We,
the several persons, whose names, addresses and descriptions are hereto
subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a Company in pursuance
of this Memorandum of Association, and we respectively agree to take
the number of shares in the capital of the capital of the Company set
opposite to our respective names:_
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(SD.)
WANG REN(王刃)
ADDRESS.
-MERCHANT-
(SD.) LI CHUN(李纯)
ADDRESS
-MERCHANT-
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Dated the 8th day of April 2000.
WITNESS to the above signatures
(SD.) MISS WANG
SECRETARY
ADDRESS
THE
COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 32)
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Private Company Limited by Shares
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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
ABC
GROUP (HK) LIMITED
大丰集團(香港)有限公司
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Preliminary
1.
The regulations contained in Table "A" in the First Schedule to Companies
Ordinance (Chapter 32) shall apply to the Company save in so far as
they are hereby expressly excluded or modified. In case of conflict
between the provisions of Table "A" and these presents, the provisions
herein contained shall prevail.
2.
The company is a private company and accordingly:-
(a) the right to transfer shares is restricted in manner hereinafter
prescribed
(b)
the number of Members of the company (exclusive of persons who are
in the employment of the company and of persons who having been
formerly in the employment of the company were while in such
employment and have continued after the determination of such
employment to be members of the company jointly they shall for the
purpose of this regulation be treated as a single member;
(c)
any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures
of the company in prohibited .
Transfer of Shares
3. The Directors may decline to register any transfer of shares to
any person without giving any reason therefore. The Directors may suspend
the registration of transfers during the twenty-one days immediately
preceding the Ordinary General Meeting in each year. The Directors may
decline to register any instrument of transfer, unless (a) a fee not
exceeding two dollars is paid to the Company in respect thereof, and
(b) the instrument of transfer is accompanied by the Certificate of
the shares to which it relates, and such other evidence as the Directors
may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the
transfer.
Chairman of Director
4. The Directors may elect a chairman of their meetings, and determine
the period for which he is to hold office, and unless otherwise determined
the chairman shall be elected annually. If no chairman is elected, or
if at any meeting the chairman is not present within half an hour of
the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present shall
choose someone of their number to be the chairman of such meeting.
5.
Unless and until the Company in General Meeting shall otherwise determine,
the number of Directors shall not be less than two. The first Directors
of the Company shall be nominated in writing be the subscribers to the
Memorandum of Association.
6. A Director who is about to away from or is absent from Hong Kong
may with the approval of the majority of the other Directors nominate
any person to be his substitute and such substitute whilst he holds
office as such shall be entitled to notice of Meetings of the Directors
and to attend and vote thereat accordingly and he shall ipso facto vacate
office if and when the appointor returns to Hong Kong or vacate office
as a director or removes the substitute from office and any appointment
and removal under this Article shall be effected by notice in writing
under the hand of or by cable from the director making the same. A Director
may appoint (subject as above provided) one of the other directors to
be his substitute who shall thereupon be entitled to exercise (in addition
to his own right of voting as a director)such appointor's rights at
meetings of the Directors.
7. At the Ordinary General Meeting to be held next after the adoption
of these Articles and at every succeeding Ordinary General Meeting all
Directors shall retire from office and shall be eligible for re-election.
8.
A Director shall not require any qualification shares.
9.
The office of a Director shall be vacated if the Director:--
(a)
resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; or
(b)
becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his
creditors generally;or
(c)
becomes of unsound mind.
10.
(a) No Director shall be disqualified from his office by contracting
with the Company, nor shall any such contract or any contract entered
into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director shall be in
any way interested be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting
or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit
realized by any such contract by reason only of such Director holding
that office, or of the fiduciary relations thereby established but it
is declared that the nature of his interest must be disclosed by him
at the meeting of the Directors at which the contract is determined
on if his interest then exists, or , in any other case, at the first
meeting of the Directors after the acquisition of his interest. A Director
may vote in respect of any contract or arrangement in which he is interested.
(b)
A Director of the Company may be or become a Director of any company
promoted by this Company or in which it may be interested as a vendor,
shareholder or otherwise and no such Director shall be accountable for
any benefits received as a Director or shareholder of such company.
11.
The Directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn
and other wise regulate their Meetings as they think fit and determine
the quorum necessary for the transaction of business. Until otherwise
determined, two Directors shall constitute a quorum.
12.
Any casual vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled
up by the Directors, but the person so chosen shall be subject to retirement
at the same time as if he had become a Director on the day on which
the Director in whose place he is appointed was last elected a Director.
13.
Subject to the provisions of Article 6 hereof, the Directors shall have
power at any time, and from time to time, to appoint a person as an
additional Director who shall retire from office at the next following
Ordinary General Meeting ,but shall be eligible for election by the
Company at that meeting as an additional Director.
14.
The Company may by special resolution remove any Director and may by
an ordinary resolution appoint another person in his stead. The person
so appointed shall be subject to retirement at the same time as if he
had become a Director on the day on which the Director in whose place
he is appointed was last elected a Director.
15.
Any Resolution of the Board of Directors in writing signed by the
majority of the Directors, in whatever part of the world they may be
,shall be valid and binding as a resolution of the Directors provided
that notice shall have been given to all the Directors of the Company
capable of being communicated with conveniently according to the last
notification of address by each such Director given to the Registered
Office of the Company .
16.
Where any notice is required either by these Articles, by Table "A",
by the Ordinance or otherwise, to be given to any Director or to any
member of the Company, such shall be valid if given by cable and where
any consent, agreement, signature, notice by or authority from any Director
or Member of the Company such shall be good and valid if given by cable
in spite of the fact that neither the cable nor the document by which
the cable is sent bears a written signature. This clause shall not apply
to Special Resolution.
Powers of Directors
17.
The Directors, in addition to the powers and authorities by these Articles
or otherwise expressly conferred upon them, may exercise all such powers
and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Company
in General Meeting subject nevertheless to the provisions of the Companies
Ordinance (Chapter 32), to these Articles, and to any regulations from
time to time made by the Company in General Meetings, provided that
no such regulation so made shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors
which would have been valid if such regulations had not been made.
18.
Without prejudice to the general powers conferred by the preceding Article
and the other powers conferred by these Articles, it is herby expressly
declared that the Directors shall have the following powers, that is
to say, power;--
(1)
To pay the costs, charges and expenses preliminary and incidental
to the promotion, formation, establishment and registration of
the Company.
(2)
To purchase or otherwise acquire for the Company or sell or otherwise
dispose of any property, rights or privileges which the Company
is authorized to acquire at such price and generally on such terms
and conditions as they shall think fit.
(3)
To engage, suspend or dismiss the employees of the Company, and
to fix and vary their salaries or emoluments.
(4)
To institute, conduct, defend, compromise or abandon any legal
proceedings by or against the Company or its officers, or otherwise
concerning the affairs of the Company, and also to compound and
allow time for payment or satisfaction of any debts due and of any
claims or demands by or against the Company.
(5)
To refer any claims or demands buy or against the Company to arbitration
and observe and perform the awards.
(6)
To make and give receipts, releases and other discharges for moneys
payable the Company, and for claims and demands of the Company.
(7)
To invest, lend or other wise deal with any of the moneys payable
to the Company in such manner as they think fit having regard
to the Company's Memorandum of Association and from time to time
to vary or realize any such investment.
(8)
To borrow money on behalf of the Company, and to pledge, mortgage
or hypothecate any of the property of the Company.
(9)
To open a current account with themselves for the Company and to
advance any money to the Company with or without interest and
upon such terms and conditions as they shall think fit.
(10) To enter into all such negotiations and contracts and rescind
and vary all such contracts and execute and do all such acts,
deeds and things in the name and on behalf of the Company as they
may consider expedient for, or in relation to, any of the matters
aforesaid, or otherwise for the purposes of the Company.
(11)
To give to any Director, officer or other person employed by the
Company a commission on the profits of any particular business
or transaction, and such commission shall be treated as part of
the working expenses of the Company, and to pay commissions and
make allowances (either by way of a share in the general profits
of the Company or otherwise) to any person introducing business
to the Company or otherwise promoting or serving the interest
thereof.
(12) To sell, improve, manage, exchange, lease, let, mortgage or
turn to account all or any part of the land, property, rights
and privileges of the Company.
(13)
To employ, invest or otherwise deal with any Reserve Fund or Reserve
Funds in such manner and for such purposes as the Directors may
think fit.
(14)
To execute, in the name and on behalf of the Company, in favour
of any Director or other person who may incur or be about to incur
any personal liability for the benefit of the Company, such mortgages
of the Company's property (present or future) as they think fit,
and any such mortgage may contain a power of sale and such other
powers, covenants and provision as shall be agreed upon.
(15)
From time to time to provide for the management of the affairs of
the Company abroad in such manner as they think fit, and in particular
to appoint any persons to be the attorneys or agents of the Company
with such powers (including power to sub-delegate) and upon such
terms as they think fit.
(16) From time to time to make, vary or repeal rules and by-laws
for the regulation of the business of the Company, its officers
and servants.
(17)
To delegate any or all of the powers herein to any Director or
other person or persons as the Directors may at any time think
fit.
19.
Clause 81 of Table "A" shall not apply.
Seal and Cheques
20. The Seal of the Company shall be kept by the Board of Directors
and shall not be used except with their authority.
21.
Every document required to be sealed with the Seal of the Company shall
be deemed to be properly executed if sealed with the Seal of the Company
and signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or such person
or persons as the Board may from time to time authorized for such purpose.
22.
All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other
negotiable instruments, shall be made, signed, drawn, accepted and endorsed,
or otherwise executed by the person or persons from time to time authorized
by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
General Meetings
23. For all purposes, the quorum for all general meetings shall be
two members personally present and holding either in his own right or
by proxy at least fifty-one per cent of the paid-up capital of the Company,
and no business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless the
requisite quorum be present at the commencement of the business.
24.
A resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders shall be as
valid and effectual as a resolution passed at a general meeting duly
convened and held.
Votes of Members
25.
All voting of members in respect of any matter or matters shall be
by poll and every member present in person or by proxy shall have one
vote for each share of which he is the holder.
Divisions of Profits
26.
The net profits of the Company in each year shall be applied in or
towards the formation of such reserve fund or funds and in or towards
the payment of such dividends and bonuses as the Directors subject to
the approval of the Company in General Meeting may direct.
27.
No dividend shall be payable except out of the profits of the Company,
and no dividend shall carry interest as against the Company.
28.
A transfer of shares shall not pass the right to any dividend declared
thereon before the registration of the transfer.
29. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any
share, any one of such persons may give effectual receipts for any dividends
or for other moneys payable in respect of such share.
30.
The Directors may retain any dividends payable on shares on which the
Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or towards satisfaction
of the debts, liabilities or engagements in respect of which the lien
exists.
31.
All dividends unclaimed for one year after having been declared may
be invested or otherwise made use of by the Directors for benefit of
the Company until claimed.
Secretary
32. The Directors may from time to time by resolution appoint or
remove a Secretary. In the event that the secretary appointed is a corporation
or other body, it may act and sign be the hand of any one of more of
its directors or officers duly authorized. The first secretary of the
Company shall be A & M MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LIMITED.
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(SD.) WANG REN(王刃)
ADDRESS.
-MERCHANT-
(SD.) LI CHUN(李纯)
ADDRESS
-MERCHANT-
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Dated the 8th day of April 2000.
WITNESS to the above signatures
(SD.) MISS WANG
SECRETARY
ADDRESS