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Samsonite Group S.A. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2006
May 29, 2006
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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RICHE MULTI-MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
(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 Friday, 23 June 2006 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 2005.
- To re-elect the retiring directors and authorise the board of directors to fix the directors’ remuneration.
- To re-appoint Messrs. HLB Hodgson Impey Cheng 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 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 (as amended) 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 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 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, 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 (as amended) or any applicable laws of Bermuda to be held.”
and
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.”
By Order of the Board
Mr. Heung Wah Keung
Chairman
Hong Kong, 30 May 2006
Registered Office:
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM11
Bermuda
Head office and principal place of business:
Units 609-610, 6th Floor
Miramar Tower
132 Nathan Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Heung Wah Keung, Ms. Chen Ming Yin, Tiffany and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Tang Chak Lam, Gilbert and Mr. Ho Wai Chi, Paul and Mr. Lien Wai Hung.
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 form of proxy, together with any power of attorney or other attorney (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy thereof, must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrars in Hong Kong, Standard Registrars Limited of 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
(3) With regard to ordinary resolution no. 2 in this notice, Mr. Heung Wah Keung and Ms. Chen Ming Yin, Tiffany will retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election at the meeting. Their particulars are set out in the Appendix II of the circular to shareholders dated 30 May 2006.
(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.
Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in The Standard.
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