EX-99.1
Published on August 13, 2019
Exhibit 99.1
ATA INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
On September 12, 2019, ATA Inc., a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 2 p.m., local time, at Marco Polo 2804, The Venetian Macao - Resort - Hotel, Estrada da Baía de N. Senhora da Esperanca, s/n, Taipa, Macau for the following purposes:
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Re-election of Hope Ni and Alec Tsui to serve as class C directors of the Company. |
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Re-election of Jun Zhang to serve as a class B director of the Company. |
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Re-appointment of KPMG Huazhen LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. |
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AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION, approval of change of the name of the Company to “ATA Creativity Global” and consequent amendment to relevant sections of the Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. |
You can find more information about each of these items, including the nominees for director, in the attached proxy statement. Only shareholders registered in the register of members at the close of business on August 13, 2019 can vote at this meeting or at any adjournment that may take place.
We cordially invite all shareholders to attend the annual general meeting in person. However, a shareholder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and, on a poll, vote instead of such shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. Whether or not you expect to attend the annual general meeting in person, please mark, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card as promptly as possible to ensure your representation and the presence of a quorum at the annual general meeting. If you send in your proxy card and then decide to attend the annual general meeting to vote your shares in person, you may still do so. Your proxy is revocable in accordance with the procedures set forth in the proxy statement. This proxy is to be delivered to the attention of Amy Tung, CFO, ATA Inc., 1/F East Gate, Building No. 2, Jian Wai Soho, No. 39 Dong San Huan Zhong Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100022, People’s Republic of China, and arrive no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting. Citibank, N.A., as depositary of our American depositary shares (ADSs), has advised us that it intends to mail to all holders of ADSs a Voting Instruction Card, which will provide relevant instructions and deadlines for appointing a proxy to vote common shares represented by ADSs at the annual general meeting. Holders of ADSs may not vote in person at the annual general meeting.
The notice of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement and a copy of the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 20-F are also available through our website at http://www.atai.net.cn.
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By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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/s/Kevin Xiaofeng Ma |
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Kevin Xiaofeng Ma |
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Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
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August 13, 2019 |