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Da Sen Holdings Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2015
Apr 27, 2015
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
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If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult a licensed securities dealer, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Asia Tele-Net and Technology Corporation Limited , you should at once hand this circular and the accompanying form of proxy to the purchaser or transferee, or to the bank, licensed securities dealer or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
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ASIA TELE-NET AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LIMITED
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 679)
PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTOR, PROPOSED GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES,
TERMINATION OF EXISTING SHARE OPTION SCHEME AND ADOPTION OF NEW SHARE OPTION SCHEME
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A notice convening an annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 2/F, 11 Dai Hei Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong on 12 June 2015 11:00 a.m. is set out on pages 24 to 28 of this circular. Whether or not shareholders are able to attend the AGM, they are requested to complete the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and deposit it with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Secretaries Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting in person at the AGM (or any adjournment thereof) should they so desire.
27 April 2015
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
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| Definitions . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| **Letter from ** | the Board | |
| 1. | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| 2. | Proposed re-election of retiring Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| 3. | Proposed general mandates to issue and repurchase Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| 4. | Termination of existing share option scheme and | |
| adoption of new share option scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 | |
| 5. | Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| 6. | Voting by way of poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| 7. | Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| 8. | Responsibility statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| Appendix I | – Details of retiring Director proposed for re-election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Appendix II | – Explanatory statement for the proposed Repurchase Mandate . . . . . . . . . |
11 |
| Appendix III – Summary of the principal terms of the New Share Option Scheme . . . . . . |
14 | |
| Notice of Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 24 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, the following expressions have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
“Adoption Date” the date on which the New Share Option Scheme is conditionally adopted by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders of the Company in AGM “AGM” the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 2/F, 11 Dai Hei Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong at 11:00 a.m. on 12 June 2015 “Annual Report” the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2014 “associates” has the meaning as ascribed to it under the Listing Rules “Board” the board of Directors “Business Day” a day on which the Stock Exchange is open for the business of dealing in securities “Bye-Laws” the bye-laws of the Company “Companies Act” the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time “Company” Asia Tele-Net and Technology Corporation Limited, an exempted company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability and the securities of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange “Core Connected Persons” has the same meaning as ascribed to it under the Listing Rules “Date of Grant” in respect of an Option and an Eligible Participant means the date on which that Option is granted to that Eligible Participant, which date shall conclusively be determined as the date of the letter of offer, which must be a business day “Directors” the directors of the Company
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DEFINITIONS
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“Eligible Participant(s)” any director, executive director, non-executive director, independent non-executive director, officer and/or employee of the Group or any member of it, whether in full time or part time employment of the Group or any member of it, and any business consultant, agents, financial or legal advisers of the Group or any member of it, and any other person whomsoever is determined by the Board as having contributed or will contribute to the development, growth or benefit of the Group
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“Existing Scheme” the share option scheme approved by the Shareholders at the Company’s annual general meeting held on 13 June 2005
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“Expiry Date” in respect of an Option means the date of expiry of that Option as specified in the offer letter in respect thereof, which date shall not be later than the day last preceding the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant in respect of such Option
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“Grantee(s)” any Eligible Participant who is granted (and does not reject) an Option in accordance with the terms of the New Share Option Scheme or (where the context so permits) a person or persons who, in accordance with the applicable laws of succession is or are entitled to exercise the Option granted to such Grantee (to the extent not already exercised) in consequence of the death of such Grantee
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“Group” the Company and its subsidiaries
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“Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
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“Latest Practicable Date” 24 April 2015, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information referred to in this circular
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“Listing Rules” rules governing the listing of securities on the Stock Exchange
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“New Share Option Scheme” the new share option scheme proposed to be approved by the Shareholders at the AGM, a summary of the principal terms of which is set out in Appendix III to this circular
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DEFINITIONS
| “Offer” | the offer of the grant of an Option |
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| “Option(s)” | an option to subscribe for Shares granted pursuant to the New Share |
| Option Scheme | |
| “Option Period” | in respect of an Option, means the period commencing on the Date |
| of Grant and expiring on the close of business on the Expiry Date | |
| “Scheme Mandate Limit” | shall have the meaning ascribed to it under paragraph(v)(aa) of |
| Appendix III of this circular | |
| “SFO” | the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571) of the Laws of |
| Hong Kong | |
| “Share Repurchase Rules” | the relevant rules set out in the Listing Rules to regulate the |
| repurchase by companies with primary listing on the Stock | |
| Exchange of their own securities on the Stock Exchange | |
| “Share(s)” | the ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 each in the capital of the |
| Company | |
| “Shareholder(s)” | the holder(s) of the Share(s) |
| “Stock Exchange” | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
| “Subscription Price” | the price per Share at which a Grantee may subscribe for Shares on |
| the exercise of an Option pursuant to paragraph (iv) of Appendix | |
| III of this circular | |
| “Takeovers Code” | Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers |
| “HK$” | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong |
| “%” | per cent |
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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ASIA TELE-NET AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LIMITED
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 679)
Executive Directors: Lam Kwok Hing (Chairman and Managing Director) Nam Kwok Lun (Deputy Chairman)
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Cheung Kin Wai Kwan Wang Wai Alan Ng Chi Kin David
Registered Office: Clarendon House Church Street Hamilton HM11 Bermuda
Head Office and Principal Place of Business:
11 Dai Hei Street Tai Po Industrial Estate Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong
27 April 2015
To the Shareholders
Dear Sir or Madam,
PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTOR, PROPOSED GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES,
TERMINATION OF EXISTING SHARE OPTION SCHEME AND ADOPTION OF NEW SHARE OPTION SCHEME AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
1. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this circular is to provide you with information regarding resolutions to be proposed at the AGM to be held at 2/F, 11 Dai Hei Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, on 12 June 2015 at 11:00 a.m. which, upon approval, would enable the Company to, among other things:
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(a) repurchase Shares not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the Shares in issue as at the date of passing such resolution;
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(b) issue new Shares not exceeding 20% of the Shares in issue on the date of passing such resolution;
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(c) add to the new issue mandate in (b) above those Shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate set out in (a) above;
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(d) re-elect Director of the Company; and
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(e) terminate of Existing Share Option Scheme and adoption of New Share Option Scheme.
The notice of the AGM is set out on pages 24 to 28 of this circular for approving the same.
2. PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTOR
Pursuant to the Bye-Laws, one-third of directors of the Company are subject to retirement by rotation save any Director holding office as Chairman or Managing Director at every annual general meeting. Pursuant to Bye-law 87(2) of the Bye-Laws, Mr. Ng Chi Kin David will retire and, being eligible, will offer himself for re-election at the AGM.
Pursuant to Rule 13.74 of the Listing Rules, a listed issuer shall disclose the details required under Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules of any directors proposed to be re-elected or proposed new director in the notice or accompanying circular to its shareholders of the relevant general meeting, if such re-election or appointment is subject to shareholders’ approval at that relevant general meeting.
Each of the Independent Non-executive Directors has made an annual confirmation of independence pursuant to Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. The Nomination Committee has assessed the independence of the Independent Non-executive Directors, including Mr. Ng Chi Kin David to be re-elected at the AGM. The Nomination Committee considered all of the Independent Non-executive Directors are independent.
Details of the above mentioned Director, Mr. Ng Chi Kin David who is proposed to be re-elected at the AGM, are set out in Appendix I to this circular. At the AGM, ordinary resolution will be proposed to approve the re-election of Mr. Ng Chi Kin David as Independent Non-executive Director of the Company.
3. PROPOSED GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES
At the AGM, it will be proposed, by way of ordinary resolutions, that the Directors be given general mandates to (i) repurchase Shares, the aggregate nominal amount of which does not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the ordinary resolution; and (ii) allot, issue and otherwise deal with Shares not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company on the date of the passing of the ordinary resolution; (iii) add to the new issue mandate in (ii) above those Shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate described in (i) above, during the period from the date of the AGM up to the next following Annual General Meeting of the Company. Any issue of new Shares is subject to approval from the Stock Exchange for the listing of and permission to deal in such new Shares.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
It is proposed that general mandate be granted to allot and issue additional shares in the Company not exceeding 20% of its issued share capital. On the basis of 426,463,400 Shares in issue as of the Latest Practical Date and assuming no further Shares will be allotted and issued prior to the AGM, the maximum number of shares to be issued under the proposed general mandate is 85,292,680 Shares.
The Repurchase Mandate and the Issue Mandate would continue in force until (a) the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company; (b) the expiration of the period within which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held; (c) the Repurchase Mandate and/or the Issue Mandate is/are revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Company in general meeting, which is the earliest.
An explanatory statement containing information relating to the Repurchase Mandate and as required pursuant to the Listing Rules, in particular Rule 10.06(1)(b), is set out on pages 11 to 13 to this circular. This explanatory statement provides you with information reasonably necessary to enable you to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolution relating to the Repurchase Mandate.
4. TERMINATION OF EXISTING SHARE OPTION SCHEME AND ADOPTION OF NEW SHARE OPTION SCHEME
The Existing Scheme, with a term of 10 years, will expire on 13 June 2015. In view of the expiration of the Existing Scheme, an ordinary resolution will be proposed at the AGM to terminate the Existing Scheme and adopt the New Share Option Scheme. Following the termination of the Existing Scheme, no further options will be granted under such scheme, but in all other respects the provisions of the Existing Scheme will remain in full force and effect and options granted prior to such termination will continue to be valid and exercisable in accordance with the rules of the Existing Scheme. As at the Latest Practicable Date, there was no outstanding option under the Existing Scheme.
The purpose of the New Share Option Scheme is to provide Eligible Participants with the opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the Company and to encourage Eligible Participants to work towards enhancing the value of the Company and its Shares for the benefit of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.
Rule 17.02(1)(a) of the Listing Rules requires a share option scheme of a listed issuer to be approved by the shareholders of the listed issuer in general meeting to be held on 12 June 2015.
A summary of the principal terms of the New Share Option Scheme is set out in Appendix III to this circular. There is no material difference between the terms of the Existing Scheme and the New Share Option Scheme.
A copy of the New Share Option Scheme will be available for inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Company at 11 Dai Hei Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong from the date of this circular up to the date of the AGM (both days inclusive).
The New Share Option Scheme does not specify a minimum period for which an Option must be held nor a performance target which must be achieved before an Option can be exercised. However, the rules of the New Share Option Scheme provide that the Board may determine, at its sole discretion, such term(s) on
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the grant of an Option. The basis for determination of the subscription price is also specified in the rules of the New Share Option Scheme. The Directors consider that the aforesaid criteria and rules will serve to preserve the value of the Company and encourage Eligible Participants to acquire proprietary interests in the Company.
The adoption of the New Share Option Scheme is conditional upon:
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(1) the Shareholders passing an ordinary resolution at the AGM to approve and adopt the New Share Option Scheme and the termination of the Existing Scheme; and
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(2) the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting approval of the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of Options.
If condition (2) above is not satisfied within three months after the date of adoption of the New Share Option Scheme, the New Share Option Scheme shall forthwith determine and no person shall be entitled to any rights or benefits or be under any obligations under or in respect of the New Share Option Scheme. The Company currently has no share option scheme in force other than the Existing Scheme.
Based on the 426,463,400 Shares in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date and assuming that there is no change in the issued share capital of the Company before the AGM, the maximum number of Shares that can be issued upon exercise of options that may be granted under the proposed New Share Option Scheme, and any other share option scheme, is 42,646,340 Shares, representing approximately 10% of the total number of Shares in issue.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, there was no outstanding option under the Existing Scheme. Further options may be granted pursuant to the Existing Scheme before it expires as the Directors, in their discretion, consider fit. However, the Company has not intention to grant any options under the Existing Scheme before the AGM.
The Directors consider that it is not appropriate to state the value of all the Options that can be granted pursuant to the New Share Option Scheme as if they had been granted at the Latest Practicable Date. The Directors believe that any statement regarding the value of the Options as at the Latest Practicable Date will not be meaningful to the Shareholders, taking into account the number of variables which are crucial for the calculation of the Option value which have not been determined. Such variables include the subscription price, exercise period, any lockup period and performance targets which the Directors may set under the New Share Option Scheme and other relevant variables. In the premises, the Directors are of the view that the value of the Options depends on a number of variables which are either difficult to ascertain or can only be ascertained subject to a number of theoretical bases and speculative assumptions. Accordingly, the Directors believe that any calculation of the value of the Options would not be meaningful and may be misleading to the Shareholders in the circumstances. None of the Directors is or will be a trustee of the New Share Option Scheme or has a direct or indirect interest in any such trustee.
Application will be made to the Stock Exchange for approval of the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Options that may be granted under the New Share Option Scheme.
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As at the Latest Practicable Date, no Shareholder has a material interest in the termination of the Existing Scheme and the adoption of the New Share Option Scheme. As such, no Shareholder is required to abstain from voting on the resolution in relation thereto.
5. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Notice is set out on pages 24 to 28 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the AGM is enclosed. Whether or not you intend to attend the AGM, you are requested to complete the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and deposit it with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Secretaries Limited, Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, as soon as possible and in any event so as to arrive not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM. The return of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the AGM (or any adjournment thereof) should you so desire.
6. VOTING BY WAY OF POLL
Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, all votes of the Shareholders at the AGM will be taken by poll except where the chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands. Therefore, the chairman of the AGM will demand a poll for each and every resolution put forward at the AGM pursuant to bye-law 66 of the Bye-laws. The Company will appoint scrutineers to handle vote-taking procedures at the AGM. An announcement on the poll voting results will be published by the Company after the AGM in the manner prescribed under Rule 13.39(5) of the Listing Rules.
7. RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider that the proposals referred to in this circular are in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend all Shareholders to vote in favour of all the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM to approve the general mandates to issue and repurchase Shares, the addition to the new issue mandate those shares repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate and the re-election of Directors, the termination of Existing Scheme and adoption of New Share Option Scheme.
8. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This circular includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The information contained herein relating to the Company has been supplied by the Directors, who collectively and individually accept full responsibility for the accuracy
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of the information contained in this circular and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no other facts not contained in this circular the omission of which would make any statement herein misleading insofar as it relates to the Company.
Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of
Asia Tele-Net and Technology Corporation Limited Lam Kwok Hing
Chairman and Managing Director
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DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION
APPENDIX I
Mr. Ng Chi Kin David
Mr. Ng Chi Kin David, aged 53, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company on 12 May 1995. Mr. Ng is the independent non-executive Director with appropriate professional qualifications or accounting or related financial management expertise of the Company pursuant to Rule 3.10(2) of the Listing Rules. Mr. Ng is a professional accountant with over twenty-four years of professional experience and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accounts, member of CPA Australia, Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom. Mr. Ng is also the independent non-executive director of Hoifu Energy Group Limited (Hong Kong listed code: 7). Saved as disclosed above, Mr. Ng did not hold any other directorships in listed public company during the past three years.
Mr. Ng is appointed for a specific term for three years and is subject to retirement by rotation and reelection in accordance with the Bye-Laws. His remuneration for being the Independent Non-executive Director is HK$60,000 per year, which is determined by the Board of the Company with reference to his experience and responsibilities in the Company.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Ng Chi Kin David has served as an independent non-executive Director for more than nine years since May 1995. Pursuant to the code provision A.4.3 of the CG Code, (a) having served the company for more than nine years could be relevant to the determination of an independent non-executive director’s independence and (b) if an independent non-executive director has served more than nine years, his further appointment should be subject to a separate resolution to be approved by Shareholders.
The Company has received from Mr. Ng Chi Kin David confirmation of independence pursuant to Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. Mr. Ng Chi Kin David has not engaged in any executive management of the Group. Taking into consideration of his independent scope of works in the part years, the Directors consider Mr. Ng Chi Kin David to be independent under the Listing Rules despite the fact that he has served the Company for more than nine years. Accordingly, Mr. Ng Chi Kin David shall be subject to retirement by rotation and re-election by way of a separate resolution to be approved by the Shareholders at the AGM.
Save as disclosed above, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Ng Chi Kin David did not have any relationship with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company, nor did he hold any other positions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. As at the Latest Practicable Date, he did not have any interests in shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
The Board is not aware of any other matters that need to be brought to the attention of Shareholders in relation to the proposed re-election of the aforesaid directors. Mr. Ng Chi Kin David confirms that there are no information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements under Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX II
This Appendix serves as an explanatory statement, as required by the Listing Rules and the Share Repurchase Rule, to provide the requisite information to the Shareholders for their consideration of the proposal to permit the granting of the general mandate.
1. SHARE CAPITAL
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the issued share capital of the Company comprised 426,463,400 Shares.
Subject to the passing of the ordinary resolutions numbered 5, 6 and 7 as set out in the notice of the AGM on pages 24 to 28 of this circular and on the basis that no Shares are issued or repurchased by the Company prior to the AGM, the Company would be allowed under the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase a maximum of 42,646,340 Shares during the period in which the Repurchase Mandate remain in force.
2. REASONS FOR REPURCHASES
The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and Shareholders as a whole for the Directors to have a general authority from Shareholders to enable the Company to repurchase Shares in the market. Repurchases of Shares will only be made when the Directors believe that such a repurchase will benefit the Company and Shareholders as a whole. Such repurchases may, depending on the market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net value of the Company and its assets and/or its earnings per share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such repurchases will benefit the Company and Shareholders as a whole.
3. DIRECTORS’ DEALING AND CORE CONNECTED PERSONS
None of the Directors, to the best of their knowledge having made all reasonable enquiries, or any of their associates have any present intention, if the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders at the AGM, to sell of their Shares to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
No Core Connected Persons or their respective associates have notified the Company that they have a present intention to sell their Shares to the Company, or have undertaken not to do so in the event that the Company is authorized to make repurchase of the Shares.
4. FUNDING OF REPURCHASE
Repurchases must be funded entirely from the Company’s available cash flow or working capital facilities, which will be funded by resources legally available for that purpose in accordance with the Company’s Bye-laws and the laws of Bermuda. The Company is empowered by its memorandum of its association and Bye-Laws to repurchase its Shares. Bermuda law provides that the amount of capital repaid in connection with a share repurchase may only be paid out of the capital paid up on the relevant shares or funds that would otherwise available for dividend or distribution or the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for such purpose. The amount of premium payable on repurchase may only be paid out of funds that would otherwise be available for dividend or distribution or out of the share premium accounts of the Company.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX II
In the event that the Repurchase Mandate were to be exercised in full at any time during the period which the Repurchase Mandate remains in force, there might be a material adverse impact on the working capital but possibly not the gearing position of the Company as compared to the consolidated financial position of the Company as at 31 December 2014 (being the date to which the latest published audited consolidated financial statements of the Company were made up). The Directors do not propose to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse impact on the working capital or the gearing position of the Company which in the opinion of the Directors is from time to time appropriate for the Company.
5. SHARE PRICES
The highest and lowest prices at which the Shares were traded on the Stock Exchange in each of the 12 months prior to the printing of this circular were as follows:
| **PER ** | SHARE | |
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| Highest | Lowest | |
| HK$ | HK$ | |
| 2014 | ||
| April | 0.4600 | 0.4100 |
| May | 0.4950 | 0.4000 |
| June | 0.5000 | 0.4250 |
| July | 0.6200 | 0.4250 |
| August | 0.6700 | 0.5100 |
| September | 0.9700 | 0.5000 |
| October | 1.3500 | 0.7400 |
| November | 0.9100 | 0.7800 |
| December | 0.8800 | 0.6300 |
| 2015 | ||
| January | 0.7100 | 0.6300 |
| February | 0.8600 | 0.6800 |
| March | 0.7300 | 0.6000 |
| April (up to the Latest Practicable Date) | 0.8500 | 0.6200 |
6. DIRECTORS’ UNDERTAKING
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that they will exercise the Repurchase Mandate in accordance with the applicable Listing Rules and the laws of Bermuda.
7. HONG KONG CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS
If as a result of a repurchase of Shares, a shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of the Takeovers Code. As a result, a Shareholder, or a group of Shareholders acting in concert, depending on the level of increase in the Shareholder’s interests, may obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX II
obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 and 32 of the Takeovers Code. The Directors are not aware of any consequences which could arise under the Takeovers Code as a consequence of any repurchases pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Lam Kwok Hing, which is the controlling shareholder of the Company, held approximately 59.56% of the Shares issued by the Company. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Directors are not aware of any consequences for Mr. Lam Kwok Hing under the Takeovers Code as a result, solely, of the Directors exercising the Repurchase Mandate in full. However, if the Repurchase Mandate is exercised in full, the amount of Shares held by Mr. Lam Kwok Hing will increase to approximately 66.17% of the total issued share capital of the Company and such increase would not give rise to an obligation to make mandatory offer under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.
The Directors have no intention to repurchase Shares to such an extent which will result in the amount of Shares held by the public being reduced to less than 25%.
8. SHARE REPURCHASES MADE BY THE COMPANY
During the six months preceding the date of this circular, no Shares have been repurchased by the Company.
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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE NEW SHARE OPTION SCHEME
APPENDIX III
SUMMARY OF TERMS
The New Share Option Scheme contains the following terms:
(i) Purpose
The purpose of the New Share Option Scheme is to reward the Eligible Participants who have contributed to our Group and to encourage the Eligible Participants to work towards enhancing the value of our Company and its Shares for the benefit of our Company and its Shareholders as a whole.
(ii) Who may join
Our Directors may, at their discretion, invite the Eligible Participants to take up the Options at a price calculated in accordance with paragraph (iv) below. An Offer shall remain open for acceptance by the Eligible Participant concerned for a period of 28 days from the Date of Grant provided that no such Offer shall be open for acceptance after the expiry of the Option Period or after the New Share Option Scheme is terminated or after the Eligible Participant has ceased to be an Eligible Participant. An Offer is deemed to be accepted when the Company receives from the Grantee the Offer letter signed by the Grantee specifying the number of Shares in respect of which the Offer is accepted, and a remittance to the Company of HK$1.00 as consideration for the grant of Option. Such remittance is not refundable in any circumstances. The Offer shall specify the terms on which the Option is granted. Such terms may at the discretion of our Board, include, among other things, (aa) the minimum period for which an Option must be held before it can be exercised; and/or (bb) a performance target that must be reached before the Option can be exercised in whole or in part; and (cc) any other terms, all of which may be imposed (or not imposed) either on a caseby-case basis or generally.
Any Offer may be accepted in respect of less than the number of Shares in respect of which it is offered provided that it is accepted in respect of a whole board lot for dealing in Shares on the Stock Exchange or an integral multiple thereof. To the extent that the Offer is not accepted within 28 days from the date on which the letter containing the Offer is delivered to that Eligible Participant in the manner indicated above, it shall be deemed to have been irrevocably declined.
No Offer shall be made to, nor shall any Offer be capable of acceptance by, any Eligible Participant at a time when the Eligible Participant would or might be prohibited from dealing in the Shares by the Listing Rules or by any other applicable rules, regulations or law.
The Directors may or may not set performance targets that must be achieved before the options can be exercised, but no such performance targets are presently prescribed under the New Share Option Scheme.
The rules of the New Share Option Scheme enable the Directors to determine the terms and conditions of any option based in each case on relevant factors as they consider appropriate. The Directors believe that the authority given to them under the New Share Option Scheme to set any minimum holding period and/or performance targets as conditions in any option granted and the requirement for a minimum
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subscription price as well as the selection criteria prescribed by the rules of the New Share Option Scheme will serve to protect the value of the Company and any of its subsidiaries as well as to achieve the purpose of the New Share Option Scheme.
(iii) Grant of Options to core connected persons or any of their associates
Any grant of Options to any Director, chief executive or substantial shareholder (as such term is defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company, or any of their respective associates under the New Share Option Scheme or any other share option schemes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be subject to the prior approval of the independent non-executive Directors (excluding independent non-executive Directors who are the proposed Grantees of the Options in question). Where any grant of Options to a substantial shareholder or an independent non-executive Director, or any of their respective associates, would result in the Shares issued and to be issued upon exercise of all Options already granted and to be granted (including Options exercised, cancelled or outstanding) to such person in the 12 month period up to and including the date of such grant:
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(aa) representing in aggregate over 0.1 per cent of the Shares in issue on the date of such grant; and
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(bb) having an aggregate value, based on the closing price of the Shares as stated in the daily quotations sheets issued by the Stock Exchange on the Date of Grant, in excess of HK$5 million, such further grant of Options shall be subject to prior approval by resolution of the Shareholders (voting by way of poll). The Company shall send a circular to the Shareholders in accordance with the Listing Rules and all core connected persons of our Company shall abstain from voting in favor of the resolution at such general meeting of the Shareholders.
(iv) Subscription Price
The Subscription Price shall be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion but in any event shall not be less than the higher of:
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(aa) the closing price of the Shares as stated in the daily quotations sheets issued by the Stock Exchange on the Date of Grant which must be a Business Day;
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(bb) the average closing price of the Shares as stated in the daily quotations sheets issued by the Stock Exchange for the five Business Days immediately preceding the Date of Grant; and
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(cc) the nominal value of the Shares.
(v) Maximum number of Shares
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(aa) The maximum number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all Options to be granted under the New Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company shall not, in the absence of Shareholders’ approval, in aggregate exceed 10% in nominal amount of the aggregate of Shares in issue (the “Scheme Mandate Limit”). Options
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lapsed in accordance with the terms of the New Share Option Scheme and (as the case may be) such other share option schemes of the Company will not be counted for the purpose of calculating the Scheme Mandate Limit.
The Company may renew the Scheme Mandate Limit at any time subject to prior Shareholders’ approval but in any event, the total number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all Options to be granted under the New Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company under the limit as refreshed must not exceed 10% of the Shares in issue as at the date of the Shareholders’ approval of the renewed limit. Options previously granted under the New Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company (including those outstanding, cancelled, lapsed in accordance with the terms or exercised options) will not be counted for the purpose of calculating the limit as renewed.
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(bb) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may grant Options beyond the Scheme Mandate Limit to Eligible Participants if:
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separate Shareholders’ approval has been obtained for granting Options beyond the Scheme Mandate Limit to Eligible Participants specifically identified by the Company before such Shareholders’ approval is sought; and
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the Company, in connection with the seeking of such separate Shareholders’ approval, has first sent a circular to Shareholders containing such information as may be required by the Listing Rules then prevailing to be included in such circular.
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(cc) Subject to paragraph (dd) below, the maximum number of Shares issued and to be issued upon exercise of the Options granted to each Grantee under the New Share Option Scheme (including both exercised and outstanding Options) in any 12-month period shall not (when aggregated with any Shares subject to options granted during such period under any other share option scheme(s) of the Company other than those options granted pursuant to specific approval by the Shareholders in a general meeting) exceed 1% of the Shares in issue for the time being (the “Individual Limit”).
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(dd) Where any further grant of Options to an Eligible Participant would result in the Shares issued and to be issued upon exercise of all Options granted and to be granted to such person (including exercised, cancelled and outstanding Options) in the 12-month period up to and including the date of such further grant representing in aggregate over 1% of the Shares in issue, such further grant must be separately approved by Shareholders in general meeting with such Eligible Participant and his associates abstaining from voting. The Company must send a circular to the Shareholders disclosing the identity of the Eligible Participant in question, the number and terms of the Options to be granted (and Options previously granted to such Eligible Participant) and such other information required under the Listing Rules.
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- (ee) At any time, the maximum number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all Options which then have been granted and have yet to be exercised under the New Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company shall not, in the absence of Shareholders’ approval, in aggregate exceed 30% of the Shares in issue from time to time.
(vi) Time of exercise of option
An Option may be exercised in accordance with the terms of the New Share Option Scheme at any time during the Option Period. After the expiration of the Option Period, no further Options shall be offered or granted but the provisions of the New Share Option Scheme shall remain in full force and effect in all other respects. Options granted during the life of the New Share Option Scheme shall continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms of grant after the end of the ten-year period.
(vii) Rights are personal to grantees
An Option is personal to the Grantee and shall not be assignable or transferable and no Grantee shall in any way sell, transfer, charge, mortgage, encumber or create any interest in favor of any other person over or in relation to any Option.
(viii) (aa) Rights on termination of employment by dismissal
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If the Grantee ceases to be an Eligible Participant by reason of the termination of his employment or directorship on the grounds of serious misconduct, or appears either to be unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay his debts or has committed any act of bankruptcy or, has become insolvent or has made any arrangements or compromise with his creditors generally, or has been convicted of any criminal offense involving his integrity or honesty or on any other grounds on which an employer would be entitled to terminate his employment summarily, his Option will lapse automatically and not be exercisable (to the extent not already exercised) on or after the date of termination of his employment. To the extent that the Grantee has exercised the Option in whole or in part pursuant to paragraph (xxiii) below, but the Shares have not been allotted to him, the Grantee shall be deemed not to have so exercised such Option and our Company shall return to the Grantee the amount of the Subscription Price for the Shares received by the Company in respect of the purported exercise of such Option.
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If the Grantee who is an employee or a Director or another member of our Group ceases to be an Eligible Participant for any reason other than his death or termination of his employment or directorship on one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph (viii)(aa)(1) above, the Option shall lapse (to the extent not already exercised) on the date of cessation or termination of his employment (which date shall be the Grantee’s last actual working day with the Company or the relevant subsidiary whether salary is paid in lieu of notice or not) and shall on that day cease to be exercisable;
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(bb) Rights on death
If the Grantee ceases to be an Eligible Participant by reason of his death before exercising his Option in full and none of the events which would be a ground for termination of his employment as described in paragraph (viii)(aa)(1) above have arisen, his personal representative(s) may exercise the Option up to the Grantee’s entitlement as at the date of death (to the extent not already exercised) within a period of twelve months following the date of his death provided that where any of the events set out in paragraphs (x), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) occurs prior to his death or within such period of 6 months following his death, then his personal representative(s) may so exercise the Option only within such of the various periods set out in such paragraphs provided further that if within a period of 3 years prior to the Grantee’s death, the Grantee had committed any of the acts specified in paragraph (vii)(aa)(1) which would have entitled the Company to terminate his employment prior to his death, the Board may at any time forthwith terminate the Option (to the extent not already exercised) by written notice to the Grantee’s legal personal representative(s) and/or to the extent the Option has been exercised in whole or in part by his legal personal representative(s), but Shares have not been allotted, he shall be deemed not to have so exercised such Option and the Company shall return to him the amount of the Subscription Price for the Shares received by our Company in respect of the purported exercise of such Option.
(ix) Effect of alterations to share capital
In the event of an alteration in the capital structure of our Company, whilst any Option remains exercisable, by way of capitalization of profits or reserves, bonus issue, rights issue, open offer, subdivision or, consolidation of shares, or reduction of the share capital of our Company in accordance with legal requirements and requirements of the Stock Exchange (other than any alteration in the capital structure of our Company as a result of an issue of Shares as consideration in a transaction to which our Company is a party), such corresponding adjustments (if any) shall be made to:
- (aa) the number or nominal amount of Shares subject to the Option so far as unexercised; or
(bb) the Subscription Price,
or any combination thereof, provided that:
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any such adjustments give a Grantee the same proportion of the equity capital of our Company as that to which that Grantee was previously entitled; and
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notwithstanding paragraph (ix)(1) above, any adjustments as a result of an issue of securities with a price-dilutive element, such as a rights issue, open offer or capitalization issue shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17 of the Listing Rules and the notes thereto and the supplementary guidance on the interpretation of the Listing Rules issued by the Stock Exchange from time to time (including the supplemental guidance attached to the letter from the Stock Exchange dated 5 September 2005 to all issuers relating to share option schemes), but no such adjustments shall be made to the extent that a Share would be issued at
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less than its nominal value. In respect of any such adjustments, an independent financial advisor or auditor must confirm to the Directors in writing that the adjustments are in their opinion fair and reasonable.
(x) Rights on a general offer by way of takeover
In the event of a general offer by way of takeover (other than by way of scheme of arrangement) being made to all the Shareholders (or all such Shareholders other than the offeror and/or any person controlled by the offeror and/or any person acting in association or concert with the offeror) and such offer becomes or is declared unconditional prior to the expiry date of the relevant Option, the Company shall forthwith notify all the Grantees and any Grantee (or his legal personal representative) shall be entitled to exercise the Option in full (to the extent not already exercised) or to the extent as notified by the Company at any time within such period as shall be notified by the Company.
(xi) Rights on a general offer by way of scheme of arrangement
In the event of a general offer by way of scheme of arrangement being made to all the Shareholders and has been approved by the necessary number of Shareholders at the requisite meetings, the Company shall forthwith notify all the Grantees and any Grantee (or his legal personal representative) may at any time thereafter, (but before such time as shall be notified by our Company) exercise the Option either to its full extent or to the extent notified by our Company.
(xii) Rights on winding up
In the event a notice is given by our Company to the Shareholders to convene a Shareholders’ meeting to consider and, if thought fit, approve a resolution to voluntarily wind up the Company, the Company shall forthwith give notice thereof to all Grantees and any Grantee (or his legal personal representative) may at any time thereafter (but before such time as shall be notified by the Company) exercise the Option either to its full extent or to the extent notified by the Company, and the Company shall as soon as possible and in any event no later than three days prior to the date of the proposed Shareholders’ meeting, allot and issue and register in the name of the Grantee such number of Shares to the Grantee which fall to be issued on such exercise.
(xiii) Rights on a compromise or arrangement
In the event a compromise or arrangement (other than a scheme of arrangement) between the Company and its members or creditors is proposed in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company, the Company shall give notice to all the Grantees on the same date as it gives notice of the meeting to its members or creditors to consider such a compromise or arrangement, and any Grantee (or his legal personal representative) may at any time thereafter (but before such time as shall be notified by the Company) exercise the Option either to its full extent or to the extent notified by the Company and the Company shall as soon as possible and in any event no later than three days prior to the date of the proposed Shareholders’ meeting, allot and issue and register in the name of the Grantee such number of Shares which fall to be issued on such exercise.
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(xiv) Rights of Grantee ceasing to be Eligible Participant
In the event of a Grantee who is not an employee or a director of the Company or another member of the Group ceasing to be an Eligible Participant as and when determined by the Board by resolution for any reason other than his death our Board may by written notice to such Grantee within one month from the date of such cessation determine the period within which the Option (or such remaining part thereof) shall be exercisable following the date of such cessation.
(xv) Voting and dividend rights
No voting rights shall be exercisable and no dividends shall be payable in relation to any Options that have not been exercised. Shares to be allotted upon the exercise of the Options shall not carry voting rights until completion of the registration of the Grantee (or any other person) as the holder thereof.
(xvi) Ranking of Shares
The Shares to be allotted upon the exercise of an Option shall be subject to all the provisions of the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the Company for the time being in force and shall rank pari passu in all respects with the existing fully paid Shares in issue on the date on which these Shares are allotted on exercise of the Option and accordingly shall entitle the holders to participate in all dividend or other distributions paid or made after the date on which the Shares are allotted other than any dividends or distributions previously declared or recommended or resolved to be paid or made if the record date thereof shall be on or before the date on which the Shares are allotted.
(xvii) Period of the New Share Option Scheme
The New Share Option Scheme was adopted for a period of ten years commencing from the Adoption Date. Our Company may, by ordinary resolution in a general meeting or, our Board, on such date as our Board determines, terminate the New Share Option Scheme at any time without prejudice to the exercise of Options granted prior to such termination.
(xviii) Alterations to the New Share Option Scheme
Those specific provisions of the New Share Option Scheme which relate to the matters set out in Rule 17.03 of the Listing Rules cannot be altered to the advantage of Eligible Participants, and changes to the authority of the Board in relation to any alteration of the terms of the New Share Option Scheme shall not be made, in either case, without the prior approval of Shareholders in general meeting. Any alterations to the terms and conditions of the New Share Option Scheme which are of a material nature, or any change to the terms of Options granted, must be approved by the Shareholders in general meeting, except where the alterations take effect automatically under the existing terms of the New Share Option Scheme. The New Share Option Scheme so altered must comply with Chapter 17 of the Listing Rules and the notes thereto and the supplementary guidance on the interpretation of the Listing Rules issued by the Stock Exchange from time to time (including the supplemental guidance attached to the letter from the Stock Exchange dated 5 September 2005 to all issuers relating to share option schemes).
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(xix) Conditions of the New Share Option Scheme
The New Share Option Scheme shall take effect subject to:
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(aa) the passing of the resolution by the Shareholders to approve and adopt the New Share Option Scheme and to authorize the Board to grant Options thereunder and to allot and issue Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Options;
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(bb) the Listing Committee (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Stock Exchange granting the approval of the listing of and permission to deal in the Shares which fall to be issued pursuant to the exercise of Options; and
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(cc) the commencement of trading of the Shares on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange.
(xx) Lapse of Option
An Option shall lapse automatically and shall not be exercisable, to the extent not already exercised, on the earliest of:
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(aa) the expiry of the Option Period;
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(bb) the expiry of the periods referred to in paragraphs (viii)(aa), (viii)(bb), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii) and (xiv) above respectively;
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(cc) the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (x) above, subject to any court of competent jurisdiction not making an order to prohibit the offeror from acquiring the remaining Shares in the Offer, the relevant period within which Options may be exercised shall not begin to run until the discharge of the order in question or unless the Offer lapses or is withdrawn before that date;
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(dd) subject to the scheme of arrangement becoming effective, the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (xi) above;
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(ee) the date of commencement of the winding-up of our Company;
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(ff) the date on which the Grantee ceases to be an Eligible Participant as referred to in paragraph (viii)(aa)(1) above;
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(gg) the date on which the Grantee commits a breach by selling, transferring, charging, mortgaging, encumbering or creating any interest in favor of any third party over or in relation to any Option; and
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(hh) subject to paragraph (viii)(aa)(2), the date the Grantee ceases to be an Eligible Participant for any other reason.
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(xxi) Termination of the New Share Option Scheme
The Company by ordinary resolution in general meeting or the Board may at anytime terminate the New Share Option Scheme and in such event no further Options may be granted but in all other respects the New Share Option Scheme shall remain in full force and effect in respect of Options which are granted during the life of the New Share Option Scheme and which remain unexpired immediately prior to termination of the operation of the New Share Option Scheme.
(xxii) Restriction on Grant of Option
In addition, a grant of Options may not be made after a price sensitive event has occurred or a price sensitive matter has been the subject of a decision until such price sensitive information has been published in the newspapers or in such other manner as prescribed by the Listing Rules. In particular, during the period commencing one month immediately preceding the earlier of:
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(aa) the date of the Board meeting of our Company (as such date is first notified to the Stock Exchange in accordance with the Listing Rules) for the approval of the Company’s results for any year, half-year, quarterly or, any other interim period (whether or not required under the Listing Rules); and
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(bb) the deadline for the Company to publish an announcement of its results for any year or halfyear under the Listing Rules, or quarterly or any other interim period (whether or not required under the Listing Rules);
and ending on the date of the results announcement, no Option may be granted.
(xxiii) Cancellation
Any Options granted but not exercised may be cancelled if the Eligible Participant so agrees and new Options may be granted to the Grantee provided that such new Options fall within the limits prescribed by paragraph (v), excluding the cancelled Options, and are otherwise granted in accordance with the terms of the New Share Option Scheme.
(xxiv) Exercise of Options
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(aa) An Option may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (v), be exercised in whole or in part (but if in part only, in respect of a board lot in which the Shares are traded on the Stock Exchange from time to time or an integral multiple thereof) in the manner set out in paragraphs (vi), (viii), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii) and (xiv) by the Grantee (or, as the case may be, his legal personal representative(s)) by giving notice in writing to our Company stating that the Option is thereby exercised and the number of Shares in respect of which it is exercised. Each such notice must be accompanied by a remittance for the full amount of the Subscription Price multiplied by the number of Shares in respect of which the notice is given. Within 10 Business Days after receipt of the notice and the remittance of the full amount of the relevant aggregate Subscription Price and, where appropriate, receipt of the Auditors’certificate or the certificate
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from the independent financial advisor to the Company pursuant to paragraph (v), the Company shall accordingly allot and issue the relevant number of Shares to the Grantee (or, as the case may be, his legal personal representative(s)) credited as fully paid and issue to the Grantee (or, as the case may be, his legal personal representative(s)) share certificates in respect of the Shares so allotted.
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(bb) The exercise of any Option shall be subject to the members of the Company in general meeting approving any necessary increase in the authorized share capital of the Company. Subject thereto our Board shall make available sufficient authorized but unissued share capital of the Company to meet subsisting requirements on the exercise of Options.
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(cc) The Options do not carry any right to vote in general meeting of the Company, or any right, dividend, transfer or any other rights, including those arising on the liquidation of the Company.
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(dd) No Grantee shall enjoy any of the rights of a shareholder by virtue of the grant of an Option pursuant to the New Share Option Scheme, unless and until Shares are actually issued to the Grantee pursuant to exercise of such Option.
Values of all options that can be granted under the New Share Option Scheme
The Board considers that it is not appropriate or helpful to the Shareholders to state the value of all options that can be granted pursuant to the New Share Option Scheme as if they had been granted at the Latest Practicable Date. The Board believes that any statement regarding the value of the options as at the Latest Practicable Date will not be meaningful to the Shareholders, since the options to be granted shall not be assignable, and no holder of the option shall in any way sell, transfer, charge, mortgage or create any interest (legal or beneficial) in favour of any third party over or in relation to any option. In addition, the calculation of the value of the options is based on a number of variables such as the exercise price, the exercise period, interest rate, expected volatility and other relevant variables. The Board believes that any calculation of the value of the options as at the Latest Practicable Date based on a great number of speculative assumptions would not be meaningful and would be misleading to the Shareholders.
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ASIA TELE-NET AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LIMITED
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 679)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 2/F, 11 Dai Hei Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong on Friday, 12 June 2015 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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To receive and consider the Audited Financial Statements together with the Reports of Directors and Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2014.
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To re-elect Mr. Ng Chi Kin David as independent non-executive director of the Company.
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To authorize the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of Directors of the Company.
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To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Auditors and to authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration.
AS SPECIAL BUSINESS
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolutions of the Company:
“ THAT :
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(A) subject to paragraph (C) of this Resolution and pursuant to the Listing Rules, the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) 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, arrangements and options 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) of this Resolution above shall authorize the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make and grant offers, agreements and option which might require the exercise of such power after the expiry of the Relevant Period;
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(C) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (A) of this Resolution above, otherwise than pursuant to a Rights Issue (as
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hereinafter defined) or any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or right to acquire in the Company shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate of the total nominal value of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
- (D) for the purpose of this Resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the 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 the Companies Act or any applicable law 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.
“Right Issue” means an offer of shares in the capital of the Company or an offer or issue of options or, warrants or other securities granting the right to subscribe for shares, open for a period fixed by the Directors of the Company to holders of shares on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of shares, subject to all cases to such exclusions 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 law of, or the requirements of any recognize regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong.”
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution of the Company.
“ THAT :
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(A) subject to paragraph (B) of this Resolution and all applicable laws and/or the requirement of the Listing Rules or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to repurchase the shares of the Stock Exchange or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(B) the aggregate nominal amount of shares in the Company pursuant to the approval granted in paragraph (A) of this Resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate of nominal value of the shares capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this Resolution and the said approval be limited accordingly; and
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(C) for the purpose of this Resolution;
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:
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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 the Companies Act or any applicable law to be held; or
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution of the Company.
“ THAT conditional upon Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6 above being passed, the aggregate nominal value of the number of shares in the capital of the Company which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Directors as mentioned in Resolution No. 6 above shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of share capital that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors of the Company pursuant to Resolution No. 5 above.”
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(A) the new share option scheme of the Company (the “New Share Option Scheme”), the rules of which are contained in the document marked “A” produced to this Meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the Chairman, be approved and adopted; and subject to and conditional upon the passing of an ordinary resolution approving the adoption of the New Share Option Scheme by the Shareholders and the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting approval of the listing of, and permission to deal in, the shares of the Company (“Shares”) falling to be issued pursuant to the exercise of any options granted thereunder, the Directors be authorised to do all such acts and to enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements as may be necessary or expedient in order to give full effect to the New Share Option Scheme including but without limitation:
- i. to administer and grant options under the New Share Option Scheme;
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ii. to modify and/or amend the New Share Option Scheme from time to time provided that such modification and/or amendment is effected in accordance with the provisions of the New Share Option Scheme relating to modification and/or amendment;
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iii. to allot and issue from time to time such number of Shares as may fall to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the options under the New Share Option Scheme, provided always that the total number of Shares subject to the New Share Option Scheme, when aggregated with any Shares subject to any grants after the date of passing this Resolution pursuant to any other share option schemes, shall not exceed 10% of the relevant class of the shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this Resolution, but the Company may seek approval of its shareholders in general meeting for refreshing the 10% limit under the New Share Option Scheme and the maximum number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all outstanding options granted and yet to be exercised under the New Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company in issue shall not exceed 30% of the relevant class of the shares of the Company in issue from time to time;
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iv. to make application at the appropriate time or times to the Stock Exchange, and other stock exchanges upon which the issued Shares of the Company may for the time being be listed, for listing of, and permission to deal in, any Shares which may hereafter from time to time fall to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the options under the New Share Option Scheme; and
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v. to consent, if he/she so deems fit and expedient, to such conditions, modifications and/or variations as may be required or imposed by the relevant authorities in relation to the New Share Option Scheme; and
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(B) subject to and conditional upon the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the relevant approval and permission referred to above, the existing share option scheme of the Company which became effective on 13 June 2005 be terminated with effect from the date on which the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange grants such approval and permission.”
By Order of the Board
Lam Kwok Hing
Chairman and Managing Director
Hong Kong, 27 April 2015
Head office and principal place of business:
11 Dai Hei Street Tai Po Industrial Estate Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notes:
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Any member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. 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 at the AGM. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. In addition, a proxy or proxies representing either a member who is an individual or a member which is a corporation shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the member which he or they represent as such member could exercise.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such joint holder may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding. Several executors or administrators of a deceased member in whose name any share stands shall be deemed joint holders thereof.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointer or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointer is a corporation, either under it seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same. In the case of an instrument of proxy purporting to be signed on behalf of a corporation by an officer thereof, it shall be assumed, unless the contrary appears, that such officer was duly authorised to sign such instrument of proxy on behalf of the corporation without further evidence of the facts.
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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 certified copy of such power of attorney or authority must be deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Secretaries Limited, Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the AGM, and in default the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid.
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The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude members from attending and voting in person at the AGM and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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A form of proxy for use at the AGM is enclosed.
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