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Samsonite Group S.A. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2008

Jun 3, 2008

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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 Riche Multi-Media Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Unit 3408, Shun Tak Centre, West Tower, 168-200 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Friday, 27 June 2008 at 4:45 p.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements, the report of the directors and the independent auditors’ report for the year ended 31 December 2007.
  2. To re-elect retiring director and to authorise the board of directors to fix the director’s remuneration.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 of HK$0.01 each in the share capital of the Company (“Shares”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into Shares) which would or might require the exercise of such powers during or after the end of the Relevant Period, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, 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) which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

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(c) the aggregate nominal amount of the 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); or (ii) an issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion attaching to any warrants issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares, the issue of which warrants and other securities has previously been approved by shareholders of the Company; or (iii) an issue of Shares upon the exercise of any options granted under 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; or (iv) an issue of Shares as scrip dividends or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares 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 of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(d) for the purpose of this resolution,

“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest 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 an offer of Shares or an offer of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares, open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of Shares or any class thereof whose names appear on the register of members 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 the Shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose and, 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;

(b) the aggregate nominal amount of Shares 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 as at 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 date of passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) 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) 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 numbered 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 additional Shares pursuant to the resolution numbered 4(A) above 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, an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of

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Shares repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the resolution numbered 4(B) above, provided that such amount of Shares so repurchased shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.”

By Order of the Board
Riche Multi-Media Holdings Limited
Heung Wah Keung
Chairman

Hong Kong, 4 June 2008

Registered Office:
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11
Bermuda

Head Office and Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:
Unit 3408
Shun Tak Centre, West Tower
168 – 200 Connaught Road Central
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 form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy thereof, must lodged with the Company’s branch share registrars in Hong Kong, Tricor Standard Limited at 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 holding of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof.

(3) With regard to ordinary resolution no. 2 in this notice, Ms. Chen Ming Yin, Tiffany will retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer herself for re-election at the meeting. Her particulars are set out in the Appendix II of the circular to the shareholders of the Company dated 4 June 2008.

(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.

As at the date of this notice, Mr. Heung Wah Keung and Ms. Chen Ming Yin, Tiffany are the executive directors of the Company; and Mr. Tang Chak Lam, Gilbert, Mr. Ho Wai Chi, Paul and Mr. Lien Wai Hung are the independent non-executive directors of the Company.

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