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DAPHNE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 達 芙 妮 國 際 控 股 有 限 公 司*
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 210)
PROPOSED ADOPTION OF NEW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
This announcement is made by Daphne International Holdings Limited (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 13.51(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").
For good corporate governance and with an effort to modernise and update the Company's constitutional documents, the board of directors of the Company proposes to adopt the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Daphne International Holdings Limited (the "New Articles of Association") to replace the existing articles of association. Major areas of amendments that the board of directors of the Company considers relevant to the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") are set out in the Appendix to this announcement.
The proposed adoption of the New Articles of Association is subject to the approval by the Shareholders by way of a special resolution at the forthcoming annual general meeting of the Company to be held in May 2019 (the "AGM"). A circular containing, among other things,
(1)major areas of amendments introduced by the New Articles of Association; and (2) the full text of the New Articles of Association, together with a notice convening the AGM will be dispatched to the Shareholders in due course.
By order of the Board
Daphne International Holdings Limited
Chang Chih-Kai
Chairman & CEO
Hong Kong, 27 March 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises three Executive Directors, namely Mr. Chang Chih-Kai, Mr. Chang Chih-Chiao and Mr. Chen Tommy YiHsun; and three Independent Non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Huang Shun-Tsai, Mr. Kuo Jung-Cheng, and Mr. Lee Ted Tak Tai.
*For identification purpose only
APPENDIX - MAJOR AREAS OF AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED BY THE NEW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Articles under the Existing Articles of Association | Articles under the New Articles of Association | |||
REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND SHARE CERTIFICATE | REGISTER OF MEMBERS | |||
11. | (A) | The Directors shall cause to be kept at such place as they | 44. | The Register and branch register of Members, as the case may be, |
shall deem fit a register of the members and there shall be entered therein the | shall be open to inspection for at least two (2) hours during business hours | |||
particulars of members and the class of shares issued to each of them. | by Members without charge or by any other person, upon a maximum | |||
(B) | The Company may establish and maintain a branch register | payment of $2.50 or such lesser sum specified by the Board, at the Office | ||
or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the | ||||
of members in accordance with Article 160. | Law or, if appropriate, upon a maximum payment of $1.00 or such lesser | |||
sum specified by the Board at the Registration Office. The Register | ||||
(C) | Except where the register is closed pursuant to these articles, | including any overseas or local or other branch register of Members may, | ||
the Law and the applicable rules and regulations of the Designated Stock | after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or | |||
Exchange the register and any branch register shall during business hours be | any other newspapers in accordance with the requirements of any | |||
opened to the inspection of any member without charge. | Designated Stock Exchange or by any electronic means in such manner as | |||
may be accepted by the Designated Stock Exchange to that effect, be | ||||
(D) | The reference to business hours is subject to such reasonable | closed at such times or for such periods not exceeding in the whole thirty | ||
restrictions as the Company in general meeting may impose, but so that not | (30) days in each year as the Board may determine and either generally or | |||
less than 2 hours in each day are to be allowed for inspection. | in respect of any class of shares. |
(E)Any member may require a copy of the register, or of any part thereof, on payment of HK$0.25, or such lesser sum as the Company may prescribe, for every 100 words or fractional part thereof required to be copied. The Company shall cause any copy so required by any person to be sent to that person within a period of 10 days commencing on the date next after the date on which the request is received by the Company.
UNTRACED SHAREHOLDERS | UNTRACEABLE MEMBERS | |
47. The Company may sell any shares in the Company if:- | 55. (1) | Without prejudice to the rights of the Company under |
paragraph (2) of this Article, the Company may cease sending cheques for |
(i)all cheques or warrants, being not less than 3 in total dividend entitlements or dividend warrants by post if such cheques or
number, for any sum payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect | warrants have been left uncashed on two consecutive occasions. However, |
of them sent in the manner authorised by the Articles of the Company have | the Company may exercise the power to cease sending cheques for |
remained uncashed for a period of 12 years; | dividend entitlements or dividend warrants after the first occasion on |
which such a cheque or warrant is returned undelivered. |
(ii)the Company has not at any time during the 12 year period
received any indication of the existence of the member or of any person who | (2) | The Company shall have the power to sell, in such manner | ||||
is entitled to such shares; and | as the Board thinks fit, any shares of a Member who is untraceable, but no | |||||
(iii) | upon expiry of the 12 year period, the Company has caused | such sale shall be made unless: | ||||
an advertisement to be published in the newspaper giving notice of its | (a) | all cheques or warrants in respect of dividends of | the | |||
intention to sell such shares and a period of 3 months has elapsed since the | shares in question, being not less than three in total number, for | |||||
date of such advertisement and the Company has notified the relevant | any sum payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect | |||||
Designated Stock Exchange of such intention. | of them sent during the relevant period in the manner | |||||
To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to | authorised by the Articles have remained uncashed; | |||||
transfer the said shares and an instrument of transfer signed or otherwise | (b) so far as it is aware at the end of the relevant period, the | |||||
executed by or on behalf of such person shall be as effective as if it had | Company has not at any time during the relevant period | |||||
been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled by transmission | received any indication of the existence of the Member who is | |||||
to such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application | the holder of such shares or of a person entitled to such shares | |||||
of the purchase moneys nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any | by death, bankruptcy or operation of law; and | |||||
irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. The net | ||||||
proceeds of the sale shall belong to the Company and upon receipt by the | (c) the Company, if so required by the rules governing the | |||||
Company of such net proceeds it shall become indebted to the former | listing of shares on the Designated Stock Exchange, has given | |||||
member for an amount equal to such net proceeds. No trust shall be created | notice to, and caused advertisement in newspapers in | |||||
in respect of such debt and no interest shall be payable in respect of it and | accordance with the requirements of, the Designated Stock | |||||
the Company shall not be required to account for any moneys earned from | Exchange to be made of its intention to sell such shares in the | |||||
the net proceeds which may be employed in the business of the Company or | manner required by the Designated Stock Exchange, and a | |||||
as it thinks fit. Any sale under this Article shall be valid and effective | period of three (3) months or such shorter period as may be | |||||
notwithstanding that the member holding the shares sold is dead, bankrupt or | allowed by the Designated Stock Exchange has elapsed since | |||||
otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity. | the date of such advertisement. | |||||
GENERAL MEETINGS | GENERAL MEETINGS | |||||
57. | The | Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene an | 57. | Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall |
extraordinary general meeting. An extraordinary general meeting shall also | be called an extraordinary general meeting. General meetings may be held | |||||
be convened on the written requisition of any 2 or more members holding at | in any part of the world as may be determined by the Board. | |||||
the date of the deposit of the requisition in aggregate not less than 25 per | ||||||
cent of such of the paid up capital of the Company as at the date of the | 58. | The Board may whenever it thinks fit call extraordinary general | ||||
deposit carrying the right of voting at general meetings of the Company. | meetings. Any one or more Members holding at the date of deposit of the | |||||
Such requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by | requisition not less than one-tenth of the paid up capital of the Company | |||||
requisitionists and deposited at the office. If the Directors do not within 21 | carrying the right of voting at general meetings of the Company shall at all | |||||
days from the date of the deposit of such requisition proceed duly to convene | times have the right, by written requisition to the Board or the Secretary of | |||||
an extraordinary general meeting, the requisitionists themselves may | the Company, to require an extraordinary general meeting to be called by | |||||
convene the extraordinary general meeting in the same manner, as nearly as | the Board for the transaction of any business specified in such requisition; | |||||
possible, as that in which meetings may be convened by the Directors, and | and such meeting shall be held within two (2) months after the deposit of | |||||
all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists as a result of the | such requisition. If within twenty one (21) days of such deposit the Board | |||||
failure of the Directors to convene such a meeting shall be reimbursed to | fails to proceed to convene such meeting the requisitionist(s) himself | |||||
them by the Company. | (themselves) may do so in the same manner, and all reasonable expenses | |||||
incurred by the requisitionist(s) as a result of the failure of the Board shall | ||||||
be reimbursed to the requisitionist(s) by the Company. | ||||||
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS | NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS | |||||
58. | (A) | An annual general meeting shall be called by notice of not | 59. | (1) | An annual general meeting must be called by Notice of | |
less than twenty-one (21) clear days and not less than twenty (20) clear | not less than twenty-one (21) clear days and not less than twenty (20) clear | |||||
business days and any extraordinary general meeting at which the passing of | business days. | All other general meetings (including an extraordinary | ||||
a special resolution is to be considered shall be called by notice of not less | general meeting) must be called by Notice of not less than fourteen (14) | |||||
than twenty-one (21) clear days and not less than ten (10) clear business | clear days and not less than ten (10) clear business days but if permitted by | |||||
days. | All other extraordinary general meetings may be called by notice of | the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, a general meeting may be | ||||
not less than fourteen (14) clear days and not less than ten (10) clear | called by shorter notice, subject to the Law, if it is so agreed: | |||||
business days but if permitted by the rules of the Designated Stock | ||||||
Exchange, a general meeting may be called by shorter notice, subject to the | (a) in the case of a meeting called as an annual general | |||||
Law, if it is so agreed: | meeting, by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; | |||||
(i) | in the case of meeting called as the annual general | and | ||||
meeting, by all the members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and | (b) in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number | |||||
(ii) | in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in | of the Members having the right to attend and vote at the | ||||
meeting, being a majority together representing not less than | ||||||
number of the members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, |
being a majority together holding not less than 95 per cent in nominal value | ninety five percent (95%) of the total voting rights at the | ||
of the shares giving that right. | meeting of all the Members. | ||
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS | PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS | ||
64. | If within 5 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting a | 62. | If within thirty (30) minutes (or such longer time not exceeding |
quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of | one hour as the chairman of the meeting may determine to wait) after the | ||
members, shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the | time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if | ||
same day in the next week and at such time and place as shall be decided by | convened on the requisition of Members, shall be dissolved. In any other | ||
the Directors and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within | case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same | ||
5 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, any member present | time and place or to such time and place as the Board may determine. If at | ||
shall be a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was | such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from | ||
called. | the time appointed for holding the meeting, the meeting shall be dissolved. |
65.Each Director shall be entitled to attend and speak at any general 63. The chairman of the Company or if there is more than one
meeting of the Company and at any separate meeting of the holders of any | chairman, any one of them as may be agreed amongst themselves or | ||
class of shares in the Company. | failing such agreement, any one of them elected by all the Directors | ||
present shall preside as chairman at a general meeting. If at any meeting | |||
66. | The chairman, if any, of the Directors or, in his absence, the deputy | no chairman, is present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed | |
chairman, if any, shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the | for holding the meeting, or is willing to act as chairman, the deputy | ||
Company. | chairman of the Company or if there is more than one deputy chairman, | ||
any one of them as may be agreed amongst themselves or failing such | |||
67. | If there is no such chairman or deputy chairman or if at any meeting | agreement, any one of them elected by all the Directors present shall | |
neither of such chairman or deputy chairman is present within 5 minutes | preside as chairman. If no chairman or deputy chairman is present or is | ||
after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is willing to act as | willing to act as chairman of the meeting, the Directors present shall | ||
chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number as | choose one of their number to act, or if one Director only is present he | ||
chairman and if only one Director shall be present he shall if willing to act, | shall preside as chairman if willing to act. If no Director is present, or if | ||
preside as chairman. If no Director shall be present or if all the Directors | each of the Directors present declines to take the chair, or if the chairman | ||
present decline to take the chair or if the chairman chosen shall retire from | chosen shall retire from the chair, the Members present in person or (in the | ||
the chair, then the members present shall choose one of their own number to | case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised | ||
be the chairman. | representative or by proxy and entitled to vote shall elect one of their | ||
71. | All questions submitted to a meeting shall be decided by a simple | number to be chairman of the meeting. | |
majority of votes except where a greater majority is required by the Articles | 65. | If an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration | |
or by the Law. In the event of an equality of votes, the chairman of the | but is in good faith ruled out of order by the chairman of the meeting, the |
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