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Kingwell Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2015
Aug 6, 2015
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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GUOCANG GROUP LIMITED 國 藏 集 團 有 限 公 司
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 559)
NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special general meeting (the ‘‘Meeting’’) of Guocang Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at Unit 4202, 42/F., The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 25 August 2015 at 11:00 a.m. for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing with or without amendments, the following resolutions of the Company:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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‘‘THAT, to the extent not already exercised, the mandate to allot and issue shares of the Company given to the directors (the ‘‘Directors’’) of the Company at the special general meeting of the Company held on 16 April 2015 be and is hereby revoked and replaced by the following mandate THAT:
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Stock Exchange’’), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (d) below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued shares of HK$0.05 each (the ‘‘Shares’’) in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers 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 options or otherwise), issued or dealt with by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined in paragraph (d) below); or
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(ii) the exercise of any options granted under the share option schemes of the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the bye-laws (the ‘‘Bye-laws’’) of the Company in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed the aggregate of:
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(i) 20 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of the passing of this resolution; and
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(ii) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the nominal amount of any share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing of the relevant ordinary resolution), pursuant to the resolution passed at the annual general meeting of the Company on 2 December 2014;
and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
- (d) for the purposes of this resolution:
‘‘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 by the Bye-laws or the applicable laws of Bermuda to be held; or
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(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting;
‘‘Rights Issue’’ means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (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, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange outside Hong Kong).’’
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‘‘THAT subject to and conditional upon the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Shares of the Company to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the refreshed scheme mandate limit (the ‘‘Scheme Mandate Limit’’) under the share option scheme passed by an ordinary resolution of the Company on 29 November 2013 and adopted by the Company on 13 December 2013, representing 10 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date on which this resolution is passed, in the manner as set out in paragraph (a) of this resolution below,
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(a) the refreshment of the Scheme Mandate Limit of up to 10 per cent. of the Shares in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution be and is hereby approved; and
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(b) the Directors be and are hereby authorised do all such acts and things and execute all such documents, including under common seal of the Company where applicable, as they consider necessary or expedient to give effect to the foregoing arrangement.’’
By order of the Board Guocang Group Limited Wong Hin Shek Chairman and executive Director
Hong Kong, 6 August 2015
Registered office: Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda
Head office and principal place of business in Hong Kong: Suite 3908, 39/F. Tower Two, Times Square 1 Matheson Street Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Notes:
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Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at the Meeting. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointer or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointer is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.
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To be valid, the instrument appointing a proxy and (if required by the Board) the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, shall be delivered to the office of the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Meeting or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be).
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No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after expiration of 12 months from the date named in it as the date of its execution, except at an adjourned meeting in cases where the Meeting was originally held within 12 months from such date.
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Where there are joint holders of any shares, 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 were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be 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, and 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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Completion and delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the Meeting if the member so wish and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy should be deemed to be revoked.
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The voting at the Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) shall be taken by way of poll.
As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Wong Hin Shek and Mr. Chi Chi Hung Kenneth; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Chiu Wai On, Mr. Man Kwok Leung and Dr. Wong Yun Kuen.
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