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DT Capital Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2011
Jul 15, 2011
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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 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting of Interchina Holdings Company Limited ("Company") will be held at 35/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 12 August 2011 at (or an adjournment thereof) for the following purposes:
- To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the report of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 March 2011;
- To re-elect directors who offer themselves for re-election and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration;
- To re-appoint HLB Hodgson Impey Cheng as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration;
- To consider and, if thought fit, passing with or without modification, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
(1) “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company (the “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 (the “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 arrangement 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% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;
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(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).
(2) “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase the Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or on any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited under the Hong Kong Code on Share Repurchases, and subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate nominal amount of Shares which may be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;
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(c) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Resolution which had been granted to the Directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; 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:
(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.”
(3) “THAT conditional upon the passing of the Resolutions 4(1) and 4(2) as set out in the notice of this meeting, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with shares of the Company pursuant to Resolution 4(1) above be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company which may be allotted by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to Resolution 4(2) above, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of passing of this Resolution.”
(4) “THAT:
(a) the rules of the new share option scheme of the Company (the “New Share Option Scheme”) (a copy of which has been produced to the meeting marked “A” and signed by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification) be and are hereby approved and adopted as the new share option scheme of the Company subject to the conditions set out therein, and that the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do 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, notwithstanding that they or any of them may be interested in the same including without limitation to:
(i) implement the New Share Option Scheme and to grant options to person eligible under the New Share Option Scheme to subscribe for Shares;
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(ii) modify and/or amend the New Share Option Scheme from time to time provided that such modification and/or amendment is/are effected in accordance with the terms and provisions of the New Share Option Scheme in relation to modifications and/or amendments and the requirement of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;
(iii) allot and issue and deal with from time to time such number of Shares as may be required to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the options granted under the New Share Option Scheme provided that the total number of Shares which may be issued upon exercise of all options to be granted under the New Share Option Scheme and other share option scheme(s) (excluding the Existing Share Option Scheme, as defined below) shall not exceed 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution (the "Scheme Mandate Limit"), with the acknowledgment that the Company may seek an approval from the shareholders in general meeting to refresh the Scheme Mandate Limit from time to time but provided always that 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 other share option scheme(s) of the Company shall not in aggregate exceed 30% of the issued share capital of the Company from time to time; and
(iv) make application at the appropriate time or times to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and any other stock exchanges, if appropriate, for the listing of, and permission to deal in, any Shares or any part thereof that may hereafter from time to time be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the New Share Option Scheme; and
(b) the existing share option scheme adopted by the Company on 2 September 2002 (the "Existing Share Option Scheme") be terminated upon the New Share Option Scheme becoming unconditional such that thereafter no further options shall be offered under the Existing Share Option Scheme but in all other respects the provisions of the Existing Share Option Scheme shall remain in full force and effect and options granted thereunder prior to such termination shall continue to be valid and exercisable in accordance with their terms of issue."
By order of the Board of
Interchina Holdings Company Limited
Lam Cheung Shing, Richard
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, 18 July 2011
Registered office:
Room 701, 7/F
Aon China Building
29 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Notes:
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A shareholder of the Company (“Shareholder”) entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting (“AGM”) may appoint one or more than one proxy to attend and to vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company (“Share”), any one such persons may vote at the AGM, 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 AGM 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.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy 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 office of the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM.
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As at the date of this notice, the board of directors of the Company consists of Mr. Zhang Yang, Mr. Lam Cheung Shing, Richard, Mr. Zhu Yongjun and Mr. Zhang Chen (all being executive directors), and Ms. Ha Ping, Mr. Ho Yiu Yue, Louis, Mr. Ko Ming Tung, Edward and Mr. Fu Tao (all being independent non-executive directors).
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