Ucommune International Ltd 6-K, filed Aug 2, 2022
Ucommune International Ltd (UK)
About this 6-K
Ucommune International Ltd filed this 6-K on August 2, 2022.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of August 2022
Commission File Number: 001-39738
UCOMMUNE INTERNATIONAL LTD
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Floor 8, Tower D
No. 2 Guang Hua Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing
People’s Republic of China, 100026
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation ST Rule 101(b)(1): Not Applicable
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation ST Rule 101(b)(7): Not Applicable
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this current report on Form 6-K are incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-3 of Ucommune International Ltd (File No. 333-257664) shall be a part thereof from the date on which this current report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release | |
| 99.2 | Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and Form of Proxy for Shareholders |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| UCOMMUNE INTERNATIONAL LTD | ||
| By: | /s/ Xin Guan | |
| Xin Guan | ||
| CEO | ||
Date: August 2, 2022
[Signature Page to Form 6-K]
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Exhibit 99.1
Ucommune Announces Extraordinary General Meeting
BEIJING, August 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ucommune International Ltd (NASDAQ: UK) (“Ucommune” or the “Company”), a leading agile office space manager and provider in China, today announced an extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the “Meeting”) will be held at 10 A.M. on August 19, 2022, Beijing time (10 P.M. on August 18, 2022, U.S. Eastern time) at Floor 8, No.2 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. The purpose of the Meeting is to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association currently in effect (the “Current M&A”) to change the voting power of the Class B ordinary shares of par value of US$0.002 each (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”) from fifteen (15) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share to thirty-five (35) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share. Pursuant to the Current M&A, Company obtained the ordinary resolutions of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares to approve the proposed variation of rights of Class B Ordinary Shares set forth in the notice of the Meeting on August 2, 2022. The Company has established the close of business on August 2, 2022, Eastern time (the “Record Date”), as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
Copies of the notice of the Meeting and the form of proxy are available on the Company’s corporate investor relations website at https://ir.ucommune.com.
About Ucommune International Ltd
Ucommune is China’s leading agile office space manager and provider. Founded in 2015, Ucommune has created a large-scale intelligent agile office ecosystem covering economically vibrant regions throughout China to empower its members with flexible and cost-efficient office space solutions. Ucommune’s various offline agile office space services include self-operated models, such as U Space, U Studio, and U Design, as well as asset-light models, such as U Brand and U Partner. By utilizing its expertise in the real estate and retail industries, Ucommune operates its agile office spaces with high efficiency and engages in the urban transformation of older and under-utilized buildings to redefine commercial real estate in China.
Safe Harbor Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “targets,” “guidance” and similar statements. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Any statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company’s growth strategies; its future business development, results of operations and financial condition; its ability to understand members’ needs and provide products and services to attract and retain members; its ability to maintain and enhance the recognition and reputation of its brand; its ability to maintain and improve quality control policies and measures; its ability to establish and maintain relationships with members and business partners; trends and competition in China’s agile office space market; changes in its revenues and certain cost or expense items; the expected growth of China’s agile office space market; PRC governmental policies and regulations relating to the Company’s business and industry, and general economic and business conditions in China and globally and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Ucommune International
Ltd
ir@ucommune.com
ICR, LLC
Robin Yang
ucommune@icrinc.com
+1 (212) 537-3847
Exhibit 99.2
Ucommune International Ltd
(the “Company”)
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company
Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company (the “EGM”) will be held at Floor 8, No.2 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, on the 19th day of August 2022 at 10 A.M. Beijing time for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing and approving the following resolution(s):
By Special Resolution that:
the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company currently in effect (the “M&A”) be and is hereby amended and restated as below with immediate effect:
| (1) | The following term under Article 60 (c) of the M&A should be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: |
“(c). Attendance at General and Special Meetings and Voting
Holders of Ordinary Shares have the right to receive notice of, attend, speak and vote at general and special meetings of the Company. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall, at all times, vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by the Members. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general and special meetings of the Company and each Class B Ordinary Share shall be entitled to thirty-five (35) votes on all matters subject to vote at general and special meetings of the Company.”;
| (2) | The following shall replace the current text of Article 83 of the M&A: |
“Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Member present in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy) shall, at a general or special meeting of the Company, have one (1) vote for each Class A Ordinary Share and thirty-five (35) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share, in each case of which he is the holder.”
By Ordinary Resolution that:
the above amendment of the M&A and these resolutions be filed to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.
By order of the Board
| /s/ Daqing Mao | |
| Director | |
| Dated: 2 August 2022 |
Registered Office:
c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited
PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman
KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
Dial-in details: https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/OT3fOKGWq7vP
| * | A form of proxy has been included with this Notice. |
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NOTES
IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE EGM IN PERSON OR SEND IN A SPECIFIC PROXY.
| 1 | A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. |
| 2 | Any standing proxy previously deposited by a shareholder with the Company will be voted in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the EGM unless revoked prior to the EGM or the shareholder attends the EGM in person or executes a specific proxy. |
| 3 | A form of proxy for use at the EGM is enclosed. Whether or not you propose to attend the EGM in person, you are strongly advised to complete and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it and then deposit it (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) at the offices of AST, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219, Attention: Proxy Operation, or send copies of the foregoing by email to Proxy@astfinancial.com marked for the attention of Proxy Operation, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the close of business on 16 August 2022, Eastern time, for the holding of the EGM or adjourned EGM in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company. Returning the completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the EGM and voting in person if you so wish. |
| 4 | If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the Company’s register of shareholders in respect of the relevant shares. |
| 5 | A shareholder holding more than one share as of the Record Date (as defined below) entitled to attend and vote at the EGM need not cast the votes in respect of such shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a share or some or all such shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a share or some or all of the shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing any proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a share or some or all of the shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting. |
| 6 | Two or more holders of shares which carry not less than one-half of all votes attaching to shares in issue and entitled to vote at the EGM, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporate or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative, shall constitute a quorum. |
| 7 | In accordance with Article 78 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company. The current chairman of the Company is MAO Daqing, thus he shall preside as the chairman of the EGM. |
| 8 | In accordance with Article 13 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Company has established the close of business on 2 August 2022, Eastern time (the “Record Date”), as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the EGM and any adjournments or postponements thereof. |
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Ucommune International Ltd
(the “Company”)
FORM OF PROXY FOR SHAREHOLDERS
| I/We | |
| Please Print Name(s) | |
| of | |
| Please Print Address(es) | |
| being (a) shareholder(s) of the Company with | shares respectively hereby appoint |
| of |
| or failing him/her | ||
| of | ||
or failing him/her the duly appointed chairman of the EGM (the “Chairman”) as my/our proxy to vote for me/us and on my/our behalf at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company (the “EGM”) to be held on 19 August 2022 at 10 A.M Beijing time at Floor 8, No.2 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, and at any adjournment of the EGM. My proxy is instructed to vote on a poll on the resolutions in respect of the matters specified in the Notice of the EGM as indicated below:
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Special Resolution |
For | Against | Abstain | |||
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the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company currently in effect (the “M&A”) be and is hereby amended and restated as below with immediate effect:
(1) The following term under Article 60 (c) of the M&A should be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“(c). Attendance at General and Special Meetings and Voting Holders of Ordinary Shares have the right to receive notice of, attend, speak and vote at general and special meetings of the Company. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall, at all times, vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by the Members. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general and special meetings of the Company and each Class B Ordinary Share shall be entitled to thirty-five (35) votes on all matters subject to vote at general and special meetings of the Company.”;
(2) The following shall replace the current text of Article 83 of the M&A:
“Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Member present in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy) shall, at a general or special meeting of the Company, have one (1) vote for each Class A Ordinary Share and thirty-five (35) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share, in each case of which he is the holder.”
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| Ordinary Resolution | For | Against | Abstain | |||
| the above amendment of the M&A and these resolutions be filed to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. |
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Please indicate your voting preference by ticking, or inserting the number of shares to be voted for or against or to abstain, the boxes above in respect of each resolution. If you do not complete this section, your proxy will vote or abstain at his/her discretion, as he/she will on any other business that may be raised at the EGM.
You may instruct your proxy to vote some or all of the shares in respect of which the proxy is appointed either for or against any resolution and/or abstain from voting as such proxy need not cast the votes in respect of your shares in the same way on any resolution. In this case, please specify in the voting boxes above the number of shares in respect of which your proxy is to vote for or against or to abstain in respect of each resolution.
If you have appointed more than one proxy, please specify in the voting boxes above the number of shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes. If you do not complete this information, the first person listed above shall be entitled to exercise all the votes in relation to the relevant resolution.
| Signed: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Date: |
In the case of joint holders the
senior holder (see note 4 below) should sign.
Please provide the names of all other
joint holders:______________________________
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NOTES
IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE EGM IN PERSON OR COMPLETE AND SEND IN THIS FORM APPOINTING A SPECIFIC PROXY.
| 1 | A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. Please insert the name of the person(s) of your own choice that you wish to be appointed proxy in the space provided, failing which the Chairman will be appointed as your proxy. |
| 2 | Any standing proxy previously deposited by a shareholder with the Company will be voted in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the EGM unless revoked prior to the EGM or the shareholder attends the EGM in person or completes and returns this form appointing a specific proxy. |
| 3 | Whether or not you propose to attend the relevant meeting(s) in person, you are strongly advised to complete, sign and return this form of proxy in accordance with these instructions. To be valid, this form must be completed and deposited (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) at the offices of AST, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219, Attention: Proxy Operation, or send copies of the foregoing by email to Proxy@astfinancial.com marked for the attention of Proxy Operation, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the close of business on 16 August 2022, Eastern time, for holding the relevant meeting or any adjourned meeting. Returning this completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the relevant meeting(s) and voting in person if you so wish. |
| 4 | If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the Company’s register of shareholders in respect of the relevant shares. The senior holder should sign this form, but the names of all other joint holders should be stated on the form in the space provided. |
| 5 | If this form is returned without an indication as to how the proxy shall vote, the proxy will exercise his/her discretion as to whether he/she votes and if so how. |
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| 6 | This form of proxy is for use by shareholders only. If the appointor is a corporate entity this form of proxy must either be under its seal or under the hand of some officer or attorney duly authorised for that purpose. |
| 7 | Any alterations made to this form must be initialled by you. |
| 8 | A proxy may only vote on a poll. |
| 9 | Two or more holders of shares which carry not less than one-half of all votes attaching to shares in issue and entitled to vote at the EGM, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporate or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative, shall constitute a quorum. |
| 10 | In accordance with Article 78 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company. The current chairman of the Company is MAO Daqing, thus he shall preside as the chairman of the EGM. |
| 11 | A shareholder holding more than one share as of the Record Date (as defined below) entitled to attend and vote at the EGM need not cast the votes in respect of such shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a share or some or all such shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a share or some or all of the shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing any proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a share or some or all of the shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting. |
| 12 | In accordance with Article 13 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Company has established the close of business on 2 August 2022, Eastern time (the “Record Date”), as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the EGM and any adjournments or postponements thereof. |
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