Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00480)
GENERAL DISCLOSURE
PURSUANT TO RULE 13.18 OF THE LISTING RULES
This announcement is made pursuant to rule 13.18 of the Listing Rules in respect of the Loan Agreement containing a clause which is deemed to have imposed a specific performance obligation on the controlling shareholder of the Company and a breach of such obligation will cause a default therein.
This announcement is made pursuant to rule 13.18 of the Listing Rules in respect of the Loan Agreement entered into amongst various parties including, inter alia, the Company as borrower and the Lenders on 4 August 2020, which contains a clause deemed to have imposed a specific performance obligation on the controlling shareholder of the Company.
The Loan Agreement is for a term and revolving loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of HK$3,350 million with the final maturity date falling five years from the date of the Loan Agreement. The Facility shall be used exclusively for (a) refinancing the existing facility of HK$8,000 million expiring in September 2020 (if any) and (b) financing the Group's general working capital requirements.
Under the Loan Agreement, among others, an event of default is triggered when the existing individual shareholder of the Company (together with his associate(s)), holding the single largest shareholding (direct and indirect) in the Company on the date of the Loan Agreement, ceases to be the Company's single largest beneficial shareholder at any time during the term of the Loan Agreement unless the situation can be remedied within a prescribed timeframe pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
If such an event of default occurs, the agent acting for the Lenders may and shall, if so instructed by a majority of the Lenders, cancel any available commitments under the Facility and/or declare all outstanding advances together with interest accrued thereon and all other sums payable by the Company under the Loan Agreement to be immediately due and payable.
Mr CHA Mou Sing Payson, the chairman of the Company, who personally and together with his associates including a controlled corporation and certain companies acting as corporate trustees of
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certain discretionary family trusts of which Mr Payson CHA (to his knowledge) is among the discretionary beneficiaries, holds direct and indirect an aggregate interest in 727,828,090 shares in the Company representing approximately 49% of the issued share capital of the Company and is treated as the existing individual shareholder holding the single largest shareholding in the Company under the Loan Agreement.
DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms and expressions have the following meanings:
"Company" | HKR International Limited, a company incorporated in the |
Cayman Islands with limited liability, the securities of which are | |
listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: | |
00480) | |
"Facility" | a term and revolving loan facility in an aggregate principal |
amount of HK$3,350 million | |
"Group" | the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time |
"HK$" | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong |
"Hong Kong" | the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's |
Republic of China | |
"Lenders" | each of: |
(a) Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited; | |
(b) Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch; | |
(c) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited; | |
(d) Hang Seng Bank Limited; and | |
(e) Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Hong | |
Kong Branch | |
"Listing Rules" | Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange |
"Loan Agreement" | the loan agreement in respect of the Facility entered into on 4 |
August 2020 amongst various parties including, inter alia, the | |
Company as borrower and the Lenders | |
"Stock Exchange" | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
By order of the Board
HKR International Limited
CHA Mou Zing Victor
Deputy Chairman & Managing Director
Hong Kong, 4 August 2020
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As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises:
Chairman | Non-executive Directors |
Mr CHA Mou Sing Payson | The Honourable Ronald Joseph ARCULLI |
Mr CHA Mou Daid Johnson | |
Deputy Chairman & Managing Director | Ms WONG CHA May Lung Madeline |
Mr CHA Mou Zing Victor | Independent Non-executive Directors |
Executive Directors | Mr CHEUNG Wing Lam Linus |
Mr CHUNG Sam Tin Abraham | Mr FAN Hung Ling Henry |
Mr TANG Moon Wah | Ms HO Pak Ching Loretta |
Mr TANG Kwai Chang |
* Registered under the predecessor ordinance of the Companies Ordinance, Chapter 622 of the laws of Hong Kong
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