Annual Report 2007

53 Annual Report 2007 年報 Directors’ Report 董事會報告 The Directors are pleased to present their first Annual Report, including the audited consolidated (or combined) financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2007. Corporate Reorganisation The Company was incorporated as a limited company in Cayman Islands on 21 September 2006. Pursuant to a reorganisation scheme to rationalise the structure of the Group in preparation for the public Listing the Company’s shares on the Stock Exchange, the Company became the holding company of the companies now comprising the Group on 24 October 2006. Details of the reorganisation were set out in the prospectus dated 4 June 2007 issued by the Company. The shares of the Company were listed on the Stock Exchange with effect from 15 June 2007. The Company issued 200,000,000 shares with a nominal value of HK$0.1 each, at a price of HK$3.82 per share by a way of the Global Offering to Hong Kong and overseas investors. The consideration received by the Company for the issue was HK$764.0 million. Principal Activities The Company acts as an investment holding company. The activities of its principal subsidiaries are set out in Note 32 to the consolidated financial statements. Dividends Distribution The results of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2007 are set out in the consolidated income statement on page 67. The Directors recommend the declaration of a final dividend at the rate of RMB0.021 (equivalent approximately to HK$0.022) per share payable on 29 May 2008 to all persons registered as holders of shares on 19 May 2008. The Register of Members will be closed from 19 May 2008 to 21 May 2008 , both days inclusive. In order to be qualified for the dividend and attending the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) to be held on 21 May 2008, shareholders should submit share certificates together with transfer documents to Hong Kong Branch Share Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited of shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong to be registered on the Register of Members on or before 4:30 pm on 16 May 2008. 董事會欣然提呈首份年報，包括截至二零零七 年十二月三十一日止年度的經審核綜合（或合 併）財務報表。 企業重組 本公司於二零零六年九月二十一日在開曼群島 註冊成立為有限公司。 根據整頓本集團架構以籌備本公司股份於香港 聯合交易所有限公司上市的重組計劃，本公司 於二零零六年十月二十四日成為本集團旗下公 司的控股公司。有關重組的詳情請參閱本公司 於二零零七年六月四日刊發的售股章程。 本公司股份在二零零七年六月十五日於香港 聯合交易所有限公司上市。本公司以每股 3.82 港元的價格以全球發售的形式向香港及海外投 資者發行 200,000,000 股每股面值 0.1 港元的股 份。本公司發行股份所得代價為 764,000,000 港 元。 主要業務 本公司為一家投資控股公司，其主要附屬公司 的業務載於綜合財務報表附註 32 。 股息分派 本集團於截至二零零七年十二月三十一日止年 度的業績載於第 67 頁的綜合收益表。 董事建議向二零零八年五月十九日的全體股份 登記持有人宣派將於二零零八年五月二十九日 派付的末期股息每股人民幣 0.021 元（約 0.022 港元）。二零零八年五月十九日至二零零八年 五月二十一日（包括首尾兩天）期間將暫停辦 理股份過戶登記。為符合資格收取股息及出席 二零零八年五月二十一日舉行的股東週年大 會，股東須二零零八年五月十六日下午四時 三十分或之前將股票及過戶文件送交香港股 份登記分處香港中央證券登記有限公司，地 址為香港灣仔皇后大道東 183 號合和中心 17 樓 1712–1716 室。