THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of the Scheme, this Scheme Document or as to the action to be taken, you should consult a licensed securities dealer or registered institution in securities, a bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your TPV Shares, you should at once hand this Scheme Document and the accompanying forms of proxy to the purchaser or transferee or to the licensed securities dealer or registered institution in securities or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this Scheme Document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this Scheme Document.
This Scheme Document is being despatched to Singapore TPV Shareholders at the same time as its despatch to Hong Kong TPV Shareholders.
CEIEC (H.K.) LIMITED | TPV TECHNOLOGY LIMITED |
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) | |
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) | (Stock Code: 903) |
(1) PROPOSAL FOR THE PRIVATISATION OF TPV
BY THE OFFEROR BY WAY OF A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT (UNDER SECTION 99 OF THE BERMUDA COMPANIES ACT)
- PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OF LISTING
- SPECIAL DEAL RELATING TO ROLLOVER ARRANGEMENT
Financial Adviser to the Offeror
Independent Financial Adviser to the Independent Board Committee
SOMERLEY CAPITAL LIMITED
Unless the context requires otherwise, capitalised terms used in this Scheme Document are defined under the section headed ''Definitions'' in Part I of this Scheme Document.
A letter from the TPV Board is set out in Part V of this Scheme Document. A letter from the Independent Board Committee, containing its advice to the Independent Shareholders on the Proposal, the Scheme, the Option Offer and the Rollover Arrangement is set out in Part VI of this Scheme Document. A letter from Somerley, being the Independent Financial Adviser to the Independent Board Committee, containing its advice to the Independent Board Committee in connection with the Proposal, the Scheme, the Option Offer and the Rollover Arrangement, is set out in Part VII of this Scheme Document. An Explanatory Statement regarding the Scheme is set out in Part VIII of this Scheme Document.
The actions to be taken by TPV Shareholders and the Optionholders are set out in Part II of this Scheme Document.
Notices convening the Court Meeting to be held at 10 : 00 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 and the SGM to be held at 10 : 30 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 (or immediately after the conclusion or adjournment of the Court Meeting) are set out in Appendix IV and Appendix V to this Scheme Document, respectively. Whether or not you are able to attend the Court Meeting and/or the SGM or any adjournment thereof, you are strongly urged to complete and sign the enclosed pink form of proxy in respect of the Court Meeting and the enclosed white form of proxy in respect of the SGM, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, and to lodge them with (i) Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Registrar, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, or (ii) Boardroom Corporate & Advisory Services Pte. Ltd., the Share Transfer Office, at 50 Raffles Place, #32-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore 048623 (as the case may be) as soon as possible but in any event no later than the respective times and dates as stated under Part II of this Scheme Document. In the case of the pink form of proxy in respect of the Court Meeting, it may be handed to the chairman of the Court Meeting (who will have absolute discretion on whether or not to accept it) at the Court Meeting, if it is not so lodged.
This Scheme Document is issued jointly by CEIEC (H.K.) Limited and TPV Technology Limited.
The English language text of this Scheme Document shall prevail over the Chinese language text.
8 October 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I | - DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
PART II | - ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
PART III | - IMPORTANT NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
PART IV | - EXPECTED TIMETABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
PART V | - LETTER FROM THE TPV BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
PART VI | - LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT BOARD | |
COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 | |
PART VII | - LETTER FROM SOMERLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 42 |
PART VIII | - EXPLANATORY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 82 |
APPENDIX I | - FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE TPV GROUP . . . . . | I-1 |
APPENDIX II | - GENERAL INFORMATION ON TPV AND | |
THE OFFEROR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | II-1 | |
APPENDIX III - SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | III-1 | |
APPENDIX IV - NOTICE OF COURT MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | IV-1 | |
APPENDIX V | - NOTICE OF SGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | V-1 |
APPENDIX VI | - FORM OF OPTION OFFER LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | VI-1 |
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PART I | DEFINITIONS |
In this Scheme Document, the following expressions have the meanings set out below unless the context requires otherwise.
''2003 Share Option | the share option scheme of TPV adopted by TPV on 15 May 2003 |
Scheme'' | |
''2003 Share Option(s)'' | the share option(s) granted under the 2003 Share Option Scheme |
''2015 Share Option | the share option scheme of TPV adopted by TPV on 2 November |
Scheme'' | 2015 |
''2015 Share Option(s)'' | the share option(s) granted under the 2015 Share Option Scheme |
''acting in concert'' | has the meaning given in the Takeovers Code |
''associates'' | has the meaning given in the Takeovers Code |
''Announcement'' | the joint announcement dated 12 August 2019 issued jointly by |
the Offeror and TPV relating to the Proposal | |
''Authorisations'' | all necessary notifications, registrations, applications, filings, |
authorisations, orders, recognitions, grants, consents, licences, | |
confirmations, clearances, permissions, no-action relief, | |
exemption relief orders and approvals, and all appropriate | |
waiting periods (including extensions thereof), in connection | |
with the Proposal | |
''Beneficial Owner(s)'' | any beneficial owner of the TPV Shares whose TPV Shares are |
registered in the name of a Registered Owner | |
''Bermuda Companies | the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended from time to |
Act'' | time |
''Bonstar'' | Bonstar International Limited, a company incorporated in the |
British Virgin Islands with limited liability on 20 May 2005 and | |
wholly-owned by Dr. Hsuan | |
''business day'' | has the meaning ascribed to it under the Takeovers Code |
''Cancellation Price'' | a price of HK$3.86 per Scheme Share payable in cash to the |
Scheme Shareholders pursuant to the Scheme | |
''CCASS'' | the Central Clearing and Settlement System established and |
operated by HKSCC | |
''CCASS Participant'' | a person admitted to participate in CCASS as a participant, |
including an Investor Participant | |
''CDP'' | The Central Depository (Pte) Limited |
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PART I | DEFINITIONS |
''CEC'' | China Electronics Corporation, a state-owned enterprise |
established in 1989 under the PRC Laws with approval from | |
the PRC State Council | |
''CEC Group'' | CEC and its subsidiaries |
''CECL'' | China Electronics Corporation Limited, a company established |
in the PRC with limited liability on 1 December 2016 and a | |
wholly-owned subsidiary of CEC | |
''CEIEC'' or ''Offeror'' | CEIEC (H.K.) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong |
with limited liability on 19 September 1972 and a wholly-owned | |
subsidiary of CECL | |
''CEIEC Director(s)'' | director(s) of CEIEC |
''CICC'' | China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities |
Limited, the financial adviser of the Offeror in connection with | |
the Proposal, which is a licensed corporation under the SFO, | |
licensed to carry out Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 2 | |
(dealing in futures contracts), Type 4 (advising on securities), | |
Type 5 (advising on futures contracts) and Type 6 (advising on | |
corporate finance) regulated activities | |
''Condition(s)'' | the condition(s) of the Proposal, as set out in the section headed |
''3. Conditions of the Proposal'' in the Explanatory Statement of | |
this Scheme Document | |
''Court'' | the Supreme Court of Bermuda |
''Court Meeting'' | a meeting of the Scheme Shareholders to be convened at the |
direction of the Court, at which the Scheme will be voted upon | |
and which is to be held at 10 : 00 a.m. on 30 October 2019, or any | |
adjournment thereof | |
''Court Order'' | the order of the Court confirming the sanction of the Scheme |
''Depositors'' | shall have the meaning under section 81SF of the Securities and |
Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore | |
''Depository Register'' | means the register maintained by CDP in respect of book-entry |
securities | |
''Disclosure Period'' | the period beginning six months prior to the date of the |
Announcement and ending with the Latest Practicable Date, | |
both dates inclusive |
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PART I | DEFINITIONS |
''Dr. Hsuan'' | Dr. Jason Hsuan (宣建生), the chairman, chief executive officer |
and executive director of TPV | |
''Effective Date'' | the date on which the Court Order has been delivered to the |
Registrar of Companies in Bermuda for registration | |
''Excluded | the ultimate beneficial owner(s) of TGL (other than Mr. Wang) |
Employee(s)'' | who hold TPV Shares other than through their beneficial |
interests in TGL | |
''Executive'' | the Executive Director of the Corporate Finance Division of the |
SFC or any delegate thereof | |
''Explanatory | the explanatory statement set out on pages 82 to 112 of this |
Statement'' | Scheme Document issued in compliance with Section 100 of the |
Bermuda Companies Act | |
''Form(s) of | the form(s) of acceptance dispatched to Optionholders in |
Acceptance'' | connection with the Option Offer |
''HK$'' | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong |
''HKSCC'' | Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited |
''Hong Kong'' | the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC |
''Independent Board | the independent board committee of TPV formed to advise the |
Committee'' | Independent Shareholders on, among others, the Proposal |
''Independent Financial | Somerley Capital Limited, a licensed corporation registered |
Adviser'' or | under the SFO to conduct Type 1 (dealings in securities) and |
''Somerley'' | Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) regulated activities as |
defined in the SFO, which has been appointed as the independent | |
financial adviser to advise the Independent Board Committee on | |
the Proposal, the Scheme, the Option Offer and the Rollover | |
Arrangement | |
''Independent | TPV Shareholders other than CEIEC, CEC, the Rollover |
Shareholders'' | Shareholders and any other persons acting in concert with |
them and the Excluded Employee(s). For the avoidance of doubt, | |
Independent Shareholders include any member of the CICC | |
group acting as a registered owner of Scheme Shares held on | |
behalf of a beneficial owner where the beneficial owner (i) | |
controls the voting rights attaching to those Scheme Shares; (ii) if | |
those Scheme Shares are voted, gives instructions as to how those | |
Scheme Shares are to be voted; and (iii) is not the Offeror, the | |
persons acting in concert with the Offeror, CEC and the Rollover | |
Shareholders and the Excluded Employees |
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