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Leadway Technology Investment Group Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2000

May 26, 2000

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(Incorporated in Hong Kong SAR with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)

Notice of Annual General Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 38/F., Function Room, Tianjin Building, 167 Connaught Road West, Hong Kong on 27th June 2000 at 3:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31st December 1999;

  2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31st December 1999;

  3. To re-elect directors and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration;

  4. To appoint auditors and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration; and

  5. As special business to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as Ordinary Resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

A. "THAT:

(a) the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the aggregate nominal amount of the shares to be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing this Resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(c) for the purposes of this Resolution:

"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) or the Articles of Association of the Company or other applicable laws of Hong Kong to be held; and

(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this Resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting of the Company."

B. "THAT:

the granting of an unconditional general mandate to the directors of the Company to issue, allot and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company, and to make or grant offers, agreements and options in respect thereof, subject to the following conditions be and is hereby approved:

(a) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) save the directors of the Company may during the Relevant Period make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

(b) the aggregate nominal amount of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the directors of the Company otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) an issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of the subscription rights attaching to any warrants of the Company, or (iii) an issue of shares pursuant to the exercise of any options which may be granted under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (iv) an issue of shares in the capital of the Company as scrip dividends pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company from time to time, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing this Resolution; and

(c) for the purposes of this Resolution:

"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) or the Articles of Association of the Company or other applicable laws of Hong Kong to be held; and

(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this Resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting of the Company; and

"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares in the capital of the Company open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company made to holders of shares on the register of the Company 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, or in any territory outside, Hong Kong)."

C. "THAT, conditional upon passing Resolution No. 5A set out in the notice convening this meeting, the general mandate to the directors of the Company to exercise the powers of the Company to allot shares pursuant to Resolution No. 5B set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to such general mandate, of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to Resolution No. 5A set out in the notice convening this meeting, provide that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of passing this Resolution."

By Order of the Board
Wang Guang Hao
Chairman

Hong Kong SAR, 25th May 2000

Notes:

(1) A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and to vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

(2) The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 19th June 2000 to 27th June 2000, both day inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

(3) In order to be valid, the form of proxy, together with any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power of attorney or other authority, must be deposited at the Company's registered office at 26--38/F., Tianjin Building, 167 Connaught Road West, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting (as the case may be).

(4) The 1999 Annual Report of the Group also containing this notice together with a circular setting out further information regarding the Resolutions 5A to 5C above will be despatched to shareholders as soon as practicable.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in the (South China Morning Post)