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L.K. Technology Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2007
May 10, 2007
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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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 stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Orient Overseas (International) Limited, you should at once hand this circular to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this circular, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims 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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**ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED ***
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock code: 316)
DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION
CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE VESSELS
* For identification purpose only
10 May 2007
CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| LETTER FROM THE BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| APPENDIX — GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this Circular, the following expressions have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
| “Aggregate Transactions” | previously announced discloseable transactions on 20 July |
|---|---|
| 2006 for the construction of four vessels of approximately | |
| 4,500 TEU each and on 20 October 2006 for the construction | |
| of four vessels of approximately 8,063 TEU each, |
|
| respectively all built by Samsung for the Group; | |
| “Archmore” | Archmore Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic of |
| Liberia; | |
| “Board” | the board of directors of the Company; |
| “Circular” | this circular, including the appendix hereto; |
| “Company” | Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a company |
| incorporated in Bermuda; | |
| “Directors” | the directors of the Company; |
| “Edgemont” | Edgemont Investment Limited, a company incorporated in the |
| Republic of Liberia; | |
| “Fortune Crest” | Fortune Crest Inc., a company incorporated in the British |
| Virgin Islands; | |
| “Gala Way” | Gala Way Company Inc., a company incorporated in the |
| British Virgin Islands; | |
| “Group” | the Company and its subsidiaries; |
| “HK$” | Hong Kong Dollars, the lawful currency of The Hong Kong |
| Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of | |
| China; | |
| “Javier” | Javier Associates Limited, a company incorporated in the |
| British Virgin Islands; | |
| “Latest Practicable Date” | 4 May 2007, being the latest practicable date before printing |
| of this Circular for ascertaining certain information for the | |
| purpose of inclusion in this Circular; | |
| “Listing Rules” | The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Main |
| Board of the Stock Exchange; | |
| “Model Code” | Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed |
| Issuers, as set out in Appendix 10 to the Listing Rules; |
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DEFINITIONS
| “Monterrey” | Monterrey Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic |
|---|---|
| of Liberia; | |
| “Mr. Alan Tung” | Mr. Alan Lieh Sing Tung, an Executive Director of the |
| Company; nephew of Mr. C C Tung, Mrs. Peng and Mr. King, | |
| and son of Mr. C H Tung; | |
| “Mr. C C Tung” | Mr. Chee Chen Tung, an Executive Director, Chairman, |
| President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; | |
| brother of Mr. C H Tung and Mrs. Peng, brother-in-law of Mr. | |
| King and uncle of Mr. Alan Tung; | |
| “Mr. C H Tung” | Mr. Chee Hwa Tung, brother of Mr. C C Tung and Mrs. Peng, |
| brother-in-law of Mr. King and father of Mr. Alan Tung; | |
| “Mr. King” | Mr. Roger King, a Non-Executive Director of the Company; |
| brother-in-law of Mr. C H Tung, Mr. C C Tung and Mrs. Peng, | |
| and uncle of Mr. Alan Tung; | |
| “Mrs. Peng” | Mrs. Shirley Shiao Ping Peng, sister of Mr. C H Tung and Mr. |
| C C Tung, sister-in-law of Mr. King and aunt of Mr. Alan | |
| Tung; | |
| “Purchasers” | Newcontainer No.45 (Marshall Islands) Shipping Inc., |
| Newcontainer No.46 (Marshall Islands) Shipping Inc., |
|
| Newcontainer No.47 (Marshall Islands) Shipping Inc., |
|
| Newcontainer No.48 (Marshall Islands) Shipping Inc. and | |
| Newcontainer No.49 (Marshall Islands) Shipping Inc., each a | |
| wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; | |
| “Samsung” | Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., a public listed company |
| in Korea; | |
| “SFO” | Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of |
| Hong Kong); | |
| “Shareholders” | shareholders of the Company; |
| “Shares” | ordinary shares of US$0.10 each in the share capital of the |
| Company; | |
| “Shipbuilding Contracts” | five shipbuilding contracts all dated 23 April 2007, each |
| entered into by Samsung with the respective Purchasers; | |
| “Springfield” | Springfield Corporation, a company incorporated in the |
| Republic of Liberia; | |
| “Stock Exchange” | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited; |
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DEFINITIONS
| “TEU” | twenty-foot equivalent container unit; |
|---|---|
| “THTI” | Tung Holdings (Trustee) Inc., a company wholly owned by |
| Mr. C C Tung, and which holds the voting rights in respect of | |
| the shares in the Company held by the substantial |
|
| shareholders of the Company; | |
| “Transaction” | the transaction constituted by the Shipbuilding Contracts; |
| “US$” | United States Dollars, the lawful currency of the United |
| States of America; | |
| “Vessels” (individually a | container vessels of approximately 4,500 TEU each; |
| “Vessel”) | |
| “Wharncliff” | Wharncliff Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic |
| of Liberia; | |
| “Winfield” | Winfield Investment Limited, a company incorporated in the |
| Republic of Liberia; and | |
| “%” | per cent. |
Note: The exchange rate used for reference purpose in this Circular is US$1.00 to HK$7.80.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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**ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED ***
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock code: 316)
Executive Directors:
Mr. Chee Chen TUNG (Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer) Mr. Nicholas David SIMS (Vice President and Chief Financial Officer) Mr. Philip Yiu Wah CHOW Mr. Alan Lieh Sing TUNG
Principal Office:
33rd Floor Harbour Centre 25 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong
Non-Executive Directors:
Mr. Roger KING Mr. Tsann Rong CHANG
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Registered Office:
Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM11 Bermuda
Mr. Simon MURRAY Dr. Victor Kwok King FUNG Prof. Richard Yue Chim WONG
10 May 2007
To the Shareholders of the Company
Dear Sir or Madam,
DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE VESSELS
INTRODUCTION
On 23 April 2007, the Board announced that the Purchasers, five wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, respectively entered into the Shipbuilding Contracts with Samsung, a Korean shipbuilder, for the construction of a total of five Vessels for a consideration of approximately US$66.2 million (equivalent to approximately HK$516.4 million) for each Vessel and a total consideration for the five Vessels of approximately US$331 million (equivalent to approximately HK$2,581.8 million).
* For identification purpose only
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
FINANCE TERMS
The Company is presently arranging bank financing for the Vessels and expects that finance for about 80% of the purchase price of each Vessel, with the financing guaranteed by the Company, will be finalised in the near future with the balance of the purchase price to be funded from internal resources. Should such bank finance not be arranged, the full purchase price of each Vessel would come from internal resources. As at 31 December 2006, in the published audited results of the Company, the Group had cash and portfolio investments balance of approximately US$1.167 billion which are sufficient to meet the full purchase price of the Vessels.
CONTRACT TERMS
The terms of the Shipbuilding Contracts (including the consideration for each Vessel) were determined on an arm’s length basis and on normal commercial terms (based on price comparable to market price (as published by brokers), payment terms and delivery dates that meet the Company’s requirement and agreed between a willing buyer and a willing seller) and the Directors, including the Independent Non-Executive Directors, consider them to be fair and reasonable and to be in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole based on their experience in the container shipping industry. The contract price of each Vessel is payable in cash in four instalments. The first instalment is payable on the fifth business day after signing of the respective Shipbuilding Contracts and the last instalment is payable upon delivery of each Vessel, the rest of the instalments are based on progress intervals on the construction of each Vessel. The Vessels are expected to be delivered in the year of 2009.
GENERAL
To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, Samsung, a public listed company in Korea and its substantial shareholders are third parties independent of the Company and the connected persons of the Company as defined in the Listing Rules, and the Company and the connected persons of the Company are unaware who Samsung’s ultimate beneficial owner is.
The principal business of the Group is container transport and logistics services, ports and terminals and property development and investment. The Shipbuilding Contracts have been entered into for the purposes of improving the quality of service which the Group provides to its customers. It is the view of the Directors that ownership of the Vessels will improve both the operating efficiency and profitability of the Group. The Group’s fixed assets will increase by approximately US$331 million following delivery of the Vessels, whilst current assets will decrease and long-term liabilities will increase depending on the proportion of the purchase price funded from internal resources and external finance.
DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION
Each of the relevant percentage ratios under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules of the Transaction and Aggregate Transactions, whether considered separately or aggregated, is more than 5% but less than 25%. The entering into of the Shipbuilding Contracts under the Transaction and Aggregate Transactions, whether considered separately or aggregated, constitutes a discloseable transaction for the Company under the Listing Rules.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This document constitutes the Circular which the Company is required to send to you pursuant to the Listing Rules in respect of the construction of the Vessels.
Your attention is drawn to the information set out in the Appendix to this Circular.
Yours faithfully, By order of the Board Chee Chen Tung Chairman
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GENERAL INFORMATION
APPENDIX
1. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This Circular includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this Circular and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge and belief there are no other facts the omission of which would make any statement herein misleading.
2. DIRECTORS’ AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S INTERESTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the interests and short positions of the Directors and the chief executive of the Company in the Shares, the underlying Shares and the debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO), which were required to be: (a) notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO (including interests and short positions which they were taken or deemed to have under such provisions of the SFO); or (b) entered in the register kept by the Company pursuant to Section 352 of the SFO; or (c) notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Model Code contained in the Listing Rules, were as follows:
| Name Direct Interests |
Other Interests Total Number of SharesInterested |
|---|---|
(in Long Position) Percentage Beneficial Voting |
|
| Chee Chen Tung — 97,811,011 (Note 1) 326,627,577 (Notes 2 & 3) 424,438,588 67.82% Roger King — 97,811,011 (Note 1) — 97,811,011 15.62% Tsann Rong Chang 612,731 — — 612,731 0.09% Nicholas David Sims 55,660 — — 55,660 0.01% Philip Yiu Wah Chow 79,600 (Note 4) — — 79,600 0.01% Simon Murray 122,200 — — 122,200 0.02% |
Notes:
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Mr. C C Tung and Mr. King have an interest in a trust which, through Springfield, holds 97,811,011 Shares. Of such Shares, Springfield has an indirect interest in 30,765,425 Shares in which Monterrey, a wholly owned subsidiary of Springfield, has a direct interest, and Springfield has a direct interest in 67,045,586 Shares.
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Wharncliff, a company owned by a discretionary trust established by Mrs. Peng, holds 278,165,570 Shares and the voting rights in respect of such holdings are held by Mr. C C Tung through THTI. Gala Way, a company owned by the discretionary trust established by Mrs. Peng, holds 48,462,007 Shares and the voting rights in respect of such holdings are held by Mr. C C Tung through THTI.
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Wharncliff, Gala Way, Springfield and Monterrey together are referred to as the controlling shareholders.
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Of these shares, 7,000 are held by the spouse of Mr. Philip Yiu Wah Chow.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
APPENDIX
Save as disclosed above, as at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors or the chief executive of the Company had any interests or short positions in the Shares, the underlying Shares and the debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO) which were required to be: (a) notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO (including interests and short positions which they are taken or deemed to have under such provisions of the SFO); or (b) entered in the register kept by the Company pursuant to Section 352 of the SFO; or (c) notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Model Code.
3. SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS’ INTEREST
As at the Latest Practicable Date and so far as is known to the Directors and chief executive of the Company, the following persons (other than a Director or chief executive of the Company) had interests or short positions in the Shares and the underlying Shares which would fall to be disclosed to the Company under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO as recorded in the register required to be kept under Section 336 of the SFO:
| Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shares Interested | |||
| Name | Nature of Interest | (in Long Position) | Percentage |
| Bermuda Trust Company Limited | Trustee | 424,438,588 | 67.82% |
| (Note 1) | |||
| Shirley Shiao Ping Peng | Founder of a | 326,627,577 | 52.19% |
| discretionary trust | (Note 2) | ||
| Fortune Crest Inc. | Indirect | 326,627,577 | 52.19% |
| (Note 2) | |||
| Winfield Investment Limited | Indirect | 326,627,577 | 52.19% |
| (Notes 2&3) | |||
| Tung Holdings (Trustee) Inc. | Voting | 326,627,577 | 52.19% |
| (Note 4) | |||
| Wharncliff Limited | Direct | 278,165,570 | 44.45% |
| (Notes 2&5) | |||
| Chee Hwa Tung | Indirect | 97,836,242 | 15.63% |
| (Note 6) | |||
| Springfield Corporation | Direct and Indirect | 97,811,011 | 15.62% |
| (Note 6) | |||
| Archduke Corporation | Beneficiary of a trust | 97,811,011 | 15.62% |
| (Note 7) | |||
| Phoenix Corporation | Beneficiary of a trust | 97,811,011 | 15.62% |
| (Note 7) |
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GENERAL INFORMATION
APPENDIX
| Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shares Interested | |||
| Name | Nature of Interest | (in Long Position) | Percentage |
| Archmore Limited | Beneficiary of a trust | 97,811,011 | 15.62% |
| (Note 8) | |||
| Edgemont Investment Limited | Indirect | 97,811,011 | 15.62% |
| (Note 9) | |||
| Javier Associates Limited | Indirect | 97,811,011 | 15.62% |
| (Note 10) | |||
| Gala Way Company Inc. | Direct | 48,462,007 | 7.74% |
| (Notes 2&5) | |||
| Monterrey Limited | Direct | 30,765,425 | 4.91% |
| (Notes 6&11) |
Notes:
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Bermuda Trust Company Limited has an indirect interest in the same Shares in which Fortune Crest and Springfield, wholly owned subsidiaries of Bermuda Trust Company Limited, have an interest.
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Mrs. Peng established the discretionary trust which, through Winfield, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortune Crest, holds 326,627,577 Shares, 278,165,570 of which are owned by Wharncliff and 48,462,007 of which are owned by Gala Way.
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Winfield has an indirect interest in the same Shares in which Wharncliff and Gala Way have an interest.
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THTI is a company wholly owned by Mr. C C Tung.
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Wharncliff and Gala Way are wholly owned subsidiaries of Winfield.
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Mr. C H Tung has an interest in the trust which, through Springfield, holds 97,811,011 Shares. Of such Shares, Springfield has an indirect interest in the same 30,765,425 Shares in which Monterrey has a direct interest, and Springfield has a direct interest in 67,045,586 Shares. Mrs. Betty Hung Ping Tung (spouse of Mr. C H Tung, sister-in-law of Mr. C C Tung, Mrs. Peng and Mr. King, and mother of Mr. Alan Tung) owns 25,231 Shares.
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Archduke Corporation and Phoenix Corporation, companies which are wholly owned by Mr. C C Tung, have an interest in the trust which, through Springfield, holds 97,811,011 Shares.
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Archmore, a company which is wholly owned by Edgemont, has an interest in the trust which, through Springfield, holds 97,811,011 Shares.
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Edgemont has an indirect interest in the same Shares in which Archmore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Edgemont, has an interest.
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Javier, a company which is wholly owned by Mr. C C Tung, has an indirect interest in the same Shares in which Edgemont, a wholly owned subsidiary of Javier, has an interest.
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Monterrey is a wholly owned subsidiary of Springfield.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
APPENDIX
Save as disclosed above, as at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company has not been notified by any person (other than a Director or chief executive of the Company) who had interests or short positions in the Shares and the underlying Shares which would fall to be disclosed to the Company under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, or, who were, directly or indirectly, interested in 10% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital carrying rights to vote in all circumstances at general meetings of any other member of the Group or in any options in respect of such capital.
Save as disclosed above, as at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors or the chief executive of the Company was a director or an employee of a company which had an interest or short position in the Shares and the underlying Shares which would fall to be disclosed to the Company under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO.
4. SERVICE CONTRACT
Mr. Nicholas David Sims has a service contract with the Company which will expire on 21 October 2007. None of the Directors has entered into any service contract with the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not determinable by the Company within one year without any payment of compensation, other than statutory compensation.
5. SECRETARY AND QUALIFIED ACCOUNTANT
The Secretary of the Company is Ms. Lammy Chee Fun Lee, Barrister and the Qualified Accountant of the Company is Mr. Kit Man Fung, member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
6. LITIGATION
As at the Latest Practicable Date, no litigation or claim of material importance is known to the Directors to be pending or threatened against any member of the Group.
7. DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS IN COMPETING BUSINESS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors and their respective associates (as defined in the Listing Rules) had any interest in a business, which competes or may compete with the business of the Group.
8. MISCELLANEOUS
The principal registrar of the Company is Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited at Rosebank Centre, 11 Bermudiana Road, Pembroke, Bermuda and the branch registrar of the Company in Hong Kong is Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong.
The English text of this Circular shall prevail over the Chinese text.
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