Samsonite Group S.A. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2009

May 29, 2009

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CHINA STAR INVESTMENTS 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 China Star Investment Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Unit 3408, Shun Tak Centre, West Tower, 168-200 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 at 4:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

1. To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2008 together with the reports of the directors and the independent auditors thereon.
2. To re-elect the retiring directors and authorise the board of directors to fix their 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 in the share capital of the Company (the "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;

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(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;

(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 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.

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"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 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.

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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) 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 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 this resolution.”

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D. “THAT conditional upon the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, 10% of the Shares in issue at the date of approval of this resolution which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options to be granted under the share option scheme adopted by the Company on 21 January 2002 (the “Share Option Scheme”) and any other share option schemes of the Company, and pursuant to rule 4 of the rules of the Share Option Scheme, approval be and is hereby granted for “refreshing” the Scheme Mandate (as defined in the rules of the Share Option Scheme) under the Share Option Scheme provided that (i) the total number of Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of all options to be granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option scheme of the Company under the limit as “refreshed” hereby shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of the passing of this resolution; and (ii) options previously granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company (including options outstanding, cancelled, lapsed or exercised in accordance with the terms of the Share Option Scheme and any other share option schemes of the Company) shall not be counted for the purpose of calculating the 10% limit as “refreshed” hereby.”

By Order of the Board

China Star Investment Holdings Limited

Heung Wah Keung

Chairman

Hong Kong, 1 June 2009

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Registered office:
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM11
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 form of proxy for use at the meeting is enclosed with the circular despatched to the shareholders of the Company on 1 June 2009.

(2) The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of any officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

(3) Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice shall be entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy needs not be a shareholder of the Company.

(4) In order 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 of such power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Standard Limited at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof.

(5) Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the above meeting or any adjournment thereof and in such event, the form of proxy will be deemed to be revoked.

(6) Where there are joint holders of any share of the Company, 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, the most senior shall alone be entitled to vote, whether in person or by proxy. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises two executive Directors namely, Mr. Heung Wah Keung and Ms. Chen Ming Yin, Tiffany; and three independent non-executive Directors namely, Mr. Tang Chak Lam, Gilbert, Mr. Ho Wai Chi, Paul and Mr. Lien Wai Hung.

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