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Brockman Mining Limited — AGM Information 2018
Apr 26, 2018
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AGM Information
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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 99)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 18/F, The Ballroom, The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Thursday, 31 May 2018 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
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To receive and adopt the financial statements, the Directors’ Report and the Independent Auditor’s Report for the year ended 31 December 2017; (Resolution 1)
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To declare a final dividend of HK$0.035 per share for the year ended 31 December 2017; (Resolution 2)
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To re-elect the following retiring Directors: (a) Ms. Wong Yin Man, Ada as Executive Director (Resolution 3a) (b) Mr. Wan Man Keung as Executive Director (Resolution 3b) (c) Mr. Cheung Chi Chiu, David as Independent Non-executive Director (Resolution 3c)
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To authorize the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors; (Resolution 4)
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To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Auditor and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration; (Resolution 5)
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- As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“ THAT there be granted to the Directors an unconditional general mandate to issue, allot and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company, and to make or grant offers, agreements and options in respect thereof, subject to the following conditions:
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(A) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period (as defined below) save that the Directors may during the Relevant Period make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(B) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below), (ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants issued by the Company, or any securities which are convertible into ordinary shares of the Company, and (iii) any employee share option scheme or similar arrangement 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 of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of passing of this resolution;
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(C) such mandate shall be additional to the authority given to the Directors at any time to allot and issue additional shares in the capital of the Company arising from the exercise of subscription rights under any warrants or the exercise of any options under any employee share option scheme of the Company; and
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(D) for the purposes of this resolution:
“ Relevant Period ” means the period from the date of 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; 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 Bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law of Bermuda 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 made to holders of the shares and/or warrants on, as the case may be, the Register of Members and the Register of Warrantholders of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares and/or warrants (subject to such exclusions 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 any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, or in any territory outside, Hong Kong).”
(Resolution 6)
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- As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“ THAT there be granted to the Directors an unconditional general mandate to repurchase shares of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company (“ Shares ”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”) or any other stock exchange recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange under the Code on Share Repurchases, and that the exercise by the Directors of the Company of all powers of the Company to repurchase Shares subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved, subject to the following conditions:
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(A) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period (as defined below);
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(B) such mandate shall authorise the Directors to procure the Company to repurchase Shares at such prices as the Directors may at their discretion determine;
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(C) the aggregate nominal amount of the Shares to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to this resolution during the Relevant Period shall be no more than 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution; and
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(D) for the purposes of this resolution, “ Relevant Period ” means the period from the date of 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; 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 Bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law of Bermuda 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.”
(Resolution 7)
- As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“ THAT , conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 6 and 7 set out in this notice, the aggregate nominal amount of the shares of the Company which are repurchased by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with Resolution 7 shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with Resolution 6.”
(Resolution 8)
By Order of the Board WONG CHUNG MAT, BEN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, 26 April 2018
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Notes:
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Any member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such persons may vote at the meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one such joint holders be present at the meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the Register of Members in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
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The form of proxy and 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 Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or any adjourned meeting.
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For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the meeting, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 25 May 2018 to Thursday, 31 May 2018, both days inclusive. During this period, no transfer of shares will be effected. To be eligible to attend and vote at the meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 24 May 2018.
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For determining the entitlement to the proposed final dividend, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed on Wednesday, 6 June 2018 and no transfer of shares will be effected on that date. To qualify for the proposed final dividend which is subject to the passing of Resolution 2 at the meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 June 2018.
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Details of the Directors standing for re-election (Resolutions 3a, 3b and 3c) and further information on the general mandates to issue and repurchase shares (Resolutions 6, 7 and 8) are set out in the circular, which will be dispatched to members together with the 2017 Annual Report.
As at the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors of the Company are Mr. Wong Chung Mat, Ben, Ms. Wong Yin Man, Ada, Dr. Chan Tsze Wah, Gabriel, Mr. Wan Man Keung and Mr. Hung Wing Shun, Edmund; and the Independent Non-executive Directors are Dr. Li Ka Cheung, Eric GBS, OBE, JP, Dr. Yu Sun Say GBM, JP, Mr. Alfred Donald Yap JP and Mr. Cheung Chi Chiu, David.
Website: www.wih.com.hk
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