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Wisdomcome Group Holdings Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2011
Jan 18, 2011
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Capital/Financing Update
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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 announcement, make no representation as to the 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 announcement.
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any securities of the Company.
UNLIMITED CREATIVITY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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(Continued into Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock code: 8079)
PLACING OF NEW SHARES UNDER GENERAL MANDATE
Placing Agent
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PLACING OF NEW SHARES
On 18 January 2011 (after trading hours), the Company entered into the Placing Agreement with the Placing Agent whereby the Company agreed to place, through the Placing Agent, on a best effort basis, a maximum of 85,000,000 new Shares to not less than six Placees at a price of HK$0.165 per Placing Share.
The maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares represent approximately (i) 19.89% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of this announcement; and (ii) 16.59% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of a maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares.
The Placing Price represents (i) a discount of approximately 14.95% to the closing price of HK$0.194 per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange on the date of this announcement, being the date of the Placing Agreement; and (ii) a discount of approximately 19.75% to the average closing price of HK$0.2056 per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the five consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of this announcement.
The aggregate gross proceeds from the Placing will be approximately HK$14.03 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of approximately HK$13.70 million from the Placing for general working capital of the Group and/or possible investment in the future when opportunities arise.
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The Placing is not subject to Shareholders’ approval as the Placing Shares will be issued under the General Mandate.
Shareholders and potential investors should note that completion of the Placing is subject to fulfillment of the conditions under the Placing Agreement. As the Placing may or may not proceed, Shareholders and potential investors are reminded to exercise caution when dealing in the Shares.
THE PLACING AGREEMENT
Date
18 January 2011
Issuer
The Company
Placing Agent
Kingston Securities Limited
To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, the Placing Agent and their ultimate beneficial owners are third parties independent of and not connected with the Company and its connected persons. As at the date of this announcement, the Placing Agent is interested in 8 Shares.
Placees
The Placing Shares will be placed to not less than six Placees, who are independent institutional, professional and/or individual investors and not concert parties with the controlling Shareholder(s) (if any) (as defined under the Takeovers Code), and not connected with any directors, chief executive or substantial shareholder (if any) of the Company or its subsidiaries and their respective associates. It is expected that none of the Placees and their respective associates will become a substantial shareholder (as defined under the GEM Listing Rules) of the Company as a result of the Placing.
Placing Shares
Pursuant to the Placing Agreement, the Placing Agent agreed to procure, on a best effort basis, not less than six Placees to subscribe for a maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares at the Placing Price. The maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares represent approximately (i) 19.89% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of this announcement; and (ii) 16.59% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of a maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares. The aggregate nominal value of the maximum number of 85,000,000 Placing Shares is HK$850,000.
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Placing Price
The Placing Price represents (i) a discount of approximately 14.95% to the closing price of HK$0.194 per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange on the date of this announcement, being the date of the Placing Agreement; and (ii) a discount of approximately 19.75% to the average closing price of HK$0.2056 per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the five consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of this announcement.
The Placing Price was determined after arm’s length negotiations between the Company and the Placing Agent on the date of the Placing Agreement with reference to the prevailing market price of the Shares.
The Directors consider that the terms of the Placing Agreement (including the Placing Price) are fair and reasonable and that the Placing is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
Conditions precedent to the Placing Agreement
Completion of the Placing is conditional upon fulfillment of the following conditions:
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(i) the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of and permission to deal in the Placing Shares; and
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(ii) any other approvals as may be required for the Placing.
The Placing Agreement shall automatically become null and void and of no effect if the conditions set forth above remain unfulfilled on 28 February 2011 or such date mutually agreed by both the Company and the Placing Agent and in such event either party shall have no claim against each other, save for those expressly reserved and agreed in the Placing Agreement.
Termination and force majeure
The Placing Agreement may be terminated by the Placing Agent if at any time at or before 9:30 a.m. on the date of completion of the Placing Agreement, there occurs:
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(i) the introduction of any new law or regulation or any change in existing laws or regulations (or the judicial interpretation thereof) or other occurrence of any nature whatsoever which may, in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent, materially and adversely affect the business or the financial or trading position or prospects of the Company;
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(ii) the occurrence of any local, national or international event or change (whether or not forming part of a series of events or changes occurring or continuing before and/or after the date of the Placing Agreement) of a political, military, financial, economic, currency (including a change in the system under which the value of the Hong Kong currency is linked to the currency of the United States of America) or other nature (whether or not of the same nature with any of the foregoing), or in the nature of any local, national, international outbreak or escalation of hostilities or armed conflict, or affecting local securities market or the occurrence of any combination of circumstances which may, in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent, materially and adversely affect the business or the financial or trading position or prospects of the Company or adversely prejudices the
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success of the Placing to potential investor(s) or otherwise makes it inexpedient or inadvisable for the Company or the Placing Agent to proceed with the Placing;
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(iii) any change in market conditions or combination of circumstances in Hong Kong (including without limitation suspension or material restriction on trading in securities) occurs which affect the success of the Placing (such success being the completion of the placing of the Placing Shares to potential investor(s)) or otherwise in the sole and absolute opinion of the Placing Agent make it inexpedient or inadvisable or inappropriate for the Company or the Placing Agent to proceed with the Placing;
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(iv) the Company commits any material breach of or omits to observe any of the obligations or undertakings expressed or assumed under the Placing Agreement;
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(v) any adverse change in the business, financial or trading position of any member of the Group which is material to the Placing; or
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(vi) the Placing Agent shall become aware of the fact that any of the representations or warranties contained in the Placing Agreement was, when given, untrue or inaccurate in any respect or would in any respect be untrue or inaccurate, or if repeated the Placing Agent shall determine in its reasonable opinion that any such untrue representation or warranty represents or is likely to represent a material adverse change in the financial or trading position or prospects of the Group or will otherwise likely to have a material prejudicial effect on the Placing.
Completion
Completion of the Placing shall take place within four Business Days after all the conditions as set out in the Placing Agreement are fulfilled or such other date to be agreed between the Company and the Placing Agent.
Placing commission
The Placing Agent shall receive a placing commission of 2.0% of the amount equal to the Placing Price multiplied by the number of the Placing Shares successfully placed.
General Mandate
The maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares will be issued and allotted under the General Mandate. As at the date of this announcement, the General Mandate has not been utilized since it was granted and the number of new Shares that could be issued by the Company under the General Mandate is 85,466,826 Shares.
Application for listing
The Company will apply to the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Placing Shares.
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EFFECT ON SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY
Set out below is the shareholding structure of the Company (i) as at the date of this announcement and (ii) upon completion of the Placing, assuming a maximum of 85,000,000 Placing Shares are successfully placed by the Placing Agent.
| As at the date of this announcement Number of Approximate Shares % Ms. Siu York Chee and Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen and their associates_(Notes 1,2&3) 812,514 0.19 Public Shareholders The Placees(Note 4)_ – – Other public Shareholders 426,521,616 99.81 Total 427,334,130 100.00 |
Upon the completion of the Placing Number of Approximate Shares % 812,514 0.16 85,000,000 16.59 426,521,616 83.25 512,334,130 100.00 |
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Note:
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Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen is an executive Director of the Company and Ms. Siu York Chee is an ex-director of the Company who has resigned with effect from 14 January 2011.
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Heavenly Blaze Limited is beneficially owned as to (i) 46% by Mr. Shiu Stephen Junior, son of Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen (being the executive Director); (ii) 34% by Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen and Ms. Siu York Chee together hold on behalf of Ms. Shiu Yo Yo and Ms. Shiu Sound Sound, daughters of Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen; (iii) 16% by Ms. Shiu Ting Yan, Denise, daughter of Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen; (iv) 1% by Mr. Cheng Jut Si; and (v) 3% by One Dollar Productions Limited which is beneficially owned as to 25% by Mr. Shiu Stephen Junior; and 75% by Ms. Hau Lai Mei, the step-mother of Mr. Shiu Stephen Junior.
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Ms. Siu York Chee and Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen are the trustees of Ms. Shiu Yo Yo and Ms. Shiu Sound Sound.
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Pursuant to the Placing Agreement, the Placing Agent agreed to procure that the Placees and their ultimate beneficial owners shall be third parties independent of and not connected with the Company and its connected persons. Therefore, the Placees are treated as public Shareholders.
EQUITY FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS
Date of Intended use Actual use announcement Capital raising activity Net proceeds raised the net proceeds of the net proceeds of 8 December Placing of 85,000,000 Approximately For general Not Applicable 2010 (Note) new Shares HK$21.35 working capital million of the Group and/or possible investment in the future when opportunities arise.
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| 15 September | Placing of 71,000,000 | Approximately | For the payment of | Approximately |
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| 2010 | new Shares | HK$13.88 million | the property (the | HK$13.88 |
| from placing of | “Property”) and | million was used | ||
| 71,000,000 Shares | Group’s general | for the payment | ||
| working capital | of the Property | |||
| as set out in the | ||||
| announcement of | ||||
| the Company dated | ||||
| 15 September 2010. | ||||
| 14 April 2010 | Proposed placing of | Approximately | For general working | (i) Approximately |
| 4,000,000,000 shares | HK$58 million | capital of the | HK$9 million | |
| of the Company | from the placing | Group | was used for | |
| before the share | of 1,200,000,000 | the mortgage in | ||
| consolidation as set out | shares of the | relation to | ||
| in the announcement | Company | existing | ||
| of the Company dated | before the Share | properties; (ii) | ||
| 3 August 2010 (the | Consolidation | approximately | ||
| “Share Consolidation”) | HK$39 million | |||
| on a best effort basis | was used as | |||
| general working | ||||
| 1,200,000,000 shares | capital; and (iii) | |||
| of the Company | the remaining | |||
| before the Share | balance of | |||
| Consolidation had | approximately | |||
| been placed on 9 June | HK$10 million | |||
| 2010 and the placing | used for the | |||
| had been lapsed on 20 | payment of the | |||
| August 2010 | Property |
Note : The placing has been terminated on 31 December 2010.
Save as disclosed above, the Company had not carried out any equity fund raising exercise in the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of this announcement.
REASONS FOR THE PLACING AND USE OF THE PROCEEDS
The Company is principally engaged in the retailing of beauty products and provision of beauty services, clinical services, in Hong Kong and Macau, property investment, financial instruments and quoted shares investment and money lending business in Hong Kong.
The gross proceeds from the Placing will be approximately HK$14.03 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of approximately HK$13.70 million from the Placing for general working capital of the Group and/or possible investment in the future when opportunities arise. The net Placing Price will be approximately HK$0.161 per Share.
The Directors are of the view that the Placing will broaden the Shareholders’ portfolio. The Placing will also strengthen the financial position of the Group. The Group has been looking for new business opportunities. The Placing will therefore enhance the Group’s flexibility in future business developments or investments as and when opportunities arise. Accordingly, the Board considers that the Placing is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
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GENERAL
The Placing is not subject to Shareholders’ approval as the Placing Shares will be issued under the General Mandate.
Shareholders and potential investors should note that completion of the Placing is subject to fulfillment of the conditions under the Placing Agreement. As the Placing may or may not proceed, Shareholders and potential investors are reminded to exercise caution when dealing in the Shares.
DEFINITIONS
The following terms have the following meanings in this announcement unless the context otherwise requires:
| “associates” | has the meaning ascribed to it in the GEM Listing Rules |
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| “Board” | the board of Directors |
| “Business Day(s)” | any day (excluding a Saturday and Sunday) on which banks generally |
| are open for business in Hong Kong | |
| “Company” | Unlimited Creativity Holdings Limited, an exempted company |
| continued into Bermuda with limited liability and the Shares of which | |
| are listed on the GEM | |
| “connected person(s)” | has the meaning ascribed to it in the GEM Listing Rules |
| “Directors” | directors of the Company |
| “GEM” | the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange |
| “GEM Listing Rules” | the rules governing the listing of securities on GEM |
| “General Mandate” | the general mandate which was granted to the Directors pursuant to an |
| ordinary resolution passed at the Company’s special general meeting | |
| held on 7 December 2010 to issue and allot up to 85,466,826 new Shares, | |
| representing 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital | |
| of the Company in issue on the date of the meeting | |
| “Group” | the Company and its subsidiaries |
| “Hong Kong” | the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic |
| of China | |
| “Placee(s)” | any independent institutional, professional and/or individual investors |
| who are not concert parties with the controlling Shareholder(s) (if any) | |
| (as defined under the Takeovers Code), and not connected with any | |
| directors, chief executive or substantial Shareholder(s) (if any) of the | |
| Company or its subsidiaries and their respective associates |
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“Placing”
the best effort placing of up to 85,000,000 Placing Shares
“Placing Agent” Kingston Securities Limited, a licensed corporation to carry on type 1 (dealing in securities) regulated activity for the purposes of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
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“Placing Agreement” the agreement entered into between the Company and the Placing Agent dated 18 January 2011 in respect of the Placing
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“Placing Price” HK$0.165 per Placing Share
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“Placing Shares” a maximum of 85,000,000 Shares to be issued under the Placing
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“SFC” the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
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“Share(s)” the ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 each in the share capital of the Company “Shareholders” holders of the Shares
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“Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
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“Takeovers Code” Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers
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“HK$” Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong
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“%” per cent.
By order of the Board Unlimited Creativity Holdings Limited Shiu Yeuk Yuen Chairman
Hong Kong, 18 January 2011
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Shiu Yeuk Yuen and Mr. Leung Ge On Andy as executive Directors; Mr. Hung Anckes Yau Keung, Dr. Siu Yim Kwan, Sidney and Mr. Tsui Pui Hung, Walter as independent non-executive Directors.
This announcement, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the GEM Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this announcement is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this announcement misleading.
This announcement will remain on the “Latest Company Announcements” page of the website of the GEM at www.hkgem.com for at least 7 days from the date of its posting and on the Company’s website at www.ulcreativity.com.
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