdiction to which the Company is subject; or |
| (b) | such
disclosure is in compliance with the Designated Stock Exchange Rules; or |
| (c) | such
disclosure is in accordance with any contract entered into by the Company; or |
| (d) | the
Directors are of the opinion such disclosure would assist or facilitate the Company’s
operations. |
Power
to delegate any of the Directors’ powers to a committee
| 17.1 | The
Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more persons
who need not be Members. Persons on the committee may include non-Directors so long as the
majority of those persons are Directors. Any such committee shall be made up of such number
of Independent Directors as required from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules
or otherwise required by applicable law. |
| 17.2 | The
delegation may be collateral with, or to the exclusion of, the Directors’ own powers. |
| 17.3 | The
delegation may be on such terms as the Directors think fit, including provision for the committee
itself to delegate to a sub-committee; save that any delegation must be capable of being
revoked or altered by the Directors at will. |
| 17.4 | Unless
otherwise permitted by the Directors, a committee must follow the procedures prescribed for
the taking of decisions by Directors. |
| 17.5 | The
Board shall establish an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate
governance committee. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary
to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in these Articles. Each of the audit committee,
compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee shall consist of
at least three Directors (or such larger minimum number as may be required from time to time
by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules). The majority of the committee members on each of
the compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee shall be Independent
Directors. The audit committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as
required from time to time by the Designated Stock Exchange Rules or otherwise required by
applicable law. |
Local
boards
| 17.6 | The
Board may establish any local or divisional board or agency for managing any of the affairs
of the Company whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere and may appoint any persons to
be members of a local or divisional Board, or to be managers or agents, and may fix their
remuneration. |
| 17.7 | The
Board may delegate to any local or divisional board, manager or agent any of its powers and
authorities (with power to sub-delegate) and may authorise the members of any local or divisional
board or any of them to fill any vacancies and to act notwithstanding vacancies. |
| 17.8 | Any
appointment or delegation under this Article 17.8 may be made on such terms and subject to
such conditions as the Board thinks fit and the Board may remove any person so appointed,
and may revoke or vary any delegation. |
Power
to appoint an agent of the Company
| 17.9 | The
Directors may appoint any person, either generally or in respect of any specific matter,
to be the agent of the Company with or without authority for that person to delegate all
or any of that person’s powers. The Directors may make that appointment: |
| (a) | by
causing the Company to enter into a power of attorney or agreement; or |
| (b) | in
any other manner they determine. |
Power
to appoint an attorney or authorised signatory of the Company
| 17.10 | The
Directors may appoint any person, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors,
to be the attorney or the authorised signatory of the Company. The appointment may be: |
| (b) | with
the powers, authorities and discretions; |
| (d) | subject
to such conditions |
as
they think fit. The powers, authorities and discretions, however, must not exceed those vested in, or exercisable, by the Directors under
these Articles. The Directors may do so by power of attorney or any other manner they think fit.
| 17.11 | Any
power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provision for the protection and
convenience for persons dealing with the attorney or authorised signatory as the Directors
think fit. Any power of attorney or other appointment may also authorise the attorney or
authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested
in that person. |
| 17.12 | The
Board may remove any person appointed under Article 17.10 and may revoke or vary the delegation. |
Borrowing
Powers
| 17.13 | The
Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge
its undertaking, property and assets both present and future and uncalled capital, or any
part thereof, and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral
security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or its parent undertaking (if
any) or any subsidiary undertaking of the Company or of any third party. |
Corporate
Governance
| 17.14 | The
Board may, from time to time, and except as required by applicable law or the Designated
Stock Exchange Rules, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance
policies or initiatives of the Company, which shall be intended to set forth the guiding
principles and policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related
matters as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time. |
Regulation
of Directors’ meetings
| 18.1 | Subject
to the provisions of these Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they
think fit. |
Calling
meetings
| 18.2 | Any
Director may call a meeting of Directors at any time. The Secretary must call a meeting of
the Directors if requested to do so by a Director. |
Notice
of meetings
| 18.3 | Notice
of a Board meeting may be given to a Director personally or by word of mouth or given in
writing or by Electronic communications at such address as he may from time to time specify
for this purpose (or, if he does not specify an address, at his last known address). A Director
may waive his right to receive notice of any meeting either prospectively or retrospectively. |
Use
of technology
| 18.4 | A
Director may participate in a meeting of Directors through the medium of conference telephone,
video or any other form of communications equipment providing all persons participating in
the meeting are able to hear and speak to each other throughout the meeting. |
| 18.5 | A
Director participating in this way is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. |
Quorum
| 18.6 | The
quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of Directors shall be two unless the
Directors fix some other number. |
Chairman
or deputy to preside
| 18.7 | The
Board may appoint a chairman and one or more deputy chairman or chairmen and may at any time
revoke any such appointment. |
| 18.8 | The
chairman, or failing him any deputy chairman (the longest in office taking precedence if
more than one is present), shall preside at all Board meetings. If no chairman or deputy
chairman has been appointed, or if he is not present within five minutes after the time fixed
for holding the meeting, or is unwilling to act as chairman of the meeting, the Directors
present shall choose one of their number to act as chairman of the meeting. |
Voting
| 18.9 | A
question which arises at a Board meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. If votes
are equal the chairman may, if he wishes, exercise a casting vote. |
Recording
of dissent
| 18.10 | A
Director present at a meeting of Directors shall be presumed to have assented to any action
taken at that meeting unless: |
| (a) | his
dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or |
| (b) | he
has filed with the meeting before it is concluded signed dissent from that action; or |
| (c) | he
has forwarded to the Company as soon as practical following the conclusion of that meeting
signed dissent. |
A
Director who votes in favour of an action is not entitled to record his dissent to it.
Written
resolutions
| 18.11 | The
Directors may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if all Directors sign
a document or sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those
Directors. |
| 18.12 | A
written resolution signed by a validly appointed alternate Director need not also be signed
by the appointing Director. |
| 18.13 | A
written resolution signed personally by the appointing Director need not also be signed by
his alternate. |
| 18.14 | A
resolution in writing passed pursuant to Article 18.11, Article 18.12 and/or Article 18.13
shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly convened
and held; and it shall be treated as having been passed on the day and at the time that the
last Director signs (and for the avoidance of doubt, such day may or may not be a Business
Day). |
Validity
of acts of Directors in spite of formal defect
| 18.15 | All
acts done by a meeting of the Board, or of a committee of the Board, or by any person acting
as a Director or an alternate Director, shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered
that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director or member
of the committee, or that any of them were disqualified or had vacated office or were not
entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and qualified
and had continued to be a Director or alternate Director and had been entitled to vote. |
| 19 | Permissible
Directors’ interests and disclosure |
| 19.1 | A
Director shall not, as a Director, vote in respect of any contract, transaction, arrangement
or proposal in which he has an interest which (together with any interest of any person connected
with him) is a material interest (otherwise then by virtue of his interests, direct or indirect,
in Shares or debentures or other securities of, or otherwise in or through, the Company)
and if he shall do so his vote shall not be counted, nor in relation thereto shall he be
counted in the quorum present at the meeting, but (in the absence of some other material
interest than is mentioned below) none of these prohibitions shall apply to: |
| (a) | the
giving of any security, guarantee or indemnity in respect of: |
| (i) | money
lent or obligations incurred by him or by any other person for the benefit of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries; or |
| (ii) | a
debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which the Director himself
has assumed responsibility in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others under
a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security; |
| (b) | where
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is offering securities in which offer the Director
is or may be entitled to participate as a holder of securities or in the underwriting or
sub-underwriting of which the Director is to or may participate; |
| (c) | any
contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal affecting any other body corporate in which
he is interested, directly or indirectly and whether as an officer, shareholder, creditor
or otherwise howsoever, provided that he (together with persons connected with him) does
not to his knowledge hold an interest representing one per cent or more of any class of the
equity share capital of such body corporate (or of any third body corporate through which
his interest is derived) or of the voting rights available to members of the relevant body
corporate (any such interest being deemed for the purposes of this Article 19.1 to be a material
interest in all circumstances); |
| (d) | any
act or thing done or to be done in respect of any arrangement for the benefit of the employees
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under which he is not accorded as a Director any
privilege or advantage not generally accorded to the employees to whom such arrangement relates;
or |
| (e) | any
matter connected with the purchase or maintenance for any Director of insurance against any
liability or (to the extent permitted by the Law) indemnities in favour of Directors, the
funding of expenditure by one or more Directors in defending proceedings against him or them
or the doing of any thing to enable such Director or Directors to avoid incurring such expenditure. |
| 19.2 | A
Director may, as a Director, vote (and be counted in the quorum) in respect of any contract,
transaction, arrangement or proposal in which he has an interest which is not a material
interest or which falls within Article 19.1. |
| 20.1 | The
Company shall cause minutes to be made in books of: |
| (a) | all
appointments of Officers and committees made by the Board and of any such Officer’s
remuneration; and |
| (b) | the
names of Directors present at every meeting of the Directors, a committee of the Board, the
Company or the holders of any class of shares or debentures, and all orders, resolutions
and proceedings of such meetings. |
| 20.2 | Any
such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the proceedings
were held or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting or the Secretary, shall be prima
facie evidence of the matters stated in them. |
| 21.1 | The
Directors must ensure that proper accounting and other records are kept, and that accounts
and associated reports are distributed in accordance with the requirements of the Law. |
| 21.2 | The
books of account shall be kept at the registered office of the Company and shall always be
open to inspection by the Directors. No Member (other than a Director) shall have any right
of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by the Law
or as authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution. |
| 21.3 | Unless
the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31 December
in each year and begin on 1 January in each year. |
Auditors
| 21.4 | The
Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the
Directors determine. |
| 21.5 | At
any general meeting convened and held at any time in accordance with these Articles, the
Members may, by Ordinary Resolution, remove the Auditor before the expiration of his term
of office. If they do so, the Members shall, by Ordinary Resolution, at that meeting appoint
another Auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term. |
| 21.6 | The
Auditors shall examine such books, accounts and vouchers; as may be necessary for the performance
of their duties. |
| 21.7 | The
Auditors shall, if so requested by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company
during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment,
and at any time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general
meeting of the Company. |
| 22.1 | Except
to the extent of any conflicting rights attached to Shares, the resolution declaring a dividend
on Shares of any class, whether it be an Ordinary Resolution of the Members or a Director’s
resolution, may specify that the dividend is payable or distributable to the persons registered
as the holders of those Shares at the close of business on a particular date, notwithstanding
that the date may be a date prior to that on which the resolution is passed. |
| 22.2 | If
the resolution does so specify, the dividend shall be payable or distributable to the persons
registered as the holders of those Shares at the close of business on the specified date
in accordance with their respective holdings so registered, but without prejudice to the
rights inter se in respect of the dividend of transferors and transferees of any of
those Shares. |
| 22.3 | The
provisions of this Article apply, mutatis mutandis, to bonuses, capitalisation issues,
distributions of realised capital profits or offers or grants made by the Company to the
Members. |
Source
of dividends
| 23.1 | Dividends
may be declared and paid out of any funds of the Company lawfully available for distribution. |
| 23.2 | Subject
to the requirements of the Law regarding the application of a company’s Share premium
account and with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, dividends may also be declared and
paid out of any share premium account. |
Declaration
of dividends by Members
| 23.3 | Subject
to the provisions of the Law, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution declare dividends in
accordance with the respective rights of the Members but no dividend shall exceed the amount
recommended by the Directors. |
Payment
of interim dividends and declaration of final dividends by Directors
| 23.4 | The
Directors may declare and pay interim dividends or recommend final dividends in accordance
with the respective rights of the Members if it appears to them that they are justified by
the financial position of the Company and that such dividends may lawfully be paid. |
| 23.5 | Subject
to the provisions of the Law, in relation to the distinction between interim dividends and
final dividends, the following applies: |
| (a) | Upon
determination to pay a dividend or dividends described as interim by the Directors in the
dividend resolution, no debt shall be created by the declaration until such time as payment
is made. |
| (b) | Upon
declaration of a dividend or dividends described as final by the Directors in the dividend
resolution, a debt shall be created immediately following the declaration, the due date to
be the date the dividend is stated to be payable in the resolution. |
If
the resolution fails to specify whether a dividend is final or interim, it shall be assumed to be interim.
| 23.6 | In
relation to Shares carrying differing rights to dividends or rights to dividends at a fixed
rate, the following applies: |
| (a) | If
the share capital is divided into different classes, the Directors may pay dividends on Shares
which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on Shares
which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends but no dividend shall be paid on
Shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential
dividend is in arrears. |
| (b) | The
Directors may also pay, at intervals settled by them, any dividend payable at a fixed rate
if it appears to them that there are sufficient funds of the Company lawfully available for
distribution to justify the payment. |
| (c) | If
the Directors act in good faith, they shall not incur any liability to the Members holding
Shares conferring preferred rights for any loss those Members may suffer by the lawful payment
of the dividend on any Shares having deferred or non-preferred rights. |
Apportionment
of dividends
| 23.7 | Except
as otherwise provided by the rights attached to Shares all dividends shall be declared and
paid according to the amounts Paid Up on the Shares on which the dividend is paid. All dividends
shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amount Paid Up on the Shares during
the time or part of the time in respect of which the dividend is paid. But if a Share is
issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as from a particular date, that
Share shall rank for dividend accordingly. |
Right
of set off
| 23.8 | The
Directors may deduct from a dividend or any other amount payable to a person in respect of
a Share any amount due by that person to the Company on a call or otherwise in relation to
a Share. |
Power
to pay other than in cash
| 23.9 | If
the Directors so determine, any resolution declaring a dividend may direct that it shall
be satisfied wholly or partly by the distribution of assets. If a difficulty arises in relation
to the distribution, the Directors may settle that difficulty in any way they consider appropriate.
For example, they may do any one or more of the following: |
| (a) | issue
fractional Shares; |
| (b) | fix
the value of assets for distribution and make cash payments to some Members on the footing
of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Members; and |
| (c) | vest
some assets in trustees. |
How
payments may be made
| 23.10 | A
dividend or other monies payable on or in respect of a Share may be paid in any of the following
ways: |
| (a) | if
the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to that Share nominates a bank account
for that purpose - by wire transfer to that bank account; or |
| (b) | by
cheque or warrant sent by post to the registered address of the Member holding that Share
or other person entitled to that Share. |
| 23.11 | For
the purposes of Article 23.10(a), the nomination may be in writing or in an Electronic Record
and the bank account nominated may be the bank account of another person. For the purposes
of Article 23.10(b), subject to any applicable law or regulation, the cheque or warrant shall
be made to the order of the Member holding that Share or other person entitled to the Share
or to his nominee, whether nominated in writing or in an Electronic Record, and payment of
the cheque or warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company. |
| 23.12 | If
two or more persons are registered as the holders of the Share or are jointly entitled to
it by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the registered holder (Joint Holders),
a dividend (or other amount) payable on or in respect of that Share may be paid as follows: |
| (a) | to
the registered address of the Joint Holder of the Share who is named first on the register
of Members or to the registered address of the deceased or bankrupt holder, as the case may
be; or |
| (b) | to
the address or bank account of another person nominated by the Joint Holders, whether that
nomination is in writing or in an Electronic Record. |
| 23.13 | Any
Joint Holder of a Share may give a valid receipt for a dividend (or other amount) payable
in respect of that Share. |
Dividends
or other monies not to bear interest in absence of special rights
| 23.14 | Unless
provided for by the rights attached to a Share, no dividend or other monies payable by the
Company in respect of a Share shall bear interest. |
Dividends
unable to be paid or unclaimed
| 23.15 | If
a dividend cannot be paid to a Member or remains unclaimed within six weeks after it was
declared or both, the Directors may pay it into a separate account in the Company’s
name. If a dividend is paid into a separate account, the Company shall not be constituted
trustee in respect of that account and the dividend shall remain a debt due to the Member. |
| 23.16 | A
dividend that remains unclaimed for a period of six years after it became due for payment
shall be forfeited to, and shall cease to remain owing by, the Company. |
| 24 | Capitalisation
of profits |
Capitalisation
of profits or of any share premium account or capital redemption reserve;
| 24.1 | The
Directors may resolve to capitalise: |
| (a) | any
part of the Company’s profits not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether
or not those profits are available for distribution); or |
| (b) | any
sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or capital redemption reserve,
if any. |
| 24.2 | The
amount resolved to be capitalised must be appropriated to the Members who would have been
entitled to it had it been distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions. The
benefit to each Member so entitled must be given in either or both of the following ways:: |
| (a) | by
paying up the amounts unpaid on that Member’s Shares; |
| (b) | by
issuing Fully Paid Up Shares, debentures or other securities of the Company to that Member
or as that Member directs. The Directors may resolve that any Shares issued to the Member
in respect of Partly Paid Up Shares (Original Shares) rank for dividend only to the
extent that the Original Shares rank for dividend while those Original Shares remain Partly
Paid Up. |
Applying
an amount for the benefit of Members
| 24.3 | The
amount capitalised must be applied to the benefit of Members in the proportions to which
the Members would have been entitled to dividends if the amount capitalised had been distributed
as a dividend. |
| 24.4 | Subject
to the Law, if a fraction of a Share, a debenture or other security is allocated to a Member,
the Directors may issue a fractional certificate to that Member or pay him the cash equivalent
of the fraction. |
Directors
to maintain share premium account
| 25.1 | The
Directors shall establish a share premium account in accordance with the Law. They shall
carry to the credit of that account from time to time an amount equal to the amount or value
of the premium paid on the issue of any Share or capital contributed or such other amounts
required by the Law. |
Debits
to share premium account
| 25.2 | The
following amounts shall be debited to any share premium account: |
| (a) | on
the redemption or purchase of a Share, the difference between the nominal value of that Share
and the redemption or purchase price; and |
| (b) | any
other amount paid out of a share premium account as permitted by the Law. |
| 25.3 | Notwithstanding
the preceding Article, on the redemption or purchase of a Share, the Directors may pay the
difference between the nominal value of that Share and the redemption purchase price out
of the profits of the Company or, as permitted by the Law, out of capital. |
Company
seal
| 26.1 | The
Company may have a seal if the Directors so determine. |
Duplicate
seal
| 26.2 | Subject
to the provisions of the Law, the Company may also have a duplicate seal or seals for use
in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands. Each duplicate seal shall be a facsimile
of the original seal of the Company. However, if the Directors so determine, a duplicate
seal shall have added on its face the name of the place where it is to be used. |
When
and how seal is to be used
| 26.3 | A
seal may only be used by the authority of the Directors. Unless the Directors otherwise determine,
a document to which a seal is affixed must be signed in one of the following ways: |
| (a) | by
a Director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or |
| (b) | by
a single Director (or his alternate). |
If
no seal is adopted or used
| 26.4 | If
the Directors do not adopt a seal, or a seal is not used, a document may be executed in the
following manner: |
| (a) | by
a Director (or his alternate) and the Secretary; or |
| (b) | by
a single Director (or his alternate); or |
| (c) | in
any other manner permitted by the Law. |
Power
to allow non-manual signatures and facsimile printing of seal
| 26.5 | The
Directors may determine that either or both of the following applies: |
| (a) | that
the seal or a duplicate seal need not be affixed manually but may be affixed by some other
method or system of reproduction; |
| (b) | that
a signature required by these Articles need not be manual but may be a mechanical or Electronic
Signature. |
Validity
of execution
| 26.6 | If
a document is duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, it shall not be
regarded as invalid merely because, at the date of the delivery, the Secretary, or the Director,
or other Officer or person who signed the document or affixed the seal for and on behalf
of the Company ceased to be the Secretary or hold that office and authority on behalf of
the Company. |
| 27.1 | To
the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each existing or former Director
(including alternate Director), Secretary and other Officer of the Company (including an
investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives
against: |
| (a) | all
actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or
sustained by the existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or
Officer in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs or in the execution
or discharge of the existing or former Director’s (including alternate Director’s), Secretary’s
or Officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and |
| (b) | without
limitation to paragraph (a), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing
or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer in defending (whether
successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings
(whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning the Company or its affairs in any court
or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
No
such existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any
matter arising out of his own dishonesty.
| 27.2 | To
the extent permitted by Law, the Company may make a payment, or agree to make a payment,
whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing
or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer of the Company in
respect of any matter identified in Article 27.1 on condition that the Director (including
alternate Director), Secretary or Officer must repay the amount paid by the Company to the
extent that it is ultimately found not liable to indemnify the Director (including alternate
Director), Secretary or that Officer for those legal costs. |
Release
| 27.3 | To
the extent permitted by Law, the Company may by Special Resolution release any existing or
former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or other Officer of the Company
from liability for any loss or damage or right to compensation which may arise out of or
in connection with the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities or discretions
of his office; but there may be no release from liability arising out of or in connection
with that person’s own dishonesty. |
Insurance
| 27.4 | To
the extent permitted by Law, the Company may pay, or agree to pay, a premium in respect of
a contract insuring each of the following persons against risks determined by the Directors,
other than liability arising out of that person’s own dishonesty: |
| (a) | an
existing or former Director (including alternate Director), Secretary or Officer or auditor
of: |
| (ii) | a
company which is or was a subsidiary of the Company; |
| (iii) | a
company in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or indirect); and |
| (b) | a
trustee of an employee or retirement benefits scheme or other trust in which any of the persons
referred to in paragraph (a) is or was interested. |
Form
of notices
| 28.1 | Save
where these Articles provide otherwise, and subject to the Designated Stock Exchange Rules,
any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to these Articles shall be: |
| (a) | in
writing signed by or on behalf of the giver in the manner set out below for written notices;
or |
| (b) | subject
to the next Article, in an Electronic Record signed by or on behalf of the giver by Electronic
Signature and authenticated in accordance with Articles about authentication of Electronic
Records; or |
| (c) | where
these Articles expressly permit, by the Company by means of a website. |
Electronic
communications
| 28.2 | A
notice may only be given to the Company in an Electronic Record if: |
| (a) | the
Directors so resolve; |
| (b) | the
resolution states how an Electronic Record may be given and, if applicable, specifies an
email address for the Company; and |
| (c) | the
terms of that resolution are notified to the Members for the time being and, if applicable,
to those Directors who were absent from the meeting at which the resolution was passed. |
If
the resolution is revoked or varied, the revocation or variation shall only become effective when its terms have been similarly notified.
| 28.3 | A
notice may not be given by Electronic Record to a person other than the Company unless the
recipient has notified the giver of an Electronic address to which notice may be sent. |
| 28.4 | Subject
to the Law, the Designated Stock Exchange Rules and to any other rules which the Company
is bound to follow, the Company may also send any notice or other document pursuant to these
Articles to a Member by publishing that notice or other document on a website where: |
| (a) | the
Company and the Member have agreed to his having access to the notice or document on a website
(instead of it being sent to him); |
| (b) | the
notice or document is one to which that agreement applies; |
| (c) | the
Member is notified (in accordance with any requirements laid down by the Law and, in a manner
for the time being agreed between him and the Company for the purpose) of: |
| (i) | the
publication of the notice or document on a website; |
| (ii) | the
address of that website; and |
| (iii) | the
place on that website where the notice or document may be accessed, and how it may be accessed;
and |
| (d) | the
notice or document is published on that website throughout the publication period, provided
that, if the notice or document is published on that website for a part, but not all of,
the publication period, the notice or document shall be treated as being published throughout
that period if the failure to publish that notice of document throughout that period is wholly
attributable to circumstances which it would not be reasonable to have expected the Company
to prevent or avoid. For the purposes of this Article 28.4 “publication period”
means a period of not less than twenty-one days, beginning on the day on which the notification
referred to in Article 28.4(c) is deemed sent. |
Persons
entitled to notices
| 28.5 | Any
notice or other document to be given to a Member may be given by reference to the register
of Members as it stands at any time within the period of twenty-one days before the day that
the notice is given or (where and as applicable) within any other period permitted by, or
in accordance with the requirements of, (to the extent applicable) the Designated Stock Exchange
Rules and/or the Designated Stock Exchanges. No change in the register of Members after that
time shall invalidate the giving of such notice or document or require the Company to give
such item to any other person. |
Persons
authorised to give notices
| 28.6 | A
notice by either the Company or a Member pursuant to these Articles may be given on behalf
of the Company or a Member by a Director or company secretary of the Company or a Member. |
Delivery
of written notices
| 28.7 | Save
where these Articles provide otherwise, a notice in writing may be given personally to the
recipient, or left at (as appropriate) the Member’s or Director’s registered
address or the Company’s registered office, or posted to that registered address or
registered office. |
Joint
holders
| 28.8 | Where
Members are joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to the Member whose name
first appears in the register of Members. |
Signatures
| 28.9 | A
written notice shall be signed when it is autographed by or on behalf of the giver, or is
marked in such a way as to indicate its execution or adoption by the giver. |
| 28.10 | An
Electronic Record may be signed by an Electronic Signature. |
Evidence
of transmission
| 28.11 | A
notice given by Electronic Record shall be deemed sent if an Electronic Record is kept demonstrating
the time, date and content of the transmission, and if no notification of failure to transmit
is received by the giver. |
| 28.12 | A
notice given in writing shall be deemed sent if the giver can provide proof that the envelope
containing the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and posted, or that the written notice
was otherwise properly transmitted to the recipient. |
| 28.13 | A
Member present, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company or of the holders
of any class of Shares shall be deemed to have received due notice of the meeting and, where
requisite, of the purposes for which it was called. |
Giving
notice to a deceased or bankrupt Member
| 28.14 | A
notice may be given by the Company to the persons entitled to a Share in consequence of the
death or bankruptcy of a Member by sending or delivering it, in any manner authorised by
these Articles for the giving of notice to a Member, addressed to them by name, or by the
title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt or by any like description,
at the address, if any, supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled. |
| 28.15 | Until
such an address has been supplied, a notice may be given in any manner in which it might
have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred. |
Date
of giving notices
| 28.16 | A
notice is given on the date identified in the following table |
Method
for giving notices |
|
When
taken to be given |
(A)
Personally |
|
At
the time and date of delivery |
(B)
By leaving it at the Member’s registered address |
|
At
the time and date it was left |
(C)
By posting it by prepaid post to the street or postal address of that recipient |
|
48
hours after the date it was posted |
(D)
By Electronic Record (other than publication on a website), to recipient’s Electronic address |
|
48
hours after the date it was sent |
(E)
By publication on a website |
|
24
hours after the date on which the Member is deemed to have been notified of the publication of the notice or document on the website |
Saving
provision
| 28.17 | None
of the preceding notice provisions shall derogate from the Articles about the delivery of
written resolutions of Directors and written resolutions of Members. |
| 29 | Authentication
of Electronic Records |
Application
of Articles
| 29.1 | Without
limitation to any other provision of these Articles, any notice, written resolution or other
document under these Articles that is sent by Electronic means by a Member, or by the Secretary,
or by a Director or other Officer of the Company, shall be deemed to be authentic if either
Article 29.2 or Article 29.4 applies. |
Authentication
of documents sent by Members by Electronic means
| 29.2 | An
Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by Electronic means
by or on behalf of one or more Members shall be deemed to be authentic if the following conditions
are satisfied: |
| (a) | the
Member or each Member, as the case may be, signed the original document, and for this purpose
Original Document includes several documents in like form signed by one or more of
those Members; and |
| (b) | the
Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction
of, that Member to an address specified in accordance with these Articles for the purpose
for which it was sent; and |
| (c) | Article
29.7 does not apply. |
| 29.3 | For
example, where a sole Member signs a resolution and sends the Electronic Record of the original
resolution, or causes it to be sent, by facsimile transmission to the address in these Articles
specified for that purpose, the facsimile copy shall be deemed to be the written resolution
of that Member unless Article 28.7 applies. |
Authentication
of document sent by the Secretary or Officers of the Company by Electronic means
| 29.4 | An
Electronic Record of a notice, written resolution or other document sent by or on behalf
of the Secretary or an Officer or Officers of the Company shall be deemed to be authentic
if the following conditions are satisfied: |
| (a) | the
Secretary or the Officer or each Officer, as the case may be, signed the original document,
and for this purpose Original Document includes several documents in like form signed
by the Secretary or one or more of those Officers; and |
| (b) | the
Electronic Record of the Original Document was sent by Electronic means by, or at the direction
of, the Secretary or that Officer to an address specified in accordance with these Articles
for the purpose for which it was sent; and |
| (c) | Article
29.7 does not apply. |
This
Article 29.4 applies whether the document is sent by or on behalf of the Secretary or Officer in his own right or as a representative
of the Company.
| 29.5 | For
example, where a sole Director signs a resolution and scans the resolution, or causes it
to be scanned, as a PDF version which is attached to an email sent to the address in these
Articles specified for that purpose, the PDF version shall be deemed to be the written resolution
of that Director unless Article 29.7 applies. |
Manner
of signing
| 29.6 | For
the purposes of these Articles about the authentication of Electronic Records, a document
will be taken to be signed if it is signed manually or in any other manner permitted by these
Articles. |
Saving
provision
| 29.7 | A
notice, written resolution or other document under these Articles will not be deemed to be
authentic if the recipient, acting reasonably: |
| (a) | believes
that the signature of the signatory has been altered after the signatory had signed the original
document; or |
| (b) | believes
that the original document, or the Electronic Record of it, was altered, without the approval
of the signatory, after the signatory signed the original document; or |
| (c) | otherwise
doubts the authenticity of the Electronic Record of the document |
and
the recipient promptly gives notice to the sender setting the grounds of its objection. If the recipient invokes this Article, the sender
may seek to establish the authenticity of the Electronic Record in any way the sender thinks fit.
| 30 | Transfer
by way of continuation |
| 30.1 | The
Company may, by Special Resolution, resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a
jurisdiction outside: |
| (a) | the
Cayman Islands; or |
| (b) | such
other jurisdiction in which it is, for the time being, incorporated, registered or existing. |
| 30.2 | To
give effect to any resolution made pursuant to the preceding Article, the Directors may cause
the following: |
| (a) | an
application be made to the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands to deregister the
Company in the Cayman Islands or in the other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being
incorporated, registered or existing; and |
| (b) | all
such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way
of continuation of the Company. |
Distribution
of assets in specie
| 31.1 | If
the Company is wound up the Members may, subject to these Articles and any other sanction
required by the Law, pass a Special Resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both
of the following: |
| (a) | to
divide in specie among the Members the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and,
for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried
out as between the Members or different classes of Members; and/or |
| (b) | to
vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of Members and those
liable to contribute to the winding up. |
No
obligation to accept liability
| 31.2 | No
Member shall be compelled to accept any assets if an obligation attaches to them. |
| 31.3 | The
Directors are authorised to present a winding up petition |
| 31.4 | The
Directors have the authority to present a petition for the winding up of the Company to the
Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on behalf of the Company without the sanction of a resolution
passed at a general meeting. |
| 32 | Amendment
of Memorandum and Articles |
Power
to change name or amend Memorandum
| 32.1 | Subject
to the Law, the Company may, by Special Resolution: |
| (b) | change
the provisions of its Memorandum with respect to its objects, powers or any other matter
specified in the Memorandum. |
Power
to amend these Articles
| 32.2 | Subject
to the Law and as provided in these Articles, the Company may, by Special Resolution, amend
these Articles in whole or in part. |
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