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Dufu Liquor Group Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2002

Jul 29, 2002

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Nam Hing Holdings Limited

(南興集團有限公司)*

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

NOTICE OF Annual GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of Nam Hing Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Ching Room, 4/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Friday, 23 August 2002 at 3:00 p.m. for the following purposes:-

  1. To receive and consider the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and of the Auditors for the year ended 31 March 2002;

  2. To elect Directors, to fix the maximum number of Directors, to authorise the Board of Directors to appoint additional Directors up to the maximum number determined and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix Directors' remuneration;

  3. To appoint Auditors and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix Auditors' remuneration;

  4. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT

(a) subject to and conditional upon (i) the Bermuda Monetary Authority granting its permission for the issue of options under the share option scheme of the Company (the "New Share Option Scheme"), a copy of which marked "A" is produced to the meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the Chairman thereof, and the new shares of the Company (the "Shares") to be issued upon the exercise of the subscription rights attaching to such options (if required); and (ii) the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") granting the listing of and permission to deal in the new Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of any options granted under the New Share Option Scheme (such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of approval of the New Share Option Scheme), the New Share Option Scheme be and is hereby approved and adopted and the Directors of the Company be and are hereby 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 the New Share Option Scheme under which options will be granted to participants eligible under the New Share Option Scheme to subscribe for Shares;

(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;

(iii) to issue and allot from time to time such number of Shares in the capital of the Company as may be required 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 other share option schemes, shall not exceed 10% of the relevant class of the issued share capital of the Company 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 under the New Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company shall not exceed 30% of the relevant class of the issued share capital of the Company from time to time;

(iv) to make applications at the appropriate time or times to the Stock Exchange and any 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 be issued and allotted pursuant to the exercise of the options under the New Share Option Scheme; and

(v) to consent, if it 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

(b) the existing share option scheme for the employees and Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries which was adopted by the Company at its special general meeting held on 12 January 1994 be terminated on the New Share Option Scheme coming into effect upon the fulfillment of the conditions set out in paragraph (a) above.";

  1. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT

(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its shares, subject to and in accordance with the applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the total nominal amount of shares of the Company to be purchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the total nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(c) for the purpose of this resolution, "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

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

(ii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company's shareholders in general meetings; and

(iii) 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 any applicable laws to be held.";

  1. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT

(a) the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to issue, allot and deal with additional shares of the Company (the "Shares") and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers during or after the end of the Relevant Period (as defined below), be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved, provided that, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a rights issue where Shares are offered to the Company's shareholders on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (subject 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 laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong) or (ii) 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 and/or any eligible grantee pursuant to the scheme of Shares or rights to acquire Shares, or (iii) any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company, the total nominal amount of additional Shares to be issued, allotted, dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be issued, allotted or dealt with shall not in total exceed 20% of the total nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(b) for the purpose of this resolution, "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

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

(ii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company's shareholders in general meetings; and

(iii) 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 any applicable laws to be held."; and

  1. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT subject to the passing of Ordinary Resolutions nos. 5 and 6 set out in the notice convening this meeting, the general mandate granted to the Directors of the Company pursuant to the Ordinary Resolution no. 6 set out in the notice of this meeting and for the time being in force to exercise the powers of the Company to allot shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of the total nominal amount of the shares in the capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to Ordinary Resolution no. 5 set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing of this resolution.".

By Order of the Board

LAU Kwai

Chairman

Hong Kong, 25 July 2002

Notes:

(a) The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 19 August 2002 to Friday, 23 August 2002 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares of the Company will be registered. In order to qualify for attending the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company, all transfers of shares of the Company accompanied by the relevant share certificates and the appropriate transfer forms must be lodged with the Company's Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Tengis Limited, at 4/F, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, 16 August 2002.

(b) A shareholder of the Company, who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company, entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint more than one proxy to attend and vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.

(c) The instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be lodged with the Company's Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Tengis Limited, at 4/F, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the Meeting or any adjourned Meeting.

* For identification purpose only

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in The Standard dated 30 July 2002.