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Minmetals Land Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2007

Jun 22, 2007

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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MASCOTTE HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 136)

NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special general meeting of Mascotte Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 30/F., China United Centre, 28 Marble Road, North Point, Hong Kong at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 11 July 2007 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. THAT

    • (A) subject to paragraph (C) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company (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 (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

    • (B) the Directors be and are authorised during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which might require the exercise of such powers during or 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) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraphs 1(A) and (B), otherwise than pursuant to a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined) or pursuant to the exercise of any options granted under the share option scheme adopted by the Company or an issue of shares upon the exercise of subscription rights attached to warrants which might be issued by the Company or an issue of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares or any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement in accordance with the Bye-laws of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

    • (D) for the purposes of this resolution:

      • “Relevant Period” means the period from the time of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

      • (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 memorandum and Bye-laws of the Company or any applicable laws of Bermuda to be held; and

  • (iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.

“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares on the register of members 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 any relevant jurisdiction, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange).”

2. “ THAT :

  • (A) subject to paragraph (C) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company (“Directors”) during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to purchase securities in the capital of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, and that the exercise by the Directors of all powers of the Company to purchase such securities are subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, be and is hereby, generally and unconditionally approved;

  • (B) the approval in paragraph (A) shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the directors of the Company and shall authorise the directors of the Company on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period to procure the Company to purchase its securities at a price determined by the Directors;

  • (C) the aggregate nominal amount of securities in the capital of the Company purchased or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (A) during the Relevant Period 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

  • (D) for the purposes of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the time of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest 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 memorandum and Bye-laws of the Company or any applicable laws of Bermuda to be held; and

  • (iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”

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  1. THAT conditional upon the passing of the ordinary resolutions numbered 1 and 2 in the notice convening the meeting dated 25 June 2007, the aggregate nominal amount of the shares in the capital of the Company which are purchased by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the said resolution numbered (2) shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the ordinary resolution numbered (1) set out in the notice of the meeting dated 25 June 2007 provided that such additional amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.”

  2. THAT the authorised share capital of the Company be increased from HK$100,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 Shares to HK$1,000,000,000 divided into 10,000,000,000 Shares by the creation of additional 900,000,000 unissued Shares of HK$0.10 each.”

By Order of the Board Mascotte Holdings Limited Ms. Chan Oi Ling, Maria Olimpia Chairperson

Dated 25 June 2007

Registered Office: 1st Floor Po Chai Industrial Building 28 Wong Chuk Hang Road Aberdeen Hong Kong

Notes:

  1. Any member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A member who is holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at a general meeting of the Company or at a class meeting. A proxy need not be a member.

  2. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

  3. The instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a certified copy of such power or authority, shall be delivered to the Company’s branch registrar in Hong Kong, Secretaries Limited at 26/F., Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote.

  4. Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the meeting convened and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

  5. 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 any 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 in respect of the joint holding.

  6. As at the date of this notice, the Executive Directors of the Company are Ms. Chan Oi Ling, Maria Olimpia (Chairperson), Mr. Lam Yu Ho, Daniel (Managing Director), Mr. Au Yeung Kai Chor and Ms. Wong, Dickie; and the Independent Non-executive Directors of the Company are Mr. Wong Yui Leung, Larry, Mr. Lui Wai Shan, Wilson, Mr. Cheung Ngai Lam and Mr. Chan Sze Hung.

  • “Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in The Standard”

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