EX-99.1 2 tm2412296d2_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd.

壹賬通金融科技有限公司

(Incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 6638)

(NYSE Stock Ticker: OCFT)

 

 

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting of OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held at 21F, Ping An Finance Center, No. 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 10 a.m. (Shenzhen time) for the following purposes:

 

1.To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors of the Company (the “Directors”) and auditor for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

2.(i) To re-elect Mr. Chongfeng Shen as an executive Director.

 

(ii)To re-elect Mr. Michael Guo as a non-executive Director.

 

(iii)To re-elect Ms. Wenjun Wang as a non-executive Director.

 

(iv)To re-elect Mr. Wing Kin Anthony Chow as an independent non-executive Director.

 

(v)To re-elect Mr. Koon Wing Ernest Ip as an independent non-executive Director.

 

(vi)To authorize the board (the “Board”) of Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors.

 

3.To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor and to authorize the Board to fix its remuneration.

 

SHARES RECORD DATE AND ADS RECORD DATE

 

The Board has fixed the close of business on Monday, April 29, 2024, Hong Kong time, as the record date (the “Share Record Date”). Holders of the Company’s Shares (as of the Share Record Date) are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. In order to be eligible to attend the AGM, all valid documents for the transfers of Shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 2024, Hong Kong time; and with respect to Shares registered on the Company’s principal share register in the Cayman Islands, all valid documents for the transfers of Shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s principal share registrar and transfer office, Maples Fund Services (Cayman) Limited, PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, no later than 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, 2024, Cayman Islands time (due to the time difference between Cayman Islands and Hong Kong).

 

Holders of record of American depositary shares (the “ADSs”) as of the close of business on Monday, April 29, 2024, New York time (the “ADS Record Date”), who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Shares must give voting instructions to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the depositary of the ADSs (the “Depositary”).

 

 

 

 

ATTENDING THE AGM

 

Only holders of record of Shares as of the Share Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM. All officers and agents of the Company reserve the right to refuse any person entry to the AGM venue, or to instruct any person to leave the AGM venue, where such officer or agent reasonably considers that such refusal or instruction is or may be required for the Company or any other person to be able to comply with applicable laws and regulations. The exercise of such right to refuse entry or instruct to leave shall not invalidate the proceedings at the AGM.

 

PROXY FORMS AND ADS VOTING CARDS

 

A holder of Shares as of the Share Record Date (Hong Kong time) may appoint a proxy to exercise his or her rights at the AGM. A holder of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date (New York time) will need to instruct JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the depositary of the ADSs, as to how to vote the Shares represented by the ADSs. Please refer to the proxy form (for holders of Shares) or ADS voting card (for holders of ADSs), both of which are available on our website at www.ocft.com.

 

Holders of record of the Company’s Shares on the Company’s register of members as of the Share Record Date (Hong Kong time) are cordially invited to attend the AGM in person. Holders of the Company’s ADSs as of the close of business on the ADS Record Date (New York time) are cordially invited to submit your voting instructions to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Your vote is important. You are urged to complete, sign, date, and return the accompanying proxy form to the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (for holders of Shares) or your voting instructions to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (for holders of the ADSs) as promptly as possible and before the prescribed deadline if you wish to exercise your voting rights. Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited must receive the proxy form by no later than 10 a.m., Hong Kong time, on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong to ensure your representation at the AGM; and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. must receive your voting instructions by no later than 9:00 a.m., New York Time, on Monday, May 20, 2024 to enable the votes attaching to the Shares represented by your ADSs to be cast at the AGM (the “ADS Voting Instructions Deadline”).

 

  By Order of the Board of
OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd.
   
  /s/ Chongfeng Shen
  Chongfeng Shen
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

Hong Kong, April 24, 2024