Kerry Properties : Notice of Annual General Meeting
03/27/2012| 06:20am US/Eastern

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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
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www.kerryprops.com
(Stock Code: 00683)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting
of Kerry Properties Limited (the "Company") will
be held at Atrium Room, Level 39, Island Shangri-La Hotel,
Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong on
Thursday, 3 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m. for the following
purposes:
1. To receive and consider the audited financial statements
and the reports of the directors and the auditor for the year
ended 31 December 2011.
2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December
2011.
3. To re-elect retiring Directors.
4. To fix Directors' fees.
5. To re-appoint the retiring auditor and to authorise the
Directors of the Company to fix its remuneration.
6. To consider as special business, and if thought fit, pass
the following resolutions as
Ordinary Resolutions with or without amendments:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
A. THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below and in substitution for
all previous authorities, the exercise by the Directors of
the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter
defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and
deal with additional shares in the share capital of the
Company and to make or grant offers, agreements, options and
other rights, or issue warrants and other securities
including bonds, debentures and notes convertible into shares
of the Company, which would or might require the exercise of
such powers, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally
approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the
Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make
or grant offers, agreements, options and other rights, or
issue warrants and other securities, which would or might
require the exercise of such powers after the end of the
Relevant Period;
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(c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or
to be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to
be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by
the Directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in
paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to or in
consequence of:
(i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or
(ii) the exercise of any option under any share option scheme
or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the
grant or issue to option holders of shares in the Company;
or
(iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for
the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a
dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the
Bye-laws of the Company; or
(iv) any adjustment, after the date of grant or issue of any
options, rights to subscribe or other securities referred to
above, in the price at which shares in the Company shall be
subscribed, and/or in the number of shares in the Company
which shall be subscribed, on exercise of relevant rights
under such options, warrants or other securities, such
adjustment being made in accordance with, or as contemplated
by, the terms of such options, rights to subscribe or other
securities; or
(v) a specified authority granted by the shareholders of the
Company (the
"Shareholders") in general meeting,
shall not exceed the aggregate of:
(aa) 20 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the
share capital of the
Company in issue at the date of passing of this Resolution;
and
(bb) (if the Directors of the Company are so authorised by a
separate ordinary resolution of the Shareholders) the nominal
amount of any share capital of the Company repurchased by the
Company subsequent to the passing of this Resolution (up to a
maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the aggregate nominal
amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the
date of passing of this Resolution),
and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(d) for the purposes of this Resolution:
"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this
Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the
Company;
(ii) the expiry of the period within which the next annual
general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of
the Company or any other applicable laws of Bermuda to be
held; or
(iii) the revocation, variation or renewal of this Resolution
by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general
meeting.
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"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares in the Company, or an
offer of warrants, options or other securities giving rights
to subscribe for shares, open for a period fixed by the
Directors of the Company to holders of shares in the Company
on the registers of members of the Company on a fixed record
date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares
(subject in all cases to such exclusions or other
arrangements as the Directors of the Company may deem
necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements
or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the
laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory
body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside Hong
Kong).
B. THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the
Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as
hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to
repurchase its own shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange
on which the shares of the Company may be listed and
recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong
Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, be and is
hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company to
be repurchased by the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) above
during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent. of
the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the
Company in issue at the date of passing of this Resolution
and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be
limited accordingly; and
(c) for the purposes of this Resolution:
"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this
Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the
Company;
(ii) the expiry of the period within which the next annual
general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of
the Company or any other applicable laws of Bermuda to be
held; or
(iii) the revocation, variation or renewal of this Resolution
by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general
meeting.
C. THAT, conditional upon the passing of Resolution No. 6B,
the general mandate granted to the Directors of the Company
(pursuant to Resolution No. 6A or otherwise) and for the time
being in force to exercise the powers of the Company to allot
shares be and is hereby extended by the addition to the
aggregate nominal amount of the share capital which may be
allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be
allotted by the Directors of the Company pursuant to such
general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate
nominal amount of the share capital of the Company
repurchased by the Company under the authority granted by the
resolution set out as Resolution No. 6B.
By Order of the Board Li Siu Ching, Liz Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 28 March 2012
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Head Office and Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:
25/F, Kerry Centre
683 King's Road
Quarry Bay
Hong Kong
Notes:
1. Every member entitled to attend and vote at the above
meeting (or at any adjournment thereof) (the "AGM") is
entitled to appoint up to two individuals as his proxies. A
proxy need not be a member of the Company. The number of
proxies appointed by a clearing house (or its nominee) is not
subject to the aforesaid limitation.
2. Where there are joint holders of any share, any one of
such persons may vote at the AGM, either personally or by
proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled
thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders be
present at the AGM personally or by proxy, that one of the
said persons so present whose name stands first on the
registers of members of the Company in respect of such share
will alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
3. To be valid, a form of proxy, together with the power of
attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed
(or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority),
must be deposited at the Company's branch share registrar and
transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Abacus Limited, at 26/F,
Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, not
less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding
of the AGM. Completion and return of the form of proxy will
not be preclude a member from attending the AGM and voting in
person if he so wishes.
4. The registers of members of the Company (the "Registers of
Members") will be closed on Wednesday,
2 May 2012 and no transfer of shares will be effected on that
date. In order to be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM,
all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates
must be lodged for
registration with Tricor Abacus Limited at the above address
not later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, 30
April 2012.
5. The Registers of Members will also be closed on Wednesday,
9 May 2012 and no transfer of shares will be effected on that
date. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend,
all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates
must be lodged for registration with Tricor Abacus Limited at
the above address not later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 May
2012.
6. All the resolutions set out in this notice shall be
decided by poll.
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the
Company are: Executive Directors:
Messrs. Kuok Khoon Chen, Wong Siu Kong, Ho Shut Kan, Ma Wing
Kai, William, Qian Shaohua, Chan Wai Ming, William and Bryan
Pallop Gaw.
Independent Non-executive Directors:
Mr. Lau Ling Fai, Herald, Mr. Ku Moon Lun and Ms. Wong Yu
Pok, Marina, JP.
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