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First Tractor Company Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2007
Nov 4, 2007
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED
銀 河 娛 樂 集 團 有 限 公 司
(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 27)
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting of Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at Conrad Hong Kong, Chatham Room, Level 7, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 21 November, 2007 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions, which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions with or without amendment:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. ‘‘THAT:
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(a) the authorised share capital of the Company be increased from HK$688,800,000 to HK$900,000,000 by the creation of an additional 2,112,000,000 shares of HK$0.10 each, which new shares shall rank pari passu in all respects with the existing shares in the capital of the Company;
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(b) each of:
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(i) the Subscription Agreement (the ‘‘Subscription Agreement’’) dated 8 October, 2007 between the Company, ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l, ENB LUX 2 S.à.r.l and Permira IV L.P.1 for the subscription by, ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l and ENB LUX 2 S.à.r.l of in aggregate 323,384,000 new shares in the Company;
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(ii) the Investors’ Rights Agreement (the ‘‘Investors’ Rights Agreement’’) dated 8 October, 2007 between the Company, ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l, Permira IV L.P.1, City Lion Profits Corp., Super Focus Company Limited, Mark Liaison Limited, Premium Capital Profits Limited, Dr. Che-woo Lui, Recurrent Profits Limited, Mr. Francis Lui Yiu Tung and Ms. Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu concerning ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l’s right to appoint directors to the board of the Company, amongst other things;
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- (iii) the FRN Conversion and Repayment Agreement (the ‘‘FRN Agreement’’) dated 8 October, 2007 between the Company, City Lion Profits Corp. and Recurrent Profits Limited in relation to the conversion and repayment of the ‘‘Class B’’ Variable Rate Unsecured Loan Notes in aggregate principal amount of HK$2,371,805,067 issued by the Company on 22 July, 2005 (as subsequently amended on 14 January, 2006) and payable on 30 September, 2008;
(copies of which have been produced to this meeting marked ‘‘A1’’, ‘‘A2’’ and ‘‘A3’’ respectively and initialed by the chairman of the meeting for identification) be and is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed and that the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to implement all the transactions referred to in those agreements and to do all such acts and things and execute all such documents as might in the opinion of the Directors be desirable or necessary to give effect to those agreements and the arrangements contemplated thereunder including but not limited to the issue of the Subscription Shares referred to in the Subscription Agreement and the Conversion Shares referred to in the FRN Agreement; and
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(c) without prejudice to the generality of para (b) of this resolution the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to issue any shares that may fall to be issued under the AntiDilution Rights granted in the Subscription Agreement up to a maximum number of 510,358,272 shares under authority of the general mandate to issue shares granted to the Directors at the annual general meeting of the Company held on 26 June, 2007.’’
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‘‘THAT Martin Clarke be and is hereby appointed a Director of the Company with effect from Completion as defined in the Subscription Agreement dated 8 October, 2007 between the Company, ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l, ENB LUX 2 S.à.r.l and Permira IV L.P.1 for the subscription by ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l and ENB LUX 2 S.à.r.l of new shares in the Company.’’
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‘‘THAT Guido Paolo Gamucci be and is hereby appointed a Director of the Company with effect from Completion as defined in the Subscription Agreement dated 8 October, 2007 between the Company, ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l, ENB LUX 2 S.à.r.l and Permira IV L.P.1 for the subscription by ENB LUX 1 S.à.r.l and ENB LUX 2 S.à.r.l of new shares in the Company.’’
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‘‘THAT:
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period 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, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers either during or after the Relevant Period be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:
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(i) a Rights Issue;
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(ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into shares of the Company;
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(iii) the exercise of any option under the Company’s share option schemes or similar arrangement for the time being adopted by the Company in accordance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the grant or issue of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or
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(iv) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company,
shall not exceed the aggregate of: (aa) 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company on the date of the passing of this resolution; and (bb) the nominal amount of share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this Resolution (up to a maximum of 330,179,136 shares, being 10% of the share capital of the Company in issue on 26 June, 2007 pursuant to the authority granted by the Shareholders on that day), and this approval shall be limited accordingly, and
- (c) for the purposes of this resolution:
‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such 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); and
‘‘Relevant Period’’ means the period from the time of passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Companies Ordinance to be held; or
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(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.’’
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‘‘THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolution numbered 4 in the notice convening this meeting, the general mandate granted to the Directors of the Company to exercise the powers of the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) of the resolution numbered 4 be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted by the shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 26 June, 2007, provided that such amount shall not exceed 330,179,136 shares, being 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of such annual general meeting.’’
By Order of the Board Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited Kitty Chan Lai Kit Company Secretary
Dated 5 November, 2007
Registered Office:
Room 1606, 16th Floor Hutchison House 10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
Notes:
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A blue form of proxy to be used for the meeting is enclosed with the circular posted to the members. Completion and return of the blue form of proxy will not preclude a member of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and, in such event, the authority of the proxy will be deemed to be revoked.
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Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and (on a poll) vote on his behalf. On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion.
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The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised.
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To be valid, 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 that power or authority shall be deposited at the registered office of the Company at Room 1606, 16th Floor, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong (marked for the attention of the Company Secretary) not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such persons may vote at the meeting, 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 any meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof. Several executors or administrators of a deceased member in whose name any share stands shall for this purpose be deemed joint holders thereof.
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All the resolutions will be voted on by way of poll.
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At the date of this Notice, the executive directors of the Company are Dr. Che-woo Lui (Chairman), Mr. Francis Lui Yiu Tung, Mr. Chan Kai Nang, Mr. Joseph Chee Ying Keung and Ms. Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu; the non-executive directors are Mr. Moses Cheng Mo Chi and Mr. Anthony Thomas Christopher Carter; and the independent nonexecutive directors are Dr. Charles Cheung Wai Bun, Mr. James Ross Ancell and Dr. William Yip Shue Lam.
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