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DT Capital Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2008

Apr 23, 2008

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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INTERCHINA HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED

國中控股有限公司

(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 202)

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) of Interchina Holdings Company Limited (the “Company”) will be held at The Laurel, level 3, Renaissance Kowloon Hotel, 22 Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong on 17 May 2008 at 9:45 a.m. to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modifications, the following resolutions which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions as indicated below:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1. “THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company (“Directors”) during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company (“Shares”) or securities convertible into Shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any Shares, and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall be in addition to any other authorisations given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c) the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:

(i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined);

(ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under terms of any warrants issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares;


(iii) the exercise of any option scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of Shares or right to acquire Shares;

(iv) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company;

shall not exceed 20 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of passing of this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(d) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Resolution which had been granted to the Directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; and

(e) for the purpose of this Resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting;

“Rights Issue” means the allotment, issue or grant of Shares pursuant to an offer of Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares or class thereof (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong).

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  1. “THAT subject to and conditional upon the granting by the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited of, the listing of and permission to deal in, the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the refreshed scheme mandate limit (the “Refreshed Scheme Mandate Limit”) under the share option scheme adopted by an ordinary resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company on 3 September 2002 in the manner as set out in paragraph (a) of this Resolution below,

(a) the refreshment of the Refreshed Scheme Mandate Limit of up to 10% of the Shares in issue as at the date of passing of this Resolution be and is hereby approved; and

(b) the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents, including under seal where applicable, as they consider necessary or expedient to give effect to the foregoing arrangement.”

Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of the Board

Interchina Holdings Company Limited

Lam Cheung Shing, Richard

Director and Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 24 April 2008

Registered office:

Room 701, 7th Floor

Aon China Building

29 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

Notes:

  1. A shareholder of the Company (“Shareholder”) entitled to attend and vote at the EGM may appoint one or more proxies to attend and to vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.

  2. Where there are joint registered holders of any Share, any one such person may vote at the EGM, either personally 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 personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of such Shares shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

  3. In order to be valid, the form of proxy when duly completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof must be delivered to the share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the EGM or any adjournment thereof.

  4. As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. Zhang Yang, Mr. Chan Wing Yuen, Hubert and Mr. Lam Cheung Shing, Richard and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Wong Hon Sum, Ms. Ha Ping and Dr. Tang Tin Sek.

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