Global Sweeteners : Announcements and Notices - Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

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GLOBAL SWEETENERS HOLDINGS LIMITED ɽϓጟุછٰϞࠢʮ̡ *

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 03889)

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the extraordinary general meeting of Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited ("Company") will be held at Room 1, United Conference Centre, 10/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong on Monday, 5 February 2018 at 10:30 a.m. for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolution as ordinary resolution of the Company:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

"THAT the guarantee to be given by ڗ݆܎Ⴔ࠮ۜ೯࢝Ϟࠢʮ̡ (Changchun Dihao Foodstuff Development Co., Ltd.) for the benefit of ڗ݆ɽږࡑ͗ϷϗᎷϞࠢʮ̡ (Changchun Dajincang Corn Procurement Co., Ltd.) (the "Former Supplier") in relation to, all indebtedness due and owing to ʕ਷ ვБٰ΅Ϟࠢʮ̡ਃࢤ਷ყ˕Б (Bank of China Weifeng International Branch) pursuant to any loan agreements or other documents signed by the Former Supplier in the maximum principal amount of RMB2.5 billion, on and subject to the terms and conditions thereof (a copy of the above guarantee has been produced to the meeting marked "A" and signed by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification), and the transactions contemplated thereby be and are hereby approved and that the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to take any action and sign any document (under seal, if necessary) as they consider necessary, desirable or expedient in connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby."

By order of the Board of

Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited

Kong Zhanpeng

Chairman

Hong Kong, 17 January 2018

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Registered office:	Head office and principal place
Cricket Square	of business in Hong Kong:
Hutchins Drive	Unit 1104, Admiralty Centre
PO Box 2681	Tower 1
Grand Cayman KY1-1111	18 Harcourt Road
Cayman Islands	Hong Kong
Notes:

• 1. A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting above is entitled to appoint in written form one or, if he is the holder of two or more shares ("Shares") of the Company, more proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

• 2. In the case of joint holders of Shares, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such Share as if he/she were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the above meeting, personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first in the register in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

• 3. In order to be valid, the form of proxy must 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 seal, or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised, and must be deposited with the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office ("Branch Registrar") of the Company, Tricor Investor Services Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong (together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof) not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding of the meeting (i.e. at or before 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, 3 February 2018 (Hong Kong time)) or any adjournment thereof.

• 4. Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy should not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the above meeting or any adjournment thereof and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

• 5. For the purpose of determining members who are qualified for attending the above meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 31 January 2018 to Monday, 5 February 2018, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of the Shares will be effected. In order to qualify for attending the above meeting, all transfers of Shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Branch Registrar at the above address by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 30 January 2018.

As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises two executive Directors, namely, Mr. Kong Zhanpeng and Mr. Zhang Zihua; and three independent non-executive Directors, namely, Mr. Ho Lic Ki, Mr. Lo Kwing Yu and Mr. Yuen Tsz Chun.

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