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Joy Spreader Group Inc. — AGM Information 2006
Sep 28, 2006
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AGM Information
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(incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 8279)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of MegaInfo Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Boardroom 3-4, M/F., Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Monday, 23 October 2006 at 10 a.m. for the following purposes:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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As ordinary business, to receive and consider the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors (the “Directors”) and auditors of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2006;
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as ordinary business, to consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
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(i) to re-elect Mr. Sun Ho as executive Director and the chairman of the board (the “Board”) of Directors;
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(ii) to re-elect Mr. Kot Wai Ming as executive Director;
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(iii) to re-elect Mr. Wang Ronghua as independent non-executive Director;
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(iv) to re-elect Mr. Hua Fengmao as independent non-executive Director;
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(v) to re-elect Mr. Kwok Wing Leung Andy as independent non-executive Director;
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(vi) to authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of all Directors who are re-elected at the AGM;
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as ordinary business, to re-appoint auditors for the ensuing year and authorise the Board to fix their remuneration;
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as special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
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(i) “ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c), the exercise by the Board 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 power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) shall authorise the Board 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;
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(c) 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 Board pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a), otherwise than pursuant to a Rights Issue or the exercise of the subscription rights under the share option scheme of the Company adopted on 18 November 2004, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purpose of this resolution:
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“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier 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 bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law to be held; or
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(III) the revocation or variation of this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Board to shareholders of the Company on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Board 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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(ii) “ THAT :
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(a) the exercise by the Board during the Relevant Period of all powers of the Company to purchase its own shares, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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(c) for the purpose of this resolution,
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“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the 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 to be held by any other applicable law or the byelaws of the Company; or
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(III) the revocation or variation of this resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting.”
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(iii) “ THAT conditional upon resolution number 4(ii) above being passed, the aggregate nominal amount of the number of shares in the capital of the Company which are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Board as mentioned in resolution number 4(ii) above shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of share capital that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Board pursuant to resolution number 4(i) above.”
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
- As special business, to consider and if thought fit, pass with or without any amendments, the following special resolution:
“ THAT the bye-laws (the “Bye-laws”) of the Company be and are hereby amended in the following manner:
Bye-law 63
By inserting the following wording after the words “the Members present in person” appearing in the last sentence of the existing Bye-law 63:
“or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative”
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Bye-law 66
By deleting the existing Bye-law 66 in its entirety and substituting therefor the following new Bye-law 66:
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“66. Subject to any special rights or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any shares by or in accordance with these Bye-laws, at any general meeting on a show of hands every Member present in person (or being a corporation, is present by a representative duly authorised under Section 78 of the Act), or by proxy shall have one vote and on a poll every Member present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative shall have one vote for every fully paid share of which he is the holder but so that no amount paid up or credited as paid up on a share in advance of calls or instalments is treated for the foregoing purposes as paid up on the share. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Bye-laws, where more than one proxy is appointed by a Member which is a clearing house (or its nominee(s)), each such proxy shall have one vote on a show of hands. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless voting by way of a poll is required by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange or (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded:
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(a) by the chairman of such meeting; or
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(b) by at least three Members present in person (or in the case of a Member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the meeting; or
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(c) by a Member or Members present in person (or in the case of a Member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all Members having the right to vote at the meeting; or
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(d) by a Member or Members present in person (or in the case of a Member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy and holding shares in the Company conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all shares conferring that right; or
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(e) if required by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, by the chairman of a meeting and/or Directors who, individually or collectively, hold proxies in respect of shares representing five per cent. (5%) or more of the total voting rights at such meeting.
A demand by a person as proxy for a Member or in the case of a Member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative shall be deemed to be the same as a demand by a Member.”
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Bye-law 68
By deleting the words “There shall be no requirement for the chairman to disclose the voting figures on a poll.” in Bye-law 68 and substituting therefor the sentence “The Company shall only be required to disclose the voting figures on a poll if such disclosure is required by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange.”.
Bye-law 86(2)
By deleting the existing Bye-law 86(2) in its entirety and substituting therefor the following new Bye-law 86(2):
- “86(2) The Directors shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director either to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or, subject to authorization by the Members in general meeting, as an addition to the existing Board but so that the number of Directors so appointed shall not exceed any maximum number determined from time to time by the Members in general meeting. Any Director so appointed by the Board shall hold office only until the next following general meeting of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election at that meeting.”
Bye-law 86(4)
By deleting the existing Bye-law 86(4) in its entirety and substituting therefor the following new Bye-law 86(4):
- “86(4) The Members may, at any general meeting convened and held in accordance with these Bye-laws, by ordinary resolution remove a Director at any time before the expiration of his period of office notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bye-laws or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under any such agreement) provided that the Notice of any such meeting convened for the purpose of removing a Director shall contain a statement of the intention so to do and be served on such Director fourteen (14) days before the meeting and at such meeting such Director shall be entitled to be heard on the motion for his removal.”
Bye-law 87(1)
By deleting the existing Bye-law 87(1) in its entirety and substituting therefor the following new Bye-law 87(1):
- “87(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Bye-laws, at each annual general meeting one-third of the Directors for the time being (or, if their number is not a multiple of three (3), the number nearest to but not less than one-third) shall retire from office by rotation at least once every three years provided that notwithstanding anything herein, the chairman of the Board and/or the managing director of the Company shall not, whilst holding such office, be subject to retirement by rotation or be taken into account in determining the number of Directors to retire in each year.”
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Bye-law 88
By deleting the existing Bye-law 88 in its entirety and substituting therefor the following new Bye-law 88:
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“88. No person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Board for election, be eligible for election to the office of Director at any general meeting unless a notice in writing of the intention to propose such person for election as a Director, signed by a Member (other than the person to be proposed for election as a Director) duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given, and a notice in writing signed by such person of his willingness to be elected shall have been lodged at the head office or at the Registration Office. The minimum length of the period during which such notices are given shall be at least seven (7) days and the period for lodgement of such notices shall commence no earlier than the day after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election and end no later than seven (7) days prior to the date of such general meeting.””
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As special business, to consider and if thought fit, pass with or without any amendments, the following special resolution:
“ THAT conditional upon resolution number 5 above being passed, the new Bye-laws, consolidating all of the changes referred to above and in the form produced to the meeting, be and are hereby adopted with immediate effect in replacement of the existing Bye-laws.”
By Order of the Board Wong Chit Lung, Philip Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 29 September 2006
Registered Office: Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda
Head Office and Principal Place of Business: Unit 3912, 39/F., Shell Tower Times Square Causeway Bay Hong Kong
As at the date of this notice, the Board comprises two executive Directors, namely Mr. Sun Ho and Mr. Kot Wai Ming, and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Wang Ronghua, Mr. Hua Fengmao and Mr. Kwok Wing Leung Andy.
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Notes:
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Any member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his stead in accordance with the Bye-laws. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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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 shall be present at the meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the holders so present whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
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The form of proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy of such power of attorney or authority must be deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Abacus Share Registrars Limited at 26/F, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the AGM, and in default the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid. The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude members from attending and voting in person at the AGM (or any adjourned meeting thereof) should they so wish.
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In accordance with the Bye-laws, the following categories of members may demand that the vote in respect of any resolution to be put to the general meeting should be taken on a poll:
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(a) at least three members present in person (or in the case of a member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the meeting; or
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(b) any member or members present in person (or in the case of a member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or
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(c) any member or members present in person (or in the case of a member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy and holding shares in the Company conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right; or
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(d) the chairman of such meeting.
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A poll may be so demanded before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands.
This announcement, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange (“GEM”) for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and belief: (1) the information contained in this announcement is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading; (2) there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading; and (3) all opinions expressed in this announcement have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and are founded on bases and assumptions that are fair and reasonable.
This announcement will remain on the “Latest Company Announcement” page of the internet website operated by the Stock Exchange for the purposes of GEM at www.hkgem.com for at least seven days from the day of its posting.
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