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DIT Group Limited — Board/Management Information 2008
Apr 9, 2008
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Board/Management Information
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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 726)
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. David R. Peterson has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 8 April 2008.
The board of directors (the “Board”) of South East Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Mr. David R. Peterson (“Mr. Peterson”) has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 8 April 2008. Accordingly, the Company has fulfilled the requirement of Rule 3.10(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”).
Mr. Peterson, aged 64, is currently a senior partner and chairman of the Toronto law firm of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, where he practices corporate/commercial law. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1969 and appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1980 and was summoned by Her Majesty to the Privy Council in 1992. Mr. Peterson is also director of a number of public and private companies including Rogers Communications Inc., Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc., Industrielle-Alliance Life Assurance Company, Franco-Nevada Corporation, Shoppers Drug Mart and Emerson Radio Corporation. Mr. Peterson is or was director or active with a number of charitable, educational and environmental organizations. He is now the chancellor of the University of Toronto and a director of St. Michael’s Hospital, and was an adjunct professor at York University, a fellow of McLaughlin College and Executive-in-Residence at Rotman School of Management. Other than possessing extensive business and professional experience, Mr. Peterson is also devoted to constituency and constitutional development. He was elected as a member of the Ontario Legislature in 1975, and became the leader of the Ontario Liberal party in 1982. He served as Premier of the Province between 1985 and 1990, overseeing a very active period of reform and playing a major role in the country’s constitutional discussions. He was chairman of the Commonwealth Team observing the 1992 elections in Guyana and was chief federal negotiator for the devolution of the Northwest Territories. Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Toronto and studied at the University of Caen, France. He received honorary doctorates from the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Ottawa, the University of Tel Aviv and the American University of the Caribbean. In 1994 the government of France appointed him a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France. In 1995 the International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians presented him with the Ordre de la Pléiade.
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Mr. Peterson is not appointed for a specific term except that he is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the provisions of the bye-laws of the Company. He is entitled to a director’s fee of HK$10,000 per month, which is determined by the Board with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Company and the market rate and the Company’s remuneration policy for non-executive directors.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Peterson does not hold any position with the Company and other members of the Company’s group; nor does he have any relationship with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company.
As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Peterson does not have any interests or short position in shares, underlying shares or debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. There is no information relating to Mr. Peterson that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules. Further, there are no other matters which need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company in connection with his appointment.
The Board would like to welcome Mr. Peterson to join the Board.
By order of the Board South East Group Limited Chan Sau Chee Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 9 April 2008
The directors of the Company as at the date of this announcement are Mr. Wu Siu Chung (Chairman) and Mr. Chen Xiaoping as executive directors; Mr. Chen Yuan Shou, Budiman and Mr. Eduard Will as non-executive directors; and Mr. Lo Yuk Lam,Mr. Wong Kam Wah and Mr. David R. Peterson as independent non-executive directors.
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