THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
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PROPOSALS FOR GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND BUY-BACK
SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS
AND
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A notice convening the annual general meeting of Anton Oilfield Services Group to be held at No. 8 Pingcui West Road, Donghuqu, Chaoyang District, Beijing on Monday, 27 May 2019 at 10:00 a.m. is set out on pages 14 to 18 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the annual general meeting is also enclosed. Such form of proxy is also published on the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (www.hkexnews.hk). Whether or not you are able to attend the meeting, you are requested to complete the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company's Branch Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting at the meeting or any adjournment thereof if they so wish.
26 April 2019
CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
LETTER FROM THE BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
APPENDIX I - | BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF RETIRING DIRECTORS | |
PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 | |
APPENDIX II - | EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED SHARE | |
BUY-BACKMANDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 | |
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
"Annual General Meeting" | the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at No. |
8 Pingcui West Road, Donghuqu, Chaoyang District, Beijing | |
on Monday, 27 May 2019 at 10:00 a.m. or any adjournment | |
thereof, the notice of which is set out on pages 14 to 18 of this | |
circular | |
"Articles of Association" | the articles of association of the Company adopted on 16 May |
2011 and as amended from time to time | |
"Board" | the board of directors of the Company |
"Cayman Companies Law" | the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands as |
consolidated and revised from time to time | |
"Company" | Anton Oilfield Services Group, a company incorporated in the |
Cayman Islands on 3 August 2007 as an exempted company | |
with limited liability, whose Shares are listed on the Main | |
Board of the Stock Exchange | |
"Core connected person(s)" | has the meaning as ascribed to it under the Listing Rules |
"Director(s)" | the director(s) of the Company |
"General Mandates" | the Proposed Share Buy-back Mandate and the Proposed |
Share Issue Mandate | |
"Group" | the Company and its subsidiaries |
"Hong Kong" | the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's |
Republic of China | |
"Latest Practicable Date" | 23 April 2019, being the latest practicable date prior to the |
printing of this circular for the purpose of ascertaining certain | |
information contained in this circular | |
"Listing Rules" | the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock |
Exchange |
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DEFINITIONS | |
"Proposed Share Buy-back | a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to |
Mandate" | buy back Shares not exceeding 10 per cent of the total number |
of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of | |
the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting | |
"Proposed Share Issue Mandate" | a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to |
issue Shares not exceeding 20 per cent of the total number of | |
Shares in issue as at the date of passing of the relevant | |
resolution at the Annual General Meeting | |
"Securities and Future | the Securities and Futures Ordinance, (Chapter 571 of the |
Ordinance" | Laws of Hong Kong) as amended, supplemented or otherwise |
modified from time to time | |
"Share(s)" | ordinary share(s) of nominal value of HK$0.10 each in the |
capital of the Company | |
"Shareholder(s)" or "Member(s)" | the holder(s) of the Share(s) |
"Stock Exchange" | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
"Takeovers Code" | the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers and Share |
Buy-backs as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified | |
from time to time |
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Executive Directors: | Registered office: |
Mr. LUO Lin | PO Box 309, Ugland House |
Mr. PI Zhifeng | Grand Cayman, KY1-1104 |
Mr. FAN Yonghong | Cayman Islands |
Non-executive Director: | Principal place of business in Hong Kong: |
Mr. John William CHISHOLM | 40/F, Sunlight Tower |
248 Queen's Road | |
Independent non-executive Directors: | Wanchai, Hong Kong |
Mr. ZHANG Yongyi | |
Mr. ZHU Xiaoping | |
Dato WEE Yiaw Hin | |
26 April 2019 | |
To the Shareholders | |
Dear Sir or Madam |
PROPOSALS FOR GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND
BUY- BACK SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS
AND
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this circular is to provide the Shareholders with the Notice of Annual General Meeting and to provide you with information regarding the following proposals to be put forward at the Annual General Meeting: (i) the grant of the Proposed Share Issue Mandate and the Proposed Share Buy-back Mandate; (ii) the extension of the Proposed Share Issue Mandate to include Shares bought back pursuant to the Proposed Share Buy- back Mandate; (iii) the grant of the final dividends; and (iv) the re-election of the retiring Directors.
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