To the Trustee | SHARE AWARD OFFER | 31 July 2019 | ||||||||
Dear Sir or Madam, | ||||||||||
IN RELATION TO | ||||||||||
THE PROP | SED PR V | ZATION OF | ||||||||
ASIA SATELLITE | HOLDINGS LIMITED | |||||||||
BY WAYTELECOMMUNICATIONSOF SC EME OF ARRANGEMENT | ||||||||||
UNDER SECTION 99 OF THE COMPANIES ACT OF BERMUDA | ||||||||||
A composite scheme document (the "Scheme Document") dated the same date as this letter issued | ||||||||||
jointly by Bowenvale Limited (the "Offeror") and Asia Sa | Telecommunications Holdings | ted (the | ||||||||
"Company") is enclosed with this letter | erms used but not d fined herein shall have the same meanLimings and | |||||||||
construction as in the Scheme Document. This letter should beelliter ad in conjunction with the Scheme Document. | ||||||||||
The Company and | Offeror issued a joint announcement dated 27 June 2019 (the "Announcement") | |||||||||
which stated that, among otherthings, on 24 June 2019, the Offeror, an indirect subsidiary of C lyle and CITIC, | ||||||||||
had entered | tion Ag eement, pursuant to which | Offeror | the Board to put forward | |||||||
the ProposalintotheSchImplementSha | regarding a propo | priva ization f the Company by way of scheme | ||||||||
of arrangement under section 99 f the Companies Act. As s | inthehe Announcrequestedment, as part of the Proposal, | |||||||||
the Offeror would make an apprreholderspriate offer, namely the ShatatedAward Offer, in respect of the Non | ||||||||||
w rds (if the Roll-over Arra gements are implemented), | or a of the Unvested Awards (if the Roll-over | |||||||||
Arrangements are not implemented). The Share Award Offer will be conditional upon the | Scheme becoming | |||||||||
effective.This letter explains the actions you | take in r lation to the Non Roll-over Awards or Unvested | |||||||||
Awards, as applicable. You are advised to refermustto he Scheme Document when considering them. | ||||||||||
Your attention is also drawn to the terms and conditions of the ESAS. | ||||||||||
TERM OF THE SHARE AWARD OFFER | ||||||||||
The Offeror is making the Share Award Offer, which is conditional on the Scheme becoming effective, | ||||||||||
to you pursuant to the terms of the ESAS. | ||||||||||
The Off ror will | the Share Award Offer to cancel the Non Roll-over Awards (if the Roll-over | |||||||||
Arrangements are implement d), or all | f the Unvest | Awards (if the Roll-over Arrangements are not | ||||||||
implement d), to the extentmaketh y have not othe wise lapsed or been cancelled, in | for providing the Share | |||||||||
Award Off r Price for each Non Roll-over Award or Unvested Award (as pplicable)returnca celled. Co | dition l upon | |||||||||
the Scheme becoming effective, the Offeror shall pay to you the | Share Award Amount, | being an amount | ||||||||
equivalent to the Share Award Offer Pr ce multiplied by the | of the Non Roll-over | Awards | or the Unvested | |||||||
Awards (as applicable) as at the Effective Date, which shallnumberheld on trust by | for | s | ||||||||
and shall be paid byyou to such grantees of the Non | ||||||||||
Roll-over Awards or the Unve ted Awards (as applicable) by reference to the number of Non Roll-over Awards | ||||||||||
(if the Roll-over | s are implemented) or Unvested Awards (if the Roll-over Ar | ngements are not |
implemented),receives such amountinArrangementeachfromcase,thetributableOfferor underto suchthe granteesShare Awardon theOfferEffective. Date as soon as practicable after you
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The Share Award Offer is conditional upon the Scheme becoming effe tive. The Conditions of the | |||||||||||
Scheme are set out in the paragraph headed "Conditions of the Proposal and the Scheme" in the section headed | |||||||||||
Explanatory Statement in the Scheme Document. | d | ||||||||||
You are | advised to refer to the paragraph headed "Overs as Scheme Shareholders | ||||||||||
Awards Holders",furtherparagraph headed "Taxation" and the paragraph headed "Registration and Payment" Shareint | |||||||||||
section headed Explanatory Statement in the Scheme Document. | , | ||||||||||
Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Independ nt Board Committee to the Scheme | |||||||||||
and in relation to the Trustee so far as the interest of the grantees of the relevant Unvested Awards | Shareholderscon erned | ||||||||||
in the Scheme Document and the letter from Anglo Chinese, the I | dependent Financial A | viser, in the Scheme | |||||||||
Document, which contain the recommendation of the Independent Board Committee and of the Independent | |||||||||||
Financial Adviser, respectively, in relation to the Proposal. | |||||||||||
LAPSED UNVESTED AWARDS | |||||||||||
Please note that nothing in this tter or the Scheme Document serves to extend the life of an Unvested | |||||||||||
Award which lapses, will lapse, or has already lapsed, under the ESAS Rules. | |||||||||||
ACTION TO BE TAKEN UPON THE SCHEME BECOMING EFFECTIVE | |||||||||||
Subj ct to and conditional upon the Scheme | effective, the Trust e shall, at the direction of t | ||||||||||
implemented)he need transfer the underlying Shares to such grantbecomings. Such payments shall be paid to the | rantees of | ||||||||||
Board, pay the cash consideration attributable to the N | Roll-over Awards (if the Roll-over Arrangements ar | ||||||||||
, or all the Unvested Awards (if the | - | Arrangements are not implemented) pursuant to thhe | |||||||||
erms of the privatization to the grantees of Non RolRoll-ovverAwards or Unvested | Awards (as applicable), without | ||||||||||
Non Roll-tover Awards or Unvested Awards (as applicable) within seven Business Days following the Effectivthe | |||||||||||
Date. | |||||||||||
RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENTS | full responsibility for the accuracy of the information | ||||||||||
The Directors | jointly | d severally accept | |||||||||
contained in this letter (in relation to the information relating to the Group only) and confirm, having made all | |||||||||||
reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowl dge, opinions expressed in this letter (other than those | |||||||||||
express by the Offeror) have | arrived at after du | and careful considerat on and there | re no other facts not | ||||||||
contained in this letter, the omissiobeen of which would make any statement in this letter misleading. | of | ||||||||||
The directors of the Offeror jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the | |||||||||||
information contained in this letter (other than that relating to the Group) and confirm, | madeaccuracyll reasonabl | ||||||||||
enquiries, that to the best of their | , opini | expressed in | letter ( | thavinghose express | by the | ||||||
Group) have been arrived at after | ue and careful consideration and there re noother facts not contained in this | ||||||||||
letter, the omission of which woulknowledgemake any statement in this letter misleading. |
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