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Roma (meta) Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021
Feb 21, 2021
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Stock Exchange’’) take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
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ROMA GROUP LIMITED 羅馬集團有限公司 [*]
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 8072)
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an extraordinary general meeting (the ‘‘EGM’’) of Roma Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at 22/F., China Overseas Building, 139 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing, with or without amendments, the following ordinary resolution:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
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‘‘THAT conditional upon: (i) the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited granting or agreeing to grant (subject to allotment) and not having revoked the listing of and permission to deal in the Rights Shares (as defined below) to be allotted and issued to the shareholders of the Company (the ‘‘Shareholders’’) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Rights Issue (as defined below); and (ii) satisfaction of all conditions as set out in the paragraph headed ‘‘Conditions of the Rights Issue’’ in the letter from the board of the circular of the Company dated 22 February 2021 (the ‘‘Circular’’):
- (a) the issue by way of rights issue (the ‘‘Rights Issue’’) of no less than 526,561,245 new ordinary shares of HK$0.01 each (the ‘‘Shares’’) and no more than 554,915,532 Shares in the share capital of the Company (‘‘Rights Shares’’) at the subscription price of HK$0.125 per Rights Share on the basis of every three (3) Rights Shares for every one (1) existing Share of the Company held by the shareholders (the ‘‘Qualifying Shareholders’’) of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of the Company as at the close of business on Monday, 22 March 2021 (or such other date as may be agreed between the Company and Emperor Securities Limited (the ‘‘Underwriter’’) in writing for the determination of the entitlements under the Rights Issue) (the ‘‘Record Date’’) other than those shareholders (the ‘‘Excluded Shareholders’’) of the Company whose addresses as shown on the register of members of the Company are outside Hong Kong, whom the directors of the Company (the ‘‘Directors’’), based on legal
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advice provided by legal advisers in the relevant jurisdictions, consider it necessary or expedient to exclude from the Rights Issue, on account either of the legal restrictions under the laws of the relevant place or the requirements of the relevant regulatory body or stock exchange in that place, and substantially on the terms and conditions set out in the Circular (a copy of which marked ‘‘A’’ is produced to the meeting and initialled by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification) and such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Directors, be and is hereby approved;
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(b) the underwriting agreement (the ‘‘Underwriting Agreement’’) dated 14 January 2021 and entered into among the Company and the Underwriter (a copy of which marked ‘‘B’’ is produced to the meeting and initialled by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification) and the transactions contemplated thereunder be and are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified;
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(c) the board of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) or a committee thereof be and is/are hereby authorised to allot and issue the Rights Shares pursuant to or in connection with the Rights Issue notwithstanding that the same may be offered, allotted or issued otherwise than pro-rata to the Qualifying Shareholders and, in particular, the Board may make such exclusions or other arrangements in relation to the Excluded Shareholders as it may deem necessary or expedient having regard to the legal restrictions under the laws of, or the requirements of the relevant regulatory body or stock exchange in, any territory outside Hong Kong; and
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(d) any one or more Directors be and is/are hereby authorised to take such actions, do all such acts and things and execute all such further documents or deeds as he/she/ they may, in his/her/their absolute discretion, consider necessary, appropriate, desirable or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the implementation of or giving effect to or the completion of any matters relating to the Rights Issue, the Underwriting Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereunder.’’
Yours faithfully, By Order of the Board Roma Group Limited Yue Kwai Wa Ken Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 22 February 2021
Registered Office: Head office and principal place of Cricket Square business in Hong Kong: Hutchins Drive 22/F., China Overseas Building P.O. Box 2681 139 Hennessy Road Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Wanchai Cayman Islands Hong Kong
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Notes:
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Any member of the Company (‘‘Members’’ or ‘‘Shareholders’’) entitled to attend and vote at the meeting above (‘‘Meeting’’) is entitled to appoint in written form one or, if he/she is the holder of two or more shares of the Company (‘‘Shares’’), more proxies to attend and vote instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a Member.
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In the case of joint holders of Shares, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such Share as if he/she were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the Meeting, personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first in the register in respect of such Share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his/her attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal, or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised, and must be deposited with the Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company (‘‘Branch Registrar’’), Boardroom Share Registrars (HK) Limited at Room 2103B, 21/F, 148 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong (together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof) not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding of the Meeting (i.e. by 2:30 p.m. on 8 March 2021) or any adjournment thereof.
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For the purpose of determining Members who are qualified for attending and voting at the Meeting, the register of Members will be closed from 4 March 2021 to 10 March 2021, both days inclusive, during which no transfer of Shares will be effected. In order to qualify for attending and voting at the Meeting, all transfers of Shares, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Branch Registrar at the address stated in note 3 above not later than 4:30 p.m. on 3 March 2021 for registration.
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Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy should not preclude a Member from attending and voting in person at the above Meeting or any adjournment thereof and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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According to Rule 17.47(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, voting on all proposed resolutions set out in this notice will be taken by a poll.
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(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, if a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above is expected to be hoisted or ‘‘extreme conditions’’ caused by super typhoons or a black rainstorm warning signal is expected to be in force at any time on the date of the Meeting, the Meeting will be postponed and Members will be informed of the date, time and venue of the postponed Meeting by an announcement posted on the respective websites of the Company and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.
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(b) If a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above or ‘‘extreme conditions’’ caused by super typhoons or a black rainstorm warning signal is lowered or cancelled three hours before the time appointed for holding the Meeting and where conditions permit, the Meeting will be held as scheduled.
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(c) The Meeting will be held as scheduled when a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 3 or below is hoisted or an amber or red rainstorm warning signal is in force.
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(d) After considering their own situations, Members should decide on their own whether or not they would attend the Meeting under any bad weather condition and if they do so, they are advised to exercise care and caution.
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All times and dates specified herein refer to Hong Kong local times and dates.
As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors are Mr. Yue Kwai Wa Ken (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) and Mr. Li Sheung Him Michael; and the independent nonexecutive Directors are Mr. Chung Man Lai, Mr. Ko Wai Lun Warren and Ms. Li Tak Yin.
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