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IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the
contents of this document or the action that you should take, you should immediately consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent professional adviser authorised under the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) (“FSMA”)
who specialises in advising on the acquisition of shares and other securities.
An investment in the Company involves a significant degree of risk and may not be suitable
for all recipients of this document.
Potential investors should read the
whole of this document and consider carefully the Risk Factors which are set out in Part III of this document.
This document,
which comprises an AIM admission
document drawn up in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies, has been issued in connection with the proposed
admission of the Issued Ordinary Shares of the Company to trading on AIM. This
document does not contain an offer or constitute any part of an offer to the public within the meaning of section 85 of FSMA or
otherwise. This document
is not an approved prospectus for the purposes
of the said section 85 of FSMA and a copy of it has not been, and will not be, delivered to the UK Listing
Authority (“UKLA”) in accordance with the Prospectus Rules or delivered
to or approved by any other authority
which could be a
competent authority for the purposes of the Prospectus
Directive.
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its Directors, whose names appear on page 6 of this document, accept
responsibility including individual and collective
responsibility for the information contained
in this document and for compliance with the
AIM Rules for Companies. To the best of the
knowledge and belief of the Directors, who have taken all reasonable care to
ensure that such is the case, the information contained in this document is, to the best of their knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import.
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Issued Ordinary Shares to be admitted
to trading on AIM. The Ordinary Shares are not dealt in on any other recognised investment exchange and it is emphasized that no application is being made for admission of the Ordinary
Shares to the Official
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TAI ZI CAPITAL LTD
(Incorporated and registered in the Cayman Islands with company number TR 199887)
ADMISSION TO TRADING ON AIM
of 6,000,000 new Ordinary Shares of US$1 each at US$1 per share
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Zimmerman Adams International Limited
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All of the
Ordinary Shares will, upon Admission,
rank equally in all respects, including the right to receive all dividends or other distributions thereafter declared,
made or paid.
Zimmerman
Adams International Limited (“ZAI”), which is authorised
and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority (“FSA”), is acting as nominated adviser and broker to the Company
and is not acting for any other person in connection with the Admission
and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing
the protections afforded to clients
of ZAI or for providing advice in relation to the Admission. ZAI’s responsibilities as the nominated
adviser and broker under the AIM Rules are owed solely to the LSE and are not owed to the Company or to any Director or to any other person. ZAI has not
authorised the contents of, or any part of, this document
and without limiting
the statutory rights of any person to whom this document is issued, no representation or warranty, express or
implied, is made by ZAI in respect of and no liability whatsoever is accepted by ZAI for the
accuracy of any information or opinions contained in this document or for the omission of any information
from this document, for which the Company and the Directors are solely responsible.
The Company
is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and is managed
and controlled outside the United Kingdom. Accordingly, the provisions of the City Code and protections it may afford to shareholders and any ability to discuss
matters relating to the Company with the Panel are not applicable or available.
As at the date of this document and as at Admission, the Company will have in issue 6,000,000
Ordinary Shares. The Company has as at the
date of this document and will have as at Admission an unissued share capital of 44,000,000 Ordinary
Shares. The Company
is able to issue from time to time, under Cayman
Islands law and under its constitutional documents, all of these unissued
Ordinary Shares without recourse to Shareholders, which would be dilutive of the interests
of Shareholders. The Directors
have no current intention however
to issue any such additional Ordinary Shares.
The distribution of this document
outside the United Kingdom (“UK”) may be restricted by law and therefore any persons outside
the UK into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves about and observe
any such restrictions as to the Admission. Any failure to comply
with such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside
of the UK. The Ordinary Shares have
not been nor will they be registered under the United States of America
(“US”) Securities Act of 1933 (as amended)
(“the US Securities Act”) or
under the securities
legislation of any state of the US. Accordingly, the Ordinary Shares may not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly into the US or to or for the
account or benefit of any US Person (as that term is defined in Regulation S
promulgated under the US Securities
Act) unless the Shares are registered under the US Securities
Act or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. Hedging
transactions involving the Ordinary Shares may not be conducted
unless in compliance with the US Securities Act. The Ordinary
Shares have not
been nor will they be registered under
the securities legislation of any province
or territory of Canada, Australia, Japan or the Republic of South
Africa or any other jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Ordinary
Shares (subject to certain exceptions) may not be offered, sold or subscribed for directly or indirectly in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, or to any national,
citizen or resident
of Australia, Canada,
Japan, the Republic
of South Africa
or in any country, territory or possession where to
do so may contravene local securities laws or regulations.
CONTENTS
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EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS |
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ADMISSION STATISTICS |
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EXCHANGE RATES |
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DIRECTORS, SECRETARY AND ADVISERS |
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DEFINITIONS |
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PART I KEY INFORMATION * |
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PART II INFORMATION
ON THE COMPANY |
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PART III RISK FACTORS |
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PART lV FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON TAI ZI CAPITAL LTD |
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PART V ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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* NB: This is information in summary form extracted from the full document; the whole of this document ought to be read.
EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
Admission
document publication date 25 June 2008
Admission
effective and commencement of dealings in the Issued Ordinary Shares on AIM 1 July 2008
Expected
date for CREST accounts to be credited
with Depositary Interests
(where applicable) 1 July 2008
All future dates referred to in this Admission Document are subject to change at the discretion of the Company
and Zimmerman
Adams International Limited.
All times are UK times (BST) unless otherwise
specified.
ADMISSION STATISTICS
Number of Ordinary
Shares in issue on Admission 6,000,000
Market capitalisation on Admission at the Admission
Price US$6,000,000
TIDM code TAZ ISIN
number KYG866291050
EXCHANGE RATES
The following
illustrative exchange rates are used in and shall apply in this Admission Document:
TWD: £ 1 : 0.167
TWD: US$ 1 : 0.033
£: US$ 1 : 973
All references
to US$ are to US Dollars; to TWD are to Taiwan
New Dollars; and to £ are to UK
Pounds Sterling. The rates above were obtained from the Financial Times
and taken on 25 June 2008 being the latest practicable date prior to the
expected date of Admission.
DIRECTORS, SECRETARY AND ADVISERS
TO THE COMPANY
Directors Jen-Ching Chen, Executive Chairman Lawrence Man Kwan Ng, Executive Director David Thomas, Non-Executive Director
Company Secretary Lawrence Man Kwan Ng
Trading Address Room 2204, 22nd Floor
Convention Plaza Office Tower
1 Harbour Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Registered Office One Capital
Place, 4th Floor
George Town
Grand Cayman KYI-1103
Cayman Islands
Website www.taizicapital.com
Nominated Adviser
and Broker Zimmerman Adams International Limited
12 Camomile Street London EC3A 7PT United Kingdom
Hong Kong and UK Co-ordinator FTW & Partners CPA Limited
Room 1001-1003, 10/F
Manulife Provident Funds Place
345 Nathan Road
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Reporting Accountants Baker Tilly Corporate
Finance LLP Hartwell House, 55 – 61 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6AD
United Kingdom
Auditors Baker Tilly Hong Kong Limited
12th Floor, China Merchants
Tower,
Shun Tak Centre, 168-200
Connaught Road, Hong Kong
Solicitors to the Company Marriott Harrison
as to English
Law Staple Court, 11 Staple Inn Buildings
London WC1V 7QH United Kingdom
Legal Adviser
to the Company Appleby
as to Cayman Islands Law Clifton House, 75 Fort Street
PO Box 190
George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-110
Cayman Islands
Legal Adviser to the Nominated Cobbetts LLP Adviser and Broker 70 Gray’s Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT United Kingdom
Registrar Computershare Investor
Services (Cayman Islands)
Limited
One Capital Place
PO Box 897
George Town
Grand Cayman Cayman Islands
Depositary Computershare Investor
Services PLC The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road
Bristol BS99 6ZY
United Kingdom
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply throughout this document, unless the context
otherwise requires:
‘’Act’’ Means the Companies Act 2006
“Admission” the admission
of the Issued Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM becoming
effective in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies
“Admission Price” US$1 per Ordinary Share
“AIM” the AIM market operated
by London Stock Exchange
plc
“AIM company” a company
whose securities, or a class of securities, are admitted to trading
on AIM
“AIM Rules for Companies” the rules published by London Stock Exchange
governing admission to and the operation
of AIM, as amended from time to time
“AIM Rules for Nominated
Advisers” the rules published by London Stock Exchange governing the eligibility, ongoing
obligations and certain disciplinary matters in relation to
nominated advisers, as amended from time to time
“Articles” the articles
of association of the Company
“Board” the board of Directors
of the Company
“Business
day” a day on which the London Stock Exchange is open for business
“Certificate of Incorporation” the certificate of incorporation of the Company
in the Cayman Islands
“certificated” or paper form, not in electronic form (that is, not in CREST)
“in certificated form”
“China” or “PRC” the People’s Republic
of China
“City Code” the City Code on Takeovers
and Mergers issued in the United Kingdom by the Panel on Takeovers
and Mergers
“Combined Code” the Principles
of Good Governance and the Combined Code on Corporate
Governance, published in June 2006 by the Financial
Reporting Council
“Companies
Law” The Companies Law of the Cayman Islands
and all subordinate legislation and regulations thereunder
“Company”
or “Tai Zi” Tai Zi Capital Ltd, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands under registered number TR199887
“CREST” the relevant system (as defined in the CREST Regulations) in respect of which Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited
is the operator (as defined in the CREST Regulations) used to facilitate the transfer of title to shares in uncertificated form, enabling title to
securities to be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument
“CREST Regulations” the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 no. 3755), as
amended
“Deed Poll” the
deed
poll
established
by
the Company in
connection with the
Depositary Interests, the principal terms of which are summarised in paragraph 10 of Part V of this document
“Depositary” Computershare Investor
Services PLC acting in its capacity as depositary
pursuant to the terms of the agreement for the provision of depositary services entered
into between the Company and Computershare
“Depositary Interests” or “DIs” a
dematerialised depositary interest representing
an entitlement
to Ordinary Shares which may be traded through CREST in
dematerialised form
“Directors” or “Board” the directors of the Company, whose
names are listed
on page 4 of this document
“EU” the European
Union
“Financial
Services Authority” the Financial
Services Authority in the United Kingdom
or “FSA”
“FSMA” the Financial
Services and Markets
Act 2000 of the UK, as amended, including any regulations made pursuant thereto
“IFRS” International Financial
Reporting Standards
as adopted in the EU “Issued Ordinary Shares” the Ordinary
Shares in issue immediately prior to the date of Admission
“Listing Rules” the Listing
Rules of the UK Listing
Authority
“Lock-in
Agreements” the conditional agreements not to dispose of interests in Ordinary Shares save in certain circumstances dated June 2008 and described
in paragraph
9.1.3. of Part V of this document
“London Stock Exchange” or “LSE” London Stock Exchange
plc
“Main Market” the LSE’s market for larger and more established companies
“mainland China” the PRC
“Official List” the official list of the UK Listing
Authority
“Ordinary Shares”
or “Shares” ordinary shares of US$1 each in the share capital of the Company
“Panel” the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers in the United Kingdom
“Prince Asset” Prince Asset Management Co., Ltd, a company incorporated in Hong Kong and
the founder shareholder of the Company
“Prince Housing” Prince
Housing
and
Development
Corp.,
a
company
incorporated
in
Taiwan and the parent company
of Prince Asset
“Prince Housing
Group” Prince Housing
and its subsidiaries
“Prospectus Directive” directive EC/809/2004 of the European
Parliament and Council
“Prospectus Rules” the rules published by FSA governing
the publication of a prospectus, as derived from the Prospectus Directive
“Quoted Company
Alliance corporate governance guidelines for AIM companies issued by the Quoted
Guidelines” or “QCA Guidelines” Companies Alliance
“Regulatory Information Service” a regulatory information service that is on the approved
list of service providers maintained by the FSA
“Related
Financial Product” any financial
product whose value or part
thereof is determined directly or indirectly by reference to the price of
AIM securities or securities being admitted to trading on AIM, including
a contract for difference
or a fixed odds bet
“Renminbi” Chinese
Renminbi, the official currency of
the Peoples’ Republic of China
“Shareholder” a registered holder of Ordinary
Shares in the Company from time to time
“Taiwan” the territories governed by the Republic of China
“TWD” New Taiwan Dollar, the official currency of Taiwan
“United Kingdom” or “UK” the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
“UK Listing Authority” the Financial
Services Authority acting in its capacity as the competent authority for purposes of admission to the Official List
“Uncertificated” or recorded on the Company’s share register as being held in uncertificated
“Uncertificated form” form, the title to which is to be transferred by means of CREST
‘’Uni-President’’ Uni-President Enterprises Corp, a company
incorporated in Taiwan and a
shareholder of Prince Housing
“ZAI” Zimmerman Adams International Limited, nominated adviser and broker to
the Company
“£” United
Kingdom
pound
sterling,
the
official currency of the
United
Kingdom
“$” or US$ US Dollar, the official currency of the United States of America
PART I
KEY INFORMATION
The following information must be read in conjunction with the full text of
this document from which it is derived.
Reliance should not be placed solely on the following summarised information.
In particular, your attention is
drawn to the section headed “Risk Factors” in Part I of this document although
the whole of this document ought to be read.
The Company
Tai Zi
Capital Ltd (“Tai Zi” or the “Company”) is an investing company focused on the
acquisition of interests in property in Taiwan and more generally Far East Asia. Tai Zi was incorporated in the Cayman
Islands on 23
November 2007 as an exempt company
with limited liability. Its founder shareholder is Prince Asset Management
Co. Ltd, (“Prince Asset”), a company
incorporated in Hong Kong. The Company is deemed to be “an investing
company” for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies.
The Board will seek Shareholders’ approval,
at each annual general meeting,
by way of a simple majority, for the continuance of the Company’s investment strategy which is set out in paragraph 3 of this
Part I . No changes may be
made to the Company’s investment strategy
without Shareholder approval. If no investment or acquisition is made within
18 months of Admission, then the Directors intend to convene
a meeting of Shareholders to consider
whether to continue with its business, to consider alternative investment strategies or to wind up the Company and to
distribute any surplus
cash to Shareholders.
The Company’s Investment Strategy
The Company
intends to build shareholder value by acquiring properties and growing a
portfolio of rental investment properties located in major cities in Far East Asia including
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and possibly other areas of China. These are anticipated to comprise office, commercial properties and residential properties. The Board believes that these may provide attractive
cash flows and yields together with opportunities for further revenue growth through proactive
property management. The Company may also invest in other property related companies or businesses where suitable.
The Directors intend to actively
manage the acquired
properties and may either acquire
and/or establish a property
management team, whose objective will be to maintain and increase high
occupancy levels, to achieve strong rental revenue growth and to maximise net operating profits. The Company will primarily
seek to invest in
income-producing properties in or around major urban centres. The Company may also invest in the construction
and development or refurbishment of properties, either wholly owned by the Company
or as joint ventures in conjunction with other investors. Such investment would
either be made directly by the Company or via a special purpose vehicles.
The Directors
will consider the following key factors whilst assessing the acquisition of or investment
in any property:
• marketability, price, financing
structure, legal and ownership status;
• location,
access to infrastructure including major roads and public transport, a high
current occupancy rate and established tenants
of good financial and credit standing;
• the quality
of the property and the specification of the facilities within it; and
• opportunities to enhance the property in order to increase returns – the possibility of improving the gross
rental area and efficiency of use and
potential rental income increases through space rationalisation and building facilities upgrades.
A full description of the strategy
of the Company can be found in Part II of this document.
PART II INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
1. The Company
Tai Zi is an investment company
focused on the acquisition of interests in property in Taiwan and more generally
throughout Far East Asia. Tai Zi was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 23 November
2007 as an exempt company with limited liability. Its founder shareholder is Prince Asset, a company incorporated in Hong Kong. The
Company has not yet commenced
trading save for the issue of this document.
The Board will seek Shareholders’ approval, at each annual general meeting of the Company, by way of a simple
majority, for the continuance of the
Company’s investment strategy which
is set out in paragraph 2 of this Part II. No
changes may be made to the Company’s investment strategy without prior Shareholder approval.
If no investment or acquisition is made by the Company
within 18 months of the date of Admission, then the Directors
intend to convene a meeting of Shareholders to consider whether to continue
with the Company’s business, to
consider alternative investment strategies or to wind up the Company and to
distribute any surplus cash to Shareholders.
2. The Company’s Investment Strategy and Process
The Company
intends to create shareholder value and capital growth by acquiring properties
and by growing a portfolio of rental investment properties located in major cities in Far East Asia with the main emphasis placed on
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and possibly
other areas of mainland China.
The Company may, at its own discretion,
consider investments in other countries
when appropriate. These properties
are anticipated to comprise office,
commercial and residential properties.
The Board believes that this may provide attractive cash flows and yields
together with opportunities for further
revenue growth through
proactive property management. The Company may also invest in other property related
companies.
The Directors intend to manage
actively the acquired
properties and may either acquire
and/or establish a property
management team, whose objective would be to maintain and increase high
occupancy levels, to achieve strong rental revenue growth and to maximize net operating profits.
The Company intends
to invest in a range of office,
commercial and residential properties, although if other potentially lucrative
opportunities arose in, for example, retail or other property sectors, these
would be given consideration. The
Company will primarily seek to invest in income-producing properties in
and/or around major urban centres. The Company may
also invest in
the construction and development or refurbishment of properties, either
wholly owned by the Company or as joint ventures in conjunction with other
investors. Such investment would either be made directly by the Company or via a special purpose
vehicle.
The Directors
will consider the following key factors whilst assessing the acquisition of or
investment in any property:
• marketability, price, financing
structure, legal and ownership status;
• location,
access to infrastructure including major roads and public transport, a high
current occupancy rate and established tenants
of good financial and credit standing;
• the quality
of the property and the specification of the facilities within it; and
• opportunities to enhance the property in order to increase returns – the possibility of improving the gross
rental area and efficiency of use and
potential rental income increases through space rationalisation and building facilities upgrades.
The Company
intends to hold its properties on a long term basis. However, if any property has reached a stage
where the Directors consider it offers only limited
scope for income
growth, the Company
may consider disposing of the property and will use the proceeds
to make investments in other properties with regard to the above factors.
The Investment Process
The Board will identify
potential opportunities with reference to the Investment Strategy as outlined above. As appropriate, the Company will engage third party professional advisers to carry out appropriate due diligence on
potential acquisitions and investment opportunities. Following the due diligence process, the Board will make a
final decision as to whether
or not the Company will proceed with the acquisition or the investment.
Your attention is drawn to the Risk Factors set out in Part III of this document.
3. The Future Economic
Development of Taiwan
The incumbent
President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, representing the Nationalist Party, won the general
election on 22 March 2008. President
Ma has indicated that he wishes
Taiwan to develop stronger
trade links with mainland China through a variety of economic
policies designed to increase the amount of investment from mainland China. Following military
confrontation between Taiwan and China in 1949, people-to-people contact and direct links in mail, transport
and trade between Taiwan and China were totally suspended.
However, the Directors anticipate that the new economic
policies in Taiwan will lead to an increased amount of investment in Taiwanese property
and more generally
expect the Taiwan economy to develop from the liberalisation of trade with mainland
China.
The following
are summaries of the key economic policies
of President Ma. The economic
policies are expected to provide an immediate
boost to Taiwan’s economy.
Tourism policy
• An investment of TWD30 billion
to renew and to improve
the public facilities in scenic areas
of the country.
• Initially open up the quota of 3,000 tourists
per day from the PRC to travel
to Taiwan. The long-term target is 10,000 tourists per day.
• The expected
revenue from the tourism policy is TWD60 billion from the first year and above TWD200 billion up to year of 2012.
Direct flights
between Taiwan and China
• Initially open up regular
chartered flights between
Taiwan and the PRC on weekends
from 1 July 2008.
• Progressively increase
the number, location and time of chartered flights.
• Eventually direct flights between
Taiwan and the PRC will be permitted.
Property
• The PRC resident persons
may invest in Taiwan’s property
market although they will initially
be limited to commercial properties only.
Investment
limitation
• Increase the limitation on the investment capital for investment from mainland China.
• Permit free currency exchange
between the Renminbi
and TWD.
• Grant permission for PRC resident
persons to invest directly in the Taiwan stock market or to have the
freedom to incorporate a company
in Taiwan.
The Directors believe that Taiwan property
prices are undervalued compared to other
Far East Asia countries such as China, Singapore, Hong Kong and
Japan. Further, the recent presidential
elections brought to power a government that openly declared its intentions to
open the market to mainland Chinese investors who were formerly barred from travelling
to Taiwan by a myriad of stringent
restrictions. The Directors believe that the relaxing of these restrictions may
create a favourable environment for significant capital appreciation in the Taiwanese
property market on the basis of relative
valuations in the Far East Asia property
market.
Overall, Taiwan’s property market is expected to continue prospering, propelled by the strong property performance, government incentives
and better market transparency as more institutional investors and mainland
Chinese investors are attracted to the market.
4. Directors
The Board
comprises two executive Directors and one independent non-executive Director
whose details are as follows:
Jen-Ching
Chen, aged 59, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Mr. Chen graduated from the National Cheng
Kung University (Taiwan) with a degree
in accounting and statistics in 1971. Mr. Chen has
devoted his entire career to
the construction and property sector within the Prince Housing Group. He has
graduated through the finance departments of various group subsidiaries and is
currently general manager of Prince Housing. He has a range of experience in
monitoring the operation and
financial control of the Prince
Housing Group and has also assisted its board in corporate finance issues,
strategic planning and business development.
Lawrence
Man Kwan Ng, aged 38, Executive Director
He graduated
from Hong Kong Technical
Institute in 1995. He began his career in the banking industry in
Hong Kong and spent fourteen years in private banking and bank treasury
department advisory roles with international
clients throughout Asia. He then moved to Singapore and worked with Hong Leong Bank and DBS Bank in Singapore as assistant
vice president before returning to Hong Kong to work in the private banking
division of Credit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) as a vice president. He is
currently a director of Prince Asset in Hong Kong.
David Thomas, aged 53, Independent Non-Executive Director
David Thomas
is resident in the UK and is an English
qualified solicitor. He is a non-executive director of several companies
listed on AIM, all of which have businesses in China. He practised law in London for
more than 20 years, specialising in corporate finance,
before a period with Beeson Gregory (now Evolution
Group plc), a London investment bank and stockbroker, where he was an executive director and general counsel until 2002.
5. Management
At the date of Admission, save as referred
to in section 4 above, there will be no senior managers
or any other employees of the Company.
6. Operating Costs
The Directors
will seek to preserve the Company’s
financial resources. Initially,
there will not be the need for the engagement of full time staff, and the Company’s operating costs will be maintained at the minimum level
consistent with the Company’s status as a publicly-quoted company on the AIM
market. The Company
will not lease premises of its
own or engage any full-time employees prior to making a significant acquisition
or investment. However, once the Company has made acquisitions and/or investments then it will either hire suitable
people for its team, or it might acquire such a team via the acquisition of a suitable
business.
The Company
has out-sourced its administrative and other support
functions to Prince Asset, which will cover administrative functions
and also provide some office space for
Tai
Zi to share in Hong Kong. Further details of this arrangement are set out in paragraph
9.1.5 in Part V of this document.
7. Accounting, Financial
Information and Valuation Policy
The Company’s financial
year end is 31 December. The audited accounts of the Company will be prepared under
International Financial Reporting Standards
as adopted in the EU (‘‘IFRS’’). Under IFRS, the Company will prepare
an income statement which, unlike a statement of total return, does not differentiate between revenue and capital and also includes net realised and unrealised
investment gains. The Company’s management
and administration fees, finance costs (including interest on any bank
facility) and all other expenses will be charged
through the income statement.
The Company has
only recently been incorporated (on 23 November 2007) and consequently it has
not published any financial information. An accountant’s report and financial information on the Company is set out in Part IV of this document.
The first annual report covering the period from the Company’s incorporation to 31 December 2008 is expected
to be dispatched by the end of April 2009.
Shareholders will also receive an unaudited interim
report covering the six month period to the end of June in each year, the first such report covering the period to
30 June 2008. Shareholders will be sent updates
on the Company’s activities as and when appropriate.
Under IFRS,
valuations of property
have to be kept up to date (there is no specified minimum or maximum
period under the standard) and valuations need to be undertaken by a
professional valuer and their qualifications disclosed in the financial
statements.
8. Dividend Policy
The Directors’ current intention is to aim for capital
growth of the Company and they do not therefore
anticipate that the Company
will pay dividends
in the short to medium term. The Company may pay dividends
in the future if it is in a position so to do and the Directors consider
it appropriate.
9. Life of Company
The Company
has no fixed life, but if no investment or acquisition is made within 18 months of Admission, then the Directors intend to convene a meeting of Shareholders
to consider whether to continue with its business, to consider alternative
investment strategies or to wind up the Company and to distribute any surplus
cash to Shareholders.
10. Reasons for Admission
The Company
will apply its funds to identify and carry out due diligence
on potential acquisitions and investments and to
provide working capital for the Company’s
initial operations in line with its acquisition and investment strategy.
The Directors believe
that the benefits
of the Admission include:
• the ability
to enter into negotiations with vendors of businesses or companies to whom the issue of publicly
traded shares as consideration is potentially more attractive than the issue of shares in an equivalent private company;
• the ability
to raise further
funds in the future, either
to enable a proposed acquisition to be completed and/or to raise additional working capital or development
capital for the Company once an acquisition has been completed; and
• the ability to attract and retain high quality directors and employees by offering them share options. The Directors consider that the ability to grant options
over publicly traded shares is potentially more attractive
to directors and employees than the grant of options
over shares which are not publicly traded.
11. Lock-Ins and Orderly Market Arrangements
In accordance
with Rule 7 of the AIM Rules for companies,
each member of the Board and also Prince Asset has
undertaken not to dispose of any of its interests in Ordinary Shares at any
time prior to the first anniversary of Admission and thereafter for a further
twelve months not to dispose of any such interests without consulting with ZAI
in order to seek to maintain an orderly market in the Ordinary Shares. Further
details of the lock-in arrangements are set out in paragraph 9.1.3 of Part V of this document.
12. Taxation
The following
information, which relates to the UK, and the Cayman Islands is applicable to
the Company and to persons who are resident or ordinarily resident
in the UK and who hold Ordinary
Shares as investments. It is based upon the legislation and practice currently
in force in the UK, or Cayman Islands.
The information does not deal with
the position of certain classes
of shareholders, such as dealers
in securities. The information is not exhaustive and if potential investors are
in any doubt about the taxation consequences of acquiring, holding or disposing
of the Ordinary Shares they should seek advice from their own professional
advisers. Investors should note that tax law and interpretation can change and
that, in particular, the levels and
basis of, and reliefs from, taxation may change and it may alter the benefits of investment in the Company.
It is the responsibility
of all persons interested in purchasing Ordinary Shares to inform themselves as to any income or
other tax consequences arising in the jurisdictions in which they are resident or
domiciled for tax purposes, as well as any foreign exchange or
other fiscal or legal restrictions, which are relevant to
their particular circumstances.
UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION
UK Shareholders
Shareholders who are resident
in the UK will, depending
on their circumstances, be liable to UK income tax or
corporation tax on the gross amount of dividends
paid by the Company. The Company is not at the date of this document an offshore fund for UK taxation
purposes.
The following paragraphs, which are intended
as a general guide based on current
legislation and HM Revenue
& Customs
practice as at the date of this document, summarise advice received by the Directors about the UK tax
position of shareholders who are resident or ordinarily resident in the United
Kingdom for tax purposes and who beneficially
hold their shares as investments (otherwise than under an individual
savings account (“ISA”)).
Any shareholder who is in doubt as to their tax position,
or who is subject
to tax in a jurisdiction other than the United
Kingdom, is strongly recommended to consult their professional advisers.
Taxation of dividends
Under current
UK taxation
legislation, no tax is withheld
at source
from dividend payments made by
the Company.
An individual shareholder who is resident (for tax
purposes) in the United Kingdom and who receives a dividend paid by the Company will currently
be entitled to receive a tax credit equal to 1/9th of the cash dividend.
The individual will be taxable upon the total of the dividend and the related
tax credit (“the gross dividend”) which will be regarded as the top slice of
the individual’s income. An individual shareholder who is not
liable to income tax at a rate greater than the basic rate (currently 22 per
cent.) will pay tax on the gross dividend at the dividend ordinary rate, currently 10 per cent. Accordingly, the tax credit will be treated
as satisfying the individual’s liability to income tax in respect
of the dividend and there
will be no further tax to pay. It should be noted however that there is no right to claim any repayment of the tax credit from the HM Revenue & Customs. To the extent
that the gross dividend (taken together with other taxable
income) exceeds the individual’s threshold for the higher rate of income tax the individual will,
to that extent, pay tax on the gross dividend at the dividend upper rate
(currently 32.5 per cent.). Accordingly, a shareholder who is a higher rate tax payer will have further income tax
to pay at the rate of 22.5 per cent. on the gross dividend
(equivalent to 25 per cent. of the dividend received). Tax credits are generally no longer repayable to shareholders with no income tax liability or whose liability to income tax does not exceed the amount of tax credit.
Subject to exceptions
for certain insurance companies and companies which hold shares as trading
stock, a shareholder that is a company
resident (for tax purposes) in the United
Kingdom and that receives a dividend paid by
the Company will not be liable to corporation tax or income tax on the dividend.
Trustees
who are liable to income tax at the rate applicable to trusts (previously 34
per cent. but increased to 40 per cent. with effect from 6 April 2004) will pay tax on the gross dividend at the dividend trust rate (previously
25 per cent. but increased to 32.5 per cent. with effect from 6 April 2004) against which they can set the tax credit. To the extent that the tax credit exceeds
the trustees’ liability
to account for income tax the trustees
will have no right to claim repayment of the tax
credit. Special tax provisions apply where trustees of discretionary trusts
receive payment of dividends and substantially
make a distribution out of the trust. Trustees who are in any doubt as
to their position
should consult their own professional advisers immediately.
United Kingdom
pension funds and charities are generally exempt from tax on dividends which
they receive but are not entitled
to claim repayment
of the tax credit.
Shareholders who
are resident in countries other than the UK may be entitled to repayment of all
or a proportion of the tax credit in respect of dividends paid to them. This will depend upon the provisions of the double tax treaty (if any) between the country in
which the Shareholder is resident and the United Kingdom. Shareholders not
resident in the UK should consult their own tax adviser on the application of
such provisions and the procedure for claiming relief.
Taxation on capital
gains for shareholders
If a Shareholder who
is resident or ordinarily resident in the UK for tax purposes disposes of all
or any of his or its Shares, he or it may,
depending on the Shareholder’s particular circumstances, incur a
liability to taxation on chargeable gains.
Stamp duty and stamp duty reserve
tax (“SDRT”)
Sales of Shares inside CREST will generally be liable to SDRT at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of
the consideration in excess of £1,000 calculated to the nearest
penny. The SDRT is normally
settled by CREST,
on behalf of the purchaser or transferee, on the same day as the sale,
but otherwise is payable on the “accountable date” for SDRT purposes. The accountable date is the seventh day of
the month following the month in which the agreement for the transfer
is made.
Subsequent sales
of Shares outside
CREST will generally be liable to ad valorem
stamp duty, at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of the consideration in excess of £1,000.
An obligation to account for stamp duty reserve tax (“SDRT”) at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the
amount or value of the consideration will also arise if an unconditional agreement
to transfer the Shares is not completed
by a duly stamped instrument of
transfer before the “accountable date” for SDRT purposes, as described above. Stamp duty is normally, and SDRT is always, the liability of the purchaser or
transferee of the Shares. However,
where an instrument of transfer which completes an unconditional agreement to
transfer shares is duly stamped within six years after the agreement was
entered into (or it becomes unconditional) the stamp duty will cancel the SDRT
liability and any SDRT paid can be recovered.
The information
in this paragraph is intended as a general summary of the UK tax position and
should not be construed as constituting advice. Potential investors should
obtain advice from their own investment or taxation adviser.
CAYMAN ISLANDS
The government of
the Cayman Islands, will not, under existing legislation, impose any income,
corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty,
inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax upon the Company or its
Shareholders. The Cayman Islands
are not party to any double taxation
treaties. The Company
has applied for and has received
an undertaking from the Governor-in-Cabinet
of the Cayman Islands that, in accordance with section 6 of the Tax
Concessions Law (1999 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years
from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands
imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall
apply to the Company or its operations and, in addition, that no tax to be
levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable:
(i) on the Shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company
or
(ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend or other distribution of income or capital by the Company to its members or
a payment of principal or interest or other sums due under a debenture or other obligation of the Company.
Currently no stamp duty will be levied in the Cayman Islands on the issue or transfer
of the Ordinary Shares. The only government charge payable by the Company in the Cayman Islands is an annual charge to be calculated on the nominal
value of the authorised share capital of the Company. At current rates this
will not exceed $2400.00 per year.
IF SHAREHOLDERS ARE IN ANY DOUBT
AS TO THEIR TAX POSITION, THEY SHOULD
CONSULT THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVISER WITHOUT
DELAY.
13. The City Code on Takeover
and Mergers
Whilst the Company’s Ordinary Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM,
the Company is not subject
to the provisions of the City
Code as the Company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and its management
will be undertaken from Hong Kong.
Accordingly, a takeover of the Company
and the Company’s relations
with and conduct towards Shareholders will not be regulated by the Panel on
Takeovers and Mergers. Investors should therefore be aware that the
protections afforded to Shareholders
by the City Code, which are designed to regulate the way in which takeovers and Shareholder relations
are conducted, will not be available.
14. Corporate Governance
There is no corporate governance regime in the Cayman Islands. However, the Directors recognise
the importance of sound corporate governance and intend that the Company shall comply with the main provisions of the QCA Guidelines for AIM Companies
so far as the same are appropriate for and apply to a company of the Company’s
size, nature and stage of development.
The Board is responsible for formulating, reviewing
and approving the Company’s strategy, budgets and corporate
actions. Following Admission, the Company intends
to hold Board meetings at least six times in each financial year and at other times as and when required.
The roles of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer will be
performed by one individual for the foreseeable future, Mr. Chen.
Upon Admission, the Company will establish an audit committee,
a remuneration committee
and a nomination committee and an AIM Rules compliance committee, with formally delegated
duties and responsibilities.
The audit committee will initially comprise
Lawrence Man Kwan Ng and David
Thomas as chairman. It will be
responsible for ensuring that the financial performance, position and prospects
of the Company are properly monitored and reported on and for meeting the
auditors and reviewing their reports relating to accounts and internal controls.
The remuneration committee will initially
comprise Jen-Ching Chen and David Thomas as chairman. It will
review the performance of executive
Directors and set their remuneration and the payment
of bonuses to executive
directors and consider the future allocation of share options
to Directors and employees.
The nomination committee will initially
comprise the entire Board and David
Thomas as Chairman. It will consider the selection and
re-appointment of Directors. It will identify and nominate candidates to fill
Board vacancies and review regularly the structure, size and composition
(including the skills, knowledge and experience) of the Board and make recommendations to the Board with regard to any changes.
15. CREST, Depositary Receipts
and Admission
CREST is a computerised paperless
share transfer and settlement system which allows shares to be held in
electronic rather than paper form. Participation in CREST
is voluntary and shareholders who wish to hold
Ordinary Shares in certificated form may do so. However, securities issued by non-UK registered companies, such as Tai Zi, cannot be held or transferred in the CREST system. However
to enable investors
to settle such securities
through the CREST system, a depositary or custodian can hold the relevant securities and issue dematerialised depositary interests
(“Depositary Interests”) representing the underlying securities which are held
on trust for the holder of the Depositary Interests.
With effect from Admission, it will be possible for CREST members
to hold and transfer interests in the Ordinary Shares within CREST pursuant to a depositary
interest arrangement established by the Company with the Depositary. CREST is a voluntary
system and holders of Ordinary Shares who wish to hold their Shares outside of
CREST will be able to do so. In such cases, holders
will receive a certificate as evidence of ownership and have
their details recorded on the company’s register of members.
The Ordinary
Shares will not themselves be admitted to CREST.
Instead, the Depositary will issue Depositary Interests in respect of the underlying
Ordinary Shares. The Depositary
Interests will be independent securities constituted under English law which may be held or transferred through the CREST system. Depositary Interests will have the same international security
identification number (ISIN) as the underlying Ordinary Shares they represent.
The Depositary
Interests will be created and issued pursuant to a deed poll entered into by
the Depositary, which will govern
the relationship between the Depositary and the holders of the Depositary
Interests and which is summarised in paragraph
10 of Part V of this document.
Application has
been made for the Depositary Interests in respect of the underlying Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to CREST with effect from Admission.
The Depositary can be contacted
at The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY, UK or by telephone
on
(+44) 0117 305 1075.
Further details
relating to the arrangements relating
to the Depositary Interests, Admission and CREST are set out in paragraphs 9.1.6.1
and 10 of Part V of this document.
16. Ordinary Shares and Admission
Application will be made for Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that Admission
will become effective and trading in
Ordinary Shares will commence at 8:00 a.m. on 1 July 2008 or shortly thereafter.
17. Further Information
Your attention is drawn to the additional information on the Company set out in Part V of this document.
PART III RISK FACTORS
The risk factors
which should be taken into account in assessing the Company’s activities and an investment in the
Company include, but are not limited
to, those set out below. Such
factors are not intended to be presented in any order of priority
and accordingly no inference should be drawn as to their relative importance
from the order in which they appear. Prospective investors
should carefully consider
the following risk factors (among others) affecting
the proposed activities of Tai Zi as well as other matters set forth elsewhere in this document, prior to making an investment
in the Company. An investment in Tai Zi may not be suitable
for all recipients of this document.
If any of the risks referred to below were to actually occur, then the Company’s
business, financial condition, the results of its operations
and/or future operations
may be materially adversely affected.
In such case, the price of the Ordinary
Shares could decline and investors may lose part or
all of their investment.
RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS
AND SECTOR Reliance on Key Personnel
The Company’s business is dependent on retaining the
services of a number of key personnel of the appropriate calibre as the business develops.
The success of the Company is, and will continue to be to a significant extent, dependent on the expertise and experience of the Directors. Whilst the Company
has entered into service contracts with the Directors, the loss of one or more Director
could have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s ability to develop its business
and to fulfil its objectives.
The Company may need additional capital in the future
The Company’s capital requirements depend on
numerous factors, including its
ability or requirement to expand its business. The Company
will require further
financing as its business plan moves forward. Any additional equity financing may be dilutive to Shareholders.
Debt financing, if available, may involve restrictions on financing and on the
Company’s operating activities and
may adversely affect any dividend
policy. In addition, there can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional funds when needed
or that such funds will be available on terms favourable or acceptable to the Company. If the Company
is unable to obtain additional financing as needed, the
Company may be required to reduce the scope of its operations or anticipated
expansion or to cease trading.
Early stage of business/limited operating
history
The Company
is at a very early stage in the development of its business
and there is a risk that the implementation
of its business plan may not be achieved in whole or in part. The
lack of any operating history for its business
offers little basis upon which an evaluation of the Company and its long term prospects can be based. The Company’s proposed business must be considered in light of the risks,
expenses and difficulties frequently
encountered by a business in the initial stages of its development,
particularly where it is operating in new and rapidly evolving commercial environments.
The Company may not make dividend payments
All dividends or
other distributions will be made at the discretion of the Directors and the
main focus of the business plan is upon capital
growth.
Possible
adverse economic and political conditions
The operations of
the Company may be adversely affected
by general economic conditions and particularly by economic conditions
in the proposed investee countries. The returns which may be achieved
on an investment in property
or land in these countries could be materially
affected by the political, regulatory and
economic climate. In particular, changes in the rates of
inflation and interest in those countries may affect the income generated by,
and capital value of, the investments or acquisitions.
Legal, Regulatory and Economic Risk
There is a possibility that new legislation and/or regulations in any relevant jurisdiction may be adopted in the
future which may
materially adversely affect the Company’s operations and/or its cost structure. New legislation and/or
regulations, or different or more
stringent interpretation or enforcement of existing laws and regulations, may
also require the Company to change its operations significantly or to incur increased costs which could have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition of the Company. The property and land markets in which the
Company intends to invest may be seen as relatively immature and the economies of the countries are not as fully
developed as those in Western Europe. Further, these countries might carry risks of political,
legal and economic instability which could adversely
affect the Company’s results or operations.
With
any investment in a foreign country there may be the risk of adverse
political, administrative, taxation
or regulatory developments.
Condition
of Financial Markets
and Property Market
The performance
of the Company would be adversely affected
by a downturn in the relevant property market in terms of capital value or the weakening of rental yields. Any future property market recession could materially
adversely affect the value of the Company. Certain property
investments may represent
a significant proportion of the Company’s gross assets.
As a result, the impact on the Company’s performance and the potential
returns to Shareholders will be more adversely affected if any one of the property investments performs badly than would
be the case if the Company’s portfolio of property investments were more diversified.
Property investment risk
If a tenant were
to default on one or more rental payments the Company will suffer a rental shortfall and incur
additional costs including legal expenses and costs of maintaining, insuring
and re-letting the property. Returns
from an investment in property
depend largely upon the amount of rental income generated from the property
and the expenses incurred in the development or redevelopment and
management of the property, as well
as changes in its market
value. Rental income and the market value for properties are generally affected by overall conditions in the relevant economy, such as employment trends, inflation and changes in interest rates. Changes in GDP may also impact employment levels, which
in turn may impact demand for premises, especially for office space for commercial enterprises. Furthermore, movements in
interest rates may also affect the
cost of and availability of financing for real estate companies.
Both rental income and
property values may also
be affected by other factors
relevant to the real estate market, such as competition from other property owners and
developers, the perceptions of prospective tenants on the attractiveness, convenience and
safety of properties, the inability to collect rents because of the bankruptcy
or insolvency of tenants or otherwise, the periodic need to renovate, repair or
re-let space and the costs thereof, the costs of maintenance and insurance, and
increased operating costs. In addition, the owner must meet certain significant
expenditures, including operating expenses, even if the property is vacant.
Investments in property are relatively illiquid and more difficult to realise than investments in equities or bonds.
Risks of property ownership
Investments in property may be difficult, slow or impossible to realise. The Ordinary Shares
will be subject
to the general risks
incidental to the ownership of real property,
including changes in the supply of or demand for competing investment properties in an area, changes
in interest rates and the
availability of mortgage funds, changes in property tax rates and
landlord/tenant or planning laws, credit risks of tenants and borrowers and
environmental factors. The marketability and value of any properties owned by the Company will, therefore,
depend on many factors beyond the control of the Company and there is no
assurance that there will be either a ready market for any properties held by the Company or that such properties will be sold at a profit or will yield a positive cash flow. Changes in law relating to foreign
ownership of property in any of the jurisdictions in which the Company
invests might also have an adverse effect on the net returns from the investments or acquisitions.
Land and property ownership
rights
Each proposed
investee country has different laws
and regulations (as well as tax provisions) relating to land and property ownership
by foreign companies. Whilst the Company will seek to operate property
owning structures that comply
with such laws and regulations as well as with a view to mitigating the tax effect of local tax regulations, there can
be no assurance that in the future the investee countries will not adopt laws
and regulations which may adversely
impact on the Company’s ability to own and operate land and property. Accordingly, in such circumstances, the returns to the
Company and the value of the Ordinary Shares may be materially and adversely affected.
Impact of law and governmental regulation
The Company
and any developers with whom the Company might
deal will need to comply
with various national laws and regulations relating
to planning, land use and development standards. The effect of such laws and
regulations could
have the effect of increasing the expense and lowering the income or rate of return from,
as well as adversely affecting the value of, any investment
property. Changes in law relating to
ownership of land could have an adverse
effect on the value of Ordinary
Shares. New laws may be introduced, which may be retrospective
and affect environmental, planning, land use and development regulations. The legal systems of the various
countries in which the Company invests may also not afford the Company the same level of certainty in relation to issues such as title to property-related rights as may be achieved in, for example, England and
Wales. Enforcement of legal rights may prove expensive and difficult to achieve.
Exchange
rate risk
Exchange rate
volatility may give rise to an exchange rate risk against the United States dollar being the Company’s functional and reporting currency. However,
its reporting currency and the market for foreign exchange rates may cause a
mismatch between actual returns and investors’
expectations of returns, and may also affect the share price.
As the Company’s income and investment returns are
expected to be denominated in currencies other than US$, the Company
is likely to be exposed
to variations in currency exchange rates.
The changes in the value of either or
both the TWD and the HK$ against the value of the US$ could have a material
impact on the financial
performance of the Company. The Company may enter into currency hedging
transactions, but is not required
or expected to do so, and such transactions have an associated cost that could depress investment returns.
Litigation
Risk
Legal proceedings may arise from time to time in the course of the Company’s business.
The Company cannot preclude the possibility that litigation may be brought
against it.
Control by Major Shareholder
Prince Asset (which is majority
owned by Prince Housing) will
be interested in 83% of the issued share capital of the Company
as at the date of Admission. Prince
Asset will therefore
be able to exercise significant influence over the
Company, including matters requiring
shareholder approval. Prince Housing holds 87.6% of the voting rights in Prince Asset and consequently has a significant influence over Prince Asset.
Competition
The Company will
face competition from other property developing companies and may not always
secure the properties which would enable its business plan to be implemented in whole or in part.
Divestment
The property
market can be volatile in any territory and there can be no certainty that
divestment of investments can be achieved at a time which is considered
desirable by the Company. This in turn could lead to cash flow
difficulties or, in certain circumstances, losses which cannot be predicted.
Forward-looking statements
This document contains
certain forward-looking
statements with respect to the financial condition, results of
operations and business of the Company and certain plans and objectives of the Company
with respect thereto. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty, because they relate to events and depend
on circumstances that will occur in the future and the factors
described in the context of such forward-looking statements in this document
could cause actual
results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Ability to identify
and availability of investment opportunities
The success of
the Company depends on its ability successfully to identify and to complete
investment opportunities in properties. If the Company is unable to identify
and/or complete such property investment opportunities then the Company will be
unable to fulfil its strategy and may have incurred potentially significant
abortive costs in the process such that the value of an investment in the
Company is likely to be materially adversely
affected.
Growth Strategy
The Company’s growth strategy is to acquire
and to manage properties in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and
possibly other areas in mainland China. If the Company fails successfully to
execute this strategy then the Company’s prospects
may be materially adversely affected.
Management
of growth
The Company’s plans to grow will place additional
demand on its management, administrative and accounting resources. If the
Company is unable to manage its growth effectively, its business, operations and/or
financial condition may deteriorate. If the Company is unable successfully to
manage an acquisition or investment, integration could lead to disruptions to
the Company’s business. If the
operation or assimilation of an acquired business does not accord with the Company’s expectations, the Company may have to decrease the value afforded
to the acquired business or realign the Company’s structure to address the issue.
The Company’s business model is not proven.
Whilst the
Directors believe that there is a market for the property services and
investments that the Company is focused upon, the Company has not yet proven its abilities.
RISK FACTORS RELATING TO TAIWAN Governmental Approval Risks
In order to make investments in Taiwan real estate, the Company (or a subsidiary
of the Company) is required to
establish a branch office or subsidiary in Taiwan which establishment will involve various
approvals. In applying for such approvals, the Company
may be required to disclose the identity of, or other information, regarding
shareholders of the Company including,
in particular, whether such shareholders are from
Taiwan or the PRC. Having shareholders from Taiwan or the PRC could adversely affect the Company’s ability to obtain approvals. The Company expects that such
approvals will be available but cannot provide assurance that such will be the case.
Also, investment in Taiwan real estate by foreign investors
requires a case by case approval from the relevant municipal or county(city) government, where the subject real estate is located (”Registration Approval”) and, for certain
investment (e.g. major infrastructure projects and agriculture related
projects) also requires prior approval from the competent
central government authorities (“Investment Approval”). There can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to obtain the Registration Approval or any required Investment Approval.
Regulatory
Restrictions
Foreign investors
are permitted to acquire residential and commercial real estate. However, foreign investors are not permitted to invest forest land, fishing land,
hunting land, salt land, mineral land,
water resource land, and areas restricted for
military purposes and border land.
Such restrictions may limit the Company’s opportunities to
make certain investment in Taiwan real estate.
PRC Investments
Under Taiwan law, the PRC nationals, companies
or any company incorporated outside PRC and controlled by PRC nationals and/or companies may not acquire Taiwan real estate without prior approval from the competent
governmental authorities. Under current
Taiwan government policy, such approval
is not available. To the extent
that the shares of the Company are invested in or held by PRC nationals or
companies or any company incorporated outside PRC and controlled by PRC
nationals and/or companies, the Company’s
ability to invest in Taiwan real estate may be adversely
affected thereby.
Foreign Exchange
Risks
Taiwan regulates
the conversion of foreign currency into New Taiwan Dollars and conversion
of New Taiwan Dollars into foreign currency. To facilitate currency conversion, the Company must comply with regulatory
requirements and procedures and/or obtain certain
regulatory approvals. The Company believes
that, at present, it will be in a position to
comply with such requirements and procedures and obtain necessary approvals.
However, there is no assurance that the Company’s investment in Taiwan real estate will not be affected by
currency conversion limitations.
Earthquakes Risks
Taiwan is particularly vulnerable
to earthquakes because most of Taiwan is located in a collision zone between
the Philippine Sea plate and the Eurasian plate. From time to time,
Taiwan has experienced severe earthquakes.
The Company cannot guarantee that future earthquakes will not cause material
damage to the real estate invested by the Company. A major earthquake in Taiwan could therefore
adversely affect the Taiwan real estate value.
Environmental Compliance Risks
Environmental compliance is the responsibility of the polluter
and so called “interested parties”, including owners.
Under certain environment laws, the Company may be held responsible for soil
and groundwater pollution remediation/control
at the time the land is declared
a pollution remediation site. Also, if the site is declared
to be remediation site, transfer of ownership thereof
is prohibited.
Environmental laws are complex, change frequently
and have tended to become more stringent
over time. The Company cannot
assure that the costs of complying with current and future environmental and
health and safety laws, and the Company’s
liabilities arising from past or future releases of, or exposure to, hazardous
substances will not materially adversely affect the Company’s business
and financial conditions.
Political,
Economic and Social Risks
The Company’s business
and financial condition
may be affected by changes in Taiwan governmental policies
and political and social instability.
Taiwan has a unique international political status. The PRC government asserts
sovereignty over Taiwan, and does
not recognize the legitimacy of Taiwan government. The PRC government has indicated that it may use military force to gain control over
Taiwan if Taiwan declares independence or Taiwan refuses to accept the PRC’s stated “One China” policy. An increase in tensions between
Taiwan and the PRC and the possibility of instability and uncertainty could adversely affect the real estate value in Taiwan.
In addition, the
Company’s business, financial
condition and results of operations may be affected
by changes in general Taiwan government policies, taxation, inflation
and interest rates in
Taiwan, as well as general economic conditions in Taiwan.
GENERAL RISKS RELATING TO THE ORDINARY SHARES
AIM Admission
Application will be made for the Issued Ordinary
Shares to be traded on AIM. AIM is a market designed
primarily for emerging or smaller
companies. The Ordinary
Shares will not be quoted
on the Official List. The rules
of AIM are less demanding than those of the Official List. Investments in shares traded on AIM carry a higher degree of
risk than investments in shares quoted on the Official List. Neither LSE nor the UKLA
have examined this document for the purposes of the Admission
or for any other purpose.
Liquidity
in the Ordinary Shares
An investment
in the Ordinary Shares is speculative and subject to a high degree of risk.
The price of publicly quoted
securities can be volatile and is dependent upon a number of factors, some of
which are general market or sector specific and others which
are specific to the Company. Only those who can bear the risk of the loss of their
entire investment should acquire Ordinary
Shares.
Prior to Admission there is no public market for the Ordinary Shares,
nor have they ever been traded, quoted or
dealt on any securities market. Notwithstanding the fact that an application
will be made for the Ordinary Shares to be traded on
AIM, this should not be taken as implying that there will be a “liquid” market in the Ordinary
Shares particularly as, on Admission, the Company will have a limited
number of Shareholders. An investment in the Ordinary Shares may therefore be difficult to realise. In addition, the price
at which the Ordinary Shares will be traded and the price at which investors
may realise their investment will be influenced by a large number of factors, some specific to the Company and its
operations (including its sector) and some which may affect quoted companies generally.
The market for
shares in smaller public companies, such as the Company, is less liquid than for larger
public companies. The Company
is aiming to achieve capital
growth and, therefore, Ordinary Shares may not be suitable
as a short-term investment and a
prospective investor should not consider such purchase unless it is certain it
will not have to liquidate its investment for an indefinite
period of time. The
share price may be subject to greater fluctuation on small volumes of
shares and thus the Ordinary Shares may be difficult
to sell at a particular price. The value of the Ordinary Shares may go down as well as up. The market price of the Ordinary Shares may not reflect the underlying value of the
Company’s net assets. Investors may
therefore realise less than their original investment or sustain a total loss of their investment.
Force majeure
The Company’s business
may be materially adversely affected
by risks which
are outside its control, such as civil or
labour unrest, war, subversive activities or sabotage,
fires, floods, acts of God, explosions or other catastrophes or epidemics.
Cayman Islands law
The Company is
incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company and is, therefore,
subject to Cayman Islands law.
Accordingly, the rights of the Shareholders will be governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands and by the contents of the
memorandum and articles of association of the Company. Cayman Islands law in respect of the protection of the
interests of minority shareholders is different
to that which pertains in England and Wales, and the differences
may mean that minority shareholders have less protection than they would
do under English law.
Takeover Code
As described
above and in greater detail in paragraph 13 of Part II of this document, the
City Code will not apply to the Company and therefore the acquisition of a
significant shareholding in or a takeover of the Company (and the treatment
by the Company of its Shareholders) would be unregulated by the Takeover Panel.
PART IV
HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
SECTION A – ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT
The following is the full text of a report on the Company from Baker Tilly Corporate
Finance LLP, the Reporting
Accountants, to the Directors
of Tai Zi Capital
Ltd.
The Directors
Tai Zi Capital
Ltd
One Capital Place, 4th Floor
George Town
Grand Cayman KYI-1103
Cayman Islands
Hartwell
House
55 – 61 Victoria
Street
Bristol
BS1 6AD
United Kingdom www.bakertilly.co.uk
25 June 2008
Dear Sirs
TAI ZI CAPITAL LTD (“Company”)
We report on the financial information set out in Section B of Part IV of the Admission Document. This financial information has been prepared
for inclusion in the
Admission Document dated 25 June 2008 (“Admission Document”) of the Company
on the basis of the accounting policies
set out in note 1.
This report is required by paragraph 20.1 of
Annex I of the Prospectus Rules as applied
by part (a) of Schedule
Two to the AIM Rules and is given for the purpose
of complying with that paragraph
and for no other purpose.
Save for any
responsibility arising under paragraph 20.1 of
Annex I of the Prospectus Rules as applied by part (a) of Schedule
Two to the AIM Rules to any person
as and to the extent
there provided, to the fullest
extent permitted by law we do
not assume any responsibility and
will not accept any liability to any other person for any loss suffered by any such other person as a result
of, arising out of, or in connection with this report or our statement,
required by and given solely for the purposes of complying with paragraph 20.1 of
Annex I of the Prospectus Rules as applied by part (a) of Schedule
Two to the AIM Rules, consenting to its inclusion
in the Admission Document.
Responsibilities
The Directors of the
Company are responsible for preparing the financial information on the basis of
preparation set out in note 1 to the Historical Financial Information and in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted
by the European Union.
It is our responsibility to form an opinion as to whether
the financial information gives a true and fair view, for
the purposes of the Admission
Document, and to report our opinion to you.
Basis of opinion
We conducted
our work in accordance with the Standards for Investment Reporting
issued by the Auditing Practices Board in the United
Kingdom. Our work included an assessment of evidence relevant to the amounts
and disclosures in the financial
information. It also included an assessment of significant estimates
and judgments made by those responsible for the preparation of the financial
information and whether
the accounting policies
are appropriate to the entity’s circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned
and performed our work so as to obtain all the information and explanations we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable
assurance that the financial information is free from material misstatement whether
caused by fraud or other irregularity or error.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial information gives, for the purposes of the Admission
Document, a true and fair view
of the state of affairs of the Company
as at the date stated and of its profits, cash flows and changes in equity for
the periods then ended in accordance with
the basis of preparation set out in note 1 and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European
Union as described
in note 1.
Declaration
For the purposes of part (a) of Schedule
Two to the AIM Rules we are responsible for this report as part of the Admission Document and declare that we
have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained in this report is, to the best of our knowledge, in accordance with the facts
and contains no omission likely
to affect its import.
Yours faithfully
Baker Tilly Corporate Finance
LLP
Regulated by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Baker Tilly
Corporate Finance LLP
is
a
limited
liability partnership registered
in England and
Wales,
registered no. OC325347. A
list of the names of members is open to inspection at the registered
office 2 Bloomsbury Street London WC1B 3ST
SECTION B – HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
INCOME STATEMENT
The Company has not traded,
prepared any financial
statements for presentation to members, incurred
neither
profit nor loss, and has neither declared nor paid dividends
or made any other distributions since the date of its incorporation on 23 November
2007. Accordingly, no income statement is presented.
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2007
Current Assets
Note US $
Receivables 500,000
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Total Assets 500,000
Equity
Share capital 2 500,000
Equity attributable to the equity holders of the Company 500,000
STATEMENT
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM 23 NOVEMBER
2007 TO 31 DECEMBER
2007
US $
On incorporation 1
Issue of share capital 499,999
Balance at 31 December
2007 500,000
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
The Company has not had any inflows or outflows of cash or cash equivalents since the date of incorporation on
23 November 2007. Accordingly, no cash flow information is presented.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
1. Accounting policies
The principal
accounting policies, which have been consistently applied in the Company’s financial information are as follows:
Statement of compliance
The financial information has been prepared
in accordance with International Financial
Reporting Standards
(“IFRSs”)
as adopted by the European
Union.
IFRSs in issue, not yet effective
At the date of approval
of the Admission Document, the following IFRSs were issued but not yet effective:
|
Amendment to IAS 1 |
(Note a) |
Presentation of financial statements: |
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Comprehensive
revision including requiring a statement of |
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Comprehensive income |
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Amendment to IAS 23 |
(Note a) |
Borrowing costs |
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Amendment to IAS 27 |
(Note d) |
Consolidated and separate financial statements – Consequential |
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amendments arising from Amendments to IFRS 3 |
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Amendment to IAS 28 |
(Note d) |
Interests in associates –
Consequential amendments
arising from |
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amendments to IFRS 3 |
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Amendment to IAS 31 |
(Note d) |
Interests in joint
ventures – Consequential amendments arising from |
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amendments to IFRS 3 |
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Amendment to IAS 32 |
(Note a) |
Financial instruments: Presentation – Amendments relating to puttable |
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instruments and obligations arising on liquidation |
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Amendment to IFRS 1 |
(Note a) |
First-time adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and |
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IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements |
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Amendment to IFRS 2 |
(Note a) |
First-time Adoption of International Financial Standards and
IAS27 |
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Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements Share-based payment |
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– Amendment relating to vesting conditions and cancellations |
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Amendment to IFRS 3 |
(Note d) |
Business combinations – Comprehensive revision. On applying the |
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acquisition method |
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IFRS 8 |
(Note a) |
Operating segments |
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IFRIC 12 |
(Note b) |
Service concession arrangements |
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IFRIC 13 |
(Note c) |
Customer loyalty programmes |
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IFRIC 14 |
(Note c) |
IAS 19 – The limit
on a defined benefit asset,
minimum funding |
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requirements and their
interaction |
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Notes: |
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(a) effective
for accounting periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2009
(b) effective
for accounting periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2008 (c) effective
for accounting periods
beginning on or after 1 July 2008
(d) effective
for accounting periods
beginning on or after 1 July 2009
The Directors
anticipate that the adoption of these IFRSs in
future periods will have no material impact on the financial information of the Company when the relevant
standards and interpretations come into effect.
Basis of Preparation
The financial information is presented in US$ and is prepared
on the historical cost basis.
The preparation of financial information in conformity with IFRS
requires management to make judgements,
estimates and assumptions
that affect the
application of policies
and the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other
factors that are
believed to be
reasonable under the
circumstances, the results
of which form the basis of making
the judgements about carrying
values of assets and liabilities that are both readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying
assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting
estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the
revision affects only that period or
in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
Functional
and presentation currency
Management has considered what would be the most appropriate measurement and presentation currencies for the financial information. As a result of this review management concluded
that US dollar is the currency of the
primary economic environment in which the Company will operate. Consequently
US$ is the most appropriate measurement of the functional currency for the
Company, which is also the Company’s presentational currency for its IFRS financial
statements.
Receivables
Receivables represent the amount recoverable in respect of the share capital issued during the period.
Receivables
do not carry any interest and are initially recognised at their fair value and subsequently
at amortised cost using the aggregate interest
rate method less any provision
for impairment.
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the Company and recorded at the proceeds
received, net of direct costs.
2. Share capital
Ordinary Shares of US $1 each
31 Dec 2007 31 Dec 2007
No. US $
Authorised 50,000,000 50,000,000
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Allotted,
issued and unpaid 500,000 500,000
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The Company
was incorporated with an authorised share capital of 50,000,000 ordinary
shares of US$1 each. One such Ordinary Share was issued on
incorporation. On 28 November 2007 a further 499,999 shares were issued at par.
At 31 December
2007 the Company
had a total authorised share capital of US $50,000,000 divided into
50,000,000
Ordinary Shares of US$1 each of which 500,000 such shares were in issue.
3. Controlling party
The Company is controlled by Prince Asset, the majority
shareholder.
4. Post Balance
Sheet Events
On 25 June 2008 the Company
issued a further
5,500,000 shares of US$1 each at par. Cash consideration for these
shares, and those shares issued by unpaid as at 31 December 2007, of US$6,000,000
was received by the Company on 1 July 2008.
On 20 December 2007 the Company
signed a Nominated Adviser and Broker
Agreement with Zimmerman Adams International Limited (“ZAI”) for the purposes of the Admission. The Company has agreed to pay a fee to ZAI
for its services in connection with Admission. The agreement contains
certain undertakings and indemnities given by
the Company in respect of, inter alia, compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
On 20 December 2007 the Company
signed a Nominated Adviser and Broker Agreement with ZAI pursuant
to which the Company
has appointed ZAI to act as ongoing
retained Nominated Adviser
and Broker to the Company for the purposes of the
AIM Rules. The Company has agreed to pay ZAI a fee of £40,000
per annum for its
services as Nominated Adviser and Broker under this agreement, such annual fee to be paid quarterly
in advance, with the first such payment due and payable on
Admission. The fees will be reviewed annually. The agreement
contains certain undertakings and indemnities given by the Company in respect
of, inter alia, compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations. The agreement is for an initial term of 12 months and may be terminated by either
the Company or ZAI giving not less than 3 months’
notice, such notice not to expire earlier
than the first anniversary of Admission. Either party may terminate the agreement at any time if the other party is in breach of its obligations under the agreement.
On 25 June 2008 the Company
entered into a Warrant Agreement with ZAI for 60,000 Ordinary
Shares in the Company at the issue price of US$1 per Ordinary share. The warrants may be exercised at any time over 5 years
following Admission.
PART V ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. RESPONSIBILITY
1.1 The
Directors,
whose
names
appear
on
page
4
of
this
document,
accept
individual
and
collective
responsibility for all the information contained in this document. To the best of the knowledge
and belief of the Directors
(who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this document is in accordance with the facts and does
not omit anything likely to affect
the import of such information.
1.2 The business
address of each of the Directors is shown on page 4 of this document, with their respective functions.
2. THE COMPANY
2.1 The Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted,
public, limited liability, par value
company on 23 November 2007 under the laws of the Cayman Islands under the name Tai Zi Capital
Ltd. The Company is registered under number
TR199887. The Company is governed by its memorandum and articles of association and the principal statute governing
the Company is the Companies Law and the subordinate legislation thereunder.
2.2 The liability
of the members of the Company is limited. The Company has an unlimited
life. The Company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands,
and has its registered office at One Capital
Place, Fourth Floor, George
Town, Grand Cayman KY1 1103, Cayman Islands. The telephone
number of the Company is +852 3719
7300 Its principal
place of business
is at at Room 2204, 22nd Floor, Convention Plaza Office Tower, 1
Harbour Road,
Wanchai, Hong Kong. Its
website address is
www.taizicapital.com. The
information displayed on that website does not comprise
any part of this document.
2.3 On Admission
the Company will not have any subsidiary undertakings.
2.4 The
authorised and issued share capital of the Company (all of which is fully paid
up) as at the date of this document, and as it will be on Admission, is as follows:
As at the date of this document and on Admission
Ordinary
Shares
Number Nominal Value (per share) Premium per share
Authorised 50,000,000 US$1.00 N/A
Issued 6,000,000 US$1.00 US$0.00
2.5 At the date of its incorporation the Company had an authorised
share capital of US$50,000,000 divided into 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares of
US$1.00 each, ranking pari passu in all respects, of which one Ordinary Share
was issued at par to the subscriber to the memorandum of association of the
Company, Trident Nominees (Cayman)
Ltd, which subsequently transferred this share to Prince Asset.
2.6 The following is a summary
of the changes in the authorised and issued share
capital of the Company from its
incorporation on 23 November 2007:
2.6.1 On 28 November 2007,
Prince Asset was allotted and issued 499,999
Ordinary Shares at par. Please
refer to the heading “Post Balance Sheet Events” in Part IV of this document for a summary of the
other relevant changes to the Company’s share capital.
2.7 Cayman Islands
law does not include statutory pre-emption rights in favour of existing shareholders applying in respect of the issue of new shares.
2.8 The Ordinary Shares are in registered
and certified form. Following Admission, the Ordinary Shares may
be delivered, held and settled in CREST by means of the Depositary
Interests, details of which are set out in paragraph 10 of this Part
V. The Company does not have in issue any securities not representing share capital and there are no outstanding
convertible or redeemable securities issued by the Company and the Company has no present
intention to issue any of the authorised but unissued share capital of the Company.
2.9 The Ordinary
Shares have been created pursuant
to the Companies Law.
2.10 The Company
has the contractual capacity of a natural person
and can borrow, guarantee and give security.
3. MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
OF ASSOCIATION
Set out below is
a summary of certain provisions of the Company’s
constitutional documents. Persons seeking a detailed explanation of any
provisions of Cayman Islands law or the difference
between it and the laws of England and Wales, or any other jurisdiction with which they may be more familiar, should seek specific legal advice. The following summary is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full contents of the Company’s memorandum and articles of association.
3.1 Memorandum of Association
The Memorandum of Association of the Company
provides that the objects of the Company
(which are set out
in clause 3 of the memorandum of association) are unrestricted and the Company
shall have full power
to carry out any object described in the memorandum of association or otherwise
not prohibited by the Companies Law.
3.2 Articles of Association
The Articles of Association of the Company
contain provisions, inter alia, to the following
effect:
3.3 Voting rights
Subject to any rights or restrictions attached
to any class of shares, on a show of hands every Shareholder who (being an individual) is present in person or by
proxy or, if a corporation or other
non-natural person is present by its duly authorised representative at a general
meeting, shall have one vote and on a poll every
Shareholder who (being an individual) is present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non- natural
person is present by its duly authorized representative, shall have one vote
for every share registered in his name in the register.
3.4 Dividends
(i) Subject to the Companies
Law, the Directors may declare dividends
and distributions on shares in issue and authorise payment of the
dividends or distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available
therefor. No dividend or
distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits
of the Company, or
out of the share premium account
or as otherwise permitted by the Companies Law.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided
by the rights attached to shares, all dividends shall be declared
and paid according to the amount paid or credited as paid on the shares that a Shareholder holds.
(iii) The Directors may deduct from any dividend
or distribution payable
to any Shareholder all sums of
money (if any) then payable
by him to the Company
on account of calls or otherwise.
(iv) The Directors may declare that any dividend
or distribution be paid wholly
or partly by the
distribution of specific assets and in particular of paid up shares,
debentures, or debenture stock of any other company or in any one or more of
such ways and where any difficulty
arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as
they think expedient and in particular may
issue fractional certificates and fix the value for distributors of such
specific assets and may determine that cash payments
shall be made to any Shareholders upon the basis of the footing of the
value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Shareholders and may vest
any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Directors.
(v) Any dividend,
distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through by
post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the holder who is first named
on the Register of Shareholders or to such person and to such address as such holder
or joint holders
may in writing direct. Every
such cheque or warrant
shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or
more joint holders may give effectual
receipts for any dividends, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect
of the share held by them as joint holders.
(vi) No dividend
or distribution shall bear interest
against the Company.
3.5 Winding-up
(i) If
the
Company
shall
be
wound
up,
and
the
assets
available
for
distribution
amongst
the
Shareholders shall be insufficient to
repay the whole of the paid up share capital, such assets shall be distributed
so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Shareholders in
proportion to the capital paid up or which ought to have been paid up, at the
commencement of the winding up on the shares held by them respectfully. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital at the commencement of the
winding up, the excess shall be distributed amongst the Shareholders in
proportion to the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of
the winding up, on the shares held by them respectfully. This paragraph (i) is without
prejudice to the rights of the
holders of shares issued upon special terms and conditions.
(ii) If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution
of the Company and any other sanction required
by the Companies Law,
divide amongst the Shareholders in kind the whole
or any part of the assets of the Company
(whether they shall
consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose
set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid
and may determine how such division shall be carried out
as between the Shareholders or different classes of Shareholders.
The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part
of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the
contributories as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be
compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.
3.6 Transfers
(i) Shares are freely transferable subject as hereinafter provided. The Directors
may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register
any transfer of a share without assigning the reason therefore. If the
Directors refuse to register a transfer they shall notify the transferee within
two months of such refusal.
(ii) The instrument
of transfer of any share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of
transferor and the transferor shall be deemed to be the
holder of a share until the name of the transferee is entered in the register
in respect thereof.
(iii) The registration of transfers may be suspended
at such time and for such periods as the Directors
may from time to time determine provided always that such registration shall
not be suspended for more than fifty-five days in any year.
3.7 Variation
of Share Capital
(i) Subject to the Companies Law, the Company may by ordinary
resolution alter or amend its memorandum of association otherwise
than with respect to its name and objects and may, without restricting the generality of the foregoing:
(ii) increase the share capital by such sum to be divided into shares of such amount as the resolution shall prescribe and with such
rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting
may determine;
(iii) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital
into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;
(iv) by subdivision of its existing shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital
into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum of Association or into shares
without par value; and
(v) cancel any shares that at the date of the passing of the resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person.
3.8 Variation
of Rights
If at any time the share capital of the Company
is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise
provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound-up,
be varied with the consent
in writing of the holders
of at least three-
quarters of the issued shares of that class, or with the sanction
of a Special Resolution passed at a general
meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.
3.9 General Meetings
(i) The Company
may hold an annual general
meeting, but shall
not (unless required
by the Companies Law) be obliged
to hold an annual general
meeting if the Company is “exempted” as such terms are
defined in the Companies Law. The Company as at the date hereof is an exempted company.
(ii) The Directors
may call general
meetings, and they shall on a Shareholders’ requisition forthwith
proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company.
(iii) The Directors may whenever they think fit, and shall
on the requisition of Shareholders of the Company
holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than one tenth
(1/10) in par value of the paid up capital of the Company as at that date
carries the right of voting at general meetings of the Company, proceed to convene a general meeting
of the Company.
(iv) The requisition must state the objects of the meeting
and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the registered office of the Company
and may consist of several
documents in like form
each signed by one or more requisitionists.
(v) If the Directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit
of the requisition duly
proceed to convene a general
meeting, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than
one-half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a
general meeting, but any meeting so
convened shall not be held after the expiration of three months after the
expiration of the said twenty-one days.
(vi) At least five days’ notice shall be given of an annual general
meeting or any other general
meeting.
Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for
which it is given and shall specify
the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business
and shall be given in manner mentioned below or in such other
manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the
Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this regulation has been
given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding
general meetings have been complied
with, be deemed to have been
duly convened if it is so agreed:
(a) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all the Shareholders entitled to attend and vote thereat (or their proxies);
and
(b) in the case of any other
general meeting, by a majority
in number of the Shareholders having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a
majority together holding not less than 75 per
cent. in par value of the shares giving that right.
(vii) The accidental omission to give notice of a general
meeting to, or the non-receipt of notices of a
meeting by any person entitled
to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.
(viii) No business shall
be
transacted
at
any
general
meeting
unless
a
quorum
is
present. Two
Shareholders being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised
representative shall be a quorum
unless the Company has only one Shareholder entitled to vote at such general
meeting in which case the quorum shall be that one Shareholder present in
person or by proxy or (in the case of a corporation or other non-natural
person) by a duly authorised representative.
(ix) A resolution (including a special resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all Shareholders for the time being
entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations, signed by their duly
authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general
meeting of the Company duly convened and held.
(x) If a quorum is not present
within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting,
the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Shareholders, shall be dissolved
and in any other case it shall
stand adjourned
to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other day, time or such other place as the
Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not
present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the Shareholders
present shall be a quorum.
(xi) The chairman,
if any, of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting
of the Company, or if there is no
such chairman, or if he shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the
time appointed for the holding of the meeting, or is unwilling to act, the
Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman
of the meeting.
(xii) If at any general
meeting no Director
is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time
appointed for holding the meeting, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
(xiii) The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present, (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the
meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be
transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at
the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a general meeting
is adjourned for thirty
days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of
an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice.
(xiv) A
resolution put to the vote of the
meeting shall be decided on a show of hands
unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, the
show of hands, the chairman demands
a poll, or any other
Shareholder or Shareholders collectively present
in person or by proxy demand a poll.
(xv) Except as provided in (vii) if a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner
as the chairman directs
and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general
meeting at which the poll was demanded.
(xvi) In the case of an equality of
votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the general
meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is
demanded, shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.
(xvii)
A
poll demanded on the election
of a chairman or on a question
of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded
on any other question shall
be taken at such time as the chairman of the
general meeting directs
and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded
or is contingent thereon
may be proceeded with pending
the taking of the poll.
3.10 Directors
(i) The Company
may by ordinary resolution appoint
any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary
Resolution
remove any Director.
(ii) The Directors
may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional
Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors
to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the articles
as the maximum number of Directors.
(iii) Subject to the provisions of the Companies
Law, the Memorandum and the Articles
and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the
Company shall be managed by the Directors (or a sole Director
if only one is appointed) who may exercise all the powers of
the Company.
(iv) The quorum for the transaction of the business
of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be two if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if
there is only one Director.
(v) A Director
or alternate Director
shall, at any time, summon a meeting
of the Directors by at least
two days notice in writing
to every Director
or alternate director.
(vi) Subject to the provisions
of the articles, the Directors
may regulate their proceedings as they think fit.
Questions arising at any meeting
shall be decided
by a majority of votes.
In the case of an
equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an
alternate Director shall
be entitled in the absence
of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf
of his appointor in addition to his own vote.
(vii) A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors
or all the members of a
committee of Directors (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a
resolution on behalf of his appointor) shall be as valid and effectual
as if it had been passed at a meeting
of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened
and held.
(viii) A
Director may hold any other office
or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on
such terms as to remuneration and otherwise
as the Directors may determine.
(ix) A Director
or alternate director
may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity
for the Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services
as if he were not a Director or alternate Director.
(x) A Director
or alternate Director
of the Company may be or become a director
or other officer of or
otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the
Company may be interested as shareholder or otherwise, and no such Director or
alternate Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits
received by him as a director or officer of, or from his interest
in, such other company.
(xi) No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or alternate Director
or prevented by such office
from contracting with the Company,
either as vendor, purchaser or
otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered
into by or on behalf of the Company in which
any Director or alternate Director
shall be in any way interested, be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director
or alternate Director
so contracting or being so interested be liable to account
to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or transaction by
reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director (or his alternate Director in his absence) shall be
at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is
interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director or
alternate Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by
him at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.
(xii) A general
notice that a Director or alternate Director
is a shareholder, director, officer or employee
of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any
transaction with such firm or company
shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect
of a contract or transaction in which he has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special
notice relating to any particular transaction.
3.11 Borrowing powers
The Directors may exercise all the powers
of the Company to borrow
money and to mortgage or charge its
undertaking, property and uncalled capital
or any part thereof and to issue
debentures, debenture stock
and other such securities whether
outright or as security for any debt, liability or
obligation of the Company
or of any third party.
3.12 Issue of Shares
Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum of Association (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting)
and without prejudice to any previously conferred on the holders of existing
shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose
of shares (including fractions of a share) with or without preferred,
deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting,
return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such
other terms as they think proper.
3.13 Pre-emption Rights
There is no
provision of Cayman Islands law or the articles which confer rights of
pre-emption upon the issue or sale of any shares in the Company.
3.14 Corporate Governance
There is no
applicable regime of corporate
governance to which directors of a Cayman Islands company must adhere over and
above the general fiduciary duties and duties of care, diligence and skill
imposed on such directors under Cayman Islands
law.
3.15 Minority Purchase Rights
The Ordinary
Shares are subject to the compulsory acquisition provisions set out in section
88 of the Companies Law. Under these
provisions where an offeror makes a
takeover offer and within four months
of making the offer it has been
approved by the holders of not less than 90 per cent. in value of the shares to which
the offer relates, that offeror is entitled
to acquire compulsorily from dissenting shareholders those shares which have not been acquired or contracted to be acquired
on the same terms as under the offer.
3.16 Change in Control
There are no provisions in the Articles
which would have the effect of delaying, deferring
or preventing a change
of control of the Company
except as may arise under the paragraph headed (“Transfers”) in paragraph 3.6 above.
4. PREMISES
4.1 The company
neither leases nor owns any properties at the date of this document.
5. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS
Directors’
and other interests
5.1 As at the date of this document and at Admission, the interests of the Directors
and as far as they are aware having made due and careful
enquiries, of persons connected with the Directors (within the meaning of
section 252 of the Act), in the share capital of the Company, all of which interests are beneficial, are as
follows:
At the date of this
Immediately following
document Admission
Number of Percentage of Number of Percentage
of
Ordinary
Issued Ordinary Ordinary Issued Ordinary
Shares
Share Capital Shares Share Capital
|
Lawrence Man Kwan NG1 |
19,920 2 |
0.33% 3 |
19,920 2 |
0.33% 3 |
|
Jen-Ching CHEN1 |
206,218 2 |
3.44% 3 |
206,218 2 |
3.44% 3 |
1These figures reflect Mr Chen’s and Mr Ng’s beneficial
interests in Ordinary Shares, through Mr Chen’s interests in,
0.01 per cent. of the shares in Uni-President Enterprises Corp., 0.16 per cent. of the shares in Prince Housing and
4.00 per cent. of the shares in Prince Asset; and Mr Ng’s interest in 0.40 per cent. of the shares in Prince Asset.
Uni-President Enterprises Corp.,
owns a 10.40 per cent.
interest in the shares of Prince Housing
which owns 87.60 per
cent. of the shares in Prince Asset which owns 83.00 per cent. of the shares in the Company.
2
These figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
3
These figures have been rounded
to two decimal places.
5.2 Save as disclosed in paragraph 5.1 above, none of the Directors nor any member of their respective
immediate families, nor any person connected with them within the meaning
of section 252 of the Act, is interested in the share capital of the Company
or has a related financial
product (as defined
in the AIM Rules) referenced to the Ordinary
Shares.
5.3 As at the date of this document and as at Admission, none of the Directors holds or shall hold any options
to subscribe for Ordinary Shares,
nor warrants exercisable into Ordinary Shares in the Company.
5.4 As at the date of this document and as at Admission, none of the Directors holds any securities convertible into Ordinary
Shares in the Company.
5.5 Save for the service agreements and letter of appointment referred to in paragraph 8 of this Part V, there are no agreements, arrangements or
understandings (including compensation agreements) between any of the Directors
or Shareholders or connected with or dependent
upon Admission.
6. SUBSTANTIAL
SHAREHOLDERS
6.1 In addition
to the Directors’ interests described
in paragraph 5.1, the Company
is aware of the following holdings of Ordinary Shares which as at the date of this document
and at Admission, represent
three per cent. or more of the issued share capital
of the Company.
At the date Immediately
of this document following Admission
|
|
Number of Existing Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of Issued Share Capital |
Number of Ordinary
Shares |
Percentage of Issued Share Capital |
|
Prince Asset Evolution Master Fund Ltd SPC, Segregated Portfolio M |
500,000 Nil |
100% Nil |
4,980,000 240,000 |
83% 4% |
|
East Prosperity Corporation |
Nil |
Nil |
540,000 |
9% |
6.2 Save as disclosed in paragraph 6.1, the Directors
are not aware of any holdings of Ordinary Shares as at the date of this document and immediately following Admission which represent three per cent. or more of the issued share capital of the Company or which, directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, exercises or could exercise control
over the Company.
7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE DIRECTORS
7.1 In addition
to that in respect of the Company, the Directors currently
hold the following directorships and are
partners in the following partnerships and hold the following directorships and have held the following directorships and have been
partners in the following partnerships within the five years prior to the
publication of this document:
Former Directorships or interests in partnerships held in
Director Current Directorships or interests in partnerships last five years
Jen-Ching CHEN Amida Trustlink Assets Management Co., Ltd. Grand Commercial Bank
BioSun Technology Co., Ltd.
Howard Beach Resort Kenting Nanmat Technology Co., Ltd.
Nantex Industry Co., Ltd.
Prince Apartment
Management Maintain Corp. Ltd.
Prince Housing & Development Corp
Prince Security Service
Corp. Ltd.
Prince Water & Electricity Engineering Corp. Southern Science Joint Development Company Ta Chen Construction & Engineering Corp.
The Splendor
Hospitality International Co., Ltd.
Time Square International Hotel Corp.
Lawrence Man Prince Asset Management Co., Limited
Kwan NG Micro Asset Management Co., Limited
Regent Consulting Ltd. (BVI)
David Thomas Arko Holdings
plc China Medstar
Limited
Jarlway Holdings
plc China Shoto plc
China Western Investments plc
No Director has:
7.1.1
any unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences; or
7.1.2
been bankrupt or the subject of an individual voluntary arrangement, or has had a receiver
appointed to any asset of such Director; or
7.1.3
been a director of any company
which, while he was a director or at any time within
12 months after he
ceased to be a director, had a receiver
appointed or went into compulsory
liquidation, creditors’
voluntary liquidation, administration or entered
into a company voluntary arrangement or made any composition or arrangement with its creditors
generally or with any class of its creditors; or
7.1.4 been a partner of any partnership which,
while he was a partner or at any time within 12 months after he ceased to be a
partner, went into compulsory
liquidation, administration, entered
into a partnership voluntary arrangement or had a receiver appointed
to any partnership asset; or
7.1.5 had any
public criticism
by any
statutory or
regulatory authorities (including recognised professional bodies) or has been
disqualified by a court from acting as a director of a company or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any company.
8. DIRECTORS’ SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND LETTER OF APPOINTMENT
8.1 The following
are particulars of the Directors’ service agreements and letter of appointment with the
Company:
8.2 Executive Directors
8.2.1
Lawrence Man Kwan NG, Service
Agreement
Mr. Ng has entered into
a service agreement with
the Company on 25 June 2008 which
is conditional on Admission. Pursuant to the service agreement,
Mr. Ng is appointed
as an executive director of the Company. The service agreement has an initial term of 12 months following which it can be terminated by either party
giving not less than six month’s
written notice such notice to be given no earlier
than the end of the initial 12 month term. Pursuant to the service
agreement, Mr. Ng shall exercise
the powers and functions and perform the duties assigned
to him from time to time
by the Board and as are appropriate to his position. Under the service
agreement, Mr. Ng’s remuneration is £10,000 per annum. Mr. Ng may also be paid a discretionary
bonus as determined from time to time by the Remuneration Committee to be
established by the Company as described in paragraph 14 of Part II of this
document. In addition, Mr. Ng shall
be entitled to such other benefits as may be accorded
to him by the Remuneration Committee from time to time.
In the event of its termination, the service agreement contains certain restrictions on Mr. Ng’s ability to compete
with the business of the Company and to solicit
its employees.
8.2.2
Jen-Ching CHEN, Service Agreement
Mr. Chen has entered into a service
agreement with the Company on 25 June 2008 which is conditional on Admission. Pursuant to the service agreement
Mr. Chen is appointed
as Chairman and executive
director of the Company. The service agreement
has an initial term of 12 months following which it can be
terminated by either party giving not less than six month’s written notice such notice to be given no earlier than the end
of the initial 12 month term. Pursuant to the service agreement, Mr. Chen shall exercise the powers and functions and perform the duties assigned
to him from time to time by
the Board and as are appropriate to his position. Under the service agreement,
Mr.
Chen’s remuneration is £10,000
per annum. Mr. Chen may also be paid a discretionary bonus as determined from time to time by the Remuneration Committee to be established by the Company as described in paragraph 14 of Part II of this document. In addition, Mr. Chen shall be entitled
to such other benefits as may be accorded to him by the Remuneration
Committee from time to time. In the event of its termination, the service agreement contains certain restrictions on Mr.
Chen’s ability to compete with the business
of the Company and to solicit its employees.
8.3 Non-Executive Director
8.3.1
Mr. David Thomas
Mr. Thomas
has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company on 25 June 2008 which is conditional on Admission. Mr. Thomas shall receive a director’s fee of £25,000
gross per annum payable monthly in arrears.
The agreement is to continue
until terminated by either party on not less
than three month’s written
notice by either party in the first six months of appointment, and then not less
than six month’s written notice by either party thereafter. Mr. Thomas
agrees to serve on such committees of the Company as he shall
be appointed to which as at the date of this document comprise the AIM Rules compliance, audit, nomination and remuneration committees.
8.4 The aggregate
remuneration paid and benefits in kind granted
to the Directors for the year ended 31
December 2007 was
Nil. It is estimated that the aggregate remuneration to be paid and benefits in
kind to be granted to the Directors for the year ending 31 December 2008, under
the arrangements in force at the date of this document and to be in force upon Admission, will amount to the sum of
approximately £45,000.
8.5 There are no existing
or proposed service
contracts between any of the Directors which provide for benefits upon termination of employment.
9. MATERIAL
CONTRACTS
9.1 The following
contracts, not being entered into in the ordinary course of business
have been entered
into by the Company since the date of its incorporation on 23 November 2007 and are or may be material in the context of the Company’s business:
9.1.1 A
Nominated Adviser and Broker Agreement dated 20 December 2007 between (1) the Company
and (2) ZAI pursuant to which the Company has appointed ZAI to act as Nominated
Adviser and Broker to the Company for the purposes of Admission. The Company has agreed to pay ZAI a fee for
its services in connection with Admission and has agreed
to issue ZAI with warrants
to subscribe for up to 60,000
Ordinary Shares at the issue price of US$1 per Ordinary Share. Details of the Warrant Instrument appear at paragraph
9.1.4 below. The agreement contains certain undertakings and indemnities given by the Company in respect of, inter alia, compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations.
9.1.2 A
Nominated Adviser and Broker Agreement dated 20 December 2007 between (1) the Company
and (2) ZAI pursuant to which the Company has appointed ZAI to act as ongoing
retained Nominated Adviser and Broker to the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules. The Company
has agreed to pay ZAI a fee of £40,000
per annum for its services
as Nominated Adviser
and Broker under this
agreement, such annual fee to be paid quarterly in advance, with the first such payment due and payable on Admission. The fees will be reviewed annually. The agreement
contains certain undertakings and indemnities given by the Company in respect
of, inter alia, compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations. The agreement is for an initial
term of 12 months and may be terminated by either the Company or ZAI giving not less than 3 months’ notice,
such notice not to
expire earlier than the first anniversary of Admission. Either party may terminate the agreement at any time if the other party is in breach of its obligations under the agreement.
9.1.3 A
Lock-In and Orderly Market Deed dated 25 June 2008 between ZAI (1); the Company (2); and
Prince Asset (as defined
Locked-in Shareholder) where the Locked-in
Shareholder has agreed not
to sell or otherwise dispose of its Ordinary Shares (a) without the prior
written consent of ZAI 12 months from the date of Admission; and (b) for a period of 24 months from Admission without ZAI’s
consent, dispose of such shares other than through ZAI or such replacement firm subject to being offered terms as to price and rates of commission at least as favourable as those being offered by
any other broker at that time.
9.1.4 A
Warrant Instrument dated 25 June 2008 between the Company and ZAI granting
ZAI the right to subscribe for up to 60,000 Ordinary
Shares at the issue price of US$1 per Ordinary
Share. The warrants may be exercised at any time over 5 years following
the date of Admission.
9.1.5 An Office Sharing
Agreement dated 1 March 2008 between Prince Asset (1) and the Company (2) where
Prince Asset has agreed to make available
office space, equipment and other office facilities with the Company and the
parties agree to share such costs in accordance with the terms of the agreement in each case with effect from 1 March 2008.
9.1.6 A
Depositary Agreement dated 25 June 2008 between
the Company and the Depositary (the “Depositary Agreement”) under which the Company has appointed the Depositary to issue the DIs
on the terms of the Deed Poll and to provide certain other services in
connection with the DIs, are as follows:
9.1.6.1 The
Depositary agrees to
provide the Company with certain depositary and
custodian services under the Depositary
Agreement (the “Depositary and Custodian
Services”) with reasonable skill and care and in accordance with the FSMA and the CREST Regulations. The
services include compliance with the provisions
of the Deed Poll, maintaining a depositary interest register
and dealing with routine correspondence with holders of DIs.
9.1.6.2 The Depositary Agreement shall be for an initial fixed term of one year and may thereafter be terminated by either party giving to the other not less than six months’ notice. The agreement may also be terminated in certain other circumstances.
9.1.6.3 The Company agrees to provide to the Depositary all information, data and documentation reasonably required by the
Depositary to carry out the Depositary and Custodian Services. Each party gives certain
undertakings in relation
to compliance with relevant data protection
legislation. The Depositary is entitled, by serving prior written notice on the Company, to
amend the terms of the Depositary Agreement if it is reasonably necessary
to do so in order to
reflect any change to CREST’s services
or to the law.
9.1.6.4 The Depositary is to indemnify the Company against
any loss arising
as a result of the fraud,
negligence or willful default of the
Depositary (including agents engaged by the Depositary to carry out the
Depositary and Custodian Services) or which arises out any breach of the terms of the Depositary Agreement or the Deed Poll. The Company
agrees to indemnify
the Depositary for certain matters arising out of the Depositary’s performance of the Depositary and Custodian
Services.
9.1.6.5 The Company is to pay certain fees and charges including,
among other things, an annual fee, a fee based on the number of DIs held in each month and certain CREST related fees. The Depositary is also entitled to recover from the Company
the Depositary’s out of pocket fees
and expenses incurred in connection with its performance of the Depositary and
Custodian Services.
10. DEPOSITARY INTERESTS
– TERMS OF THE DEED POLL
10.1 Holders of DIs will be bound by the terms of the Deed Poll, a summary of the principal
terms of which is set out below:
10.1.1 The Depositary will hold (itself
or through its nominated
custodian), as bare trustee,
the underlying securities
issued by the Company and all and any rights and other securities, property and
cash attributable to the underlying securities pertaining to the DIs
for the benefit of the holders of the
relevant DIs.
10.1.2 The holders of DIs warrant, among other
things, that the securities in the Company transferred or issued to the
custodian on behalf of the Depositary are free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or third party interests and that such transfers or issues are not in contravention of the Company’s constitutional documents
or any contractual obligation, law or regulation.
10.1.3 The Depositary and any custodian must pass
on to DI holders and exercise on behalf of DI holders all rights and
entitlements received or to which they are entitled in respect of the underlying securities which are capable of being passed on or
exercised. Rights and entitlements to cash distributions, to information, to
make choices and elections and to call for,
attend and vote at meetings shall, subject to the terms of the Deed Poll, be
passed on in the form which they are received together with any amendments and
additional documentation necessary to effect
such passing-on, or, as the case may be, be exercised in accordance with the terms of the Deed Poll.
10.1.4 The Deed Poll contains provisions
excluding and limiting the Depositary’s
liability. For example, the Depositary
shall not be liable to any DI holder or any other person for liabilities in connection with the performance or non-performance of obligations under the Deed Poll or otherwise except as may result from its negligence or wilful default or fraud or that of any person for whom it is vicariously
liable, provided that the Depositary shall not be liable for the negligence,
wilful default or fraud of any custodian or agent which
is not a member of its group
unless it has failed to exercise
reasonable care in the appointment and continued use and supervision of such
Custodian or agent. Furthermore, the Depositary’s liability to a holder
of DIs will be limited
to the lesser of (a) the value of the Ordinary Shares and other deposited
property properly attributable to the DIs to which the liability relates and
(b) that proportion of £5,000,000 which corresponds to the portion which the
amount the Depositary would otherwise
be liable to pay to the DI holder bears to the aggregate of
the amounts
the Depositary would otherwise be liable to pay to all such holders in respect of the
same act, omission or event or, if there are no such amounts,
£5,000,000.
10.1.5 The Depositary is entitled to charge
DI holders fees and expenses for the provision of its services under the Deed Poll.
10.1.6
Each holder of DIs is liable to indemnify the Depositary and any custodian
(and their agents, officers
and employees) against all liabilities arising from or incurred in connection
with, or arising from any act related to, the Deed Poll so far as they relate to the property held for the account of DIs held by that holder, other than those resulting from the
willful default, negligence or fraud
of the Depositary, or the custodian
of the same group, unless the Depositary shall have failed to exercise reasonable care in the appointment and continued use and supervision of such custodian
or agent.
10.1.7 The Depositary may terminate the Deed Poll by giving not less than 90 days’ notice.
During such period, DI holders
may cancel their DIs and withdraw their deposited property and, if any DIs
remain outstanding after termination, the Depositary must, among other things,
deliver the deposited property in respect of the DIs to the relevant DI holders
or, at its discretion sell all or
part of such deposited property. It
shall, as soon as reasonable practicable, deliver the net proceeds of any such
sale, after deducting any sums due to the Depositary, together with any other cash held by it under the Deed Poll pro rata to holders of DIs in respect of their DIs.
10.1.8 The Depositary or the custodian may require
from any holder or former or prospective information as to the capacity in
which DIs are owned or held and the identity of any other person with any
interest of any kind in such DIs or the underlying Ordinary Shares and the
holders are bound to provide such information requested. Furthermore, to the
extent that, among other things, the Company’s constitutional documents require disclosure to the Company
of, or limitations in relation to, beneficial or other
ownership of, or interests of any kind whatsoever, in the Company’s
securities, the holders of DIs are to
comply with such provisions and with the Company’s instructions with respect
thereto.
10.1.9 It should also be noted that holders of DIs
may not have the opportunity to exercise all of the rights and entitlements available to holders
of Ordinary Shares including, for example, the ability to vote
on a show of hands. In relation to voting, it will be important for holders of
DIs to give prompt instructions to the Depositary or its nominated custodian,
in accordance with any voting arrangements made available to them, to vote the
underlying Ordinary Shares on their behalf or,
to the extent possible, to take advantage of any arrangements enabling holders
of DIs to vote such Ordinary Shares as a proxy of the Depositary or its nominated
custodian.
11. LITIGATION
The Company is
not engaged in, nor so far as the Company is aware, has pending or is
threatened by, any governmental,
legal or arbitration proceedings which may have or have had since the date of
its incorporation in 23 November 2007, a significant effect on the financial position or profitability of the Company.
12. WORKING CAPITAL
The Directors
believe, having made due and careful enquiry and having regard to the cash
resources available to the Company upon to Admission, the working capital
available to the Company from the time of
Admission will be sufficient
for its present requirements, that is for at least 12 months from the date of Admission.
13. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL
CHANGES
Save as disclosed in Parts II, IV
and this Part V of this document,
there has been no significant change in the financial
or trading position of the Company since the date of its incorporation on 23 November 2007.
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
14.1 Apart from the registration of the domain name set out in paragraph 2.2 of this Part V, the Company does not
currently have any registered intellectual property rights.
14.2 Save for the rights
referred to in paragraph 14.1 above, there
are no other intellectual property
rights, know- how, licences or other intellectual property
and/or know-how related contracts that are of a fundamental importance to the Company’s business.
15. GENERAL
15.1 The expenses of, and incidental to, Admission, including
advisory fees, registration, and Admission fees, printing, advertising and
distribution costs, legal and accounting fees and expenses, are estimated to
amount to approximately £260,000 (exclusive of VAT), and are payable
by the Company.
15.2 Other than professional advisers
(as disclosed in this document) and as disclosed in paragraph 9 of this Part
V no person has:-
15.2.1 received, directly
or indirectly, from the Company within the 12 months preceding
the date of this
document; or
15.2.2 entered into contractual arrangements (not otherwise disclosed in this document) to receive, directly or indirectly, from the Company
on or after Admission any of the following:
(i) fees totalling
£10,000 or more;
(ii) securities in the Company with a value of £10,000 or more calculated
by reference to the
issue price or, in the case of an introduction, the expected opening
price; or
(iii) any other benefit with a value of £10,000
or more at the date of this document.
15.3 No exceptional factors have influenced the Company’s activities.
15.4 The Directors
are not aware of any known trends,
uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are
reasonably likely to have a material effect on the Company’s prospects
for the current financial year.
15.5 The Directors
are not aware of any other information that they should reasonably consider
as necessary for the investors to form a full
understanding of: (i) the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits
and losses, and prospects
of the Company and the securities for which admission
is being sought;
(ii) the rights attached to those securities; and (iii) any other matter contained herein.
15.6 Save as disclosed in Part III of this document, the Directors are not aware
of any environmental issues that may
affect the Company’s utilisation of its tangible
fixed assets.
15.7 The Company
does not have any significant investments in progress.
15.8 Save as disclosed in Part V of this document, the Company has not entered
into any related
party transactions (being those
set out in the Standards adopted
according to the Regulation (EC) No. 1606/2002) since the date of its incorporation on 23 November
2007.
15.9 The Company
does not have any employees
as at the date of this document.
15.10
No financial information contained in this document
is intended by the Company
to represent or constitute
a forecast of profits by the Company
nor to constitute publication of accounts by it.
15.11
The Company’s accounting reference date is 31 December.
15.12
The
Company has no administrative, management and supervisory bodies other than the
Board and (with effect from Admission) the nomination committee, the remuneration committee
and the audit committee, each of which have no members
other than Directors
of the Company.
15.13 No voting rights of any person differ from the voting rights of other persons holding
Ordinary Shares.
15.14 Where
information in this document has been sourced
from a third party, the information has been accurately
reproduced and so far as the Company is aware and is able to ascertain from
information published by that third party,
no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information
inaccurate or misleading.
15.15 The ISIN for the Ordinary Shares is KYG866291050.
15.16 No person has made a public
takeover bid, mandatory takeover bid, squeeze
out or sell out, for the
Company’s issued share capital
since the Company
was incorporated on 23 November
2007.
15.17
Baker
Tilly Hong Kong Limited have been the only auditors of the Company since its incorporation and were appointed on 25 June 2008. Baker Tilly
Hong Kong Limited is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified
Public Accountants.
15.18
ZAI
has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the inclusion in this
document of references to its name in the form and context which they appear.
15.19
Baker
Tilly Hong Kong Limited
has given and not withdrawn
its written consent
to the inclusion in this document of references to its name in the form and context which they appear.
15.20
Baker Tilly Corporate
Finance LLP has given and not withdrawn
its written consent
to the inclusion in this document of references to its name in the form and context which they appear.
16. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE
Copies of this document
will be available free of charge from the registered office of the Company
and the offices of Marriott
Harrison, Staple Court, 11 Staple Inn Buildings, London
WC1V 7QH, United Kingdom
during normal business hours on any weekday (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
public holidays) from the date of this document
until one month after Admission.
25 June 2008
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