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Pacific Online Limited AGM Information 2008

Apr 18, 2008

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AGM Information

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Pacific Online Limited 太平洋網絡有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 543)

NOtiCe Of the ANNuAL GeNerAL MeetiNG

NOtiCe iS hereBY GiVeN that an Annual General Meeting of Pacific Online Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Vinson Room, Pacific Place Conference Centre, Level 5, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong on Monday, 19 May 2008 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2007;

  2. To declare a final dividend of RMB7.47 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2007;

  3. To re-elect the retiring Directors and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix the respective Directors’ remuneration;

  4. To re-appoint Auditors and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration;

  5. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

thAt :

  • (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its shares, subject to and in accordance with the applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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

  • (c) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period’’ means the period from 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 revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meeting; and

  • (iii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held.’’;

  • To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

thAt :

  • (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with authorized and unissued 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;

  • (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorize the Directors to make or grant offers, agreements and options during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

  • (c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:

  • (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below);

  • (ii) the exercise of options under a share option scheme of the Company; and

  • (iii) any scrip dividend scheme 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 Articles of Association of the Company,

  • shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company on the date of the passing of 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:

  • (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 passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meeting; and

  • (iii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held;

“Rights Issue’’ means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (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 any relevant jurisdiction or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange).’’; and

  1. To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

thAt conditional upon the passing of the resolutions set out in items 5 and 6 of the notice convening this meeting (the “ Notice ’’), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 6 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal amount of shares which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of shares purchased by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 5 of the Notice, provided 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 the passing of this resolution.’’.

By order of the Board Lam Wai Yan Chairman of the Board

Hong Kong, 21 April 2008

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Notes:

  1. Any Member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company. A Member who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy to represent him to attend and vote on his behalf. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.

  2. To be effective, a form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power or authority, must be deposited at the Share Registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 26/F, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a Member of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

  3. The register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 15 May 2008 to Monday, 19 May 2008, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares of the Company will be registered. In order to qualify for the entitlement to the proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2007 and for attending and voting at the above meeting, unregistered holders of shares of the Company should ensure that all transfers of shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates and appropriate transfer forms must be lodged with the Share Registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited at 26/F, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 May 2008.

  4. In relation to the ordinary resolutions set out in items 5, 6 and 7 of the above notice, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plan to issue any new shares or repurchase any existing shares of the Company.

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are:

Executive Directors:

Mr Lam Wai Yan (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)

Mr Ho Kam Wah

Mr Wang Da-Shin, Jeff

  • Ms Zhang Cong Min

Mr Tsung Shih Kin, Samuel

Independent Non-executive Directors:

  • Mr Tsui Yiu Wa, Alec

Mr Thaddeus Thomas Beczak

  • Mr Louie Ming

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