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(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00696)
CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS:
XI'AN CARES SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENTS
On 17 June 2019, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement I with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the common use self-servicecheck-in system and the common use self-service luggage system for the Xianyang International Airport Project I, which includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation and testing of the required software and the overall system implementation as well as the grant of right to use twenty common use self-servicecheck-in equipment and two common use self-service luggage equipment and the maintenance thereof for a period of six years.
On 12 October 2019, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement II with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the common use self-servicecheck-in system and the self (automatic) bag drop system for the Xianyang International Airport Project II, which includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation and testing of the required software and the overall system implementation as well as the grant of right to use four common use self- service check-in equipment and five self (automatic) bag drop equipment and the maintenance thereof for a period of five years.
On 30 December 2019, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement III with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the departure system for the Xianyang International Airport Project III, which includes but not limited to, the procurement and delivery of the required software as well as the one-year quality warranty for the departure system.
On 9 March 2020, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Ankang Airport Subcontract Agreement with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the departure system for the Ankang Airport Project, which includes but not limited to, the procurement and delivery of the required software as well as the five-year quality warranty for the departure system.
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Xi'an Cares is a non-wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which is owned as to 51% by the Company, 32% by Eastern Airlines, and 17% by China West Airport Group* (西部機場集團). Eastern Airlines is a subsidiary of Eastern Holding and Eastern Holding is a substantial shareholder of the Company as at the date of this announcement. Xi'an Cares is therefore a connected person of the Company under the Listing Rules. As such, the transactions contemplated under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements constitute connected transactions of the Company.
Since the highest applicable percentage ratio calculated with reference to the consideration under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements is more than 0.1% but less than 5%, the transactions contemplated under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements are subject to the announcement requirement but exempt from the independent shareholders' approval requirement of Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.
1. XI'AN CARES SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENTS
On 17 June 2019, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement I with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the common use self-servicecheck-in system and the common use self-service luggage system for the Xianyang International Airport Project I, which includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation and testing of the required software and the overall system implementation as well as the grant of right to use twenty common use self-servicecheck-in equipment and two common use self-service luggage equipment and the maintenance thereof for a period of six years.
On 12 October 2019, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement II with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the common use self-servicecheck-in system and the self (automatic) bag drop system for the Xianyang International Airport Project II, which includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation and testing of the required software and the overall system implementation as well as the grant of right to use four common use self-servicecheck-in equipment and five self (automatic) bag drop equipment and the maintenance thereof for a period of five years.
On 30 December 2019, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement III with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the departure system for the Xianyang International Airport Project III, which includes but not limited to, the procurement and delivery of the required software as well as the one-year quality warranty for the departure system.
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On 9 March 2020, the Company entered into the Xi'an Cares Ankang Airport Subcontract Agreement with Xi'an Cares, pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the departure system for the Ankang Airport Project, which includes but not limited to, the procurement and delivery of the required software as well as the five-year quality warranty for the departure system.
Further details of the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements are set out below:
1.1 Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement I
Date: | 17 June 2019 |
Parties: | (1) Xi'an Cares (as contractor); and |
(2) the Company (as subcontractor) | |
Scope of work: | Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company |
the construction of the common use self-service check- | |
in system and the common use self-service luggage | |
system for the Xianyang International Airport Project I, | |
which includes but not limited to, the procurement, | |
installation and testing of the required software and the | |
overall system implementation as well as the grant of | |
right to use twenty common use self-servicecheck-in | |
equipment and two common use self-service luggage | |
equipment and the maintenance thereof for a period of | |
six years. | |
Consideration: | RMB1,584,000.00 (equivalent to approximately |
HK$1,758,240.00) | |
The consideration shall be paid by Xi'an Cares to the | |
Company in three instalments according to the project | |
progress as scheduled in the Xi'an Cares Xianyang | |
International Airport Subcontract Agreement I. | |
The parties may enter into a supplemental agreement to | |
amend the consideration according to the actual | |
purchase amount of the required software and the | |
provision of services under the Xi'an Cares Xianyang | |
International Airport Subcontract Agreement I. The | |
adjustment shall not exceed 10% of the consideration. |
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The above consideration has been determined and agreed between the parties on an arm's length basis based on the costs of the software including the necessary technical support services and after taking into account the market conditions.
1.2 Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement II
Date: | 12 October 2019 |
Parties: | (1) Xi'an Cares (as contractor); and |
(2) the Company (as subcontractor) | |
Scope of work: | Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company |
the construction of the common use self-service check- | |
in system and the self (automatic) bag drop system for | |
the Xianyang International Airport Project II, which | |
includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation | |
and testing of the required software and the overall | |
system implementation as well as the grant of right to | |
use four common use self-servicecheck-in equipment | |
and five self (automatic) bag drop equipment and the | |
maintenance thereof for a period of five years. | |
Consideration: | RMB648,000.00 (equivalent to approximately |
HK$719,280.00) | |
The consideration shall be paid by Xi'an Cares to the | |
Company in three instalments according to the project | |
progress as scheduled in the Xi'an Cares Xianyang | |
International Airport Subcontract Agreement II. | |
The parties may enter into a supplemental agreement to | |
amend the consideration according to the actual | |
purchase amount of the required software and the | |
provision of services under the Xi'an Cares Xianyang | |
International Airport Subcontract Agreement II. The | |
adjustment shall not exceed 10% of the consideration. |
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The above consideration has been determined and agreed between the parties on an arm's length basis based on the costs of the software including the necessary technical support services and after taking into account the market conditions.
1.3 Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement III
Date: | 30 December 2019 |
Parties: | (1) Xi'an Cares (as contractor); and |
(2) the Company (as subcontractor) | |
Scope of work: | Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company |
the construction of the departure system for the | |
Xianyang International Airport Project III, which | |
includes but not limited to, the procurement and | |
delivery of the required software as well as the one- | |
year quality warranty for the departure system. | |
Consideration: | RMB106,700.00 (equivalent to approximately |
HK$118,437.00) | |
The consideration shall be paid by Xi'an Cares to the | |
Company in two instalments according to the project | |
progress as scheduled in the Xi'an Cares Xianyang | |
International Airport Subcontract Agreement III. | |
The parties may enter into a supplemental agreement to | |
amend the consideration according to the actual | |
purchase amount of the required software under the | |
Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract | |
Agreement III. The adjustment shall not exceed 10% of | |
the consideration. | |
The above consideration has been determined and | |
agreed between the parties on an arm's length basis | |
based on the costs of the software and after taking into | |
account the market conditions. |
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1.4 Xi'an Cares Ankang Airport Subcontract Agreement
Date: | 9 March 2020 |
Parties: | (1) Xi'an Cares (as contractor); and |
(2) the Company (as subcontractor) | |
Scope of work: | Xi'an Cares has agreed to subcontract to the Company |
the construction of the departure system for the Ankang | |
Airport Project, which includes but not limited to, the | |
procurement and delivery of the required software as | |
well as the five-year quality warranty for the departure | |
system. | |
Consideration: | RMB10,025,000.00 (equivalent to approximately |
HK$11,127,750.00) | |
The consideration shall be paid by Xi'an Cares to the | |
Company in four instalments according to the project | |
progress as scheduled in the Xi'an Cares Ankang | |
Airport Subcontract Agreement. | |
The parties may enter into a supplemental agreement to | |
amend the consideration according to the actual | |
purchase amount of the required software under the | |
Xi'an Cares Ankang Airport Subcontract Agreement. | |
The adjustment shall not exceed 10% of the | |
consideration. | |
The above consideration has been determined and | |
agreed between the parties on an arm's length basis | |
based on the costs of the software and after taking into | |
account the market conditions. |
2. REASONS FOR AND BENEFITS OF THE CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS
The Company has undertaken each of the Xianyang International Airport Project I, the Xianyang International Airport Project II, the Xianyang International Airport Project III and the Ankang Airport Project from Xi'an Cares. Xi'an Cares is principally engaged in the provision of computer software and hardware development and data network services.
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The Company has the necessary qualifications, capabilities and technological skills required to carry out the relevant works as specified under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements. The Board is of the view that it will be for the benefit of the Company to contract for from Xi'an Cares the relevant work as specified under the aforementioned agreements.
The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) are of the view that the transactions under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements will be conducted in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and on normal commercial terms, and that the terms of the transactions are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
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IMPLICATIONS UNDER THE LISTING RULES
Xi'an Cares is a non-wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which is owned as to 51% by the Company, 32% by Eastern Airlines, and 17% by China West Airport Group* (西部機場集 團). Eastern Airlines is a subsidiary of Eastern Holding and Eastern Holding is a substantial shareholder of the Company as at the date of this announcement. Xi'an Cares is therefore a connected person of the Company under the Listing Rules. As such, the transactions contemplated under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements constitute connected transactions of the Company.
Since the highest applicable percentage ratio calculated with reference to the consideration under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements is more than 0.1% but less than 5%, the transactions contemplated under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements are subject to the announcement requirement but exempt from the independent shareholders' approval requirement of Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.
Mr. Tang Bing, a non-executive Director then, who holds positions in Eastern Holding and Eastern Airlines, has abstained from voting at the Board meeting to approve the transactions under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements. Except for the above, none of the Directors has a material interest in the transactions under the Xi'an Cares Subcontract Agreements and none of them has abstained from voting on the relevant Board resolutions. - GENERAL INFORMATION
Information on the Group
The Group is principally engaged in the provision of aviation information technology services in the PRC as well as the provision of accounting, settlement and clearing services and information system development and support services to domestic and worldwide airline companies.
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Information on Xi'an Cares
Xi'an Cares is principally engaged in the provision of computer software and hardware development and data network services.
Information on CTHCL
CTHCL is a wholly PRC state-owned enterprise. As at the date of this announcement, it is a substantial shareholder of the Company and holds approximately 29.29% of the total issued share capital of the Company. It is principally engaged in the management of the state-owned assets and state-owned equity interests resulting from investments of the state in the group companies and its invested entities.
5. DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, the following expressions shall have the meaning set out below unless the context requires otherwise:
"Ankang Airport Project" | the construction of the departure system for the Ankang |
Airport* (安康機場), which includes but not limited to, the | |
procurement of certain systems thereof | |
"Board" | the board of Directors |
"Company" | TravelSky Technology Limited, a company incorporated |
under the laws of the PRC whose shares are listed on the | |
Main Board of the Stock Exchange and whose American | |
depositary shares are traded on the over-the-counter market in | |
the United States of America | |
"connected person(s)" | has the same meaning as ascribed to it under the Listing Rules |
"CTHCL" | China TravelSky Holding Company Limited* (中國民航信息 |
集團有限公司), a substantial shareholder of the Company as | |
at the date of this announcement | |
"Director(s)" | the director(s) of the Company |
"Eastern Airlines" | China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited* (中國東方航空 |
股份有限公司), a subsidiary of Eastern Holding as at the date | |
of this announcement |
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"Eastern Holding" | China Eastern Air Holding Company Limited* (中國東方航 |
空集團有限公司), a substantial shareholder of the Company | |
as at the date of this announcement | |
"Group" | the Company and its subsidiaries |
"HK$" | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong |
Special Administrative Region | |
"Listing Rules" | the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock |
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | |
"PRC" | the People's Republic of China and, for the purpose of this |
announcement, excludes the Hong Kong Special | |
Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative | |
Region and Taiwan | |
"RMB" | Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC |
"Shareholder(s)" | the shareholder(s) of the Company |
"Stock Exchange" | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
"substantial shareholder" | has the same meaning as ascribed to it under the Listing Rules |
"subsidiary(ies)" | has the same meaning as ascribed to it under the Listing Rules |
"Xi'an Cares" | Civil Aviation Cares Technology of Xi'an Ltd.* (西安民航凱 |
亞科技有限公司) | |
"Xi'an Cares Ankang Airport | the subcontract agreement dated 9 March 2020 between the |
Subcontract Agreement" | Company and Xi'an Cares pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has |
agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the | |
departure system for the Ankang Airport Project | |
"Xi'an Cares Subcontract | collectively, the Xi'an Cares Xianyang International Airport |
Agreements" | Subcontract Agreement I, the Xi'an Cares Xianyang |
International Airport Subcontract Agreement II, the Xi'an | |
Cares Xianyang International Airport Subcontract Agreement | |
III and Xi'an Cares Ankang Airport Subcontract Agreement |
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"Xi'an Cares Xianyang | the subcontract agreement dated 17 June 2019 between the |
International Airport | Company and Xi'an Cares pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has |
Subcontract Agreement I" | agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the |
common use self-servicecheck-in system and the common | |
use self-service luggage system for the Xianyang International | |
Airport Project I | |
"Xi'an Cares Xianyang | the subcontract agreement dated 12 October 2019 between the |
International Airport | Company and Xi'an Cares pursuant to which Xi'an Cares has |
Subcontract Agreement II" | agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of the |
common use self-servicecheck-in system and the self | |
(automatic) bag drop system for the Xianyang International | |
Airport Project II | |
"Xi'an Cares Xianyang | the subcontract agreement dated 30 December 2019 between |
International Airport | the Company and Xi'an Cares pursuant to which Xi'an Cares |
Subcontract Agreement III" | has agreed to subcontract to the Company the construction of |
the departure system for the Xianyang International Airport | |
Project III | |
"Xianyang International | the construction of the common use self-servicecheck-in |
Airport Project I" | system and the common use self-service luggage system for |
the Xianyang International Airport* (咸陽國際機場), which | |
includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation, | |
testing and implementation of certain systems thereof | |
"Xianyang International | the construction of the common use self-servicecheck-in |
Airport Project II" | system and the self (automatic) bag drop system for the |
Xianyang International Airport* (咸陽國際機場), which | |
includes but not limited to, the procurement, installation, | |
testing and implementation of certain systems thereof | |
"Xianyang International | the construction of the departure system for the Xianyang |
Airport Project III" | International Airport* (咸陽國際機場), which includes but |
not limited to, the procurement of certain systems thereof | |
"%" | per cent |
* for identification purposes only |
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For the purpose of this announcement, unless otherwise indicated, the exchange rate at RMB1 = HK$1.11 has been used, where applicable, for the purpose of illustration only and not constitute a representation that any amount have been, could have been or may be exchanged.
By the order of the Board
TravelSky Technology Limited
Cui Zhixiong
Chairman
Beijing, PRC
9 March 2020
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises:
Executive Directors: | Mr. Cui Zhixiong (Chairman) and Mr. Xiao Yinhong; |
Non-executive Directors: | Mr. Zhao Xiaohang, Mr. Xi Sheng and Mr. Luo Laijun; |
Independent non-executive | Mr. Cao Shiqing, Dr. Ngai Wai Fung and Mr. Liu Xiangqun. |
Directors: |
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