09:32 SNP LEEFUNG<00623> - Announcement (2) permission to deal in, the Rights Shares in both the nil-paid and fully-paid forms. The Capital Reorganisation In order that a sufficient number of unissued Shares are available for the Rights Issue, the Directors propose to increase the authorised share capital of the Company from HK$50,000,000 to HK$100,000,000 by the creation of an additional 500,000,000 Shares. An ordinary resolution to this effect will be proposed at the Special General Meeting. General A circular containing, amongst others, details of the Capital Reorganisation and the notice convening the Special General Meeting for approving the Capital Reorganisation will be despatched to the Shareholders as soon as practicable. If the Shareholders approve the Capital Reorganisation at the Special General Meeting, the Company will then send the Prospectus containing details of the Rights Issue to the Qualifying Shareholders, and for information only, to the Excluded Shareholders. PALs and EAFs will also be sent to the Qualifying Shareholders. THE RIGHTS ISSUE Issue statistics Basis of the Rights Issue: One Rights Share for every four existing Shares held on the Record Date Number of existing Shares in issue: 402,726,918 Shares as at the date of this announcement Number of Rights Shares: Not less than 100,681,729 Rights Shares and not more than 100,767,979 Rights Shares Underwriter: Tai Fook Securities Company Limited Tai Fook Securities Company Limited and its holding company, Tai Fook Securities Group Limited, which, to the best of the Directors' knowledge and information and having made all reasonable enquiries, are third parties independent of the Group and connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Group Under the Rights Issue, not less than 100,681,729 nil-paid Rights Shares (assuming no Exercisable Share Options are exercised on or before the Record Date) would be provisionally allotted, representing approximately 25.00% of the existing issued share capital of the Company and approximately 20.00% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of 100,681,729 Rights Shares. The number of Rights Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Rights Issue will be increased in proportion to any additional Shares which may be allotted and issued upon the exercise of the Exercisable Share Options on or before the Record Date. As at the date of this announcement, there are outstanding Share Options entitling holders thereof to subscribe for 3,285,000 Shares (of which (i) Mr. Yeo Chee Tong, the chief executive officer of the Company and an executive Director, is entitled to subscribe for 900,000 Shares; and (ii) the employees of the Group, being public Shareholders, in aggregate, are entitled to subscribe for 2,385,000 Shares). Pursuant to the Share Option Scheme, (i) 25% of the Share Options will be exercisable after the expiry of 12 months from the date of grant (the "First Exercise Date"); (ii) 25% of the Share Options will be exercisable after the expiry of each successive 12 months period from the First Exercise Date; and (iii) the options will expire after ten years from the date of grant. As at the date of this announcement, there are outstanding Exercisable Share Options entitling holders thereof to subscribe for 345,000 Shares (of which (i) Mr. Yeo Chee Tong is entitled to subscribe for 112,500 Shares; and (ii) the employees of the Group are entitled to subscribe for 232,500 Shares). If all of the subscription rights attaching to the outstanding Exercisable Share Options are exercised in full and the Shares are allotted and issued pursuant to such exercise on or before the Record Date, the number of issued Shares will be increased to 403,071,918 Shares, and the number of Rights Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Rights Issue will be increased to 100,767,979 Rights Shares. Qualifying Shareholders To qualify for the Rights Issue, a Shareholder must be registered as a member of the Company on the Record Date. In order to be registered as members of the Company on the Record Date, all transfers of the Shares