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Xin Point Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2020
Apr 23, 2020
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to action to be taken, you should consult your stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, a bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in K & P International Holdings Limited (the “Company”), you should at once hand this circular, together with the enclosed form of proxy, to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank or stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, 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 circular.
K & P International Holdings Limited 堅寶國際控股有限公司[*]
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 675)
PROPOSED GRANTING OF GENERAL MANDATES TO BUY BACK SHARES AND TO ISSUE SHARES AND
PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A notice convening the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at Ching Room, 4/F., Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 10:00 a.m. is set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is also enclosed. Such form of proxy is also published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (http://www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (http://www.kpihl.com).
Whether or not you are able to attend the Annual General Meeting in person, please complete and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the Annual General Meeting (i.e. not later than 10:00 a.m. on 25 May 2020 (Monday). Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof if they so wish.
References to time and dates in this circular are to Hong Kong time and dates.
24 April 2020
* For identification purposes only
CONTENTS
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| Definitions | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| Letter from | the Board | |
| 1. | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| 2. | Proposed Granting of the Share Buy-back and Issuance Mandates . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| 3. | Proposed Re-election of the Retiring Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| 4. | Annual General Meeting and Proxy Arrangement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
| 5. | Voting by Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
| 6. | Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| 7. | General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| Appendix I | – Explanatory Statement on the Share Buy-back Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Appendix II – Details of the Retiring Directors Proposed to be |
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| Re-elected at the Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
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| Notice of Annual General Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
“Annual General Meeting”
the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at Ching Room, 4/F., Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 10:00 a.m., to consider and, if appropriate, to approve the resolutions contained in the notice of the meeting which is set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular, or any adjournment thereof;
- “Board”
the board of directors of the Company;
- “Company” K & P International Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability, the Shares of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange;
“Current Bye-laws” the bye-laws of the Company currently in force with any amendments thereto from time to time;
“Director(s)” the director(s) of the Company;
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“Group” the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time;
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“HK$” Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong;
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“Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
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“Latest Practicable Date” 16 April 2020, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information in this circular;
“Listing Rules” the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (as amended from time to time);
- “SFO” Securities and Futures Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong;
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DEFINITIONS
- “Share(s)”
ordinary share(s) of HK$0.10 each in the issued share capital of the Company or, if there has been any subsequent sub-division, reduction, consolidation, reclassification or reconstruction of the share capital of the Company, the shares in the ordinary share capital of the Company resulting from such any sub-division, reduction, consolidation, reclassification or reconstruction from time to time;
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“Share Buy-back Mandate”
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a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to buy back Shares on the Stock Exchange of not exceeding 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of the proposed ordinary resolution contained in item 5 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular;
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“Share Issuance Mandate”
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a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors to allot, issue or deal with additional Shares of not exceeding 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of the proposed ordinary resolution contained in item 6 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular;
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“Shareholder(s)” holder(s) of Share(s);
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“Stock Exchange”
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;
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“Subsidiary”
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a company which is for the time being and from time to time a subsidiary (within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong)) of the Company, whether incorporated in Hong Kong or elsewhere;
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“Takeovers Code”
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The Code on Takeovers and Mergers approved by the Securities and Futures Commission as amended from time to time.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
K & P International Holdings Limited 堅寶國際控股有限公司[*]
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 675)
Executive Directors: Lai Pei Wor (Chairman) Chan Yau Wah (Deputy Chairman)
Independent Non-executive Directors: Kung Fan Cheong Mak Kwai Wing Li Yuen Kwan, Joseph
Registered Office: Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda
Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong: Units 2304-06, 23rd Floor Riley House, 88 Lei Muk Road Kwai Chung New Territories Hong Kong
24 April 2020
To the Shareholders
Dear Sir/Madam,
PROPOSED GRANTING OF GENERAL MANDATES TO BUY BACK SHARES AND TO ISSUE SHARES AND PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
1. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this circular is to provide the Shareholders with information in respect of certain resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 10:00 a.m..
* For identification purposes only
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
2. PROPOSED GRANTING OF THE SHARE BUY-BACK AND ISSUANCE MANDATES
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 31 May 2019, general mandates were granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to buy back Shares and to issue Shares respectively. Such mandates will lapse at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
In order to give the Company the flexibility to buy back and issue Shares if and when appropriate, the following ordinary resolutions will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to approve the granting of new general mandates to the Directors:
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(a) to buy back Shares on the Stock Exchange of not exceeding 10% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company as at the date of passing of the proposed ordinary resolution contained in item 5 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular (i.e. a total of 26,700,480 Shares on the basis that the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged on the date of the Annual General Meeting) (the “Share Buy-back Mandate”);
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(b) to allot, issue or deal with additional Shares of not exceeding 20% of the total number of issued Shares of the Company as at the date of passing of the proposed ordinary resolution contained in item 6 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular (i.e. a total of 53,400,960 Shares on the basis that the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged on the date of the Annual General Meeting) (the “Share Issuance Mandate”); and
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(c) to extend the Share Issuance Mandate by adding the number of Shares bought back by the Company pursuant to the Share Buy-back Mandate.
The Share Buy-back Mandate and the Share Issuance Mandate will continue in force until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company held after the Annual General Meeting or any earlier date as referred to in the proposed ordinary resolutions contained in items 5 and 6 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting as set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular. With reference to the Share Buy-back Mandate and the Share Issuance Mandate, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plan to buy back any Shares or issue any Shares pursuant thereto.
In accordance with the requirements of the Listing Rules, the Company is required to send to the Shareholders an explanatory statement containing all the information reasonably necessary to enable them to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the granting of the Share Buyback Mandate. The explanatory statement as required by the Listing Rules in connection with the Share Buy-back Mandate is set out in Appendix I to this circular.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
3. PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS
Pursuant to Bye-law 87(1) of the Current Bye-laws, at each annual general meeting one-third of the Directors for the time being (or, if their number is not a multiple of three (3), the number nearest to but not less than one-third) shall retire from office by rotation.
Pursuant to Bye-law 87(2) of the Current Bye-laws, a retiring Director shall be eligible for reelection. The Directors to retire by rotation shall include (so far as necessary to ascertain the number of directors to retire by rotation) any Director who wishes to retire and not to offer himself for reelection. Any further Directors so to retire shall be those of the other Directors subject to retirement by rotation who have been longest in office since their last re-election or appointment and so that as between persons who became or were last re-elected Directors on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by lot.
According to Bye-laws 87(1) and 87(2) of the Current Bye-laws, Mr. Chan Yau Wah and Mr. Mak Kwai Wing shall retire by rotation at the Annual General Meeting. All of the two retiring Directors, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election at the said meeting.
Pursuant to Rule 13.74 of the Listing Rules, a listed issuer shall disclose the details required under Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules of any director(s) proposed to be re-elected or proposed new director in the notice or accompanying circular to its shareholders of the relevant general meeting, if such re-election or appointment is subject to shareholders’ approval at that relevant general meeting. The requisite details of Mr. Chan Yau Wah and Mr. Mak Kwai Wing are set out in Appendix II to this circular.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
4. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND PROXY ARRANGEMENT
The notice of the Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular. At the Annual General Meeting, resolutions will be proposed to approve, inter alia, the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate and the Share Issuance Mandate, the extension of the Share Issuance Mandate by the addition thereto of the number of Shares bought back pursuant to the Share Buy-back Mandate and the re-election of the retiring Directors.
A form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is enclosed with this circular and such form of proxy is also published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (http:// www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (http://www.kpihl.com). To be valid, the form of proxy must be completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and deposited, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power of attorney or authority, at the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the Annual General Meeting (i.e. not later than 10:00 a.m. on 25 May 2020 (Monday). Completion and delivery of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting if you so wish.
5. VOTING BY POLL
Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, any vote of shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll except where the chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands. Accordingly, the Company will procure that the chairman of the Annual General Meeting shall demand voting on all resolutions set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting be taken by way of poll. The chairman would explain the detailed procedures for conducting a poll at the commencement of the Annual General Meeting.
On a poll, every Shareholder present in person (or, in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy shall have one vote for every fully paid Share held. A Shareholder present in person (or, in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy who is entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all his votes in the same way.
After the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, an announcement on the poll vote results will be published by the Company in the manner prescribed under Rule 13.39(5) of the Listing Rules.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
6. RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider that the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate, the granting/extension of the Share Issuance Mandate and the re-election of the retiring Directors as aforesaid are each in the best interests of the Company, the Group and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend the Shareholders to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
7. GENERAL INFORMATION
Your attention is drawn to the additional information set out in Appendix I (Explanatory Statement on the Share Buy-back Mandate) and Appendix II (Details of the retiring Directors proposed to be reelected at the Annual General Meeting) to this circular.
Yours faithfully, On behalf of the Board Lai Pei Wor Chairman
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE BUY-BACK MANDATE
The following is an explanatory statement required by the Listing Rules to provide the Shareholders with requisite information reasonably necessary for them to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the ordinary resolution to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting in relation to the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate.
1. SHARE CAPITAL
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the issued share capital of the Company comprised 267,004,800 Shares.
Subject to the passing of the ordinary resolution set out in item 5 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting in respect of the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate and on the basis that the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged on the date of the Annual General Meeting, i.e. being 267,004,800 Shares, the Directors would be authorised under the Share Buy-back Mandate to buy back, during the period in which the Share Buy-back Mandate remains in force, a total of 26,700,480 Shares, representing 10% of the total number of Shares in issue as at the date of the Annual General Meeting.
2. REASONS FOR SHARE BUY-BACK
The Directors believe that the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders.
Shares buy-back may, depending on the market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value per Share and/or earnings per Share. The Directors are seeking the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate to give the Company the flexibility to do so if and when appropriate. The number of Shares to be bought back on any occasion and the price and other terms upon which the same are bought back will be decided by the Directors at the relevant time, having regard to the circumstances then pertaining.
3. FUNDING OF SHARE BUY-BACK
The Company may only apply funds legally available for Share buy-back in accordance with its memorandum of association and Bye-laws, the laws of Bermuda and/or any other applicable laws, as the case may be.
The Company is empowered by its memorandum of association and the Current Bye-laws to buy back Shares. The laws of Bermuda provide that the amount of capital paid in connection with a share buy-back by a company may only be paid out of either the capital paid up on the relevant shares, or the funds of the company which would otherwise be available for dividend or distribution or out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for such purpose. The amount of premium payable on buy-back may only be paid out of the funds of the company which would otherwise be available for dividend or distribution or out of the share premium account of the company before the shares are bought back.
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE BUY-BACK MANDATE
4. IMPACT OF SHARE BUY-BACK
Bought-back Shares shall be treated as cancelled and the amount of the Company’s issued capital shall be diminished by the nominal value of those Shares accordingly; but the purchase of shares under this section shall not be taken as reducing the amount of the Company’s authorised share capital.
There might be a material adverse impact on the working capital or gearing position of the Company (as compared with the position disclosed in the audited accounts contained in the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2019) in the event that the Share Buy-back Mandate was to be carried out in full at any time during the proposed buy-back period. However, the Directors do not intend to exercise the Share Buy-back Mandate to such extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements of the Company or the gearing levels which in the opinion of the Directors are from time to time appropriate for the Company.
5. TAKEOVERS CODE
If, as a result of a buy-back of Shares pursuant to the Share Buy-back Mandate, a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition of voting rights for the purposes of the Takeovers Code. Accordingly, a Shareholder, or a group of Shareholders acting in concert (within the meaning under the Takeovers Code), depending on the level of increase in the Shareholder’s interest, could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and thereby become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.
To the best knowledge of the Company, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Lai Pei Wor, the substantial shareholder of the Company and the chairman and an executive Director of the Company, was interested in 120,144,000 Shares, representing approximately 45% of the total issued share capital of the Company. On the basis that the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged on the date of the Annual General Meeting, in the event that the Directors exercise in full the power to buy back Shares in accordance with the terms of the relevant ordinary resolution to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting, the interests of Mr. Lai Pei Wor in the issued Shares would be increased to approximately 49.99% of the total issued share capital of the Company. Such an increase may give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory offer under Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code. However, the Directors have no intention to exercise the Share Buy-back Mandate to such extent as would give rise to this obligation.
In addition, the Directors consider that the full exercise of the Share Buy-back Mandate will not lead to the percentage of the Company’s public float falling below 25% of the Company’s total issued share capital.
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APPENDIX I EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON THE SHARE BUY-BACK MANDATE
6. GENERAL
To the best of their knowledge and having made all reasonable enquiries, none of the Directors nor any of their respective close associates (as defined in the Listing Rules) have any present intention to sell any Shares to the Company in the event that the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.
The Company has not been notified by any core connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company that they have a present intention to sell any Shares to the Company, or that they have undertaken not to sell any Shares held by them to the Company in the event that the granting of the Share Buy-back Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange to exercise the power of the Company to buy back Shares pursuant to the Share Buy-back Mandate in accordance with the Listing Rules and the applicable laws of Bermuda.
7. MARKET PRICES OF SHARES
The highest and lowest prices per Share at which the Shares have traded on the Stock Exchange during each of the previous 12 months were as follows:
| Month | Highest | Lowest |
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| HK$ | HK$ | |
| 2019 | ||
| April | 0.70 | 0.60 |
| May | 0.65 | 0.50 |
| June | 0.60 | 0.49 |
| July | 0.64 | 0.52 |
| August | 0.55 | 0.48 |
| September | 0.51 | 0.475 |
| October | 0.45 | 0.41 |
| November | 0.49 | 0.45 |
| December | 0.50 | 0.43 |
| 2020 | ||
| January | 0.50 | 0.41 |
| February | 0.59 | 0.46 |
| March | 0.60 | 0.48 |
| April (up to the Latest Practicable Date) | 0.59 | 0.52 |
8. SHARE BUY-BACK MADE BY THE COMPANY
No Share buy-back has been made by the Company during the previous six months (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise).
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Pursuant to the Listing Rules, the details of the Directors, who will retire and offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting according to the Current Bye-laws, are provided below.
(1) MR. CHAN YAU WAH
Position and experience
Mr. CHAN Yau Wah (“ Mr. CHAN ”), aged 61, is deputy chairman of the Company. Mr. CHAN was appointed as an executive Director of the Company on 13 September 1996. He is also a general manager in Hi-Tech Investment Holdings Limited. Mr. CHAN joined the Group in December 1990. He is responsible for the planning and management in production activities. He holds a higher diploma in production and industrial engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and a diploma in management studies from the Hong Kong Management Association. He has over 38 years of experience in the industry. He has been a director of Hideki Electronics Limited and K & P Group (Holdings) Limited since 1994, a director of K. S. (China) Electronics Manufactory Limited since 1995, a director of HiTech Investment Holdings Limited and Hi-Tech Property Holdings Limited since 1997, a director of Technology Trends International Limited since 2001, a director of Hi-Tech (China) Investment Limited and 中穎(中山)電子有限公司 since 2002 and acted as a director of E-Dotcom Limited since 2009. He has also been appointed as a director of Sun Ngai Plastic Products Factory Limited, a director of Hunpex Limited and Supervisor of 銀柏達科技(深圳)有限公司 since 2013.
Mr. CHAN has not held any other directorships in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas.
Length of service
Mr. CHAN has entered into a service contract with the Company for a term of three years commencing from 1 January 2018, and thereafter until terminated by either party serving not less than six months and in any event not more than seven months prior notice in writing.
Mr. CHAN is also subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Current Bye-laws. The provisions of the Current Bye-laws in respect of such Directors’ retirement by rotation and re-election have been set out in paragraph 3 of the letter from the Board in this circular.
Relationships
As far as the Directors are aware, Mr. CHAN does not have any relationship with other Directors, senior management or substantial Shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) or controlling Shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company.
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Interests in shares
As far as the Directors are aware, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. CHAN beneficially owned 20,000 Shares of the Company representing approximately 0% of the issued share capital of the Company in accordance with the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
Director’s emoluments
According to the service contract entered with the Company in 2018, Mr. CHAN is not entitled to receive any director’s emoluments from the Company. Mr. CHAN is entitled to a salary of RMB715,000 plus travelling allowance of HK$50,000 per annum for his appointment as a general manager of 中穎(中山)電子有限公司, a subsidiary of the Company.
Information that needs to be disclosed and matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders
There is no information which is discloseable nor is/was Mr. CHAN involved in any of the matters required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements under paragraphs 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Listing Rules and there are no other matters concerning Mr. CHAN that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders.
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(2) MR. MAK KWAI WING
Position and experience
Mr. MAK Kwai Wing (“ Mr. MAK ”), aged 70, was appointed as an independent nonexecutive Director of the Company on 3 July 2017. Mr. MAK is also the chairman of the audit committee and a member for each of the remuneration committee and the nomination committee of the Company. Mr. MAK graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a degree of Bachelor of Social Sciences. He is also a Fellow of CPA Australia and an Associate of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong. Mr. MAK has over 40 years of experience in the taxation field. In July 2006, Mr. MAK joined Mazars Tax Services Limited (“Mazars”) as an executive director, was a managing director of Mazars from January 2008 to August 2014 and was a Senior Advisor of Mazars from September 2014 to June 2017. Before joining Mazars, Mr. MAK was a tax principal at Ernst &Young and took early retirement in January 2004. Currently, Mr. MAK is an independent nonexecutive director of Tianjin Development Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 00882) and a member of Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association. Previously, Mr. MAK served as the governor of Rotary International District 3450 and Chairman of the Tax Specialization Development Working Group of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. MAK has not held any other directorships in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas.
Length of service
Mr. MAK has entered into a service contract with the Company for a term of two years commencing from 3 July 2019. Mr. MAK can resign as an independent non-executive Director of the Company by written notice given to the Company. The Company is entitled to terminate Mr. MAK’s appointment as an independent non-executive Director of the Company by one month’s prior notice in writing (or by payment in lieu of notice) given at any time.
Mr. MAK is also subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Current Bye-laws. The provisions of the Current Bye-laws in respect of such directors’ retirement by rotation and re-election have been set out in paragraph 3 of the letter from the Board in this circular.
Relationships
As far as the Directors are aware, Mr. MAK does not have any relationships with other Directors, senior management, substantial Shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules), or controlling Shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company.
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APPENDIX II DETAILS OF THE RETIRING DIRECTORS PROPOSED TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Interests in shares
As far as the Directors are aware, as at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. MAK was not interested or deemed to be interested in any shares or underlying shares of the Company or its associated corporations within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
Director’s emoluments
Mr. MAK is entitled to receive a Director’s fee of HK$27,828 per month, which is determined by the Board by reference to Mr. MAK’s duties and responsibilities, and is in line with the Director’s fee payable to other independent non-executive Directors of the Company. All of his emoluments have been covered by his service contract.
Information that needs to be disclosed and matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders
There is no information which is discloseable nor is/was Mr. MAK involved in any of the matters required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements under paragraphs 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Listing Rules and there are no other matters concerning Mr. MAK that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
K & P International Holdings Limited 堅寶國際控股有限公司[*]
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 675)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of K & P International Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Ching Room, 4/F., Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 10:00 a.m. for the following purposes:
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To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2019;
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To declare a final dividend of HK2 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2019;
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3(a). To re-elect Mr. Chan Yau Wah as executive director;
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3(b). To re-elect Mr. Mak Kwai Wing as independent non-executive director;
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3(c). To authorize the board of directors to fix a maximum number of directors;
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3(d). To authorize the board of directors to fix the respective directors’ remuneration;
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To re-appoint Mazars CPA Limited as auditors and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration;
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“ THAT :
- (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, a general mandate be and is hereby generally and unconditionally given to the directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period (as defined below) all the powers of the Company to buy back its shares in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations;
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(b) the total number of shares of the Company to be bought back pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly, and if any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of shares is conducted, the maximum number of shares that may be bought back under the mandate in paragraph (a) above as a percentage of the total number of issued shares at the date immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same; and
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(c) for the purposes 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 the bye-laws of the Company or any applicable laws to be held; and
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(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting.”;
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“ THAT :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, a general mandate be and is hereby generally and unconditionally given to the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers;
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(b) the mandate in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the directors of the Company to make or grant offers, agreements and options during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the aggregate number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to:
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(i) a Rights Issue (as defined below);
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(ii) the exercise of options under a share option scheme of the Company; and
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(iii) any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company,
shall not exceed 20% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly, and if any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of shares is conducted, the maximum number of shares that may be issued under the mandate in paragraph (a) above as a percentage of the total number of issued shares at the date immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same; and
- (d) for the purposes 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 the bye-laws of the Company or any applicable laws to be held; and
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(iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the directors to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (subject to such exclusions 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 any relevant jurisdiction or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange).”; and
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- To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“ THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions set out in items 5 and 6 of the notice convening this meeting (the “ Notice ”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 6 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate number of shares which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the directors pursuant to such general mandate of the number of shares bought back by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in resolution set out in item 5 of the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.”.
On behalf of the Board Lai Pei Wor Chairman
Hong Kong, 24 April 2020
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Notes:
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All resolutions at the meeting will be taken by poll (except where the chairman decides to allow a resolution relating to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands) pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) and the results of the poll will be published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.
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Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. If more than one proxy is appointed, the number of shares in respect of which each such proxy so appointed must be specified in the relevant form of proxy. Every shareholder present in person or by proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by him.
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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 certified copy of that power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting (i.e. not later than 10:00 a.m. on 25 May 2020 (Monday). Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the above meeting, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 22 May 2020 to Wednesday, 27 May 2020, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, unregistered holders of shares of the Company shall ensure that all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 21 May 2020.
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For determining the entitlement to the proposed final dividend, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 3 June 2020 to Friday, 5 June 2020, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. The record date for shareholder’s entitlement to the proposed final dividend is Friday, 5 June 2020. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Branch Share Registrar and Transfer Office in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 2 June 2020.
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A circular containing further details concerning items 3, 5, 6 and 7 set out in the above notice will be sent to all shareholders of the Company together with the 2019 Annual Report.
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References to time and dates in this notice are to Hong Kong time and dates.
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