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S.A.S. Dragon Holdings Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2000

May 22, 2000

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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

S.A.S. Dragon Holdings Limited

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2000 annual general meeting of the Company will be held at Rose Room, LL2, Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon on 27th June 2000 at 9:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31st December 1999;

  2. To re-elect directors and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration;

  3. To re-appoint auditors and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration;

As special business, to consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

  1. "THAT

(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company (the "Directors") during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its own shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission 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 (as amended from time to time) or of any other stock exchange, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved and authorized;

(b) the aggregate nominal amount of the shares of the Company to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this Resolution and the approval pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be limited accordingly; and

(c) for the purpose 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 expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law to be held; or

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting" (Note (2)).

  1. "THAT

(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, a general mandate be and is hereby unconditionally given to the directors of the Company (the "Directors") to exercise all the powers of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to allot, issue and deal with the shares in the capital of the Company (including making and granting offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers, whether during the continuance of the Relevant Period or thereafter);

(b) the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted or dealt with pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period, otherwise than pursuant to the following, shall not exceed 20% of the 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;

(i) a rights issue where shares are offered for a period fixed by the Directors to shareholders on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their than holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard, as appropriate, to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or stock exchange in, or in any territory applicable to the Company);

(ii) an issue of shares under any share option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company and approved by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;

(iii) any issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of subscription rights attaching to any warrants of the Company; or

(iv) any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement implemented in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company; and

(c) for the purpose 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 expiration of period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the bye-laws of the Company or any applicable law to be held; or

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting" (Notes (2) and (4)); and

  1. "THAT conditionally upon Resolutions Numbers 4 and 5 being, passed, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company and for the time being in force to exercise the powers of the Company to allot shares in the capital of the company be and is hereby extended by the addition to the nominal value of the share capital 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 value of the share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to Resolution Number 5, 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."
On behalf of the Board
Yim Yuk Lun, Stanley
Chairman and Managing Director

Hong Kong, 19th May 2000

Notes:

(1) A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be deposited with the Company's Share Registrars in Hong Kong Secretaries Limited, 5th Floor, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong together with any power of attorney or other authority, under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting.

(2) An Explanatory Statement in relation to Resolution Number 4 will be sent to shareholders and other persons who are entitled into.

(3) The register of members of the Company will be closed from 21st June 2000 to 27th June 2000, both days inclusive. All transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's Share Registrars in Hong Kong, Secretaries Limited, 5th Floor, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:00 p.m. on 20th June 2000.

(4) Concerning item 5 above, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any additional new shares of the Company pursuant to the power to be conferred by this mandate. Under the listing rules of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (as amended from time to time) the general mandate lapses unless it is renewed at each annual general meeting.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in the (Hongkong Standard)