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 April 2025
Commission File Number: 001-38429
Bilibili Inc.
Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road
Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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 ☐
Exhibit Index
Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release – Bilibili Inc. to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 20, 2025
Exhibit 99.2 – Circular for Annual General Meeting
Exhibit 99.3 – Notice of Annual General Meeting
Exhibit 99.4 – Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting 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.
SIGNATURES
BILIBILI INC. | ||||
By | : | /s/ Xin Fan | ||
Name | : | Xin Fan | ||
Title | : | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: April 11, 2025
Exhibit 99.1
Bilibili Inc. to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 20, 2025
SHANGHAI, China, April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bilibili Inc. (“Bilibili” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626), an iconic brand and a leading video community for young generations in China, today published a circular (the “AGM Circular”) to provide shareholders with information on the proposals that will be put forward at the Company’s annual general meeting of the shareholders (the “AGM”) for shareholders’ approval and a notice of the AGM (the “AGM Notice”). The AGM will be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China on June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time), to consider and vote on the resolutions set forth in the AGM Notice. The AGM Circular, AGM Notice and form of proxy for the AGM are available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.bilibili.com.
Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the close of business on May 13, 2025, Hong Kong time, are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. Holders of the Company’s American depositary shares as of the close of business on May 13, 2025, New York time, who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Class Z ordinary shares of the Company must act through the depositary of the Company’s American depositary share program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
Bilibili has filed its annual report on Form 20-F, including its audited financial statements, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Bilibili’s Form 20-F can be accessed on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.bilibili.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
About Bilibili Inc.
Bilibili is an iconic brand and a leading video community with a mission to enrich the everyday lives of young generations in China. Bilibili offers a wide array of video-based content with All the Videos You Like as its value proposition. Bilibili builds its community around aspiring users, high-quality content, talented content creators and the strong emotional bonds among them. Bilibili pioneered the “bullet chatting” feature, a live comment function that has transformed our users’ viewing experience by displaying the thoughts and feelings of audience members viewing the same video. The Company has now become the welcoming home of diverse interests among young generations in China and the frontier for promoting Chinese culture across the world.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.bilibili.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “aims,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “confident,” “potential,” “continue,” or other similar expressions. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about Bilibili’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to those included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. All information provided in this announcement and in the attachments is as of the date of this announcement, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Bilibili Inc.
Juliet Yang
Tel: +86-21-2509-9255 Ext. 8523
E-mail: ir@bilibili.com
Piacente Financial Communications
Helen Wu
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
E-mail: bilibili@tpg-ir.com
In the United States:
Piacente Financial Communications
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: bilibili@tpg-ir.com
Exhibit 99.2
THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in any doubt about this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult your stockbroker, or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Bilibili Inc., you should at once hand this circular with the enclosed form of proxy to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, licensed securities dealer or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was affected for transmission to the purchaser or the transferee.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this circular.
Bilibili Inc.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626)
(1) PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS;
(2) PROPOSED GRANT OF SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE AND
SHARE ISSUE MANDATE;
(3) PROPOSED RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS;
AND
(4) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Capitalized terms used in this cover page shall have the same meanings as those defined in this circular.
A notice convening the AGM to be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. is set out on pages 14 to 18 of this circular. The form of proxy for use at the AGM is also enclosed with this circular. The form of proxy is also published on the websites of the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk), the Company’s investor relations (https://ir.bilibili.com/) and the SEC (www.sec.gov).
Holders of record of the Shares as of the close of business on the Share Record Date (Hong Kong time) are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. Holders of the ADSs as of the close of business on the ADS Record Date (New York time) who wish to exercise their voting rights in respect of the underlying Class Z Ordinary Shares must give voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs. The Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, must receive the proxy form by no later than 4:30 p.m., Hong Kong time, on June 18, 2025 at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong to ensure your representation at the AGM, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas must receive your voting instructions by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on June 10, 2025 to enable the votes attaching to the Class Z Ordinary Shares represented by your ADSs to be cast at the AGM.
April 11, 2025
CONTENTS
Pages | ||||||||
Definitions |
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Letter from the Board |
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1. |
Introduction |
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2. |
Proposed Re-election of Retiring Directors |
5 | ||||||
3. |
Proposed Grant of Share Repurchase Mandate and Share Issue Mandate |
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4. |
Proposed Re-appointment of Auditors |
6 | ||||||
5. |
The AGM and Proxy Arrangement |
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6. |
Voting by Poll |
7 | ||||||
7. |
Recommendation |
7 | ||||||
APPENDIX I — PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED |
8 | |||||||
APPENDIX II — EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE |
10 | |||||||
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:
“ADS(s)” |
American Depositary Shares (each representing one Class Z Ordinary Share) | |
“ADS Record Date” |
May 13, 2025, New York time | |
“AGM” |
an annual general meeting of the Company to be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m., to consider and, if appropriate, to approve the resolutions contained in the notice of the meeting which is set out on pages 14 to 18 of this circular, or adjournment thereof | |
“Articles of Association” |
the eighth amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company adopted on June 30, 2022, as amended from time to time | |
“Board” |
the board of Directors | |
“CCASS” |
Central Clearing and Settlement System established and operated by Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company | |
“Class Y Ordinary Shares” |
Class Y ordinary shares of the share capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.0001 each, conferring weighted voting rights in the Company such that a holder of a Class Y ordinary share is entitled to 10 votes per Share on any resolution tabled at the Company’s general meeting, subject to Rule 8A.24 of the Listing Rules that requires the Reserved Matters to be voted on a one vote per Share basis | |
“Class Z Ordinary Shares” |
Class Z ordinary shares of the share capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.0001 each, conferring a holder of a Class Z ordinary share one vote per Share on any resolution tabled at the Company’s general meeting | |
“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our” |
Bilibili Inc., a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on December 23, 2013 as an exempted company and, where the context requires, its subsidiaries and consolidated affiliated entities from time to time | |
“controlling shareholder” |
has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules | |
“Director(s)” |
the director(s) of the Company | |
“Group” |
the Company, subsidiaries and consolidated affiliated entities from time to time | |
“HK$” |
Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong |
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DEFINITIONS
“HKEX” |
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | |
“Hong Kong” |
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China | |
“Latest Practicable Date” |
April 2, 2025, being the latest practicable date for ascertaining certain information before the publication of this circular | |
“Listing Rules” |
the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time | |
“Nasdaq” |
Nasdaq Global Select Market | |
“Nominating and Corporate |
the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board | |
Governance Committee” | ||
“Reserved Matters” |
those matters resolutions with respect to which each Share is entitled to one vote at general meetings of the Company pursuant to Rule 8A.24 of the Listing Rules, being: (i) any amendment to the Company’s memorandum of association or articles of association, including the variation of the rights attached to any class of Shares, (ii) the appointment, election or removal of any independent Director, (iii) the appointment or removal of the Company’s auditors, and (iv) the voluntary liquidation or winding-up of the Company | |
“RMB” |
Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC | |
“SEC” |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | |
“SFC” |
Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong | |
“SFO” |
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time | |
“Share(s)” |
Class Y Ordinary Shares and/or Class Z Ordinary Shares in the share capital of the Company, as the context so requires | |
“Shareholder(s)” |
the holder(s) of the Share(s), and where the context requires, ADSs | |
“Share Issue Mandate” |
a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to allot, issue or deal with unissued Class Z Ordinary Shares (including any sale or transfer of Treasury Shares) and/or ADSs not exceeding 20% of the number of the issued Shares (excluding Treasury Shares) as at the date of passing of such ordinary resolution | |
“Share Record Date” |
May 13, 2025, Hong Kong time |
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DEFINITIONS
“Share Repurchase Mandate” |
a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to repurchase Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Shares (excluding Treasury Shares) as at the date of passing of such ordinary resolution | |
“Stock Exchange” |
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | |
“subsidiary(ies)” |
has the meaning ascribed to it in the Listing Rules | |
“substantial shareholder” |
has the meaning ascribed to it in the Listing Rules | |
“Takeovers Code” |
the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs issued by the SFC, as amended from time to time | |
“Treasury Shares” |
has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules | |
“U.S.” |
the United States of America, its territories, its possessions and all | |
areas subject to its jurisdiction | ||
“US$” |
U.S. dollars, the lawful currency of the U.S. | |
“weighted voting rights” |
has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules | |
“WVR Beneficiary(ies)” |
has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules and unless the | |
context otherwise requires, refers to Mr. Rui Chen, Ms. Ni Li and Mr. | ||
Yi Xu, being the holders of Class Y Ordinary Shares | ||
“%” |
percent |
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Bilibili Inc.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626)
Directors |
Registered office |
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Mr. Rui Chen (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) |
190 Elgin Avenue |
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Ms. Ni Li |
George Town |
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Mr. Yi Xu |
Grand Cayman KY1-9008 |
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Cayman Islands |
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Independent Directors |
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Mr. JP Gan |
Principal Executive Office of Main Operations |
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Mr. Eric He |
Building 3, Guozheng Center |
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Mr. Feng Li |
No. 485 Zhengli Road |
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Mr. Guoqi Ding |
Yangpu District |
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Shanghai |
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People’s Republic of China |
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Address in Hong Kong |
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Suite 603, 6/F, Laws Commercial Plaza |
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788 Cheung Sha Wan Road |
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Kowloon |
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Hong Kong |
April 11, 2025
To the Shareholders
Dear Sir or Madam,
(1) PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS;
(2) PROPOSED GRANT OF SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE AND
SHARE ISSUE MANDATE;
(3) PROPOSED RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS;
AND
(4) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
1. | INTRODUCTION |
The purpose of this circular is to provide Shareholders with further information on the proposals that will be put forward at the AGM for Shareholders’ approval and the notice of AGM.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
2. | PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS |
Pursuant to Article 89(g)(i) of the Articles of Association, Ms. Ni Li, Mr. Yi Xu and Mr. Feng Li will retire as Directors by rotation, and all of them, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election as Directors (the “Nominees”) at the AGM.
Biographical and further details about the proposed re-election of the three Directors mentioned above are set out in Appendix I to this circular.
3. | PROPOSED GRANT OF SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE AND SHARE ISSUE MANDATE |
Overview
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on June 28, 2024, the Directors were given a general mandate to allot, issue and deal with Shares. Such mandate, to the extent not utilized by the date of the AGM, will lapse at the conclusion of the AGM.
Share repurchase mandate
In order to give the Company the flexibility to repurchase Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs on-market if and when appropriate and in accordance with Rule 10.06(1)(b) of the Listing Rules, an ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to approve the grant of the Share Repurchase Mandate to the Directors to repurchase Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Shares (excluding Treasury Shares) as at the date of passing of such ordinary resolution. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company had a total of 417,986,501 issued and outstanding Shares. Subject to the passing of relevant ordinary resolution and assuming that the number of issued Shares remains unchanged following the Latest Practicable Date and prior to the date of the AGM, the maximum number of Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs which may be repurchased pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate as at the date of grant will be 41,798,650 Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs.
The Share Repurchase Mandate shall be effective from the date of the passing of the relevant resolution at the AGM until the earlier of: (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of Shareholders unless, by an ordinary resolution passed at that meeting, the Share Repurchase Mandate is renewed, either unconditionally or subject to conditions; or (b) its revocation or variation by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting.
If the Company repurchases Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate, the Company may (i) cancel the repurchased Shares and/or (ii) hold such Shares as Treasury Shares, subject to market conditions and the Group’s capital management needs at the relevant time of the repurchases. Any sale or transfer of such Treasury Shares will be subject to the Share Issue Mandate as set out in the next proposal and made in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, including the Listing Rules.
An explanatory statement required by the Listing Rules to be sent to all Shareholders in connection with the Share Repurchase Mandate is set out in Appendix II to this circular.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Share issue mandate
In order to give the Company the flexibility to issue Class Z Ordinary Shares (including any sale or transfer of Treasury Shares) and/or ADSs if and when appropriate and in accordance with Rule 13.36 of the Listing Rules, an ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to approve the granting of a share issue mandate to the Directors to issue, allot or deal with unissued Class Z Ordinary Shares (including any sale or transfer of Treasury Shares) and/or ADSs not exceeding 20% of the total number of issued Shares (excluding Treasury Shares) as at the date of passing of such ordinary resolution. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company had a total of 417,986,501 issued and outstanding Shares. Subject to the passing of the relevant ordinary resolution and assuming that the number of issued Shares remains unchanged following the Latest Practicable Date and prior to the date of the AGM, the Directors will be authorized to issue (or sell or transfer out of treasury) a maximum of 83,597,300 Class Z Ordinary Shares under the Share Issue Mandate.
The Share Issue Mandate shall be effective from the date of the passing of the relevant resolution at the AGM until the earlier of: (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of Shareholders unless, by an ordinary resolution passed at that meeting, the Share Issue Mandate is renewed, either unconditionally or subject to conditions; or (b) its revocation or variation by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting.
4. | PROPOSED RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS |
The Board proposes to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers and PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as Hong Kong and U.S. auditors of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2025 and to hold the office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company. A resolution will also be proposed to authorize the Board to fix the auditors’ remuneration for the ensuing year. PricewaterhouseCoopers and PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP have indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as auditors of the Company for the said period.
5. | THE AGM AND PROXY ARRANGEMENT |
The AGM will be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. (Beijing time). The notice of the AGM is set out in this circular.
The form of proxy for the AGM is enclosed herewith. The form of proxy is also published on the websites of the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk), the Company’s investor relations (https://ir.bilibili.com/) and the SEC (www.sec.gov). Holders of record of the Shares as of the close of business on the Share Record Date (Hong Kong time) are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. Holders of record of the ADSs as of the close of business on the ADS Record Date (New York time) who wish to exercise their voting rights in respect of the underlying Class Z Ordinary Shares must give voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs.
The Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, must receive the proxy form by no later than 4:30 p.m., Hong Kong time, on June 18, 2025 at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong to ensure your representation at the AGM, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas must receive your voting instructions by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on June 10, 2025 to enable the votes attaching to the Class Z Ordinary Shares represented by your ADSs to be cast at the AGM.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
The return of a form of proxy will not preclude the Shareholder from attending and voting in person at the AGM.
6. | VOTING BY POLL |
In accordance with Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, all votes of the Shareholders at the AGM shall be taken by poll and an announcement on the poll results will be published by the Company after the AGM in the manner prescribed under the Listing Rules. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Directors were not aware of any Shareholder who is required to abstain from voting on the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM.
7. | RECOMMENDATION |
The Board considers that the above-mentioned resolutions (the details of which are set out in the notice of AGM) regarding the proposed re-election of the retiring Directors, the proposed Share Issue Mandate, the Share Repurchase Mandate and the re-appointment of auditors are in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend you to vote in favor of the said resolutions to be proposed at the AGM.
Yours faithfully, |
for and on behalf of the Board of |
Bilibili Inc. |
Rui Chen |
Chairman |
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APPENDIX I PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED
The following sets out the particulars of the retiring Directors proposed to be re-elected at the AGM.
DIRECTORS
1. | Ni Li (李 旎) |
Ni Li, aged 39, has served as our chief operating officer since November 2014 and vice chairwoman of our board of directors since January 2015. Ms. Li oversees our overall operations and leads the strategic functions including content ecosystem development, monetization initiatives, strategic planning, investments and brand marketing. In the past years, Ms. Li has built a strong business and operational team. Under her leadership, the team successfully expanded our revenue streams and significantly enhanced our brand awareness. Starting from 2021, Ms. Li also chairs our Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. Ms. Li has served as a non-executive director of Huanxi Media Group Limited (HKEX: 1003) since September 2020. Prior to joining us, Ms. Li was in charge of human resources operations at Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM) from 2013 to 2014. Previously, Ms. Li founded Goalcareer, a consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies and startups with a focus in the semiconductor, telecommunication and internet sectors, and worked as its chief executive officer from 2008 to 2012. Ms. Li received her bachelor’s degree in law from Lingnan Normal University in 2008.
2. | Yi Xu (徐 逸) |
Yi Xu, aged 35, founded our website in 2009 (which culminated into the commencement of our commercial operations in 2011 and the founding of our Company in 2013) and has served as our director and president since December 2013. Mr. Xu has guided the technological development of our Company and played an instrumental role in developing various ground-breaking interactive features such as bullet chatting. Throughout the years, Mr. Xu has sought innovative ways to refine, and add new functions to, bullet chatting, which remains one of the most significant interactive features on our online platform. He has also contributed to constant design improvements of the user interface of our online platform. Mr. Xu has also been an opinion leader in our online communities since our inception and led the prosperity of community culture among users, thereby strengthening a strong sense of belonging among users and fostering a vibrant “Bilibili” community. Mr. Xu received his associate degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2010.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
3. | Feng Li (李 豐) |
Feng Li, aged 51, previously served as our director from November 2014 to May 2016, and started to serve as our director again in February 2019. Mr. Li is the founder and chief executive officer of Shanghai Ziyou Investment Management Limited, also known as FreeS Fund, a venture capital firm that manages funds primarily investing in early and growth stage startups in China and overseas, and focuses on the industries of upgraded consuming, key sensors, A.I. and biotech. Prior to founding FreeS Fund, Mr. Li worked as a partner in the venture capital department in IDG Capital, a global network of private equity and venture capital firms. Prior to that, Mr. Li served as deputy vice president of New Oriental School, a leading English teaching and learning school in China. Mr. Li currently serves as a board member of several private internet and technology companies based in China. Mr. Li received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Peking University in 1996 and his master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1998.
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APPENDIX I PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has reviewed the structure and composition of the Board, the confirmations and disclosures of the Nominees, the educational background, professional qualifications, skills, knowledge, industry experience, time commitment and contributions of the Nominees with reference to the nomination principles and criteria set out in the Company’s board diversity policy and the independence of the independent non-executive Director. Mr. Feng Li, being an independent non-executive Director proposed to be re-elected, has confirmed his independence with reference to the factors set out in Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board have conducted assessment on his independence and considered that Mr. Feng Li is independent in accordance with the independence guidelines set out in the Listing Rules, and are satisfied with the Nominees’ contribution to the Company, which will continue to bring valuable business experience and extensive industry insights to the Board for its effective functioning and diversity. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board therefore recommended the re-election of all of the Nominees, including the aforesaid independent non-executive Director, at the AGM.
Each of the Nominees has entered into a director agreement with the Company on October 3, 2022 for an initial term of three years, subject to re-election at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association, until terminated in accordance with the agreement.
Ms. Ni Li, being a Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, is entitled to receive an annual salary and discretionary bonus in a total amount of approximately RMB2.7 million and may also be entitled to share-based compensation subject to the discretion of the Board which is determined by the Board with reference to her duties and responsibilities with the Group, the Company’s remuneration policy and the performance of the Group. Mr. Yi Xu, being a Director and President of the Company, is entitled to receive an annual salary and discretionary bonus in a total amount of approximately RMB1.1 million and may also be entitled to share-based compensation subject to the discretion of the Board which is determined by the Board with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Group, the Company’s remuneration policy and the performance of the Group. Mr. Feng Li, being an independent Director, is entitled to share-based compensation subject to the discretion of the Board which is determined by the Board with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Group. Save as disclosed herein, each of the Nominees is not entitled to any director’s fee in such person’s capacity as a Director or any other remuneration for the directorships held within the Group other than the Company.
As of the Latest Practicable Date, Ms. Ni Li had interests or was deemed to be interested in 3,000,000 Class Z Ordinary Shares and 7,200,000 Class Y Ordinary Shares of the Company, each in a long position, within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. As of the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Yi Xu had interests or was deemed to be interested in 1,545,000 Class Z Ordinary Shares and 25,867,208 Class Y Ordinary Shares of the Company, each in a long position, and 1,500,000 Class Z Ordinary Shares in a short position, within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. As of the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Feng Li had no interests and was not deemed to be interested in any Shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
Save as disclosed above and immediately preceding the Latest Practicable Date, each of the Nominees has not held any directorships in other listed public companies or any other major appointments and professional qualifications during the past three years, has not held any other position with the Company or other members of the Group, and does not have any other relationships with any Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters concerning each of the Nominees that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in connection with his or her re-election or to be disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules in relation to his or her re-election as a Director.
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APPENDIX II EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
The following is an explanatory statement required by Rule 10.06(1)(b) of the Listing Rules to be sent to the Shareholders to enable them to make a reasonably informed decision on whether to vote for or against the ordinary resolution with respect to the Share Repurchase Mandate to be proposed at the AGM.
1. | SHARE CAPITAL |
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company had a total of 417,986,501 issued and outstanding Shares.
Subject to the passing of the ordinary resolution with respect to the Share Repurchase Mandate to be proposed at the AGM, and on the basis that the Company’s total issued share capital remains unchanged from the Latest Practicable Date to the AGM date, the Directors would be authorized under the Share Repurchase Mandate to repurchase up to 41,798,650 Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs, representing 10% of the Company’s total issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares), during the Share Repurchase Mandate period.
2. | REASONS FOR REPURCHASING SHARES AND/OR ADSS |
The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and Shareholders to have a general authority from Shareholders to enable the Company to purchase Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs in the market. The repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value per Class Z Ordinary Share and/or ADS and/or its earnings per Class Z Ordinary Share and/or ADS.
The Directors would only exercise the power to repurchase in circumstances where they consider that the repurchases would be in the best interest of the Company and Shareholders.
3. | FUNDING OF REPURCHASES |
Repurchases of Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs will be funded from the Company’s internal resources, which includes funds legally available for such purposes in accordance with the Articles of Association in effect from time to time, the Listing Rules, and applicable laws and regulations in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and elsewhere (as the case may be).
4. | IMPACT OF REPURCHASES |
Based on the current level of trading price of the Company’s Shares and ADSs, the Directors believe that there may not be a material adverse impact on the working capital or gearing position of the Company (as compared with the position disclosed in the audited accounts contained in the Company’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2024) in the event that the Share Repurchase Mandate was to be carried out in full at any time during the proposed repurchase period. The Directors do not intend to exercise the Share Repurchase Mandate to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s working capital requirements or gearing levels that, in the opinion of the Directors, are from time to time appropriate for the Company.
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APPENDIX II EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
5. | TAKEOVERS CODE |
If, on the exercise of the power to repurchase Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate, a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the Company’s voting right increases, this increase will be treated as an acquisition of voting rights for the purposes of the Takeovers Code. Accordingly, a Shareholder, or a group of Shareholders acting in concert (as defined in the Takeovers Code) could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, to the best knowledge and belief of the Directors, the WVR Beneficiaries were Mr. Rui Chen, Ms. Ni Li and Mr. Yi Xu, who beneficially own a total of 82,366,214 Class Y Ordinary Shares, representing a total of 71.05% of the voting rights in the Company with respect to Shareholders’ resolutions relating to matters other than the Reserved Matters (excluding 3,274,916 Class Z Ordinary Shares issued and reserved for future issuance upon the exercise or vesting of awards granted under the Company’s share incentive plans).
Pursuant to Rule 8A.15 of the Listing Rules, in the event that the Directors exercise the Share Repurchase Mandate, the WVR Beneficiaries must reduce their weighted voting rights in the Company proportionately through conversion of a proportion of their shareholding into Class Z Ordinary Shares, if the reduction in the number of Shares in issue would otherwise result in an increase in the proportion of Class Y Ordinary Shares. As such, to the best knowledge and belief of the Directors, the exercise of the Share Repurchase Mandate is not expected to give rise to an obligation of the WVR Beneficiaries to make a mandatory offer under the Takeovers Code. The Directors have no present intention to repurchase the Shares to the extent that will trigger the obligations under the Takeovers Code to make a mandatory offer. The Directors are not aware of any other consequences which may arise under the Takeovers Code as a result of any purchase by the Company of its Shares.
In addition, the Directors do not propose to repurchase Shares and/or ADSs which would result in less than the relevant prescribed minimum percentage of Shares in public hands as required by the Stock Exchange.
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APPENDIX II EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
6. | MARKET PRICES OF SHARES |
Set out below are the highest and lowest prices at which the Class Z Ordinary Shares traded on the Stock Exchange during each month in the previous 12 months and until the Latest Practicable Date:
Share price | ||||||||
(per Class Z Ordinary Share) | ||||||||
Highest | Lowest | |||||||
(HK$) | (HK$) | |||||||
2024 |
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April |
108.80 | 84.15 | ||||||
May |
134.70 | 99.40 | ||||||
June |
145.60 | 108.70 | ||||||
July |
138.50 | 112.70 | ||||||
August |
127.10 | 98.90 | ||||||
September |
197.60 | 110.40 | ||||||
October |
238.80 | 151.00 | ||||||
November |
191.80 | 139.60 | ||||||
December |
177.10 | 141.70 | ||||||
2025 |
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January |
141.80 | 123.20 | ||||||
February |
180.90 | 122.00 | ||||||
March |
190.80 | 145.20 | ||||||
April (up to the Latest Practicable Date) |
153.00 | 146.80 |
7. | REPURCHASES OF SHARES |
During the six months preceding the Latest Practicable Date, the Company has repurchased a total of 839,167 ADSs (representing 839,167 Class Z Ordinary Shares) on the Nasdaq as follows:
Date of Repurchase | Number of ADSs Repurchased(Note) |
Highest Price Per ADS (US$) |
Lowest Price Per ADS (US$) |
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December 5, 2024 |
155,138 | 19.64 | 19.16 | |||||||||
December 6, 2024 |
156,277 | 19.41 | 19.01 | |||||||||
December 11, 2024 |
42,326 | 19.99 | 19.79 | |||||||||
December 13, 2024 |
153,074 | 19.87 | 19.37 | |||||||||
December 16, 2024 |
155,293 | 19.53 | 19.21 | |||||||||
December 17, 2024 |
25,609 | 19.99 | 19.52 | |||||||||
December 18, 2024 |
151,450 | 19.99 | 19.39 |
Note: The Class Z Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs repurchased were pending cancellation as at the Latest Practicable Date.
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APPENDIX II EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
On December 2, 2024 (New York Time), the Company repurchased US$419,107,000 principal amount of its 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (which were convertible into 4,460,095 ADSs before the repurchase based on the initial conversion rate) surrendered by the noteholders pursuant to the terms of these notes at the aggregate cash purchase price of US$419,107,000 (or approximately US$93.97 per ADS), while there were no actual ADSs repurchased. Please refer to the Company’s overseas regulatory announcements dated October 21, 2024 and November 29, 2024, as well as the next day disclosure return dated December 3, 2024 and the monthly return dated January 8, 2025 for details.
8. | GENERAL |
None of the Directors, nor, to the best of the Directors’ knowledge having made all reasonable enquiries, any of their close associates (as defined in the Listing Rules), has any present intention, in the event that the Share Repurchase Mandate is approved, to sell any Shares to the Company.
No core connected person (as defined in the Listing Rules) has notified the Company that he/she/it has a present intention to sell Shares to the Company if the Share Repurchase Mandate is exercised or has undertaken not to sell any of the Shares held by them to the Company, in the event that the Company is authorized to make purchases to the Shares.
The Directors will exercise the power of the Company to make repurchases of Class Z Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate in accordance with the Articles of Association, the Listing Rules and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands.
The Directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief, neither the explanatory statement nor the proposed repurchase of Shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate has any unusual features.
9. | INTENTION STATEMENT REGARDING REPURCHASED SHARES |
Subject to the applicable requirements under the Listing Rules, the Company may cancel the repurchased Shares following settlement of any such repurchase or hold them as Treasury Shares, subject to market conditions and the Group’s capital management needs at the relevant time of the repurchases. If the Company decides to hold the repurchased Shares as Treasury Shares, the Company will, upon completion of the Share repurchase, withdraw these repurchased Shares from CCASS and register the Treasury Shares in the Company’s name.
The Company may re-deposit its Treasury Shares into CCASS only if it has an imminent plan to resell them on the Stock Exchange, and it should complete the resale as soon as possible. For any Treasury Shares deposited with CCASS pending resale on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Company shall (i) procure its broker not to give any instructions to Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited to vote at general meetings for the Treasury Shares deposited with CCASS pending resale; and (ii) in the case of dividends or distributions, withdraw the Treasury Shares from CCASS, and either re-register them in the Company’s name as Treasury Shares or cancel them, in each case before the record date for the dividends or distributions, or take any other measures to ensure that it will not exercise any Shareholders’ rights or receive any entitlements which would otherwise be suspended under the applicable laws if those Shares were registered in its own name as Treasury Shares.
Holders of Treasury Shares (if any) shall abstain from voting on matters that require Shareholders’ approval at the Company’s general meetings.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Bilibili Inc.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The attached Notice of Annual General Meeting issued by Bilibili Inc. (the “Company”) serves as the notice of annual general meeting (the “Annual General Meeting”) required under Rule 13.71 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Listing Rules”) and the circular required under Rule 13.73 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. This notice is also available for viewing on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.bilibili.com/.
Unless otherwise specified, terms defined in this notice shall have the same meanings in the circular of the Company dated April 11, 2025 (the “Circular”). Details regarding the resolutions in this notice are set out in the Circular.
The Annual General Meeting will be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. (Beijing time), for the purpose to consider and vote on the following resolutions:
1. | as an ordinary resolution: to receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors of the Company (the “Directors”) and auditors of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024; |
2. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-elect Ni Li to serve as a director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to her earlier resignation or removal; |
3. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-elect Yi Xu to serve as a director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal; |
4. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-elect Feng Li to serve as an independent director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal; |
5. | as an ordinary resolution: to authorize the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors of the Company; |
6. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers and PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2025; |
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7. | as an ordinary resolution: |
(a) | subject to paragraph (c) below, to give a general unconditional mandate to the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot, issue, and deal with additional Class Z ordinary shares (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) or securities convertible into Class Z ordinary shares, or options, warrants, or similar rights to subscribe for Class Z ordinary shares or such convertible securities of the Company (other than issuance of options, warrants, or similar rights to subscribe for additional Class Z ordinary shares or securities convertible into Class Z ordinary shares for cash consideration) and to make or grant offers, agreements, or options (including any warrants, bonds, notes, and debentures conferring any rights to subscribe for or otherwise receive Class Z ordinary shares) that would or might require the exercise of such powers; |
(b) | the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorization given to the Directors and shall authorize the Directors to make or grant offers, agreements, and/or options during the Relevant Period that would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period; |
(c) | the total number of Class Z ordinary shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to: |
(i) | a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below); |
(ii) | the grant or exercise of any options under any share option scheme of the Company or any other option scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the Directors, officers, and/or employee of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or other eligible participants specified thereunder of options to subscribe for Class Z ordinary shares or rights to acquire Class Z ordinary shares; |
(iii) | the vesting of restricted shares and restricted share units granted or to be granted pursuant to the Company’s 2018 Share Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time); |
(iv) | any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association; and |
(v) | a specific authority granted by the Shareholders of the Company in general meeting; |
shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of the passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the Shares of the Company into a smaller or larger number of Shares of the Company respectively after the passing of this resolution) and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly; and
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(d) | for the purposes of this resolution: |
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until the earliest of:
(i) | the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; |
(ii) | the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws and regulations; and |
(iii) | the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting; |
“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares of the Company, or an offer or issue of warrants, options, or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares of the Company, open for a period fixed by the Directors to Shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares of the Company (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory applicable to the Company);
8. | as an ordinary resolution: |
(a) | to give a general unconditional mandate to the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (b) below) to exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase its own Shares and/or ADSs on the Stock Exchange or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company are or may be listed and which is recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, provided that the total number of Shares and/or Shares underlying the ADSs of the Company that may be purchased pursuant to this mandate shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the Shares into a smaller or larger number of Shares respectively after the passing of this resolution) and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly; and |
(b) | for the purposes of this resolution: |
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until the earliest of:
(i) | the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; |
(ii) | the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws; and |
(iii) | the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting; and |
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
9. | as an ordinary resolution: conditional upon the passing of resolutions 7 and 8 of this notice, to extend the general mandate referred to in the resolution 7 of this notice by the addition to the aggregate number of Shares (including any sale or transfer of Treasury Shares) that may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (or be sold or transferred out of treasury) by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of the number of Shares and/or Share underlying the ADSs repurchased by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in the resolution 8 of this notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding Treasury Shares) as at the date of the passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the Shares into a smaller or larger number of Shares respectively after the passing of this resolution). |
SHARE RECORD DATE AND ADS RECORD DATE
The board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on May 13, 2025, Hong Kong time, as the record date (the “Share Record Date”) of our Class Y ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Class Y Ordinary Shares”) and Class Z ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Class Z Ordinary Shares”, and together with the Class Y Ordinary Shares, the “Shares”).
Holders of record 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. Holders of record of American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) as of the close of business on May 13, 2025, New York time (the “ADS Record Date”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Class Z Ordinary Shares must give voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs.
In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the AGM, with respect to the Shares registered on the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong, all valid documents for the transfers of shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, 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., Hong Kong time, on May 13, 2025.
ATTENDING THE AGM
Only holders of record of Shares as of the Share Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM.
PROXY FORM AND ADS VOTING CARD
A holder of Shares as of the Share Record Date may appoint a proxy to exercise his or her rights at the AGM. A holder of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date will need to instruct Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs, as to how to vote in respect of the Class Z Ordinary 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 the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.bilibili.com.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Holders of record of the Shares on the Company’s register of members as of the Share Record Date are cordially invited to attend the AGM in person. Your vote is important. You are urged to complete, sign, date and return the proxy form to the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (“Computershare”) (for holders of Shares) or your voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (for holders of ADSs) as promptly as possible and before the prescribed deadline if you wish to exercise your voting rights. Computershare must receive the proxy form by no later than 4:30 p.m, Hong Kong time, on June 18, 2025 at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre,183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong to ensure your representation at the AGM, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas must receive your voting instructions by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on June 10, 2025 to enable the votes attaching to the Class Z Ordinary Shares represented by your ADSs to be cast at the AGM. For the avoidance of doubt, treasury shares, if any and registered under the name of the Company, are not entitled to vote at the AGM. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purpose of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, treasury shares held under the name of CCASS shall abstain from voting at the Company’s general meeting(s).
ANNUAL REPORT
You may obtain an electronic copy of the Company’s annual report, free of charge, from the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.bilibili.com, the Stock Exchange’s website at www.hkexnews.hk or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
By order of the Board |
Bilibili Inc. |
Rui Chen |
Chairman |
Hong Kong, April 11, 2025
As at the date of this notice, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. Rui Chen as the chairman, Ms. Ni Li and Mr. Yi Xu as directors, Mr. JP Gan, Mr. Eric He, Mr. Feng Li and Mr. Guoqi Ding as independent directors.
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Exhibit 99.3
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
Bilibili Inc.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The attached Notice of Annual General Meeting issued by Bilibili Inc. (the “Company”) serves as the notice of annual general meeting (the “Annual General Meeting”) required under Rule 13.71 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Listing Rules”) and the circular required under Rule 13.73 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. This notice is also available for viewing on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.bilibili.com/.
Unless otherwise specified, terms defined in this notice shall have the same meanings in the circular of the Company dated April 11, 2025 (the “Circular”). Details regarding the resolutions in this notice are set out in the Circular.
The Annual General Meeting will be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. (Beijing time), for the purpose to consider and vote on the following resolutions:
1. | as an ordinary resolution: to receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors of the Company (the “Directors”) and auditors of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024; |
2. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-elect Ni Li to serve as a director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to her earlier resignation or removal; |
3. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-elect Yi Xu to serve as a director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal; |
4. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-elect Feng Li to serve as an independent director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal; |
5. | as an ordinary resolution: to authorize the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors of the Company; |
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6. | as an ordinary resolution: to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers and PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2025; |
7. | as an ordinary resolution: |
(a) | subject to paragraph (c) below, to give a general unconditional mandate to the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot, issue, and deal with additional Class Z ordinary shares (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) or securities convertible into Class Z ordinary shares, or options, warrants, or similar rights to subscribe for Class Z ordinary shares or such convertible securities of the Company (other than issuance of options, warrants, or similar rights to subscribe for additional Class Z ordinary shares or securities convertible into Class Z ordinary shares for cash consideration) and to make or grant offers, agreements, or options (including any warrants, bonds, notes, and debentures conferring any rights to subscribe for or otherwise receive Class Z ordinary shares) that would or might require the exercise of such powers; |
(b) | the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorization given to the Directors and shall authorize the Directors to make or grant offers, agreements, and/or options during the Relevant Period that would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period; |
(c) | the total number of Class Z ordinary shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to: |
(i) | a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below); |
(ii) | the grant or exercise of any options under any share option scheme of the Company or any other option scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the Directors, officers, and/or employee of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or other eligible participants specified thereunder of options to subscribe for Class Z ordinary shares or rights to acquire Class Z ordinary shares; |
(iii) | the vesting of restricted shares and restricted share units granted or to be granted pursuant to the Company’s 2018 Share Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time); |
(iv) | any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association; and |
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(v) | a specific authority granted by the Shareholders of the Company in general meeting; |
shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of the passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the Shares of the Company into a smaller or larger number of Shares of the Company respectively after the passing of this resolution) and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly; and
(d) | for the purposes of this resolution: |
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until the earliest of:
(i) | the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; |
(ii) | the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws and regulations; and |
(iii) | the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting; |
“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares of the Company, or an offer or issue of warrants, options, or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares of the Company, open for a period fixed by the Directors to Shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares of the Company (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory applicable to the Company);
8. | as an ordinary resolution: |
(a) | to give a general unconditional mandate to the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (b) below) to exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase its own Shares and/or ADSs on the Stock Exchange or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company are or may be listed and which is recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, provided that the total number of Shares and/or Shares underlying the ADSs of the Company that may be purchased pursuant to this mandate shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the Shares into a smaller or larger number of Shares respectively after the passing of this resolution) and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly; and |
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(b) | for the purposes of this resolution: |
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until the earliest of:
(i) | the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; |
(ii) | the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws; and |
(iii) | the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting; and |
9. | as an ordinary resolution: conditional upon the passing of resolutions 7 and 8 of this notice, to extend the general mandate referred to in the resolution 7 of this notice by the addition to the aggregate number of Shares (including any sale or transfer of Treasury Shares) that may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (or be sold or transferred out of treasury) by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of the number of Shares and/or Share underlying the ADSs repurchased by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in the resolution 8 of this notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding Treasury Shares) as at the date of the passing of this resolution (such total number to be subject to adjustment in the case of any consolidation or subdivision of any of the Shares into a smaller or larger number of Shares respectively after the passing of this resolution). |
SHARE RECORD DATE AND ADS RECORD DATE
The board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on May 13, 2025, Hong Kong time, as the record date (the “Share Record Date”) of our Class Y ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Class Y Ordinary Shares”) and Class Z ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Class Z Ordinary Shares”, and together with the Class Y Ordinary Shares, the “Shares”).
Holders of record 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. Holders of record of American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) as of the close of business on May 13, 2025, New York time (the “ADS Record Date”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Class Z Ordinary Shares must give voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs.
In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the AGM, with respect to the Shares registered on the Company’s share registrar in Hong Kong, all valid documents for the transfers of shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, 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., Hong Kong time, on May 13, 2025.
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ATTENDING THE AGM
Only holders of record of Shares as of the Share Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM.
PROXY FORM AND ADS VOTING CARD
A holder of Shares as of the Share Record Date may appoint a proxy to exercise his or her rights at the AGM. A holder of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date will need to instruct Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs, as to how to vote in respect of the Class Z Ordinary 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 the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.bilibili.com.
Holders of record of the Shares on the Company’s register of members as of the Share Record Date are cordially invited to attend the AGM in person. Your vote is important. You are urged to complete, sign, date and return the proxy form to the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (“Computershare”) (for holders of Shares) or your voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (for holders of ADSs) as promptly as possible and before the prescribed deadline if you wish to exercise your voting rights. Computershare must receive the proxy form by no later than 4:30 p.m, Hong Kong time, on June 18, 2025 at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre,183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong to ensure your representation at the AGM, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas must receive your voting instructions by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on June 10, 2025 to enable the votes attaching to the Class Z Ordinary Shares represented by your ADSs to be cast at the AGM. For the avoidance of doubt, treasury shares, if any and registered under the name of the Company, are not entitled to vote at the AGM. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purpose of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, treasury shares held under the name of CCASS shall abstain from voting at the Company’s general meeting(s).
ANNUAL REPORT
You may obtain an electronic copy of the Company’s annual report, free of charge, from the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.bilibili.com, the Stock Exchange’s website at www.hkexnews.hk or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
By order of the Board | ||||
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Bilibili Inc. | ||
Rui Chen | ||||
Chairman |
Hong Kong, April 11, 2025
As at the date of this notice, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. Rui Chen as the chairman, Ms. Ni Li and Mr. Yi Xu as directors, Mr. JP Gan, Mr. Eric He, Mr. Feng Li and Mr. Guoqi Ding as independent directors.
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Exhibit 99.4
Bilibili Inc.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626)
Form of Proxy For Annual General Meeting
to be held on June 20, 2025
(or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof)
Introduction
This Form of Proxy is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bilibili Inc., a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), of proxies from the holders of the issued Class Z ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.0001 per share (the “Class Z Ordinary Shares”) and Class Y ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.0001 per share (the “Class Y Ordinary Shares”, and together with the Class Z Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”) to be exercised at the annual general meeting of the Company (the “AGM”) to be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China on June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. (Beijing time), and at any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying notice of the AGM (the “AGM Notice”).
Only the holders of record of the Ordinary Shares at the close of business on May 13, 2025, Hong Kong time (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, to attend and to vote at the AGM. Each Class Z Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote and each Class Y Ordinary Share is entitled to ten votes, on all matters at the AGM. The quorum of the AGM is one or more shareholders, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative, which carry in aggregate (or representing by proxy) not less than one-tenth of all votes attaching to all Ordinary Shares in issue and entitled to vote at the AGM.
The Ordinary Shares represented by all properly executed proxies returned to the Company will be voted at the AGM as indicated or, if no instruction is given, the holder of the proxy will vote the Ordinary Shares in his/her discretion, unless a reference to the holder of the proxy having such discretion has been deleted and initialed on this Form of Proxy. Where the chairman of the AGM acts as proxy and is entitled to exercise his/her discretion, he/she is likely to vote the Ordinary Shares for the resolutions. As to any other business that may properly come before the AGM, all properly executed proxies will be voted by the persons named therein in accordance with their discretion. The Company does not presently know of any other business which may come before the AGM. However, if any other matter properly comes before the AGM, or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, which may properly be acted upon, unless otherwise indicated the proxies solicited hereby will be voted on such matter in accordance with the discretion of the proxy holders named therein. Any person giving a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time before it is exercised by (i) submitting to the Company, at the address set forth below, a duly signed revocation, or (ii) voting in person at the AGM.
To be valid, this Form of Proxy must be completed, signed and returned to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and no later than 4:30 p.m., Hong Kong time, on June 18, 2025, to ensure your representation at the AGM.
Bilibili Inc.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NASDAQ: BILI and HKEX: 9626)
FORM OF PROXY FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 20, 2025
(or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof)
I/We |
of |
being the registered holder of | Class Z ordinary shares (Note 1), |
par value US$0.0001 per share, and | Class Y ordinary shares (Note 1), |
par value US$0.0001 per share, of Bilibili Inc. (the “Company”) hereby appoint the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting (Note 2)
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of |
as my/our proxy to attend and act for me/us at the Annual General Meeting (or at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof) of the Company to be held at Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China on June 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. (Beijing time) and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, and in the event of a poll, to vote for me/us as indicated below, or if no such indication is given, as my/our proxy thinks fit (Note 3).
RESOLUTIONS |
FOR (Note 3) |
AGAINST (Note 3) |
ABSTAIN (Note 3) |
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1. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors and auditors of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024 be received | ||||||||
2. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT Ni Li be re-elected to serve as a director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to her earlier resignation or removal | ||||||||
3. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT Yi Xu be re-elected to serve as a director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal | ||||||||
4. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT Feng Li be re-elected to serve as an independent director until the 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal | ||||||||
5. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT authorize the Board to fix the remuneration of the directors | ||||||||
6. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT PricewaterhouseCoopers and PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP be re-appointed as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
7. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT a general mandate be granted to the directors to issue, allot, and deal with additional Class Z ordinary shares of the Company (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) not exceeding 20% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of passing of this resolution | ||||||||
8. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT a general mandate be granted to the directors to repurchase Class Z ordinary shares and/or ADSs of the Company not exceeding 10% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as of the date of passing of this resolution |
RESOLUTIONS |
FOR (Note 3) |
AGAINST (Note 3) |
ABSTAIN (Note 3) |
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9. | As an ordinary resolution: | |||||||
THAT the general mandate granted to the directors to issue, allot, and deal with additional Shares in the capital of the Company (including any sale or transfer of treasury shares out of treasury) be extended by the aggregate number of the Shares and/or Shares underlying the ADSs repurchased by the Company |
Dated 2025 |
Signature(s) (Note 4) |
Notes:
1. | Please insert the number of shares registered in your name(s) to which this proxy relates. If no number is inserted, this form of proxy will be deemed to relate to all the shares in the Company registered in your name(s). |
2. | If any proxy other than the Chairman is preferred, strike out the words “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING” and insert the name and address of the proxy desired in the space provided. A member may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. ANY ALTERATION MADE TO THIS FORM OF PROXY MUST BE INITIALED BY THE PERSON(S) WHO SIGN(S) IT. |
3. | IMPORTANT: IF YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION, TICK THE APPROPRIATE BOX MARKED “FOR.” IF YOU WISH TO VOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, TICK THE APPROPRIATE BOX MARKED “AGAINST.” ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MAY ALSO INDICATE THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS OF SHARES FOR EACH OF THE “FOR,” “AGAINST” AND “ABSTAIN” COLUMNS. Failure to complete any or all the boxes will entitle your proxy to cast his or her votes at his or her discretion. A proxy need not be a member of the Company, but must attend the Meeting in person. A member may only have one form of proxy valid at any one time and if a member submits more than one form of proxy, the last form of proxy received in the manner described in this form of proxy above shall be treated as the only valid form of proxy. Any alteration made to this form of proxy must be duly initialed by the person who signs it. Completion and deposit of a form of proxy does not prevent a member from attending the Meeting in person but if a member attends the Meeting and votes, this proxy will be revoked. |
4. | This form of proxy must be signed by you or your attorney duly authorized in writing or, in the case of a corporation, must be either executed under its common seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney or other person duly authorized to sign the same. |
5. | Please refer to the Circular and the accompanying notice of AGM for details of the each of the resolutions. |
6. | Unless otherwise specified, terms defined in this form of proxy shall have the same meanings as that set out in the Circular. |
7. | To be valid, this form of proxy must be completed, signed and deposited at the Hong Kong branch share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof), not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting (i.e. before 4:30 p.m. on June 18, 2025). The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude shareholders of the Company from attending and voting in person at the above meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish. |
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION STATEMENT
“Personal Data” in this form of proxy has the same meaning as “personal data” in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Cap 486 (“PDPO”), which includes your and your proxy’s name and address.
You and your proxy’s Personal Data provided in this form of proxy will be used in connection with processing your request for the appointment of a proxy to attend, act and vote on your behalf as directed above at the Meeting. The supply of your and your proxy’s Personal Data is on a voluntary basis. However, the Company may not be able to process your request unless you provide us with your and your proxy’s Personal Data.
Your and your proxy’s Personal Data will be disclosed or transferred to the Company’s share registrar and its Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office and/or other companies or bodies for the purpose stated above, or when it is required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a law enforcement agency’s request, and will be retained for such period as may be necessary for our verification and record purpose.
By providing your proxy’s Personal Data in this form of proxy, you should have obtained the express consent (which has not been withdrawn in writing) from your proxy in using his/her Personal Data provided in this form of proxy and that you have informed your proxy of the purpose for and the manner in which his/her Personal Data may be used.
You/your proxy have/has the right to request access to and/or correction of your/your proxy’s Personal Data respectively in accordance with the provisions of the PDPO. Any such request for access to and/or correction of your/your proxy’s Personal Data should be in writing by either of the following means:
By mail to: Hong Kong Privacy Officer
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited
17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
By email to: PrivacyOfficer@computershare.com.hk