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Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited — AGM Information 2013
Apr 18, 2013
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AGM Information
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult your licensed securities dealer, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited, you should at once hand this circular, together with the enclosed form of proxy, to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, licensed securities dealer or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this circular.
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Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited 蠟筆小新休閒食品集團有限公司
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1262)
RENEWAL OF
GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES AND
RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A notice convening the Annual General Meeting to be held at Salo Room II, 5/F, Harbour Grand Hong Kong, 23 Oil Street, North Point, Hong Kong on Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 10:30 a.m. is set out on pages 14 to 17 of this circular. Whether or not you intend to be present and vote at the Annual General Meeting, you are requested to complete the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Annual General Meeting or any adjourned meeting. The completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting in person should you so wish. If you attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, the authority of your proxy will be revoked.
19 April 2013
CONTENTS
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| Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| Letter from the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Appendix I – Explanatory Statement on the Repurchase Mandate . . . . . . |
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| Appendix II – Details of the Directors to be re-elected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Notice of Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
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“Annual General Meeting”
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the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at Salo Room II, 5/F, Harbour Grand Hong Kong, 23 Oil Street, North Point, Hong Kong on Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 10:30 a.m., for the purpose of considering and if thought fit, approving the resolutions proposed in this circular, or any adjournment thereof
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“associate(s)”
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has the same meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules
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“Board” the board of Directors
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“Bye-laws”
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the bye-laws of the Company as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time
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“Company”
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Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited (蠟筆小新休閒食品集 團有限公司), an exempted company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability and the Shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange
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“Companies Act”
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the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
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“connected person(s)”
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has the same meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules
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“Director(s)” the director(s) of the Company
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“General Mandate”
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a general and unconditional mandate to be granted to the Directors to allot, issue, and otherwise deal with new Shares and other securities with an aggregate nominal amount not exceeding the sum of 20% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the relevant resolutions, and the aggregate nominal value of the share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company (if any)
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“Group” the Company and its subsidiaries
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“HK$”
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Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong
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DEFINITIONS
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“Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
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“Latest Practicable Date” 16 April 2013, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information in this circular
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“Listing Rules” the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange
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“PRC” The People’s Republic of China, but shall not include Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan for the purpose of this circular
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“Repurchase Mandate” a general and unconditional mandate to be granted to the Directors to exercise the power of the Company to repurchase Shares in the capital of the Company up to a maximum of 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the relevant resolutions
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“SFO” the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
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“Share(s)” ordinary shares of US$0.05 each in the share capital of the Company
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“Shareholder(s)” holder(s) of the Share(s)
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“Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
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“substantial shareholder(s)” has the same meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules
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“Takeovers Code” The Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers
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“United States” the United States of America
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“US$” United States dollar, the lawful currency of the United States
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“%” per cent.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited 蠟筆小新休閒食品集團有限公司
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1262)
Executive Directors: Mr. Zheng Yu Long (Chairman) Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang (Chief Executive Officer) Mr. Zheng Yu Huan
Registered Office: Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda
Non-executive Director:
Mr. Li Hung Kong (Vice-chairman)
Mr. Li Hung Kong (Vice-chairman) Place of Business in Hong Kong: 7th Floor Independent Non-executive Directors: AT Tower Mr. Li Zhi Hai 180 Electric Road Ms. Sun Kam Ching North Point Mr. Chung Yau Tong Hong Kong 19 April 2013
To the Shareholders
Dear Sir/Madam
RENEWAL OF GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES AND RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this circular is to give you notice of the Annual General Meeting and to provide you with information regarding resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting for (i) the renewal of the General Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate; (ii) the extension of the General Mandate to include Shares repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate; and (iii) the re-election of retiring Directors.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
RENEWAL OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE AND REPURCHASE SHARES
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 31 May 2012, resolutions were passed granting general mandates to the Directors (i) to allot and issue Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the relevant resolutions and (ii) to repurchase shares in the capital of the Company up to 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the relevant resolutions. Such general mandates will expire at the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
At the Annual General Meeting, separate ordinary resolutions will be proposed:
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(a) to grant the General Mandate to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot and issue Shares with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the resolution. The General Mandate will end on the earliest of the date of the next annual general meeting, the date by which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Bye-laws or the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders at a general meeting of the Company. Based on 1,125,600,000 Shares in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date and assuming that no further Shares will be issued or repurchased prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting, the Directors will be authorised to issue up to 225,120,000 Shares under the General Mandate;
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(b) to grant the Repurchase Mandate to the Directors to exercise all powers of the Company to repurchase issued Shares subject to the criteria set out in this circular. Under such Repurchase Mandate, the maximum number of Shares that the Company may be repurchased shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the resolution. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the number of Shares in issue is 1,125,600,000 Shares. Subject to the passing of the proposed ordinary resolution approving the granting of the Repurchase Mandate and no further Shares are issued or repurchased prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Company would be allowed under the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase a maximum of 112,560,000 Shares, being 10% of the entire issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the resolution in relation thereof. The Repurchase Mandate will end on the earliest of the date of the next annual general meeting, the date by which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by the Bye-laws or the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders at a general meeting of the Company; and
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(c) subject to the passing of the aforesaid ordinary resolutions of the General Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate, to extend the number of Shares to be issued and allotted under the General Mandate by an additional number representing such number of Shares repurchased under the Repurchase Mandate.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
In accordance with the Listing Rules, an explanatory statement is set out in Appendix I to this circular to provide you with requisite information reasonably necessary to enable you to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the proposed resolution to renew the grant of the Repurchase Mandate at the Annual General Meeting.
RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS
In accordance to bye-law 83(2) of the Company’s Bye-law, any Director appointed by the Board to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office until the first general meeting of Members after his or her appointment and be subject to re-election at such meeting and any Director appointed by the Board as an addition to the existing Board shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election.
Further, in accordance to bye-law 84(1) of the Company’s Bye-law, one third of the Directors shall retire from office by rotation provided that every Director shall be subject to retirement at least once every three years. Accordingly, Mr. Zheng Yu Long, Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang and Mr. Zheng Yu Huan will retire from office as Directors at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election as Directors at the Annual General Meeting.
At the Annual General Meeting, ordinary resolutions will be proposed to re-elect each of Mr. Zheng Yu Long, Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang and Mr. Zheng Yu Huan as executive Directors. The biographical details of such Directors to be re-elected as required to be disclosed under the Listing Rules are set out in Appendix II to this circular.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Company will convene the Annual General Meeting at Salo Room II, 5/F, Harbour Grand Hong Kong, 23 Oil Street, North Point, Hong Kong on Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at which resolutions will be proposed for the purpose of considering and if thought fit, approving the resolutions set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 14 to 17 of this circular.
A form of proxy for use in connection with the Annual General Meeting is enclosed herewith. Whether or not you intend to be present and vote at the Annual General Meeting, you are requested to complete the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. The completion and delivery of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting in person should you so wish. If you attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, the authority of your proxy will be revoked. Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, voting by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting will be by poll.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors having made all reasonable enquires, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief, the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.
RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider that (i) the renewal of the General Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate; (ii) the extension of the General Mandate to include Shares repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate; and (iii) the re-election of Directors are in the best interests of the Company as well as its Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend the Shareholders to vote in favour of all the resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
Yours faithfully By Order of the Board Zheng Yu Long Chairman
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE REPURCHASE MANDATE
This is an explanatory statement given to all Shareholders relating to a resolution to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting for approving the Repurchase Mandate. This explanatory statement contains all the information required pursuant to Rule 10.06(1)(b) and other relevant provisions of the Listing Rules which is set out as follows:
1. SHARE CAPITAL
As at the Latest Practicable Date, there was a total of 1,125,600,000 Shares in issue. Subject to the passing of the resolution granting the Repurchase Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased during the period from the Latest Practicable Date to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed under the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase a maximum of 112,560,000 Shares, being 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting.
2. REASONS FOR SHARE REPURCHASE
The Directors have no present intention to repurchase any Shares but consider that the ability to do so would give the Company additional flexibility that would be beneficial to the Company and the Shareholders as such repurchase may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net assets value of the Company and/or its earning per Share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such a repurchase will benefit the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
As compared with the financial position of the Company as at 31 December 2012 (as disclosed in its latest audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012), the Directors consider that there would not be any material adverse impact on the working capital and on the gearing position of the Company in the event that the proposed repurchase were to be carried out in full during the proposed repurchase period. In the circumstances, the Directors do not propose to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such an extent as would have a material adverse impact on the working capital or gearing ratio of the Company.
3. FUNDING OF REPURCHASE
The Company is empowered by its memorandum of association and Bye-laws to repurchase its Shares. In repurchasing Shares, the Company may only apply funds legally available for such purpose in accordance with its memorandum of association and Bye-laws and the laws of Bermuda. The laws of Bermuda provide that the amount of capital repaid in connection with a share repurchase may only be paid out of either the paid up on the relevant shares, or the funds of the Company that would otherwise be available for dividend or distribution or out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for that purpose. The amount of premium payable on repurchase may only be paid out of either the funds of the Company that would otherwise be available for dividend or distribution or out of the share premium account of the Company before the shares are repurchased.
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE REPURCHASE MANDATE
Under the laws of Bermuda, no purchase by a company of its own shares may be effected if, on the date on which the purchase is to be effected, there are reasonable grounds for believing that the company is, or after the purchase would be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due. In accordance with the laws of Bermuda, the shares so repurchased would be treated as cancelled but the aggregate amount of authorised share capital would not be reduced.
4. DIRECTORS, THEIR ASSOCIATES AND CONNECTED PERSONS
None of the Directors nor, to the best of their knowledge and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, any of their associates, has any present intention to sell any Shares to the Company in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is granted by the Shareholders.
No connected person of the Company (as defined in the Listing Rules) has notified the Company that he/she/it has a present intention to sell Shares to the Company nor has he/she/it undertaken not to sell any of the Shares held by him/her/it to the Company in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is granted by the Shareholders.
5. UNDERTAKING OF THE DIRECTORS
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that, so far as the same may be applicable, they will exercise the powers of the Company to make repurchases pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate and in accordance with the Listing Rules, the Bye-laws and the laws of the Bermuda.
6. EFFECT OF TAKEOVERS CODE
A repurchase of Shares by the Company may result in an increase in the proportionate interests of a substantial shareholder of the Company in the voting rights of the Company, which could give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Company, Alliance Food and Beverages (Holding) Company Limited (“ Alliance Holding ”), a substantial shareholder of the Company, and its associates hold 721,123,587 Shares or approximately 64.07% of the issued share capital of the Company. In the event that the Directors exercise in full the power to repurchase the Shares which is proposed to be granted pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate, the shareholdings of Alliance Holding and its associates in the Company would be increased to approximately 71.18% of the then issued share capital of the Company, and such increase would not give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory general offer under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code. The Company has no intention to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such extent that it would give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory offer under the Takeovers Code or result in the amount of shares held by the public being reduced to less than 25% of the issued share capital of the Company.
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE REPURCHASE MANDATE
7. SHARE REPURCHASES BY THE COMPANY
The Company had not repurchased any Shares (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise) in the previous six months preceding the Latest Practicable Date.
8. SHARE PRICES
During each of the previous twelve months up to the Latest Practicable Date, the highest and lowest traded prices for Shares on the Stock Exchange were as follows:
| Highest | Lowest | |
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| HK$ | HK$ | |
| 2012 | ||
| April | 2.71 | 2.39 |
| May | 2.72 | 2.50 |
| June | 2.65 | 2.46 |
| July | 2.60 | 2.44 |
| August | 2.55 | 2.32 |
| September | 2.52 | 2.39 |
| October | 2.80 | 2.40 |
| November | 2.77 | 2.59 |
| December | 3.12 | 2.63 |
| 2013 | ||
| January | 4.60 | 3.07 |
| February | 4.17 | 3.68 |
| March | 3.97 | 3.66 |
| April (up to the Latest Practicable Date) | 4.14 | 3.75 |
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE DIRECTORS TO BE RE-ELECTED
The biographical details of the Directors proposed to be re-elected at the Annual General Meeting are set out as follows:
Executive Directors
Mr. Zheng Yu Long , aged 47, is the chairman of the Group and executive Director. He was appointed as a Director on 1 June 2004 and was re-designated as an executive Director on 23 September 2011. Mr. Zheng is primarily responsible for the overall operations, strategic planning and business development of the Group. He is also actively involved in the marketing of the products and branding of the Group, and procurement of raw materials of the products from suppliers. Mr. Zheng is a key contact person between the Group and its business partners. He is one of the founders of the Group’s jelly products business and is also a director of the Group’s subsidiary, Timeluck. Mr. Zheng joined the Company in 2000 as a managing director of LBXX Fujian. Mr. Zheng has over 20 years of experience in the marketing and manufacturing of snack food products. Since joining the Group in 2000, Mr. Zheng has dedicated over 12 years to expand and promote the Group’s business from a manufacturer of jelly products to a recognized snack food brand in China. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Zheng was the general manager of Jinjiang Weili Foods Co., Ltd. (晉江市味力食品有限公司), where he was responsible for the daily operations, sales, production, procurement and business development of this company. Through such experiences, Mr. Zheng has developed extensive relationships with the industry partners and is able to keep abreast of the latest development of the snack food industry. Mr. Zheng is a brother of Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang and Mr. Zheng Yu Huan and a brother-in-law of Mr. Li Hung Kong. Mr. Zheng Yu Long was brought up in the PRC. Mr. Zheng has never been a full time government official of any country, or a full time employee of any state or government-owned/operated entity for a substantial period of time.
Save as disclosed in this circular, Mr. Zheng did not have any directorship in any other listed public companies in the last three years.
Mr. Zheng is a director of Alliance Holding which is the controlling shareholder of the Company interested in 610,915,527 Shares as at the Latest Practicable Date and Mr. Zheng also personally hold 110,208,060 Shares, Mr. Zheng does not have any interest in the shares or underlying shares in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Save as disclosed in this circular, Mr. Zheng is not related to any other directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Mr. Zheng entered a three years service contract with the Company and he was appointed with specific terms. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Bye-laws. Mr. Zheng receives a director’s fee of RMB800,000 per annum which is determined by the Board with reference to his experience, duties and responsibilities, and to prevailing market conditions. Mr. Zheng shall also be entitled to discretionary bonus, share options under the share option scheme of the Company and other incentives as determined by the remuneration committee of the Company from time to time with reference to the remuneration policy of the Company. The total amount of director’s remuneration of Mr. Zheng for the year ended 31 December 2012 was RMB800,000. Save as disclosed above, Mr. Zheng has confirmed that there is no other matter that needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in connection with his re-election and there is no other information that should be disclosed pursuant to paragraphs (h) to (v) of Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE DIRECTORS TO BE RE-ELECTED
Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang , aged 44, is the chief executive officer of the Group and an executive Director. He was appointed as a Director on 1 June 2004 and was re-designated as an executive Director on 23 September 2011. Mr. Zheng is primarily responsible for the overall operations of the Company. He heads the Group’s production department and oversees the quality control department. Mr. Zheng is one of the founders of the Group’s jelly products business and is also a director of a number of the Group’s subsidiaries, including LBXX Investments, LBXX Holdings, LBXX International, LBXX Sichuan, LBXX Anhui, LBXX Fujian, LBXX Tianjin and Timeluck. Mr. Zheng has over 18 years of experience in the manufacture of snack food products. He joined the Group in 2000 as the general manager of LBXX Fujian. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Zheng was a general manager of the production and quality control department of Jinjiang Weili Foods Co., Ltd. (晉江市味力食品有限公司). Mr. Zheng received his master’s degree in business administration in May 2006 from Renmin University of China (中國人民大學). He received a certificate qualifying as a senior quality control inspector (高級質量(品質)管理師) from China Professional Development Centre (中國 專業人才庫管理中心) in July 2009. Mr. Zheng has also assumed several social positions, such as the honorary chairman of Jinjiang Food Industry Association (晉江市食品行業協會) from 2007 to 2010, a member of the Tianjin Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (天 津市人民政治協商會議) from 2008 to 2012, and the vice-chairman of China National Confectionary Association (中國食協糖果專業委員會) from May 2010 to May 2013. Mr. Zheng is the brother of Mr. Zheng Yu Long and Mr. Zheng Yu Huan and the brother-in-law of Mr. Li Hung Kong.
Mr. Zheng is a director of Alliance Holding which is the controlling shareholder of the Company interested in 610,915,527 Shares as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Zheng does not have any interest in the shares or underlying shares in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Save as being a shareholder and the director of Alliance Holding, Mr. Zheng is not related to any other directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Mr. Zheng entered a three years service contract with the Company and he was appointed with specific terms. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Bye-laws. Mr. Zheng receives a director’s fee of RMB800,000 per annum which is determined by the Board with reference to his experience, duties and responsibilities, and to prevailing market conditions. Mr. Zheng shall also be entitled to discretionary bonus, share options under the share option scheme of the Company and other incentives as determined by the remuneration committee of the Company from time to time with reference to the remuneration policy of the Company. The total amount of director’s remuneration of Mr. Zheng for the year ended 31 December 2012 was RMB800,000. Save as disclosed above, Mr. Zheng has confirmed that there is no other matter that needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in connection with his re-election and there is no other information that should be disclosed pursuant to paragraphs (h) to (v) of Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE DIRECTORS TO BE RE-ELECTED
Mr. Zheng Yu Huan , aged 41, is an executive Director. He was appointed as a Director on 15 June 2004 and was re-designated as an executive Director on 23 September 2011. Mr. Zheng is primarily responsible for the Group’s sales and marketing operations, including formulating the advertising and promotional programs. Mr. Zheng is one of the founders of the Group’s jelly products business and is also a director of a number of the Group’s subsidiaries including LBXX International and Timeluck. Mr. Zheng has over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing of snack food products. He joined the Group in 2000 as a deputy general manager of LBXX Fujian. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Zheng was a general manager of the sales and marketing department of Jinjiang Weili Foods Co., Ltd. (晉江市味力食品有限公司). Mr. Zheng received his master’s degree in business administration from Renmin University of China (中國人民大學) in 2006. Mr. Zheng graduated from an executive development program for senior management from Xiamen University (廈門大學) in December 2010. Mr. Zheng has also assumed several social positions, such as a representative of the Eleventh Jinjiang Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (中國人民政治協商會議第十一屆福建省晉江市委 員會) since 2006, the vice-president of the Sixth Fujian Provincial Youth Federation (第六屆 福建省青年聯合會), and member of the Tenth Fujian Provincial Youth Federation (第十屆福建 省青年聯合會). He was recognized as one of the China Industrial Economy Top 10 Outstanding Youth (中國工業經濟十大傑出青年) in December 2009 by China Industrial Forum (中國工業 論壇). Mr. Zheng is the brother of Mr. Zheng Yu Long, Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang and the brother-in-law of Mr. Li Hung Kong.
Save as disclosed in this circular, Mr. Zheng did not have any directorship in any other listed public companies in the last three years.
Mr. Zheng is a director of Alliance Holding which is the controlling shareholder of the Company interested in 610,915,527 Shares as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Zheng does not have any interest in the shares or underlying shares in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Save as being a shareholder and the director of Alliance Holding, Mr. Zheng is not related to any other directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Mr. Zheng entered a three years service contract with the Company and his was appointed with specific terms. In accordance with the bye-laws of the Company, he will hold office until the annual general meeting to be held in 2012 and will then be eligible for re-election; thereafter he will retire by rotation and will be eligible for re-election provided that he shall be subject to retirement at least once every three years. Mr. Zheng receives a director’s fee of RMB800,000 per annum which is determined by the Board with reference to his experience, duties and responsibilities, and to prevailing market conditions. Mr. Zheng shall also be entitled to discretionary bonus, share options under the share option scheme of the Company and other incentives as determined by the remuneration committee of the Company from time to time with reference to the remuneration policy of the Company. The total amount of director’s remuneration of Mr. Zheng for the year ended 31 December 2012 was RMB800,000.00.
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE DIRECTORS TO BE RE-ELECTED
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Zheng has confirmed that there is no other matter that needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in connection with his re-election and there is no other information that should be disclosed pursuant to paragraphs (h) to (v) of Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.
There is no other information relating to the above Directors that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2) sub-paragraphs (h) to (v) of the Listing Rules, and there is no other matter which needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited 蠟筆小新休閒食品集團有限公司
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1262)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of Labixiaoxin Snacks Group Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Salo Room II, 5/F, Harbour Grand Hong Kong, 23 Oil Street, North Point, Hong Kong on Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 10:30 a.m. for the following purposes:
ORDINARY BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions (with or without modifications) as ordinary resolutions of the Company.
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To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors of the Company (the “ Directors ”) and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012;
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To declare a final dividend of HKD0.08 per share for the year ended 31 December 2012 to the shareholders of the Company;
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To re-elect the following Directors:
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(a) Mr. Zheng Yu Long as executive Director;
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(b) Mr. Zheng Yu Shuang as executive Director; and
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(c) Mr. Zheng Yu Huan as executive Director;
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To authorise the board of Directors to fix the Directors’ remuneration;
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To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors of the Company and authorise the board of Directors to fix their remuneration;
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SPECIAL BUSINESS
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:
“ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) 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 be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) shall be in addition to any other authorisation gives to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements, options and rights of exchange or conversion 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 an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a), otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); (ii) the share option scheme of the Company approved by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”); or (iii) 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 bye-laws of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“ Relevant Period ” means the period from 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 of the Company or any applicable laws to be held; and
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(iii) the date upon which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by way of ordinary resolution of the Company in general meeting; and
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“ Rights Issue ” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of ordinary shares on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such 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 any regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside Hong Kong).”;
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:
“ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to purchase issued shares in the capital of the Company, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval in paragraph (a) shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors and shall authorise the Directors on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period to procure the Company to purchase its shares at a price determined by the Directors;
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(c) the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company which are authorised to be purchased by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“ Relevant Period ” means the period from 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 of the Company or any applicable laws to be held; and
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(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by way of ordinary resolution of the Company in general meeting.”; and
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- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:
“ THAT conditional upon the passing of resolutions nos. 6 and 7 above, the general mandate to the Directors pursuant to resolution no. 6 be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of share capital of the Company purchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the resolution no. 7, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution.”
Yours faithfully By Order of the Board Zheng Yu Long Chairman
Hong Kong, 19 April 2013
Notes:
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(1) A member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting may appoint one or, if he holds two or more shares, more proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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(2) Where there are joint holders of any Share, any one of such joint holder may vote, either in person 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 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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(3) In order to be valid, a form of proxy together with the power of attorney (if any) or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a certified copy thereof shall be deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The proxy form will be published on the website of the Stock Exchange.
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(4) The register of members of the Company will be closed from 22 May 2013 to 23 May 2013 (both days inclusive) during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to qualify for the entitlement to attend and vote at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on 21 May 2013.
As at the date of this notice, the board of directors of the Company comprises seven members, of which Zheng Yu Long, Zheng Yu Shuang and Zheng Yu Huan are the executive directors of the Company, Li Hung Kong is the non-executive director of the Company and Li Zhi Hai, Sun Kam Ching and Chung Yau Tong are the independent non-executive directors of the Company.
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