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Samsonite Group S.A. — AGM Information 2004
May 31, 2004
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RICHE MULTI-MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
豊采多媒體集團有限公司*
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 764)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of the shareholders of Riche Multi-Media Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Unit 609, 6/F, Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong on 25 June 2004 at 3:00 p.m., for the following purposes:
- To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2003.
- To re-elect the retiring director and authorise the board of directors to fix the director's remuneration.
- To re-appoint Messrs. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration.
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
A. “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the share capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which would or might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) 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 of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) and issued by the directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined), (ii) the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion attaching to any
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warrants issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into shares of the Company, (iii) any share option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to eligible persons of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company or (iv) an issue of shares of the Company as scrip dividends 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 bye-laws of the Company, shall not in total 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 passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(ii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the directors of the Company under this resolution; and
(iii) 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 or any applicable laws of Bermuda to be held.
“Rights Issue” means where shares of the Company or warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares are offered, allotted and issued open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to shareholders of the Company or any class thereof on the register of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or any class thereof (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, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong).
B. “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase its issued shares in the share capital of the Company and warrants of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and which is recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong 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 of any other stock exchange (as amended from time to time), be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the aggregate nominal amount of shares and warrants of the Company to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue and 10% of the aggregate amount of warrants of the Company outstanding, in each case as at the date of passing 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 passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the directors of the Company under this resolution; and
(iii) 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 or any applicable laws of Bermuda to be held.”
C “THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions 4(A) and 4(B) above, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company for the time being in force to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with new shares pursuant to the resolution 4(A) be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of shares repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the resolution 4(B) above, 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 passing this resolution.”
- As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as a special resolution:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
“THAT the existing bye-laws of the Company be and are hereby amended in the following manner:
(a) by inserting the following new definition of “associate(s)” in Bye-law 1:
“associate(s)” the meaning attributed to it in the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange.”;
(b) by deleting from the definition of “clearing house”, the words “a recognised clearing house within the meaning of Section 2 of the Securities and Futures (Clearing Houses) Ordinance of Hong Kong or”;
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(c) by re-numbering existing Bye-law 76 as paragraph (1) of Bye-law 76 and inserting thereafter the following new paragraph:
“(2) Where the Company has knowledge that any Member is, under the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, required to abstain from voting on any particular resolution of the Company or restricted to voting only for or only against any particular resolution of the Company, any votes cast by or on behalf of such Member in contravention of such requirement or restriction shall not be counted.”;
(d) by deleting the word “special” and replacing therewith the word “ordinary” in Bye-law 86(4);
(e) by deleting the existing Bye-law 88 in its entirety and substituting the following bye-law 88 therefor:
“88. No person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Directors for election, be eligible for election as a Director at any general meeting unless a Notice signed by a Member (other than the person to be proposed) duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given of his intention to propose such person for election and also a Notice signed by the person to be proposed of his willingness to be elected shall have been lodged at the head office or at the Registration Office provided that the minimum length of the period, during which such Notice(s) are given, shall be at least seven (7) days and that (if the Notices are submitted after the dispatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election) the period for lodgment of such Notice(s) shall commence on the day after the dispatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election and end no later than seven (7) days prior to the date of such general meeting.”;
(f) by deleting the existing Bye-law 103 in its entirety and substituting the following bye-law 103 therefor:
“103. (1) A Director shall not vote (nor be counted in the quorum) on any resolution of the Board approving any contract or arrangement or any other proposal in which he or any of his associates is materially interested, but this prohibition shall not apply to any of the following matters namely:
(i) any contract or arrangement for the giving to such Director or his associate(s) any security or indemnity in respect of money lent by him or any of his associates or obligations incurred or undertaken by him or any of his associates at the request of or for the benefit of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (as defined by the rules, where applicable, of any Designated Stock Exchange);
(ii) any contract or arrangement for the giving of any security or indemnity to a third party in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (as defined by the rules, where applicable, of any Designated Stock Exchange) for which the Director or his associate(s) has himself/themselves assumed responsibility in whole or in part whether alone or jointly under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;
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(iii) any contract or arrangement concerning an offer of shares or debentures or other securities of or by the Company or any other company which the Company may promote or be interested in for subscription or purchase, where the Director or his associate(s) is/are or is/are to be interested as a participant in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of the offer;
(iv) any contract or arrangement in which the Director or his associate(s) is/are interested in the same manner as other holders of shares or debentures or other securities of the Company by virtue only of his/their interest in shares or debentures or other securities of the Company;
(v) any contract or arrangement concerning any other company in which the Director or his associate(s) is/are interested only, whether directly or indirectly, as an officer or executive or a shareholder or in which the Director or his associate(s) is/are beneficially interested in shares of that company, provided that the Director and any of his associates are not in aggregate beneficially interested in five (5) per cent or more of the issued shares or of the voting rights of any class of shares of such company (or of any third company through which his interest or that of any of his associate(s) is derived); or
(vi) any proposal or arrangement concerning the adoption, modification or operation of a share option scheme, a pension fund or retirement, death or disability benefits scheme or other arrangement which relates both to directors, his associates and employees of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries and does not provide in respect of any Director, or his associate(s), as such any privilege or advantage not accorded generally to the class of persons to which such scheme or fund relates.
(2) A company shall be deemed to be a company in which a Director and/or his associate(s) owns five (5) per cent or more if and so long as (but only if and so long as) he and/or his associates, (either directly or indirectly) are the holders of or beneficially interested in five (5) per cent or more of any class of the equity share capital of such company or of the voting rights available to members of such company (or of any third company through which his interest or that of any of his associates is derived). For the purpose of this paragraph there shall be disregarded any shares held by a Director or his associate(s) as bare or custodian trustee and in which he or any of them has no beneficial interest, any shares comprised in a trust in which the interest of the Director or his associate(s) is/are in reversion or remainder if and so long as some other person is entitled to receive the income thereof, and any shares comprised in an authorised unit trust scheme in which the Director or his associate(s) is/are interested only as a unit holder.
(3) Where a company in which a Director and/or his associate(s) holds five (5) per cent or more is/are materially interested in a transaction, then that Director and/or his associate(s) shall also be deemed materially interested in such transaction.
(4) If any question shall arise at any meeting of the Board as to the materiality of the interest of a Director (other than the chairman of the meeting) or as to the entitlement of any Director (other than such chairman) to vote and such
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question is not resolved by his voluntarily agreeing to abstain from voting, such question shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and his ruling in relation to such other Director shall be final and conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the interest of the Director and/or his associate(s) concerned as known to such Director has not been fairly disclosed to the Board. If any question as aforesaid shall arise in respect of the chairman of the meeting such question shall be decided by a resolution of the Board (for which purpose such chairman shall not vote thereon) and such resolution shall be final and conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the interest of such chairman as known to such chairman has not been fairly disclosed to the Board.”
By Order of the Board
Lei Hong Wai
Executive Director
Hong Kong, 1 June 2004
Registered office:
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11
Bermuda
Head Office and Principal Place of Business:
Unit 609, 6/F Miramar Tower
132 Nathan Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon Hong Kong
Notes:
(1) A shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint more than one proxy to attend and, in the event of a poll, vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. 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 valid, the instrument appointing a proxy and 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 head office and principal place of business of the Company at Unit 609, 6/F, Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the meeting or any adjourned meeting.
(3) With regard to ordinary resolution no. 2 in this notice, Mr. Lai Hok Lim will retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer himself for re-election at the meeting. His particulars are set out in the Appendix II of the circular to shareholders dated 1 June 2004.
(4) Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the meeting or at any adjourned meeting.
(5) As at the date hereof, the board of directors comprises three executive directors, namely Mr. Heung Wah Keung, Ms. Chen Ming Yin, Tiffany and Mr. Lei Hong Wai and two independent non-executive directors, namely Mr. Lai Hok Lim and Mr. Tang Chak Lam, Gilbert.
- For identification purposes only
Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in The Standard.