EX-99.1 3 ea023535801ex99-1_galaxy.htm HOME COUNTRY RULE EXEMPTION LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Exhibit 99.1

 

  

The NASDAQ Capital Market  

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Reference: NMP/CQL/512104.00002

 

26 February 2025

 

Galaxy Payroll Group Limited (the Company)

 

We act as legal counsel to the Company for matters of British Virgin Islands law only.

 

We understand that:

 

1the Company is trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under terms of the NASDAQ Listing Rules (the Listing Rules and each a Listing Rule);

 

2the Company, through the approval of its board of directors and a majority of shareholders representing more than 50 percent of the votes entitled to vote by written resolutions, intends to follow its British Virgin Islands home country practice (i) to redesignate its single class of unlimited number of ordinary shares each with a par value of US$0.000625 into two classes of unlimited number of Class A ordinary shares each with a par value of US$0.000625 and unlimited number of Class B ordinary shares each with a par value of US$0.000625 (the Redesignation), with the Class A ordinary shares maintaining the same rights of one vote per share and the Class B ordinary shares being designated with the voting rights of 50 votes per share and conversion rights into one Class A ordinary share for each Class B ordinary share. Immediately following the Redesignation, the existing ordinary shares of the Company will be reclassified into 14,412,500 Class A ordinary shares and 3,600,000 Class B ordinary shares, in an allocation to be approved by the board of directors of the Company and a majority of shareholders of the Company representing more than 50 percent of the votes entitled to vote by written resolutions. To enact the transactions set forth above, the Company’s board of directors will take related actions, as approved by the shareholders of the Company, such as adopting a set of amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company;

 

3subject to certain exceptions, Listing Rule 5615(a)(3) allows a Foreign Private Issuer (as defined in the Listing Rules) to follow its home country practices; and

 

 

 

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Partners

Nicholas Plowman

Nathan Powell

Anthony Oakes

Oliver Payne

Kate Hodson

David Nelson

Justin Davis

Joanne Collett

Dennis Li

 

Cecilia Li**

Rachel Huang**

Yuki Yan**

Florence Chan*

Richard Bennett**

James Bergstrom

Marcus Leese

 

 

 

* admitted in New Zealand

** admitted in England and Wales

not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

4the Company has elected to follow practices that may be adopted: (a) by business companies incorporated under the BVI Business Companies Act (Revised) of the British Virgin Islands (the BCA); and (b) pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles (as defined in Schedule 1), in lieu of certain requirements of the Rule 5600 Series (as defined in the Listing Rules) listed and described in Schedule 2 (the Relevant Practices).

 

Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in the documents listed in Schedule 1 (the Documents). A reference to a Schedule is a reference to a schedule to this opinion and the headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.

 

1Documents examined

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined originals, copies, or drafts of the Documents. We have not made any searches or enquiries concerning, and have not examined any documents entered into by or affecting, the Company or any other person, save for the examinations expressly referred to in Schedule 1.

 

2Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set forth in Schedule 3 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of those assumptions.

 

3Opinion

 

On the basis of the examinations referred to above and subject to the assumptions set forth in Schedule 3, the qualifications set forth in Schedule 4 and the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Relevant Practices are not prohibited by:

 

(a)the terms of the Memorandum and Articles; or

 

(b)the laws of the British Virgin Islands as they apply to the Company.

 

4Matters not covered

 

4.1We offer no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Specifically, we have made no independent investigation of the laws of the United States of America or the Listing Rules.

 

4.2We express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in the Documents to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands.

 

5Governing law of this opinion

 

5.1This opinion is:

 

(a)governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the British Virgin Islands;

 

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(b)limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and

 

(c)confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the British Virgin Islands at the date of this opinion.

 

5.2Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific British Virgin Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion.

 

6Who can rely on this opinion

 

This opinion is given for your benefit and with the exception of your professional advisers (acting only in that capacity), it may not be disclosed to or relied upon by any person or used for any other purpose or referred to or made public in any way without our prior written consent.

 

Yours faithfully  
   
/s/ Ogier  
Ogier  

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

Documents examined

 

1The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 26 August 2021 issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs of the British Virgin Islands (the Certificate of Incorporation).

 

2The memorandum and articles of association of the Company amended and restated on 21 December 2022 (the Memorandum and Articles).

 

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SCHEDULE 2

 

We are instructed that the Company has elected to follow the Relevant Practices in lieu of the following requirements of the Rule 5600 Series. The summaries of each Listing Rule below have been provided to us by the Company.

 

1Listing Rule 5635(b), pursuant to which companies listed on NASDAQ are required to obtain shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities when the issuance or potential issuance will result in a change of control of such company.

 

2Listing Rule 5635(d), pursuant to which companies listed on NASDAQ are required to obtain shareholder approval for a transaction involving the sale, issuance or potential issuance of common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock, which alone or together with sales by officers, directors, or substantial shareholders, equals 20% or more of the common stock or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before the issuance at a price less than the lower of (i) the Nasdaq official closing price immediately preceding the signing of the binding agreement; or (ii) the average Nasdaq official closing price of the common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding the signing of the binding agreement.

 

3Listing Rule 5640, pursuant to which the voting rights of existing shareholders of publicly traded common stock registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may not be disparately reduced or restricted through any corporate action or issuance.

 

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SCHEDULE 3

 

Assumptions

 

1All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2All copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3All signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

4Each of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Memorandum and Articles is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion.

 

5The Memorandum and Articles are in full force and effect and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect.

 

6The powers and authority of the directors set out in the Memorandum and Articles have not been varied or restricted in any way by resolution or direction of the shareholders of the Company.

 

7The Relevant Practices have each been duly approved by the Company, including in accordance with the requirements of the Listing Rules.

 

8The Relevant Practices comply with the Listing Rules.

 

9In authorising the approval of the Relevant Practices each director of the Company has acted or will act in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised or will exercise the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him or her.

 

10None of the opinions expressed herein will be adversely affected by the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands. In particular, but without limitation to the previous sentence, the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands will not adversely affect the capacity or authority of the Company.

 

11There is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands) that would or might affect the opinions herein.

 

12There are no resolutions, agreements, documents or arrangements which affect, amend or vary the actions envisaged in, or the Company's ability to approve and adopt the Relevant Practices.

 

13The Company has obtained all consents, licences, approvals and authorisations of any governmental or regulatory authority or agency or of any other person that it is required to obtain pursuant to the laws of all relevant jurisdictions (other than those of the British Virgin Islands) to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, proper performance and admissibility in evidence of the Relevant Practices. Any conditions to which such consents, licences, approvals and authorisations are subject have been, and will continue to be, satisfied or waived by the parties entitled to the benefit of them.

  

14The matters we have been informed of in respect of the Listing Rules as referred to in this opinion (including the application of the same to the Company and the descriptions of the Listing Rules in Schedule 2) and the Company’s obligations and practices adopted in regard to the same are true and accurate in all respects.

 

15The Listing Rules are governed by a law other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands.

 

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SCHEDULE 4

 

Qualifications

 

1We render no opinion on the Listing Rules themselves, the interpretation thereof or the compliance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.

 

2The laws of the British Virgin Islands do not prescribe the Relevant Practices with respect to business companies incorporated under the BCA such as the Company.

 

 

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