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CAI Corp — AGM Information 2014
Apr 16, 2014
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AGM Information
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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) Stock Code: 51
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Harbour Centre Development Limited will be held in the Centenary Room, Ground Floor, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, 3 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on Friday, 23 May 2014 at 2:30 p.m. for the following purposes:
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(1) To receive and consider the Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors for the financial year ended 31 December 2013.
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(2) To re-elect the retiring Directors.
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(3) To appoint Auditors and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.
And to consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without modification the following resolutions:
As a special resolution:
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(4) “ THAT the Articles of Association of the Company (inclusive of certain provisions originally contained in the Memorandum of Association of the Company (including the Objects Clause originally set out in Clause 3 thereof) which came to be regarded as provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company under the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) upon the commencement thereof) be revised as follows:
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(a) all existing Objects of the Company set out under the Objects Clause as referred to above be hereby abandoned; and
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(b) a new set of Articles of Association, in the form of a printed document marked “A” submitted to this Meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the Chairman thereof, be hereby approved and adopted as the Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing Articles of Association of the Company.”
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As ordinary resolutions:
(5) “THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase shares in the capital of the Company, subject to and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or of any other stock exchange (as applicable) as amended from time to time and all applicable laws in this regard, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate number of shares which may be purchased on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or any other stock exchange recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares of the Company in issue at the date of passing this Resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any conversion of any or all of the shares of the Company into a larger or smaller number of shares after the passing of this Resolution), and the said approval shall 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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(aa) the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company;
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(bb) the expiration of the period within which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held; and
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(cc) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting. ”
(6) “THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) 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, options, warrants and other securities 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 authorise the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements, options, warrants and other securities which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the aggregate number of shares allotted 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 defined below), or (ii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company shall not exceed the aggregate of:
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(aa) 20% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares of the Company in issue at the date of passing this Resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any conversion of any or all of the shares of the Company into a larger or smaller number of shares after the passing of this Resolution); plus
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(bb) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the number of shares of the Company repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this Resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares of the Company in issue at the date of passing this Resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any conversion of any or all of the shares of the Company into a larger or smaller number of shares after the passing of this Resolution)),
and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
- (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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(aa) the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company;
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(bb) the expiration of the period within which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held; and
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(cc) the revocation or variation of the approval given under this Resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting; and
“ Rights Issue ” means an offer of shares, or an offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares, open for a period fixed by the Company or by the Directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (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 laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside Hong Kong). ”
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- (7) “THAT the general mandate granted to the Directors of the Company to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with any additional shares of the Company pursuant to ordinary resolution (6) set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of a number representing the aggregate number of shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to ordinary resolution (5) set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such extended number of shares shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares of the Company in issue at the date of passing this Resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any conversion of any or all of the shares of the Company into a larger or smaller number of shares after the passing of this Resolution). ”
By Order of the Board H. O. Hung Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 17 April 2014
Registered Office: 16th Floor, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Notes:
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(a) A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or two proxies to attend and, in the event of a poll, to vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. 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 that power of attorney or authority) must be deposited at the Company’s registered office at 16th Floor, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting.
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(b) With reference to the Ordinary Resolution proposed under item (2) above, Mr. Stephen T. H. Ng, Dr. Joseph M. K. Chow and Mr. Paul Y. C. Tsui will retire from the board of directors of the Company and are proposed to be re-elected at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
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(c) With reference to the Ordinary Resolution proposed under item (6) above, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new shares of the Company pursuant to the mandate to be given thereunder.
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- (d) The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 16 May 2014 to Friday, 23 May 2014, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares of the Company can be registered. In order to ascertain shareholders’ rights for the purpose of attending and voting at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s Registrars, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 15 May 2014.
As at the date of this notice, the board of Directors of the Company comprises Mr. Stephen T. H. Ng, Mr. Kevin K. P. Chan, Mr. Paul Y. C. Tsui and Hon. Frankie C. M. Yick, together with five Independent Non-executive Directors, namely, Dr. Joseph M. K. Chow, Mr. H. M. V. de Lacy Staunton, Hon. Andrew K. Y. Leung, Mr. Michael T. P. Sze and Mr. Brian S. K. Tang.
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