PLACING OF EXISTING SHARES BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOL (6599S)
November 24 2011 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMACHL
RNS Number : 6599S
Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd
24 November 2011
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.
ASIAN CITRUS HOLDINGS LIMITED
*
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: HKSE: 73; AIM: ACHL)
PLACING OF EXISTING SHARES BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER
This announcement is made by Asian Citrus Holdings Limited (the
"Company") pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the
Listing of Securities of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited.
The board of directors (the "Board") of the Company announces
that it is aware, pursuant to the announcement of Chaoda Modern
Agriculture (Holdings) Limited ("Chaoda") on 23 November 2011, that
Huge Market Investments Limited (the "Vendor"), a substantial
shareholder of the Company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chaoda,
had entered into a placing agreement with Metro Capital Securities
Limited (the "Placing Agent") on 22 November 2011, pursuant to
which the Placing Agent has agreed to place on a best effort basis
for approximately 100,000,000 ordinary shares (the "Placing
Shares") on behalf of the Vendor at a price of HK$4.66 per
share.
The Placing Shares in aggregate represent approximately 8.20% of
the total issued share capital of the Company as at the date of
this announcement. Immediately after completion of the placing,
Chaoda will be interested in 5.39% of the total issued share
capital of Company.
The placing will be completed upon the payment of the net
proceeds of the placing to the designated bank account of the
Vendor on the next two trading day after the trade date on 23
November 2011.
The Board does not expect the placing to have any significant
impact on its day to day operations.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Asian Citrus Holdings Limited
Tony Wang Chow
Executive Director
Hong Kong, 24 November 2011
As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of
the Company comprises five executive directors, namely Mr. Tong
Wang Chow, Mr. Tong Hung Wai, Tommy, Mr. Cheung Wai Sun, Mr. Pang
Yi and Mr. Sung Chi Keung; two non-executive directors, namely Mr.
Ip Chi Ming and Hon Peregrine Moncreiffe and four independent
non-executive directors, namely Mr. Ma Chiu Cheung, Andrew, Mr.
Nicholas Smith, Mr. Yang Zhenhan and Dr. Lui Ming Wah, SBS JP.
*For identification purposes only
For further enquires:
Asian Citrus
Eric Sung, Finance Director +852 2559 0323
Seymour Pierce Limited
Nandita Sahgal, Jonathan Wright (NOMAD) 020 7101 8000
Leti McManus, Richard Redmayne, (Broking)
Weber Shandwick Financial 020 7067 0700
Nick Oborne, Stephanie Badjonat,
John Moriarty
This information is provided by RNS
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