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ZHUGUANG HOLDINGS GROUP COMPANY LIMITED
珠 光 控 股 集 團 有 限 公 司 *
(incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1176)
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 13.17
AND 13.18 OF THE LISTING RULES
MARGIN LOAN
The Board announces that after trading hours on 1 November 2019, the Company's subsidiary, Splendid Reach Limited, as borrower, and CCB International Securities Limited (建銀國際證 券有限公司), as lender, have entered into a deed to amend and supplement certain terms of the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time). A summary of the revised principal terms of the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time) is set out below.
LISTING RULES IMPLICATIONS
The Rong De Account Charge requires disclosure under Rule 13.17 of the Listing Rules. Please refer to the paragraph headed "Disclosure under Rule 13.17 of the Listing Rules" in this announcement for further details.
The Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time) contains certain specific performance obligations on Rong De, a controlling shareholder of the Company, which require disclosure under Rule 13.18 of the Listing Rules. Please refer to the paragraph headed "Disclosure under Rule 13.18 of the Listing Rules" in this announcement for further details.
* For identification purpose only
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Reference is made to the announcement ("Announcement") of Zhuguang Holdings Group Company Limited ("Company") dated 25 October 2018 in relation to a margin loan confirmation dated 25 October 2018 entered into between the Company's subsidiary, Splendid Reach Limited, as borrower and CCB International Securities Limited (建銀國際證券有限公司), as lender, under which the Lender has agreed to make available to the Borrower a margin loan facility in the principal amount of up to HK$750,000,000. Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meanings as defined in the Announcement, unless defined herein or the context requires otherwise.
The Board announces that after trading hours on 1 November 2019, the Borrower and the Lender have entered into a deed ("Amendment Deed") to amend and supplement certain terms, including the term, the principal amount and the interest rate of the Margin Loan, under the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time) with effect from 30 October 2019.
The revised principal terms of the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time) are set out below:
Term of Margin Loan: | A term commencing from (and including) the first | |
drawdown date of the Margin Loan ("First Drawdown | ||
Date") and maturing on 30 October 2020 (provided that | ||
if such date does not fall on a Business Day, then the next | ||
Business Day) ("Maturity Date"). | ||
Principal Amount | The principal amount of the Margin Loan shall be up | |
of the Margin Loan: | to HK$750,000,000 (for the first five Business Days of | |
the Term) and HK$550,000,000 (from and including the | ||
sixth Business Day of the Term to 29 April 2019) and | ||
HK$510,000,000 (from and including 30 April 2019 to | ||
30 May 2019) and HK$490,000,000 (from and including | ||
31 May 2019 to 30 July 2019) and HK$450,000,000 | ||
(from and including 31 July 2019 to 30 October 2019) | ||
and HK$430,000,000 (from and including 31 October | ||
2019 to 30 January 2020) and HK$400,000,000 (from | ||
and including 31 January 2020 to 29 April 2020) and | ||
HK$360,000,000 (from and including 30 April 2020 to | ||
the Maturity Date). | ||
Purpose of the Margin Loan | Subject to the terms of the Margin Loan Account Client | |
and Splendid Margin Account: | Agreement and the Margin Loan Confirmation (as | |
amended and supplemented from time to time): | ||
(i) | partially funding the acquisition of the Silver | |
Grant Acquisition Shares from Silver Grant |
Group Limited and CGNPC International
Limited ("Silver Grant Acquisition"); and/or
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(ii) | acquiring, on and/or off exchange, shares in | |
companies whose shares are listed or will be | ||
listed on the Stock Exchange ("HK Listco | ||
Shares") (other than the Silver Grant Acquisition | ||
Shares acquired under the Silver Grant | ||
Acquisition) and/or U.S. dollar denominated | ||
bonds, notes and other types of debt securities | ||
that is offered to the public through stock | ||
exchanges in either initial public offerings and/ | ||
or the secondary market ("Listed Bonds and | ||
Notes") ("Other Acquisition"). | ||
Condition Precedent | The main conditions precedent and conditions subsequent | |
and Condition Subsequent: | are as follows: | |
Prior to the First Drawdown Date: | ||
(i) | the Borrower shall deposit the Initial Silver Grant | |
Shares into the Splendid Margin Account; | ||
(ii) | the Borrower shall procure the deposit by Rong | |
De of the Charged Zhuguang Shares (1st Batch) | ||
into the Rong De Margin Account; | ||
(iii) | the Borrower shall deliver the Splendid Account | |
Charge; | ||
(iv) | the Borrower shall procure the delivery by Rong | |
De of the Rong De Account Charge; | ||
(v) | the Borrower shall procure the delivery by the | |
Guarantors of the Continuing Guarantee; | ||
(vi) | the Borrower shall procure the delivery by | |
the Guarantors and the execution of the | ||
confirmations of the warning notice to the | ||
Continuing Guarantee; and | ||
(vii) | the Adjusted Debt to Asset Ratio (as defined | |
in the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended | ||
and supplemented from time to time)) of the | ||
Company shall be less than 75%. |
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On or before the fifth Business Day of the Term:
- the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan so that the outstanding principal amount of the Margin Loan is not more than HK$550,000,000.
On or before the sixtieth day of the Term:
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the Borrower shall procure the further deposit by
Rong De of the Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd Batch) into the Rong De Margin Account.
On or before 29 April 2019:
- the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan so that the outstanding principal amount of the Margin Loan is not more than HK$510,000,000.
On or before 30 May 2019:
- the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan so that the outstanding principal amount of the Margin Loan is not more than HK$490,000,000.
On or before 30 July 2019:
- the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan so that the outstanding principal amount of the Margin Loan is not more than HK$450,000,000.
On or before 30 October 2019:
- the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan so that the outstanding principal amount of the Margin Loan is not more than HK$430,000,000.
- t h e B o r r o w e r s h a l l p a y t o t h e L e n d e r the arrangement fee stipulated under the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time).
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the Borrower shall maintain no less than
681,240,022 Silver Grant Shares in the Splendid Margin Account.
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On or before 31 January 2020: | ||
(xvi) the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan | ||
so that the outstanding principal amount of the | ||
Margin Loan is not more than HK$400,000,000. | ||
On or before 30 April 2020: | ||
(xvii) the Borrower shall repay part of the Margin Loan | ||
so that the outstanding principal amount of the | ||
Margin Loan is not more than HK$360,000,000. | ||
Drawdown: | The Borrower can make multiple drawdowns during | |
the Term, but the first drawdown must be made no later | ||
than three months after the date of the Margin Loan | ||
Confirmation, otherwise the availability of the Margin | ||
Loan shall lapse. | ||
The Lender shall have no obligations to advance any | ||
drawdowns under the Margin Loan unless the Borrower | ||
has fully paid to the Lender all the arrangement fees, costs | ||
and expenses (as listed in the Margin Loan Confirmation | ||
(as amended and supplemented from time to time)). | ||
The Borrower shall deposit or cause to be deposited into | ||
the Splendid Margin Account forthwith all the Silver | ||
Grant Acquisition Shares that it acquires under the Silver | ||
Grant Acquisition and all the HK Listco Shares and | ||
Listed Bonds and Notes that it acquires under the Other | ||
Acquisition, whereas settlement shall be on a delivery | ||
versus payment basis. | ||
Interest of the Margin Loan: | Subject to the "Default Interest" provision in the Margin | |
Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from | ||
time to time), | ||
(i) | interest of the Margin Loan shall accrue from | |
and including the First Drawdown Date to | ||
31 March 2019 at a simple interest rate of 7.75% | ||
per annum on the relevant outstanding principal | ||
amount of the Margin Loan; |
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(ii) | interest of the Margin Loan shall accrue from | |
and including 1 April 2019 to 30 October 2019 | ||
at a simple interest rate of 9% per annum on the | ||
relevant outstanding principal amount of the | ||
Margin Loan; and | ||
(iii) | interest of the Margin Loan shall accrue from and | |
including 31 October 2019 up to and including | ||
the date of full principal repayment at a simple | ||
interest rate of 10% per annum on the relevant | ||
outstanding principal amount of the Margin | ||
Loan. | ||
Such interest shall accrue on a day-to-day basis and | ||
shall be payable in arrears by the Borrower on each | ||
Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Margin Loan | ||
Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time | ||
to time)). | ||
Applicable Margin Percentage: | The applicable margin percentage for the Margin Loan: | |
(i) | For the Silver Grant Shares: 50% for the first six | |
months of the Term and 35% from and including | ||
the seventh month of the Term and thereafter; | ||
or as notified in writing by the Lender to the | ||
Borrower from time to time. | ||
(ii) | For the Shares: 50% for the first six months | |
of the Term and 35% from and including the | ||
seventh month of the Term and thereafter; or as | ||
notified in writing by the Lender to the Borrower | ||
from time to time. | ||
(iii) | For HK Listco Shares (excluding Silver Grant | |
Shares and Shares): as notified in writing by the | ||
Lender to the Borrower from time to time, which | ||
for the avoidance of doubt, may be 0%. | ||
(iv) | For Listed Bonds and Notes: as notified in | |
writing by the Lender to the Borrower from time | ||
to time, which for the avoidance of doubt, may | ||
be 0%. |
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Undertakings: | So long as any portion of the Margin Loan is outstanding, | |
among others: | ||
(i) | the Borrower shall procure Rong De to maintain | |
its deposit of the Charged Zhuguang Shares | ||
(1st Batch) and Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd | ||
Batch) in the Rong De Margin Account, and shall | ||
procure that Rong De not to charge, mortgage, | ||
pledge, or otherwise permit any encumbrance to | ||
be created over the Charged Zhuguang Shares | ||
(1st Batch) and Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd | ||
Batch) (other than the encumbrance created | ||
pursuant to the Rong De Account Charge or | ||
otherwise agreed by the Lender); | ||
(ii) | the Borrower shall not charge, mortgage, pledge, | |
or otherwise permit any encumbrance to be | ||
created over the Initial Silver Grant Shares, the | ||
Silver Grant Acquisition Shares, and the HK | ||
Listco Shares and Listed Bonds and Notes that | ||
it acquires under the Other Acquisition (other | ||
than the encumbrance created pursuant to the | ||
Splendid Account Charge or otherwise agreed by | ||
the Lender); | ||
(iii) | the Borrower shall deposit or cause to be | |
deposited into the Splendid Margin Account | ||
forthwith all of the Silver Grant Acquisition | ||
Shares that it acquires under the Silver Grant | ||
Acquisition and all of the HK Listco Shares and | ||
Listed Bonds and Notes that it acquires under the | ||
Other Acquisition; | ||
(iv) | the Adjusted Debt to Asset Ratio of the Company | |
shall be less than 82.5%; and |
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the Borrower shall maintain a Loan to Portfolio Margin Value Ratio (as defined below) of less than 1.00. If the Loan to Portfolio Margin Value Ratio rises to 1.00 or above, the Borrower shall deposit or cause to be deposited forthwith additional listed share, note, bond, debenture, option, right, unit, instrument or other securities in any form issued by any company listed on any qualified stock exchange or cash or other assets (each as acceptable to and approved by the Lender in its absolute discretion) (collectively, the "Additional Security") into the Splendid Margin Account in order to ensure that the Loan to Portfolio Margin Value Ratio shall at all times be less than 1.00;
For the avoidance of doubt, if trading of the HK Listco Shares and/or Listed Bonds and Notes which have been deposited into the Splendid Margin Account and/or the Rong De Margin Account and are subject to the Splendid Account Charge and/or the Rong De Account Charge or may otherwise be charged in favour of the Lender are suspended by the relevant stock exchange(s), the value of such underlying securities shall for the purpose of calculating the Portfolio Margin Value (as defined in the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time)) shall be deemed to be zero, and the Borrower shall deposit or cause to be deposited forthwith Additional Security into the Splendid Margin Account in order to ensure that the Loan to Portfolio Margin Value Ratio shall at all times be less than 1.00.
"Loan to Portfolio Margin Value Ratio" means the following ratio calculated in accordance with the formula at any relevant time:
(outstanding principal amount of the Margin Loan - aggregate cash in the Splendid Margin Account (if any))
Portfolio Margin Value
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Security Documents
In consideration of the Lender granting to the Borrower the Margin Loan, the Security Documents were also entered into on 25 October 2018 and continue to be in full force and effect.
Disclosure under Rule 13.17 of the Listing Rules
Under the Rong De Account Charge, Rong De has charged, by way of fixed and floating charge, the Charged Assets (as defined in the Rong De Account Charge), which includes the Charged Zhuguang Shares (1st Batch) and the Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd Batch), in favour of the Lender. The charge of the Charged Zhuguang Shares (1st Batch) and the Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd Batch) requires disclosure under Rule 13.17 of the Listing Rules.
Disclosure under Rule 13.18 of the Listing Rules
Under the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time), the Borrower shall procure Rong De to:
- deposit the Charged Zhuguang Shares (1st Batch) into the Rong De Margin Account prior to the First Drawdown Date;
- deliver the Rong De Account Charge prior to the First Drawdown Date;
- deposit the Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd Batch) into the Rong De Margin Account on or before the 60th day of the Term;
- maintain its deposit of the Charged Zhuguang Shares (1st Batch) and Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd Batch) in the Rong De Margin Account, and shall procure that Rong De not to charge, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise permit any encumbrance to be created over the Charged Zhuguang Shares (1st Batch) and Charged Zhuguang Shares (2nd Batch) (other than the encumbrance created pursuant to the Rong De Account Charge or otherwise agreed by the Lender);
- not apply for registration as a non-Hong Kong company pursuant to Part 16 of the Companies Ordinance without having obtained the prior written consent of the Lender;
- in the event that Rong De has obtained the prior written consent to apply for registration as a non-Hong Kong Company as stipulated in sub-paragraph above, Rong De shall procure that the prescribed particular of the Rong De Margin Account together with the Rong De Account Charge be delivered to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong for the registration of the Rong De Account Charge and promptly deliver the certificate of such registration of the Rong De Account Charge to the Lender;
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- promptly after execution of the Rong De Account Charge, instruct its registered agent to enter particulars as required by the BVI Act, as amended, of the security created pursuant to the Rong De Account Charge in the Rong De's Register of Charges ("Rong De Register of Charges");
- enter particulars as required by the BVI Act of the security created pursuant to the Rong De Account Charge in the Rong De Register of Charges and, immediately after entry of such particulars have been made, provide the Lender with a certified true copy of the updated Rong De Register of Charges;
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effect registration, or assist the Lender in effecting registration, of the Rong De Account
Charge with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs pursuant to the BVI Act; and - immediately on receipt, deliver or procure to be delivered to the Lender, the certificate of registration of charge issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs evidencing that the requirements of Part VIII of the BVI Act as to registration have been complied with and the filed stamped copy of the application containing the relevant particulars of charge.
All the above specific performance obligations of Rong De under the Margin Loan Confirmation (as amended and supplemented from time to time) require disclosure under Rule 13.18 of the Listing Rules.
On behalf of the Board
Zhuguang Holdings Group Company Limited
Chu Hing Tsung
Chairman
Hong Kong, 1 November 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises (i) six executive Directors, namely Mr. Chu Hing Tsung (alias Mr. Zhu Qing Yi) (Chairman), Mr. Liu Jie (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Liao Tengjia (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Huang Jiajue (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Chu Muk Chi (alias Mr. Zhu La Yi) and Ms. Ye Lixia; and (ii) three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Leung Wo Ping JP, Mr. Wong Chi Keung and Dr. Feng Ke.
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