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Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024
Aug 2, 2024
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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新世界發展有限公司
New World Development Company Limited
(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 0017)
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the "Meeting") of New World Development Company Limited (新世界發展有限公司) (the "Company") will be held as a hybrid meeting at the principal meeting place of Meeting Room S423 (Harbour Road Entrance), Level 4, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Thursday, 22 August 2024 at 11:30 a.m. for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing, with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
"THAT:
(a) the sale of three (3) ordinary shares in the issued share capital of Sky Treasure Development Limited (the "Target Company") owned by Total Partner Holdings Limited (the "Vendor"), and the assignment of the entire amount of the shareholder's loan owing from the Target Company to the Vendor as at the date of completion of the Sale and Purchase Agreement (as defined below), in each case by the Vendor to Shine Through Holdings Limited (the "Purchaser") pursuant to the conditional sale and purchase agreement dated 26 June 2024 entered into between the Vendor, the Purchaser and the Company as the Vendor's guarantor (the "Sale and Purchase Agreement", a copy of which has been produced at the Meeting and marked "A" and initialed by the chairman of the Meeting for identification purpose) (the "Disposal") and the entering into of the Sale and Purchase Agreement by the Vendor and the Company and all transactions contemplated thereunder be and are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified; and
(b) any one director of the Company, or any two directors of the Company or any one director and the company secretary of the Company if the affixation of the common seal is necessary, be and is/are hereby authorised for and on behalf of the Company to execute all such documents and agreements and do all such acts and things as he/she or they may in his/her or their absolute discretion consider to be necessary, desirable, appropriate or expedient to implement and/or give effect to the Sale and Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated under and all matters incidental to, ancillary or incidental thereto.”
By order of the Board Wong Man-Hoi Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 2 August 2024
Notes:
- Hybrid Meeting
The Company will conduct a hybrid Meeting with the combination of in-room meeting and virtual meeting using the Tricor e-Meeting System which allows shareholders to participate in the Meeting online in a convenient and efficient way from anywhere with an internet connection. Shareholders will be able to view the live video broadcast of the Meeting and participate in voting and submit questions online via their mobile phones, tablets, or computers. The live broadcast option can also broaden the reach of the Meeting to shareholders who do not wish to attend physically or for other overseas shareholders who are unable to attend in person physically.
How to attend and vote?
Shareholders who wish to attend the Meeting and exercise their voting rights can be achieved in one of the following ways:
(1) attend the Meeting in person physically and vote at the Meeting venue; OR (2) attend the Meeting via an online platform, namely, the Tricor e-Meeting System, which enables live streaming and interactive platform for Q&A and submission of their votes online; OR (3) appoint the chairman of the Meeting or other persons as their proxies to vote on their behalf (whether physically or via Tricor e-Meeting System).
Your proxy's authority and instruction will be revoked if you attend and vote in person physically at the Meeting or via the Tricor e-Meeting System.
For corporate shareholders who wish to (1) appoint proxy electronically to attend and vote at the Meeting on their behalf or (2) appoint a corporate representative to attend the Meeting and to vote online, please contact the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, hotline at (852) 2975 0928 by 5:00 p.m., Monday, 19 August 2024 for the necessary arrangements (including the activation of the password provided on the notification letter sent to the shareholders by the Company on 2 August 2024 (the "Notification Letter")).
For the beneficial owners whose shares of the Company are held through banks, brokers, custodians or HKSCC Nominees Limited who would like to attend the Meeting in person physically or online, they should consult directly with their banks, brokers, custodians or HKSCC Nominees Limited (as the case may be) for necessary arrangements. You will be asked to provide your email address which will be used by the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, for providing the login details for attending the Meeting online via the Tricor e-Meeting System.
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Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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To be valid, the proxy form together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof, must be lodged with the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong not later than 48 hours (excluding a public holiday) before the time appointed for the Meeting (i.e. not later than Tuesday, 20 August 2024 at 11:30 a.m.) or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be).
In the case of appointment of proxies submitted in electronic form, the proxy forms must be electronically submitted via Tricor e-Meeting System not less than 48 hours (excluding a public holiday) before the time appointed for the holding of the Meeting (i.e. not later than Tuesday, 20 August 2024 at 11:30 a.m.) or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be) by scanning the QR code provided on the Notification Letter or visiting the designated URL (https://spot-emeeting.tricor.hk/#/222). Please use the username and password provided on the Notification Letter.
If your proxy (except when the chairman of the Meeting is appointed as proxy) wishes to attend the Meeting and vote online, you must provide a valid email address of your proxy to the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited. If no email address is provided, your proxy cannot attend the Meeting and vote online. The email address so provided will be used by the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, for providing the login details for attending and voting at the Meeting via Tricor e-Meeting System. If your proxy has not received the login details by email by 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 21 August 2024, you should contact the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, hotline at (852) 2975 0928 for the necessary arrangements.
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In the case of joint holders of a share, any one of such joint holders may vote at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she/it was solely entitled thereto. If more than one of such joint holders are present at the Meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 19 August 2024 to Thursday, 22 August 2024, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to determine the entitlement to attend and vote at the Meeting, all share transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 16 August 2024.
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Voting on the above resolution will be taken by poll.
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The translation into Chinese language of this notice is for reference only. In case of any inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.
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As at the date of this notice, the board of directors of the Company comprises (a) seven executive directors, namely, Dr. Cheng Kar-Shun, Henry, Dr. Cheng Chi-Kong, Adrian, Mr. Ma Siu-Cheung, Ms. Cheng Chi-Man, Sonia, Mr. Sitt Nam-Hoi, Ms. Huang Shaomei, Echo and Ms. Chiu Wai-Han, Jenny; (b) four non-executive directors, namely, Mr. Doo Wai-Hoi William, Mr. Cheng Kar-Shing, Peter, Mr. Cheng Chi-Heng and Mr. Cheng Chi-Ming, Brian; and (c) six independent non-executive directors, namely, Mr. Lee Luen-Wai, John, Mr. Ip Yuk-Keung, Albert, Mr. Chan Johnson Ow, Mrs. Law Fan Chiu-Fun, Fanny, Ms. Lo Wing-Sze, Anthea and Ms. Wong Yeung-Fong, Fonia.
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