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(Stock Code : 199) (1) POLL RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 20TH JANUARY, 2012; AND (2) THE OFFER HAS BECOME UNCONDITIONAL
The Board is pleased to announce that (i) the Ordinary
Resolution set out in the notice of the SGM to approve the
Offer and the Whitewash Waiver was duly passed by the
Independent Shareholders by way of poll at the SGM held on
20th January, 2012; and (ii) all the Conditions to the Offer
have been fulfilled.
The Offer has become unconditional on 20th January, 2012 and
will remain open for acceptance until 4:00 p.m. on Friday,
3rd February, 2012, unless the Company
determines to extend the Offer Period in accordance with the
Codes.
References are made to the announcement of the Company dated
28th November, 2011 and the offer document (the "Offer
Document") issued by the Company dated 3rd January, 2012 in
relation to the conditional voluntary offer made by Optima
Capital Limited on behalf of the Company to repurchase up to
260,000,000 issued ordinary shares of the Company.
Capitalised terms used herein have the same meanings as those
defined in the Offer Document unless otherwise specified.
The Board is pleased to announce that the proposed ordinary resolution (the "Ordinary Resolution") set out in the notice of the SGM to approve the Offer and the Whitewash Waiver was duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll at the SGM held on 20th January, 2012.
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As at the date of the SGM, there were 564,919,597 Shares in
issue. As at the date of the SGM, (i) Selective Choice was
interested in 139,583,474 Shares, representing approximately
24.71% of the entire issued share capital of the Company;
(ii) Dr. Charles Chan was interested in 6,066,400 Shares,
representing approximately 1.07% of the entire issued share
capital of the Company; (iii) Ms. Chau was interested in
3,200,000 Shares, representing approximately 0.57% of the
entire issued share capital of the Company; (iv) PYI was
interested in 6,177,000 Shares, representing approximately
1.09% of the entire issued share capital of the Company; and
(v) Mr. Cheung Hon Kit was interested in 14,202,000 Shares,
representing approximately
2.51% of the entire issued share capital of the Company. The
aforesaid Shareholders were required under the Listing Rules
to abstain and had abstained from voting on the Ordinary
Resolution at the SGM. No Shareholder was entitled to attend
and abstain from voting in favour of the Ordinary Resolution
at the SGM. Accordingly, the total number of the Shares
entitling the holders to attend and vote on the Ordinary
Resolution at the SGM was 395,690,723 Shares.
The results of the poll in respect of the Ordinary Resolution
proposed at the SGM were as follows:
Ordinary Resolution (Note) | Number of votes (Approximate %) | |
Ordinary Resolution (Note) | For | Against |
To approve the Offer and the Whitewash Waiver | 217,772,714 Shares (99.95%) | 108,896 Shares (0.05%) |
Note : Please refer to the "Notice of the SGM" contained in the Offer Document for the full version of the Ordinary Resolution.
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the
Ordinary Resolution, the Ordinary Resolution was duly passed
by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll at the
SGM.
Tricor Secretaries Limited, the branch share registrar and
transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, was appointed to
act as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the SGM.
Depending on the acceptance level of the Offer, the number of
Shares held by Selective Choice and parties acting in concert
with it will not change as a result of the Offer whilst their
percentage interest in the entire issued share capital of the
Company will possibly increase from approximately 27.44% to a
maximum of approximately 50.84% (assuming full acceptance of
the Offer by the public Shareholders only and no conversion
of the 2013 CBs nor exercise of the vested Options before the
close of the Offer) upon completion of the Offer. The final
percentage holding of Selective Choice and parties acting in
concert with it in the Company shall be announced by the
Company after the close of the Offer.
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THE OFFER HAS BECOME UNCONDITIONAL
As disclosed in the Offer Document, the Offer is subject to
the Conditions fulfilled. The Board is pleased to announce
that all the Conditions have been fulfilled and the Offer has
become unconditional on 20th January, 2012 and will remain
open for acceptance until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, 3rd February,
2012, unless the Company determines to extend the Offer
Period in accordance with the Codes.
On behalf of the Board
Hong Kong, 20th January, 2012
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors are as
follows:
Executive Directors:
Mr. Cheung Hon Kit (Chairman)
Mr. Chan Fut Yan (Managing Director)
Mr. Cheung Chi Kit
Mr. Chan Yiu Lun, Alan
Non-executive Director:
Mr. Ma Chi Kong, Karl
Independent non-executive Directors:
Hon. Shek Lai Him, Abraham, SBS, JP (Vice
Chairman)
Mr. Wong Chi Keung, Alvin
Mr. Kwok Ka Lap, Alva
The Directors jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.
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(1) Poll Results of the Special General Meeting held on 20th January, 2012; and (2) The Offer has become Unconditional |