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Samsonite Group S.A. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2019
Apr 25, 2019
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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 take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, 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 notice.

ETERNITY INVESTMENT 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 Eternity Investment Limited (the "Company") will be held at MJC Members' Clubhouse, 1/F., China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Thursday, 13 June 2019 at 11:30 a.m. to transact the following ordinary business:
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To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors (the "Director(s)") and the independent auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018.
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(a) To re-elect Mr. Cheung Kwok Fan as executive Director.
(b) To re-elect Mr. Ng Heung Yan as independent non-executive Director.
(c) To re-elect Mr. Wong Tak Chuen as independent non-executive Director.
(d) To authorise the board of Directors to fix the Directors' remuneration.
- To re-appoint HLB Hodgson Impey Cheng Limited as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors to fix its remuneration.
As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
4. “THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the “Listing Rules”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Exchange”), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued shares of the Company (the “Shares”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options, including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options, including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
(c) the aggregate number of Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); or (ii) the exercise of any options granted under the existing share option scheme of the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants of the Company or any securities which are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed the aggregate of:
(i) 20 per cent. of the aggregate number of Shares in issue on the date of the passing of this resolution; and
(ii) (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the number of Shares repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the aggregate number of Shares in issue on the date of passing of resolution no. 6),
and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(ii) 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) (the “Companies Act”) or any other applicable laws of Bermuda to be held; or
(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of Shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors 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).
- “THAT:
(a) the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all powers of the Company to purchase the Shares on the Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Exchange for such purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the Exchange, the Companies Act and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate number of Shares which may be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the aggregate number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
(c) for the purposes of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) 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 or any other applicable laws of Bermuda to be held; or
(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution."
- "THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions nos. 4 and 5 above, the unconditional general mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to resolution no. 4 above be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate number of Shares repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution no. 5 above, provided that such number of Shares shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the aggregate number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of this resolution."
By Order of the Board
Eternity Investment Limited
Lei Hong Wai
Chairman
Hong Kong, 26 April 2019
Registered office:
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11
Bermuda
Head office and principal place of business in
Hong Kong:
Unit 1211, Shun Tak Centre
West Tower
168-200 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Notes:
- A member entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxy to attend and, subject to the provisions of the bye-laws of the Company, to vote on his/her/its behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
- In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be deposited together with a power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, at the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of a form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending in person and voting at the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof, should he/she/it so wish.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any Shares, any one of such holders may vote at the annual general meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such Shares as if he/she was solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such holders be present at the annual general meeting personally or by proxy, that one of such holders so present whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of such Shares shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 10 June 2019 to Thursday, 13 June 2019, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered. In order to ascertain shareholders' rights for the purpose of attending and voting at the annual general meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Standard Limited, at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 6 June 2019.
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In relation to proposed resolutions nos. 4 and 6 above, approval is being sought from the shareholders for the grant to the Directors of a general mandate to authorise the allotment and issue of Shares under the Listing Rules. The Directors have no immediate plans to issue any new Shares other than Shares which may fall to be issued under the share option scheme or any scrip dividend scheme which may be approved by the shareholders of the Company.
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In relation to proposed resolution no. 5 above, the Directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred thereby to repurchase Shares in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefit of the shareholders of the Company. An explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable the shareholders to make an informed decision to vote on the proposed resolution as required by the Listing Rules is set out in Appendix I to the Company's circular dated 26 April 2019.
As at the date of this notice, the board of Directors comprises four executive Directors, namely, Mr. Lei Hong Wai, Mr. Cheung Kwok Wai Elton, Mr. Chan Kin Wah Billy and Mr. Cheung Kwok Fan; and three independent non-executive Directors, namely, Mr. Wan Shing Chi, Mr. Ng Heung Yan and Mr. Wong Tak Chuen.
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