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SinoMedia Holding Limited — AGM Information 2017
Apr 28, 2017
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AGM Information
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SINOMEDIA HOLDING LIMITED 中視金橋國際傳媒控股有限公司
(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 623)
(the “Company”)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of the Company (the “ AGM ”) will be held at 3:00 p.m. on 9 June 2017, Friday at Level 3, Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen’s Road East, Admiralty, Hong Kong for the purpose of transacting the following business:
ORDINARY BUSINESS
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To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 and the reports of the directors of the Company (“ Directors ”) and the independent auditors of the Company (“ Auditors ”) thereon.
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To re-appoint Messrs. KPMG as the Auditors and authorise the board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
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To re-elect the retiring Directors.
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To authorise the board of Directors to fix the Directors’ remuneration.
SPECIAL BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions (with or without modification) as ordinary resolutions:
5. “ THAT
- (a) a general mandate be and is hereby unconditionally given to the Directors to exercise during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued shares in the Company (“ Shares ”) or securities convertible into Shares or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any Shares or such convertible securities and to make or grant offers, agreements or options which would or might require the exercise of such powers either during or after the Relevant Period, in addition to any Shares which may be issued from time to time (a) on a Rights Issue (as
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hereinafter defined) or (b) upon the exercise of any options under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue of Shares or rights to acquire Shares or (c) upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion attaching to any warrants or convertible bonds 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 (d) as any scrip dividend or similar arrangements pursuant to the articles of association of the Company, not exceeding twenty per cent of the number of issued Shares as at the date of this resolution; and
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(b) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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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 law or the articles of association of the Company to be held; and
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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;
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and “Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractions entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction, or of the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).”
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“ THAT there be granted to the Directors an unconditional general mandate to buy back Shares, and that the exercise by the Directors of all powers of the Company to buy back Shares subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved, subject to the following conditions:
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(a) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period;
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(b) such mandate shall authorize the Directors to procure the Company to buy back Shares at such price as the Directors may at their discretion determine;
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(c) the Shares to be bought back by the Company pursuant to this resolution during the Relevant Period shall be no more than ten per cent of the number of issued Shares as at the date of passing this resolution; and
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(d) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from 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 law or the articles of association of the Company to be held; and
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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.”
- “ THAT , subject to the passing of resolutions nos. 5 and 6 above, the number of Shares which are bought back by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with resolution no. 6 above shall be added to the number of Shares that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with resolution no. 5 above.”
By order of the Board Chen Xin Chairman
Hong Kong, 28 April 2017
Notes:
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A member of the Company who is a holder of two or more Shares, and who is entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint more than one proxy or a duly authorized corporate representative to attend and vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a member of the Company from attending and voting in person at the AGM and any adjournment thereof should he so wish. In such event, his form of proxy will be deemed to have been revoked.
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A form of proxy for the AGM is enclosed with the Company’s circular dated 28 April 2017. In order to be valid, the form of proxy duly completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon together with a valid power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s share registrar, Boardroom Share Registrars (HK) Limited, at 31/F, 148 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof.
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from 6 June 2017 to 9 June 2017 (both dates inclusive), for the purposes of determining the entitlements of the members of the Company to attend and vote at the AGM. No transfers of Shares may be registered during the said period. In order to qualify for the aforesaid entitlements, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Boardroom Share Registrars (HK) Limited, at 31/F, 148 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on 5 June 2017, Monday.
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With regard to resolution no. 5 above, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new Shares pursuant to the general mandate to be granted under resolution no. 5 above.
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Chen Xin, Ms. Liu Jinlan and Mr. Li Zongzhou as executive directors, and Mr. Qi Daqing, Mr. Lian Yuming, Ms. Wang Xin and Mr. He Hui David as independent non-executive directors.
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