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Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited Capital/Financing Update 2011

Jan 12, 2011

50537_rns_2011-01-12_755d2762-554b-4f5c-bde5-b09679c4cc5f.pdf

Capital/Financing Update

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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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(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

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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