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China Kingstone Mining Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2016
Feb 4, 2016
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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CHINA KINGSTONE MINING HOLDINGS LIMITED 中 國 金 石 礦 業 控 股 有 限 公 司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1380)
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (‘‘Meeting’’) of China Kingstone Mining Holdings Limited (‘‘Company’’) will be held at 4: 00 p.m. on Friday, 26 February 2016 at 3/F., Jasmine Room of Best Western Plus Hotel Hong Kong at 308 Des Voeux Road West, Hong Kong, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as special resolutions of the Company.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
1. ‘‘THAT
The articles of association of the Company be and are hereby amended by the addition of the following new Article 167:
‘‘TRANSFER BY WAY OF CONTINUATION
- 167.The Company may, by special resolution, resolve to de-register the Company from Cayman Islands and to transfer and continue the Company as a body corporate to, and under the laws of, a country or jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands which permits or does not prohibit the transfer of the Company pursuant to the Law.’’’’
2. ‘‘THAT:
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(a) subject to the obtaining of all necessary governmental and regulatory consents, the change of domicile of the Company (‘‘Change of Domicile’’) from the Cayman Islands to Bermuda by way of de-registration as a company under the laws of the Cayman Islands and continuation of the Company as an exempted company under the laws of Bermuda be and is hereby approved;
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(b) the memorandum of continuance, a copy of which has been produced to the Meeting marked ‘‘A’’ and initialled by the chairman of the Meeting (‘‘Chairman’’) for the purpose of identification, be and is hereby adopted in substitution for the memorandum of association of the Company, effective from the date that the memorandum of continuance is approved and registered by the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda;
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(c) conditional upon the continuance of the Company in Bermuda as an exempted company under the laws of Bermuda, the bye-laws of the Company, a copy of which has been produced to the Meeting marked ‘‘B’’ and initialled by the Chairman for the purpose of identification, be and is hereby adopted in substitution for the articles of association of the Company, effective from the date that the memorandum of continuance is approved and registered by the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda;
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(d) conditional upon the continuance of the Company in Bermuda as an exempted company under the laws of Bermuda, the maximum number of directors of the Company (‘‘Directors’’) shall, for the time being, be fixed at twenty (20) and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to fill any vacancies on the board of Directors and to appoint additional Directors up to the maximum number determined herein or such other maximum number as may be determined from time to time by members of the Company in general meeting and to appoint alternate Directors at their discretion; and
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(e) the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents on behalf of the Company, including under seal where applicable, as they may consider necessary or expedient to give effect to or in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.’’
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‘‘THAT subject to the passing of special resolutions numbered 1 and 2 above:
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(a) conditional upon the Change of Domicile becoming effective and upon compliance by the Company with all statutory requirements under section 46(2) of the companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (as amended), the entire amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution be and is hereby reduced to nil and the credit arising from such reduction be credited to an existing account of the Company designated as the contributed surplus account of the Company (‘‘Contributed Surplus Account’’) (‘‘Reduction of Share Premium’’);
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(b) the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents on behalf of the Company, including under seal where applicable, as they may consider necessary or expedient to give effect to or in connection with the Reduction of Share Premium and the application of the credit which will be released thereby.’’
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‘‘THAT subject to (i) the passing of special resolutions numbered 1 and 2 above and conditional upon the Change of Domicile becoming effective (ii) The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, the New Shares (as defined below) arising from the Capital Reorganisation (as defined below) and (iii) the compliance by the Company with the requirements applicable to the Capital Reduction (as defined below) pursuant to the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, with effect from 9: 00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on the 21st day (if it is not a business day in Hong Kong, the immediately following business day in Hong Kong) after the effective date of the Change of Domicile in Hong Kong time:
- (a) every ten (10) issued and unissued shares of HK$0.1 each in the existing share capital of the Company be and are consolidated (‘‘Share Consolidation’’) into one (1) share of HK$1.00 each (‘‘Consolidated Shares’’);
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(b) the total number of Consolidated Shares in the issued share capital of the Company immediately following the Share Consolidation be and is rounded down to a whole number by cancelling any fraction in the issued share capital of the Company arising from the Share Consolidation;
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(c) the issued share capital of the Company be and is reduced by way of a cancellation of the paid up capital of the Company to the extent of HK$0.99 on each of the then issued Consolidated Shares (together with (b) above, the ‘‘Capital Reduction’’) such that the nominal value of each issued Consolidated Share be and is reduced from HK$1.00 to HK$0.01 (each such reduced share, a ‘‘New Share’’);
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(d) immediately following the Capital Reduction, each of the authorised but unissued Consolidated Shares of HK$1.00 each be and is sub-divided into 100 New Shares of HK$0.01 each (‘‘Share Subdivision’’, together with the Share Consolidation and the Capital Reduction, the ‘‘Capital Reorganisation’’);
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(e) the credit arising in the books of the Company from (a) the cancellation of any fraction in the issued share capital of the Company arising from the Share Consolidation; and (b) the reduction of the paid up capital of HK$360,373,657.446 be credited to the Contributed Surplus Account and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to use the amount then standing to the credit of the Contributed Surplus Account in any manner as may be permitted under the New Bye-laws of the Company and the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda in effect from time to time and all applicable laws including, without limitation, eliminating or setting off the accumulated losses of the Company from time to time and/or paying dividend and/ or making any other distribution out of the Contributed Surplus Account from time to time without further authorisation from the shareholders of the Company and all such actions in relation thereto be and are approved, ratified and confirmed; and
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(f) the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents on behalf of the Company, including under seal where applicable, as they may consider necessary or expedient to give effect to or in connection with the Capital Reorganisation involving the Share Consolidation, the Capital Reduction and the Share Subdivision and (where applicable) to aggregate all fractional New Shares and sell them for the benefits of the Company.’’
By Order of the Board
China Kingstone Mining Holdings Limited Mr. Wang Minliang Chairman
Hong Kong, 5 February 2016
Registered office: Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive Unit 6812–13, 68/F P.O. Box 2681 The Center Grand Cayman, KY1-1111 99 Queen’s Road Central Cayman Islands Hong Kong
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Notes:
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(a) Any shareholder of the Company (‘‘Shareholders’’) entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on behalf of him/her/it. A proxy needs not be a Shareholder. A Shareholder who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy to represent him/her/it to attend and vote on his/her/its behalf. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares of the Company in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.
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(b) In order to be valid, a 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 authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting in person at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof should such member so wishes and, in such event, the form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
The register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 25 February 2016 to Friday, 26 February 2016 (both dates inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares in the Company will be effected. In order to qualify for attending the EGM, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, have to be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712–1716, 17/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, not later than 4: 30 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 February 2016.
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(c) Where there are joint registered holders of any shares of the Company, any one of such persons may vote at the Meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such shares as if he were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the Meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present being the most, or, as the case may be, the more senior shall alone be entitled to vote in respect of the relevant joint holding and, for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by reference to the order in which the names of the joint holders stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the relevant joint holding.
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(d) All votes to be taken at the Meeting shall be conducted by way of poll.
As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises four executive Directors, namely, Mr. Wang Minliang (Chairman), Mr. Zhang Jianzhong, Mr. Zhang Weijun and Ms. Zhang Cui Wei; and three independent non-executive Directors, namely, Mr. Ma Ho Yin, Ms. Wang Yihua and Mr. Sheng Guoliang.
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