02459 升能集团 展示文件:第一次配售及认购协议
Dated the 20
th
day of September 2024
SANERGY GROUP LIMITED
And
OTAUTAHI CAPITAL INC.
And
CHINA SUNRISE SECURITIES (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
_
AGREMENT
relating to the placing and subscription of
shares in the capital of
SANERGY GROUP LIMITED
_
THIS AGREMENT is made on the 20
th
day of September of 2024
BETWEN:-
- , a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands,
the registered ofice of which is at Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, P.O. Box
2681, Grand Cayman, KY1-1111, Cayman Islands. The principal place of
busines of the Company is located at Rom 2602, 26/F, China Resources
Building, 26 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (the “Company”);
- , a company incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands, the registered ofice of which is at 2/F, Palm Grove House, P.O. Box
3340, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgins Islands (the “Subscriber”); and
- , a company
incorporated in Hong Kong and having its registered ofice at Unit 4502, 45/F,
The Center, 99 Quen’s Road Central, Hong Kong (the “Placing Agent”).
WHEREAS:-
(A) The Company has, at the date of this Agrement, an authorised share capital
of US$50,000,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 Shares. The Company has in
isue 1,010,000,000 Shares, which are fuly paid or credited as fuly paid and
are listed on the Stock Exchange.
(B) The Subscriber is the legal and beneficial owner of an agregate of
187,572,000 Shares as at the date hereof.
(C) The Subscriber has agred to ofer for sale and the Placing Agent has agred
to procure not les than six (6) Places, on a best efort basis, to purchase the
Placing Shares on the terms and conditions set out in this Agrement.
(D) The Subscriber has agred to subscribe for the Subscription Shares on the
terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agrement.
IT IS HEREBY AGRED:-
1. INTERPRETATION
(A) In this Agrement, including the recitals and schedules hereto, the folowing
words and expresions have the folowing meanings unles the context
otherwise requires:-
“acting in concert” shal have the meaning ascribed to that
expresion in the Takeovers Code;
“Agrement” this placing and subscription agrement as
amended or varied from time to time by
agrement in writing duly executed by the
Parties;
“Anouncement” the anouncement substantialy in the form
as set out in Schedule Two subject to such
modifications as the Stock Exchange and/or
the SFC may require and proposed to be
isued on behalf of the Company
imediately folowing the execution of this
Agrement;
“asociates” has the same meaning as ascribed to it in the
Listing Rules;
“Busines Day” a day (except a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday in Hong Kong or a day on which a
tropical cyclone warning no. 8 or above or a
“black rainstorm warning signal” is hoisted in
Hong Kong at any time betwen 9:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m.) on which licensed banks
operating in Hong Kong are generaly open
for ordinary busines (excluding internet
banking busines) in Hong Kong;
“CAS” the Central Clearing and Setlement System
established and operated by HKSC;
“Companies Ordinance” the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the
Laws of Hong Kong);
“Completion” the completion of the Placing or the
Subscription (as the case may be),
whereupon the Parties shal perform their
respective obligations contained in Clause 6;
“Disclosed” al information, facts and maters disclosed (i)
in this Agrement; (i) in any previously
published audited or unaudited acounts of
the Company and/or its subsidiaries; or (i)
in previously published anual and interim
reports, anouncements, circulars or any
other publications of the Company on the
website of the Stock Exchange;
“Group” the Company and its subsidiaries;
“HKSC” the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company
Limited;
“HK$” Hong Kong dolars, the lawful curency of
Hong Kong;
“Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region of the People’s Republic of China;
“Listing Rules” the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities
on the Stock Exchange;
“Memorandum and Articles” the memorandum of asociation and the
articles of asociation for the time being of
the Company;
“Parties” the named parties to this Agrement and
their respective sucesors and permited
asigns and “Party” shal mean any one of
them;
“Place(s)” any profesional, institutional or other
investor(s) procured by the Placing Agent to
purchase the Placing Shares pursuant to the
Placing Agent’s obligations hereunder;
“Placing” the ofer by way of private placing of the
Placing Shares by the Placing Agent on the
terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agrement;
“Placing Completion Date” any date before 4 October 2024 or such
other date as the Subscriber and the Placing
Agent shal agre in writing (for avoidance of
doubt, the Placing Agent shal, in acordance
with Clause 2(E), deliver to the Subscriber a
list of the Places stating the exact date and
time of the Placing Completion Date);
“Placing Price” HK$0.325 per Placing Share;
“Placing Shares” a maximum of 50,000,000 existing Shares
beneficialy and legaly owned by the
Subscriber and to be placed by the Placing
Agent, on a best efort basis, to the Places
pursuant to this Agrement;
“Proceds” a sum equal to the agregate of the
Purchase Price multiplied by the number of
Placing Shares actualy sold by the
Subscriber under the Placing;
“SFC” the Securities and Futures Comision;
“Share(s)” share(s) of US$0.01 each in the capital of the
Company;
“Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;
“Subscription” the conditional subscription by the
Subscriber for the Subscription Shares
pursuant to Clause 3;
“Subscription Completion Date” a day faling within 14 days folowing the date
of this Agrement (i.e. on or before 4 October
2024) or such other date as the Subscriber
and the Company shal agre in writing;
“Subscription Shares” a maximum of 50,000,000 new Shares to be
isued by the Company to the Subscriber
(equivalent to the number of the Placing
Shares actualy sold by the Subscriber under
the Placing) pursuant to this Agrement;
“subsidiary(ies)” has the meaning atributed to it in section 2
of the Companies Ordinance;
“substantial shareholders” has the same meaning as ascribed to it in the
Listing Rules; and
“Takeovers Code” The Code on Takeovers and Mergers and
Share Buy-backs isued by the SFC as
amended from time to time.
(B) In this Agrement references herein to “Clauses”, “sub-Clauses” and the
“Schedule” are to clauses and sub-clauses of and the schedule to this
Agrement.
(C) In this Agrement, the singular includes the plural and vice versa, words
importing gender or the neuter include both genders and the neuter and
references to persons include bodies corporate or unincorporate.
(D) Headings and the table of contents in this Agrement are for convenience only
and shal not afect the interpretation of this Agrement.
2. PLACING
(A) The Placing Agent agres, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in
this Agrement, to act as placing agent of the Subscriber, on a best efort basis,
to procure not les than six (6) Places to purchase each of the Placing Shares
at the Placing Price (together with such brokerage, Hong Kong stamp duty,
Stock Exchange trading fe, SFC transaction levy, Financial Reporting Council
transaction levy, and CAS stock setlement fe as may be payable by such
Places).
(B) The Subscriber hereby apoints the Placing Agent as its non-exclusive placing
agent to procure not les than six (6) Places, on a best efort basis, to
purchase each of the Placing Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions
set out in this Agrement. Any transaction lawfuly, reasonably and properly
caried out by the Placing Agent pursuant to this Agrement shal constitute a
transaction caried out by the Placing Agent at the request of the Subscriber
and as its placing agent and not on acount of or for the Placing Agent. The
Placing Agent shal not be responsible for any los or damage (except for any
los or damage arising out of any fraud, wilful default or gros negligence on
the part of the Placing Agent) to the Subscriber arising from any such
transaction or for any aleged insuficiency of the price (other than as a result of
non-compliance by the Placing Agent with its obligations under this Agrement)
at which the Placing Shares are sold hereunder. The Placing Agent agres,
on a best efort basis, to procure not les than six (6) Places to purchase the
Placing Shares (being the maximum of 50,000,000 existing Shares) at the
Placing Price. For avoidance of doubt, in the event that the actual number of
Placing Shares is les than 50,000,000 existing Shares, none of the parties
shal have any claim in relation to the actual number of Placing Shares, against
each other.
(C) The Subscriber hereby confirms that the foregoing apointment confers the
Placing Agent in acordance with the provisions hereof al powers, authorities
and discretion on its behalf which are necesary for, or reasonably incidental
to, the Placing and hereby agres to ratify and confirm al actions for the Placing
which the Placing Agent shal lawfuly, reasonably and properly do or have done
pursuant to the terms of this Agrement in exercise of such powers, authorities
and discretion as aforesaid.
(D) The Subscriber shal sel or procure the sale of the Placing Shares pursuant
hereto fre and clear from al liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, options
and third party rights of whatsoever nature and with al rights ataching thereto
as at the Placing Completion Date, including the right to receive al future
dividends and other distributions thereafter declared, made or paid on the
Placing Shares.
(E) By no later than 5 p.m. on the Busines Day imediately prior to the Placing
Completion Date, the Placing Agent shal deliver to the Subscriber a list of the
Places procured by it, the number of Placing Shares to be purchased by each
Place, the names and denomination (in board lots or otherwise) in which the
Placing Shares are to be registered, the exact date and time of the Placing
Completion Date and, where relevant, the CAS Acount to which the Placing
Shares are to be credited. The choice of the Places shal be determined by
the Placing Agent at its sole discretion subject to the requirements of the Listing
Rules and any objection the Stock Exchange may have to any particular person
or company being a Place PROVIDED that the Placing Shares shal be placed
by the Placing Agent to not les than six (6) Places and the Placing Agent
undertakes to use its best endeavours to procure that the Places are
independent of, and not conected with the directors, chief executive and
substantial shareholders of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their respective asociates and not acting in concert (as defined in the
Takeovers Code) with the Subscriber, its concert party(ies) (if any) or any of the
Company’s substantial shareholders.
3. SUBSCRIPTION
(A) Subject to Clauses 3(B) and 3(C), the Subscriber hereby agres to subscribe
(itself or through nomines) for the Subscription Shares (equivalent to the
number of the Placing Shares actualy sold by the Subscriber under the Placing)
at the Placing Price (payable in ful after deducting the amounts paid by the
Subscriber to the Placing Agent under Clause 7 at Completion of the Placing)
and the Company agres to isue and alot the Subscription Shares (equivalent
to the number of the Placing Shares actualy sold by the Subscriber under the
Placing) credited as fuly paid subject to the Memorandum and Articles.
(B) Completion of the Subscription is conditional upon:
(i) completion of the Placing pursuant to this Agrement; and
(i) the Listing Comite of the Stock Exchange granting listing of, and
permision to deal in, the Subscription Shares (the “Listing Aproval”)
and such listing and permision not subsequently revoked prior to the
delivery or deposit of definitive share certificate(s) representing the
Subscription Shares under Clause Eror! Reference source not found.
(C) In the event that completion of the Subscription does not take place within 14
days next folowing the date of this Agrement (or such later date as may be
agred in writing by the Subscriber and the Company), al rights, obligations
and liabilities of the Subscriber and the Company in relation to the Subscription
shal cease and determine and none of the parties shal have any claim against
each other in respect of the Subscription save for any antecedent breaches.
(D) The Placing Agent and the Subscriber shal use their respective best
endeavours to procure the fulfilment of the condition set out in Clause 3(B)(i)
and the Company shal use its best endeavours to procure the fulfilment of the
condition set out in Clause 3(B)(i), each by the time and date stated or refered
to therein.
(E) The Placing Agent shal, as son as practicable, submit to the Stock Exchange
in the prescribed form a list of the Places procured by it under the Placing
and/or such other information as requested by the Stock Exchange. The
Placing Agent shal also furnish such information, suply such documents and
do al such acts and things as may be requested by the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange and the SFC in relation to the Places.
4. WARANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
(A) Save and except as Disclosed, the Company represents, warants and
undertakes to the Subscriber that:-
(i) the Subscription Shares wil be isued and aloted in acordance with
the Memorandum and Articles and with al relevant laws of Hong Kong
and the rules and regulations of the Stock Exchange and wil rank pari
pasu in al respects inter se and with al other Shares in isue as at the
Subscription Completion Date;
(i) the Company has ful power, authority and shareholders’ consent to
isue the Subscription Shares and does not require the consent thereto
of any other party, save for the Listing Aproval;
(i) al authorities necesary to enable the Subscription Shares to be aloted
and isued by the Company to the Subscriber and/or its nomines have
ben obtained, save for the Listing Aproval;
(iv) the Company has power to enter into this Agrement and this Agrement
has ben duly authorised and executed by, and constitutes legaly
binding obligations of the Company;
(v) the creation of the Subscription Shares and their alotment and isue
pursuant to this Agrement wil not cause any breach of any agrement
to which the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which
it is or any of them is bound and wil not infringe or exced any limits on,
powers of, or restrictions on or the terms of any contract, obligation or
comitment whatsoever of, the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries
and/or their respective boards of directors; and
(vi) the Subscription Shares wil on alotment and isue be fre from al liens,
charges, encumbrances and third party rights of whatsoever nature and
together with al rights ataching thereto at the Subscription Completion
Date.
(B) The Subscriber represents, warants and undertakes to the Placing Agent that:-
(i) the Subscriber is the legal and beneficial owner of the Placing Shares;
(i) the Subscriber has the power to enter into this Agrement and this
Agrement has ben duly authorised and executed by, and constitutes
legaly binding obligations of, the Subscriber and al necesary
authorities have ben obtained to enable the Placing Shares to be sold
or procured to be sold by it; and
(i) the Placing Shares are fuly paid, rank pari pasu in al respects with al
other Shares, and are fre from al liens, charges, encumbrances and
third party rights of whatsoever nature and wil be sold together with al
rights ataching thereto at the Placing Completion Date.
(C) Save and except as Disclosed, the Company represents, warants and
undertakes to the Placing Agent that:
(i) al statements of facts contained in the Anouncement relating to the
Group are true and acurate in al material respects and are not
misleading in the context of the Placing and the Subscription (the
“Context”); and any expresions of opinion, expectation and intention
expresed therein by or on behalf of the Company are in al material
respects made on reasonable grounds, and are truly and honestly held,
and there are no facts known or which could, on reasonable inquiry, have
ben known to the Company or any of its directors which are not
disclosed in the Anouncement, the omision of which would make any
statement in the Anouncement misleading in the Context or might
reasonably be considered to be material for disclosure in the Context;
(i) up to and including the Subscription Completion Date, the entire existing
isued share capital of the Company is listed on the Stock Exchange and
the Company is not aware of any circumstances whereby such listing wil
be suspended (other than on a voluntary basis and for no longer than
thirty (30) Busines Days), canceled or revoked on or before the
Subscription Completion Date.
(D) Each of the parties hereby undertakes to the other parties to procure that no
public anouncement or comunication (other than the Anouncement)
concerning the Placing, the Subscription, the Company and/or the Subscriber
which is material in relation to the Placing and/or the Subscription shal be made
or despatched betwen the date hereof and the Subscription Completion Date
or the Placing Completion Date (whichever is later) without prior writen consent
of the other parties as to the content, timing and maner of making or despatch
thereof, save as required by aplicable laws, the Stock Exchange and/or the
SFC.
(E) The Placing Agent hereby represents, warants and undertakes to each of the
Subscriber and the Company that:-
(i) it has the power and authority to enter into this Agrement and this
Agrement has ben duly authorised and executed by it, and constitutes
its legaly binding obligations;
(i) it has not ofered or sold, shal not ofer or sel any of the Placing Shares
in any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong except under circumstances that
comply with al aplicable laws and regulations;
(i) neither the Placing Agent nor any of its afiliates or persons acting on
their behalf has made or wil make, in performing the obligations under
this Agrement, to any person to whom any of the Placing Shares may
be ofered any representation and/or statement regarding the Group or
the financial or busines position or prospects of the Group which was
not or is not at the of time making the same ben disclosed to the public
in writing by the Company;
(iv) it shal at al times comply with al rules, regulations and guidelines
aplicable to the Placing of the Stock Exchange and codes of the SFC
in relation to its role as placing agent for the Placing; and
(v) it shal make available and promptly suply, or procure the relevant
Place(s) to make available and promptly suply, al such information to
the Stock Exchange and SFC about the Place(s) as the Stock
Exchange or SFC may require for the purpose of or in conection with
the Listing Rules and other relevant regulations.
(F) The representations and waranties contained in this Clause 4 are demed to
be given as at the date hereof and shal be demed to be repeated at al times
up to and including the Placing Completion Date and the Subscription
Completion Date with reference in each case to the facts and circumstances
then subsisting. Each of the Company and the Subscriber hereby undertakes
up to and until the Subscription Completion Date or the early termination of this
Agrement (whichever is the earliest) to notify the Placing Agent of any mater
or event coming to its atention prior to Completion which shows any relevant
representation or waranty given by it to be or to have ben untrue or inacurate
at the date hereof or at any time prior to Completion.
5. INDEMNITY
(A) The Subscriber and the Company undertake with the Placing Agent on demand
on a joint and several basis to hold the Placing Agent fuly and efectively
indemnified against al loses, claims, costs, charges and expenses (except
those directly or indirectly arising out of or as a result of or in conection with
any fraud, wilful default or gros negligence on the part of the Placing Agent or
as a result of or in conection with any breach of any of the provisions or failure
to perform any of its obligations under this Agrement) which the Placing Agent
has sufered or reasonably incured or which have ben brought against or
reasonably incured by the Placing Agent arising out of or as a result of the
performance by the Placing Agent of its obligations under this Agrement or
any breach by the Company or the Subscriber of any provision of this
Agrement or any breach by the Company or the Subscriber of any waranty or
undertaking and any failure by the Company or the Subscriber to perform any
of its obligations under this Agrement.
(B) The Placing Agent undertakes with each of the Subscriber and the Company
severaly on demand to hold each of the Subscriber and the Company fuly and
efectively indemnified against al loses, claims, costs, charges and expenses
(except those directly or indirectly arising out of or as a result of or in conection
with any fraud, wilful default or gros negligence on the part of each of the
Subscriber and/or the Company respectively or as a result of or in conection
with any breach of any of the provisions or failure to perform any of their
respective obligations under this Agrement) which each of the Subscriber and
the Company respectively has sufered or reasonably incured or which have
ben brought against or reasonably incured by each of the Subscriber and the
Company respectively arising out of or as a result of any breach by the Placing
Agent of any provision of this Agrement or any breach by the Placing Agent of
any waranty or undertaking and any failure by the Placing Agent to perform
any of its obligations under this Agrement (including without limitation its
obligation under Clause 2(E).
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agrement in the contrary, no claim
shal be bought by the Placing Agent or the Subscriber to or against the
Company for any breach of any representations, waranties and undertakings
or other provision of this Agrement by the Company if the mater underlying
such claim is Disclosed.
6. COMPLETION
(A) Completion of the Placing shal take place at or before 10:30 a.m. on the Placing
Completion Date in acordance with the completion mechanics as described in
Schedule Thre.
(B) Completion of the Subscription shal take place at the ofices of the Company
or such other venue as the Parties may agre at 3:00 p.m. on the Subscription
Completion Date when al (but, not partly only) of the folowing busines shal
be transacted:
(i) the Subscriber shal deliver to the Company an aplication for the
Subscription Shares in the form set out in Schedule One, which shal
state an actual number of new Shares to be subscribed by the
Subscriber and shal be equivalent to the number of the Placing Shares
actualy sold by the Subscriber under the Placing, and make or procure
making of payment of the agregate subscription price of the
Subscription Shares, les the amounts deducted by the Placing Agent
under Clause 7 to the Company, by way of cash, together with an
instruction (if the Subscriber wishes the Subscription Shares to be
deposited into CAS) for the Subscription Shares to be deposited into
CAS for credit to the acount of a CAS participant designated in
that instruction;
(i) the Company shal isue and alot credited as fuly paid to the Subscriber
(and/or its nomine) the Subscription Shares and shal procure that the
Subscriber and/or its nomine (which wil be HKSC Nomines Limited
if the Subscription Shares are to be deposited into CAS) are
registered on the register of members of the Company in respect thereof;
and
(i) the Company shal, at the discretion of the Subscriber, EITHER deliver
to the Subscriber and/or its nomine definitive share certificates in board
lots or in such denomination as the Subscriber may request isued in the
name of the Subscriber or its nomine in respect of such number of the
Subscription Shares to be subscribed by it and in acordance with the
instructions given in the aplication to be delivered as refered to above
provided that with the consent of the Subscriber, this obligation may be
satisfied within two weks of the Subscription Completion Date OR
subject to receipt of the instructions refered to Clause 6(B)(i), arange
for the Subscription Shares to be deposited into CAS in acordance
with these instructions.
7. COMISIONS AND EXPENSES
(A) In consideration of the services of the Placing Agent in relation to the Placing,
the Subscriber shal, upon completion of the Placing, pay to the Placing Agent
a comision of 1.0 per cent. of the agregate Placing Price of the actual
number of Placing Shares actualy sold by the Subscriber to the Places
procured by the Placing Agent and the Placing Agent is hereby authorised to
deduct such amount (or any part thereof) and the fes set out in Clause 7(B)
from the payment to be made by it (if any) to the Subscriber and/or its
nomine(s) at completion of the Placing pursuant to paragraph 2.1 of Schedule
Thre of this Agrement and in respect of which the Subscriber shal be entitled
to deduct from the payment to be made by it to the Company pursuant to Clause
6(B)(i).
(B) In adition to the fes refered to in Clause 7(A):
(i) the Company shal pay al seler’s Hong Kong stamp duty on the sold
notes and instruments of transfer refered to in Clause 6, Stock
Exchange trading fe and SFC transaction levy (if any) as may be
payable in respect of the actual number of Placing Shares and al
charges, fes and expenses of the Company’s share registrar including
(without limitation) the fes and expenses in efecting the transfer of the
actual number of Placing Shares, and the isue of certificates therefor in
board lots or otherwise, to the Places (or their respective nomines),
al of which amounts the Placing Agent is hereby authorised to deduct
from the payment to be made by it to the Subscriber and/or its nomine(s)
pursuant to paragraph 2.1 of Schedule Thre of this Agrement for the
purposes of paying such costs, charges, fes and expenses; and in
respect of which the Subscriber shal be entitled to deduct from the
payment to be made by it to the Company pursuant to Clause 6(B)(i);
and
(i) the Company shal bear al reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including but not limited to fes charged by HKSC in respect of
CAS transactions) properly incured by the Placing Agent in relation
to this Agrement (provided that for any single item exceding
HK$10,000 prior writen consent of the Company shal be obtained),
which, if ascertained at completion of the Placing, the Placing Agent is
hereby authorised to deduct from the payment to be made to the
Subscriber and/or its nomine(s) pursuant to paragraph 2.1 of Schedule
Thre of this Agrement and in respect of which the Subscriber shal be
entitled to deduct from the payment to be made by it to the Company
pursuant to Clause 6(B)(i).
(C) Payment of the amounts refered to in Clause 7(B), to the extent they have
ben properly incured, shal be made by the Company to the Placing Agent
whether or not completion of the Placing takes place.
8. TERMINATION
(A) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agrement, the Placing Agent shal
be entitled by notice in writing to the Subscriber (for itself and on behalf of the
Company) at any time prior to 9:30 a.m. on the Placing Completion Date to
terminate this Agrement:
(i) if there is any new law, rule or regulation or any change in existing laws
(including comon law), rules or regulations (or the juridical
interpretation thereof) or other ocurence of any nature whatsoever
which, in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent, are or may be
materialy adverse to the busines or financial position of the Group
taken as a whole or otherwise makes it inexpedient or inadvisable to
proced with the Placing;
(i) if there is any event or circumstance (whether or not forming part of a
series of events or circumstances ocuring or continuing before, on
and/or after the date of this Agrement) or material change or
deterioration in local, national, international, political, military, financial,
economic, market or trading conditions or any other conditions (whether
or not ejusdem generis with any of the foregoing) in any part of the world
in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries caries on busines
which, in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent, is or may be
materialy adverse to the busines or financial position of the Group
taken as a whole or otherwise makes it inexpedient or inadvisable to
proced with the Placing;
(i) if there is any suspension of dealings in the Shares for any period of
thirty (30) consecutive trading days or more (other than in relation to the
Placing);
(iv) if there is any moratorium, suspension or material restriction on trading
in shares or securities generaly on the Stock Exchange;
(v) if there is any material breach of any of the representations, waranties
and undertakings by the Company or the Subscriber set out in Clause 4
comes to the knowledge of the Placing Agent or any event ocurs or any
mater arises on or after the date hereof and prior to the Placing
Completion Date which if it had ocured or arisen before the date hereof
would have rendered any of such representations, waranties and
undertakings untrue or incorect in any material respect and any such
breach or failure is material or (in the opinion of the Placing Agent) is or
would materialy and adversely afect the financial position or busines
of the Company and/or of the Group as a whole or is or would be
materialy adverse to the suces of the Placing, or there has ben a
material breach of, or material failure to perform, any other provision of
this Agrement on the part of the Company, save as the Disclosed; or
(vi) if there is any material adverse change, or material development
involving a prospective material adverse change in the general afairs,
condition, results of operations or prospects, management, busines,
stockholders’ equity or in the financial or trading position of the Company
and/or of the Group as a whole which in the opinion of the Company and
the Placing Agent is materialy adverse to the suces of the Placing.
(B) If notice is given pursuant to this Clause 8, this Agrement shal terminate and
be of no further efect and no party shal be under any liability to any other in
respect of this Agrement, except for any antecedent breaches and that the
Company shal remain liable for the payment of al costs and expenses refered
to in Clause 7(B) already incured and that the provisions of Clause 4 shal
remain in ful force and efect.
9. MISCELANEOUS
(A) Al provisions of this Agrement shal so far as they are capable of being
performed or observed continue in ful force and efect notwithstanding
Completion except in respect of those maters then already performed.
(B) This Agrement may be executed in thre or more counterparts each of which
shal be binding on the party who shal have executed it but which shal together
constitute one agrement.
10. NOTICES
(A) Any notice required to be given under this Agrement shal be demed duly
served if left at or sent by registered or recorded delivery post to the adrese
thereof, at its adres first before stated in this Agrement or such other
adres as may have ben last notified in writing by or on behalf of any such
party to the other parties hereto. Any such notice shal be demed to be
served at the time when it is left at the adres of the party to be served and, if
served by post, on the second Busines Day next folowing the day of posting.
(B) The Subscriber hereby irevocably apoints the Company as its agent to acept
service of legal proces out of the courts of Hong Kong in conection with this
Agrement. The Subscriber further agres to maintain a duly apointed agent
in Hong Kong to acept service of legal proces out of the courts of Hong Kong
and to kep to other Parties informed of the name and adres of such agent.
Service on such proces agent (or its substitutes apointed pursuant to the
procedures described above) shal be demed to be service on its apointer.
The provisions of Clause 10(A) shal aply to the service of court proces on
the proces agent of the Subscriber.
11. PUNCTUAL PERFORMANCE
Time shal be of the esence of this Agrement.
12. GOVERNING LAW
(A) This Agrement is governed by and shal be interpreted in acordance with the
laws of Hong Kong.
(B) The parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong
Kong in conection herewith but this Agrement may be enforced in any Court
of competent jurisdiction.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agrement, a person who is not a
party to this Agrement shal have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Ordinance (Chapter 623 of the Laws of Hong Kong) to enforce any
provisions of this Agrement.
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SCHEDULE ONE
Date:
To: SANERGY GROUP LIMITED
Dear Sirs,
Subscription for Shares
We refer to the placing and subscription agrement dated 20 September 2024 (the
“Agrement”) and entered into betwen CHINA SUNRISE SECURITIES
(INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED, ourselves and yourselves (the “Company”).
Expresions defined in the Agrement shal have the same meanings where used
herein.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Agrement, we, the Subscriber, hereby aply for
50,000,000 Shares at the Placing Price subject to the Memorandum and Articles.
Pursuant to Clause 6(B)(i) of the Agrement, we hereby confirm that the agregate
subscription price for the Subscription Shares shal be satisfied in ful by way of cash.
You are requested to register the folowing name on the register of members of the
Company in Hong Kong in acordance with the Memorandum and Articles:-
Registered Owner No. of Shares
OTAUTAHI CAPITAL INC. 50,000,000
Yours faithfuly,
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Name: Peter Brendon Wylie
Title: Director
For and on behalf of
OTAUTAHI CAPITAL INC.
SCHEDULE TWO
(Anouncement)
HongKongExchangesandClearingLimitedandTheStockExchangeofHongKongLimited
takenoresponsibilityforthecontentsofthisanouncement,makenorepresentationasto
itsacuracyorcompletenesandexpreslydisclaimanyliabilitywhatsoeverforanylos
howsoeverarisingfromorinrelianceuponthewholeoranypartofthecontentsofthis
anouncement.
Thisanouncementisforinformationpurposesonlyandoesnotconstituteaninvitationor
ofertoacquire,purchaseorsubscribeforanysecurities,norisitintendedtoinviteany
suchoferorinvitation.
SANERGY GROUP LIMITED
(Incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock code: 2459)
升能集团有限公司
PLACINGOFEXISTINGSHARESANDTOP-UPSUBSCRIPTIONOF
NEWSHARESUNDERTHEGENERALMANDATE
PlacingAgent
TheBoardispleasedtoanouncethaton20September2024(aftertradinghours),the
Company,theTop-upVendorandthePlacingAgententeredintothePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrement,pursuantowhich(i)theTop-upVendoragredtosel,andthe
PlacingAgentagred,astheTop-upVendor
’
splacingagent,to,onabestefortbasis,
procurenotlesthansix(6)Places(who,orwhoseultimatebeneficialowner,shalbe
IndependentThirdParties),topurchaseupto50,000,000SharesheldbytheTop-up
VendorathePlacingPriceofHK$0.325perPlacingShare,and(i)theTop-upVendor
conditionalyagredtosubscribefor,andtheCompanyconditionalyagredtoalotand
isuesuchnumberofnewSharesequaltothenumberofPlacingSharesactualyplaced
undertheVendorPlacingatheSubscriptionPriceofHK$0.325perSubscriptionShare
(beingthesameasthePlacingPrice).
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AsumingthePlacingSharesarefulyplaced,thegrosprocedsfromtheSubscription
arexpectedtobeaproximatelyHK$16.3milioninagregate,andthenetproceds
(afterdeductingalrelevantfes,costsandexpensestobeborneorincuredbythe
Company)fromtheSubscriptionarexpectedtobeaproximatelyHK$16.0milionin
agregate.AsforthenetprocedsfromtheSubscription,(a)aproximately50%wilbe
usedfordevelopmentofgraphitelectrodesbusines,includingbutnotlimitedto(i)
procurementofrawmaterialsand/orgraphitelectrodes,(i)paymentforsubcontracting
andconversioncostand(i)otheroperatingandoverheadcosts,and(b)aproximately
50%wilbeusedforeplenishmentofliquidityandgeneralcorporatepurposes.
UponthecompletionofthePlacingandSubscription,theprocedsraisedwilenhancethe
Group
’
sfinancialstrength,marketcompetitivenesandcomprehensivestrength,and
promotethelong-termhealthyandsustainabledevelopmentoftheGroup.ThePlacingand
SubscriptionwilalsofurtherbroadenandiversifytheCompany
’
sShareholderbaseby
atractinganumberofinstitutionaland/ornon-institutionalinvestors,andtofurther
enhancetheliquidityoftheSharesthroughtheVendorPlacing.TheSubscriptionShares
wilbealotedandisuedbytheCompanyundertheGeneralMandate.
ThemaximumnumberofPlacingShares,whichshalbethesameasthenumberof
SubscriptionShares,representing(i)aproximately4.95%ofthetotalnumberofShares
inisueoftheCompany(i.e.1,010,000,000Shares)asathedateofthisanouncement
and(i)aproximately4.72%ofthetotalnumberofSharesinisueoftheCompanyas
enlargedbytheSubscriptionShares(asumingthathePlacingSharesarefulyplaced
andexceptfortheSubscriptionSharestobealotedandisued,thereisnochangeinthe
totalnumberofSharesinisueoftheCompanyfromthedateofthisanouncementand
uptothedateofcompletionofthePlacingandSubscription).
ThePlacingPriceofHK$0.325perPlacingSharerepresents:
(a)adiscountofaproximately13.3%totheclosingpriceofHK$0.375perShareas
quotedontheStockExchangeonthedateofthePlacingandSubscription
Agrement;and
(b)adiscountofaproximately19.2%totheaverageclosingpriceofaproximately
HK$0.402perShareasquotedontheStockExchangeforthelastfive(5)
consecutivetradingdaysuptoandincludingtheLastTradingDay.
AnaplicationwilbemadebytheCompanytotheStockExchangeforthelistingof,and
permisiontodealin,theSubscriptionShares.Furtheranouncementwilbemadebythe
CompanyuponcompletionofthePlacingandSubscription.
AsthecompletionofthePlacingandSubscriptionisubjectothefulfilmentof
certainconditionsprecedentandthePlacingAgentnotexercisingitstermination
right,thePlacingandSubscriptionmayormaynotproced.Shareholdersand
potentialinvestorsoftheCompanyareadvisedtoexercisecautionwhendealingin
thesecuritiesoftheCompany.
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TheBoardispleasedtoanouncethaton20September2024(aftertradinghours),the
Company,theTop-upVendorandthePlacingAgententeredintothePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrement,pursuantowhich(i)theTop-upVendoragredtosel,andthe
PlacingAgentagred,astheTop-upVendor
’
splacingagent,to,onabestefortbasis,
procurenotlesthansix(6)Places(who,orwhoseultimatebeneficialowner(s),shalbe
IndependentThirdParties)topurchaseupto50,000,000SharesheldbytheTop-upVendor
athePlacingPriceofHK$0.325perPlacingShare,and(i)theTop-upVendor
conditionalyagredtosubscribefor,andtheCompanyconditionalyagredtoalotand
isuesuchnumberofnewSharesequaltothenumberofPlacingSharesactualyplaced
undertheVendorPlacingatheSubscriptionPriceofHK$0.325perSubscriptionShare
(beingthesameasthePlacingPrice).
TheprincipaltermsofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrementaresumarisedasfolows:
PLACINGANDSUBSCRIPTIONAGREMENT
Date
20September2024(aftertradinghours)
Parties
(1)theCompany;
(2)theTop-upVendor;and
(3)thePlacingAgent(astheplacingagentoftheTop-upVendor).
TheTop-upVendorisalimitedliabilitycompanyincorporatedunderthelawsoftheBritish
VirginIslands.Asathedateofthisanouncement,theTop-upVendorisasubstantial
shareholderholding187,572,000Shares,representingaproximately18.57%ofthentire
isuedsharecapitaloftheCompany.
TothebestoftheDirectors
’
knowledge,informationandbelief,afterhavingmadeal
reasonablenquiries,thePlacingAgentanditsultimatebeneficialowner(s)areIndependent
ThirdParties.
THEPLACING
SubjectothetermsandconditionsofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement,theTop-up
Vendoragredtosel,andthePlacingAgentagredtoactastheplacingagentoftheTop-
upVendorto,onabestefortbasis,procurenotlesthansix(6)Placestopurchaseupto
50,000,000PlacingSharesathePlacingPriceonthePlacingCompletionDate.
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Places
ThePlacingAgentshalprocurethePlacingSharestobeplacedtonotlesthansix(6)
Places,whowilbeprofesional,institutionalorotherinvestorswhoseultimatebeneficial
ownersareIndependentThirdParties,andarenotpartiesactinginconcertwithanyofthe
Top-upVendoranditsconcertparty(ies)(ifany)fromthedateofthePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrementanduptothePlacingCompletionDate.Itisexpectedthatnoneof
thePlaceswilbecomeasubstantialshareholderand/oraconectedpersonoftheCompany
imediatelyafterthecompletionoftheVendorPlacing.
PlacingShares
ThemaximumnumberofPlacingSharesundertheVendorPlacingis50,000,000Shares
withaparvalueofUS$0.01each,representing(i)aproximately4.95%ofthetotalnumber
ofSharesinisueoftheCompany(i.e.1,010,000,000Shares)asathedateofthis
anouncement;and(i)aproximately4.72%ofthetotalnumberofSharesinisueofthe
CompanyasenlargedbytheSubscriptionShares(asumingthathePlacingSharesarefuly
placedandexceptfortheSubscriptionSharestobealotedandisued,thereisnochangein
thetotalnumberofSharesinisueoftheCompanyfromthedateofthisanouncementand
uptothedateofcompletionofthePlacingandSubscription).
PlacingPrice
ThePlacingPriceofHK$0.325perPlacingSharerepresents:
(a)adiscountofaproximately13.3%totheclosingpriceofHK$0.375perShareas
quotedontheStockExchangeonthedateofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement;
and
(b)adiscountofaproximately19.2%totheaverageclosingpriceofaproximately
HK$0.402perShareasquotedontheStockExchangeforthelastfive(5)consecutive
tradingdaysuptoandincludingtheLastTradingDay.
ThePlacingPricewasdeterminedbasedontheprevailingmarketpricesoftheSharesand
wasarivedatbytheCompany,theTop-upVendorandthePlacingAgenthrough
negotiationonarm
’
slengthbasis.
VendorPlacingComision
PursuantothePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement,thePlacingAgentwilreceivea
comisionfeof1.0%oftheamountinHongKongdolarsequivalentothePlacingPrice
multipliedbythenumberofthePlacingSharesactualyplacedundertheVendorPlacing.
RightsofPlacingShares
ThePlacingSharesrankparipasuinalrespectswithalotherSharesinisueofthe
Company,andwilbesoldfrefromaliens,charges,encumbrancesandthirdpartyrights
ofwhatsoevernature,andtogetherwithalrightsatachingtheretonthePlacing
CompletionDate.
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CompletionoftheVendorPlacing
TheVendorPlacingisnotsubjectothesatisfactionofanyconditionsprecedent.
CompletionoftheVendorPlacingshaltakeplaceonthePlacingCompletionDateorsuch
otherdateastheTop-upVendorandthePlacingAgentshalagreinwriting.
Termination
ThePlacingAgentmayterminatethePlacingandSubscriptionAgrementbygivingnotice
inwritingtotheTop-upVendor(foritselfandonbehalfoftheCompany)atanytimeprior
to9:30a.m.onthePlacingCompletionDateupontheocurenceofthefolowingevents:
(a)ifthereisanynewlaw,ruleoregulationoranychangeinexistinglaws(including
comonlaw),rulesoregulations(orthejuridicalinterpretationthereof)orother
ocurenceofanynaturewhatsoeverwhich,inthereasonableopinionofthePlacing
Agent,areormaybematerialyadversetothebusinesorfinancialpositionofthe
Grouptakenasawholeorotherwisemakesitinexpedientorinadvisabletoproced
withtheVendorPlacing;or
(b)ifthereisanyeventorcircumstance(whetherornotformingpartofaseriesofevents
orcircumstancesocuringorcontinuingbefore,onand/orafterthedateofthePlacing
andSubscriptionAgrement)ormaterialchangeordeteriorationinlocal,national,
international,political,military,financial,economic,marketortradingconditionsor
anyotherconditions(whetherornotejusdemgeneriswithanyoftheforegoing)inany
partoftheworldinwhichtheCompanyoranyofitsubsidiariescariesonbusines
which,inthereasonableopinionofthePlacingAgent,isormaybematerialyadverse
tothebusinesorfinancialpositionoftheGrouptakenasawholeorotherwisemakes
itinexpedientorinadvisabletoprocedwiththeVendorPlacing;or
(c)ifthereisanysuspensionofdealingsintheSharesforanyperiodofthirty(30)
consecutivetradingdaysormore(otherthaninrelationtotheVendorPlacing);or
(d)ifthereisanymoratorium,suspensionormaterialrestrictionontradinginsharesor
securitiesgeneralyontheStockExchange;or
(e)ifthereisanymaterialbreachofanyoftherepresentations,warantiesand
undertakingsbytheCompanyortheTop-upVendorsetoutinthePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrementcomestotheknowledgeofthePlacingAgentoranyevent
ocursoranymaterarisesonorafterthedateofthePlacingandSubscription
AgrementandpriortothePlacingCompletionDatewhichifithadocuredorarisen
beforethedatehereofwouldhaverenderedanyofsuchrepresentations,warantiesand
undertakingsuntrueorincorectinanymaterialrespectandanysuchbreachorfailure
ismaterialor(intheopinionofthePlacingAgent)isorwouldmaterialyandadversely
afecthefinancialpositionorbusinesoftheCompanyand/oroftheGroupasawhole
orisorwouldbematerialyadversetothesucesoftheVendorPlacing,ortherehas
benamaterialbreachof,ormaterialfailuretoperform,anyotherprovisionofthe
PlacingandSubscriptionAgrementonthepartoftheCompany,saveasdisclosed
thereunder;or
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(f)ifthereisanymaterialadversechange,ormaterialdevelopmentinvolvingaprospective
materialadversechangeinthegeneralafairs,condition,resultsofoperationsor
prospects,management,busines,stockholders
’
equityorinthefinancialortrading
positionoftheCompanyand/oroftheGroupasawholewhichintheopinionofthe
CompanyandthePlacingAgentismaterialyadversetothesucesoftheVendor
Placing.
THESUBSCRIPTION
SubjectothetermsandconditionsofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement,theTop-up
Vendorconditionalyagredtosubscribefor,andtheCompanyconditionalyagredtoalot
andisue,upto50,000,000SubscriptionShares(beingequivalentothenumberofthe
PlacingSharesactualyplaced)atheSubscriptionPrice(beingequivalentothePlacing
Price).
SubscriptionShares
AsumingthePlacingSharesarefulyplaced,theSubscriptionSharesrepresent(i)
aproximately4.95%ofthetotalnumberofSharesinisueoftheCompany(i.e.
1,010,000,000Shares)asathedateofthisanouncementand(i)aproximately4.72%of
thetotalnumberofSharesinisueoftheCompanyasenlargedbytheSubscriptionShares
(asumingthathePlacingSharesarefulyplacedandexceptfortheSubscriptionSharesto
bealotedandisued,thereisnochangeinthetotalnumberofSharesinisueofthe
Companyfromthedateofthisanouncementanduptothedateofcompletionofthe
PlacingandSubscription).ThenumberofSubscriptionShareswilbequivalentothe
numberofthePlacingSharesactualyplacedundertheVendorPlacing.Asumingthe
PlacingSharesarefulyplaced,thetotalnominalvalueoftheSubscriptionShareswilbe
US$500,000.
SubscriptionPrice
TheSubscriptionPriceisequivalentothePlacingPrice.ThenetpricefortheSubscription
(afterdeductingalrelevantfes,costsandexpensestobeborneorincuredbythe
Company)isestimatedtobeaproximatelyHK$0.319perSubscriptionShare.
TheSubscriptionPricewasdeterminedwithreferencetothePlacingPriceafterarm
’
slength
negotiationsbetwentheCompanyandtheTop-upVendor.TheDirectors(includingthe
independentnon-executiveDirectors)considerthatheSubscriptionPriceisfairand
reasonableundercurentmarketconditions.
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StatusofSubscriptionShares
TheSubscriptionShares,whenisuedpursuantothePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement,
wilbealotedandisuedfulypaidupandrankparipasuinalrespectsamong
themselvesandwithotherSharesinisueoftheCompanyasatheSubscriptionCompletion
Date,togetherwithaltherightsatachingtheretoasatheisuancedateoftheSubscription
Shares,includingtherightoreceivealdividendsandotherdistributionswhichmaybe
declared,madeorpaidinrespectoftheSubscriptionShares.
ConditionsoftheSubscription
ThecompletionoftheSubscriptionisconditionaluponthefulfilmentofthefolowing
conditions:
(1)theListingComiteoftheStockExchangegrantingthelistingof,andpermisionto
dealin,theSubscriptionSharesandsuchlistingandpermisionotsubsequently
revokedpriortothedeliveryordepositofdefinitivesharecertificate(s)representingthe
SubscriptionShares;and
(2)thecompletionoftheVendorPlacingpursuantothePlacingandSubscription
Agrement.
CompletionoftheSubscription
ThecompletionoftheSubscriptionwiltakeplaceontheSubscriptionCompletionDate
providedthatheaboveconditionshavebensatisfied.Intheventhatcompletionofthe
Subscriptiondoesnotakeplacewithin14daysafterthedateofthePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrementorsuchlaterdateastheTop-upVendorandtheCompanymay
agreinwriting,alrights,obligationsandliabilitiesoftheTop-upVendorandthe
CompanyinrelationtotheSubscriptionshalceaseandetermineandnoneofthepartiesto
thePlacingandSubscriptionAgrementshalhaveanyclaimagainsteachotherinrespect
oftheSubscriptionsaveforanyantecedentbreaches.
AstheTop-upVendor(asubstantialshareholder)isaconectedpersonoftheCompanyand
theSubscriptionconstitutesaconectedtransactionoftheCompanyexemptunderRule
14A.92(4)oftheListingRules,iftheSubscriptionisnotcompletedwithin14daysafterthe
dateofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement,alrelevantprovisionsoftheListingRules
inrelationtoconectedtransactionswilaplytotheSubscription,unlesotherwisewaived
bytheStockExchange.Furtheranouncementwilbemadeifthisocurs.
GeneralMandatetoIsuetheSubscriptionShares
ThealotmentandisueoftheSubscriptionSharesisnotsubjectotheaprovalofthe
Shareholders.TheSubscriptionShareswilbealotedandisuedbytheCompanyunderthe
GeneralMandate,pursuantowhichtheBoardisauthorisedtoisue,alotandealwithup
to20%oftheSharesoftheCompanyinisueasathedateoftheanualgeneralmetingof
theCompanyheldon16May2024,thatisuptoatotalof202,000,000Shares.Asathe
dateofthisanouncement,theCompanyhasnotisuedanynewSharespursuantothe
GeneralMandate.
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REASONSFORANDUSEOFTHEPROCEDSFROMTHEPLACINGAND
SUBSCRIPTION
UponthecompletionofthePlacingandSubscription,theprocedsraisedwilenhancethe
Group
’
sfinancialstrength,marketcompetitivenesandcomprehensivestrength,andpromote
thelong-termhealthyandsustainabledevelopmentoftheGroup.ThePlacingand
SubscriptionwilalsofurtherbroadenandiversifytheCompany
’
sShareholderbaseby
atractinganumberofinstitutionaland/ornon-institutionalinvestors,andtofurtherenhance
theliquidityoftheSharesthroughtheVendorPlacing.Basedonthecurentmarket
conditions,theDirectorsconsiderthathetermsofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement
(includingbutnotlimitedtothePlacingPrice,theSubscriptionPriceandtheVendor
Placingcomision)arefairandreasonableandinthebestinterestsoftheCompanyandits
Shareholdersasawhole.
AsumingthePlacingSharesarefulyplaced,thegrosprocedsfromtheSubscriptionare
expectedtobeaproximatelyHK$16.3milioninagregate,andthenetproceds(after
deductingalrelevantfes,costsandexpensestobeborneorincuredbytheCompany)
fromtheSubscriptionarexpectedtobeaproximatelyHK$16.0milioninagregate.As
forthenetprocedsfromtheSubscription,(a)aproximately50%wilbeusedfor
developmentofgraphitelectrodesbusines,includingbutnotlimitedto(i)procurementof
rawmaterialsand/orgraphitelectrodes,(i)paymentforsubcontractingandconversioncost
and(i)otheroperatingandoverheadcosts,and(b)aproximately50%wilbeusedfor
replenishmentofliquidityandgeneralcorporatepurposes.
AsdisclosedintheinterimresultsanouncementoftheCompanydated30August2024for
thesixmonthsended30June2024(the
‘
InterimResultsAnouncement
’
),aproximately
HK$88.2milionofthenetprocedsreceivedbytheCompanyfromtheinitialpublic
oferingoftheSharesremainsunutilised.Asofthedateofthisanouncement,theCompany
intendstoutilisesuchprocedsinacordancewiththepurposeandtimelineasdisclosedin
theInterimResultsAnouncement.GiventhatheCompanyintendstoenhanceitscore
busines,theDirectorsconsiderthataditionalcashresourceswilberequiredinthisregard.
ConsideringtherecentprevailingmarketconditionsandmarketpriceoftheSharesandthe
factorsasetoutabove(includingbutnotlimitedtothebroadeningoftheShareholders
’
base),theDirectorsconsiderthathePlacingandSubscriptionwouldbeapropriateinorder
toreplenishtheCompany
’
scashresourcesfortheaboveintendedpurposes,whichwouldbe
importantforthepromotionoftheGroup
’
slong-termsuces.
EQUITYFINANCINGACTIVITIESINTHEPAST12MONTHS
TheCompanyhadisued10,000,000SharesatanisuepriceofHK$3.60perShareon22
December2023insatisfactionoftheconsiderationofUS$4.6milion(equivalento
aproximatelyHK$36.0milion)payablebytheGroupfortheacquisitionofalandinItaly,
asdisclosedintheanouncementoftheCompanydated13November2023.
Saveasdisclosed,theCompanyhadnotconductedanyequityfundraisingactivityinthe12
monthsimediatelypriortothedateofthisanouncement.
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EFECTSOFTHEPLACINGANDSUBSCRIPTIONONTHESHAREHOLDING
STRUCTUREOFTHECOMPANY
ThetablebelowsetsforththeshareholdingstructureoftheCompany(i)asathedateof
thisanouncement;(i)imediatelyafterthecompletionoftheVendorPlacingbutbefore
thecompletionoftheSubscription,and(i)imediatelyafterthecompletionofthePlacing
andSubscription,asumingthathePlacingSharesarefulyplacedandexceptforthe
SubscriptionSharestobealotedandisued,thereisnochangeinthetotalnumberof
SharesinisueoftheCompanyfromthedateofthisanouncementanduptothedateof
completionofthePlacingandSubscription.
Shareholder
Asathedateof
thisanouncement
Imediatelyafterthe
completionoftheVendor
Placingbutbeforethe
completionoftheSubscription
Imediatelyafterthe
completionofthePlacingand
Subscription
Numberof
Sharesheld
Percentage
(%)
Numberof
Sharesheld
Percentage
(%)
Numberof
Sharesheld
Percentage
(%)
Top-upVendor187,572,00018.57137,572,00013.62187,572,00017.70
Places
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50,000,0004.9550,000,0004.72
OtherShareholders822,428,00081.43822,428,00081.43822,428,00077.58
Total1,010,000,000100.001,010,000,000100.001,060,000,000100.00
Note:ThepercentagesoftheSharesareroundedtothenearest2decimalplaces.
TheDirectorsconfirmthat,imediatelyafterthecompletionofthePlacingand
Subscription,thepublicfloatoftheCompanywilbenolesthan25%oftheCompany
’
s
isuedsharecapitalasenlargedbytheSubscription(asumingthathePlacingSharesare
fulyplacedandexceptfortheSubscriptionSharestobealotedandisued,thereisno
changeinthetotalnumberofSharesinisueoftheCompanyfromthedateofthis
anouncementanduptothedateofcompletionofthePlacingandSubscription).
APLICATIONFORLISTING
AnaplicationwilbemadebytheCompanytotheStockExchangeforthelistingof,and
permisiontodealin,theSubscriptionShares.Furtheranouncementwilbemadebythe
CompanyuponcompletionofthePlacingandSubscription.
AsthecompletionofthePlacingandSubscriptionisubjectothefulfilmentofcertain
conditionsprecedentandthePlacingAgentnotexercisingitsterminationright,the
PlacingandSubscriptionmayormaynotproced.Shareholdersandpotentialinvestors
oftheCompanyareadvisedtoexercisecautionwhendealinginthesecuritiesofthe
Company.
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DEFINITIONS
Inthisanouncement,unlesthecontextotherwiserequires,thefolowingtermshalhave
thefolowingmeanings:
‘
actinginconcert
’
hasthemeaningascribedtoitundertheTakeoversCode
‘
Board
’
theboardofdirectorsoftheCompany
‘
Company
’
SanergyGroupLimited,acompanyincorporatedinthe
CaymanIslandswithlimitedliability,theSharesofwhich
arelistedontheMainBoardoftheStockExchange(Stock
code:02459)
‘
concertparty(ies)
’
hasthemeaningascribedtoitundertheTakeoversCode
‘
conectedperson(s)
’
hasthemeaningascribedtoitundertheListingRules
‘
Director(s)
’
thedirector(s)oftheCompany
‘
GeneralMandate
’
thegeneralmandatetoalotandisuetheSharesofthe
CompanygrantedtotheBoardatheanualgeneralmeting
oftheCompanyheldon16May2024,pursuantowhich
theDirectorsmayalot,isueandealwithupto
202,000,000Shares
‘
Group
’
theCompanyanditsubsidiaries
‘
HongKong
’
theHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegionofthePRC
‘
HongKongdolars
’
or
‘
HK$
’
HongKongdolars,thelawfulcurencyofHongKong
‘
IndependentThird
Party(ies)
’
thirdparty(ies)independentofandnotconectedwiththe
Companyanditsconectedpersons
‘
LastTradingDay
’
19September2024,beingthelastradingdayoftheShares
imediatelypriortothenteringintofthePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrement
‘
ListingComite
’
theListingComiteoftheStockExchange
‘
ListingRules
’
theRulesGoverningtheListingofSecuritiesontheStock
Exchangeasamendedfromtimetotime
‘
Place(s)
’
anyprofesional,institutionalorotherinvestorsprocuredby
thePlacingAgentopurchaseanyPlacingSharespursuant
tothePlacingAgent
’
sobligationsunderthePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrement
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‘
PlacingAgent
’
ChinaSunriseSecurities(International)Limited,alicensed
corporationtocaryoutType1(dealinginsecurities)and
Type4(advisingonsecurities)regulatedactivitiesunderthe
SecuritiesandFutureOrdinance(Chapter571oftheLaws
ofHongKong),theplacingagentforthePlacingand
Subscription
‘
PlacingandSubscription
’
placementofthePlacingSharesbythePlacingAgentor
theirepresentativesandtheSubscriptionundertheterms
andconditionsofthePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement
‘
PlacingandSubscription
Agrement
’
theplacingandsubscriptionagremententeredintobetwen
theCompany,theTop-upVendorandthePlacingAgenton
20September2024inrelationtothePlacingand
Subscription
‘
PlacingCompletionDate
’
adatebefore4October2024orsuchotherdateastheTop-
upVendorandthePlacingAgentshalagreinwriting
‘
PlacingPrice
’
HK$0.325perPlacingShare
‘
PlacingShare(s)
’
amaximumof50,000,000SharesheldbytheTop-up
VendorandtobeplacedbythePlacingAgentpursuanto
thePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement
‘
PRC
’
thePeople
’
sRepublicofChina,whichforthepurposeof
thisanouncement,excludesHongKong,theMacauSpecial
AdministrativeRegionofthePRCandTaiwan
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SFC
’
theSecuritiesandFuturesComisionofHongKong
‘
Share(s)
’
theordinaryshare(s)withaparvalueofUS$0.01eachin
theisuedsharecapitaloftheCompany
‘
Shareholder(s)
’
holder(s)ofShares
‘
StockExchange
’
TheStockExchangeofHongKongLimited
‘
Subscription
’
thesubscriptionoftheSubscriptionSharesbytheTop-up
VendorpursuantothePlacingandSubscriptionAgrement
‘
SubscriptionCompletion
Date
’
adatefalingwithin14daysfolowingthedateofthe
PlacingandSubscriptionAgrement(i.e.onorbefore
4October2024)orsuchotherdateastheTop-upVendor
andtheCompanyshalagreinwriting
‘
SubscriptionPrice
’
HK$0.325perShare,whichisequaltothePlacingPrice
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‘
SubscriptionShare(s)
’
amaximumof50,000,000Sharestobeisuedbythe
CompanyandtobesubscribedbytheTop-upVendor
(equivalentothenumberofthePlacingSharesactualy
placedundertheVendorPlacing)pursuantothePlacing
andSubscriptionAgrement
‘
subsidiary
’
or
‘
subsidiaries
’
hasthemeaningascribedtoitundertheListingRules
‘
substantialshareholder(s)
’
hasthemeaningascribedtoitundertheListingRules
‘
TakeoversCode
’
TheCodeonTakeoversandMergersandShareBuy-backs
isuedbytheSFCasamendedfromtimetotime
‘
Top-upVendor
’
OtautahiCapitalInc.,acompanyincorporatedintheBritish
VirginIslandswithlimitedliability
‘
US$
’
UnitedStatesdolars,thelawfulcurencyoftheUnited
States
‘
VendorPlacing
’
theplacingofupto50,000,000existingSharesbytheTop-
upVendortothePlacesathePlacingPricetobeprocured
bythePlacingAgentpursuantothePlacingand
SubscriptionAgrement
‘
%
’
percent.
ByorderoftheBoard
SANERGYGROUPLIMITED
Mr.PeterBrendonWylie
ExecutiveDirectorandChairmanoftheBoard
HongKong,20September2024
Asathedateofthisanouncement,theBoardcomprises(i)Mr.PeterBrendonWylie
(chairmanoftheBoard)andMr.HouHaolongasexecutiveDirectors;(i)Mr.WangPing
andProfesorZhengHongheasnon-executiveDirectors;and(i)Mr.ChengTaiKwan
Suny,Mr.NgaiMingTakMichaelandMs.ChanChoreManGermaineasindependent
non-executiveDirectors.
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SCHEDULE THRE
COMPLETION MECHANICS
1. Subscriber’s obligations:
1.1 The Subscriber shal:
(a) deliver share certificates in respect of the Placing Shares (to the
extent that the Placing Shares (if any) are not already deposited
and held in CAS), together with an instrument of transfer in
respect of the Placing Shares and such other necesary
documentation to efect the deposit of the Placing Shares into
CAS, to the Placing Agent (or to such setlement agent (the
“Setlement Agent”) as the Placing Agent may direct) on or
before 9:30 a.m. on the date imediately folowing the date of this
Agrement (or such other time and date as may be agred
betwen the Subscriber and the Placing Agent);
(b) complete and sign al necesary forms and documentation to
efect the opening of a nomine acount with the Placing Agent
or the Setlement Agent (as the case may be);
(c) authorise the Placing Agent or the Setlement Agent, as the case
may be, to deposit the Placing Shares into CAS and shal
apoint the Placing Agent or the Setlement Agent, as the case
may be, to act as the Subscriber’s nomine to hold the Placing
Shares pending completion of the Placing;
(d) on or before 9:30 a.m. or such other time may agre on or before
the Placing Completion Date, procure and/or deliver the Placing
Shares together with such further documents and instructions (if
any) as may be reasonably required for completion in acordance
with this Agrement and the General Rules and the Operational
Procedures to the CAS stock acounts of the relevant
Participant(s) of the Placing Agent and so to enable the Placing
Agent to complete the transfer of the Placing Shares;
(e) provide the Placing Agent with writen evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Placing Agent that the steps described in
paragraphs 1.1(a) to 1.1(d) have ben duly completed.
2. Placing Agent’s obligations:
2.1 Against compliance by the Subscriber with its obligations pursuant to
paragraph 1 above, the Placing Agent (or its nomine or agent) shal
upon and against delivery of the Placing Shares and other documents
pursuant to paragraph 1(d) above on the Placing Completion Date, or
such later date in acordance with the usual market practice as may be
mutualy agred by the Parties, make or procure the making of payments
to the Subscriber in Hong Kong dolars of the agregate Proceds (les
the amounts refered to in Clause 7 of the Agrement), by delivery to the
Subscriber a cashier order isued by a Hong Kong licensed bank to the
Subscriber (or, as agred by the Subscriber and the Placing Agent, by
electronic transfer in imediately available funds to such bank acount
as may be notified by the Subscriber to the Placing Agent two Busines
Days before the Placing Completion Date) for such amount;
2.2 Payment by the Placing Agent to the Subscriber in acordance with
paragraph 2.1 above shal constitute a complete discharge of the Placing
Agent’s payment obligations in respect of the Proceds under this
Agrement;
2.3 Confirmation leters in the form as set out in Schedule Four duly signed
by each of the Places.
SCHEDULE FOUR
FORM OF CONFIRMATION LETER
To: Al Directors
SANERGY GROUP LIMITED
Date:
Dear Sirs,
Re: Placing and subscription agrement dated 20th September 2024 made
betwen SANERGY GROUP LIMITED (the “Company”), OTAUTAHI
CAPITAL INC. (the “Subscriber”) and CHINA SUNRISE SECURITIES
(INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED in relation to the placing and subscription of
shares in the capital of the Company
[We/I] hereby confirm that [we and our ultimate beneficial owner(s)/I]:
(a) [are/am] independent of and not conected with the Subscriber and/or the
Company, its directors, chief executive (as defined under the Rules (the
“Listing Rules”) Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of
Hong Kong Limited) and substantial shareholders (as defined under the Listing
Rules) and/or any subsidiary (as defined under the Listing Rules) of the
Company, or any of their respective asociates (as defined under the Listing
Rules) and we are not directly or indirectly funded or backed by the Company
or any conected person (as defined under the Listing Rules) of the Company;
and
(b) are not a person who is acustomed to take instructions from or acting in
concert (as defined under the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
with the Subscriber or its concert party(ies), or the Company or a conected
person of the Company in relation to the acquisition, disposal, voting or any
other disposition of securities in the Company.
Yours faithfuly,
_
Name:
[For and on behalf of [*Name of the Corporate]