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NEWS RELEASE |
Investor Contact : John Farina
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EMAIL: shareholder@namtai.com | |
Unit C, 17/F, Edificio Comercial Rodrigues,
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WEB: www.namtai.com | |
599 da Avenida da Praia Grande, Macao, PRC |
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TEL : (853) 2835 6333 / FAX : (853) 2835 6262 |
Percentage | ||||||||||||
Shareholdings | Post Reorganization | Post Reorganization | ||||||||||
at 28 Sept. 2007 | Effective Interest | Change | ||||||||||
Nam Tai in NTEEP |
73.18 | % | 67.71 | % | -5.47 | % | ||||||
Nam Tai in J.I.C. |
74.99 | % | 74.99 | % | | |||||||
Nam Tai in Zastron |
100.00 | % | 67.71 | % | -32.29 | % |
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Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited | J.I.C. Technology Company Limited | |
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited | (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited | |
liability and listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong) | liability and listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong) | |
(Stock Code: 2633) | (Stock Code: 987) |
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A. | BACKGROUND OF THE REORGANIZATION |
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The Zastron Group is engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquid crystal display modules, FPC subassemblies and FPC. | |
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The NTEEP Group is engaged in the manufacture and sale of consumer electronics and telecommunications products. | |
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The JIC Group is engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquid crystal display products. | |
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Namtek is a solution provider mainly for digital dictionary software development in the Japanese electronics industry. |
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B. | The JIC Agreement |
1. | Terms and Conditions |
Date
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: | 24th September, 2007 and 5th October, 2007 | ||
Purchaser
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: | NTEI | ||
Vendor
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: | JIC | ||
Transaction
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: | Pursuant to the JIC Agreement, subject to the conditions set out below, JIC agreed to sell and NTEI agreed to purchase the Jetup Interest. | ||
Consideration
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: | HK$347,408,313.53 (US$44.5 million), agreed by the parties on arms length negotiations. | ||
Payment
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: | 193,004,619 NTEEP Shares at HK$1.8 (US$0.23) per NTEEP Share. | ||
Conditions
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: | The JIC Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: |
(i) | the obtaining in terms acceptable to NTEI, of all consents, approvals, clearances and authorizations of any relevant governmental authorities or other relevant third parties in the PRC as may be necessary for the execution and implementation of the JIC Agreement; | ||
(ii) | Jetup receiving all relevant consents and approvals from third parties as may be necessary in connection with the proposed change in shareholding of Jetup so as to ensure that Jetup maintains all its existing contractual and other rights following the transfer of the Jetup Interest (including, without limitation, the consent of the existing bankers of Jetup to continue to provide the existing banking facilities to Jetup following the transfer of the Jetup Interest); | ||
(iii) | the passing at JIC EGM of ordinary resolution(s) approving the JIC Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein by the JIC Independent Shareholders; and | ||
(iv) | completion of the Namtek Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects (save in respect of any condition relating to completion of the JIC Agreement as supplemented and amended). |
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If any of the above conditions is not fulfilled on or before 31st December, 2007, then this Agreement will immediately terminate and all rights and obligations of the parties shall cease immediately upon termination. |
2. | Basis of the Consideration |
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3. | Effect on Shareholding Structure |
4. | Benefits of the JIC Agreement to JIC and JIC Independent Shareholders |
(i) | It is estimated that JIC will realize a profit of approximately HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) upon completion of the JIC Agreement, arising from surplus over book cost as at 31st December, 2006. | |
(ii) | As NTEEP intends to declare a final dividend of HK$0.20 (US cent 2.6) per NTEEP Share for the year ended 31st December, 2007 after completion of the Reorganization, JIC is expected to receive approximately HK$38 million (US$4.9 million) from such a dividend payment, which exceeds JICs audited net profit of approximately HK$28 million (US$3.6 million) for the year ended 31st December, 2006. | |
(iii) | The Reorganization allows Jetup to enjoy the synergy of a larger scale and more diversified manufacturing base, with combined resources of NTEEP and Zastron. Prior to the Reorganization, Jetup is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JIC, a company with a revenue of approximately HK$458.5 million (US$58.7 million) and net asset value of approximately HK$169.0 million (US$21.7 million) for the year ended 31st December, 2006, while after the Reorganization, Jetup would be a 91% owned subsidiary of NTEEP, which is itself a much larger operation with audited consolidated revenue of approximately HK$1,390.9 million |
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(US$178.3 million) for the financial year ended 31st December, 2006. The synergy includes possible reduction in costs by gradually centralizing engineering, supply chain management, finance, accounting, administration and human resources. Please refer to the section headed Information on NTEI Group of Companies for more information on each of Jetup, Zastron and NTEEP. JIC owns 100% of Jetup prior to the Reorganization which has a simple line of business. After the Reorganization, JIC owns 9% of Jetup which is expected to enjoy synergy from a much larger scale operation as explained above. | ||
(iv) | The Reorganization will result in a change in 91% ownership of Jetup from JIC to NTEEP, and centralization of the manufacturing operation of Jetup to NTEEP. Subsequent to the Reorganization, especially the change in ownership of Jetup, there would be no person other than NTEEP holding 10% or more interests in Jetup, dealings between Jetup, NTEEP and Zastron would no longer constitute connected transactions for either JIC or NTEEP, and hence would be more efficient. | |
(v) | Immediately following completion of the JIC Agreement, JIC will have a 9% remaining interest in Jetup and a 21.89% interest in NTEEP. The financial results of Jetup will no longer be consolidated in JICs accounts, and the financial results of NTEEP will be equity accounted for in JICs accounts. For information on Jetup and NTEEP, please refer to the section headed Information on NTEI Group of Companies. |
5. | Intention of JIC |
(i) | to continue to act as the holding company, but instead of 100% in Jetup, it would become a holding company in 9% Jetup, 21.89% NTEEP, 100% in Namtek (Japan) and 100% in Namtek (Shenzhen); | |
(ii) | to hold Namtek and all investments as long term investments; and | |
(iii) | to remain listed on the Stock Exchange. | |
(iv) | to look for investment in businesses engaged in software development and design services, and other investments such as properties and bonds. The JIC Board will make appropriate disclosure from time to time pursuant to the applicable requirements of the Listing Rules. |
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6. | Type of Transactions |
C. | The NAMTEK Agreement |
Date | : | 5th October, 2007 | ||||
Purchaser | : | JIC | ||||
Vendor | : | NTEEP | ||||
Transaction | : | Pursuant to the Namtek Agreement, subject to the conditions set out below, NTEEP agreed to sell and JIC agreed to purchase the Namtek Interests. | ||||
Consideration | : | HK$80.5 million (US$10.32 million), agreed by the parties on arms length negotiations. | ||||
Payment | : | Cash on or before the fifth business day after the conditions of the Namtek Agreement are satisfied | ||||
Conditions | : | The Namtek Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: | ||||
(i) | the obtaining in terms acceptable to JIC, of all consents, approvals, clearances and authorizations of any relevant governmental authorities or other relevant third parties in Japan, the PRC or any part of the world as may be necessary for the execution and implementation of the Namtek Agreement; | |||||
(ii) | Namtek (Japan) and Namtek (Shenzhen) receiving all relevant consents and approvals from third parties as may be necessary in connection with the proposed change in shareholding of Namtek |
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(Japan) and Namtek (Shenzhen) so as to ensure that Namtek (Japan) and Namtek (Shenzhen) maintain all their existing contractual and other rights following the transfer of the Namtek (Japan) Interest and Namtek (Shenzhen) Interest (including, without limitation, the consent of the existing bankers of Namtek (Japan) and Namtek (Shenzhen) to continue to provide the existing banking facilities to Namtek (Japan) and Namtek (Shenzhen) following the transfer of the Namtek (Japan) Interest and Namtek (Shenzhen) Interest; | ||||||
(iii) | the passing at NTEEP EGM of ordinary resolution(s) approving the Namtek Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein by the NTEEP Independent Shareholders; | |||||
(iv) | the passing at JIC EGM of ordinary resolution(s) approving the JIC Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein by the JIC Independent Shareholders; and. | |||||
(v) | completion of the JIC Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects (save in respect of any condition relating to completion of the Namtek Agreement). | |||||
If any of the above conditions is not fulfilled on or before 31st December, 2007, then this Agreement will immediately terminate and all rights and obligations of the parties shall cease immediately upon termination. |
2. | Basis of the Consideration |
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3. | Effect on Shareholding Structure |
4. | Benefits of the Namtek Agreement to JIC and JIC Independent Shareholders |
(i) | JIC will acquire a new business in place of Jetup which is not as capital intensive as Jetup. | |
(ii) | Namtek is a profitable business with a 31% net profit margin as per the management accounts of Namtek for the period as at 31st August, 2007. It has formulated expansion plans for its business. The JIC Board expects Namtek to bring growth to JIC, and in turn benefits JIC Independent Shareholders. | |
(iii) | After the completion of the JIC Agreement and the Namtek Agreement, JICs major income will be profits from Namtek, dividend from NTEEP and dividend from Jetup; and the major assets of JIC would be 100% Namtek, 21.89% NTEEP and 9% Jetup. |
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5. | Benefits of the Namtek Agreement to NTEEP and NTEEP Independent Shareholders |
(i) | Namtek does not fit well within the structure of NTEEP, the latter of which is manufacturing oriented with a scale designed for mass production. Namtek is a non-core asset of NTEEP. The sale of Namtek will reduce NTEEPs management time and resources to monitor and oversee Namteks performance. | |
(ii) | It is estimated that NTEEP will realize a profit of approximately US$8 million (HK$62 million) upon completion of the Namtek Agreement, arising from surplus over book cost as at 31st December, 2006. |
6. | Future Business of JIC |
7. | Type of Transactions |
D. | The NTEEP Agreement | |
1. | Terms and Conditions |
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Date | : | 24th September, 2007 | ||||
Purchaser | : | NTEEP | ||||
Vendor | : | NTEI | ||||
Transaction | : | Pursuant to the NTEEP Agreement, subject to the conditions set out below, NTEI agreed to sell and NTEEP agreed to purchase the Jetup Interest and the Zastron Interest. | ||||
Consideration | : | HK$2,729,156,300 (US$349.9 million), agreed by the parties on arms length negotiations. | ||||
Payment
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: | (i) | HK$300,000,000 (US$38.5 million) in cash before 30th June, 2008; and | |||
(ii) | US$311,430,294.87 (HK$2,429.2 million) in NTEEP CB. | |||||
Conditions | : | The NTEEP Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: | ||||
(i) | the obtaining in terms acceptable to NTEEP, of all consents, approvals, clearances and authorizations of any relevant governmental authorities or other relevant third parties in the PRC and the Cayman Islands as may be necessary for the execution and implementation of the NTEEP Agreement; | |||||
(ii) | Jetup and all members of the Zastron Group receiving all relevant consents and approvals from third parties as may be necessary in connection with the proposed change in shareholding of Jetup and the Zastron Group so as to ensure that Jetup and all members of the Zastron Group maintain all their respective existing contractual and other rights following the transfer of the Jetup Interest and the Zastron Interest (including, without limitation, the consent of the existing bankers of Jetup and all members of the Zastron Group to continue to provide the existing banking facilities to Jetup and all members of the Zastron Group following the transfer of the Jetup Interest and the Zastron Interest); | |||||
(iii) | the passing at the NTEEP EGM of ordinary resolution(s) approving the NTEEP Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the NTEEP Agreement by the NTEEP Independent Shareholders; | |||||
(iv) | the passing at the JIC EGM of ordinary resolution(s) approving the JIC Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the JIC Agreement by the JIC Independent Shareholders; |
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(v) | if required, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority approving the issue of the NTEEP CB; | |||||
(vi) | the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting approval of the listing of, and permission to deal in the NTEEP Shares to be converted under the NTEEP CB; and | |||||
(vii) | the increase of the authorized share capital of NTEEP to HK$30,000,000 (US$3.8 million) divided into 3,000,000,000 NTEEP Shares of HK$0.01 (US cent 0.128) each having been effective. | |||||
If any of the above conditions is not fulfilled on or before 31st December, 2007, then the Agreement will immediately terminate and all rights and obligations of the parties shall cease immediately upon termination. |
2. | Terms and conditions of the NTEEP CB |
Issuer | : | NTEEP | ||||
Subscriber | : | NTEI | ||||
Securities | : | Convertible bond | ||||
Status | : | General unsecured obligations of NTEEP | ||||
Listing | : | No application will be made to the Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the NTEEP CB, but an application will be made to the Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the NTEEP shares to be issued upon conversion of the NTEEP CB. | ||||
Principal Amount | : | US$311,430,294.87 (HK$2,429.2 million) | ||||
Issue Price | : | At par | ||||
Maturity | : | 5 years from the date of issue | ||||
Interest Rate | : | 2.5% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears | ||||
Conversion Price | : | US$0.23077 (HK$1.8) per NTEEP share | ||||
Conversion Period | : | At any time and from time to time from the date of issue until maturity of the NTEEP CB. | ||||
Conversion Amount | : | Minimum of US$500,000 (HK$3,900,000) per conversion, or such lower amount as NTEEP may accept from time to time. |
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Redemption | : | All outstanding NTEEP CB will be redeemed at par upon maturity. | ||||
Undertaking of NTEI | : | NTEI shall undertake to NTEEP that it will not convert any NTEEP CB into shares unless after such conversion, the public float of the shares of NTEEP will not fall below the level required by the Listing Rules applicable at the time of conversion. | ||||
Transferability | : | The NTEEP CB will only be assignable or transferable to any wholly-owned subsidiary of NTEI or to any other party (subject to the requirements under the Listing Rules from time to time and with the consent of the Stock Exchange). | ||||
Adjustments | : | Conversion price is subject to adjustment upon including the following: | ||||
(i) | an alteration in the nominal value of the NTEEP Shares as a result of consolidation or sub-division; | |||||
(ii) | any bonus issue of shares (but excluding the issue of shares pursuant to a scrip dividend scheme); | |||||
(iii) | a capital distribution to NTEEP Shareholders; | |||||
(iv) | a rights issue by NTEEP at a price less than 95% of the market price at the date of the announcement of such Issue, provided that no adjustment would be made if a similar offer were made to the NTEEP CB Holders; | |||||
(v) | any issue of other convertible securities, which are convertible at less than 95% of the market price of the NTEEP Shares at the date of the announcement of such issue; | |||||
(vi) | any modification of rights of conversion of other convertible securities resulting in the consideration per NTEEP Share on conversion being less than 95% of the market price at the date of announcement of any such proposal; | |||||
(vii) | an issue of NTEEP Shares wholly for cash at a price per NTEEP Share less than 95% of the market price at the date of the announcement of the terms of such issue; and | |||||
(viii) | an issue of NTEEP Shares for the acquisition of asset at a price per NTEEP Share less than 95% of the market price at the date of the announcement of NTEEP of the terms of such issue. |
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The adjustment provisions will include provisions for questions relating to adjustment to be determined by an approved merchant bank in the event that NTEEP considers this appropriate. | ||||||
No adjustment shall be made so that the Conversion Price would fall below HK$0.01 (US cent 0.128), the present par value of NTEEP Shares. | ||||||
Other Rights | : | If, whilst any part of the NTEEP CB are outstanding, an offer is made to shareholders to acquire the whole or any part of the issued share capital of NTEEP, NTEEP will exercise reasonable endeavours to procure that a similar offer is extended to the NTEEP CB Holder in respect of any NTEEP Shares issued on conversion of the NTEEP CB during the period of the offer. | ||||
Voting Rights | : | The NTEEP CB Holder will not be entitled to attend or vote at any meetings of NTEEP by reason only of its being a NTEEP CB Holder. |
3. | Basis of the Consideration |
(i) | a premium of approximately 4.65% to the closing price of HK$1.72 (US$0.22) per NTEEP Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange on 24th September, 2007; |
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(ii) | a premium of approximately 3.57% to the average closing price of HK$1.738 (US$0.22) per NTEEP Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the last 5 consecutive trading days up to and including 24th September, 2007; and | |
(iii) | a premium of approximately 3.45% to the average closing price of HK$1.74 (US$0.22) per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the last 10 consecutive trading days up to and including 24th September, 2007. |
4. | Benefits of the NTEEP Agreement to NTEEP and NTEEP Independent Shareholders | |
(i) | NTEEPs overheads are rising more rapidly than expected due to high cost of operating a manufacturing facility in downtown area in Xixiang, Baoan, Shenzhen, the PRC. Labour costs and security concerns are constant problems for the management. Tense supply of water and electricity makes it difficult for NTEEP to meet customers orders and is becoming a threat of loss of business and customers to competitors. The Reorganization allows NTEEP to acquire not only two profitable businesses; it comes with three pieces of land from Zastron for future expansion in two industrial parks with a land site area over 4 times the existing site of NTEEP. Two of the sites are located in Wuxi and one in Guangming, Shenzhen all acquired by the Zastron Subsidiaries in the PRC at a relatively low cost. The NTEEP Agreement provides huge expansion opportunities to the Enlarged NTEEP in lower cost areas of the PRC, with reliable water and electricity supplies and better security. | |
(ii) | Upon completion of the NTEEP Agreement, NTEEP will have much more diversified products and a new customer base. | |
(iii) | The Reorganization will remove connected transaction implications for the Enlarged NTEEP for technology exchange or co-operation and therefore makes transfer of higher precision and manufacturing technology amongst NTEEP, Zastron and Jetup much easier. | |
(iv) | After the Reorganization, dealings between NTEEP, Jetup and Zastron would no longer be connected transactions, therefore sharing and reallocation of resources are made possible funding, land, enterprise resources planning, manufacturing facilities and so on. | |
(v) | With a much more sizeable operation, reduced overheads and greater economies of scale, the management of NTEEP is more confident of the growth prospects of the business. As such, a more liberal dividend policy may be considered for the future, benefiting the NTEEP Shareholders. |
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(vi) | If appropriate, moving to the new industrial parks will enable NTEEP to serve customers in both the middle and southern part of the PRC, improving the business prospects of NTEEP Group. | |
(vii) | Accordingly, after moving to Zastrons new sites with lower overheads, more reliable water and electricity supplies, broader customer coverage and better security NTEEP may consider alternative use of the land site in downtown Xixiang, Baoan, Shenzhen. | |
(viii) | As NTEI shall undertake to NTEEP that it will not convert any NTEEP CB into NTEEP Shares unless after such conversion the public float of the NTEEP Shares will not fall below the level required by the Listing Rules applicable at the time of conversion, the Reorganization would have no impact on the listing status of NTEEP. | |
(ix) | Zastron had retained earnings of HK$610 million (US$78.2 million) as at 30th September, 2007. Zastron will distribute HK$300 million (US$38.5 million) dividend from its retained earnings to NTEI prior to completion of the NTEEP Agreement, Zastron will still have a remaining balance of retained earnings of HK$310 million (US$39.7 million) for the benefit of NTEEP. |
5. | Dividend Policy |
6. | Type of Transactions |
E. | Effect of the Reorganization on Shareholding Structure |
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Fully Diluted after Conversion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shareholding in | of NTEEP CB and Placing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NTEEP | Existing | Post Reorganization | Down of NTEEP Shares(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
NTEI |
645,229,470 | 73.18 | % | 452,224,851 | 51.29 | % | 1,464,506,853 | 65.64 | % | |||||||||||||||
JIC |
| | 193,004,619 | 21.89 | % | 193,004,619 | 8.65 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Directors |
15,886,553 | 1.80 | % | 15,886,553 | 1.80 | % | 15,886,553 | 0.71 | % | |||||||||||||||
Public |
220,554,565 | 25.02 | % | 220,554,565 | 25.02 | % | 557,799,342 | 25.00 | % | |||||||||||||||
Total |
881,670,588 | 100.00 | % | 881,670,588 | 100.00 | % | 2,231,197,367 | 100.00 | % |
(1) | NTEI shall undertake to NTEEP that it will not convert any NTEEP CB into NTEEP Shares unless after such conversion, the public float of NTEEP Shares will not fall below the level required by the Listing Rules applicable at the time of conversion. It is assumed that when NTEI converts any NTEEP CB each time or when NTEI converts NTEEP CB in full, NTEI will simultaneously place down its direct holding in NTEEP to comply with the minimum public float requirement of the Listing Rules, on the assumption that JIC will not reduce its holding of 193,004,619 NTEEP Shares. |
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Fully Diluted after | Fully Diluted after | |||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of | Conversion of | |||||||||||||||||||
NTEEP CB and | NTEEP CB and | |||||||||||||||||||
Post | Post | Placing Down of | Placing Down of | |||||||||||||||||
Number | Existing | Reorganization | Reorganization | NTEEP Shares | NTEEP Shares | |||||||||||||||
of Shares | Interest | Direct Interest | Effective Interest | Direct Interest | Effective Interest(2) | |||||||||||||||
NTEI in NTEEP |
645,229,470 | 452,224,851 | 596,964,137 | 1,464,506,853 | 1,609,246,104 | |||||||||||||||
JIC in NTEEP |
| 193,004,619 | 193,004,619 | 193,004,619 | 193,004,619 | |||||||||||||||
NTEI in JIC |
572,594,978 | 572,594,978 | 572,594,978 | 572,594,978 | 572,594,978 | |||||||||||||||
Fully Diluted after | Fully Diluted after | |||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of | Conversion of | |||||||||||||||||||
NTEEP CB and | NTEEP CB and | |||||||||||||||||||
Post | Post | Placing Down | Placing Down of | |||||||||||||||||
Percentage | Existing | Reorganization | Reorganization | of NTEEP Shares | NTEEP Shares | |||||||||||||||
Shareholding | Interest | Direct Interest | Effective Interest | Direct Interest | Effective Interest | |||||||||||||||
NTEI in NTEEP |
73.18 | % | 51.29 | % | 67.71 | % | 65.64 | % | 72.12 | % | ||||||||||
JIC in NTEEP |
| 21.89 | % | 21.89 | % | 8.65 | % | 8.65 | % | |||||||||||
NTEI in JIC |
74.99 | % | 74.99 | % | 74.99 | % | 74.99 | % | 74.99 | % | ||||||||||
NTEI in Zastron |
100.00 | % | | 67.71 | % | | 72.12 | % |
(2) | Excluding stock option scheme |
(i) | NTEEP will make a Monthly CB Announcement on the website of the Stock Exchange. Such announcement will be made on or before the fifth business day following the end of each calendar month and will include the following details in a table form: |
a. | whether there is any conversion of the NTEEP CB during the relevant month. If there is a conversion, details thereof including the conversion date, number of new NTEEP Shares issued and conversion price for each conversion. If there is no conversion during the relevant month, a negative statement to that effect; | ||
b. | the amount of outstanding NTEEP CB after the conversion, if any; | ||
c. | the total number of NTEEP Shares issued pursuant to other transactions during the relevant month, including NTEEP Shares issued pursuant to exercise of options under any share options scheme(s) of NTEEP; and | ||
d. | the total issued share capital of NTEEP as at the commencement and the last day of the relevant month. |
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(ii) | In addition to the Monthly CB Announcement, if the cumulative amount of the NTEEP Shares issued pursuant to the conversion of the NTEEP CB reaches 5% of the issued share capital of NTEEP as disclosed in the last Monthly CB Announcement or any subsequent announcement made by NTEEP in respect of the NTEEP CB (as the case may be) (and thereafter in a multiple of such 5% threshold), NTEEP will make an announcement on the website of the Stock Exchange including details as stated in (i) above for the period commencing from the date of the last Monthly CB Announcement or any subsequent announcement made by NTEEP in respect of the NTEEP CB (as the case may be) up to the date on which the total amount of NTEEP Shares issued pursuant to the conversion amounted to 5% of the issued share capital of NTEEP as disclosed in the last Monthly CB Announcement or any subsequent announcement made by NTEEP in respect of the NTEEP CB (as the case may be); and |
(iii) | If NTEEP forms the view that any issue of NTEEP Shares pursuant to the conversion of the NTEEP CB will trigger the disclosure requirements under Rule 13.09 of the Listing Rules, then NTEEP is obliged to make such disclosures regardless of the issue of any announcements in relation to the NTEEP CB as mentioned in (i) and (ii) above. |
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Agreements
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The Jetup Agreement, the Namtek Agreement and the NTEEP Agreement | |
Associates
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Associates as defined in the Listing Rules | |
Connected Transaction
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A connected transaction as defined in the Listing Rules | |
Discloseable Transaction
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A discloseable transaction as defined in the Listing Rules | |
EGMs
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The JIC EGM and the NTEEP EGM | |
Enlarged JIC
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JIC after the completion of the JIC Agreement, Namtek Agreement and the NTEEP Agreement | |
Enlarged NTEEP
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NTEEP after the completion of the Namtek Agreement and the NTEEP Agreement | |
FPC
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Flexible printed circuit | |
HKFRS
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Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards | |
Hong Kong
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC | |
Independent Board
Committees
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The JIC Independent Board Committee and the NTEEP Independent Board Committee | |
Independent Financial
Advisers
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The JIC Independent Financial Adviser and the NTEEP Independent Financial Adviser to be appointed | |
Independent Shareholders
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The JIC Independent Shareholders and the NTEEP Independent Shareholders | |
Jetup
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Jetup Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. , a company incorporated in the PRC with limited liability and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JIC | |
Jetup Interest
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91% of the registered capital of Jetup | |
JIC
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J.I.C. Technology Company Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the shares of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange with a designated stock code of 987 |
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JIC Agreement
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The conditional sale and purchase agreement entered into between JIC and NTEI on 24th September, 2007 as supplemented by a supplemental agreement entered into between the same parties on 5th October, 2007 for the sale and purchase of the Jetup Interest | |
JIC Board
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Board of directors of JIC | |
JIC EGM
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The extraordinary general meeting of JIC to be convened to consider and, if though fit, approve, inter alia, the JIC Agreement and the Namtek Agreement | |
JIC Enterprises
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J.I.C. Enterprises (Hong Kong) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JIC | |
JIC Group
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JIC and the JIC Subsidiaries | |
JIC Independent Board
Committee
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The independent board committee formed to advise the JIC Independent Shareholders | |
JIC Independent
Financial Adviser
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The independent financial adviser, to be appointed by the JIC Independent Board Committee to advise the JIC Independent Board Committee and the JIC Independent Shareholders on the JIC Agreement and the Namtek Agreement | |
JIC Independent
Shareholders
|
Shareholders of JIC independent from and not connected with NTEI or its Associates. As at the date of this announcement, none of the Associates of NTEI holds any JIC Shares, and only NTEI is excluded in definition of the JIC Independent Shareholders | |
JIC Macao
|
J.I.C. (Macao Commercial Offshore) Company Limited, a company incorporated in Macao with limited liability and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JIC | |
JIC Shares
|
Ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 (US cent 0.128) each in the issued share capital of JIC | |
JIC Subsidiaries
|
JIC Enterprises, JIC Macao and Jetup | |
Listing Rules
|
the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange | |
Macao
|
The Macao Special Administrative Region of the PRC | |
Major Transaction
|
A major transaction as defined in the Listing Rules |
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Monthly CB
Announcement
|
A monthly announcement to inform NTEEP Shareholders the status of the conversion of the NTEEP CB | |
Namtek
|
Namtek (Japan) and Namtek (Shenzhen) | |
Namtek Agreement
|
The conditional sale and purchase agreement entered into between JIC and NTEEP on 5th October, 2007 for the sale and purchase of the Namtek Interests | |
Namtek Interests
|
Namtek (Japan) Interest and Namtek (Shenzhen) Interest | |
Namtek (Japan)
|
Namtek Japan Company Limited, a company incorporated in Japan with limited liability and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTEEP | |
Namtek (Japan) Interest
|
The entire issued share capital of Namtek (Japan) | |
Namtek (Shenzhen)
|
Shenzhen Namtek Co., Ltd. , a company incorporated in the PRC and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTEEP | |
Namtek (Shenzhen)
Interest
|
The entire issued share capital of Namtek (Shenzhen) | |
NTEEP
|
Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the shares of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange with a designated stock code of 2633 | |
NTEEP Agreement
|
The conditional sale and purchase agreement entered into between NTEEP and NTEI on 24th September, 2007 for the sale and purchase of the Jetup Interest and Zastron Interest | |
NTEEP Board
|
Board of directors of NTEEP | |
NTEEP CB
|
The US$311,430,294.87 (HK$2,429.2 million) 5-year 2.5% per annum convertible bond to be issued by NTEEP with a conversion price of US$0.23077 (HK$1.8) per NTEEP Share | |
NTEEP CB Holder
|
The holder of the NTEEP CB | |
NTEEP EGM
|
The extraordinary general meeting of NTEEP to be convened to consider and, if though fit, approve, inter alia, the NTEEP Agreement and Namtek Agreement | |
NTEEP Group
|
NTEEP and its subsidiaries |
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NTEEP Independent Board
Committee
|
The independent board committee formed to advise the NTEEP Independent Shareholders | |
NTEEP Independent
Financial Adviser
|
The independent financial adviser to be appointed by the NTEEP Independent Board Committee to advise the NTEEP Independent Board Committee and the NTEEP Independent Shareholders on the NTEEP Agreement and the Namtek Agreement | |
NTEEP Independent
Shareholders
|
Shareholders of NTEEP independent from and not connected with NTEI or its Associates. As at the date of this announcement, none of the Associates of NTEI holds any NTEEP Shares, and only NTEI is excluded in definition of the NTEEP Independent Shareholders | |
NTEEP Shares
|
Ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 (US cent 0.128) each in the issued share capital of NTEEP | |
NTEEP Shareholder
|
Holder of NTEEP Shares | |
NTEI
|
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liabilities and the shares of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange | |
NTEI Group
|
NTEI and its subsidiaries | |
PE
|
Price earnings multiples | |
Percentage Ratios
|
The percentage ratios as defined under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules | |
PRC
|
The Peoples Republic of China | |
Reorganization
|
The reorganization to be effected by way of the transactions contemplated in the JIC Agreement, the Namtek Agreement and the NTEEP Agreement | |
SEC
|
The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States | |
Stock Exchange
|
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | |
VSA
|
A very substantial acquisition as defined in the Listing Rules | |
VSD
|
A very substantial disposal as defined in the Listing Rules | |
Yu Ming
|
Yu Ming Investment Management Limited, a deemed licensed corporation under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) |
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Zastron
|
Zastron Precision-Tech Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and a wholly owned subsidiary of NTEI | |
Zastron Group
|
Zastron and the Zastron Subsidiaries | |
Zastron Interest
|
The entire issued share capital of Zastron | |
Zastron Subsidiaries
|
Zastron Electronic (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. , Zastron Precision-Flex (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. , Zastron Precision-Tech (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. , all are companies incorporated in the PRC with limited liability and wholly owned subsidiaries of Zastron, and Zastron (Macao Commercial Offshore) Company Limited , a company incorporated in Macao with limited liability and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zastron | |
HK$
|
Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong | |
Rmb
|
Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC | |
US$
|
United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States |
By order of the board of directors of
|
By order of the board of directors of | |
NAM TAI ELECTRONIC & ELECTRICAL
|
J.I.C. TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED | |
PRODUCTS LIMITED
|
Chui Kam Wai | |
Kazuhiro Asano
|
Chairman | |
Chairman |
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By order of the board of directors of
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NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC. |
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Koo Ming Kown |
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Chairman |
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NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC. |
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Date October 9, 2007 | By: | /s/ John Q. Farina | ||
Name: | John Q. Farina | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
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