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AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. — AGM Information 2012
Apr 13, 2012
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IMPORTANT
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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock code: 02018)
GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES, EXTENSION OF GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Resolutions will be proposed at the annual general meeting of AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. (the “AGM”) to be held at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 21 May 2012 at Victoria Room, Level 2, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong to approve the matters referred to in this circular. A notice convening the AGM is set out on pages 14 to 17 of this circular. Whether or not you are able to attend the AGM in person, you are requested to complete and return the form of proxy enclosed with this circular in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the AGM or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.
16 April 2012
CONTENTS
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| Definitions | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 |
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| Letter from the Board | ||
| 1. | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |
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| 2. | General Mandate to Issue Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 |
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| 3. | General Mandate to Repurchase Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 |
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| 4. | Extension of General Mandate to Issue Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 |
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| 5. | Re-election of Retiring Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 |
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| 6. | Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 |
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| 7. | Listing Rules Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 |
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| 8. | Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 |
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| Appendix I – Explanatory Statement of the Share Repurchase Mandate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 |
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| Appendix II – Details of the Retiring Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 |
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| Notice of Annual General Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 |
DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meaning:
| “AGM” | the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 4:30 p.m. |
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| on Monday, 21 May 2012 at Victoria Room, Level 2, Mandarin | |
| Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong | |
| Kong to consider and, if appropriate, to approve the resolutions as | |
| set out in the notice of AGM; | |
| “Articles of Association” | the existing articles of association of the Company; |
| “Board” | the board of Directors; |
| “Company” | AAC Technologies Holdings Inc., a company incorporated in the |
| Cayman Islands with limited liability, the shares of which are | |
| listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange; | |
| “Director(s) ” | the director(s) of the Company; |
| “Group” | the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time; |
| “HK$” | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong; |
| “Issue Mandate” | the proposed issue mandate to be granted to the Directors as |
| further described in the section headed “General Mandate to Issue | |
| Shares” of this circular; | |
| “Latest Practicable Date” | 10 April 2012, being the latest practicable date prior to the |
| printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information in this | |
| circular; | |
| “Listing Rules” | the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock |
| Exchange; | |
| “Repurchase Mandate” | the proposed repurchase mandate be granted to the Directors |
| as further described in the section headed “General Mandate to | |
| Repurchase Shares” of this circular; | |
| “SFO” | the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of |
| Hong Kong); | |
| “Share(s) ” | ordinary share(s) of US$0.01 each in the share capital of the |
| Company; | |
| “Shareholder(s) ” | holder(s) of Shares; |
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DEFINITIONS
“Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited; “Takeovers Code” The Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases approved by the Securities and Futures Commission as amended from time to time; and “%” per cent.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 02018)
Executive Directors: Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan (Chief Executive Officer) Mr. Mok Joe Kuen Richard
Non-executive Director: Ms. Ingrid Chunyuan Wu
Independent Non-executive Directors: Mr. Koh Boon Hwee (Chairman) Mr. Poon Chung Yin Joseph Dato’ Tan Bian Ee Ms. Chang Carmen I-Hua
Registered office in the Cayman Islands: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Unit 2003, 20/F. 100 Queen’s Road Central Central Hong Kong
16 April 2012
To the Shareholders,
Dear Sir or Madam,
GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES, EXTENSION OF GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES, RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
1. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this circular is to provide you with information in respect of the ordinary resolutions to be proposed at the AGM for the approval of (a) the Issue Mandate; (b) the Repurchase Mandate; (c) the extension of the Issue Mandate; and (d) the re-election of retiring Directors.
An explanatory statement contains all the information necessary to enable the Shareholders to make informed decisions on whether to vote for or against the Repurchase Mandate as required by the Listing Rules is set out in Appendix I to this circular.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
2. GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 21 May 2011, an ordinary resolution was passed by the Shareholders granting the existing issue mandate to the Directors to issue Shares. Such mandate will lapse at the conclusion of the AGM.
An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to grant the Issue Mandate to the Directors, i.e. a general and unconditional mandate to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with, otherwise than by way of rights issue or any option scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares in the Company or any shares of the Company issued as scrip dividends pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association of the Company, additional Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of the passing of such resolution.
Subject to the passing of the ordinary resolution approving the Issue Mandate, based on 1,228,000,000 Shares in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date and assuming no further Shares are issued or repurchased after the Latest Practicable Date and up to the date of passing of such resolution, the Directors would be authorized to issue up to 245,600,000 Shares (being 20% of the Shares in issue) and the Issue Mandate will remain in effect until the earliest of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands; or (iii) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting of the Company.
3. GENERAL MANDATE TO REPURCHASE SHARES
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 21 May 2011, an ordinary resolution was passed by the Shareholders granting the existing repurchase mandate to the Directors to repurchase Shares to the Company. Such mandate will lapse at the conclusion of the AGM.
An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to grant the Repurchase Mandate to the Directors, i.e. a general and unconditional mandate to exercise all the powers of the Company to repurchase Shares subject to the maximum number of shares of up to 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing of such resolution. The Repurchase Mandate, if granted, will remain in effect until the earliest of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands; or (iii) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting of the Company.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
4. EXTENSION OF GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES
Conditional upon the passing of the resolutions to grant the Issue Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate, an ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to extend the Issue Mandate by an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the Shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate provided that such extended amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing the resolution for approving the Issue Mandate.
5. RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS
In accordance with article 87 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan, Mr. Poon Chung Yin Joseph and Dato’ Tan Bian Ee will retire from office by rotation, and being eligible, offers themselves for re-election at the AGM.
Details of the retiring Directors which are required to be disclosed by the Listing Rules are set out in Appendix II to this circular.
6. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The notice of the AGM is set out on pages 14 to 17 of this circular. At the AGM, resolutions will be proposed to approve, inter alia, the granting of the Issue Mandate and Repurchase Mandate and the extension of the Issue Mandate by the addition thereto of the number of Shares repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate and the re-election of retiring Directors.
A form of proxy for use at the AGM is enclosed with this circular and such form of proxy is also published on the websites of the Stock Exchange (www.hkex.com.hk) and the Company (www. aactechnologies.com). In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Investor Communications Centre of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, together with a power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power of authority, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or adjourned meeting. The completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude any Shareholder from attending and voting at the AGM if so wished.
For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 17 May 2012 to Monday, 21 May 2012, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfer documents, accompanied by relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited of Shop 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 May 2012.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
7. LISTING RULES REQUIREMENT
According to rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, any vote of shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll except where the chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands. Therefore, all the resolutions as set out in the notice of AGM will be put to the vote at the AGM by way of poll.
8. RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider that the Issue Mandate, the Repurchase Mandate, the extension of the Issue Mandate and the re-election of retiring Directors are in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders. The Directors therefore recommend the Shareholders to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM on pages 14 to 17 of this circular.
By order of the Board AAC TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC. Koh Boon Hwee
Chairman
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
The following explanatory statement contains all the information required pursuant to rule 10.06 of the Listing Rules to be given to all the Shareholders relating to the resolution to be proposed at the AGM authorising the Repurchase Mandate.
1. EXERCISE OF THE REPURCHASE MANDATE
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company comprises 1,228,000,000 Shares. Subject to the passing of the ordinary resolution approving the Repurchase Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased after the Latest Practicable Date and up to the date of passing of such resolution, the Directors would be authorised to repurchase up to 122,800,000 Shares (being 10% of the Shares in issue) during the period up to the next annual general meeting in 2013 or the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Articles of Association or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands or the revocation or variation of the Repurchase Mandate by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting of the Company, whichever occurs first.
2. REASONS FOR REPURCHASE
The Directors have no present intention to repurchase any Shares but consider that the Repurchase Mandate will provide the Company with the flexibility to make such repurchases when appropriate and beneficial to the Company. Such repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the value of the net assets and/or earnings per Share.
3. IMPACT ON THE WORKING CAPITAL OR GEARING POSITION
As compared with the financial position of the Company as disclosed in its most recent published audited consolidated accounts as at 31 December 2011, the Directors consider that there might be a material adverse impact on the working capital or gearing position of the Company in the event that the proposed share repurchases were to be carried out in full during the proposed repurchase period. The Directors do not propose to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital or gearing position of the Company.
4. FUNDING OF REPURCHASE
The Directors recognized that the repurchasing of Shares must be made by funds legally available for such purpose in accordance with the memorandum and articles of association of the Company and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands. The Companies Laws (2010 Revision) of the Cayman Islands (the “Laws”) provide that a share repurchase by the Company may only be made out of profits of the Company or out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for the purpose or, if so authorised by the Articles of Association and subject to the provisions of the Laws, out of capital. Any premium payable on a repurchase over the par value of the Shares repurchased or conditionally or unconditionally to be purchased must be provided for out of profits of the Company or out of the Company’s share premium account or, if so authorised by the Articles of Association and subject to the provisions of the Laws, out of capital.
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
5. DIRECTORS, THEIR ASSOCIATES AND CONNECTED PERSONS
None of the Directors nor, to the best of their knowledge having made all reasonable enquiries, any of their associates (as defined in the Listing Rules), has any present intention, in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders, to sell Shares to the Company or its subsidiaries.
No connected person (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company has notified the Company that he/she has a present intention to sell Shares to the Company or its subsidiaries, or has undertaken not to do so in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.
6. UNDERTAKING OF THE DIRECTORS
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that they will exercise the powers of the Company to make repurchases of Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate and in accordance with the Listing Rules and all applicable laws of the Cayman Islands, and the regulations set out in the memorandum and articles of association of the Company.
7. EFFECT OF TAKEOVERS CODE
If on exercise of the power to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate, a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such an increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purpose of Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code. As a result, a Shareholder or a group of Shareholders acting in concert could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with rules 26 and 32 of the Takeovers Code.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan (“Mr. Pan”), an executive Director, beneficially owns 69,512,565 Shares. Mr. Pan is deemed to be interested in 51,439,440 Shares which are beneficially owned by Silver Island Limited, a company 100% owned by Mr. Pan, 295,820,525 Shares which beneficially owned by Ms. Ingrid Chunyuan Wu (“Ms. Wu”), the wife of Mr. Pan, and, 112,375,158 Shares and 4,738,844 Shares which are beneficially owned by his children (one of whom is under and another is over the age of 18) as beneficiaries of the Pan 2005 Irrevocable Trust and the Pan 2005 Exempt Trust respectively under the SFO. Ms. Wu, as a non-executive Director, beneficially owns 295,820,525 Shares. Ms. Wu is deemed to be interested in 120,952,005 Shares which are owned by Mr. Pan, the husband of Ms. Wu, and, 112,375,158 Shares and 4,738,844 Shares which are beneficially owned by her children (one of whom is under and another is over the age of 18) as beneficiaries of the Pan 2005 Irrevocable Trust and the Pan 2005 Exempt Trust respectively under the SFO. For the purpose of the Takeovers Code, Mr. Pan and Ms. Wu are concert parties and are taken to have interests in a total of 533,886,532 Shares representing approximately 43.48% of the issued share capital of the Company.
In the event that the Directors exercise in full the power to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate which is proposed to be granted by the Shareholders, then (if the present shareholdings otherwise remained the same) the aggregate interests of both Mr. Pan and Ms. Wu would be increased to approximately 48.31% of the issued share capital of the Company. In the opinion of the Directors, such increase would give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory offer under Rules 26 and 32 of the Takeovers Code. In any event, the Directors do not intend to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to an extent which will trigger off the mandatory offer requirement pursuant to the rules of the Takeovers Code.
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE
The Company will not purchase Shares if that purchase would result in the number of Shares which are in the hands of the public falling below 25% of the Company’s issued share capital.
Save as disclosed above, the Directors are not aware of any Shareholders, or a group of Shareholders acting in concert, who may become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rules 26 and 32 of the Takeovers Code in the event that the Directors exercise the power to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate.
8. SHARE PURCHASE MADE BY THE COMPANY
The Company has not repurchased any of its Shares during the six months preceding the Latest Practicable Date.
9. SHARE PRICES
During the previous twelve months before the Latest Practicable Date, the highest and lowest trade prices of the Shares on the Stock Exchange were as follows:
| Per | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Months | Highest | Lowest |
| HK$ | HK$ | |
| 2011 | ||
| April | 22.30 | 19.30 |
| May | 22.00 | 17.86 |
| June | 20.30 | 16.58 |
| July | 20.35 | 16.54 |
| August | 18.50 | 13.40 |
| September | 17.32 | 14.02 |
| October | 20.50 | 14.80 |
| November | 19.70 | 16.06 |
| December | 18.86 | 16.98 |
| 2012 | ||
| January | 20.90 | 17.52 |
| February | 21.75 | 19.20 |
| March | 23.55 | 20.45 |
| April (up to the Latest Practicable Date) | 23.80 | 21.50 |
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DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS
APPENDIX II
The following sets out the details of the Directors who will retire and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election at the AGM pursuant to the Articles of Association:
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan (“Mr. Pan”) , aged 43, is an executive Director and chief executive officer of the Company. Mr. Pan co-founded the Group in 1993. Mr. Pan is responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership and for developing and implementing the Group’s strategic objectives and business plans. Specially, Mr. Pan is responsible for overseeing the coordination between sales and marketing, research and development, manufacturing, and other functions including quality assurance, finance and human resources. Mr. Pan has been instrumental in spearheading the Group’s expansion outside the PRC. In 1996, he co-founded and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of American Audio Component Inc. Mr. Pan also co-founded Shenzhen Meiou Electronics Corporation in 1998 and American Audio Components (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. in 2000. In addition to his experience in sales and marketing, manufacturing and management, he has also been instrumental in leading our research and development strategy, and has developed a number of patents used in the design and manufacturing of our polyphonic speakers, miniature receivers, transducers and Electret Condenser Microphones. Mr. Pan graduated from the 江蘇省武進師範學校 (Jiangsu Province Wujin Teacher School) in 1987. Mr. Pan is the spouse of Ms. Ingrid Chunyuan Wu (“Ms. Wu”), the non-executive Director and a substantial shareholder of the Company.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Pan does not have any relationships with other Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders, or controlling shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Group. Save as aforesaid, Mr. Pan did not hold other directorship in any public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years and she does not hold any other position in the Group.
Mr. Pan has entered into a service agreement with the Company for a term of three years commencing from 15 July 2011, which may be terminated by either party by giving not less than 60 days’ notice in writing or 60 days’ payment in lieu of notice to the other party. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the article of association of the Company. He is entitled to a basic salary of approximately US$200,000 per year (which is covered by the service agreement) and will be paid monthly in arrears which is determined upon negotiation between Mr. Pan and the Company at arm’s length on the basis of his previous experience, professional qualifications, responsibilities to be involved in the Company and the amount of time devoted to the Company’s business as well as the current financial position of the Company and the prevailing market conditions and which is subject to review periodically as determined by the Company.
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DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS
APPENDIX II
The interests of Mr. Pan in the Shares (within the meaning of Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO), was as follows:
| Approximate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity/ | Number of | percentage of | |
| Name of Director | Nature of Interest | Ordinary Shares | shareholding |
| Mr. Pan | beneficial owner, | 533,886,532 | 43.48% |
| interest of spouse | (Note) | ||
| and child under 18, | |||
| interest of controlled | |||
| corporation/personal, | |||
| family and corporate | |||
| interests |
Note:
Mr. Pan beneficially owns 69,512,565 Shares. In addition, Mr. Pan is deemed or taken to be interested in the following Shares for the purposes of the SFO:
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(i) 51,439,440 Shares which are beneficially owned by Silver Island Limited, a company wholly-owned by Mr. Pan;
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(ii) 295,820,525 Shares which are beneficially owned by Ms. Wu and as Ms. Wu is his spouse, he is deemed to be interested in such 295,820,525 Shares; and
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(iii) 117,114,002 Shares representing the aggregate of (a) 112,375,158 Shares which are deemed to be interested by Mr. Pan and Ms. Wu’s descendents, as beneficiaries of the Pan 2005 Irrevocable Trust dated 10 May 2005; and (b) 4,738,844 Shares which are deemed to be interested by Mr. Pan and Ms. Wu’s descendents, as beneficiaries of the Pan 2005 Exempt Trust dated 10 May 2005. One child of Mr. Pan and Ms. Wu is over and the other is under the age of 18.
Mr. Poon Chung Yin Joseph (“Mr. Poon”) , aged 57, was appointed as an independent nonexecutive Director, the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nomination committee of the Company on 5 October 2009. He is group managing director of a private company and an independent non-executive director of Hysan Development Company Ltd., a company listed in Hong Kong. Mr. Poon was formerly the managing director and deputy chief executive director of Hang Seng Bank Limited and had held several senior management posts in HSBC Group and a number of international renowned financial institutions. Mr. Poon is a member of the Board of Inland Revenue of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a committee member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Environmental and Conservation Fund Investment Committee. Previously, he was also the chairman of Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee of Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited. Mr. Poon graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia. Mr. Poon is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Mr. Poon does not have any relationships with other Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders, or controlling shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Group. Save as aforesaid, Mr. Poon did not hold other directorship in any public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years and he does not hold any other position in the Group.
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APPENDIX II
DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS
Mr. Poon has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company for a term commencing from 5 October 2011 until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2013, which can be terminated by either party giving at least three months’ notice in writing or such shorter period as both parties may agree. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the articles of association of the Company. He is entitled to the director’s fee of US$67,500 per year (which is covered by the letter of appointment) or such other sum as the Company may from time to time decide, which is determined upon negotiation between Mr. Poon and the Company at arm’s length on the basis of his previous experience, professional qualifications, responsibilities to be involved in the Company and the amount of time devoted to the Company’s business as well as the current financial position of the Company and the prevailing market conditions. His director’s fee is subject to shareholders’ approval at the annual general meeting.
Dato’ Tan Bian Ee (“Dato’ Tan”) , aged 65, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director, the Chairman of the nomination committee and a member of the remuneration committee of the Company on 11 September 2009. He was appointed as an independent director in September 2010 and recently on 18 February 2010 re-appointed as the chief executive officer and executive director of MFS Technology Ltd., a company listed in Singapore. He has stepped down from Singapore Airlines Engineering Company on July 2010 after 6 years of service. Dato’ Tan was the chief operating officer of Avago Technologies and Worldwide Sales and Global Operations prior to his retirement in February 2009. He joined Hewlett-Packard in 1973 and was promoted to Hewlett-Packard Malaysia Managing Director in 1989. He was then appointed as the President of Agilent Technologies Malaysia and Singapore in 1999 when Hewlett-Packard spun off its Semiconductor Component Operations to form Agilent Technologies Inc. Dato’ Tan has been council member in the Industrial Coordination Council under the Ministry of International Trade & Industry of Malaysia since 2000. Dato’ Tan was a director of Singapore Workforce Development Agency under the Singapore Ministry of Manpower from 2004-2005. He was also the Northern Region Chairman for Young Enterprise from 2003-2004, a community educational programme under the auspices of the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and a founder member of Penang Skills Development Corporation.
Dato’ Tan holds a Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology and Management Studies, as well as a Master of Business Administration with Distinctions from the Golden Gate University. He was awarded the Pingat Kelakuan Tertinggi (Exemplary Leadership Award), Darjah Johan Negeri (DJN – Second Highest State Award) and the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri which carries the title Dato’ (DSPN) in 1991, 1995 and 1999 respectively from the State Government of Penang, Malaysia.
Dato’ Tan does not have any relationships with other Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders, or controlling shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Group. Save as aforesaid, Dato’ Tan did not hold other directorship in any public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years and he does not hold any other position in the Group.
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APPENDIX II
DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS
Dato’ Tan has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company for a term commencing from 11 September 2011 until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2013, which can be terminated by either party giving at least three months’ notice in writing or such shorter period as both parties may agree. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the articles of association of the Company. He is entitled to the director’s fee of US$42,500 per year (which is covered by the letter of appointment) or such other sum as the Company may from time to time decide, which is determined upon negotiation between Dato’ Tan and the Company at arm’s length on the basis of his previous experience, professional qualifications, responsibilities to be involved in the Company and the amount of time devoted to the Company’s business as well as the current financial position of the Company and the prevailing market conditions. His director’s fee is subject to shareholders’ approval at the annual general meeting.
Save as disclosed in this circular, as at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the retiring Directors had any interests or short positions in the Shares, underlying shares and debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO) which would be required to be notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO, including interests and short position which are deemed or taken to have under such provisions of the SFO, or which would be required, pursuant to Section 352 of the SFO, to be entered in the register referred to therein, or otherwise notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers in the Listing Rules.
Saved as disclosed above, there are no other matters in relation to the re-election of each of the retiring Directors that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders and there is no information relating to all the retiring Directors that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 02018)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 21 May 2012 at Victoria Room, Level 2, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong for the following purposes:
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To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and the report of the directors and independent auditor’s report for the year ended 31 December 2011.
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To approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011.
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To re-elect directors of the Company (the “Directors”) and to authorize the board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
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To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as auditors of the Company and to authorize the board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
As special business, to consider, and if thought fit, pass the following ordinary resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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“ THAT:
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) shall authorize the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a), otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) the exercise of the subscription rights under the share option scheme of the Company or (iii) an issue of shares as scrip dividends pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association of the Company from time to time shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
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(iii) the revocation or variation of this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the law of, or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory applicable to the Company).”
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“ THAT:
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period of all powers of the Company to purchase its own shares, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this resolution and the said approval be limited accordingly; and
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- (c) for the purposes of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held; or
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(iii) the revocation or variation of this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”
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“ THAT conditional upon resolutions nos. 5 and 6 above being passed, the aggregate nominal amount of shares in the capital of the Company which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the directors of the Company as mentioned in resolution no. 6 above shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of shares that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to resolution no. 5 above.”
By order of the Board AAC TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC. Koh Boon Hwee Chairman
Hong Kong, 16 April 2012
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Unit 2003, 20/F. 100 Queen’s Road Central Central Hong Kong
Registered office in the Cayman Islands: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands
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Notes:
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(1) A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Investor Communications Centre of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong together with a power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting.
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(2) Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude members from attending and voting in person at the annual general meeting or any adjournment.
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(3) For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the annual general meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 17 May 2012 to Monday, 21 May 2012, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the annual general meeting, all transfer documents, accompanied by relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited of Shop 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 May 2012.
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(4) For determining the entitlement to the proposed final dividend, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 25 May 2012 to Wednesday, 30 May 2012, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend, all transfer documents, accompanied by relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited of Shop 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 24 May 2012.
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(5) As at the date of this notice, the board of directors of the Company comprises two executive directors, namely Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan and Mr. Mok Joe Kuen Richard; one non-executive director, namely Ms. Ingrid Chunyuan Wu; and four independent non-executive directors, namely Mr. Koh Boon Hwee, Mr. Poon Chung Yin Joseph, Dato’ Tan Bian Ee and Ms. Chang Carmen I-Hua.
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