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Melco International Development Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2000
Nov 30, 2000
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Download source fileCrocodile Garments Limited
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
Notice of Annual General Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at Victoriana Room, 4th Floor, Furama Hotel, Hong Kong, 1 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong on Friday, 29th December, 2000 at 10:20 a.m. for the following purposes:
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To receive and consider the audited Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and of the Auditors for the year ended 31st July, 2000;
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To re-elect retiring directors and to fix the directors' remuneration;
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To appoint auditors and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration; and
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As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions as Ordinary Resolutions:
(A) "THAT
(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this Resolution, the exercise by the directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to purchase shares of HK$0.25 each in the capital of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("the Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange on which the shares in 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 the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or 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 purchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution shall not exceed 10% 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
(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 revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting; or
(iii) the expiration of the period within which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held."
(B) "THAT
(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this Resolution, the exercise by the directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to issue, allot and deal with additional shares in the Company, and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and any securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares of the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution shall authorise the directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and any securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares in the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;
(c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (ii) an issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants or securities which are convertible into shares in the Company; or (iii) an issue of shares in the Company as scrip dividends pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company from time to time; or (iv) an issue of shares in the Company under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the grant or issue to employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares in the Company or rights to acquire shares in the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of this Resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(d) for the purposes of this Resolution,
"Relevant Period" shall have the same meaning as those ascribed to it under paragraph (c) of the Ordinary Resolution No. 4(A) in the Notice convening this Meeting; and
"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares in the Company open for a period fixed by the directors to the holders of shares whose names appear on the Register of Members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares as at that date (subject to such exclusions 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 recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory applicable to the Company)."
(C) "THAT subject to the passing of the Ordinary Resolutions No. 4(A) and No. 4 (B) set out in the Notice convening this Meeting, the general mandate granted to the directors and for the time being in force to exercise the powers of the Company to allot shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby extended by addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of shares in the capital of the Company which has been purchased by the Company since the granting of such general mandate pursuant to the exercise by the directors of the powers of the Company to purchase such shares, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this Resolution."
| By Order of the Board | |
| Yeung Kam Hoi | |
| Company Secretary |
Hong Kong, 20th November, 2000
Notes:
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A Member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company.
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To be valid, a form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any), under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be lodged with the Company's Registrars, Tengis Limited, at 4th Floor, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Annual General Meeting or adjourned meeting (as the case may be). Completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude members from attending and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting or at any adjourned meeting should they so wish.
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A circular containing details regarding Ordinary Resolutions No. 4(A) to No. 4(C) above will be sent to shareholders together with the Annual Report for 1999--2000.
Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in the (Hong Kong iMail)