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TEN PAO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

天 寶 集 團 控 股 有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1979)

NOTICE OF THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the ''2021 AGM'') of Ten Pao Group Holdings Limited (the ''Company'') will be held at Rooms 610-612, 6th Floor, Kwong Sang Hong Centre, 151-153 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Friday, 28 May 2021 at 4 : 30 p.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors and auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020;
  2. To declare a final dividend of HK5.5 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2020;
  3. To re-elect Mr. Hung Kwong Yee as an executive director of the Company;
  4. To re-elect Mr. Lee Kwan Hung as an independent non-executive director of the Company;
  5. To authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix the directors' remuneration;
  6. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor of the Company and to authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration;

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7. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

''THAT:

  1. subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (c) below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ''Stock Exchange'') or on any other stock exchange recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in this regard, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
  2. the total number of shares of the Company which may be purchased or agreed to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly, and if any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of shares is conducted, the maximum number of shares that may be repurchased under the mandate in paragraph (a) above as a percentage of the total number of shares of the Company in issue at the date immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same; and
  3. for the purpose of this resolution, ''Relevant Period'' means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
    1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
    2. the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company in general meetings; and
    3. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws, rules or regulations to be held.'';

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8. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

''THAT:

  1. subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with authorized and unissued shares in the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
  2. the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorize the directors of the Company to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers during or after the end of the Relevant Period;
  3. the aggregate number of shares of the Company allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:
    1. a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below);
    2. the exercise of the outstanding conversion rights attaching to any convertible securities issued by the Company, which are convertible into shares of the Company;
    3. the exercise of options under share option scheme(s) of the Company; and
    4. any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in the Company in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company,

shall not exceed 20% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly, and if any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of shares is conducted, the maximum number of shares that may be issued under the mandate in paragraph (a) above as a percentage of the total number of shares of the Company in issue at the date immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same; and

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  1. for the purposes of this resolution:
    ''Relevant Period'' means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
    1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
    2. the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company in general meetings; and
    3. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws, rules or regulations to be held; and

''Rights Issue'' means an offer of shares of the Company open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange).''; and

9. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

''THAT conditional upon the passing of resolutions set out in items 7 and 8 of the notice convening the 2021 AGM (the ''Notice''), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 8 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of shares of the Company which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the directors of the Company pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate number of shares of the Company purchased by the Company pursuant to the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 7 of the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.''.

By order of the Board

Hung Kwong Yee

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 20 April 2021

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Notes:

  1. Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the 2021 AGM is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her/it. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy to represent him/her/it to attend and vote on his/her/its behalf. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.
  2. In order to be valid, a form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power or authority, must be deposited at the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong, as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the 2021 AGM (i.e. not later than 4 : 30 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 May 2021) or any adjournment thereof. Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the 2021 AGM and, in such event, the form of proxy delivered shall be deemed to be revoked.
  3. To ascertain shareholders' eligibility to attend and vote at the 2021 AGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 25 May 2021 to Friday, 28 May 2021 (both days inclusive), during which period no share transfer will be effected. In order to qualify for attending and voting at the 2021 AGM, unregistered holders of shares of the Company should ensure that all completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates are lodged with the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at its address shown in Note 2 above for registration no later than 4 : 30 p.m. on Monday, 24 May 2021.
  4. To ascertain shareholders' entitlement to the proposed final dividend upon passing of resolution no. 2 set out in this Notice, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 29 June 2021 to Friday, 2 July 2021 (both days inclusive), during which period no share transfer will be effected. In order to qualify for entitlement to the said proposed final dividend, unregistered holders of shares of the Company should ensure that all completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at its address shown in Note 2 above for registration no later than 4 : 30 p.m. on Monday, 28 June 2021.
  5. References to time and dates in this Notice are to Hong Kong time and dates.

As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises two executive directors, namely, Mr. Hung Kwong Yee and Ms. Yang Bingbing; and three independent non-executive directors, namely, Mr. Lam Cheung Chuen, Mr. Chu Yat Pang Terry and Mr. Lee Kwan Hung.

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