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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 20-F

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _________ to _____________.

 

OR

 

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of event requiring this shell company report:

 

Commission file number: 001-43046

 

Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited

Unit 1809, Prosperity Place, 6 Shing Yip St.

Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 0000

 (Address of principal executive offices)

 

Chan Kam Biu Richard

Telephone: +852 2882 1222

Unit 1809, Prosperity Place, 6 Shing Yip St.

Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 0000

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile Number and Address of Company Contact Person)

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share   GCDT   NYSE American

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

As of March 31, 2026, there were 12,875,000 ordinary shares of the registrant issued and outstanding.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

Yes ☐ No

 

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

 

Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer
    Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

 

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

U.S. GAAP ☐ International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒ Other ☐

 

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow: Item 17 ☐ Item 18 ☐

 

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Yes ☐ No

 

 

 

 

 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
  Introduction ii
  Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements iii
     
  PART I 1
   
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers 1
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable 1
Item 3. Key Information 1
Item 4. Information on the Company 20
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments 43
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects 43
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees 54
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions 62
Item 8. Financial Information 64
Item 9. The Offer and Listing 64
Item 10. Additional Information 65
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 81
Item 12. Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities 84
     
  PART II 85
     
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies 85
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds 85
Item 15. Controls and Procedures 86
Item 16. [Reserved] 86
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert 86
Item 16B. Code of Ethics 86
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services 87
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees 87
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers 87
Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant 87
Item 16G. Corporate Governance 88
Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure 88
Item 16I. Disclosure regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections 88
Item 16J. Insider Trading Policies 88
Item 16K. Cybersecurity 88
     
  PART III 89
     
Item 17. Financial Statements 89
Item 18. Financial Statements 89
Item 19. Exhibits 89

 

i

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Except where the context otherwise requires and for purposes of this annual report on Form 20-F (this “Annual Report”) only:

 

Basic Law” refers to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, which is a national law of China that serves as the organic law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

 

Ordinary Shares” refers to the ordinary shares of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited, par value US$0.001 per share (without giving effect to the Reclassification (as defined herein) approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting (as defined herein) held on August 10, 2026);

 

Company,” “our company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “our group,” the “Group” or similar terms used in this annual report refer to Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability under the Companies Act, including its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise indicates.

 

Companies Act” means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

HK$” or “Hong Kong Dollars” refers to the legal currency of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Hong Kong” or “HK” refers to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Operating Subsidiary” refers to Boca International Limited.

 

PRC” or “China” refers to the People’s Republic of China, for the purpose of this annual report only, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, unless the context otherwise indicates.

 

US$,” or “U.S. Dollars” refers to the legal currency of the United States.

  

We are a holding company with operations conducted in Hong Kong through our key Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong, Boca International Limited, and our reporting currency is in Hong Kong dollars. Translations of amounts from Hong Kong dollars into United States dollars are solely for the convenience of the reader, and, unless otherwise noted, were calculated at the rate of US$1.00 = HK$7.8000, representing the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Hon Kong Dollar as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on March 31, 2026. No representation is made that the Hong Kong Dollar amounts represent or could have been, or could be converted, realized, or settled into United States Dollars at such rates, or at any other rate.

 

ii

 

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report contains “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that represent our beliefs, projections and predictions about future events. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements,” including any projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items, any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new projects or other developments, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, any statements of management’s beliefs, goals, strategies, intentions and objectives, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. 

 

These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, such matters as:

 

future financial and operating results, including revenues, income, expenditures, cash balances and other financial items;

 

our ability to execute our growth, expansion and acquisition strategies, including our ability to meet our goals;

 

current and future economic and political conditions;

 

our expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of our services and the products and services we assist the distributions of;

 

our expectations regarding our client base;

 

our ability to procure the applicable regulatory licenses in the relevant jurisdictions that we operate in;

 

competition in our industry;

 

relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry;

 

our capital requirements and our ability to raise any financing which we may require;

 

our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and secure the right to use other intellectual property that we deem to be essential or desirable to the conduct of our business;

 

our ability to hire and retain qualified management personnel and key employees in order to enable us to develop our business; overall industry and market performance;

 

assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing; and

 

other factors in the “Item 3. Key Information - D. Risk Factors” section in this Annual Report. 

 

The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions, and expectations of future performance, taking into account the information currently available to us. These statements are only estimates based upon our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, you should consider the risks described under “Item 3. Key Information - D. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report. The forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this Annual Report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should thoroughly read this Annual Report with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

 

iii

 

 

PART I

 

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

 

3.A. [Reserved]

 

3.B. Capitalization and Indebtedness

 

Not applicable.

 

3.C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

 

Not applicable.

 

3.D. Risk Factors

 

An investment in our securities involves risks and uncertainties. You should consider carefully the risks described below, as well as all other information contained in this Annual Report, before you decide to invest in our securities. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are not presently aware or currently deem immaterial could also affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. If any of these risks and uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our securities would likely decline and you might lose all or part of your investment. You should only consider investing in our securities if you can bear the risk of loss of your entire investment.

 

Summary of Significant Risk Factors

 

Our business is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and prospects. These risks are discussed more fully below and include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

 

Our expansion plan may not be successfully implemented or achieve the intended economic results or business objectives.

 

We are subject to concentration risk because a significant portion of our revenue is derived from a few customers.

 

We rely heavily on a limited number of external suppliers of raw materials in order to produce PCM.

 

We rely on our suppliers to provide certain essential machinery and equipment for our customized energy saving system.

 

We rely on our sub-contractors to install our customized energy saving system at our customers’ designated sites.

 

1

 

 

We may suffer from unexpected disruptions to our research and development, production of PCM, and provision of energy saving services as our laboratory equipment, production facilities and customized energy saving system may fail to perform as we expected.

 

A sustained reduction in our customers’ use of air conditioning may negatively affect our profitability.

 

Our business relies on debt and equity financing to settle upfront costs in relation to our performance-based contracts.

 

We do not own our office.

 

We rely on local agents to capture business opportunities outside Hong Kong.

 

Our management personnel lack experience in managing a public company.

 

A substantial portion of our revenue depends on the quality and efficiency of our maintenance and technical support.

 

We may breach our obligations under our performance-based contracts and our energy saving solutions may fail to produce anticipated energy savings.

 

We depend on, and may have difficulty acquiring and retaining, key management and other personnel.

 

The PCM-TES industry is competitive and subject to change, and our competitors may have superior financial and technical resources.

 

We may fail to protect our intellectual property rights.

 

Fluctuation in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the price of our securities.

 

We depend on governments to incentivize the development and implementation of energy-saving technologies.

 

The market acceptance of energy saving solutions services is not certain.

 

Our controlling shareholder has control over our corporate matters.

 

Our controlling shareholder may have potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Risks Related to Conducting Business in the PRC

 

Changes in China’s economic, political, or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

If we become directly subject to the recent scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity involving Chinese and Hong Kong companies listed in the United States, we may have to expend significant resources to investigate and resolve the matter which could harm our business operations, stock price, and reputation and could result in a loss of your investment in our securities, especially if such matter cannot be addressed and resolved favorably.

 

The Chinese government may exert substantial influence over the industry in which we operate.

 

The Chinese government may choose to exert more supervision and control over securities offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in issuers based in Mainland China or Hong Kong. Such action could significantly or completely restrict our ability to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline.

 

2

 

 

Our securities may be prohibited from being traded on a U.S. national securities exchange under the HFCA Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors for two consecutive years and, as a result, an exchange may determine to delist our Ordinary Shares. The delisting of our Ordinary Shares, or the threat of being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

 

If the PRC government imposes new requirements for approval from the relevant PRC authorities to issue our securities to foreign investors or list on a foreign exchange, such action could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. 

 

Risks Related to our Securities

 

Raising capital through the issuance of Ordinary Shares may cause dilution to the shareholdings of our existing shareholders.

 

We do not intend to pay dividends on our Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable future.

 

Future sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares by existing shareholders could adversely affect the price of our Ordinary Shares.

 

We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and devote other significant resources and management time as a result of being a public company, which may negatively impact our financial performance and could cause our results of operations and financial condition to suffer.

 

We may lose our status as a “foreign private issuer,” which would result in increased costs related to regulatory compliance under U.S. securities laws.

 

The issuance of Ordinary Shares upon conversion of the July 2026 Note, the exercise of the July 2026 Warrants and July 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants and/or pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders.

 

The terms of the July 2026 Warrants may result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders, require us to expend significant cash resources and limit our ability to raise additional capital.

 

Terms of subsequent financings, if any, may adversely impact investors’ investments.

 

You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and our Operating Subsidiary is incorporated in Hong Kong.

 

Economic substance legislation of the Cayman Islands may adversely impact us or our operations. 

 

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

  

Our expansion plan may not be successfully implemented or achieve the intended economic results or business objectives.

 

We believe that our future success depends in part on our ability to enhance our production capabilities. Therefore, we intend to invest a substantial portion of our resources to the enhancement of our production capacity. This would include increasing our production utilization rate, improving our production efficiency, acquiring new equipment and upgrading our existing equipment, and acquiring production facilities in addition to improving our existing production processes. In order to meet the growing demand for our products and our energy saving solutions, as well as to deliver high quality products at a competitive cost level, we plan to invest in the expansion of the production capacity of our production base for phase change material (“PCM”) by the construction of a factory and the acquisition of production machineries.

 

3

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the implementation of our expansion plans may be affected by the following risks, among others:

 

(i) the demand for our PCM products or our energy saving solutions may not grow at all or in line with the expansion in our production capacity;

 

(ii) our direct labor costs, subcontracting costs, and costs for raw materials may fluctuate significantly due to general market conditions which are beyond our control;

 

(iii) we may fail to attract or retain experienced and suitable personnel to carry out our business plans; and

 

(iv) the construction of new production facilities may encounter unforeseeable problems such as natural disasters, the failure to obtain required government approvals, and legal or regulatory impediments imposed by local governments.

 

There is no assurance that we will realize our expansion plans in the manner or time we expect, or at all, or that such plans will prove effective. In the event that we fail to accomplish our expansion plans in a timely manner, or at all, we may not be able to achieve our planned future business growth, which in turn may materially and adversely affect our operating results. Furthermore, our future expansion plans may involve significant capital expenditures, which may not be recoverable or may not result in significant revenue growth. Our business, operating results, and financial position may be materially and adversely affected if our business objectives and expansion plan are not achieved.

 

We are subject to concentration risk because a significant portion of our revenue is derived from a few customers.

 

A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of customers. For the year ended March 31, 2026, a substantial portion of our revenue was derived from the following customers: Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (“HAECO”) contributed approximately 48.47%; Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation - University Hospital contributed approximately 46.89%; and LMP International Limited contributed approximately 4.64%. For the year ended March 31, 2025, a substantial portion of our revenue was derived from the following customers: LMP International Limited contributed approximately 51.26%; HAECO contributed approximately 30.64%; and SOAR Equipment Rental Company Limited contributed approximately 18.10%

 

As a result of this concentration, our business, results of operations and financial condition are particularly vulnerable to adverse developments affecting any of such customers. The loss of any significant customer, a material reduction in orders, pricing pressure, a change in the timing of purchases, a failure to renew or extend existing arrangements, or the financial distress or insolvency of any such customers could result in a substantial decline in our revenue.

 

We may not be able to replace any lost revenue from a significant customer on comparable terms or at all, and any efforts to diversify our customer base may require significant time and resources and may not be successful. Accordingly, our reliance on a limited number of customers subjects us to heightened business risk and may cause our operating results to fluctuate materially from period to period.

 

We rely heavily on a limited number of external suppliers of raw materials in order to produce PCM.

 

Our production of PCM is dependent on a limited number of external suppliers for the supply of various raw materials, such as chemicals and nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are one of the major components involved in the production of PCM and must be manufactured to a high standard in order to be suitable for our use. Although we are continually seeking additional suppliers of nanomaterials that meet our high standards, we currently depend on just one supplier based in Germany. Currently, no long-term agreement has been entered into between us and the German supplier and all transactions thus far between the parties have been conducted on an order-by-order basis in the form of purchase orders. Should our demand for nanomaterials see a significant increase, we will consider entering into long-term or framework agreements with the said German supplier. In light of the foregoing, although we have established what we believe is a stable relationship with our current supplier, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain nanomaterials in sufficient amounts and/or on a timely basis in the future. If our supplier fails to satisfy our orders for raw materials, including nanomaterials, and we are unable to identify and negotiate satisfactory commercial terms with alternative suppliers, our production of PCM may be seriously disrupted. As a result, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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We rely on our suppliers to provide certain essential machinery and equipment for our customized energy saving system.

 

Our customized energy saving system comprises a range of machinery and equipment. Except for PCM, which we manufacture in-house, we procure all other machinery and equipment, such as refrigeration units, chillers, water pumps, and cooling towers from our suppliers. For example, in addition to our BocaPCM-TES System (as defined herein) and fully automatic control system, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant is mainly comprised of cooling towers and refrigeration units, which are manufactured by our suppliers. Additionally, since our customized energy saving system is individually tailored to each customer’s needs, adjustment to the specifications of the relevant machinery and equipment may be necessary from time to time. We cannot guarantee that our suppliers will be able to comply with our requests for such adjustments.

 

To ensure the satisfactory performance of our customized energy saving system, we engage a limited number of suppliers that reliably deliver essential machinery and equipment that meet our standards. If our suppliers are unable to provide us with such machinery and equipment in a timely fashion, or at all, our ability to deliver our customized energy saving system could be impaired, which, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial position. Moreover, since we generally do not enter into long-term contracts with our machinery and equipment suppliers, if we fail to develop stable relationships or negotiate new arrangements on acceptable terms with such suppliers, we may face uncertainties when designing our customized energy saving system for our customers and we may be unable to accurately estimate the costs involved. Accordingly, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

 

We rely on our subcontractors to install our customized energy saving system at our customers’ designated sites.

 

We engage subcontractors for the installation of our customized energy saving system at our customers’ designated sites.

 

We cannot provide assurance that the quality of services rendered by our subcontractors will meet our standards or the standards of our customers, or that we will be able to supervise our subcontractors’ work as directly and efficiently as we supervise our own employees. Therefore, we are subject to non-performance, late performance, or sub-standard performance by our subcontractors. Since we remain accountable to our customers for the performance and quality of our subcontractors’ work, we may incur additional costs or be subject to contractual liability for our subcontractors’ unsatisfactory performance. Moreover, there is no assurance that we will always be able to secure services from suitable subcontractors or negotiate acceptable fees and terms of services with them. In such event, we may face delay or disruption to our installation schedule. The realization of any of the aforementioned risks could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

  

We may suffer from unexpected disruptions to our research and development, production of PCM, and provision of energy saving services as our laboratory equipment, production facilities and customized energy saving system may fail to perform as we expected.

 

Our research and development, production of PCM and provision of energy saving services are dependent on the uninterrupted operation of our laboratory equipment, production facilities and customized energy saving system, respectively. We use specially designed equipment to study and explore the physical characteristics of different formulations of PCM, prepare raw materials, and produce PCM by combining various raw materials in accordance with our unique formulas. Additionally, since the revenue generated from our provision of energy saving services is performance-based, it is of paramount importance that our customized energy saving system delivers cost savings to our customers, which requires that it operates continuously and performs to a high standard.

 

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Finally, our machinery and equipment may fail to perform as expected due to wear and tear or latent defect, and our production is subject to interruption due to fire, labor strikes, natural disasters and non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Some of these operational risks are beyond our control. If any such risks materializes and we are unable to remedy its effects in a timely and proper manner, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

  

Our business relies on debt and equity financing to settle upfront costs in relation to our performance-based contracts.

 

Given the application of PCM in our energy saving solution, as well as our size and scale of operation, we strategically enter into performance-based contracts with our energy saving solution customers, under which these customers pay no upfront costs for the procurement of machinery or installation of our customized energy saving systems. Instead, the customers pay a portion of any subsequent energy cost savings during the term of the energy performance contracts. As a result, we bear significant costs during the initial stage of each performance-based contract. To date, we have relied on debt and equity financing to satisfy our capital requirements. However, there is no assurance that we will continue to obtain sufficient financing for our future performance-based contracts, particularly if this business segment continues to expand. If we fail to secure sufficient financing on favorable terms or maintain reliable financing channels, we may not be able to sustain our current business model, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position. 

 

Additionally, we rely on our customers’ ability to make regular payments during the term of each performance-based contract in order to repay the loan we secured to finance the implementation of our energy saving solution. If our customers default on their payments under such contracts or become insolvent, we may be unable to repay the loan. Our failure to repay our creditors may also damage our credit rating and thus our ability to secure financing for future operations. As a result of the occurrence of any of the foregoing, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

 

We do not own our office.

 

We lease our office. We may not be able to negotiate extensions of these leases and may therefore be forced to move our office or production site to a different location, or our rent may increase. We may also incur additional costs if we are forced to relocate from our current premises, including, but not limited to, logistical expenses such as reinstallation costs for relocating our machinery and equipment. Additionally, if we fail to secure suitable new locations after the expiration of our leases, we may be forced to pause our operations until suitable alternatives are found. Any of the foregoing risks could, if realized, materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

We rely on local agents to capture business opportunities outside Hong Kong.

 

In light of growing awareness of greenhouse gas emissions being a major contributor to climate change, as evidenced by the commitments of over 190 countries under the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we intend to expand our business and deliver our energy saving solution to customers globally. However, as we lack the experience in local industrial practices and established business networks in certain markets outside Hong Kong, it is difficult and costly for us to identify and contact potential customers in these markets directly. Therefore, we typically engage local agents with experience, knowledge, and business networks to assist us in marketing and selling our products and services. To manage our network of local agents, we usually enter into two-year agency agreements. Under such agreements, our local agents are granted the right to market, distribute, and install our products within the specified market at an agreed price which is subject to our regular review. Accordingly, our success in markets outside Hong Kong depends on our ability to effectively manage our local agents through our contractual arrangements relating to, among other things, geographical and product exclusivity, pricing and payment terms, and protection of intellectual property rights.

 

If any of our local agents fail to comply with the terms of our agency agreements, or if we are unable to effectively oversee the compliance of our agents with our agency agreements, the sales and marketing network for our products and services may be disrupted. Moreover, since we rely heavily on our local agents to explore markets outside Hong Kong and promote our products and services, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected if such agents fail to secure new business opportunities or fail to maintain relationships with our existing customers. Furthermore, considering the importance of our network of local agents to our business, failure to retain our existing local agents or recruit additional local agents could have a material and adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial position. 

 

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Our management personnel lack experience in managing a public company.

 

Although we market and sell our products and services worldwide, we are a small Hong Kong-based energy saving solutions provider and our management personnel lack experience in managing a public company. As we continually seek new hires with relevant experience and expertise to join our management personnel, we expect to rely on our existing management personnel to oversee the day-to-day operation of our business. Our existing management personnel may be unable to undertake further responsibilities as we grow. A transitional period may be required for our management personnel to adapt to their new duties, which may result in a temporary disruption to our day-to-day business operation. The occurrence of any of these developments could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

A substantial portion of our revenue depends on the quality and efficiency of our maintenance and technical support.

 

We strive to deliver high quality and efficient maintenance and technical support to our customers in order to ensure customer satisfaction and, with respect to our energy performance-based contract, to maximize energy savings and increase revenue. However, provision of high quality and efficient maintenance services and technical support is subject to risks that are beyond our control, including, for example, the severity of the issues encountered by our customers and the availability of requisite parts and labor. If we cannot resolve maintenance or technical issues in a timely manner or if our maintenance or technical support is ineffective or fails to meet our customers’ expectations, our customer relationships and energy saving systems could be impaired, materially and adversely affecting our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

Our existing insurance coverage may not provide adequate protection from losses.

 

In accordance with industry practice, we maintain certain insurance policies which protect our property, including our machinery and equipment, from loss. Nevertheless, we are unable to guarantee that our current insurance policies are sufficient to cover all risks associated with our operations, office, or production facility. Similarly, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to successfully claim our losses under our current insurance policies on a timely basis, or at all. If we incur any losses that are not covered by our insurance policies, or the compensated amount is significantly less than our actual losses, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

 

We may breach our obligations under our performance-based contracts and our energy saving solutions may fail to produce anticipated energy savings.

 

We enter into performance-based contracts with certain of our energy saving solutions customers, under which our income varies depending on such customers’ energy savings. If our energy saving solutions fail to operate efficiently or otherwise perform as expected, we will be unable to maximize our income under our performance-based contracts. In addition, if we breach our obligations under such contracts, we may be liable for customer losses or damages caused by such breach. Furthermore, any failure on our part to perform our contractual obligations could harm our reputation in the industry and hinder our ability to secure future contracts. Accordingly, our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

 

We depend on, and may have difficulty acquiring and retaining, key management and other personnel.

 

The PCM-TES industry is competitive and subject to rapid technological, social, and regulatory changes, requiring us to possess significant intellectual capital in order to succeed. We depend on the continued service of our key management personnel and other key employees, including, in particular, our founding shareholder, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Mr. Chan. Mr. Chan oversees our general business operations and administration, including with respect to research and development, sales and marketing, customer relations, product design, plant construction, PCM production, quality control, and maintenance and technical support. We also rely on Mr. Chan’s authorization to use certain intellectual property rights, including our trademark and domain name. Therefore, Mr. Chan is crucial to the success and continuous growth of our business. If we lose any key management personnel or any other key employee, including, in particular, Mr. Chan, we may fail to locate a suitable replacement, and we may incur significant time costs as well as expenses recruiting and training a replacement.

 

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Additionally, in order to maintain our business growth, we must identify, attract, hire, develop, motivate, and retain highly-skilled employees, which requires significant time and expense, particularly as competition for such employees in our industry is intense. We may make significant investments to attract and retain new employees but fail to realize returns on these investments. Additionally, changes to our management structure may disrupt our business operations, particularly if our management personnel, including any new hires, fail to work together effectively and to execute our business plans in a timely manner. If any of our plans to hire or retain key management and employees fail to be successfully implemented or to achieve the intended results, our business operations, future development, and financial conditions could suffer a material and adverse impact. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

The PCM-TES industry is competitive and subject to change, and our competitors may have superior financial and technical resources.

 

Our leading PCM technology and its application in energy saving products to enhance efficiency distinguish us from our competitors. However, our competitors may develop technologies that achieve similar or superior energy savings. Additionally, our competitors may have superior financial and technical resources to devote to research and development, marketing and sales, and maintenance and technical support. Our future success depends on our ability to respond rapidly to evolving technologies, adapt our products and services to changing industry standards and government regulations, and improve the performance and reliability of our products and services. If we fail to achieve any of the foregoing, our products and services may become less attractive to existing and potential customers, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

We may be involved in disputes or legal and other proceedings.

 

We may be involved in disputes or legal and other proceedings with our customers, suppliers, and subcontractors. These disputes may lead to litigation or other dispute resolution proceedings, resulting in substantial costs as well as delays in our development and production schedules, and a diversion of resources and management’s attention, regardless of the outcome. We may also have disagreements with regulatory authorities, which may subject us to administrative proceedings and unfavorable decisions that result in penalties or delay or disrupt the development and operations of our facilities. Such litigation, dispute resolution proceedings, and administrative proceedings may materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

We may fail to protect our intellectual property rights.

 

We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, and domain names to operate and promote our business. As of the date of this Annual Report, Mr. Chan owns one registered trademark in Hong Kong and one domain name. Mr. Chan has granted us a license to use this trademark and domain name. Moreover, we have applied for patent registration of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant in the United States and the PRC, and we rely on the relevant laws and regulations in Hong Kong, the United States, and the PRC to protect our intellectual property rights.

 

Although our intellectual property rights are protected by relevant laws and regulations, policing unauthorized use of intellectual property may be difficult and expensive, and we may need to resort to litigation to enforce or defend our intellectual property rights or to determine the enforceability, scope, and validity of our proprietary rights or the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation and an adverse determination in any such litigation, if any, could result in substantial costs, which may or may not be recoverable, in part or in full, and harm our business and financial position. Additionally, any infringement of our intellectual property rights associated with our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant or other infringement of our intellectual property rights could negatively affect our competitive advantages. If our products and services become less competitive, we may experience a significant loss of income, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

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Fluctuations in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the price of our securities.

 

Our Operating Subsidiary is based in Hong Kong and maintains its books and records in its local currency, the Hong Kong Dollar, which is its functional currency, and our reporting currency is also in Hong Kong Dollars. Going forward, it is anticipated that a substantial part of our revenues and expenditures will be denominated in foreign currencies, such as U.S. dollars, Euros, Pound sterling, and RMB if we successfully expand our business worldwide. As a result, fluctuations in the exchange rates between the Hong Kong Dollar and foreign currencies may affect our relative purchasing power in foreign currencies. Such exchange rate fluctuations and any re-measurement in relation to our consolidated financial statements arising therefrom could reduce our profits and show a skewed translated value of our net assets when reported in Hong Kong Dollars. This change in value could materially and adversely impact our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

We depend on governments to incentivize the development and implementation of energy-saving technologies.

 

Over 190 countries have signed the Paris Agreement, committing themselves to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a significant contributor to climate change. In order to satisfy such commitments, many signatories have created incentives for businesses engaged in developing and implementing energy-saving technologies. For example, on January 1, 2018, the Hong Kong government introduced the voluntary Energy Efficiency Registration Scheme for Buildings (the “EERSB”) which serves to encourage building owners to outperform the statutory minimum requirements under the Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (Chapter 610 of the Laws of Hong Kong). All new and existing buildings or premises may apply for joining the EERSB provided that they (i) outperform the statutory minimum requirements on energy performance, and (ii) obtain certificates of good building energy performance through the BEAM Plus Assessment System managed by the Hong Kong Green Building Council or other internationally recognized building environmental assessment systems. The capital expenditure incurred on the construction of energy efficient building installations (including lighting, air-conditioning, and lift and escalator installations) registered under the EERSB may be eligible for accelerated tax deduction. Our business depends on such incentives in order to stimulate demand for our customized energy saving solutions. However, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to benefit from such incentives, as they may be amended or abolished, in which case our business, operating results, and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

 

The market acceptance of energy saving solutions services is not certain.

 

Our customized energy saving solutions comprises PCM and other technologies that may be unfamiliar to potential customers. In order to promote market awareness and acceptance of such technologies, we regularly engage in presentations and seminars. However, we are unable to guarantee that our energy-saving products and services will be widely accepted by market stakeholders. Failure to achieve market acceptance may prevent us from attracting additional customers and expanding our business, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

Our controlling shareholder has control over our corporate matters.

 

As of August 9, Mr. Chan, our Chief Executive Officer and executive director, beneficially owned and controlled 6,360,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 46.93% of our total issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares as of August 9, 2026 (in all cases, without giving effect to the Reclassification (as defined herein) approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting (as defined herein) held on August 10, 2026). Mr. Chan holds, and will continue to hold, control over corporate matters requiring shareholder approval and over our operations, including, without limitation, electing directors and approving material mergers, acquisitions or other business combination transactions. This concentrated control will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could also discourage others from pursuing any potential merger, takeover or other change of control transactions, which could have the effect of depriving other holders of our Ordinary Shares of the opportunity to sell their Ordinary Shares at a premium over the prevailing market price.

 

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Our controlling shareholder may have potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Because our controlling shareholder has control over our corporate matters, his interests may differ from the interests of our company as a whole. The shareholder could, for example, appoint directors and management without the requisite experience, relations or knowledge to steer our company properly because of their affiliations or loyalty, and such actions may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition. Currently, we do not have any arrangements to address potential conflicts of interest between the shareholder and our company. If we cannot resolve any conflict of interest or dispute between us and the shareholder, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which could disrupt our business and subject us to substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings.

 

We might need to raise capital in the future to fund our existing commercial operations, develop and commercialize new products and technologies and expand our operations.

 

Based on cash flow projections for operating activities and our available cash and cash equivalents, we believe that we have sufficient funds for sustainable operations and will be able to meet our payment obligations from operations for the next twelve months from the date of this Annual Report. This estimate is based on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we may use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. If our available cash balances, borrowing capacity, anticipated cash flow from operations and proceeds from our completed offerings are insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements, including because of lower demand for our proprietary PCM TES technology as a result of the risks described in this Annual Report or otherwise, we may utilize the Equity Purchase Agreement (as defined below), seek to raise equity or debt capital, enter into bank loans or bank credit facilities or enter into another form of third-party funding.

 

We may consider raising capital in the future to fund our existing operations, expand our operations, or for other reasons, including to:

 

increase our sales and marketing efforts to increase market adoption of our products and address competitive developments;

 

provide for costs associated with plans to accommodate potential increases in demand for our products and services;

 

fund development and marketing efforts of any future product or service offerings or additional features to our existing proprietary technology;

 

acquire, license or invest in new technologies;

 

acquire or invest in complementary businesses or assets; and

 

finance capital expenditures and general and administrative expenses.

 

Our present and future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

our ability to generate revenue;

 

our reimbursement arrangements with third-parties;

 

the cost of expanding our operations and product and service offerings, including our sales and marketing efforts;

 

our rate of progress in, and cost of the sales and marketing activities associated with, establishing and maintaining adoption of our products and services;

 

the cost of research and development activities;

 

the effect of competing technological and market developments;

 

costs related to international expansion; and

 

the potential cost of and delays in product development as a result of any regulatory oversight applicable to our proprietary technology. 

 

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Additionally, our ability to raise capital in a timely manner if needed in the future may be limited, or such capital may be unavailable on acceptable terms, if at all. Any equity or convertible debt financing we enter would likely be dilutive to our existing shareholders and any future debt financing we enter into may impose covenants upon us that restrict our operations, such as limitations on our ability to incur liens or additional debt, repurchase our Ordinary Shares, make certain investments and engage in certain mergers, consolidations or asset sale transactions. Any debt financing or equity that we raise may contain terms that are not favorable to us or our shareholders. If access to sufficient capital is not available as and when needed, our business will be materially impaired and we may be required to cease operations or we may be required to significantly reduce expenses, seek a merger or joint venture partner, file for protection from creditors or liquidate all or part of our assets.

 

Risks Related to Conducting Business in the PRC

 

Changes in China’s economic, political, or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

We anticipate that a substantial part of our future growth and development will be attributable to the PRC market. Accordingly, our business, prospects, financial conditions, and operations may be influenced significantly by the political, economic, and social conditions in China.

 

The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in certain respects, including the amount of government involvement, level of development, growth rate, control of the foreign exchange, and allocation of resources. Although the Chinese government has implemented measures emphasizing the utilization of market forces for economic reform, the reduction of state ownership of productive assets, and the establishment of improved corporate governance in business enterprises, a substantial portion of productive assets in China is still owned by the government. In addition, the Chinese government continues to play a significant role in regulating industry development by imposing industrial policies. The Chinese government also exercises significant control over China’s economic growth through allocating resources, controlling payment of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy, and providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies.

 

While the Chinese economy has experienced significant growth over the past few decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy. The Chinese government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures may benefit the overall Chinese economy but may harm us. For example, our business, operating results, and financial condition may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations. In addition, in the past, the Chinese government has implemented certain measures, including interest rate increases, to control the pace of economic growth. These measures may cause decreased economic activity in China, and since 2012, China’s economic growth has slowed down. Any prolonged slowdown in the Chinese economy may reduce the demand for our products and services and materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.

 

If we become directly subject to the recent scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity involving Chinese and Hong Kong companies listed in the United States, we may have to expend significant resources to investigate and resolve the matter which could harm our business operations, stock price, and reputation and could result in a loss of your investment in our securities, especially if such matter cannot be addressed and resolved favorably.

 

In recent times, U.S. public companies with substantial operations in or close connection with Hong Kong and China have been the subject of intense scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity by investors, financial commentators, and regulatory agencies, such as the SEC. Much of the scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity has centered around the effects of U.S.-China governmental policies and political climate, financial and accounting irregularities and mistakes, a lack of effective internal controls over financial accounting, inadequate corporate governance policies or a lack of adherence thereto and, in many cases, allegations of fraud. As a result of such scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity, the publicly traded stock of such companies have sharply decreased in value and, in some exceptional cases, have become virtually worthless. Many of these companies are now subject to shareholder lawsuits and SEC enforcement actions and are conducting internal and external investigations into these allegations. It is not clear what effect this sector-wide scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity will have on our business operations and our stock price. If we become the subject of any unfavorable allegations, whether such allegations are proven to be true or untrue, we will have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend our company. This situation will be costly and time consuming and distract our management from growing our company. If such allegations are not proven to be groundless, our company and business operations will be severely and negatively affected.

 

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The Chinese government may exert substantial influence over the industry in which we operate.

 

The PRC government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. In addition, the Hong Kong legal system may rapidly evolve in the near future and may become closely aligned with the legal system in China. As such, the interpretation of many laws, regulations, and rules may be subject to change and the enforcement of these laws, regulations, and rules may involve uncertainties for you and us. Our ability to operate in Hong Kong may be affected by these changes in laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use and property rights, and other matters. Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant impact on the economic conditions of Hong Kong or particular regions thereof, and could require us to divest ourselves of any rights and interest we then hold regarding our business operations in Hong Kong. Any divesture or similar action could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.

 

The Chinese government may choose to exert more supervision and control over securities offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in issuers based in Mainland China or Hong Kong. Such action could significantly or completely restrict our ability to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline.

 

Recent statements by the PRC government have indicated an intent to stabilize relationships with overseas regulatory authorities and support Chinese companies across all industries to list abroad. However, it remains unclear as to when and how the PRC government will alter its standard of supervision and control over overseas offerings and/or foreign investments in issuers based in Mainland China or Hong Kong.

 

The PRC government has proposed new rules that would require companies collecting or holding large amounts of data to undergo a cybersecurity review prior to listing in foreign countries, a move that would significantly tighten oversight over China-based internet giants. As of the date of this Annual Report, our revenue is mainly generated from the Hong Kong market and our business does not involve the collection of user data. Based on our understanding of currently applicable PRC laws and regulations, our offerings in the United States are not currently subject to the review or prior approval of the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) or the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”). 

 

Further, on February 17, 2023, the CSRC issued the Trial Measures which became effective as at March 31, 2023. The Trial Measures require a PRC domestic enterprise seeking to issue and list its shares overseas to complete certain filing procedures and submit the relevant information to CSRC.

 

Should the Trial Measures be applicable to us, we may be subject to additional compliance requirement in the future, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to get the clearance of filing procedures as required on a timely basis, or at all. Any failure by us to fully comply with new regulatory requirements may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities, cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and cause our securities to significantly decline in value or become worthless.

 

Our Operating Subsidiary conducts its business in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, and has no operations in Mainland China, although some of the clients of the Operating Subsidiary are PRC companies that have shareholders or directors that are PRC individuals. As of the date of this Annual Report, we are not subject to the Chinese government’s direct influence or discretion over the manner in which we conduct our business activities outside of the PRC. In addition, we do not expect to be materially affected by recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers. However, uncertainties still exist due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future. Any future action by the PRC government expanding the categories of industries and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC could significantly or completely restrict our ability to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial position.

 

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We may not maintain the listing of our Ordinary Shares on the NYSE American, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our Ordinary Shares and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

 

Our Ordinary Shares are currently listed on the NYSE American. In order to continue listing our Ordinary Shares on the NYSE American, we must maintain certain financial and share price levels, and we may be unable to meet these requirements in the future. We cannot assure you that our Ordinary Shares will continue to be listed on the NYSE American in the future. If the NYSE American delists our Ordinary Shares, and we are unable to list our Ordinary Shares on another U.S. national securities exchange, we will endeavor to have our Ordinary Shares quoted on an over-the-counter market in the United States. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

a limited availability of market quotations for our Ordinary Shares;

 

reduced liquidity for our Ordinary Shares;

 

a determination that our Ordinary Shares are a “penny stock,” which would require brokers trading in our Ordinary Shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our Ordinary Shares;

 

a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and

 

a decreased ability to issue securities or obtain financing in the future. 

 

As long as our Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American, U.S. federal law prevents or preempts the states from regulating their sale. However, the law does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar their sale. Further, if we were no longer listed on the NYSE American, we would be subject to regulations in each state in which we offer our Ordinary Shares.

 

Our securities may be prohibited from being traded on a U.S. national securities exchange under the HFCA Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors for two consecutive years and, as a result, an exchange may determine to delist our Ordinary Shares. The delisting of our Ordinary Shares, or the threat of being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

 

The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCA Act”) was enacted on December 18, 2020. The HFCA Act states that if the SEC determines that a company has filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) for three consecutive years (later changed to two consecutive years as detailed below), the SEC shall prohibit the company’s shares from being traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or in the over-the- counter trading market in the United States.

 

On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCA Act. A company will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a “non-inspection” year under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. The SEC is assessing how to implement other requirements of the HFCA Act, including the listing and trading prohibition requirements described above.

 

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On December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCA Act. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions.

 

On December 16, 2021, PCAOB announced the PCAOB HFCA Act determinations (the “PCAOB determinations”) relating to the PCAOB’s inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China of the PRC or Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or Hong Kong.

 

Our auditor, ZH CPA, LLC, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included in this Annual Report, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to the laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. ZH CPA, LLC is headquartered in Denver, Colorado in the United States and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis, with the last inspection in February 2025. Therefore, we believe that, as of the date of this Annual Report, our auditor is not subject to the PCAOB determinations. However, we cannot provide assurance that the NYSE American or regulatory authorities would not apply additional and/or more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, the adequacy of personnel and training or the sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements.

 

On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, taking the first step toward opening access for the PCAOB to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely, consistent with U.S. law. It includes three provisions that, if abided by, would grant the PCAOB complete access for the first time, namely: (i) the PCAOB has sole discretion to select the firms, audit engagements and potential violations it inspects and investigates, without consultation with, nor input from, Chinese authorities; (ii) procedures are in place for PCAOB inspectors and investigators to view complete audit work papers with all information included and for the PCAOB to retain information as needed; and (iii) the PCAOB has direct access to interview and take testimony from all personnel associated with the audits the PCAOB inspects or investigates.

 

On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it had completed a test inspection of two selected auditing firms in mainland China and Hong Kong and had voted to vacate its previous Determination Report, which concluded in December 2021 that the PCAOB could not inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms based in mainland China or Hong Kong. On December 23, 2022, the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“AHFCAA”) was enacted, which amended the HFCA Act by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three and such act was signed into law on December 29, 2022. However, if in the future the PCAOB is prohibited from conducting complete inspections and investigations of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the companies audited by those registered public accounting firms could be subject to a trading prohibition on U.S. markets pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.

 

There can be no assurance that China will abide by the Statement of Protocol with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China and that on-site inspections and investigations of firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong will occur and allow for full and timely access to information.

 

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If the PRC government imposes new requirements for approval from the relevant PRC authorities to issue our securities to foreign investors or list on a foreign exchange, such action could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, we and our Hong Kong subsidiary, (i) are not required to obtain permission from any PRC authorities to offer or issue our securities to foreign investors, (ii) are not subject to permission requirements from the CSRC, CAC or any other PRC regulatory authorities that is required to approve our business operations and (iii) have not received or been denied such permissions by any PRC authorities. However, given the current PRC regulatory environment, it is uncertain when and whether we or our Hong Kong subsidiary, will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government in the future, and even when such permission is obtained, whether it will be denied or rescinded. We have been closely monitoring regulatory developments in China regarding any necessary approvals from the CSRC or other PRC governmental authorities required for overseas listings. As of the date of this Annual Report, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions, or regulatory objection to our concluded offerings from the CSRC or other PRC governmental authorities. However, there remains significant uncertainty as to the enactment, interpretation and implementation of regulatory requirements related to overseas securities offerings and other capital markets activities. If we and our Hong Kong subsidiary (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, should they become applicable to us in the future or (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, our operations and financial conditions could be materially and adversely affected, and our ability to offer securities to investors could be significantly limited or completely hindered and our securities may substantially decline in value and be worthless.

 

Risks Related to our Securities

 

Raising capital through the issuance of Ordinary Shares may cause dilution to the shareholdings of our existing shareholders.

 

We may offer Ordinary Shares in the future. As we continue to seek to expand our business, we may require more capital to finance our sales and marketing activities, business operations, research and development, and/or increase in production capacity. If funds are raised through the issuance of new equity or equity-linked securities other than on a pro-rata basis to our shareholders, such shareholders may experience a dilution of ownership interest or such new securities may confer rights and privileges that take priority over the Ordinary Shares registered hereby.

 

We do not intend to pay dividends on our Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable future.

 

We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business. Therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable future unless otherwise resolved by our board of directors. Our board of directors would consider the results of our business operations, financial position, and other factors before it exercises its discretion to pay dividends. As we do not plan to pay dividends at present, capital appreciation of your Ordinary Shares may be the sole source of income of your shareholdings.

  

Future sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares by existing shareholders could adversely affect the price of our Ordinary Shares.

 

If our existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares, the market price of our Ordinary Shares could fall. Such sale by our existing shareholders might make it more difficult for us to issue new equity or equity-linked securities in the future at a time we deem appropriate.

 

Our Ordinary Shares may be subject to substantial price and volume fluctuation due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control and may prevent our shareholders from reselling our Ordinary Shares at a profit.

 

The market price of our Ordinary Shares may be volatile and may fluctuate substantially due to many factors, including:

 

price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market;

 

announcements of the introduction of new products or services by us or our competitors;

 

actual fluctuation in our quarterly operating results, and concerns by investors that such fluctuations may occur in the future;

 

deviation in our operating results from the estimates of securities analysts or other analysts;

 

additions or departures of key personnel;

 

legislation, including measures affecting the energy services sector; and

 

developments concerning current or future strategic collaborations.

 

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We may experience extreme stock price volatility unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Ordinary Shares.

 

There have been instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines and strong stock price volatility among companies with relatively smaller public floats. As a relatively small-capitalization company with relatively small public float, we may experience greater stock price volatility, extreme price run-ups, lower trading volume and less liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In particular, our Ordinary Shares may be subject to rapid and substantial price volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices. Such volatility, including any stock-run up, may be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Ordinary Shares.

 

In addition, if the trading volumes of our Ordinary Shares are low, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our Ordinary Shares. This low volume of trades could also cause the price of our Ordinary Shares to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our Ordinary Shares may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our Ordinary Shares. A decline in the market price of our Ordinary Shares also could adversely affect our ability to issue shares or other securities in the future and our ability to obtain financing in the future. There is also no assurance that an active market in our Ordinary Shares will be sustained. If an active market is not sustained, holders of our Ordinary Shares may be unable to readily sell the Ordinary Shares they hold or may not be able to sell their Ordinary Shares at all.

We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and devote other significant resources and management time as a result of being a public company, which may negatively impact our financial performance and could cause our results of operations and financial condition to suffer.

 

We have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, significant legal, accounting, insurance and other expenses as a result of being a public company. Laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure for public companies, including the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, regulations related thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE American, have significantly increased, and will continue to significantly increase, our costs as well as the time that must be devoted to compliance matters. We expect that compliance with these laws, rules, regulations and standards will continue to substantially increase our expenses, including our legal and accounting costs, and make some of our operating activities more time-consuming and costly. These public company obligations also will require attention from our senior management and could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our business. We also expect these laws, rules, regulations and standards to make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as our officers. As a result of the foregoing, we expect a substantial increase in legal, accounting, insurance and certain other expenses in the future, which will negatively impact our financial performance and could cause our results of operations and financial condition to suffer. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our Ordinary Shares, fines, sanctions and other regulatory actions and potential civil litigation.

 

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We may lose our status as a “foreign private issuer” in the United States, which would result in increased costs related to regulatory compliance under United States securities laws.

 

We will cease to qualify as a “foreign private issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if, as of the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, more than 50% of our outstanding shares are directly or indirectly owned by residents of the United States. If we determine that we fail to qualify as a foreign private issuer, we will cease to be eligible to avail ourselves of the forms and rules designated for foreign private issuers beginning on the first day of the fiscal year following such determination. Among other things, this will result in loss of the exemption from registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) provided by Rule 12g3-2(b) promulgated thereunder, and, if we are required to register our Ordinary Shares under section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, we will have to do so as a U.S. domestic company. Further, any securities that we issue in unregistered or unqualified offerings both within and outside the United States will be “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144(a)(3) promulgated under the Securities Act), and will continue to be subject to United States resale restrictions notwithstanding their resale in “offshore transactions” pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. As a practical matter, this will likely require us to register more offerings of our securities under the Securities Act on either a primary offering or resale basis, even if they take place entirely outside the United States. The resulting legal and administrative costs of complying with the resulting regulatory requirements are anticipated to be substantial, and to subject us to additional exposure to liability for which we may not be able to obtain insurance coverage on favorable terms, or at all.

 

The issuance of Ordinary Shares upon conversion of the July 2026 Notes, the exercise of the July 2026 Warrants and July 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants and/or pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders.

 

In July 2026, we (i) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an investor (the “July 2026 Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which we issued (x) an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of US$10.0 million, fundable in tranches (the initial tranche of which was funded at the initial closing) (the “2026 Note”), (y) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 29,122,679 Ordinary Shares (subject to adjustments as set forth in the warrants) (the “July 2026 Warrants”) and (z) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of up to 1,143,962 Ordinary Shares (the “July 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants”) and (ii) entered into an equity purchase agreement with the same investor (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which we may issue and sell to the investor, and the investor may purchase from us, up to US$100.0 million of our Ordinary Shares (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) (the offering pursuant to which we effected the foregoing transactions in clauses (i) and (ii), the “July 2026 Private Placement”).

 

The issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the conversion or exercise of the July 2026 Notes, the July 2026 Warrants and/or the July 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants, as well as the issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement, could result in substantial dilution to the ownership interests and voting power of our existing shareholders and could adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares. The actual number of Ordinary Shares that may be issued pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement will depend on, among other things, the purchase price applicable to each issuance and therefore could be substantial, particularly if the price of our Ordinary Shares declines. In addition, the July 2026 Warrants also contain certain anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions that could result in a substantial amount of our Ordinary Shares being issued upon their exercise.

 

Although certain exercises or issuances may be subject to beneficial ownership limitations at particular times, such limitations do not eliminate the potential for substantial aggregate dilution over time. Furthermore, the holder of the July 2026 Warrants may have an economic incentive to exercise its warrants at a time when the market price of our Ordinary Shares is above the applicable exercise price. Purchases by the investor pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement may also occur at times and prices determined pursuant to the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement, which could result in the issuance of Ordinary Shares at prices below the prevailing market price. Any such issuances could increase the number of our outstanding Ordinary Shares, reduce the percentage ownership and voting power of our existing shareholders, place downward pressure on the market price of our Ordinary Shares.

 

The potential dilution resulting from the July 2026 Private Placement could also impair our ability to raise additional capital through the sale of equity or equity-linked securities on favorable terms. Existing shareholders may therefore experience significant dilution of their ownership, voting power and economic interests in us, and the market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline as a result.

 

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The terms of the July 2026 Warrants may result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders, require us to expend significant cash resources and limit our ability to raise additional capital.

 

The July 2026 Warrants contain provisions that could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders and could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to raise additional capital. For so long as any July 2026 Warrants remain outstanding, if we issue or sell, or are deemed to have issued or sold, Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share equivalents at a price below the then-current exercise price of the July 2026 Warrants, subject to certain customary exclusions, the exercise price of the July 2026 Warrants will generally be reduced to the price of such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale, subject to an exercise price floor (the “Exercise Price Floor”). The number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the July 2026 Warrants will also be proportionately adjusted so that the aggregate exercise price payable upon exercise of the July 2026 Warrants remains unchanged. These full-ratchet anti-dilution provisions could result in a substantial increase in the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the July 2026 Warrants and significant dilution to existing shareholders if we issue securities at prices below the then-current exercise price of the July 2026 Warrants. Moreover, if an issuance that results in an adjustment to the exercise price is subsequently unwound, cancelled or otherwise does not occur, the exercise price of the July 2026 Warrants will not be restored to the level that would have applied absent such issuance.

 

In addition, beginning six months after the issuance of the July 2026 Warrants and every six months thereafter while the July 2026 Warrants remain outstanding, the exercise price of the July 2026 Warrants will be subject to a periodic adjustment based on the trading price of our Ordinary Shares, subject to the Exercise Price Floor. Any such adjustment may reduce the exercise price and proportionately increase the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the July 2026 Warrants. As a result, the holder of the July 2026 Warrants could receive significantly more Ordinary Shares upon exercise than originally contemplated, resulting in further dilution to our existing shareholders.

 

The July 2026 Warrants will also automatically be exercised on a cashless basis at expiration if they have not previously been exercised. In such circumstances, we would issue Ordinary Shares to the holder of the July 2026 Warrants without receiving any cash exercise proceeds, which would increase the number of our outstanding Ordinary Shares without providing us with additional capital.

 

In addition, upon the occurrence of certain mergers, consolidations, asset sales or other fundamental transactions, the holder of the July 2026 Warrants may require us to repurchase the July 2026 Warrants for their Black-Scholes Value, as defined in the July 2026 Warrants. Depending on the circumstances and market conditions at the time, the amount required to repurchase the July 2026 Warrants could be significant and could require us to use substantial cash resources at a time when we may otherwise need such resources for working capital, capital expenditures, debt repayment or other corporate purposes.

 

Finally, the July 2026 Warrants and the July 2026 Notes restrict our ability to enter into certain variable-rate financing transactions while they remain outstanding. These restrictions may limit the types of financing transactions available to us, make future financings more difficult or costly, and delay or prevent us from pursuing financing opportunities that might otherwise be available to us. If we are unable to raise additional capital on acceptable terms or when needed, our liquidity and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

Any or all of these provisions could adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares, result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders, require us to deploy significant cash resources and limit our financial and strategic flexibility.

 

Our dual class share structure may concentrate voting power with holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares and may limit the ability of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares to influence corporate matters.

 

At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on August 10, 2026, our shareholders approved the Reclassification of our authorized share capital into Class A Ordinary Shares (as defined herein) and Class B Ordinary Shares (as defined herein). Each Class A Ordinary Share will be entitled to one vote per share, while each Class B Ordinary Share will be entitled to 50 votes per share. Immediately following the Reclassification, 5,280,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Joyful Star Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 5,280,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, and 1,080,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Green Circle Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 1,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

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As a result, the holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have substantially greater voting power than holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a per-share basis. The 6,360,000 Class B Ordinary Shares will carry an aggregate of 318,000,000 votes, compared with one vote per Class A Ordinary Share. Accordingly, depending on the number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding, the holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares may be able to exercise significant influence over, or potentially control, the outcome of matters submitted to shareholders for approval, including the election or removal of directors, mergers, consolidations, dispositions of substantially all of our assets and other significant corporate transactions.

 

The interests of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares may differ from, or conflict with, those of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In circumstances where the interests of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares differ from those of our other shareholders, the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares may be able to cause or prevent corporate actions to be taken regardless of whether such actions are favored by holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, the existence of the dual class structure may have the effect of reducing the ability of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares to influence our management and affairs and may delay, discourage or prevent a change in our control, even where such a transaction may be favored by other shareholders.

 

The dual class structure may also adversely affect the trading price of our securities. Certain investors, including investment funds, institutional investors and index providers, may view dual class structures negatively because they can reduce shareholder accountability and provide holders of high-vote shares with voting control disproportionate to their economic ownership. As a result, the existence of our dual class structure could cause some investors to refrain from purchasing our securities or otherwise limit demand for our securities, which could adversely affect their market price and liquidity.

 

The concentration of voting power resulting from our dual class share structure could therefore limit the ability of holders of our Class A ordinary shares to participate meaningfully in decisions affecting us and could adversely affect the value of our securities. See “Item 4. Information on the Company - A. History and Development of the Company – Recent Developments - Extraordinary General Meeting” for additional details.

 

Terms of subsequent financings, if any, may adversely impact investors’ investments.

 

We may have to engage in equity or debt financings in the future. The rights and the value of each investor’s investment in our Ordinary Shares could be reduced by the dilution caused by future equity issuances. Interest on debt securities could increase costs and negatively impact operating results. If we need to raise more equity capital from the sale of additional stock, institutional or other investors may negotiate terms at least as, and possibly more favorable than the terms of the investors’ investments.

 

You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and our Operating Subsidiary is incorporated in Hong Kong.

 

We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and most of our directors and officers reside outside the United States. Moreover, such directors and officers may not have significant assets in the United States. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons, or to recover against us or them on judgments of U.S. courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

We have been advised that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in the Cayman Islands against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

 

We have been further advised that the courts of the Cayman Islands would recognize as a valid judgment a final and conclusive judgment in personam obtained in the foreign courts (other than judgements from certain Australian courts which are recognized under the Foreign Judgements Reciprocal Enforcement Act) against us under which a sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable in respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty) or, in certain circumstances, an in personam judgment for non-monetary relief, and would give a judgment based thereon provided that (i) such courts had proper jurisdiction over the parties subject to such judgment, (ii) such courts did not contravene the rules of natural justice of the Cayman Islands, (iii) such judgment was not obtained by fraud, (iv) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands, (v) no new admissible evidence relevant to the action is submitted prior to the rendering of the judgment by the courts of the Cayman Islands, and (vi) there is due compliance with the correct procedures under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

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We have also been advised that there is uncertainty as to whether a Hong Kong court would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in Hong Kong against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States. Generally, a foreign judgment may either be registered in accordance with a mutual enforcement arrangement between Hong Kong and the jurisdiction in which the foreign judgment was obtained or be enforced thorough initiating fresh proceeding in Hong Kong under common law. Nevertheless, there is currently no such mutual enforcement arrangement between Hong Kong and the United States. Furthermore, a common law action for recognition of foreign judgment is subject to certain requirements in relation to, among others, the nature of the judgment.

 

As a result of all of the above, public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests through actions against us or our officers, directors or major shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a corporation incorporated in the United States.

 

Economic substance legislation of the Cayman Islands may adversely impact us or our operations.

 

The Cayman Islands, together with several other non-European Union jurisdictions, have introduced legislation aimed at addressing concerns raised by the Council of the European Union as to offshore structures engaged in certain activities which attract profits without real economic activity. With effect from January 1, 2019, the International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Act, (2020 Revision) (the “Substance Act”) came into force in the Cayman Islands introducing certain economic substance requirements for in-scope Cayman Islands entities which are engaged in certain “relevant activities.” As we are a Cayman Islands company, compliance obligations include filing annual notifications for the Company, which need to state whether we are carrying out any relevant activities and if so, whether we have satisfied economic substance tests to the extent required under the Substance Act. The Substance Act continues to evolve over time and is subject to further clarification and amendments. We may need to allocate additional resources to keep updated with these developments, and may have to make changes to our operations in order to comply with all requirements under the Substance Act. Failure to satisfy these requirements may subject us to penalties under the Substance Act.

 

ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 

 

4.A. History and Development of the Company

 

General Overview

 

We are a provider of advanced energy saving solutions supported by proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials and thermal engineering services. Our mission statement is “to preserve the world by decarbonization technologies.” As an advocate of decarbonization, we design, develop, and provide customized energy saving solutions that bring considerable economic benefits to our clients and reduce carbon emissions for a sustainable future.

 

As carbon emissions continue to build up in the atmosphere at historic levels, the theme of decarbonization has been gaining momentum on the international stage, and companies and governments all over the world are facing more pressure than ever to develop and execute a meaningful net-zero strategy, especially after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact in 2015 and 2021, respectively. Even though decarbonization strategies vary significantly across industries, it is believed that transitioning to clean-energy sources is a far more visible pathway toward net zero for many organizations. It is in such context that we have devised and have been consolidating our corporate mission to research, develop, strategize, and commercialize our decarbonization technology and products that not only bring considerable economic benefits to our clients, but also contribute to the global campaign of decarbonization and ultimately a more sustainable future.

 

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Our proprietary technology is a PCM TES technology. By applying material science and nanotechnology, we have successfully invented and manufactured our PCM which allows temporary storage of excess thermal energy for later use and thereby bridges the gap between energy availability and energy use.

 

With our industry experience and professional expertise, we have put our BocaPCM-TES (our “BocaPCM-TES Technology”) into practice and invented our product, “BocaPCM-TES Panel,” a custom-made HDPE plastic encapsulated container fully filled with our PCM solution. Currently, we have developed more than 20 types of PCM, each of which has a unique phase change temperature and TES capacity to accommodate different temperature requirements in various PCM-TES applications. Based on the type of PCM solution filled into the HDPE plastic containers, we are able to manufacture customized BocaPCM-TES Panels with a wide range of operating temperatures from -86°C to +600°C to suit our clients’ needs. Accordingly, our BocaPCM-TES Panels can be utilized in many HVAC and refrigeration applications.

 

By utilizing our customized BocaPCM-TES Panels, we design, develop, and manufacture our phase change material thermal energy storage system and apply it on various central air conditioning systems. Our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant is essentially an advanced cooling system that can be deployed in most existing and new buildings, and it is environmentally friendly with a long lifespan. Operating alongside our self-developed fully automatic control system, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can increase its efficiency by optimization control model that shifts chiller plant’s cooling load from on-peak periods to off-peak periods through applying real-time electricity demand peak management, resulting in a lower running cost due to lower tariff rate charged during off-peak periods. Taking our HAECO project (“HAECO Project”) as a reference, buildings installed with our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant are able to reduce at least 40% of electricity consumption during all running time, and approximately 50% to 70% of the running cost (depending on the local electricity tariff) when compared with conventional central air conditioning systems. As a result, our technology and products not only contribute to the global campaign of decarbonization by cutting carbon emissions directly, but also bring considerable economic benefits to our clients.

 

To further our corporate mission and better grasp the market opportunities, we continue to strive to develop environmental-friendly, efficient and cost-saving technologies and solutions for the benefit of our clients and the world at large.

 

Bayview Garden Shopping Centre Project

 

In August 2024, we entered into a lump sum fixed price contract of HK$12,999,000 with LMP International Limited for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at the Bayview Garden Shopping Centre, a shopping mall located at 633 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, Tsuen Wan District, New Territories, Hong Kong, with a gross floor area of approximately 50,000 square feet. The services we provided included the supply and installation of the complete mechanical ventilation and air conditioning (“MVAC”) installation for Bayview Garden Shopping Centre.

 

Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation – University Hospital

 

In March 2025, we entered into an lump sum fixed price contract of HK$14,000,000 with Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation – University Hospital (the “Macau Hospital”) for the provision of our ultra-high efficiency chiller plant which includes the installation of “Ultra High Efficiency Chiller Plant System + BocaPCM-TES + BocaAI Controls.” The project was completed in May 2026.

 

History and Development

 

We commenced our business operations in 1992 and established Boca International Limited, our current major operating entity in Hong Kong. Since then, we have been investing substantial resources in technological advancements, particularly our research and development in PCM and the ancillary technologies for enhancing its commercial applicability.

 

We have been conducting research and experiments in the physical characteristics and chemical compositions of various PCM. In 1992, one of our most important PCM was invented. It undergoes phase change (solidification) at +8°C, which is the optimum temperature for its application in air conditioning systems.

 

In 2003, we developed the first-generation BocaPCM solution encapsulation in the form of a stainless-steel ball for improving its durability and the heat transfer efficiency of our PCM. Subsequently, in 2007, with the technological advancement in material science, we switched to HDPE panels in our second-generation encapsulations which significantly lowered the costs and brought our technology one step closer to commercialization. In 2013, we further improved the design of our HDPE panels by applying ultrasonic welding technology to enhance its heat transfer rate. HDPE panels are used in the production of our existing BocaPCM-TES Panel, which forms an important part of our BocaPCM-TES System.

 

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In 2015, we developed a fully automatic control software for our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant which significantly increases its energy saving performance and operation efficiency. Going forward, one of our research and development goals is to upgrade our current fully automatic control system to an artificial intelligence system.

 

In 2015, Boca International Limited, then wholly owned by Chan Kam Biu Richard, was acquired by Richly Conqueror Limited. In 2016, Boca International Limited was acquired by SGOCO International (HK) Limited, a subsidiary of SGOCO Group Limited (“SGOCO”, currently known as Troops, Inc., Nasdaq: TROO) incorporated in Hong Kong, from Richly Conqueror Limited, for a total consideration of HK$52 million in the form of cash, plus 3.4 million new shares in SGOCO Group Limited. In June 2018, SGOCO transferred 48.9% interest in Boca International Limited to an independent third party as part of the consideration to acquire the entire issued share capital of a limited company. In August 2018, the independent third party sold its 48.9% interest to Green Circle Limited. On August 26, 2020, Chan Kam Biu Richard acquired the entire share capital of Green Circle Limited from an independent third party who Chan Kam Biu Richard personally knows. On September 10, 2020, SGOCO disposed of the remaining 51.1% interest in Boca International Limited to an independent third party. On September 21, 2020, the independent third party sold its 51.1% interest to Joyful Star Limited. On September 22, 2020, Chan Kam Biu Richard acquired the entire share capital of Joyful Star Limited from an independent third party who Chan Kam Biu Richard personally knows. On September 24, 2020, Green Circle Limited sold its 48.9% interest to Joyful Star Limited. Thus, the entire issued share capital of Boca International Limited was transferred to Joyful Star Limited in September 2020. In particular, the 51.1% interest in Boca International Limited was transferred to Joyful Star Limited for a consideration of HK$94 from the independent third party and the remaining 48.9% interest in Boca International Limited was transferred to Joyful Star Limited for a consideration of HK$90.

 

As part of our founding partners’ early involvement, where they provided valuable resources contributing to our growth, Wong Tan Suen, on behalf of Wong C Ching and Ma Chi Heng, subscribed for 360,000 Ordinary Shares and 240,000 Ordinary Shares, respectively, at a par value of US$0.001 per share, in 2022, as part of the restructuring of our in anticipation to our initial public offering. Prior to the subscription, Wong C Ching and Ma Chi Heng provided an aggregate loan of HK$5,000,000 (HK$4,010,000 and HK$990,000 respectively) to Boca International Limited, and of that amount, HK$4,600,000 remains outstanding. Subsequent to the consummation of our initial public offering, the obligation to repay the remaining outstanding amount of HK$4,600,000 was settled.

 

During a reorganization in 2022, we established our current offshore holding structure. Specifically, we established Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited in the Cayman Islands on February 15, 2022 as an exempted company with limited liability under the laws of Cayman Islands. After the completion of the reorganization in 2022, Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited became our offshore holding company and has held our subsidiary directly since then.

 

Corporate Structure

 

Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited is a holding company that does not have substantive operations. We conduct our businesses through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Boca International Limited. Boca International Limited was incorporated on June, 16, 1992 as a limited liability corporation under the laws of Hong Kong. The chart below summarizes our corporate structure and identifies the principal subsidiary as of the date of this Annual Report:

 

 

Recent Developments

 

Initial Public Offering and Listing

 

On January 14, 2026, we consummated our initial public offering of 2,500,000 Ordinary Shares, at a price of US$4.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of US$10,000,000. We received net proceeds from the initial public offering of approximately US$8,566,625, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses (excluding the exercise of the over-allotment option described below).

 

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In connection with our initial public offering, we also granted the underwriters of the initial public offering a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 Ordinary Shares to cover over-allotments, if any. On February 12, 2026, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full, pursuant to which we issued and sold to the underwriters, 375,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of US$4.00 per share, resulting in additional gross proceeds of US$1,500,000. As a result, inclusive of the over-allotment option, we raised aggregate gross proceeds of US$11,500,000 from our initial public offering.

 

In connection with our initial public offering, we also issued underwriters’ warrants (“Underwriters’ Warrants”) to each of the representative of the underwriters in the initial public offering and the co-manager of the initial public offering. Each Underwriter’s Warrant entitles the holder to purchase up to an aggregate of 62,500 Ordinary Shares. The Underwriters’ Warrants may be exercised beginning on September 30, 2026 until September 30, 2029. The initial exercise price of the Underwriters’ Warrants is US$4.00 per share. 

 

In connection with our initial public offering, our Ordinary Shares became listed on the NYSE American and began trading thereon on January 13, 2026, under the symbol “GCDT.”

 

Resignation of Chief Financial Offer and Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer

 

Effective April 15, 2026, our then Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Lai Tai Yan, resigned from his position as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lai’s resignation was not due to any disagreement with us, our management or our board of directors on any matter relating to our operations, policies or practices.

 

Effective June 8, 2026, our board of directors appointed Mr. Louis Ho Ming Leung as our new Chief Financial Officer.

 

July 2026 Private Placement

 

In July 2026, pursuant to the July 2026 Private Placement, we (i) entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which we issued (x) the July 2026 Note in the aggregate principal amount of US$10.0 million, fundable in tranches (the initial tranche of which was funded at the initial closing), (y) the July 2026 Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 29,122,679 Ordinary Shares (subject to adjustments as set forth in the warrants) and (z) the July 2026 Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of up to 1,143,962 Ordinary Shares and (ii) entered into the Equity Purchase Agreement pursuant to which we may issue and sell to the investor, and the investor may purchase from us, up to US$100.0 million of our Ordinary Shares (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof).

 

The July 2026 Note matures on January 16, 2027, was issued with an original issue discount of 20%, and is convertible, in whole or in part, into our Ordinary Shares at a conversion price of the greater of (x) $0.1099 per share (the “Note Conversion Floor Price”) and (y) 80% of the lowest closing price of our Ordinary Shares on our principal trading market during the five trading days immediately prior to the date of the applicable notice of conversion. The conversion price of the July 2026 Note and the Note Conversion Flor Price are each subject to certain adjustments, as set forth in the July 2026 Note. The July 2026 Note does not bear any interest until the maturity date. In the event the July 2026 Note or any portion thereof is not converted, the unconverted portion of the July 2026 Note, together with any accrued interest must be paid by the maturity date. Amounts due under the July 2026 Note may be prepaid at any time, upon ten trading days’ prior written notice to the holder, at a price equal to 110% of the portion of the July 2026 Note so prepaid. Pursuant to the terms of the July 2026 Note, if we raise additional capital, the holder of the July 2026 Note may require us to use up to 50% of the gross proceeds of such capital raise to repay the then outstanding balance of the July 2026 Note in cash, at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (i) the principal amount of the July 2026 Note so prepaid plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the prepayment date plus (iii) all other amounts then due and owing under the July 2026 Note. The forgoing shall not apply to any draw under the Equity Purchase Agreement.

 

The subscription amount of the July 2026 Note (being US$8,000,000) is payable in three installments. The initial installment (being 25% of the total amount, or US$2,000,000) was due, and paid, on the closing date of the July 2026 Private Placement. The second installment (being 6.25% of the total amount, or US$500,000) is due and payable upon our filing or furnishing of the resale registration statement or draft resale registration statement, as applicable, with the SEC, covering the shares issuable upon conversion of the July 2026 Note; provided we have also timely filed this Annual Report with the SEC, the filing or furnishing of the resale registration statement or draft resale registration statement occurs by August 15, 2026, and we have complied with certain additional conditions to the noteholder’s obligation to fund the second installment. The third installment (being 68.75%, or US$5,500,000) is due and payable upon the resale registration statement covering the shares issuable upon conversion of the July 2026 Note being declared effective by the SEC; provided, provided we have also timely filed this Annual Report with the SEC, the foregoing resale registration statement is declared effective by the earlier of the 45th calendar day following the initial filing or furnishing of the resale registration statement or draft resale registration statement, as applicable, and September 29, 2026, and we have complied with certain additional conditions to the noteholder’s obligation to fund the third installment.

 

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The July 2026 Warrants are exercisable at any time until 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 16, 2028, and were issued with an initial exercise price of US$2.00 per Ordinary Share. The July 2026 Warrants include several provisions that differ from customary public offering warrants, including, but not limited to (i) certain anti-dilution protections, including full-ratchet anti-dilution provisions, (ii) periodic exercise price adjustments, (iii) automatic cashless exercise at expiration, (iv) fundamental transaction cash-out rights and (v) prohibitions on variable rate transactions.

 

A holder of the July 2026 Note or the July 2026 Warrants will not have the right to convert or exercise, as applicable, any portion of the July 2026 Note or its July 2026 Warrants, as applicable, if the holder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or exercise, as applicable.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the July 2026 Note and the July 2026 Warrants are intended solely as summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the July 2026 Note and the July 2026 Warrants, as applicable, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to this Annual Report.

 

Extraordinary General Meeting

 

On August 10, 2026, we held an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), at which our shareholders approved all of the resolutions described below:

 

Increase in Authorized Share Capital. Our shareholders approved an increase in our authorized share capital from US$50,000, divided into 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares, to US$5,000,000, divided into 5,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares, by the creation of an additional 4,950,000,000 shares ranking pari passu with our existing Ordinary Shares. The increase in authorized share capital became effective upon the passing of the resolution.

 

Creation of Class A and Class B Ordinary Shares. With effect from the first business day following the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting, our shareholders also approved the reclassification (the “Reclassification”)of our authorized share capital into 4,993,640,000 Class A ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value each (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), each carrying one vote per share, and 6,360,000 Class B ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value each (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”), each carrying 50 votes per share. In connection with the Reclassification, all our issued shares will be redesignated as Class A Ordinary Shares. Immediately following the Reclassification, 5,280,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Joyful Star Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for the issuance to Joyful Star Limited (or its designee) of 5,280,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, and 1,080,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Green Circle Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for the issuance to Green Circle Limited (or its designee) of 1,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, the approved transactions will result in the creation of 6,360,000 Class B Ordinary Shares carrying 50 votes per share, with the remaining authorized shares being Class A Ordinary Shares carrying one vote per share.

 

Share Consolidation. The shareholders further approved a consolidation of our issued and unissued shares of all classes or series, with the exact consolidation ratio to be determined by our board of directors within a range of two-for-one to 200-for-one. Our board of directors is authorized to determine the effective date of the share consolidation, provided that such date is no later than February 6, 2027. Any fractional shares resulting from the consolidation will not be issued and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, will be rounded up so that each shareholder receives one consolidated share in lieu of any fractional share.

 

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Our shareholders also approved our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which incorporated our new dual class structure share structure and the related rights, restrictions and privileges.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all share amounts and references to “Ordinary Shares” contained in this Annual Report are presented on a pre-Reclassification basis and do not give effect to the Reclassification approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Accordingly, references to “Ordinary Shares” in this Annual Report should be read as references to our ordinary shares prior to such Reclassification. Where information is presented giving effect to the Reclassification, the applicable disclosure will expressly indicate that it is presented on a post-Reclassification basis.

 

Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive office is located at Unit 1809, Prosperity Place, 6 Shing Yip St., Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong and our phone number at such address is +852 2882 1222. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Cogency Global Inc., 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10168.

 

We maintain a corporate website at https://pcm-tes.com/. The information contained in, or accessible from, our website is not a part of this Annual Report, nor is such information incorporated by reference herein.

 

The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC on www.sec.gov.

 

4.B. Business Overview

 

We are a provider of advanced energy saving solutions supported by proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials and thermal engineering services. We conduct our businesses through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Boca International Limited.

 

Our Mission

 

As carbon emissions continue to build up in the atmosphere at historic levels, the theme of decarbonization has been gaining momentum on the international stage, and companies and governments are facing more pressure than ever to develop and execute a meaningful net-zero strategy, especially after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact in 2015 and 2021, respectively.

 

Paris Agreement

 

From November 30 to December 12, 2015, the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (“COP21”) was held in Paris. In the COP21, all members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) adopted the Paris Agreement, which is a legally binding international treaty on climate change.

 

The purpose of the Paris Agreement is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by:

 

(i) holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change (“Paris Agreement Temperature Goal”);

 

(ii) increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and

 

(iii) making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.

 

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It is specifically acknowledged in the Paris Agreement that climate change is a common concern of humankind, and accordingly the fight against climate change and the pursuit of decarbonization is not only an imperative agenda of governments or states, but also requires commitment and active participation and contribution by non-state actors such as businesses, financial institutions, educational institutions, and healthcare institutions. In terms of actual implementation, increasing energy efficiency and moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy are two of the keystones in the battle against climate change and in the transition to a better and more sustainable world.

 

Glasgow Climate Pact

 

Under the framework of the Paris Agreement, it requires each of the signing countries to submit a pledge named “nationally determined contributions” (“NDC”) to limit their greenhouse gas emissions, and they are expected to submit their enhanced NDC every five years to ratchet up the ambition to mitigate climate change. Given that the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, the conference of 2020 was originally scheduled to be the first ratcheting up. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 2021.

 

From October 31 to November 13, 2021, the United Kingdom hosted the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (“COP26”) in Glasgow. After 13 days of negotiations, every attending party at COP26, representing almost 200 countries, agreed to the Glasgow Climate Pact, which is the first climate agreement explicitly planning to reduce unabated coal usage.

 

The Glasgow Climate Pact not only reaffirms the Paris Agreement Temperature Goal, but also urges each of the signing countries to take further actions to accelerate the development, deployment and dissemination of technologies, and the adoption of policies, to transition towards low-emission energy systems, including by rapidly scaling up the deployment of clean power generation and energy efficiency measures, including accelerating efforts towards the phasedown of unabated coal power and phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

 

Our Contributions to Decarbonization

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, all 198 UNFCCC members have either signed or acceded to the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact. This means they have agreed to gradually reduce the use of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions to reach net carbon neutrality by 2050 and keep global warming below 2°C by the year 2100.

 

Even though decarbonization strategies vary significantly across industries, it is believed that transitioning to clean-energy sources is a far more visible pathway toward net zero for many organizations. In particular, in the utility sector, initiatives like use of energy-efficiency programs, time-of-use pricing and energy-management programs have proven to be more cost effective than investing large capital dollars into expanding energy-generation capacity. It is in such context that we have devised and have been consolidating our corporate mission to research, develop, strategize, and commercialize our decarbonization technology and products that not only bring considerable economic benefits to our clients, but also contribute to the global campaign of decarbonization and ultimately a more sustainable future.

 

Our Products

 

TES

 

Thermal energy storage (“TES” is a technology that stocks thermal energy by heating or cooling a storage medium so that the stored energy can be used at a later time for heating and cooling applications and power generation. It may involve a 24-hour or, alternatively, a weekly or seasonal, storage cycle depending on the system design. TES systems are used particularly in buildings and in industrial processes. Whilst the output is always thermal, the input energy may be either thermal or electrical.

 

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PCM

 

By applying material science and nanotechnology, we have successfully invented and manufactured a phase change material (“PCM”) which allows temporary storage of excess thermal energy for later use and thereby bridges the gap between energy availability and energy use. Furthermore, it provides a large thermal buffer for the optimization of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) and refrigeration applications. 

 

BocaPCM-TES Panel

 

With our industry experience and professional expertise, we have put our BocaPCM-TES Technology into practice and invented “BocaPCM-TES Panels,” a custom-made high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”) plastic encapsulated container fully filled with our PCM solution. Currently, we have developed more than 20 types of PCM, each of which has a unique phase change temperature and TES capacity to accommodate different temperature requirements in various PCM-TES applications. Furthermore, raw materials used in all our PCM are natural substances and are non-toxic in nature, which means they are generally safe to the environment. Based on the type of PCM solution filled into the HDPE plastic containers, we are able to manufacture customized BocaPCM-TES Panels with a wide range of operating temperatures from -86°C to +600°C to suit our clients’ needs. Accordingly, our BocaPCM-TES Panels can be utilized in many HVAC and refrigeration applications.

 

BocaPCM-TES Panel

 

 

BocaPCM-TES Tank

 

To ensure safe and reliable operation, we adopt the ultrasonic welding method to seal the BocaPCM-TES Panel after it is fully filled with our PCM solution. The design of plastic container has incorporated internal support columns as well as external guide circles so that our BocaPCM-TES Panels can be stacked on top of each other thereby forming a large self-assembling heat exchanger within the tank (“BocaPCM-TES Tank”). The self-stacking concept can be applied in both water flow system and air flow system, and the gap between each container provides an ideal flow passage with a large heat exchange surface. Since the maximum stacking height of our BocaPCM-TES Panels is approximately two-point-six meters, the diameter of our BocaPCM-TES Tank will normally be less than approximately three meters.

 

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Water Flow System of BocaPCM-TES Tank   Air Flow System of BocaPCM-TES Tank
     
 

 

Our BocaPCM-TES Tank is usually made by steel. Depending on the space availability and structural load, it can be constructed on the rooftop, underground or anywhere of the building. It is usually installed close to the chiller plant in order to minimize pipework and pumping energy penalties. If pressurized tank is required, cylindrical tank can be used to accommodate our BocaPCM-TES Panels with minimum bypass distance.

 

Horizontal Cylindrical BocaPCM-TES Tank

 

 

BocaPCM-TES System

 

Our BocaPCM-TES System adopts a modular design architecture. For sites that have limited space concerns, our system can be subdivided into multiple BocaPCM-TES Tanks in parallel or series layout, giving flexibility to our clients.

 

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BocaPCM-TES System – BocaPCM-TES Tanks arranged in parallel and series layout

 

 

Fully Automatic Control System

 

Our team has developed a fully automatic control system to optimize the operation of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant so that it can operate at its maximum coefficient of performance (“COP”) at all times, notwithstanding the cooling load and the temperature of chilled water varying from time to time.

 

Our Technology

 

Types of Refrigeration Units

 

Different types of refrigeration units have different cooling efficiencies. Subject to the type of compressor being used, refrigeration units can be divided into three categories, namely (i) reciprocating refrigeration unit, (ii) screwed refrigeration unit, and (iii) centrifugal refrigeration unit.

 

Reciprocating refrigeration unit. It is normally used in occasions where the demand for cooling capacity is low, and its COP is about three to four under standard operating conditions.

 

Screwed refrigeration unit. It is normally used in medium-sized enterprises, and its COP can reach around four to five under standard operating conditions.

 

Centrifugal refrigeration unit. It is normally used in medium and large enterprises, and its COP can reach up to five to six under standard operating conditions.

 

Centrifugal refrigeration unit has the highest COP and hence it is usually used in central air conditioning systems of commercial buildings. Nonetheless, its average COP can only reach four at most.

 

Relationship between Cooling Load and COP

 

In general, a refrigeration unit has to operate at full capacity in order to maximize its COP. However, it is almost practically impossible as the performance of a refrigeration unit is affected by numerous factors, in particular, the weather. Most of the time, refrigeration units operate in partial cooling loads, yielding a relatively low COP. As shown in the cooling load to COP graph below, the COP is varied with the change in the temperature of chilled water or the cooling load, and the maximum COP can only be achieved under a particular cooling load with a particular temperature of chilled water.

 

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The operation of centrifugal refrigeration units is different from that of reciprocating refrigeration units and screwed refrigeration units. For centrifugal refrigeration units, their COP can be greatly improved by adding a variable speed motor. As shown in the cooling load to COP graph below, although the COP of a refrigeration unit can be greatly improved when it works under partial cooling loads, there is still limitation for enhancing the COP by using variable speed motors, i.e., the cooling load must be between 40% and 60% in order to reach the highest COP. However, as mentioned above, it is impossible for a central air conditioning system to operate in this interval during most of the year. Therefore, it is difficult to achieve the optimum performance by simply adding a variable speed motor in a centrifugal refrigeration unit.

 

Cooling load to COP graph of a refrigeration unit under different chilled water temperatures

 

 

Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant

 

In order to overcome the aforementioned limitations, we invented our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant by incorporating our BocaPCM-TES System and fully automatic control system into a central air conditioning system so that it not only allows the refrigeration unit to operate in partial cooling loads with high efficiency under an unbalanced strategy, but also guarantees that the total cooling load requirement is satisfied.

 

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Design of Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant

 

 

Our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant is a water flow system, which is mainly comprised of (i) cooling towers, (ii) refrigeration units, (iii) our BocaPCM-TES System, and (iv) our fully automatic control system. The refrigeration units can be the existing refrigeration units (either reciprocating refrigeration unit, screwed refrigeration unit, or centrifugal refrigeration unit) of the central air conditioning system. As for our BocaPCM-TES System, it is formed by multiple BocaPCM-TES Tanks, and each BocaPCM-TES Tank has installed a large number of BocaPCM-TES Panels filled with customized PCM solution. Furthermore, all BocaPCM-TES Panels contain chilled water circulation channels for heat exchange with the PCM solution and hence realize a phase change for thermal energy storage or release. By controlling (i) cooling capacity of the refrigeration unit, (ii) water flow of the primary chilled water pumps and (iii) water flow of the secondary chilled water pumps, (iv) water flow of the condenser water pumps, and (v) air flow of the cooling towers through our fully automatic control system, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant could apply our BocaPCM-TES Technology to store and release energy at its maximum COP.

 

Control Models of Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant

 

The control models of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant for storing and releasing energy from our BocaPCM-TES System include:

 

Energy Storage Model. When the cooling load demand is low, our fully automatic control system is programmed to control the refrigeration units to operate under the maximum COP. Due to the difference of flow rate between the primary chilled water pumps and the secondary chilled water pumps, the surplus chilled water will flow into our BocaPCM-TES System. As a result, our BocaPCM-TES System will operate in thermal energy storage mode so that all or part of the cooling output of the refrigeration unit will be stored in our BocaPCM-TES System.

 

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Energy Release Model. When the cooling load demand is greater than the cooling source, our fully automatic control system is programmed to control the refrigeration units to operate under its corresponding maximum COP and adjust the flow rate between the primary chilled water pumps and the secondary chilled water pumps. As a result, unlike Energy Storage Model, the direction of chilled water flow will be reversed and our BocaPCM-TES System will operate in thermal energy release mode so that the cooling source will meet the cooling load demand.

 

Alternatively, whenever the refrigeration unit is shut down, our BocaPCM-TES System will operate in thermal energy release mode under our fully automatic control system to meet the cooling load demand until all thermal energy stored in our BocaPCM-TES System is Exhausted.

 

Low-cost Energy Storage Model. Once the cost of electricity supply falls within a certain price range, our fully automatic control system is programmed to keep the refrigeration units operating under high COP and controls our BocaPCM-TES System to operate in thermal energy storage mode as described above so that additional thermal energy will be stored in our Boca PCM-TES System at the lowest tariff rate for future use.

 

Seasonality

 

In general, seasonal factors do not have a significant direct effect on our sales as the demand for our products and services are relatively constant throughout the year. However, we experience seasonal fluctuations in our revenue generated from performance-based contracting projects. For example, in our HAECO Project, we charge the electricity cost saved by the new chiller plant installed by us as our fees. When the demand for air-conditioning decreases, the use of electricity decreases. As a result, in a performance-based contracting project involving central air-conditioning system, we usually generate a higher revenue when the temperature is high, and vice versa.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

We are actively marketing our technology and products and we continue to enhance our marketing capabilities. We currently adopt three distinct revenue models, namely (i) Sale and Purchase (“S&P”), (ii) Performance-Based Contracting (“PBC”), and (iii) Build, Own, Transfer (“BOT”).

 

S&P Model. Under this model, clients would seek our advice on how to improve their existing central air conditioning systems, and we would design a new system employing our BocaPCM-TES Technology for them. Subsequently, we would sell and clients would purchase our BocaPCM-TES Panels, design drawings of the new system and the license to use our fully automatic control system directly. After purchase, clients would engage independent contractors to build and install the new system for their own use.

 

PBC Model. Under this model, we would enter into performance-based contracts with our clients, the content of which is comprised of (i) a clear set of objectives and indicators, (ii) systematic efforts to collect data on the progress of the selected indicators, and (iii) consequences, either rewards or sanctions, that are based on the performance of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant. We expect our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can help clients reduce at least 40% of electricity consumption when compared with their existing central air conditioning systems. Furthermore, since we would own 100% of the project, we would finance and provide the operation and maintenance for the Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant to our clients. Although this model incurs a higher initial investment cost, but assuming successful implementation, it is expected to give a long-term recurring revenue stream from the amount of electricity that we saved. Our HAECO Project has adopted this model.

 

BOT Model. Under this model, we would build the Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant and then sell it to our clients. We believe the low running cost of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant would be attractive for factory and building owners as, taking our HAECO Project as a reference, it is able to reduce at least 40% of the electricity consumption during all running time, and reduce approximately 50% to 70% of the running cost when compared with their existing central air conditioning systems. 

 

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In order to further promote our business, we have implemented the following measures:

 

Agency Arrangement. We intend to expand our business in other countries. Currently, we have entered into agency agreements with six companies, which are located in Hong Kong, the PRC, Korea, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. Our agents have the right to sell and/or install certain products relating to our BocaPCM-TES Technology in the following territories:

 

Location of Our Agent   Permitted Territory/Territories
Hong Kong   Hong Kong and Indonesia
Shanghai, PRC   Mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
Guangdong Province, PRC   Mainland China
Korea   Korea
Dubai, United Arab Emirates   Middle East and North Africa
Malaysia   Malaysia

 

Customized Payment Terms. We would offer customized payments terms to projects which could generate sustainable revenue, for example installment payments or no upfront costs.

 

Because the PCM-TES application has not been fully adopted by the building sector, we expect that the customer decision process could require us to spend substantial time educating potential clients and other stakeholders, which may result in a lengthy sales cycle.

 

Our Projects and Achievements

 

From 2006 to the date of this Annual Report, we have successfully completed nine projects in Hong Kong and three outside Hong Kong. Currently, we have two ongoing projects in Hong Kong, namely the HAECO Project and the Cold Chain Logistics R&D Project, and one ongoing project in Macau, namely the Macau Hospital Project.

 

Hong Kong projects

 

Hong Kong Institute of Education Project

 

In June 2008, we were engaged by an engineering contractor for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES Panel with +8°C PCM to be installed in two TES tanks at Hong Kong Institute of Education. Subsequently, from January 2012 to June 2012, we provided further improvement works, which consisted of (i) repairing the two TES tanks, (ii) conducting quality checks on our BocaPCM-TES Panels and (iii) applying protection paint to the internal surface of the TES tanks.

 

City University of Hong Kong Project


In December 2008, we were engaged by an engineering contractor for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at City University of Hong Kong. Our scope of engagement included (i) provision of design consultancy services, (ii) supply of BocaPCM-TES Panels with +8°C PCM and TES tanks and (iii) installation services of the BocaPCM-TES System.

 

Government Storage Centre Project


In January 2012, we were awarded a contract from the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of Hong Kong for the provision of BocaPCM-TES System at a government storage center located in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. Our scope of work included (i) system design and material selection, (ii) supply of BocaPCM-TES Panels and TES tanks and (iii) provision of testing and commissioning services.

 

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IBM Data Center Project

 

In April 2012, we were engaged by an engineering contractor for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at a data center of IBM located in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. Our scope of engagement included (i) supply of BocaPCM-TES Panels with +8°C PCM and TES tanks and (ii) installation services of the BocaPCM-TES System.

 

Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Project

 

In August 2012, we were engaged by an engineering contractor for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Our scope of engagement included (i) system design, (ii) supply of BocaPCM-TES Panels with +8°C PCM and (iii) provision of testing and commissioning services.

 

HAECO Project

 

On April 21, 2017, we entered into a performance agreement with HAECO to install our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant to replace three pre-existing water-cooled chiller plants in the headquarters of HAECO in Hong Kong International Airport. Pursuant to the performance agreement with HAECO, we agreed to provide the following services: (i) carrying out measurement and calculation for coefficient of performance of the existing chiller plants used by HAECO and preparing a detailed design of the new chiller plant, (ii) installing the new chiller plant and (iii) providing maintenance and repairing services for the new chiller plant for 120 months from the date of handover the New Chiller Plant (the “Term”). We handed over the new chiller plant to HAECO on June 18, 2019 and commenced the Term from such date. HAECO did not need to make any upfront payment for installation of our chiller plant, instead we will receive the difference of the electricity cost between HAECO’s previous chiller plants and the new chiller plant during the Term as our fee. We will provide a rebate to HAECO at the agreed rate according to the performance agreement. The overall average energy consumption of HAECO’s central air conditioning systems in Hong Kong International Airport has reduced by approximately 60% after the installation of our chiller plant.

 

In the HAECO Project, we prepare performance reports on a monthly basis (each, a “Performance Report”) for illustrating, among others, the actual electricity running costs in relation to the electricity consumed by our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant and the estimated electricity running costs that would have been recorded by HAECO if it had not installed our new chiller plant. Accordingly, the difference of the above figures represents the amount of electricity running costs saved by HAECO, a portion of which is paid to us as our service charge. The Performance Report is submitted to HAECO for review and confirmation before we issue our invoice. Based on the Performance Reports, during each month of the periods (i) from June 18, 2021 to June 17, 2022, (ii) from June 18, 2022 to June 17, 2023 and (iii) from June 18, 2023 to May 28, 2024 (the “Performance Reporting Periods”), our new chiller plant achieved an electricity cost saving ranging from 40% to over 80%. On average, the electricity cost saving of our new chiller plant were approximately 64%, 46%, and 42% in the Performance Reporting Periods, respectively.

 

Cold Chain Logistics R&D Project

 

In March 2022, we entered into a product development and supply agreement with Gene Company Limited (“GeneHK”) for a term of five years. GeneHK is a Hong Kong company focusing on (i) distributing molecular and cell biology instrumentation, reagents and consumables and (ii) providing consultation services on research projects and experimental techniques. Through the collaboration with GeneHK, we strive to apply our BocaPCM-TES Technology in cold chain logistics and explore new business opportunities. In July 2022, GeneHK placed orders with us for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES Panels with -50°C PCM to be used in the ultra-low temperature transportation boxes jointly developed by GeneHK and us. In light of the positive feedback from customers, we expect to receive further orders in relation to cold chain logistics.

 

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Bayview Garden Shopping Centre Project

 

In August 2024, we were entered into a lump sum fixed price contract with LMP International Limited for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at the Bayview Garden Shopping Centre. Our scope of engagement included (i) system design, (ii) supply of BocaPCM-TES Panels with +8°C PCM and (iii) provision of testing and commissioning services.

 

Soar Project

 

In May 2024, we entered into a service agreement with Soar Equipment Rental Company Limited (“Soar”) under which we provide consultation on research and development to Soar in relation to applying BocaPCM E58, which is a chilling panel to cool down operating machine and avoid overheat, for second life battery. The project is estimated to be completed in three years from the date of the service agreement.

 

Project Outside Hong Kong

 

Zero Energy Office Building Project

 

In 2006, we were engaged by a Malaysian contractor for the provision of FlatICE containers filled with specified PCM. Our PCM was used in the Zero Energy Office building in Malaysia as part of its energy saving design.

 

Heat Pump TES Project

 

We supplied FlatICE containers filled with specified PCM to an Italian company which specializes in the design and manufacture of printers for labeling, marking and automatic coding of industrial products.

 

  Macau Hospital Project

 

In March 2025, we entered into an ultra-high efficiency chiller plant agreement with Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation – University Hospital (the “Macau Hospital”) for provision of “Ultra High Efficiency Chiller Plant System + BocaPCM-TES + BocaAI Controls.” The project was completed in May 2026

 

Awards relating to Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant

 

In 2021, we received several high-profile awards and industry accolades for our technology and activities in the HAECO Project. These included:

 

SDG Enterprise Awards 2021;

 

Most Valuable Companies in Hong Kong 2021; and

 

Hong Kong’s Most Outstanding Business Awards 2021.

 

Our Strategy

 

Since our founding in 1992, we have been on a mission to cut carbon emissions globally with environmentally friendly solutions that improve how the world uses energy. Key elements of our strategy include:

 

Substantial Reliance on the PBC Model. In order to implement our mission statement “to preserve the world by decarbonization technologies” step-by-step towards a decarbonized world, we intend to substantially rely on the PBC model. Based on the track records of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant, we expect to help our clients not only reduce their carbon emissions, but also earn carbon credits to be sold in the carbon markets.

 

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Strategic Alliance and Solicitation. With the purpose of promoting decarbonization and reducing carbon emissions, we intend to co-operate with non-governmental organizations and green funds to work on different decarbonization projects, and solicit business from companies with decarbonization targets or with high electricity consumption rate.

 

Continuous Innovation and Advancement of Our Energy Saving Solutions. We intend to continue to innovate our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant by developing new and enhanced technologies and solutions. Our research and development strategy currently focuses on:

 

1. Cold Chain/Cold Store. We are collaborating with GeneHK to apply our BocaPCM-TES Technology in developing and manufacturing (i) ultra-low temperature transportation boxes to store samples in extremely low temperatures and (ii) freezer backup systems to protect samples stored in low or ultra-low temperature freezer in case it is out of electricity (collectively, the “Research Projects”). Pursuant to the product development and supply agreement entered into between GeneHK and us, we agreed to engage in the Research Projects and supply them with a range of products in accordance with their specifications and requirements, exclusively, with regard to certain territories and market sectors. The exclusive territories comprise Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and the exclusive market sectors comprise scientific research, medical, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and biotechnology.

 

2. Liquid Cooling Technology. We are designing a dual circuit liquid cooling system for data centers with an aim to minimize their operating costs and noise generation. By making use of (i) basic cooling by refrigeration units and (ii) direct liquid cooling to the central processing units by heat transfer media oil, our liquid cooling system will conduct heat outside of the data centers and therefore lower the temperature by radiation. We expect to achieve an efficient cooling effect for all the servers and storage devices in data centers which will help minimize the noise generated by higher processor speeds. In relation to the liquid cooling part of the dual circuit, we have adopted the immersion cooling technology which involves directly immersing the electronic components in a non-conductive liquid. The heat generated by the electronic components will be transferred to the fluid and subsequently removed from the cooling system. Apart from the design of the cooling system, it is essential for us to find a suitable liquid that does not only possess reliable and stable heat transfer ability, but also complies with the industrial and regulatory standards in our clients’ countries.

 

3. Artificial Intelligence System. Currently, we are trying to incorporate model predictive control technology into our existing fully automatic control system. We expect this advanced system with self-learning capability to be able to calculate and maintain a more accurate maximum COP so that our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can operate more efficiently.

 

4. Domestic Heating System. Depending on the phase change temperatures of different PCM, our BocaPCM-TES Technology can be applied in a wide range of energy storage systems. As mentioned above, our +8°C PCM allows our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant to store and release cold energy at the optimum temperature to promote cost-effectiveness. In contrast, we have also invented a PCM with a phase change temperature at +58°C, which is the optimum temperature for storing heat energy obtained from solar power for domestic use. Moreover, instead of the traditional photovoltaic system that converts light into electricity using semiconducting materials, we seek to develop a heat storage system by combining our BocaPCM-TES Technology with vacuum tube solar collector which stores heat energy more efficiently. The heat energy stored in the system can be discharged for domestic use, such as underfloor heating. In order to commercialize the domestic heating system and expand the scale of production, we are planning to acquire a manufacturer of vacuum tube solar collector.

 

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Further Expansion of Our Project Related Services. We currently offer our clients the following project related services:

 

(i) Project Management. We offer our clients project management services to ensure the process of installing our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant is managed in conjunction with the overall project plans, and we oversee the entire project from start to end.

 

(ii) Commissioning of the System. We commission our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant to ensure that our system is providing the performance and operations that were committed to the client.

 

(iii) Operations and Maintenance. We offer our clients operational and maintenance plans to keep our system in top performance. This consists of both remote monitoring of the system’s performance as well as periodic onsite visits to perform routine inspection and maintenance.

 

We plan to expand our resources and capabilities in project related services to meet our clients’ needs. This expansion will include adding employees to perform the work, as well as contracting and certifying qualified third parties to perform the commissioning, operations and maintenance services.

 

Arrangement of Project Financing. We intend to co-operate with banks and other financial institutions to arrange project finance to our potential clients for building and installing our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant.

 

Mass production of BocaPCM-TES Panels. We expect a steady growth of demand for our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant because it has the potential to be installed in all new and existing buildings. In order to satisfy such enormous demand, we intend to set up our own factory for mass production of BocaPCM-TES Panels in the PRC. 

 

Competition

 

The PCM-TES industry is highly specialized and dominated by a relatively small number of companies in the world. Our direct competitors are PCM manufacturers, including but not limited to Microtek Laboratories Inc., Croda International Plc., and PCM Products Limited. We also compete indirectly with other conventional chiller plant suppliers and energy saving companies, including but not limited to Carrier Global Corporation, Johnson Controls International Plc., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group. We compete on the basis of system performance and features, total running costs, reliability and system lifespan, sales and marketing capabilities, after sale support and maintenance.

 

Competitive Strengths

 

Research has shown that PCM-TES application has the potential to be a cost-effective and sustainable energy saving solution. We believe our business has the following strengths which distinguish us from our competitors and position us to capitalize on the expected continued growth in the energy saving market:

 

Recognized Know-How and Expertise. We are one of the few companies in Asia who possess the PCM-TES technology. We successfully applied our BocaPCM-TES Technology into our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant, and its performance has been recognized by a number of awards.

 

Interdisciplinarity. We not only possess the engineering and technical knowledge of PCM-TES Technology, but have also invented our own PCM and developed our own fully automatic control system for the construction and operation of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant.

 

Energy Saving Mechanism. The cooling capacity output of conventional central air conditioning systems is adjusted corresponding to the cooling load demand. In other words, when the cooling load demand is low, the COP of the refrigeration unit will decrease. In contrast, our BocaPCM-TES System allows thermal energy storage and release, enabling the refrigeration unit to operate under the highest COP possible. If the cooling output of the refrigeration unit is higher than the cooling load demand, additional thermal energy will be stored in our BocaPCM-TES System. Alternatively, if the cooling output of the refrigeration unit cannot meet the cooling load demand, our BocaPCM-TES System will release thermal energy, thereby improving the efficiency of the system.

 

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Reduced Running Cost. Since the rate of electricity tariff is different between on-peak periods and off-peak periods, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant is able to shift chiller plant’s cooling load from on-peak periods to off-peak periods through applying real-time electricity demand peak management with our self-developed fully automatic control system. Due to the cooling load shifting mechanism, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can operate and reserve necessary thermal energy during off-peak periods in which energy cost is low. The reserved thermal energy can then be released and utilized during on-peak periods to reduce electricity consumption and therefore achieve a lower electricity running cost. Compared with conventional central air conditioning systems, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can reduce approximately 50% to 70% of the running cost (depending on the local electricity tariff).

 

In the HAECO Project, the operation data of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant has been recorded once every hour and all data are stored for continuous monitoring and further analysis. From June 2019 to June 2020, we recorded a total electricity running cost of approximately HK$5.8 million while the original electricity running cost, if the old chiller plants were used, was estimated to be approximately HK$14.6 million for the same period. From June 2020 to June 2021, we recorded a total electricity running cost of approximately HK$6.8 million while the original electricity running cost, if the old chiller plants were used, was estimated to be approximately HK$15.2 million for the same period. Our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant has successfully achieved a significant reduction in the electricity running costs of our customer’s air conditioning system. The average electricity cost savings were approximately 60% and 56% for the 2019-2020 period and 2020-2021 period, respectively. In addition, our customer has estimated that over 4,000,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide emission will be reduced on an annual basis after using our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant.

 

Reduced Use of Space. By shifting part of the chiller plant’s cooling load from on-peak periods to off-peak periods, it allows us to reduce the size of the cooling machinery and hence reduce the use of space.

 

Increased Capacity. Compared with conventional central air conditioning systems, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can store additional thermal energy in our BocaPCM-TES System for later use, which increases the system output without having extra machinery.

 

Environmentally Friendly. By using our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant, electricity consumption can be reduced at least 40% during all running time, which cuts direct and indirect carbon dioxide emissions.

 

User-friendly System. We have simplified the design of our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant and reduced the number of control valves typically needed in conventional central air conditioning systems. Basically, it stores and releases thermal energy by controlling the cooling capacity of the refrigeration unit and the water flow and air flow inside the system.

 

Efficient System. Compared with other PCM-TES systems on the market, our BocaPCM-TES System can offer a quicker response, which makes our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant more efficient.

 

Lower Maintenance Cost. Our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant offers more reliable operation by allowing the machineries to run around the clock, which lowers the chance of machine malfunction and thus lowers the maintenance Cost.

 

Tailor-made Energy Saving Solution. We can adjust our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant to suit our clients’ needs so that the overall machinery capacity and TES capacity would match the system cooling loads.

 

Stand-by Capacity. In case the main machinery fails, our BocaPCM-TES System can act as the back-up facility by utilizing the thermal energy stored inside to handle the system cooling loads.

 

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Project Development and Manufacturing

 

The value chain below shows the technical project development process, which can be divided into four different steps, namely: project planning, manufacturing, installation, and operation and maintenance. We are active in all of the stages, either independently or through subcontractors. 

 

We perform the initial project planning phase, which includes detailed feasibility studies and project design activities. Following the planning phase, our team then engages with manufacturers and suppliers for the procurement, manufacturing and assembling of our products. Except for our BocaPCM-TES Panels and the fully automatic control system, all components and materials used in our products are manufactured by parties who we believe are experienced third-party manufacturers and suppliers. The installation of the project is then performed by a selected experienced civil engineering company. After installation, depending on the revenue model for a particular project (S&P, PBC or BOT), the operation and maintenance is either performed by our team directly or by a local subcontractor or by the client after undergoing training in the operation and maintenance of our technology.

 

In most projects, we work with different suppliers and manufacturers throughout the value chain. We work with and procure parts from experienced manufacturers with extensive expertise and product quality such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Part of our rationale in procuring parts from and working with experienced manufacturers is to ensure the long lifespan of our products. According to our experience, components provided by experienced manufacturers are generally with good quality and long durability. Nonetheless, we do not believe that we are dependent on any single vendor for manufacturing the components of and materials for our products.

 

In addition, since our products are comprised of customized components provided by experienced manufacturers, we believe we face some exposure to fluctuations in the prices of raw materials or other supplies, including nanomaterials, inorganic salt and HDPE materials, which influence the price of components provided by the experienced manufacturers we work with.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We regard our trademarks, copyrights, patents, domain names, know-how, proprietary technologies, and similar intellectual property as critical to our success, and we rely on trademark, copyright and patent law and confidentiality, invention assignment and non-compete agreements with our employees and others to protect our proprietary rights.

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, Chan Kam Biu Richard owned one registered trademark in Hong Kong which is the name and logo “BocaPCM”, and the domain name “pcm-tes.com”. He has granted a license to us to use such name and logo, and the domain name. No other person or entity can register or use the name and logo of BocaPCM as a prefix for any trademark or use the domain name “pcm-tes.com” without the written consent of Mr. Chan.

 

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The following is a list of our current patents and patent applications, as of the date of this Annual Report:

 

Country   Application/Patent Number   Subject  

Patent Owner/

Applicant

  Status
PRC   ZL202121831087.9   National Utility Model Patent Certificate: Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant   Boca International Limited   Approved
PRC   202110902392.0   National Invention Patent Certificate: Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant   Boca International Limited   Pending approval
PRC   ZL202222304862.6   National Invention Patent Certificate: Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant   Chan Kam Biu Richard   Approved
PRC   202320734652.2   National Utility Model Patent Certificate: PCM-TES Solar Collector High Efficiency Central Air-conditioning   Chan Kam Biu Richard   Pending approval
PRC   20250692170.4  

National Utility Patent Certificate:

The Solar Collector, Free Cooling Effect and A.I. Control systems

  Chan Kam Biu Richard   Pending approval
PRC   ZL202320734652.2  

National Invention Patent Certificate:

PCM-TES Solar Collector High Efficiency Central Air-conditioning

  Chan Kam Biu Richard   Approved
PRC   ZL202421908755.7   National Utility Model Patent Certificate: PCM-TES Solar Collector   Chan Kam Biu Richard   Approved
PRC   202422853045.5  

National Utility Patent Certificate:

Solar Powered with PCM&TES Mobile Refrigerated Container

  Chan Kam Biu Richard   Pending
Approval
PRC   202422216948.2  

National Utility Patent Certificate:

BocaPCM passive cooling shelter

  Chan Kam Biu Richard   Pending
Approval
United States   17545636   High-Efficient Central Chiller Plant System with Variable Load by Phase Change Material Thermal Energy Storage   Boca International Limited   Approved

 

Apart from the patents currently held by us and the patent applications mentioned above, our business also relies on various chemical formulas of PCM which are owned by Mr. Chan in the form of trade secrets.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may be involved in various claims and legal proceedings relating to claims arising out of our operations.

 

On March 24, 2026, Patrick Shane Johnson, Jack Pena, and Hitesh Dev, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a putative class action lawsuit against multiple defendants, including the Company, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, captioned Patrick Shane Johnson, Jack Pena, and Hitesh Dev, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Syla Technologies Co., Ltd. et al. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, violations of the Securities Act, including Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 thereof and Items 105 and 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated thereunder. We intend to vigorously defend against the claims asserted against us.

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, our Operating Subsidiary, Boca International Limited, is involved in the following legal proceedings:

 

(i) We filed a claim in the District Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the plaintiff for an unpaid debt with an amount in dispute of HK$276,295. The legal proceeding is ongoing, and a pre-trial review hearing was held on August 11, 2026. During the hearing, the judge ordered the trial be conducted in Punti dialect of Chinese language. The trial for cross-examining evidence is scheduled for October 14-15, 2026.
(ii) We filed a claim in the District Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the plaintiff for an unpaid debt with amounts in dispute of HK$308,729.29 and HK$5,998,640.18 The legal proceeding is ongoing, and our legal counsel has made an application to transfer the case to the High Court. After filing of the Consent Summons, the court requires the defendant to file an affirmation in support of the application.

 

Except as disclosed above, we are not currently a party to any legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

 

Regulation

 

As we conduct business in Hong Kong, our business operations are subject to various regulations and rules promulgated by the Hong Kong government. The following is a brief summary of the Hong Kong laws and regulations that currently and materially affect our business. This section does not purport to be a comprehensive summary of all present and proposed regulations and legislation relating to the industries in which we operate.

 

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Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to trade description

 

Trade Descriptions Ordinance (Chapter 362 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“TDO”) aims to prohibit false or misleading trade description and statements to goods and services provided to the customers during or after a commercial transaction. Pursuant to the TDO, any person in the course of any trade or business applies a false trade description to any goods or supply or offers to supply them commits an offence and a person also commits the same offence if he/she is in possession for sale or for any purpose of trade or manufacture of any goods with a false description. The TDO also provides that traders may commit an offence if they engage in a commercial practice that is a misleading omission of material information of the goods, an aggressive commercial practice, involves bait advertising, bait and switch or wrong acceptance of payment.

 

Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to supply of services

 

Pursuant to Supply of Services (Implied Terms) Ordinance (Chapter 457 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“SOS(IT)O”), in every contract for the supply of service, where the supplier is acting in the course of a business, there is an implied term that the supplier will carry out the service with reasonable care and skill. The SOS(IT)O, provides that where, under a contract for the supply of a service by a supplier acting in the course of a business, the time for the service to be carried out is not fixed by the contract, is not left to be fixed in a manner agreed by the contract or is not determined by the course of dealing between the parties, there is an implied term that the supplier will carry out the service within a reasonable time. The SOS(IT)O, provides that where, under a contract for the supply of a service, the consideration for the service is not determined by the contract, is not left to be determined in a manner agreed by the contract or is not determined by the course of dealing between the parties, there is an implied term that the party contracting with the supplier will pay a reasonable charge.

 

Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to sales of goods

 

Pursuant to Sale of Goods Ordinance (Chapter 26 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“SOGO”), in every contract of sale, there is an implied warranty that the goods are free, and will remain free until the time when the property is to pass, from any charge or encumbrance not disclosed or known to the buyer before the contract is made and that the buyer will enjoy quiet possession of the goods except so far as it may be disturbed by the owner or other person entitled to the benefit of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or known. The SOGO provides that there is an implied condition that the goods shall correspond with the description where there is a contract for the sale of goods by description, and there is any implied condition or warranty as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract of sale. Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business, there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are of merchantable quality.

 

Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to business registration

 

The Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter 310 of the Laws of Hong Kong) requires every person, whether a company or an individual, who carries on a business in Hong Kong to apply for business registration certificate from the Inland Revenue Department within one month from the date of commencement of the business, and to display the valid business registration certificate at the place of business. Any person who fails to apply for business registration or display a valid business registration certificate at the place of business shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a fine of HK$5,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

 

Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to intellectual properties rights

 

Trade Marks Ordinance (Chapter 559 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“TMO”) provides the framework for the Hong Kong’s system of registration of trademarks and sets out the rights attached to a registered trade mark, including logo and a brand name. The TMO restricts unauthorized use of a sign which is identical or similar to the registered mark for identical and/or similar goods and/or services for which the mark was registered, where such use is likely to cause confusion on the part of the public. The TMO provides that a person may also commit a criminal offence if that person fraudulently uses a trade mark, including selling and importing goods bearing a forged trade mark, or possessing or using equipment for the purpose of forging a trade mark.

 

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Patents Ordinance (Chapter 514 of the Laws of Hong Kong) provides the framework for “re-registration” system of Chinese, UK and European patents in Hong Kong. The Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016, which came into full effect in Hong Kong on 19 December 2019 provided a new framework for a new patent system – an “original grant patent” system, running in parallel with the “re-registration” system.

 

Copyright Ordinance (Chapter 528 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“CO”) provides comprehensive protection for recognized categories of underlying works such as literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. The CO restricts unauthorized acts such as copying and/or making available copies to the public of a copy right work.

 

Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to competition

 

Competition Ordinance (Chapter 619 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Competition Ordinance”) prohibits and deters undertakings in all sectors from adopting anti-competitive conduct which has the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in Hong Kong. The key prohibitions include (i) prohibition of agreements between businesses which have the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in Hong Kong and (ii) prohibiting companies with a substantial degree of market power from abusing their power by engaging in conduct that has the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in Hong Kong. The penalties for breaches of the Competition Ordinance include, but are not limited to, financial penalties of up to 10% of the total gross revenues obtained in Hong Kong for each year, up to a maximum of three years in which the contravention occurs.

 

Hong Kong laws and regulations relating to employment and labor protection

 

Pursuant to Employment Ordinance (Chapter 57 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“EO”), all employees covered by the EO are entitled to basic protection under the EO including but not limited to payment of wages, restrictions on wages deductions and the granting of statutory holidays.

 

Pursuant to Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Chapter 485 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“MPFSO”), every employer must take all practicable steps to ensure that the employee becomes a member of a Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme. An employer who fails to comply with such a requirement may face a fine and imprisonment. The MPFSO provides that an employer who is employing a relevant employee must, for each contribution period, from the employer’s own funds, contribute to the relevant MPF scheme the amount determined in accordance with the MPFSO.

 

Pursuant to Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Chapter 282 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“ECO”), all employers are required to take out insurance policies to cover their liabilities under the ECO and at common law for injuries at work in respect of all of their employees. An employer failing to do so may be liable to a fine and imprisonment.

 

Pursuant to Minimum Wage Ordinance (Chapter 608 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“MWO”), an employee is entitled to be paid wages no less than the statutory minimum wage rate during the wage period. With effect from May 1, 2023, the statutory minimum hourly wage rate is HK$40. Failure to comply with MWO constitutes an offence under EO.

 

Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Chapter 509 of the Laws of Hong Kong), employers, so far as reasonably practicable, must ensure the safety and health at work of all the employer’s employees in their workplaces by (i) providing and maintaining plant and work systems that do not endanger safety or health, (ii) making arrangements for ensuring safety and health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances, (iii) providing all necessary information, instruction, training and supervision for ensuring safety and health, (iv) maintaining the workplace under its control in a condition that is safe and without risks to health, and providing and maintaining means of access to and egress from the workplace that are safe and without any such risks and (v) providing and maintaining a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. Any employer who fails to comply with the above provisions commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000. An employer who fails to comply with the above provisions intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000 and to imprisonment for six months.

 

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4.C. Organizational Structure

 

A description of our organizational structure as of the date of this Annual Report is set forth under “Item 4. Information on the Company - A. History and Development of the Company - Corporate Structure.”

 

4.D. Property, Plants and Equipment

 

We lease the property for our headquarters, which is located at Unit 1809, Prosperity Place, 6 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and consists of approximately 918 square feet of office space. The current lease term for the property is 36 months, having commenced on January 1, 2026 and expiring on December 31, 2028, at a monthly base rent of HK$18,500.

 

We purchased a residential property located at Flat C, Le Point, Metro Town, 8 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, for purposes of providing a residence for Chan Kam Biu, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, and his spouse, Lui Lai Yuen, who is our Chief Administrative Officer and Director.

 

We will outsource the BocaPCM-TES Panels through OEM. For Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant, we will engage manufacturers and suppliers for the procurement and manufacturing and set up the entire system in the locations requested by our clients. We currently do not own or lease any other manufacturing facilities.

 

We believe that our existing property is in good condition and is sufficient and suitable for the conduct of our business for the foreseeable future. To the extent our needs change as our business grows, we expect that additional space and facilities will be available.

 

ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and other financial data that appear elsewhere in this Annual Report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report.

 

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.

 

As a newly public company, our capital structure changed significantly during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. The following discussion presents our financial results for the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024. The narrative analysis is organized into two primary sections: (i) a comparison of our results of operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, and (ii) a comparison of our results of operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

 

5.A. Operating Results

 

Overview

 

We are a provider of advanced energy saving solutions supported by proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials and thermal engineering services. Our mission statement is “to preserve the world by decarbonization technologies.” As an advocate of decarbonization, we design, develop, and provide customized energy saving solutions that increase economic benefits of our clients and reduce carbon emissions for a sustainable future.

 

As carbon emissions continue to build up in the atmosphere at historic levels, the theme of decarbonization has been gaining momentum on the international stage, and companies and governments all over the world are facing more pressure than ever to develop and execute a meaningful net-zero strategy, especially after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact in 2015 and 2021, respectively. Even though decarbonization strategies vary significantly across industries, it is believed that transitioning to clean-energy sources is a far more visible pathway toward net zero for many organizations. It is in such context that we have devised and have been consolidating our corporate mission to research, develop, strategize, and commercialize our decarbonization technology and products that not only considerably increase economic benefits of our clients, but also contribute to the global campaign of decarbonization and ultimately a more sustainable future.

 

Our proprietary technology is a PCM thermal energy storage (“TES”) technology. By applying material science and nanotechnology, we have successfully invented and manufactured our PCM which allows temporary storage of excess thermal energy for later use and thereby bridges the gap between energy availability and energy use (“BocaPCM-TES Technology”).

 

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With our industry experience and professional expertise, we have put our BocaPCM-TES Technology into practice and invented our product – “BocaPCM-TES Panel” – a custom-made high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”) plastic encapsulated container fully filled with our PCM solution. Currently, we have developed more than 20 types of PCM, each of which has a unique phase change temperature and TES capacity to accommodate different temperature requirements in various PCM-TES applications. Based on the type of PCM solution filled into the HDPE plastic containers, we are able to manufacture customized BocaPCM-TES Panels with a wide range of operating temperatures from -86°C to +600°C to suit our clients’ needs. Accordingly, our BocaPCM-TES Panels can be utilized in many heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) and refrigeration applications.

 

By utilizing our customized BocaPCM-TES Panels, we design, develop, and manufacture our phase change material thermal energy storage system (“BocaPCM-TES System”) and apply it on various central air conditioning systems (collectively, “Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant”). Our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant is essentially an advanced cooling system that can be deployed in most existing and new buildings, and it is environmentally friendly with a long lifespan. Operating alongside with our self-developed fully automatic control system, our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant can increase its efficiency by optimization control model that shifts chiller plant’s cooling load from on-peak periods to off-peak periods through applying real-time electricity demand peak management, resulting in a lower running cost due to lower tariff rate charged during off-peak periods. Taking our HAECO Project as a reference, buildings installed with our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant are able to reduce at least 40% of electricity consumption during all running time, and approximately 50% to 70% of the running cost (depending on the local electricity tariff) when compared with conventional central air conditioning systems. As a result, our technology and products not only contribute to the global campaign of decarbonization by cutting carbon emissions directly, but also increase economic benefits of our clients.

 

To further our corporate mission and better grasp the market opportunities, we continue to strive to develop environmental-friendly, efficient, and cost-saving technologies and solutions for the benefit of our clients and the world at large.

 

On January 14, 2026, we consummated our initial public offering, pursuant to which we raised aggregate gross proceeds of US$11,500,000 (inclusive of the exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters in the initial public offering). In connection with our initial public offering, our ordinary shares became listed on the NYSE American and began trading thereon under the symbol “GCDT”.

 

We generated revenue of approximately HK$25.1 million, HK$16.6 million and HK$5.2 million for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The revenue for the year ended March 31, 2026 primarily came from providing energy saving services by using our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant located at the headquarters of HAECO in Hong Kong International Airport amounting to approximately HK$7.9 million which included a one-off lump sum settlement amount of HK$2.1 million for past disputes with HAECO, and for the provision of supply and installation services of cooling tower system for HAECO (amounting to approximately HK$4.3 million), provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at the University Hospital of Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation (amounting to approximately HK$11.7 million) and provision of supply and installation services of the complete mechanical ventilation and air conditioning (“MVAC”) installation in Bayview Garden Shopping Centre (amounting to approximately HK$1.2 million). For the year ended March 31, 2025, the revenue primarily came from the HAECO project (amounting to approximately HK$5.1 million), the Solar Project that we provide consultation on research and development services (amounting to approximately HK$3.0 million) and another project with LMP International Limited for the provision of our BocaPCM-TES System at the Bayview Garden Shopping Centre (amounting to approximately HK$8.5 million). The revenue for the year ended March 31, 2024 primarily came from providing energy saving services by using our Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant located at the headquarters of HAECO in Hong Kong International Airport (amounting to approximately HK$5.2 million).

 

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Results of Operations

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024

 

The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of operations for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024. The selected financial information has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes corresponding to such periods.

 

   

For the years ended

March 31,

 
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$  
             
Revenue     25,051,359       16,574,921       5,236,436  
Cost of revenue     (20,706,126 )     (12,823,515 )     (3,791,302 )
                         
Gross profit     4,345,233       3,751,406       1,445,134  
                         
Administrative expenses     (11,178,915 )     (7,668,127 )     (7,102,218 )
                         
Operating loss     (6,833,682 )     (3,916,721 )     (5,657,084 )
Finance costs     (576,362 )     (2,445,201 )     (2,512,023 )
Other incomes / (losses)     (5,703,229 )     379,702       247,167  
                         
Loss before tax     (13,113,273 )     (5,982,220 )     (7,921,940 )
Income tax expense     -       -       -  
                         
Loss and comprehensive loss for the year     (13,113,273 )     (5,982,220 )     (7,921,940 )

 

Revenue

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, revenue increased by approximately HK$8.5 million, or approximately 51.1%, to approximately HK$25.1 million from approximately HK$16.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. This increase in revenue was mainly due to increases in energy saving service income and construction service income which was partially offset by a decrease in consultancy service income for the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

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For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, revenue increased by approximately HK$11.3 million, or approximately 216.5%, to approximately HK$16.6 million from approximately HK$5.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. This increase in revenue was mainly due to increases in consultancy service income and construction service income for the year ended March 31, 2025.

 

The following table sets out revenues from different services for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024:

 

    For the years ended  
    March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     %     HK$     %     HK$     %  
Revenue                                    
Energy saving services     7,887,455       31.5       5,077,844       30.6       5,236,437       100.0  
Construction service     17,163,904       68.5       8,497,077       51.3       -       -  
Consultancy service     -       -       3,000,000       18.1       -       -  
Total     25,051,359       100.0       16,574,921       100.0       5,236,437       100.0  

 

Cost of revenue

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, cost of revenue increased by approximately HK$7.9 million, or approximately 61.5%, to approximately HK$20.7 million from approximately HK$12.8 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The increase was in line with the increase in revenue.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, cost of revenue increased by approximately HK$9.0 million, or approximately 238.2%, to approximately HK$12.8 million from approximately HK$3.8 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The increase was in line with the increase in revenue.

 

Gross profit and gross profit margin

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, gross profit increased by approximately HK$0.6 million, or approximately 15.8%, to approximately HK$4.3 million from approximately HK$3.8 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. This increase was in line with the increase in revenue of approximately 51.1% and increase in cost of revenue of approximately 61.5%. Our gross profit margin was approximately 17.3% for the year ended March 31, 2026, decreased by approximately 5.3% as compared to 22.6% for the year ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin was mainly due to a higher proportion of revenue being generated from construction service income of which the gross profits margin of such projects were nearly zero. For two construction projects, we recognized revenue only to the extent of the cost incurred, as we were unable to reasonably measure the progress of the projects.

 

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For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, gross profit increased by approximately HK$2.3 million, or approximately 159.6%, to approximately HK$3.8 million from approximately HK$1.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. This increase was in line with the increase in revenue of approximately 216.5% and 238.2% increase in cost of revenue. Our gross profit margin was approximately 22.6% for the year ended March 31, 2025, decreased by approximately 5.0% as compared to 27.6% for the year ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in gross profit margin was mainly due to: (i) higher repair and maintenance costs and reduced revenue from chiller plant maintenance in energy savings services income; (ii) costs attributed to consultancy services income limited to director’s salaries as direct costs; and (iii) for one construction project, for which we recognized revenue only to the extent of that cost incurred, as we were unable to reasonably measure the progress of the project, and the cost incurred was not proportionate to the progress in satisfying the performance obligation.

 

    For the years ended  
    March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    Gross Profit     Gross Profit Margin     Gross Profit     Gross Profit Margin     Gross Profit     Gross Profit Margin  
    HK$     %     HK$     %     HK$     %  
Energy Savings Services     4,117,956       52.2       992,384       19.5       1,445,133       27.6  
Construction service     227,277       1.3       -       0.0       -       0.0  
Consultancy service     -       -       2,759,022       92.0       -       0.0  
Overall     4,345,233       17.3       3,751,406       22.6       1,445,133       27.6  

 

Administrative expenses

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, administrative expenses increased by approximately HK$3.5 million to approximately HK$11.2 million, as compared to approximately HK$7.7 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The increase was mainly due to an increase in professional fees during the year ended March 31, 2026. The increase in professional fees was mainly due to the completion of our initial public offering during the year ended March 31, 2026, as a result, of which significantly higher amounts of professional fees became payable upon completion of the initial public offering.

 

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For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, administrative expenses increased by approximately HK$0.6 million to approximately HK$7.7 million, as compared to approximately HK$7.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The increase was mainly due to an increase in professional fees during the year ended March 31, 2025.

 

Finance costs

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, finance costs decreased by approximately HK$1.9 million to approximately HK$0.6 million from approximately HK$2.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was mainly due to the repayment of loans after our initial public offering and a portion of interest waived in the year ended March 31, 2026 by the lender when we repaid the loan.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, finance costs remained steady at approximately HK$2.4 million compared to approximately HK$2.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2024.

 

Other incomes / (losses)

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, other loss amounted to approximately HK$5.7 million as compared to other income of approximately HK$0.4 million recognized for the year ended March 31, 2025. The other loss recognized in the year ended March 31, 2026 was mainly attributed to a loss on extinguishment of financial liabilities upon our initial public offering in which we had issued 600,000 ordinary shares at a fair value of US$4.0 to settle a loan and interest payables amounted to approximately HK$6.3 million. The amount of excess of the fair value of the ordinary shares issued of approximately HK$12.4 million was recognized as a loss which was partially offset by the waiver of interest payable on other loans of approximately HK$6.5 million.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, other income increased by approximately HK$0.2 million to approximately HK$0.4 million from approximately HK$0.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The increase was mainly due to an insurance claims by the Group amounting to approximately HK$0.3 million.

 

Net Loss

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, loss and comprehensive loss increased by approximately HK$7.1 million, or approximately 119.2% to approximately HK$13.1 million from approximately HK$6.0 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The increase was mainly due to an increase in professional fee and a one-time loss on extinguishment of financial liabilities through the issuance of 600,000 ordinary shares to two borrowers.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, loss and comprehensive loss decreased by approximately HK$1.9 million, or approximately 24.5% to approximately HK$6.0 million from approximately HK$7.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was in line with the increase in gross profit during the year.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Prior to the consummation of our initial public offering in January 2026, we financed our operations, capital expenditures, and project commitments primarily through cash generated from our operating activities, bank and other borrowings, and financing facilities from related parties and shareholders. Following the successful listing of our ordinary shares on the NYSE American, our primary liquidity architecture fundamentally transformed, shifting from private debt mechanisms to public equity capital.

 

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On January 14, 2026, we consummated our initial public offering of 2,500,000 ordinary shares at a public offering price of US$4.00 per share, generating gross proceeds of US$10 million. Subsequently, on February 12, 2026, the underwriter of our initial public offering fully exercised its over-allotment option to purchase an additional 375,000 ordinary shares at the identical price of US$4.00 per share, yielding incremental gross proceeds of US$1.5 million. In aggregate, our initial public offering resulted in the sale of 2,875,000 ordinary shares, bringing in total combined gross proceeds of US$11.5 million.

 

After deducting underwriting discounts, cash commissions, and transaction costs totaling US$1,568,375, we received net cash proceeds of US$9,931,625 (equivalent to approximately HK$77.47 million). A portion of these proceeds was immediately utilized upon listing to repay loans which, pursuant to their terms, were required to be repaid upon our listing, resulting in a reduction of our ongoing interest burden and shifting our long-term funding reliance away from private borrowings to our initial public offering proceeds.

 

As of March 31, 2026, we maintained a strengthened liquidity cushion with cash and cash equivalents of approximately HK$36.3 million, which is held entirely within liquid corporate bank accounts.

 

Furthermore, on July 16, 2026, the Company had entered into a placement agency agreement (the “PA Agreement”) with Revere Securities LLC (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with issuance and sale by the Company pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated July 16, 2026 (the “ELOC Offering”) of unsecured promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000 with an aggregate subscription price of US$8,000,000, to be funded in tranches, and common warrants (the “Warrants” and together with the Notes, the “Offered Securities”) to purchase an aggregate of up to 29,122,679 ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 par value per share (“Ordinary Shares”). Each of the Warrants will be immediately exercisable, subject to beneficial ownership limitations, for one Ordinary Share at an initial exercise price of US$2.00 per share, subject to adjustments.

 

In connection with the Offering, the Company also entered into (i) a securities purchase agreement dated July 16, 2026 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors, at the investor’s option, who purchased the Offered Securities in the Offering; (ii) a equity purchase agreement (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) dated July 16, 2026 with Target Capital 1, LLC (the “Investor”) pursuant to which the Company may sell and issue to the Investor, and the Investor may purchase from the Company, up to US$100,000,000 of Company’s Ordinary Shares; (iii) an escrow agreement dated July 9, 2026 (the “Escrow Agreement”) with the Placement Agent and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, pursuant to which, the escrow funds will be disbursed by the escrow agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement.

 

The Offering will close in several tranches. The closing of the first tranche of the Offering took place on July 24, 2026, at which time the Company issued (i) a note in the aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000, which is payable and funded in tranches, (ii) a Warrant to purchase up to 29,122,679 Ordinary Shares and (iii) a Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase up to 1,143,962 Ordinary Shares and (iv) 676,205 Ordinary Shares. At the first tranche closing, the Investor funded US$2,000,000 in aggregate gross proceeds, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

 

Management believes that our existing unspent initial public offering proceeds, combined with anticipated cash flows generated from our ongoing ELOC Offering and commercial operating activities, will be fully sufficient to satisfy our working capital requirements, capital plant expansions, and contractual debt obligations for at least the next 12 months.

 

Our total capital as at March 31, 2026 and 2025 is set forth in the table below.

 

   

As at

March 31,

2026

   

As at

March 31,

2025

    As at
March 31,
2024
 
    HK$  
Cash and cash equivalent     36,308,320       1,384,211       258,304  
Total shareholders’ equity / (deficit)     54,543,914       (21,003,885 )     (16,221,665 )

 

The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash and cash equivalents for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

   

For the year ended
March 31,

 
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$  
Operating Activities                        
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     (15,523,724 )     5,045,485       1,359,309  
                         
Cash used in investing activities                        
Purchase of property, plant and equipment     (8,579,907 )     (1,272,100 )     -  
                         
Financing Activities                        
Capital Raised from initial public offering (including the exercise of the overallotment option)     77,466,675       -       -  
Payment of share issue costs     (6,054,583 )     -       -  
Borrowings raised     5,170,000       -       -  
Repayment of loans from directors     (428,945 )     (729,302 )     (259,021 )
Proceeds from loan from directors     -       843,647       2,394,783  
Principal repayments of borrowings     (15,105,872 )     (564,320 )     (580,730 )
Repayment to shareholders     (500,000 )     -          
Interest paid on borrowings and overdraft     (1,290,335 )     (1,965,903 )     (2,585,160 )
Interest paid on lease liabilities     (9,780 )     (16,621 )     (58,174 )
Repayment of lease liabilities     (219,420 )     (214,979 )     (389,426 )
Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities     59,027,740       (2,647,478 )     (1,477,728 )
                         
Net increase /(decrease) in cash     34,924,109       1,125,907       (118,419 )
                         
Cash at the beginning of the year     1,384,211       258,304       376,723  
                         
Cash at the end of the year, represented by bank balances and cash     36,308,320       1,384,211       258,304  

 

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Operating Activities

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, we had net cash used in operating activities of approximately HK$15.5 million as compared to net cash generated from operating activities of approximately HK$5.0 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. We had net operating cash outflow before movements in working capital of approximately HK$2.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2026 compared with net cash inflow before movements in working capital of approximately HK$2.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The net cash outflow was mainly attributed to the net loss of approximately HK$13.1 million, as adjusted for (i) finance costs of approximately HK$0.6 million chiefly consisting of interest on our loans and borrowings; (ii) depreciation of property, plant, and equipment of approximately HK$3.5 million; (iii) waiver of interest payables on other loans of approximately HK$6.5 million; (iv) loss from extinguishment of financial liabilities with equity of approximately HK$12.4 million; and (v) consulting fees settled in shares of approximately HK$0.4 million. Movements in working capital resulted in a net cash outflow of approximately HK$12.9 million, primarily consisting of (i) decrease in contract fulfillment cost of approximately HK$0.3 million; (ii) decrease in prepayments and deposits of approximately HK$0.2 million; (iii) increase in trade and other receivables of approximately HK3.8 million; (iv) decrease in trade and other payables of approximately HK$5.0 million and (v) decrease in contract liabilities of approximately HK$4.7 million.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, net cash provided by operating activities increased by approximately HK$3.7 million or approximately 271%, to approximately HK$5.0 million from approximately HK$1.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. We had net operating cash inflow before movements in working capital of approximately HK$2.2 million. With the net loss of approximately HK$6.0 million, as adjusted for (i) finance costs of approximately HK$2.4 million chiefly consisting of interest on our loans and borrowings; (ii) depreciation of property, plant, and equipment of approximately HK$3.5 million; and (iii) forgiveness of director’s remuneration of approximately HK$1.2 million. Movements in working capital resulted in a net cash inflow of approximately HK$2.8 million, primarily consisting of (i) increase in contract fulfillment cost of approximately HK$0.7 million; (ii) increase in prepayments and deposits of approximately HK$0.6 million; (iii) increase in trade and other receivables of HK$1.0 million; and (iv) increase in contract liabilities of approximately HK$4.7 million.

 

Investing Activities

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, cash used in investing activities rose to approximately HK$8.6 million, compared to HK$1.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The cash used in investing activities for both years related to our acquisition of a residential property for director’s accommodation purpose. Deposit of approximately HK$1.0 million together with associated direct costs of approximately HK$0.3 million were paid during the year ended March 31, 2025, and the remaining balance of approximately HK$8.6 million was paid during the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, cash used in investing activities rose to approximately HK$1.3 million, compared to HK$Nil for the year ended March 31, 2024. This increase resulted from a prepayment for property, plant, and equipment, including a deposit of approximately HK$1.0 million and associated direct costs of approximately HK$0.3 million for the acquisition of a residential property intended for director accommodation.

 

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Financing Activities

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, we had net cash generated from financing activities of approximately HK$59.0 million as compared to a net cash used in financing activities of approximately HK$2.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2025. The change primarily consisted of (i) capital raised in our initial public offering amounting to approximately HK$77.5 million, (ii) payment of share issue costs of approximately HK$6.1 million, (iii) borrowings raised of approximately HK$5.2 million, (iv) repayment of loan from director of approximately HK$0.4 million; (v) principal repayment of borrowings of approximately HK$15.1 million; (vi) interest paid on borrowings and overdraft of approximately HK$1.3 million; (vii) repayment of lease liabilities of approximately HK$0.2 million; and (v) repayment to shareholders of HK$0.5 million. The net cash generated was mainly attributable to the completion of our initial public offering which contributed to an increase in cash by approximately HK$71.4 million after deducting the offering expenses paid during the year and new borrowing raised amounting to approximately HK$5.2 million which was  offset by an increase in principal repayment of borrowings of approximately HK$15.1 million.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, we had net cash used in financing activities of approximately HK$2.6 million. We had net cash used in financing activities of approximately HK$1.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The change primarily consisted of (i) interest paid on borrowings and overdraft of approximately HK$2.0 million; (ii) principal repayment of borrowings of approximately HK$0.6 million; (iii) proceed for loan from directors of approximately HK$0.8 million; (iv) repayment of lease liabilities of approximately HK$0.2 million; and (v) repayment of loans from directors of HK$0.7 million.

 

Research and Development

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, our research and development strategies mainly focused on two areas that are fundamental to our growth and business operation, namely our PCM and fully automatic control system:

 

 

Continuous commitment in developing various PCM. With the outbreak of COVID-19, pharmaceutical companies around the world have been investing a huge amount of resources in the invention of vaccines for protecting the health of the public. However, the delivery of vaccines in a cost-effective way has been an issue for these companies because certain brands of vaccines require a low-temperature environment during transportation. After discovering this potential business opportunity, we carried out numerous experiments and successfully invented seven PCM with phase change temperature ranging from -10.6°C to -86°C. Our PCM is not only applicable in the delivery of vaccines, but we believe that our recently developed PCM also can play an important role that it can play in the larger market of cold chain logistics. In March 2022, we entered into a product development and supply agreement with a Hong Kong company to develop ultra-low temperature transportation boxes as well as a backup system of ultra-low temperature freezer with our PCM. Further details are set out in “Item 4. Information on the Company—D. Business Overview.”

     
 

Improvement and advancement of our fully automatic control system. Since the operation of our Ultra High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant at the headquarters of HAECO in June 2019, we have been continuously collecting the data generated by our fully automatic control system. After analyzing the data, we are able to monitor the performance of our chiller plant and improve its efficiency by adjusting our fully automatic control system. With more data to be generated in the upcoming years, we aim at further enhancing our control system by developing self-learning capability.

 

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Trend Information

 

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On July 16, 2026, the Company had entered into a placement agency agreement (the “PA Agreement”) with Revere Securities LLC (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with issuance and sale by the Company pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated July 16, 2026 (the “ELOC Offering”) of unsecured promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000 with an aggregate subscription price of US$8,000,000, to be funded in tranches, and common warrants (the “Warrants” and together with the Notes, the “Offered Securities”) to purchase an aggregate of up to 29,122,679 ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 par value per share (“Ordinary Shares”). Each of the Warrants will be immediately exercisable, subject to beneficial ownership limitations, for one Ordinary Share at an initial exercise price of US$2.00 per share, subject to adjustments.

 

The Offered Securities were offered in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) and have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register the resale of the Securities by the earlier of (i) the date that is fifteen (15) Calendar Days after the date on which the Company files its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 with the Commission and (ii) August 15, 2026, pursuant to a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) entered into by and among the Company and the investors dated July 16, 2026.

 

In connection with the ELOC Offering, the Company also entered into (i) a securities purchase agreement dated July 16, 2026 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors, at the investor’s option, who purchased the Offered Securities in the ELOC Offering; (ii) a equity purchase agreement (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) dated July 16, 2026 with Target Capital 1, LLC (the “Investor”) pursuant to which the Company may sell and issue to the Investor, and the Investor may purchase from the Company, up to US$100,000,000 of Company’s Ordinary Shares; (iii) an escrow agreement dated July 9, 2026 (the “Escrow Agreement”) with the Placement Agent and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, pursuant to which, the escrow funds will be disbursed by the escrow agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement.

 

Furthermore, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, certain directors and officers of Company and beneficial owners of 10% or more of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, have entered into Lock-Up Agreements that generally prohibit the sale, transfer, or other disposition of the Company’s securities, or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, the Company’s Ordinary Shares for a period of ninety (90) days following the closing of the ELOC Offering.

 

Other than as disclosed above and elsewhere in this Annual Report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments, or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our net revenues, income from continuing operations, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause reported financial information not to be necessarily indicative of future operating results or financial condition.

 

Additional information about us and the risks we face are set forth under “Item 4.—Information on the Company” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors.”

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any outstanding off-balance sheet guarantees, interest rate swap transactions or foreign currency forward contracts. We do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts. In our ongoing business, we do not enter into transactions involving, or otherwise form relationships with, unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships that are established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements for other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

The following table provides our contractual obligations as at March 31, 2026.

 

    Total     Less than 1 year     1-5 years     More than 5 years  
    HK$  
                         
Bank Borrowings     7,872,989       2,347,635       5,525,354       -  
Lease Obligations     610,500       222,000       388,500       -  
Total     8,483,489       2,569,635       5,913,854       -  

 

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Capital Expenditures

 

The following table sets forth our capital expenditures for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024:

 

    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$  
                   
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (including the prepayment for property)     (8,579,907 )     (1,278,998 )     (66,995 )
Total capital expenditures     (8,579,907 )     (1,278,998 )     (66,995 )

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, we entered into sales and purchase agreements with a director of the Company and his close family member, Ms. Lui Lai Yuen, and Mr. Chan Koon Wah Charles, for purchasing residential property for director’s accommodation. The consideration is HK$9,500,000. As of March 31, 2025, we paid the deposit of HK$950,000 and related direct cost of HK$320,100. As of March 31, 2026, we had paid the total consideration of HK$9,494,200.

 

Except for the forgoing, we had no additional commitments for capital expenditures and no capital commitments were entered into by us as of March 31, 2026.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and contingencies at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. As a result, management is required to routinely make judgments and estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.

 

Critical accounting policy is both material to the presentation of financial statements and requires management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments that could have a material effect on financial condition or results of operations. Accounting estimates and assumptions may become critical when they are material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change, and that have a material impact on financial condition or operating performance.

 

Critical accounting estimates are estimates that require us to make assumptions about matters that were highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate were made and if different estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely occur from period to period, have a material impact on the presentation of our financial condition, changes in financial condition or results of operations. Those critical accounting policies and estimates that require the most significant judgment are discussed further below.

 

Construction progress measurement for revenue recognition

 

The Group recognizes revenue for performance obligations satisfied over time only when it is able to reasonably measure its progress toward complete satisfaction of those obligations. This requires management to exercise significant judgement in assessing the nature of the performance obligations and determining an appropriate method of measuring progress, whether based on inputs or outputs.

 

In certain circumstances, the Group is unable to reasonably measure the outcome of a performance obligation due to inherent uncertainties in the scope, timing, or outcome of the work performed. However, where the Group expects to recover the costs incurred in satisfying the performance obligation, revenue is recognized only to the extent of those costs incurred, in accordance with IFRS 15. This approach reflects management’s judgement that, although the final outcome cannot be reliably estimated at the reporting date, it is probable that the costs incurred will be recoverable. As such, revenue is recognized on a zero-margin basis until the point at which the outcome of the performance obligation can be reasonably measured.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 , the Company recognized HK$17,163,904 and HK$8,497,077 of revenue and HK$16,936,627 and HK$8,497,077 cost for construction projects of supply and installations of 2 cooling towers and new condensing water pump, provision of our BocaPCM-TES System and MVAC system (2025: MVAC system), respectively. No such revenue and cost of services are recognized for the year ended March 31, 2024.

 

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ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

 

6.A. Directors and Senior Management

 

The following table sets out our executive officers, significant personnel and directors as of the date of this Annual Report:

 

Name   Position   Age   Term of Office  

Principal Business Activities

Performed Outside the Company

and its Subsidiary

Executive Directors:                
Chan Kam Biu Richard   Chief Executive Officer and Director   69   Until the next general meeting called for the appointment of directors   N/A
Lui Lai Yuen   Chief Administrative Officer and Director   67   Until the next general meeting called for the appointment of directors   N/A
Independent Non-Executive Directors:                
Michele Takis Matsuda   Director   61   Until the next general meeting called for the appointment of directors   Director of Procana Company Limited
Hui Ringo Wing Kun   Director   45   Until the next general meeting called for the appointment of directors   Executive director of the Hatcher Group Limited; Director of VBG Capital Limited, VBG Consulting (Beijing) Co, Ltd. and VBG Asia Limited
Chan Sze Man   Director   45   Until the next general meeting called for the appointment of directors   Independent Non-Executive Director of Prosperous Future Holdings Limited and Chi Kan Holdings Limited; and Non-Executive Director of Tongda Group Holdings Limited
Senior Management:                
Louis Ho Ming Leung   Chief Financial Officer   44   Indefinite until terminated with three months’ written notice     Independent Non-Executive Director of Mabpharm Limited; and Company Secretary of Shanghai XNG Holdings Limited

 

Business Experience

 

Chan Kam Biu Richard

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

Mr. Chan has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Director since December 30, 2025. He has over 40 years of experience in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering and construction project management. He founded Boca International Limited in 1992 for research and development purposes. Since June 1995, he has served as Managing Director of Boca International Limited. Previously, Mr. Chan served as a Senior Project Engineer of Hutchison Whampoa Properties Limited from September 1989 to March 1995. From 1988 to 1989, he was a Resident Electrical and Mechanical Engineer at Wong & Ouyang (HK) Limited and, between 1979 and 1988, he worked as an engineer at several Hong Kong companies, including The Jardine Engineering Corporation Limited. Mr. Chan holds a higher diploma in mechanical engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University), and a master’s and doctoral degree in Business Administration from the Newport University. He was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Invention Association on March 18, 2022.

 

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Lui Lai Yuen

 

Chief Administrative Officer and Director

 

Ms. Lui has served as our Chief Administrative Officer and Director since December 30, 2025. Ms. Lui has served as a director of Boca International Limited since November 2020, and also previously served as a director of Boca International Limited from 1992 to 2016. Ms. Lui is responsible for administrative and financial management of Boca International Limited. She also oversees the day-to-day business operation of Boca International Limited. Ms. Lui holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from La Jolla University, San Diego, California.

 

Michele Takis Matsuda

 

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Matsuda has served as our Director since December 30, 2025. He has more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector and has expertise in technical solutions, technical management and business operational management. He is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a director, of Procana Company Limited, a U.S. company incorporated in Delaware and the holding company of Procana Hawaii LLC, a manufacturer of hemp products licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and registered with the State of Hawaii. He was also the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a director, of Medcan Company Limited, a U.S. company incorporated in Delaware and the holding company of MedCan Hawaii LLC, a U.S. company focusing on distribution of safe and quality hemp and medical marijuana products, from 2018 to 2021. From 2010 to 2018, Mr. Matsuda served as the Chief Executive Officer, and a director, of S.I. Management Limited and S.I. Energy Holdings Limited, each of which is a subsidiary of S.I. Investments Limited, during which he focused on gaming development projects in Asia and mega solar power plants in Japan. From 2001 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2009, he was appointed as the president of E-Lux Corporation (now known as Quants Inc.), a company listed on the Japan Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (stock code 6811). From 2003 to 2009, he was the Chairman of Sun Innovation Holdings Limited (currently known as Digital Domain Holding Limited), a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) (stock code: 547). He was also one of the founders and served as a director of Trans Pacific Telecom Group, a U.S. company which held various telecommunication licenses in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and Hong Kong, from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that, from 1986 to 1996, he served in various positions, including but not limited to facilities manager and real estate manager, with his last position as a director of Technology Administration Division of Nomura Securities International, Inc.

 

Hui Ringo Wing Kun

 

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Mr. Hui has served as our Director since December 30, 2025. He has served as a director of Hatcher Group Limited (formerly known as VBG International Holdings Limited) (a company listed on GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 8365) since 2013, and has been re-designated as an Executive Director and appointed as the Compliance Officer of Hatcher Group Limited since 2016. He is also a director of several subsidiaries of Hatcher Group Limited, namely VBG Capital Limited, VBG Consulting (Beijing) Co, Ltd. and VBG Asia Limited. Mr. Hui is primarily responsible for, among others, overseeing the business corporate strategy, compliance and risk management of Hatcher Group Limited. From May 2009 to June 2016, Mr. Hui served as a non-executive director of Jayden Resources Inc., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada (TSXV: JDN).

 

Mr. Hui obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and a Master of Science degree in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

 

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Chan Sze Man

 

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Ms. Chan has served as our Director since December 30, 2025. She has served as a Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Tongda Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 698), since 2011, and has been re-designated as a non-executive director and appointed as the audit committee member of Tongda Group Holdings Limited since 2021. Ms. Chan is primarily responsible for, among others, overseeing the company and business issues in a broad perspective, particularly in helping develop proposals for strategy development of Tongda Group Holdings Limited. Ms. Chan has served as an independent non-executive director of Prosperous Future Holdings Limited (stock code: 1259) and Chi Kan Holdings Limited since September 2016 and July 2020, respectively, both being companies listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

 

Ms. Chan obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

 

Louis Ho Ming Leung

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Mr. Leung has served as our Chief Financial Officer since June 2026. Mr. Leung has over 10 years of experience in the fields of accounting, financing and auditing. Mr. Leung is currently an independent non-executive director of Mabpharm Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 2181). Mr. Leung has also served as the Company Secretary of Shanghai XNG Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 3666) since May 2026. Mr. Leung was the Financial Controller and Company Secretary of Basic House New Life Group Limited (formerly known as AL Group Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Stock code: 8360)) from September 2019 to May 2022. Mr. Leung was a Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Prosperous Future Holdings Limited (formerly known as China Child Care Corporation Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Stock code: 1259)) from June 2017 to May 2019 and from January 2018 to May 2019, respectively. Mr. Leung holds a bachelor degree of Science in Quantitative Finance from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2008 and has over 10 years of experience in accounting and auditing for Hong Kong listed and private companies.

 

Service Contracts

 

We are party to a service agreement with Louis Ho Ming Leung, and party to employment agreements with Chan Kam Biu Richard and Lui Lai Yuen. We also entered into letters of appointment with Michele Takis Matsuda, Hui Ringo Wing Kun and Chan Sze Man.

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, none of our directors is party to a service contract with us or our subsidiary providing for benefits upon termination of employment.

 

Family Relationships

 

Lui Lai Yuen, our Chief Administrative Officer and Director, is the spouse of Chan Kam Biu Richard, our Chief Executive Officer and Director. There are no other family relationships among any of our directors, executive officers or senior management. 

 

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Arrangements or Understandings

 

There are no arrangements or understandings with major shareholders, customers, supplier or others, pursuant to which any of our directors, executive officers or senior management was selected to serve as our director, executive officer or member of our senior management. 

 

6.B. Compensation 

 

The following table summarizes all compensation paid, and benefits granted, to our directors, executive officers and senior management for the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

      Compensation Paid  
Name and Principal Position    

Salary

(HK$)

   

Bonus

(HK$)

   

Total

(HK$)

 
Mr. Chan Kam Biu Richard     615,000         615,000  
Chief Executive Officer and Director                    
                     
Ms. Lui Lai Yuen     615,000         615,000  
Chief Administrative Officer and Director                    
                     
Mr. Michele Takis Matsuda     15,600         15,600  
Independent Non-Executive Director                    
                     
Mr. Hui Ringo Wing Kun     12,000         12,000  
Independent Non-Executive Director                    
                     
Ms. Chan Sze Man     12,000         12,000  
Independent Non-Executive Director                    
                     
Mr. Lai Tai Yan     120,000         120,000  
Former Chief Financial Officer                    

 

Note:

 

Louis Ho Ming Leung, our current Chief Financial Officer, is not reflected in the table above as he was appointed subsequent to March 31, 2026 and was not paid any compensation or granted any benefits for the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

Personnel Agreements, Arrangements or Plans

 

We have not entered into any plan or arrangement with any of our directors, executive officers or members of our senior management concerning compensation to be made in the future, nor have we made any agreements with our directors, executive officers or members of our senior management to provide benefits upon termination of their employment.

 

6.C. Board Practices

 

Board of Directors

 

Composition

 

Our board of directors consists of five directors, including two executive directors and three independent directors.

 

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Duties of Directors

 

Under Cayman Islands law, our board of directors has the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, our business affairs. The functions and powers of our board of directors include, among others:

 

convening shareholders’ annual and extraordinary general meetings and reporting its work to shareholders at such meetings;

 

declaring dividends and distributions;

 

appointing officers and determining the term of office of the officers;

 

exercising the borrowing powers of our company and mortgaging the property of our company; and

 

approving the transfer of shares in our company, including the registration of such shares in our share register. 

 

Under Cayman Islands law, directors owe the following fiduciary duties: (i) duty to act in good faith in what the director believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole; (ii) duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose; (iii) directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion; (iv) duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and (v) duty to exercise independent judgment. In addition to the above, directors also owe a duty to act with skill, care and diligence. This duty has been defined as a requirement to act as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and the general knowledge skill and experience which that director has. As set out above, directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of their position. However, in some instances what would otherwise be a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advance by the shareholders, provided that there is full disclosure by the directors.

 

Terms of Directors and Officers

 

Our officers are appointed by and serve at the discretion of our board of directors. Our directors hold office until the next general meeting called for the appointment of directors and until their successor is duly appointed or such time as they die, resign or are removed from office by a shareholders’ ordinary resolution. The office of a director will be vacated if, among other things, the director resigns in writing, becomes of unsound mind, without special leave of absence from our board of directors, is absent from meetings of our board of directors for three consecutive meetings and our board of directors resolves that his or her office be vacated, or becomes bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or her or suspends payment or compounds with his or her creditors.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

We have three standing committees, namely, our audit committee, our remuneration committee, and our nominating and corporate governance committee. Our board of directors has adopted a charter for each of the three committees. Copies of our committee charters can be found on our corporate investor relations website at https://1926293.ir365connect.com/committee-composition.

 

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Audit Committee

 

Our audit committee consists of Michele Takis Matsuda, Hui Ringo Wing Kun, and Chan Sze Man, and is chaired by Chan Sze Man. Our board of directors has determined that each of the members of our audit committee is “independent” for audit committee purposes, as that term is defined by the rules of the SEC and the NYSE American, and that each has sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the audit committee. Our board of directors has designated Chan Sze Man as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC. Our audit committee’s responsibilities include:

 

appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm engaged;

 

pre-approving auditing and permissible non-audit services, and the terms of such services, to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm;

 

reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm any audit problems or difficulties and management’s responses;

 

reviewing and approving all proposed related party transactions, as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;

 

coordinating the oversight and reviewing the adequacy of our internal controls over financial reporting;

 

discussing our annual audited financial statements with management and the independent registered public accounting firm;

 

monitoring the integrity of our financial statements and our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as they relate to our financial statements and accounting matters;

 

reviewing all related person transactions for potential conflict of interest situations and approving all such transactions; and

 

reviewing earnings releases.

 

Remuneration Committee

 

Our remuneration committee consists of Michele Takis Matsuda Hui Ringo Wing Kun, and Chan Sze Man, and is chaired by Hui Ringo Wing Kun. Our board of directors has determined that each member of our remuneration committee is “independent” as defined by the rules of the SEC and the NYSE American. Our remuneration committee’s responsibilities include:

 

evaluating the performance of our Chief Executive Officer in light of our corporate goals and objectives and based on such evaluation (i) recommending to our board of directors the cash compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and (ii) reviewing and approving grants and awards to our Chief Executive Officer under equity-based plans, if any;

 

reviewing and recommending to our board of directors the cash compensation of our other executive officers;

 

reviewing and establishing our overall management compensation, philosophy and policy;

 

overseeing and administering our compensation and similar plans;

 

reviewing and approving the retention or termination of any consulting firm or outside advisor to assist in the evaluation of compensation matters and evaluating and assessing potential and current compensation advisors in accordance with the independence standards identified in the NYSE American Company Guide;

 

retaining and approving the compensation of any compensation advisors;

 

reviewing and approving our policies and procedures for the grant of equity-based awards;

 

reviewing and recommending to our board of directors the compensation of our directors; and

 

preparing the compensation committee report required by SEC rules, if and when required.

 

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

Our nominating and corporate governance committee consists of Hui Ringo Wing Kun, Michele Takis Matsuda, and Chan Sze Man, and is chaired by Chan Sze Man. Our board of directors has determined that each member of our nominating and corporate governance committee is “independent” as defined by the rules of the SEC and the NYSE American. Our nominating and corporate governance committee’s responsibilities include:

 

developing and recommending to our board of directors criteria for board and committee membership;

 

establishing procedures for identifying and evaluating director candidates, including nominees recommended by shareholders; and

 

reviewing the composition of the board of directors to ensure that it is composed of members containing the appropriate skills and expertise to advise us. 
 

6.D. Employees 

 

Our Operating Subsidiary had four employees as of March 31, 2026. All of our employees are located in Hong Kong.

 

The following table sets forth the number of our employees by function as of as of March 31, 2026:

 

Function   Number of Employees
     
Management   2
     
Accounting and finance   2
     
Total   4

 

As required by Hong Kong laws and regulations, we participate in a pension scheme under the rules and regulations of the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme Ordinance (the “MPF Scheme”) for all employees in Hong Kong. The contributions to the MPF Scheme are based on a minimum statutory contribution requirement of 5% of eligible employees’ relevant aggregate income up to a maximum of HK$1,500 per employee per month. For the year ended March 31, 2026, the pension contributions made by us was HK$12,594. We believe that we have maintained a good relationship with our employees. We have not experienced any significant labor disputes with our employees.

 

6.E. Share Ownership

 

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of August 9, 2026, based upon 13,551,205 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of such date, by:

 

each person or group of affiliated persons known by us to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares;

 

each of our directors and named executive officers; and

 

all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

 

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. These rules generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to persons who possess sole or shared voting power or investment power with respect to those securities. The person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the table below, and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Ordinary Shares shown as beneficially owned by them.
 

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As of August 14, 2026, all of our shareholders, including the shareholders listed below, had the same voting rights attached to their Ordinary Shares. The information below does not give effect to the Reclassification approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on August 10, 2026, which reclassified our Ordinary Shares and altered the voting rights attached to our Ordinary Shares. See “Item 4. Information on the Company – A. History and Development of the Company – Recent Developments - Extraordinary General Meeting” for additional details.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the individuals and entities named below is c/o Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited, Unit 1809, Prosperity Place, 6 Shing Yip St., Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned

 

Directors   Number of
Ordinary Shares
    Percentage of
Ordinary Shares
 
Directors and executive officers                
Dr. Chan Kam Biu Richard     6,360,000       46.93 %
Lui Lai Yuen           %
Lai Tai Yan           %
Michele Takis Matsuda           %
Hui Ringo Wing Kun           %
Chan Sze Man           %
Directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)     6,360,000       46.93 %

 

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To our knowledge, as of August 9, 2026, we had 7 shareholders of record in the United States. The number of individual holders of record is based exclusively upon our share register and does not address whether a share or shares may be held by the holder of record on behalf of more than one person or institution who may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of a share or shares in our company. None of our major shareholders have different voting rights from other shareholders. We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change of control of our company.

 

At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on August 10, 2026, our shareholders approved the Reclassification of our authorized share capital into Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares. Each Class A Ordinary Share will be entitled to one vote per share, while each Class B Ordinary Share will be entitled to 50 votes per share. Immediately following the Reclassification, 5,280,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Joyful Star Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 5,280,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, and 1,080,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Green Circle Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 1,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. The information set forth in the table above and the narrative disclosure above is presented on a pre-Reclassification basis and does not give effect to the Reclassification approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

 

6.F. Disclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation

 

We were not required to prepare an accounting restatement during or after our last completed fiscal year.

 

ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

7.A. Major Shareholders

 

See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees - E. Share Ownership” for a description of our major shareholders.

 

7.B. Related Party Transactions

 

In addition to the director and officer compensation arrangements discussed in “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees - B. Compensation,” we describe below our related party transactions that occurred during our last fiscal year, and up to the date of this Annual Report.

 

Transactions with Related Persons

 

Amounts due to/from shareholders and directors 

 

The amounts are unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. The related party balances are set out below:

 

    As at March 31  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                   
Amount due from (to) shareholders                        
Joyful Star Limited     (189,922 )     (689,922 )     (689,922 )
Boca Holdings Limited     -       -       481,293  
                         
Amounts due to directors                        
Dr Chan Kam Biu, Richard     (392,298 )     (621,243 )     (500,000 )
Lui Lai Yuen     -       (200,000 )     (200,000 )
                         
Other payable                        
Lui Lai Yuen and Chan Koon Wah Charles     (5,800 )     -       -  

 

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For the year ended March 31, 2025, Chan Kam Biu, Richard, our Chief Executive Officer and Director and a major shareholder, waived his remuneration of HK$1,200,000 to support our financial stability. The waiver was recorded as cost of revenue of HK$240,978 and administrative expenses of HK$959,022 with corresponding account charged against other reserve as a capital contribution.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2026, we made a repayment of HK$200,000 (2025: Nil; 2024: HK$203,821) to Lui Lai Yuen.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2026, we made payments of HK$1,935,441 to Dr Chan Kam Biu, Richard (2025: HK$729,302; 2024: HK$55,200), received advances of HK$1,706,496 (2025: HK$843,647; 2024: HK$1,714,391) from Dr Chan Kam Biu, Richard, and settlement of our purchase of property, plant and equipment, in total of HK$Nil (2025: HK$6,898; 2024: HK$16,995).

 

During the year ended March 31, 2025, our management wrote off the amount due from Boca Holdings Limited of HK$481,293 and recognized it in profit or loss.

 

On March 13, 2025, we entered into sales and purchase agreements with our director and his close family member, Ms. Lui Lai Yuen, and Mr. Chan Koon Wah Charles, for purchasing residential property for director’s accommodation. The consideration was HK$9,500,000. As of March 31, 2026, we had paid the total consideration of HK$9,494,200. (2025: deposit of HK$950,000 which was utilized as part of the total consideration).

 

We and MavDB Consulting LLC, are parties to a consulting agreement, dated January 1, 2024. MavDB Consulting LLC, a company incorporated in Puerto Rico, is 100% owned by David Joshua Bartch. Accordingly, David Joshua Bartch has the sole voting power over all the shares held by MavDB Consulting LLC. The principal business address of MavDB Consulting LLC is MavDB Consulting LLC, 151 Calle De San Francisco Floor 2, San Juan, PR 00901.

 

The consulting services provided by MavDB Consulting LLC to us include capital markets consulting, introductions to potential investors, global markets consulting for potential entry into other markets globally, introduction to potential M&A targets, introduction to service providers including but not limited to investment banks, underwriters, legal firms, governance experts and auditors, preparation of investor materials including but not limited to investor decks and presentation if needed, and counseling and training management on investment pitches and presentations.

 

The consulting fees provided by us to MavDB Consulting LLC in consideration of the services provided/to be provided are US$50,000 per year, for a total of US$250,000 over five years, commencing January 1, 2024. We settled the consulting fees of US$250,000 by issuing 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares to MavDB Consulting LLC on January 12, 2024.

 

Review, Approval and Ratification of Related Party Transactions

 

Given our small size and limited financial resources, we have not adopted formal policies and procedures for the review, approval, or ratification of transactions, such as those described above, with our executive officers, directors, and significant shareholders. We intend to establish formal policies and procedures in the future, once we have sufficient resources and have appointed additional directors, so that such transactions will be subject to the review, approval or ratification of our board of directors, or an appropriate committee thereof. On a moving forward basis, our directors will continue to approve any related party transaction.

 

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7.C. Interests of Experts and Counsel

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

 

Financial Statements

 

The financial statements required by this item may be found at the end of this Annual Report, beginning on page F-1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

See “Item 4 Information on the Company - 4.B. Business Overview - Legal Proceedings” for a description of our currently involved legal proceedings.

 

Policy on Dividend Distributions

We have never declared or paid cash dividends to our shareholders, and we do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We intend to reinvest any earnings in developing and expanding our business. Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, our strategic goals and plans to expand our business, applicable law and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

 

Under Cayman law, dividends may be declared and paid only out of funds legally available therefor, namely out of either profit or our share premium account, and provided further that a dividend may not be paid if this would result in the company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.

 

8.B. Significant Changes

 

Except as disclosed elsewhere in this Annual Report, no significant change has occurred since the date of our financial statements filed as part of this Annual Report.

 

ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING

 

9.A. Offer and Listing Details

 

Our Ordinary Shares are listed on the NYSE American Market under the ticker symbol “GCDT”.

 

9.B. Plan of Distribution

 

Not applicable.

 

9.C. Markets

 

Our Ordinary Shares began on the NYSE American on January 13, 2026, under the ticker symbol “GCDT”.

 

9.D. Selling Shareholders

 

Not applicable.

 

9.E. Dilution

 

Not applicable.

 

9.F. Expenses of the Issue

 

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

10.A. Share Capital

 

Not applicable.

 

10.B. Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

We are a Cayman Islands company and our affairs are governed by our Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended from time to time, and the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, which we refer to as the Companies Act below, and the common law of Cayman Islands.

 

As of August 9, 2026, our authorized share capital was US$50,000 divided into 50,000,000 shares, par value of US$0.001 each. As of August 9, 2026, 13,551,205 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. All of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares are fully paid.

 

At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on August 10, 2026, our shareholders approved the Reclassification of our authorized share capital into Class A Ordinary Shares (as defined herein) and Class B Ordinary Shares (as defined herein). Each Class A Ordinary Share will be entitled to one vote per share, while each Class B Ordinary Share will be entitled to 50 votes per share. Immediately following the Reclassification, 5,280,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Joyful Star Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 5,280,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, and 1,080,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Green Circle Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 1,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

Our shareholders also approved our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which incorporated our new dual class structure share structure and the related rights, restrictions and privileges.

 

The following discussion does not give effect to the Reclassification.

 

Our Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

The following are summaries of material provisions of our Memorandum and Articles of Association, as in effect prior to the Reclassification, and of the Companies Act, insofar as they relate to the material terms of our Ordinary Shares.

 

Objects of Our Company. Under our Memorandum and Articles of Association, the objects of our company are unrestricted, and we are capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by section 27(2) of the Companies Act.

 

Ordinary Shares. Our Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form and are issued when registered in our register of members. We may not issue shares to bearer. Our shareholders who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands may freely hold and vote their shares.

 

Dividends. The holders of our Ordinary Shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that dividends may be declared and paid out of the funds of our company lawfully available therefor. Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, our company may pay a dividend out of either profit or share premium account; provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid out of above premium if this would result in our company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.

 

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Voting Rights. Voting at any meeting of shareholders is by show of hands unless a poll is demanded. A poll may be demanded by:

 

the chairperson of such meeting;

 

by at least three shareholders present in person or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the meeting;

 

by shareholder(s) present in person or by proxy representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting;

 

by shareholder(s) present in person or by proxy and holding shares in us conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all shares conferring that right; and

 

if required by the rules of the relevant stock exchange, by director(s) individually or collectively holding proxies in respect of shares representing 5% or more of the total voting rights at such meeting.

 

An ordinary resolution to be passed at a meeting by the shareholders requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes attaching to the Ordinary Shares cast at a meeting, while a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds of the votes cast attaching to the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares at a meeting. A special resolution will be required for important matters such as a change of name, making changes to our Memorandum and Articles of Association, a reduction of our share capital and the winding up of our company. Our shareholders may, among other things, divide or combine their Ordinary Shares by ordinary resolution.

 

General Meetings of Shareholders. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by the Companies Act to call shareholders’ annual general meetings. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that we shall, if required by the Companies Act, in each year hold a general meeting as our annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it, and the annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by our directors.

 

Shareholders’ general meetings may be convened by the chairperson of our board of directors or by our directors (acting by a resolution of our board). Advance notice of at least ten clear days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders’ meeting (if any) and any other general meeting of our shareholders. A quorum required for any general meeting of shareholders consists of, at the time when the meeting proceeds to business, two shareholders holding shares which carry in aggregate (or representing by proxy) not less than one-third of all votes attaching to issued and outstanding shares in our company entitled to vote at such general meeting.

 

The Companies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that upon the requisition of any one or more of our shareholders holding shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding shares of our company entitled to vote at general meetings, our board will convene an extraordinary general meeting and put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. However, our Memorandum and Articles of Association do not provide our shareholders with any right to put any proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings not called by such shareholders.

 

Transfer of Shares. Subject to the restrictions set out below, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of their Ordinary Shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or any other form approved by our board of directors.

 

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Our board of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share which is not fully paid up or on which we have a lien. Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share unless:

 

the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the Ordinary Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of Ordinary Shares;

 

the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;

 

in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the ordinary share is to be transferred does not exceed four; and

 

a fee of such sum as our directors may from time to time require is paid to us in respect thereof.

 

If our directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within two months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

The registration of transfers may be suspended and the register closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine; provided, however, that the registration of transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than 30 days in any year as our board may determine.

 

Liquidation. On the winding up of our company, if the assets available for distribution amongst our shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst our shareholders in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up, subject to a deduction from those shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to our company for unpaid calls or otherwise. If our assets available for distribution are insufficient to repay all of the paid-up capital, such assets will be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses are borne by our shareholders in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them.

 

Calls on Shares and Forfeiture of Shares. Our board of directors may from time to time make calls upon shareholders for any amounts unpaid on their shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least 14 days prior to the specified time and place of payment. The shares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.

 

Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares. We may issue shares on terms that such shares are subject to redemption, at our option or at the option of the holders of these shares, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined, before the issue of such shares, by our board of directors. Our company may also repurchase any of the shares on such terms and in such manner as have been approved by our board of directors. Under the Companies Act, the redemption or repurchase of any share may be paid out of our Company’s profits, our share premium account or the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for the purpose of the repurchase or subject to the Companies Act, out of capital and in the case of any premium payable on the purchase price over the par value of the shares to be repurchased, out of either or both the profits of our company or from sums standing to the credit of our share premium account or subject to the Companies Act, our of capital. In addition, under the Companies Act no such share may be redeemed or repurchased (i) unless it is fully paid up, (ii) if such redemption or repurchase would result in there being no shares outstanding or (iii) if the company has commenced liquidation. In addition, our company may accept the surrender of any fully paid share for no consideration.

 

Variations of Rights of Shares. Whenever the capital of our company is divided into different classes the rights attached to any such class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class, only be varied with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation, allotment or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with such existing class of shares.

 

Issuance of Additional Shares. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association authorizes our board of directors to issue additional Shares from time to time as our board of directors shall determine, to the extent of available authorized but unissued shares.

 

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Our Memorandum and Articles of Association also authorizes our board of directors to establish from time to time one or more series of preference shares and to determine, with respect to any series of preference shares, the terms and rights of that series, including, among other things:

 

the designation of the series;

 

the number of shares of the series;

 

the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights; and

 

the rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences.

 

Our board of directors may issue preference shares without action by our shareholders to the extent authorized but unissued. Issuance of these shares may dilute the voting power of holders of our Ordinary Shares.

 

Inspection of Books and Records. Holders of the shares will have no general right under Cayman Islands law to inspect or obtain copies of our list of shareholders or our corporate records. However, we provide our shareholders with annual audited financial statements and rights to inspect our register of members under our Memorandum and Articles of Association. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions. Some provisions of our Memorandum and Articles of Association may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that:

 

authorize our board of directors to issue preference shares in one or more series and to designate the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of such preference shares without any further vote or action by our shareholders; and

 

limit the ability of shareholders to requisition and convene general meetings of shareholders.

 

However, under Cayman Islands law, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our Memorandum and Articles of Association for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company.

 

Exempted Company. We are an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act. The Companies Act distinguishes between ordinary resident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside of the Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the same as for an ordinary company except that an exempted company:

 

does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Registrar of Companies;

 

is not required to open its register of members for inspection;

 

does not have to hold an annual general meeting;

 

may issue negotiable or bearer shares or shares with no par value;

 

may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance);

 

may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands;

 

may register as a limited duration company; and

 

may register as a segregated portfolio company.

 

“Limited liability” means that the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount unpaid by the shareholder on that shareholder’s shares of the company (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

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Anti-Money Laundering - Cayman Islands

 

In order to comply with legislation or regulations aimed at the prevention of money laundering, we may be required to adopt and maintain anti-money laundering procedures, and may require subscribers to provide evidence to verify their identity. Where permitted, and subject to certain conditions, we may also delegate the maintenance of our anti-money laundering procedures (including the acquisition of due diligence information) to a suitable person.

 

We reserve the right to request such information as is necessary to verify the identity of a subscriber. In the event of delay or failure on the part of the subscriber in producing any information required for verification purposes, we may refuse to accept the application, in which case any funds received will be returned without interest to the account from which they were originally debited.

 

We also reserve the right to refuse to make any redemption payment to a shareholder if directors or officers suspect or are advised that the payment of redemption proceeds to such shareholder might result in a breach of applicable anti-money laundering or other laws or regulations by any person in any relevant jurisdiction, or if such refusal is considered necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance with any such laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Data Protection in the Cayman Islands - Privacy Notice

 

We have certain duties under the Data Protection Act (as revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “DPA”), based on internationally accepted principles of data privacy.

 

This privacy notice puts our shareholders on notice that through your investment into us you will provide us with certain personal information which constitutes personal data within the meaning of the DPA, or personal data.

 

We will collect, use, disclose, retain and secure personal data to the extent reasonably required only and within the parameters that could be reasonably expected during the normal course of business. We will only process, disclose, transfer or retain personal data to the extent legitimately required to conduct our activities on an ongoing basis or to comply with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject. We will only transfer personal data in accordance with the requirements of the DPA, and will apply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of the personal data and against the accidental loss, destruction or damage to the personal data.

 

In our use of this personal data, we will be characterized as a “data controller” for the purposes of the DPA, while our affiliates and service providers who may receive this personal data from us in the conduct of our activities may either act as our “data processors” for the purposes of the DPA or may process personal information for their own lawful purposes in connection with services provided to us.

 

We may also obtain personal data from other public sources. Personal data includes, without limitation, the following information relating to a shareholder and/or any individuals connected with a shareholder: name, residential address, email address, contact details, corporate contact information, signature, nationality, place of birth, date of birth, tax identification, credit history, correspondence records, passport number, bank account details, source of funds details and details relating to the shareholder’s investment activity.

 

If you are a natural person, this will affect you directly. If you are a corporate investor (including, for these purposes, legal arrangements such as trusts or exempted limited partnerships) that provides us with personal data on individuals connected to you for any reason in relation to your investment in us, this will be relevant for those individuals and you should transit the content of this privacy notice to such individuals or otherwise advise them of its content.

 

We may, as the data controller, collect, store and use personal data for lawful purposes, including, in particular: (i) where this is necessary for the performance of our rights and obligations under any agreements; (ii) where this is necessary for compliance with a legal and regulatory obligation to which we are or may be subject (such as compliance with anti-money laundering and FATCA/CRS requirements); and/or (iii) where this is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests are not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms.

 

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Should we wish to use personal data for other specific purposes (including, if applicable, any purpose that requires your consent), we will contact you.

 

In certain circumstances we may be legally obliged to share personal data and other information with respect to your shareholding with the relevant regulatory authorities such as the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority or the Tax Information Authority. They, in turn, may exchange this information with foreign authorities, including tax authorities.

 

We anticipate disclosing personal data to persons who provide services to us and their respective affiliates (which may include certain entities located outside the US, the Cayman Islands or the European Economic Area), who will process your personal data on our behalf.

 

Any transfer of personal data by us or our duly authorized affiliates and/or delegates outside of the Cayman Islands shall be in accordance with the requirements of the DPA.

 

We and our duly authorized affiliates and/or delegates shall apply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of personal data, and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.

 

We shall notify you of any personal data breach that is reasonably likely to result in a risk to your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms or those data subjects to whom the relevant personal data relates.

 

If you consider that your personal data has not been handled correctly, or you are not satisfied with our responses to any requests you have made regarding the use of your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Cayman Islands’ Ombudsman. The Ombudsman can be contacted by calling +1 (345) 946-6283 or by email at info@ombudsman.ky.

 

Differences in Corporate Law

 

The Companies Act is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England but does not follow recent English statutory enactments and accordingly there are significant differences between the Companies Act and the current Companies Act of England. In addition, the Companies Act differs from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of the significant differences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders.

 

Mergers and Similar Arrangements. The Companies Act permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. For these purposes, (i) “merger” means the merging of two or more constituent companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company, and (ii) a “consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company and the vesting of the undertaking, property, and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company. In order to effect such a merger or consolidation, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then be authorized by (i) a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (ii) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. The plan must be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands together with a declaration as to the solvency of the consolidated or surviving company, a list of the assets and liabilities of each constituent company and an undertaking that a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidation will be given to the members and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the merger or consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with these statutory procedures.

 

A merger between a Cayman parent company and its Cayman subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders of that Cayman subsidiary if a copy of the plan of merger is given to every member of that Cayman subsidiary to be merged unless that member agrees otherwise. For this purpose, a company is a “parent” of a subsidiary if it holds issued shares that together represent at least ninety percent (90%) of the votes at a general meeting of the subsidiary.

 

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The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest over a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waived by a court in the Cayman Islands.

 

Save in certain limited circumstances, a shareholder of a Cayman constituent company who dissents from the merger or consolidation is entitled to payment of the fair value of his shares (which, if not agreed between the parties, will be determined by the Cayman Islands court) upon dissenting to the merger or consolidation, provided the dissenting shareholder complies strictly with the procedures set out in the Companies Act. The exercise of dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights to which he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.

 

Separate from the statutory provisions relating to mergers and consolidations, the Companies Act also contains statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies by way of schemes of arrangement, provided that the arrangement is approved by seventy-five per cent in value of the members or class of members, as the case may be, with whom the arrangement is to be made and a majority in number of each class of creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made, and who must in addition represent seventy-five per cent in value of each such class of creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:

 

the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met;

 

the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class;

 

the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and

 

the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act.

 

The Companies Act also contains a statutory power of compulsory acquisition which may facilitate the “squeeze out” of a dissentient minority shareholder upon a tender offer. When a tender offer is made and accepted by holders of 90% of the shares affected within four months, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four-month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares to the offeror on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer which has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.

 

If an arrangement and reconstruction by way of scheme of arrangement is thus approved and sanctioned, or if a tender offer is made and accepted, in accordance with the foregoing statutory procedures, a dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, save that objectors to a takeover offer may apply to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for various orders that the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has a broad discretion to make, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares.

 

The Companies Act also contains statutory provisions which provide that a company may present a petition to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for the appointment of a restructuring officer on the grounds that the company (a) is or is likely to become unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 93 of the Companies Act; and (b) intends to present a compromise or arrangement to its creditors (or classes thereof) either, pursuant to the Companies Act, the law of a foreign country or by way of a consensual restructuring. The petition may be presented by a company acting by its directors, without a resolution of its members or an express power in its articles of association. On hearing such a petition, the Cayman Islands court may, among other things, make an order appointing a restructuring officer or make any other order as the court thinks fit.

 

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Shareholders’ Suits. In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff and as a general rule a derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands courts can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles (namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted to commence a class action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge actions where:

 

a company acts or proposes to act illegally or ultra vires;

 

the act complained of, although not ultra vires, could only be effected duly if authorized by more than the number of votes which have actually been obtained; and

 

those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”

 

Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitation of Liability. Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that that we shall indemnify our directors and officers, and their personal representatives, against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such persons, other than by reason of such person’s dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation.

 

In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties. Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and its shareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. The duty of loyalty requires that a director acts in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He must not use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the best interest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director, the director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.

 

As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a director of a Cayman Islands company is in the position of a fiduciary with respect to the company and therefore it is considered that he owes the following duties to the company — a duty to act in good faith in the best interests of the company, a duty not to make a personal profit based on his position as director (unless the company permits him to do so), a duty not to put himself in a position where the interests of the company conflict with his personal interest or his duty to a third party and a duty to exercise powers for the purpose for which such powers were intended. A director of a Cayman Islands company owes to the company a duty to act with skill and care. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his duties a greater degree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealth courts have moved towards an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed in the Cayman Islands.

 

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Shareholder Action by Written Consent. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. Cayman Islands law permits us to eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent and our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that any action required or permitted to be taken at any general meetings may be taken upon the vote of shareholders at a general meeting duly noticed and convened in accordance with our Memorandum and Articles of Association and may not be taken by written consent of the shareholders without a meeting.

 

Shareholder Proposals. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting of shareholders, provided it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. A special meeting may be called by the board of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from calling special meetings.

 

The Companies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association allow our shareholders holding shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding shares of our company entitled to vote at general meetings to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, in which case our board is obliged to convene an extraordinary general meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. Other than this right to requisition a shareholders’ meeting, our Memorandum and Articles of Association do not provide our shareholders with any other right to put proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings. As an exempted Cayman Islands company, we are not obliged by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings.

 

Cumulative Voting. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’s certificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority shareholders on a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder is entitled on a single director, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director. There are no prohibitions in relation to cumulative voting under the laws of the Cayman Islands but our Memorandum and Articles of Association do not provide for cumulative voting. As a result, our shareholders are not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue than shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

 

Removal of Directors. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed only for cause with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our Memorandum and Articles of Association, subject to certain restrictions as contained therein, directors may be removed with or without cause, by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. An appointment of a director may be on terms that the director shall automatically retire from office (unless he has sooner vacated office) at the next or a subsequent annual general meeting or upon any specified event or after any specified period in a written agreement between the company and the director, if any; but no such term shall be implied in the absence of express provision. In addition, a director’s office shall be vacated if the director (i) becomes bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or suspends payment or compounds with his creditors; (ii) is found to be or becomes of unsound mind or dies; (iii) resigns his office by notice in writing to the company; (iv) without special leave of absence from our board of directors, is absent from three consecutive meetings of the board and the board resolves that his office be vacated; (v) is prohibited by law from being a director or; (vi) is removed from office pursuant to the laws of the Cayman Islands or any other provisions of our Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

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Transactions with Interested Shareholders. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delaware corporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificate of incorporation, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for three years following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or a group who or which owns or owned 15% or more of the target’s outstanding voting share within the past three years. This has the effect of limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors.

 

Cayman Islands law has no comparable statute. As a result, we cannot avail ourselves of the types of protections afforded by the Delaware business combination statute. However, although Cayman Islands law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders, it does provide that such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company and not with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.

 

Dissolution; Winding up. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiated by the board.

 

Under Cayman Islands law, a company may be wound up by either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or by a special resolution of its members or, if the company is unable to pay its debts, by an ordinary resolution of its members. The court has authority to order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to do so.

 

Variation of Rights of Shares. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our Memorandum and Articles of Association, if our share capital is divided into more than one class of shares, the rights attached to any such class may only be varied with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.

 

Amendment of Governing Documents. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under Cayman Islands law, our Memorandum and Articles of Association may only be amended with a special resolution of our shareholders.

 

Rights of Non-resident or Foreign Shareholders. There are no limitations imposed by our Memorandum and Articles of Association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the Shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our Memorandum and Articles of Association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.

 

10.C. Material Contracts

 

Other than in the ordinary course of business and other than those described in “Item 4. Information on the Company” or “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions-B. Related Party Transactions” or elsewhere in this Annual Report, we have not entered into any material contract during the two years immediately preceding the date of this annual report.

 

10.D. Exchange Controls

 

Cayman Islands

 

There are currently no exchange control regulations in the Cayman Islands applicable to us or our shareholders.

 

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Hong Kong

 

There are currently no exchange control regulations in Hong Kong applicable to us or our shareholders.

 

10.E. Taxation

 

The following description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of our Ordinary Shares. You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the tax consequences of your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences that may arise under the laws of any state, local, foreign or other taxing jurisdiction.

 

Cayman Islands Tax Considerations

 

The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to us levied by the government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, or, after execution, brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is not party to any double tax treaties that are applicable to any payments made to or by our Company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

 

We have received an undertaking from the Governor in Cabinet of the Cayman Islands to the effect that, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law that thereafter is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax or duty to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to our Company or its operations; and that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable (i) on or in respect of the shares, debentures or other obligations of our Company; or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of any relevant payment as defined in the Tax Concessions Act of the Cayman Islands.

 

Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our Ordinary Shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of our Ordinary Shares, nor will gains derived from the disposal of our Ordinary Shares be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax.

 

No stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of our ordinary shares or on an instrument of transfer for a transfer of our Ordinary Shares except those which hold interests in land in the Cayman Islands.

 

Hong Kong Tax Considerations

 

The following summary of certain relevant provisions under the laws of Hong Kong is based on current law and practice and is subject to changes therein. This summary does not purport to address all possible tax consequences relating to purchasing, holding, or selling our Ordinary Shares, and does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular investors, some of whom may be subject to special rules. Accordingly, holders or prospective purchasers (particularly those subject to special tax rules, such as banks, dealers, insurance companies and tax-exempt entities) should consult their own tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of purchasing, holding, or selling our Ordinary Shares. Under the current laws of Hong Kong:

 

No profit tax is imposed in Hong Kong in respect of capital gains from the sale of our Ordinary Shares.

 

Revenues gains from the sale of our Ordinary Shares by persons carrying on a trade, profession, or business in Hong Kong where the gains are derived from or arise in Hong Kong from the trade, profession or business will be chargeable to Hong Kong profits tax, which is currently imposed at the rate of 16.5% on corporations and at a maximum rate of 15% on individuals and unincorporated businesses.

 

Gains arising from the sale of our Ordinary Shares, where the contracts of purchases and sales of our Ordinary Shares are situated and effected outside of Hong Kong such as, for example, in the United States, should not be subject to Hong Kong profits tax according to the current tax practice of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department.

 

Dividends paid and received on our Ordinary Shares would not be subject to any Hong Kong tax. No Hong Kong stamp duty is payable on the purchase and sale of our Ordinary Shares. 

 

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Our subsidiary incorporated in Hong Kong, i.e., Boca International Limited, is subjected to Hong Kong profits tax at a rate of 16.5% for taxable income earned in Hong Kong before April 1, 2018. Starting from the financial year commencing on or after April 1, 2018, the two-tiered profits tax rates regime took effect, under which the profits tax rate is 8.25% on assessable profits of the first HK$2 million and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2 million.

 

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

 

The following discussion is a summary of U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares by U.S. Holders (as defined below) who hold the shares as “capital assets” (generally, property held for investment) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). This discussion is based upon existing United States federal income tax law which is subject to differing interpretations or change, possibly with retroactive effect. There can be no assurance that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or a court will not take a contrary position.

 

This discussion does not address all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to particular investors in light of their specific circumstances, including investors subject to special tax rules (for example, certain financial institutions (including banks), cooperatives, pension plans, insurance companies, broker-dealers, traders in securities that have elected the mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities, partnerships and their partners, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, and tax-exempt organizations (including private foundations)), investors who are not U.S. Holders, investors who own (directly, indirectly, or constructively) 10% or more of our SHARES (by vote or value), investors that hold OR WILL HOLD their Ordinary Shares as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion, constructive sale, or other integrated transaction for United States federal income tax purposes, or U.S. Holders that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, all of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those summarized below. In addition, this discussion does not discuss any non-United States tax, state or local tax, or non-income tax (such as the U.S. federal gift or estate tax) considerations, or any consequences under the alternative minimum tax or Medicare tax on net investment income. Each U.S. Holder is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the United States federal, state, local, and non-United States income and other tax considerations of an investment in our ordinary Shares.

 

General

 

For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Ordinary Shares that is, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created in, or organized under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust (A) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and which has one or more United States persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B) that has otherwise validly elected to be treated as a United States person under the Code.

 

If a partnership (or other entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of the Ordinary Shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner as a U.S. Holder, as described above, and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding the Ordinary Shares and partners in such partnerships are urged to consult their tax advisors as to the particular United States federal income tax consequences of an investment in our Ordinary Shares.

 

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Dividends

 

The entire amount of any cash distribution paid with respect to our Ordinary Shares (including the amount of any non-U.S. taxes withheld therefrom, if any) generally will constitute dividends to the extent such distributions are paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under United States federal income tax principles, and generally will be taxed as ordinary income in the year received by such U.S. Holder. To the extent amounts paid as distributions on the Ordinary Shares exceed our current or accumulated earnings and profits, such distributions will not be dividends, but instead will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis, determined for federal income tax purposes, in the Ordinary Shares with respect to which the distribution is made, and thereafter as capital gain. However, we do not intend to compute (or to provide U.S. Holders with the information necessary to compute) our earnings and profits under United States federal income tax principles. Accordingly, a U.S. Holder will be unable to establish that a distribution is not out of earnings and profits and should expect to treat the full amount of each distribution as a “dividend” for United States federal income tax purposes. As we are not a “qualified foreign corporation,” such dividends will not be “qualified dividends” for United States federal income tax purposes and will be subject to United States federal income tax at ordinary income rates, subject to the PFIC (as defined below) tax considerations as set out below.

 

Any dividends that we pay will generally be treated as income from foreign sources for United States foreign tax credit purposes and will generally constitute passive category income. Depending on the U.S. Holder’s particular facts and circumstances, a U.S. Holder may be eligible, subject to a number of complex limitations, to claim a foreign tax credit in respect of any foreign withholding taxes imposed (at a rate not exceeding any applicable treaty rate) on dividends received on our Ordinary Shares. A U.S. Holder who does not elect to claim a foreign tax credit for foreign tax withheld may instead claim a deduction, for United States federal income tax purposes, in respect of such withholdings, but only for a year in which such U.S. Holder elects to do so for all creditable foreign income taxes. The rules governing the foreign tax credit are complex. U.S. Holders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

 

Dividends paid in non-U.S. currency will be included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder in a U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to a spot market exchange rate in effect on the date that the dividends are received by the U.S. Holder, regardless of whether such foreign currency is in fact converted into U.S. dollars on such date. Such U.S. Holder will have a tax basis for United States federal income tax purposes in the foreign currency received equal to that U.S. dollar value. If such dividends are converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect thereof. If the foreign currency so received is not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, such U.S. Holder will have a basis in the foreign currency equal to its U.S. dollar value on the date of receipt. Any gain or loss on a subsequent conversion or other disposition of the foreign currency generally will be treated as ordinary income or loss to such U.S. Holder and generally will be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the treatment of foreign currency gain or loss, if any, on any foreign currency received by a U.S. Holder that are converted into U.S. dollars on a date subsequent to receipt.

 

Sale or Other Disposition of Shares

 

A U.S. Holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss upon a sale or other disposition of our Ordinary Shares, in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis, determined for federal income tax purposes, in such shares, each amount determined in U.S. dollars. Any capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss, subject to the PFIC tax considerations as set out below, if the shares have been held for more than one year and will generally be United States source gain or loss for United States foreign tax credit purposes. The deductibility of a capital loss may be subject to limitations, particularly with regard to shareholders who are individuals. Each U.S. Holder is advised to consult its tax advisor regarding the tax consequences if a foreign tax is imposed on a disposition of the shares, including the availability of the foreign tax credit under its particular circumstances.

 

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A U.S. Holder that receives a currency other than U.S. dollars on the disposition of our Ordinary Shares will realize an amount equal to the U.S. dollar value of the non-U.S. currency received at the spot rate on the date of sale (or, if our Ordinary Shares are traded on a recognized exchange and in the case of cash basis and electing accrual basis U.S. Holders, the settlement date). An accrual basis U.S. Holder that does not elect to determine the amount realized using the spot rate on the settlement date will recognize foreign currency gain or loss equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount received based on the spot market exchange rates in effect on the date of sale or other disposition and the settlement date. A U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in the currency received equal to the U.S. dollar value of the currency received on the settlement date. Any gain or loss on a subsequent disposition or conversion of the currency will be United States source ordinary income or loss.

 

Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations

 

For United States federal income tax purposes, a non-United States corporation, such as our Company, will be treated as a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) if, in the case of any particular taxable year, either (i) 75% or more of our gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income or (ii) 50% or more of the value of our assets (generally determined on the basis of a quarterly average) during such year produce or are held for the production of passive income.

 

We or a related entity express no opinion as to the Company’s or a related entity’s status as a PFIC for the current or any future or prior year. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the PFIC issue and its applicability to their particular tax situation.

 

No assurance can be given in this regard because the determination of whether we are or will become a PFIC for any taxable year is a fact-intensive inquiry made annually that depends, in part, upon the composition and classification of our income and assets. Fluctuations in the market price of our Ordinary Shares may cause us to be or become a PFIC for the current or subsequent taxable years because the value of our assets for the purpose of the asset test, including the value of our goodwill and other unbooked intangibles, may be determined by reference to the market price of our Ordinary Shares (which may be volatile). The composition of our income and assets may also be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquid assets. It is also possible that the IRS may challenge our classification of certain income or assets for purposes of the analysis set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, or the valuation of our goodwill and other unbooked intangibles, which may result in our company being or becoming a PFIC for the current or future taxable years.

 

If we or a related entity are classified as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our Ordinary Shares, we do not intend to provide a “PFIC Annual Information Statement,” “Annual Intermediary Statement,” or a combined statement, as applicable for United States federal income tax purposes, for the making of a “Qualified Electing Fund” election.

 

If we are classified as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our Ordinary Shares, and unless the U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election (as described below), the U.S. Holder will generally be subject to special tax rules on (i) any excess distribution that we make to the U.S. Holder (which generally means any distribution paid during a taxable year to a U.S. Holder that is greater than 125% of the average annual distributions paid in the three preceding taxable years or, if shorter, the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Ordinary Shares), and (ii) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition, including, under certain circumstances, a pledge, of Ordinary Shares. Under the PFIC rules:

 

Such excess distribution and/or gain will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Ordinary Shares;

 

such amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable years in the U.S. Holder’s holding period prior to the first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, each a pre-PFIC year, will be taxable as ordinary income;

 

such amount allocated to each prior taxable year, other than a pre-PFIC year, will be subject to tax at the highest tax rate in effect applicable to the U.S. Holder for that year; and

 

an interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the tax attributable to each prior taxable year, other than a pre-PFIC year. 

 

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If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our Ordinary Shares and we own any equity in a non-United States entity that is also a PFIC, or a lower-tier PFIC, such U.S. Holder would be treated as owning a proportionate amount (by value) of the shares of the lower-tier PFIC for purposes of the application of these rules. U.S. Holders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to any of the entities in which we may own equity.

 

As an alternative to the foregoing rules, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election with respect to such stock, provided that certain requirements are met. The mark-to-market election is available only for stock that is regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the SEC, or on a foreign exchange or market that the IRS determines is a qualified exchange that has rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value.

 

If an effective mark-to-market election is made with respect to the Ordinary Shares, the U.S. Holder will generally (i) include as ordinary income for each taxable year that we are a PFIC the excess, if any, of the fair market value of Ordinary Shares held at the end of the taxable year over its adjusted tax basis of such Ordinary Shares and (ii) deduct as an ordinary loss the excess, if any, of its adjusted tax basis of the Ordinary Shares held at the end of the taxable year over the fair market value of such Ordinary Shares held at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. The U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Ordinary Shares would be adjusted to reflect any income or loss resulting from the mark-to-market election. If a U.S. Holder makes an effective mark-to-market election, in each year that we are a PFIC any gain recognized upon the sale or other disposition of the Ordinary Shares will be treated as ordinary income and loss will be treated as ordinary loss, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election.

 

If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election in respect of a PFIC and such corporation ceases to be a PFIC, the U.S. Holder will not be required to take into account the mark-to-market gain or loss described above during any period that such corporation is not a PFIC.

 

Because a mark-to-market election generally cannot be made for any lower-tier PFICs that a PFIC may own, a U.S. Holder who makes a mark-to-market election with respect to the Ordinary Shares may continue to be subject to the general PFIC rules with respect to such U.S. Holder’s indirect interest in any of our non-United States subsidiaries if any of them is a PFIC.

 

If a U.S. Holder owns the Ordinary Shares during any taxable year that we are a PFIC, such holder would generally be required to file an annual IRS Form 8621. Each U.S. Holder is advised to consult its tax advisor regarding the potential tax consequences to such holder if we are or become a PFIC, including the possibility of making a mark-to-market election.

 

Controlled Foreign Corporation Considerations

 

If a U.S. Holder (or person defined as a U.S. person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) owns, directly, indirectly, or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock or the value of our Ordinary Shares (a “U. S. Shareholder”) and U.S. Shareholders own more than 50% of the vote or value of our Company, directly, indirectly, or constructively, we would be a “controlled foreign corporation.” This classification would result in many complex results, one of which requires such 10% U.S. Holders to include in their current income their pro rata share of (i) Subpart F income of the CFC, (ii) the CFC’s earnings from certain investments in U.S. property, (iii) global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI), and (iv) base erosion minimum tax amounts for certain 10% U.S. Holders with sufficient gross receipts that make deductible payments to related foreign parties in tax years after December 31. 2018.

 

In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, gain from the sale or exchange of Ordinary Shares by a US person who is or was a U. S. Shareholder at any time during the five year period before the sale or exchange may be treated as ordinary income to the extent of earnings and profits of ours attributable to the stock sold or exchanged. We or a related entity express no opinion as to the Company’s or a related entity’s status as a CFC under the Code. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the CFC issue and its applicability to their particular tax situation.

 

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If a foreign corporation is both a PFIC and a CFC, the foreign corporation generally will not be treated as a PFIC with respect to certain 10% U.S. Holders of the CFC. This rule generally will be effective for taxable years of 10% U.S. Holders beginning after 1997 and for taxable years of foreign company’s ending with or within such taxable years of 10% U.S. Holders. The PFIC provisions continue to apply in the case of a PFIC that is also a CFC with respect to the U.S. Holders that are less than 10% shareholders. Because of the complexity of Subpart F, a more detailed review of these rules is beyond the scope of this discussion.

 

THE DISCUSSION ABOVE IS A GENERAL SUMMARY. IT DOES NOT COVER ALL TAX MATTERS THAT MAY BE OF IMPORTANCE TO A PARTICULAR INVESTOR. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IN OUR ORDINARY SHARES IS URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISER ABOUT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF OWNING AND DISPOSING OF THE ORDINARY SHARES IN LIGHT OF SUCH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR’S OWN CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

Non-U.S. Holders

 

A non-U.S. Holder is a beneficial owner (other than a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of our Ordinary Shares that is not a U.S. Holder.

 

Taxation of Distributions and Sale or Other Disposition of The Shares

 

Subject to the U.S. backup withholding rules described below, non-U.S. Holders of the Shares generally will not be subject to U.S. withholding tax on distributions with respect to, or gain on sale or disposition of, our Ordinary Shares.

 

Non-U.S. Holders who are engaged in a trade or business in the United States who receive payments with respect to our Ordinary Shares that are effectively connected with such trade or business should consult their own tax advisers with respect to the U.S. tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares. Individuals who are present in the United States for 183 days or more in any taxable year should also consult their own tax advisers as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

 

Payments of dividends and sales proceeds that are made within the United States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries generally are subject to information reporting, and may be subject to backup withholding, unless (i) the Holder is a corporation or other exempt recipient or (ii) in the case of backup withholding, the Holder provides a correct taxpayer identification number and certifies that it is not subject to backup withholding. A non-U.S. Holder may qualify as an exempt recipient by submitting a properly completed IRS Form W-8.

 

The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a U.S. Holder or a non-U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle it to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

 

10.F. Dividends and Paying Agents

 

Not applicable.

 

10.G. Statement by Experts

 

Not applicable.

 

10.H. Documents on Display

 

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and will file reports, registration statements and other information with the SEC. Our reports, registration statements and other information can be inspected on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You may also visit us on our website at https://pcm-tes.com/. However, information contained on our website does not constitute a part of this Annual Report.

 

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10.I. Subsidiary Information

 

Not applicable.

 

10.J. Annual Report to Security Holders

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

 

Foreign currency risk

 

We are exposed to foreign currency risk primarily through expenses that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the operations to which they relate. The currency giving rise to this risk is primarily the United States Dollar. As the Hong Kong Dollar is currently pegged to the United States Dollar, our exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations is minimal.

 

Interest rate risk

 

We are exposed to fair value interest rate risk which arise from lease liabilities. We are exposed to cash flow interest rate risk in relation to variable-rate bank balances and variable rate bank borrowing due to the fluctuation of the prevailing market interest rate. We currently do not have a policy on hedging interest rate risk. However, our management monitors interest rate exposure and will consider hedging significant interest rate risk should the need arise.

 

Sensitivity analysis

 

No sensitivity analysis is presented as our board of directors considers our exposure to interest rate risk insignificant. Our bank borrowing has a floating rate and the balance as at March 31, 2026 was HK$4,691,517. Interest rate fluctuation for our bank borrowings for the year ended March 31, 2026 ranged from 2.75% to 5.73%., We expect no material change in interest expense over the remaining term of our loans since only HK$ 4.6 million of bank borrowings are subject to floating-rate terms as at March 31, 2026.

 

Credit Risk

 

As at March 31, 2026, our maximum exposure to credit risk which will cause a financial loss due to failure to discharge an obligation by the counterparties related to the carrying amounts of the recognized financial assets as stated in our statement of financial position.

 

Trade receivables arising from contracts with customers

 

In order to minimize credit risk, our management has delegated a team responsible for determination of credit limits, credit approvals and other monitoring procedures to ensure that follow-up action is taken to recover overdue debts. We only extend credit to customers based on careful evaluation of the customers’ financial conditions and credit history. Credit sales of products are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. We perform impairment assessment under ECL model upon application of IFRS 9 on trade receivables individually. In this regard, our management considers our exposure to credit risk as significantly reduced.

 

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Other receivables

 

The Company assessed the impairment for its other receivables individually based on internal credit rating and ageing of these debtors which, in the opinion of the directors of the Company, have no significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition. ECL is estimated based on historical observed default rates over the expected life of debtors and is adjusted for forward-looking information that is available without undue cost or effort. Based on the impairment assessment performed by the Company, the management of the Company considers the loss allowance for other receivables within lifetime ECL was insignificant and accordingly no allowance for losses is provided.

 

Cash balances

 

The credit risk on cash balances is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies.

 

Significant concentration of credit risk

 

Our concentration of credit risk on trade receivables by geographical locations is mainly in Hong Kong and Macau.

 

We depend on a small number of key customers for a significant portion of our revenue, and the loss of, or a material reduction in purchases by, any of these customers could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

A significant portion of our revenue is concentrated among a limited group of key customers, which fluctuates from period to period. For the year ended March 31, 2026, HAECO contributed HK$12.1 million, or approximately 48.47%, of our revenue, and the Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation - University Hospital contributed approximately HK$11.7 million, or approximately 46.89%, of our revenue. For the year ended March 31, 2025, LMP International Limited contributed approximately HK$8.5 million, or approximately 51.26%, of our revenue, HAECO contributed approximately HK$5.1 million, or approximately 30.64%, of our revenue, and SOAR Equipment Rental Company Limited contributed approximately HK$3.0 million, or approximately 18.10%, of our revenue. For the year ended March 31, 2024, all of our revenue (being approximately HK$5.2 million) came from HAECO.

 

We do not have long-term purchase commitments with all of our major customers, and orders are generally placed on a project-by-project or purchase-order basis. Consequently, these customers may reduce, delay, or discontinue their purchases at any time due to changes in their business strategies, financial condition, or macroeconomic conditions. The loss of any of these major customers, a material reduction in order volume, or a default on payment obligations by any of them could have a material adverse effect on our cash flows, revenue, and overall financial performance.

 

Our internal credit risk grading assessment on trade receivables and other financial assets comprise the following categories:

 

Internal
credit rating
  Description   Trade receivables   Other financial assets
Low risk   The counterparty has a low risk of default and does not have any past-due amounts  

Lifetime ECL –

 

not credit-impaired

  12m ECL
Watch list   The counterparty has amounts past-due but is continuously settling after due date and with continuous business transactions with the Company  

Lifetime ECL –

 

not credit-impaired

  12m ECL
Doubtful   There have been significant increases in credit risk since initial recognition through information developed internally or external resources while the counterparty is with continuous business transactions with the Company  

Lifetime ECL –

 

not credit-impaired

 

Lifetime ECL –

 

not credit-impaired

Loss   There is evidence indicating the asset is credit-impaired  

Lifetime ECL –

 

credit-impaired

 

Lifetime ECL –

 

credit-impaired

Write-off   There is evidence indicating that the debtor is in severe financial difficulty and the Company has no realistic prospect of recovery   Amount is written off   Amount is written off

 

Liquidity Risk

 

In management of the liquidity risk, the Company has obtained financial support from its shareholders, which has agreed not to demand for repayment from the Company for the next coming twelve months from the date of reporting period and agreed to provide adequate funds to enable the Company to meet in full its financial obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The Company monitors and maintains a level of cash and cash equivalents deemed adequate by management to finance the Company’s operations and mitigate the effects of fluctuations in cash flows.

 

Prior to the consummation of our initial public offering in January 2026, we financed our operations, capital expenditures, and project commitments primarily through cash generated from our operating activities, bank and other borrowings, and financing facilities from related parties and shareholders. Following the successful listing of our ordinary shares on the NYSE American, our primary liquidity architecture fundamentally transformed, shifting from private debt mechanisms to public equity capital.

 

The management monitors the utilization of bank borrowings and ensures compliance with the relevant loan covenants.

 

The following table details the Company’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial liabilities. The table has been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of the financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Company can be required to pay. Specifically bank borrowings with a repayment on demand clause are included in the earliest time band regardless of the probability of the banks choosing to exercise their rights. The maturity dates for other non-derivative financial liabilities are based on the agreed repayment dates.

 

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The table includes both interest and principal cash flows. To the extent that interest flows are floating rate, the undiscounted amounts is derived from the interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

 

2026   Weighted average interest
rate
    On demand
or less than
1 month
    1 -3 months     3 months
to
1 year
    1 year
to
5 years
    Over
5 years
    Total
undiscounted
cash flows
    Carrying
amount
at March 31, 2026
 
          HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$  
                                                 
Non-derivative financial liabilities                                                                
Trade payables             197,040                                       197,040       197,040  
Interest payables             589,997                                       589,997       589,997  
Accrued charges and other payables             1,620,012                                       1,620,012       1,620,012  
Amounts due to directors             392,298                                       392,298       392,298  
Amounts due to a shareholder             189,922                                       189,922       189,922  
Bank borrowing                                                                
-floating rate     3.46 %     4,691,517       -       -       -       -       4,691,517       4,691,517  
-fixed rate     6.25 %     2,287,378       -       -       -       -       2,287,378       2,287,378  
Lease liabilities     5.95 %     18,500       37,000       166,500       388,500               610,500       563,122  
                                                                 
Total             9,986,664       37,000       166,500       388,500               10,578,664       10,531,286  

 

2025   Weighted average interest
rate
    On demand
or less than
1 month
    1 -3 months     3 months
to
1 year
    1 year
to
5 years
    Over
5 years
    Total
undiscounted
cash flows
    Carrying
amount
at March 31, 2025
 
          HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$  
                                                 
Non-derivative financial liabilities                                                                
Trade payables             82,560       -       -       -       -       82,560       82,560  
Interest payables             3,000,465       -       -       -       -       3,000,465       3,000,465  
Accrued charges and other payables             6,831,588       -       -       -       -       6,831,588       6,831,588  
Amounts due to directors             821,243       -       -       -       -       821,243       821,243  
Amount due to a shareholder             689,922       -       -       -       -       689,922       689,922  
Bank borrowings                                                                
-floating rate     3.00 %     2,623,655       -       -       -       -       2,623,655       2,623,655  
Other borrowings-fixed rate     8.76 %     26,600,000       -       -       -       -       26,600,000       26,600,000  
Lease liabilities     5.95 %     19,300       38,600       115,800       -       -       173,700       169,581  
                                                                 
Total             40,668,733       38,600       115,800       -       -       40,823,133       40,819,014  

 

Bank and other borrowings with a repayment on demand clause are included in the “on demand or less than 1 month” time band in the above maturity analysis. As at March 31, 2026, the aggregate principal amounts of these bank and other borrowings are amounted to HK$6,978,895 (2025: HK$29,223,655). Taking into account the Group’s financial position, the directors do not believe that it is probable that the banks and the third-party lenders will exercise their discretionary rights to demand for immediate repayment. The directors believe that such loans will be repaid in five years after the end of the reporting period in accordance with the scheduled repayment dates set out in the loan agreements, details of which are set out in the table below. The aggregate principal and interest cash outflows of bank and other borrowings with a repayment on demand clause are amounted to HK$7,872,989 (2025: HK$36,656,459).

 

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Maturity Analysis – Bank and other borrowings with a repayment on demand clause based on scheduled repayments

 

    Weighted average interest
rate
    Less than
1 year
    1 -2 years     More than
2 years
    Total
undiscounted
cash flows
    Carrying amount  
    %     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$  
                                     
March 31, 2026     4.38 %     2,347,635       2,347,635       3,177,719       7,872,989       6,978,895  
                                                 
March 31, 2025     8.24 %     8,717,693       2,697,174       25,241,592       36,656,459       29,223,655  

 

The amounts included above for variable interest rate instruments are subject to change if changes in variable interest rates differ to those estimates of interest rates determined at the end of the reporting period.

 

Fair value measurements of financial instruments

 

The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models based on discounted cash flow analysis.

 

The directors consider that the carrying amounts of other financial assets and financial liabilities recognized in the financial statements approximate their fair values.

 

ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

 

12.A. Debt Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

12.B. Warrants and Rights

 

Not applicable.

 

12.C. Other Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

12.D. American Depositary Shares

 

We do not have any American Depositary Shares.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

 

We do not have any material defaults, dividend arrearages or delinquencies.

 

ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

14.A. - D. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders

 

At the Extraordinary General Meeting held on August 10, 2026, our shareholders approved the Reclassification of our authorized share capital into Class A Ordinary Shares (as defined herein) and Class B Ordinary Shares (as defined herein). Each Class A Ordinary Share will be entitled to one vote per share, while each Class B Ordinary Share will be entitled to 50 votes per share. Immediately following the Reclassification, 5,280,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Joyful Star Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 5,280,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, and 1,080,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Green Circle Limited will be repurchased and cancelled in exchange for 1,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

As a result, the holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have substantially greater voting power than holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a per-share basis. The 6,360,000 Class B Ordinary Shares will carry an aggregate of 318,000,000 votes, compared with one vote per Class A Ordinary Share. Depending on the number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding, the holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares may be able to exercise significant influence over, or potentially control, the outcome of matters submitted to shareholders for approval, including the election or removal of directors, mergers, consolidations, dispositions of substantially all of our assets and other significant corporate transactions.

 

14.E. Use of Proceeds

 

The following “Use of Proceeds” information relates to the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File Number: 333-276943) (the “IPO Form F-1”), in relation to our initial public offering of 2,875,000 Ordinary Shares (inclusive of 375,000 issued pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at an offering price of US$4.00 per share. The IPO Form F-1 was declared effective by the SEC on December 30, 2025. Our initial public offering closed on January 14, 2026. RBW Capital Partners LLC (with brokerage services offered through Dawson James Securities, Inc.),, served as the managing underwriter for our initial public offering.

 

The total expenses incurred for our company’s account in connection with our initial public offering were approximately US$1.7 million, including underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately US$0.9 million, underwriters’ non-accountable expense allowance of approximately US$0.1 million, approximately US$0.2 million of fair value of the Underwriter Warrants issued to each of the representative of the underwriters and other expenses of approximately US$0.6 million. None of the fees and expenses were directly or indirectly paid to the directors, officers of our company or their associates, persons owning 10% or more of our Ordinary Shares, or our affiliates.

 

After deducting the total expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately US$9.9 million from our initial public offering.

 

As disclosed in the final prospectus for our initial public offering, dated January 12, 2026 and filed with the SEC on January 13, 2026 (the “IPO Prospectus”), we originally intended to use approximately US$3.4 million (or approximately HK$6.5 million), representing approximately 40% of the net proceeds of our initial public offering (assuming full exercise of the over-allotment option) to repay our other borrowings contributed by three independent third parties and a related party. Subsequent to the closing of our initial public offering, we successfully negotiated with two of the borrowers to waive the interest payable on their loans amounting to approximately US$ 0.8 million (or approximately HK$6.5 million). In addition, upon the consummation of our initial public offering, we satisfied the term of a debt settlement of which the obligation to repay the principal amount of approximately US$0.6 million (or approximately HK$4.6 million) owed by other two independent third parties was waived by a previous issuance of our ordinary shares to them. As a result, after evaluation of our short-term liquidity, operating requirements, and debt servicing obligations, we determined to reallocate the corresponding portion of the net proceeds from our initial public offering originally intended for the repayment of such borrowings, being US$1.4 million, or approximately 14.0% of the net proceeds of our initial public offering, to general corporate purposes and working capital to support operational growth and day-to-day business needs.

 

Except for the reallocation described above, there have been no other material changes in the planned use of proceeds as described in the IPO prospectus.

 

The following table sets forth a comparison of the original intended allocation, as disclosed in the IPO Prospectus, and the actual allocation of the net proceeds of our initial public offering:

 

Intended Use of Funds   Original Allocation
(US$)
    Actual Allocation (US$)     Difference
(US$)
 
Net cash proceeds received     9,931,625       9,931,625       -  
                         
Use of Proceeds:                        
Expansion of the production capacity of our production base for PCM     3,100,000       3,100,000       -  
Repayment of other borrowings (three individuals and related party)     3,400,000       2,000,000       (1,400,000 )
Repayment of HSBC bank loan     500,000       500,000       -  
Working capital, operating expenses, and other general corporate purposes     [2,931,625]     4,331,625       1,400,000  

 

The following table sets forth the actual utilization of the net cash proceeds received by us from December 30, 2025, the date when the IPO Form F-1 was declared effective by the SEC, through March 31, 2026:

 

Intended Use of Funds   Actual Cash Allocated
(US$)
    Cumulative Amount Utilized (US$)     Unspent Balance as of 31 March 2026
(US$)
 
Net cash proceeds received     9,931,625                  
                         
Proceeds deployment                        
Expansion of the production capacity of our production base for PCM     3,100,000       Nil       3,100,000  
Repayment of other borrowings (three individuals and related party)     2,000,000       2,000,000       -  
Repayment of HSBC bank loan     500,000       5,000       495,000  
Working capital, operating expenses, and other general corporate purposes     4,331,625       3,500,000       831,625  

 

None of the net proceeds from our initial public offering were directly or indirectly paid to the directors, officers of our company or their associates, persons owning 10% or more of our Ordinary Shares, or our affiliates.

 

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ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.

 

Our management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act as of March 31, 2026. Based on that evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2026, due to the reasons listed below.

 

During the audit for our consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2026, our independent registered public accounting firm identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we do not currently employ a full-time accountant qualified in IFRS to oversee our financial reporting function. As a result, the following deficiencies were identified:

 

Impairment of right-of-use assets was not properly recorded in accordance with accounting policies.
Salary and cost of revenue were not recorded on an accrual basis.
Loan transactions were not properly recorded using the effective interest rate method as required by accounting policies.

 

The aggregation of these significant deficiencies constitutes a material weakness, which could result in misstatements in our consolidated financial statements. Our management is committed to strengthening internal controls and intends to hire qualified accounting personnel to address these issues and prevent future deficiencies.

 

(b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

This Annual Report does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.

 

(c) Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Since we are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, we are exempt from the requirement to comply with the auditor attestation requirements that our independent registered public accounting firm attest to and report on the effectiveness of our internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting.

 

(d) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 16. [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

Our audit committee consists of Michele Takis Matsuda, Hui Ringo Wing Kun, and Chan Sze Man, and is chaired by Chan Sze Man. Our board of directors has determined that each of the members of our audit committee is “independent” for audit committee purposes, as that term is defined by the rules of the SEC and the NYSE American, and that each has sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the audit committee. Our board of directors has also determined that Chan Sze Man meets the criteria of an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC.

 

ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS

 

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is filed as Exhibit 11.1 to this Annual Report.

 

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Any amendment to or waivers of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for members of our board of directors and our executive officers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of the SEC or the NYSE American will be disclosed on our website within four business days following the amendment or waiver. During fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, no amendments to or waivers from the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics were made or given for any of our executive officers.

 

ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees by categories specified below in connection with certain professional services rendered by ZH CPA, LLC, our independent registered public accounting firms, for the periods indicated. We did not pay any other fees to our independent registered public accounting firm during the periods indicated below.

 

    Fiscal Year Ended
March 31, 2026
    Fiscal Year Ended
March 31, 2025
 
Audit Fees*   US$ 160,000     US$ 200,000  
Audit-Related Fees   US$ 25,000     US$ 15,000  
Tax Fees   US$ -     US$ -  
All Other Fees   US$ -     US$ -  
Total   US$ 185,000     US$ 215,000  

 

Audit Fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and the reviews of the financial statements included in our Forms 6-K and for any other services that were normally provided by our independent auditor in connection with our statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

 

Audit Related Fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and were not otherwise included in Audit Fees.

 

Tax Fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. Included in such Tax Fees are fees for preparation of our tax returns and consultancy and advice on other tax planning matters.

 

All Other Fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by our independent auditor and not otherwise included in Audit Fees, Audit Related Fees or Tax Fees. Included in such Other Fees would be fees for services rendered by our independent auditor in connection with our initial public offering and other offerings conducted during such periods.

 

The policy of our audit committee is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by our principal auditors, including audit services, audit-related services, and other services as described above, other than those for de minimis services which are approved by the audit committee or our board of directors prior to the completion of the services.

 

ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

 

None.

 

ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

 

None.

 

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ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The NYSE American Company Guide includes certain accommodations in the corporate governance requirements that allow foreign private issuers, such as us, to follow “home country” corporate governance practices in lieu of the otherwise applicable NYSE American standards. We currently follow Cayman Islands corporate governance practices in lieu of the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE American in respect of the following:

 

the requirement under Section 132 of the NYSE American Company Guide that companies listed on NYSE American shall release quarterly sales and earnings;

 

the requirement under Section 705 of the NYSE American Company Guide, pursuant to which the solicitation of proxies and delivery of proxy statements for all shareholder meetings requires that these proxies be solicited pursuant to a proxy statement that conforms to the proxy rules of the SEC;

 

the Shareholder Approval Requirements under Section 711 to 713 of the NYSE American Company Guide.

 

the majority independent director requirement under Section 802(a) of the NYSE American Company Guide; and

 

the requirement under Section 802(c) of the NYSE American Company Guide that the independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings with only the independent directors present.

 

Except for the foregoing, we endeavor to comply with NYSE American’s corporate governance practices and except for the foregoing, there is no significant difference between our corporate governance practices and what NYSE American requires of domestic U.S. companies.

 

ITEM 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 16I. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 16J. INSIDER TRADING POLICIES

 

We have adopted a written insider trading policy (the “Insider Trading Policy”), that is reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable insider trading laws, rules, and regulations, and any listing standards applicable to the Company. The Insider Trading Policy provides guidance to the directors, officers, employees, consultants, and contractors, including agents, of the Company (“Company Personnel”), and the Company’s subsidiaries with respect to stock trading and assists the Company Personnel in understanding their obligations and responsibilities under U.S. securities laws and regulations.

 

A copy of the Insider Trading Policy, as currently in effect, is filed as Exhibit 11.2 to this Annual Report.

 

ITEM 16K. CYBERSECURITY

 

Risk Management and Strategy

 

We recognize that cybersecurity threats may pose risks to our business, operations and information systems. Given the nature and scale of our current operations, we believe that our exposure to material cybersecurity risks is minimal. We do not currently maintain a formal or written cybersecurity risk management program and we have not established a separate formal cybersecurity risk assessment or incident response framework. Instead, cybersecurity risks are assessed and addressed on a risk-based basis as part of our overall management of operational risks. Our board of directors regularly engage with our information technology service provider and business operations teams to review cybersecurity performance metrics, identify significant risks, and evaluate the progress of cybersecurity programs and initiatives. Material cybersecurity matters are escalated to our board of directors as appropriate. We may engage third-party consultants, assessors, auditors or other cybersecurity professionals if management determines that their expertise is warranted based on the nature or severity of a particular cybersecurity risk or incident.

 

Cybersecurity Governance

 

Our board of directors has primary oversight responsibility for managing cybersecurity risks within our organization. At the management level, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer are responsible for assessing and addressing material cybersecurity risks and incidents. They regularly engage with our information technology service provider and business operations teams to review cybersecurity performance metrics, identify top risks, and evaluate the progress of cybersecurity programs and initiatives. Material cybersecurity matters are escalated to our board of directors as appropriate.

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, we have not experienced any cybersecurity incidents deemed material to the Company as a whole.

 

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ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The financial statements and related notes required by this item are contained on pages F-1 through F-42.

 

ITEM 19. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description of Documents
1.1   Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024)
     
1.2*   Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as approved on August 10, 2026 by special resolution, and which took effect on August 11, 2025
     
2.1*   Description of Securities
     
4.1   Form of Convertible Promissory Note dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.2   Form of Warrant to Purchase Ordinary Shares dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.3   Form of Pre-Funded Warrant dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.4   Form of Placement Agent Agreement dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.5   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.6   Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.7   Form of Equity Purchase Agreement dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.8   Form of Escrow Agreement dated July 16, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on July 16, 2026)
     
4.9   Form of Underwriters’ Warrants (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 11 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1/A filed with the SEC on April 28, 2025)
     
4.10   License Agreement between Chan Kam Biu Richard and the Company dated April 29, 2022 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 14 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1/A filed with the SEC on November 28, 2025)
     
4.11*   Contract of Employment between the registrant and Leung Louis Ho Ming dated June 8, 2026
     
4.12   Product Development and Supply Agreement between Boca International Limited and Gene Company Limited dated March 7, 2022 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 14 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1/A filed with the SEC on November 28, 2025)
     
4.13   Office Tenancy Agreement
     
4.14†##   Agreement between Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Ltd and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 14 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1/A filed with the SEC on November 28, 2025)
     
4.15   Consulting Agreement, dated January 1, 2024, between Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Ltd and MavDB Consulting LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 14 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1/A filed with the SEC on November 28, 2025)
     
4.16   Form of Indemnification Agreement between Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Ltd and its directors and executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024)
     
4.17   Form of Director Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024)
     
4.18   Agreement between Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited and LMP International Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 14 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1/A filed with the SEC on November 28, 2025)
     
8.1   List of Subsidiaries of (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024)
     
11.1   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.9 to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024)
     
11.2*   Insider Trading Policy
     
12.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
     
12.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
     
13.1**   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
13.2**   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
97*   Clawback Policy
     
101. INS*   Inline XBRL Instance Document.
     
101. SCH*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
     
101. CAL*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
     
101. DEF*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
     
101. LAB*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
     
101. PRE*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
     
104*   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
Certain confidential information (indicated by brackets and asterisks) has been omitted from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential
## Schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Registration S-K. Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Ltd hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedules to the SEC upon request

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

 

  Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited
     
    /s/ Chan Kam Biu Richard
  Name:  Chan Kam Biu Richard
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Date: August 14, 2026    

 

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GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025, AND 2024

 

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

    Page
Audited Financial Statements of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited As at March 31, 2026 and 2025 and For the Years Ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024    
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 6413)   F-1
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position   F-2
Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss   F-3
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity   F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows   F-5
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements   F-6 - F-42

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and

 

Stockholders of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2026, and the related consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2026, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2026, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2026 in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ ZH CPA, LLC

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.

 

Denver, Colorado

 

August 14, 2026

 

 

999 18th Street, Suite 3000, Denver, CO, 80202 USA Phone: 1.303.386.7224 Fax: 1.303.386.7101 Email: admin@zhcpa.us

 

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GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

as at March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

        2026     2025  
    Notes   HK$     HK$  
                 
ASSETS                    
Current assets                    
Cash and cash equivalent   17     36,308,320       1,384,211  
Prepayments and deposits   14     833,089       2,289,826  
Trade and other receivables   14     5,448,282       1,643,862  
Contract fulfilment costs   15     324,521       662,929  
Deferred listing expenses         -       1,471,020  
                     
Total current assets         42,914,212       7,451,848  
                     
Non-current assets                    
Property, plant and equipment   12     20,831,152       14,505,410  
Right-of-use assets   13     572,673       169,512  
Rental deposit   14     63,131       -  
Prepayment   14     694,032       2,356,132  
                     
Total non-current assets         22,160,988       17,031,054  
                     
Total assets         65,075,200       24,482,902  
                     
LIABILITIES                    
Current liabilities                    
Trade and other payables   18     2,407,049       9,914,613  
Contract liabilities   19     -       4,667,773  
Lease liabilities   20     194,501       169,581  
Amount due to a shareholder   16     189,922       689,922  
Amounts due to directors   16     392,298       821,243  
Bank and other borrowings   21     6,978,895       29,223,655  
                     
Total current liabilities         10,162,665       45,486,787  
                     
Non-current liabilities                    
Lease liabilities   20     368,621       -  
                     
Total liabilities         10,531,286       45,486,787  
                 
Shareholders’ equity (deficit)                    
Share capital   22     100,425       78,000  
Share premium   22     92,402,732       5,048,160  
Other reserve   22     12,505,856       11,221,781  
Accumulated deficit         (50,465,099 )     (37,351,826 )
                     
Total Shareholders’ equity (deficit)         54,543,914     (21,003,885 )
                     
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity/deficit         65,075,200     24,482,902  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

For THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

 

        2026     2025     2024  
    Notes   HK$     HK$     HK$  
                       
Revenue   6     25,051,359       16,574,921       5,236,436  
Cost of revenue         (20,706,126 )     (12,823,515 )     (3,791,302 )
                             
Gross profit         4,345,233       3,751,406       1,445,134  
Administrative expenses   8     (11,178,915 )     (7,668,127 )     (7,102,218 )
                             
Operating loss         (6,833,682 )     (3,916,721 )     (5,657,084 )
Other items                            
Finance costs   9     (576,362 )     (2,445,201 )     (2,512,023 )
Other incomes / (losses)   7     (5,703,229 )    

379,702

     

247,167

 
Loss before tax         (13,113,273 )     (5,982,220 )     (7,921,940 )
Income tax expense   10    

-

      -       -  
                             
Loss and comprehensive loss for the year         (13,113,273 )     (5,982,220 )     (7,921,940 )

 

LOSS PER SHARE (Note 11)

 

    For the years ended March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                     
Loss per share – Basic and Diluted     (1.24 )     (0.60 )     (0.86 )
                         
Weighted Average number of common shares - Basic and Diluted     10,576,712       10,000,000       9,218,579  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

 

    Number of common shares     Share
capital
HK$
    Share premium HK$     Other reserve
HK$
    Accumulated
deficit
HK$
    Total
HK$
 
    Attributable to the owners of the Company  
    Number of common shares     Share
capital
HK$
    Share premium
HK$
    Other reserve
HK$
   

Accumulated

Deficit
HK$
    Total
HK$
 
                                     
At April 1, 2023     9,000,000       70,200       3,105,960       6,999,999       (23,447,666 )     (13,271,507 )
                                                 
Issue of shares     1,000,000       7,800       1,942,200       -       -       1,950,000  
                                                 
Forgiveness of amount due to a major shareholder     -       -       -       3,021,782       -       3,021,782  
                                                 
Loss and comprehensive loss for the year     -       -       -       -       (7,921,940 )     (7,921,940 )
                                                 
At March 31, 2024     10,000,000       78,000       5,048,160       10,021,781       (31,369,606 )     (16,221,665 )
                                                 
Forgiveness of director’s remuneration     -       -       -       1,200,000       -       1,200,000  
                                                 
Loss and comprehensive loss for the year     -       -       -       -       (5,982,220 )     (5,982,220 )
                                                 
At March 31, 2025     10,000,000       78,000       5,048,160       11,221,781       (37,351,826 )     (21,003,885 )
                                                 
Issue of shares in connection with initial public offering    

2,500,000

     

19,500

     

66,800,175

     

-

     

-

     

66,819,675

 
                                                 
Issue of underwriter’s warrants    

-

     

-

     

(1,284,075

)    

1,284,075

     

-

     

-

 
                                                 
Issue of shares in connection with exercise of overallotment options     375,000       2,925       10,644,075       -       -       10,647,000  
                                                 
Listing fee offset against share premium upon completion of initial public offering    

-

     

-

     

(7,525,603

)    

-

     

-

     

(7,525,603

)
                                                 
Extinguish of financial liabilities with Equity    

-

     

-

     

18,720,000

     

-

     

-

     

18,720,000

 
                                                 
Loss and comprehensive loss for the year     -       -       -       -       (13,113,273 )     (13,113,273 )
                                                 
At March 31, 2026     12,875,000       100,425       92,402,732       12,505,856       (50,465,099 )     54,543,914  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

 

    2026     2025     2024  
    For the years ended March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                   
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                        
Net loss     (13,113,273 )     (5,982,220 )     (7,921,940 )
Items not affecting cash:                        
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment     3,526,265       3,467,615       3,576,439  
Depreciation of right-of-use assets     221,574       226,017       426,724  
Modification/ Addition of ROU Assets     (11,774 )     -       -  
Gain on early termination of lease    

-

      -       (14,882 )
Imputed interest income    

-

      (4,150 )     (5,716 )
Interest expense on borrowings     566,564       2,428,580       2,453,849  
Interest expense on lease liabilities     9,780       16,621       58,174  
Forgiveness of trade payables and accrued expense     (132,286 )     -       (226,000 )
Waive of interest payables on other loans     (6,505,995 )     -       -  
Loss from extinguishment liability with equity     12,433,451      

-

     

-

 
Forgiveness of director’s remuneration    

-

     

1,200,000

     

-

 
Bad debts     -       481,293       -  
Consulting fee paid in shares     390,000       390,000       85,968  
                         
Operating cash flows before movements in working capital     (2,615,694 )     2,223,756       (1,567,384 )
Decrease (increase) in prepayments and deposits     190,713       (592,495 )     (1,733 )
(Increase) decrease in trade and other receivables     (3,804,420 )     (1,031,614 )     45,724  
Decrease (increase) in contract fulfilment costs     338,408       (662,929 )     -  
(Decrease) increase in trade and other payables     (4,964,958 )     440,994       2,882,702  
(Decrease) increase in contract liabilities     (4,667,773 )     4,667,773       -  
                         
NET CASH (USED IN) GENERATE FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES     (15,523,724 )     5,045,485       1,359,309  
                         
CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITY                        
Payment of property, plant and equipment     (8,579,907 )     (1,272,100 )     -  
                         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES                        
Capital raised from initial public offering and exercise of overallotment options     77,466,675       -       -  
Payment of share issue costs     (6,054,583 )    

-

     

-

 
Borrowing raised     5,170,000       -       -  
Payment of loans from directors    

(428,945

)     (729,302 )     (259,021 )
Proceed for loan from directors     -       843,647       2,394,783  
Principal repayments of borrowings     (15,105,872 )     (564,320 )     (580,730 )
Repayment to shareholders     (500,000 )    

-

     

-

 
Interest paid on borrowings and overdraft     (1,290,335 )     (1,965,903 )     (2,585,160 )
Interest paid on lease liabilities    

(9,780

)     (16,621 )     (58,174 )
Repayment of lease liabilities     (219,420 )     (214,979 )     (389,426 )
                         
NET CASH GENERATED FROM (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES     59,027,740     (2,647,478 )     (1,477,728 )
                   
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH     34,924,109       1,125,907       (118,419 )
                         
CASH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR     1,384,211       258,304       376,723  
                         

CASH AT THE END OF THE YEAR,

represented by bank balances and cash

    36,308,320       1,384,211       258,304  

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information (note 26)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND REORGANIZATION

 

Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability under the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands. The address of the registered office is P. O. Box 31119 Grand Pavilion, Hibiscus Way, 802 West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, KY1 - 1205 Cayman Islands and the principal place of business of the Company is Unit 1809, Prosperity Place, 6 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

The principal activity of the Company is investment holding and its subsidiary (the “Group”) is a provider of advanced energy saving solutions and consultancy services and construction services supported by proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials and thermal engineering services. As an advocate of decarbonization, the subsidiary design, develop, and provide customized energy saving solutions that bring considerable economic benefits to our clients and reduce carbon emissions for a sustainable future.

 

Reorganization

 

Boca International Limited (“BOCA”) was incorporated in Hong Kong on June 16, 1992, issued 7,000,000 shares to Joyful Star Limited, and the sole shareholder of Joyful Star Limited is Chan Kam Biu Richard (“Richard”).

 

On March 23, 2022, the Company acquired all the 7,000,000 shares of BOCA from Joyful Star Limited for a nominal consideration of HK$ 1 and became the 100% shareholder of BOCA. As of March 23, 2022, Richard held 70.67% shares of the Company, being 58.67% through Joyful Star Limited and 12.00% through Green Circle Limited. Therefore, Richard was the ultimate controlling party of both the Company and BOCA.

 

As a result, the Reorganization Transaction is considered a common control combination. The Reorganization Transaction is reflected as an equity transaction on the consolidated financial statements of the Company, using the predecessor value method. The difference between the consideration of HK$ 1 and BOCA’ s share capital of HK$ 7,000,000 is presented as “other reserve”, and the retained earnings of BOCA continue to be presented as retained earnings in the consolidated financial statements.

 

Initial Public Offering

 

On January 12, 2026, the “Company entered into an underwriting in connection with issuance and sale by the Company (the “IPO”) of 2,500,000 ordinary shares, par value US$ 0.001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) at a price of US$ 4.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters were granted an option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) for a period of 45 days to purchase from the Company up to an additional 375,000 Ordinary Shares, at the same price per share, to cover over-allotments, if any. In connection with the IPO, the Company listed its Ordinary Shares on the NYSE American Market (“NYSE American”), and the Ordinary Shares commenced trading on NYSE American on January 13, 2026 under the symbol “GCDT”. The IPO closed on January 14, 2026. The Company received net proceeds from the IPO of approximately US$8,566,625 after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions, the non-accountable expense allowance and offering expenses payable to service parties (excluding any exercise of the Over-Allotment Option in connection with the IPO). On February 12, 2026, the Company issued and sold to the underwriter 375,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of US$ 4.00 per share, pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option resulting in additional gross proceeds of approximately US$1,500,000. As a result, a total of 2,875,000 Ordinary Shares are issued in the IPO.

 

F-6
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars, except share data and per share data, or otherwise noted)

 

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards

 

The Group’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).

 

Basis of Measurement

 

The Group’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis as explained in the accounting policies set out in note 4.

 

Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for goods and services.

 

Functional Currency and Presentation Currency

 

The Group’s consolidated financial statements are presented in Hong Kong dollars (“HK$”), which is also the functional currency of the Group.

 

Going concern

 

The Group’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

 

3. APPLICATION OF NEW AND AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS

 

Amendments to a IFRS Accounting Standard that are mandatorily effective for the current year

 

In the current year, the Group has applied the following amendments to a IFRS Accounting Standard issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) for the first time, which are mandatorily effective for the Group’s annual period beginning on April 1, 2025 for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements:

 

Amendments to IAS 21 Lack of Exchangeability

 

The amendments specify how to assess whether a currency is exchangeable, and how to determine the exchange rate when it is not.

 

The amendments state that a currency is exchangeable into another currency when an entity is able to obtain the other currency within a time frame that allows for a normal administrative delay and through a market or exchange mechanism in which an exchange transaction would create enforceable rights and obligations.

 

An entity assesses whether a currency is exchangeable into another currency at a measurement date and for a specified purpose. If an entity is able to obtain no more than an insignificant amount of the other currency at the measurement date for the specified purpose, the currency is not exchangeable into the other currency.

 

The assessment of whether a currency is exchangeable into another currency depends on an entity’s ability to obtain the other currency and not on its intention or decision to do so.

 

When a currency is not exchangeable into another currency at a measurement date, an entity is required to estimate the spot exchange rate at that date. An entity’s objective in estimating the spot exchange rate is to reflect the rate at which an orderly exchange transaction would take place at the measurement date between market participants under prevailing economic conditions.

 

The amendments do not specify how an entity estimates the spot exchange rate to meet that objective. An entity can use an observable exchange rate without adjustment or another estimation technique. Examples of an observable exchange rate include:

 

  a spot exchange rate for a purpose other than that for which an entity assesses exchangeability;
  the first exchange rate at which an entity is able to obtain the other currency for the specified purpose after exchangeability of the currency is restored (first subsequent exchange rate).

 

An entity using another estimation technique may use any observable exchange rate—including rates from obligations—and adjust that rate, as necessary, to meet the objective as set out above.

 

F-7
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

3. APPLICATION OF NEW AND AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS - continued

 

When an entity estimates a spot exchange rate because a currency is not exchangeable into another currency, the entity is required to disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to understand how the currency not being exchangeable into the other currency affects, or is expected to affect, the entity’s financial performance, financial position and cash flows.

 

The amendments did not have a material impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Future accounting developments

 

The following accounting standards have been issued by the IASB but are not yet effective:

 

Amendment to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 - Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments

 

In May 2024, the IASB issued targeted amendments to IFRS 9 to address feedback received from stakeholders following a post-implementation review. The amendments include:

 

●Additional guidance to clarify when certain financial assets may be compliant with SPPI requirements, including instruments with contingent features (e.g. ESG-linked financing), as well as contractually-linked instruments and non-recourse financing.

 

●Clarifying the derecognition requirements for financial assets and financial liabilities, including establishing a new accounting policy choice for derecognition of a financial liability when a payment is initiated by the reporting entity using an electronic payment system provided specified criteria is met.

 

The amendments are effective from 1 January 2026. The adoption of the derecognition amendments is expected to result in a change of policy for derecognizing certain types of financial liabilities. As a result of these amendments, it is expected that the impacted liabilities will be reclassified from Cash collateral and settlement balances to Trading portfolio liabilities. No other material impacts are anticipated from the adoption of these derecognition amendments or from the other changes introduced to IFRS 9. The quantitative impact of IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 amendments will continue to be assessed in 2026.

 

IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

 

In April 2024, the IASB issued IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, which replaces IAS 1. IFRS 18 introduces new requirements for presentation within the statement of profit or loss, including specified totals and subtotals, it requires entities to classify all income and expenses into five categories: operating, investing, financing, income tax and discontinued operations, and introduces defined subtotals, including operating profit.

 

IFRS 18 requires entities to assess whether they have a IFRS 18 defined specified main business activity. For those entities with a specified main business activity, certain income and expenses will be recorded in the operating category, which may have been recorded in another category if the entity did not have a specified main business activity.

 

The standard introduces new aggregation and disaggregation principles for financial information and narrow scope amendments to IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows by using operating profit as the starting point for the indirect method and removing optionality in the classification of interest and dividends. The standard requires disclosure of management-defined performance measures (MPMs).

 

The Group has commenced its IFRS 18 impact assessment. The Group expects to have an IFRS 18 specified main business activity, allowing significant items from the Group’s operations to be reported within the operating category.

 

The Group is also assessing the impact on management-defined performance measures (MPMs) and the

enhanced disaggregation requirements introduced by IFRS 18. In 2026, the Group will continue to assess the

impact of IFRS 18.

 

The new standard is effective from 1 January 2027.

 

F-8
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION

 

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis as explained in the accounting policies set out below.

 

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique. In estimating the fair value of an asset or a liability, the Group takes into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if market participants would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Fair value for measurement and/or disclosure purposes in these consolidated financial statements is determined on such a basis, except for share-based payment transactions that are within the scope of IFRS 2 Share-based Payment, leasing transactions that are accounted for in accordance with IFRS 16 Leases and measurements that have some similarities to fair value but are not fair value, such as net realizable value in IAS 2 Inventories or value in use in IAS 36 Impairment of Assets.

 

The principal accounting policies are set out below.

 

Basis of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All intercompany transactions and balances among the Company and its subsidiary have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

The Group recognizes revenue when (or as) a performance obligation is satisfied, i.e. when “control” of the goods or services underlying the particular performance obligation is transferred to the customer.

 

A performance obligation represents a good or service (or a bundle of goods or services) that is distinct or a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same.

 

Control is transferred over time and revenue is recognized over time by reference to the progress towards complete satisfaction of the relevant performance obligation if one of the following criteria is met:

 

  the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Group’s performance as the Group performs;
  the Group’s performance creates or enhances an asset that the customer controls as the Group performs; or
  the Group’s performance does not create an asset with an alternative use to the Group and the Group has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date.

 

Otherwise, revenue is recognized at a point in time when the customer obtains control of the distinct good or service.

 

F-9
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Revenue from contracts with customers - continued

 

A contract asset represents the Group’s right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that the Group has transferred to a customer that is not yet unconditional. It is assessed for impairment in accordance with IFRS 9. In contrast, a receivable represents the Group’s unconditional right to consideration, i.e. only the passage of time is required before payment of that consideration is due.

 

A contract liability represents the Group’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the Group has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the customer.

 

A contract asset and a contract liability relating to the same contract are accounted for and presented on a net basis.

 

Energy saving services income

 

For energy saving services, the revenue is recognized in-line with the energy performance contract entered, being over time of the energy cost saving on electricity consumption.

 

Consultancy services income

 

The Group provides a consultancy service for development innovation solutions for repurpose second-hand electric vehicle (“EV”) batteries for commercial energy storage applications, it is comprised of two types of consultancy services:

 

  i. Completion of prototype of second-hand batteries (“Prototype”)

 

The Group provides consultancy services related to technical issues on Prototype and provide research by using proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials on the Prototype until the first Prototype is completed. There is only one performance obligation, and the contract is typically fixed priced with no variable consideration and financing component. The performance obligation is satisfied and entitled to reimburse from customer if and only if the first Prototype is completed, the revenue was recognized at a point in time upon the completion of the first Prototype which is at the time when the result of services is accepted by the customers.

 

  ii. Completion of know-how on the Prototype

 

The Group provides consultancy services that apply proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials on the Prototype until the Prototype is commercialized and approved by the regulatory department. There is only one performance obligation, and the contract is typically fixed priced with no variable consideration and financing component. The revenue is recognized when the (i) prototype is commercialized; and (ii) the final prototype is approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission.

 

Construction income

 

Construction income was recognized over time. The Group provide construction for the installation of mechanical ventilation, air conditioning (“MVAC”) system, cooling tower and chiller plant. The typical contract length of the Group entered within one year. The Group generally provides limited warranties for work performed under its construction contracts. The warranty periods typically extend for one year following substantial completion of the Group’s work on the project.

 

The Group shall recognize revenue for a performance obligation satisfied over time only if the entity can reasonably measure its progress towards complete satisfaction of the performance obligation.

 

In some circumstances, the Group may not be able to reasonably measure the outcome of a performance obligation, but the Group expects to recover the costs incurred in satisfying the performance obligation. In those circumstances, the Group shall recognize revenue only to the extent of the costs incurred until such time that it can reasonably measure the outcome of the performance obligation.

 

Leases

 

Definition of a lease

 

A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

 

For contracts entered into or modified or arising from business combinations on or after the date of initial application, the Group assesses whether a contract is or contains a lease based on the definition under IFRS 16 at inception, modification date or acquisition date, as appropriate. Such contract will not be reassessed unless the terms and conditions of the contract are subsequently changed.

 

Non-lease components are separated from lease component on the basis of their relative stand-alone prices.

 

F-10
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Leases - continued

 

The Group as a lessee

 

Short-term leases and leases of low-value assets

 

The Group applies the short-term lease recognition exemption to warehouse leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less from the commencement date and do not contain a purchase option. It also applies the recognition exemption for leases of low-value assets (i.e. value less than US$5,000). Lease payments on short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Right-of-use assets

 

The cost of right-of-use asset includes:

 

  the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability;
     
  any lease payments made at or before the commencement date, less any lease incentives received;
     
  any initial direct costs incurred by the Group; and
     
  an estimate of costs to be incurred by the Group in dismantling and removing the underlying assets, restoring the site on which it is located or restoring the underlying asset to the condition required by the terms and conditions of the lease.

 

Right-of-use assets are measured at cost, less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, and adjusted for any remeasurement of lease liability.

 

Right-of-use assets in which the Group is reasonably certain to obtain ownership of the underlying leased assets at the end of the lease term is depreciated from commencement date to the end of the useful life. The remaining right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the term of the leases.

 

The Group presents right-of-use assets as a separate line item in the consolidated statement of financial position.

 

Refundable rental deposits

 

Refundable rental deposits paid are accounted under IFRS 9 and initially measured at fair value. Adjustments to fair value at initial recognition are considered as additional lease payments and included in the cost of right-of-use assets.

 

F-11
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Leases - continued

 

The Group as a lessee - continued

 

Lease liabilities

 

At the commencement date of a lease, the Group recognizes and measures the lease liability at the present value of lease payments that are unpaid at that date. In calculating the present value of lease payments, the Group uses the incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date if the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable.

 

The lease payments include:

 

  fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments) less any lease incentives receivable;
     
  variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the commencement date;
     
  amounts expected to be paid under residual value guarantees;
     
  the exercise price of a purchase option reasonably certain to be exercised by the Group; and
     
  payments of penalties for terminating a lease, if the lease term reflects the Group exercising the option to terminate.

 

Variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a rate are not included in the measurement of lease liabilities and right-of-use assets, and are recognized as expense in the period on which the event or condition that triggers the payment occurs.

 

After the commencement date, lease liabilities are adjusted by interest accretion and lease payments.

 

The Group remeasures lease liabilities (and makes a corresponding adjustment to the related right-of-use assets) whenever the lease term has changed, in which case the related lease liability is remeasured by discounting the revised lease payments using a revised discount rate at the date of reassessment.

 

The Group presents lease liabilities as a separate line item in the consolidated statement of financial position.

 

F-12
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Leases - continued

 

The Group as a lessee - continued

 

Lease modifications

 

The Group accounts for a lease modification as a separate lease if:

 

  the modification increases the scope of the lease by adding the right to use one or more underlying assets; and
     
  the consideration for the leases increases by an amount commensurate with the stand-alone price for the increase in scope and any appropriate adjustments to that stand-alone price to reflect the circumstances of the particular contract.

 

For a lease modification that is not accounted for as a separate lease, the Group remeasures the lease liability, less any lease incentives receivable, based on the lease term of the modified lease by discounting the revised lease payments using a revised discount rate at the effective date of the modification.

 

The Group accounts for the remeasurement of lease liabilities by making corresponding adjustments to the relevant right-of-use assets.

 

Foreign currencies

 

In preparing the consolidated financial statements of the Group, transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the Group (“foreign currencies”) are recognized at the rates of exchanges prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At the end of the reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the date when the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

 

Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items, and on the retranslation of monetary items, are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

 

Government grants

 

Government grants are not recognized until there is reasonable assurance that the Group will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.

 

Government grants related to income that are receivables as compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or for the purpose of giving immediate financial support to the Group with no future related costs are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they become receivable. Such grants are presented under “other income”.

 

F-13
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Borrowing costs

 

Borrowing costs comprise interest expense calculated using the effective-interest method, amortization of transaction costs and other finance charges in respect of borrowings.

 

Direct incremental transaction costs that are directly attributable to the origination of borrowings are adjusted against the initial carrying amount of borrowings and are amortized to profit or loss over the term of the borrowings using the effective-interest method. Costs that are not direct incremental transaction costs are recognized as expenses in profit or loss when incurred.

 

Retirement benefit costs

 

Payments to the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes, which are defined contribution schemes, are charged as an expense when employees have rendered service entitling them to the contributions.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

 

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from “loss before tax” as reported in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income because of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’s current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.

 

Deferred income tax is recognized on the temporary differences that arise from comparing the accounting and tax values of all assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax is determined using the tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantially enacted at the end of the year and are expected to apply when the deferred income tax assets and liabilities are realized, or the deferred income tax is settled.

 

The deferred income tax asset is only recognized to the extent that it is probable that future tax benefits will be obtained against which deductible temporary differences can be used.

 

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences, except:

 

● When the deferred tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss, and

 

● In respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, when the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can be controlled, and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

The balances of deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is an enforceable legal right to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when deferred income tax assets and liabilities relate to the same tax authority or the same fiscal entity or different fiscal entities where there is an intention to settle balances on a net basis.

 

Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and considers whether it is probable that a taxation authority will accept an uncertain tax treatment. The Company did not have uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

For the purposes of measuring deferred tax for leasing transactions in which the Group recognizes the right-of-use assets and the related lease liabilities, the Group first determines whether the tax deductions are attributable to the right-of-use assets or the lease liabilities.

 

For leasing transactions in which the tax deductions are attributable to the lease liabilities, the Group applies IAS 12 Income Taxes requirements to the leasing transaction as a whole. Temporary differences relating to right-of use assets and lease liabilities are assessed on a net basis. Excess of depreciation on right-of-use assets over the lease payments for the principal portion of lease liabilities resulting in net deductible temporary differences.

 

Current and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss.

 

F-14
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION - continued

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses, if any.

 

Depreciation is recognized so as to write off the cost of items of property, plant and equipment, less their residual values over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at the end of the reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis. All property, plant and equipment have no residual values.

 

 

  Building 27 years
  Machinery and Equipment 5 to 10 years
  Office equipment 5 years
  Computer 5 years

 

An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected to arise from the continued use of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognized in profit or loss.

 

Impairment losses recognized on property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets

 

At the end of the reporting period, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any.

 

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

 

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized as income immediately.

 

Loss Per Share

 

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to ordinary equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year. Shares issued as part of debt-to-equity swaps or financial liability extinguishments are included in the weighted average share calculation from the date that the extinguishment agreement becomes effective and control of the debt is waived.

 

Diluted loss per share is calculated by adjusting the loss attributable to ordinary equity holders and the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. Potential ordinary shares are treated as dilutive when, and only when, their conversion to ordinary shares would decrease earnings per share or increase loss per share from continuing operations.

 

If the Group has outstanding options, warrants, or convertible instruments (including convertible promissory notes), it assumes exercise or conversion at the beginning of the reporting period (or the date of issuance, if later). Options and warrants are calculated using the treasury share method, assuming any assumed proceeds are used to purchase ordinary shares at the average market price during the period.

 

F-15
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated statement of financial position comprise cash on hand and at banks, and short-term highly liquid deposits with a maturity of generally within three months that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash, subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value and held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments. For the preparation of the consolidated statement of financial position, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and at banks, including term deposits, which are not restricted as to use.

 

Impairment of non-financial assets

 

The Group assesses, at each reporting date, whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required, the Group estimates the asset’s recoverable amount. An asset’s recoverable amount is the higher of the asset’s or cash-generating unit’s value in use and its fair value less costs of disposal, and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets, in which case the recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. In testing a cash-generating unit for impairment, a portion of the carrying amount of a corporate assets is allocated to an individual cash-generating unit if it can be allocated on a reasonable and consistent basis or, otherwise, to the smallest group of cash-generating units. When the carrying amount of an asset or cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount.

 

In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs of disposal, recent market transactions are taken into account. If no such transactions can be identified, an appropriate valuation model is used. These calculations are corroborated by valuation multiples, quoted share prices for publicly traded companies or other available fair value indicators.

 

An impairment loss is charged to profit or loss in the period in which it arises, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is accounted for in accordance with the relevant accounting policy for that revalued asset.

 

An assessment is made at the end of each reporting period as to whether there is an indication that previously recognized impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount is estimated. A previously recognized impairment loss of an asset is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount of that asset, but not to an amount higher than the carrying amount that would have been determined (net of any depreciation/amortization) had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in prior years. A reversal of such an impairment loss is credited to profit or loss in the period in which it arises, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is accounted for in accordance with the relevant accounting policy for that revalued asset.

 

F-16
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Financial instruments

 

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value except for trade receivables arising from contracts with customers which are initially measured in accordance with IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”)) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

 

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortized cost of a financial asset or financial liability and of allocating interest income and interest expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts and payments (including all fees and points paid or received that form an integral part of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life of the financial asset or financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period, to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.

 

Financial assets

 

Classification and subsequent measurement of financial assets

 

Financial assets that meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at amortized cost:

 

  the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is to collect contractual cash flows; and
     
  the contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

 

Financial assets that meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVTOCI”):

 

  the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling; and
     
  the contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

 

F-17
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Financial instruments - continued

 

Financial assets - continued

 

Classification and subsequent measurement of financial assets - continued

 

All other financial assets are subsequently measured at FVTPL except that at the date of initial application of IFRS 9/initial recognition of a financial asset the Group may irrevocably elect to present subsequent changes in fair value of an equity investment in other comprehensive income if that equity investment is neither held for trading nor contingent consideration recognized by an acquirer in a business combination to which IFRS 3 Business Combinations applies.

 

A financial asset is classified as held for trading if:

 

  It has been acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the near term; or
     
  On initial recognition it is a part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that the Group manages together and has a recent actual pattern of short-term profit-taking; or
     
  It is a derivative that is not designated and effective as hedging instrument.

 

In addition, the Group may irrevocably designate a financial asset that are required to be measured at the amortized cost or FVTOCI as measured at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch.

 

Impairment of financial assets

 

The Group performs impairment assessment based on the determination of expected credit losses, based on the Group’s past history, existing market conditions, as well as forward-looking estimates at the end of each reporting period on financial assets including trade and other receivables and cash which are subject to impairment under IFRS 9. The amount of impairment is updated at each reporting date to reflect changes in credit risk since initial recognition.

 

The Group applies a simplified approach for trade receivables and other receivable so that the impairment provision is always recognized related to the lifetime expected credit losses for the asset. This is the approach that the Group has mostly applied because trade receivables represent the main financial asset of the Group.

 

For trade accounts receivable, the Group perform analytical or individual evaluation if receivables are considered individually significant by management and there is specific information regarding any significant increase in the credit risk.

 

F-18
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

4. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES INFORMATION - continued

 

Financial instruments - continued

 

Financial liabilities and equity instruments

 

Classified as debt or equity

 

Debt and equity instruments issued by the Group are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

 

Equity instruments

 

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all of its liabilities. Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

 

Financial liabilities at amortized cost

 

Financial liabilities including trade and other payables, amount due to a shareholder/directors, lease liabilities and bank and other borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest method.

 

Derecognition of financial liabilities

 

The Group derecognizes financial liabilities when, and only when, the Group’s obligations are discharged, cancelled or have expired. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the consideration paid and payable is recognized in profit or loss.

 

Offsetting of financial instruments

 

Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the consolidated statement of financial position if there is a currently enforceable legal right to offset the recognized amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, to realize the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.

 

Fair value measurements of financial instruments

 

IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation technique used to measure fair value as follows:

 

● Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

● Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liability either directly or indirectly; and

 

● Level 3 – inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs)

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, no financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis were incurred at the end of each reporting period.

 

Deferred listing expense

 

An entity typically incurs various costs in issuing or acquiring its own equity instruments. Those costs might include registration and other regulatory fees, amounts paid to legal, accounting and other professional advisers, printing costs and stamp duties. The transaction costs of an equity transaction are accounted for as a deduction from equity to the extent they are incremental costs directly attributable to the equity transaction that otherwise would have been avoided. The costs of an equity transaction that is abandoned are recognized as an expense.

 

Transaction costs that relate to the issue of a compound financial instrument are allocated to the liability and equity components of the instrument in proportion to the allocation of proceeds. Transaction costs that relate jointly to more than one transaction (for example, costs of a concurrent offering of some shares and a stock exchange listing of other shares) are allocated to those transactions using a basis of allocation that is rational and consistent with similar transactions.

 

As at March 31, 2026, all deferred listing expenses were debited to share premium as a reduction against the proceeds received from the IPO.

 

Equity-Settled Underwriter Warrants

 

In connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering, the Company issued warrants to the underwriter to purchase up to a total of 62,500 carrying a fixed exercise price of US$4.00 per share. These warrants contractually vest and become exercisable on September 30, 2026, and carry a final expiration date of September 30, 2029.

 

In accordance with IFRS 2, these instruments are classified as equity-settled share-based payments for share-placement services rendered by the underwriter. The transaction costs have been measured at their grant-date fair value of US$164,625 (equivalent to HK$1,284,075) utilizing a Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model. The key input parameters utilized in the valuation model were time to maturity of 3.7 years, risk free discount rate of 2.964%, an underlying asset spot price of US$4.00, a strike price of US$4.00, and an expected volatility proxy.

 

The resulting non-cash transaction cost has been recognized entirely within equity by debiting Share Premium and crediting Other Reserves, yielding a net-zero impact on total equity. These instruments satisfy the fixed-for-fixed criteria under IAS 32 and are permanently classified within Equity.

 

Events after the reporting period

 

If the Group receives information after the reporting period, but prior to the date of authorization for issue, about conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period, it will assess whether the information affects the amounts that it recognizes in its financial statements. The Group will adjust the amounts recognized in its financial statements to reflect any adjusting events after the reporting period and update the disclosures that relate to those conditions in light of the new information. For non-adjusting events after the reporting period, the Group will not change the amounts recognized in its financial statements, but will disclose the nature of the non-adjusting events and an estimate of their financial effects, or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, if applicable.

 

F-19
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

5. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies, the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Critical judgements in applying accounting policies

 

The following are the critical judgements, apart from those involving estimations, that the directors of the Company have made in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements.

 

Construction progress measurement for revenue recognition

 

The Group recognizes revenue for performance obligations satisfied over time only when it is able to reasonably measure its progress toward complete satisfaction of those obligations. This requires management to exercise significant judgement in assessing the nature of the performance obligations and determining an appropriate method of measuring progress, whether based on inputs or outputs.

 

In certain circumstances, when the Group is unable to reasonably measure the outcome of a performance obligation due to inherent uncertainties in the scope, timing, or outcome of the work performed and where the Group could only expect to recover the costs incurred in satisfying the performance obligation, revenue is recognized only to the extent of those costs incurred, in accordance with IFRS 15.

 

This approach reflects management’s judgement that, although even though the final outcome cannot be reliably estimated at the reporting date, revenue will be recognized by the probability of whether the costs incurred will be recoverable.

 

For the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Group recognized HK$17,163,904 and HK$8,497,077 of revenue and HK$16,936,627 and HK$8,497,077 cost for construction projects of supply and installations of 2 cooling towers and new condensing water pump, provision of our BocaPCM-TES System and MVAC system (which was basically competed during the year ended March 31, 2026 and it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur), respectively.

 

F-20
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

6. REVENUE

 

Break-down of revenue

 

               
    For the year ended March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                     
Energy saving services income                      
- Hong Kong     7,887,455       5,077,844       5,236,436  
                         
Consultancy fee income                        
- Hong Kong     -       3,000,000       -  
                         
Construction income                        
- Hong Kong     5,418,194       8,497,077       -  
- Macau    

11,745,710

      -       -  
                         
Total     25,051,359       16,574,921       5,236,436  

 

Energy saving services income

 

As at April 21, 2017, the Group entered into a performance agreement for energy savings project by using Phase Change Material Thermal Energy Storage System together with Ultra-High Efficiency Boca Hybrid Power Chiller Plant. The Group allows a credit period of 30 days to its trade customers.

 

Consultancy fee income

 

On May 13, 2024, the Group entered into a consultancy agreement for research and development and provide solution to repurpose second-hand EV batteries for commercial energy storage applications. For the year ended March 31, 2025, the Group completed the consultancy services of completion of the first Prototype, the details accounting policies relating to revenue are set out in Note 4. As of March 31, 2026 and 2025, contracted but not yet recognized revenue of consultancy services was HK$3,000,000. The management expects that the revenue will be recognized within three years.

 

Construction income

 

On August 27, 2024, the Group entered into a construction agreement for the installation of MVAC system. On June 7, 2025, the Group signed an agreement for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of a cooling tower system. On March 12, 2025, the Group signed a construction contract for Ultra High Efficiency Chiller Plant design, supply and installation.

 

Such installation services under each contract are recognized as a performance obligation satisfied over time. Revenue is recognized for these installation services based on these performance obligations under IFRS 15.

 

In current year, for MVAC project, the Group determine it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur, the Group recognize Cumulative revenue equal to cash collection.

 

For HAECO Cooling Tower and Macau Hospital Chiller Plant Projects, the Group is not able to reasonably measure the outcome of a performance obligation, but the Group expects to recover the costs incurred in satisfying the performance obligation. In those circumstances, the Group shall recognize revenue only to the extent of the costs incurred until such time that it can reasonably measure the outcome of the performance obligation.

 

As of March 31, 2026, contracted but not yet recognized revenue of construction income was HK$ 6,060,546. It was arising from two construction contracts, including aforementioned contract amounted of HK$3,437,485 and HK$2,623,061.

 

The detailed accounting policies and estimated relating to revenue are set out in Note 4 and Note 5.

 

The Group allows a credit period of 14 to 90 days to its trade customers.

 

  a. Major customers

 

The revenue from major customers individually contributed over 10% of total revenue of the Group for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:

 

               
    For the year ended March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
               
HAECO     12,143,375       5,077,844       5,236,436  

Macau University of Science and Technology

Foundation – University Hospital

    11,745,710       -       -  
SOAR Equipment Rental Company Limited     -       3,000,000       -  
LMP International Limited    

1,162,274

     

8,497,077

      -  

 

F-21
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

7. OTHER INCOMES / (LOSSES)

 

    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                     
Imputed interest income     4,193        4,150       5,716  
Bank interest income    

87,749

      2,685       569  
Waive of trade payables and accrued expense     132,285       -       226,000  
Waive of interests payables on other loans    

6,505,995

     

-

     

-

 
Loss on extinguishment of financial liabilities     (12,433,451 )     -       -  
Insurance claims    

-

      336,867       -  
Gain on early termination of lease    

-

      -       14,882  
Sundry income     -       36,000       -  
                         
Total     (5,703,229 )     379,702       247,167  

 

8. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

 

    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                     
Salaries and benefits    

674,048

      281,037       406,361  
Office and miscellaneous    

625,638

      787,151       1,003,146  
Management and consulting fees    

500,000

      510,000       205,968  
Professional fees    

7,757,717 

      4,225,016       3,185,586  
Director remuneration    

1,279,600 

      1,559,022       1,800,000  
Depreciation    

326,839

      273,297       474,697  
Travel and promotion     15,073       32,604       26,460  
                         
Total    

11,178,915

      7,668,127       7,102,218  

 

9. FINANCE COSTS

 

    2026     2025     2024  
   

HK$

    HK$     HK$  
                     
Interest on bank borrowings    

305,133

      98,570       123,841  
Interest on other borrowings    

261,449

      2,330,010       2,330,008  
Interest on lease liabilities    

9,780

      16,621       58,174  
                         
Total    

576,362

      2,445,201       2,512,023  

 

F-22
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

10. INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 

The income tax expense can be reconciled to the loss before tax per the consolidated statement of loss and comprehensive loss as follows:

  

    2026     2025     2024  
   

HK$

    HK$     HK$  
                     
Loss for the period before income tax    

(13,113,273

)     (5,982,220 )     (7,921,940 )
                         
Tax at the domestic income tax rate of 16.5%    

(2,163,690

)     (987,066 )     (1,307,120 )
Tax effect of income not taxable for tax purpose    

(16,819

)     (2,790 )     (5,155 )
Tax effect of expenses not deductible    

1,378,496

      902,707       594,476  
Tax effect of change in valuation allowance    

802,013

      87,149       717,799  
                         
Income tax expense     -       -       -  

 

Hong Kong Profits Tax is calculated at 16.5% of the estimated assessable profit for both years.

 

No provision for Hong Kong Profits Tax is made for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 as the Group has no assessable profit arising in Hong Kong or the assessable profits are wholly absorbed by tax losses brought forward from prior years.

 

At the end of the reporting period, the Group has unused tax losses of approximately HK$42,391,997 (2025: HK$40,958,937) available for offset against future profits. Such losses may be carried forward indefinitely.

 

    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                     
Deferred Tax Assets:                      
Net operating loss carryforwards     6,994,679       6,758,225       7,240,421  
                         
Gross deferred tax assets    

6,994,679

      6,758,225       7,240,421  
Valuation Allowance    

(5,174,215

)     (4,372,203 )     (4,285,053 )
                         
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance    

1,820,464

      2,386,022       2,955,368  
                         
Deferred tax liabilities:                        
Property and equipment     (1,820,464 )     (2,386,022 )     (2,955,368 )
                         
Deferred Tax Liabilities    

(1,820,464

)     (2,386,022 )     (2,955,368 )
                         
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net    

-

      -       -  

 

F-23
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

11. LOSS PER SHARE

 

Loss per share

 

The calculation of basic loss per share attributable to owners of the Group is based on the loss for the year of HK$13,113,273 (2025: HK$5,982,220 and 2024: HK$7,921,940) attributable to owners of the Group and the weighted average number of shares of approximately 10,576,712 (2025: 10,000,000 and 2024: 9,218,579).

 

Diluted loss per share

 

The effects of all potential ordinary shares are anti-dilutive for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024. Common equivalent shares are not included in the denominator of the diluted loss per share calculation when inclusion of such shares would be anti-dilutive.

 

12. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

    Office
equipment
    Computer       Property    

Machinery and

Equipment- truck

   

Machinery and

Equipment- System

    Total  
    HK$     HK$       HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$  
COST                                                
At March 31, 2024     169,958       20,995       -     63,000       33,181,644       33,435,597  
Additions     -       6,898       -       -       -       6,898  
                                                 
At March 31, 2025     169,958       27,893       -       63,000       33,181,644       33,442,495  
Additions    

19,129

      12,778       9,820,100       -      

-

     

9,852,007

 
                                                 
At March 31, 2026    

189,087 

     

40,671 

      9,820,100      

63,000

     

33,181,644

     

43,294,502

 
                                                 
DEPRECIATION                                                
At March 31, 2024     78,602       2,700       -       54,600       15,333,568       15,469,470  
Provided for the year     33,992      

4,888

      -       8,400       3,420,335       3,467,615  
                                                 
At March 31, 2025     112,594      

7,588

      -       63,000       18,753,903       18,937,085  
Provided for the year     32,625       7,980       64,659     -      

3,421,001

     

3,526,265

 
                                                 
At March 31, 2026     145,219       15,568       64,659       63,000       22,174,904       22,463,350  
CARRYING VALUES                                                
At March 31, 2026     43,868       25,103       9,755,441     -       11,006,740       20,831,152  
                                 

     

 
At March 31, 2025     57,364       20,305       -       -       14,427,741       14,505,410  
                                                 
At March 31, 2024     91,356       18,295       -       8,400       17,848,076       17,966,127  

 

Basis of Valuation and Classification of Properties

 

When the ownership interests of properties include both leasehold land and building elements, the entire consideration is allocated between the leasehold and the building elements in proportion to the relative fair values at initial recognition. When the consideration cannot be allocated reliably between non-lease building element and undivided interest in the underlying leasehold land, the entire properties are classified as property, plant and equipment.

 

Impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, the Group has performed impairment assessment on property, plant and equipment with carrying amounts of HK$11,011,052, due to the Group was loss making during the year.

 

The recoverable amounts of the cash-generating units (“CGU”) have been determined based on their value in use. That calculation uses cash flow projections based on financial budgets approved by the management of the respective subsidiary covering the following 3 years with a pre-tax discount rate is 15.0% as at March 31, 2026. The Company estimates that the annual revenue for this CGU from 2027 to 2029 will be HK$5,400,000, which is based on the future business plan. Another key assumption for the value in use calculated is the budgeted gross margin, which is determined based on the cash-generating units’ past performance and management expectations.

 

Based on the value-in-use calculation, no impairment loss has been recognized against the carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment for the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024.

 

The impairment assessment of property classified as property, plant and equipment was evaluated by the fair value less cost to sell method. With reference to the recent market transactions of similar properties, no impairment loss has been recognized against the carrying amounts of property for the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

F-24
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

13. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS

 

    Leased properties  
    HK$  
COST        
At April 1, 2024, March 31, 2025 and April 1, 2025     678,050  
Derecognition upon expiry of lease     (678,050 )
Addition    

624,735

 
         
At March 31, 2026     624,735  
         
DEPRECIATION        
At April 1, 2024     282,521  
Provided for the year     226,017  
         
At March 31, 2025     508,538  
Provided for the year    

221,574

 
Derecognition upon expiry of lease    

(678,050

)
         
At March 31, 2026    

52,062

 
         
CARRYING VALUES        
At March 31, 2026    

572,673

 
         
At March 31, 2025     169,512  
         
At March 31, 2024     395,529  

 

On January 1, 2026, the Group commenced an office lease in Hong Kong. The lease term is for 36 months and ends on December 31, 2028. The monthly base rent is HK$18,500.

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, one lease contract expired (2025: Nil).

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, except for the abovementioned office lease, the Group has no other addition lease contracts (2025: Nil).

 

For the year ended March 31, 2026, no lease contract was terminated (2025: Nil).

 

Right-of-use assets in which the Group is reasonably certain to obtain ownership of the underlying leased assets at the end of the lease term is depreciated from commencement date to the end of the useful life. The remaining right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases.

 

The total cash outflow for leases is HK$229,200 (2025:HK$231,600 and 2024: HK$447,600). The Group also had non-cash additions to right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of HK$624,735 for the year ended March 31, 2026 (2025: Nil).

 

The lease agreements do not impose any extension or termination options which are exercisable only by the Group and not by the respective lessors.

 

F-25
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

13. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS – continued

 

As at March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Group does not provide residual value guarantees in relation to leases arrangement. The lease agreements do not impose any covenants other than the security interests in the leased assets that are held by the lessor.

 

As at March 31, 2026 and 2025 the Group has no leases that are committed but not yet commenced. The maturity of lease liabilities is presented in note 20.

 

14. PREPAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS, TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

 

   

As at March 31,

 
    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Trade receivables     5,411,404       1,632,602  
Less: Provision for expected credit losses     -       -  
                 
Total     5,411,404       1,632,602  
Other receivables     36,878       11,260  
Less: Provision for expected credit loss     -       -  
                 
Trade and other receivables     5,448,282       1,643,862  
Prepayments and deposits     1,590,252       4,053,457  
Prepayment for project cost     -       592,501  
                 
Total     7,038,534       6,289,820  
 Less: Receivables and prepayments and deposits within twelve months shown under current assets     (6,281,371 )     (3,933,688 )
                 
Rental deposits and prepayments shown under non-current assets     757,163       2,356,132  

 

Details of impairment assessment of trade receivables for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are set out in note 24(b).

 

For customers with good credit quality and payment history, the Group allows credit periods from 14 to 90 days (2025: 14-90 days).

 

The following is an aged analysis of trade receivables (net of allowance for credit losses) presented based on the invoice date at the end of the reporting period, which approximates the revenue recognition dates:

 

    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
                 
Up to 30 days     5,411,404       1,632,602  

 

Before accepting any new customer, the Group will assess the potential customer’s credit quality and define its credit limits. Credit sales are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. Credit limits attributed to customers and credit terms granted to customers are reviewed regularly.

 

As at March 31, 2026, there is no balance past due (2025: Nil) and the Group does not hold any collateral over these balances.

 

15. CONTRACT FULFILMENT COSTS

 

The Group capitalize costs incurred to fulfil contracts as contract fulfilment costs in consolidated statements of financial position. Contract fulfilment costs were HK$324,521 as of March 31, 2026. (2025: HK$662,929). Contract fulfilment costs are amortized to cost on the construction starting date. The amount of amortization of contract fulfilment costs of HK$662,929 were recognized as “cost of revenue” for the year ended March 31, 2026. (2025:Nil)

 

F-26
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES

 

  a) Compensation of key management personnel of the Company.

 

      2026   2025     2024  
      HK$   HK$     HK$  
                   
Salaries, fees and other allowances    

1,230,000

    1,920,000       1,920,000  
Retirement benefit scheme contributions     -     -       16,661  
                       
Total     1,230,000     1,920,000       1,936,661  

 

  Note: The key management’s emoluments was accounted for in administrative expenses amounting to HK$1,230,000 (2025:HK$1,679,022) and in the cost of revenue amounting to Nil (2025: HK$240,978).

 

For the year ended March 31, 2025, Chan Kam Biu, Richard, a director and major shareholder, waived his remuneration of HK$1,200,000 to support the Company’s financial stability. The waiver was recorded as cost of revenue of HK$240,978 and administrative expenses of HK$959,022 with corresponding account charged against other reserve as a capital contribution. No waiver of remuneration was made for the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

  b) Amounts due to shareholders and directors

 

The amounts are unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. The related party balances are set out below:

 

         
    As at March 31,  
    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Amount due to a shareholder                
Joyful Star Limited     (189,922 )     (689,922 )
Amount due from (to) shareholders     (189,922 )     (689,922 )
                 
Amounts due to directors                
Dr Chan Kam Biu, Richard     (392,298 )     (621,243 )
Lui Lai Yuen     -     (200,000 )
                 
Other payable                
Lui Lai Yuen and Chan Koon Wah Charles     (5,800 )     -  

 

F-27
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES - continued

 

  b) Amounts due to a shareholder and directors - continued

 

During the year ended March 31, 2026, the Group made repayment of HK$200,000 (2025: Nil) to Lui Lai Yuen.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2026, the Group made payments of HK$1,935,441 to Dr Chan Kam Biu, Richard (2025: HK$729,302), received advances of HK$1,706,496 (2025: HK$843,647) from Dr Chan Kam Biu, Richard, and settlement of the Group’s purchase of property, plant and equipment on behalf of the Group in total of HK$Nil (2025: HK$6,898).

 

During the year ended March 31, 2025, the management of the Group has written off the amount due from Boca Holdings Limited of HK$481,293 and recognized in profit or loss. No written off was recognized during the year ended March 31, 2026.

 

  c) Transactions with related parties

 

On December 10, 2021, Chan Kam Biu, Richard, one of the directors of the Company, entered into a put option agreement with certain creditors. Pursuant to the agreement, the aforementioned creditors obtained a put option that within 2 months after the lock-up period (six months after listing of the ordinary shares of the Company) they could exercise the put option to sell not more than 5% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company to Chan Kam Biu, Richard at the offering price.

 

  d) Transactions with related parties

 

On March 13, 2025, the Group entered into sales and purchase agreements with a director of the Company and his close family member, Ms. Lui Lai Yuen, and Mr. Chan Koon Wah Charles, for purchasing residential property for the accommodation of Chan Kam Biu, Richard and Lui Lai Yuen. The consideration was HK$9,500,000. As of March 31, 2026, the Group had paid the total consideration of HK$9,494,200. (2025: deposit of HK$950,000 which was utilized as part of the total consideration). The Group’s purpose of holding the property is to provide management/employee benefits to the director. Therefore, the property does not qualify as investment property, and should be classified as owner-occupied property and accounted for under IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment.

 

17. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT

 

Bank balances carried interest rates at prevailing market rates based on daily bank deposit rate for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

As at March 31, 2026 and 2025, bank balances are placed in tier one banks in Hong Kong.

 

18. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

 

    2026     2025  
   

As at March 31,

 
    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Trade payables     197,040       82,560  
Interest payables     589,997       3,000,465  
Other payables     5,800       6,636,288  
Accrued charges     1,419,456       169,000  
Provision for long service payment     168,456       -  
Provision for reinstatement cost     26,300       26,300  
                 
Trade and other payables     2,407,049       9,914,613  

 

F-28
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

19. CONTRACT LIABILITIES

 

    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
                 
Contract liabilities (note)     -       4,667,773  

 

Notes:

 

  i. On August 27, 2024, the Group had entered contract with independent customer for providing services of installation MVAC system, the Group received deposits of HK$9,659,350 from customers, this will give rise to contract liabilities before the contract commencement, until the Group satisfied the performance obligations. The management recognized the contract liabilities of HK$8,497,077 to revenue for the year ended March 31, 2025 and the management expects that the unsatisfied performance obligations of HK$1,162,273 will be recognized as revenue within one year according to the contract period. During the year ended March 31, 2026, HK$1,162,273 was recognized as revenue. (2025: HK$8,497,077)

 

  ii. On February 10, 2025, the Group had entered contract with independent customer for providing of supply and installation of the colling tower system, the Group received deposits of HK$ 3,505,500 from customers, this will give rise to contract liabilities before the contract commencement, until the Group satisfied the performance obligations. The Group expects that the unsatisfied performance obligations will be recognized as revenue within one year according to the contract period. During the year ended March 31, 2026, HK$3,505,500 was recognized as revenue. (2025: HK$Nil)

 

20. LEASE LIABILITIES

 

The following table presents lease obligations for the Group for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

    Leased properties  
    HK$  
       
Balance as at April 1, 2024     384,560  
         
Imputed interest     16,621  
Lease payments     (231,600 )
Balance as at March 31, 2025     169,581  
Addition     612,961  
Imputed interest     9,780  
Lease payments     (229,200 )
Balance March 31, 2026     563,122  
         
Less: Current portion     (194,501 )
Non-current lease liabilities     368,621

 

The weighted average incremental borrowing rates applied to lease liabilities at 5.95% (2025: 5.95%).

 

The following table discloses the undiscounted cash flow for lease liabilities as at March 31, 2026:

 

    Leased properties  
    HK$  
Less than one year     222,000  
Within a period of more than one year but not more than two years     222,000  
Within a period of two years but not more than three years     166,500  
Total    

610,500

 

 

F-29
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

21. BANK AND OTHER BORROWINGS

 

    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Bank loans     6,978,895       2,623,655  
Other loans     -       26,600,000  
                 
Total     6,978,895       29,223,655  
                 
Secured     6,978,895       4,623,655  
Unsecured     -       24,600,000  
                 
Total     6,978,895       29,223,655  
                 
Carrying amount of principal and accrued interests repayable:                
Within one year     1,950,574       26,638,984  
In more than one year but not exceeding five years     5,028,321       2,542,107  
More than five years     -       42,564  
      6,978,895       29,223,655  
                 
Amounts due within one year, shown under current liabilities with repayment on demand     6,978,895       29,223,655  

 

F-30
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

21. BANK AND OTHER BORROWINGS – continued

 

Details of the bank and other borrowings are as follows:

 

    Loan 1   Loan 2   Loan 3   Loan 4
    HK$   HK$   HK$   HK$
Principal   3,088,800   20,000,000   2,000,000   3,610,000
Interest rate p.a   2.75% to 3.00%   10%   5%   5%
Inception date   18/2/2021   17/7/2017   15/5/2010   9/3/2018
Maturity date   18/1/2030   17/6/2029   On demand   On demand
Repayment terms   Repayable on demand   Repayable on demand   Repayable on demand   Repayable on demand
Security   Government Guarantee and director’s personal guarantee   Not secured   Director’s personal patent right   Not secured
Outstanding Amount as at March 31, 2026   1,902,467   -   -   -
Outstanding Amount as at March 31, 2025   1,941,641   20,000,000   2,000,000   3,610,000
Outstanding Amount as at March 31, 2024   2,359,432   20,000,000   2,000,000   3,610,000

 

    Loan 5   Loan 6   Loan 7   Loan 8
    HK$   HK$   HK$   HK$
Principal   990,000   1,004,400   3,000,000   2,500,000
Interest rate p.a   5%   2.75% to 3.00%   2.84%-5.73%   6.25%
Inception date   9/4/2018   9/7/2021   21/5/2025   14/1/2026
Maturity date   On demand   9/6/2030   21/5/2028   13/1/2031
Repayment terms   Repayable on demand   Repayable on demand   Repayable on demand   Repayable on demand
Security   Not secured   Government Guarantee and director’s personal guarantee   Director’s personal guarantee   One unit of BocaSL Adiabatic Air Cooled Magnetic Oil Free Centrifugal Chiller (Model: BOSL-300)
Outstanding Amount as at March 31, 2026   -   682,014   2,107,036   2,287,378
Outstanding Amount as at March 31, 2025   990,000   682,014   -   -
Outstanding Amount as at March 31, 2024   990,000   828,543   -   -

 

Note:

 

    Loan 1, 6, 7 and 8 are bank borrowings.
     
    The repayment term of loan 2 is 12 years but repayable on demand. This loan was settled subsequent to the Company’s listing, whereby the Company exercised the early repayment clause, resulting in HK$ 6,618,280 of interest being waived for the year ended 31 March 2026.
     
    Loan 7 & 8 were drawdown whiles Loan 2 – 5 were repaid during the year ended March 31, 2026

 

F-31
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

21. BANK AND OTHER BORROWINGS – continued

 

The continuity of the term facility for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Balance at beginning of the year     29,223,655       29,787,975  
Repayments     (15,105,872 )     (564,320 )
Drawdown     5,170,000       -  
Loan Forgiveness     (7,708,888 )     -  
Settlement with issuance of ordinary shares of the Company (Note 22c)     (4,600,000 )     -  
Balance at end of the year     6,978,895       29,223,655  
Less: Current portion     (6,978,895 )     (29,223,655 )
                 
Non-current portion     -       -  

 

22. SHARE CAPITAL

 

a) Authorized Share Capital

 

The Group’s authorized common shares were 50,000,000 with par value of HK$0.0078 (US$0.001).

 

b) Issued Share Capital

 

    Number of
shares
    Amount
HK$
 
             
Issued and fully paid:                
                 
At April 1, 2024, March 31, 2025 and April 1, 2025     10,000,000       78,000  
                 
Issue of shares     2,875,000       22,425  
                 
At March 31, 2026     12,875,000       100,425  

 

On January 12, 2026, the “Company entered into an underwriting in connection with issuance and sale by the Company of 2,500,000 ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share at a price of US$4.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters were granted an option for a period of 45 days to purchase from the Company up to an additional 375,000 Ordinary Shares, at the same price per share, to cover over-allotments, if any. In connection with the IPO, the Company listed its Ordinary Shares on the NYSE American Market (“NYSE American”), and the Ordinary Shares commenced trading on NYSE American on January 13, 2026 under the symbol “GCDT”. On February 12, 2026, the Company issued and sold to the underwriter an additional of 375,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of US$4.00 per share, pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. As a result, a total of 2,875,000 Ordinary Shares were issued in the IPO. 

 

F-32
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

22. SHARE CAPITAL - continued

 

c) Share premium

 

    Amount
HK$
 
       
At April 1, 2024, March 31, 2025 and April 1, 2025     5,048,160  
         
Issue of shares in connection with the initial public offering (Note 1)     66,800,175  
Issue of underwriter’s warrants (Note 2)     (1,284,075 )
Issue of shares in connection with exercise of overallotment options (Note 1)     10,644,075  
Listing fee offset against share premium upon completion of initial public offering (Note 1)     (7,525,603 )
Loss from extinguishment of financial liabilities with equity (Note 3)     18,720,000  
         
At March 31, 2026     92,402,732  

 

Note:

 

1.

 

On January 12, 2026, the “Company entered into an underwriting in connection with issuance and sale by the Company of 2,500,000 ordinary shares, par value US$ 0.001 per share at a price of US$ 4.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The IPO closed on January 14, 2026. The Company received net proceeds from the IPO of approximately US$8,566,625 equivalent to HK$66,819,675 after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions, the non-accountable expense allowance and offering expenses payable to the underwriter and the other service parties amounted to US$1,433,375. (excluding any exercise of the Over-Allotment Option in connection with the IPO).

 

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters were granted an option for a period of 45 days to purchase from the Company up to an additional 375,000 Ordinary Shares, at the same price per share, to cover over-allotments, if any. On February 12, 2026, the Company issued and sold to the underwriter an additional of 375,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of US$ 4.00 per share, pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. As a result, the Company received an additional of US$1,365,000 equivalent to HK$10,647,000 after deducting the underwriting discounts, the non-accountable expense allowance and legal fee amounted to US$135,000.

 

2.

 

On January 14, 2026, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company issued underwriters’ warrant which entitled the holder to purchase up to an aggregate of 62,500 Ordinary Shares (“Underwriters’ Warrants”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the IPO Prospectus, the Underwriters’ Warrants may be exercised beginning on September 30, 2026, until September 30, 2029. The initial exercise price of the Underwriters’ Warrants is US$4.00 per share, which represents 100% of the offering price per share in the IPO. The fair value of the warrants on issue date is HK$1,284,075 and the amount is deducted from the share premium.

 

3.

 

On December 10, 2021, the Group entered into a debt settlement agreement (the “Agreement”) with a certain creditor to fully extinguish an outstanding financial liability of HK$4,600,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the loan and the accrued interests with the amount of HK$6,286,549 will be settled through the issuance of shares by the listed entity GCDT.

 

In full and final settlement of the obligation, the Group issued 600,000 ordinary shares in December 2021, and the fair value was at US$4.00 per share (equivalent to approximately HK$31.20 per share at the translation rate of US$1.00 to HK$7.80), when the Group consummated its IPO on January 14, 2026, representing a total equity value of US$2,400,000 (equivalent to approximately HK$18,720,000).

 

In accordance with IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRIC 19, the equity instruments issued were measured at their transaction-date fair value. The excess of the fair value of the ordinary shares issued over the carrying amount of the derecognized financial liability, amounting to HK$12,433,451, has been recognized as a loss on extinguishment of financial liabilities within other incomes/(losses) in the Consolidated Statement of Loss and Comprehensive Loss for the year ended March 31, 2026. The corresponding equity increase was recorded under share premium accounts within the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity.

 

The share premium account is governed by the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands and may be applied by the Company subject to the provisions, if any, of its memorandum and articles of association in paying distributions or dividends to equity shareholders.

 

No distribution or dividend may be paid to the equity shareholders out of the share premium account.

 

d) Other reserve

 

Other reserve comprised of (i) waiver of amount due from director who is equity participant in the Group, amounted of HK$3,021,782 and wavier of officer’s remuneration of HK$1,200,000; (ii) merging amount of HK$6,999,999 that the difference between the consideration of HK$1 and BOCA’s share capital of HK$7,000,000, and (iii) the fair value of warrants of HK$1,284,075 issued to the underwriters of the IPO as compensation.

 

The table below set forth the movement and outstanding warrants during the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024.

    Number of
warrants
    Weighted Average Exercise Price (US$)  
             
At April 1, 2024, March 31, 2025 and April 1, 2025     -       -  
Issued     62,500       4.00  
Exercised     -       -  
Expired     -       -  
At March 31, 2026     62,500       4.00  

 

The Company had the following outstanding warrants as at Mach, 31, 2026.

Number of Warrants Outstanding   Exercise Price     Expiry Date     Weighted Average Remaining Life  
    US$              
                       
62,500     4.00       09/30/2029       3.5  

 

F-33
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

23. CAPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT

 

The Group manages its capital to ensure that the Group will be able to continue as a going concern while maximizing the return to the shareholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance. The Group has obtained financial support from its shareholders, which has agreed to provide adequate funds to enable the Group to meet in full its financial obligations as they fall due in the foreseeable future and not to demand for repayment until the Group has financial ability to do so. The Group’s overall strategy remains unchanged from prior year.

 

The capital structure of the Group consists of bank and other borrowings disclosed in Note 21, amounts due to a shareholder and directors disclosed in Note 16 and lease liabilities as disclosed in Note 20, net of cash and cash equivalents and equity attributable to owner of the Group, comprising issued share capital, share premium, other reserve and accumulated losses.

 

The directors of the Company review the capital structure on an on-going basis. As part of this review, the directors consider the cost of capital and the risks associated with each class of capital.

 

Based on recommendations of the directors, the Group will balance its overall capital structure through new share issuances as well as debt financing.

 

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

  a. Categories of financial instruments

 

    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Financial assets                
Amortized cost                
Trade receivables     5,411,404       1,632,602  
Other receivables     36,878       11,260  
Refundable Deposits     93,139       104,445  
Cash and cash equivalent     36,308,320       1,384,211  
Total     41,849,741       3,132,518  
                 
Financial liabilities                
Amortized cost                
Trade payables     197,040       82,560  
Interest payables     589,997       3,000,465  
Accrued charges and other payables     1,620,012       6,831,588  
Amount due to directors     392,298       821,243  
Amount due to a shareholder     189,922       689,922  
Bank borrowings     6,978,895       2,623,655  
Other borrowings     -       26,600,000  
Lease liabilities     563,122       169,581  
                 
Total     10,531,286       40,819,014  

 

  b. Financial risk management objectives and policies

 

The major financial instruments of the Group include trade receivables, other receivables, deposits, cash, trade payables, interest payables, accrued charges and other payables, amount due to a shareholder, amounts due to directors, bank and other borrowings and lease liabilities. Details of the financial instruments are disclosed in the respective notes. The risks associated with these financial instruments include market risk (represented by interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. The policies on how to mitigate these risks are set out below. The Group’s management manages and monitors these exposures to ensure appropriate measures are implemented in a timely and effective manner.

 

F-34
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - continued

 

  b. Financial risk management objectives and policies - continued

 

Market risk

 

Interest rate risk

 

The following table details the interest rate profile of the Company’s borrowings of March 31, 2026 and 2025:

    2026     2025  
    HK$     HK$  
             
Fixed Rate Borrowings:                
                 
Bank and other borrowings     2,287,378       26,000,000  
Lease liabilities     563,122       169,581  
                 
Floating rate borrowings:                
                 
Bank borrowings     4,691,517       2,623,655  

 

Fluctuations in market interest rates may negatively affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company is exposed to floating interest rate on floating rate bank borrowings and bank overdrafts. The Company has not used any derivative financial instruments to manage the interest rate exposure.

 

At March 31, 2026 and 2025, it is estimated that a general increase/decrease of 100 basis points in interest rates, with all other variables held constant, would have decreased/increased the Company’s profit before tax by HK$46,915 and HK$26,236 respectively.

 

The sensitivity analysis above indicates the instantaneous change in the Company’s profit after tax that would arise assuming that the change in interest rates had occurred at the end of the reporting period and had been applied to re-measure those financial instruments held by the Company which expose the Company to fair value interest rate risk at the end of the reporting period. In respect of the exposure to cash flow interest rate risk arising from floating rate non-derivative instruments held by the Company at the end of the reporting period, the impact on the group’s profit before tax is estimated as an annualized impact on interest expense or income of such a change in interest rates.

 

Credit risk and impairment assessment

 

As at March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk which will cause a financial loss due to failure to discharge an obligation by the counterparties is arising from the carrying amounts of the recognized financial assets as stated in the statement of financial position.

 

Trade receivables arising from contracts with customers

 

In order to minimize the credit risk, management of the Group has delegated a team responsible for determination of credit limits, credit approvals and other monitoring procedures to ensure that follow-up action is taken to recover overdue debts. The Group only extends credit to customers based on careful evaluation of the customers’ financial conditions and credit history. Credit sales are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. The Group performs impairment assessment under ECL model upon application of IFRS 9 on trade receivables. In this regard, the directors of the Company consider that the Group’s credit risk is significantly reduced.

 

F-35
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - continued

 

  b. Financial risk management objectives and policies - continued

 

Credit risk and impairment assessment - continued

 

Other receivables

 

The Group assessed the impairment for its other receivables individually based on internal credit rating and ageing of these debtors which, in the opinion of the directors of the Company, have no significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition. ECL is estimated based on historical observed default rates over the expected life of debtors and is adjusted for forward-looking information that is available without undue cost or effort. Based on the impairment assessment performed by the Group, the management of the Group considers the loss allowance for other receivables within lifetime ECL was insignificant and accordingly no allowance for losses is provided.

 

Deposits

 

Deposits comprise refundable security deposits for leases and other deposits for management fee and utility. The Group assesses credit risk and measures loss allowances for deposits using the ECL model. The Group measures loss allowances at an amount equal to 12-month ECLs unless there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, in which case lifetime ECLs are recognized. Based on the impairment assessment performed by the Group, the management of the Group considers the loss allowance for deposits was insignificant and accordingly no allowance for losses is provided.

 

Cash and cash equivalent

 

The credit risk on bank balances is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies. The Company maintains the bank accounts in Hong Kong. Cash balances in bank accounts in Hong Kong are insured under the Deposit Protection Scheme introduced by the Hong Kong Government for a maximum amount of HK$500,000.

 

Significant concentration of credit risk

 

The Group’s concentration of credit risk on trade receivables by geographical locations is in Hong Kong and Macau. The Group has no other significant concentration of credit risk, with exposure spread over a number of counterparties.

 

The Group’s internal credit risk grading assessment on trade receivables and other financial assets comprise the following categories:

 

Internal credit rating   Description  

Trade

receivables

 

Other financial

assets

Low risk   The counterparty has a low risk of default and does not have any past-due amounts   Lifetime ECL - not credit-impaired   12m ECL
Watch list   The counterparty has amounts past-due but is continuously settling after due date and with continuous business transactions with the Group  

Lifetime ECL - not credit-impaired

  12m ECL
Doubtful   There have been significant increases in credit risk since initial recognition through information developed internally or external resources while the counterparty is with continuous business transactions with the Group  

Lifetime ECL - not credit-impaired

 

Lifetime ECL - not credit-impaired

Loss   There is evidence indicating the asset is credit-impaired  

Lifetime ECL - credit-impaired

 

Lifetime ECL - credit-impaired

Write-off   There is evidence indicating that the debtor is in severe financial difficulty and the Group has no realistic prospect of recovery   Amount is written off   Amount is written off

 

F-36
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - continued

 

  b. Financial risk management objectives and policies - continued

 

Credit risk and impairment assessment - continued

 

The table below details the credit risk exposures of the Group’s financial assets, which are subject to ECL assessment:

 

    Credit
rating
  12m or
Lifetime ECL
       
            Gross carrying amount  
    Internal       For the year ended March 31,  
    Credit
rating
  12m or
Lifetime ECL
  2026
HK$
    2025
HK$
 
                     
Trade receivables   Low risk (Note)   Lifetime ECL - not credit-impaired     5,411,404       1,632,602  
                         
Other receivables   Low risk   12m ECL     36,878       11,260  
                         
Deposits   Low risk   12m ECL     93,139       104,445  
                         
Cash and cash equivalent   Low risk   12m ECL     36,308,320       1,384,211  

 

Note:

 

During the year ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, there are no net impairment loss allowance related to trade receivables.

 

Liquidity risk

 

In management of the liquidity risk, the Group has obtained financial support from its shareholders, which has agreed to provide adequate funds to enable the Group to meet in full its financial obligations as they fall due in the foreseeable future and not to demand for repayment until the Group has financial ability to do so. The Group monitors and maintains a level of cash and cash equivalents deemed adequate by management to finance the Group’s operations and mitigate the effects of fluctuations in cash flows. The Group relies on bank and other borrowings and shareholder contribution as significant sources of liquidity. The management monitors the utilization of bank and other borrowings and ensures compliance with the relevant loan covenants.

 

The following table details the Group’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial liabilities. The table has been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of the financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Group can be required to pay. Specifically bank borrowing with a repayment on demand clause are included in the earliest time band regardless of the probability of the banks choosing to exercise their rights. The maturity dates for other non-derivative financial liabilities are based on the agreed repayment dates.

 

F-37
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - continued

 

  b. Financial risk management objectives and policies - continued

 

Liquidity risk - continued

 

The table includes both interest and principal cash flows. To the extent that interest flows are floating rate, the undiscounted amounts is derived from the interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

2026     Weighted average interest rate       On demand or less than 1 month       1 -3 months       3 months to 1 year       1 year to 5 years       Over 5 years       Total undiscounted cash flows       Carrying amount at March 31, 2026  
              HK$       HK$       HK$       HK$       HK$       HK$       HK$  
                                                                 
Non-derivative financial liabilities                                                                
Trade payables             197,040       -       -      

-

     

-

      197,040       197,040  
Interest payables             589,997      

-

      -      

-

     

-

      589,997       589,997  
Accrued charges and other payables             1,620,012       -       -      

-

     

-

      1,620,012       1,620,012  
Amounts due to directors             392,298       -       -      

-

     

-

      392,298       392,298  
Amount due to a shareholder             189,922       -       -       -       -       189,922       189,922  
Bank borrowing                                                                
-floating rate     3.46 %     4,691,517       -       -       -       -       4,691,517       4,691,517  
-fixed rate     6.25 %     2,287,378       -       -       -       -       2,287,378       2,287,378  
Lease liabilities     5.95 %     18,500       37,000       166,500       388,500       -       610,500       563,122  
                                                                 
Total             9,986,664       37,000       166,500       388,500       -       10,578,664       10,531,286  

 

2025   Weighted average interest
rate
    On demand
or less than
1 month
    1 -3 months     3 months
to
1 year
    1 year
to
5 years
    Over
5 years
    Total
undiscounted
cash flows
    Carrying
amount
at March 31, 2025
 
          HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$  
                                                 
Non-derivative financial liabilities                                                                
Trade payables             82,560       -       -       -       -       82,560       82,560  
Interest payables             3,000,465       -       -       -       -       3,000,465       3,000,465  
Accrued charges and other payables             6,831,588       -       -       -       -       6,831,588       6,831,588  
Amounts due to directors             821,243       -       -       -       -       821,243       821,243  
Amount due to a shareholder             689,922       -       -       -       -       689,922       689,922  
Bank borrowings                                                                
-floating rate     3.00 %     2,623,655       -       -       -       -       2,623,655       2,623,655  
Other borrowings                                                                
-fixed rate     8.76 %     26,600,000       -       -       -       -       26,600,000       26,600,000  
Lease liabilities     5.95 %     19,300       38,600       115,800       -       -       173,700       169,581  
                                                                 
Total             40,668,733       38,600       115,800       -       -       40,823,133       40,819,014  

 

F-38
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - continued

 

  b. Financial risk management objectives and policies - continued

 

Liquidity risk - continued

 

Bank and other borrowings with a repayment on demand clause are included in the “on demand or less than 1 month” time band in the above maturity analysis. As at March 31, 2026, the aggregate principal amounts of these bank and other borrowings are amounted to HK$6,978,895 (2025: HK$29,223,655). Taking into account the Group’s financial position, the directors do not believe that it is probable that the banks and the third-party lenders will exercise their discretionary rights to demand for immediate repayment. The directors believe that such loans will be repaid five years after the end of the reporting period in accordance with the scheduled repayment dates set out in the loan agreements, details of which are set out in the table below. The aggregate principal and interest cash outflows of bank and other borrowings with a repayment on demand clause are amounted to HK$7,872,989 (2025: HK$36,656,459).

 

Maturity Analysis – Bank and other borrowings with a repayment on demand clause based on scheduled repayments

 

    Weighted average interest
rate
    Less than
1 year
    1 -2 years     More than
2 years
    Total
undiscounted
cash flows
    Carrying amount  
    %     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$     HK$  
                                     
March 31, 2026     4.38

%

    2,347,635       2,347,635       3,177,719       7,872,989       6,978,895  
                                                 
March 31, 2025     8.24 %     8,717,693       2,697,174       25,241,592       36,656,459       29,223,655  

 

The amounts included above for variable interest rate instruments are subject to change if changes in variable interest rates differ to those estimates of interest rates determined at the end of the reporting period.

 

F-39
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

25. PARTICULARS OF PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES OF THE PARENT COMPANY

 

Details of the subsidiary directly and indirectly held by the parent company at the end of the reporting period are set out below

 

Name of subsidiary   Place of
Incorporation/operations
  Paid up issued capital     Proportion of
ownership interest held by the Company
    Principal activities
              2026     2025      
Boca International Limited   Hong Kong   HK$ 7,000,000       100 %     100 %   Provider of advanced energy saving solutions, consultancy services and construction services supported by proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials and thermal engineering services

 

26. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

              2024  
    For the years ended March 31,  
    2026     2025     2024  
    HK$     HK$     HK$  
                   
Cash paid during the year for:                        
                         
Income taxes     -       -       -  
                         
Non-cash investing and financing transaction:                        
Extinguishment of loan by share issuance     18,720,000       -       -  
Transfer deferred listing expenses to share premium     1,471,020       -       -  
Forgiveness of directors’ remuneration     -       1,200,000       -  
Early termination of lease     -       -       (1,204,245 )
Issued share capital of consultancy fee     -       -       1,950,000  
Forgiveness of amount due to a director     -       -       3,021,782  
Additions of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities     624,735       -       -  

 

During the year ended March 31, 2026, the Company issued underwriter warrants to purchase up to 62,500 ordinary shares as part of its IPO compensation structure. The grant-date fair value of these instruments totaling HK$1,284,075 was recognized as a non-cash transaction cost directly within equity, and has been excluded from the primary body of the Statement of Cash Flows 

 

F-40
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

27. SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Group’s operating segment is determined based on information reported to the chief operating decision maker of the Group (the executive directors of the Company) for the purpose of resource allocation and performance assessment. For management purpose, the Group operates in one business unit based on their services, and only has one operating segment, provider of advanced energy saving solutions, consultancy services and construction service supported by proprietary phase change thermal energy storage materials and thermal engineering services operation. The chief operating decision maker reviews the revenue and results of the Group as a whole without further discrete financial information. Accordingly, no analysis of this single operating and reportable segment is presented.

 

The majority of Group’s revenue is generated from Hong Kong, and majority of non-current assets are located in Hong Kong.

 

28. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date these financial statements were available to be issued.

 

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On July 16, 2026, the Group had entered into a placement agency agreement (the “PA Agreement”) with Revere Securities LLC (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with issuance and sale by the Group pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated July 16, 2026 (the “ELOC Offering”) of unsecured promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000 with an aggregate subscription price of US$8,000,000, to be funded in tranches, and common warrants (the “Warrants” and together with the Notes, the “Offered Securities”) to purchase an aggregate of up to 29,122,679 ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 par value per share (“ELOC Ordinary Shares”). Each of the Warrants will be immediately exercisable, subject to beneficial ownership limitations, for one ELOC Ordinary Share at an initial exercise price of US$2.00 per share, subject to adjustments.

 

The Offering will close in several tranches. The closing of the first tranche of the Offering took place on July 24, 2026, at which time the Company issued (i) a note in the aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000, which is payable and funded in tranches, (ii) a Warrant to purchase up to 29,122,679 Ordinary Shares and (iii) a Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase up to 1,143,962 Ordinary Shares and (iv) 676,205 Ordinary Shares. At the first tranche closing, the Investor funded US$2,000,000 in aggregate gross proceeds, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Group.

 

In connection with the Offering, the Company also entered into (i) a securities purchase agreement dated July 16, 2026 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors, at the investor’s option, who purchased the Offered Securities in the Offering; (ii) a equity purchase agreement (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) dated July 16, 2026 with Target Capital 1, LLC (the “Investor”) pursuant to which the Company may sell and issue to the Investor, and the Investor may purchase from the Company, up to US$100,000,000 of Company’s Ordinary Shares; (iii) an escrow agreement dated July 9, 2026 (the “Escrow Agreement”) with the Placement Agent and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, pursuant to which, the escrow funds will be disbursed by the escrow agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement.

 

Increase of authorized share capital, re-classification and re-designation of share capital and share consolidation

 

It is proposed that the following matters be proposed to shareholders of the Company for consideration and approval at an extraordinary general meeting on 10 August 2026:

 

(a) Increase of share capital by way of an ordinary resolution

 

THAT, effective August 11, 2026, the authorized share capital of the Company be increased from US$50,000 divided into 50,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each to US$5,000,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, by the creation of an additional 4,950,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each ranking pari passu with the existing shares of the Company (the “Share Capital Increase”);

 

F-41
 

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026, 2025 AND 2024

(Expressed in Hong Kong Dollars)

 

28. SUBSEQUENT EVENT - continued

 

(b) Re-classification and re-designation of share capital by way of a special resolution

 

THAT with effective from August 11, 2026,

 

(i) the authorized share capital of the Company shall be re-classified by re-classifying 5,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each into 4,993,640,000 class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each (the “Class A Shares”, each such share carrying one (1) vote per share with all rights, restrictions and privileges remaining identical to the existing shares of the Company) and 6,360,000 class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each (the “Class B Shares”, each such share carrying fifty (50) votes per share with such rights, restrictions and privileges as set out in the New M&A (as defined below)) (the Class A Shares together with the Class B Shares, the “Shares”) so that the authorized share capital of the Company shall be US$5,000,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each comprised of 4,993,640,000 Class A Shares of a par value of US$0.001 each and 6,360,000 Class B Shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, such shares having the rights, restrictions and privileges as set out in the New M&A (as defined below);

 

(ii) contemporaneously upon the above re-classification taking effect, each issued share of the Company shall be re-designated as an issued Class A Share with all rights, restrictions and privileges remaining identical to the existing issued shares of the Company;

 

(iii) immediately following the abovementioned re-designation, 5,280,000 Class A Shares then held by Joyful Star Limited (“Joyful Star”) shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company and in consideration, the Company shall allot and issue to Joyful Star 5,280,000 Class B Shares, credited as fully paid;

 

(iv) immediately following the abovementioned re-designation, 1,080,000 Class A Shares then held by Green Circle Limited (“GCL”) shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company and in consideration, the Company shall allot and issue to GCL 1,080,000 Class B Shares, credited as fully paid; and

 

(v) the second amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company (the “New M&A”) containing the amendments (shown as blackline) to the existing amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company be approved and adopted as the new memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company;

 

(the above steps collectively, the “Re-classification and Re-designation”)

 

Based on our evaluation, except for aforementioned, there are no subsequent events that would require disclosure in these consolidated financial statements.

 

29. APPROVAL OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

These consolidated financial statements were approved by the board of directors for issue on August 14, 2026.

 

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EX-1.2 2 ex1-2.htm EX-1.2

 

Exhibit 1.2

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

 

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

(Adopted by way of a special resolution passed on [●] 2026 with effect from [●] 2026)

 

1. The name of the Company is Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited.

 

2. The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited, Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, PO Box 2681, Grand Cayman, KY1-1111, Cayman Islands.

 

3. Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.

 

4. Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 27(2) of the Companies Act.

 

5. Nothing in this Memorandum shall permit the Company to carry on a business for which a licence is required under the laws of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed.

 

6. The Company shall not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.

 

7. The liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such member’s shares.

 

8. The share capital of the Company is US$5,000,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.001 each comprised of 4,993,640,000 class A ordinary shares of par value of US$0.001 each (the “Class A Shares”) and 6,360,000 class B ordinary shares of par value of US$0.001 each (the “Class B Shares”), provided always that the Board is empowered to authorise by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting powers, full or limited or no voting powers, and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the size of any such class or series (but not below the number of shares of any class or series of preferred shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by the Companies Act (As Revised).

 

9. The Company may exercise the power contained in the Companies Act to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in another jurisdiction.

 

 
 

 

The Companies Act (As Revised)

Exempted Company Limited by Shares

 

THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

(Adopted by way of a special resolution passed on [●] 2026 with effect from [●]2026)

 

 
 

 

I N D E X

 

SUBJECT   Article No.
     
Table A   4
Interpretation   4
Share Capital   8
Alteration Of Capital   9-10
Share Rights   10-11
Variation Of Rights   11
Shares   12-13
Share Certificates   13-14
Lien   14
Calls On Shares   15-16
Forfeiture Of Shares   16-17
Register Of Members   17-18
Record Dates   18
Transfer Of Shares   18-19
Transmission Of Shares   20
Untraceable Members   20-21
General Meetings   21
Notice Of General Meetings   22
Proceedings At General Meetings   22-23
Voting   23-25
Proxies   25-26
Corporations Acting By Representatives   26-27
No Action By Written Resolutions Of Members   27
Board Of Directors   27
Disqualification Of Directors   28
Executive Directors   28
Alternate Directors   29
Directors’ Fees And Expenses   29-30
Directors’ Interests   30-32
General Powers Of The Directors   32-33
Borrowing Powers   34
Proceedings Of The Directors   34-36
Audit Committee   36
Officers   36
Register of Directors and Officers   36
Minutes   36
Seal   37
Authentication Of Documents   37
Destruction Of Documents   37-38
Dividends And Other Payments   38-42
Reserves   42
Capitalisation   43
Subscription Rights Reserve   43-45
Accounting Records   45-46
Audit   46
Notices   47-48
Signatures   48
Winding Up   48-49
Indemnity   49
Financial Year   49
Amendment To Memorandum and Articles of Association And Name of Company   49
Information   49

 

 
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THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

(Adopted by way of a special resolution passed on [●] 2026 with effect from [●] 2026)

 

TABLE A

 

1. The regulations in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies Act (As Revised) do not apply to the Company.

 

INTERPRETATION

 

2. (1) In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, the words standing in the first column of the following table shall bear the meaning set opposite them respectively in the second column.

 

  WORD   MEANING
       
  “Act”   The Companies Act, Cap. 22 (Act 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands.
       
  “Articles”   these Articles in their present form or as supplemented or amended or substituted from time to time.
       
  “Audit Committee”   the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 123 hereof, or any successor audit committee.
       
  “Auditor”   the independent auditor of the Company which shall be an internationally recognized firm of independent accountants.
       
  “Board” or “Directors”   the board of directors of the Company or the directors present at a meeting of directors of the Company at which a quorum is present.
       
  “capital”   the share capital from time to time of the Company.
       
  “Class A Ordinary Shares”   class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each in the share capital of the Company and “Class A Ordinary Share” means any of them;

 

 
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  “Class B Ordinary Shares”   class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each in the share capital of the Company and “Class B Ordinary Share” means any of them;
       
  “clear days”   in relation to the period of a notice, that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect.
       
  “clearing house”   a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.
       
  “Company”   Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited.
       
  “competent regulatory authority”   a competent regulatory authority in the territory where the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such territory.
       
  “debenture” and “debenture holder”   include debenture stock and debenture stockholder respectively.
       
  “Designated Stock Exchange”   the stock exchange in the United States of America on which any shares are listed for trading.
       
  “dollars” and “$”   dollars, the legal currency of the United States of America.
       
  “Exchange Act”   the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
       
  “head office”   such office of the Company as the Directors may from time to time determine to be the principal office of the Company.
       
  “Member”   a duly registered holder from time to time of the shares in the capital of the Company.
       
  “Memorandum of Association”   the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended from time to time.
       
  “month”   a calendar month.
       
  “Notice”   written notice unless otherwise specifically stated and as further defined in these Articles.

 

 
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  “Office”   the registered office of the Company for the time being.
       
  “ordinary resolution”   a resolution shall be an ordinary resolution when it has been passed by a simple majority of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of any Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of which not less than ten (10) clear days’ Notice has been duly given;
       
  “paid up”   paid up or credited as paid up.
       
  “Register”   the principal register and where applicable, any branch register of Members of the Company to be maintained at such place within or outside the Cayman Islands as the Board shall determine from time to time.
       
  “Registration Office”   in respect of any class of share capital such place as the Board may from time to time determine to keep a branch register of Members in respect of that class of share capital and where (except in cases where the Board otherwise directs) the transfers or other documents of title for such class of share capital are to be lodged for registration and are to be registered.
       
  “SEC”   the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
       
  “Securities Act”   mean the U.S. Securities Act 1933 as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
       
  “Seal”   common seal or any one or more duplicate seals of the Company (including a securities seal) for use in the Cayman Islands or in any place outside the Cayman Islands.
       
  “Secretary”   any person, firm or corporation appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes any assistant, deputy, temporary or acting secretary.
       
  “shares”   shares in the share capital of the Company, including Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

 
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  “special resolution”   a resolution shall be a special resolution when it has been passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of such Members as are corporations, by their respective duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of which not less than ten (10) clear days’ Notice, specifying (without prejudice to the power contained in these Articles to amend the same) the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution, has been duly given. Provided that, except in the case of an annual general meeting, if it is so agreed by a majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and vote at any such meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninetyfive per cent. (95%) of the votes attaching to the shares in issue giving that right and in the case of an annual general meeting, if it is so agreed by all Members entitled to attend and vote thereat, a resolution may be proposed and passed as a special resolution at a meeting of which less than ten (10) clear days’ Notice has been given;
       
      a special resolution shall be effective for any purpose for which an ordinary resolution is expressed to be required under any provision of these Articles or the Statutes.
       
  “Statutes”   the Act and every other law of the Legislature of the Cayman Islands for the time being in force applying to or affecting the Company, its Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles.
       
  “year”   a calendar year.

 

(2) In these Articles, unless there be something within the subject or context inconsistent with such construction:

 

(a) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

 

(b) words importing a gender include both gender and the neuter;

 

(c) words importing persons include companies, associations and bodies of persons whether corporate or not;

 

(d) the words:

 

(i) “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

(ii) “shall” or “will” shall be construed as imperative;

 

 
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(e) expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing words or figures in a visible form, and including where the representation takes the form of electronic display, provided that both the mode of service of the relevant document or notice and the Member’s election comply with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations;

 

(f) references to any law, ordinance, statute or statutory provision shall be interpreted as relating to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;

 

(g) save as aforesaid words and expressions defined in the Statutes shall bear the same meanings in these Articles if not inconsistent with the subject in the context;

 

(h) references to a document being executed include references to it being executed under hand or under seal or by electronic signature or by any other method and references to a notice or document include a notice or document recorded or stored in any digital, electronic, electrical, magnetic or other retrievable form or medium and information in visible form whether having physical substance or not;

 

(i) Section 8 of the Electronic Transaction Act (2003) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time, shall not apply to these Articles to the extent it imposes obligations or requirements in addition to those set out in these Articles; and

 

(j) references to “in the ordinary course of business” and comparable expressions mean the ordinary and usual course of business of the relevant party, consistent in all material respects (including nature and scope) with the prior practice of such party.

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

3. (1) The share capital of the Company at the date on which these Articles come into effect shall be US$5,000,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each comprised of 4,993,640,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.001 each and 6,360,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.001 each.

 

(2) Subject to the Act, the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority, the Company shall have the power to purchase or otherwise acquire its own shares and such power shall be exercisable by the Board in such manner, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as it in its absolute discretion thinks fits and any determination by the Board of the manner of purchase shall be deemed authorized by these Articles for purposes of the Act.

 

(3) The Company is authorised to hold treasury shares in accordance with the Act and may designate as treasury shares any of its shares that it purchases or redeems, or any share surrendered to it subject to the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority. Shares held by the Company as treasury shares shall continue to be classified as treasury shares until such shares are either cancelled or transferred as the Board may determine on such terms and subject to such conditions as it in its absolute discretion thinks fits in accordance with the Act subject to the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority.

 

 
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(4) The Company may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid share unless, as a result of such surrender, there would no longer be any issued shares of the Company other than shares held as treasury shares.

 

(5) No share shall be issued to bearer.

 

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

 

4. The Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution in accordance with the Act alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association to:

 

(a) increase its capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amounts, as the resolution shall prescribe;

 

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;

 

(c) without prejudice to the powers of the Board under Article 13, divide its shares into several classes and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions which in the absence of any such determination by the Company in general meeting, as the Directors may determine provided always that, for the avoidance of doubt, where a class of shares has been authorized by the Company no resolution of the Company in general meeting is required for the issuance of shares of that class and the Directors may issue shares of that class and determine such rights, privileges, conditions or restrictions attaching thereto as aforesaid, and further provided that where the Company issues shares which do not carry voting rights, the words “non-voting” shall appear in the designation of such shares and where the equity capital includes shares with different voting rights, the designation of each class of shares, other than those with the most favourable voting rights, must include the words “restricted voting” or “limited voting”;

 

(d) sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum of Association (subject, nevertheless, to the Act), and may by such resolution determine that, as between the holders of the shares resulting from such sub-division, one or more of the shares may have any such preferred, deferred or other rights or be subject to any such restrictions as compared with the other or others as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares;

 

(e) cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken, or agreed to be taken, by any person, and diminish the amount of its capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares, without par value, diminish the number of shares into which its capital is divided.

 

 
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5. The Board may settle as it considers expedient any difficulty which arises in relation to any consolidation and division under the Article 4 and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares or arrange for the sale of the shares representing fractions and the distribution of the net proceeds of sale (after deduction of the expenses of such sale) in due proportion amongst the Members who would have been entitled to the fractions, and for this purpose the Board may authorise any person to transfer the shares representing fractions to their purchaser or resolve that such net proceeds be paid to the Company for the Company’s benefit. Such purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor will his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale.

 

6. The Company may from time to time by special resolution, subject to any confirmation or consent required by the Act, reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve or other undistributable reserve in any manner permitted by law.

 

7. Except so far as otherwise provided by the conditions of issue, or by these Articles, any capital raised by the creation of new shares shall be treated as if it formed part of the original capital of the Company, and such shares shall be subject to the provisions contained in these Articles with reference to the payment of calls and instalments, transfer and transmission, forfeiture, lien, cancellation, surrender, voting and otherwise.

 

SHARE RIGHTS

 

8. Subject to the provisions of the Act, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and the Memorandum and Articles of Association and to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or class of shares, and without prejudice to Article 13 hereof, any share in the Company (whether forming part of the present capital or not) may be issued with or have attached thereto such rights or restrictions whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise as the Board may determine, including without limitation on terms that they may be, or at the option of the Company or the holder are, liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner, including out of capital, as the Board may deem fit.

 

9. Subject to the Act, any preferred shares may be issued or converted into shares that, at a determinable date or at the option of the Company or the holder, are to be redeemed or, are liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the Directors before the issue or conversion may in their absolute discretion determine.

 

10. Subject to Article 13(1), the Memorandum of Association and any resolution of the Members to the contrary and without prejudice to any special rights conferred thereby on the holders of any other shares or class of shares, the holders of shares of the Company shall, subject to these Articles:

 

(a) be entitled to one vote per share, save that each Class B Ordinary Share carries fifty (50)votes;

 

(b) be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from time to time declare;

 

 
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(c) in the event of a winding up or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the purpose of a reorganisation or otherwise or upon any distribution of capital, be entitled to the surplus assets of the Company; and

 

(d) generally, be entitled to enjoy all of the rights attaching to shares.

 

10A. (a) Each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time by the holder thereof. In no event shall Class A Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

(b) Save and except as expressly provided in the Articles, including Article 10, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares shall rank pari passu and shall have the same rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, and shall at all times vote as one class on all resolutions submitted to a vote by the Members.

 

VARIATION OF RIGHTS

 

11. Subject to the Act and without prejudice to Article 8, all or any of the special rights for the time being attached to the shares or any class of shares may, unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be varied, modified or abrogated with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, but so that:

 

(a) separate general meetings of the holders of a class or series of shares may be called only by (i) the Chairman of the Board, or (ii) a majority of the entire Board (unless otherwise specifically provided by the terms of issue of the shares of such class or series). Nothing in this Article 11 shall be deemed to give any Member or Members the right to call a class or series meeting;

 

(b) the necessary quorum (whether at a separate general meeting or at its postponed or adjourned meeting) shall be a person or persons or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) its duly authorized representative together holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third in nominal value or par value of the issued shares of that class (but so that if at any postponed or adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Members who are present shall form a quorum);

 

(c) every holder of shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for every such share held by him; and

 

(d) any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy or authorised representative may demand a poll.

 

12. The special rights conferred upon the holders of any shares or class of shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights attaching to or the terms of issue of such shares, be deemed to be varied, modified or abrogated by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

 
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SHARES

 

13. (1) Subject to the Act, these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and without prejudice to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Board, which may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine but so that no shares shall be issued at a discount to the par value. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Board is hereby empowered to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting powers, full or limited or no voting powers, and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the size of any such class or series (but not below the number of shares of any class or series of preferred shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by the Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares may, to the extent permitted by law, provide that such class or series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to the preferred shares of any other class or series.

 

(2) Neither the Company nor the Board shall be obliged, when making or granting any allotment of, offer of, option over or disposal of shares, to make, or make available, any such allotment, offer, option or shares to Members or others with registered addresses in any particular territory or territories being a territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, this would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be, or be deemed to be, a separate class of members for any purpose whatsoever. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares, no vote of the holders of preferred shares or ordinary shares shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of any shares of any class or series of the preferred shares authorized by and complying with the conditions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

(3) The Board may issue options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of shares or securities in the capital of the Company on such terms as it may from time to time determine.

 

14. The Company may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by the Act. Subject to the Act, the commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one and partly in the other.

 

15. Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or required in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any fractional part of a share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

 

 
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16. Subject to the Act and these Articles, the Board may at any time after the allotment of shares but before any person has been entered in the Register as the holder, recognise a renunciation thereof by the allottee in favour of some other person and may accord to any allottee of a share a right to effect such renunciation upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board considers fit to impose.

 

SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

17. Every share certificate shall be issued under the Seal or a facsimile thereof or with the Seal printed thereon and shall specify the number and class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the shares to which it relates, and the amount paid up thereon and may otherwise be in such form as the Directors may from time to time determine. No certificate shall be issued representing shares of more than one class. The Board may by resolution determine, either generally or in any particular case or cases, that any signatures on any such certificates (or certificates in respect of other securities) need not be autographic but may be affixed to such certificates by some mechanical means or may be printed thereon.

 

18. (1) In the case of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate therefor and delivery of a certificate to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such holders.

 

(2) Where a share stands in the names of two or more persons, the person first named in the Register shall as regards service of notices and, subject to the provisions of these Articles, all or any other matters connected with the Company, except the transfer of the shares, be deemed the sole holder thereof.

 

19. The Company is not obliged to issue a share certificate to a Member unless the Member requests it in writing from the Company. Every person whose name is entered, upon an allotment of shares, as a Member in the Register shall be entitled without payment, to receive one certificate for all such shares of any one class or several certificates each for one or more of such shares of such class upon payment for every certificate after the first of such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses as the Board from time to time determines.

 

20. Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Act or as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine, whichever is the shorter, after allotment or, except in the case of a transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgment of a transfer with the Company.

 

21. (1) Upon every transfer of shares the certificate held by the transferor shall be given up to be cancelled, and shall forthwith be cancelled accordingly, and a new certificate shall be issued to the transferee in respect of the shares transferred to him at such fee as is provided in paragraph (2) of this Article 21. If any of the shares included in the certificate so given up shall be retained by the transferor a new certificate for the balance shall be issued to him at the aforesaid fee payable by the transferor to the Company in respect thereof.

 

 
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(2) The fee referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be an amount not exceeding the relevant maximum amount as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine provided that the Board may at any time determine a lower amount for such fee.

 

22. If a share certificate shall be damaged or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed a new certificate representing the same shares may be issued to the relevant Member upon request and on payment of such fee as the Board may determine and, subject to compliance with such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and to payment of the costs and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing such indemnity as the Board may think fit and, in case of damage or defacement, on delivery of the old certificate to the Company provided always that where share warrants have been issued, no new share warrant shall be issued to replace one that has been lost unless the Board has determined that the original has been destroyed.

 

LIEN

 

23. The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that share. The Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) registered in the name of a Member (whether or not jointly with other Members) for all amounts of money presently payable by such Member or his estate to the Company whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any equitable or other interest of any person other than such member, and whether the period for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually become due or not, and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such Member or his estate and any other person, whether a Member or not. The Company’s lien on a share shall extend to all dividends or other moneys payable thereon or in respect thereof. The Board may at any time, generally or in any particular case, waive any lien that has arisen or declare any share exempt in whole or in part, from the provisions of this Article 23.

 

24. Subject to these Articles, the Company may sell in such manner as the Board determines any share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless some sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, or the liability or engagement in respect of which such lien exists is liable to be presently fulfilled or discharged nor until the expiration of fourteen (14) clear days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of the sum presently payable, or specifying the liability or engagement and demanding fulfilment or discharge thereof and giving notice of the intention to sell in default, has been served on the registered holder for the time being of the share or the person entitled thereto by reason of his death or bankruptcy.

 

25. The net proceeds of the sale shall be received by the Company and applied in or towards payment or discharge of the debt or liability in respect of which the lien exists, so far as the same is presently payable, and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the share prior to the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the share at the time of the sale. To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the shares so transferred and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale.

 

 
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CALLS ON SHARES

 

26. Subject to these Articles and to the terms of allotment, the Board may from time to time make calls upon the Members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium), and each Member shall (subject to being given at least fourteen (14) clear days’ Notice specifying the time and place of payment) pay to the Company as required by such notice the amount called on his shares. A call may be extended, postponed or revoked in whole or in part as the Board determines but no Member shall be entitled to any such extension, postponement or revocation except as a matter of grace and favour.

 

27. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising the call was passed and may be made payable either in one lump sum or by instalments.

 

28. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and instalments due in respect thereof or other moneys due in respect thereof.

 

29. If a sum called in respect of a share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate (not exceeding twenty per cent. (20%) per annum) as the Board may determine, but the Board may in its absolute discretion waive payment of such interest in whole or in part.

 

30. No Member shall be entitled to receive any dividend or bonus or to be present and vote (save as proxy for another Member) at any general meeting either personally or by proxy, or be reckoned in a quorum, or exercise any other privilege as a Member until all calls or instalments due by him to the Company, whether alone or jointly with any other person, together with interest and expenses (if any) shall have been paid.

 

31. On the trial or hearing of any action or other proceedings for the recovery of any money due for any call, it shall be sufficient to prove that the name of the Member sued is entered in the Register as the holder, or one of the holders, of the shares in respect of which such debt accrued, that the resolution making the call is duly recorded in the minute book, and that notice of such call was duly given to the Member sued, in pursuance of these Articles; and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call, nor any other matters whatsoever, but the proof of the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the debt.

 

32. Any amount payable in respect of a share upon allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of nominal value or premium or as an instalment of a call, shall be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date fixed for payment and if it is not paid the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

33. On the issue of shares the Board may differentiate between the allottees or holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.

 

 
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34. The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive from any Member willing to advance the same, and either in money or money’s worth, all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid or instalments payable upon any shares held by him and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (if any) as the Board may decide. The Board may at any time repay the amount so advanced upon giving to such Member not less than one (1) month’s Notice of its intention in that behalf, unless before the expiration of such notice the amount so advanced shall have been called up on the shares in respect of which it was advanced. Such payment in advance shall not entitle the holder of such share or shares to participate in respect thereof in a dividend subsequently declared.

 

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

35. (1) If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Board may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days’ Notice:

 

(a) requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and which may still accrue up to the date of actual payment; and

 

(b) stating that if the Notice is not complied with the shares on which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

(2) If the requirements of any such Notice are not complied with, any share in respect of which such Notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before payment of all calls and interest due in respect thereof has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect, and such forfeiture shall include all dividends and bonuses declared in respect of the forfeited share but not actually paid before the forfeiture.

 

36. When any share has been forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be served upon the person who was before forfeiture the holder of the share. No forfeiture shall be invalidated by any omission or neglect to give such Notice.

 

37. The Board may accept the surrender of any share liable to be forfeited hereunder and, in such case, references in these Articles to forfeiture will include surrender.

 

38. Any share so forfeited shall be deemed the property of the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of to such person, upon such terms and in such manner as the Board determines, and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be annulled by the Board on such terms as the Board determines.

 

39. A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of the forfeited shares but nevertheless shall remain liable to pay the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares, with (if the Board shall in its discretion so requires) interest thereon from the date of forfeiture until payment at such rate (not exceeding twenty per cent. (20%) per annum) as the Board shall determine. The Board may enforce payment thereof if it thinks fit, and without any deduction or allowance for the value of the forfeited shares, at the date of forfeiture, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all such moneys in respect of the shares. For the purposes of this Article 39 any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, is payable thereon at a fixed time which is subsequent to the date of forfeiture, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, shall notwithstanding that time has not yet arrived be deemed to be payable at the date of forfeiture, and the same shall become due and payable immediately upon the forfeiture, but interest thereon shall only be payable in respect of any period between the said fixed time and the date of actual payment.

 

 
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40. A declaration by a Director or the Secretary that a share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share, and such declaration shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer by the Company if necessary) constitute a good title to the share, and the person to whom the share is disposed of shall be registered as the holder of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration (if any), nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share. When any share shall have been forfeited, notice of the declaration shall be given to the Member in whose name it stood immediately prior to the forfeiture, and an entry of the forfeiture, with the date thereof, shall forthwith be made in the Register, but no forfeiture shall be in any manner invalidated by any omission or neglect to give such notice or make any such entry.

 

41. Notwithstanding any such forfeiture as aforesaid the Board may at any time, before any shares so forfeited shall have been sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, permit the shares forfeited to be bought back upon the terms of payment of all calls and interest due upon and expenses incurred in respect of the share, and upon such further terms (if any) as it thinks fit.

 

42. The forfeiture of a share shall not prejudice the right of the Company to any call already made or instalment payable thereon.

 

43. The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

 

44. (1) The Company shall keep in one or more books a Register of its Members and shall enter therein the following particulars, that is to say:

 

(a) the name and address of each Member, the number and class of shares held by him and the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on such shares;

 

(b) the date on which each person was entered in the Register; and

 

(c) the date on which any person ceased to be a Member.

 

(2) The Company may keep an overseas or local or other branch register of Members resident in any place, and the Board may make and vary such regulations as it determines in respect of the keeping of any such register and maintaining a Registration Office in connection therewith.

 

 
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45. The Register and branch register of Members, as the case may be, shall be open to inspection for such times and on such days as the Board shall determine by Members without charge or by any other person, upon a maximum payment of $2.50 or such other sum specified by the Board, at the Office or Registration Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Act. The Register including any overseas or local or other branch register of Members may, after compliance with any notice requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange or by any electronic means in such manner as may be accepted by the Designated Stock Exchange to that effect, be closed at such times or for such periods not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in each year as the Board may determine and either generally or in respect of any class of shares.

 

RECORD DATES

 

46. For the purpose of determining the Members entitled to notice of or to vote at any general meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of Members, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other such action.

 

If the Board does not fix a record date for any general meeting, the record date for determining the Members entitled to a notice of or to vote at such meeting shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if in accordance with these Articles notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining the Members for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

A determination of the Members of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the postponed or adjourned meeting.

 

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

47. Subject to these Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of his shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the Board and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a clearing house or a central depository house or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time.

 

48. The instrument of transfer shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and the transferee provided that the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer by the transferee in any case which it thinks fit in its discretion to do so. Without prejudice to Article 47, the Board may also resolve, either generally or in any particular case, upon request by either the transferor or transferee, to accept mechanically executed transfers. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognising a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment of any share by the allottee in favour of some other person.

 

 
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49. (1) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and without giving any reason therefor, refuse to register a transfer of any share (not being a fully paid up share) to a person of whom it does not approve, or any share issued under any share incentive scheme for employees upon which a restriction on transfer imposed thereby still subsists, and it may also, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, refuse to register a transfer of any share to more than four joint holders or a transfer of any share (not being a fully paid up share) on which the Company has a lien.

 

(2) The Board in so far as permitted by any applicable law may, in its absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time transfer any share upon the Register to any branch register or any share on any branch register to the Register or any other branch register. In the event of any such transfer, the shareholder requesting such transfer shall bear the cost of effecting the transfer unless the Board otherwise determines.

 

(3) Unless the Board otherwise agrees (which agreement may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board in its absolute discretion may from time to time determine, and which agreement the Board shall, without giving any reason therefor, be entitled in its absolute discretion to give or withhold), no shares upon the Register shall be transferred to any branch register nor shall shares on any branch register be transferred to the Register or any other branch register and all transfers and other documents of title shall be lodged for registration, and registered, in the case of any shares on a branch register, at the relevant Registration Office, and, in the case of any shares on the Register, at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Act.

 

50. Without limiting the generality of the Article 49, the Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:-

 

  (a) a fee of such sum as may determine to be payable as the Board may from time to time require is paid to the Company in respect thereof;
     
  (b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share;
     
  (c) the instrument of transfer is lodged at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Act or the Registration Office (as the case may be) accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do); and
     
  (d) if applicable, the instrument of transfer is duly and properly stamped.

 

51. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share, it shall, within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to each of the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal.

 

52. The registration of transfers of shares or of any class of shares may, subject to compliance with any notice requirement of the Designated Stock Exchange (if any), be suspended at such times and for such periods (not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in any year) as the Board may determine.

 

 
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TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

53. If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder, and his legal personal representatives where he was a sole or only surviving holder, will be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares; but nothing in this Article will release the estate of a deceased Member (whether sole or joint) from any liability in respect of any share which had been solely or jointly held by him.

 

54. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member may, upon such evidence as to his title being produced as may be required by the Board, elect either to become the holder of the share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof. If he elects to become the holder he shall notify the Company in writing either at the Registration Office or the Office, as the case may be, to that effect. If he elects to have another person registered he shall execute a transfer of the share in favour of that person. The provisions of these Articles relating to the transfer and registration of transfers of shares shall apply to such notice or transfer as aforesaid as if the death or bankruptcy of the Member had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by such Member.

 

55. A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share. However, the Board may, if it thinks fit, withhold the payment of any dividend payable or other advantages in respect of such share until such person shall become the registered holder of the share or shall have effectually transferred such share, but, subject to the requirements of Article 76(2) being met, such a person may vote at meetings.

 

UNTRACEABLE MEMBERS

 

56. (1) Without prejudice to the rights of the Company under paragraph (2) of this Article 56, the Company may cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants by post if such cheques or warrants have been left uncashed on two consecutive occasions. However, the Company may exercise the power to cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants after the first occasion on which such a cheque or warrant is returned undelivered.

 

(2) The Company shall have the power to sell, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, any shares of a Member who is untraceable, but no such sale shall be made unless:

 

  (a) all cheques or warrants in respect of dividends of the shares in question, being not less than three in total number, for any sum payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect of them sent during the relevant period in the manner authorised by the Articles of the Company have remained uncashed;
     
  (b) so far as it is aware at the end of the relevant period, the Company has not at any time during the relevant period received any indication of the existence of the Member who is the holder of such shares or of a person entitled to such shares by death, bankruptcy or operation of law; and
     
  (c) the Company, if so required by the rules governing the listing of shares on the Designated Stock Exchange, has given notice to, and caused advertisement in newspapers to be made in accordance with the requirements of, the Designated Stock Exchange of its intention to sell such shares in the manner required by the Designated Stock Exchange, and a period of three (3) months or such shorter period as may be allowed by the Designated Stock Exchange has elapsed since the date of such advertisement.

 

 
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For the purpose of the foregoing, the “relevant period” means the period commencing twelve (12) years before the date of publication of the advertisement referred to in paragraph (c) of this Article and ending at the expiry of the period referred to in that paragraph.

 

(3) To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the said shares and an instrument of transfer signed or otherwise executed by or on behalf of such person shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled by transmission to such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. The net proceeds of the sale will belong to the Company and upon receipt by the Company of such net proceeds it shall become indebted to the former Member for an amount equal to such net proceeds. No trust shall be created in respect of such debt and no interest shall be payable in respect of it and the Company shall not be required to account for any money earned from the net proceeds which may be employed in the business of the Company or as it thinks fit. Any sale under this Article shall be valid and effective notwithstanding that the Member holding the shares sold is dead, bankrupt or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity.

 

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

57. The Company shall, if required by the Statute, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. An annual general meeting of the Company shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Board.

 

58. Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall be called an extraordinary general meeting. General meetings may be held at such times and in any location in the world as may be determined by the Board. Notwithstanding any provisions in these Articles, any general meeting or any class meeting may be held by means of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as to permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence at such meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the manner of convening and the proceedings at a general meeting set out in these Articles shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to a general meeting held wholly by or in-combination with electronic means.

 

59. A majority of the Board or the Chairman of the Board may call extraordinary general meetings, which extraordinary general meetings shall be held at such times and locations (as permitted hereby) as such person or persons shall determine. Any one or more Members holding not less than one-third of all votes attaching to the total issued and paid up share capital of the Company at the date of deposit of the requisition shall at all times have the right, by written requisition to the Board or the Secretary of the Company, to require an extraordinary general meeting to be called by the Board for the transaction of any business specified in such requisition; and such meeting shall be held within two (2) months after the deposit of such requisition. If within twenty one (21) days of such deposit the Board fails to proceed to convene such meeting the requisitionist(s) himself (themselves) may do so in the same manner, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionist(s) as a result of the failure of the Board shall be reimbursed to the requisitionist(s) by the Company.

 

 
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

60. (1) An annual general meeting and any extraordinary general meeting may be called by not less than ten (10) clear days’ Notice but a general meeting may be called by shorter notice, subject to the Act, if it is so agreed:

 

  (a) in the case of a meeting called as an annual general meeting, by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and
     
  (b) in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninetyfive per cent. (95%) of the votes attaching to the issued shares giving that right.

 

(2) The notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting and, in case of special business, the general nature of the business. The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such. Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all Members other than to such Members as, under the provisions of these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notices from the Company, to all persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member and to each of the Directors.

 

61. The accidental omission to give Notice of a meeting or (in cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with the Notice) to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of such Notice or such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive such Notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or the proceedings at that meeting.

 

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

62. (1) All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, with the exception of:

 

  (a) the declaration and sanctioning of dividends;
     
  (b) consideration and adoption of the accounts and balance sheet and the reports of the Directors and Auditors and other documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet; and
     
  (c) the election of Directors.

 

(2) No business other than the appointment of a chairman of a meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at the commencement of the business. At any general meeting of the Company, two (2) Members entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative together holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third of all votes attaching to the total issued voting shares in the Company throughout the meeting shall form a quorum for all purposes.

 

 
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63. If within thirty (30) minutes (or such longer time not exceeding one hour as the chairman of the meeting may determine to wait) after the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such time and place as the Board may determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting, the meeting shall be dissolved.

 

64. The Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or is not willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act, or if one Director only is present he shall preside as chairman if willing to act. If no Director is present, or if each of the Directors present declines to take the chair, or if the chairman chosen shall retire from the chair, the Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or by proxy and entitled to vote shall elect one of their number to be chairman.

 

65. Prior to the holding of a general meeting, the Board may postpone, and at a general meeting, the chairman may (without the consent of the meeting) or shall at the direction of the meeting adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any postponed or adjourned meeting other than the business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting had the postponement or adjournment not taken place. When a meeting is postponed or adjourned for fourteen (14) days or more, at least seven (7) clear days’ notice of the postponed or adjourned meeting shall be given specifying the time and place of the postponed or adjourned meeting but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the nature of the business to be transacted at the postponed or adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. Save as aforesaid, it shall be unnecessary to give notice of an adjournment or postponement.

 

66. If an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration but is in good faith ruled out of order by the chairman of the meeting, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling. In the case of a resolution duly proposed as a special resolution, no amendment thereto (other than a mere clerical amendment to correct a patent error) may in any event be considered or voted upon.

 

VOTING

 

67. Holders of ordinary shares have the right to receive notice of, attend, speak and vote at general meetings of the Company. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided by way of a poll. Subject to any special rights or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any shares by or in accordance with these Articles, on a poll every Member present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative shall have one vote (or fifty (50) votes in respect of each Class B Ordinary Share) for every fully paid share of which he is the holder but so that no amount paid up or credited as paid up on a share in advance of calls or instalments is treated for the foregoing purposes as paid up on the share. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, where more than one proxy is appointed by a Member which is a clearing house or a central depository house (or its nominee(s)), each such proxy shall have, on a poll, one vote (or fifty (50) votes in respect of each Class B Ordinary Share) for every fully paid share, and each such proxy is under no obligation to cast all his votes in the same way.

 

 
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68. A declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or not carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect made in the minute book of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded for or against the resolution.

 

69. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was taken. The Company shall only be required to disclose the voting figures on a poll if such disclosure is required by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange.

 

70. [Intentionally deleted]

 

71. [Intentionally deleted]

72. On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

 

73. A person entitled to more than one vote on a poll need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

 

74. All questions submitted to a meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of votes except where a greater majority is required by these Articles or by the Act. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of such meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

 

75. Where there are joint holders of any share any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at any meeting the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register in respect of the joint holding. Several executors or administrators of a deceased Member in whose name any share stands shall for the purposes of this Article be deemed joint holders thereof.

 

76. (1) A Member who is a patient for any purpose relating to mental health or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction for the protection or management of the affairs of persons incapable of managing their own affairs may vote by his receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person in the nature of a receiver, committee or curator bonis appointed by such court, and such receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person may vote on a poll by proxy, and may otherwise act and be treated as if he were the registered holder of such shares for the purposes of general meetings, provided that such evidence as the Board may require of the authority of the person claiming to vote shall have been deposited at the Office, head office or Registration Office, as appropriate, not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting, or postponed or adjourned meeting or poll, as the case may be.

 

 
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(2) Any person entitled under Article 54 to be registered as the holder of any shares may vote at any general meeting in respect thereof in the same manner as if he were the registered holder of such shares, provided that forty-eight (48) hours at least before the time of the holding of the meeting or postponed or adjourned meeting, as the case may be, at which he proposes to vote, he shall satisfy the Board of his entitlement to such shares, or the Board shall have previously admitted his right to vote at such meeting in respect thereof.

 

77. No Member shall, unless the Board otherwise determines, be entitled to attend and vote and to be reckoned in a quorum at any general meeting unless he is duly registered and all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

 

78. If:

 

  (a) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or
     
  (b) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or
     
  (c) any votes are not counted which ought to have been counted;

 

the objection or error shall not vitiate the decision of the meeting or postponed or adjourned meeting on any resolution unless the same is raised or pointed out at the meeting or, as the case may be, the postponed or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered or at which the error occurs. Any objection or error shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and shall only vitiate the decision of the meeting on any resolution if the chairman decides that the same may have affected the decision of the meeting. The decision of the chairman on such matters shall be final and conclusive.

 

PROXIES

 

79. Any Member entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A Member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at a general meeting of the Company or at a class meeting. A proxy need not be a Member. In addition, a proxy or proxies representing either a Member who is an individual or a Member which is a corporation shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Member which he or they represent as such Member could exercise.

 

80. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same. In the case of an instrument of proxy purporting to be signed on behalf of a corporation by an officer thereof it shall be assumed, unless the contrary appears, that such officer was duly authorised to sign such instrument of proxy on behalf of the corporation without further evidence of the facts.

 

 
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81. The instrument appointing a proxy and (if required by the Board) the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a certified copy of such power or authority, shall be delivered to such place or one of such places (if any) as may be specified for that purpose in or by way of note to or in any document accompanying the notice convening the meeting (or, if no place is so specified at the Registration Office or the Office, as may be appropriate) not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or postponed or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote or, in the case of a poll taken subsequently to the date of a meeting or postponed or adjourned meeting, not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid. No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date named in it as the date of its execution, except at an adjourned or postponed meeting or on a poll demanded at a meeting or an adjourned or postponed meeting in cases where the meeting was originally held within twelve (12) months from such date. Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a Member from attending and voting in person at the meeting convened and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

 

82. Instruments of proxy shall be in any common form or in such other form as the Board may approve (provided that this shall not preclude the use of the two-way form) and the Board may, if it thinks fit, send out with the notice of any meeting forms of instrument of proxy for use at the meeting. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.

 

83. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity or revocation shall have been received by the Company at the Office or the Registration Office (or such other place as may be specified for the delivery of instruments of proxy in the notice convening the meeting or other document sent therewith) two (2) hours at least before the commencement of the meeting or postponed or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, at which the instrument of proxy is used.

 

84. Anything which under these Articles a Member may do by proxy he may likewise do by his duly appointed attorney and the provisions of these Articles relating to proxies and instruments appointing proxies shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to any such attorney and the instrument under which such attorney is appointed.

 

CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES

 

85. (1) Any corporation which is a Member may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members. The person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of such corporation as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member and such corporation shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting if a person so authorised is present thereat.

 

(2) If a clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or a central depository entity, being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the clearing house or a central depository entity (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of the shares of the Company held by the clearing house or a central depository entity (or its nominee(s)) including the right to vote individually on a poll.

 

 
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(3) Any reference in these Articles to a duly authorised representative of a Member being a corporation shall mean a representative authorised under the provisions of this Article.

 

 

NO ACTION BY WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS OF MEMBERS

 

86. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or extraordinary general meetings of the Company may be taken only upon the vote of the Members at an annual or extraordinary general meeting duly noticed and convened in accordance with these Articles and the Act and may not be taken by written resolution of Members without a meeting.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

87. (1) Unless otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall not be less than two (2). There shall be no maximum number of Directors unless otherwise determined from time to time by the Board. The Directors shall be elected or appointed in the first place by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association or by a majority of them and thereafter in accordance with Article 87 and 88 and shall hold office until the expiration of his term or until their successors are elected or appointed.

 

(2) Subject to the Articles and the Act, the Company may by ordinary resolution elect any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board.

 

(3) The Directors shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an addition to the existing Board. Any Director so appointed by the Board shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election.

 

(4) No Director shall be required to hold any shares of the Company by way of qualification and a Director who is not a Member shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company and of all classes of shares of the Company.

 

(5) Subject to any provision to the contrary in these Articles, a Director may be removed by way of an ordinary resolution of the Members at any time before the expiration of his period of office notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under any such agreement).

 

(6) A vacancy on the Board created by the removal of a Director under the provisions of subparagraph (5) above may be filled by the election or appointment by ordinary resolution of the Members at the meeting at which such Director is removed or by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting.

 

(7) The Company may from time to time in general meeting by ordinary resolution increase or reduce the number of Directors but so that the number of Directors shall never be less than two (2).

 

 
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DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

 

88. The office of a Director shall be vacated if the Director:

 

(1) resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Company at the Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

 

(2) becomes of unsound mind or dies;

 

(3) without special leave of absence from the Board, is absent from meetings of the Board for three consecutive meetings and the Board resolves that his office be vacated;

 

(4) becomes bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or suspends payment or compounds with his creditors;

 

(5) is prohibited by law from being a Director; or

 

(6) ceases to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Statutes or is removed from office pursuant to these Articles.

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 

89. The Board may from time to time appoint any one or more of its body to be a managing director, joint managing director or deputy managing director or to hold any other employment or executive office with the Company for such period (subject to their continuance as Directors) and upon such terms as the Board may determine and the Board may revoke or terminate any of such appointments. Any such revocation or termination as aforesaid shall be without prejudice to any claim for damages that such Director may have against the Company or the Company may have against such Director. A Director appointed to an office under this Article 91 shall be subject to the same provisions as to removal as the other Directors of the Company, and he shall (subject to the provisions of any contract between him and the Company) ipso facto and immediately cease to hold such office if he shall cease to hold the office of Director for any cause.

 

90. Notwithstanding Articles 95, 96, 97 and 98, an executive director appointed to an office under Article 89 hereof shall receive such remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise or by all or any of those modes) and such other benefits (including pension and/or gratuity and/or other benefits on retirement) and allowances as the Board may from time to time determine, and either in addition to or in lieu of his remuneration as a Director.

 

 
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ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

91. Any Director may at any time by Notice delivered to the Office or head office or at a meeting of the Directors appoint any person (including another Director) to be his alternate Director. Any person so appointed shall have all the rights and powers of the Director or Directors for whom such person is appointed in the alternative provided that such person shall not be counted more than once in determining whether or not a quorum is present. An alternate Director may be removed at any time by the body which appointed him and, subject thereto, the office of alternate Director shall continue until the happening of any event which, if he were a Director, would cause him to vacate such office or if his appointer ceases for any reason to be a Director. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be effected by Notice signed by the appointor and delivered to the Office or head office or tendered at a meeting of the Board. An alternate Director may also be a Director in his own right and may act as alternate to more than one Director. An alternate Director shall, if his appointor so requests, be entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Board or of committees of the Board to the same extent as, but in lieu of, the Director appointing him and shall be entitled to such extent to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present and generally at such meeting to exercise and discharge all the functions, powers and duties of his appointor as a Director and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director save that as an alternate for more than one Director his voting rights shall be cumulative.

 

92. An alternate Director shall only be a Director for the purposes of the Act and shall only be subject to the provisions of the Act insofar as they relate to the duties and obligations of a Director when performing the functions of the Director for whom he is appointed in the alternative and shall alone be responsible to the Company for his acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of or for the Director appointing him. An alternate Director shall be entitled to contract and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements or transactions and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director but he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any fee in his capacity as an alternate Director except only such part, if any, of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by Notice to the Company from time to time direct.

 

93. Every person acting as an alternate Director shall have one vote for each Director for whom he acts as alternate (in addition to his own vote if he is also a Director). If his appointor is for the time being absent from the People’s Republic of China or otherwise not available or unable to act, the signature of an alternate Director to any resolution in writing of the Board or a committee of the Board of which his appointor is a member shall, unless the notice of his appointment provides to the contrary, be as effective as the signature of his appointor.

 

94. An alternate Director shall ipso facto cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases for any reason to be a Director, however, such alternate Director or any other person may be re-appointed by the Directors to serve as an alternate Director PROVIDED always that, if at any meeting any Director retires but is re-elected at the same meeting, any appointment of such alternate Director pursuant to these Articles which was in force immediately before his retirement shall remain in force as though he had not retired.

 

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND EXPENSES

 

95. The Directors shall receive such remuneration as the Board may from time to time determine. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all traveling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debenture of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.

 

 
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96. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all travelling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.

 

97. Any Director who, by request, goes or resides abroad for any purpose of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article.

 

98. The Board shall determine any payment to any Director or past Director of the Company by way of compensation for loss of office, or as consideration for or in connection with his retirement from office (not being payment to which the Director is contractually entitled).

 

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

 

99. A Director may:

 

  (a) hold any other office or place of profit with the Company (except that of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine. Any remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) paid to any Director in respect of any such other office or place of profit shall be in addition to any remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article;
     
  (b) act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as Auditor) and he or his firm may be remunerated for professional services as if he were not a Director;
     
  (c) continue to be or become a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or member of any other company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a vendor, shareholder or otherwise and (unless otherwise agreed) no such Director shall be accountable for any remuneration, profits or other benefits received by him as a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or member of or from his interests in any such other company. Subject as otherwise provided by these Articles the Directors may exercise or cause to be exercised the voting powers conferred by the shares in any other company held or owned by the Company, or exercisable by them as Directors of such other company in such manner in all respects as they think fit (including the exercise thereof in favour of any resolution appointing themselves or any of them directors, managing directors, joint managing directors, deputy managing directors, executive directors, managers or other officers of such company) or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officers of such other company and any Director may vote in favour of the exercise of such voting rights in manner aforesaid notwithstanding that he may be, or about to be, appointed a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer of such a company, and that as such he is or may become interested in the exercise of such voting rights in manner aforesaid.

 

 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Independent Director” as defined in the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, and with respect of whom the Board has determined constitutes an “Independent Director” for purposes of compliance with applicable law or the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, shall without the consent of the Audit Committee take any of the foregoing actions or any other action that would reasonably be likely to affect such Director’s status as an “Independent Director” of the Company.

 

100. Subject to the Act and to these Articles, no Director or proposed or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company, either with regard to his tenure of any office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or in any other manner whatsoever, nor shall any such contract or any other contract or arrangement in which any Director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company or the Members for any remuneration, profit or other benefits realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established provided that such Director shall disclose the nature of his interest in any contract or arrangement in which he is interested in accordance with Article 101 herein. Any such transaction that would reasonably be likely to affect a Director’s status as an “Independent Director”, or that would constitute a “related party transaction” as defined by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange or under applicable laws, shall require the approval of the Audit Committee.

 

101. A Director who to his knowledge is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company shall declare the nature of his interest at the meeting of the Board at which the question of entering into the contract or arrangement is first considered, if he knows his interest then exists, or in any other case at the first meeting of the Board after he knows that he is or has become so interested. For the purposes of this Article, a general Notice to the Board by a Director to the effect that:

 

  (a) he is a member or officer of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the Notice be made with that company or firm; or
     
  (b) he is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the Notice be made with a specified person who is connected with him;

 

shall be deemed to be a sufficient declaration of interest under this Article in relation to any such contract or arrangement, provided that no such Notice shall be effective unless either it is given at a meeting of the Board or the Director takes reasonable steps to secure that it is brought up and read at the next Board meeting after it is given.

 

 
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102. Following a declaration being made pursuant to the last preceding two Articles, subject to any separate requirement for Audit Committee approval under applicable law or the listing rules of the Company’s Designated Stock Exchange, and unless disqualified by the chairman of the relevant Board meeting, a Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement in which such Director is interested and may be counted in the quorum at such meeting.

 

GENERAL POWERS OF THE DIRECTORS

 

103. (1) The business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the Board, which may pay all expenses incurred in forming and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company (whether relating to the management of the business of the Company or otherwise) which are not by the Statutes or by these Articles required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting, subject nevertheless to the provisions of the Statutes and of these Articles and to such regulations being not inconsistent with such provisions, as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting, but no regulations made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if such regulations had not been made. The general powers given by this Article shall not be limited or restricted by any special authority or power given to the Board by any other Article.

 

(2) Any person contracting or dealing with the Company in the ordinary course of business shall be entitled to rely on any written or oral contract or agreement or deed, document or instrument entered into or executed as the case may be by any one Director on behalf of the Company and the same shall be deemed to be validly entered into or executed by the Company as the case may be and shall, subject to any rule of law, be binding on the Company.

 

(3) Without prejudice to the general powers conferred by these Articles it is hereby expressly declared that the Board shall have the following powers:

 

  (a) to give to any person the right or option of requiring at a future date that an allotment shall be made to him of any share at par or at such premium as may be agreed;
     
  (b) to give to any Directors, officers or employees of the Company an interest in any particular business or transaction or participation in the profits thereof or in the general profits of the Company either in addition to or in substitution for a salary or other remuneration; and
     
  (c) to resolve that the Company be deregistered in the Cayman Islands and continued in a named jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands subject to the provisions of the Act.

 

 
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104. The Board may establish any regional or local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company in any place, and may appoint any persons to be members of such local boards, or any managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration (either by way of salary or by commission or by conferring the right to participation in the profits of the Company or by a combination of two or more of these modes) and pay the working expenses of any staff employed by them upon the business of the Company. The Board may delegate to any regional or local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in or exercisable by the Board (other than its powers to make calls and forfeit shares), with power to sub-delegate, and may authorise the members of any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies. Any such appointment or delegation may be made upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit, and the Board may remove any person appointed as aforesaid, and may revoke or vary such delegation, but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

 

105. The Board may by power of attorney appoint any company, firm or person or any fluctuating body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him. Such attorney or attorneys may, if so authorised under the Seal of the Company, execute any deed or instrument under their personal seal with the same effect as the affixation of the Company’s Seal.

 

106. The Board may entrust to and confer upon a managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, an executive director or any Director any of the powers exercisable by it upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as it thinks fit, and either collaterally with, or to the exclusion of, its own powers, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

 

107. All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other instruments, whether negotiable or transferable or not, and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as the Board shall from time to time by resolution determine. The Company’s banking accounts shall be kept with such banker or bankers as the Board shall from time to time determine.

 

108. (1) The Board may establish or concur or join with other companies (being subsidiary companies of the Company or companies with which it is associated in business) in establishing and making contributions out of the Company’s moneys to any schemes or funds for providing pensions, sickness or compassionate allowances, life assurance or other benefits for employees (which expression as used in this and the following paragraph shall include any Director or ex-Director who may hold or have held any executive office or any office of profit under the Company or any of its subsidiary companies) and ex-employees of the Company and their dependants or any class or classes of such person.

 

(2) The Board may pay, enter into agreements to pay or make grants of revocable or irrevocable pensions or other benefits to employees and ex-employees and their dependants, or to any of such persons, including pensions or benefits additional to those, if any, to which such employees or ex-employees or their dependants are or may become entitled under any such scheme or fund as mentioned in the last preceding paragraph. Any such pension or benefit may, as the Board considers desirable, be granted to an employee either before and in anticipation of or upon or at any time after his actual retirement, and may be subject or not subject to any terms or conditions as the Board may determine.

 

 
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BORROWING POWERS

 

109. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to raise or borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and, subject to the Act, to issue debentures, bonds and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

110. Debentures, bonds and other securities may be made assignable free from any equities between the Company and the person to whom the same may be issued.

 

111. Any debentures, bonds or other securities may be issued at a discount (other than shares), premium or otherwise and with any special privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawings, allotment of shares, attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, appointment of Directors and otherwise.

 

112. (1) Where any uncalled capital of the Company is charged, all persons taking any subsequent charge thereon shall take the same subject to such prior charge, and shall not be entitled, by notice to the Members or otherwise, to obtain priority over such prior charge.

 

(2) The Board shall cause a proper register to be kept, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, of all charges specifically affecting the property of the Company and of any series of debentures issued by the Company and shall duly comply with the requirements of the Act in regard to the registration of charges and debentures therein specified and otherwise.

 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTORS

 

113. The Board may meet for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it considers appropriate. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes. In the case of any equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have an additional or casting vote.

 

114. A meeting of the Board may be convened by the Secretary on request of a Director or by any Director. The Secretary shall convene a meeting of the Board of which notice may be given in writing or by telephone or in such other manner as the Board may from time to time determine whenever he shall be required so to do by the president or chairman, as the case may be, or any Director.

 

115. (1) The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Board and, unless so fixed at any other number, shall be two (2) of the Board. An alternate Director shall be counted in a quorum in the case of the absence of a Director for whom he is the alternate provided that he shall not be counted more than once for the purpose of determining whether or not a quorum is present.

 

(2) Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment through which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and, for the purpose of counting a quorum, such participation shall constitute presence at a meeting as if those participating were present in person.

 

 
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(3) Any Director who ceases to be a Director at a Board meeting may continue to be present and to act as a Director and be counted in the quorum until the termination of such Board meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present.

 

116. The continuing Directors or a sole continuing Director may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board but, if and so long as the number of Directors is reduced below the minimum number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles as the quorum, the continuing Directors or Director, notwithstanding that the number of Directors is below the number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles as the quorum or that there is only one continuing Director, may act for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Board or of summoning general meetings of the Company but not for any other purpose.

 

117. The Chairman of the Board shall be the chairman of all meetings of the Board. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at any meeting within five (5) minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

118. A meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board.

 

119. (1) The Board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions to committees (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee), consisting of such Director or Directors and other persons as it thinks fit, and they may, from time to time, revoke such delegation or revoke the appointment of and discharge any such committees either wholly or in part, and either as to persons or purposes. Any committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers, authorities and discretions so delegated, conform to any regulations which may be imposed on it by the Board.

 

(2) All acts done by any such committee in conformity with such regulations, and in fulfilment of the purposes for which it was appointed, but not otherwise, shall have like force and effect as if done by the Board, and the Board (or if the Board delegates such power, the committee) shall have power to remunerate the members of any such committee, and charge such remuneration to the current expenses of the Company.

 

120. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two or more members shall be governed by the provisions contained in these Articles for regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations imposed by the Board under the last preceding Article, indicating, without limitation, any committee charter adopted by the Board for purposes or in respect of any such committee.

 

121. A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors except such as are temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability shall (provided that such number is sufficient to constitute a quorum and further provided that a copy of such resolution has been given or the contents thereof communicated to all the Directors for the time being entitled to receive notices of Board meetings in the same manner as notices of meetings are required to be given by these Articles) be as valid and effectual as if a resolution had been passed at a meeting of the Board duly convened and held. Such resolution may be contained in one document or in several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the Directors and for this purpose a facsimile signature of a Director shall be treated as valid.

 

 
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122. All acts bona fide done by the Board or by any committee or by any person acting as a Director or members of a committee, shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any member of the Board or such committee or person acting as aforesaid or that they or any of them were disqualified or had vacated office, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a Director or member of such committee.

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

123. Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committees, for so long as the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Board, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

124. The Board shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis.

 

125. For so long as the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilize the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest in accordance with the audit committee charter.

 

OFFICERS

 

126. (1) The officers of the Company shall consist of the Chairman of the Board, the Directors and Secretary and such additional officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the Board may from time to time determine, all of whom shall be deemed to be officers for the purposes of the Act and these Articles. In addition to the officers of the Company, the Board may also from time to time determine and appoint managers and delegate to the same such powers and duties as are prescribed by the Board.

 

(2) The Directors shall, as soon as may be after each appointment or election of Directors, elect amongst the Directors a chairman and if more than one Director is proposed for this office, the election to such office shall take place in such manner as the Directors may determine.

 

(3) The officers shall receive such remuneration as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

127. (1) The Secretary and additional officers, if any, shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office on such terms and for such period as the Board may determine. If thought fit, two or more persons may be appointed as joint Secretaries. The Board may also appoint from time to time on such terms as it thinks fit one or more assistant or deputy Secretaries.

 

(2) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Members and shall keep correct minutes of such meetings and enter the same in the proper books provided for the purpose. He shall perform such other duties as are prescribed by the Act or these Articles or as may be prescribed by the Board.

 

128. The officers of the Company shall have such powers and perform such duties in the management, business and affairs of the Company as may be delegated to them by the Directors from time to time.

 

129. A provision of the Act or of these Articles requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as Director and as or in place of the Secretary.

 

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

130. The Company shall cause to be kept in one or more books at its Office a Register of Directors and Officers in which there shall be entered the full names and addresses of the Directors and Officers and such other particulars as required by the Act or as the Directors may determine. The Company shall send to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands a copy of such register, and shall from time to time notify to the said Registrar of any change that takes place in relation to such Directors and Officers as required by the Act.

 

MINUTES

 

131. (1) The Board shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books provided for the purpose:

 

  (a) of all elections and appointments of officers;
     
  (b) of the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors;
     
  (c) of all resolutions and proceedings of each general meeting of the Members, meetings of the Board and meetings of committees of the Board and where there are managers, of all proceedings of meetings of the managers.

 

(2) Minutes shall be kept by the Secretary at the Office.

 

 
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SEAL

 

132. (1) The Company shall have one or more Seals, as the Board may determine. For the purpose of sealing documents creating or evidencing securities issued by the Company, the Company may have a securities seal which is a facsimile of the Seal of the Company with the addition of the word “Securities” on its face or in such other form as the Board may approve. The Board shall provide for the custody of each Seal and no Seal shall be used without the authority of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by the Board in that behalf. Subject as otherwise provided in these Articles, any instrument to which a Seal is affixed shall be signed autographically by one Director or by such other person (including a Director) or persons as the Board may appoint, either generally or in any particular case, save that as regards any certificates for shares or debentures or other securities of the Company the Board may by resolution determine that such signatures or either of them shall be dispensed with or affixed by some method or system of mechanical signature. Every instrument executed in manner provided by this Article 134 shall be deemed to be sealed and executed with the authority of the Board previously given.

 

(2) Where the Company has a Seal for use abroad, the Board may by writing under the Seal appoint any agent or committee abroad to be the duly authorised agent of the Company for the purpose of affixing and using such Seal and the Board may impose restrictions on the use thereof as may be thought fit. Wherever in these Articles reference is made to the Seal, the reference shall, when and so far as may be applicable, be deemed to include any such other Seal as aforesaid.

 

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

 

133. Any Director or the Secretary or any person appointed by the Board for the purpose may authenticate any documents affecting the constitution of the Company and any resolution passed by the Company or the Board or any committee, and any books, records, documents and accounts relating to the business of the Company, and to certify copies thereof or extracts therefrom as true copies or extracts, and if any books, records, documents or accounts are elsewhere than at the Office or the head office the local manager or other officer of the Company having the custody thereof shall be deemed to be a person so appointed by the Board. A document purporting to be a copy of a resolution, or an extract from the minutes of a meeting, of the Company or of the Board or any committee which is so certified shall be conclusive evidence in favour of all persons dealing with the Company upon the faith thereof that such resolution has been duly passed or, as the case may be, that such minutes or extract is a true and accurate record of proceedings at a duly constituted meeting.

 

DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

 

134. (1) The Company shall be entitled to destroy the following documents at the following times:

 

  (a) any share certificate which has been cancelled at any time after the expiry of one (1) year from the date of such cancellation;
     
  (b) any dividend mandate or any variation or cancellation thereof or any notification of change of name or address at any time after the expiry of two (2) years from the date such mandate variation cancellation or notification was recorded by the Company;
     
  (c) any instrument of transfer of shares which has been registered at any time after the expiry of seven (7) years from the date of registration;
     
  (d) any allotment letters after the expiry of seven (7) years from the date of issue thereof; and
     
  (e) copies of powers of attorney, grants of probate and letters of administration at any time after the expiry of seven (7) years after the account to which the relevant power of attorney, grant of probate or letters of administration related has been closed;

 

 
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and it shall conclusively be presumed in favour of the Company that every entry in the Register purporting to be made on the basis of any such documents so destroyed was duly and properly made and every share certificate so destroyed was a valid certificate duly and properly cancelled and that every instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered and that every other document destroyed hereunder was a valid and effective document in accordance with the recorded particulars thereof in the books or records of the Company. Provided always that: (1) the foregoing provisions of this Article 136 shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim; (2) nothing contained in this Article 136 shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document earlier than as aforesaid or in any case where the conditions of proviso (1) above are not fulfilled; and (3) references in this Article 136 to the destruction of any document include references to its disposal in any manner.

 

(2) Notwithstanding any provision contained in these Articles, the Directors may, if permitted by applicable law, authorise the destruction of documents set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (1) of this Article 136 and any other documents in relation to share registration which have been microfilmed or electronically stored by the Company or by the share registrar on its behalf provided always that this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company and its share registrar that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim.

 

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

 

135. Subject to the Act, the Board may from time to time declare dividends in any currency to be paid to the Members.

 

136. Dividends may be declared and paid out of the profits of the Company, realised or unrealised, or from any reserve set aside from profits which the Directors determine is no longer needed. The Board may also declare and pay dividends out of share premium account or any other fund or account which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the Act.

 

137. Except in so far as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

 

  (a) all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares in respect of which the dividend is paid, but no amount paid up on a share in advance of calls shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid up on the share; and
     
  (b) all dividends shall be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts paid up on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid.

 

 
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138. The Board may from time to time pay to the Members such interim dividends as appear to the Board to be justified by the profits of the Company and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes, the Board may pay such interim dividends in respect of those shares in the capital of the Company which confer on the holders thereof deferred or non-preferential rights as well as in respect of those shares which confer on the holders thereof preferential rights with regard to dividend and provided that the Board acts bona fide the Board shall not incur any responsibility to the holders of shares conferring any preference for any damage that they may suffer by reason of the payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferential rights and may also pay any fixed dividend which is payable on any shares of the Company half-yearly or on any other dates, whenever such profits, in the opinion of the Board, justifies such payment.

 

139. The Board may deduct from any dividend or other moneys payable to a Member by the Company on or in respect of any shares all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

140. No dividend or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

 

141. Any dividend, interest or other sum payable in cash to the holder of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post addressed to the holder at his registered address or, in the case of joint holders, addressed to the holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the shares at his address as appearing in the Register or addressed to such person and at such address as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall, unless the holder or joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the order of the holder whose name stands first on the Register in respect of such shares, and shall be sent at his or their risk and payment of the cheque or warrant by the bank on which it is drawn shall constitute a good discharge to the Company notwithstanding that it may subsequently appear that the same has been stolen or that any endorsement thereon has been forged. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

 

142. All dividends or bonuses unclaimed for one (1) year after having been declared may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board for the benefit of the Company until claimed. Any dividend or bonuses unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. The payment by the Board of any unclaimed dividend or other sums payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof.

 

143. Whenever the Board has resolved that a dividend be paid or declared, the Board may further resolve that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets of any kind and in particular of paid up shares, debentures or warrants to subscribe securities of the Company or any other company, or in any one or more of such ways, and where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution the Board may settle the same as it thinks expedient, and in particular may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares, disregard fractional entitlements or round the same up or down, and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets, or any part thereof, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties, and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board and may appoint any person to sign any requisite instruments of transfer and other documents on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend, and such appointment shall be effective and binding on the Members. The Board may resolve that no such assets shall be made available to Members with registered addresses in any particular territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, such distribution of assets would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable and in such event the only entitlement of the Members aforesaid shall be to receive cash payments as aforesaid. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be or be deemed to be a separate class of Members for any purpose whatsoever.

 

 
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144. (1) Whenever the Board has resolved that a dividend be paid or declared on any class of the share capital of the Company, the Board may further resolve either:

 

  (a) that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up, provided that the Members entitled thereto will be entitled to elect to receive such dividend (or part thereof if the Board so determines) in cash in lieu of such allotment. In such case, the following provisions shall apply:

 

  (i) the basis of any such allotment shall be determined by the Board;
     
  (ii) the Board, after determining the basis of allotment, shall give not less than ten (10) days’ Notice to the holders of the relevant shares of the right of election accorded to them and shall send with such notice forms of election and specify the procedure to be followed and the place at which and the latest date and time by which duly completed forms of election must be lodged in order to be effective;
     
  (iii) the right of election may be exercised in respect of the whole or part of that portion of the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been accorded; and
     
  (iv) the dividend (or that part of the dividend to be satisfied by the allotment of shares as aforesaid) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the cash election has not been duly exercised (“the non-elected shares”) and in satisfaction thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the non-elected shares on the basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share premium account, capital redemption reserve other than the Subscription Rights Reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be required to pay up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the non-elected shares on such basis; or

 

 
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  (b) that the Members entitled to such dividend shall be entitled to elect to receive an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up in lieu of the whole or such part of the dividend as the Board may think fit. In such case, the following provisions shall apply:

 

  (i) the basis of any such allotment shall be determined by the Board;
     
  (ii) the Board, after determining the basis of allotment, shall give not less than ten (10) days’ Notice to the holders of the relevant shares of the right of election accorded to them and shall send with such notice forms of election and specify the procedure to be followed and the place at which and the latest date and time by which duly completed forms of election must be lodged in order to be effective;
     
  (iii) the right of election may be exercised in respect of the whole or part of that portion of the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been accorded; and
     
  (iv) the dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been accorded) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the share election has been duly exercised (“the elected shares”) and in lieu thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the elected shares on the basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share premium account, capital redemption reserve other than the Subscription Rights Reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be required to pay up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the elected shares on such basis.

 

  (2) (a) The shares allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article 144 shall rank pari passu in all respects with shares of the same class (if any) then in issue save only as regards participation in the relevant dividend or in any other distributions, bonuses or rights paid, made, declared or announced prior to or contemporaneously with the payment or declaration of the relevant dividend unless, contemporaneously with the announcement by the Board of their proposal to apply the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (2) of this Article 144 in relation to the relevant dividend or contemporaneously with their announcement of the distribution, bonus or rights in question, the Board shall specify that the shares to be allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall rank for participation in such distribution, bonus or rights.
       
    (b) The Board may do all acts and things considered necessary or expedient to give effect to any capitalisation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article 144, with full power to the Board to make such provisions as it thinks fit in the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby, in whole or in part, fractional entitlements are aggregated and sold and the net proceeds distributed to those entitled, or are disregarded or rounded up or down or whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Board may authorise any person to enter into on behalf of all Members interested, an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made pursuant to such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.

 

 
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(3) The Board may determine and resolve in respect of any one particular dividend of the Company that notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article 146 a dividend may be satisfied wholly in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up without offering any right to shareholders to elect to receive such dividend in cash in lieu of such allotment.

 

(4) The Board may on any occasion determine that rights of election and the allotment of shares under paragraph (1) of this Article 144 shall not be made available or made to any shareholders with registered addresses in any territory where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, the circulation of an offer of such rights of election or the allotment of shares would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable, and in such event the provisions aforesaid shall be read and construed subject to such determination. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be or be deemed to be a separate class of Members for any purpose whatsoever.

 

(5) Any resolution declaring a dividend on shares of any class by the Board, may specify that the same shall be payable or distributable to the persons registered as the holders of such shares at the close of business on a particular date, notwithstanding that it may be a date prior to that on which the resolution is passed, and thereupon the dividend shall be payable or distributable to them in accordance with their respective holdings so registered, but without prejudice to the rights inter se in respect of such dividend of transferors and transferees of any such shares. The provisions of this Article shall mutatis mutandis apply to bonuses, capitalisation issues, distributions of realised capital profits or offers or grants made by the Company to the Members.

 

RESERVES

 

145. (1) The Board shall establish an account to be called the share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share in the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of these Articles, the Board may apply the share premium account in any manner permitted by the Act. The Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of the Act in relation to the share premium account.

 

(2) Before recommending any dividend, the Board may set aside out of the profits of the Company such sums as it determines as reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may be properly applied and pending such application may, also at such discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Board may from time to time think fit and so that it shall not be necessary to keep any investments constituting the reserve or reserves separate or distinct from any other investments of the Company. The Board may also without placing the same to reserve carry forward any profits which it may think prudent not to distribute.

 

 
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CAPITALISATION

 

146. The Company may, upon the recommendation of the Board, at any time and from time to time pass an ordinary resolution to the effect that it is desirable to capitalise all or any part of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (including a share premium account and capital redemption reserve and the profit and loss account) whether or not the same is available for distribution and accordingly that such amount be set free for distribution among the Members or any class of Members who would be entitled thereto if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions, on the basis that the same is not paid in cash but is applied either in or towards paying up the amounts for the time being unpaid on any shares in the Company held by such Members respectively or in paying up in full unissued shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company, to be allotted and distributed credited as fully paid up among such Members, or partly in one way and partly in the other, and the Board shall give effect to such resolution provided that, for the purposes of this Article 146, a share premium account and any capital redemption reserve or fund representing unrealised profits, may be applied only in paying up in full unissued shares of the Company to be allotted to such Members credited as fully paid.

 

147. The Board may settle, as it considers appropriate, any difficulty arising in regard to any distribution under the Article 148 and in particular may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares or authorise any person to sell and transfer any fractions or may resolve that the distribution should be as nearly as may be practicable in the correct proportion but not exactly so or may ignore fractions altogether, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members in order to adjust the rights of all parties, as may seem expedient to the Board. The Board may appoint any person to sign on behalf of the persons entitled to participate in the distribution any contract necessary or desirable for giving effect thereto and such appointment shall be effective and binding upon the Members.

 

SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS RESERVE

 

148. The following provisions shall have effect to the extent that they are not prohibited by and are in compliance with the Act:

 

(1) If, so long as any of the rights attached to any warrants issued by the Company to subscribe for shares of the Company shall remain exercisable, the Company does any act or engages in any transaction which, as a result of any adjustments to the subscription price in accordance with the provisions of the conditions of the warrants, would reduce the subscription price to below the par value of a share, then the following provisions shall apply:

 

  (a) as from the date of such act or transaction the Company shall establish and thereafter (subject as provided in this Article 148) maintain in accordance with the provisions of this Article 148 a reserve (the “Subscription Rights Reserve”) the amount of which shall at no time be less than the sum which for the time being would be required to be capitalised and applied in paying up in full the nominal amount of the additional shares required to be issued and allotted credited as fully paid pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) below on the exercise in full of all the subscription rights outstanding and shall apply the Subscription Rights Reserve in paying up such additional shares in full as and when the same are allotted;
     
  (b) the Subscription Rights Reserve shall not be used for any purpose other than that specified above unless all other reserves of the Company (other than share premium account) have been extinguished and will then only be used to make good losses of the Company if and so far as is required by law;

 

 
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  (c) upon the exercise of all or any of the subscription rights represented by any warrant, the relevant subscription rights shall be exercisable in respect of a nominal amount of shares equal to the amount in cash which the holder of such warrant is required to pay on exercise of the subscription rights represented thereby (or, as the case may be the relevant portion thereof in the event of a partial exercise of the subscription rights) and, in addition, there shall be allotted in respect of such subscription rights to the exercising warrantholder, credited as fully paid, such additional nominal amount of shares as is equal to the difference between:

 

  (i) the said amount in cash which the holder of such warrant is required to pay on exercise of the subscription rights represented thereby (or, as the case may be, the relevant portion thereof in the event of a partial exercise of the subscription rights); and
     
  (ii) the nominal amount of shares in respect of which such subscription rights would have been exercisable having regard to the provisions of the conditions of the warrants, had it been possible for such subscription rights to represent the right to subscribe for shares at less than par and immediately upon such exercise so much of the sum standing to the credit of the Subscription Rights Reserve as is required to pay up in full such additional nominal amount of shares shall be capitalised and applied in paying up in full such additional nominal amount of shares which shall forthwith be allotted credited as fully paid to the exercising warrantholders; and

 

  (d) if, upon the exercise of the subscription rights represented by any warrant, the amount standing to the credit of the Subscription Rights Reserve is not sufficient to pay up in full such additional nominal amount of shares equal to such difference as aforesaid to which the exercising warrantholder is entitled, the Board shall apply any profits or reserves then or thereafter becoming available (including, to the extent permitted by law, share premium account) for such purpose until such additional nominal amount of shares is paid up and allotted as aforesaid and until then no dividend or other distribution shall be paid or made on the fully paid shares of the Company then in issue. Pending such payment and allotment, the exercising warrantholder shall be issued by the Company with a certificate evidencing his right to the allotment of such additional nominal amount of shares. The rights represented by any such certificate shall be in registered form and shall be transferable in whole or in part in units of one share in the like manner as the shares for the time being are transferable, and the Company shall make such arrangements in relation to the maintenance of a register therefor and other matters in relation thereto as the Board may think fit and adequate particulars thereof shall be made known to each relevant exercising warrantholder upon the issue of such certificate.

 

(2) Shares allotted pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall rank pari passu in all respects with the other shares allotted on the relevant exercise of the subscription rights represented by the warrant concerned. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (1) of this Article, no fraction of any share shall be allotted on exercise of the subscription rights.

 

 
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(3) The provision of this Article as to the establishment and maintenance of the Subscription Rights Reserve shall not be altered or added to in any way which would vary or abrogate, or which would have the effect of varying or abrogating the provisions for the benefit of any warrantholder or class of warrantholders under this Article without the sanction of a special resolution of such warrantholders or class of warrantholders.

 

(4) A certificate or report by the auditors for the time being of the Company as to whether or not the Subscription Rights Reserve is required to be established and maintained and if so the amount thereof so required to be established and maintained, as to the purposes for which the Subscription Rights Reserve has been used, as to the extent to which it has been used to make good losses of the Company, as to the additional nominal amount of shares required to be allotted to exercising warrantholders credited as fully paid, and as to any other matter concerning the Subscription Rights Reserve shall (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding upon the Company and all warrantholders and shareholders.

 

ACCOUNTING RECORDS

 

149. The Board shall cause true accounts to be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Company, and the matters in respect of which such receipt and expenditure take place, and of the property, assets, credits and liabilities of the Company and of all other matters required by the Act or necessary to give a true and fair view of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

150. The accounting records shall be kept at the Office or, at such other place or places as the Board decides and shall always be open to inspection by the Directors. No Member (other than a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any accounting record or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Board or the Company in general meeting.

 

151. Subject to Article 154, a printed copy of the Directors’ report, accompanied by the balance sheet and profit and loss account, including every document required by law to be annexed thereto, made up to the end of the applicable financial year and containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of the Company under convenient heads and a statement of income and expenditure, together with a copy of the Auditors’ report, shall be sent to each person entitled thereto at least ten (10) days before the date of the general meeting and laid before the Company at the annual general meeting held in accordance with Article 57 provided that this Article shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent to any person whose address the Company is not aware or to more than one of the joint holders of any shares or debentures.

 

152. Subject to due compliance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, and to obtaining all necessary consents, if any, required thereunder, the requirements of Article 153 shall be deemed satisfied in relation to any person by sending to the person in any manner not prohibited by the Statutes, a summarised financial statements derived from the Company’s annual accounts and the directors’ report which shall be in the form and containing the information required by applicable laws and regulations, provided that any person who is otherwise entitled to the annual financial statements of the Company and the directors’ report thereon may, if he so requires by notice in writing served on the Company, demand that the Company sends to him, in addition to a summarised financial statements, a complete printed copy of the Company’s annual financial statement and the directors’ report thereon.

 

 
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153. The requirement to send to a person referred to in Article 153 the documents referred to in that article or a summary financial report in accordance with Article 154 shall be deemed satisfied where, in accordance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company publishes copies of the documents referred to in Article 153 and, if applicable, a summary financial report complying with Article 154, on the Company’s computer network or in any other permitted manner (including by sending any form of electronic communication), and that person has agreed or is deemed to have agreed to treat the publication or receipt of such documents in such manner as discharging the Company’s obligation to send to him a copy of such documents.

 

AUDIT

 

154. Subject to applicable law and rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall appoint an auditor to audit the accounts of the Company and such auditor shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors. Such auditor may be a Member but no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall, during his continuance in office, be eligible to act as an auditor of the Company.

 

155. Subject to the Act the accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.

 

156. The remuneration of the Auditor shall be determine by the Audit Committee or, in the absence of such Audit Committee, by the Board.

 

157. If the office of auditor becomes vacant by the resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine the remuneration of such Auditor.

 

158. The Auditor shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and he may call on the Directors or officers of the Company for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.

 

159. The statement of income and expenditure and the balance sheet provided for by these Articles shall be examined by the Auditor and compared by him with the books, accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and he shall make a written report thereon stating whether such statement and balance sheet are drawn up so as to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations for the period under review and, in case information shall have been called for from Directors or officers of the Company, whether the same has been furnished and has been satisfactory. The financial statements of the Company shall be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the report of the Auditor shall be submitted to the Audit Committee. The generally accepted auditing standards referred to herein may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor should disclose this fact and name such country or jurisdiction.

 

 
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NOTICES

 

160. Any Notice or document, whether or not, to be given or issued under these Articles from the Company to a Member shall be in writing or by cable, telex or facsimile transmission message or other form of electronic transmission or communication and any such Notice and document may be served or delivered by the Company on or to any Member either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register or at any other address supplied by him to the Company for the purpose or, as the case may be, by transmitting it to any such address or transmitting it to any telex or facsimile transmission number or electronic number or address or website supplied by him to the Company for the giving of Notice to him or which the person transmitting the notice reasonably and bona fide believes at the relevant time will result in the Notice being duly received by the Member or may also be served by advertisement in appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange or, to the extent permitted by and subject to compliance with the applicable laws and requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange, by placing it on the Company’s website. In the case of joint holders of a share all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register and notice so given shall be deemed a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders.

 

161. Any Notice or other document:

 

  (a) if served or delivered by post, shall where appropriate be sent by airmail and shall be deemed to have been served or delivered on the day following that on which the envelope containing the same, properly prepaid and addressed, is put into the post; in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope or wrapper containing the notice or document was properly addressed and put into the post and a certificate in writing signed by the Secretary or other officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Board that the envelope or wrapper containing the Notice or other document was so addressed and put into the post shall be conclusive evidence thereof;
     
  (b) if sent by electronic communication, shall be deemed to be given on the day on which it is transmitted from the server of the Company or its agent. A Notice placed on the Company’s website is deemed given by the Company to a Member on the day of publication, unless applicable laws or requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange provide otherwise;
     
  (c) if served or delivered in any other manner contemplated by these Articles, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered at the time of personal service or delivery or, as the case may be, at the time of the relevant despatch or transmission; and in proving such service or delivery a certificate in writing signed by the Secretary or other officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Board as to the act and time of such service, delivery, despatch or transmission shall be conclusive evidence thereof; and
     
  (d) may be given to a Member in the English language or such other language as may be approved by the Directors, subject to due compliance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations.

 

 
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162. (1) Any Notice or other document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Member in pursuance of these Articles shall, notwithstanding that such Member is then dead or bankrupt or that any other event has occurred, and whether or not the Company has notice of the death or bankruptcy or other event, be deemed to have been duly served or delivered in respect of any share registered in the name of such Member as sole or joint holder unless his name shall, at the time of the service or delivery of the Notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the share, and such service or delivery shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service or delivery of such Notice or document on all persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the share.

 

(2) A Notice may be given by the Company to the person entitled to a share in consequence of the death, mental disorder or bankruptcy of a Member by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter, envelope or wrapper addressed to him by name, or by the title of representative of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description, at the address, if any, supplied for the purpose by the person claiming to be so entitled, or (until such an address has been so supplied) by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death, mental disorder or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

(3) Any person who by operation of law, transfer or other means whatsoever shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every Notice in respect of such share which prior to his name and address being entered on the Register shall have been duly given to the person from whom he derives his title to such share.

 

SIGNATURES

 

163. For the purposes of these Articles, a cable or telex or facsimile or electronic transmission message purporting to come from a holder of shares or, as the case may be, a Director, or, in the case of a corporation which is a holder of shares from a director or the secretary thereof or a duly appointed attorney or duly authorised representative thereof for it and on its behalf, shall in the absence of express evidence to the contrary available to the person relying thereon at the relevant time be deemed to be a document or instrument in writing signed by such holder or Director in the terms in which it is received.

 

WINDING UP

 

164. (1) The Board shall have power in the name and on behalf of the Company to present a petition to the court for the Company to be wound up.

 

(2) A resolution that the Company be wound up by the court or be wound up voluntarily shall be a special resolution.

 

 
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165. (1) Subject to any special rights, privileges or restrictions as to the distribution of available surplus assets on liquidation for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares (i) if the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed pari passu amongst such members in proportion to the amount paid up on the shares held by them respectively and (ii) if the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid-up capital such assets shall be distributed so that, a nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the capital paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, at the commencement of the winding up on the shares held by them respectively.

 

(2) If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary or by the court) the liquidator may, with the authority of a special resolution and any other sanction required by the Act, divide among the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and whether or not the assets shall consist of properties of one kind or shall consist of properties to be divided as aforesaid of different kinds, and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any one or more class or classes of property and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like authority, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator with the like authority shall think fit, and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall be compelled to accept any shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability.

 

INDEMNITY

 

166. (1) Every Director (including for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles), Secretary, or other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company (but not including the Auditor) and the personal representatives of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and profits of the Company from and against all actions, proceeding, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

 

(2) Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action he might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director on account of any action taken by such Director, or the failure of such Director to take any action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company; PROVIDED THAT such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud, willful default or dishonesty which may attach to such Director.

 

FINANCIAL YEAR

 

167. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the financial year end of the Company shall be 31st of March in each year.

 

AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

AND NAME OF COMPANY

 

168. No Article shall be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Article shall be made until the same has been approved by a special resolution of the Members. A special resolution shall be required to alter the provisions of the Memorandum of Association or to change the name of the Company.

 

INFORMATION

 

169. No Member shall be entitled to require discovery of or any information respecting any detail of the Company’s trading or any matter which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Directors it will be inexpedient in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.

 

 

 

EX-2.1 3 ex2-1.htm EX-2.1

 

Exhibit 2.1

 

Description the Registrant’s Securities

Registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (“we,” “our,” “our company,” or “us”) has one class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, our Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) listed and traded on the NYSE American. In addition, our authorized share capital includes Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares,” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”). The Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares carry equal rights and rank pari passu with one another, other than with respect to voting and conversion as described below.

 

Description of Ordinary Shares

 

The following is a summary of material provisions of our currently effective Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as well as the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Companies Act”) insofar as they relate to the material terms of our Ordinary Shares. Notwithstanding this, because it is a summary, it may not contain all the information that you may otherwise deem important.

 

Type and Class of Securities (Item 9.A.5 of Form 20-F)

 

Each Class A Ordinary Share and each Class B Ordinary Share has a par value of US$0.001.

 

As at March 31, 2026, we had only one class of ordinary shares. The number of ordinary shares that had been issued as of the last day of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 is provided on the cover of the annual report on Form 20-F to which this exhibit is attached.

 

Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be held in either certificated or uncertificated form.

 

On August 10, 2026, at an extraordinary meeting of our shareholders, our shareholders approved, among other things, an increase in our authorized share capital, the adoption of a dual-class share structure and reclassification our then existing Ordinary Shares, and adoption of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. Pursuant to the shareholders’ resolutions, our share capital was changed from US$50,000 divided into 50,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.001 each to US$5,000,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, comprising of (i) 4,993,640,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and (ii) 6,360,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, with each Class A Ordinary Share entitling the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share entitling the holder thereof to fifty (50) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

In connection with the adoption of the dual-class share structure, our shareholders approved the redesignation of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. As a result, immediately following the redesignation, (i) 5,280,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Joyful Star Limited were repurchased and cancelled by the Company and, in consideration, the Company allotted and issued to Joyful Star Limited, 5,280,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, credited as fully paid-up, (ii) 1,080,000 Class A Ordinary Shares held by Green Circle Limited were repurchased and cancelled by the Company and, in consideration, the Company allotted and issued to Green Circle Limited 1,080,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, credited as fully paid-up, and (iii) the remaining then-issued ordinary shares held by other shareholders were redesignated into Class A Ordinary Shares. Our shareholders also approved, with effect from October 7, 2026, a share consolidation whereby every six issued and unissued shares of all classes or series of a par value of US$0.001 each in the share capital of the Company shall be consolidated into one share of a par value of US$0.006 each, with fractional consolidated shares to be rounded up so that each shareholder will be entitled to receive one consolidated share in lieu of any fractional share that would have resulted from the share consolidation.

 

Pre-emptive Rights (Item 9.A.3 of Form 20-F)

 

Our Ordinary Shares are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights under the Cayman Companies Act or pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

 
 

 

Limitations or Qualifications (Item 9.A.6 of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Rights of Other Types of Securities (Item 9.A.7 of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Rights of Ordinary Shares (Item 10.B.3 of Form 20-F)

 

Ordinary Shares

 

Our authorized share capital is 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.001 each, comprising of (i) 4,993,640,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and (ii) 6,360,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, with each Class A Ordinary Share entitling the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share entitling the holder thereof to fifty (50) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company. Other than with respect to voting and conversion as described below, the Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares carry equal rights and rank pari passu with one another.

 

Dividends

 

Our board of directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and distributions on shares of the Company issued and outstanding and authorize payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor.

 

Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend either out of profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if the dividend payment would result in the company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. Our board of directors may determine that a dividend shall be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets (which may consist of the shares or securities of any other company) and may settle all questions concerning such distribution.

 

No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.

 

Conversion Rights

 

Each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time by the holder thereof. In no event shall Class A Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares will be entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining for distribution after payment of all liabilities, on a pari passu basis and in proportion to the number of shares held, regardless of class.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to fifty (50) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company. At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided by poll.

 

An ordinary resolution means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy or, in the case of corporations, by their duly authorized representatives, at a general meeting of the Company held in accordance with our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (in computing the majority regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each shareholder is entitled by our memorandum and articles of association).

 

 
 

 

A special resolution means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Companies Act, being a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy or, in the case of corporations, by their duly authorized representatives, at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given in accordance with our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or extraordinary general meetings of the Company may be taken only upon the vote of our shareholders at an annual or extraordinary general meeting duly noticed and convened in accordance with our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Companies Act and may not be taken by written resolution of shareholders without a meeting

 

Under Cayman Islands law, certain matters, such as amending the memorandum and articles of association, changing the name or resolving to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, require the approval of shareholders by a special resolution.

 

Variation of Rights of Shares

 

Whenever the capital of our Company is divided into different classes the rights attached to any such class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class, only be materially and adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the shares of that class, be deemed to be materially and adversely varied by, inter alia, the creation, allotment or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to them or the redemption or purchase of any shares of any class by our Company.

 

Alteration of Share Capital

 

Subject to the Cayman Companies Act, the Company may, by ordinary resolution:

 

(a) increase its share capital by new shares of such amount as it thinks appropriate;

 

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of a larger amount than its existing shares;

 

(c) divide its shares into several classes and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions which in the absence of any such determination by the Company in general meeting, as board of directors may determine provided always that, for the avoidance of doubt, where a class of shares has been authorized by the company, no resolution of the Company in general meeting is required for the issuance of shares of that class and board of directors may issue shares of that class and determine such rights, privileges, conditions or restrictions attaching thereto as aforesaid, and further provided that where the company issues shares which do not carry voting rights, the words “non-voting” shall appear in the designation of such shares and where the equity capital includes shares with different voting rights, the designation of each class of shares, other than those with the most favorable voting rights, must include the words “restricted voting” or “limited voting”;

 

(d) subdivide its shares, or any of them, into shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by our memorandum and articles of association, provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; and

 

(e) cancel any shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.

 

 
 

 

Pre-emption Rights

 

Our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association do not contain any provisions relating to pre-emption rights and there are no statutory rights of pre-emption under Cayman Islands law.

 

Forfeiture or Surrender of Shares

 

Subject to the terms of the allotment, board of directors may from time to time make calls upon the shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares, and each shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen calendar days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such shares. If a shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of partly paid shares on the day appointed for payment, board of directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued. The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen calendar days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed, the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

A forfeited share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as our board of directors think fit and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as board of directors think fit.

 

A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a shareholder in respect of the forfeited shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which, at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares together with interest thereon, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies whenever payable in respect of the shares.

 

A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or the secretary of the Company that a share in the Company has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the fact therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. The Company may receive the consideration given for the share on any sale or disposition thereof and may execute a transfer of the share in favor of the person to whom the share is sold or disposed of and he shall thereupon be registered as the holder of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share.

 

The provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

Our board of directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid share.

 

Share Premium Account

 

Subject to the Companies Act, our board of directors may: (a) resolve to capitalize an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a share premium account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), which is available for distribution; (b) appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalized to the shareholders in proportion to the nominal amount of shares (whether or not fully paid) held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards: (i) paying up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on shares held by them respectively, or (ii) paying up in full unissued shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum, and allot the shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the shareholders (or as they may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other, but the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve and profits which are not available for distribution may only be applied in paying up unissued shares to be allotted to shareholders credited as fully paid; (c) make any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalized reserve and in particular, without limitation, where shares or debentures become distributable in fractions our board of directors may deal with the fractions as they think fit; (d) authorize a person to enter (on behalf of all the shareholders concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for either: (i) the allotment to the shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalization, or (ii) the payment by the Company on behalf of the shareholders (by the application of their respective proportions of the reserves resolved to be capitalized) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing shares, and any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those shareholders; and (e) generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the resolution.

 

 
 

 

Redemption and Purchase of Own Shares

 

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, we may by action of our board of directors: (a) issue shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at our option or the shareholder, in such manner and upon such terms as may be determined, before the issue of such shares, by our board of directors ; (b) purchase our own shares (including any redeemable shares) on such terms and in such manner and terms as have been approved by our board of directors , or are otherwise authorized by our memorandum and articles of association; and (c) make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner permitted by the Companies Act, including out of capital. Under the Companies Act, the redemption or repurchase of any share may be paid out of our Company’s profits, share premium or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for the purpose of such redemption or repurchase, or out of capital if our Company can, immediately following the date on which the payment out of capital is proposed to be made, pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. In addition, under the Companies Act no such share may be redeemed or repurchased (a) unless it is fully paid up, or (b) if such redemption or repurchase would result in there being no shares outstanding. In addition, our board of directors may accept the surrender of any fully paid share for no consideration.

 

Transfer of Shares

 

Subject to any applicable requirements set forth in our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and provided that a transfer of ordinary shares complies with applicable rules of the Nasdaq, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of his or her ordinary shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by Nasdaq or in any other form approved by our board of directors, executed by or on behalf of the transferor and if in respect of a nil or partly paid up share, or if so required by our board of directors , shall also be executed on behalf of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer.

 

The transferor shall be deemed to remain a shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the register of members in respect of the relevant shares.

 

If our board of directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within two calendar months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

The registration of transfers may, after compliance with any notice required by the applicable rules of the Nasdaq, be suspended and our register of members closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may in their absolute discretion, from time to time determine, provided always that such registration of transfer shall not be suspended nor the register of members closed for more than thirty calendar days in any calendar year.

 

Requirements to Change the Rights of Holders of Ordinary Shares (Item 10.B.4 of Form 20-F)

 

Variation of Rights of Shares

 

Under the Cayman Companies Act and our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, whenever the capital of the company is divided into different classes the rights attached to any such class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class, only be materially and adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.

 

 
 

 

Limitations on the Rights to Own Ordinary Shares (Item 10.B.6 of Form 20-F)

 

There are no limitations under the laws of the Cayman Islands or under the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association that limit the right of non-resident or foreign owners to hold or vote Ordinary Shares.

 

Provisions Affecting Any Change of Control (Item 10.B.7 of Form 20-F)

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Some provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association may discourage, delay, or prevent a change in control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that authorize our board of directors to issue preferred shares in one or more series and to determine the terms and rights of such preferred shares without approval of our shareholders.

 

Under the Cayman Companies Act, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company and for a proper purpose.

 

Ownership Threshold (Item 10.B.8 of Form 20-F)

 

There are no provisions under the Cayman Companies Act or under the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association that govern the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.

 

Differences Between the Law of Different Jurisdictions (Item 10.B.9 of Form 20-F)

 

The Cayman Companies Act is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England and Wales but does not follow recent United Kingdom statutory enactments, and accordingly there are significant differences between the Cayman Companies Act and the current Companies Act of England and Wales. In addition, the Cayman Companies Act differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and their shareholders.

 

Mergers and Similar Arrangements

 

The Cayman Companies Act permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. For these purposes, (a) “merger” means the merging of two or more constituent companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property, and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company, and (b) a “consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company and the vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company. In order to effect such a merger or consolidation, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then be authorized by (a) a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (b) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. The plan must be filed with the Registrar of Companies together with a declaration as to the solvency of the consolidated or surviving company, a list of the assets and liabilities of each constituent company, and an undertaking that a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidation will be given to the shareholders and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the merger or consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with these statutory procedures.

 

A merger between a Cayman Islands parent company and its Cayman Islands subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders. For this purpose, a subsidiary is a company of which at least 90% of the issued shares entitled to vote are owned by the parent company.

 

The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest of a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waived by a court in the Cayman Islands.

 

 
 

 

Except in certain limited circumstances, a dissenting shareholder of a Cayman Islands constituent company is entitled to payment of the fair value of his or her shares upon dissenting from a merger or consolidation. The exercise of such dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights to which he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, except for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.

 

In addition, there are statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies, provided that the arrangement is approved by a majority in number of each class of shareholders and creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made, and who must, in addition, represent three-fourths in value of each such class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:

 

(a) the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met;

 

(b) the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class;

 

(c) the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and

 

(d) the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Cayman Companies Act.

 

When a takeover offer is made and accepted by holders of 90% of the shares affected within four months, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four-month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer which has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.

 

If an arrangement and reconstruction is thus approved, or if a takeover offer is made and accepted, a dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders, providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares.

 

Shareholders’ Suits

 

In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff to sue for a wrong done to us as a company, and as a general rule, a derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English law authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands courts can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles (namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted to commence a class action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge:

 

(a) an act which is illegal or ultra vires with respect to the company and is therefore incapable of ratification by the shareholders;

 

(b) an act which, although not ultra vires, requires authorization by a qualified (or special) majority (that is, more than a simple majority) which has not been obtained; and

 

(c) an act which constitutes a “fraud on the minority” where the wrongdoers are themselves in control of the company.

 

 
 

 

Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitation of Liability

 

The Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that every director (including any alternate director), secretary, assistant secretary, or other officer for the time being and from time to time of our company (but not including our company’s auditors) and the personal representatives of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions in Our Articles

 

Some provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association may discourage, delay, or prevent a change in control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that authorize our board of directors to issue preferred shares in one or more series and to determine the terms and rights of such preferred shares without approval of our shareholders.

 

Under the Cayman Companies Act, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our memorandum and articles of association for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company and for a proper purpose.

 

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties

 

As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a director owes three types of duties to the company: (i) statutory duties, (ii) fiduciary duties, and (iii) common law duties. The Cayman Companies Act imposes a number of statutory duties on a director. A Cayman Islands director’s fiduciary duties are not codified, however the courts of the Cayman Islands have held that a director owes the following fiduciary duties (a) a duty to act in what the director bona fide considers to be in the best interests of the company, (b) a duty to exercise their powers for the purposes they were conferred, (c) a duty to avoid fettering his or her discretion in the future, and (d) a duty to avoid conflicts of interest and of duty. The common law duties owed by a director are those to act with skill, care, and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and, also, to act with the skill, care, and diligence in keeping with a standard of care commensurate with any particular skill they have which enables them to meet a higher standard than a director without those skills. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our memorandum and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time. We have the right to seek damages if a duty owed by any of our directors is breached.

 

Shareholder Proposals

 

The Cayman Companies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s memorandum and articles of association. Our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that any one or more shareholders holding not less than one-third (1/3) of all votes attaching to the total issued and paid up share capital of the Company at the date of deposit of the requisition shall at all times have the right, by written requisition to our board of directors or the Secretary of the Company, to require an extraordinary general meeting to be called by our board of directors for the transaction of any business specified in such requisition, and such meeting shall be held within two (2) months after the deposit of such requisition. If within twenty one (21) days of such deposit our board of directors fails to proceed to convene such meeting the requisitionist(s) himself/herself (themselves) may do so in the same manner, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionist(s) as a result of the failure of our board of directors shall be reimbursed to the requisitionist(s) by the Company.

 

 
 

 

Cumulative Voting

 

As permitted under the Cayman Companies Act, our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association do not provide for cumulative voting.

 

Removal of Directors

 

Subject to the provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, a director may be removed from office by ordinary resolution of shareholders, notwithstanding anything in our articles of association or in any agreement between the Company and such director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under such agreement). A director’s office shall be vacated if the director (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; (ii) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; (iii) resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; (iv) without special leave of absence from the board, is absent from meetings of the board for three consecutive meetings and the board resolves that his office be vacated; (v) is prohibited by law from being a director; and (vi) is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of our articles of association.

 

Transactions with Interested Shareholders

 

Although the Cayman Companies Act does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders, under Cayman Islands law such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company and for a proper corporate purpose and not with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.

 

Dissolution; Winding Up

 

Under the Cayman Companies Act and our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company may be wound up by a special resolution of our shareholders, or if the winding up is initiated by our board of directors, by either a special resolution of our members or, if our company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, by an ordinary resolution of our members. In addition, a company may be wound up by an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands. The court has authority to order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to do so.

 

Variation of Rights of Shares

 

Under the Cayman Companies Act and our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, whenever the capital of the company is divided into different classes the rights attached to any such class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class, only be materially and adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.

 

Amendment of Governing Documents

 

Under the Cayman Companies Act, our memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by special resolution of our shareholders.

 

Changes in Capital (Item 10.B.10 of Form 20-F)

 

Subject to the Cayman Companies Act, the Company may, by ordinary resolution:

 

(a) increase its share capital by new shares of such amount as it thinks appropriate;

 

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of a larger amount than its existing shares;

 

 
 

 

(c) divide its shares into several classes and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions which in the absence of any such determination by the Company in general meeting, as the directors may determine provided always that, for the avoidance of doubt, where a class of shares has been authorized by the company, no resolution of the Company in general meeting is required for the issuance of shares of that class and the directors may issue shares of that class and determine such rights, privileges, conditions or restrictions attaching thereto as aforesaid, and further provided that where the company issues shares which do not carry voting rights, the words “non-voting” shall appear in the designation of such shares and where the equity capital includes shares with different voting rights, the designation of each class of shares, other than those with the most favorable voting rights, must include the words “restricted voting” or “limited voting”;

 

(d) subdivide its shares, or any of them, into shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by our memorandum and articles of association, provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; and

 

(e) cancel any shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.

 

Subject to the Companies Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, our shareholders may by special resolution, reduce our share capital in any manner authorized by the Companies Act.

 

Debt Securities (Item 12.A of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Warrants and Rights (Item 12.B of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Other Securities (Item 12.C of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Description of American Depositary Shares (Items 12.D.1 and 12.D.2 of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

EX-4.11 4 ex4-11.htm EX-4.11

 

Exhibit 4.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EX-4.13 5 ex4-13.htm EX-4.13

 

Exhibit 4.13

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

EX-11.2 6 ex11-2.htm EX-11.2


 

Exhibit 11.2

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

INSIDER TRADING POLICY

AND GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN COMPANY SECURITIES

 

Adopted on: November 28, 2025

 

This Insider Trading Policy (the “Policy”) provides guidelines to directors, officers, employees and other related persons of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), with respect to transactions in the Company’s securities. The Company has adopted this Policy to ensure compliance with securities laws and to avoid even the appearance of improper conduct by anyone associated with the Company. Failure to comply with these procedures could result in a serious violation of the securities laws by you and/or the Company and can result in both civil penalties and criminal fines and imprisonment. We have all worked hard to establish the Company’s reputation for integrity and ethical conduct, and we are all responsible for preserving and enhancing this reputation. The appearance of insider trading can cause a substantial loss of confidence in the Company and its shares on the part of the public and the securities markets. This could result in an adverse impact on the Company and its shareholders. Accordingly, avoiding the appearance of engaging in share transactions on the basis of material undisclosed information can be as important as avoiding a transaction actually based on such information. The Company has appointed its Chief Financial Officer, or in his or her absence, the Company’s Finance Manager (the “Compliance Officer,” as the case may be), as the Company’s Insider Trading Compliance Officer.

 

I. Applicability of Policy

 

This Policy applies to all transactions in the Company’s securities, including ordinary shares, options, warrants and any other securities the Company may issue from time to time, such as preferred shares, notes, and convertible debentures, as well as to derivative securities relating to the Company’s shares, whether or not issued by the Company, such as exchange-traded options and debt securities. It applies to all officers of the Company, all members of the Company’s Board of Directors, and all employees of, and consultants and contractors to, the Company and its subsidiaries/branches who receive or have access to Material Nonpublic Information (as defined below) regarding the Company (collectively, “Company Affiliated Persons”). Company Affiliated Persons, members of their immediate families (which include spouse and minor children), members of their households, other family members living with them or who are supported by them, are sometimes referred to in this Policy as “Insiders”. This Policy also applies to any trust or other estate in which an Insider has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which he or she serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and to any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity which the Insider controls, including venture capital partnerships. This Policy also applies to any person who receives Material Nonpublic Information from any Insider.

 

 

 

 

Any person who possesses Material Nonpublic Information regarding the Company is an Insider for so long as the information is not publicly known. Any employee can be an Insider from time to time, and would at those times be subject to this Policy.

 

The Policy imposes additional restrictions upon Insiders who have routine access to Material Nonpublic Information, referred to as “Access Insiders.” Access Insiders are: (1) members of the board of directors, (2) the executive officers, (3) the controller, and (4) the investor relations department of the Company. In addition, other employees of the Company who have routine access to Material Nonpublic Information as determined by the Compliance Officer, who were notified that these additional restrictions apply to them shall also be Access Insiders until otherwise determined by the Compliance Officer.

 

In addition, the Company itself must comply with securities laws applicable to its own securities trading activities, and must not engage in any transaction involving a purchase or sale of its securities, including any offer to purchase or offer to sell or other disposition of its securities, when it is in possession of Material Nonpublic Information concerning the Company, other than in compliance with applicable law, subject to the policies and procedures adopted by the Company and the exceptions listed in Section XII of this Policy to the extent applicable.

 

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II. General Policy

 

It is the policy of the Company to oppose the unauthorized disclosure of any nonpublic information acquired in the work-place and the misuse of Material Nonpublic Information in securities trading.

 

III. Specific Policies

 

1. Trading on Material Nonpublic Information. No Insider shall engage in any transaction involving a purchase or sale of the Company’s securities, including any offer to purchase or offer to sell or gift, or other disposition of the Company’s securities, during any period commencing with the time that he or she first receives Material Nonpublic Information concerning the Company, and ending at the close of business on the second Trading Day following the date of public disclosure of that information, or at such time as such nonpublic information is no longer material. As used herein, the term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the NYSE American is open for trading.

 

2. Tipping. No Insider shall disclose (sometimes called a “Tip”) Material Nonpublic Information to any other person (including family members) where such information may be used by such person to his or her profit by trading in the securities of companies to which such information relates, nor shall such Insider or related person make recommendations or express opinions on the basis of Material Nonpublic Information as to trading in the Company’s securities.

 

3. Confidentiality of Nonpublic Information. Nonpublic information relating to the Company is the property of the Company and the unauthorized disclosure of such information is forbidden. In the event any officer, director or employee of the Company receives any inquiry from outside the Company, such as a stock analyst, for information (particularly financial results and/or projections) that may be Material Nonpublic Information, the inquiry should be referred to the Compliance Officer, and to the other appropriate Company officers, as provided for in the disclosure policy of the Company, if any, as may be in place from time to time.

 

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IV. Potential Criminal and Civil Liability and/or Disciplinary Action

 

1. Liability for Insider Trading. In the United States and many other countries, the personal consequences to an Insider of illegally trading securities while in possession, or on the basis of, Material Nonpublic Information can be quite severe. In the United States there are substantial civil penalties and criminal sanctions which may be assessed for insider trading. Civil penalties are a payment of a penalty of up to three times the illicit windfall. In addition, Insiders may be subject to criminal fines of up to $5,000,000 and up to twenty years in prison for engaging in transactions in the Company’s securities at a time when they have knowledge of Material Nonpublic Information regarding the Company.

 

If you are located or engaged in dealings outside the U.S., be aware that laws regarding insider trading and similar offenses differ from country to country. Employees must abide by the laws in the country where located. However, you are required to comply with this Policy even if local law is less restrictive. If a local law conflicts with this Policy, you must consult the Compliance Officer.

 

If securities transactions ever become the subject of scrutiny, they are likely to be viewed after-the-fact with the benefit of hindsight. As a result, before engaging in any transaction an Insider should carefully consider how the transaction may be construed in the bright light of hindsight. If you have any questions or uncertainties about this Policy or a proposed transaction, please ask the Compliance Officer.

 

2. Liability for Tipping. Insiders may also be liable for improper transactions by any person (commonly referred to as a “Tippee”) to whom they have disclosed Material Nonpublic Information or any person to whom the Tippee discloses such Material Nonpublic Information regarding the Company or to whom they have made recommendations or expressed opinions on the basis of such information as to trading in the Company’s securities. The civil penalties and criminal sanctions for tipping by an Insider are the same as the ones for an Insider conducting insider trading, even if the disclosing person did not profit from the trading. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the stock exchanges use sophisticated electronic surveillance techniques to uncover insider trading.

 

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3. Possible Disciplinary Actions. The seriousness of securities law violations is reflected in the penalties and criminal sanctions such violations carry. These violations may also create negative publicity for the Company and a director’s resignation may be sought, or an officer or other employee will be subject to possible Company disciplinary action including ineligibility for future participation in the Company’s equity incentive plans or termination of employment.

 

V. Individual Responsibility

 

Every Company Affiliated Person has the individual responsibility to comply with this Policy against insider trading, regardless of whether the Company has recommended a trading window to that person or any other Insiders of the Company. The guidelines set forth in this Policy are not intended to provide a conclusive solution for all circumstances, and appropriate judgment should be exercised in connection with any trade in the Company’s securities.

 

An Insider may, from time to time, have to forego a proposed transaction in the Company’s securities even if he or she planned to make the transaction before learning of the Material Nonpublic Information and even though the Insider believes he or she may suffer an economic loss or forego anticipated profit by waiting.

 

VI. Applicability of Policy to Inside Information Regarding Other Companies

 

This Policy and the guidelines described herein also apply to Material Nonpublic Information relating to other companies, including the Company’s customers, vendors or suppliers (“Business Partners”), when that information is obtained in the course of employment with, or other services performed on behalf of, the Company. Civil penalties and criminal sanctions, and termination of employment, may result from trading on inside information regarding the Company’s Business Partners. All employees should treat Material Nonpublic Information about the Company’s Business Partners with the same care required with respect to information related directly to the Company.

 

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VII. Dissemination of Company Information

 

The prohibition of the disclosure of Material Nonpublic Information applies to all contacts made within and outside the Company. Care should be taken to prevent the disclosure of Material Nonpublic Information during all contact including phone calls and casual conversation. If in doubt about whether information falls into the category of Material Nonpublic Information, then the information should not be disclosed.

 

Prior to disclosure to any third party, any officer, director or employee of the Company who is aware of any Material Nonpublic Information concerning the Company that has not been disclosed to the public should report the intention to disclose such information promptly to the Compliance Officer and obtain approval to do so, or otherwise act in accordance with the Company’s disclosure policy, if any, as may be in place from time to time.

 

VIII. Definition of Material Nonpublic Information

 

Material Nonpublic Information is information which is material, and that has not been disclosed or otherwise made available to the general public by the Company.

 

It is not possible to define all categories of material information. Generally, information should be regarded as material if a reasonable investor would consider it important in making an investment decision regarding the purchase or sale of the Company’s securities or the information, if made public, would likely affect the market price of the Company’s securities. Either positive or negative information may be material. Information may be material even if it relates to future, speculative or contingent events and even if it is significant only when considered in combination with publicly available information. Nonpublic information can be material even with respect to companies that do not have publicly traded shares, such as those with outstanding bonds or bank loans.

 

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While it may be difficult under this standard to determine whether particular information is material, there are various categories of information that are particularly sensitive and, as a general rule, should always be considered material. If any Insider has questions as to the materiality of information, he or she should contact the Compliance Officer for clarification. Examples of information which is deemed to be material include:

 

  Financial results;
  Projections of future earnings or losses;
  News of a pending or proposed merger or acquisition;
  New product or project announcements of a significant nature;
  Expansion or curtailment of operations or the gain or loss of a substantial customer;
  Changes in control of the Company or major changes in senior management;
  Significant new joint ventures, alliances, or strategic partnerships or material developments in existing arrangements;
  Impending bankruptcy or financial liquidity problems;
  Significant product defects or modifications;
  Significant pricing changes;
  Events regarding the Company’s securities (e.g. share splits, repurchases, or changes in dividend policy);
  Changes in auditors or auditor notification that the Company may no longer rely on an audit report;
  A significant purchase or sale of assets or disposition of a subsidiary or division;
  New equity or debt offerings, significant borrowings, or other material financial transactions;
  Significant litigation exposure due to actual or threatened litigation;
  Significant actions by regulatory bodies;
  Receipt, cancellation or deferral of significant purchase orders;
  Cybersecurity risks and incidents;
  Proposed payment of a dividend; and
  Any of the above with respect to a subsidiary, or other affiliate of the Company.

 

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Nonpublic information is information that has not been previously disclosed to the general public and is otherwise not available to the general public. It is important to note that information is not necessarily public merely because it has been discussed in the press, which will sometimes report rumors. You should presume that information is nonpublic unless you can point to its official release by the Company in at least one of the following ways:

 

  1. Information contained in publicly available documents filed with securities regulatory authorities (e.g., filings with the SEC);
  2. Issuance of press releases; or
  3. Meetings with members of the press and the public.

 

IX. Additional Circumstances Where No Exceptions Apply

 

There are almost no exceptions to the prohibition against insider trading. For example, it does not matter that the transactions in question may have been planned before the Insider came into possession of the undisclosed material information, regardless of the economic loss that the person may believe he or she might suffer as a consequence of not trading.

 

As noted above, the definition of Insiders, to which this Policy applies, includes immediate family members of Company Affiliated Persons. Although immediate family is narrowly defined, a Company Affiliated Person should be especially careful with respect to family members or to unrelated persons living in the same household.

 

Finally, there are no limits on the size of a transaction that will trigger insider trading liability; relatively small trades have in the past occasioned investigations and lawsuits.

 

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X. Trading Window

 

The period beginning two weeks before the end of the last month of each calendar quarter and ending two Trading Days following the date of public disclosure of the financial results for that quarter, is a particularly sensitive period of time for transactions in the Company’s shares from the perspective of compliance with applicable securities laws. This sensitivity is due to the fact that directors, officers and certain other employees will, during that period, often possess Material Nonpublic Information about the expected financial results for the quarter.

 

Accordingly, to ensure compliance with this Policy and applicable federal and state securities laws, it is the Company’s policy that all directors, officers and employees refrain from conducting transactions involving the Company’s securities other than during the period (the “Trading Window”) commencing at the close of business on the second Trading Day following the date of public disclosure of the financial results for a particular fiscal quarter or year and continuing until the day that is two weeks before the last day of the last month of the next fiscal quarter. As a courtesy to the persons subject to this Policy, the Company may provide advance notice before the Trading Window opens.

 

From time to time, the Company may also notify that directors, officers, selected employees and others are required to suspend trading because of developments known to the Company and not yet disclosed to the public. In such event, such persons are advised not to engage in any transaction involving the Company’s securities during such period and should not disclose to others the fact of such suspension of trading.

 

The purpose behind the self-imposed Trading Window period is to help establish a diligent effort to avoid any improper transaction. It should be noted, however, that even during the Trading Window, any person possessing Material Nonpublic Information concerning the Company may not attempt to “beat the market” by trading simultaneously with, or shortly after, the official release of Material Nonpublic Information. Although there is no fixed period for how long it takes the market to absorb information, out of prudence a person aware of Material Nonpublic Information should refrain from any trading activity for at least two full Trading Days following its official release, whether or not the Company has recommended a suspension of trading to that person.

 

NOTWITHSTANDING THESE TIMING GUIDELINES, IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY PERSON TO TRADE WHILE IN POSSESSION OF MATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION, INCLUDING SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE PERSON IS AWARE OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY THE COMPANY. TRADING IN THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES DURING THE TRADING WINDOW SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A “SAFE HARBOR,” AND ALL DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHER INSIDERS SHOULD USE GOOD JUDGMENT AT ALL TIMES.

 

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XI. Inquiries

 

All Insiders should review this Policy carefully and contact the Compliance Officer if they have a concern that a contemplated transaction in the Company’s securities might not conform with this Policy.

 

XII. Certain Exceptions

 

For purposes of this Policy, the Company considers that the exercise of share options for cash under the Company’s share option plans or the purchase of shares under employee purchase plans in effect at the time of the adoption of this Policy and that may be adopted in the future (but not the sale of any such shares) is exempt from this Policy, since the other party to the transaction is the Company itself and the price does not vary with the market but is fixed by the terms of the option agreement or the plan. Accordingly, cashless exercises of options are subject to the Policy when they involve the sale of shares into the public marketplace.

 

The restrictions set forth in this Policy shall not apply to sales made pursuant to a Qualified Plan. For purposes of this exception, a “Qualified Plan” is a written plan for selling the Company’s securities which meets each of the following requirements: (a) the plan is adopted by the Insider during a Trading Window and when the Insider is not in possession of material non-public information; (b) the plan is adhered to strictly by the Insider; (c) the plan either (i) specifies the amount of securities to be sold and the date on which the securities are to be sold, (ii) includes a written formula or algorithm, or computer program, for determining the amount of securities to be sold and the price at which and the date on which the securities are to be purchased or sold, or (iii) does not permit the Insider to exercise any subsequent influence over how, when, or whether to effect sales; provided, in addition, that any other person who, pursuant to the plan, does exercise such influence must not have been aware of the material non-public information when doing so; (d) the plan includes a representation from the Insider adopting the plan that such Insider (i) is not aware of any material nonpublic information about the Company or its securities and (ii) is adopting the plan in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”; (e) the plan provides that trading under the plan cannot begin until the later of (i) 90 days after the adoption of the plan or (ii) two business days following the disclosure of the Company’s financial results in a Form 6-K or Form 20-F (such period being referred to as the “cooling-off period”, but, in either case, not to exceed 120 days following the adoption of the plan, and provided that if the Insider is not a director or officer of the Company, such cooling-off period shall be at least 30 days rather than the longer periods set forth above); and (e) at the time it is adopted the plan conforms to all other requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act as then in effect. Rule 10b5-1 provides an affirmative defense from insider trading liability under the U.S. federal securities laws for trading plans that meet the above requirements.

 

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In accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, any change to the amount, price, or timing of the purchase or sale of securities underlying a Qualified Plan constitutes termination of the Qualified Plan and the adoption of a new Qualified Plan, which triggers the cooling-off period described above. No Insider may have more than one Qualified Plan for purchases or sales of securities on the open market during the same period. In addition, no Insider may have more than one single-trade Qualified Plan during any 12-month period. A single-trade plan is one that has the practical effect of requiring the purchase or sale of securities as a single transaction. With respect to overlapping Qualified Plans, an Insider may have two separate plans provided (i) the later-commencing plan does not begin until all trades have been completed under the first plan or the first plan expires without execution, and trading during the cooling-off period that would have applied if the later-commencing plan was adopted on the date the earlier-commencing plan terminates and (ii) the separate plans satisfy all other conditions applicable to Qualified Plans. With respect to overlapping Qualified Plans, an Insider may have separate plans for “sell-to-cover” transactions in which an Insider instructs an agent to sell securities in order to satisfy tax withholding obligations at the time an equity award vests. Any such additional plan must only authorize qualified “sell-to-cover” transactions. With respect to single-trade Qualified Plans, an Insider may have a single-trade plan for “sell-to-cover” transactions.

 

In addition to the above requirements, a Qualified Plan shall be signed and dated by the Insider, and submitted to the Compliance Officer at least two (2) trading days before it is filed with the broker who executes it. The Company shall have the right, at all time, to suspend purchases or sales under a Qualified Plan, for instance in the event that the Company needs to comply with requirements by underwriters for “lock-up” agreements in connection with an underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities. Any cancellation, suspension, expansion or other modification of a Qualified Plan by the Insider who established it must: (1) be in writing, signed and dated by such Insider, (2) be submitted to the Compliance Officer within two (2) trading days after the cancellation, suspension, expansion or other modification was reduced to writing, and (3) be made during a Trading Window, and when the Insider who established it has no Nonpublic Material Information about the Company.

 

XIII. Additional Information for Directors, Officers and Certain Employees with Routine Access to Material Nonpublic information

 

This Policy imposes additional restrictions upon Access Insiders, because of their routine access to Material Nonpublic Information.

 

1. Preclearance of trades. The Company has determined that all Access Insiders should refrain from trading in the Company’s securities, even during the Trading Window, without first complying with the Company’s “preclearance” process. Each Access Insider should contact the Compliance Officer prior to commencing any trade in the Company’s securities. At the time of executing a trade, gift or other transaction in the Company’s securities, such individuals will be responsible for verifying that the Company has not imposed any restrictions on their ability to engage in transactions. If the individual has not completed the transaction within ten (10) trading days of notification of the intention to trade, then the individual must again notify the Compliance Officer that he or she intends to execute a transaction and re-verify the nonexistence of any restrictions on such trades. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph shall not apply to a Qualified Plan, after it has been set up.

 

Before each transaction in the Company’s securities, each officer and director should contact the Compliance Officer regarding compliance with Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144”), which contains guidelines for the sale of privately issued shares and sales by affiliates of the Company, if such sales are not covered by an effective registration statement, to the extent applicable.

 

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2. Rule 144 and Section 16 Matters for Directors and Officers. Directors and principal officers of the Company must also comply with Rule 144, or another applicable exemption from registration. The practical effect of Rule 144 is that directors and officers who sell the Company’s securities may be required to comply with a number of requirements including holding period, volume limitation, manner of sale and SEC filing requirements. The Company may provide separate memoranda and other appropriate materials to its directors and officers regarding compliance with Rule 144.

 

In addition, if the Company is no longer considered a “foreign private issuer”, the directors and officers who trade with Company securities have to report such transactions through the filing of Form 4s with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The Company will advise such persons if they are subject to the requirement to file a Form 4.

 

XIV. Specific Requirements

 

1. Speculative Trading. No Insider may engage in transactions of a speculative nature at any time. All Insiders are prohibited from short-selling the Company’s securities or engaging in transactions involving the Company’s based derivative securities. A short sale, for these purposes, means any transaction whereby one may benefit from a decline in the price of the Company’s securities. “Derivative Securities” are options, warrants, share appreciation rights or similar rights whose value is derived from the value of an equity security, such as the Company’s ordinary shares. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, trading in the Company’s based put and call option contracts, transacting in straddles, hedging or monetization transaction with respect to the Company’s securities, and the like. In addition, no Insider shall engage in a transaction with respect to securities of the Company if he or she owns the security, but does not deliver it against such sale (a “short sale against the box”) within twenty days thereafter, or does not within five days after such sale deposit it in the mails or other usual channels of transportation. The above does not derogate from Insiders’ right to hold and exercise options or other derivative securities granted under the Company’s employee share option or equity incentive plans as long as such exercise is not prohibited by this Policy.

 

2. Margin Accounts and Pledges. Securities held in a margin account may be sold by the broker without the consent of the owner thereof if such owner fails to meet a margin call. Similarly, securities pledged as collateral for a loan may be sold if the owner thereof defaults on the loan. In case of an owner who is subject to this Policy, these sales may occur at a time when such person is aware of material, non-public information or otherwise not permitted to trade such securities. Therefore, this policy prohibits holding any Company securities in a margin account or pledging any Company securities as collateral for a loan.

 

3. Post-Termination Transactions. If an Insider is aware of Material Nonpublic Information at the time such Insider’s association with the Company is terminated, whether by the Insider or the Company, the Insider may not trade in Company securities until such information is no longer material or until two Trading Days after such information has become public. In addition, if the Company is not in a Trading Window at the time such association with the Company is terminated, the Insider may not trade in Company securities until two Trading Days after the next announcement of quarterly earnings or of the material, non-public information.

 

4. Ad hoc Restrictions. The Compliance Officer has the authority to impose restrictions on trading in the Company’s securities by appropriate individuals at any time. In such event, the Compliance Officer will notify the affected individuals, either personally, by email or by voicemail, to inform them of the restrictions.

 

5. Open Orders. Any Insider who has placed a limit order or open instruction to buy or sell the Company’s securities shall bear responsibility for canceling such instructions immediately upon becoming in possession of Material Nonpublic Information.

 

XV. Acknowledgement

 

Please sign the attached acknowledgement form and return it to the Compliance Officer.

 

If you have any questions with respect to this Policy, please contact the Company’s Compliance Officers.

 

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EX-12.1 7 ex12-1.htm EX-12.1

 

Exhibit 12.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

 

I, Chan Kam Biu Richard, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 14, 2026  
   
  /s/ Chan Kam Biu Richard
  Chan Kam Biu Richard
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

EX-12.2 8 ex12-2.htm EX-12.2

 

Exhibit 12.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

 

I, Louis Ho Ming Leun, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 14, 2026  
   
  /s/ Louis Ho Ming Leun
  Louis Ho Ming Leun
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

EX-13.1 9 ex13-1.htm EX-13.1

 

Exhibit 13.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (the “Registrant”) on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1. The Report, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Date: August 14, 2026  
   
 
/s/ Chan Kam Biu Richard
  Chan Kam Biu Richard
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

EX-13.2 10 ex13-2.htm EX-13.2

 

Exhibit 13.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (the “Registrant”) on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1. The Report, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Date: August 14, 2026  
   
 
/s/ Louis Ho Ming Leun
  Louis Ho Ming Leun
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

EX-97 11 ex97.htm EX-97

 

Exhibit 97

 

GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

 

POLICY REGARDING RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION

 

The following is the policy of Green Circle Decarbonize Technology Limited (the “Company”) regarding the recovery of incentive compensation erroneously awarded (this “Policy”) to Covered Persons as a result of erroneous financial measures that are restated. This policy is intended to comply with Section 811 (“Section 811”) of the New York Stock Exchange American’s (“NYSE American”) Company Guide and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rule 10D-1.

 

1. The Policy

 

It is the policy of the Company that if the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements, or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period, the Company will recover reasonably promptly from each Covered Person all Erroneously Awarded Compensation the Covered Person received during the Applicable Recovery Period due to the error in calculating Financial Reporting Measures that resulted in the restatement.

 

This Policy will apply to all Incentive-based compensation received by a person (a) after the person begins service as an Executive Officer or otherwise is designated by the Committee as a Covered Person (b) who served as an Executive Officer, or otherwise was a Covered Person, during the performance period for that Incentive-Based Compensation, (c) while the Company has a class of securities listed on NYSE American or any other national securities exchange or a national securities association, and (d) during the Applicable Recovery Period.

 

2. Defined Terms

 

When used in, or with regard to, this Policy, the following terms will have the meanings given to them in Section 811 of NYSE American (with all references to the issuer being to the Company):

 

Executive Officer Incentive-Based Compensation
Financial Reporting Measures Received

 

In addition, when used in, or with regard to, this Policy, the following terms will have the following meanings:

 

“Applicable Recovery Period” means, with respect to a Material Restatement, the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the Restatement Date of that Material Restatement (including as a fiscal year any transition period between the last day of the Company’s previous fiscal year end and the first day of its new fiscal year that comprises a period of between nine and twelve months due to the Company’s changing its fiscal year within or immediately following the aforementioned three completed fiscal years). The Company’s obligation to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation will not be dependent on if or when the restated financial statements are filed.

 

 
 

 

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors (“Board” or “Board of Directors”, or if there is no Compensation Committee, a majority of the independent members of the Board of Directors.

 

“Covered Person” means an executive officer of the Company and any other person designated by the Committee to be a Covered Person during a specified period.

 

“Erroneously Awarded Compensation” means, with respect to a Material Restatement, the amount of Incentive-Based Compensation Received by a Covered Person during the Applicable Recovery Period in excess of the amount that would have been received by that Covered Person if the Incentive-Based Compensation had been determined based on the restated amounts determined following the Material Restatement, computed without respect to any taxes paid (i.e. without consideration of any withholding or other taxes paid when the Incentive-Based Compensation was awarded or issued). If the Incentive-Based Compensation is based on stock price or total shareholder return and the Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in an accounting restatement, it will be based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the Material Restatement on the stock price or total shareholder return on which the Incentive-Based Compensation was received.

 

Material Restatement” means an accounting restatement of previously issued financial statements of the Company due to the Company’s material noncompliance with a financial requirement under the securities laws.

 

Restatement Date” means, with respect to a Material Restatement, the earlier of (i) the date the Company’s Board, a Committee of the Company’s Board, or the officer or officers of the Company authorized to take such action if Board action is not required, concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required to prepare the Material Restatement, or (ii) the date a court, regulator or other legally authorized body, directs the Company to prepare the Material Restatement.

 

3. Exception to Policy

 

The Company may elect not to seek to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation from a Covered Person if the Committee determines that recovery would be impractical and one or more of the following conditions is met: (i) the direct expense paid to a third party for assistance in enforcing this Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, and the Company has made a reasonable attempt to recover the Erroneously Awarded Compensation, documented such reasonable attempt to recover, and provided that documentation to NYSE American (ii) recovery would cause the Company to violate a law of the Cayman Islands that was adopted prior to November 28, 2022, and the Company obtains, and provides to NYSE American, an opinion of Cayman counsel acceptable to NYSE American that recovery would result in a violation of a law of the Cayman Islands, or (iii) recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees of the Company, to fail to meet the requirements of 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(13) or 26 U.S.C. 411(a) and regulations thereunder.

 

4. No Indemnification

 

The Company is prohibited from indemnifying any Covered Person or former Covered Person against the loss of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. No Covered Person will be entitled to indemnification from the Company or any of its subsidiaries for any costs of defending against a claim by the Company for Erroneously Received Compensation.

 

 
 

 

5. Enforcement of Policy

 

The Committee will determine the steps the Company should take to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation, provided that the Committee will not determine not to proceed against a Covered Person who received Erroneously Paid Compensation, unless it has received written advice from counsel to the effect that it is more likely than not that if the Company attempts to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation, the effort will not result in a material net recovery by the Company (whether because of doubts regarding the Company’s right to recover the Erroneously Awarded Compensation or because of doubts about the Covered Person’s financial ability to return the Erroneously Awarded Compensation).

 

No Covered Person will be entitled to indemnification from the Company or any of its subsidiaries for any costs of defending against a claim by the Company for Erroneously Received Compensation.

 

6. Rights against Covered Persons

 

Every employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who is, or becomes, a Covered Person, will be deemed by accepting Incentive-Based Compensation to agree that that Incentive-Based Compensation is received, and will be held by the Covered Person, subject to this Policy, and that this Policy may be enforced to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation from the Covered Person.

 

7. Administration and Interpretation

 

The Committee will be responsible for all decisions regarding the application and interpretation of this Policy. However, in interpreting this Policy, the Committee will do so in a manner that is, to the fullest extent practicable, consistent with SEC Rule 10D-1 and Section 811 of the NYSE American Company Guide.

 

8. Maintaining Records

 

The Company will be responsible for maintaining documentation of the determination of the reasonable estimate as detailed under Section 811(c)(1)(1)(iii)(B) of NYSE American and provide such documentation to NYSE American.

 

The Company will also be responsible for filing all disclosures with respect to such recovery policy in accordance with the requirements of the Federal securities laws, including the disclosure required by the applicable SEC filings.

 

9. Review

 

The Compensation Committee shall be responsible for administering this Policy. The Compensation Committee shall review this Policy periodically and recommend appropriate changes to the Board of Directors of the Company.