Persistence Gold Group Ltd — AGM Information 2011

Aug 28, 2011

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APAC RESOURCES LIMITED 亞太資源有限公司[*]

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1104)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of APAC Resources Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Lower Lobby, Plaza 3, Novotel Century Hong Kong Hotel, 238 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 2:30 p.m. for the following purposes:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

1. To acknowledge the appointment by the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) on 5 July 2011 of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to fi ll the casual vacancy as auditor of the Company and to receive and adopt the audited consolidated fi nancial statements and the reports of the directors (“ Directors ”) and the auditor of the Company for the eighteen months ended 30 June 2011.

2. (a) To re-elect the following persons:

   • i. Mr. Liu Yongshun as Non-Executive Director

   • ii. Dr. Wong Wing Kuen, Albert as Independent Non-Executive Director

   • iii. Mr. Chang Chu Fai, Johnson Francis as Independent Non-Executive Director

   • iv. Mr. Robert Moyse Willcocks as Independent Non-Executive Director

3. (b)

* For identifi cation purpose only

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1. To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the auditor of the Company and to authorise the Board to fi x their remuneration.

SPECIAL BUSINESS

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions 4 to 6 will be proposed to be considered and, if thought fi t, passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company:

1. “THAT:

2. (a) subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defi ned) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company (“ New Shares ”) 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;

3. (b) the approval given in provisions of paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

4. (c) the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and dealt with by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defi ned); (ii) an issue of New Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into shares; (iii) an issue of New Shares as scrip dividends or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of New Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the Bye-laws of the Company from time to time; (iv) an issue of New Shares under any share option scheme or similar arrangement of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries; or (v) a specifi c mandate granted by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

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• (d) 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;

• (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of the Company, the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (as amended from time to time) (“ Companies Act ”) or any applicable law to be held; or

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution in general meeting.

“ Rights Issue ” means the allotment, issue or grant of New Shares pursuant to an offer of New Shares open for a period fi xed by the Directors to holders of issued shares of the Company (“ Shares ”) whose names on the register of members of the Company on a fi xed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares (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 restriction 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).”

5. “THAT:

• (a) subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defi ned) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase the Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”) or any stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange under the Hong Kong Code on Share Repurchases, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the “ Listing Rules ”) or listing rules of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time and the Bye-laws of the Company, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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• (b) the aggregate nominal amount of Shares hereby authorised to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

• (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;

• (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of the Company, the Companies Act or any applicable law to be held; or

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution in general meeting.”

• “ THAT conditional on the passing of resolutions 4 and 5 in the notice convening this meeting, the general mandate granted to the Directors and for the time being in force to exercise all the powers of the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) of resolution 4 above be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the Shares repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to paragraph (a) of resolution 5 above, provided that such extended amount shall not exceed 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution.”

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

The following resolution will be proposed to be considered and, if though fi t, passed as a special resolution of the Company:

1. “ THAT the Bye-laws of the Company (the “ Bye-laws ”) be and are hereby amended as follows:

2. (a) by deleting the fi rst sentence of the existing Bye-law 44 and substituting therefor the following:

“The register and branch register of Members, as the case may be, shall be open to inspection between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on every business day by members of the public without charge at the Offi ce or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Act.”; and

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• (b) by deleting the existing Bye-law 157 in its entirety and substituting the following new Bye-law 157:

“If the offi ce of auditor becomes vacant by the resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the Directors shall fi ll the vacancy until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting and fi x the remuneration of the Auditor so appointed.”

By Order of the Board APAC Resources Limited Chong Sok Un Chairman

Hong Kong, 29 August 2011

Notes:

1. Any member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy or, if such member is a holder of two or more shares, proxies to attend and vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend the meeting in person to represent the appointing member.

2. To be valid, the form of proxy must be deposited with the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor Secretaries Limited at 26/F., Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

3. 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 the 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.

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

Executive Directors:

• Ms. Chong Sok Un (Chairman)

• Mr. Andrew Ferguson (Chief Executive Offi cer)

• Mr. Yue Jialin

• Mr. Kong Muk Yin

Non-Executive Directors:

• Mr. Lee Seng Hui

• Mr. So Kwok Hoo

• Mr. Liu Yongshun

• Mr. Peter Anthony Curry

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

• Dr. Wong Wing Kuen, Albert

• Mr. Chang Chu Fai, Johnson Francis

• Mr. Robert Moyse Willcocks

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