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AV Concept Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2010
May 4, 2010
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
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NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the “ EGM ”) of AV Concept Holdings Limited (“ Company ”) will be held at 6th Floor, Enterprise Square Three, 39 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong on Thursday, 20 May 2010 at 10:30 a.m. to consider and, if thought fit, transact the following ordinary businesses:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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“ THAT subject to the fulfillment of the terms and conditions set out in the placing agreement dated 27 April 2010, as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 28 April 2010, (the “ Placing Agreement ”) entered into between the Company and Kingsway Financial Services Group Limited (a copy of the Placing Agreement having been produced to the meeting and marked “A” and initialed by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification) in respect of the placing of up to 57,000,000 new shares of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company (the “ Placing Shares ”) at a placing price of HK$1.05 per Placing Share and on such terms and conditions set out thereon (the “ Proposed Placing ”):
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(a) the Placing Agreement in relation to the Proposed Placing and the matters contemplated thereunder be and are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified;
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(b) the placing of the Placing Shares to the placees pursuant to the Placing Agreement be and is hereby approved and the directors of the Company (the “ Directors ”) be and are hereby authorised to allot and issue the Placing Shares pursuant to the Placing Agreement; and
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(c) any one or more of the Directors be and is/are hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents which he/she/they consider necessary, desirable or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the implementation of and giving effect to the Placing Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder and to agree to such variation, amendments or waiver or matters relating thereto (including any variation, amendments or waiver of such documents, which are not fundamentally different from those as provided under the Placing Agreement) as are, in the opinion of the Directors, in the interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole.”
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules (“ Listing Rules ”) Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“ Stock Exchange ”), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the unissued shares (each a “ Share ”) of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers after the expiry 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 and issued (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under the share option scheme of the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares shall not exceed the aggregate of:
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(aa) 20 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of the passing of this resolution; and
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(bb) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the aggregate nominal amount of any share capital of the Company purchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of the passing of this resolution),
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and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly;
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(d) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this resolution which had been granted to the Directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked (without prejudice to any valid exercise of such general mandate prior to the passing of this resolution); and
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(e) for the purposes of this resolution:
“ Relevant Period ” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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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 the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meetings;
“ Rights Issue ” means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares whose names appear on the Company’s register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong SAR).”
By order of the Board of AV CONCEPT HOLDINGS LIMITED So Yuk Kwan Chairman
Hong Kong, 5 May 2010
Head office and principal place of business in Hong Kong:
6th Floor Enterprise Square Three 39 Wang Chiu Road Kowloon Bay Hong Kong
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Notes:
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A form of proxy for use at the EGM is being despatched to the shareholders of the Company together with a copy of this notice.
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Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the EGM convened by the above notice shall be entitled to appoint one proxy or, if he is the holder of two or more Shares, more than one proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
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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 or attorney duly authorised.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at 26/F, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the EGM or any adjournment thereof.
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Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the EGM convened or any adjourned meeting and in such event, the form of proxy will be deemed to be revoked.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share of the Company, 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 meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register in respect of such shares shall alone be entitled to vote.
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In accordance with the Listing Rules, B.K.S. Company Limited and Jade Concept Limited and their respective associates shall abstain from voting in favour in respect of ordinary resolution numbered 2 set out in the notice above.
As at the date of this announcement, the board of Directors comprises two executive Directors, Dr. Hon. So Yuk Kwan (Chairman) and Mr. So Chi On, and three independent non-executive Directors, Dr. Hon. Lui Ming Wah, SBS, JP, Mr. Charles E. Chapman and Mr. Wong Ka Kit.
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