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Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited — Capital/Financing Update 2011
Jan 12, 2011
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Capital/Financing Update
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(1) RESULTS OF THE RIGHTS ISSUE AND
(2) ADJUSTMENT OF THE CONVERSION PRICE OF THE CONVERTIBLE NOTE
RESULTS OF THE RIGHTS ISSUE
The Board is pleased to announce that as at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 5 January 2011, being the latest time for acceptance of and payment for Rights Shares and for application and payment for excess Rights Shares, a total of 1,295 valid acceptances and applications had been received for a total of 1,509,170,614 Rights Shares, which comprise: (i) 494 valid acceptances under the PALs in respect of a total of 902,777,663 Rights Shares; and (ii) 801 valid applications for excess Rights Shares under the EAFs in respect of a total of 606,392,951 Rights Shares. In aggregate, they represented approximately 1.34 times of the total number of 1,126,955,740 Rights Shares available under the Rights Issue. The total number of 606,392,951 excess Rights Shares being applied for by the Qualifying Shareholders also represented approximately 2.70 times of 224,178,077 Rights Shares available for application under the EAFs. The Rights Issue became unconditional at 4:00 p.m. on 10 January 2011. As a result of the over-subscription of the Rights Shares, the Underwriters’ obligations under the Underwriting Agreement in respect of the Underwritten Shares have been fully discharged.
Certificates for fully-paid Rights Shares in respect of valid acceptances of Rights Shares under PALs and successful applications for excess Rights Shares under EAFs are expected to be despatched by ordinary post to those entitled thereto, at their own risk, on or before Thursday, 13 January 2011. Refund cheques in respect of wholly or partially unsuccessful applications for excess Rights Shares (without interest) are expected to be despatched by ordinary post to those entitled thereto, at their own risk, on or before Thursday, 13 January 2011.
Dealings in the fully-paid Rights Shares on the Stock Exchange are expected to commence from 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 17 January 2011.
ADJUSTMENT OF THE CONVERSION PRICE OF THE CONVERTIBLE NOTE
As a result of the Rights Issue, the conversion price of the Convertible Note has been adjusted from HK$8.36 per Share to HK$1.70 per Share pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Convertible Note.
Reference is made to the prospectus issued by the Company on 20 December 2010 (the “Prospectus”) in relation to the Rights Issue. Terms defined in the Prospectus shall have the same meanings when used herein, unless the context requires otherwise.
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RESULTS OF THE RIGHTS ISSUE
The Board is pleased to announce that as at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 5 January 2011, being the latest time for acceptance of and payment for Rights Shares and for application and payment for excess Rights Shares, a total of 1,295 valid acceptances and applications had been received for a total of 1,509,170,614 Rights Shares, which comprise: (i) 494 valid acceptances under the PALs in respect of a total of 902,777,663 Rights Shares; and (ii) 801 valid applications for excess Rights Shares under the EAFs in respect of a total of 606,392,951 Rights Shares. In aggregate, they represented approximately 1.34 times of the total number of 1,126,955,740 Rights Shares available under the Rights Issue. The total number of 606,392,951 excess Rights Shares being applied for by the Qualifying Shareholders also represented approximately 2.70 times of 224,178,077 Rights Shares available for application under the EAFs.
Underwriting Agreement
The Rights Issue became unconditional at 4:00 p.m. on 10 January 2011. As a result of the over-subscription of the Rights Shares, the Underwriters’ obligations under the Underwriting Agreement in respect of the Underwritten Shares have been fully discharged.
Excess Rights Shares
Regarding the 606,392,951 Rights Shares being applied for by way of application under the EAFs, the Board has resolved to allot the 224,178,077 Rights Shares available for application under the EAFs in accordance with the principles stated in the Prospectus as follows:
| Number of excess Rights Shares applied for 1-99,999 100,000-119,990 119,991-1,199,990 1,199,991-2,639,000 2,639,001-10,000,000 10,000,001-56,800,000 119,999,999 227,398,872 |
Number of valid applications 703 10 59 11 12 4 1 1 801 |
Approximate percentage of allocation based on the total number of Total number excess of excess Total number of Rights Shares Rights Shares Rights Shares applied for in applied for allotted this category 12,040,888 12,040,888 100.00% 1,048,460 948,460 90.00-91.67% 32,369,957 23,009,957 70.00-75.00% 23,365,858 14,055,858 60.00-60.50% 68,358,969 34,228,969 50.00-50.31% 121,809,948 48,739,948 40.00-40.04% 119,999,999 34,940,231 29.12% 227,398,872 56,213,766 24.72% 606,392,951 224,178,077 |
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The Directors consider that the above allocation of the excess Rights Shares is on a fair and equitable basis.
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Shareholding structure of the Company
To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiry, set out below is the shareholding structure of the Company immediately before and after completion of the Rights Issue.
| Issue. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediately | before | Immediately after | ||
| completion of the | Rights Issue | completion of the Rights Issue | ||
| Number of Shares | % | Number of Shares | % | |
| Public Shareholders | 112,695,574 | 100.00 | 1,239,651,314 | 100.00 |
| Total | 112,695,574 | 100.00 | 1,239,651,314 | 100.00 |
Despatch of certificates for fully-paid Rights Shares and refund cheques
Certificates for fully-paid Rights Shares in respect of valid acceptances of Rights Shares under PALs and successful applications for excess Rights Shares under EAFs are expected to be despatched by ordinary post to those entitled thereto, at their own risk, on or before Thursday, 13 January 2011. Refund cheques in respect of wholly or partially unsuccessful applications for excess Rights Shares (without interest) are expected to be despatched by ordinary post to those entitled thereto, at their own risk, on or before Thursday, 13 January 2011.
Commencement of dealings in the fully-paid Rights Shares
Dealings in the fully-paid Rights Shares on the Stock Exchange are expected to commence from 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 17 January 2011.
ADJUSTMENT TO THE CONVERSION PRICE OF THE CONVERTIBLE NOTE
As at the date of this announcement, the Company has an outstanding Convertible Note in the principal amount of HK$70,000,000.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Convertible Note, the conversion price of the Convertible Note has been adjusted from HK$8.36 per Share to HK$1.70 per Share as a result of the Rights Issue. Such adjustment became effective retroactively on 18 December 2010, being the day next following the Record Date. Save for the above adjustment, all other terms and conditions of the Convertible Note remain unchanged. The above adjustment was computed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Convertible Note and has been confirmed by Emperor Capital Limited, which was appointed by the Company for the purpose of providing opinion on the adjustment to conversion price of the Convertible Note.
By Order of the Board 21 Holdings Limited Ng Kai Man Chairman
Hong Kong, 12 January 2011
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Ng Kai Man (Chairman), Mr. Cheng Yuk Wo and Mr. Ha Kee Choy, Eugene as executive Directors and Mr. Chui Chi Yun, Robert, Mr. Lam Kwok Cheong and Mr. Lui Siu Tsuen, Richard as independent non-executive Directors.
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