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FORD GLORY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED福源集團控股有限公司*
(incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
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Contents
THIS INFORMATION PACK IS IN DRAFT FORM. The �nformat�on conta�ned �n �t �s �ncomplete and �s subject to change. Th�s Informat�on Pack must be read �n conjunct�on w�th the sect�on headed “Warn�ng” on the cover of th�s Informat�on Pack.
Th�s Web Proof Informat�on Pack conta�ns the follow�ng �nformat�on relat�ng to the Company
extracted from post hear�ng proof of the draft document:
• Contents
• summary
• Definitions
• Riskfactors
• Directors
• Corporate information
• Industryoverview
• Regulations
• Historyanddevelopment
• Reorganisation
• Business
• Directors,seniormanagementandstaff
• RelationshipwiththeVCGroup
• Continuingconnectedtransactions
• Financial information
• Futureplans
• sharecapital
• AppendixI – Accountants’report
• AppendixIII – Propertyvaluation
• AppendixIV – summaryof theconstitutionof theCompanyand Bermudacompany law
• AppendixV – statutoryandgeneral information
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SUMMARY
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OVERVIEW
Business model
We are a well-developed sourcing management group with production capabilities which operates
a one-stop shop business model. We provide our customers a comprehensive range of services covering
the entire supply chain of garment products. We source garment products for our customers and we also
provide them with a comprehensive range of sourcing management services and expertise, including
product design and product development, sampling, product offering, sourcing, in-house production,
outsourcing, logistics and delivery and overseas sales capabilities.
Business trend
The Group recorded a turnover of approximately HK$�,430.9 million, HK$�,284.3 million and
HK$894.4 million for the three year ended 3� March 2008, 2009 and 20�0 respectively. Based on
the unaudited management account of the Group for the four months ended 3� July 20�0, the Group
recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.� million which is comparable to the corresponding
period of last year. Our financial results for the six months ending 30 September 20�0 and the year
ending 3� March 20�� will be affected by certain non-recurring expenses, including the expenses in
relation to the [•••] and the costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme. For further
details, please refer to the paragraph headed “Our revenue for the four months ended 3� July 20�0 and
the possible impact of certain non-recurring expenses to financial performance” in this section and
the section headed “Financial Information” in this document, and the paragraph headed “Our financial
results are expected to be affected by the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of options
granted under the Share Option Scheme” in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document.
With regard to (i) the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the four months ended
3� July 20�0; (ii) the signs of recovery of the global economy; and (iii) our orders on hand, which is
comparable to the corresponding period of last year, our Directors are optimistic that our Group will
be operating in a fairly stable environment for the year ending 3� March 20��.
Products
Based on the manufacturing process, garment products can be broadly classified into three
categories, namely Cut-and-Sew knitwear, Knit-to-Shape sweater and woven products. We source
all these three categories of garment products for our customers. Currently, we only manufacture
Cut-and-Sew knitwear and Knit-to-Shape sweater. With our in-house production plants in the PRC
and Indonesia as well as outsourcing production capabilities supported by our wide and established
network of sub-contract manufacturers, we are able to provide to our customers a comprehensive range
of garment products which include ladies’, men’s and kids’ knitwear, sweaters, polo-shirts, T-shirts,
sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears.
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Customers
We source a comprehensive range of garment products for our direct customers mainly located
in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC. Our direct customers are mostly overseas
brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores and supermarket chains. We also source garment
products for our importer customers.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by customer category:
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) % (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) %
Brand owners/carriers 46�,343 32.2% 468,252 36.5% 46�,00� 5�.5%
Megastores 6�,78� 4.3% 8�,239 6.3% 93,863 �0.5%
Department stores �03,899 7.3% 84,247 6.6% 66,�0� 7.4%
Supermarket chains �9,8�8 �.4% 54,656 4.2% �8,468 2.�%
Importers 743,254 5�.9% 570,023 44.4% 22�,67� 24.8%
Others 40,795 2.9% 25,85� 2.0% 33,247 3.7%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
Our sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, amounted to approximately HK$530.4 million,
HK$478.2 million and HK$�37.2 million respectively, representing approximately 37.�%, 37.2% and
�5.3% respectively of our total revenue for the three years ended 3� March 20�0.
Our sales to importers decreased by approximately HK$�73.2 million from approximately
HK$743.2 million for the year ended 3� March 2008 to approximately HK$570.0 million for the year
ended 3� March 2009, primarily due to (i) the decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer,
due to decrease in its sales to its major customer (a megastore), which accounted for approximately
30.�% of the decrease; and (ii) decrease in sales to certain U.S. importers mainly as a result of
our decision to cease manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is
imposed by the U.S.), which accounted for approximately 25.5% of the decrease. For the year ended
3� March 20�0, our sales to importers decreased from approximately HK$570.0 million for the year
ended 3� March 2009 to approximately HK$22�.7 million. Such decrease is primarily attributable to
the decrease in sales to our largest customer, which in turn was caused by a decrease in orders from
its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer
of it, which had accounted for approximately 97.9% of the decrease. The organisational changes
refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the
corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required
for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and
merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of
its megastore customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational
change of the major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results
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for the year ended 3� March 20�0, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer
will further drop materially due to this factor.
We have offices in the U.S., the PRC, Hong Kong and Macau, and have a representative in
Canada to provide sales supporting and/or customer services to enhance the quality and efficiency of
our sourcing management services to our customers.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by location of our customers:
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
HK$’000 % HK$’000 % HK$’000 %
U.S. �,006,864 70.4% 8�4,752 63.4% 5�3,484 57.4%
Canada �50,220 �0.5% �53,469 �2.0% �48,8�5 �6.6%
PRC ��6,778 8.�% 92,5�2 7.2% 95,356 �0.7%
Others �57,028 ��.0% 223,535 �7.4% �36,696 �5.3%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
The U.S. is our most important market, which accounted for approximately 70.4%, 63.4% and
57.4% of our revenue for the three years ended 3� March 20�0 respectively.
Our revenue decreased by approximately �0.2% (i.e. approximately HK$�46.6 million) to
approximately HK$�,284.3 million for the year ended 3� March 2009 from approximately HK$�,430.9
million for the year ended 3� March 2008. The decrease was primarily attributable to our decision to
cease manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the
U.S.), which had been handling primarily our orders for our customers in the U.S. market (including
one of our top five customers during the Track Record Period). Our Jordan Factory [has relatively
high labour cost with production labour mainly imported from Bangladesh and the PRC], and for
cost efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan Factory. This resulted in a decrease in sales
to one of our top five customers during the Track Record Period of approximately HK$83.8 million
from approximately HK$�57.5 million for the year ended 3� March 2008 to approximately HK$73.7
million for the year ended 3� March 2009. Further, there was a decrease in sales to our largest
customer, a U.S. importer, from approximately HK$530.4 million for the year ended 3� March 2008
to approximately HK$478.2 million for the year ended 3� March 2009, due to the decrease in its
sales to its major customer (a megastore). In addition, our Directors believe that consumer spending
shrunk and orders placed by certain customers of the Group in the U.S. market had also decreased in
the year ended 3� March 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage
crisis, the investment bank failures, falling home prices and tight credit environment that had pushed
the U.S. into a recession by mid-2008.
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Our revenue decreased by approximately 30.4% (i.e. approximately HK$389.9 million) to
approximately HK$894.4 million for the year ended 3� March 20�0 from approximately HK$�,284.3
million for the year ended 3� March 2009. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in
sales of approximately HK$34�.0 million to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, from approximately
HK$478.2 million for the year ended 3� March 2009 to approximately HK$�37.2 million for the year
ended 3� March 20�0. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the decrease in its orders from its
major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer of
it and not related to the quality of our products. The organisational changes refer to the re-location
of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the corresponding personnel
changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required for our customer, the U.S.
importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and merchandising division of
its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of its megastore customer
had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational change of the major
customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results for the year ended
3� March 20�0, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer will further drop
materially due to this factor.
The Directors confirmed that since 3� March 20�0 and up to the Latest Practicable Date, there
have been no notification and indication of non-payment of our trade receivables or the need to make
provisions for our inventories and trade receivables. Further, based on the unaudited management
accounts of the Group for the four months ended 3� July 20�0, our Group recorded a turnover of
approximately HK$328.� million which is comparable to the corresponding period of last year. The
above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of the full year results for 20��. Our business
and financial performance may be affected by a number of factors as set out in the section headed
“Risk factors” in this document. Our Directors believe that the measures that we can adopt in order
to manage the risks of our major customers reducing their purchases include increasing our product
offerings and diversifying our client base.
During the Track Record Period, our revenue was mainly generated from our customers in the
U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC and more than half of our total revenue for each
year during the Track Record Period was generated from our customers in the U.S.. The products
sourced by us for our customers are subject to anti-dumping actions, however, during the Track
Record Period, none of the products sourced by our Group had been subject to any anti-dumping
investigations nor measures. So far as our Directors are aware, there were about 35 anti-dumping
investigations on textiles and clothing products (of which category the products we source for our
customers, being apparel products, belong) in 2008 and none of them related to apparel products.
As far as our Directors understand, anti-dumping measures could be applied by a member country
of the World Trade Organisation when imports of a product is said to be at an export price below
its normal value (measured against the price of the product in the domestic market of the exporting
country) and if such “dumped import” causes injury to a domestic industry in the importing country.
Our Directors believe that the export price of the products sourced by us for our customers are at
market price of such products in their country of manufacture, therefore, the risk of such products
being categorised as “dumped import” should not be high. Besides, our Directors also believe that the
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garment manufacturing industry in the U.S. and the E.U. is not as flourishing as in the past, it is also
less likely that the importing garment products could be viewed as causing injury to their domestic
industry. Accordingly, our Directors are of the view that the chance of the products sourced by us for
our customers being subject to anti-dumping investigations or measures is very low.
In-house production and third party outsourcing capabilities
We have in-house production facilities in the PRC and Indonesia as well as outsourcing
production capabilities supported by our wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers
to cater for customised orders from our customers. As a result, we are able to provide a wide range
of garment products to our customers.
Our decisions on, whether to outsource production and the choice of sub-contract manufacturer(s),
depend on various criteria, including: (i) costs and pricing; (ii) the quality standard required; (iii)
the capability and capacity of the sub-contract manufacturer(s); (iv) whether there is any tax benefit
for our customers in selecting a particular sub-contract manufacturer. The duty rate imposed by the
government of the country of our customers may vary according to the origin of the garment products,
and some of our sub-contract manufacturers are located in places which may enjoy lower duty rates;
(v) the need for diversification in producing countries; and (vi) the financial status of the sub-contract
manufacturer(s). Some of our customers, based on their requirements on products and production
process, may designate specific fabric and/or accessories suppliers, or require the whole production
process to be carried out at our in-house production facilities. During the Track Record Period [and
up to the Latest Practicable Date], none of our customers demanded for the entire production process
for its products to be outsourced to sub-contract manufacturers designated by them. For the three years
ended 3� March 20�0, the costs of outsourced products and processing fees paid to our sub-contract
manufacturers were approximately HK$903.9 million, HK$850.6 million and HK$5�5.8 million,
respectively, representing approximately 73.3%, 75.8% and 70.�%, respectively, of our total cost of
sales during the same three-year period.
We also source raw materials from the VC Group to ensure our involvement starts from the
beginning of a garment supply chain which in turn enables us to provide a comprehensive range of
sourcing management services to our customers. Further details of our purchases from the VC Group
are set out in the sections headed “Continuing connected transactions” and “Relationship with the
VC Group” in this document.
Our PRC Factory, being our largest production plant in terms of production volume during the
Track Record Period, is equipped with advanced and computerised machinery. It has adopted the “Just-
in-time” production system and produces garment products with fashionable and complicated styles,
patterns and designs. Our Indonesian Factory operates under the traditional garment manufacturing
system producing apparels of simple and classic style.
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We have our in-house design and development team to keep track of the latest trends, any new
fabric concepts and/or production skills. We provide value-added services to our customers, such as the
development of samples and designs, production of garment products which involve a more complicated
production process and require a higher level of workmanship, and delivery of garment products
within a short time frame. Further, we have our own sample workshop consisting of approximately
[77] staff that can produce samples and our own designs within a short lead time.
With our in-house production facilities, we can produce within a short lead time and are flexible
in terms of adjustment of production time and volume. We can adjust our offerings promptly in response
to our customers’ specific needs and market demands. On the other hand, our outsourcing capabilities
enable us to achieve greater flexibility in allocating our resources with minimal capital commitment.
We can leverage on the expertise, knowledge and equipment of our sub-contract manufacturers. Our
production capability is not limited to our own manufacturing facilities.
Our Directors believe that throughout the years, we have established a notable reputation in
quality service supported by an outstanding delivery track record, which provides confidence to our
customers that we are capable of providing one-stop comprehensive services covering the entire supply
chain of garment products to our customers.
The one-stop comprehensive range of services covers the full supply chain of garment
products – from the beginning of the supply chain involving product design, product development
and sampling, to the middle stage of the supply chain involving sourcing of fabrics and coordination
of the manufacturing process (either by in-house production or outsourcing), and further to the latter
stage of the supply chain involving the management of the logistics, the delivery arrangements and
overseas sales.
Our capabilities and management expertise, network and experience are demonstrated from our
delivery track record of providing the one-stop comprehensive range of services to our customers,
which differentiate us from sub-contract manufacturers who only provide manufacturing functions
to their customers.
We adhere to consistently high quality standards. Our quality control procedures start from the
raw materials procurement stage. Various inspections are carried out at each stage of our manufacturing
process. Quality reports are also prepared throughout our production process. In respect of our sub-
contract manufacturers, we have a quality assurance and control team with [�0] employees who
oversee the performance of our sub-contract manufacturers by conducting on-site quality inspections
and testing procedures at the factories of our sub-contract manufacturers at different stages in the
manufacturing process.
Our revenue for the four months ended 31 July 2010 and the possible impact of certain non-recurring expenses to financial performance
Based on the unaudited management accounts of our Group for the four months ended 3� July
20�0, our Group recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.� million which is comparable to the
corresponding period of last year. Notwithstanding the above, our financial results will be affected
by certain non-recurring expenses, including the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of the
options granted under the Share Option Scheme.
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The costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme are calculated using the
[Binomial Model] with assumptions on various inputs to the model such as the expected yield and
share price volatility and on the basis of [•••]. The fair value of the share options granted on 2 June
20�0 is estimated to be approximately HK$[6.27] million or HK$[8.�8] million. As the grant of share
options will become effective on the [•••], the amount that will be charged to our income statement
in the second half of the year ending 3� March 20�� as equity-settled expenses will be approximately
HK$[6.27] million or HK$[8.�8] million. Our Directors would like to emphasise that such cost is
a current estimate for reference only and the final amount to be recognised to our profit and loss
accounts for the respective periods is subject to adjustment based on audit and the then changes in
variables and assumptions.
Such expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme are non-recurring and were not incurred during the Track Record Period.
Accordingly, our Board wishes to inform our Shareholders and potential investors that, based on our preliminary review of the management accounts of our Group which have neither been confirmed nor audited by our independent auditors, the financial results of our Group for the six months ending 30 September 20�0 are expected to be materially and adversely affected by the estimated expenses in relation to the [•••], and our financial results for the year ending 3� March 20�� are expected to be affected by the costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme.
It should be noted that the above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of our full year
results for 20��. As set out in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document, our business and
financial performance may be affected by a number of factors, including, amongst all, the risk factors
headed “Our results of operations are subject to seasonality”, “Our financial results are expected to
be affected by the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of options granted under the Share
Option Scheme” and “We do not have long-term contracts with our customers, which exposes us to
potential volatility in our turnover”, in the section headed “Risk Factors” in this document.
For the financial year ending 3� March 20��, our Directors expect that our customer base
will remain stable, with growth in sales to a number of customers. Since we will expand into the
retail market by launching our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products, growth in sales attributable to
the retail market is expected. Save as disclosed in the sections headed “Risk factors” and “Financial
information” in this document, there are no other trade factors or risks which we anticipate could
materially affect our profits.
With regard to (i) the unaudited management accounts of our Group for the four months ended
3� July 20�0; (ii) the signs of recovery of the global economy; and (iii) our orders on hand, which is
comparable to the corresponding period of last year, our Directors are optimistic that our Group will
be operating in a fairly stable environment for the year ending 3� March 20��.
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No material adverse change
Save as disclosed in the paragraph headed “Our revenue for the four months ended 3� July
20�0 and the possible impact of certain non-recurring expenses to financial performance” above, our
Directors have confirmed that, during the period from � April 20�0 to the Latest Practicable Date
(both dates inclusive), there had been no material adverse change in the financial or trading position
or prospects of our Group and no event had occurred that would materially affect the information
shown in the accountants’ report set out in Appendix I to this document.
COMPETITIVESTRENGTHS
• One-stop shop business model
• Strong design and development ability
• High quality product with a variety of product mix
• Experienced management team
• Solid customer base and ability to develop new clients and offer dedicated customer services
BUSINESSSTRATEGIES
• Enhance manufacturing capabilities
• Strengthen and expand customer base
• Retail market expansion
• Cooperate with brand owners or importers to establish joint ventures
RISKFACTORS
We believe that there are certain risks involved in our operations, many of which are beyond
our control. These risks are set out in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document and are summarised below:
RisksrelatingtoourGroup
• We may face difficulties in consolidating our existing customer base and developing new customers
• We are dependent on our major customers
• We may face credit risks
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• Our factoring choices may be limited
• We may not be able to successfully track the fast changing fashion trends and respond to customer demands for garment products
• Our results of operations are subject to seasonality
• Our financial results are expected to be affected by the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of options granted under the Share Option Scheme
• Reliance on key management personnel may impose risks on our Group
• We depend on our sub-contract manufacturers
• Reliance on few suppliers may impose risks on our Group
• Our business strategies or expansion plans may not be successful
• Our business depends on reliable supply of quality fabric
• We do not have long-term contracts with our customers, which exposes us to potential volatility in our turnover
• Our insurance coverage may not be sufficient to cover the risks related to our operations and losses
• We may be subject to product liability claims
• We are subject to foreign exchange exposure
• Our business requires significant capital investments and a high level of working capital to sustain our operations and overall growth
• We may not be able to develop our own brand
• We may not be able to expand into the retail market successfully
• We rely on consignment sales with large chain supermarkets in selling our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products
• We cannot be certain that our operation does not or will not infringe any patents, valid copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties
• The interests of our Controlling Shareholders may differ from those of our other Shareholders
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Risksrelatingtothe industry
• Our industry is subject to economic and market conditions. There has been significant deterioration and volatility in the global financial markets recently. As a result, our business operations may be adversely affected
• We operate in a highly competitive industry
• The business of our Group may be affected by outbreaks and recurrence of epidemics, natural disasters, acts of war, terrorist acts, political unrest and other events which are beyond our control
Risksrelatingtoconductingbusiness inthePRC
• Political and economic policies of the PRC government and social conditions and legal developments of the PRC could affect our business
• The government control of currency conversion could affect our business operations
• Uncertainties regarding interpretation and enforcement of the PRC laws and regulations may impose adverse impact on our business, operations and profitability
• Our labour costs may increase for reasons such as the implementation of the Labour
Contract Law of the PRC or a labour shortage in the places we operate
• Non-compliance with PRC laws and regulations relating to housing fund contributions
may adversely affect our financial condition
• Any changes in our tax treatment, including an unfavourable change in preferential
enterprise income tax rates in the PRC, may have a material adverse impact on our
financial condition and results of operations
• Recent PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities
may limit our ability to acquire PRC companies and adversely affect the implementation
of our strategy as well as our business and prospects
• PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment by offshore holding companies in PRC
entities may delay or prevent us from using the [•••] to make loans or additional capital
contributions to our PRC subsidiaries
• A shortage of electricity and water supply in the PRC would affect our production and
affect our business and financial performance
• Changes in government regulations such as environmental laws and regulations could
affect our results of operations
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Risksrelatingtoconductingbusiness inIndonesia
• Indonesia is located in an earthquake zone and is subject to significant geological risk
that could lead to social unrest and economic loss
• The interpretation and implementation of legislation on regional governance in Indonesia
is uncertain
• Labour unrest or activism could adversely affect us, our customers and Indonesian
companies in general which in turn could affect business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects
• We operate in a legal and regulatory system in which the application and enforcement
of various laws and regulations may be uncertain
Risksrelatingtoconductingbusiness inotherplaces
• We may also be affected by the political and economic policies and the social conditions
and legal developments of the places that we operate or conduct business in
• We are a holding company and rely on dividend payments from our subsidiaries
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SUMMARYFINANCIAlINFORMATION
The following table summarises the combined financial information of our Group during the
Track Record Period, details of which are set out in the Accountants’ Report in Appendix I to this
document.
SummaryInformationofCombinedStatementsofComprehensiveIncome
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Revenue �,430,890 �,284,268 894,35�
Cost of sales (�,233,994 ) (�,�22,780 ) (736,362 )
Gross profit �96,896 �6�,488 �57,989
Other income 4,502 3,965 3,502
Other gains and losses (7,533 ) ��,427 656
Selling and distribution costs (�9,83� ) (�9,445 ) (�5,465 )
Administrative expenses (�08,308 ) (�02,060 ) (96,469 )
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity (338 ) – –
Interest on bank borrowings
wholly repayable within five years (6,754 ) (3,407 ) (2,253 )
Profit before tax 58,634 5�,968 47,960
Income tax expense (2,32� ) (3,493 ) (7,��5 )
Profit for the year 56,3�3 48,475 40,845
Profit for the year attributable to: Owners of the Company 5�,790 45,322 [35,480] Minority interests 4,523 3,�53 [5,365]
56,3�3 48,475 40,845
HKcents HKcents HKcents
Earnings per share – basic �6.2 �4.2 ��.�
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SummaryInformationofCombinedStatementsofFinancialPosition
At31March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Assets Non-current assets 7�,360 ��5,277 ��7,276
Current assets 559,943 492,487 388,423
Total assets 63�,303 607,764 505,699
Equityand liabilities Current liabilities 406,900 300,899 249,�77
Non-current liabilities �96 40,260 �9,904
Total equity 224,207 266,605 236,6�8
Total liabilities and equity 63�,303 607,764 505,699
SummaryInformationofCombinedStatementsofCashFlows
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 (HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Net cash inflow from operating activities ��9,438 8�,473 62,23�
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from
investment activities (�5,872 ) (35,689 ) 5,236
Net cash outflow from financial activities (59,025 ) (9,980 ) (99,886 )
DIVIDENDPOlICY
On 6 September 20�0, FG Holdings declared a special dividend of HK$30.0 million payable
to its then shareholders. Such dividend will be paid before [•••]. [Investors should pay attention to
the possible impact on our cashflow and working capital as a result of the payment of the special
dividend.] FG Holdings had also declared and paid dividends in the amount of HK$7 million, HK$6.2
million and HK$3 million, respectively to its then shareholders for the three years ended 3� March
2008, 2009 and 20�0, respectively. Save as disclosed above, no other dividend was paid by us or any
of our subsidiaries during the Track Record Period. Our dividend distribution record in the past may
not be used as a reference or basis to determine the level of dividends that may be declared or paid
by us in the future.
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We may declare dividends, if any, after taking into account, among other things, our results
of operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, the amount of
distributable profits based on IFRS, the memorandum of association of our Company and the Bye-laws,
the Companies Act, applicable laws and regulations and other factors that our Directors deem relevant.
A distribution of dividend for any financial year shall be subject to Shareholders’ approval.
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DEFINITIONS
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In this document, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have
the following meanings.
“associate(s)” has the meaning ascribed to it under [•••]
“Board” our board of Directors
“Business Day(s)” any day(s) (excluding Saturday(s) and Sunday(s)) in Hong Kong
on which licensed banks in Hong Kong are open for banking
business throughout their normal business hours
“BVI” British Virgin Islands
“Bye-laws” the bye-laws of the Company adopted on 8 September 2010, as
amended from time to time
“CAGR” compound annual growth rate
“Companies Act” the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time
“Companies Ordinance” Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong
Kong)
“Company” Ford Glory Group Holdings Limited, an exempted company
incorporated in Bermuda on 3 March 2010 under the Companies
Act with limited liability
“connected person(s)” has the meaning ascribed to it under [•••]
“Controlling Shareholder(s)” has the meaning ascribed to it under [•••] and unless the context
requires otherwise, refers to Sure Strategy, Merlotte and VC
Investments
“Cut-and-Sew” a process by which knit fabrics in form of yardage (instead of
fully-fashioned panels) are being cut and sew, which requires
special attention in layout and cutting of the fabrics and special
sewing equipment for construction and finishing
“Directors” director(s) of our Company
“FG Holdings” Ford Glory Holdings Limited, a company incorporated on 28
May 2002 in the BVI, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of our
Company as at the Latest Practicable Date
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“FG International” Ford Glory International Limited, a company incorporated on 11
July 1996 in Hong Kong, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of our Company as at the Latest Practicable Date
“FG Shanghai” 福之源貿易(上海)有限公司(Ford Glory Trading (Shanghai)
Limited*), a company established on 7 February 2006 in the
PRC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company as
at the Latest Practicable Date
“FG Shenzhen” 福源創業信息咨詢服務(深圳)有限公司(Ford Glory (Shenzhen)
International Ltd.*), a company established on 15 December
2009 in the PRC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of our
Company as at the Latest Practicable Date
“Group”, “we”, “our” and “us” our Company and our subsidiaries or, where the context otherwise
requires, in respect of the period prior to our Company becoming
the holding company of our present subsidiaries, the present
subsidiaries of our Company, some or any of them
“Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC
“Independent Third Party(ies)” a person(s) or company(ies) which is/are independent of and not connected with any directors, chief executive, Controlling
Shareholders and Substantial Shareholders or any of its subsidiaries and their respective associates
“Indonesian Factory” the factory located in Indonesia and operated by PT. Victory Apparel Semarang, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company, for manufacturing of garment products
“Jiangmen Factory” 江門冠暉製衣有限公司 (Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing
LTD.), a company established on 31 May 2000 in the PRC,
an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company as at the
Latest Practicable Date
“Jordan Factory” the factory located in Jordan and operated by Victory Apparel
(Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited, an indirect wholly-
owned subsidiary of our Company, which was leased to an
Independent Third Party as at the Latest Practicable Date
“Kimberley” 加美(清遠)製衣有限公司 (Kimberley (Qing Yuan) Garment Limited),
a company established in the PRC and indirectly owned as to 50% by
Mr. Lau and as to 50% by his wife
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“Knit-to-Shape” a process by which major components of a knit garment are
produced by panel knitting, linking the knitted panels and
washing, so as to require minimal, if any, cutting or trimming
“Latest Practicable Date” [•••], being the latest practicable date prior to the printing
of this document for ascertaining certain information in this
document
“Macau” Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC
“Mayer” Mayer Apparel Limited, a company incorporated on 4 January
2006 in Hong Kong, a non-wholly owned subsidiary of our
Company and owned as to 51% by FG Holdings and as to 49%
by Mr. Lau as at the Latest Practicable Date
“Merlotte” Merlotte Enterprise Limited, a company incorporated on 19
April 2002 in the BVI and wholly-owned by Mr. Choi, and our
Controlling Shareholder
“Mr. Chen” Mr. Chen Tien Tui, our non-executive Director and an executive
director and a Substantial Shareholder of VC
“Mr. Choi” Mr. Choi Lin Hung, our chairman and chief executive officer
and our executive Director
“Mr. Lau” Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley, our executive Director, a Substantial
Shareholder and a director of Mayer
“Mr. Li” Mr. Li Ming Hung, our non-executive Director and an executive
director and a Substantial Shareholder of VC
“PRC” or “China” the People’s Republic of China which, for the purposes of this
document only, excludes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
“PRC Factory” the factory located in the PRC and operated by Jiangmen Factory
for manufacturing of garment products
“PRC Legal Advisers” GFE Law Office, a qualified PRC law firm acting as the PRC
legal advisers to the Company
“Reorganisation” the corporate reorganisation of our Group in preparation for [•••]
as described under the section headed “Reorganisation” in this
document
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“RFID” Radio frequency identification, the use of a tag applied to or
incorporated into another object for the purpose of identification
and tracking using radio waves
“SAFE” State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (中華人民共和國國家外匯管理局)
“Share(s)” the ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 each in the share capital of
our Company
“Shareholder(s)” holder(s) of the Share(s)
“Share Option Scheme” the share option scheme conditionally adopted by our Company
and approved by the shareholders of VC on 28 July 2010, a
summary of the principal terms of which is set out under the
paragraph headed “Share Option Scheme” in Appendix V to this
document
“subsidiary(ies)” has the meaning ascr ibed to i t under the Companies
Ordinance
“Substantial Shareholder(s)” has the meaning ascribed to it under [•••]
“Sure Strategy” Sure Strategy Limited, a company incorporated on 25 March
2010 in the BVI and owned as to 49% by Merlotte and 51%
by VC Investments as at the Latest Practicable Date, and our
Controlling Shareholder
“Track Record Period” the three financial years ended 31 March 2010
“U.K.” the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
“U.S.” or “United States” the United States of America, its territories, its possessions and
all areas subject to its jurisdictions
“VC” Victory City International Holdings Limited, a company
incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability, the shares of
which are listed on the Main Board
“VC Group” VC and its subsidiaries, which, for the purpose of this document,
excludes our Group
“VC Holdings” Victory City Holdings Limited, a company incorporated on
28 October 1993 in the BVI, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary
of VC
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“VC Investments” Victory City Investments Limited, a company incorporated on
28 May 2002 in the BVI, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of
VC, and our Controlling Shareholder
“VC Shares” ordinary shares of HK$0.01 each in the share capital of VC
“Yoko Sun” Yoko Sun Limited, a company incorporated on 20 July 2007 in
Hong Kong, which is owned by three Independent Third Parties
and operates its business under the name “teelocker”
“CAD” Canadian dollars, the lawful currency of Canada
“EUR” Euro, the lawful currency of the European Union
“GBP” or “£” British pound sterling, the lawful currency of the UK
“HK$” and “cents” Hong Kong dollars and cents, respectively, the lawful currency
of Hong Kong
“IDR” Indonesian Rupiah, the lawful currency of Indonesia
“MXN” Mexican Peso, the lawful currency of Mexico
“RMB” Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC
“US$” or “USD” United States dollars, the lawful currency of the U.S.
“sq.m.” or “m2” square metres
“%” per cent.
Unless otherwise specified, for the purpose of this document and for the purpose of illustration
only, Hong Kong dollar amounts have been translated using the following rates:
IDR 1: HK$[•••]
No representation is made that any amounts in IDR or HK$ were or could have been converted
at the above rate or at any other rates or at all.
For ease of reference, the names of certain PRC laws and regulations or the PRC established
companies or entities have been included in this document in both the Chinese and English languages.
The English names of these companies and entities are only English translation of their respective
official Chinese names and they are denoted with “*”. In the event of any inconsistency, the Chinese
version shall prevail.
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RISKS RELATING TO OUR GROUP
We may face difficulties in consolidating our existing customer base and developing new customers
We source garment products for our customers mainly located in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC and our customers are mostly overseas brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores, supermarket chains or importers. The success of our business depends on our ability to maintain and expand the volume of businesses with our existing customers and to source and develop new customers.
There is no assurance that we will be successful to continue to maintain good business relationships with our existing customers or to develop new customers. Moreover, as many of our customers are brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores, supermarket chains or importers, potential customers may not be willing to place orders with us if our existing customers may be their competitors.
If we are not able to expand the volume of businesses with our existing customers or to extend our customer base by adding new customers at desired levels or at all, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our revenue decreased by approximately 30.4% to approximately HK$894.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2010 from approximately HK$1,284.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in sales to the Group’s largest customer, a U.S. importer, due to the decrease in its orders from its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer of it and not related to the quality of the Group’s products. The organisational changes refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of its megastore customer had been completed. For the year ended 31 March 2009, our revenue decreased by approximately 10.2% to approximately HK$1,284.3 million from approximately HK$1,430.9 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The decrease is primarily due to our decision to cease manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan, which had been handling primarily our orders for our customers in the U.S. market (including one of our top five customers during the Track Record period). Our Jordan Factory [has relatively high labour cost with production labour mainly imported from Bangladesh and PRC], and for cost efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan Factory. This resulted in a decrease in sales to one of our top five customers during the Track Record Period.
We are dependent on our major customers
Our sales to our top five customers during the Track Record Period amounted to approximately
HK$[877.6] million, HK$[786.0] million and HK$[448.8] million which accounted for approximately
[61.3]%, [61.2]%, and [50.2]%, respectively, of our total revenue for each of the three years ended
31 March 2010. The decrease in sales to our top five customers during the Track Record Period was
primarily due to the decrease in revenue from the U.S. market as a result of our decision to cease
manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the U.S.),
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which had been handling primarily our orders for the U.S. market. Our Jordan Factory [has relatively
high labour cost with production labour mainly imported from Bangladesh and PRC], and for cost
efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan Factory. Our sales to our largest customer for the
three years ended 31 March 2010 amounted to approximately HK$[530.4] million, HK$[478.2] million
and HK$[137.2] million respectively, representing approximately [37.1]%, [37.2]% and [15.3]% of
our total revenue respectively. The decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, is due
to the decrease in its sales to its major customer (a megastore).
We do not enter into long-term contracts with our major customers as our Directors are of the
opinion that we have been sourcing products for our top five customers for a relatively long period of
time, ranging from four to twelve years. However, there is no assurance that our business relationship
with our major customers will continue in the future. In the event that any of our major customers
significantly reduce their purchases from us or our business relationship with them terminates, we may
not be able to maintain the same sales volume with the remaining customers or attract new customers
with the ability or willingness to contribute to the same amount of sales as our major customers have
been contributing, which may adversely affect our business and profitability.
Even if we are able to maintain our business relationship with our major customers, the
popularity of their brands may decline for reasons of changes in consumer trends or preferences, a
loss of goodwill and reputation of them or other reasons. In addition, the decline of popularity in
their brand in one region may affect the popularity of such brand in other regions, and the decline of
popularity in one or some lines of their products may affect their other lines of products, which may
all in turn adversely affect our operations as well as financial results.
We may face credit risks
We factor some of our receivables to factoring companies to hedge the risk of collection from
customers as well as to maintain a cash inflow at a desired level for our business operation. Generally,
we assess various aspects of a new customer to determine whether we should factor the receivables
from it, including the relevant volume of the purchase order, its credit reference and background as
well as the credit terms offered to it.
During the Track Record Period, we had engaged [three] factoring companies, most of the sales
that we factored are without recourse. The sales that we factored to them without recourse represented
approximately [39.9]%, [40.1]% and [23.8]%, respectively, of our total turnover during the period.
During the same period the sales that we factored to the factoring companies with recourse accounted
for 0%, approximately 0.33% and 6.81%, respectively, of our total turnover.
A majority of our customers settled the amount payable to us on an open account basis and we,
on average, offer a credit period of approximately 30 to 60 days to them. There is also no assurance
that our customers will pay to us on time or at all or whether any of them will fall into financial
difficulties thereby affecting their ability to pay to us. If any of our customers or the factoring companies
that we assign our debts to should fail to pay to us on time or at all, our financial condition will be
materially adversely affected which will in turn affect our business operation.
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Our factoring choices may be limited
A factoring company that we factored our receivables to encountered financial difficulties and
underwent corporate restructuring during the Track Record Period which resulted in our decrease in
factored receivables in the year ended 31 March 2010. We did not experience any operational and
financial impact as a result of the incident and we did not experience any loss from factoring our
receivables during the Track Record Period [and up to the Latest Practicable Date]. However, there
is no assurance that any of the factoring companies we assigned our receivables to will be able to
pay all the monies due to us on time or at all.
We may not be able to successfully track the fast changing fashion trends and respond to customer demands for garment products
The supply and demand for particular garment products changes from season to season and from
year to year, depending on the fashion trends, fluctuations in consumer preferences and demands, as
well as other factors. In order to maintain our relationship with our existing customers and develop
new customers, we must be able to predict, identify and respond promptly to such changes. In addition,
the purchasing power of our customers and their spending patterns may also be affected by increases
in supply from our competitors in the industry or deteriorating economic conditions. Hence, if we fail
to anticipate and respond rapidly and effectively to the fast changing fashion trends and customers’
demands, our customers may reduce the size of orders or the number of types of products placed
with us or cease to place orders with us, and our operating results may be materially and adversely
affected due to fluctuation in purchase order. If we fail to develop new customers, our profitability
may be adversely affected.
Our results of operations are subject to seasonality
Our results of operations are subject to seasonality. We generally sell and distribute products
for the spring-summer season of the following year from October to March, and products for the
fall-winter season from April to September. Typically, September and October amount to our “low”
season. Unexpected and abnormal changes in climate may also affect the sales of our products that
are timed for release during a particular season. For example, a warm winter may affect the sales of
winter products, while a cool summer may affect the sales of T-shirts and other summer products.
Hence, if climate changes irregularly, it may affect our customers’ orders placed with us which in
turn may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Our financial results are expected to be affected by the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of options granted under the Share Option Scheme
Based on the unaudited management accounts of our Group for the four months ended 31 July 2010, our Group recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the corresponding period of last year.
Notwithstanding the above, our financial results will be affected by the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme.
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The costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme are calculated using the Binomial
Model with assumptions on various inputs to the model such as the expected yield and share price
volatility and on the basis of the [•••]. The fair value of the share options granted on 2 June 2010 is
estimated to be approximately HK$[6.27] or HK$[8.18]. As the grant of share options will become
effective on the [•••], the amount that will be charged to our income statement in the second half of the
year ending 31 March 2011 as equity-settled expenses will be approximately HK$[6.27] or HK$[8.18],
respectively. Our Directors would like to emphasise that such cost is a current estimation for reference
only and the final amount to be recognised to our profit and loss accounts for the respective periods
is subject to adjustment based on audit and the then changes in variables and assumptions.
Therefore, our financial results for the six months ending 30 September 2010 will be affected
by the expenses in relation to the [•••], and our financial results for the year ending 31 March 2011
will additionally be affected by the costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme.
Reliance on key management personnel may impose risks on our Group
Our performance and success is, to a significant extent, attributable to the vision and leadership
of Mr. Choi and the contribution of our other executive Directors (including Mr. Ng Tze On) and
senior management team. The future success of our Group will depend on the continued involvement,
efforts, performance and abilities of our Directors and senior management team of our Group as a
whole. Competition for senior management and key personnel, in particular, qualified and experienced
merchandisers, in our industry is intense and the pool of experienced candidates is limited. There is
no assurance that we can maintain, develop and continually tap on the leadership skills of our key
personnel, and we may lose our key personnel to competitors. If we are not able to retain our key
personnel or attract and engage a suitable replacement on a timely and commercially viable basis, it
may result in the loss of strategic leadership, disruption or delay to business operation, which may
materially adversely affect alternative business strategies, our business, operations and financial
condition.
We depend on our sub-contract manufacturers
Under our one-stop shop business model, we have the flexibility to outsource some of our
production processes to sub-contract manufacturers. The criteria for determining whether to engage
sub-contract manufacturers include (i) costs and pricing; (ii) the quality standard required; (iii) the
capability and capacity of the sub-contract manufacturer(s); (iv) whether there is any tax benefit
for our customers in selecting a particular sub-contract manufacturer. The duty rate imposed by the
government of the country of our customers may vary according to the origin of the garment products,
and some of our sub-contract manufacturers are located in places which may enjoy lower duty rates;
(v) the need for diversification in producing countries; and (vi) the financial status of the sub-contract
manufacturer(s).
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We may also outsource part of the production process to our sub-contract manufacturers which
have expertise in certain specific production processes such as printing or embroidery as per the
requirements of our customers. Our operation and future success depend on our cooperation and stable
business relationship with our sub-contract manufacturers. Major risks in relation to our dependence
on our sub-contract manufacturers are set out below.
A significant portion of the garment products we sourced for our customers during the Track Record Period were sourced from sub-contract manufacturers
During the Track Record Period, approximately [73.3]%, [75.8]% and [70.1]% of the garment
products we sourced for our customers were produced by our sub-contract manufacturers. There is
no assurance that all of our sub-contract manufacturers will continue to supply garment products to
us at our desired quality, in a timely manner and on commercially acceptable terms. If any of our
major sub-contract manufacturers should terminate their business relationship with us and we are not
able to source suitable products from comparable alternative sub-contract manufacturers, our business
may be adversely affected.
We do not enter into long-term contracts with any of our sub-contract manufacturers
We do not enter into long-term contracts with any of our sub-contract manufacturers as our
Directors are of the opinion that we have had good and stable business relationship with our top
five sub-contract manufacturers for six to ten years. However, there is no assurance that any of our
sub-contract manufacturers will continue to provide sub-contracting services to us. The terms of
services provided by the sub-contract manufacturers may also be susceptible to changes with regards
to pricing, timing and quality. Our sub-contract manufacturers may fail to meet their production
deadlines or maintain our required quality standards. In the event of termination of or changes to the
current arrangements with our sub-contract manufacturers for any reason, our Group may not be able
to locate comparable alternative sub-contract manufacturers or alternative sub-contract manufacturers
that could provide sub-contract manufacturing services in a timely manner and/or on commercially
acceptable terms. This could result in delay in the production schedule and in turn adversely affect
our Group’s business operations and financial results.
Our customers may bypass us to source products directly from our sub-contract manufacturers
Our customers may bypass us and place orders for garment products directly with our sub-
contract manufacturers. If our customers bypass us and seek manufacturing services from our sub-
contract manufacturers directly, we may experience a decrease in demand for our products, which
may affect adversely our profitability and financial results. During the Track Record Period, to the
best of the knowledge, information and belief of our Directors, none of our customers had bypassed
us and directly placed order for garment products with our sub-contract manufacturers.
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We are directly affected by the performance of our sub-contract manufacturers
If our sub-contract manufacturers cannot meet production deadlines or deliver products of
unsatisfactory quality, our business, reputation and operations may be adversely affected. There is
no assurance that the products our sub-contract manufacturers produce for us will always be able to
meet the requirements of our customers. If any of the products they manufacture cannot satisfy our
customers’ required standards or have to be returned for any reason, we may not be able to meet our
commitments to our customers, which may have an adverse impact on our business reputation. We
may also incur significant additional costs which we may not be able to pass along to our customers,
which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results
of operations.
Reliance on few suppliers may impose risks on our Group
Our suppliers include raw material suppliers as well as sub-contract manufacturers to whom we
outsource the manufacture of our products. For each of the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010,
purchases from our top five suppliers amounted to approximately HK$[455.5] million, HK$[512.8]
million and HK$[253.0] million, respectively, representing approximately [36.9]%, [45.7]% and
[34.4]%, respectively of our total costs of sales. There is no assurance that any of our key suppliers
will continue to supply fabric or garment products to us at our desired quality or at all and in a
timely manner or on commercially acceptable terms. If any of our major suppliers fails to meet our
purchase orders on a timely basis or fails to offer us commercially acceptable terms or fails to supply
us with fabric or garments of the quality that we require or terminates its business relationship with
us, we may be unable to source fabric or garment products from comparable alternative suppliers on
a timely basis and on commercially acceptable terms and our business, financial condition and results
of operations may be adversely affected.
Our business strategies or expansion plans may not be successful
We plan to further enhance our manufacturing capabilities by expanding our existing facilities
and through merger and acquisitions or strategic cooperation with business partners. We also plan
to allocate more resources into design and development and marketing and promotional activities to
attract more potential customers and to expand our customer base.
To carry out our expansion plan, we may pursue selective strategic acquisitions of businesses and assets to expand our business portfolio in the future. The ability of our Group to achieve such expansion depends on our ability to identify the appropriate target and to initiate, negotiate and complete the acquisition. Acquisitions involve uncertainties and risks, including:
• potential ongoing financial obligations and unforeseen or hidden liabilities;
• failure to achieve the intended objectives, benefits or revenue-enhancing opportunities; and
• diversion of resources and management attention.
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In addition, we may experience difficulties in integrating newly acquired businesses or assets and in retaining key personnel to manage such acquired businesses or assets. Furthermore, the cost and duration of integration could also exceed our original estimation. We may not be able to develop our brand or expand into the retail market successfully, details of which are set out in other risk factors in this section. Any of these factors could adversely affect our business, operations and our financial results.
We expect to incur significant costs in connection with the expansion of our business, and any failure to successfully implement our expansion plans or to expand our customer base and attract more orders through the implementation of our business strategies may materially and adversely affect our profitability and growth. Any failure to successfully manage our expansion may make it difficult to effectively compete, develop new products or take advantage of new markets.
Our business depends on reliable supply of quality fabric
The principal raw material used in the production of our garment products is fabric. Quality of the garment products supplied to our customers, to a large extent, depends on the quality of the fabric. We have not entered into any long term supply agreements with any of our suppliers for fabric as our Directors are of the opinion that many of our top five suppliers for the Track Record Period have been supplying fabric to us for three to six years. However, there is no assurance that any of our key suppliers will continue to supply fabric to us at our desired quality or at all and in a timely manner or commercially acceptable terms.
If any of our major suppliers fails to meet our purchase orders on a timely basis or commercially acceptable terms or supply us with fabric of the quality that we require or terminate their business relationship with us, we may be unable to source fabric from comparable alternative suppliers on a timely basis and on commercially acceptable terms.
If we are unable to obtain sufficient quantities of quality fabric or if there are increases in the prices of raw materials, we may be unable to maintain our production schedules and meet our commitments to our customers. We may also incur significant additional costs to source raw materials from alternative suppliers, and may not be able to shift the increased costs to our customers by increasing product prices. Any such development may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. During the Track Record Period, we had not experienced any failure of our suppliers to meet our purchase orders which resulted in significant increase in costs
incurred by us.
We do not have long-term contracts with our customers, which exposes us to potential volatility in our turnover
We do not have long-term contracts with our customers. The usual lead time between the placement of purchase orders by our customers and delivery of finished products will not be more than three months. Accordingly, the volume of our customers’ purchase orders and our product mix may vary significantly from period to period, and it is difficult for us to forecast future order quantities. The terms of the current arrangements with our customers are susceptible to changes. There is no assurance that any of our customers will continue to place purchase orders with us in the future at the
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same level as in the current or prior periods, or at all and such reduction or termination of purchase order may be effected with short notice and we may not be able to locate alternative customers to replace the shorten purchase order. If one or more major customers were to cease to conduct business
with us or if there is any adverse change in our business relationship with our customers, and we
were unable to expand our business with existing customers or attract new customers, our business,
financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.
Furthermore, the actual volume of our customers’ purchase orders may be inconsistent with our
expectation at the time we plan our expenditures. As a result, our results of operations may vary from
period to period and may fluctuate significantly. Our revenue decreased by approximately 30.4% to
approximately HK$894.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2010 from approximately HK$1,284.3
million for the year ended 31 March 2009. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in
sales to the Group’s largest customer, a U.S. importer. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the
decrease in its orders from its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of
such megastore customer of it and not related to the quality of the Group’s products. The organisational
changes refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and
the corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required
for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and
merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of
its megastore customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational
change of the major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results
for the year ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer will
further drop materially due to this factor. For the year ended 31 March 2009, our revenue decreased
by approximately 10.2% to approximately HK$1,284.3 million from approximately HK$1,430.9
million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The decrease is primarily due to our decision to cease
manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the U.S.),
which had been handling primarily our orders for our customers in the U.S. market (including one
of our top five customers during the Track Record Period). Our Jordan Factory [has relatively high
labour cost with production labour mainly imported from Bangladesh and the PRC], and for cost
efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan Factory. This resulted in a decrease in sales to one
of our top five customers during the Track Record Period.
Our insurance coverage may not be sufficient to cover the risks related to our operations and losses
Our operations are subject to hazards and risks associated with our manufacturing operations,
which may cause significant harm to persons or damage to properties. We maintain different types
of insurance policies, including product liability insurance, transport accident insurance, vehicle
insurance, property all risk insurance, industrial all risk insurance, earthquake insurance, employer
liability insurance, marine cargo insurance and public liability insurance. However, we can give no
assurance that our insurance policies will be adequate to cover all losses incurred. Losses incurred
and associated liabilities may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations if such losses
or liabilities are not covered by our insurance policies.
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We may be subject to product liability claims
We maintain insurance against product liability for all of our products. Certain customers in
the U.S. and Canada have specifically requested us to include them as the insured entities under our
Group’s product liability insurance policies so that they are entitled to claim for damages from the
insurance companies directly. Any imposition of liability in excess of our Group’s insurance coverage
may materially affect our Group’s business and financial position.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, as far as our Directors are aware and after making all
reasonable enquiries, no legal claim has been made against our Group arising from product defects.
Our Directors believe that, however, if the products sourced or manufactured by us for our customers
contain defects which adversely affect our customers or ultimate buyers of such products, our Group
may incur additional costs and sustain other resources in curing such defects or defending any legal
proceedings or claims brought against our Group or paying substantial damage for any successful
product liability claim and may result in negative publicity which adversely affects our reputation.
No legal claim had been made by any of our customers relating to the products sourced or
manufactured by us during the Track Record Period. There is no assurance that there will not be any
product liabilities claims against our Group in the future. If any customers of our Group make any
claim against our Group due to the defects of the products sourced by us, our business and financial
condition may be adversely affected.
We are subject to foreign exchange exposure
Substantially all our costs are denominated in RMB, USD, HK$ and IDR and our sales are
mainly denominated in USD, EUR, CAD, RMB, HK$ and GBP.
We have not taken out [extensive] measures to hedge our foreign currency exchange risks. It is
our Group’s practice to address certain foreign currency exposure that arises as a result of entering
into transactions involving large amounts of foreign currencies through the use of derivative financial
instruments. Further details of the derivative financial instruments are set out in the paragraph headed
“Derivative financial instruments” under the section headed “Financial information” in this document.
If there is any material fluctuation in the exchange rates of one currency that we use to settle our
payables against the other currencies that we receive from our customers, and if we are unable to
pass on the exchange risk to our customers, our results of operations and financial condition may be
adversely affected.
Our business requires significant capital investments and a high level of working capital to sustain our operations and overall growth
Our business is capital intensive and we depend on cash generated from our operations as well
as access to external financing to operate and expand our business. Our future funding requirements
will depend, to a large extent, on our working capital requirements and the nature of our capital
expenditures, our business performance, market conditions and other factors which are beyond the
control and anticipation of our management. The tightening of credit which resulted from the recent
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economic downturn may increase the interest expenses on our bank borrowings and create difficulties
for our Group to renew existing banking facilities and/or obtain additional sources of debt financing, which may affect the amount of banking facilities available to our Group. The lenders may withdraw facilities, request for early repayment of outstanding loans or increase in the amount of pledges for secured borrowings. Further, if our Group requires additional debt financing, the lenders may require us to agree on restrictive covenants that could limit our flexibility in conducting future business
activities. We need substantial capital expenditures to maintain and continuously upgrade and expand
our production facilities, design and development and sourcing functions, and distribution and marketing
networks to keep pace with the competitive landscape and changing requirements in our industry.
We intend to fund a portion of our future capital expenditures, working capital needs and other
funding requirements from our cash flow generated from our operating activities and from external
sources of financing. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow or raise sufficient external
financing on attractive terms to meet our operations and expansion needs, we may not be able to
manage our existing operations, achieve our desired operating scale or expansion plans, which in turn
may adversely impact our competitiveness and, therefore, our results of operations. During the Track
Record Period, we had not experienced any lack of working capital for our operations.
We may not be able to develop our own brand
We are in the course of launching our branded “夢仕臣” (Monstons) underwear and homewear
products in the PRC, targeting at mass production market. An element of our strategy for growth
envisages us selling these products in large chain supermarkets in the PRC.
To effectively promote our brand, we would have to be able to build and maintain the brand
image by focusing on a variety of promotional and marketing activities to promote brand awareness,
as well as to increase our presence in the PRC by expanding our retail network.
However, as our brand has a short history, we may encounter difficulties in promoting and
marketing our brand. There may be competition between our existing customers going forward with
us and/or future customers with us which include brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores
and supermarket chains, and us. Therefore, there is no assurance that the intended strategy can be
achieved or will be profitable. We therefore cannot assure the growth in sales of our branded products
and the future prospect of our brand. If the development strategy of our brand is not successful, the
goodwill of our brand may be undermined, our Group’s operating costs may increase and our Group’s
sales and financial results may be adversely affected, which may have a material adverse effect on
our future revenue and profitability.
We may not be able to expand into the retail market successfully
We plan to cooperate with a brand of casual wear targeting at the youngsters’ market in the
PRC and to diversify our business into the retail market of the PRC. As at the Latest Practicable
Date, the Company has considered certain cooperation opportunities but has not concluded with any
joint venture partners in relation to its plans for expansion into the PRC retail market. We also plan
to enter the retail market by launching our branded “branded “夢仕臣”(Monstons) underwear and
homewear products in the PRC.
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We do not have any experience in the retail business sector. There is no assurance that our
plan of such cooperation will proceed or our initiative to expand into the retail market of the PRC
will become successful. In the event that such business strategy is not successful, our future revenue
and profitability will be affected.
We rely on consignment sales with large chain supermarkets in selling our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products
We supply our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products to the large chain supermarkets on a
consignment basis. We cannot guarantee the large chain supermarkets that are having consignment
business relationship with us will continue such mode of business cooperation with us in future or
whether we can increase the number of our consignment business partners. In the event that we cannot
reach further agreements on consignment arrangements with these large chain supermarkets or if we
cannot increase the number of our consignment business partners at a rate that we desire, the growth
in the sales of our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products may be adversely affected; or alternatively,
we may need to allocate extra resources to develop retail channels in the PRC. In either case, our
business and financial position might be adversely affected.
We cannot be certain that our operation does not or will not infringe any patents, valid copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties
We may in the future be, subject to legal proceedings and claims from time to time relating
to the intellectual property of others in the ordinary course of our business. If we are found to have
violated the intellectual property rights of others, we may be prohibited from using such intellectual
property, and we may incur licensing fees or be forced to develop alternatives. In addition, we may
incur substantial expenses in defending against these third party infringement claims, regardless of
their merit. Successful infringement or licensing claims against us may result in substantial monetary
liabilities, which may materially disrupt the continuity of our business and the stability of our financial
situation.
The interests of our Controll ing Shareholders may differ from those of our other Shareholders
Our Controlling Shareholders could exercise significant influence in determining the outcome
of any corporate transaction or other matters submitted to our Shareholders for approval, including
mergers, consolidations and the sale of all, or substantially all, of our assets, election of directors,
and other significant corporate actions.
The interests of our Controlling Shareholders may differ from the interests of our other
Shareholders. If the interests of our Controlling Shareholders conflict with the interests of our other
Shareholders, or if our Controlling Shareholders choose to cause our business to pursue strategic
objectives that conflict with the interests of our other Shareholders, those Shareholders could be
disadvantaged by the actions of our Controlling Shareholders.
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RISKS RELATING TO THE INDUSTRY
Our industry is subject to economic and market conditions. There has been significant deterioration and volatility in the global financial markets recently. As a result, our business operations may be adversely affected
Our business depends substantially on the global economic and market conditions. Slowing
economic growth or a recession could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations as well as affecting our expansion strategies. Periods of relatively
slow economic growth, a recession or public perception that a slowdown or recession may occur, may
decrease the demand for our products, thereby adversely affecting our sales and profitability. For
example, during periods of slowing growth or recession, consumer spending power may drop as they
are less willing to spend money. As our garment products are ultimately sold to consumers in the retail
market, a drop in consumer spending power could lead to a drop in the amount of purchases from
our customers and, in turn, adversely affect the demand of our products thereby adversely affecting
our results of operations and financial conditions. This is particularly so as garment products are
generally considered discretionary consumption items and the garment industry is very sensitive to
changes in the economy.
Certain recent adverse financial developments have impacted the global financial markets. These
developments include a general slowing of economic growth both in the U.S. and globally and a drop
in consumer expenditure in general, substantial volatility in equity securities markets, volatility and
tightening of liquidity in credit markets. Economic downturn has also affected the purchasing power
of our customers and their demands.
It is difficult to predict how long these conditions will exist and which markets and businesses
of our Company may be affected. These developments could continue to present risks for an extended
period of time for our Group, including a potential slowdown in our sales to customers. If this
economic downturn continues, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be
adversely affected.
We operate in a highly competitive industry
The garment industry is highly competitive, with a large number of manufacturers and sourcing
companies throughout. We face competition from garment manufacturers and garment sourcing companies.
Some of our competitors may have greater manufacturing capabilities and a more extensive customer
base while others may have better financial and other resources than we do. We can not assure you
that we will be successful in expanding our market share against our competitors. Our competitors
may be able to respond more quickly to new or changes in market trend or customer requirements
and/or demands or adopt more competitive pricing policies. Existing and/or increased competition
could adversely affect our market share and materially affect our business, financial condition and
operating results.
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In addition, our success is, to a large extent, attributable to our one-stop shop business model
which enables us to provide to our customers a comprehensive range of services covering the entire
supply chain of garment products, including product design, product development, production, logistics
and delivery. There is no assurance that any of our competitors will not develop similar or better
business models than ours. There is also no assurance that we may continue with our current business
model due to cost reasons and pricing policies or keep up with design and develop improvement to
maintain our competitive advantages or strengthen our business model. New competitors may also
enter into the market with more innovative and competitive business model. If our competitors are
more successful in developing their business models, they may be able to expand their customer
base faster and obtain more orders than us. We may also lose our competitive advantages with more
innovative business model in the market. In such event, our business operations and profitability will
be adversely affected.
The business of our Group may be affected by outbreaks and recurrence of epidemics, natural disasters, acts of war, terrorist acts, political unrest and other events which are beyond our control
Certain countries in Asia have experienced epidemics such as SARS, avian influenza and natural
disasters such as fire, floods, droughts, blizzards and earthquakes, which have had an adverse impact
on the economies of the PRC and other parts of Asia.
Where there is an outbreak or a recurrence of epidemics or natural disaster in any country,
acts of war, terrorist acts, political unrest and other events which are beyond our control, this could
result in disruption to our business, which could in turn adversely affect our operations and financial
results.
RISKS RELATING TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE PRC
Political and economic policies of the PRC government and social conditions and legal developments of the PRC could affect our business
Our results, financial condition and prospects are to a significant degree subject to the economic,
political and legal developments of the PRC, as a substantial part of our assets are located in the PRC
and some of our sub-contract manufacturers are located in the PRC. The economic, political and social
conditions, as well as government policies, including taxation policies, of the PRC, could affect our
business. The PRC economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects,
including its structure, level of government involvement, level of development, growth rate, control
of foreign exchange and allocation of resources. The PRC economy has historically been a planned
economy and has been in a transitional stage to a more market-driven economy. The PRC government
continues to play a significant role in regulating industries by imposing industrial policies. There can
be no assurance that economic, political or legal systems of the PRC will not develop in a way that
is detrimental to our business, results of operations and prospects.
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The government control of currency conversion could affect our business operations
At present, RMB is not freely convertible to other currencies. Under the current foreign
exchange regulations, RMB is convertible without approvals from the SAFE or its local counterpart
only with regard to current account transactions, including trade and service related foreign exchange
transactions and payment of dividends to foreign investors, while the foreign exchange transactions
in respect of capital account items including the foreign currency capital in any foreign investment
enterprise in the PRC, the repayment of foreign currency loans and the payment pursuant to foreign
currency guarantees, continue to be subject to significant foreign exchange controls and require the
prior approval of the SAFE or its local counterpart. There can be no assurance that the PRC government
will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of RMB, especially relating to foreign
exchange transactions. If the PRC government imposes additional restrictions on the convertibility of
RMB, we may have difficulties remitting out the profits generated from our operations in the PRC,
which may in turn adversely affect our ability to pay dividends to Shareholders in HK$ or other
foreign currencies.
Uncertainties regarding interpretation and enforcement of the PRC laws and regulations may impose adverse impact on our business, operations and profitability
Although many laws and regulations have been promulgated and amended in the PRC since 1978,
the PRC legal system is still not sufficiently comprehensive when compared to the legal systems of
certain developed countries. The interpretation of the PRC laws and regulations involves significant
uncertainties and different degrees of inconsistencies. Some of the laws and regulations are still at
a developing stage and are therefore subject to policy changes. Many laws, regulations, policies and
legal requirements have only been recently adopted by PRC central or local government agencies,
and their implementation, interpretation and enforcement may involve uncertainty due to the lack of
established practice available for reference. In addition, it may also be difficult to enforce judgments
and arbitration awards in the PRC.
Many laws and regulations in the PRC are promulgated in broad principles and the Central
People’s Government has gradually laid down implementation rules and has continued to refine and
modify such laws and regulations. As the PRC legal system develops, the promulgation of new laws or
refinement and modification of existing laws may affect foreign investors. There can be no assurance
that future changes in legislation or the interpretation thereof will not have an adverse effect upon
our business, operations or profitability.
Our labour costs may increase for reasons such as the implementation of the Labour Contract Law of the PRC or a labour shortage in the places we operate
The Labour Contract Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國勞動合同法) (the “Labour Law”) became
effective on 1 January 2008 in the PRC. It imposes more stringent requirements on employers in relation
to entry into fixed term employment contracts and dismissal of employees. Pursuant to the Labour Law,
the employer is required to make severance payment to fixed-term contract employees when the term
of their employment contract expires, unless the employee does not agree to renew the contract even
though the conditions offered by the employer for renewal are the same as or are better than those
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stipulated in the current employment contract. In general, the amount of severance payment is equal
to the monthly wage of the employee multiplied by the number of full years that the employee has
worked for the employer. A minimum wage requirement has also been incorporated into the Labour
Law. In addition, the employer is also required to enter into non-fixed term employment contracts
with employees who have worked for them for more than 10 years or, unless otherwise provided in
the Labour Law, to enter into non-fixed term employment contracts with employees whose fixed term
employment contracts have been concluded for two consecutive terms since 1 January 2008.
In addition, under the “Regulations on Paid Annual Leave for Employees” (職工帶薪年休假條例) (the “Regulation”), which became effective on 1 January 2008, employees who have worked
continuously for more than one year are entitled to a paid vacation ranging from 5 to 15 days,
depending on the length of the employees’ work time. Employees who consent to waive such vacation
at the request of employers shall be compensated an amount equal to three times their normal daily
salaries for each vacation day being waived. As a result of the Labour Law and the Regulation, our
labour costs may increase. [Further, under the Labour Law, when we terminate our PRC employees’
employment, we may be required to compensate them for such amount which is determined based
on their length of service with us, and we may not be able to efficiently terminate non-fixed term
employment contracts under the Labour Law without cause. In the event we decide to significantly
change or decrease our workforce, the Labour Law could adversely affect our ability to effect these
changes cost-effectively or in the manner we desire, which could result in adverse impact to our
business, operations or profitability.]
In addition, if there is a shortage of labour or for any reason the labour cost in the PRC or
any other country in which we operate rises significantly, the cost of production of our products is
likely to increase. This may in turn affect the selling prices of our products, which may then affect
the demand of such products and thereby adversely affect our sales and financial condition. Increase
in costs of other components required for production of our products may cause similar adverse
effects, particularly if we are unable to identify and employ other appropriate means to reduce our
costs of production. Furthermore, we may not be able to pass on the increased cost to consumers by
increasing the selling prices of our products in light of competitive pressure in the markets where
it operates. In such circumstances, our profit margin may decrease and our financial results may be
adversely affected.
Non-compliance with PRC laws and regulations relating to housing fund contributions may adversely affect our financial condition
Under the relevant PRC laws and regulations, enterprises in China are required to make
contributions to housing fund, in the amount equal to certain percentage of each employee’s salary
on a monthly basis. An employer who fails to make such mandatory contributions may be ordered to
make up such contributions within a stipulated time frame and also pay certain amount of fines. If we
are found by the relevant government authorities to have breached the relevant laws and regulations,
we may be required to make relevant contributions for the employees retroactively and may also be
subject to fines, which may adversely affect our financial condition.
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According to the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Fund (住房公積金管理條例)
effective on 3 April 1999, the PRC companies shall go through housing fund registration with the
local housing fund administration center and open housing fund accounts for its employees in the
bank. A company may be subject to order to handling within a time limit for failure to comply with
the rules in relation to the abovementioned registration and accounts opening. If a company fails to
handle within the prescribed time limit, it shall be imposed with a penalty ranging from RMB10,000
to RMB50,000. Where a company fails to pay up housing funds within time limit, the housing fund
administration center shall order it to make payment in certain period of time, if the Company still
fails to do so, the housing fund administration center may apply to the court for enforcement of the
unpaid amount.
Jiangmen Factory and FG Shenzhen did not register with relevant authorities, did not establish
a housing fund account with banks and did not contribute to the housing fund. Due to different levels
of acceptance of housing fund system by employees and the fact that certain employees did not
ordinarily reside in Jiangmen or Shenzhen, Jiangmen Factory and FG Shenzhen have not made any
housing fund contribution. As at 30 April 2010, Jiangmen Factory’s outstanding amounts of housing
fund contributions amounted to approximately RMB4 million, which, together with the maximum
amount penalty of RMB50,000 that may be payable, is the maximum potential liability arising from
the outstanding contributions for Jiangmen Factory.
Rocwide Limited, a member of the VC Group, acquired 60% equity interest in Jiangmen
Factory in 2006; our Group acquired the remaining 40% equity interest in 2009 and acquired Rocwide
Limited in 2010, and from 7 April 2010, Jiangmen Factory became a wholly-owned subsidiary of our
Company. Since our Group was not a shareholder of Jiangmen Factory since its establishment until
the respective transfers of equity interest as mentioned, the past shareholders of Jiangmen Factory
had undertaken, should Jiangmen Factory be required to contribute to the housing fund, to contribute
the portion attributable to them according to the period during which they were the shareholders and
their respective shareholding ratios. Taking into account the undertakings of the past shareholders,
the portion of the housing fund attributable to our Group was approximately RMB[139,451] as at [30
April] 2010. In addition, our Controlling Shareholders have provided indemnities in favour of our
Group against the potential liability arising from the outstanding housing fund contributions. Without
taking into account the undertakings of the past shareholders, should the housing fund contributions
be provided for based on the maximum potential liability, the Group’s consolidated profit before tax
for each of the three years ended 31 March 2010 would be reduced by approximately 1.15%, 0.86%
and 1.12% respectively, and the amount of the Group’s consolidated net asset at 31 March 2010 would
be reduced by approximately [0.07]%.
[As advised by the official at the Housing Fund Administration Center of Xinhui District, being
a competent authority in this aspect, during a meeting on 23 June 2010, Jiangmen Factory was only
required to pay its outstanding housing fund contribution for its employees if and when the Center
received complaint(s) from the relevant employee(s). According to such official, the Center has not
received any complaint from any employee of Jiangmen Factory as at the date of the above meeting.
Based on the above, Jiangmen Factory is not, at present, required to make payment of its outstanding
housing fund contribution. No written confirmation from the Center was obtained.]
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The amount required to be contributed by FG Shenzhen was approximately RMB12,800 for the
period commencing from 1 February 2010 (being the first whole month since employees were hired)
to 30 April 2010, which, together with the maximum amount of penalty of RMB50,000 that may be
payable, is the maximum potential liability arising from the outstanding contributions for FG Shenzhen.
Based on the results of its enquiry with the Shenzhen Social Insurance Fund Management Bureau*
(深圳市社會保險基金管理局) on 8 September 2010, being a competent authority in this aspect, our
PRC Legal Advisers advised that, although the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Fund
became effective on 3 April 1999, at present, it is still not mandatory for companies in Shenzhen to
contribute to the housing fund and accordingly, the possibility for FG Shenzhen being legally liable
for failure to contribute to the housing fund is low. No written confirmation from this Bureau was
obtained.
Any changes in our tax treatment, including an unfavourable change in preferential enterprise income tax rates in the PRC, may have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations
On 16 March 2007, the National People’s Congress of the PRC promulgated the Corporate
Income Tax Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國企業所得稅法) (the “New Tax Law”) by Order No. 63 of
the President of the PRC. On 6 December 2007, the State Council of the PRC issued Implementation
Regulations of the New Tax Law (the “Implementation Regulations”). According to the New Tax
Law and the Implementation Regulations, the statutory tax rate of 25% was effective from 1 January
2008. Before 1 January 2008, the statutory income tax rate was 33%.
Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC, Jiangmen Factory is exempted from PRC
enterprise income tax for two years starting from its first profit making year, which is 2008, followed
by a 50% reduction for the next three years. Jiangmen Factory can continue to enjoy the tax incentives
granted to it according to the grandfathering provisions in the Implementation Regulations.
However, no assurance can be given that the current policies in the PRC with respect to the
current preferential tax treatment that we enjoyed will not be abolished or unfavourably amended, or
that the approval for such preferential tax treatment will be granted to our subsidiaries in a timely
manner, or at all.
Recent PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities may limit our ability to acquire PRC companies and adversely affect the implementation of our strategy as well as our business and prospects
The Rules on the Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (2006 Revision)
(關於外國投資者併購境內企業的規定) (the “M&A Rules”), which were promulgated in August 2006
and were effective from 8 September 2006 as well as were amended on 22 June 2009, provide the
rules with which foreign investors must comply if they are seeking to acquire shares in a non-foreign
funded enterprise, whether through a purchase agreement with existing shareholders or through a
direct subscription to the company’s capital increase, that would result in that company becoming a
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foreign-funded enterprise. The M&A Rules further require that the business scope of the resultant
foreign-funded enterprise conform to the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (外商投資產業指導目錄). The M&A Rules also provide the takeover procedures for the acquisition of equity
interests in domestic enterprises.
There are uncertainties as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented. If we
decide to acquire a PRC company in the future, there is no assurance that we or the owners of such
PRC company can successfully complete all necessary approval requirements under the M&A Rules.
This may restrict our ability to implement our expansion and acquisition strategy and could materially
and adversely affect our future growth.
[PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment by offshore holding companies in PRC entities may delay or prevent us from making loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries
As an offshore holding company of our PRC subsidiaries, we may make loans to our PRC
subsidiaries, or we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries. Any loans
to our PRC subsidiaries are subject to PRC regulations and foreign exchange loan registrations. For
example, loans by us to our PRC subsidiaries to finance their activities cannot exceed statutory limits
and must be registered with the SAFE or its local counterpart. We may also determine to finance our
PRC subsidiaries by means of capital contributions. These capital contributions must be approved
by the PRC Ministry of Commerce or its local counterpart. We cannot assure you that we can obtain
these government registrations or approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans
or capital contributions by us to finance our PRC subsidiaries.
A shortage of electricity and water supply in the PRC would affect our production and affect our business and financial performance
Part of our revenue is dependent on the continued operations of our production facilities in the
PRC. A disruption in the supply of utilities including electricity and water supply, typhoons, floods
or other calamities resulting in a prolonged power outage, could result in an interruption or delay
of, or require us to curtail, our operations. Any such disruption in our operations could cause us to
reduce or halt our production, prevent us from meeting customer orders, adversely affect our business
reputation, increase our costs of production or require us to make unplanned capital expenditures,
any one of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results
of operations. During the Track Record Period, we had not experienced any disruption of electricity
and/or water supply resulting in losses to our Group.
Changes in government regulations such as environmental laws and regulations could affect our results of operations
Our operations generate pollutants and waste in various stages of the manufacturing process.
The discharge, storage and disposal of such pollutants and waste are subject to environmental laws
and regulations in the PRC, including laws and regulations requiring clean-up of contamination
and reclamation. Historically, environmental legislation in the PRC has, in many cases, been less
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stringently enforced. However, more stringent standards may be introduced, stricter interpretations
of existing laws may occur or enforcement may become more stringent in the PRC. Changes in the
regulatory framework may result in an increase in our actual operating costs and liabilities for which
we have not provided.
RISKS RELATING TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN INDONESIA
Indonesia is located in an earthquake zone and is subject to significant geological risk that could lead to social unrest and economic loss
Indonesia is located in one of the most volcanically active regions in the world and is subject
to significant seismic activity that can lead to destructive earthquakes and tsunamis, or tidal waves. In
December 2004, an underwater earthquake off the coast of Sumatra created a tsunami that devastated
coastal communities in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka and caused billions of US$ in damages.
In Indonesia, more than 220,000 people died or were recorded as missing in the disaster. In May
2008, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck roughly 30 miles southwest of Mount Merapi, killing over
6,000 people and leaving over 200,000 people homeless in the Yogyakarta region. In July 2006, a
7.7 magnitude earthquake struck approximately 220 miles of south Jakarta and the resulting tsunami
killed over 500 people and left over 35,000 people homeless. Most recently, in September and October
2009, as series of earthquakes ranging in magnitude of up to 7.6 struck various parts of Indonesia.
The Indonesian government has had to expand significant amounts of resources on emergency
aid and resettlement efforts. Most of these costs have been underwritten by foreign governments
and international aid agencies. However, such aid may not continue to be forthcoming or delivered
to recipients on a timely basis. If the Indonesian government is unable to timely deliver foreign aid
to affected communities, political and social unrest could result. Additionally, recovery and relief
efforts could strain the Indonesian government’s finances and may adversely affect its liability to meet
its obligations on its sovereign debt. Any such failure on the part of the Indonesian government, or
declaration by it of a moratorium on its sovereign debt, could potentially trigger an event of default
under numerous private-sector borrowings.
A significant earthquake, geological disturbance or tsunami affecting any of Indonesia’s more
populated cities could severely disrupt the Indonesian economy and undermine investor confidence,
thereby materially and adversely affecting us. [We had not been subject to any damages and loss
resulting from this risk during the Track Record Period and up to the Latest Practicable Date.]
The interpretation and implementation of legislation on regional governance in Indonesia is uncertain
Following the end of 32 years’ centralised regime of Soeharto, the Indonesian government has
enacted a number of laws to increase regional autonomy. Under these laws, regional governments have
greater powers and responsibilities over the use of national assets and to create a more balanced and
equitable financial relationship with the central government. Regional government has been allowed
to impose taxes and other charges on entities. This may cause different treatment on every entity
operated in a different regional territory.
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This decentralisation of power has created uncertainties, including with respect to the validity,
scope, interpretation and application of foreign investment policy. Limited precedent or other guidance
exists on the interpretation and implementation of the regional autonomy laws. This uncertainty has
increased the risks and may increase the costs, involved in our operation in Indonesia.
Labour unrest or activism could adversely affect us, our customers and Indonesian companies in general which in turn could affect business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects
Our operations are labour intensive. Our operations have not been materially affected by any
significant labour dispute or dispute with community farmers in the past. However, we may, in the
future experience labour unrest, activism, disputes or actions involving our employees any of which
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects.
In addition, laws permitting the formation of labour unions, combined with weak economic
conditions, have resulted, and may continue to result, in labour unrest in Indonesia. On March 25,
2003, the Indonesian government enacted Law No. 13 Year 2003 regarding Manpower (the “Manpower Law”). The Manpower Law, among other things, and subject to certain procedural requirements,
gives the right to employees to strike in the event that regulations may also be expected in the future.
Due to the active involvement of various non-governmental organisations, employees’ awareness of
Indonesian employment regulations has also increased during the last several years. The Manpower
Law, existing Indonesian employment regulations and any manpower regulations and laws adopted
in Indonesia aim the future may have an impact on the business environment, including ours, which
may limit our ability to downsize or implement flexible labour policies.
Labour unrest and activism in Indonesia could disrupt our operations, the operations of our
suppliers or contractors and could affect the financial condition of Indonesian companies in general,
including depreciation of securities it issued. Any of such events could have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition, results of operation and prospects. [We had not been subject to
any damages and loss resulting from this risk during the Track Record Period and up to the Latest
Practicable Date.]
We operate in a legal and regulatory system in which the application and enforcement of various laws and regulations may be uncertain
Indonesia’s legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. However, at times, the
interpretation, application or enforcement of laws and regulations may be unclear and the content of
applicable laws and regulations may not be immediately available to the public.
Judicial decisions in Indonesia, in particular those rendered by the Supreme Court, are persuasive
but they do not constitute binding precedent. They are also not systematically and publicly available as
in developed countries. Many of Indonesia’s commercial and civil laws and rules on judicial process
are based on pre-independence Dutch law and have not been revised to reflect the complexities of
modern financial transactions and instruments. Indonesian courts are often unfamiliar with sophisticated
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commercial or financial transactions, leading in practice to uncertainty in the interpretation and
application of Indonesian legal principles. The application of many Indonesian laws and regulations depends, in large part, upon subjective criteria such as the good faith of the parties to the transaction and principles of public policy. Indonesian judges operate in an inquisitorial legal system and have very broad fact-finding powers and a high level of discretion in relation to the manner in which those powers are exercised. In practice, Indonesian court decisions may omit, or may not be decided upon, a legal and factual analysis of the issues presented in a case.
Further, public and judiciary supervision of administrative and law enforcement authorities are not well established. Consequently, there are instances of these authorities changing their interpretation of the law without public consultation prior notice.
In summary, administration and enforcement of laws and regulations by Indonesian courts and governmental agencies may be subject to uncertainty and considerable discretion. Uncertainty regarding the application and enforcement of various laws and regulations to our business, our entitlement to the various land rights, or other legal or regulatory matters relating to our business could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
RISKS RELATING TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN OTHER PLACES
We may also be affected by the political and economic policies and the social conditions and legal developments of the places that we operate or conduct business in
Our customers are mainly located in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC
and we source garment products for them in the PRC, and other places in Asia including Cambodia
and Vietnam. We also have offices or representatives in the U.S., Canada, PRC, Hong Kong and Macau
to provide sales supporting and customer services to our customers.
We operate in different places and our customers and business partners are both in China and
overseas. Other than the PRC, our business operations are also affected by the economic, political
and legal developments of the places where we or our business operate. There can be no assurance
that economic, political or legal systems of those places will not develop in a way that is detrimental
to our business, results of operations and prospects.
We are a holding company and rely on dividend payments from our subsidiaries
On [6 September] 2010, FG Holdings declared a special dividend of HK$30.0 million payable
to its then shareholders. Such dividend will be paid before [•••]. [Investors should pay attention to
the possible impact on our cashflow and working capital as a result of the payment of the special
dividend.] FG Holdings had also declared and paid dividends in the amount of HK$7 million, HK$6.2
million and HK$3 million, respectively to its then shareholders for the three years ended 31 March
2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Save as disclosed above, no other dividend was paid by us or any
of our subsidiaries during the Track Record Period. Our dividend distribution record in the past may
not be used as a reference or basis to determine the level of dividends that may be declared or paid
by us in the future.
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We are a holding company and conduct substantially all of our business through our operating
subsidiaries in various jurisdictions. As a result, our ability to pay dividends depends on dividends and
other distributions received from our operating subsidiaries. If our subsidiaries incur debt or losses,
it may impair their ability to pay dividends or other distributions to us, which could adversely affect
our ability to pay dividends to our Shareholders.
The ability of our subsidiaries to pay any dividend in a given year to us depends on the legal
and regulatory requirements to which the relevant subsidiary is subject; in general, our subsidiaries
could not pay dividend to us if they do not have distributable profits. Limitations on the ability of
our subsidiaries to remit their after-tax profits to us in the form of dividends or other distributions
could adversely affect our ability to grow, make investments that could be beneficial to our business,
pay dividends and otherwise fund and conduct our business. We also cannot assure you that our
subsidiaries will generate sufficient earnings and cash flows to pay dividends or otherwise distribute
sufficient funds to us to enable us to pay dividends to our Shareholders.
In respect of our PRC Subsidiaries, the newly enacted PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law and its
implementation rules stipulate that if an entity is deemed to be a non-PRC resident enterprise which
has no establishment or place of business in the PRC or has establishment or place of business in
the PRC but the income has no relationship with such establishment or place, withholding tax at the
rate of 10% will be applicable to any dividends paid to it by its PRC subsidiary, unless it is entitled
to reduction or elimination of such tax, including by tax treaties.
In addition, restrictive covenants in bank credit facilities, joint venture agreements or other
arrangements that we or our subsidiaries may enter into in the future may also restrict the ability
of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make distributions to us. These restrictions could reduce the
amount of dividends or other distributions we receive from our subsidiaries, which in turn would
restrict our ability to pay dividends to our Shareholders.
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DIRECTORS
Name ResidentialAddress Nationality
Executive Directors
Mr. Choi Lin Hung (蔡連鴻) 11th Floor, The Primrose British
No. 38 Rose Street
Yau Yat Chuen
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Mr. Ng Tze On (吳子安) Ground Floor, Chinese
No. 190 Mong Chan Estate
DD129 Lot 1495
Lau Fou Shan
Yuen Long
New Territories
Hong Kong
Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley (劉國華) No. 41 Bauhinia Road North Chinese
Section M, Fairview Park
Yuen Long
New Territories
Hong Kong
Non-executive Directors
Mr. Li Ming Hung (李銘洪) A4, Luso Apartment Chinese
No. 5 Warwick Road
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Mr. Chen Tien Tui (陳天堆) Unit D, 10th Floor Chinese
Block A, Lung Tang Court
Nos. 88-90 Castle Peak Road
Tsing Lung Tau
New Territories
Hong Kong
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Independent non-executive Directors
Mr. Lau Chi Kit (劉智傑) 160 Nam Shan British
DD220 in Lot 1007
Sai Kung, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Mr. Mak Chi Yan (麥志仁) Flat C, 10th Floor Chinese
Block A, Tempo Court
4 Braemar Hill Road
Hong Kong
Mr. Wong Wai Kit, Louis (黃瑋傑) 25C, Manrich Court Chinese
33 St. Francis Street
Hong Kong
Mr. Yuen Kin Kei (袁建基) 14/F, Holland Garden Chinese
54-56 Blue Pool Road
Happy Valley
Hong Kong
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CORPORATE INFORMATION
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Registered office Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda
Headquarters and principal place of 19/F, Ford Glory Plaza business in Hong Kong 37-39 Wing Hong Street Cheung Sha Wan Hong Kong
Company secretary Chan Shuk Fun CPA
Audit committee Yuen Kin Kei (Chairman) Lau Chi Kit Mak Chi Yan Wong Wai Kit, Louis
Remuneration committee Mak Chi Yan (Chairman) Lau Chi Kit Wong Wai Kit, Louis Yuen Kin Kei Choi Lin Hung
Principal bankers The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Hang Seng Bank Limited DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Bank of America, N.A.
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
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This section contains certain information which is derived from various official government or
publicly available sources, including The World Bank, The National Bureau of Statistics of China,
The U.S. Census Bureau, Statistics Canada, The United Kingdom Office for National Statistics,
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia, The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of
Japan. We believe that the sources of these information are appropriate sources for such information
and have taken reasonable care in extracting and reproducing such information. We have no reason
to believe that such information is false or misleading in any material respect or that any fact has
been omitted that would render such information false or misleading in any material respect.
INTRODUCTION
We are a well-developed sourcing management group with production capabilities which operates
a one-stop shop business model. We provide our customers a comprehensive range of services covering
the entire supply chain of garment products. We source garment products for our customers and we also
provide them with a comprehensive range of sourcing management services and expertise, including
product design and product development, sampling, product offering, sourcing, in-house production,
outsourcing, logistics and delivery and overseas sales capabilities.
We source a comprehensive range of garment products for our direct customers mainly located
in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC. Our direct customers are mostly overseas
brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores and supermarket chains. We also source garment
products for our importer customers.
GROWTH OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND INCOME LEVELS
Following the deepest global downturn in recent history, economic growth solidified and
broadened to advanced economies in the second half of 2009. Confidence rebounded strongly on both
financial and real fronts, supported by extraordinary policy stimulus. According to The World Bank,
world output is expected to rise by 2.7% in 2010 after a 2.2% decline in 2009.
The global economy had been growing steadily prior to the global downturn in 2009. According
to The World Bank, world Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) increased from approximately US$41,917
billion in 2004 to approximately US$60,557 billion in 2008, and the CAGR of the period is approximately
9.6%, which reflects a steady growth.
Associated with the steady growth of GDP, income levels have increased accordingly. World Gross
National Income (GNI) per capita increased from approximately US$6,375 in 2004 to approximately
US$8,654 in 2008 according to The World Bank, representing a CAGR of approximately 7.9%.
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41,91745,292
49,022
55,11760,557
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 World GDP
(US
$ bi
llio
n)
GDP Growth rate
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
12.7% 8.1% 8.2% 12.4% 9.9%
Source: The World Bank
6,3757,080
7,5388,046
8,654
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 World GNI per capita
(US
$)
GNI per capita Growth rate
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
14.4% 11.1% 6.5% 6.7% 7.6%
Source: The World Bank
Growth of the U.S. economy and income levels
According to The World Bank, U.S.’s GDP increased steadily from approximately US$11,631
billion in 2004 to approximately US$14,093 billion in 2008, representing a CAGR of approximately
4.9%. The global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, investment bank failures, falling
home prices, and tight credit pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted
till the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression.
According to the CIA World Factbook, GDP growth is estimated to be -2.4% in 2009. However, the
U.S. economy has shown signs of stabilising. In January 2009, the U.S. Congress passed and President
Barack Obama signed a bill providing an additional US$787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over
10 years (two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts) to create jobs and to help the
economy recover. Approximately two-thirds of these funds will have been injected into the economy
by the end of 2010.
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Associated with the steady growth of GDP, income levels in the U.S. have increased accordingly
over the 4-year period from 2004 to 2008. According to The World Bank, GNI per capita in the U.S.
increased from approximately US$41,180 in 2004 to approximately US$47,930 in 2008, representing
a CAGR of approximately 3.9%.
11,63112,364
13,11713,742
14,093
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 U.S. GDP(U
S$
bill
ion)
GDP Growth rate
0
3,000
6,000
9,000
12,000
15,000
6.6% 6.3% 6.1% 4.8% 2.6%
Source: The World Bank
41,18043,870 45,370
46,40047,930
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 U.S. GNI per capita
(US
$)
GNI per capita Growth rate
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
9.7% 6.5% 3.4% 2.3% 3.3%
Source: The World Bank
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Growth of the Canadian economy and income levels
According to The World Bank, Canada’s GDP increased significantly from approximately US$992
billion in 2004 to approximately US$1,501 billion in 2008, representing a CAGR of approximately
10.9%.
Associated with the high level of growth of GDP, income levels in the Canada have increased
accordingly. GNI per capita in the Canada increased from approximately US$28,530 in 2004 to
approximately US$43,640 in 2008 according to The World Bank, representing a CAGR of approximately
11.2%.
992
1,133
1,279
1,4301,501
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 Canada GDP
(US
$ bi
llio
n)
GDP Growth rate
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
14.5% 14.2% 12.9% 11.8% 5.0%
Source: The World Bank
28,530
33,100
36,91040,450
43,640
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 Canada GNI per capita
(US
$)
GNI per capita Growth rate
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
15.8% 16.0% 11.5% 9.6% 7.9%
Source: The World Bank
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Growth of the U.K. economy and income levels
According to The World Bank, U.K.’s GDP embarked on a general upward trend over the 4-year
period from 2004 to 2008, increasing from approximately US$2,198 billion in 2004 to approximately
US$2,674 billion in 2008, despite approximately 4.6% decrease in GDP between 2007 & 2008. Income
levels in the U.K. have also increased over the 4-year period, with GNI per capita increasing from
approximately US$34,540 in 2004 to approximately US$46,040 in 2008 and a CAGR over the period
of approximately 7.5%.
2,1982,280
2,436
2,8032,674
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 U.K. GDP
(US
$ bi
llio
n)
GDP Growth rate
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
18.1% 3.7% 6.8% 15.1% -4.6%
Source: The World Bank
34,540
38,80041,040
44,07046,040
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 U.K. GNI per capita
(US
$)
GNI per capita Growth rate
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
18.8% 12.3% 5.8% 7.4% 4.5%
Source: The World Bank
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Growth of the Mexico economy and income levels
According to The World Bank, Mexico’s GDP increased from approximately US$759 billion in
2004 to approximately US$1,088 billion in 2008, representing a CAGR of approximately 9.4%.
Associated with the high level of growth of GDP, income levels in the Mexico have increased
accordingly. GNI per capita in the Mexico increased from approximately US$7,410 in 2004 to
approximately US$9,990 in 2008 according to The World Bank, representing a CAGR of approximately
7.8%.
759
847
9491,023
1,088
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 Mexico GDP
(US
$ bi
llio
n)
GDP Growth rate
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
8.4% 11.6% 12.0% 7.8% 6.4%
Source: The World Bank
7,410
8,0808,740
9,4009,990
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 Mexico GNI per capita
(US
$)
GNI per capita Growth rate
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12.8% 9.0% 8.2% 7.6% 6.3%
Source: The World Bank
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Growth of the Japanese economy and income levels
According to The World Bank, Japan’s GDP, although fluctuating over the 4-year period from
2004 to 2008, embarked on a general upward trend, increasing from approximately US$4,606 billion in
2004 to approximately US$4,911 billion in 2008. Income levels in the Japan have also increased over
this period, with GNI per capita increasing from approximately US$36,690 in 2004 to approximately
US$38,130 in 2008 and a CAGR over the period of approximately 1.0%.
4,606 4,5524,363 4,381
4,911
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 Japan GDP
(US
$ bi
llio
n)
GDP Growth rate
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
8.9% -1.2% -4.2% 0.4% 12.1%
Source: The World Bank
36,69038,950 38,590 37,780 38,130
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 Japan GNI per capita
(US
$)
GNI per capita Growth rate
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
9.8% 6.2% -0.9% -2.1% 0.9%
Source: The World Bank
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Rapid growth of the PRC economy
The PRC economy has been growing rapidly since the implementation of market liberalisation
policies by the PRC government in the late 1970s. Economic growth was further reinforced by the
launch of special economic zones along the coastal PRC regions since the 1980s. According to
National Bureau of Statistics of China, PRC’s GDP increased from approximately RMB15,988 billion
in 2004 to approximately RMB30,067 billion in 2008, representing a CAGR of approximately 17.10%,
reflecting rapid growth. The GDP per capita increased from approximately RMB12,336 in 2004 to
approximately RMB22,698 in 2008.
15,98818,322
21,192
25,731
30,067
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 PRC GDP
(RM
B b
illi
on)
GDP Growth rate
0
8,000
16,000
24,000
32,000
40,000
17.7% 14.6% 15.7% 21.4% 16.9%
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
12,336
14,053
16,165
19,524
22,698
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2004-2008 PRC GDP per capita
(RM
B)
GDP per capita Growth rate
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
17.0% 13.9% 15.0% 20.8% 16.3%
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
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THE GLOBAL RETAIL MARKET AND CLOTHING RETAIL MARKET
The overall retail market and clothing retail market in the U.S.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. retail sales increased over the 4-year period from
approximately US$3,480 billion in 2004 to approximately US$3,671 billion in 2009, with a decrease
from approximately US$3,959 billion in 2008 as a result of the economy downturn in the U.S..
Similarly, clothing stores sales in the U.S. rose over the same period from approximately US$137
billion in 2004 to approximately US$152 billion in 2009, with a decrease from approximately US$158
billion in 2008. In the latest monthly report released by the U.S. Census Bureau, advance estimates
of retail and food services sales in the U.S. for June 2010 was approximately US$360.2 billion, a
slight decrease of approximately 0.5% from May 2010 but a year-on-year increase of approximately
4.8%, which indicates strengthening consumer sentiment and a positive outlook for the retail sector
in the U.S..
3,671
152
3,959
158
4,005
162
3,882
155
3,698
1463,480
137
0
3,200
3,400
3,600
3,800
4,000
4,200
2004 2005 2006 2007 20092008
(US
$ bi
llio
n)
0
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
(US
$ bi
llio
ns)
Retail sales Clothing stores sales
2004-2009 U.S. Retail sales & Clothing stores sales
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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The overall retail market and clothing retail market in the Canada
According to Statistics Canada, retail sales in Canada increased over the 4-year period from
approximately CAD347 billion in 2004 to approximately CAD413 billion in 2009. Clothing stores
sales also rose over the same period from approximately CAD15.3 billion in 2004 to approximately
CAD17.9 billion in 2009. According to the preliminary figures released by Statistics Canada, retail
sales in Canada was approximately CAD36.0 billion for May 2010, a slight decrease of approximately
0.2% from April 2010 but a year-on-year increase of approximately 5.2%, reflecting a positive outlook
for the Canadian retail sector.
347
15.3
2004
413
17.9
2009
426
18.4
2008
366
16.1
2005
389
17.2
2006
412
18.2
2007
320
340
360
380
400
420
(CA
D b
illi
on)
0
14
16
18
20
22
(CA
D b
illi
on)
2004-2009 Canada Retail sales & Clothing stores sales
Retail sales Clothing stores sales
0
Source: Statistics Canada
The overall retail market and clothing retail market in the U.K.
According to the U.K. Office for National Statistics, the retail sales index increased from 98.6 in
2004 to 110.9 in 2009 (2005 = 100), which indicates that retail sales have been on a general positive
upward trend over this 5-year period. According to the figures released by the Office for National
Statistics, total retail sales increased by approximately 0.7% in June 2010, a year-on-year increase of
approximately 1.3%, which reflects the positive outlook for the retail sector in the U.K..
110.9
46,882
111.0
46,079
98.6
42,339
100.0
43,532
103.8
44,491
107.9
45,597
92
94
96
98
100
102
104
106
108
110
112
0
42,000
44,000
46,000
48,000
(m
illi
on)
Retail Sales Index (At current prices) Total household consumption on clothing & footwear
2004-2009 U.K. Retail Sales Index and total householdconsumption on clothing & footwear
2004 200920082005 2006 20070
Source: Office for National Statistics
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The quarterly average expenditure on clothing of households in Mexico
According to the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI), or the National Institute
of Statistics and Geography in Mexico, the quarterly average expenditure per household on clothing
in Mexico fluctuated from 2000 to 2008. The quarterly average expenditure per household on clothing
increased from approximately MXN1,306 in 2000 to approximately MXN1,480 in 2006, before decreasing
to approximately MXN1,155 in 2008.
0
1,306 1,355 1,320
1,480
1,155
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
(MX
N)
Quarterly average expenditure per household on clothing in Mexico
2004-2008 Quarterly average expenditure per household on clothing in Mexico
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI)
The overall retail market and clothing retail market in Japan
According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, retail sales in Japan
fluctuated over the 5-year period from 2004 to 2009 as with its GDP. Sales of fabric, apparel and
accessories also moved in tandem over the same period. According to the figures released by Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, retail sales in Japan was approximately Japanese Yen
(“¥”)11,004 billion for June 2010, a year-on-year increase of approximately 3.2%, which indicates
the start of a positive upward trend for the Japanese retail sector.
2004-2009 Japan retail sales and sales of fabric, apparel & accessories
122,000
124,000
126,000
128,000
130,000
132,000
134,000
136,000
138,000
140,000
133,712
11,155
2004
135,055
11,123
2005
135,257
10,871
2006
135,081
10,629
2007
132,328
10,280
2009
135,477
10,467
2008
(¥ b
illi
on)
0
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
13,000
14,000
(¥ b
illi
on)
Retail sales Fabric, apparel & accessories sales
0
Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Yearbook of the Current Survey of
Commerce 2006 & 2008
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The booming retail industry in the PRC
The retail sales of consumer goods in the PRC had experienced rapid growth amid the PRC’s
strong economy, growing middle class and increasing affluence. These changing demographics have
coincided with the increase in disposable income per capita, suggesting that the consumption power
of consumers in the PRC has risen. Consumer spending, as measured by the total value of retail
sales of consumer goods, has grown from approximately RMB5,950 billion in 2004 to approximately
RMB12,534 billion in 2009, with a CAGR of approximately 16.1%.
2004-2009 Retail sales and growth rate in the PRC
0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
12,500
15,000
5,950
2004
6,718
2005
7,641
2006
8,921
2007
12,534
2009
10,849
2008
(RM
B b
illi
on)
Retail Sales Growth rate
13.3% 12.9% 13.7% 16.8% 15.5%21.6%
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Annual consumption expenditure on clothing of urban households
The annual consumption expenditure on clothing per urban household capita has grown from
approximately RMB687 in 2004 to approximately RMB1,166 in 2008, with a CAGR of approximately
14.1%, which suggests that an expanding target customer base is interested in apparel products. Besides,
the increasing size of the PRC’s middle class and growing affluence in the PRC overall have greatly
contributed to the increasing consumption. As the level of disposable income increases among these
people, their purchase decisions become increasingly less driven by price and functionality, but more
by brand image, product design and style.
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687801
902
1,042
1,166
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
2004
(RM
B)
Per urban household capita annual consumption on clothing
2004-2008 Per urban household capita annual consumptionexpenditure on clothing (RMB)
2008200720062005
Growth rate
11.9%7.7% 16.6% 12.7% 15.5%
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Key drivers of growth of the PRC retail market
Our Directors believe that the increase of disposable income among the people in the expanding middle class and the increased purchasing power of consumers in the PRC are the principal drivers of the increased consumption of lifestyle-enhancing products such as entertainment, leisure, technology and apparel. Consumers have become increasingly less concerned with price and functionality but instead more focused on the style and image of products.
The growing exports market in the PRC
Since becoming a member of the World Trade Organization in 2002, the PRC has benefited from freer trade and liberalisation from many trade restrictions on textile and apparel products. These liberalisations are expected to result in a gradual upward growth trend in exports from the PRC. According to National Bureau of Statistics of China and as shown in the chart below, total value of exports from the PRC grew from approximately RMB4,910 billion in 2004 to approximately RMB10,039 billion in 2008, representing a CAGR of approximately 19.6%. The upward trend of growth in exports looks set to continue with confidence rebounding and the strengthening of the global economy.
2004-2008 Total exports from the PRC
4,910
6,265
7,759
9,34610,039
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(RM
B b
illi
on)
Total exports
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
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In relatIon to our operatIons In the prc
ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A WHOLLY FOREIGN-OWNED ENTERPRISE
The establishment, operation and management of corporate entities in China is governed by the
Company Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國公司法) (the “Company Law”), which was promulgated
by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (全國人民代表大會常務委員會) on 29
December 1993 and became effective on 1 July 1994. It was subsequently amended on 25 December
1999, 28 August 2004 and 27 October 2005. The Company Law generally governs two types of
companies – limited liability companies and joint stock limited companies. The Company Law shall
also apply to foreign-invested companies. Where laws on foreign investment have other stipulations,
such stipulations shall apply.
The establishment procedures, verification and approval procedures, registered capital
requirement, foreign exchange restriction, accounting practices, taxation and labour matters of a wholly
foreign-owned enterprise are governed by the Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國外資企業法) (the “Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise Law”), which was promulgated
on 12 April 1986 and amended on 31 October 2000, and Implementation Regulation under the Wholly
Foreign-owned Enterprise Law, which was promulgated on 12 December 1990 and amended on 12
April 2001.
Investment in the PRC conducted by foreign investors and foreign-owned enterprises shall
comply with the Guidance Catalogue of Industries for Foreign Investment (外商投資產業指導目錄)
(the “Catalogue”), which was amended and promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce (商務部) and
the National Development and Reform Commission (國家發展和改革委員會) on 31 October 2007. The
Catalogue, as amended, became effective on 1 December 2007 and contains specific provisions guiding
market access of foreign capital, stipulating in detail the areas of entry pertaining to the categories of
encouraged foreign-invested industries, restricted foreign-invested industries and prohibited foreign
investment. Any industry not listed in the Catalogue is a permitted industry.
PRC REGULATIONS ON FOREIGN INVESTORS INVESTING IN COMMERCIAL SECTORS
Pursuant to the Provisions for Management of Foreign-invested Business Domains (外商投資商業領域管理辦法) which was issued by the Ministry of Commerce on 16 April 2004 and took
effect on 1 June 2004, wholesale means the sales of products and related services to retailers and
industrial, commercial and institutional customers or other wholesalers; retail means the sales of
goods for individual or group consumption or related services at fixed location or through television,
telephone, post, the internet and auto vending machines. Pursuant to the above provisions, foreign
investors who wish to engage in wholesale and retail operating activities in the PRC could establish
foreign-invested commercial enterprises.
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Pursuant to the Notice of the Ministry of Commerce on Matters Relating to Additions to
Distribution Business Scope of Foreign Invested Non-commercial Enterprises (關於外商投資非商業企業增加分銷經營範圍有關問題的通知) which was issued by the Ministry of Commerce on 2 April 2005
and took effect on the same day, foreign-invested non-commercial enterprises who wish to engage in
wholesale and retail operating activities should apply for the additions to distribution business scope,
report to the authority according to the related legal procedures of the extended business scope of the
enterprise and apply for approval certificate for foreign-invested enterprises. The foreign-invested
non-commercial enterprises should clearly detail their distribution methods (wholesale, retail and
commission agent) for the additions to distribution business scope and submit their list of products
upon application.
TAXATION
Income tax
Prior to 1 January 2008, income tax payable by foreign-invested enterprises in the PRC was
governed by the Foreign-invested Enterprise and Foreign Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國外商投資企業和外國企業所得稅法) (the “FIE Tax Law”) which was promulgated on 9
April 1991 and became effective on 1 July 1991 and the related implementation rules. Pursuant to the
FIE Tax Law, a foreign-invested enterprise was subject to a national income tax at the rate of 30%
and a local income tax at the rate of 3% unless a lower rate was provided by law or administrative
regulations. The income tax on foreign-invested enterprises established in Special Economic Zones,
foreign enterprises which have establishments or places in Special Economic Zones engaged in
production or business operations, and on foreign-invested enterprises of a production nature in
Economic and Technological Development Zones, was levied at the reduced rate of 15%. The income
tax on foreign-invested enterprises of a production nature established in coastal economic open
zones or in the old urban districts of cities where the Special Economic Zones or the Economic and
Technological Development Zones are located, was levied at the reduced rate of 24%. Any foreign-
invested enterprise of a production nature scheduled to operate for a period of not less than ten years
was exempt from income tax for two years commencing from the first profit-making year (after
offsetting all tax losses carried forward from previous years) and allowed a fifty percent reduction
in the following three consecutive years.
According to the newly promulgated Corporate Income Tax Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國企業所得稅法) (the “New Tax Law”), which was promulgated on 16 March 2007, the income tax for
both domestic and foreign-invested enterprises will be at the same rate of 25% effective from 1 January
2008. However, there will be a transition period for enterprises that previously receive preferential
tax treatments under the FIE Tax Law. Foreign-invested enterprises that are subject to an enterprise
income rate lower than 25% may continue to enjoy the lower rate and gradually transit to the new tax
rate after the effective date of the New Tax Law. Foreign-invested enterprises that enjoy a tax rate of
24% will have their tax rate increased to 25% in 2008. Foreign-invested enterprises which enjoy a fixed
period of exemptions or reductions under the existing applicable rules and regulations may continue
to enjoy such treatment until the expiry of such prescribed period, and for those enterprises whose
preferential tax treatment has not commenced due to lack of profit, such preferential tax treatment
will commence from the effective date of the New Tax Law.
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Withholding tax on dividend distribution
Before the promulgation of the New Tax Law, the principal regulations governing distribution
of dividends paid by wholly foreign-owned enterprises include the FIE Tax Law, together with its
implementation rules.
Under these regulations, wholly foreign-owned enterprises in China may only pay dividends
from accumulated after-tax profit, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards
and regulations. Dividends paid to its foreign investors are exempt from withholding tax. However,
this provision has been revoked by the New Tax Law. The New Tax Law prescribes a standard
withholding tax rate of 20% on dividends and other China-sourced passive income of non-resident
enterprises. However, the Implementation Rules reduced the rate from 20% to 10%, effective from
1 January 2008.
According to the Arrangement between the Mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to
Taxes on Income (內地和香港特別行政區關於對所得避免雙重徵稅和防止偷漏稅的安排) which became
effective on 1 January 2007, the withholding tax rate for dividends paid by a PRC resident enterprise
to a Hong Kong resident enterprise is 5%, if the Hong Kong enterprise owns at least 25% of the PRC
enterprise. According to the Notice of the State Administration of Taxation on the Issues relating
to the Administration of the Dividend Provision in Tax Treaties (國家稅務總局關於執行稅收協定股息條款有關問題的通知) promulgated on 20 February 2009, the corporate recipients of dividends
distributed by Chinese enterprises must satisfy the direct ownership thresholds at all times during the
12 consecutive months preceding the receipt of the dividends.
Value added tax
Pursuant to the Provisional Regulations of the PRC Concerning Value Added Tax (“中華人民共和國增值稅暫行條例”) (the “VAT Regulations”) promulgated by the State Council which was
subsequently amended and took effect on 1 January 2009 and its implementation rules, all entities
or individuals in the PRC engaged in the sale of goods, the supply of processing services, repairs
and replacement services, and the importation of goods are required to pay value-added tax (“VAT”).
VAT payable is calculated as “output VAT” minus “input VAT”. The rate of VAT is 17% or in certain
limited circumstances, 13%, depending on the product type.
Business tax
Pursuant to the Provisional Regulations of the PRC Concerning Business Tax (“中華人民共和國營業稅暫行條例”) promulgated by the State Council which was subsequently amended and took
effect on 1 January 2009 and its Implementation Rules, business that provide services including
entertainment business, assign intangible assets or sell immovable property became liable to business
tax at a rate ranging from 3% to 20% of the charges of the services provided, intangible assets assigned
or immovable property sold, as the case may be.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
According to the Environmental Protection Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國環境保護法) (the
“Environmental Protection Law”), promulgated and became effective on 26 December 1989:
• any entity that discharges pollutants must establish environmental protection rules and
adopt effective measures to control or properly treat waste gas, waste water, waste residues,
dust, malodorous gases, radioactive substances, noise, vibration and electromagnetic
radiation and other hazards it produces;
• any entity that discharges pollutants must report to and register with the relevant
environmental protection authorities; and
• any entity that discharges pollutants in excess of the prescribed national or local standards
must pay a fee therefore.
Violation of the Environmental Protection Law may result in fines, suspension of operation,
closedown or even criminal liabilities.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE
The principal regulations governing foreign currency exchange in China is the Foreign
Exchange Administration Rules of the PRC (中華人民共和國外匯管理條例) (the “Foreign Exchange Administration Rules”), which was promulgated by the State Council on 29 January 1996, became
effective on 1 April 1996 and was subsequently amended on 14 January 1997 and 1 August 2008.
Under these rules, RMB is freely convertible for payments of current account items, such as trade
and service-related foreign exchange transactions and dividend payments, but not freely convertible
for capital account items, such as direct investment, loan or investment in securities outside China
unless prior approval of SAFE is obtained.
Under the Foreign Exchange Administration Rules, foreign-invested enterprises in the PRC may
purchase foreign exchange without the approval of SAFE for paying dividends by providing certain
supporting documents (such as board resolutions, tax certificates), or for trade and services-related
foreign exchange transactions by providing commercial documents evidencing such transactions. They
are also allowed to retain their recurrent exchange earnings according to their needs of operation and
the sums retained may be deposited into foreign exchange bank accounts maintained with the designated
banks in the PRC. In addition, foreign exchange transactions involving overseas direct investment
or investment and exchange in securities, derivative products abroad are subject to registration with
SAFE and approval from or filing with the relevant PRC government authorities (if necessary).
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PRODUCT QUALITY
The principal legal provisions governing product liability are set out in the Product Quality
Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國產品質量法) (the “Product Quality Law”), which was promulgated
on 22 February 1993 and amended on 8 July 2000.
The Product Quality Law is applicable to the production and sale of any product within the PRC,
and producers and sellers shall be liable for any failure of their products to meet quality standards
in accordance with the Product Quality Law.
Violations of the Product Quality Law may result in the imposition of fines. In addition, the
seller or producer will be ordered to suspend its operations and its business licence will be revoked.
Criminal liability may be incurred in serious cases. According to the Product Quality Law, consumers
or other victims who suffer injury or property losses due to product defects may demand compensation
from the producer as well as the seller. Where the responsibility lies with the producer, the seller
shall, after settling compensation, have the right to recover such compensation from the producer,
and vice versa.
In relatIon to our operatIons In IndonesIa
ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISE
The establishment, operation and management of corporate entities in Indonesia is governed by
the Law No. 40 Year 2007 regarding Limited Liability Company (the “Indonesian Company Law”),
which was promulgated on 16 August 2007 and took effect on the same day. The Indonesian Company
Law requires establishment of limited liability company must be conducted by at least two parties.
In addition, there is also obligation of registration subjected to Indonesian entity as provided
under the Law No. 3 Year 1982 regarding Mandatory Company Registry (the “Indonesian Company Registration Law”), which was promulgated on 1 February 1982 and took effect on the same day.
The Indonesian Company Registration Law obliges any Indonesian entity to conduct registration in
the Company registration office under the Department of Trade upon any change made to its articles
of association.
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
The ownership of limited liability company in Indonesia is subject to the Law No. 25 Year
2007 regarding Capital Investment (the “Indonesian Investment Law”), which was promulgated
on 26 April 2007 and took effect on the same day. The Indonesian Investment Law provides direct
investment in Indonesia by establishing foreign invested company. Moreover, foreign investor who
wishes to engage in direct investment in Indonesia shall be by means of capital participation in a
limited liability company. Moreover, the Indonesian Investment Law provides that save for which are
listed as the closed and open with condition, all business fields shall be open for foreign investment
in 100% ownership.
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Reference for the list of business field is currently provided under the Presidential Rule No.
36 Year 2010 regarding List of Business Fields which are Closed and Open with Requirements for
Investment (the “Negative List of Investment”), which was promulgated by the President of Republic
of Indonesia on 25 May 2010 and took effect on the same day. Garment manufacturers are not listed on
the Negative List of Investment which consequently entitles foreign investor to hold 100% ownership
in respective business.
TAXATION
The provision on tax is governed under the Law No. 7 Year 1983 regarding Income Tax, which
was promulgated on 31 December 1983 and became effective on 1 December 1984. It has been amended
subsequently on 30 December 1991, 9 November 1994, 2 August 2000 and 23 September 2008. The
last amendment is made by the Law No. 36 Year 2008 and became effective on 1 January 2009.
In general, the Indonesian Tax Law provides that an individual is considered to be a non-resident
of Indonesia if the individual does not reside in Indonesia or does not stay in Indonesia for more than
183 days within a twelve-month period. A company will be considered as a non-resident of Indonesia if
the Company is not established or domiciled in Indonesia. In determining the residency and tax status
of an individual or corporation, consideration will also be given to the provision of any applicable
double tax treaty which Indonesia has concluded with other countries. In this section, both a non-
resident individual and a non-resident company will be referred to as “non-resident taxpayers”.
Subject to the provisions of any applicable agreement for the avoidance of double taxation,
non-resident taxpayers, namely individuals or corporations not domiciled or established in Indonesia,
which derive income sourced in Indonesia from, among other things, the sale or transfer of assets
situated in Indonesia, interest (including any payment in the nature of interest), royalty and dividends,
are subject to a final withholding tax on that income at the rate of 20.0%, as long as the income is not
effectively connected with a permanent establishment of such individuals or corporations in Indonesia.
If the income is effectively connected with a permanent establishment in Indonesia, the income is
subject to branch profit tax of 20.0% imposed on the net profit after being deducted with income tax
applicable for permanent establishment (the income tax rate 25.0% starting from 2010 onwards). With
regard to asset sales or transfer, income tax is imposed on the estimated net income.
VAT
Withholding of VAT is mainly governed under the Law No. 8 Year 1984 regarding VAT and
Sales Tax on Luxury Goods (the “Indonesian VAT Law”), which was promulgated on 31 December
1983 and became effective on 1 July 1984. It has been amended subsequently on 27 October 1984, 9
November 1994, 2 August 2000, and 15 October 2009. The Indonesian VAT Law subjects all entities
in Indonesia to pay 10% upon any engagement in delivery, utilisation and exportation of goods and
services in Indonesia.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
According to the Law No. 32 Year 2009 regarding Environmental Protection and Management
(the “Indonesian Environmental Law”), promulgated and became effective on 3 October 2009:
• Any entity may discharge waste to environment media, provided that it:
– Meets the environmental standard quality; and
– Obtains approval from the authority.
• Any entity that pollutes and/or damages the environment must conduct management by
means of:
– Providing the society with information on pollution and/or damage;
– Isolation of environmental pollution and/or damage;
– Termination of source to environmental pollution and/or damage;
– Other applicable methods.
• Any entity that pollutes and/or damage the environment must conduct environment
recovery;
• Any entity that produces, transports, distributes, stores, uses, discharges, produces, and/or
stacks the hazardous and toxic materials must conduct management of hazardous and
toxic materials.
• Any entity is prohibited to conduct dumping of waste and/or other materials to environment
media without any permission from the authority.
• Any entity that undertakes any business and/or activity is obligated to:
– Provide relevant information on environment protection and management in true,
accurate, open and due;
– Maintain the environmental sustainability; and
– Comply with environment standard quality and/or environment standard criteria.
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• Any entity is prohibited to:
– Conduct any action that may cause environmental pollution and/or damage;
– Put in the hazardous and toxic materials which is prohibited under the prevailing
laws and regulations (i.e., DDT, PCBs, and dieldrin);
– Put in the waste which originated from overseas to the territory of Indonesian;
– Put in the hazardous and toxic materials to the territory of Indonesia;
– Discharge waste to environmental media;
– Discharge the hazardous and toxic materials and its waste to environmental
media;
– Discharge genetic work into the environment which against the law regulations or
environmental license;
– Undertake land clearing with fire;
– Arrange environmental impact assessment without any required certification; and
– Provide false and misleading information, dismiss information, sabotage the
information, or provide untruth explanation.
Violation of the Indonesian Environmental Law may results in suspension of operation, liability
on damage recovery or even criminal liabilities in a form of fine or imprisonment.
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FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE
According to the Law No. 24 Year 1999 regarding Foreign Exchange Trading and System,
promulgated and became effective on 17 May 1999 (the “Indonesian Foreign Exchange Law”), any
entity that conducts foreign currency exchange trading shall report to Bank Indonesia (“BI”).
More specifically, the report obligation is provided under the BI Regulation No. 4/2/PBI/2002
regarding Supervisory on Foreign Exchange Trading (the “BI Regulation No. 4/2002”), which was
promulgated 28 March 2002 and became effective on 1 June 2002. It has been amended by the BI
Regulation No. 5/1/PBI/2003, which was promulgated and became effective on 31 January 2003.
Under the BI Regulation No. 4/2002, any entity that conducts foreign exchange trading shall be
subject to submit report consisting details and data regarding foreign exchange trading it conducts to
BI in complete, accurate and due.
The report obligation is only subject to transaction which is not carried out through bank or
non-bank finance institution in Indonesia. There shall be no different treatment on report obligation
whether the entity is foreign-invested enterprise or local. The obligation shall be subject to any
entity which owns the total asset or sales turnover in amount of or equal to IDR 100,000,000,000
(approximately HK$[•••]). The entity is obligated to submit report on the transaction that affects asset
and obligation towards any party outside Indonesia. They are also obliged to submit current position
of its asset and/or obligation on the end of its reporting period.
Failing to comply with report obligation may result in fine, suspension of operation or even
criminal liabilities.
IN RELATION TO OUR OPERATIONS IN OTHER PLACES
During the Track Record Period, our revenue was mainly generated from the U.S., Canada, the
U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC and more than half of our total revenue for each year during the
Track Record Period was generated from our customers in the U.S.. The products sourced by us for
our customers are subject to anti-dumping actions, however, during the Track Record Period, none of
the products sourced by our Group had been subject to any anti-dumping investigations nor measures.
So far as our Directors are aware, there were about 35 anti-dumping investigations on textiles and
clothing products (of which category the products we source for our customers, being apparel products,
belong) in 2008 and none of them related to apparel products. As far as our Directors understand,
anti-dumping measures could be applied by a member country of the World Trade Organisation when
imports of a product is said to be at an export price below its normal value (measured against the price
of the product in the domestic market of the exporting country) and if such “dumped import” causes
injury to a domestic industry in the importing country. Our Directors believe that the export price of
the products sourced by us for our customers are at market price of such products in their country of
manufacture, therefore, the risk of such products being categorised as “dumped import” should not
be high. Besides, our Directors also believe that the garment manufacturing industry in the U.S. and
the E.U. is not as flourishing as in the past, it is also less likely that the importing garment products
could be viewed as causing injury to their domestic industry. Accordingly, our Directors are of the
view that the chance of the products sourced by us for our customers are subject to anti-dumping
investigations or measures is very low.
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OUR CORPORATE HISTORY
FG International
Our history began when Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun, our senior management staff, joined
FG International in 1998 and the garment trading business of FG International started to expand. Prior
to the joining of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun, FG International was engaged in general trading
business. The issued share capital of FG International at that time was HK$2,000,000 divided into
2,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each and all the shares were owned by Independent Third Parties.
On 18 March 1999, the issued share capital of FG International was increased to HK$5,000,000
divided into 5,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each.
The garment trading business of FG International had grown substantially since 1998. In
appreciation of Mr. Choi’s contribution to the business development of FG International, on 16 March
2001, the then shareholders of FG International transferred to Mr. Choi 3,000,000 shares of FG
International, representing 60% of the then entire issued capital of FG International, at an aggregate
consideration of HK$100,000, as bonus shares for Mr. Choi’s contribution to FG International.
As a vertical integration of the VC Group to expand its fabric manufacturing and garment
business, on 1 April 2001, VC Holdings acquired 11% interest in FG International from Mr. Choi at a
consideration of approximately HK$1.8 million and acquired 40% interest in FG International from one
of its then shareholders at a consideration of approximately HK$6.5 million, such consideration was
determined with reference to the then net asset value and the value of goodwill of FG International.
After the acquisition, FG International became an indirect 51% owned subsidiary of VC while the
remaining 49% interest in FG International was owned by Mr. Choi.
Mr. Choi was appointed as a director of FG International on 28 February 2001 and Mr. Li and
Mr. Chen were appointed as directors of FG International on 1 April 2001.
After the acquisition by the VC Group, FG International gradually developed its business into
garment sourcing management. In the meantime, FG International continued to expand its business
with existing customers and develop new customers.
On 1 June 2002, Mr. Choi transferred all of his 2,450,000 shares in FG International to FG
Holdings at a consideration of HK$2,450,000 and VC Holdings transferred its 2,549,999 shares in
FG International to FG Holdings and one share to Mr. Li (who held such one share on trust for FG
Holdings) at an aggregated consideration of HK$2,550,000. Since then, FG Holdings has become the
holding company of FG International.
Jiangmen Factory
The principal business of Jiangmen Factory is manufacturing and sale of apparel products and it
was established by an Independent Third Party in the PRC on 31 May 2000 with an initial registered
capital of HK$50,000,000 and an initial total investment of HK$100,000,000. The initial registered
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capital of Jiangmen Factory of HK$50,000,000 was required to be fully paid up within two years
from its establishment. However, the Independent Third Party was unable to fulfill its obligation to
inject capital into Jiangmen Factory within the required time frame.
On 11 October 2005, Rocwide Limited, the then wholly-owned subsidiary of VC, entered into
an equity transfer agreement with the Independent Third Party holding 100% interest in Jiangmen
Factory and acquired from it 60% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory at nil consideration. By the same
agreement, Mr. Lau Fat Chuen, our senior management staff, acquired the remaining 40% interest in
Jiangmen Factory at nil consideration. The Independent Third Party was willing to transfer its equity
interests in Jiangmen Factory to each of Rocwide Limited and Mr. Lau Fat Chuen at nil consideration
because prior to the disposal of its interests in Jiangmen Factory, it had only injected approximately
HK$7.9 million into Jiangmen Factory and it was not able to fulfill its obligation to inject further
capital into Jiangmen Factory as required. Additionally, Jiangmen Factory had been operating at a loss
before Rocwide Limited and Mr. Lau Fat Chuen acquired their respective 60% and 40% interests in
it. The approval of both transfers was obtained on 4 January 2006. The VC Group acquired the 60%
interest in Jiangmen Factory to enhance its manufacturing capabilities.
On 4 January 2006, Jiangmen Factory reduced its registered capital and total investment
to HK$30,000,000 and HK$60,000,000, respectively. Such reduction was made after taking into
account the capital requirement of Jiangmen Factory. Subsequent to the equity transfer in October
2005 abovementioned, Rocwide Limited and Mr. Lau Fat Chuen contributed to the then outstanding
registered capital of Jiangmen Factory amounted to approximately HK$22,000,000.
On 18 May 2009, Mr. Lau Fat Chuen entered into individual equity transfer agreement with
each of the five individuals pursuant to which Mr. Lau Fat Chuen agreed to transfer 8% interest in
Jiangmen Factory to each of these five individuals at an aggregate consideration of HK$12,000,000.
The considerations were arrived at based on normal commercial terms after arm’s length negotiations
between the parties with reference to [the then net asset value of Jiangmen Factory]. Approval for
such transfer was obtained on 16 June 2009. Following completion of such transfer, Jiangmen Factory
was owned as to 60% by Rocwide Limited and 8% by each of the five individuals.
On 29 June 2009 and 6 July 2009, FG Holdings entered into individual equity transfer agreements
with each of the then five shareholders holding 40% interest in Jiangmen Factory and acquired from
them 40% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory at an aggregate consideration of HK$12,000,000. The
considerations were arrived at based on normal commercial terms after arm’s length negotiations between
the parties with reference to the then net asset value of Jiangmen Factory at completion date. Approval
for such transfer was obtained on 25 August 2009 and registration for the change of shareholders of
Jiangmen Factory was completed on 19 November 2009. Following completion of the acquisition,
Jiangmen Factory was owned as to 40% by FG Holdings and 60% by Rocwide Limited.
On 25 February 2010, FG Holdings and V-Apparel International Limited, an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of VC, entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the “Rocwide Agreement”),
pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired the entire issued share capital of Rocwide Limited and the
outstanding amount of loan made by or on behalf of V-Apparel International Limited to Rocwide Limited
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at a consideration of HK$48 million. Such consideration was arrived at based on normal commercial
terms after arm’s length negotiations between the parties with reference to unaudited consolidated net
asset value of Rocwide Limited of approximately HK$12,774,000 as at 30 September 2009 and the
amount of the loan made by or on behalf of V-Apparel International Limited to Rocwide Limited as
at the date of the Rocwide Agreement. Rocwide Limited owned 60% of Jiangmen Factory as at the
date of the Rocwide Agreement. Following completion of the Rocwide Agreement on 7 April 2010,
Jiangmen Factory became our wholly-owned subsidiary.
In preparing the financial information, our Group has adopted the principle of merger accounting
for business combination involving entities under common control. Accordingly, Jiangmen Factory
has been accounted for as a 60% subsidiary during the Track Record Period until 18 November 2009
and as a wholly-owned subsidiary thereafter.
CSG Apparel Inc.
On 11 January 2001, CSG Apparel Inc. was incorporated in Canada to function as FG
International’s overseas representative in Canada to serve our customers in Canada. CSG Apparel
Inc. was authorised to issue an unlimited number of common shares, and of which one common share
was issued to the then shareholder of FG International, an Independent Third Party. The one common
share was later transferred to FG International on 1 April 2001 following the acquisition of interest
in FG International by the VC Group.
FG Holdings
FG Holdings was incorporated in the BVI on 28 May 2002 to act as the holding company of our
then Group. It has an authorised share capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00
each, of which 49 shares were issued to Merlotte and 51 shares were issued to VC Investments. FG
Holdings was owned as to 49% by Merlotte and as to 51% by VC Investments, respectively, since
its incorporation and before the Reorganisation. The entire issued share capital of FG Holdings was
transferred to the Company in the Reorganisation, details of which are set out in the section headed
“Reorganisation” in this document.
Top Star Limited
On 8 November 2002, Top Star Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong with an authorised share
capital of HK$10,000 divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each, of which one share was issued to
Company Kit Registrations Limited, which was later transferred to FG Holdings on 18 November 2002
and one share was issued to Company Kit Secretarial Services Limited, which was later transferred to
Mr. Li on 18 November 2002, who held such one share on trust for FG Holdings. Since 18 November
2002 and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Top Star Limited had been an investment holding company
and had been beneficially wholly-owned by FG Holdings (with one share owned by FG Holdings and
one share held by Mr. Li on trust for FG Holdings).
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Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
On 18 November 2002, Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited was incorporated in
Macau to provide quality inspection services to our customers. Its registered capital was Macau Pataca
(MOP) 100,000, all of which was issued to, and paid up by FG Holdings. Since its incorporation
and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited had been
wholly-owned by FG Holdings.
Glory Time Limited
On 3 May 2004, Glory Time Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong to engage in garment
trading business. It has an authorised share capital of HK$10,000 divided into 10,000 shares of
HK$1.00 each, of which one share was issued to Gold Regal Development Limited, which was later
transferred to FG Holdings on 30 June 2004. On the same day, 69 shares of Glory Time Limited were
issued to FG Holdings and 30 shares were issued to Doncan Limited, which is a nominee company
whose beneficiary is Mr. Yiu Kit Kee, the cousin of Mr. Choi and an employee of our Group. Since
30 June 2004 and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Glory Time Limited had been owned as to 70%
by FG Holdings and as to 30% by Doncan Limited.
Surefaith Limited
On 26 April 2005, Surefaith Limited was incorporated in the BVI with an authorised share
capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00 each, among which 10 shares were issued
to FG Holdings. Since its incorporation and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Surefaith Limited had
been wholly-owned by FG Holdings. Surefaith Limited had been the holding company of PT. Victory
Apparel Semarang up to the Latest Practicable Date.
Wealth Choice Limited
On 26 April 2005, Wealth Choice Limited was incorporated in the BVI with an authorised share
capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00 each, of which 10 shares were issued to
FG Holdings. Since its incorporation and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Wealth Choice Limited
had been wholly-owned by FG Holdings. Wealth Choice Limited had been the holding company of
Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited up to the Latest Practicable Date.
Top Value Inc.
On 27 May 2005, Top Value Inc. was incorporated under the laws of New York, the U.S.. It
was authorised to issue 200 common shares without par value, of which 200 shares were issued to
FG Holdings. Since its incorporation and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Top Value Inc. had been
wholly-owned by FG Holdings and it provided importing services arrangement and other customer
support and marketing services for our customers in the U.S..
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Rocwide Limited
On 6 June 2005, Rocwide Limited was incorporated in the BVI with an authorised share capital
of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00 each, among which 10 shares were issued to
V-Apparel International Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VC. Following completion of the
Rocwide Agreement (details of which were set out in the paragraph headed “Jiangmen Factory” in
this section above) and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Rocwide Limited had been directly wholly-
owned by FG Holdings.
PT. Victory Apparel Semarang
On 26 September 2005, PT. Victory Apparel Semarang was established in Indonesia with a
basic capital of IDR 3,135,000,000 (equivalent to US$300,000) divided into 300,000 preferred shares
of IDR. 10,450 (equivalent to US$1.00) each, of which one share was issued to Mr. Li, who held the
one share on trust for Surefaith Limited, and 299,999 shares were issued to Surefaith Limited. PT.
Victory Apparel Semarang is principally engaged in manufacturing of garment products and operates
our Indonesian Factory. Since its incorporation and up to the Latest Practicable Date, PT. Victory
Apparel Semarang had been beneficially indirectly wholly-owned by FG Holdings.
Mayer
On 4 January 2006, Happy Lane Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong with an authorised
issued share capital of HK$10,000 divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each, of which one share
was issued to Gold Regal Development Limited. On 6 March 2006, Gold Regal Development Limited
transferred the one share in Happy Lane Limited to FG Holdings at a consideration of HK$1. On the
same date, 50 shares were issued to FG Holdings and 49 shares were issued to Mr. Lau. On 15 March
2006, Happy Lane Limited changed its name to Mayer. Mayer was principally engaging in garment
trading business. Since 6 March 2006 and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Mayer had been owned
as to 51% by FG Holdings and 49% by Mr. Lau.
FG Shanghai
On 7 February 2006, FG Shanghai was established in the PRC with a registered capital of
RMB1,000,000 and a total investment of RMB1,428,000, respectively, and the entire interest of it
was held by FG International. The registered business scope of FG Shanghai included the import
and export of garment products and other related business support and consultation services. The
Certificate of Approval for Establishment of Enterprises with Foreign Investment in the PRC (the
“Certificate of Approval”) and the business licence were granted to FG Shanghai on 17 January 2006
and 7 February 2006 respectively. As at 19 April 2006, the paid-up capital of FG Shanghai amounted
to RMB1,000,000. All such capital was contributed by FG International.
The scope of business of FG Shanghai was extended to cover import and export, wholesale
and commissioned agency of general merchandise and jewellery (rough diamond and cut diamond
excluded). Approval for such extension of scope of business was obtained on 30 April 2008 from the
relevant PRC governmental authority and the relevant Certificate of Approval and business licence
were granted to FG Shanghai on 22 May 2008 and 23 June 2008 respectively.
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福之源貿易(上海)有限公司深圳分公司, the branch company of FG Shanghai, was established
in the PRC on 14 January 2008. The registered business scope of this branch company included
wholesale and commissioned agency of garment (apparel) and its raw and supplementary material
and other related business support and consultation services. This branch company remained dormant
since its incorporation.
Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited
Wealth Choice Limited acquired the entire interest in Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing
Company Limited on 6 September 2006. Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited
has an authorised share capital of Jordan Dinar 50,000 and all of which were issued and owned by
Wealth Choice Limited since 6 September 2006 up to the Latest Practicable Date.
Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited operates our Jordan Factory which
serves as the manufacturing arm of our Group in Jordan until [2008] when we decided to re-deploy
our resources and concentrate our manufacturing functions in the PRC Factory and the Indonesian
Factory. Except for leasing the Jordan Factory to an Independent Third Party, Victory Apparel (Jordan)
Manufacturing Company Limited did not carry on any business operations.
Gojifashion Inc.
On 5 October 2006, Gojifashion Inc. was incorporated in Canada and it was authorised to issue
an unlimited number of class “A” common shares and class “B” common shares without nominal or par
value and unlimited number of preferred “A”, preferred “B”, preferred “C” and preferred “D” shares
without nominal or par value, of which 100 class “A” common shares were issued to 4352785 Canada
Inc., an Independent Third Party and 100 class “A” common shares were issued to FG Holdings. Since
its incorporation and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Gojifashion Inc., a jointly controlled entity,
had been owned as to 50% by 4352785 Canada Inc. and 50% by FG Holdings. Gojifashion Inc. was
incorporated to engage in the business of creation, development and sale of knitwear and sportswear
in Canada and the U.S. and it has remained dormant since 2008.
Brilliant Fashion Inc.
On 25 August 2009, Brilliant Fashion Inc. was incorporated under the laws of New York, the
U.S. intended for the purpose of providing importing services arrangement and other customer support
and marketing services to our customers there. It was authorised to issue 100 common shares without
par value, of which 100 shares were issued and allotted to FG Holdings. Since its incorporation and
up to the Latest Practicable Date, Brilliant Fashion Inc. had been wholly-owned by FG Holdings.
FG Shenzhen
On 15 December 2009, FG Shenzhen was established in the PRC with a registered capital of
HK$3,000,000 and a total investment of HK$4,250,000, respectively, and the entire interest of it was
held by FG International. It was established to provide business supporting services to our Group.
The principal business activities of FG Shenzhen included quality control and quality management
services, supply chain management information service, logistic consultation and marketing planning.
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The Certificate of Approval and the business licence was granted to FG Shenzhen on 10 December
2009 and 15 December 2009 respectively. As at 22 January 2010, the paid-up capital of FG Shenzhen
amounted to HK$1,000,000. All such capital was contributed by FG International. The remaining
registered capital of HK$2,000,000 is required to be paid up by 15 December 2011.
福源創業信息諮詢服務(深圳)有限公司分公司, the branch company of FG Shenzhen, was
established in the PRC on 26 February 2010. The principal business activities of this branch company
included commodity information consultation, quality control and management services, supply chain
management information services, logistics consultation and sales and marketing planning.
Happy Noble Holdings Limited
Happy Noble Holdings Limited was incorporated in the BVI on 15 July 2010 with an authorised
share capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00 each, among which 70 shares were
issued to FG Holdings. Since its incorporation and up to the Latest Practicable Date, Happy Noble
Holdings Limited had been wholly-owned by FG Holdings. Happy Noble Holdings Limited had been
the holding company of Sky Winner Investment Limited up to the Latest Practicable Date.
Sky Winner Investment Limited
On 11 February 2010, Sky Winner Investment Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong with
an authorised share capital of HK$10,000.00 divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each. On 11
February 2010, one share was allotted to Acota Services Limited and such share was transferred to
an Independent Third Party. On 16 March 2010, 99 shares in Sky Winner Investment Limited were
allotted and issued to four Independent Third Parties, together with the aforesaid one share, Sky
Winner Investment Limited was owned by such four Independent Third Parties as to 50%, 17%, 17%
and 16% respectively. On 24 August 2010, such four Independent Third Parties transferred their entire
interests in Sky Winner Investment Limited to Happy Noble Holdings Limited at a consideration of
HK$100. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Sky Winner Investment Limited was wholly-owned by
Happy Noble Holdings Limited. It is intended that Sky Winner Investment Limited will acquire the
business assets and operate the “teelocker” business, please refer to the paragraph headed “Retail
market expansion” in the section headed “Business” in this document.
Our Company
Our Company was incorporated on 3 March 2010 in Bermuda as an exempted company with
limited liability. Details of the Reorganisation are set out in the section headed “Reorganisation” in
this document.
For charts illustrating the shareholding structure of our Group (i) immediately prior to the
Reorganisation; and (ii) after the Reorganisation, please refer to the section headed “Reorganisation”
in this document.
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OUR BUSINESS HISTORY
In 1996, FG International was set up by its then shareholder as a general trading company. After
the joining of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun in 1998, the garment trading business of FG International
started to expand. At that time, we were a garment trading company without our own manufacturing
facilities and we relied on garment factories in the PRC and Hong Kong to manufacture the garment
products required. We sold garment products to importers in the U.S., and to department stores in the
U.S. and in Canada. Revenue was mainly generated from customers in the U.S. and Canada, while the
remaining revenue was contributed by customers in other countries including the U.K. and Mexico.
To obtain the benefit of cheaper labour costs and more favourable quota treatment, we started
to diversify our garment sourcing bases from the PRC and Hong Kong to other places including
Cambodia in 1999.
In January 2001, CSG Apparel Inc. was incorporated in Canada to function as FG International’s
overseas representative in Canada to serve our customers in Canada.
The promising business prospect of FG International had attracted the VC Group, which intended
to expand its garment and fabric business by vertical integration. After the acquisition of 51% interest
in FG International in April 2001 by the VC Group, the VC Group provided strong support to us in
our development in terms of financial resources, fabric supply and business supporting.
With the fabric manufacturing capabilities of the VC Group, we expanded our businesses to
provide garment sourcing management services to our customers and we continued to expand our
customer base. During the two financial years ended 31 March 2007, our customer base expanded
to include two companies, which belong to two groups of companies and a member of each of such
group owns famous garment brands.
In 2007, we started to provide importing services arrangement for our customers through our
subsidiary established in the U.S., Top Value Inc. Under such arrangement, products required by our
customers are delivered “door-to-door” from our facilities to our customers’ desired location at the
aggregate cost of production, transportation, appropriate customs duties and taxes. Such importing
services arrangement is used by our U.S. customers.
We were equipped with manufacturing capacity when the VC Group acquired 60% equity
interest in Jiangmen Factory in January 2006. We also established our own garment manufacturing
facilities in 2005 in Indonesia. In December 2005, we established PT. Victory Apparel Semarang
in Indonesia to carry on the business of garment manufacturing. We further expanded our garment
manufacturing facilities to Jordan in 2006 when we acquired the entire interest of Victory Apparel
(Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited. In [2008], we decided to re-deploy our resources and
concentrate our manufacturing functions in the PRC Factory and the Indonesian Factory and we
ceased our manufacturing activities in Jordan. Since then, Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing
Company Limited did not carry on any business operations except for leasing the Jordan Factory to
an Independent Third Party.
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In 2006, we established Gojifashion Inc. in Canada to engage in the business of creation,
development and sale of knitwear and sportswear in Canada and the U.S..
Other than sourcing of garment products, we also sourced other miscellaneous items such as
hats, scarves, handbags, purses and gloves. These miscellaneous items are mainly sold to megastores
and supermarket chains in China. In February 2006, FG Shanghai was set up to carry out the sourcing
of these miscellaneous items for our customers.
On 25 August 2009, Brilliant Fashion Inc. was incorporated under the laws of New York, the
U.S., we intend to provide customer support and marketing services to our customers in the U.S.
through this Company.
Our manufacturing capability was further expanded when we acquired 40% interest in Jiangmen
Factory in November 2009 from five Independent Third Parties. After completion of the acquisition,
Jiangmen Factory was owned as to 40% by us and the remaining 60% by the VC Group.
To enhance our control over the PRC Factory and to further delineate the fabric business and
the garment business of VC and its subsidiaries, in April 2010 we acquired the entire issued capital
of Rocwide Limited which in turn owned 60% interest in Jiangmen Factory. Since then, Jiangmen
Factory has become our wholly-owned subsidiary.
We now have our own production facilities located in the PRC and Indonesia, which enable
us to position ourselves as a sourcing management company with both production and sourcing
capabilities.
In [2010], we started to developed our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand underwear and homewear
products. [We have received orders from these large chain supermarkets for “夢仕臣” (Monstons)
brand products on a consignment sales basis since July 2010, retail sales of which has commenced
by [September] 2010 at approximately 200 sales points in large chain supermarkets in the PRC.]
On [•••] September 2010, we entered into a business transfer agreement for the acquisition of
70% interests in certain business assets relating to the production and sales of apparel products under
the business name “teelocker” and it is expected that, upon completion of such acquisition, we will
continue to operate such business under the name “teelocker”.
For future particulars, please refer to the paragraph headed “Retail market expansion” in the
section headed “Business” in this document.
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INTRODUCTION
Members of our Group have undergone certain restructuring steps whereby a coherent corporate
structure of our Group has been established. The Reorganisation involved the following principal
steps:–
(1) Incorporation of our Company
(2) Incorporation of Sure Strategy
(3) Acquisition of entire issued share capital in our Company by Sure Strategy
(4) Acquisition of entire issued share capital in FG Holdings by our Company
CORPORATE STRUCTURE PRIOR TO THE REORGANISATION
Set out below is the shareholding structure of our Group immediately prior to the
Reorganisation:
100% 100% 100% 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 70% 51%
40%
100%
49% 51%
Merlotte(BVI)
VC(Bermuda)
Mayer(Hong Kong)
100% 100%
FGInternational(Hong Kong)
FG Shenzhen(PRC)
FG Shanghai(PRC)
CSG ApparelInc.
(Canada)
100%
60%
100%
Top ValueInc.
(U.S.)
Brilliant Fashion
Inc.(U.S.)
GojifashionInc.
(Canada)
Top Star Limited
(Hong Kong)
Glory Time Limited
(Hong Kong)
100%100%
JiangmenFactory(PRC)
Value Plus (Macao
CommercialOffshore)Limited(Macau)
VC Investments(BVI)
FG Holdings(BVI)
Surefaith Limited(BVI)
PT. Victory Apparel
Semarang(Indonesia)
Wealth Choice Limited(BVI)
Victory Apparel(Jordan)
ManufacturingCompanyLimited(Jordan)
RocwideLimited(BVI)
100%
100%
Happy NobleHoldingsLimited(BVI)(Note)
Sky WinnerInvestment
Limited(Hong Kong)
(Note)
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DETAILED PROCEDURES
For the purpose of [•••], the following Reorganisation steps have been implemented:
(1) Incorporation of our Company
On 3 March 2010, our Company was incorporated in Bermuda under the Companies Act as an
exempted company with an authorised share capital of HK$10,000 divided into 1,000,000 Shares of
HK$0.01 each, of which 510,000 Shares and 490,000 Shares were allotted and issued nil-paid by our
Company to VC Investments and Merlotte respectively on 8 April 2010. The said 1,000,000 nil-paid
Shares were, on 17 May 2010, transferred to Sure Strategy at nil consideration and were subsequently
paid up in the manner described in paragraph (4) below.
(2) Incorporation of Sure Strategy
On 25 March 2010, Sure Strategy was incorporated in the BVI with an authorised share capital
of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00 each, of which 49 shares and 51 shares were
subscribed at par by each of Merlotte and VC Investments respectively.
(3) Acquisition of the Company by Sure Strategy
On 17 May 2010, Merlotte and VC Investments transferred all of their respective shares, being
the entire issued share capital in the Company, to Sure Strategy at nil consideration.
(4) Acquisition of entire issued share capital in FG Holdings by our Company
On 8 September 2010, the authorised share capital of our Company was increased from
HK$10,000 to HK$9,000,000. On 8 September 2010, our Company as purchaser, VC Investments
and Merlotte as vendors and VC as warrantor, entered into a share transfer agreement, pursuant to
which our Company acquired the entire issued share capital of FG Holdings in consideration of and
in exchange for which the Company, (i) at the direction of VC Investments and Merlotte, allotted
and issued, credited as fully paid, 1,000,000 Shares to Sure Strategy and 14,700 Shares and 15,300
Shares to Merlotte and VC Investments respectively; and (ii) credited as fully paid at par 1,000,000
nil-paid Shares then held by Sure Strategy.
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CORPORATE STRUCTURE AFTER THE REORGANISATION
Set out below is the shareholding structure of our Group after the Reorganisation:
0.765%
98.5%
100%
100%
49% 51%
0.735%
100% 100% 100% 100%50% 100% 100% 100% 70% 51%
40%
Mayer(Hong Kong)
100% 100%
FGInternational(Hong Kong)
FG Shenzhen(PRC)
FG Shanghai(PRC)
CSG ApparelInc.
(Canada)
100%
60%
100%
Top ValueInc.
(U.S.)
Brilliant Fashion
Inc.(U.S.)
GojifashionInc.
(Canada)
Top Star Limited
(Hong Kong)
Glory Time Limited
(Hong Kong)
100%100%
JiangmenFactory(PRC)
Value Plus (Macao
CommercialOffshore)Limited(Macau)
Surefaith Limited(BVI)
PT. Victory Apparel
Semarang(Indonesia)
Wealth Choice Limited(BVI)
Victory Apparel(Jordan)
ManufacturingCompanyLimited(Jordan)
RocwideLimited(BVI)
Merlotte(BVI)
VC Investments(BVI)
VC(Bermuda)
The Company(Bermuda)
Sure Strategy(BVI)
FG Holdings(BVI)
100%
100%
Happy NobleHoldingsLimited(BVI)
Sky WinnerInvestment
Limited(Hong Kong)
Note:
Happy Noble Holdings Limited was incorporated on 15 July 2010 and Sky Winner Investment Limited was incorporated
on 11 February 2010. Their incorporations were not part of the Reorganisation.
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OVERVIEW
We are a well-developed sourcing management group with production capabilities which operates a one-stop shop business model. We provide to our customers a comprehensive range of services covering the entire supply chain of garment products. We source garment products for our customers and we also provide them with a comprehensive range of sourcing management services and expertise, including product design and product development, sampling, product offering, sourcing, in-house production, outsourcing, logistics and delivery and overseas sales capabilities.
We source a comprehensive range of garment products for our direct customers mainly located in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC. Our direct customers are mostly overseas brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores and supermarket chains. We also source garment products for our importer customers.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by customer category:
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) %
Brand owners/carriers 461,343 32.2% 468,252 36.5% 461,001 51.5%Megastores 61,781 4.3% 81,239 6.3% 93,863 10.5%Department stores 103,899 7.3% 84,247 6.6% 66,101 7.4%Supermarket chains 19,818 1.4% 54,656 4.2% 18,468 2.1%Importers 743,254 51.9% 570,023 44.4% 221,671 24.8%Others 40,795 2.9% 25,851 2.0% 33,247 3.7%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
Our sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, amounted to approximately HK$530.4 million, HK$478.2 million and HK$137.2 million respectively, representing approximately 37.1%, 37.2% and 15.3% respectively of our total revenue for the three years ended 31 March 2010.
Our sales to importers decreased by approximately HK$173.2 million from approximately HK$743.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$570.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2009, primarily due to (i) the decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, due to decrease in its sales to its major customer (a megastore), which accounted for approximately 30.1% of the decrease; and (ii) decrease of sales to certain U.S. importers mainly as a result of our decision to cease manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the U.S.), which accounted for approximately 25.5% of the decrease. For the year ended 31 March 2010, our sales to importers decreased from approximately HK$570.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2009 to approximately HK$221.7 million. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the decrease in sales to our largest customer, which in turn was caused by a decrease in orders from its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer of it, which had accounted for approximately 97.9% of the decrease. The organisational changes refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required for our customer,
the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and merchandising
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division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of its megastore
customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational change of the
major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results for the year
ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer will further
drop materially due to this factor. Our Directors confirmed that since 31 March 2010 and up to the
Latest Practicable Date, there have been no notification and indication of non-payment of our trade
receivables or the need to make provisions for our inventories and trade receivables. Further, based on
the unaudited management account of the Group for the four months ended 31 July 2010, the Group
recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the corresponding
period of last year. The above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of the full year result
for 2011. Our business and financial performance may be affected by a number of factors as set out
in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document.
We have offices in the U.S., the PRC, Hong Kong and Macau, and have a representative in
Canada to provide sales supporting and/or customer services to enhance the quality and efficiency of
our sourcing management services to our customers.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by location of our customers:
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate HK$’000 % HK$’000 % HK$’000 %
U.S. 1,006,864 70.4% 814,752 63.4% 513,484 57.4%Canada 150,220 10.5% 153,469 12.0% 148,815 16.6%PRC 116,778 8.1% 92,512 7.2% 95,356 10.7%Others 157,028 11.0% 223,535 17.4% 136,696 15.3%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
The U.S. is our most important market, which accounted for approximately 70.4%, 63.4% and
57.4% of our revenue for the three years ended 31 March 2010 respectively.
Our revenue decreased by 10.2% (i.e. approximately HK$146.6 million) to HK$1,284.3 million
for the year ended 31 March 2009 from HK$1,430.9 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The
decrease was primarily attributable to our decision to cease manufacturing at our production facilities
in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the U.S.), which had been handling primarily our
orders for our customers in the U.S. market (including one of our top five customers during the Track
Record Period). Our Jordan Factory [has relatively high labour cost with production labour mainly
imported from Bangladesh and the PRC], and for cost efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan
Factory. This resulted in a decrease in sales to one of our top five customers during the Track Record
Period of approximately HK$83.8 million from approximately HK$157.5 million for the year ended
31 March 2008 to approximately HK$73.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. Further, there
was a decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, from approximately HK$530.4 million
for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$478.2 million for the year ended 31 March
2009, due to the decrease in its sales to its major customer (a megastore). In addition, our Directors
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believe that consumer spending shrank and orders placed by certain customers of the Group in the
U.S. market had also decreased in the year ended 31 March 2009 as a result of the global economic
downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the investment bank failures, falling home prices and tight
credit environment that had pushed the U.S. into a recession by mid-2008.
Our revenue decreased by approximately 30.4% (i.e. approximately HK$389.9 million) to
approximately HK$894.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2010 from approximately HK$1,284.3
million for the year ended 31 March 2009. Our Directors believe that the decrease was primarily
attributable to the decrease in sales of approximately HK$341.0 million to our largest customer, a U.S.
importer, from approximately HK$478.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2009 to approximately
HK$137.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2010. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the
decrease in its orders from its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of
such megastore customer of it and not related to the quality of the Group’s products. The organisational
changes refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and
the corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required
for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and
merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of
its megastore customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational
change of the major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results
for the year ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer
will further drop materially due to this factor.
Our Directors confirmed that since 31 March 2010 and up to the Latest Practicable Date, there
have been no notification and indication of non-payment of our trade receivables or the need to make
provisions for our inventories and trade receivables. Further, based on the unaudited management
accounts of the Group for the four months ended 31 July 2010, the Group recorded a turnover of
approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the corresponding period of last year. The
above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of the full year result for 2011. Our business
and financial performance may be affected by a number of factors as set out in the section headed
“Risk factors” in this document. Our Directors believe that the measures that we can adopt in order
to manage the risks of our major customers reducing their purchases include increasing our product
offerings and diversifying our client base.
We have in-house production facilities in the PRC and Indonesia as well as outsourcing
production capabilities supported by our wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers
to cater for customised orders from our customers. As a result, we are able to provide a wide range
of garment products to our customers. Currently, we only manufacture Cut-and-Sew knitwear and
Knit-to-Shape sweater.
Our decision on, whether to outsource production and the choice of sub-contract manufacturer(s)
depend on various criteria, including: (i) costs and pricing; (ii) the quality standard required; (iii)
the capability and capacity of the sub-contract manufacturer(s); (iv) whether there is any tax benefit
for our customers in selecting a particular sub-contract manufacturer. The duty rate imposed by the
government of the country of our customers may vary according to the origin of the garment products,
and some of our sub-contract manufacturers are located in places which may enjoy lower duty rates;
(v) the need for diversification in producing countries; and (vi) the financial status of the sub-contract
manufacturer(s). Some of our customers, based on their requirements on products and production
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process, may designate specific fabric and/or accessories suppliers, or require the whole production
process to be carried out at our in-house production facilities. During the Track Record Period [and
up to the Latest Practicable Date], none of our customers demanded for the entire production process
for its products to be outsourced to sub-contract manufacturers designated by them. For the three years
ended 31 March 2010, the costs of outsourced products and processing fees paid to our sub-contract
manufacturers were approximately HK$903.9 million, HK$850.6 million and HK$515.8 million,
respectively, representing approximately 73.3%, 75.8% and 70.1%, respectively, of our total cost of
sales during the same three-year period.
The following table sets forth the concentration of our sub-contract manufacturers by
location:
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010 Transaction Transaction Transaction Volume Volume Volume (HK$million) % (HK$million) % (HK$million) %
PRC 310 34.3 322 37.9 364 70.7Cambodia 44 4.9 67 7.9 46 8.9Madagascar 126 14.0 166 19.5 23 4.5Vietnam 33 3.7 77 9.1 13 2.5Hong Kong 86 9.5 12 1.4 9 1.7Macau 188 20.8 101 11.9 1 0.2Bangladesh 4 0.4 13 1.5 3 0.6Others 112 12.4 92 10.8 56 10.9
Total 903 100.0 850 100.0 515 100.0
We also source raw materials from the VC Group to ensure our involvement starts from the
beginning of a garment supply chain which in turn enables us to provide a comprehensive range of
sourcing management services to our customers. Further details of our purchases from the VC Group
are set out in the sections headed “Continuing connected transactions” and “Relationship with the
VC Group” in this document.
Our PRC Factory, being our largest production plant in terms of production volume during the
Track Record Period, is equipped with advanced and computerised machinery. It has adopted the “Just-
in-time” production system and produces garment products with fashionable and complicated styles,
patterns and designs. Our Indonesian Factory operates under the traditional garment manufacturing
system producing apparels of simple and classic style.
We have our in-house design and development team to keep track of the latest trends, any new
fabric concepts and/or production skills. Within our design and development team, we have our own
sample workshop consisting of approximately [77] staff to produce samples and our own designs within
a short lead time. We also provide value-added services to our customers, such as the development of
samples and designs, production of garment products which involve a more complicated production
process and require a higher level of workmanship, and delivery of garment products within a short
time frame.
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We adhere to consistently high quality standards. Our quality control procedures start from the raw
material procurement stage and various inspections are carried out at each stage of our manufacturing
process. Quality reports are also prepared throughout our production process. In respect of our sub-
contract manufacturers, we have a quality assurance and control team with [10] employees who
oversee the performance of our sub-contract manufacturers by conducting on-site quality inspections
and testing procedures at the factories of our sub-contract manufacturers at different stages in the
manufacturing process.
BUSINESSMOdEl
The diagram below illustrates our one-stop shop business model:
CUSTOMERS
Visits to potential customers
Organise presentation with potential customers
Advising on fabric Offering in-house designs
Producing samples Providing product development services
RECEIPT OF PURCHASE ORDER
Our manufacturing capabilities:– PRC Factory – Indonesian Factory
Our sourcing capabilities:– PRC– Cambodia – Vietnam – Bangladesh–––
MadagascarHong KongMacau
Quality control measures: – Maintain list of
qualified suppliers – Conduct quality
control procedures at each manufacturingprocess
Quality control measures: – Conduct site visits to
sub-contractmanufacturers
– Maintain list of qualifiedsub-contractmanufacturers
– Conduct quality control procedures at thefactories of our sub-contractmanufacturers on-site
DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS
Sales supporting and customer services through our offices:
– U.S.
Sales supporting and customer services through our representative:
– Canada
– PRC– Hong Kong – Macau
Notes:
Services provided by our Group
Quality control measures implemented by our Group
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COMPETITIVESTRENGTHS
We believe that our success to date and potential for future long-term growth can be attributed
to our following strengths:
One-stopshopbusinessmodel
Our one-stop shop business model integrates the entire supply chain functions of garment
products, including in-house production, product offering, sourcing, outsourcing, product
design, product development, sampling, logistics and delivery and overseas sales capabilities,
thus enabling us to provide a comprehensive range of sourcing management services to our
customers.
Unlike some of our competitors who outsource the entire manufacturing process to
independent sub-contractors, we have our in-house production facilities in the PRC and Indonesia
as well as outsourcing production capabilities supported by our wide and established network
of sub-contract manufacturers. With our in-house production facilities, we can produce within
a short lead time and are flexible in adjusting production time and volume. We can also adjust
our offerings promptly which enable us to be responsive to customers’ specific needs and
market demands. On the other hand, our outsourcing capabilities allow us to achieve greater
flexibility in allocating our resources with minimal capital commitment. We can also leverage
on the expertise, knowledge and equipment of our sub-contract manufacturers. Our production
capability is not simply limited to our own manufacturing facilities.
We believe that our one-stop shop business model gives us a sustainable competitive edge
by providing significant operational flexibility to our Group to meet changing market conditions
and demands, and enhances our capabilities to cater for the needs of customers. We also believe
that our Group’s efficient production and sourcing management capabilities enable our Group
to provide timely services to our customers in a cost efficient manner.
Strongdesignanddevelopmentability
Our strength in design and development enable us to broaden our product offering to
include new and up-to-date products. We organise sampling sourcing trips around the world
periodically to obtain first hand garment product samples so as to keep abreast with global
fashion trends and plan for future designs. We visit various department stores and boutiques
in different countries and places to identify latest trends in style and fabric materials in those
places, enabling us to analyse consumer preference. Within our design and development team,
we have our own sample workshop consisting of approximately 77 staff to produce samples
and in-house designs. Our workshop has the capacity to produce 1,000 samples every week
and the wide range of available samples can provide more product choices for our customers
to suit their requirements. With our in-house sample workshop, we are able to develop samples
for our customers with approximately 24 hours from the receipt of sketches from them, which
enhances our lead time to develop samples for our customers and enables us to provide timely
services to them. Further, with the support of the VC Group, we can source our raw materials
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efficiently for our sample making process. Our fabric sourcing capabilities also enable us to
effectively develop garment products for our customers at an early stage. Our involvement in the
product development stage of the manufacturing process of our customers’ orders solidifies our
relationship with our customers and ensures that quality of our products meets our customers’
demands.
Our merchandising team, which comprises [118] members, has extensive production and
technological knowledge of garment. With our strong design and development capabilities, we,
from time to time, make recommendations on the use of fabrics or offer in-house designed
samples to our customers.
Highqualityproductwithavarietyofproductmix
We have established stringent quality control procedures for the procurement and
inspection of our raw materials, each of our production processes as well as our sub-contract
manufacturers. We conduct inspection and testing on our raw materials and at each of our
production processes; and we may also engage third-party inspectors to conduct quality control
inspections on our products.
We also have a quality assurance and control team who oversees the performance of
our sub-contract manufacturers. The team consists of [10] members and they travel to the
factories of our sub-contract manufacturers to perform on-site quality control inspections and
testing procedures at different stages in their manufacturing process to ensure quality of our
products.
We also work closely with our customers to improve and ensure our product quality.
During the Track Record Period, the aggregate value of the product claim had been insignificant
in comparison with the Company’s revenue.
In our PRC Factory, we have adopted the “Just-in-time” production system (“JITSystem”),
which is an efficient and labour saving manufacturing system to ensure that materials and goods
arrive only as they are required at a particular manufacturing point in a production line. Under
the JIT System, our workers are divided into work stations along the production line, and each
work station is categorised by a particular production stage required for a garment product. Each
worker at a work station is only responsible for a particular step required for that production
stage. When the production stage of a semi-finished product is completed, the relevant item
is passed to the next work station in the production line for completion of another production
stage. As semi-finished products are passed onto the next production stage in small quantities
instead of in bulk after completion of a particular production process, the manufacturing lag time
at each production process can also be reduced. Quality control procedures can be conducted
on the semi-finished products throughout these processes and errors can be easily and more
efficiently detected.
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We have trained our workers to be familarised with a number of steps required for each
production stage so that we can further increase the operational efficiency of the JIT System
by allocating the workers to work in different production stages of the production line to suit
production needs. Salaries of the workers are determined based on the number of pieces of
finished garment products produced by the team, thus the workers have a higher incentive to
complete a finished product efficiently.
With the manufacturing advantage attributable to our own production capabilities, an
efficient production system, and our established network of sub-contract manufacturers, we offer
a comprehensive range of garment products to our customers, including Cut-and-Sew knitwear,
Knit-to-Shape sweaters and woven products, which include ladies’, men’s and kids’ knitwear,
sweaters, polo-shirts, T-shirts, sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears.
With our production and sourcing capabilities and stringent quality control procedures,
we are able to provide a diversified and high-quality product mix to our customers and cater for
their changing demands or requirements. We have maintained close and long-term relationships
with our customers. All of our top five customers for the three years ended 31 March 2010
have sourced products from us for more than four years and some of them have more than ten
years’ business relationship with us.
Experiencedmanagementteam
Our core management team is led by our Chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Choi,
who has been engaging in the trading of garment products since 1998. Such experience has
enhanced his knowledge and understanding of garment production and sourcing industry and set
up a foundation for the subsequent development of our Group. Our management team (including
Mr. Ng Tze On and Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley, our executive Directors) possesses extensive
operating experience and industry knowledge. Our senior management staff (including Mr. Ng
Tsze Lun) has been with our Group or in garment industry for an average of [13] years. We
believe that our management team’s in-depth knowledge of the garment industry can enable us
to respond efficiently to various challenges from the changing market conditions.
Solid customer base and ability to develop new clients and offer dedicated customerservices
We have a solid customer base comprising mostly overseas brand owners/carriers,
megastores, department stores and supermarket chains. We also source garment products for
customers which are importers.
We have maintained close and long-term relationships with our customers as we provide
quality products and services. We have both the production capabilities and sourcing capabilities
to cater for our customers’ demands. All of our top five customers for the three years ended 31
March 2010 have sourced our products for more than four years and some of them have more
than ten years’ business relationship with us.
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Other than a solid customer base with long-term relationship with us, we are also able
to source and develop new clients effectively with our one-stop shop business model and
capabilities. During the Track Record Period, our revenue was mainly generated from the U.S.,
Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC and more than half of our total revenue for each
year during the Track Record Period was generated from our customers in the U.S.. We have
offices in the U.S., the PRC, Hong Kong and Macau, and have a representative in Canada to
provide sales supporting and/or customer services to enhance the quality and efficiency of our
sourcing management services to our customers.
In addition, we provide importing services arrangement for our customers in the U.S. and
Canada. Under such arrangement, products required by our customers are delivered “door-to-
door” from our facilities to our customers’ desired location at an aggregate cost of production,
transportation, appropriate customs duties and taxes without incurring extra time and costs for
our customers.
We believe that our overseas office network and dedicated customer services differentiate
us from our competitors and enhance our reputation and relationship with our customers.
BUSINESSSTRATEGIES
Our principal business strategies are:
Enhancemanufacturingcapabilities
In order to provide more efficient and timely services to our customers thereby further
enhancing our competitiveness and profitability, we target to further enhance our manufacturing
capabilities, to increase our production capacity, to include other processes such as printing and
embroidery to further achieve vertical integration, and to upgrade our production equipment and
acquire environmental-friendly and energy-saving machineries to further enhance efficiency and
costs saving. We may also acquire existing garment factories or enter into joint ventures or other
forms of cooperation with other business partners if suitable targets could be identified.
In particular, we aim at expanding our manufacturing facilities to cater for the anticipated
demands from our major customers with reputable brands.
Existing production equipment will be upgraded to increase efficiency. We will also seek
to identify other new production equipment designed to enhance our production efficiency and
capacity, shorten turnaround time and reduce labour costs and energy consumption. We also
plan to develop in-house production as to printing and embroidery.
The expected increase in production capacity is not intended to be a substitute for the
use of sub-contract manufacturers. Instead, we expect to have growth in both sales generated
from in-house production facilities as well as from sub-contract manufacturers. The anticipated
increase in production capacity is expected to be used to satisfy the demand from customers
with more complicated/stringent production requirements or with tighter delivery schedule who
frequently request for our own in-house production. Such form of production would yield a
higher gross profit margin.
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We believe that the planned expansions, upgrades and vertical integration, as well as the
strategic merger, acquisitions and business cooperation, will lay the foundation for improving
both our productivity and profitability in the future.
Strengthenandexpandcustomerbase
We plan to enhance our promotional and marketing activities to further build our reputation
and to enhance business with our existing customers and explore new business opportunities.
We will explore more potential customers in the PRC and overseas.
We currently intend to engage additional staff for our design and development team,
expand our sample workshop and expand our sales office in the U.S. so that more new products
can be sourced globally, more sample garment products could be developed by us for our
customers to meet their requirements and better services and products can be offered to our
existing customers and attract more potential customers. We will work closely with our existing
customers to provide better and more personalised services to them and further solidify our
relationships with them.
Retailmarketexpansion
Monstons
With the PRC’s economic growth, the country’s apparel retail market is fast expanding.
We target to diversify our business model by entering into the retail market in China. We
aim to sell our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand underwear and homewear products in large chain
supermarkets in the PRC, targeting the mass market. We supply our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand
products to these large chain supermarkets on a consignment basis, as they offer us a low-risk
and effective means of testing the market demand for our products. The products under our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand will either be sourced from external manufacturers or manufactured at
our existing production facilities, depending on the complexity of the production process for
the products and our production capacity. We manufacture basic style products, e.g. leggings, at
our production facilities while more complicated style products, e.g. warm clothes, are sourced.
As we can (i) utilise our existing production capacities to manufacture our “夢仕臣”(Monstons)
brand products; or (ii) source the products from other sub-contract manufacturers; and (iii) sell
our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products on consignment basis to large chain supermarkets without
the need to invest in the establishment of retail channels, we are of the view that only minimal
initial capital injection is required for the launch of such products. Our Directors consider that
the entry barrier for the underwear and homewear market in the PRC is relatively low as such
market is generally fragmented and not monopolised by certain suppliers. Further, as seasonality
is not a major influencing factor in such market, obsolete stock is not common. We believe that
the sale and development of our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand products in the PRC can enhance
customer awareness of our Group among our target garment sourcing customers. We believe
that enhanced customer awareness of our Group and our business track records with existing
renowned PRC brands will assist us to further expand our garment sourcing customer base in
the PRC. The launch of the “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand products is not a shift in our business
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focus, but a means of diversifying our business model by entering into the retail market in
China. No revenue was recorded for the sales of our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand underwear
and homewear products during the Track Record Period.
To the best knowledge of our Directors, none of our customers engaged in the sale of
branded underwear and home wear products in the PRC as at the Latest Practicable Date.
We plan to expand the retail network for our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand to 200 and
300 points of sales in the PRC by 2011 and 2012 respectively through cooperation with large
chain supermarkets. [We have received orders from these large chain supermarkets for “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand products on a consignment sales basis since July 2010, retail sales
of which has commenced by [September] 2010 at approximately 200 sales points in large
chain supermarkets in the PRC.] We believe that we can benefit from our consignment sales
cooperation with large chain supermarkets and their existing nationwide network to increase
market penetration without managing the retail system ourselves, differentiating us from other
retail competitors in the underwear and homewear market. The relatively long credit period
normally granted to the large chain supermarkets by suppliers also make consignment sales a
less attractive alternative to some of our competitors with weaker financial resources. We do
not rely on one single large chain supermarket as there are many potential cooperation partners
available in the market. [Our Directors expect the profit margins of our “夢仕臣” (Monstons)
brand products to be higher than that of our garment sourcing business and we expect to finance
our plans for expansion of our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand through [•••], cash flow generated
from sales of such products and through our Group’s internal resources.]
teelocker
We entered into a memorandum of understanding and a business transfer agreement
(“BusinessTransferAgreement”) with Yoko Sun, Mr. Lo Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang
and Mr. Lan Chi Fung (collectively, the “Transferors”) on 29 July 2010 and 8 September 2010,
respectively in relation to the acquisition of an effective 70% interests in certain of Yoko Sun’s
assets (“BusinessAssets”) including, amongst others, its intellectual property rights (including
trademarks and domain names), contracts with its designers and business partners, inventory and
stock-in-trade and goodwill. It is intended that upon completion of the acquisition, the Business
Assets will be operated by Sky Winner Investment Limited, which will then be a subsidiary
in which we will have a 70% interest whilst the remaining 30% interests will be held by each
of Mr. Lo Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang and Mr. Lan Chi Fung, the existing shareholders
and directors of Yoko Sun, in equal proportions. The results of Sky Winner Investment Limited
will be included in the combined statement of comprehensive income from the effective date
of its establishment. The majority of the board of directors of such company is expected to be
controlled by us.
Yoko Sun is a company incorporated in Hong Kong on 20 July 2007, which was owned
by Mr. Lo Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang and Mr. Lan Chi Fung, all being Independent Third
Parties, as to 33.34%, 33.33% and 33.33% respectively as at the Latest Practicable Date. Mr. Lo
Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang and Mr. Lan Chi Fung were also the directors of Yoko Sun as
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at the Latest Practicable Date. Yoko Sun operates its business under the name “teelocker” and
is principally engaged in the production and sales of apparel products, with an online platform
for recruitment of designers and sales of apparel products. It also sells its products, on both
consignment and direct sales basis, to department stores, retail shops and various points of sales
at various locations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC (the “teelocker Business”).
Yoko Sun requires investment capital to grow its business operations and we are of the
view that Yoko Sun’s business has market potential. Hence, we intend to acquire part of its
business and inject capital to enhance the growth of its business. Our Directors believe that the
proposed acquisition of the business assets of Yoko Sun will diversify our business model and
enable us to enter into the retail market in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC.
Pursuant to the Business Transfer Agreement, the consideration for the acquisition of
70% interests in the Business Assets was HK$1,200,000, which would be settled in cash. It
has been agreed that 60% of the consideration shall be paid on the date of completion of the
Business Transfer Agreement (which is currently expected to take place by the end of 2010)
and 40% of the consideration shall be paid on or before the fifth business day after the first
anniversary of the date of completion of the Business Transfer Agreement. We intend to utilise
our internal resources to settle the consideration.
Pursuant to the Business Transfer Agreement, among others, each of the Transferors had
agreed to give certain non-compete undertakings to us, which provides amongst other things
that, during a period of one year after completion of the Business Transfer Agreement, it/he
will not, without our prior written consent (i) solicit or interfere with customers or employees
of Yoko Sun in relation to the teelocker Business; (ii) carry on or be engaged in any business or
activities which will compete with the teelocker Business; or (iii) use the name of “teelocker”
or any other trademarks or logos similar to “teelocker” or represent itself/himself as carrying
on or being connected with the teelocker Business.
Cooperate with brand owners or importers to form joint ventures
We plan to cooperate with a brand of casual wear targeting at the youngsters’ market
in the PRC so as to diversify our business into the retail market of the PRC. As at the Latest
Practicable Date, the Company has considered certain cooperation opportunities but has not
concluded with any joint venture partners in relation to its plans for expansion into the PRC
retail market. Further, we may form joint venture companies with importers in the U.S. to
enhance the market share of our Group and those importers. [Our Directors consider that by
entering into the retail market and cooperating with importers, we can better understand our
customers’ demands and requirements and our integrated business model and customer base
can be further enhanced.]
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PRINCIPAlPROdUCTS
We offer a comprehensive range of products to our customers including Cut-and-Sew knitwear,
Knit-to-Shape sweater and woven products which include ladies’, men’s and kids’ knitwear, sweaters,
polo-shirts, T-shirts, sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears. The gross margins vary for
products within each of the categories of Cut-and-Sew, Knit-to-Shape and woven products, as the
gross margin of a garment product is not dependent on the product category that it falls under but
the complexity of the production process involved and the level of workmanship required. We also
sell other miscellaneous items to our customers such as hats, scarves and handbags and these items
are mainly sold to megastores and supermarket chains in China.
Other than the garment products we sourced for our customers, we have developed and are
in the process of launching our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand of underwear and homewear products
in large chain supermarkets in the PRC, targeting at mass market. The products under our “夢仕臣”
(Monstons) brand will either be sourced from external manufacturers or manufactured at our own
production facilities. We plan to launch our branded product as part of our strategy to diversify our
business model into the retail market in the PRC as well as to enhance PRC customer awareness of
our Group.
AWARdSANdACCREdITATIONS
The following table sets out the major awards and accreditations obtained by us:
Yearofgrant Award Awardingbody
2007 Outstanding Supplier Award Semir Group
(供應商進步獎) (森馬集團有限公司)
2007 Partners in Progress Sears
– Celebrating a shared vision of
outstanding service, innovation
and superior quality products
2009 08 Olympics Supportive Award Li Ning (China) Sports Goods
(08年度奧運支持獎) Co., Ltd.
李寧(中國)體育用品有限公司
2009 Top Vendor Award Forever 21
2010 Outstanding Member of Xinhui District Xinhui District Industry and
Industry and Commercial Federation Commercial Federation
in 2009 (新會區工商業聯合會 (2009年度新會區工商聯系統優秀會員) 江門市新會總商會)
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PROdUCTION
Based on manufacturing process, garment products can be broadly classified into three
categories, namely Cut-and-Sew knitwear, Knit-to-Shape sweater and woven products. Currently, we
only manufacture Cut-and-Sew knitwear and Knit-to-Shape sweater.
For the financial year ended 31 March 2010, approximately [29.9]% of our total costs of sales
attributable to the manufacture of garment products was incurred by our in-house production team,
while the remaining approximately [70.1]% of our total costs of sales attributable to the manufacture
of garment products was incurred by our sub-contract manufacturers. Our decision on, whether to
outsource production and the choice of sub-contract manufacturer(s) depend on various criteria,
including: (i) costs and pricing; (ii) the quality standard required; (iii) the capability and capacity of
the sub-contract manufacturer(s); (iv) whether there is any tax benefit for our customers in selecting
a particular sub-contract manufacturer. The duty rate imposed by the government of the country of
our customers may vary according to the origin of the garment products, and some of our sub-contract
manufacturers are located in places which may enjoy lower duty rates; (v) the need for diversification
in producing countries; and (vi) the financial status of the sub-contract manufacturer(s). Some of our
customers, based on their requirements on products and production process, may designate specific
fabric and/or accessories suppliers, or require the whole production process to be carried out at our
in-house production facilities. During the Track Record Period [and up to the Latest Practicable Date],
none of our customers demanded for the entire production process for its products to be outsourced to
sub-contract manufacturers designated by them. For the three years ended 31 March 2010, the costs of
outsourced products and processing fees paid to our sub-contract manufacturers were approximately
HK$903.9 million, HK$850.6 million and HK$515.8 million, respectively, representing approximately
73.3%, 75.8% and 70.1%, respectively, of our total cost of sales during the same three-year period.
Our manufacturing process for Cut-and-Sew knitwear is divided into seven major stages: (i) raw
materials inspection and testing; (ii) cutting and trimming; (iii) printing and embroidery; (iv) sewing
and assembly; (v) washing and ironing; (vi) packaging; and (vii) shipping. We may engage third party
sub-contract manufacturers for printing and embroidery to leverage their expertise, knowledge and
equipment in handling a particular design or specification required by our customers.
Our manufacturing process for Knit-to-Shape sweater is divided into seven major stages:
(i) raw materials inspection and testing; (ii) panel knitting; (iii) linking and smoothing; (iv) washing
and ironing; (v) sewing of labels; (vi) packaging; and (vii) shipping.
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Cut-and-Sewknitwear
The diagram below illustrates the major stages of our manufacturing process for Cut-and-Sew
knitwear:
Raw materialsinspection and testing
Cutting and trimming
Printing andembroidery
Sewing and assembly
Washing and ironing
Packaging
Shipping
– Appearance inspection – Decolouring and shrinkage tests
– Measurement checking
– Appearance inspection
– Broken needle checking
– Measurement checking
– Appearance inspection – Needle detector machine
– Final inspection
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Knit-to-Shapesweater
The diagram below illustrates the major stages of our manufacturing process for Knit-to-Shape
sweater:
Raw materialsinspection and testing
Panel knitting
Linking andSmoothing
Washing and ironing
Sewing of labels
Packaging
Shipping
– Workmanship checking – Light testing
– Measurement checking
– Packaging information checking
– Workmanship checking– Label information checking
– Measurement checking
– Appearance and texture inspection – Knitting and washing test
MANUFACTURINGFACIlITIES
Our manufacturing capabilities are supported by our PRC Factory and our Indonesian Factory.
For the financial year ended 31 March 2010, approximately [29.9]% of our total costs of sales
attributable to the manufacture of garment products was incurred by our own production capabilities,
among which approximately 15.6% and 14.3% were incurred by the production in our PRC Factory
and our Indonesian Factory respectively.
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OurPRCFactory
Our PRC Factory was operated by Jiangmen Factory. It is located in Jiangmen, Guangdong
Province, the PRC with a gross floor area of approximately [37,392] sq.m.. Our PRC Factory operates
under the JIT System with an annual production capacity of approximately 6,800,000 pieces of Cut-
and-Sew knitwear and approximately [247,100] pieces of Knit-to-Shape sweater. Our PRC Factory
produces garment products with fashionable and complicated styles, patterns and designs.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, there were [30] production lines and approximately [1,309]
staff in our PRC Factory. We have also installed the RFID system in our PRC Factory so that our
staff can record completion of each production process for each product by swiping a recording card.
Our production team monitors each stage of the manufacturing process in real time and is able to
estimate the time required for each production process, enabling our PRC Factory to maintain a high
production efficiency. At the PRC Factory, each box of finished garment products will be labelled
with a bar code so that management of finished products or inventory can be done systematically.
The table below sets out the major machineries used at our PRC Factory:
Productionprocess Majormachinery Principal functions
Cutting Gerber automatic cutting Cutting of fabrics automatically
(Cut-and-Sew) system
Gerber automatic spreading
system
Printing Automatic printing machine Printing on fabric
(Cut-and-Sew)
Embroidery Eight computerised Embroidering on fabric adopting
(Cut-and-Sew) embroidery machines various styles
Sewing Hanging system Transferring semi-finished products
(Cut-and-Sew) along the work stations, real-time
electronic recording and
monitoring
Panel knitting 24 flat knitting machines Making complicated patterns
(Knit-to-Shape) using digital technology
Packaging Needle detector machine Detecting broken needle or other
(Cut-and-Sew) metal pieces in the garment
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OurIndonesianFactory
Our Indonesian Factory was established in September 2005. It is located at our leased properties
in Semarang in Indonesia with a floor area of approximately [13,485.08] sq.m.. Our Indonesian Factory
operates at [near full] capacity under the traditional “Bundle” production system with an annual
production capacity of approximately [4,680,000] pieces of garment products. In total, there are [31]
production lines with approximately [22] workers per line. It mainly produces garment products with
simple classic style, such as polo-shirts.
Our Indonesian Factory houses various kinds of automatic manufacturing equipments, including
one set of automatic placket setting machine, one set of automatic hemming sleeves and bottoms
machine and two sets of computerised cloth spreading machine. The use of automatic machineries
enhances the quality and efficiency of our production and lowers the labour costs involved. As at the
Latest Practicable Date, there were about [1,160] staff at our Indonesian Factory. The table below
sets out the major machineries used at our Indonesian Factory:
Productionprocess Majormachinery Principal functions
Sewing Automatic hemming sleeves and Sewing for hemming
bottoms machine sleeves and bottoms
Sewing Automatic placket setting machine Sewing plackets
Cutting Computerised cloth spreading machine Spreading fabric
The following table sets out the annual production capacity and related information for our
apparel manufacturing facilities:
Fortheyearended31March 2008 2009 2010
PRCFactory
Annual production capacity (’000 pieces) (Note1) [6,800] [6,800] [7,047]
(Note2)
Actual annual production (’000 pieces) (Note1) [6,015] [6,430] [6,223]
Average utilisation rate (Approximate %) [88.5] [94.6] [88.3]
IndonesianFactory
Annual production capacity (’000 pieces) (Note3) [7,200] [6,000] [4,680]
(Note4) (Note5)
Actual annual production (’000 pieces) (Note3) [6,339] [5,564] [4,026]
Average utilisation rate (Approximate %) [88.0] [92.7] [86.0]
(Note6)
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Notes:
1. The production capacity for our PRC Factory is calculated on the basis of 26 days per month and the figures are
estimated based on manufacturers’ specifications of the machineries, historical figures and other data we believe
to be reliable. The production capacity also varies depending on the style of the garment products required. With
the production of more complicated garment products, the annual production capacity of our PRC Factory were
approximately 6,800,000 pieces for the years ended 31 March 2008 and 2009 respectively, and approximately
7,047,100 pieces for the year ended 31 March 2010.
2. The increase of production capacity for the year ended 31 March 2010 was due to the additional annual production
capacity of approximately 247,100 pieces of Knit-to-Shape sweater contributed by the new Knit-to-Shape
division.
3. The production capacity for our Indonesian Factory is calculated on the basis of 20 days per month and the figures
are estimated based on manufacturers’ specifications of the machineries, historical figures and other data we
believe to be reliable. The production capacity also varies depending on the style of the garment products required.
The estimated annual production capacity for the years ended 31 March 2008 and 2009 were approximately
7,200,000 pieces and 6,000,000 pieces respectively, based on the production of basic garment products such as
round neck T-shirts. Therefore, actual production capacity may differ from estimated capacity.
4. The reduction in production capacity for the year ended 31 March 2009 was due to reduction of number of
production lines in our Indonesian Factory from [34] to 30 in 2009.
5. Given the shift in mix of products being manufactured at our Indonesian Factory from basic garment products
such as round neck T-shirts towards more complicated garment products such as hooded pullovers and zippered
pullovers, the restated annual production capacity of our Indonesian Factory taking into account the production
of such more complicated garment products is estimated to be approximately 4,680,000 pieces.
6. Accordingly, the average utilisation rate of our Indonesian Factory for the year ended 31 March 2010 on such
restated basis is approximately 86.0%.
We believe that our current manufacturing facilities are cost-competitive. At the same time, we
also continue to improve our manufacturing facilities and production lines to increase productivity
and efficiency of our manufacturing facilities.
[During the Track Record Period, we did not experience any major failures of our
machineries.]
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THIRdPARTYOUTSOURCING
We have a wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers with whom we have
maintained good working relationships that can provide a wide range of garment products. Our customers
may have diverse and/or specific requirements for our products, including type and range of products,
complicated patterns or designs, or distinct colors, features or functions, and they may also require
different production capabilities and expertise. Some of our customers, based on their requirements
on products and production process, may designate specific fabric and/or accessories suppliers, or
require the whole production process to be carried out at our in-house production facilities. During the
Track Record Period [and up to the Latest Practicable Date], none of our customers demanded for the
entire production process for its products to be outsourced to sub-contract manufacturers designated by
them. We select our sub-contract manufacturers based on their capability and capacity and the quality
of their work. We do not enter into long-term agreements with such sub-contract manufacturers but
instead maintain flexibility by working with them based on individual orders with garment purchase
costs, charged on fixed price basis. The sub-contract manufacturers will deliver the finished goods
based on our instructions and generally by ship, to the ports designated by our customers without
any further processing by us. The title of the goods will pass to our customers once the goods are on
board. We, on average, enjoy a credit period of 30 to 60 days with our sub-contract manufacturers.
We have a quality assurance and control team with [10] employees who oversees the performance
of our sub-contract manufacturers. To ensure the quality of our sub-contract manufacturers’ products,
members of our quality assurance and control team would perform on-site quality inspections and
testing procedures at the factories of our sub-contract manufacturers at different stages in the
production process.
The number of sub-contract manufacturers approved by our Group for the three years ended 31
March 2008, 2009 and 2010 was about 39, 44 and 33; other than Kimberley, all of our sub-contract
manufacturers are Independent Third Parties. Our existing sub-contract manufacturers, amongst all,
are located in the PRC, Cambodia, Madagascar and Vietnam. We have maintained good and stable
relationship with our sub-contract manufacturers. For our top five sub-contract manufacturers for the
three years ended 31 March 2010, we have an average of around [six] years of business relationship
with them and some of them have worked with us for [10] years.
During the Track Record Period, approximately [26.7]%, [24.2]% and [29.9]% of the garment
products we sourced for our customers were produced in our in-house production facilities, while
approximately [73.3]%, [75.8]% and [70.1]% were sourced from our sub-contract manufacturers.
The costs incurred by us in respect of outsourcing to sub-contract manufacturers for the three years
ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 were approximately HK$[903.9] million, HK$[850.6] million
and HK$[515.8] million, respectively, representing approximately [73.3]%, [75.8]% and [70.1]% of
our total costs of sales respectively.
Our Directors believe that as sub-contract manufacturers are widely available, in order to remain
competitive, the prices offered by our existing or potential sub-contract manufacturers are likely
to stay competitive. In addition, our Directors believe that our relationships with our sub-contract
manufacturers are mutually beneficial. Based on the above, our Directors believe that we do not
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have a substantial risk of losing a majority of our sub-contract manufacturers and that in the event
a particular sub-contract manufacturer should cease to provide sub-contracting services to us or the
quality of products of a particular sub-contract manufacturer is poor or the charge of outsourcing is
high, we should be able to replace such sub-contract manufacturer with another.
Our customers may bypass us and place orders for garment products directly with our sub-contract
manufacturers and our profitability and financial results may be adversely affected. However, during
the Track Record Period, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of our Directors, none
of our customers had bypassed us and directly placed order for garment products with our sub-contract
manufacturers. In contrast with some of our sub-contract manufacturers with only manufacturing
capabilities, we provide a comprehensive range of services in the supply chain of garment products to our
customers. Our capabilities differentiate ourselves from some of our sub-contract manufacturers which
only provide manufacturing functions to their clients. As our customers may require a comprehensive
range of garment sourcing services which could be provided under our one-stop shop business model,
we do not envisage there is a substantial risk of a majority of our customers switching to place orders
directly with our sub-contract manufacturers.
RAWMATERIAlS,MATERIAlSPURCHASEdANdSUPPlIERS
For our own production
The principal raw material used in the production of our products is fabric. We have adopted
an internal policy in selecting suppliers of raw materials.
Generally, we source our raw materials from our list of qualified suppliers compiled internally.
However, some of our customers would request us to source fabric from their nominated suppliers. In
such event, we will obtain the designated materials from the suppliers nominated by our customers.
We have developed solid and steady relationships with many of our key suppliers as they have
been supplying to us for years. Many of our top five suppliers for the Track Record Period have
been supplying raw materials to us for three to six years. Given our stable relationship with many
of our key suppliers, we believe that our suppliers generally priorities their supply to us and we did
not experience any material delays in receiving supplies from our suppliers during the Track Record
Period.
For our outsourcing arrangement
Another type of our suppliers are our sub-contract manufacturers, which supplied to us the
garment products for our sourcing business.
From time to time, members of our merchandising team would conduct site visits at our potential
sub-contract manufacturers’ factories to ensure the basic structure and facilities of the factories meet
our requirements. In order to determine whether a factory is qualified to be one of our suppliers, the
major factors which would be taken into account include pricing, quality of products, past performance,
production capacity and payment terms.
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For our outsourcing arrangement, our compliance team, which consisted of [two] employees,
would conduct an on-site visit of our potential sub-contract manufacturer’s production facilities and
then complete a “Factory Evaluation” form for such sub-contract manufacturer to evaluate whether
it is able to meet the usual compliance requirements of our customers as regards its factory. At the
same time, we would ask such sub-contract manufacturer to provide quotations based on customers’
requirements of the products to determine whether the price offered is within the acceptable price
range of our customers. If all the requirements are met and relevant orders from our customers have
been confirmed, we will proceed to conduct an official factory audit as requested by our customers.
Our compliance team would work either with our customer’s compliance team or a third-party audit
firm appointed by our customer on such audit. Suppliers in compliance with all applicable quality
inspection requirements and procedures would become our qualified sub-contract manufacturers.
Our sub-contract manufacturers will be responsible for purchasing the relevant raw materials. So far
as our Directors are aware, raw materials used by our sub-contract manufacturers are independently
sourced from suppliers (which include the VC Group) except in the situation that the source of raw
material is designated by the end customers. We compile our internal list of qualified sub-contract
manufacturers based on results of the audits and information obtained.
Our suppliers include raw material suppliers as well as sub-contract manufacturers to whom
we outsource the manufacturing process of our products. For each of the years ended 31 March 2008,
2009 and 2010, purchases from our top five suppliers amounted to approximately HK$[455.5] million,
HK$[512.8] million and HK$[253.0] million, respectively, representing approximately [36.9]%,
[45.7]% and [34.4]% of our total costs of sales. During these periods, purchases from our largest
supplier amounted to approximately HK$[156.7] million, HK$[213.3] million and HK$[69.8] million,
respectively, representing approximately [12.7]%, [19.0]% and [9.5]% of our total costs of sales for
2008, 2009 and 2010. We, on average, enjoy a credit period of 30 to 60 days from our suppliers.
We purchase certain raw materials from our connected parties, details of which are set out in the
section headed ‘‘Continuing connected transactions” in this document. The VC Group and Kimberley
are our top five suppliers during the Track Record Period. Save for the VC Group and Kimberley,
none of our Directors, our chief executive, or any person who (to our knowledge) owns more than
5% of our issued share capital or any of our subsidiaries, or any of their respective associates, had
any interest in any of our top five suppliers during the Track Record Period.
QUAlITYCONTROlANdASSURANCE
Our Group believes that its commitment to quality control is key to its success.
In-houseproductionfacilities
Our quality control procedures start at the raw materials procurement stage when our staff
checks the quality of the raw materials delivered prior to confirming the receipt of raw materials.
Fabrics, our principal raw material, are checked randomly through visual appearance inspection,
focusing on whether they are broken. Inspection reports are prepared based on the rate of decolouring
and shrinkage of the fabrics. Other raw materials undergo a conventional viewing of their quality
which can be identified easily through visual appearance inspection to ensure that the raw materials
comply with our quality standards.
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At each stage of our manufacturing process for the Cut-and-Sew knitwear, appearance inspection
is carried out on the semi-finished products, and only qualified semi-finished products are allowed to
go onto the next stage of production. During the cutting stage, measurement checking is done. During
the sewing stage, supervisors at each of the production lines are responsible for checking whether
there are any broken needles on each garment product. When our products are finished, the size and
length of each product have to be checked. During the ironing stage, measurement checking is to be
conducted again to ensure that our products meet our quality requirements. During the packaging
stage, our quality assurance staff members perform appearance inspection on the supplementary
packaging materials such as price tags and care labels to ensure that they are appropriately attached
to the right products, and each product will be placed into a needle detector machine to have a final
checking to ensure no broken needle is left on the garment products. Lastly, a final inspection on
sizes and quantities will be conducted randomly. Prior to shipping, each box of our products will
be placed into a shipment detector machine to confirm no needles are kept in the box. Some of our
customers may conduct their own quality control inspection on our products and prepare relevant
inspection reports.
As for our manufacturing process of the Knit-to-Shape sweater, the appearance and texture of
raw materials are inspected. Test of knitting and washing of simple pattern on the raw materials will
be carried out. During the panel knitting stage, measurement checking is done. During the linking and
smoothing stage, workmanship checking and light testing are carried out. We will check measurement
again during the washing and ironing stage. Workmanship checking and label information inspection
are carried out during the sewing of labels stage. During the packaging stage, we will double check
the accuracy of the label and information on the packaging material.
Various reports are prepared throughout our production processes, including knit fabric quality
inspection report, accessory inspection report, inspection cutting report, embroidery and printing
inspection report, measurement checking report and final inspection report.
For certain branded customers, they have their internal quality control standards for us to comply
with and these standards may be higher than the common quality control standards implemented by us.
These customers will arrange their own staff to travel to our factories to monitor the manufacturing
processes of our products. Some of them have established their specific acceptable manufacturing
system which shall be complied with by their supplier factories.
Based on the confirmation issued by Bureau of Quality and Technology Supervision of Xinhui,
Jiangmen (江門市新會區質量技術監督局), our principal products complied with the relevant product
quality rules and regulations, and no penalties had been imposed upon us for the violation of any
product quality laws or regulations as at 14 May 2010.
Sub-contractmanufacturers
In respect of sub-contract manufacturers, we have a quality assurance and control team with
[10] employees who oversees the performance of our sub-contract manufacturers. Members of such
quality assurance and control team perform on-site quality inspections and testing procedures at the
factories of our sub-contract manufacturers at different stages in the manufacturing process to ensure
quality of our products.
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So far, we have not received any significant complaints about the quality of our products from
our customers or otherwise in connection with social, health or safety regulations that may impose
material and adverse effect on our business or relationship with our customers. During the Track
Record Period, there were no material claims against our sub-contract manufacturers by our Group.
dESIGNANddEVElOPMENT
As at 31 March 2010, our design and development team consisted of [96] experienced members.
We organise sampling sourcing trips around the world periodically to obtain first hand clothing samples
so as to keep abreast with global fashion trend. We visit various department stores and boutiques in
different countries and places to experience latest trends in style and fabric materials in those places.
Within our design and development team, we have our own sample workshop of approximately 77 staff
to produce in-house designs of garment products as well as to provide design and product development
services to our customers. Our workshop has the capacity to produce approximately 1,000 samples every
week and the wide range of available samples can provide more products choices for our customers
to suit their requirements. Our sample workshop enhances our lead time to produce samples for our
customers. Further, with the support of the VC Group, we can source our raw materials efficiently for
our sample making process. Our involvement in the product development stage of the manufacturing
process of our customers’ orders solidifies our relationship with our customers and ensure quality of
our products which meet our customers’ demands.
Sometimes, our customers will provide tech-packs with required specifications on certain
products for us to develop samples. We will then follow such specifications and arrange for making of
the sample and with our in-house sample workshop, we are able to develop samples for our customers
around [24] hours from the receipt of specifications from them. During the development of samples,
we, from time to time, give suggestions to our customers to improve their designs. We work closely
with our customers to ensure product quality and our design and development team plays an important
part in development processes to meet quality standards.
SAlESANdMARKETING
Customers
Our customers are mostly brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores, supermarket
chains and importers both in China and overseas. We also source garment products for customers
which are importers. We source a wide variety of garment products for our customers including Cut-
and-Sew knitwear, Knit-to-Shape sweater and woven products, which include ladies’, men’s and kids’
knitwear, sweaters, polo-shirts, T-shirts, sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears. During
the Track Record Period, our revenue was mainly generated from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico,
Japan and the PRC and more than half of our total revenue for each year during the Track Record
Period was generated from our customers in the U.S.. The products sourced by us for our customers
are subject to anti-dumping actions, however, during the Track Record Period, none of the products
sourced by the Group had been subject to any anti-dumping investigations nor measures. So far as our
Directors are aware, there were about 35 anti-dumping investigations on textiles and clothing products
(of which category the products we source for our customers, being apparel products, belong) in
2008 and none of them related to apparel products. As far as our Directors understand, anti-dumping
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measures could be applied by a member country of the World Trade Organisation when imports of
a product is said to be at an export price below its normal value (measured against the price of the
product in the domestic market of the exporting country) and if such “dumped import” causes injury
to a domestic industry in the importing country. Our Directors believe that the export price of the
products sourced by us for our customers are at market price of such products in their country of
manufacture, therefore, the risk of such products being categorised as “dumped import” should not
be high. Besides, our Directors also believe that the garment manufacturing industry in the U.S. and
the E.U. is not as flourishing as in the past, it is also less likely that the importing garment products
could be viewed as causing injury to their domestic industry. Accordingly, our Directors are of the
view that the chance of the products sourced by us for our customers are subject to anti-dumping
investigations or measures is very low.
We have developed and maintained good business relationships with our customers; among our
top 10 customers during the Track Record Period, we have, on average, over [five] years’ business
relationship with them. We have over 12 years’ business relationship with our largest customer during
the Track Record Period.
We have dedicated sales teams which frequently contact our customers in order to enhance
our knowledge of and responsiveness to our customers’ needs and ensure timely customer services.
As at 31 March 2010, our merchandising team which is responsible for sales services consisted of
approximately [113] employees.
Sales to our top five customers during the Track Record Period amounted to approximately
HK$[877.6] million, HK$[786.0] million and HK$[448.8] million which accounted for approximately
[61.3]%, [61.2]%, and [50.2]%, respectively, of our total revenue for the three years ended 31 March
2010. Sales to our largest customer during the Track Record Period amounted to approximately
HK$[530.4] million, HK$[478.2] million and HK$[137.2] million respectively, representing approximately
[37.1]%, [37.2]% and [15.3]% of our total revenue. None of our Directors, their respective associates
or, so far as our Directors are aware, the existing Shareholders had any interest in any of the top five
customers of our Group during the Track Record Period.
Our customers are invoiced at the time when products are delivered by us. Generally, we provide
our customers with credit period of 30 to 60 days depending on the customer’s financial strength,
business size, credit history and historical sales performance. All credit terms are subject to our
senior management’s approval. Our management and responsible staff conduct regular reviews of
customers with overdue payments. As at 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010, impairment loss recognised
on receivables of approximately HK$0.8 million, HK$0.6 million and HK$0.8 million was recognised
for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Sales
Our sales team, consisted of approximately [35] employees as at 31 March 2010, is divided
into teams based on the geographical location of our customers. We have offices in the U.S., the
PRC, Hong Kong and Macau, and have a representative in Canada to provide sales supporting and/
or customer services to enhance the quality and efficiency of our sourcing management services to
our customers. In addition, for customers in the U.S. and Canada, we provide importing services
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arrangement to them through our subsidiaries established in the U.S., Top Value Inc.. Under such
arrangement, products required by our customers are delivered “door-to-door” from our facilities to our
customers’ designated location at the aggregate cost of production, transportation, appropriate customs
duties and taxes without incurring extra time and costs for our customers. Such sales arrangement is
welcomed by our U.S. customers.
Generally, we obtain sales orders from our customers through periodic visits to the offices of
apparel brand owners when we explore cooperation opportunities with them from time to time. We
organise presentations with potential customers to introduce to them our Company, our products and
services and our competitive strengths. We also develop samples based on our potential customers’
required specifications for their consideration. Upon receiving positive feedback or confirmation
from our potential customers, we will further follow up with them. We will provide fee quotation for
such customers to consider after obtaining relevant estimates from our factories or our sub-contract
manufacturers. When a purchase order is placed and confirmed, the head of our sales team will allocate
our merchandising staff to monitor the production processes of that order. Such staff will act as a
coordinator between our customers and our factories or our sub-contract manufacturers. The major
follow-up work include various approval processes such as lap-dips approval and bulk fabric approval,
sample fitting, pre-production sample approval, printing and embroidery approval, and processing of
fabric and garment tests. In-line, pre-final and final inspection will also be carried out prior to delivery.
Our shipping team will monitor the shipping arrangement and delivery of finished products.
We believe the ability to provide timely and quality services to our customers and reputation
are key contributors to our success and we place much importance on the quality of services and
support that we provide to our customers. Our sales team provides dedicated post-sales services to
our customers and handles minor claims or complaints from existing customers. Our management
will be responsible for handling more major claims or complaints from existing customers. Our sales
staff will coordinate with our production and logistics team for any necessary reprocessing of orders.
During the Track Record Period, there were no material claims or complaints against us from our
customers.
Marketingandpromotion
Our marketing and promotional activities are conducted by our merchandising team. Members
of our merchandising team generally visit our existing customers periodically to maintain close
relationship with them. With the help of our in-house design and development team, we can provide
up-to-date information to our customers, such as recommendation on the use of fabrics. Through
these regular visits and communications with our customers, we can better understand their needs and
obtain feedback from them so as to improve our products and services, which in turn will enhance
our ability to develop and expand our customer base.
From time to time, we organise presentations with potential customers to introduce to them the
Company, our products and services and our competitive strengths. Direct promotion and discussion
with potential customers enhance their awareness of our Group and help us further expand our business
to them should the opportunity arises.
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COMPETITION
Our direct customers are mostly overseas brand owners/carriers, megastores, department stores
and supermarket chains and we source garment products for customers which are importers. We
manufacture Cut-and-Sew knitwear and Knit-to Shape sweaters which include ladies’, men’s and
kids’ knitwear, sweaters, polo-shirts, T-shirts, sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears.
We are also developing our “夢仕臣” (Monstons) brand products in the PRC market. To the best
knowledge of our Directors, none of our customers was engaged in the sale of branded underwear
and home wear products in the PRC as at the Latest Practicable Date. Accordingly, there should not
be any competition between the branded products that we are developing and the products of our
existing customers.
[In the garment industry, market players mainly compete in areas such as, among other things,
product quality, price, and the ability to provide timely services and fulfill delivery commitments.
We face competition from both garment factories and garment sourcing companies in the PRC and
international players. Price competition in respect of our products and services to our customers
is a major element in the competition we faced. In order to reduce cost, we engaged sub-contract
manufacturers in the PRC, Cambodia, Madagascar and Vietnam. Our competitors may have more
abundant resources to enhance their manufacturing capabilities and production processes or have
established good relationships with their customers due to their long-standing history of business.
However, with our one-stop shop business model as a garment sourcing management group with
manufacturing capabilities and our relationship with VC which is our fabric supplier, we can provide
to our customers a comprehensive range of garment products sourcing management services in a
timely and costs efficient manner. With our merchandising experience and stringent quality control,
we can offer to our customers high quality products and services, which include trendy and stylish
garments for the renowned brands. ]
We compete on the basis of the quality and reliability of our services and products. Since
our customers are international and PRC brands with strong images, we must provide high quality
services as well as products to them. Quality services include reliability in providing timely services,
fulfilling delivery commitments, and responsiveness and flexibility in meeting customer requirements.
We seek to enhance our competitive position by offering a broad range of products, including Cut-
and-Sew knitwear, Knit-to-Shape sweater and woven products, which include ladies’, men’s and kids’
knitwear, sweaters, polo-shirts, T-shirts, sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears, to our
customers.
ENVIRONMENTAlISSUES
PRC
There are no environmental protection laws or regulations in the PRC specifically applicable
to garment manufacturers in the PRC. In general, we are required to abide by the Environmental
Protection Law of the PRC (中華人民共和國環境保護法) (the “EnvironmentalProtectionlaw”) which
took effect on 26 December 1989, pursuant to which we should establish a system for environmental
protection and take effective measures to prevent pollution caused by production, construction work or
other activities. According to the Environmental Protection Law, where the construction of a project
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may cause any pollution to the environment, an environmental impact evaluation must be performed
to determine the preventive and remedial measures to be adopted, and the relevant environmental
protection administration approval shall be obtained. Enterprises discharging pollutants must report
to and register such discharge with relevant environmental protection administration departments.
Enterprises discharging pollutants in excess of prescribed national or local discharge standards shall
be responsible for paying a discharge fee for exceeding the standard and eliminating and controlling
pollution. Depending on the circumstances and the extent of the pollution, the relevant environmental
protection administration departments may impose various types of penalties on persons or enterprises
who are in violation of the Environmental Protection Law. Penalties include issuance of a warning
notice; imposition of a fine; determination of a time limit for rectification; issuance of an order to
reinstall and resume operation of environmental protection facilities which have been dismantled or left
unused; issuance of an order to suspend production or to suspend and close the business; imposition of
administrative sanctions or investigation and establishment of criminal liabilities against the personnel
in charge. In addition, in cases where the pollution causes damage to others, civil indemnification to
victims shall be required.
Furthermore, due to the composition of the products which we manufacture, there is minimal
air pollution. During the Track Record Period, the amount we spent on waste water treatment was
approximately RMB215,000 for laying of sewage pipes and facilities at our PRC Factory for the
sewage treatment services provided by the VC Group. Our waste water was treated by the VC
Group during the Track Record Period, and such arrangement will constitute continuing connected
transactions for the Company. As the VC Group has been providing waste water treatment services
to our Group at no cost since 19 November 2009, being the date of completion of the transfer
of 40% interest in Jiangmen Factory to our Group, our Directors expect that we will not incur
any significant cost in relation to the waste water treatment in the future. Further details of such
transactions were disclosed in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this
document. The Jiangmen Xinhui Luokeng Environmental Protection Office (江門市新會區羅坑鎮環境保護辦公室) had confirmed that we had complied with the Environmental Protection Law and
other relevant rules and regulations since the establishment of Jiangmen Factory to 29 April 2010.
Our PRC Legal Advisers advised that the Jiangmen Xinhui Luokeng Environmental Protection Office
(江門市新會區羅坑鎮環境保護辦公室) could only confirm that Jiangmen Factory had complied with
the Environmental Protection Law and other relevant rules and regulations since its establishment to 29
April 2010. FG Shanghai and FG Shenzhen (being the remaining group companies established in the
PRC), since establishment, have never engaged in any construction projects and their actual business
operation does not cause environmental pollution like manufacturing entities. No confirmation as to
the compliance of the Environmental Protection Law could be obtained by each of FG Shanghai and
FG Shenzhen. As advised by the PRC Legal Advisers, FG Shanghai and FG Shenzhen have confirmed
that, since establishment, they have been in compliance with PRC environment laws and regulations
and no administrative penalty arising from violation of the PRC relevant laws and regulations has
been imposed on them. As at the Latest Practicable Date, no administrative sanctions, penalties or
punishments had been imposed upon us for violation of any environmental laws or regulations. In
accordance with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations on environment protection, we have
adopted advanced technologies and equipment to prevent and reduce pollution. We have reported to
and registered with the relevant environmental protection administration departments for pollutants
discharge and have obtained the Permit for the Discharge of Pollutants.
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Indonesia
As advised by our Indonesian Legal Advisers, there are no specific laws or regulations in
Indonesia which are related to environment obligation for garment manufacturers. In general, we are
required to comply with Law No. 32 Year 2009 regarding Environmental Protection and Management
(the “IndonesianEnvironmentallaw”).
The Indonesian Environmental Law encourages any enterprise to achieve environmental license which shall be a requirement for the issuance of business license. Aside from required prevention action on environmental protection and management, any entity shall also be obliged to conduct environmental audit specifically to those that conducts an activity with high potential risk to pollute and/or damage the environment. [During the Track Record Period, our Group had complied with the Indonesian Environmental Law and no administrative sanctions, penalties or punishments had been imposed upon us for violation of any Indonesian Environmental Law or regulations as at the Latest Practicable Date.]
INVENTORYCONTROl
We are committed to reducing excess inventory of raw materials and finished goods, and meanwhile continuing to meet the supply and delivery requirements of our customers. In accordance with our existing business model, we do not have a general inventory provision policy. We normally adopt the practice of “pre-sold orders”, which means confirming purchase orders with our customers before we purchase related raw materials and begin production. We closely monitor our inventories, including inventory levels and inventory age. We have a policy to review regularly the obsolescence of inventories based on the expected future sales and the age of the inventories in order to further reduce the risk of accumulation of obsolete inventories. We also conduct physical stock counts from time to time to identify obsolete or damaged products. If the market conditions are less favourable than those forecasted by the management and our unused inventories remain for a period longer than we expected, we will consider whether specific provision will be warranted on an item-by-item basis and if the costs are higher than the corresponding estimated net realisable value of certain inventories, we will make a provision against such inventories. Impairment loss was recognised on inventories for the year ended 31 March 2008 as a batch of finished goods had been aged over one year and sold out as discount subsequently. During the year ended 31 March 2009 and 2010, we did not make any specific provisions for inventories, the reason being all of the ending inventories as at 31 March 2009 and 2010 were subsequently consumed or sold higher than costs.
lEGAlPROCEEdINGS
On 5 February 2010, Jiangmen Factory was adjudicated to have underpaid value-added tax of RMB455,565.57 and was ordered by Jiangmen Xinhui National Tax Bureau* (江門市新會區國家稅務局) to pay the outstanding tax of RMB455,565.57 and a penalty of RMB227,782.79. According to the confirmation issued by the Jiangmen Xinhui National Tax Bureau* (江門市新會區國家稅務局), the aforesaid outstanding tax and penalty were fully settled. Our PRC Legal Advisers advised that our Company will not be subject to any enforcement action arising from this event. The underpayment of value-added tax by Jiangmen Factory was due to mis-interpretation of the relevant tax regulations. To prevent such event from recurrence, we had taken the following measures: (i) to consult the relevant tax authorities in respect of tax treatment in case of doubts; and (ii) to educate our staff on the implications and applications on the relevant tax laws and regulations.
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From time to time, we may be involved in litigation or other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our businesses. We are not aware of any material legal or administrative proceedings currently existing or pending against us. We are not involved in any intellectual property rights dispute or claims in relation to our product design/development and manufacturing.
PROPERTIES
Ourownedproperties
As at the Latest Practicable Date, we owned [one] property and [five] car park spaces in Hong Kong, and [one] property in Jordan. The properties in Hong Kong are used as our [head-office in Hong Kong]. Our property in Jordan is currently leased to an Independent Third Party and used by it for production purposes [and as office].
We also owned the land use rights certificates to three parcels of land with an aggregate site area of approximately [65,677] sq.m., among which (i) approximately 50,092 sq.m. was for our own use, on which our PRC Factory, consists of [seven] buildings, and various ancillary structures have been erected for our business activities and operations in the PRC. The total gross floor area of such buildings is approximately [37,392] sq.m.; and (ii) approximately [15,585] sq.m. was leased to the VC Group, further details of which were disclosed in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this document. Our PRC Legal Advisers confirmed that, as at the Latest Practicable Date, we had obtained all necessary land use right certificates and building ownership right certificates for our properties in the PRC. In addition, Jiangmen Factory has confirmed that there are certain buildings erected on our owned land in the PRC constructed by the VC Group and the ownership of such buildings do not belong to our Group, our PRC Legal Advisers are of the view that such ownership of the abovementioned buildings would not affect our right to such land and Jiangmen Factory further confirmed that such ownership of the abovementioned buildings does not affect our operations. Details of our properties are set out in Appendix III to this document.
Ourleasedproperties
As at the Latest Practicable Date, to support our business activities and operations, we leased (i) four premises in the PRC; (ii) one premises in the U.S.; (iii) four premises in Indonesia; and (iv) one premises in Macau, with a total floor area of approximately [16,723.37] sq.m.. Our leased properties are used as offices, factories, workshop, warehouse or staff quarters and the premises in Shenzhen also house our sample workshop. All our leases are entered into with independent third parties and we are using the leased premises in accordance with the purposes stated in the respective tenancy agreements. Further details regarding the buildings or units that we occupy and the terms of the tenancies are set out in Appendix III to this document.
INSURANCE
[We maintain insurance for our offices, manufacturing facilities and inventories in the PRC and Indonesia. We also maintain insurance covering public liability relating to third party bodily injury and property damage arising from accidents. In respect of our local trucking services, we maintain insurance against traffic accidents.We also maintain marine insurance against losses of cargo shipments in connection with our shipment of products to our customers. We maintain insurance against product liability for all of our products. Certain customers in the U.S. and Canada have specifically requested us to include them as the insured entities under our Group’s product liability insurance policies so that they are entitled to claim for damages from the insurance companies directly.
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Social insurance is provided for our employees including insurance for retirement, unemployment,
sickness, injury and maternity as required by the PRC social security regulations. Our Directors
believe that the coverage is adequate for our Group’s operation. As at the Latest Practicable Date, we
had not been the subject of any insurance claims which were material to us. For Jiangmen Factory,
the Luokeng Management Office of Jiangmen Xinhui Labour and Social Protection Bureau (江門市新會區勞動和社會保障局羅坑管理所) (a competent regulatory authority as advised by our PRC
Legal Advisers) has confirmed that we had complied with the relevant regulations in respect of
social insurance as at 29 April 2010. For FG Shanghai, the Putuo District Social Insurance Affairs
Management Center (普陀區社會保險事業管理中心) (a competent regulatory authority as advised by
our PRC Legal Advisers) has confirmed that we had joined the retirement insurance scheme and there
was no outstanding payment under such scheme as of April 2010, being the month immediately prior
to the issue of such confirmation. [We have also taken out insurance for our employees in Indonesia,
the U.S. and other places where we have our offices as required by the laws or regulations of the
relevant jurisdictions.]
As advised by our Indonesian Legal Advisers, all entities in Indonesia are required to have
their employees registered under a social insurance scheme. PT. Victory Apparel Semarang maintains
a social insurance scheme for its employees and has settled all its annual obligations for payment
under the scheme. Other than the abovementioned, there is no obligation for entities to maintain other
insurance schemes. Nevertheless, PT. Victory Apparel Semarang maintains all risk insurance for its
leased buildings, machinery and stock.
EMPlOYEES
For the three years ended 31 March 2010, we had 3,936, 2,941 and 2,667 staff (including our
employees and contract personnel), respectively of which 602, 109 and 1 were contract personnel
engaged through independent third-party employment agencies, respectively. The following table
shows a breakdown of our staff by functions as at 31 August 2010:
Function Numberofemployees
Merchandising 118 –Sales,marketingandbusinessdevelopment 29 –Salessupporting 89
Production and logistics 2,153 –Production 2,125 –Shipping 28
Quality assurance and control 106
Administration, finance and human resources 152
Others 160 –Designanddevelopment 96 –Othersupporting 64
Total 2,689
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Our total staff costs for the three years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 were approximately HK$[136] million, HK$[102] million and HK$[93] million respectively and which accounted for approximately [9.5]%, [7.9]% and [10.4]% of our total revenue in the corresponding periods. Our management participates in the performance evaluation of our staff and conduct salary reviews. We adhere strictly to both statutory employment standards and those requested by our customers, such as wages and working hours, and maintain appropriate internal standards and workplace practices.
We maintain good working relationships with our staff. Our Directors believe that our working environment and benefits offered to our employees have contributed to building good staff relations and retention. As at the Latest Practicable Date, we had not experienced any strikes or any disputes with our staff which had any material impact on our business.
PRC
We contribute to social insurance scheme in accordance with PRC laws and regulations. Based on the confirmation issued by The Luokeng Management Office of Jiangmen Xinhui Labour and Social Protection Bureau (江門市新會區勞動和社會保障局羅坑管理所) (a competent regulatory authority as advised by our PRC Legal Advisers), we have complied with the labour law and regulations in the PRC.
According to the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Fund (住房公積金管理條例) effective on 3 April 1999, the PRC companies shall go through housing fund registration with the local housing fund administration center and open housing fund accounts for its employees in the bank. A company may be subject to order to handling within a time limit for failure to comply with the rules in relation to the abovementioned registration and accounts opening. If a company fails to handle within the prescribed time limit, a penalty ranging from RMB10,000 to RMB50,000 would be imposed. Where a company fails to pay up housing funds within time limit, the housing fund administration center shall order it to make payment in certain period of time, if the company still fails to do so, the housing fund administration center may apply to the court for enforcement of the unpaid amount.
Based on the confirmation issued by Shanghai Provident Fund Management Office 上海市公積金管理中心普陀區管理部 on 14 May 2010, FG Shanghai had established a housing fund account in July 2007 and had contributed to the fund until April 2010, being the month immediately prior to the issue of such confirmation.
However, Jiangmen Factory and FG Shenzhen did not register with relevant authorities, did not establish a housing fund account with banks and did not contribute to the housing fund. Due to different levels of acceptance of housing fund system by employees and the fact that certain employees did not ordinarily reside in Jiangmen or Shenzhen, Jiangmen Factory and FG Shenzhen have not made housing fund contribution. As at 30 April 2010, Jiangmen Factory’s outstanding amounts of housing fund contributions amounted to approximately RMB4 million, which, together with the maximum amount penalty of RMB50,000 that may be payable, is the maximum potential liability arising from the outstanding contributions for Jiangmen Factory. The amount required to be contributed by FG Shenzhen was approximately RMB12,800 for the period commencing from 1 February 2010 (being the first whole month since its employees were first hired) to 30 April 2010, which, together with the maximum amount of penalty of RMB50,000 that may be payable, is the maximum potential liability arising from the outstanding contributions for FG Shenzhen.
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Rocwide Limited, a member of the VC Group, acquired 60% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory in 2006; our Group acquired the remaining 40% equity interest in 2009 and acquired Rocwide Limited in 2010, and from 7 April 2010, Jiangmen Factory became a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company. Since our Group was not a shareholder of Jiangmen Factory since its establishment until the respective transfer of equity interest as mentioned, the past shareholders of Jiangmen Factory had undertaken, should Jiangmen Factory be required to contribute to the housing fund, to contribute the portion attributable to them according to the period during which they were the shareholders and their respective shareholding ratios. In addition, our Controlling Shareholders have provided indemnities in favour of our Group against the potential liability arising from the outstanding housing fund contributions. Without taking into account the undertakings of the past shareholders, should the housing fund contributions be provided for based on the associated maximum potential liability, the Group’s consolidated profit before tax for each of the three years ended 31 March 2010 would be reduced by approximately 1.15%, 0.86% and 1.12% respectively, and the Group’s consolidated net assets as at 31 March 2010 would be reduced by approximately [0.07]%.
[As advised by the official at the Housing Fund Administration Center of Xinhui District, being a competent authority in this aspect, during a meeting on 23 June 2010, Jiangmen Factory was only required to pay its outstanding housing fund contribution for its employees if and when the Center received complaint(s) from the relevant employee(s). According to such official, the Center has not received any complaint from any employee of Jiangmen Factory as of the date of the above meeting. Based on the above, Jiangmen Factory is not, at present, required to make payment of its outstanding housing fund contribution. No written confirmation from the Center was obtained.]
The amount required to be contributed by FG Shenzhen was approximately RMB12,800 for the period commencing from 1 February 2010 (being the first whole month since its employees were first hired) to 30 April 2010, which, together with the maximum amount of penalty of RMB50,000 that may be payable, is the maximum potential liability arising from the outstanding contributions for FG Shenzhen. Based on the results of its enquiry with the Shenzhen Social Insurance Fund Management Bureau* (深圳市社會保險基金管理局) on 8 September 2010, being a competent authority in this aspect, our PRC Legal Advisers advised that, although the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Fund became effective on 3 April 1999, at present, it is still not mandatory for companies in Shenzhen to contribute to the housing fund and accordingly, the possibility for FG Shenzhen being legally liable for failure to contribute to the housing fund is low. No written confirmation from this Bureau was obtained.
In the event that Jiangmen Factory or FG Shenzhen is mandatorily required to register with relevant authorities, establish a housing fund account with banks, contribute to the housing fund and/or make payment of its outstanding housing fund contribution pursuant to any PRC laws or regulations in the future, our Group will ensure full compliance with relevant PRC laws and regulations.
As disclosed in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document, the Labour Law became effective on 1 January 2008 in the PRC. We have complied with the Labour Law since it became effective. During the Track Record Period, the direct labour costs for staff in our Jiangmen Factory only accounted for approximately 2.1%, 2.3% and 3.4% of our total costs of sales during the period. Given the insignificant proportion of costs attributable to direct labour costs of Jiangmen Factory, our Directors are of the view that our Group’s financial position and operations are not materially affected by the Labour Law during the Track Record Period, and expect it will continue to be so in the future.
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Our Directors also note that although there were recent lifting of labour wages in some PRC factories, we did not increase labour wages in our PRC Factory.
Indonesia
All entities in Indonesia are obligated to submit report to the authority regarding company’s identity, employment relationship, employment protection and work vacancy. They are obligated to submit the report by no later than 30 days following establishment, reoperation or relocation. Afterwards, they are required to submit annual report to the authority. PT. Victory Apparel Semarang has fulfilled this obligation under registration No. 02440/08/DNT.Smg/05, as confirmed by the letter from local authority dated 2 October 2009.
It is also required for all entities which employ expatriates to obtain an expatriate working permit (Izin mempekerjakan Tenaga Kerja Asing- “IMTA”) for each expatriate. PT. Victory Apparel Semarang has fulfilled this obligation by having IMTA for all 11 expatriates it employs.
OCCUPATIONAlSAFETY
To ensure that our production facilities comply with applicable safety standards, we have established several factory safety manuals such as fire safety manual and production safety manual which set out the requisite requirements and procedures to be adhered to for the prevention of accident in our production facilities. All of our production facilities are required to be thoroughly tested before commencement of production. All operators of production facilities are required to be trained before they are allowed to operate the facilities. Training sessions are provided on the required safety and hygiene standards. During the Track Record Period, we had not experienced any material or prolonged stoppages of production due to production facilities failure and we had not experienced any major accidents during our production process. We are not aware that any toxic substance produced during our manufacturing process has caused personal injuries. As at the Latest Practicable Date, our production facilities complied with all applicable laws, regulations and standards in relation to safety.
PROdUCTIONSAFETYMATTERS
During the Track Record Period, we had complied with all applicable production safety laws in all material respects. We have made, and will continue to make, efforts and take necessary measures to ensure the safety of our employees. Such measures include ensuring that the design, installation, use and maintenance of our equipments meet national and industrial standards, providing occupational safety education and training to employees to enhance their awareness of safety issues, providing suitable protective devices to our employees and requiring them to properly wear those devices. Based on the confirmation issued by the Jiangmen Xinhui Luokeng Safety Supervision Management Office (江門市新會區羅坑鎮安全監督管理辦公室) on 29 April 2010, our operations at our Jiangmen Factory are in compliance with the current applicable production safety law in all material respects since its establishment up to 29 April 2010.
As advised by our Indonesian Legal Advisers, obligation to maintain production safety in Indonesia is governed by the Law No. 1 Year 1970 regarding Work Safety (the “Indonesian WorkSafetylaw”), which was promulgated and became effective on 12 January 2010. As required under the Indonesian Work Safety Law, all directors of entities in Indonesia are required to provide guidelines and facility for safety work manner of its employee.
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We are fully aware of the urgency of production safety procedure and therefore we have formed
the Committee on the Safety and Healthy Work (PanitiaPembinaKeselamatandanKesehatanKerja)
in the Indonesian Factory which was legalised on 3 September 2007 by Head Office of the Semarang
Manpower and Transmigration Service. To maintain good production safety manner, PT. Victory Apparel
Semarang is also engaged with other party in conducting the Fire Undertaking and Prevention.
We also provide health service for employees of the Indonesian Factory which has been legalised
since 9 December 2009 by the local authority.
INTEllECTUAlPROPERTYRIGHTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, we owned the rights to three registered trademarks in the
PRC and nine registered domain names, which are being used in the business of our Group. Further
details of our intellectual property rights are set out in the paragraph headed “Intellectual property
rights of our Group” in Appendix V to this document.
INVESTMENTSINOTHERCOMPANIES
As at the Latest Practicable Date, save as disclosed herein, we have not invested in any other
companies.
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DIRECTORS
Our Board consists of nine Directors, including three executive Directors, two non-executive
Directors and four independent non-executive Directors.
The information of our Directors is set out as follows:
Name Age Position/Title
Mr. Choi Lin Hung (蔡連鴻) 48 Chairman, chief executive officer
and Executive Director
Mr. Ng Tze On (吳子安) 58 Executive Director
Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley (劉國華) 52 Executive Director
Mr. Li Ming Hung (李銘洪) 59 Non-executive Director
Mr. Chen Tien Tui (陳天堆) 61 Non-executive Director
Mr. Lau Chi Kit (劉智傑) 65 Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Mak Chi Yan (麥志仁) 47 Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Wong Wai Kit, Louis (黃瑋傑) 50 Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Yuen Kin Kei (袁建基) 41 Independent non-executive Director
Executive Directors
Mr. Choi Lin Hung (蔡連鴻), aged 48, is our chairman and our chief executive officer. He was
appointed as our Director on 8 April 2010. His director’s service contract with us commenced on 8
September 2010. Mr. Choi is responsible for strategic planning and overseeing the overall operation
and general management of our Group. [He is also the director of FG Holdings, FG International,
Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, Top Value Inc., Brilliant Fashion Inc., Top Star
Limited, Surefaith Limited, Glory Time Limited, Mayer, Rocwide Limited, FG Shanghai, Jiangmen
Factory, PT. Victory Apparel Semarang, Wealth Choice Limited, CSG Apparel Inc., Happy Noble
Holdings Limited, Sky Winner International Limited and Gojifashion Inc.]. He is also one of the
authorised signatories of Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited.]
[He was awarded the professional diploma in company secretaryship and administration by the
Hong Kong Polytechnic, the former Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 1985. He obtained a master’s
degree in Business Administration from the University of Sheffield, the United Kingdom, in 1987.
Prior to joining our Group in 1998, Mr. Choi had worked in [Deutsche Bank] and [First Pacific
Bank] and had obtained extensive experience in the banking industry. Mr. Choi became an executive
director of VC in 2001 when the VC Group acquired our Group and remains an executive director of
VC up to the Latest Practicable Date.]
Mr. Ng Tze On (吳子安), aged 58, was appointed as our Director on 8 April 2010. His director’s
service contract with us commenced on 8 September 2010. He is the brother of Mr. Ng Tsze Lun,
one of our senior management staff. He is responsible for production management of our Group. [He
is also the director of FG Holdings, FG International, Surefaith Limited, Rocwide Limited, Wealth
Choice Limited, Top Star Limited, FG Shanghai and Jiangmen Factory.] He was the director of Yee
On Printing (China) Limited (怡安印花廠 (中國) 有限公司) and Yee On Printing Factory Limited
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(怡安印花廠有限公司) from 1995 to 1997 and from 1986 to 1997 respectively. Mr. Ng joined our
Group in 1999 as a sample coordinator. He was later promoted to manager in 2001 and has been
responsible for overseeing the operations of our sample room. He has been responsible for our
production management since 2007.
Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley (劉國華), aged 52, was appointed as our executive Director on 8 September 2010. Mr. Lau is the director and a Substantial Shareholder of Mayer and is responsible for the overall operation of Mayer including marketing for Mayer.
[Mr. Lau obtained a bachelor’s degree in Arts, majoring in History and minoring in Government and Public Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1982. He worked as an inspector in the Customs & Excise Department in Hong Kong from 1983 to 1989.
Mr. Lau started to work in the garment field in 1993 when he joined Kyosei Company as Manager. He founded Mayer Garment Limited (美雅創業製衣有限公司) with his wife in 1997 and he worked mainly in ladies’ fashion in Japanese market. Mayer Garment Limited is held by Mr. Lau and his wife in equal shares, and is an investment holding company which holds two factories, including the entire interest in Kimberley. Kimberley is principally engaged in the manufacturing of apparel products and has been and will be supplying apparel products to our Group, details of which were disclosed in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this document. Mayer Garment Limited, through its subsidiaries, is solely engaged in the manufacturing business and not the garment sourcing business which requires a greater level of technical knowledge and expertise. So far as our Directors are aware and based on Mr. Lau’s confirmation, Kimberley and Mayer Garment Limited will not be competing with our Group. Kimberley and Mayer Garment Limited (being the holding company of Kimberley) are engaged in similar manufacturing business with our Group. However, in contrast with the pure manufacturing nature of Kimberley and Mayer Garment Limited, we are a well-developed sourcing management group with production capabilities which operates a one-stop shop business model. The ability of providing our customers a comprehensive range of services covering the entire supply chain of garment products differentiates us from Kimberley and Mayer Garment Limited. Further, we only manufacture Cut-and-Sew knitwear and Knit-to-Shape sweater while Kimberley mainly manufactures woven products. Kimberley and Mayer Garment Limited are not of a comparable size with our Group in terms of revenue, assets and number of employees and it is not likely that they are in competition with our Group. We are capable of carrying on our business independently of each of Kimberley and Mayer Garment Limited.
Under Mr. Lau’s management, Mayer Garment Limited’s market coverage then expanded to cover U.S. in 2005. On 6 March 2006, 49 shares of Happy Lane Limited were issued to Mr. Lau. Mr. Lau was appointed as the director of Happy Lane Limited on the same date. On 15 March 2006, Happy Lane Limited changed its name to Mayer. Under Mr. Lau’s management, Mayer expanded its market coverage to cover Europe in 2009.]
Non-executive Directors
Mr. Li Ming Hung (李銘洪), aged 59, was appointed as our non-executive Director on 8 September 2010. Mr. Li is the chairman and an executive director of VC and a co-founder of the VC Group. [Mr. Li is also the director of FG Holdings, FG International, Rocwide Limited, Surefaith Limited, Mayer, Wealth Choice Limited, FG Shanghai and Jiangmen Factory. He is also one of the
authorised signatories of Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited.]
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Mr. Li has over 33 years’ experience in the textile industry and is responsible for the overall
strategic planning of the corporate as well as business development of the VC Group. Mr. Li worked
in Kam Fung Bleaching and Dyeing Factory Limited as manager from 1977 to 1991 and worked in
Victory City Company Limited, now a subsidiary of VC, as a director from 1991 until now.
Mr. Chen Tien Tui (陳天堆), aged 61, was appointed as our non-executive Director on 8
September 2010. Mr. Chen is the chief executive officer and an executive director of VC and a co-
founder of the VC Group. [Mr. Chen is also the director of FG Holdings, FG International, Rocwide
Limited, Surefaith Limited, Wealth Choice Limited, FG Shanghai and Jiangmen Factory. He is also
one of the authorised signatories of Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited.]
Mr. Chen has over 31 years’ experience in the textile industry and is responsible for the day-to-
day operation in respect of production, sales and marketing of the VC Group. Mr. Chen worked in Kam
Fung Bleaching and Dyeing Factory Limited as manager from 1971 to 1991 and worked in Victory City
Company Limited, now a subsidiary of VC, as a director from 1991 until now. He is an independent
non-executive director of China Lilang Limited which is a company listed on the Main Board.
Independent non-executive Directors
Mr. Lau Chi Kit (劉智傑), aged 65, was appointed as our independent non-executive Director
on 8 September 2010. He retired from The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
(“HSBC”) in December 2000 after more than 35 years of service. Among the major positions in
HSBC, he was the Assistant General Manager and Head of Personal Banking Hong Kong and Assistant
General Manager and Head of Strategic Implementation, Asia-Pacific Region.
He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (“Institute”). He was the Chairman of
the Institute’s Executive Committee in 1999 and is currently the Honorary Advisor of the Institute’s
Executive Committee. He served at a number of committees appointed by the Government of Hong
Kong, including the Advisory Council on the Environment (from October 1998 to December 2001),
the Advisory Committee on Human Resources Development in the Financial Services Sector (June
2000 to May 2001), the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the Independent Commission
Against Corruption (January 2000 to December 2003), the Environment and Conservation Fund
Committee (August 2000 to October 2006), the Innovation and Technology Fund (Environment)
Projects Vetting Committee (January 2000 to December 2004) and the Law Reform Commission’s
Privacy Sub-committee (February 1990 to March 2006). He also served as Chairman of the Business
Environment Council Ltd..
Mr. Mak Chi Yan (麥志仁), aged 47, was appointed as our independent non-executive Director
on 8 September 2010. Mr. Mak obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy in 1996 and a Master
degree in corporate finance in 2002, both from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has over 20
years’ experience in securities dealing and asset management. Mr. Mak joined Sakura Finance Asia
Limited in 1989 as a securities salesperson, and he was promoted to the position of assistant manager
in 1992 and vice president in 1994, and remained in the same position until he left the Company in
1998. He then worked in the corporate and institutional business division in HLG Securities Sdn Bhd
from [1999 to 2000]. Mr. Mak is currently the associate director of UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong)
Limited, a company engaged in securities trading and investment in Asian financial markets.
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Mr. Wong Wai Kit, Louis (黃瑋傑), aged 50, was appointed as our independent non-executive
Director on 8 September 2010. Mr. Wong commenced his employment at Phillip Securities (HK)
Limited in 1993 and has over 17 years’ experience in securities market. Mr. Wong was appointed as
a Dealing Director at Phillip Securities in 1996 and has over 10 years’ management experience in
securities dealing. He was appointed as a Responsible Officer for Phillip Capital Management (HK)
Limited in 2003 and gained over seven years’ experience in asset management. Mr. Wong has also
been in charge of the Research Department of Phillip Securities and has over 15 years’ experience in
financial research. He is currently the director of Phillip Securities and Phillip Capital Management
(HK) Limited. Mr. Wong obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, majoring in English studies and
comparative literature and Translation, in 1982 from The University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Yuen Kin Kei (袁建基), aged 41, was appointed as our independent non-executive Director on
8 September 2010. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic,
the former Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 1992. He is a member of both the Hong Kong
Institute of Certified Public Accounts and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is
a Certified Public Accountant (Practising) in Hong Kong.
Mr. Yuen is currently a senior associate director of Shun Tak Holdings Limited (“Shun Tak”), a
company listed on [•••], responsible for corporate finance affairs. He has over [11] years of experience
in corporate finance, debt and equity fund raising and treasury management with Shun Tak. Prior to
joining Shun Tak in July 1999, he spent seven years in total with another listed company in Hong
Kong and an international accounting firm.
Save as disclosed above, each of our Directors (i) did not hold other positions in the Company
or other members of our Group as at the Latest Practicable Date; (ii) had no other relationship with
any Directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company as at
the Latest Practicable Date; and (iii) did not hold any other directorships in listed public companies
in the three years prior to the Latest Practicable Date.
Save as disclosed herein, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of our Directors
having made all reasonable enquiries, there was no other matter with respect to the appointment of our
Directors that needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders and there was no information
relating to our Directors that is required to be disclosed pursuant to [•••] as at the Latest Practicable
Date.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Mr. Ng Tsze Lun (吳子綸), aged 55, is our marketing director. He is the brother of Mr. Ng
Tze On, one of our executive Directors. Mr. Ng is responsible for overseeing the daily operation
and marketing of the garment products of our Group. He is also the director of [FG Holdings], [FG
International], Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, [Wealth Choice Limited] and
[Surefaith Limited.]
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Prior to joining our Group in 1998, Mr. Ng has 13 years’ experience in trading. Mr. Ng was a
director of a garment manufacturing company from 1986 to 1998.
Ms. Chan Shuk Fun (陳淑芬) CPA, aged 44, is our assistant general manager and our company
secretary. Ms. Chan is responsible for monitoring the daily operation of finance function of our
Group. She is also the director of Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited. She obtained
the professional diploma in accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic, the former Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, in 1988. She is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
Ms. Chan was an auditor at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1988 and to 1990. She then worked
as the accounting manager in companies engaging in trading from 1991 to 1998. Ms. Chan joined
our Group in 1998 as the financial controller and was promoted to the assistant general manager in
2004.
Ms. Cheng Sylvia (鄭思敏), aged 46, is our general merchandising manager. She joined our
Group in 2000. Ms. Cheng obtained a diploma in management studies jointly organised by the Hong
Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Management Association in 2000. Prior to joining
our Group, Ms. Cheng had around nine years’ experience in the field of garment merchandising.
Ms. Cheng worked as personal assistant to the general manager of U.S. womenswear, kids and Susie
Tompkins divisions in Esprit de Corp (Far East) Ltd. from 1991 to 1993, as an executive assistant
to the managing director and a senior merchandiser in Namon Ltd. from 1993 to 1998, as senior
merchandiser in Mechantex Ltd. from 1998 to 1999 and as a senior merchandiser (and later promoted
to assistant merchandising manager) in Associated Clothing Company (Hong Kong) Ltd. from 1999
to 2000.
Ms. Cheng Kam Wan (鄭錦雲) aged 47, is our general merchandising manager. Ms. Cheng was
awarded a craft certificate in light clothing manufacture by the Vocational Training Council in 1987.
Prior to joining our Group in 2002, she had over 14 years’ experience in garment merchandising.
She worked as a senior merchandiser in Jefferson International Ltd. from 1988 to 1989, as a men’s
shirt merchandiser (and later promoted to section manager) in Mondial Services (Hong Kong) Ltd.
from 1989 to 2002.
Ms. Leung Suk Hing (梁淑卿), aged 44, is our merchandising manager. In 1986, she completed
a training course in quality control inspection in Clothing Industry Training Authority. Ms. Leung
worked in a garment manufacturing Company as product clerk since 1983. In 1989, she joined a
trading company as a merchandiser. From 1993 to 2000, she worked in three garment companies as
a merchandiser. Ms. Leung joined our Group in 2000.
Mr. Cheuk Tak Kwong (卓德光), aged 51, is the production executive of PT. Victory Apparel
Semarang. Mr. Cheuk is also the director of PT. Victory Apparel Semarang. He is responsible for
overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Indonesian Factory. From 1984 to 1998, he worked in
two trading companies as a merchandiser. He joined our Group in 2000.
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Mr. Lau Fat Chuen (劉佛傳), aged 54, [is the general manager and the director of Jiangmen
Factory. Prior to joining our Group in 2005, Mr. Lau Fat Chuen has over seven years’ experience
in trading. He was the sole proprietor of Kai Po Trading Company (家寶貿易公司) from 1998 to
2005.
He is responsible for overseeing the overall management of Jiangmen Factory.] He was the
holder of 40% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory from 4 January 2006 to 15 June 2009.
COMPANY SECRETARY
Ms. Chan Shuk Fun (陳淑芬), was appointed as our company secretary on 8 September 2010.
Ms. Chan is responsible for our company secretarial functions, the review and supervision of our
Group’s overall internal control systems and providing advice to our Board and the audit committee
of our Board. Her details are set out under the paragraph headed “Senior management” above.
STAFF
We maintain good working relations with our staff. We have not experienced any significant
problems with the recruitment and retention of experienced employees. In addition, we have not
suffered from any material disruption of our normal business operations as a result of labour disputes
or strikes.
Benefits
As required by the PRC regulations on social insurance, we participate in the social insurance
schemes operated by the relevant local governmental authorities which cover retirement pension,
medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injuries insurance and maternity insurance.
Details of our contribution to the housing fund were disclosed in the paragraph headed “Employees”
in the section headed “Business” in this document.
As an Indonesian entity, PT. Victory Apparel Semarang is required to comply with the Law
No. 3 Year 1992 regarding Employment Social Insurance (the “Indonesian Employment Insurance Law”), which was promulgated and became effective on 17 February 1992. The Indonesian Employment
Insurance Law provides that each employer employing 10 or more employees or has a monthly
payroll of more than Rp. 1 million is required to register its employees to participate in and make
contributions to the employee social insurance program including employee work accidents, death,
retirement and healthcare.
Pursuant to the Law No. 40 Year 2004 regarding Social Insurance System (the “Indonesian Social Insurance System Law”), which was promulgated and became effective on 19 October 2004,
employers are required to provide insurance for their employees under an insurance program (the
“Indonesian Insurance Program”). The Indonesian Insurance Program covers industrial injuries,
death, pension fund and health insurance for the employees including their families. In this regards,
the employers must pay monthly premium of the Indonesian Insurance Program to PT Jamsostek,
the authorised institution. Employers’ participation in the Indonesian Insurance Program shall be
effective following the registration and payment of the first premium to PT Jamsostek. Employees of
the participating employers shall become the beneficiary to the Indonesian Insurance Program.
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Failure of employers to have their employees registered to participate in the Indonesian Insurance
Program may result in fines and imprisonment.
[PT. Victory Apparel Semarang had complied with the Indonesian Employment Insurance Law
and the Indonesian Social Insurance System Law during the Track Record Period and as at the Latest
Practicable Date.]
Compensation
The aggregate amount of remuneration of our Directors for the three years ended 31 March
2010 were approximately HK$1,117,000, HK$1,066,000 and HK$1,030,000 respectively. Details of
the arrangement for remuneration are set out in Note 13 to the Accountants’ Report in Appendix I to
this document. Under such arrangement and pursuant to our Directors’ service agreements and letters
of appointment referred to in the paragraph headed “Particulars of Directors’ service contracts” under
the section headed “Statutory and general information” as set out in Appendix V to this document,
the aggregate amount of directors’ fee and other emoluments payable to our Directors for the year
ending 31 March 2011 is estimated to be approximately HK$3 million, excluding any discretionary
bonuses.
Our Directors and senior management receive compensation in the form of salaries, benefits in
kind and/or discretionary bonuses relating to the performance of our Group. We also reimburse them
for expenses which are necessarily and reasonably incurred for providing services to us or executing
their functions in relation to our operations. We regularly review and determine the remuneration and
compensation packages of our Directors and senior management.
Our remuneration committee will review and determine the remuneration and compensation
packages of our Directors and senior management with reference to salaries paid by comparable
companies, time commitment and responsibilities of our Directors and performance of our Group.
During the Track Record Period, no remuneration was paid by us to, or received by, our Directors
as an inducement to join or upon joining us.
BOARD COMMITTEES
Audit committee
The Company established an audit committee on 8 September 2010 with written terms of
reference in compliance with [•••]. The primary duties of our audit committee are mainly to make
recommendations to our Board on the appointment and removal of the external auditor, review the
financial statements and materials and provide advice in respect of financial reporting and oversee
the internal control procedures of our Company. At present, our audit committee comprises Mr. Yuen
Kin Kei, Mr. Lau Chi Kit, Mr. Mak Chi Yan and Mr. Wong Wai Kit, Louis, all being independent
non-executive Directors. Mr. Yuen Kin Kei is the chairman of our audit committee.
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Remuneration committee
Our Company established a remuneration committee on 8 September 2010 with written terms
of reference in compliance with [•••]. The primary functions of our remuneration committee are to
make recommendation to our Board on the overall remuneration policy and structure relating to all
Directors and senior management of our Group, review performance based remuneration and ensure
none of our Directors determine their own remuneration. At present, our remuneration committee
comprises Mr. Mak Chi Yan, Mr. Lau Chi Kit, Mr. Wong Wai Kit, Louis and Mr. Yuen Kin Kei, all
being independent non-executive Directors and Mr. Choi, our chairman, our chief executive officer
and an executive Director. Mr. Mak Chi Yan is the chairman of our remuneration committee.
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BaCKGRounD inFoRMation oF the VC GRoup
VC was incorporated in Bermuda under the Companies Act as an exempted company with limited
liability on 13 February 1996, the shares of which have been listed on the Main Board since 13 May
1996. Immediately upon completion of the [•••] (assuming that no Shares have been issued pursuant
to the exercise of any option granted or which may be granted under the Share Option Scheme), VC,
through its indirect 51% owned subsidiary, Sure Strategy and its direct wholly-owned subsidiary, VC
Investments, will be interested in [•••]% of the issued share capital of the Company.
The VC Group is principally engaged in the production and sale of knitted fabric and dyed yarn.
At the same time its garment sourcing and manufacturing division continued to grow. For the three
years ended 31 March 2010, our Group’s net profit amounted to approximately HK$[56.3] million,
HK$[48.5] million and HK$[40.8] million. Our Group’s net profit for the three years ended 31 March
2010 also represented approximately [15.2]%, [20.1]% and [•••]% of the net profit of the VC Group
and our Group on an aggregate basis.
Our Group had been operated as an integral part of the VC Group but we have been operating
independently from the VC Group since VC Holdings acquired FG International in 2001. The garment
sourcing and manufacturing division and the other business segments of the VC Group have been
organised into separate operating units. Accordingly, save for the continuing connected transactions
disclosed in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this document, our Group
does not have any business relationship with the VC Group. [As at the Latest Practicable Date, there
is no intention to inject any business from VC Group to the Company.]
inDepenDenCe FRoM the VC GRoup
Our Directors consider that our Group is capable of carrying on its business independently of
the VC Group after [•••] based on the following particulars:
Management independence
As at the Latest Practicable Date, our Board had nine members, comprising three executive
Directors, two non-executive Directors and four independent non-executive Directors while the board
of directors of VC had four executive directors and three independent non-executive directors.
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The following table sets out the composition of the board of directors of VC and our Board:
Company VC
executive Directors executive directorsMr. Choi Lin Hung Mr. Li Ming Hung
Mr. Ng Tze On Mr. Chen Tien Tui
Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley Mr. Lee Yuen Chiu Andy
Mr. Choi Lin Hung
non-executive Directors Mr. Li Ming Hung
Mr. Chen Tien Tui
independent non-executive Directors independent non-executive directorsMr. Lau Chi Kit Mr. Kan Ka Hon
Mr. Mak Chi Yan Mr. Phaisalakani Vichai
Mr. Wong Wai Kit, Louis Mr. Kwok Sze Chi
Mr. Yuen Kin Kei
In addition, three employees of our Group namely, Mr. Ng Tsze Lun, Ms. Chan Shuk Fun and
Mr. Lau Fat Chuen, were referred to and regarded as senior management of VC’s subsidiaries for the
year ended 31 March 2010.
Mr. Choi, our executive Director and the Chairman and the chief executive officer of the Company,
is an executive director of VC and will remain as an executive director of VC after [•••]. Mr. Choi has
been concentrating on strategic planning and overseeing the overall operation and general management
of our Group since his appointment as an executive director of VC in 2001. He will serve the same
function after [•••]. As at the Latest Practicable Date, he was interested in [7,980,000] shares in VC,
representing approximately [0.75]% of the total issued share capital of VC.
Each of Mr. Li and Mr. Chen, our non-executive Directors, are executive directors of VC.
Mr. Li is the Chairman of VC, and is responsible for the overall strategic planning of the corporate
and business development of the VC Group. Mr. Chen is the Chief Executive Officer of VC, and
is responsible for the day-to-day operation in respect of production, sales and marketing of the VC
Group. Each of Mr. Li and Mr. Chen will remain on the board of VC as executive directors after
[•••]. During the Track Record Period, each of Mr. Li and Mr. Chen was the director and/or senior
management member of certain of our subsidiaries.
Each of Mr. Li and Mr. Chen will not participate in the day-to-day operations of our Group
due to the non-executive nature of their directorship. Their presence on our Board is mainly for the
representation of VC for its indirect shareholding interest in the Company. Accordingly, it is expected
that there will not be any conflict of interests arising as a result of the overlapping of the roles of
the two Directors.
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Mr. Ng Tsze Lun, Ms. Chan Shuk Fun and Mr. Lau Fat Chuen have been acting as directors and/or senior management members of various subsidiaries of the Company during the Track Record Period. The above personnel were regarded as senior management personnel of the VC Group in VC’s annual reports for the three years ended 31 March 2010. However, none of them had played any role in the VC Group during the Track Record Period other than the business and operation of our Group.
On the other hand, Mr. Lee Chung Shing, the Company secretary of VC, had been acting as a director of Top Star Limited, our wholly-owned subsidiary, during the Track Record Period. However, he had not involved in the management of our Group during the Track Record Period. His directorship is purely for administration convenience. Mr. Lee Chung Shing had resigned from his directorship in Top Star Limited on 9 September 2010.
Save as disclosed above, no other directors or senior management of our Group had any role in the VC Group. Our Directors are of the view that there is no management function overlapping between our Group and the VC Group and our Group is capable of maintaining management independence.
Moreover, if potential conflict of interest between the overlapping directors’ roles should arise, the interested Directors with potential conflict of interest shall abstain from voting at the relevant board meetings of VC, the Company or the relevant subsidiaries of the Company, where appropriate, in respect of such transactions or matters with potential conflict of interest, and they shall not be counted in the quorum of the relevant board meetings. For the Company, board decisions in respect of such matters or transactions with potential conflict of interest will be decided by the independent non-executive Directors as well as our executive Directors with no involvement in the VC Group.
Based on the above reasons, our Directors are of the view that our Directors and the senior management of our Group are able to function independently from the VC Group and potential conflict of interest can be avoided and where it arises, resolved.
operational independence
The core businesses of the VC Group and our Group, by their very nature, are different businesses which are independently operated in distinct markets. Our Directors expect that, immediately following completion of the [•••], the VC Group will remain to be engaged principally in the production and sale of knitted fabric and dyed yarn, whereas our Group will focus on sourcing management which provides a wide range of services covering the entire supply chain of garment products with manufacturing capabilities. Fabric and yarn are raw materials of garment products. By the nature of the products and services provided by our Group and the VC Group, there is a clear delineation between the businesses retained by the VC Group and the business of our Group and there will not be any overlapping of business.
The current production bases of our Group are located in Jiangmen, the PRC and Indonesia, while those of the VC Group are located in Jiangmen, the PRC. Although the production facilities of our Group and of the VC Group in Jiangmen are adjacent to each other, the production plants and ancillary facilities of the two groups are clearly delineated. In respect of our PRC production base, all of our production plants and ancillary facilities, such as warehouses and staff quarters, are situated on the land owned by us. Save for the leasing arrangement with the VC Group as disclosed in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this document, as at the Latest Practicable Date, there were no buildings or facilities that were not owned and used by us erected on our land.
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The principal raw materials for manufacturing of fabric and yarn are cotton yarn, dyestuff
and chemicals while fabric and yarn themselves are principal raw materials for manufacturing of
garment products. Further, products/services of the VC Group are mainly sold/provided to [garment
manufacturing factories] while products/services of our Group are mainly sold/provided to garment
products retailers or distributors. As the respective principal raw materials, production base, products
and customers of the VC Group and our Group are different or can be clearly delineated, our Directors
are of the view that there will not be any actual or potential competition between the respective
businesses of the VC Group and our Group. [As at the Latest Practicable Date, there is no common
customer between VC Group and our Group.]
The VC Group has been supplying fabric products and yarn, steam and electricity and waste
water treatment services to our Group during the Track Record Period and will continue to supply
such products/services to our Group after [•••]. These transactions constitute continuing connected
transactions for the Company under [•••] and are governed by the Fabric Master Agreement, the Steam
and Electricity Master Agreement, the Yarn Master Agreement and the Waste Water Treatment Master
Agreement, details of which were set out in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions”
in this document. The transactions were entered into after arm’s length negotiations and the terms
of these transactions are determined with reference to market terms. Other than these transactions
and the Lease Agreement referred to in the section headed “Continuing Connected Transactions” in
this document, there are no other transactions between our Group and the VC Group. Under [•••],
these transactions will be subject to annual review by our independent non-executive Directors and
our auditors to ensure, among other matters, that these transactions are (i) in the ordinary and usual
course of business; (ii) either on normal commercial terms or, if there are not sufficient comparable
transactions to judge whether they are on normal commercial terms, on terms no less favourable to
the Company than terms available to or from (as appropriate) Independent Third Parties; and (iii) in
accordance with the relevant agreement governing them on terms that are fair and reasonable and in the
interest of our Shareholders as a whole. In order to comply with these requirements, our management
will continuously monitor the conducts of all continuing connected transactions between our Group
and the VC Group to ensure that all these transactions will be conducted in the above manner, failing
which the Company will need to re-comply with the reporting, announcement and/or independent
shareholders’ approval requirement under [•••] in respect of the relevant transactions.
Our Directors consider that we can function independently from the VC Group given that our
Group is able to engage other suppliers for the provision of fabric products and yarn when necessary.
The fabric products and yarn supplied by the VC Group are generic and can be replaced by products
supplied by other independent third party suppliers. Our Group has engaged the VC Group as one of
the suppliers because our Directors consider that the fabric products and yarn from the VC Group are
of high quality. During the Track Record Period, we had engaged other suppliers for the provision of
fabric products and yarn. The purchase of fabric and yarn from the VC Group by our Group accounted
for approximately [20.8]% of the direct material cost of the Group for the year ended 31 March 2010
and approximately 4.6% of the total cost of sales of the Group business for the year ended 31 March
2010. Other than the VC Group, our Group had [27] suppliers of fabric products and [nine] suppliers
of yarn as at the Latest Practicable Date.
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[As regards the supply of steam and electricity and waste water treatment services from the VC
Group to our Group, our Directors are of the view that in the event the VC Group ceases to supply steam
and/or electricity and/or provide waste water treatment services to our Group, we would be able to obtain
electricity from other utilities companies when necessary at an annual cost of approximately RMB3.5
million and obtain waste water treatment services from other service providers in the same district which
are Independent Third Parties, and we can install devices within one month at a cost of approximately
RMB300,000 for generating steam ourselves at a monthly cost of approximately RMB350,000, without
undue delay or inconvenience when necessary. Currently we do not have any plan to (i) engage any
Independent Third-Parties for the supply of steam and/or electricity or waste water treatment services
to us; or (ii) install devices for generating steam ourselves.]
To ensure the independence of the operation and businesses of our Group from the VC Group,
our Group also has our own mechandising (including sales, marketing and business development, and
sales supporting), production and logistics (including production and shipping), quality assurance
and control, administration, finance and human resources and other teams (including design and
development and other supporting) which have been operating and are expected to continue to operate
separately.
The VC Group and our Directors have confirmed that they do not have any interest in a business
which competes or is likely to compete, directly or indirectly, with the Group’s business.
Financial independence
Our Group has an independent financial system and finance team which is responsible for its
own treasury functions despite its members are subsidiaries of VC during the Track Record Period.
During the Track Record Period, all of the bank borrowings of our Group were guaranteed
by the VC Group. [Agreements in principle for the release of such guarantees upon [•••] have been
obtained from the relevant banks.]
During the Track Record Period, members of our Group were subsidiaries or jointly controlled
entities of VC despite that their operations were carried out individually at company level. The financials
of such companies are consolidated at the group level. As such, there was no fixed credit terms
granted/obtained from such companies as these transactions were considered as internal transactions
during such period. Our Group has its own financial system and internal control procedures which
are independent from that of the VC Group. The business transactions between our Group and the VC
Group includes the supply by the VC Group to us of fabric products and yarn, steam and electricity
and waste water treatment services, the terms of which are governed by the Fabric Master Agreement,
the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement and the Yarn Master Agreement, details of which were
set out in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this document. Under the Fabric
Master Agreement and the Yarn Master Agreement, the credit terms obtained from the VC Group
are determined by the mutual agreement of the parties concerned, failing which payment shall be
made within 90 days, [which are comparable to the credit terms granted by the other fabric and yarn
suppliers of our Group.] Under the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement, the credit terms obtained
from the VC Group is 30 business days, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, [which is comparable
to the credit terms granted by other utilities provider to our Group.]
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[On the basis above, our Directors are of the view that the financial system of our Group is
independent from the VC Group and apart from the trade nature balances, our Group will not have
any outstanding balances with, and guarantees from or to, the VC Group upon [•••].]
administrative independence
The Company has its own team of staff to carry out its own administrative functions which is
independent of that of VC and without requiring the support of VC or its associates. Our Group has
its own capabilities and personnel to perform all essential administrative functions, including financial
and accounting management, invoicing and billing, human resources and information technology.
Each of VC and the Company will be managed and operated by its own board of directors and senior
management separately and independently and in the interests of its shareholders. Our Directors
are of the view that there is no undue reliance by our Group on the VC Group in any aspect of its
operations based on the reasons stated above.
Our Directors are of the view that there is no undue reliance by our Group on the VC Group
in any aspect of its operations based on the reasons stated above. In addition, the close working
relationship between the two groups arose as a result of their strategic relationship in terms of the
supply of fabric products, steam and electricity and yarn by the VC Group to our Group and our
Group being part of the group of companies of VC.
non-CoMpetition unDeRtaKinG
In order to further delineate the respective businesses of the VC Group and that of our Group
and to protect our Group from any potential competition from the VC Group, VC has entered into
a deed of non-competition (the “non-Competition undertaking”) in favour of our Company (for
itself and for the benefits of its subsidiaries) on 8 September 2010 pursuant to which VC has, among
other matters, irrevocably undertaken with the Company that at any time during the Relevant Period
(as defined below), VC shall, and shall procure that its associates and/or companies controlled by
it (which shall include other members of the VC Group but excluding our Group), either on its own
account or in conjunction with or on behalf of any person, firm or company, shall:
(i) not, directly or indirectly, be interested or involved or engaged in or acquire or hold
any right or interest (in each case whether as a shareholder, partner, agent or otherwise
and whether for profit, reward or otherwise) in any business which is or is about to be
engaged in any business which competes or is likely to compete directly or indirectly
with the business currently and from time to time engaged by our Group (including but
not limited to the sourcing management and manufacture and sale of garment products to
customers) and businesses ancillary to any of the foregoing, in Hong Kong, the PRC and
any other country or jurisdiction to which our Group markets, sells, distributes, supplies
or otherwise provides such products/services and/or in which any member of the Group
carries on business mentioned above from time to time (the “Restricted activity”);
(ii) not solicit any existing or then existing employee of our Group for employment by it or
its associates (excluding our Group);
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(iii) not, without the consent from the Company, make use of any information pertaining to
the business of our Group which may have come to its knowledge in its capacity as our
Controlling Shareholder for the purpose of engaging, investing or participating in any
Restricted Activity;
(iv) if there is any project or new business opportunity that relates to the Restricted Activity,
refer such project or new business opportunity to our Group for consideration;
(v) not invest or participate in any Restricted Activity; and
(vi) procure its associates (excluding our Group) not to invest or participate in any project
or business opportunity of the Restricted Activity.
The above undertakings are subject to the exception that any of the associates of VC (excluding
our Group) are entitled to invest, participate and be engaged in any Restricted Activity or any project
or business opportunity, regardless of value, which has been offered or made available to our Group,
provided always that information about the principal terms thereof has been disclosed to the Company
and our Directors, and the Company shall have, after review and approval by our Directors (including
our independent non-executive Directors without the attendance by any Director with beneficial interest
in such project or business opportunities, in which resolutions have been duly passed by the majority
of the independent non-executive Directors), confirmed its rejection to be involved or engaged, or to
participate, in the relevant Restricted Activity and provided also that the principal terms on which that
relevant associate of VC invests, participates or engages in the Restricted Activity are substantially
the same as or not more favourable than those disclosed to the Company. Subject to the above, if the
relevant associate of VC decides to be involved, engaged, or participate in the relevant Restricted
Activity, whether directly or indirectly, the terms of such involvement, engagement or participation
must be disclosed to the Company and our Directors as soon as practicable.
For the above purpose, the “Relevant Period” means the period commencing from the [•••] and
shall expire for the earlier of the dates below:
(a) the date on which VC, and its associates, individually or taken as a whole, cease to own
[30]% or more of our issued share capital directly or indirectly or cease to be deemed
as Controlling Shareholder of the Company and do not have power to control the Board
and there is at least one other independent Shareholder holding more Shares than VC
and its associates taken together; or
(b) the date on [•••].
Under the Non-Competition Undertaking, VC has also undertaken to our Group to allow our
Directors, their respective representatives and the auditors of our Group to have sufficient access to
the records of VC and its associates to ensure compliance of the terms and conditions of the Non-
Competition Undertaking and to provide to our Group and our Directors (including independent
non-executive director) from time to time with all information necessary for annual review by the
independent non-executive Directors with regard to compliance of the terms of the Non-Competition
Undertaking. VC has also undertaken to make annual declaration on compliance with the terms of
the Non-Competition Undertaking in the annual reports of our Company, if necessary.
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CoRpoRate GoVeRnanCe MeasuRes to aVoiD ConFliCt oF inteRests
Our Directors recognise the importance of incorporating elements of good corporate governance
in management conducive to the protection of the interests of the Shareholders. In particular, the
following corporate governance measures in relation to managing potential conflict of interests between
our Group and the VC Group, the compliance and enforcement of the Non-Competition Undertaking
are taken:
(a) our Directors or, if appropriate, the disinterested Directors will be responsible for deciding
and given authority to decide, without attendance by any Directors with beneficial or
conflict interests in the new business opportunity, whether or not to take up a new
business opportunity which relates to the garment sourcing and manufacturing business
and is referred to our Group by VC or any other matter arising under the terms of the
Non-Competition Undertaking. For this purpose, the disinterested Directors may, from
time to time, engage external professional advisers as they may consider necessary to
advise them on the issues which relate to the above matters;
(b) any transaction (if any) between (or proposed to be made between) our Group and
connected persons will be required to comply with [•••], including, where applicable,
the announcement, reporting and independent shareholders’ approval requirements and
with [•••];
(c) in the event that there are conflict of interest in the operations of our Group and the VC
Group and its associates, and in respect of any proposed contract or arrangement between
our Group and the VC Group and its associates, any Director who is considered to be
interested in a particular matter or the subject matter, he shall disclose his interests to
our Board and where, pursuant to the applicable provisions in the Bye-laws, he has a
material interest in the matter, he may not vote on the resolutions of our Board approving
the same and shall not be counted in the quorum for the voting as required under [•••]. A
relevant board meeting attended by disinterested Directors who have no material interest
in the matter shall be held to deliberate on the matters;
(d) under the Non-Competition Undertaking given by VC, VC has undertaken to our Group
to allow our Directors, their respective representatives and the auditors to have sufficient
access to the records of VC and its associates to ensure compliance with the terms and
conditions under the Non-Competition Undertaking.
On the basis that all Directors (except Mr. Choi, Mr. Chen and Mr. Li), and senior management
of our Group do not hold any position in the VC Group, and that each of our executive Directors and
senior management has extensive and relevant experience in the garment sourcing and manufacturing
business, our Directors are of the view that our Board will have the expertise to transact business
which may potentially involve conflicts of interests between the VC Group and our Group objectively,
impartially and in the best interest of the Company and our Shareholders as a whole. Besides, conflicts
of interests of any overlapping Directors will not affect the business operations of our Group as the
daily business operations of our Group are operated and implemented by employees of our Group under
the strategic directions of our Board, or as the case may be, the experienced and interested Board.
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Our Directors consider that the above corporate governance measures are sufficient to manage
any potential conflict of interests between the VC Group and our Group and to protect the interests
of our Shareholders, in particular, our minority Shareholders.
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reLationsHiP BetWeen our grouP and tHe connected Persons
(1) Vc Holdings
Sure Strategy is and will, immediately following completion of the [•••], become a Controlling
Shareholder of our Company. VC Investments, being the holding company of Sure Strategy, is an
associate of Sure Strategy and a connected person of our Company under [•••]. VC is the holding
company of VC Investments. Being a subsidiary of VC, VC Holdings is an associate of VC Investments.
In view of such relationship, VC Holdings, being an associate of a connected person, is considered
to be a connected person of our Company.
Under the [•••], for so long as VC Investments remains a connected person of the Company, our
following transactions between VC Holdings and our Group would constitute continuing connected
transactions upon [•••].
(2) Kimberley
Mr. Lau, being our executive Director and a director and Substantial Shareholder of Mayer,
a non wholly-owned subsidiary of our Company, will become a connected person of our Company
under [•••] upon the [•••]. Kimberley is indirectly owned as to 50% by Mr. Lau and as to 50% by his
wife, and accordingly it is an associate of Mr. Lau and will also become a connected person of our
Company under [•••] upon the [•••]. To the best knowledge of our Directors, Kimberley is principally
engaged in the manufacturing of apparel products.
Under [•••], for so long as Mr. Lau remains a connected person of our Company, the following
transactions between Kimberley and our Group would constitute continuing connected transactions
upon [•••].
(3) Mayer
As mentioned above, Mr. Lau will become a connected person of our Company under [•••] upon
the [•••]. Mayer is owned as to 51% by FG Holdings and as to 49% by Mr. Lau, and accordingly it is
an associate of Mr. Lau and will also become a connected person of our Company under [•••] upon
[•••]. By virtue of the fact that Mr. Lau is entitled to exercise 10% or more of the voting power at
any general meeting of Mayer, Mayer is also a connected person of our Company under [•••] upon
[•••].
Under [•••], for so long as Mr. Lau remains a connected person of our Company, the following
transactions between Mayer and our Group would constitute continuing connected transactions upon
[•••].
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eXeMPted continuing connected transactions
The following continuing connected transactions will constitute exempted continuing connected
transactions for the Company under [•••] and will be exempted from the reporting, announcement and
independent shareholders’ approval requirements under [•••] and are disclosed on a voluntary basis. Such transactions are undertaken on normal commercial terms. The applicable percentage ratios (other than the profits ratio) of the following transactions on an annual basis are either (i) less than 0.1%; or (ii) less than 5% and the annual consideration is less than HK$1,000,000.
(1) Lease agreement
Background
Since 19 November 2009, being the date of completion of the transfer of 40% interest in Jiangmen Factory to our Group, the VC Group has been leasing approximately 15,585 sq.m. of land in Luokeng, Xinhui, the PRC (the “Leased Land”) from our Group at no cost. Such lease arrangement become continuing connected transaction when Jiangmen Factory became our wholly-owned subsidiary after our Group completed acquiring the 60% interest in Jiangmen Factory on 7 April 2010. A lease agreement (the “Lease agreement”) was entered into by VC Holdings (on its own behalf and on behalf of other members of the VC Group) and Jiangmen Factory on 8 September 2010 to formalise this leasing arrangement. Our Directors consider that the entering into of the Lease Agreement is in the interest of our Company as a whole.
Principal terms
Pursuant to the Lease Agreement, the VC Group agreed to lease from Jiangmen Factory, and Jiangmen Factory has agreed to lease to the VC Group, the Leased Land during the term of the Lease Agreement. The term of the Lease Agreement commenced from 19 November 2009 to 31 March 2012. The VC Group shall send a renewal notice to Jiangmen Factory in case it wishes to renew the Lease Agreement upon its expiry to get Jiangmen Factory’s written approval, and the parties shall enter into a new lease agreement thereafter. The annual rental payable to Jiangmen Factory is RMB396,000, exclusive of utilities and other charges which are payable by the tenant.
(2) Waste Water treatment Master agreement
Background
Since 19 November 2009, being the date of completion of the transfer of 40% interest in Jiangmen Factory to our Group, the VC Group has been providing waste water treatment services to our Group at no cost. A waste water treatment master agreement (the “Waste Water treatment Master agreement”) was entered into by VC Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members of the VC Group) and FG Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members of our Group) on 8 September 2010 to formalise this arrangement. Our Directors consider that the entering into of the Waste Water Treatment Master Agreement is in the interest of our Company as a whole.
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Principal terms
Pursuant to the Waste Water Treatment Master Agreement, the VC Group agreed to
provide, and our Group agreed to accept the provision of, waste water treatment services
during the term of the Waste Water Treatment Master Agreement. The term of the Waste Water
Treatment Master Agreement commenced from 19 November 2009 to 31 March 2012, and at
any time either party may give the other not less than three months’ prior written notice to
terminate the agreement.
Under the Waste Water Treatment Master Agreement, the VC Group will provide waste
water treatment services to our Group at no cost. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the fair
market price for the provision of the waste water treatment services amounted to approximately
RMB10,000 per month.
non-eXeMPt continuing connected transactions
The following continuing connected transactions will constitute non-exempt continuing connected
transactions for our Company under [•••].
(1) Fabric Master agreement
Background
During the Track Record Period, the VC Group has been supplying fabric products to
our Group. The historical transaction amounts for the purchase of fabric products from the VC
Group were approximately HK$84.6 million, HK$98.9 million and HK$32.0 million for the
three years ended 31 March 2010 respectively.
Principal terms
A master sale and purchase agreement (the “Fabric Master agreement”) was entered
into by VC Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members of the
VC Group) and FG Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members
of our Group) on 25 February 2010, pursuant to which the VC Group agreed to sell, and our
Group agreed to purchase, fabric products during the term of the Fabric Master Agreement. The
term of the Fabric Master Agreement commenced from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013, and
at any time either party may give the other not less than three months’ prior written notice to
terminate the agreement. The purchase price or consideration, the quantity and specifications of
products concerned, the time and place of delivery of the products concerned and other relevant
matters will be negotiated by the parties with reference to the then prevailing market prices of
the raw materials and accessories required for the manufacturing of the products concerned, as
well as, where applicable, prevailing market prices of similar products, and in good faith.
The purchase price and the other payment terms for the products will be set out in the
relevant purchase orders to be placed under the Fabric Master Agreement.
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Expected annual caps
Our Directors estimate that the annual transaction amount for the purchases of fabric
products under the Fabric Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 will not
exceed the annual caps of HK$80 million, HK$104 million and HK$135 million, respectively.
In determining the annual caps, our Directors have considered (a) the historical transaction
amounts for the purchases of fabric products for the three years ended 31 March 2010 and the
three months ended 30 June 2010; (b) the targeted growth in demand for the products under
the Fabric Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013; and (c) the prevailing
market prices of the products under the Fabric Master Agreement.
When considering the historical volume of transactions for the purchases of fabric products,
our Directors noted the fact that the historical transaction amount for the year ended 31 March
2010 had decreased significantly from that for the year ended 31 March 2009. Such decrease
is mainly attributable to (i) the increase in proportion of fabric suppliers designated by our
customers and (ii) the introduction of new customers with products that required special fabric
types which had to be sourced from fabric suppliers other than the VC Group. Our Directors
are of the view that no specific trend can be observed from the past or projected for the future
in relation to the proportion of fabric suppliers to be designated by our customers or the
proportion of special fabric that cannot be sourced from the VC Group, since such requests are
on a case-by-case basis and are solely based on customers’ discretion. As such, our Directors
are of the view that the decreased historical transaction amount for the year ended 31 March
2010 is not a representative benchmark for determining the annual caps for the three years
ending 31 March 2013.
Our Directors have further made reference to the following factors in determining the
annual caps under the Fabric Master Agreement: (i) the historical volume of transactions for
the purchases of fabric products from the VC Group for the years ended 31 March 2008 and
2009, which are higher than that for the year ended 31 March 2010; (ii) targeted growth in
demand for the products under the Fabric Master Agreement after considering the historical
growth rate of the historical transaction amounts for the purchases of fabric products from the
VC Group for the Track Record Period; and (iii) the historical utilisation rate and production
capacity for the related production plant of our Group.
Given the above, as well as the fact that the proposed annual caps for the three years
ending 31 March 2013 under the Fabric Master Agreement would enable our Group to better
utilise the available resources on hand and achieve higher efficiency when serving our customers
from sourcing from the VC Group, all of which would be beneficial to our Group and our
Shareholders, our Directors consider the proposed annual caps for the three years ending 31
March 2013 under the Fabric Master Agreement are fair and reasonable and in the interests of
our Shareholders as a whole.
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[•••] implications
The transactions contemplated under the Fabric Master Agreement constitute continuing
connected transactions for our Company under [•••] upon [•••]. The details of the Fabric Master
Agreement was disclosed in the announcement of VC dated 25 February 2010 and the circular
of VC dated 18 March 2010. The transactions contemplated under the Fabric Master Agreement
was approved by the then shareholders of VC on 7 April 2010.
Given that the highest applicable percentage ratio of the transactions contemplated under
the Fabric Master Agreement, the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement (details of which are
set out below) and the Yarn Master Agreement (details of which are set out below), in aggregate,
is expected to be more than 25%, such transactions are subject to the reporting, announcement
and independent shareholders’ approval requirement under [•••].
(2) steam and electricity Master agreement
Background
During the Track Record Period, the VC Group has been supplying steam and electricity
to our Group. The historical amounts paid for the supply of the steam and electricity from the
VC Group were approximately HK$1.9 million, HK$2.2 million and HK$3.9 million for the
three years ended 31 March 2010 respectively.
Principal terms
A master purchase agreement (the “steam and electricity Master agreement”) was
entered into by VC Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members
of the VC Group) and FG Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other
members of our Group) on 25 February 2010, pursuant to which the VC Group agreed to
supply, and our Group agreed to accept the provision of, steam and electricity during the term
of the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement. The term of the Steam and Electricity Master
Agreement commenced from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013, and at any time either party may
give the other not less than three months’ prior written notice to terminate the agreement.
Under the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement, instructions as to the electricity
capacity and voltage required and the quantities, pressure, degree of saturation and other
specifications of the steam required will be given to the supplier (i.e. a member of the VC Group)
from time to time and a monthly fee will be charged. Pursuant to the Steam and Electricity
Master Agreement, the supplier shall calculate the fees for electricity and steam on an arm’s
length basis, base on the actual costs incurred which include the cost incurred for generating
electricity/steam for the supply concerned, the quantity of electricity/steam supplied and the
maintenance cost involved.
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Expected annual caps
Our Directors estimate that the annual amount paid for the purchase of steam and
electricity under the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement for the three years ending 31
March 2013 will not exceed the annual caps of HK$5.5 million, HK$7.2 million and HK$9.3
million, respectively. In determining the annual caps, our Directors have considered, (a) the
historical transaction amounts for the purchase of steam and electricity for the three years ended
31 March 2010 and the three months ended 30 June 2010; (b) the expected growth in demand
for the services under the Steam and Electricity Master Agreement for the three years ending
31 March 2013, taking into account the expected expansion in capacity of certain knitting
machineries; and (c) the prevailing market rates of the services under the Steam and Electricity
Master Agreement considering the rising trend of commodity price of coal which would have
impact on the price of steam and electricity.
(3) Yarn Master agreement
Background
The VC Group has been supplying yarn to Jiangmen Factory since 24 June 2009. The
historical transaction amounts for the purchase of yarn from the VC Group were approximately
HK$1.7 million for the period from 24 June 2009 to 31 March 2010.
Principal terms
A master sale and purchase agreement (the “Yarn Master agreement”) was entered into
by VC Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members of the VC
Group) and FG Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members
of our Group) on 25 February 2010, pursuant to which the VC Group agreed to sell, and our
Group agreed to purchase, yarn during the term of the Yarn Master Agreement. The term of
the Yarn Master Agreement commenced from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013, and at any time
either party may give the other not less than three months’ prior written notice to terminate
the agreement. The purchase price or consideration, the quantity and specifications of products
concerned, the time and place of delivery of the products concerned and other relevant matters
will be negotiated by the parties with reference to the then prevailing market prices of the raw
materials and accessories required for the manufacturing of the products concerned, as well as,
where applicable, prevailing market prices of similar products, and in good faith.
The purchase price and the other payment terms for the products will be set out in the
relevant purchase orders to be placed under the Yarn Master Agreement.
Expected annual caps
Our Directors estimate that the annual transaction amount for the purchases of yarn under
the Yarn Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 will not exceed the annual
caps of HK$3.0 million, HK$4.5 million and HK$7.0 million, respectively. In determining the
annual caps, our Directors have considered (a) the historical transaction amounts for the purchases
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of yarn for the period from 24 June 2009 to 31 March 2010 and the three months ended 30 June
2010; (b) the targeted growth in demand for the products under the Yarn Master Agreement for
the three years ending 31 March 2013, taking into account the expected expansion in capacity
of certain knitting machineries for which the yarn purchased from the VC Group may be used;
and (c) the prevailing market prices of the products under the Yarn Master Agreement.
(4) Kimberley apparel Master agreement
Background
The transactions with Kimberley and Mayer forms part of our Group’s cooperation with
Mayer and Kimberley under which Kimberley manufactures apparel products and sells them to
Mayer; Mayer then sells the apparel products bought from Kimberley either directly or through
our Group to the independent customers. Our Group provides business supporting services to
Mayer including shipping and delivery services and accounting services in respect of Mayer’s
sales to its independent customers.
During the Track Record Period, Kimberley has been supplying apparel products to our Group. The historical transaction amounts for the purchase of apparel products from Kimberley were approximately HK$38.3 million, HK$54.0 million, HK$69.8 million for the three years ended 31 March 2010 respectively. The historical transactions were carried out under a master sale and purchase agreement dated 1 April 2007 and entered into by Kimberley and Mayer (the “Former Kimberley apparel Master agreement”). For details of the Former Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement, please refer to the circular of VC dated 4 October 2007.
Principal terms
A master sale and purchase agreement (the “Kimberley apparel Master agreement”) was entered into by Kimberley and FG Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members of our Group) on 16 March 2010, pursuant to which Kimberley agreed to sell, and our Group agreed to purchase, apparel products during the term of the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement. The term of the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement commenced from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013, and at any time either party may give the other not less than three months’ prior written notice to terminate the agreement. The purchase price or consideration, the quantity and specifications of products concerned, the time and place of delivery of the products concerned and other trade terms will be negotiated by the parties with reference to the then prevailing market prices of the raw materials and accessories required for the manufacturing of the products concerned, as well as, where applicable, prevailing market prices of similar products, and in good faith.
The payment terms for the products will be set out in the relevant purchase orders to be placed under the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement.
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Expected annual caps
Our Directors estimate that the annual transaction amount for the purchases of apparel products under the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 will not exceed the annual caps of HK$100 million, HK$133 million and HK$176 million, respectively. The basis for the determination of annual caps are set out in the paragraph headed “Basis of the annual caps of Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement and Mayer Apparel Master Agreement” below.
(5) Mayer apparel Master agreement
Background
As explained in the paragraph headed “Background” under “(4) Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement” in this section, Mayer sells the apparel products bought from Kimberley either (i) directly to the customers, or (ii) through our Group to the independent customers. For scenario (i), Mayer will directly issue invoices to the customers while FG International will provide business supporting services to Mayer; while for scenario (ii), FG International will purchase goods from Mayer based on orders from the customers. In both cases, our Group provides business supporting services to Mayer including shipping and delivery services and accounting services in respect of Mayer’s sales to its independent customers. The historical transaction amounts for the transaction with Mayer (aggregating transactions in the above mentioned scenario (i) and (ii)) were approximately HK$50.97 million, HK$70.11 million and HK$96.51 million for the three years ended 31 March 2010 respectively. The historical transactions were carried out under a master sale and purchase agreement dated 1 April 2007 and entered into by Mayer and FG Holdings (the “Former Mayer apparel Master agreement”). For details of the Former Mayer Apparel Master Agreement, please refer to the circular of VC dated 4 October 2007.
Since 1 February 2010, our Group (excluding Mayer) has been providing business supporting service to Mayer. The historical transaction amounts for the provision of business supporting service was approximately HK$46,000 from 1 February 2010 to 31 March 2010.
Principal terms
A master sale and purchase agreement (the “Mayer apparel Master agreement”) was entered into by Mayer and FG Holdings (on its own behalf and as trustee for the benefit of other members of our Group) on 16 March 2010, pursuant to which (i) Mayer agreed to sell, and our Group agreed to purchase, apparel products during the term of the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement; and (ii) our Group (excluding Mayer) has agreed to provide, and Mayer has agreed to engage the provision of, business supporting service during the term of the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement. The term of the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement commenced from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013, and at any time either party may give the other not less than three months’ prior written notice to terminate the agreement. The purchase price or consideration, the quantity and specifications of products concerned, the time and place of delivery of the products concerned, as well as, where applicable, prevailing market prices of similar products will be negotiated by the parties with reference to the then prevailing market prices of the raw materials or costs required for the manufacturing of the products concerned, and in good faith. The purchase price and the other payment terms for the products will be set out in the relevant purchase orders to be placed under the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement.
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In respect of the provision of business supporting service from our Group (excluding Mayer) to Mayer, orders shall be given orally or in writing from Mayer to our Group (excluding Mayer) from time to time during the term of the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement. The service fee shall be determined by the parties from time to time, by reference to, among other factors, the complexity of the service to be provided as well as, where applicable, prevailing market rates of similar services. Complexity of the service to be provided varies depending on, for instance, the Group’s arrangements for delivery. The Group may arrange for delivery up to the customers’ designated port of loading or, alternatively, shipment from port of loading to port of discharge with arrangements for insurance cover for goods-in-transit, customs clearance process and payment for relevant duty, as well as arrangements for local delivery of goods to customers’ designated warehouse after the goods are cleared from customs.
Expected annual caps
Our Directors estimate that the annual transaction amount for the (i) purchases of apparel products by our Group (excluding Mayer) under the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 will not exceed the annual caps of HK$126 million, HK$164 million and HK$214 million respectively; and (ii) provision of business supporting service from our Group (excluding Mayer) to Mayer under the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 will not exceed the annual caps of HK$2 million, HK$4 million and HK$10 million respectively.
Basis of the annual caps of Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement and Mayer Apparel Master Agreement
The Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement and the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement are inter-related as Mayer will place purchase orders with Kimberley based on the sales orders received by FG Holdings from its customers. Kimberley and Mayer entered into the Former Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement in relation to the arrangement in 2007.
The proposed annual caps for the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 are determined by reference to (i) the historical amount of sales order of the apparel products received by FG Holdings from its customers; (ii) the targeted growth in demand for the apparel products from customers of FG Holdings; (iii) the historical transaction amounts under the Former Mayer Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ended 31 March 2010 and Mayer Apparel Master Agreement for the three months ended 30 June 2010; and (iv) the historical transaction amount for the provision of business supporting service from the FG Group (excluding Mayer) to Mayer for the period from 1 February 2010 to 30 June 2010.
The proposed annual caps for the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ending 31 March 2013 are determined by reference to (i) the expected amount of sales under the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement as affected by factors stated above; (ii) the historical transaction amounts under the Former Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement for the three years ended 31 March 2010 and the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement for the three months ended 30 June 2010; (iii) the expected growth in the sales volume of the existing clients of Kimberley as well as from Kimberley’s expanded new clientele; and (iv) the prevailing market prices of the apparel products.
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Given that the highest applicable percentage ratio of the transactions contemplated
under the Kimberley Apparel Master Agreement and the Mayer Apparel Master Agreement,
in aggregate, is expected to be more than 25%, such transactions are subject to the reporting,
announcement and independent shareholders’ approval requirement under [•••].
conFirMation FroM our directors
[Our Directors (including our independent non-executive Directors) are of the view that the
non-exempt continuing connected transactions described above are fair and reasonable and in the best
interests so far as our Shareholders as a whole are concerned, and all such non-exempt continuing
connected transactions have been entered into and will be carried out in the ordinary and usual course
of business of our Company on normal commercial terms. In addition, our Directors (including our
independent non-executive Directors) consider the respective annual caps for the non-exempt continuing
connected transactions are fair and reasonable and in the interests of our Shareholders as a whole.]
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You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and our
results of operations together with our audited combined financial statements as at and for the years
ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the accompanying notes included in the Accountants’
Report set out in Appendix I to this document (collectively the “Financial Information”). The
Accountants’ Report has been prepared in accordance with HKFRS. The following discussion and
analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results
may differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of
factors, including those set forth in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document.
OVERVIEW
We are a well-developed sourcing management group with production capabilities which operates
a one-stop shop business model. We provide our customers a comprehensive range of services covering
the entire supply chain of garment products. We source garment products for our customers and we also
provide them with a comprehensive range of sourcing management services and expertise, including
product design and product development, sampling, product offering, sourcing, in-house production,
outsourcing, logistics and delivery and overseas sales capabilities.
We source a comprehensive range of garment products for our direct customers mainly located
in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC. Our direct customers are mostly overseas
brand owners/carriers, megastores, departments stores and supermarket chains. We also source garment
products for our importer customers.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by customer category:
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) %
Brand owners/carriers 461,343 32.2% 468,252 36.5% 461,001 51.5%
Megastores 61,781 4.3% 81,239 6.3% 93,863 10.5%
Department stores 103,899 7.3% 84,247 6.6% 66,101 7.4%
Supermarket chains 19,818 1.4% 54,656 4.2% 18,468 2.1%
Importers 743,254 51.9% 570,023 44.4% 221,671 24.8%
Others 40,795 2.9% 25,851 2.0% 33,247 3.7%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
Our sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, amounted to approximately HK$530.4
million, HK$478.2 million and HK$137.2 million respectively, representing approximately 37.1%,
37.2% and 15.3% respectively of our total revenue for the three years ended 31 March 2010.
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Our sales to importers decreased by approximately HK$173.2 million from approximately
HK$743.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$570.0 million for the year
ended 31 March 2009, primarily due to (i) the decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer,
due to decrease in its sales to its major customer (a megastore), which accounted for approximately
30.1% of the decrease; and (ii) decrease of sales to certain U.S. importers mainly as a result of
our decision to cease manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is
imposed by the U.S.), which accounted for approximately 25.5% of the decrease. For the year ended
31 March 2010, our sales to importers decreased from approximately HK$570.0 million for the year
ended 31 March 2009 to approximately HK$221.7 million. Such decrease is primarily attributable to
the decrease in sales to our largest customer, which in turn was caused by a decrease in orders from
its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer
of it, which had accounted for approximately 97.9% of the decrease. The organisational changes
refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the
corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required
for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and
merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of
its megastore customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational
change of the major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results
for the year ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer
will further drop materially due to this factor. Our Directors confirmed that since 31 March 2010
and up to the Latest Practicable Date, there have been no notification and indication of non-payment
of our trade receivables or the need to make provisions for our inventories and trade receivables.
Further, based on the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the four months ended 31 July
2010, the Group recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the
corresponding period of last year. It should be noted that the above unaudited revenue figure may not
be indicative of the full year results for 2011. As set out in the section headed “Risk factors” in this
document, our business and financial performance may be affected by a number of factors, including
the risk factor headed “Our financial results are expected to be affected by the expenses in relation
to the [•••] and the costs of options granted under the Share Option Scheme”.
We have offices in the U.S., the PRC, Hong Kong and Macau, and have a representative in
Canada to provide sales supporting and/or customer services to enhance the quality and efficiency of
our sourcing management services to our customers.
We have in-house production plants in the PRC and Indonesia as well as outsourcing production
capabilities supported by our wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers to cater
for customised orders from our customers. Further, we have our own sample workshop consisting of
approximately 77 staff to produce samples and our own designs within a short lead time.
We have a wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers that can provide a wide
range of garment products. Our customers may have diverse and/or specific requirements for our
products, including type and range of products, complicated patterns or designs, or distinct colors,
features or functions, and they may also require different production capabilities and expertise. We
have established a wide network of sub-contract manufacturers with whom we have maintained good
working relationships.
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We adhere to consistent high quality standards. Our quality control procedures start from the raw materials
procurement stage and various inspections are carried out at each stage of our manufacturing process. Quality
reports are also prepared throughout our production process. In respect of our sub-contract manufacturers,
we have a quality assurance and control team with [10] employees who oversees the performance of our
sub-contract manufacturers by conducting on-site inspections. Members of such quality assurance
and control team perform on-site quality inspections and testing procedures at the factories of our
sub-contract manufacturers at different stages in the manufacturing process to ensure quality of our
products.
Our revenue for the four months ended 31 July 2010 and the possible impact of certain non-recurring expenses to financial performance
Based on the unaudited management accounts of our Group for the four months ended 31 July
2010, our Group recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the
corresponding period of last year. Notwithstanding the above, our financial results will be affected
by certain non-recurring expenses, including the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the costs of the
options granted under the Share Option Scheme.
The costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme are calculated using the
[Binomial Model] with assumptions on various inputs to the model such as the expected yield and
share price volatility and on the basis of the exercise price being HK$[•••] or HK$[•••], the fair value
of the share options granted on 2 June 2010 is estimated to be approximately HK$[6.27] million or
HK$[8.18] million. As the grant of share options will become effective on the [•••], which is expected
to be 5 October 2010, the amount that will be charged to our income statement in the second half of
the year ending 31 March 2011 as equity-settled expenses will be approximately HK$[6.27] million
or HK$[8.18] million, respectively. Our Directors would like to emphasise that such cost is a current
estimate for reference only and the final amount to be recognised to our profit and loss accounts for
the respective periods is subject to adjustment based on [audit] and the then changes in variables
and assumptions.
Accordingly, our Board wishes to inform our Shareholders and potential investors that, based
on our Company’s preliminary review on the management accounts of our Group which has not been
confirmed nor audited by our Company’s independent auditor, the financial results of our Group for the
six months ending 30 September 2010 will be materially adversely affected by the estimated expenses
in relation to the [•••], and our financial results for the year ending 31 March 2011 will additionally
be affected by the costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme.
It should be noted that the above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of the full year
results for 2011. As set out in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document, our business and
financial performance may be affected by a number of factors, including, amongst all, the risk factors
headed “Our results of operations are subject to seasonality”, “Our financial results are expected to
be affected by the expenses in relation to the [•••] and the cost of options granted under the Share
Option Scheme” and “We do not have long-term contracts with our customers, which exposes us to
potential volatility in our turnover”.
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For the financial year ending 31 March 2011, our Directors expect that our customer base will
remain stable, with growth in sales to a number of customers. Since we will expand into the retail
market by launching our “夢仕臣”(Monstons) brand products, growth in sales attributable to the retail
market is also expected. Save as disclosed in this section and the section headed “Risk factors” in this
document, there are no other trade factors or risks which could materially affect our profits.
With regard to (i) the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the four months ended
31 July 2010; (ii) the signs of recovery of the global economy; and (iii) our orders on hand, which
is comparable to the corresponding period of last year, our Directors are optimistic that our Group
will be operating in a fairly stable environment in the year ending 31 March 2011.
KEY FACTORS AFFECTING OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our results of operations have been and will continue to be affected by a number of factors,
including those set out below:
General global economic conditions and the consumer spending power
We source a comprehensive range of garment products for our direct customers mainly located in
the [U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC]. We believe that our financial condition and
results of operations are and will continue to be affected by the general global economic conditions
and the growth in disposable income of residents. The global economy had been growing steadily
prior to the global downturn in 2009. According to The World Bank, world Gross Domestic Product
(“GDP”) increased from approximately US$41,917 billion in 2004 to approximately US$60,557
billion in 2008, and the CAGR of the period is approximately 9.6%, which reflects a steady growth.
Associated with the steady growth of GDP, income levels have increased accordingly. World Gross
National Income (GNI) per capita increased from approximately US$6,375 in 2004 to approximately
US$8,654 in 2008 according to The World Bank, representing a CAGR of approximately 7.9%.
Following the deepest global downturn in recent history, economic growth solidified and broadened
to advanced economies in the second half of 2009. According to The World Bank, world output is
expected to rise by approximately 2.7% in 2010 after an approximately 2.2% decline in 2009.
Our sourcing and production flexibility
We have our in-house production facilities in the PRC and Indonesia as well as outsourcing
production capabilities supported by our wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers.
With our in-house production facilities, we can produce within a short lead time and are flexible in
adjusting production time and volume. We can also adjust our offerings promptly which enable us to
remain responsive to customers’ specific needs and market demands. Our out-sourcing capabilities
allow us to leverage the expertise, knowledge and equipment of our sub-contract manufacturers. Our
production capability is not limited to our own manufacturing facilities, as we can utilise the production
capabilities of our sub-contract manufacturers to satisfy our customers’ demand.
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We believe that our one-stop shop business model gives us a sustainable competitive edge by
providing significant operational flexibility to our Group to meet changing market conditions and
demands, and enhances our capabilities to cater for the needs of customers. We also believe that our
Group’s efficient production and sourcing management capabilities enable our Group to provide timely
services to our customers in a costs efficient manner.
Our financial condition and results of operations will be significantly affected by our ability
to maintain strong flexibility in making effective use of our internal production and sub-contract
manufacturers.
Our market intelligence and sourcing ability
We offer a comprehensive range of products to our customers including Cut-and-Sew knitwear,
Knit-to-Shape sweater and woven products, which include ladies’, men’s and kids’ knitwear,
sweaters, polo-shirts, T-shirts, sportswear, blouses, shorts, jackets and inner-wears. We also sell other
miscellaneous items to our customers such as hats, scarves and handbags. We continuously monitor
our product mix and source new products that we believe will generate higher customer demand, as
part of our efforts to maximise revenues.
With our production and sourcing capabilities and stringent quality control procedures, we
are able to provide a diversified and high-quality product mix to our customers and cater for their
new demands or requirements. Our merchandising team has extensive production and technological
knowledge in relation to garment industry. We research for or develop garment products for our
customers to meet their requirements. With our strong design and development capabilities, we,
from time to time, take the initiative to make recommendations on the use of fabrics or offer
in-house designed samples to our customers for consideration.
We will continue to adjust our product mix and as we are to make the adjustments, our gross
profit will be affected both by any change in revenues attributable to, and any change in the gross
profit margin of, each product line.
Cost of labour
Any upward trends in cost of labour will affect our Group’s operating results as the cost of
manufacturing as well as the pricing of the sub-contract manufacturers would increase accordingly.
Compared to garment manufacturers located in relatively-higher-wage areas, our low labour cost
provides us with a competitive advantage. We expect that labour costs will continue to be subject to
upward pressure, so we seek to improve our production processes and technology to enhance worker
productivity in order to reduce the upward pressure on labour costs.
Cost of raw materials
The main raw materials consumed by our Group are fabric and accessories. Any upward trends
in fabric prices or accessories will affect our Group’s operating results as the cost of manufacturing
as well as the pricing of the sub-contract manufacturers would increase accordingly.
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Seasonality
Our results of operations are subject to seasonality. We generally sell and distribute our spring-
summer seasonal products from October to March of the following year, and our autumn-winter seasonal
products from April to September. Typically, September and October are the lower season. Unexpected
and abnormal changes in climate may also affect the sales of our products that are timed for release
during a particular season. For example, a warm winter may affect the sales of winter products, while
a cool summer may affect the sales of T-shirts and other summer products. As a result, we believe that
comparisons of our operating results and net income over any interim periods may not be meaningful
and such comparisons may not be an accurate indicator of our future performance.
Level of income tax and preferential tax treatment
Our profit attributable to equity holders is affected by the level of income tax that we pay and
the preferential tax treatment that we are entitled to.
Hong Kong
On 26 June 2008, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Revenue Bill 2008 which reduced
corporate profits tax rate from 17.5% to 16.5% effective from the year of assessment 2008/2009. The
applicable tax rate is 17.5%, 16.5% and 16.5% for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010,
respectively.
PRC
On 16 March 2007, the PRC promulgated the Law of the PRC on Enterprise Income Tax (the
“New Law”) by Order No. 63 of the President of the PRC. On 6 December 2007, the State Council
of the PRC issued Implementation Regulations of the New Law (the “Implementation Regulations”).
Under the New Law and Implementation Regulations, the statutory tax rate of 25% was effective from
1 January 2008. Before 1 January 2008, the statutory income tax rate was 33%.
Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC, a major PRC subsidiary, Jiangmen
Factory, is exempted from PRC enterprise income tax for two years starting from its first profit-making
year, which is 2008, followed by a 50% reduction for the next three years. The relevant PRC subsidiary
can continue to enjoy the tax incentives granted to it according to the grandfathering provisions in
the Implementation Regulations.
Macau
As stated in the Decree Law No. 58/99/M, Chapter 2, Article 12, dated 18 October 1999, the
Macau subsidiary is exempted from Macao Complementary Tax.
Other jurisdictions
Taxation arising in other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective
jurisdictions.
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Pursuant to the Reorganisation which was completed on 8 September 2010 by principally
interspersing the Company between FG Holdings and its shareholders, as detailed in the section headed
“Reorganisation” in this document, the Company became a holding company of the Group.
The Group was controlled by VC before and after the Reorganisation. Accordingly, the Financial
Information has been prepared as if the Company had always been the holding company of the Group.
The combined statements of comprehensive income, combined statements of changes in equity and
combined statements of cash flows of the Group for the Track Record Period have been prepared as
if the current group structure had been in existence throughout the Track Record Period, or since the
respective dates of incorporation/establishment of the relevant entities now comprising the Group
where this is a shorter period. The combined statements of financial position of the Group as at 31
March 2008, 2009 and 2010 have been prepared to present the assets and liabilities of the entities
now comprising the Group which were in existence at those dates.
Since 2006, VC owned 60% interest in Jiangmen Factory through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Rocwide Limited (“Rocwide”). On 19 November 2009, the Group acquired the 40% interest in Jiangmen
Factory not already controlled by VC from independent third parties for an aggregate consideration
of HK$19,000,000. On 7 April 2010, the Group acquired the entire equity interest in Rocwide from
VC for a consideration of HK$48,000,000. In preparing the Financial Information, the Group has
adopted the principle of merger accounting for business combination involving entities under common
control. Accordingly, Jiangmen Factory has been accounted for as a 60% subsidiary during the Track
Record Period until 18 November 2009 and as a wholly-owned subsidiary thereafter.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations as included
in this document is based on the Financial Information prepared in accordance with the significant
accounting policies set forth in Note 4 to the Accountants’ Report set out in Appendix I to this
document, which conform with HKFRS. Accounting methods, assumptions and estimates that underlie
the preparation of the Financial Information affect our financial condition and results of operations
reported. Such assumptions and estimates are made based on historical experience and various other
assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis of judgements on
our carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and our results. Results may differ under different
assumptions or conditions.
The selection of critical accounting policies, the judgements and other uncertainties affecting
application of those policies and the sensitivity of reported results to changes in conditions and
assumptions are factors to be considered when reviewing our Financial Information. We believe that
the following accounting policies involve the most significant accounting judgements and estimates
used in the preparation of our Financial Information.
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Revenue recognition
We derive our revenue from the sourcing and manufacturing a variety of garment products for
our customers. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and
represents amounts receivable for goods sold and services provided in the normal course of business,
net of discounts and sales related taxes. Sale of goods is recognised when the goods are delivered and
title has passed. Service income is recognised when services are provided. Rental income, including
rental invoiced in advance from properties under operating leases, is recognised on a straight-line
basis over the terms of the relevant lease. Interest income from a financial asset is accrued on a time
basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which
is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the
financial asset to that asset’s net carrying amount on initial recognition.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is calculated using the
weighted average method. Net realisable value represents the estimated selling price less all estimated
costs to completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.
Our management reviews the inventories listing at the end of each reporting period, and impairs
obsolete and slow-moving inventory items identified that are no longer suitable for use in operation.
Allowance may be made by reference to the latest market value for those inventories identified. Where
the net realisable value is less than the cost, a write down may arise.
Impairment loss on trade receivables
The assessment of the impairment loss on trade receivables of our Group is based on the evaluation
of collectability and aging analysis of accounts and on management’s judgement. A considerable
amount of judgement is required in assessing the ultimate realisation of these receivables, including
the current creditworthiness of each customer. If the financial conditions of our customers are to
deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may
be required. Impairment is made based on the estimation of the future cash flow discounted at the
original effective rate to calculate the present value.
Depreciation and useful lives of property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment including buildings held for use in the production or supply
of goods or services, or for administrative purposes are stated at cost less subsequent accumulated
depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. The property, plant and equipment are depreciated
using the straight-line method at the following rates per annum or over the following years:
Buildings 4%
Leasehold improvements 5 to 10 years or over the term of the relevant
leases, if shorter
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 15% - 25%
Motor vehicles 20%
Plant and machinery 6 2/3% - 25%
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PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF COMBINED STATEMENTS OF COMPREhENSIVE INCOME
Revenue
Revenue, which is also our Group’s turnover, represents the net invoiced value of goods sold
during the Track Record Period after adjustments such as sales commission, allowances for returns
and trade discounts. Our Group’s revenue is principally generated from trading of garment, which
represented approximately 97.4%, 97.7% and 98.8% of the total revenue for each of the three years
ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. The remaining revenue is attributable to the
provision of quality inspection service, which represented approximately 2.6%, 2.3% and 1.2% of
the revenue for each of the three years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively. We have
our own in-house production facilities to cater for the manufacturing needs of different products, and
we have a wide and established network of sub-contract manufacturers that can provide a wide range
of garment products. During the Track Record Period, approximately [26.7]%, [24.2]% and [29.9]%
of the garment products we sourced for our customers were produced in our in-house production
facilities, while approximately [73.3]%, [75.8]% and [70.1]% were sourced from our sub-contract
manufacturers.
We derive our revenue mainly from sourcing a variety of garment products for our customers
mainly located in the [U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Japan and the PRC]. The following table sets
forth, for the periods indicated, a breakdown of our revenue by geographical segment:
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Revenue Revenue Revenue
Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) % (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) %
U.S. 1,006,864 70.4% 814,752 63.4% 513,484 57.4%
Canada 150,220 10.5% 153,469 12.0% 148,815 16.6%
PRC 116,778 8.1% 92,512 7.2% 95,356 10.7%
Others 157,028 11.0% 223,535 17.4% 136,696 15.3%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
U.S. and Canada are the most important markets of our Group, which together accounted for
approximately 81%, 75% and 74% of our Group’s revenue for each of the three years ended 31 March
2010 respectively. Our Group’s revenue for the U.S. market were approximately HK$1,006.9 million,
HK$814.8 million and HK$513.5 million for the three years ended 31 March 2010. The decrease
in revenue for the U.S. market for the year ended 31 March 2009 was as a result of our decision to
cease manufacturing at our manufacturing facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the
U.S.), which had been handling primarily our orders for our customers in the U.S. market (including
one of our top five customers during the Track Record Period). Our Jordan Factory [has relatively
high labour cost with production labour mainly imported from Bangladesh and the PRC], and for cost
efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan Factory. This resulted in a decrease in sales to one
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of our top five customers during the Track Record Period from approximately HK$157.5 million for
the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$73.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2009.
Further, there was a decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, from approximately
HK$530.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$478.2 million for the year
ended 31 March 2009, due to the decrease in sales to its major customer (a megastore). For the year
ended 31 March 2010, the decrease in revenue for the U.S. market was primarily attributable to the
decrease in sales to the Group’s largest customer, a U.S. importer, from approximately HK$478.2
million for the year ended 31 March 2009 to approximately HK$137.2 million for the year ended
31 March 2010. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the decrease in its orders from its major
customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer of it and
not related to the quality of our Group’s products. The organisational changes refer to the re-location
of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the corresponding personnel
changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required for our customer, the U.S.
importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and merchandising division of
its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of its megastore customer
had been completed. Our Directors consider that the impact of such organisational change of the
major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results for the year
ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer will further
drop materially due to this factor. Our Directors confirmed that since 31 March 2010 and up to the
Latest Practicable Date, there have been no notification and indication of non-payment of our trade
receivables or the need to make provisions for our inventories and trade receivables. Further, based on
the unaudited management accounts of our Group for the four months ended 31 July 2010, our Group
recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the corresponding
period of last year. The above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of the full year results
for 2011. Our business and financial performance may be affected by a number of factors as set out
in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document. In addition, consumer spending shrank and
orders placed by certain customers of our Group in our U.S. market had also decreased in the year
ended 31 March 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis,
the investment bank failures, falling home prices and tight credit environment that had pushed the
U.S. into a recession by mid-2008. Our Directors believe that the measures that we can adopt in order
to manage the risks of our major customers reducing their purchases include increasing our product
offerings and diversifying our client base.
The PRC apparel market is expanding with the country’s economic growth. Despite that our Group
recorded decrease in actual sales amount for the PRC market, the decrease in revenue was relatively
less than that in other markets, and hence the relative revenue contribution from PRC increased from
approximately 8% of our Group’s revenue for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately 11%
of our Group’s revenue for the year ended 31 March 2010. Economies globally and in Greater China
had seen signs of recovery since the later half of 2009. Our Directors believe that the improved market
sentiment and optimism on the state of the economy will reinforce consumer confidence, and lead to
increased spending on discretionary items, such as clothing.
Revenue from other markets of our Group also decreased in the Track Record Period as affected
by the general economic environment, except for the increase in the year ended 31 March 2009 due
to a one-off increase in orders from a particular customer in the U.K..
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The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by customer category:
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) % (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) %
Brand owners/carriers 461,343 32.2% 468,252 36.5% 461,001 51.5%
Megastores 61,781 4.3% 81,239 6.3% 93,863 10.5%
Department stores 103,899 7.3% 84,247 6.6% 66,101 7.4%
Supermarket chains 19,818 1.4% 54,656 4.2% 18,468 2.1%
Importers 743,254 51.9% 570,023 44.4% 221,671 24.8%
Others 40,795 2.9% 25,851 2.0% 33,247 3.7%
Total 1,430,890 100.0% 1,284,268 100.0% 894,351 100.0%
Our sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, amounted to approximately HK$530.4 million, HK$478.2 million and HK$137.2 million respectively, representing approximately 37.1%, 37.2% and 15.3% respectively of our total revenue for the three years ended 31 March 2010.
Our sales to importers decreased by approximately HK$173.2 million from approximately HK$743.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$570.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2009, primarily due to (i) the decrease in sales to our largest customer, a U.S. importer, due to decrease in its sales to its major customer (a megastore), which accounted for approximately 30.1% of the decrease; and (ii) decrease of sales to certain U.S. importers mainly as a result of our decision to cease manufacturing at our production facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the U.S.), which accounted for approximately 25.5% of the decrease. For the year ended 31 March 2010, our sales to importers decreased from approximately HK$570.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2009 to approximately HK$221.7 million. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the decrease in sales to our largest customer, which in turn was caused by a decrease in orders from its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of such megastore customer of it, which had accounted for approximately 97.9% of the decrease. The organisational changes refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and the corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of its megastore customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational change of the major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results for the year ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer will further drop materially due to this factor. Our Directors confirmed that since 31 March 2010 and up to the Latest Practicable Date, there have been no notification and indication of non-payment of our trade receivables or the need to make provisions for our inventories and trade receivables. Further, based on the unaudited management accounts of our Group for the four months ended 31 July 2010, our Group recorded a turnover of approximately HK$328.1 million which is comparable to the corresponding period of last year. The above unaudited revenue figure may not be indicative of the full year results for 2011. Our business and financial performance may be affected by a number of factors as set out in the section headed “Risk factors” in this document.
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Cost of sales
Our cost of sales were approximately HK$1,234.0 million, HK$1,122.8 million and HK$736.4
million for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively, comprises mainly subcontracting
cost, direct labour costs and direct material costs.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, a breakdown of our cost of sales:
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) % (HK$’000) % (HK$’000) %
Subcontracting
costs 903,880 73.3% 850,589 75.8% 515,835 70.1%
Direct labour
costs 74,603 6.0% 43,326 3.9% 38,262 5.2%
Direct material
costs 217,771 17.6% 202,641 18.0% 162,272 22.0%
Others 37,740 3.1% 26,224 2.3% 19,993 2.7%
Total 1,233,994 100.0% 1,122,780 100.0% 736,362 100.0%
Subcontracting costs refers to the costs of the outsourced products and the processing fees we
paid to our sub-contract manufacturers, and represented approximately 73.3%, 75.8% and 70.1% of
the total cost of sales for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Direct labour costs mainly refer to salary and staff benefits to manufacturing workers, representing
approximately 6%, 4% and 5% of the total cost of sales for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009
and 2010 respectively.
Direct material costs include material cost for yarns, different kind of fabrics, threads and
accessories consumed by our Group for manufacturing of garment products, representing approximately
18%, 18% and 22% of the total cost of sales for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010
respectively. We purchase raw materials from various places in Asia, including, amongst all, Hong
Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Macau and Indonesia. We also source fabric and yarn from the VC Group to
ensure our involvement starts from the top of a garment supply chain for better management of the
production cycle. The purchase of fabric and yarn from the VC Group by our Group accounted for
approximately [38.9]%, [48.8]% and [20.8]% of the direct material costs of the Group for the year
ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively and approximately [6.9]%, [8.8]% and [4.6]% of the
total [cost of sales] of our Group for the year ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Other cost of sales includes miscellaneous cost for production assembly such as shipment costs
and manufacturing overheads, which accounted for approximately 3%, 2% and 3% of the total cost
of sales for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively.
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Other income
Other income were approximately HK$4.5 million , HK$4.0 million and HK$3.5 million for the
years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively, amounted to approximately 0.3%, 0.3% and
0.4% of revenue for the respective years. Other income comprises mainly interest income, quota income,
rental income from investment properties and property, plant and equipment and scrap sales.
Other gains and losses
Other gains or losses are generally gains or losses on disposal of properties, plant and equipment
and leasehold land, gain on fair value changes of derivative financial instruments, net foreign exchange
gains or losses on transactions and impairment losses or reversal of impairment loss recognised on
receivables.
Our Group recorded net other losses of approximately HK$7.5 million for the year ended 31
March 2008, primarily attributable by the loss on fair value change of the investment properties held
by a subsidiary of approximately HK$12.2 million (which was subsequently sold in the year ended
31 March 2009), and an exchange gain of approximately HK$5.3 million due to the slightly lower
than the then average market rate used for booking foreign currency transactions.
Net other gains for the year ended 31 March 2009 was largely represented by a gain on disposal
of an office premises of approximately HK$12.6 million.
Selling and distribution costs
Selling and distribution costs were approximately HK$19.8 million, HK$19.4 million and
HK$15.5 million for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively, amounted to
approximately 1.4%, 1.5% and 1.7% of revenue for respective years. Selling and distribution costs
comprise mainly design and development expenses, transportation expenses, sales commission to
export agents and claims expense.
Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses were approximately HK$108.3 million, HK$102.1 million and HK$96.5
million for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively, amounted to approximately
7.6%, 7.9% and 10.8% of revenue of the respective years. Administrative expenses comprise mainly
staff salary, depreciation and other costs such as bank charges.
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity in the year ended 31 March 2008 represents share of
loss of Gojifashion Inc. (“Goji”), a joint venture company established in Canada and was principally
engaged in sales and marketing of knitwear apparels in Canada. Goji has become dormant since 2008.
Share of losses was only up to investment cost and hence no further loss of Goji was shared by our
Group for the year ended 31 March 2009 and 2010.
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Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years
Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years were approximately HK$6.8
million, HK$3.4 million and HK$2.3 million for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010
respectively, amounted to approximately 0.5%, 0.3% and 0.3% of revenue for the respective years.
This consists primarily of interest expenses on our Group’s bank loans and other borrowings.
Income tax expense
The Company was incorporated in Bermuda and has subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong,
the PRC, Canada, the USA, Indonesia, Macau, Jordan and BVI.
– Hong Kong tax
On 26 June 2008, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Revenue Bill 2008 which
reduced corporate profits tax rate from 17.5% to 16.5% effective from the year of assessment
2008/2009. The applicable tax rate is 17.5%, 16.5% and 16.5% for the years ended 31 March
2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
– PRC tax
On 16 March 2007, the PRC promulgated the New Law by Order No. 63 of the President
of the PRC. On 6 December 2007, the State Council of the PRC issued the Implementation
Regulations. Under the New Law and Implementation Regulations, the statutory tax rate of
25% was effective from 1 January 2008. Before 1 January 2008, the statutory income tax rate
was 33%.
Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC, a major PRC subsidiary is
exempted from PRC enterprise income tax for two years starting from its first profit-making
year, which is 2008, followed by a 50% reduction for the next three years. The relevant PRC
subsidiary can continue to enjoy the tax incentives granted to it according to the grandfathering
provisions in the Implementation Regulations.
– Macau
As stated in the Decree Law No. 58/99/M, Chapter 2, Article 12, dated 18 October 1999,
the Macau subsidiary is exempted from Macao Complementary Tax.
– Other jurisdiction
Taxation arising in other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective
jurisdictions.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table is the extracts of the combined statements of comprehensive income from the
Financial Information during the Track Record Period, details of which are set out in the Accountants’
Report in Appendix I to this document.
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Revenue 1,430,890 1,284,268 894,351
Cost of sales (1,233,994 ) (1,122,780 ) (736,362 )
Gross profit 196,896 161,488 157,989
Other income 4,502 3,965 3,502
Other gains and losses (7,533 ) 11,427 656
Selling and distribution costs (19,831 ) (19,445 ) (15,465 )
Administrative expenses (108,308 ) (102,060 ) (96,469 )
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity (338 ) – –
Interest on bank borrowings
wholly repayable within five years (6,754 ) (3,407 ) (2,253 )
Profit before tax 58,634 51,968 47,960
Income tax expense (2,321 ) (3,493 ) (7,115 )
Profit for the year 56,313 48,475 40,845
Year to year comparison of results of operations
Year ended 31 March 2010 compared to year ended 31 March 2009
Revenue
Our revenue decreased by approximately 30.4% (i.e. approximately HK$389.9 million) to
approximately HK$894.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2010 from approximately HK$1,284.3
million for the year ended 31 March 2009. Our Directors believe that the decrease is primarily
attributable to the decrease in sales of approximately HK$341.0 million to our largest customer, a U.S.
importer, from approximately HK$478.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2009 to approximately
HK$137.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2010. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the
decrease in its orders from its major customer (a megastore) as a result of organisational changes of
such megastore customer of it and not related to the quality of our Group’s products. The organisational
changes refer to the re-location of offices of such megastore’s sourcing and merchandising division and
the corresponding personnel changes, and we understand that additional time and effort was required
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for our customer, the U.S. importer, to re-build the business relationship with the new sourcing and
merchandising division of its customer. [As advised by our customer,] such organisational changes of
its megastore customer had been completed. Our Directors consider that impact of such organisational
change of the major customer of our U.S. importer customer has largely been reflected in our results
for the year ended 31 March 2010, and do not expect that our sales to such U.S. importer customer will
further drop materially due to this factor. Impact of the U.S. market on our revenue is proportionately
larger as it is our most important market, accounting for approximately 57.4% and 63.4% of our
revenue for each of the years ended 31 March 2010 and 2009 respectively. Further, revenue from other
markets for the year ended 31 March 2009 had increased due to a one-off increase in orders from a
particular customer in the U.K.. Our Directors believe that the measures that we can adopt in order
to manage the risks of our major customers reducing their purchases include increasing our product
offerings and diversifying our client base.
Cost of sales
Cost of sales decreased by approximately 34.4% to HK$736.4 million for the year ended 31
March 2010 from HK$1,122.8 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. Such decrease in cost of
sales of our Group was mainly due to the decrease in production and purchases following the decrease
in sales.
Gross profit and gross profit margin
As a result of the foregoing, gross profit decreased to approximately HK$158.0 million for the
year ended 31 March 2010 from approximately HK$161.5 million for the year ended 31 March 2009.
Gross profit margin increased to approximately 17.7% from 12.6%. During the year, we improved our
product offering by providing more value-added services to customers, such as the development of
samples and designs, production of garment products which involve a more complicated production
process and require a higher level of workmanship (“Complicated Garment Products”), and delivery
of garment products within a short time frame. Examples of Complicated Garment Products include
garments with styling and trendy elements such as embroidery, hand-stitched beading, smocking,
pleating, distress and burn-out effects, picot edge, bias cutting, etc. while examples of basic items
include knitted pants, shorts, leggings and short sleeve blouses. Garments that are made of functional
fabric (e.g. quick-dry fabric) or fashionable/fine fabric (e.g. polyester chiffon, tulle, modal, rayon, satin
with spandex, etc.) are also categorised as Complicated Garment Products. As a result, Complicated
Garment Products which commanded higher profit margins than other basic items increased as a
percentage of revenue. The increase in gross profit margin was mainly attributable to such change
of product mix for the year.
Other income
Other income decreased by approximately 11.7% to HK$3.5 million for the year ended 31 March
2010 from HK$4.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. The decrease was mainly due to the
drop of the income from the sales of scrap inventories from approximately HK$1.0 million for the year
ended 31 March 2009 to HK$0.5 million for the year ended 31 March 2010, as a large proportion of
the stored scrap garments were sold in the years ended 31 March 2008 and 2009. Rental income of
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our Group, however, has increased from approximately HK$1.8 million for the year ended 31 March
2009 to approximately HK$2.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2010 due to the increase in rental
income from new property acquired in the year.
Other gains and losses
Other gains decreased by approximately 94.3% to HK$0.7 million for the year ended 31 March
2010 from HK$11.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. Other gains for the year ended
31 March 2009 is largely represented by a gain on disposal of an office premises in mid 2008 of
approximately HK$12.6 million.
Selling and distribution costs
Selling and distribution costs decreased by approximately 20.5% to HK$15.5 million for the
year ended 31 March 2010 from HK$19.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. The decrease was
primarily due to the decrease of design and development expenses following the decrease in sales in
the year, and the decrease in sales commission paid by a subsidiary of our Company to export agents
in the year ended 31 March 2010 after the change of channel of export from relying on agents to
export directly by the subsidiary. Claims expense has increased from approximately HK$2.3 million in
the year ended 31 March 2009 (representing approximately 11.9% of the total selling and distribution
costs) to HK$4.2 million in the year ended 31 March 2010 (representing approximately 27.1% of the
total selling and distribution costs). The claims arose mainly from garment products which involved
a more complicated production process. Profit margin of these products are normally higher than
other basic products to, among others, compensate potential claims. During the year, claim amounts
increased reflecting the fact that our Group produced more of these products for the year.
Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses decreased by approximately 5.5% to HK$96.5 million for the year
ended 31 March 2010 from HK$102.1 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. The decrease was
primarily due to the decrease in salary expense following the tightened cost control policy implemented
during the year.
Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years
Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years decreased by approximately
33.9% to HK$2.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2010 from HK$3.4 million for the year ended
31 March 2009. The decrease was mainly due to the decrease in trade related bank borrowings
following the decrease in revenue.
Profit before tax
As a result of the foregoing, profit before tax decreased by approximately 7.7% to HK$48.0 million
for the year ended 31 March 2010 from HK$52.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2009.
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Income tax expense
Income tax expense increased by approximately 103.7% to HK$7.1 million for the year ended 31
March 2010 from HK$3.5 million for the year ended 31 March 2009. The effective tax rate increased
to approximately 14.8% for the year ended 31 March 2010 from 6.7% for the year ended 31 March
2009. The increase was mainly due to two reasons, one was the gain on disposal of a self-used building
in 2009, which was non-taxable in nature. These resulted in more non-taxable income in 2009. For
the year ended 31 March 2010, no such material non-taxable income was noted. The other reason was
the reduction in profit from the quality inspection service provided by our Group’s Macau subsidiary.
As the Macau subsidiary is exempted from Macau Complimentary Tax pursuant to the Decree Law
No. 58/99/M, Chapter 2, Article 12, dated 18th October 1999, a decrease in its profit, as a result of
a decrease in its revenue from approximately HK$30,109,000 for the year ended 31 March 2009 to
HK$10,383,000 for the year ended 31 March 2010, as a proportion to our Group’s consolidated profit,
has increased our Group’s effective tax rate for the year ended 31 March 2010.
Profit for the year
As a result of the foregoing, profit for the year decreased by approximately 15.7% to HK$40.8
million for the year ended 31 March 2010 from HK$48.5 million for the year ended 31 March
2009.
Year ended 31 March 2009 compared to year ended 31 March 2008
Revenue
Our revenue decreased by approximately 10.2% (i.e. approximately HK$146.6 million) to
approximately HK$1,284.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2009 from approximately HK$1,430.9
million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The decrease is primarily due to our decision to cease
production at our manufacturing facilities in Jordan (where no import duty is imposed by the U.S.),
which had been handling primarily our orders for our customers in the U.S. market (including one
of our top five customers during the Track Record Period). Our Jordan Factory [has relatively high
labour cost with production labour mainly imported from Bangladesh and the PRC], and for this
cost efficiency reason, we decided to close our Jordan Factory. This resulted in a decrease in sales
to one of our top five customers during the Track Record Period of approximately HK$83.8 million
from approximately HK$157.5 million for the year ended 31 March 2008 to approximately HK$73.7
million for the year ended 31 March 2009. Further, there was a decrease in sales to our largest
customer, a U.S. importer, from approximately HK$530.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2008
to approximately HK$478.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2009, due to the decrease in its
sales to its major customer (a megastore). In addition, consumer spending shrank and orders placed
by certain customers of our Group in the U.S. market had also decreased in the year ended 31 March
2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the investment bank
failures, falling home prices and tight credit environment that had pushed the U.S. into a recession
by mid-2008. Given that the U.S. is the most important market of our Group which accounted for
approximately 63.4% and 70.4% of our Group’s revenue for each of the years ended 31 March 2009
and 2008 respectively, the impact on our Group’s revenue was relatively large.
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Cost of sales
Cost of sales decreased by approximately 9.0% to HK$1,122.8 million for the year ended 31
March 2009 from HK$1,234.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2008, primarily contributed by
the decrease in the production and purchases following the decrease in sales.
Gross profit and gross profit margin
As a result of the foregoing, gross profit decreased by approximately 18.0% to HK$161.5 million
for the year ended 31 March 2009 from HK$196.9 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. Gross
profit margin decreased to approximately 12.6% for the year ended 31 March 2009 from 13.8% for
the year ended 31 March 2008.
Other income
Other income decreased by approximately 11.9% to HK$4.0 million for the year ended 31 March
2009 from HK$4.5 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The decrease was mainly attributable
to the income arose from the transfer of our Group’s surplus trade quota to other trading companies
in the year ended 31 March 2008, while in the year ended 31 March 2009, there was no surplus quota
available for transfer to other trading companies and the trade quota system for textile exports from
the PRC to the U.S. was eliminated after 31 December 2008. Hence, no income was derived from
such quota transfer.
Other gains and losses
Our Group recorded net other losses of approximately HK$7.5 million for the year ended 31
March 2008 while recorded net other gains of approximately HK$11.4 million for the year ended 31
March 2009. The net other losses recorded by our Group were primarily attributable by the loss on
fair value change of the investment properties held by a subsidiary of approximately HK$12.2 million
(which was subsequently sold in the year ended 31 March 2009), and an exchange gain of approximately
HK$5.3 million due to the slightly lower than the then average market rate used for booking foreign
currency transactions. Net other gains for the year ended 31 March 2009 is largely represented by a
gain on disposal of an office premises in mid 2008 of approximately HK$12.6 million.
Selling and distribution costs
Selling and distribution costs decreased by approximately 1.9% to HK$19.4 million for the
year ended 31 March 2009 from HK$19.8 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The decrease
was mainly attributable to transportation expenses which correlates with the decrease in revenue.
The decrease was partly offset by the increase of design and development expenses due to request
from customers and the increase in sales commission to export agents due to change in channel of
export.
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Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses decreased by approximately 5.8% to HK$102.1 million for the year
ended 31 March 2009 from HK$108.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The decrease was
mainly due to suspension of operation of Jordan Factory during the year and the cost control measures
implemented on staff cost during the year.
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity in the year ended 31 March 2008 represents share
of loss of Gojifashion Inc (“Goji”), a joint venture company established in Canada for sales and
marketing of knitwear apparels in Canada. Goji has become dormant since 2008. Share of losses was
only up to investment cost and hence no further loss of Goji was shared by our Group for the year
ended 31 March 2009.
Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years
Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years decreased by approximately
49.6% to HK$3.4 million for the year ended 31 March 2009 from HK$6.8 million for the year ended
31 March 2008. The decrease was mainly due to the decrease in trade related bank borrowings
following the decrease in revenue.
Profit before tax
As a result of the foregoing, profit before tax decreased by approximately 11.4% to HK$52.0
million for the year ended 31 March 2009 from HK$58.6 million for the year ended 31 March
2008.
Income tax expense
Income tax expense increased by approximately 50.5% to HK$3.5 million for the year ended
31 March 2009 from HK$2.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2008. The increase was mainly
due to two reasons. One was the combination of effects of the PRC Tax Exemption Regime and the
reverse of deferred tax of approximately HK$5 million in the year ended 31 March 2008 for the non-
taxable gain on sales of investment properties which leads to a lower tax charge in the same year. The
other reason was the reduction in profit from the quality inspection service provided by our Group’s
Macau subsidiary, As the Macau subsidiary is exempted from Macau Complimentary Tax pursuant
to the Decree Law No. 58/99/M, Chapter 2, Article 12, dated 18th October 1999, a decrease in its
profit, as a result of a decrease in its revenue from approximately HK$37,906,000 for the year ended
31 March 2008 to HK$30,109,000 for the year ended 31 March 2009, as a proportion to our Group’s
consolidated profit, has increased our Group’s effective tax rate for the year ended 31 March 2009.
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Profit for the year
As a result of the foregoing, profit for the year decreased by approximately 13.9% to HK$48.5
million for the year ended 31 March 2009 from HK$56.3 million for the year ended 31 March
2008.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our operations are funded through a combination of cash generated from our operations and
bank borrowings. Our Directors are not aware of any material change to the sources of cash of our
Group and the use of cash by our Group during the Track Record Period.
As of 31 March 2010, our material sources of liquidity are bank balances and cash of
approximately HK$128.4 million and unutilised bank borrowing limits of approximately HK$191.0
million. We believe our liquidity requirements will be satisfied using a combination of the [•••] from
the [•••], cash generated from operating activities and bank loans.
Cash flow data
The following table summarises, for the periods indicated, our combined statements of cash
flows:
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Net cash inflow from operating activities 119,438 81,473 62,231
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from
investing activities (15,872 ) (35,689 ) 5,236
Net cash outflow from financing activities (59,025 ) (9,980 ) (99,886 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents 44,541 35,804 (32,419 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning
of the financial year 81,894 126,183 161,230
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes (252 ) (757 ) (407 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the
financial year 126,183 161,230 128,404
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Operating activities
For the year ended 31 March 2010, the operating cash inflow before movements in working
capital of our Group was approximately HK$64.2 million. Working capital decreased by approximately
HK$1.4 million and was principally due to the increase in trade and bills receivables, other receivables,
deposit and prepayments of approximately HK$2.6 million, the decrease in amounts due to related
companies of approximately HK$9.9 million and partly offset by the decrease in inventories of
approximately HK$6.0 million and increase in trade payables and accruals of approximately HK$4.7
million. The increase in trade and bills receivables, other receivables, deposits and prepayments mainly
arise from the increase in amount of deposit paid for purchase of raw materials, while the decrease in
amounts due to related companies is the result of the decrease in purchases from related companies
due to changes in the fabric required for producing certain garment products. Inventory decreased
due to decrease in production and purchases following the decrease in sales, while trade payables and
accruals increased due to the more relaxed credit policy of the suppliers. After accounting for changes
in working capital as explained, together with the interest paid on bank borrowings of approximately
HK$2.3 million and the tax refund of approximately HK$1.6 million, our Group recorded a net cash
inflow from operating activities of approximately HK$62.2 million.
For the year ended 31 March 2009, the operating cash inflow before movements in working
capital of our Group was approximately HK$54.9 million. Working capital increased by approximately
HK$35.6 million and was principally attributable to the decrease in trade and bills receivables, other
receivables, deposits and prepayments of approximately HK$87.6 million and the decrease in inventory
of approximately HK$6.3 million, partly offset by the decrease in trade payables and accruals of
approximately HK$60.2 million. The decrease in trade and bills receivables, other receivables, deposits
and prepayments was mainly because of the relatively lower level of the balance in the year ended
31 March 2009, when our Group implemented a more stringent control on receivable collection by
the Group following the credit crunch. Similarly, suppliers of our Group, as affected by the credit
crunch and the then tighter credit policy of the financial institutions, opted for faster collection policy,
which is principally the reason for the decrease in trade payables and accruals as well as the amounts
due to related companies. Inventory decreased due to decrease in production and purchases following
the decrease in sales. After accounting for changes in working capital as explained, interest paid on
bank borrowings of approximately HK$3.4 million and tax paid of approximately HK$5.6 million,
our Group recorded a net cash inflow from operating activities of approximately HK$81.5 million.
For the year ended 31 March 2008, the operating cash inflow before movements in working
capital of the Group was approximately HK$93.9 million. Working capital increased by approximately
HK$41.3 million and was principally the result of the decrease in inventories of approximately HK$43.0
million and the decrease in trade and bills receivables, other receivables, deposits and prepayments of
approximately HK$9.7 million, partly offset by the decrease in amounts due to related companies of
approximately HK$11.1 million. The decrease in inventories was mainly because of the high inventory
level as at 31 March 2007 caused by goods in transit. The decrease in amounts due to related companies
was mainly because of the decrease of fabric purchased from the VC Group. After accounting for
changes in working capital of approximately HK$41.3 million, the interest paid on bank borrowings
of approximately HK$6.8 million and tax paid of approximately HK$9.0 million, our Group recorded
a net cash inflow from operating activities of approximately HK$119.4 million.
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Investing activities
For the year ended 31 March 2010, net cash from investing activities was approximately
HK$5.2 million, mainly comprised the purchase of office premises and prepaid lease payments of
approximately HK$44.2 million, partially offset by the net repayment from related companies of
approximately HK$45.7 million.
Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended 31 March 2009 was approximately
HK$35.7 million, mainly comprised the purchase of the current office premises and prepaid lease
payments of our Group in Hong Kong of approximately HK$58.4 million and the net advance to related
companies of approximately HK$32.3 million. The net advance to related companies was an internal
cash management arrangement between holding company and subsidiaries of the related companies.
Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended 31 March 2008 was approximately
HK$15.9 million mainly comprised of the purchase of property, plant and equipment of approximately
HK$21.9 million, partially offset by the proceeds form sales of property, plant and equipment, leasehold
land and investment properties of approximately HK$3.6 million.
Financing activities
Cash generated from our financing activities has been mainly derived from new bank loans,
trust receipt loans and mortgage loans.
Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended 31 March 2010 was approximately
HK$99.9 million, which was primarily due to net repayment of trust receipt loans of approximately
HK$62.6 million and repayment of mortgage loans of HK$2.4 million.
Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended 31 March 2009 was approximately
HK$10.0 million, primarily due to the mortgage loan raised for the purchase of office premises of our
Group in Hong Kong of approximately HK$42.6 million, together with net trust receipt loans raised
approximately HK$5.4 million and repayment of mortgage loans of approximately HK$0.4 million,
released due to the sales of investment properties.
Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended 31 March 2008 was approximately
HK$59.0 million, primarily attributable by net trust receipt loans repaid of approximately HK$24.2
million and repayment of mortgage loans of approximately HK$3.2 million.
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Capital expenditures
Our capital expenditures have primarily been used in purchase of property, plant and equipment.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, our capital expenditures:
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Property, plant and equipment 21,916 29,644 40,549
Prepaid lease payments – 28,778 3,631
21,916 58,422 44,180
Total capital expenditures was approximately HK$21.9 million for the year ended 31 March
2008, which was mainly incurred for acquisition of property, plant and equipment.
Total capital expenditures was approximately HK$58.4 million for the year ended 31 March
2009 mainly due to the purchase of building and prepaid lease payments of the current office premises
of our Group in Hong Kong which located at 19/F and 20/F, Ford Glory Plaza, Cheung Sha Wan,
Hong Kong. Our total capital expenditures further decreased to approximately HK$44.2 million for
the year ended 31 March 2010, which was mainly incurred for acquisition of building and prepaid
lease payment of Jiangmen Factory amounting to approximately HK$33.5 million.
[Between 31 March 2010 and the Latest Practicable Date, we did not make any material capital
expenditures.]
We expect our capital expenditures in 2011 to be approximately HK$[8] million, respectively,
and intend to finance these capital expenditures primarily through a combination of internally
generated cash flow, proceeds from the [•••], and bank borrowings. As we may incur additional capital
expenditures from time to time as we pursue new opportunities to expand our production capacities,
actual expenditures may differ significantly from our current plans. Our planned capital expenditure
projects may also be changed due to changes in business plans such as potential acquisitions, individual
project progress, market conditions and outlook. Further, our ability to obtain sufficient funding for
our planned capital expenditure projects in the future is subject to a variety of uncertainties, including
our future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows, economic, political and other
conditions in the PRC, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions in which we operate.
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COMMITMENTS
Capital commitments
The following table sets forth the aggregate amounts of our Group’s capital commitments on
a combined basis as at the dates indicated:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Expenditure in respect of property, plant
and equipment and prepaid lease payments
contracted for but not provided
in the Financial Information 58,258 – –
Capital expenditure in respect of the capital
injection to a wholly-owned subsidiary,
FG Shenzhen, contracted for but not
provide in the Financial Information – – 2,000
The contractual commitments as at 31 March 2008 represented acquisitions of property, plant
and equipment and prepaid lease payments for office premises. The amounts were settled during the
year ended 31 March 2009.
Operating lease commitments and arrangements
Our Group as lessee
For the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Minimum lease payments paid under
operating leases in respect of premises
and warehouses during the year 3,148 6,399 5,533
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At the respective reporting dates, our Group had commitments for future minimum lease
payments under non-cancellable operating leases in respect of rented premises and warehouses which
fall due as follows:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Within one year 2,291 3,317 2,451
In the second to fifth year inclusive 1,314 1,733 595
Total 3,605 5,050 3,046
Leases are negotiated for terms ranging from one to four years and rental is fixed throughout
the lease period.
Our Group as lessor
At the respective reporting dates, our Group had contracted with tenants for the following
future minimum lease payments:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Within one year 263 – –
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NET CURRENT ASSETS/LIABILITIES
The table below sets out, as of the end of each reporting period, selected information for our
current assets and current liabilities:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Current assetsInventories 68,222 62,149 56,436
Trade and bills receivables, other receivables,
deposits and prepayments 230,782 144,105 147,136
Amounts due from related companies 89,265 121,557 27,866
Derivative financial instruments 100 494 –
Prepaid lease payments – 747 463
Tax recoverable – 2,205 –
Bank balances and cash 126,183 161,230 128,404
514,552 492,487 360,305
Assets held for sale 45,391 – 28,118
559,943 492,487 388,423
Current liabilitiesTrade payables and accruals 177,102 116,865 122,697
Amounts due to related companies 100,130 50,165 27,960
Bank borrowings-amount due within one year 123,686 131,415 67,701
Tax payable 2,420 2,284 8,537
Derivative financial instruments – 170 –
403,338 300,899 226,895
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale 3,562 – 22,282
406,900 300,899 249,177
Net current assets 153,043 191,588 139,246
We recorded a net current assets position of approximately HK$139.2 million as at 31 March
2010, compared to a net current assets position of HK$191.6 million as at 31 March 2009. The net
current assets decreased by approximately 27.3% mainly because of the decrease in cash and cash
equivalent balance from approximately HK$161.2 million as at 31 March 2009 to approximately
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HK$128.4 million as at 31 March 2010. The cash position of our Group in the year ended 31 March
2009 was the strongest compared to that in 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2008, after the implementation
of our Group’s strategy to preserve the strong liquidity position and to keep more cash on hand in
the year ended 31 March 2009 following the financial crisis and the then tighter credit policy of
the financial institutions. Amounts due from related companies arose from the treasury management
in the course of normal business operation of the then VC Group during the Track Record Period,
which varies according to the treasury need of the then VC Group. Bank borrowings due within one
year decreases due to the decrease of trade related loans following the decrease in sales in the year
ended 31 March 2010.
We recorded a net current assets position of approximately HK$191.6 million as at 31 March
2009, compared to a net current assets position of HK$153.0 million as at 31 March 2008. The net
current assets increased by approximately 25.2% mainly because of the higher cash and cash equivalent
balance of HK$161.2 million as at 31 March 2009 as compared to HK$126.2 million as at 31 March
2008, owing to the implementation of our Group’s strategy to preserve the strong liquidity position
in the year ended 31 March 2009 as explained above. The balance of trade and bills receivables,
other receivables, deposits and prepayments decreased, mainly because of the more stringent control
on receivable collection which accords our Group’s strategy of preserving strong liquidity position.
Similarly, suppliers of our Group, as affected by the financial crisis, credit crunch and the then tighter
credit policy of the financial institutions, opted for faster collection policy, which is principally the
reason for the decrease in trade payables and accruals.
TRADE AND BILLS RECEIVABLES ANALYSIS
The following table sets out the aging analysis of our trade and bills receivables (net of allowance
for doubtful debts) for the Track Record Period:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Trade and bills receivables (net of allowance for doubtful debts)
0-30 days 106,090 66,008 72,007
31-60 days 78,166 26,147 41,804
61-90 days 19,175 18,584 9,192
91-120 days 900 7,126 851
Over 120 days 4,586 6,803 649
Subtotal 208,917 124,668 124,503
Other receivable, deposits and prepayments 21,865 19,437 22,633
Total 230,782 144,105 147,136
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For the year ended 31 March 2010, the decrease in the total trade and bills receivables of
approximately HK$0.2 million was mainly attributable to the longer trade and bills receivables turnover
days of approximately 51 days for the year ended 31 March 2010 (as compared to approximately 47
days for the year ended 31 March 2009).
For the year ended 31 March 2009, the decrease in trade and bills receivables of approximately
HK$84.2 million was mainly because of our Group’s ability to speed up the collection of receivables
following the implementation of the Group’s strategy to preserve the strong liquidity position and to
keep more cash on hand in the year ended 31 March 2009 after the financial crisis.
The impairment loss recognised on receivables of our Group as at 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010
were approximately HK$0.8 million, HK$0.6 million and HK$0.8 million, respectively. Management
of our Group performs regular reviews of trade receivables and provides against specific doubtful
accounts. In determining impairment loss on receivables, management takes into account the credit
history and payment pattern of their customers as well as their on-going relationship with our Group.
Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or
financial reorganisation, and default or delinquency in payments are considered indicators that the
trade receivable is impaired. The impairment loss of trade receivables was made because of long
overdue from customers during the Track Record Period.
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
Trade and bills receivables turnover days 55 47 51
The average trade and bills receivables turnover days decreased from approximately 55 days
for the year ended 31 March 2008 to 47 days for the year ended 31 March 2009, mainly due to the
more stringent control on receivable collection and hence improvement in cash collection in the year
ended 31 March 2009 following the financial crisis. The average trade and bills receivables turnover
days increased from approximately 47 days for the year ended 31 March 2009 to 51 days for the year
ended 31 March 2010, which is within the general credit period given to customers.
We factor some of our receivables to factoring companies to hedge the risk of collection from
customers as well as to maintain a cash inflow at a desired level for our business operation. Generally,
we assess various aspects of a new customer to determine whether we should factor the receivables
from it, including the relevant volume of the purchase order, its credit reference and background as
well as the credit terms offered to it.
During the Track Record Period, we had engaged [three] factoring companies, most of the sale
that we factored are without recourse. The sales that we factored to them without recourse represented
approximately [39.9]%, [40.1]% and [23.8]%, respectively, of our total turnover during the period.
During the same period, the sales that we factored to the factoring companies with recourse accounted
for 0%, approximately 0.33% and 6.81%, respectively, of our total turnover.
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A factoring company that we factored our receivables to encountered financial difficulties and underwent corporate restructuring during the Track Record Period which resulted in our decrease in factored receivables in the year ended 31 March 2010. We did not experience any operational and financial impact as a result of the incident and we did not experience any loss from factoring our receivables during the Track Record Period [and up to the Latest Practicable Date].
TRADE AND BILLS PAYABLES ANALYSIS
The table below shows the aging analysis of our trade and bills payables and the analysis of accruals and receipts in advance for the Track Record Period:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate (HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Trade and bills payables
0-60 days 136,328 83,689 85,91461-90 days 15,774 6,172 7,630Over 90 days 3,969 5,859 2,338
Subtotal 156,071 95,720 95,882
Accruals and receipts in advance
Receipts in advance – 312 338Accruals 21,031 20,833 26,477
Subtotal 21,031 21,145 26,815
Trade payables and accruals 177,102 116,865 122,697
Trade and bills payables has decreased from the year ended 31 March 2008 to the year ended 31 March 2010, primarily because of the decrease in orders and hence decrease in purchases needed to meet customers’ demand. Further, the decrease of trade and bills payables as at the year ended 31 March 2009 as compared to the year ended 31 March 2008 was mainly due to the tighter credit policy of suppliers of our Group after the financial crisis and the then tighter credit policy of the financial institutions. As shown in the table below, the trade and bills payable turnover days for the year ended 31 March 2010 returned to the level of that for the year ended 31 March 2008.
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
Trade and bills payables turnover days 47 41 47
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The average trade and bills payables turnover days decreased from approximately 47 days for
the year ended 31 March 2008 to 41 days for the year ended 31 March 2009, mainly due to the more
stringent control on cash collection of the suppliers following the financial crisis. The average trade
and bills payables turnover days increased from approximately 41 days for the year ended 31 March
2009 to the 47 days for the year ended 31 March 2010, which is within the general credit period
given by suppliers.
INVENTORY ANALYSIS
The following table sets out a summary of our inventory balances as of the balance sheet dates
indicated:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Raw materials 9,744 10,653 12,924
Work-in-progress 17,256 22,027 26,243
Finished goods 41,222 29,469 17,269
Total 68,222 62,149 56,436
Our Group is principally a sourcing management group engaging in sourcing and trading of
garments with production capacity. As of 31 March 2008, 2009, 2010, the value of our inventories
accounted for approximately 12.2%, 12.6% and 14.5% of current assets respectively. In accordance
with our existing business model, we do not have a general inventory provision policy. We normally
confirm purchase orders with our customers before we source for garments or purchase raw materials
for production which is a common practice for the garment trading industry known as “pre-sold order”.
We have a policy to regularly review the obsolescence of inventories based on the expected future
sales and the age of the inventories in order to further reduce the risk of accumulation of obsolete
inventories. We also conduct physical stock counts from time to time in order to identify obsolete or
damaged products. If the market conditions are less favourable than those forecast by the management
and our unsold inventories remain for a period longer than we expected, we will make specific
provision on an item-by-item basis and if the costs are higher than the corresponding estimated net
realisable value of certain inventories, we make a provision against such inventories. Impairment loss
was recognised on inventories for the year ended 31 March 2008 as a batch of finished goods had
been aged over one year and sold out subsequently. During the year ended 31 March 2009 and 2010,
we did not make any specific provisions for inventories, the reason being all of the ending inventories
as at 31 March 2009 and 2010 were subsequently sold higher than costs.
As at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
Inventory turnover days [26] [21] [29]
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The average inventory turnover days decreased from approximately 26 days for the year
ended 31 March 2008 to 21 days for the year ended 31 March 2009, mainly due to [a large batch
of finished garment products that were in the process of being delivered to a customer in the U.S.
as at 31 March 2008]. The average inventory turnover days increased from approximately 21 days
for the year ended 31 March 2009 to 29 days for the year ended 31 March 2010, mainly due to [the
increase in raw material inventory levels as a result of the addition of production in the PRC Factory
of “Knit-to-Shape” garments which require a longer production lead time of approximately 75 to 90
days compared to 45 to 60 days for “Cut-and-Sew” garments].
INDEBTEDNESS
Borrowings
The table below shows our indebtedness as of the end of each reporting period during the Track
Record Period:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Bank loans – secured 4,845 50,350 31,420
Bank loans – unsecured 118,841 120,885 55,466
The table below shows the maturity profile of our bank loans as of the end of each reporting
period during the Track Record Period:
At 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Approximate Approximate Approximate
(HK$’000) (HK$’000) (HK$’000)
Within one year 123,686 131,415 [67,701]
Amount due after one year – 39,820 [19,185]
At the close of business on 31 July 2010, being the latest practicable date for the purpose of
this indebtedness statement, our Group had the following indebtedness:
– bills discounted with recourse and debts factored with recourse of approximately HK$[0.6]
million;
– import loans, export loans and trust receipt loans of approximately HK$[80.5] million;
– mortgage loan of approximately HK$[20.0] million; and
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We recorded a net current assets position of approximately HK$[180.6] million as at 31 July
2010, compared to a net current assets position of HK$[139.2] million as at 31 March 2010. The net
current assets increased by approximately [29.7]% mainly because of the net effect of increase in
trade and bills receivables of approximately HK$39.1 million, decrease in trade and bills payables of
approximately HK$54.7 million, increase in other receivables, deposits and prepayments of approximately
HK$34.3 million and decrease in cash and cash equivalent balance of approximately HK$64.0 million.
The increase in trade and other receivables was mainly because of [more sales made in June and July
2010 when compared to that in February and March 2010]. The decrease in bank balances, decrease
in trade and bills payables and increase in other receivables, deposits and prepayments were mainly
due to advance payment to suppliers as deposits to lock the price for raw materials.
Our Group generated its cash mainly from operating activities, including cash receipts from
sales of goods and net off with the cash payments to acquire inventories and other necessary operating
costs to run the business, for example, staff costs. In addition, our Group would also use its cash
for repayment of trust receipt loans and mortgage loans. Our Group expects to continue to fund its
operation in this way and not to raise material external debt financing in the near future, except for
renewing those existing banking facilities of our Group for operation use.
Our Group had no outstanding obligations under hire purchase contracts or finance leases and
it had no material contingent liabilities.
All our Group's banking facilities are secured by corporate guarantees given by VC. [Our
Directors have confirmed that guarantees will be released and replaced by guarantees from our
Company upon [•••].]
Bank borrowings (which including bills discounted with recourse and debt factored with
recourse, import loans, export loans and trust receipt loans and mortgage loan) to the extent of
approximately HK$37.1 million were secured by fixed charges on certain of our Group's assets,
including properties).
Save as aforesaid or as otherwise disclosed herein, and apart from intra-group liabilities, our
Group did not have outstanding at the close of business on 31 July 2010 any loan capital issued and
outstanding or agreed to be issued, bank overdrafts, loans or other similar indebtedness, liabilities
under acceptances or acceptable credits, debentures, mortgages, charges, hire purchases commitments,
guarantees or other material contingent liabilities.
Contingent liabilities
As of the Latest Practicable Date, we had no material contingent liabilities. We currently are
not involved in major legal proceedings, nor are we aware of any pending or potential major legal
proceedings involving us. If we are involved in such major legal proceedings, we would record any
contingent losses when, according to the information then obtained, it is likely that a loss had been
incurred and there is a reasonable estimate of the amount of the loss.
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Disclaimers
Save as disclosed in “Financial Information – Indebtedness” above, and apart from intra-group
liabilities, we did not have outstanding mortgages, charges, debentures, loan capital, bank overdrafts,
loans, debt securities or other similar indebtedness, finance leases or hire purchase commitments,
liabilities under acceptances or acceptance credits or any guarantees or other material contingent
liabilities outstanding as at 31 March 2010.
Gearing ratios
The gearing ratio (calculated based on the total interest bearing debts for the respective periods,
divided by total assets for the respective periods) was approximately 19.6%, 28.2% and 21.0%
respectively for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The gearing ratio increased from approximately 19.6% for the year ended 31 March 2008 to
approximately 28.2% for the year ended 31 March 2009, mainly attributable to the mortgage loan
raised for the acquisition of office premises and investment properties in the year ended 31 March
2009. The gearing ratio has decreased to approximately 21.0% for the year ended 31 March 2010 due
to decrease of trade loans following the decrease in sales.
The net of cash gearing ratio (calculated based on the total interest bearing debt less cash and
cash equivalents for the respective periods, divided by total assets for the respective periods) was
nil, approximately 1.7% and nil for the years ended 31 March 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively,
indicating a strong liquidity position of the Group.
WORKING CAPITAL
Our Directors have confirmed that, taking into consideration the financial resources presently
available to us, including banking facilities and other internal resources, and the estimated net proceeds
from the [•••], we have sufficient working capital for our requirements and for at least 12 months
commencing from the date of this document.
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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Major terms of the foreign currency forward contracts outstanding at the end of each reporting
period during the Track Record Period are as follows:
Maturity date/Notional amount Forward contract rates period of contracts
31 March 2008
17 contracts to buy in US$1 to HK$7.705 Maturity of each contract per total of US$42,500,000 month from 30 April 2008 to 31 August 2009
17 contracts to sell in US$1 to HK$7.745 Maturity of each contract per total of US$42,500,000 month from 30 April 2008 to 31 August 2009
31 March 2009
5 contracts to buy in US$1 to HK$7.705 Maturity of each contract per total of US$12,500,000 month from 30 April 2009 to 31 August 2009
5 contracts to sell in US$1 to HK$7.745 Maturity of each contract per total of US$12,500,000 month from 30 April 2009 to 31 August 2009
1 contract to sell in total of US$1 to CAD1.2980 30 September 2009 CAD800,000
31 March 2010
Nil
It is our Group’s practice to address certain foreign currency exposure that arises as a result of
entering into transactions involving large amounts of foreign currencies through the use of derivative
financial instruments. Our Group primarily enters into foreign currency forward contracts to, reduce
the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates, subject to the prevailing market conditions
and pricing; and to hedge anticipated transactions as well as receivables and payables not denominated
in the functional currency of the relevant group entities for periods consistent with its identified
exposures.
Prior approval by [our Directors] is required for all such hedging operations.
The above derivatives are measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period. The fair
values are measured using quoted forward exchange rates matching maturities of the contracts at the
end of each reporting period.
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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The following events have occurred subsequent to 31 March 2010:
(i) With a resolution in writing by shareholders of FG Holdings passed on 6 September
2010, FG Holdings declared a special dividend of HK$30,000,000 to its then existing
shareholders. The dividend will be paid before [•••].
(ii) FG Holdings entered into a memorandum of understanding and Sky Winner Investment
Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FG Holdings entered into a business transfer
agreement with Yoko Sun Limited, Mr. Lo Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang and Mr.
Lan Chi Fung (collectively, the “Transferors”) on 29 July 2010 and 8 September 2010,
respectively in relation to the acquisition of an effective approximately 70% interests in
certain of Yoko Sun’s assets (“Business Assets”) for a total consideration of approximately
HK$1,200,000. It is intended that upon completion of the acquisition, the Business Assets
will be operated by Sky Winner Investment Limited, which will then be a FG subsidiary
in which FG Holdings will have approximately 70% interest whilst the remaining 30%
interests will be held by each of Mr. Lo Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang and Mr. Lan
Chi Fung, the existing shareholders and directors of Yoko Sun, in equal proportions. The
results of Sky Winner Investment Limited will be included in the combined statement of
comprehensive income from the effective date of its establishment.
Yoko Sun is engaged in production and sales of apparel products, with an online platform
for recruitment of designers and sales of garment products, and points of sales at various
locations including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC under the name of “teelocker”.
Set out below is a summary of financial information of Yoko Sun based on its financial
statements for each of the two years ended 31 December 2009 prepared in accordance
with the Small to Medium-sized Entity Financial Reporting Standards issued by HKICPA,
and audited by a certified public accountant registered in Hong Kong:
Period from 20 July 2007 (date of Year ended incorporation) to 31 December 31 December 2009 2008 Approximate Approximate
(HK$000) (HK$000)
Revenue 1,834 1,281
Profit before taxation 67 54
Profit after taxation 61 54
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As at 31 December 2009, the total assets and net assets of Yoko Sun amounted to
approximately HK$993,000 and HK$17,000, respectively. As at 31 December 2008, the total assets and net liabilities of Yoko Sun amounted to approximately HK$440,000 and
HK$17,000, respectively.
The acquisition of the Business Assets has not been completed at the date of this
document.
PROPERTY INTERESTS
Details relating to our property interests are set out in Appendix III to this document. Jones
Lang LaSalle Sallmanns Limited, an independent property valuer, has valued the properties owned
and leased by us as at 31 July 2010. The text of their letters, summaries of values and valuation
certificates are set out in Appendix III to this document.
A reconciliation of the net book value of the relevant property interests as at 31 March 2010
to their fair value as stated in Appendix III to this document is as follows:
Approximate
HK$’000
Net book value of our Group’s property interests as at 31 March 2010 65,558
Additions –
Depreciation/Amortization (895 )
Disposals –
Net book value of our Group’s property interests as at 31 July 2010 64,663
Valuation surplus 99,637
Valuation amount as at 31 July 2010 164,300
DIVIDEND POLICY
On 6 September 2010, FG Holdings declared a special dividend of HK$30.0 million payable
to its then shareholders. Such dividend will be paid before [•••]. [Investors should pay attention to
the possible impact on our cashflow and working capital as a result of the payment of the special
dividend.] FG Holdings had also declared and paid dividends in the amount of HK$7 million, HK$6.2
million and HK$3 millions, respectively to its then shareholders for the three years ended 31 March
2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Save as disclosed above, no other dividend was paid by us or any
of our subsidiaries during the Track Record Period. Our dividend distribution record in the past may
not be used as a reference or basis to determine the level of dividends that may be declared or paid
by us in the future.
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[We may declare dividends, if any, after taking into account, among other things, our results
of operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, the amount of
distributable profits based on IFRS, the memorandum of association of our Company and the Bye-laws,
the Companies Act, applicable laws and regulations and other factors that our Directors deem relevant.
A distribution of dividend for any financial year shall be subject to Shareholders’ approval.]
NO MATERIAL ADVERSE ChANGE
Our Directors have confirmed that, during the period from 1 April 2010 to the Latest Practicable
Date (both dates inclusive), save as disclosed in the paragraph headed “Our revenue for the four
months ended 31 July 2010 and the possible impact of certain non-recurring expenses to financial
performance”, there had been no material adverse change in the financial or trading position or
prospects of our Group and no event had occurred that would materially affect the information shown
in the accountants’ report set out in Appendix I to this document.
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FUTURE PLANS
Detailed description of our future plans are set out the paragraph headed “Business strategies”
under the section headed “Business” in this document.
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SHARE CAPITAL
HK$
Authorisedsharecapital:
[900,000,000] Shares of HK$0.01 each [9,000,000]
Issuedand tobe issued, fullypaidorcreditedas fullypaid
[2,000,000] Shares in issue at the date of this document [20,000]
Share Option Scheme
The Company has conditionally adopted and the shareholders of VC have approved the adoption
of the Share Option Scheme.
A summary of the principal terms of the Share Option Scheme and the details of the options
conditionally granted as at the Latest Practicable Date are set out in the paragraph headed “Share
Option Scheme” in Appendix V to this document.
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[•••]
[DRAFT]
The Directors
Ford Glory Group Holdings Limited
Dear Sirs,
We set out below our report on the financial information relating to Ford Glory Group Holdings
Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Group”) for
each of the three years ended 3� March 20�0 (the “Track Record Period”) (the “Financial Information”)
for inclusion in a document dated [•••] issued by the Company.
The Company was incorporated in Bermuda on 3 March 20�0 as an exempted company with limited
liability under Section �4 of the Companies Act �98� of Bermuda. Pursuant to a group reorganisation,
as more fully explained in the paragraph headed “Reorganisation” in Appendix [•••] to this document
(the “Reorganisation”), the Company became a holding company of the Group on [•••].
At the date of this report, the Company has interests in the following subsidiaries:
issued and place and date fully paid of incorporation/ share capital/ attributable equityname of company establishment registered capital interest held by the Group principal activities date of at 31 March this 2008 2009 2010 reportdirectly owned
Brilliant Fashion Inc. United States of Common stock – – �00% �00% Trading of garment
America (“USA”) US$�00 products
25 August 2009
Ford Glory Holdings Limited British Virgin Islands Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Investment holding
(“FG Holdings”) (“BVI”) US$�00
28 May 2002
Ford Glory International Limited Hong Kong Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Trading of garment
�� July �996 HK$5,000,000 products
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issued and place and date fully paid of incorporation/ share capital/ attributable equityname of company establishment registered capital interest held by the Group principal activities date of at 31 March this 2008 2009 2010 report
Glory Time Limited Hong Kong Ordinary 70% 70% 70% 70% Trading of garment
3 May 2004 HK$�00 products
Mayer Apparel Limited Hong Kong Ordinary 5�% 5�% 5�% 5�% Trading of garment
4 January 2006 HK$�00 products
Surefaith Limited BVI Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Investment holding
26 April 2005 US$�0
Rocwide Limited BVI Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Investment holding
(“Rocwide”) 6 June 2005 US$�0
Top Star Limited Hong Kong Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Property holding
8 November 2002 HK$2
Top Value Inc. USA Common stock �00% �00% �00% �00% Trading of garment
27 May 2005 US$�,000 products
Wealth Choice Limited BVI Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Investment holding
26 April 2005 US$�0
Value Plus (Macao Commercial Macau Quota capital �00% �00% �00% �00% Provision of quality
Offshore) Limited �8 November 2002 MOP�00,000 inspection service
indirectly owned
CSG Apparel Inc. Canada Common stock �00% �00% �00% �00% Trading of garment
�� January 200� CAD� products
PT. Victory Apparel Semarang Indonesia Ordinary �00% �00% �00% �00% Manufacture of
26 September 2005 US$300,000 garment products
Victory Apparel (Jordan) Jordan Common stock �00% �00% �00% �00% Manufacture of
Manufacturing Company �8 September 2005 JOD50,000 garment products
Limited
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Jiangmen V-Apparel The People’s Republic Registered 60% 60% [�00%] [�00%] Manufacture and trading
Manufacturing Ltd. of China (“PRC”) HK$30,000,000 of garment products
(“Jiangmen Factory”) (note) 3� May 2000
江門冠暉製衣有限公司
Ford Glory Trading (Shanghai) PRC Registered �00% �00% �00% �00% Trading of garment
Limited 7 February 2006 RMB�,000,000 products and
(“FG Shanghai”) (note) accessories
福之源貿易(上海)有限公司
Ford Glory (Shenzhen) PRC Registered – – �00% �00% Provision of procurement
International Ltd. �5 December 2009 HK$3,000,000 services
(“FG Shenzhen”) (note)
福源創業信息諮詢服務(深圳) 有限公司
note: These companies are registered in the form of wholly foreign owned enterprise.
All of the above subsidiaries are limited liability companies incorporated/established in their
respective place of incorporation/establishment.
The statutory financial statements of all the subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong for the Track
Record Period were audited by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, certified public accountants registered in
Hong Kong. The statutory financial statements of the other subsidiaries during the Track Record Period
were audited by certified public accountants registered in their respective jurisdiction as follows:
name of subsidiary Financial year name of auditor
Jiangmen Factory Each of the three years ended 江門市新會志尚會計師事務 3� December 2009 所有限公司
FG Shanghai Each of the three years ended 上海上咨會計師事務所 3� December 2009
Value Plus (Macao [Each of the three years ended Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Commercial Offshore) 3� March 20�0] – Sociedade De Auditores
Limited
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No statutory audited financial statements have been prepared for the Company, which was
incorporated in Bermuda, and those subsidiaries which were incorporated in BVI, Canada, Jordan,
Indonesia, or USA as there are no statutory audit requirements in these jurisdictions. Moreover, no
statutory audited financial statements have been prepared for FG Shenzhen for the period from date
of establishment to 31 December 2009 as the period is less than one year.
For the purpose of this report, the directors of FG Holdings, an intermediate holding company
of all the entities in the Group during the Track Record Period, have prepared consolidated financial
statements of FG Holdings and its subsidiaries for the Track Record Period or where shorter, from their
dates of incorporation/establishment in accordance with Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards
(“HKFRSs”) issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (the “HKICPA”) (the
“HKFRS Financial Statements”). In addition, for the purpose of this report, the directors of Rocwide
have prepared consolidated financial statements of Rocwide and its subsidiary, Jiangmen Factory, for
the Track Record Period in accordance with HKFRSs issued by the HKICPA (the “Rocwide Financial
Statements”). We have undertaken an independent audit of the HKFRS Financial Statements and
the Rocwide Financial Statements in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing issued by
the HKICPA. Pursuant to the Reorganisation, which was completed on [•••], 2010 by principally
interspersing the Company between FG Holdings and its shareholders, the Company became a holding
company of the Group. For the purpose of this report, we have reviewed all relevant transactions of the
Company, which has not carried on any business other than the Reorganisation since its incorporation,
and carried out such procedures as we considered necessary for inclusion of the financial information
relating to the Company in this document.
We have examined the HKFRS Financial Statements, the management accounts of the Company
and the Rocwide Financial Statements for the Track Record Period (collectively referred to the
“Underlying Financial Statements”) in accordance with the Auditing Guideline 3.3�0 “Documents
and the Reporting Accountant” as recommended by the HKICPA.
The Financial Information set out in this report has been prepared from the Underlying Financial
Statements, on the basis set out in Note 2 below, after making such adjustments as considered
necessary by us to the Underlying Financial Statements in preparing our report for inclusion in this
document.
The Underlying Financial Statements are the responsibility of the directors of those companies
who approved their issue. The directors of the Company are responsible for the contents of this document
in which this report is included. It is our responsibilities to compile the Financial Information set
out in this report from the Underlying Financial Statements, to form an independent opinion on the
Financial Information and to report our opinion to you.
In our opinion, on the basis of presentation set out in Note 2 below, the Financial Information
gives, for the purpose of this report, a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group as at 31
March 2008, 2009, 2010 and of the Company as at 31 March 2010, and of the combined results and
cash flows of the Group for the respective year then ended.
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a. FinanciaL inForMation
coMBined stateMents oF coMpreHensiVe incoMe
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Notes HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Revenue 8 �,430,890 �,284,268 894,35�Cost of sales (�,233,994 ) (�,�22,780 ) (736,362 )
Gross profit �96,896 �6�,488 �57,989Other income 10 4,502 3,965 3,502Other gains and losses 11 (7,533 ) ��,427 656Selling and distribution costs (�9,83� ) (�9,445 ) (�5,465 )Administrative expenses (�08,308 ) (�02,060 ) (96,469 )Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity (338 ) – –Interest on bank borrowings wholly repayable within five years (6,754 ) (3,407 ) (2,253 )
Profit before tax 12 58,634 5�,968 47,960Income tax expense 14 (2,32� ) (3,493 ) (7,��5 )
Profit for the year 56,3�3 48,475 40,845Other comprehensive income Exchange difference arising on translation to presentation currency 2,495 72� (�95 )
Total comprehensive income for the year 58,808 49,�96 40,650
Profit for the year attributable to: Owners of the Company 5�,790 45,322 35,480 Minority interests 4,523 3,�53 5,365
56,3�3 48,475 40,845
Total comprehensive income attributable to: Owners of the Company 53,338 45,639 35,285 Minority interests 5,470 3,557 5,365
58,808 49,�96 40,650
HKcents HKcents HKcents
Earnings per share – basic 16 �6.2 �4.2 ��.�
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coMBined stateMents oF FinanciaL position
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 Notes HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
non-current assetsProperty, plant and equipment 17 59,346 80,84� 94,688Prepaid lease payments 18 – 27,875 �7,047Goodwill 19 5,54� 5,54� 5,54�Deposit paid for acquisition of property, plant and equipment 6,473 �,020 –Interest in a jointly controlled entity 20 – – –
7�,360 ��5,277 ��7,276
current assetsInventories 21 68,222 62,�49 56,436Trade and bills receivables, other receivables, deposits and prepayments 22 230,782 �44,�05 �47,�36Amounts due from related companies 23 89,265 �2�,557 27,866Derivative financial instruments 24 �00 494 –Prepaid lease payments 18 – 747 463Tax recoverable – 2,205 –Bank balances and cash 25 �26,�83 �6�,230 �28,404
5�4,552 492,487 360,305Assets held for sale 26 45,39� – 28,��8
559,943 492,487 388,423
current liabilitiesTrade payables and accruals 27 �77,�02 ��6,865 �22,697Amounts due to related companies 23 �00,�30 50,�65 27,960Bank borrowings – amount due within one year 28 �23,686 �3�,4�5 67,70�Tax payable 2,420 2,284 8,537 Derivative financial instruments 24 – �70 –
403,338 300,899 226,895Liabilities associated with assets held for sale 26 3,562 – 22,282
406,900 300,899 249,�77
net current assets �53,043 �9�,588 �39,246
total assets less current liabilities 224,403 306,865 256,522
capital and reservesShare capital 29 – – –Reserves 204,058 243,497 229,743
equity attributable to equity holders of the company 204,058 243,497 229,743Minority interests 20,�49 23,�08 6,875
Total equity 224,207 266,605 236,6�8
non-current liabilitiesBank borrowings – amount due after one year 28 – 39,820 �9,�85Deferred taxation 30 �96 440 7�9
�96 40,260 �9,904
224,403 306,865 256,522
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coMBined stateMents oF cHanGes in eQuitY
attributable to equity holders of the company Foreign currency share share special translation accumulated Minority capital premium reserve reserve profits total interest total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
At � April 2007 – 4,999 – 360 �52,36� �57,720 ��,766 �69,486Profit for the year – – – – 5�,790 5�,790 4,523 56,3�3Exchange difference arising on translation to presentation currency – – – �,548 – �,548 947 2,495
Total comprehensive income recognised for the year – – – �,548 5�,790 53,338 5,470 58,808Capital injection in a subsidiary – – – – – – 3,�97 3,�97Dividend recognised as distribution (Note15) – – – – (7,000 ) (7,000 ) – (7,000 )Dividend paid to minority interests – – – – – – (284 ) (284 )
At 3� March 2008 – 4,999 – �,908 �97,�5� 204,058 20,�49 224,207Profit for the year – – – – 45,322 45,322 3,�53 48,475Exchange difference arising on translation to presentation currency – – – 3�7 – 3�7 404 72�
Total comprehensive income recognised for the year – – – 3�7 45,322 45,639 3,557 49,�96Dividend recognised as distribution (Note15) – – – – (6,200 ) (6,200 ) – (6,200 )Dividend paid to minority interests – – – – – – (598 ) (598 )
At 3� March 2009 – 4,999 – 2,225 236,273 243,497 23,�08 266,605Profit for the year – – – – 35,480 35,480 5,365 40,845Exchange difference arising on translation to presentation currency – – – (�95 ) – (�95 ) – (�95 )
Total comprehensive income recognised for the year – – – (�95 ) 35,480 35,285 5,365 40,650Acquisition of additional interest in a subsidiary (note i) – – �,96� – – �,96� (20,96� ) (�9,000 )Deemded capital distribution to Victory City International Holdings Limited (“VC”) (note ii) – – (48,000 ) – – (48,000 ) – (48,000 )Dividend recognised as distribution (Note15) – – – – (3,000 ) (3,000 ) – (3,000 )Dividend paid to minority interests – – – – – – (637 ) (637 )
At 3� March 20�0 – 4,999 (46,039 ) 2,030 268,753 229,743 6,875 236,6�8
notes:
(i) The amount of HK$�,96�,000 represents discount on acquisition of 40% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory (see Note 2 for details).
(ii) This represents the deposit paid to VC for the acquisition of Rocwide (see Note 2 for details).
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coMBined stateMents oF casH FLoWs
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before tax 58,634 5�,968 47,960
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment �4,887 �3,8�3 �3,0�5
(Gain) loss on disposal of property, plant
and equipment and prepaid lease payments (2� ) (�2,572 ) 8
Interest income (493 ) (342 ) (4�0 )
Interest on bank borrowings 6,754 3,407 2,253
Gain on fair value changes of derivative financial
instruments (200 ) (�,424 ) (�83 )
Loss on fair value changes of investment properties �2,236 – –
Impairment losses (reversal of impairment loss)
recognised on receivables 808 (�46 ) 783
Impairment losses recognised on inventories 885 – –
Release of prepaid lease payments 87 �56 792
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity 338 – –
Operating cash flows before movements
in working capital 93,9�5 54,860 64,2�8
Decrease in inventories 42,97� 6,252 6,0�7
Decrease (increase) in trade and bills receivables,
other receivables, deposits and prepayments 9,727 87,578 (2,6�7 )
Increase (decrease) in amounts due to related
companies – trade (��,068 ) 766 (9,923 )
Increase (decrease) in trade payables and accruals (406 ) (60,�86 ) 4,660
Increase in derivative financial instruments �00 �,200 507
Cash generated from operations �35,239 90,470 62,862
Interest paid on bank borrowings (6,754 ) (3,407 ) (2,253 )
Profits tax (paid) refund (9,047 ) (5,590 ) �,622
NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES ��9,438 8�,473 62,23�
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Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (�5,443 ) (28,624 ) (40,549 )
Purchase of prepaid lease payments – (28,778 ) (3,63� )
Deposit paid for acquisition of property,
plant and equipment (6,473 ) (�,020 ) –
Advance to related companies – non-trade (39,888 ) (92,768 ) (4,655 )
Repayment from related companies
– non-trade 4�,876 60,476 50,346
Deposits received/final proceeds from disposal of
property, plant and equipment and leasehold land �,223 �7,359 3,3�5
Deposits received/final proceeds from disposal
of investment properties 2,340 37,324 –
Interest received 493 342 4�0
NET CASH (USED IN) FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES (�5,872 ) (35,689 ) 5,236
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Repayment to related companies (86,226 ) (�74,630 ) (9�,400 )
New bank loans raised – 42,560 –
Net trust receipt loans (repaid) raised (24,�79 ) 5,380 (62,6�0 )
Acquisition of additional interest in a subsidiary – – (�9,000 )
Dividend paid (7,284 ) (6,798 ) (3,637 )
Repayment of mortgage loans (3,�8� ) (39� ) (2,357 )
Advance from related companies – non-trade 58,648 �23,899 79,��8
Capital injection from minority interest to a subsidiary 3,�97 – –
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES (59,025 ) (9,980 ) (99,886 )
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS 44,54� 35,804 (32,4�9 )
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR 8�,894 �26,�83 �6�,230
EFFECT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES (252 ) (757 ) (407 )
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
AT END OF THE YEAR,
represented by bank balances and cash �26,�83 �6�,230 �28,404
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notes to tHe FinanciaL inForMation
1. GeneraL
The Company is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in Bermuda. The Company’s registered
office is located at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM��, Bermuda and its place of business is located at
�9/F., Ford Glory Plaza, 37-39 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The Company is an investment holding company. The Group is principally engaged in the trading and manufacturing
of garment products and provision of quality inspection services.
The Company’s ultimate holding company is VC, a company incorporated in Bermuda as an exempted company
with limited liability under The Companies Act �98� of Bermuda (as amended). The Company’s immediate holding
company is Victory City Investments Limited, a company incorporated in the BVI as an exempted company with limited
liability. For the purpose of this report, VC, together with its subsidiaries other than entities comprising the Group, are
collectively referred to as the “VC Group”.
The functional currency of the Company is United States dollars (“US$”). The Financial Information is presented
in Hong Kong dollars (“HK$”).
2. Basis oF presentation oF FinanciaL inForMation
Pursuant to the Reorganisation, which was completed on [•••], 20�0 by principally interspersing the Company
between FG Holdings and its shareholders, the Company became a holding company of the Group.
The Group was controlled by VC before and after the Reorganisation. Accordingly, the Financial Information
has been prepared as if the Company had always been the holding company of the Group. The combined statements of
comprehensive income, combined statements of changes in equity and combined statements of cash flows of the Group
for the Track Record Period have been prepared as if the current group structure had been in existence throughout the
Track Record Period, or since the respective dates of incorporation/establishment of the relevant entities now comprising
the Group where this is a shorter period. The combined statements of financial position of the Group as at 3� March
2008, 2009 and 20�0 have been prepared to present the assets and liabilities of the entities now comprising the Group
which were in existence at those dates.
Since 2006, VC owned 60% interest in Jiangmen Factory through its wholly owned subsidiary, Rocwide. On �9
November 2009, the Group acquired the 40% interest in Jiangmen Factory not already controlled by VC from independent
third parties for a consideration of HK$�9,000,000. On 7 April 20�0, the Group acquired the entire equity interest in
Rocwide from VC for a consideration of HK$48,000,000. In preparing the Financial Information, the Group has adopted
the principle of merger accounting for business combination involving entities under common control. Accordingly,
Jiangmen Factory has been accounted for as a 60% subsidiary during the Track Record Period until �8 November 2009
and as a wholly-owned subsidiary thereafter.
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3. appLication oF HonG KonG FinanciaL reportinG standards
The HKICPA has issued a number of new and revised Hong Kong Accounting Standards (“HKASs”) and HKFRSs,
Amendments and Interpretations (“Int”s) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “new HKFRSs”) which are effective for
the Group’s financial periods beginning on � April, 2009. For the purposes of preparing and presenting the Financial
Information for the Track Record Period, the Group has adopted all these new HKFRSs consistently throughout the
Track Record Period.
At the date of this report, the following new and revised standards, amendments and interpretations have been
issued which are not yet effective:
HKFRSs (Amendments) Amendment to HKFRS 5 as part of Improvements to HKFRSs 2008�
HKFRSs (Amendments) Improvements to HKFRSs 20092
HKFRSs (Amendments) Improvements to HKFRSs 20�03
HKAS 24 (Revised) Related Party Disclosures7
HKAS 27 (Revised) Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements�
HKAS 32 (Amendment) Classification of Rights Issues5
HKAS 39 (Amendment) Eligible Hedged Items�
HKFRS � (Amendment) Additional Exemptions for First-time Adopters4
HKFRS � (Amendment) Limited Exemption from Comparative HKFRS 7
Disclosures for First-time Adopters6
HKFRS 2 (Amendment) Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Transactions4
HKFRS 3 (Revised) Business Combinations�
HKFRS 9 Financial Instruments8
HK(IFRIC) – Int �4 (Amendment) Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement7
HK(IFRIC) – Int �7 Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners�
HK(IFRIC) – Int �9 Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments6
� Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1July2009.2 Amendmentsthatareeffectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1July2009or1January2010,
asappropriate.3 Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1July2010and1January2011,asappropriate.4 Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1January2010.5 Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1February2010.6 Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1July2010.7 Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1January2011.8 Effectiveforannualperiodsbeginningonorafter1January2013.
The Group has not early adopted these new and revised standards, amendments and interpretations in the
preparation of the Financial Information.
The application of HKFRS 3 (Revised) may affect the Group’s accounting for business combination for which
the acquisition date is on or after � April 20�0. HKAS 27 (Revised) will affect the accounting treatment for changes in
the Group’s ownership interest in a subsidiary.
HKFRS 9 Financial Instruments introduces new requirements for the classification and measurement of financial
assets and will be effective from � January 20�3, with earlier application permitted. The Standard requires all recognised
financial assets that are within the scope of HKAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement to be
measured at either amortised cost or fair value. Specifically, debt investments that (i) are held within a business model
whose objective is to collect the contractual cash flows and (ii) have contractual cash flows that are solely payments of
principal and interest on the principal outstanding are generally measured at amortised cost. All other debt investments
and equity investments are measured at fair value. The application of HKFRS 9 might affect the classification and
measurement of the Group’s financial assets.
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In addition, as part of Improvements to HKFRSs (2009), HKAS �7 Leases has been amended in relation to
the classification of leasehold land. The amendments will be effective for the Group from � April 20�0, with earlier
application permitted. Before the amendments to HKAS �7, lesses were required to classify leasehold land as operating
leases and presented as prepaid lease payments in the combined statements of financial position. The amendments have
removed such a requirement. Instead, the amendments require the classification of leasehold land to be based on the
general principles set out in HKAS �7, that are based on the extent to which risks and rewards incidental to ownership
of a leased asset lie with the lessor or the lessee. The application of the amendments to HKAS �7 might affect the
classification and measurement of the Group’s leasehold land.
The directors of the Company anticipate that the application of the other new and revised standards, amendments
or interpretations will have no material impact on the Financial Information.
4. siGniFicant accountinG poLicies
The Financial Information has been prepared on the historical cost basis except that certain financial instruments
are measured at fair values, as explained in the accounting policies set out below.
The Financial Information has been prepared in accordance with the following accounting policies which conform
to HKFRSs issued by the HKICPA. These policies have been consistently applied throughout the Track Record Period.
In addition, the Financial Information includes applicable disclosures required by [•••].
Basis of combination
The Financial Information incorporates the financial statements of the Company and entities controlled
by the Company (its subsidiaries) and the ultimate holding company. Control is achieved where the Company
and the ultimate holding company have the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so
as to obtain benefits from its activities.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the Track Record Period are included in the
combined statements of comprehensive income from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date
of disposal, as appropriate.
When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting
policies in line with those used by other members of the Group.
All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on combination.
Minority interests in the net assets of combined subsidiaries are presented separately from the Group’s
equity therein. Minority interests in the net assets consist of the amount of those interests at the date of the
original business combination and the minority’s share of changes in equity since the date of the combination.
Losses applicable to the minority in excess of the minority’s interest in the subsidiary’s equity are allocated
against the interests of the Group except to the extent that the minority has a binding obligation and is able to
make an additional investment to cover the losses.
Merger accounting for business combination involving entities under common control
The Financial Information incorporate the financial statement items of the combining entities or businesses
in which the common control combination occurs as if they had been combined from the date when the combining
entities or businesses first came under the control of the controlling party.
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The net assets of the combining entities or businesses are combined using the existing book values from
the controlling parties’ perspective. No amount is recognised in respect of goodwill or excess of acquirer’s interest
in the net fair value of acquiree’s identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities over cost at the time of
common control combination, to the extent of the continuation of the controlling party’s interest.
The combined statements of comprehensive income includes the results of each of the combining entities
or businesses from the earliest date presented or since the date when the combining entities or businesses first
came under the common control, where this is a shorter period, regardless of the date of the common control
combination.
acquisition of additional interest in a subsidiary
When the Group increases its interests in a controlled entity, the difference between the consideration
paid by the Group to minority shareholder and the carrying value of the ownership interests acquired by the
Group is recognised in special reserve.
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on an acquisition of a business other than involving entities under common control is
carried at cost less any accumulated impairment losses and is presented separately in the combined statements
of financial position.
For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill arising from an acquisition is allocated to the relevant
cash-generating unit (“CGU”) that is expected to benefit from the synergies of the acquisition. A CGU to which
goodwill has been allocated is tested for impairment annually, and whenever there is an indication that the unit
may be impaired. For goodwill arising on an acquisition in a financial year, the CGU to which goodwill has
been allocated is tested for impairment before the end of that financial year. When the recoverable amount of a
CGU is less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated to reduce the carrying amount
of any goodwill allocated to the unit first, and then to the other assets of the unit pro rata on the basis of the
carrying amount of each asset in the unit. Any impairment loss for goodwill is recognised directly in profit or
loss. An impairment loss for goodwill is not reversed in subsequent periods.
On subsequent disposal of the relevant CGU, the attributable amount of goodwill capitalised is included
in the determination of the amount of profit or loss on disposal.
Jointly controlled entity
Joint venture arrangements that involve the establishment of a separate entity in which venturers have
joint control over the economic activity of the entity are referred to as jointly controlled entity.
The results and assets and liabilities of jointly controlled entity are incorporated in the Financial
Information using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, interest in a jointly controlled entity
is carried in the combined statements of financial position at cost as adjusted for post-acquisition changes in
the Group’s share of the net assets of the jointly controlled entity, less any identified impairment loss. When the
Group’s share of losses of a jointly controlled entity equals or exceeds its interest in that jointly controlled entity
(which includes any long-term interests that, in substance, form part of the Group’s net investment in the jointly
controlled entity), the Group discontinues recognising its share of further losses. An additional share of losses
is provided for and a liability is recognised only to the extent that the Group has incurred legal or constructive
obligations or made payments on behalf of that jointly controlled entity.
When a group entity transacts with a jointly controlled entity of the Group, profits or losses are eliminated
to the extent of the Group’s interest in the jointly controlled entity.
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property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment including buildings held for use in the production or supply of goods
or services, or for administrative purposes are stated at cost less subsequent accumulated depreciation and
accumulated impairment losses.
Depreciation is provided to write off the cost of items of property, plant and equipment over their estimated
useful lives and after taking into account of their estimated residual value, using the straight-line method.
An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognised upon disposal or when no future economic
benefits are expected to arise from the continued use of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of
the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the item) is
included in the profit or loss in the period in which the item is derecognised.
investment properties
Investment properties are properties held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation.
On initial recognition, investment properties are measured at cost, including any directly attributable
expenditure. Subsequent to initial recognition, investment properties are measured at their fair values using the
fair value model. Gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value of investment property are included in
profit or loss for the period in which they arise.
An investment property is derecognised upon disposal or when the investment property is permanently
withdrawn from use and no future economic benefits are expected from its disposals. Any gain or loss arising
on derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying
amount of the asset) is included in the combined statements of comprehensive income in the year in which the
item is derecognised.
prepaid lease payment
Prepaid lease payments, represent up-front payments to acquire leasehold land interests, are stated at
cost and released over the period of the lease on a straight-line basis. Prepaid lease payments which are to be
released in the next twelve months or less are classified as current assets.
non-current assets held for sale
Non-current assets are reclassified as held for sale if their carrying amounts will be recovered principally
through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use. This condition is regarded as met only when the
sale is highly probable and the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition.
Non-current assets classified as assets held for sale are measured at the lower of the assets’ previous
carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell except for investment properties which are measured at fair
values.
revenue recognition
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts
receivable for goods sold and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts and sales
related taxes.
Sale of goods is recognised when the goods are delivered and title has passed.
Service income is recognised when services are provided.
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Rental income, including rental invoiced in advance from properties under operating leases, is recognised
on a straight-line basis over the terms of the relevant lease.
Interest income from a financial asset is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding
and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash receipts
through the expected life of the financial asset to that asset’s net carrying amount on initial recognition.
Leasing
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks
and rewards of ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
TheGroupasLessor
Rental income from operating leases is recognised in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the term
of the relevant lease.
TheGroupasLessee
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the term of the
relevant lease. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to enter into an operating lease are recognised as
a reduction of rental expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis.
Leaseholdlandandbuilding
The land and building elements of a lease of land and building are considered separately for the purpose
of lease classification, unless the lease payments cannot be allocated reliably between the land and building
elements, in which case, the entire lease is generally treated as a finance lease and accounted for as property,
plant and equipment. To the extent the allocation of the lease payments can be made reliably, leasehold interests
in land are accounted for as operating leases and released over the lease term on a straight-line basis except for
those that are classified and accounted for as investment properties under the fair value model.
Foreign currencies
In preparing the financial statements of each individual group entity, transactions in currencies other
than the functional currency of that entity (foreign currencies) are recorded in the respective functional currency
(i.e. the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates) at the rates of exchanges
prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in
foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at that date. Non-monetary items that are measured in
terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items, and on the retranslation of monetary
items, are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.
For the purposes of presenting the Financial Information, the assets and liabilities of the group entities which are stated at functional currency other than HK$ and the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign operations are translated into the presentation currency of the Group (i.e. Hong Kong dollar) at the rate of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period, and their income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the year, unless exchange rates fluctuate significantly during the period, in which case, the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of transactions are used. Exchange differences arising, if any, are recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity (the foreign currency translation reserve). Exchange differences in relation to foreign operations are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which the foreign operation is disposed of.
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Goodwill and fair value adjustments on identifiable assets acquired arising on an acquisition of foreign
operation are treated as assets and liabilities of that foreign operation and retranslated at the rate of exchange
prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Exchange differences arising are recognised in the foreign currency
translation reserve.
Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets,
which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are
added to the cost of those assets until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or
sale. Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure
on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation.
All other borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.
retirement benefit costs
Payments to the Group’s defined contribution retirement benefit plans, Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme
and state-managed retirement benefit schemes are charged as expense when employees have rendered services
entitling them to the contributions.
taxation
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as
reported in the combined statements of comprehensive income because it excludes items of income or expense
that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible.
The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted
by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities
in the Financial Information and the corresponding tax base used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred
tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are generally
recognised for all deductible temporary difference to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be
available against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilised. Such assets and liabilities are
not recognised if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a
business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor
the accounting profit.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in
subsidiaries and interests in joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary
difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred
tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences associated with such investments and interests are only
recognised to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable profits against which to utilise the
benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced
to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of
the asset to be recovered.
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Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period
in which the liability is settled or the asset is realised, based on tax rate (and tax laws) that have been enacted or
substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets
reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at the end of the
reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities. Deferred tax is recognised
in profit or loss, except when it relates to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly
in equity, in which case the deferred tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity
respectively.
inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is calculated using the weighted
average method. Net realisable value represents the estimated selling price less all estimated costs to completion
and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.
Financial instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the combined statements of financial position
when a group entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and financial
liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or
issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value
through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities,
as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets
or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Financialassets
The Group’s financial assets are classified into one of the two categories, including loans and receivables
and financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”). The Group’s financial assets at FVTPL are
derivative financial instruments.
Effective interest method
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial asset and
of allocating interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly
discounts estimated future cash receipts (including all fees paid or received that form an integral part
of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected
life of the financial asset, or, where appropriate, a shorter period to the net carrying amount on initial
recognition.
Interest income is recognised on an effective interest basis for debt instruments.
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Loans and receivables
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments
that are not quoted in an active market. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables (including
trade and bills receivables, other receivables, amounts due from related companies and bank balances
and cash) are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any identified impairment
losses (see accounting policy on impairment of financial assets below).
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each of reporting period.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events
that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the
financial assets have been affected.
For financial assets, objective evidence of impairment could include:
• significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty; or
• default or delinquency in interest or principal payments; or
• it becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial re-
organisation.
For certain categories of financial assets, such as trade receivables, assets that are assessed not
to be impaired individually are subsequently assessed for impairment on a collective basis. Objective
evidence of impairment for a portfolio of receivables could include the Group’s past experience of
collecting payments and observable changes in national or local economic conditions that correlate with
default on receivables.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss
when there is objective evidence that the asset is impaired, and is measured as the difference between
the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the
original effective interest rate.
The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all
financial assets with the exception of trade receivables, where the carrying amount is reduced through the
use of an allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognised in
profit or loss. When a trade receivable is considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance
account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited to profit or loss.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of
impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the
impairment loss was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed through profit or
loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset at the date the impairment is reversed does not
exceed what the amortised cost would have been had the impairment not been recognised.
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Financialliabilitiesandequity
Financial liabilities and equity instruments issued by a group entity are classified according to the
substance of the contractual arrangements entered into and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity
instrument. The Group’s financial liabilities at FVTPL are derivative financial instruments.
An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after
deducting all of its liabilities. The accounting policies adopted in respect of financial liabilities and equity
instruments are set out below.
Effective interest method
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability
and of allocating interest expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly
discounts estimated future cash payments (including all fees paid or received that form an integral part
of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected
life of the financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period to the net carrying amount on initial
recognition.
Interest expense is recognised on an effective interest basis for debt instruments.
Other financial liabilities
Other financial liabilities including trade payables, amounts due to related companies and bank
borrowings are subsequently measured at amortised cost, using the effective interest method.
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the group entities are recorded at the proceeds received, net of
direct issue costs.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Derivatives that are not designated and effective as hedging instruments are initially recognised
at fair value at the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their
fair value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss
immediately.
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Derecognition
Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the assets expire or, the
financial assets are transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership
of the financial assets. On derecognition of a financial asset, the difference between the asset’s carrying amount
and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognised
directly in other comprehensive income is recognised in profit or loss. If the Group retains substantially all the
risks and rewards of ownership of a transferred asset, the Group continues to recognise the financial asset and
recognise a collateralised borrowing for proceeds received.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the obligation specified in the relevant contract is discharged,
cancelled or expires. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognised and the
consideration paid and payable is recognised in profit or loss.
impairment losses
At the end of the reporting period, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its assets to determine
whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists,
the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any.
If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the
asset is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised as an expense immediately.
Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the
revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying
amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years.
A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised as income immediately.
5. KeY sources oF estiMation uncertaintY
In the application of the Group’s accounting policies, which are described in Note 4, the directors of the Company
are required to make various estimates based on past experience, expectations of the future and other information. The
key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period that can significantly affect the carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities recognised in the Financial Information within the next financial year are disclosed below.
impairment loss on trade receivables
The assessment of the impairment loss on trade receivables of the Group is based on the evaluation of
collectability and aging analysis of accounts and on management’s judgment. A considerable amount of judgement
is required in assessing the ultimate realisation of these receivables, including the current creditworthiness of each
customer. If the financial conditions of the Group’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of
their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. Impairment is made based on the estimation
of the future cash flow discounted at the original effective rate to calculate the present value.
impairment loss recognised on inventories
Management reviews the inventories listing at the end of each reporting period, and impairs obsolete and
slow-moving inventory items identified that are no longer suitable for use in operation. Allowance was made by
reference to the latest market value for those inventories identified. Where the net realisable value is less than
expected, a material write down may arise.
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income taxes
As at 3� March 20�0, deferred tax asset in relation to unused tax losses of HK$27,948,000 (see Note 30)
was not recognised in the combined statement of financial position due to the unpredictability of future profit
streams. The realisability of the deferred tax asset mainly depends on whether sufficient future profits or taxable
temporary differences will be available in the future. In cases where the expectation for future profit streams
changes, a recognition of deferred tax assets may arise, which would be recognised in the profit or loss for the
period in which such a recognition takes place.
6. capitaL risK ManaGeMent
The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as a going concern
while maximising the return to stakeholders through the optimisation of the debt and equity balance. The Group’s overall
strategy remained unchanged throughout the Track Record Period.
The capital structure of the Group consists of net debt, which includes bank borrowings, net of cash and cash
equivalents and equity attributable to owners of the Company, comprising issued share capital and various reserves.
The directors of the Company review the capital structure on a semi-annual basis. As part of this review, the
directors of the Company consider the cost of capital and the risks associated with each class of capital. Based on
recommendations of the directors, the Group will balance its overall capital structure through new share issues, and share
buy-backs as well as the issue of new debt or the redemption of existing debts.
7. FinanciaL instruMents
7a. categories of financial instruments
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Financial assetsLoans and receivables (including cash and
cash equivalents) 435,�05 4�7,460 29�,089
Derivative financial instruments �00 494 –
Financial liabilitiesAmortised cost 379,887 3�7,�20 230,��0
Derivative financial instruments – �70 –
7b. Financial risk management objectives and policies
The Group’s major financial instruments include trade and bills receivables, other receivables, derivative
financial instruments, amounts due from (to) related companies, bank balances and cash, trade payables and bank
borrowings. Details of these financial instruments are disclosed in the respective notes. The risks associated with
these financial instruments include market risk (currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk), credit risk and
liquidity risk. The policies on how to mitigate these risks are set out below. Management manages and monitors
these exposures to ensure appropriate measures are implemented on a timely and effective manner.
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Marketrisk
(i) Currency risk
Several subsidiaries in the Group have foreign currency sales and purchases which expose the
Group to risk due to changes in foreign exchange rates.
The carrying amounts of the Group’s monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies
other than functional currency of the relevant group entities at the end of each reporting period are as
follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
assetsHK$ 77,099 �60,9�4 6�,030
British Pound (“GBP”) – �7,6�9 �3,02�
Canadian Dollar (“CAD”) 9,286 4,694 4,253
Euro Dollar (“EURO”) 379 �,436 �,044
LiabilitiesHK$ �46,495 �8�,075 �25,644
The Group also occasionally enters into foreign currency forward contracts. Details of such
outstanding contracts at the end of each reporting period are set out in Note 24.
Sensitivity analysis
As HK$ is pegged to US$, the Group’s currency risk in relation to its monetary assets, monetary
liabilities and foreign currency forward contracts involving HK$/US$ exchanges is not expected to be
significant.
The Group is mainly exposed to foreign currency risk of GBP, CAD and EURO.
The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a 5% increase and decrease in US$ against
GBP, CAD and EURO. 5% is the sensitivity rate used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to
key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in
foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated
monetary items and adjusts their translation at year end for a 5% change in foreign currency rates. A
5% strengthening of GBP, CAD and EURO against US$ will give rise to exchange gain as follow, and
vice versa.
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Increase in profit 399 992 765
No sensitivity analysis was presented for the outstanding foreign currency forward contracts as
the impact of the foreign currency forward contracts is insignificant.
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(ii) Interest rate risk
The Group is exposed to cash flow interest rate risk due to the fluctuation of the prevailing
market interest rates on its bank balances and floating rate bank borrowings. Most of the Group’s bank
borrowings carry interest based on Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate (“HIBOR”) or London Interbank
Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a spread.
The Group’s exposure to interest rate on financial liabilities is detailed in the liquidity risk
management section of this note. The management monitors interest rate exposure and will consider
hedging significant interest rate exposure should the need arise.
Sensitivity analysis
In the opinion of the directors, no sensitivity analysis is prepared for the interest rate risk for
variable-rate bank balances since the impact to the Group’s results for 2008, 2009 and 20�0 is not
significant.
The sensitivity analyses below have been determined based on the exposure to floating rate of
bank borrowings at the end of the reporting period. The analysis is prepared assuming the amount of
bank borrowings outstanding at the end of the reporting period date was outstanding for the whole year.
A 50 basis point increase or decrease in interest rate is used when reporting interest rate risk internally
to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change
in interest rates.
If interest rates had been 50 basis points higher/lower and all other variables were held constant, the
Group’s profit for each of the three years ended 3� March 20�0 would decrease/increase by approximately
HK$5�0,000, HK$7�5,000 and HK$444,000, respectively.
(iii) Other price risk
The Group is exposed to other price risk through its derivative financial instruments. The fair
values of the derivative financial instruments are determined using quoted forward exchange rates matching
maturities of the derivative financial instruments. The management monitors the price risk closely. No
sensitivity analysis was presented for the outstanding foreign currency forward contracts as the impact
of these derivative financial instruments is insignificant.
Creditrisk
As at the end of each reporting period, the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk which will cause a
financial loss to the Group due to failure to perform an obligation by the counterparties is the carrying amount
of the respective recognised financial assets as stated in the combined statements of financial position.
In order to minimise the credit risk on trade debts, management of the Group has delegated a team
responsible for determination of credit limits, credit approvals and other monitoring procedures to ensure that
follow-up action is taken to recover overdue debts. In addition, the Group reviews the recoverable amount of
each individual trade debt at the end of the reporting period to ensure that adequate impairment losses are made
for irrecoverable amounts. In this regard, the directors of the Company consider that the Group’s credit risk is
significantly reduced.
The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk in relation to its trade debts, with exposure
spread over a number of customers.
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The Group has a concentration of credit risk in relation to the amounts due from related companies which
are companies in VC Group, the balances of which at the end of the reporting period are set out in Note 23.
Because of the close relationship between the Group and VC Group during the Track Record Period, management
was able to obtain latest information related to VC Group’s financial position and was able to take prompt action
to recover the amounts due from VC Group should the need arise. In this regard, the directors of the Company
consider that the Group’s credit risk is minimal.
The credit risk on liquid funds is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit ratings
assigned by international credit-rating agencies.
Liquidityrisk
In management of the liquidity risk, the Group monitors and maintains a level of cash and cash equivalents
deemed adequate by management to finance the Group’s operations and mitigate the effects of fluctuations in cash
flows. Management monitors the utilisation of bank borrowings and ensures compliance with loan covenants.
The following table details the Group’s remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial
liabilities based on the agreed repayment terms. The table has been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash
flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Group can be required to pay. The table
includes both interest and principal cash flows. To the extent that interest flows are floating rate, the undiscounted
amount is derived from interest rate at the end of the reporting period.
The following table also details the Group’s liquidity analysis for its derivative financial instruments. The
tables have been drawn up based on the undiscounted contractual net cash outflows on derivative instruments
that settle on a net basis. The liquidity analysis for the Group’s derivative financial instruments are prepared
based on the contractual maturities as the management consider that the contractual maturities are essential for
an understanding of the timing of the cash flows of derivatives.
Liquidity table
Weighted total total average Less than 1-3 3 months over undiscounted carrying interest rate 1 month months to 1 year 1 year cash flows value % HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
at 31 March 2008Trade payables – 80,9�9 75,�52 – – �56,07� �56,07�
Amounts due to related
companies – �00,�30 – – – �00,�30 �00,�30
Bank borrowings 4.77 69,080 55,076 6,8�5 – �30,97� �23,686
250,�29 �30,228 6,8�5 – 387,�72 379,887
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Weighted total total
average Less than 1-3 3 months 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 undiscounted carrying
interest rate 1 month months to 1 year years years years years cash flows value
% HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
at 31 March 2009
Trade payables – 46,455 49,265 – – – – – 95,720 95,720
Amounts due to related
companies – 50,�65 – – – – – – 50,�65 50,�65
Bank borrowings 3.88 33,556 77,�26 22,��8 3,5�2 3,5�4 3,52� 34,094 �77,44� �7�,235
�30,�76 �26,39� 22,��8 3,5�2 3,5�4 3,52� 34,094 323,326 3�7,�20
derivatives-net settlementForeign currency forward
contracts – – �77 – – – – �77 �70
Weighted total total
average Less than 1-3 3 months 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 undiscounted carrying
interest rate 1 month months to 1 year years years years years cash flows value
% HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
at 31 March 2010
Trade payables – 45,336 50,546 – – – – – 95,882 95,882
Amounts due to related
companies – 27,960 – – – – – – 27,960 27,960
Bank borrowings 2.�9 25,459 64,362 954 �,809 �,8�� �,8�2 �6,056 ��2,263 �06,268
98,755 ��4,908 954 �,809 �,8�� �,8�2 �6,056 236,�05 230,��0
7c. Fair values
The fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as followings:
• the fair value of the derivative financial instruments were measured using quoted forward exchange
rates matching maturities of the derivative financial instruments.
• the fair value of other financial assets and financial liabilities are determined in accordance with
generally accepted pricing models based on discounted cash flow analysis using prices or rates
from observable current market transactions as input.
The directors of the Company consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities
recorded at amortised cost in the Financial Information approximate their fair values.
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Fair value measurement recognised in the combined statements of financial position
Financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at fair value and grouped into
Level � to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable.
• Level � fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) on active
market for identical assets or liabilities.
• Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included
within Level � that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or
indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).
• Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs
for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
At the end of each reporting period, all the Group’s derivative financial instruments measured at fair
value as set out in Note 24 fell within the Level 2 category.
There were no transfers between the three Levels during the Track Record Period.
8. reVenue
The Group’s revenue represents the amount received and receivable for trading and manufacturing of garment
products and provision of quality inspection service during the Track Record Period:
2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Sale of garment products �,392,984 �,254,�59 883,968
Provision of quality inspection service 37,906 30,�09 �0,383
�,430,890 �,284,268 894,35�
9. seGMent inForMation
HKFRS 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the
Group that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker in order to allocate resources to segments and
to assess their performance. The chief operating decision maker is the Company’s executive directors.
In the meantime of undergoing the Reorganisation to rationalise the structure of the Group in preparation for
[•••], the structure of the internal organisation of the Group has changed in a manner that causes the composition of
its operating segments to change during the year ended 3� March 20�0. The Group has presented the information of
operating segments for the Track Record Period with the current basis of internal reporting. The details of the two
operating segments are as follows:
Segment A – this segment includes certain subsidiaries of the Group which trade garment products
to USA, Canada, Hong Kong and other locations except the PRC and provide quality
inspection services
Segment B – this segment includes remaining subsidiaries of the Group which manufacture garment
products and trade garment products in the PRC
For the purpose of resources allocation and performance assessment, the directors evaluate operating results and
financial information primarily based on the above segments.
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Information regarding the above segments is set out below.
segment revenues and results
The following is an analysis of the Group’s revenues and results by operating segment.
Fortheyearended31March2008
segment a segment B eliminations total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
REVENUE
External sales �,3�7,768 ��3,�22 – �,430,890
Inter-segment sales – 242,930 (242,930 ) –
Total �,3�7,768 356,052 (242,930 ) �,430,890
RESULTS
Segment results 68,�58 8,205 76,363
Unallocated income �,923
Unallocated expenses (�2,560 )
Share of loss of a jointly controlled entity (338 )
Interest expense (6,754 )
Profit before tax 58,634
Fortheyearended31March2009
segment a segment B eliminations total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
REVENUE
External sales �,�97,893 86,375 – �,284,268
Inter-segment sales – 22�,937 (22�,937 ) –
Total �,�97,893 308,3�2 (22�,937 ) �,284,268
RESULTS
Segment results 34,88� 6,334 4�,2�5
Unallocated income �4,503
Unallocated expenses (343 )
Interest expense (3,407 )
Profit before tax 5�,968
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Fortheyearended31March2010
segment a segment B eliminations total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
REVENUE
External sales 832,962 6�,389 – 894,35�
Inter-segment sales – �99,68� (�99,68� ) –
Total 832,962 26�,070 (�99,68� ) 894,35�
RESULTS
Segment results 44,842 4,792 49,634
Unallocated income 594
Unallocated expenses (�5 )
Interest expense (2,253 )
Profit before tax 47,960
Segment profit represents the profit earned by each segment without allocation of share of loss of a jointly
controlled entity, gain (loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and prepaid lease payments, rental
income from and fair value change on investment properties, gain on fair value changes of derivative financial
instruments, investment income and finance costs. This is the measure reported to the executive directors for the
purposes of resource allocation and performance assessment.
Inter-segment sales are charged at prevailing market rates.
segment assets and liabilities
2008
segment a segment B total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
ASSETS
Segment assets 249,262 2�0,367 459,629
Unallocated assets �26,283
Asset classified as held for sale 45,39�
Combined total assets 63�,303
LIABILITIES
Segment liabilities 80,246 �96,986 277,232
Unallocated liabilities �26,302
Liabilities associated with
asset classified as held for sale 3,562
Combined total liabilities 407,096
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2009
segment a segment B total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
ASSETS
Segment assets 302,83� �4�,004 443,835
Unallocated assets �63,929
Combined total assets 607,764
LIABILITIES
Segment liabilities 80,295 86,735 �67,030
Unallocated liabilities �74,�29
Combined total liabilities 34�,�59
2010
segment a segment B total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
ASSETS
Segment assets �76,955 �72,222 349,�77
Unallocated assets �28,404
Asset classified as held for sale 28,��8
Combined total assets 505,699
LIABILITIES
Segment liabilities 88,894 6�,763 �50,657
Unallocated liabilities 96,�42
Liabilities associated with asset
classified as held for sale 22,282
Combined total liabilities 269,08�
For the purposes of monitoring segment performances and allocating resources between segments:
• all assets other than bank balances and cash, derivative financial instruments, assets held for sale
and tax recoverable are allocated to operating segments; and
• all liabilities other than current and deferred tax liabilities, bank borrowings, derivative financial
instruments, and liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale are allocated to
operating segments.
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other segment information
Amount included in the measure of segment profit or loss or segment assets:
segment a segment B total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
2008
Addition to non-current assets (note) 7,990 �3,926 2�,9�6
Depreciation 2,943 ��,944 �4,887
Impairment loss recognised on receivables 575 233 808
Release of prepaid lease payments 87 – 87
2009
Addition to non-current assets (note) 54,96� 3,46� 58,422
Depreciation 2,30� ��,5�2 �3,8�3
Impairment loss recognised on receivables 623 – 623
Reversal of impairment loss on receivables 769 – 769
Release of prepaid lease payments �56 – �56
20�0
Addition to non-current assets (note) 3,973 40,207 44,�80
Depreciation 2,088 �0,927 �3,0�5
Impairment loss recognised on receivables 808 – 808
Reversal of impairment loss on receivables 25 – 25
Release of prepaid lease payments 747 45 792
note: Amounts included additions to property, plant and equipment, prepared lease payments and
deposit paid for acquisition of property, plant and equipment.
No other amounts are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker but not included in the
measure of segment profit or loss or segment assets.
Geographical information
The Group’s operations are mainly located in Hong Kong, the PRC, Canada and USA.
The Group’s revenue from external customers by location of customers and information about its non-
current assets by geographical location of the assets are detailed below:
revenue from external customers non-current assets Year ended 31 March at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Hong Kong 24,05� 3�,544 �5,263 �0,324 60,83� 34,300
PRC ��6,778 92,5�2 95,356 3�,560 3�,459 65,448
USA �,006,864 8�4,752 5�3,484 482 37� 23�
Canada �50,220 �53,469 �48,8�5 3 5 –
Others �32,977 �9�,99� �2�,433 28,99� 22,6�� �7,297
�,430,890 �,284,268 894,35� 7�,360 ��5,277 ��7,276
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information about major customers
The following customers individually contributed �0% or more to the Group’s annual total revenue
during the Track Record Period:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 notes HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Customer A 530,354 478,244 �37,203
Customer B i �57,45� 73,685 90,378
Customer C ii 8�,5�6 92,686 ��8,63�
Revenue from the above customers were all from Segment A.
notes:
(i) Revenue from this customer for the year ended 3� March 2009 contributed less than �0% of the
Group’s total sales for that year.
(ii) Revenue from this customer for the years ended 3� March 2008 and 2009 contributed less than
�0% of the Group’s total sales for the respective year.
information about products and services
The Group’s revenue represents sale of garment products and provision of quality inspection service
(see note 8 for details).
10. otHer incoMe
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Interest income 493 342 4�0
Quota income 2,475 – –
Rental income
– investment properties 834 �37 –
– property, plant and equipment – �,638 2,256
Scrap sales 4� �,007 508
Others 659 84� 328
4,502 3,965 3,502
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11. otHer Gains and Losses
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Gain (loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment
and leasehold land 2� �2,572 (8 )
Gain on fair value changes of derivative financial instruments 200 �,424 �83
Net foreign exchange gains (losses) 5,290 (2,7�5 ) �,264
(Impairment losses) reversal of impairment loss
recognised on receivables (808 ) �46 (783 )
Loss on fair value change of investment properties (�2,236 ) – –
(7,533 ) ��,427 656
12. proFit BeFore tax
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Profit before tax has been arrived at after charging:
Directors’ emoluments (Note13) �,��7 �,066 �,030
Other staff costs (note):
Salaries and other allowances �29,490 96,055 86,708
Retirement benefit scheme contributions,
excluding those of directors 5,5�8 4,39� 4,95�
Total staff costs �36,�25 �0�,5�2 92,689
Auditors’ remuneration 586 508 906
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment �4,887 �3,8�3 �3,0�5
Release of prepaid lease payments 87 �56 792
Impairment loss recognised on inventories 885 – –
and after crediting:
Gross rental income from investment properties 834 �37 –
Less: direct operating expenses from investment
properties that generated rental income
during the year (229 ) (37 ) –
605 �00 –
Note: Other staff costs including salaries and other allowances of HK$33,296,000, HK$3,49�,000 and nil, and
retirement benefit scheme contributions of HK$�,549,000, HK$�2�,000 and nil for the year ended 3�
March 2008, 2009 and 20�0, respectively, represent staff worked for the Group but were employed by
ex-owner of factory previously acquired. For the year ended 3� March 2008, 2009 and 20�0, other staff
costs also including salaries and other allowances of HK$2,48�,000, HK$4,35�,000 and HK$3,587,000,
respectively, and retirement benefit scheme contributions of HK$2�2,000, HK$385,000 and HK$326,000,
respectively, represent staff worked for the Group but were employed by an agency company.
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13. directors’ and eMpLoYees’ eMoLuMents
directors
Details of the emoluments paid by the Group to the directors of the Company for the Track Record
Period are as follows:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Fee – – –
Salaries and other allowances �,�05 �,054 �,0�8
Retirement benefit scheme contributions �2 �2 �2
�,��7 �,066 �,030
Executive directors:
Choi Lin Hung �,��7 �,066 �,030
Ng Tze On – – –
Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley – – –
�,��7 �,066 �,030
Non-executive directors:
Li Ming Hung – – –
Chen Tien Tui – – –
– – –
Independent non-executive directors:
Lau Chi Kit – – –
Yuen Kin Kei – – –
Mak Chi Yan – – –
Wong Wai Kit, Louis – – –
– – –
�,��7 �,066 �,030
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employees
The five highest paid individuals of the Group included one director for the year ended 3� March 2008,
2009 and 20�0, respectively, details of his emoluments are set out above. The emoluments of the remaining four
individuals for the respective year are as follows:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Salaries and other allowances 2,84� 3,�48 3,235
Retirement benefit scheme contributions 36 36 36
2,877 3,�84 3,27�
The emoluments for each individual were below HK$�,000,000.
During the Track Record Period, no emoluments were paid by the Group to any of the directors or the
five highest paid individuals as an inducement to join or upon joining the Group or as compensation for loss
of office.
No other directors’ emoluments were paid or payable for the Track Record Period. However, certain
directors of the Company were also directors of VC whose fees, salaries and other benefits were paid by VC and
no amount was charged to the Group for services that these directors rendered to the Group during the Track
Record Period. None of the directors have waived any emoluments during the Track Record Period.
No remuneration was paid to the independent non-executive directors during the Track Record Period
as all of them were appointed subsequent to the Track Record Period.
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14. incoMe tax expense
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
The tax charge comprises:
Current tax:
Hong Kong Profits Tax
– current year 6,098 2,623 4,952
– under(over)provision in respect of prior years 26 (682 ) (95 )
6,�24 �,94� 4,857
Enterprise income tax in the PRC attributable to
subsidiaries �,�83 �,�99 �,753
Overseas income tax 326 �09 226
7,633 3,249 6,836
Deferred tax (Note30):
– current year (5,3�2 ) 255 279
– effect of change in tax rate – (�� ) –
(5,3�2 ) 244 279
2,32� 3,493 7,��5
Hong Kong
On 26 June 2008, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Revenue Bill 2008 which reduced
corporate profits tax rate from �7.5% to �6.5% effective from the year of assessment 2008/2009. The applicable
tax rate is �7.5%, �6.5% and �6.5% for the years ended 3� March 2008, 2009 and 20�0, respectively.
prc
On �6 March 2007, the PRC promulgated the Law of the PRC on Enterprise Income Tax (the “New
Law”) by Order No. 63 of the President of the PRC. On 6 December 2007, the State Council of the PRC issued
Implementation Regulations of the New Law (the “Implementation Regulations”). Under the New Law and
Implementation Regulations, the statutory tax rate of 25% was effective from � January 2008. Before � January
2008, the statutory income tax rate was 33%.
Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC, a major PRC subsidiary, Jiangmen Factory is
exempted from PRC enterprise income tax for two years starting from its first profit-making year, which is 2008,
followed by a 50% reduction for the next three years. The relevant PRC subsidiary can continue to enjoy the tax
incentives granted to it according to the grandfathering provisions in the Implementation Regulations.
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Macau
As stated in the Decree Law No. 58/99/M, Chapter 2, Article �2, dated �8 October �999, the Macau
subsidiary is exempted from Macao Complementary Tax.
other jurisdictions
Taxation arising in other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective
jurisdictions.
The tax charge for the Track Record Period can be reconciled to the profit before tax per the combined
statements of comprehensive income as follows:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Profit before tax 58,634 5�,968 47,960
Applicable tax rate: �7.5% �6.5% �6.5%
Tax at the domestic income tax rate �0,26� 8,575 7,9�3
Tax effect of expenses not deductible for tax purpose �,076 2,298 59�
The effect of income not taxable for tax purpose(note) (3,432 ) (2,�47 ) (666 )
Tax effect of utilisation of tax losses previously
not recognised (79 ) (596 ) (284 )
Tax effect of tax losses not recognised 502 – �45
Income tax on concessionary rate and tax exemption (6,�64 ) (4,450 ) (�,296 )
Effect of different tax rates of subsidiaries operating
in other jurisdictions �3� 352 572
Under(over) provision in respect of prior years 26 (682 ) (95 )
Decrease in opening deferred tax liabilities resulting
from a decrease in applicable rate – (�� ) –
Tax effect of withholding tax on the undistributed
profits of PRC subsidiaries earned since
� January 2008 – �54 235
Tax charge for the year 2,32� 3,493 7,��5
note: The amount for the year ended 3� March 2008 includes HK$3,223,000 in respect of tax effect of
fair value change of investment properties not taxable upon reclassification of such investment
properties to assets held for sale. The amount for the year ended 3� March 2009 includes
HK$2,074,000 in respect of tax effect of gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment.
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15. diVidends
The Company did not declare nor pay any dividend during the Trade Record Period. However, FG Holdings, an
intermediate holding company, paid the following dividends to its then shareholders during the Track Record Period:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Dividend recognised as distribution during
the Track Record Period:
Interim dividend for the year ended 3� March 2008 7,000 – –
Interim dividend for the year ended 3� March 2009 – 6,200 –
Interim dividend for the year ended 3� March 20�0 – – 3,000
7,000 6,200 3,000
With a resolution in writing by the Company’s shareholders passed on [date], the Company declared a special
dividend of HK$30,000,000 to its then existing shareholders.
16. earninGs per sHare
The calculation of the basic earnings per share for the Track Record Period is based on the following data:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Profit for the year attributable to owners
of the Company for the purpose of basic
earnings (loss) per share [•••] [•••] [•••]
Number of ordinary shares for the purpose
of basic earnings per share [•••] [•••] [•••]
The weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose of calculating basic earnings per share
for the Track Record Period has been retrospectively adjusted for the [•••] as described more fully in the paragraph
headed “Resolution passed at extraordinary general meeting of the Company on [•••], 20�0” in Appendix [•••] to this
document.
No diluted earnings per share are presented as there were no dilutive ordinary shares in issue during the Track
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17. propertY, pLant and eQuipMent
Furniture, fixtures and Leasehold Motor plant and Buildings equipment improvements vehicles machinery total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000COSTAt � April 2007 6,528 �3,09� 9,988 2,889 46,84� 79,337Exchange realignment (25 ) 429 350 53 �,587 2,394Additions – 3,402 2,�34 264 9,643 �5,443Transfer to asset held for sale (Note26) (2,672 ) – – – – (2,672 )Disposals – (�4 ) – – (�39 ) (�53 )
At 3� March 2008 3,83� �6,908 �2,472 3,206 57,932 94,349Exchange realignment �8 �88 �5� �8 752 �,�27Additions 29,993 �,304 �,250 862 �,688 35,097Disposals – (499 ) – (8� ) (70 ) (650 )
At 3� March 2009 33,842 �7,90� �3,873 4,005 60,302 �29,923Exchange realignment 7 (29 ) (36 ) (�2 ) (�05 ) (�75 )Additions 29,873 �,434 3,469 �,355 5,438 4�,569Transfer to asset held for sale (Note26) (�3,956 ) – (2�0 ) – – (�4,�66 )Disposals – (�,650 ) (�,5�3 ) (�,0�5 ) (�,686 ) (5,864 )
At 3� March 20�0 49,766 �7,656 �5,583 4,333 63,949 �5�,287
DEPRECIATIONAt � April 2007 545 4,484 2,523 �,404 ��,�6� 20,��7Exchange realignment (� ) �47 8� 24 �59 4�0Provided for the year 282 3,044 2,070 575 8,9�6 �4,887Eliminated on transfer to asset held for sale (Note26) (378 ) – – – – (378 )Eliminated on disposals – (5 ) – – (28 ) (33 )
At 3� March 2008 448 7,670 4,674 2,003 20,208 35,003Exchange realignment 2 50 96 �2 474 634Provided for the year 225 2,364 �,690 637 8,897 �3,8�3Eliminated on disposals – (287 ) – (�7 ) (64 ) (368 )
At 3� March 2009 675 9,797 6,460 2,635 29,5�5 49,082Exchange realignment � (�0 ) (�2 ) (5 ) (3� ) (57 )Provided for the year 953 2,354 2,�42 545 7,02� �3,0�5Eliminated on disposals – (�,525 ) (�,323 ) (986 ) (�,607 ) (5,44� )
At 3� March 20�0 �,629 �0,6�6 7,267 2,�89 34,898 56,599
CARRYING VALUEAt 3� March 2008 3,383 9,238 7,798 �,203 37,724 59,346
At 3� March 2009 33,�67 8,�04 7,4�3 �,370 30,787 80,84�
At 3� March 20�0 48,�37 7,040 8,3�6 2,�44 29,05� 94,688
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The above items of property, plant and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method at the following
rates per annum or over the following years:
Buildings 4%
Furniture, fixtures and equipment �5% – 25%
Leasehold improvements 5 to �0 years or over the term of the relevant leases, if shorter
Motor vehicles 20%
Plant and machinery 62/3% – 25%
18. prepaid Lease paYMents
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
The Group’s prepaid lease payments comprise:
Leasehold land in Hong Kong:
Medium-term lease – 28,622 �3,923
Leasehold land in the PRC:
Medium-term lease – – 3,587
– 28,622 �7,5�0
Analysed for reporting purposes as:
Current asset – 747 463
Non-current asset – 27,875 �7,047
– 28,622 �7,5�0
19. GoodWiLL
HK$’000
COST
At � April 2007 and at the end of each reporting period 5,54�
The carrying amount of goodwill is related to Jiangmen Factory which is in segment B. For the purposes of
impairment testing, goodwill was allocated to a CGU relating to the garment product manufacturing business. The
recoverable amount of this unit has been determined based on a value in use calculation. That calculation uses cash flow
projections based on financial budgets approved by management covering a 5-year period, and discount rate of 4%. The
cash flows beyond the 5-year period are extrapolated using a steady 4% growth rate. This growth rate is based on the
relevant industry growth forecasts and does not exceed the average long-term growth rate for the relevant industry. Other
key assumptions for the value in use calculations relate to the estimation of cash inflows/outflows which include budgeted
sales and gross margin, such estimation is based on the unit’s past performance and management’s expectations for the
market development. Management believes that any reasonably possible change in any of these assumptions (even on
the assumption with no growth rate and a higher discount rate of �0%) would not cause the carrying amount to exceed
the recoverable amount.
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20. interest in a JointLY controLLed entitY
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Cost of unlisted investment in a jointly controlled entity �,340 �,340 �,340
Share of post-acquisition loss (�,340 ) (�,340 ) (�,340 )
– – –
During the Track Record Period, the Group had interest in the following jointly controlled entity:
proportion of Form of principal nominal value of business place of place of issued capitalname of entity structure incorporation operation held by the Group principal activity
Gojifashion Inc. Incorporation Canada Canada 50% Inactive
The jointly controlled entity is inactive and has insignificant assets and liabilities. The Group has discontinued
recognition of its share of losses of the jointly controlled entity. The amounts of unrecognised share of the jointly
controlled entity, both for the year and cumulatively, are insignificant.
21. inVentories
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Raw materials 9,744 �0,653 �2,924
Work in progress �7,256 22,027 26,243
Finished goods 4�,222 29,469 �7,269
68,222 62,�49 56,436
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22. trade and BiLLs receiVaBLes, otHer receiVaBLes, deposits and prepaYMents
The Group allows its trade customers a credit period of 30 to �20 days. Aged analysis of the Group’s trade and
bills receivables presented based on the invoice date at the end of each reporting period are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Trade receivables:
0 – 30 days 95,492 6�,266 68,390
3� – 60 days 7�,309 24,773 40,009
6� – 90 days �8,�7� �3,467 8,584
9� – �20 days 900 5,065 85�
Over �20 days 4,586 6,803 649
�90,458 ���,374 ��8,483
Bills receivables:
0 – 30 days �0,598 4,742 3,6�7
3� – 60 days 6,857 �,374 �,795
6� – 90 days �,004 5,��7 608
9� – �20 days – 2,06� –
�8,459 �3,294 6,020
Other receivables, deposits and prepayments:
Deposits and prepayments �,85� 3,858 5,365
Deposits paid for purchase of raw materials 8,606 4,34� 6,882
Others ��,408 ��,238 �0,386
2�,865 �9,437 22,633
230,782 �44,�05 �47,�36
Before accepting any new customers, the Group assesses and understands the potential customer’s credit quality.
Management review each customer’s credit quality regularly. All trade receivables that are neither past due nor impaired
have good credit quality after taking into account of the repayment history of the trade customers. The Group has not
identified any credit risk on these trade receivables. Included in the trade receivable balance are the following past due
debts for which no impairment loss has been provided:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Over �20 days 4,586 6,803 649
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The Group did not hold any collateral against the above amounts. However, management believes that these
amounts are still recoverable because there has not been an adverse change in the relevant entities’ credit quality. The
Group has assessed the credit quality of the trade receivables by using the internal assessment, taking into account of
the repayment history and financial difficulties (if any) of the trade customers and has not identified any credit risk on
these trade receivables.
As at March 3�, 2008, 2009 and 20�0, the Group discounted certain bill receivables to banks with recourse. The
Group continued to recognise the portion of carrying amount of the respective receivables which were discounted until
they were eventually settled by the customers as the Group was still exposed to credit risk on these receivables. As at
March 3�, 2008, 2009 and 20�0, the carrying amount of bill receivables discounted with recourse was HK$4,845,000,
HK$8,�8�,000 and HK$2,�42,000, respectively.
The amount of trade and bills receivables, other receivables that are denominated in currencies other than the
functional currency of the relevant group entities are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
HK$ �70 2,330 �,0�0
GBP – �46 –
CAD 9,286 2,684 4�2
EURO �40 – –
Movement in the allowance for doubtful debts
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Balance at beginning of the year – 808 662
Impairment losses recognised on receivables 808 623 808
Amount recovered during the year – (769 ) (25 )
Balance at end of the year 808 662 �,445
The impairment losses recognised and the amounts written off as uncollectible (if any) were related to customers
that were in financial difficulties.
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23. aMounts due FroM (to) reLated coMpanies
Details of the balances with related companies are as follows:
Maximum amount outstanding at 31 March during the year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Amounts due from fellow subsidiaries – non-trade (notes(i)&(ii)) 75,538 4,063 4,655 75,538 75,538 4,655Amount due from ultimate holding company – non-trade (notes(i)&(ii)) �3,727 ��7,494 23,2�� �4,657 ��7,494 ��7,494
89,265 �2�,557 27,866
Amounts due to fellow subsidiaries – trade ��,20� ��,967 2,044 – non-trade (notes(i)&(ii)) 88,929 38,�98 25,9�6
�00,�30 50,�65 27,960
notes:
(i) All the above balances are unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand.
(ii) The non-trade balances arose as a result of treasury management by VC Group during the Track Record
Period. In the opinion of the directors, all non-trade balances will be settled prior to [•••].
Aged analysis of the Group’s amount due to related companies at the end of each reporting period are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Amounts due to fellow subsidiaries: – trade 0 – 30 days 7,774 8,788 9�3 3� – 60 days 2,�04 �,429 332 6� – 90 days �,323 �,750 799
��,20� ��,967 2,044
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The amounts due from (to) related companies that are denominated in a currency other than the functional
currency of the relevant group entities are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
HK$
Amounts due from fellow subsidiaries – non-trade ��,837 – 4,655
Amount due from ultimate holding company – non-trade �3,727 ��7,494 23,2��
25,564 ��7,494 27,866
HK$
Amounts due to fellow subsidiaries – non-trade 44,04� �0,667 23,7�4
24. deriVatiVe FinanciaL instruMents
Major terms of the outstanding foreign currency forward contracts outstanding at the end of each reporting
period are as follows:
notional amount Forward contract rates Maturity date/period of contracts
2008�7 contracts to buy in total of US$42,500,000 US$� to HK$7.705 Maturity of each contract per month from
30 April 2008 to 3� August 2009
�7 contracts to sell in total of US$42,500,000 US$� to HK$7.745 Maturity of each contract per month from
30 April 2008 to 3� August 2009
20095 contracts to buy in total of US$�2,500,000 US$� to HK$7.705 Maturity of each contract per month from
30 April 2009 to 3� August 2009
5 contracts to sell in total of US$�2,500,000 US$� to HK$7.745 Maturity of each contract per month from
30 April 2009 to 3� August 2009
� contract to sell in total of CAD800,000 US$� to CAD�.2980 30 September 2009
2010Nil
The above derivatives were measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period. The fair value are measured
using quoted forward exchange rates matching maturities of the contracts at the end of each reporting period.
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25. BanK BaLances and casH
Bank balances and cash
Bank balances and cash of the Group comprise bank balances and cash held and short-term bank
deposits.
All bank balances carry prevailing market deposit rates. The range of effective interest rates at the end
of each reporting period are as follows:
at 31 March
2008 �.5% to 2.7% per annum
2009 0.0�% to �.5% per annum
2010 0.00�% to 0.8% per annum
Bank balances and cash that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the
relevant group entities are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
HK$ 5�,365 4�,090 32,�54
GBP – �7,473 �3,02�
CAD – 2,0�0 3,84�
EURO 239 �,436 �,044
26. assets HeLd For saLe/LiaBiLities associated WitH assets HeLd For saLe
2008
On �7 October 2007, the Group entered into two separate sales and purchase agreements with independent
third parties to dispose of certain property interests comprising a building for own use purpose and leasehold land
for cash consideration of HK$�8,336,000 and investment properties for cash consideration of HK$39,664,000.
Accordingly, the relevant property interests were reclassified from property, plant and equipment,
prepaid lease payments and investment properties with the carrying amount of HK$2,294,000, HK$3,433,000
and HK$39,664,000, respectively, to assets held for sale in the combined statement of financial position as at 3�
March 2008. The fair value of the Group’s investment properties at 3� March 2008 has been determined by the
directors of the FG Holdings by reference to the consideration in sales and purchase agreement.
The liabilities associated with assets held for sale in the combined statement of financial position at 3�
March 2008 mainly included the sale deposit of HK$3,422,000 in respect of the above disposal.
The above disposal was completed on 27 May 2008 resulting in a gain on disposal of HK$�2,549,000
(net of expenses of HK$60,000 related to the disposal) for the year ended 3� March 2009.
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2010
On 28 January 20�0, the Group entered into a sales agreement with an independent third party to dispose
of a self-used building.
Accordingly, the relevant property interests were reclassified from property, plant and equipment and
prepaid lease payments with the carrying amount of HK$�4,�66,000 and HK$�3,952,000, respectively, to assets
held for sale in the combined statement of financial position as at 3� March 20�0.
The Group received a sale deposit of HK$2,900,000 in respect of the above disposal which together
with bank borrowings of HK$�9,382,000 were classified as liabilities associated with assets held for sale in the
combined statement of financial position as at 3� March 20�0.
The above disposal has not yet been completed at the date of this report.
27. trade paYaBLes and accruaLs
Ageing analysis of the Group’s trade payables presented based on the invoice date at the respective reporting
dates are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Trade payables:
0 – 60 days �36,328 83,689 85,9�4
6� – 90 days �5,774 6,�72 7,630
Over 90 days 3,969 5,859 2,338
�56,07� 95,720 95,882
Accruals 2�,03� 20,833 26,477
Receipts in advance – 3�2 338
2�,03� 2�,�45 26,8�5
�77,�02 ��6,865 �22,697
The credit period taken for trade purchases is 30 – 90 days. The Group has financial risk management policies
in place to ensure that all payables are settled within the credit periods granted.
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The amount of trade payables that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the
relevant group entities are as follows:
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
HK$ 3,904 7,354 6,652
28. BanK BorroWinGs
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Bills discounted with recourse and debts factored
with recourse 4,845 8,�8� 2,�42
Import loans, export loans and trust receipts loans ��8,84� �20,885 64,3�4
Mortgage loans – 42,�69 20,430
�23,686 �7�,235 86,886
Analysed as:
– secured 4,845 50,350 3�,420
– unsecured ��8,84� �20,885 55,466
�23,686 �7�,235 86,886
Carrying amount repayable:
Within one year �23,686 �3�,4�5 67,70�
In more than one year but not more than two years – 2,4�2 �,276
In more than two years but not more than three years – 2,475 �,3��
In more than three years but not more than four years – 2,545 �,345
In more than four years – 32,388 �5,253
�23,686 �7�,235 86,886
Less: Amount due within one year included in
current liabilities (�23,686 ) (�3�,4�5 ) (67,70� )
Amount due after one year – 39,820 �9,�85
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All the Group’s bank borrowings carry floating interest rates. The range of contractual interest rates at the end
of each reporting period are as follows:
at 31 March
2008 HIBOR plus 0.75% to LIBOR plus 0.95% per annum
2009 HIBOR plus 0.75% to LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum
2010 HIBOR plus 0.75% to LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum
The range of effective interest rates at the end of the each reporting period are as follows:
at 31 March
2008 4.29% to 4.54% per annum
2009 2.67% to 3.90% per annum
2010 �.75% to 3.50% per annum
The amounts of bank borrowings that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the
relevant group entities are set out below:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
HK$ 98,550 �63,054 75,896
29. sHare capitaL
number of shares amount HK$’000
the companyOrdinary shares of HK$0.0� each
Authorised:
On 3 March 20�0 (date of incorporation) and
balance at 3� March 20�0 �,000,000 �0
Issued and fully paid:
Issued of shares on 3 March 20�0 (date of
incorporation) and balance at 3� March 20�0 3 –
For the purpose of the presentation of the combined statements of financial position, the balances of the share
capital at � January 2008, 3� March 2008 and 3� March 2009 represent the combined share capital of FG Holdings
and Rocwide. The balance of the share capital at 3� March 20�0 represent the combined share capital of FG Holdings,
Rocwide and the Company.
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30. deFerred taxation
The following are the major categories of deferred tax liabilities recognised and movements thereon during the
Track Record Period:
accelerated revaluation dividend tax of investment withholding depreciation properties tax total HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
At � April 2007 �98 5,3�0 – 5,508
Credit to profit or loss (2 ) (5,3�0 ) – (5,3�2 )
At 3� March 2008 �96 – – �96
Charge to profit or loss �0� – �54 255
Effect of change in tax rate (�� ) – – (�� )
At 3� March 2009 286 – �54 440
Charged to profit or loss 44 – 235 279
At 3� March 20�0 330 – 389 7�9
The Group had unused tax losses of approximately HK$32,40�,000, HK$28,790,000 and HK$27,948,000 as at
3� March 2008, 2009 and 20�0, respectively, which are available for offset against future profits. No deferred tax assets
have been recognised in respect of these unused tax losses due to the unpredictability of future profit streams and such
unused tax losses can be carried forward indefinitely.
Under the EIT Law of PRC, withholding tax is imposed on dividends declared in respect of profit carried by PRC
subsidiaries from � January 2008 onwards. As at 3� March 2008, 2009 and 20�0, deferred taxation has been provided
in full in respect of any temporary differences attributable to such accumulated profits.
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31. pLedGe oF assets
At the end of each reporting period, the carrying value of the Group’s assets which were pledged to secure credit
facilities granted to the Group are as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Property, plant and equipment – 29,993 �5,823
Prepaid lease payment – 28,622 �3,924
– 58,6�5 29,747
Assets held for sale
– property, plant and equipment – – �4,�66
– prepaid lease payment – – �3,952
– – 28,��8
– 58,6�5 57,865
32. coMMitMents
(i) capital and other commitments
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Expenditure in respect of property,
plant and equipment and prepaid lease payments
contracted for but not provided in the
Financial Information 58,258 – –
Capital expenditure in respect of the
capital injection to a wholly-owned subsidiary,
FG Shenzhen, contracted for but not provide
in the Financial Information – – 2,000
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(ii) operating lease commitments and arrangements
TheGroupaslessee
Year ended 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Minimum lease payments paid under operating
leases in respect of premises and warehouses
during the year 3,�48 6,399 5,533
At the end of each reporting period, the Group had commitments for future minimum lease payments under
non-cancellable operating leases in respect of rented premises and warehouses which fall due as follows:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Within one year 2,29� 3,3�7 2,45�
In the second to fifth year inclusive �,3�4 �,733 595
3,605 5,050 3,046
Leases are negotiated for terms ranging from one to four years and rental is fixed throughout the lease
period.
TheGroupaslessor
At the end of each reporting period, the Group had contracted with tenants for the following future
minimum lease payments:
at 31 March 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
Within one year 263 – –
33. non-casH transaction
During the year ended 3� March 20�0, the deposit of HK$48,000,000 paid for the acquisition of subsidiaries
recognised as deemed capital distribution to VC in the combined statement of changes in equity was settled through
current account with a related company.
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34. reLated partY discLosures
(i) transactions
During the Track Record Period, the Group had the following transactions with related parties:
Year ended 31 March notes 2008 2009 2010 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000
VC Group
Purchase of fabrics 84,642 98,94� 32,0�6
Purchase of yarn – – �,706
Rent paid i �,605 �,55� 775
Utility expenses paid �,937 2,2�0 3,93�
Management fee expenses paid i 960 960 960
Dividend paid 3,570 3,�62 �,530
Other related party – Kimberley
Purchase of apparel products ii 38,295 53,962 69,8�6
Notes:
(i) Rent paid and management fee expenses paid have been discontinued in October 2009 and
September 20�0, respectively.
(ii) On � April 2007, the Group entered into a master sale and purchase agreement (“Kimberley-Mayer
Master Agreement”) with 加美(清遠)製衣有限公司 Kimberley (Qing Yuan) Garment Limited
(“Kimberley”). Kimberley is owned by a director of a subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to
the Kimberley-Mayer Master Agreement, Kimberley agreed to supply apparel products to the
Group. The Group placed deposits with Kimberley in the amount of HK$4,894,000, HK$�,020,000
and HK$5,5�8,000 at 3� March, 2008, 2009 and 20�0, respectively (included in trade and other
receivable), and purchased apparel products from Kimberley in the amounts as stated above for
the respective year then ended.
In addition, since �9 November 2009, the VC Group has leased certain land from, and provided waste
water treatment services to, the Group, at no cost, as set out in the section headed “Exempted continuing connected
transactions” in this document.
(ii) Balances
Details of balances with VC Group are set out in Note 23.
(iii) Guarantees
All the Group’s bank borrowings are guaranteed by VC Group throughout the Track Record Period. The
guarantee provided by VC Group is released before [•••].
(iV) compensation of key management personnel
The directors of the Company and the five highest paid employees are identified as key management
members of the Group, their compensation during the Track Record Period is set out in Note �3.
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B. FinanciaL inForMation oF tHe coMpanY
The Company was incorporated on 3 March 20�0 with an authorised share capital of HK$�0,000
divided into �,000,000 shares of HK$0.0� each. As at 3� March 20�0, the Company had amounts due
from shareholders of HK$0.03 and share capital of HK$0.03. The Company has not carried on any
business since its date of incorporation to 3� March 20�0, hence there was no distributable reserve
as at 3� March 20�0.
c. directors’ reMuneration
Save as disclosed in this report, no remuneration was paid or is payable by the Group to the
Company’s directors in respect of the Track Record Period.
Under the arrangement presently in force, the aggregate remuneration of the Company’s directors
for the year ended 3� March 20�� are set out in the paragraph headed [“Disclosure of interests”] in
Appendix [•••] to this document.
d. suBseQuent eVents
The following events have occurred subsequent to 3� March 20�0:
(i) With a resolution in writing by the Company’s shareholders passed on [date], the Company
declared a special dividend of HK$[30,000,000] to its then existing shareholders. The
dividend was fully paid on [•••].
(ii) FG Holdings entered into a memorandum of understanding [and a business transfer
agreement] with Yoko Sun Limited (“Yoko Sun”), Mr. Lo Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk
Sang and Mr. Lan Chi Fung (collectively, the “Transferors”) on 29 July 20�0 and [[•••]
September 20�0], respectively in relation to the acquisition of an effective 70% interests in
certain of Yoko Sun’s assets (“Business Assets”) for a total consideration of HK$�,200,000.
It is intended that FG Holdings will set up a new subsidiary in which FG Holdings will
have a 70% interest whilst the remaining 30% interests will be held by each of Mr. Lo
Chi Hang Jack, Mr. Lai Fuk Sang and Mr. Lan Chi Fung, the existing shareholders and
directors of Yoko Sun, in equal proportions, and that the new subsidiary will operate the
Business Assets. The results of this subsidiary will be included in the combined statement
of comprehensive income from the effective date of its establishment.
Yoko Sun is engaged in production and sales of apparel products, with an online platform
for recruitment of designers and sales of garment products, and points of sales at various
locations including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC under the name of “teelocker”.
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Set out below is a summary of financial information of Yoko Sun based on its financial
statements for the periods stated below prepared in accordance with the Small to Medium-
sized Entity Financial Reporting Standards issued by HKICPA, and audited by a certified
public accountant registered in Hong Kong:
period from 20 July 2007 (date of Year ended incorporation) to 31 december 31 december 2009 2008 HK$000 HK$000
Revenue �,834 �,28�
Profit before taxation 67 54
Profit after taxation 6� 54
As at 3� December 2009, the total assets and net assets of Yoko Sun amounted to
approximately HK$993,000 and HK$�7,000, respectively. As at 3� December 2008, the
total assets and net liabilities of Yoko Sun amounted to approximately HK$440,000 and
HK$�7,000, respectively.
[The acquisition of the Business Assets has not been completed at the date of this
report.]
e. suBseQuent FinanciaL stateMents
No audited financial statements have been prepared by the Group, the Company or any of its
subsidiaries in respect of any period subsequent to 3� March 20�0.
Yours faithfully,
deloitte touche tohmatsuCertifiedPublicAccountants
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The following is the text of a letter, summary of values and valuation certificates, prepared for
the purpose of incorporation in this document received from Jones Lang LaSalle Sallmanns Limited,
an independent valuer, in connection with its valuation as at 31 July 2010 of the property interests
of the Group.
[•••] 20�0
The Board of Directors
Ford Glory Group Holdings Limited
Dear Sirs,
In accordance with your instructions to value the properties in which Ford Glory Group Holdings
Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (hereinafter together referred to as the “Group”) have
interests in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Jordan and
United States of America (“USA”), we confirm that we have carried out inspections, made relevant
enquiries and searches and obtained such further information as we consider necessary for the purpose
of providing you with our opinion of the capital values of the property interests as at 3� July 20�0
(the “date of valuation”).
Our valuation of the property interests represents the market value which we would define as
intended to mean “the estimated amount for which a property should exchange on the date of valuation
between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction after proper marketing
wherein the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently, and without compulsion”.
Where, due to the nature of the buildings and structures of the properties in the PRC and
Jordan, there are no market sales comparables readily available, the property interests in Group I and
Group III have been valued on the basis of their depreciated replacement costs.
Depreciated replacement cost is defined as “the current cost of replacement (reproduction)
of a property less deductions for physical deterioration and all relevant forms of obsolescence and
optimization.” It is based on an estimate of the market value for the existing use of the land, plus
the current cost of replacement (reproduction) of the improvements, less deductions for physical
deterioration and all relevant forms of obsolescence and optimization. The depreciated replacement
cost of the property interest is subject to adequate potential profitability of the concerned business.
We have valued the property interest in Group II by direct comparison approach assuming sale
of the property interest in its existing state with the benefit of immediate vacant possession and by
making reference to comparable sales transactions as available in the relevant market.
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We have attributed no commercial value to the property interests in Group IV, Group V and
Group VI, which are leased by the Group, due either to the short-term nature of the lease or the
prohibition against assignment or sub-letting or otherwise due to the lack of substantial profit rent.
Our valuation has been made on the assumption that the seller sells the property interests in the
market without the benefit of a deferred term contract, leaseback, joint venture, management agreement
or any similar arrangement, which could serve to affect the values of the property interests.
No allowance has been made in our report for any charge, mortgage or amount owing on any
of the property interests valued nor for any expense or taxation which may be incurred in effecting a
sale. Unless otherwise stated, it is assumed that the properties are free from encumbrances, restrictions
and outgoings of an onerous nature, which could affect their values.
In valuing the property interests, we have complied with all requirements contained in [•••];
the RICS Valuation Standards published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; the HKIS
Valuation Standards on Properties published by the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors; and the
International Valuation Standards published by the International Valuation Standards Council.
We have relied to a very considerable extent on the information given by the Group and have
accepted advice given to us on such matters as tenure, planning approvals, statutory notices, easements,
particulars of occupancy, lettings, and all other relevant matters.
We have been provided with copies of tenancy agreement relating to the property interests and
have caused searches to be made at the Hong Kong Land Registry and Macau Land Registry. However,
we have not searched the original document to verify the ownership or to ascertain any amendment.
We have relied considerably on the advice given by the Company’s overseas legal advisers concerning
the validity of the ownership and tenancy agreements relating to the property interests in Macau,
Jordan and Indonesia respectively.
We have been shown copies of various title documents and tenancy agreements relating to the
property interests and have made relevant enquiries. Where possible, we have examined the original
documents to verify the existing title to the property interests in the PRC and any material encumbrance
that might be attached to the property interests or any tenancy amendment. We have relied considerably
on the advice given by the Company’s PRC legal advisers – GFE Law Office, concerning the validity
of the tenancy agreement of property interest in the PRC.
We have not carried out detailed measurements to verify the correctness of the areas in respect
of the properties but have assumed that the areas shown on the title documents and official site
plans handed to us are correct. All documents and contracts have been used as reference only and all
dimensions, measurements and areas are approximations. No on-site measurement has been taken.
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We have inspected the exterior and, where possible, the interior of the properties. However, we
have not carried out investigation to determine the suitability of the ground conditions and services
for any development thereon. Our valuation has been prepared on the assumption that these aspects
are satisfactory. Moreover, no structural survey has been made, but in the course of our inspection,
we did not note any serious defect. We are not, however, able to report whether the properties are free
of rot, infestation or any other structural defect. No tests were carried out on any of the services.
We have had no reason to doubt the truth and accuracy of the information provided to us by the
Group. We have also sought confirmation from the Group that no material factors have been omitted
from the information supplied. We consider that we have been provided with sufficient information
to arrive an informed view, and we have no reason to suspect that any material information has been
withheld.
Unless otherwise stated, all monetary figures stated in this report are in Hong Kong Dollars. The
exchange rates adopted in our valuations are approximately HK$�= [RMB0.87], HK$�= [JOD0.09��]
which were approximately the prevailing exchange rate as at the date of valuation.
Our valuation is summarised below and the valuation certificates are attached.
Yours faithfully,
for and on behalf of
Jones lang laSalle Sallmanns limitedpaul l. BrownB.Sc. FRICS FHKIS
Director
Note: Paul L. Brown is a Chartered Surveyor who has 27 years’ experience in the valuation of properties in the PRC and 30
years of property valuation experience in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, as well as relevant experience in the
Asia-Pacific region.
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SuMMary oF valueS
Group i – property interest owned and occupied by the Group in the prC
no. property
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
�. 3 parcels of land and various
buildings and structures
located at
Jinfeng Industrial
Development District
Chen Chong Village Committee
Gong Mei Shan
Luokeng Town
Xinhui District
Jiangmen City
Guangdong Province
the PRC
[89,300,000]
Sub-total: [89,300,000]
Group ii – property interest owned and occupied by the Group in Hong Kong
no. property
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
2. �9th Floor and
Car Parking Spaces
Nos. P2�-P25 on 2nd Floor
Ford Glory Plaza
Nos. 37-39 Wing Hong Street
Cheung Sha Wan
Kowloon
Hong Kong
[36,700,000]
Sub-total: [36,700,000]
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Group iii – property interest held by the Group in Jordan
no. property
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
3. Block F Industrial Building
located at plot
number �3�0 parcel number 3
Al Tajamouat Industrial City
Al Rakim City
South Amman
Jordan
[38,300,000]
Sub-total: [38,300,000]
Group iv – property interests rented and occupied by the Group in the prC
no. property
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
�. Rooms �00�-�008
on Level �0
Block C
Tianan International Building
Renmin South Road
Luohu District
Shenzhen
Guangdong Province
the PRC
[No Commercial
Value]
5. Level � and 2
Industrial Block 3
Xinxiu Industrial Zone
Shenzhen
Guangdong Province
the PRC
[No Commercial
Value]
6. West portion on Level �
No. �0 of ��75 nong
Tongpu Road
Putuo District
Shanghai
the PRC
[No Commercial
Value]
Sub-total: [Nil]
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Group v – property interest rented and occupied by the Group in Macau
no. property
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
7. Unit F on
��th Floor
Banco Luso Internacional
Nos. �-3 Rua Do
Dr. Pedro Jose Lobo
Macau
[No Commercial
Value]
Sub-total: [Nil]
Group vi – property interests rented and occupied by the Group in overseas Countries
no. property
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
8. Blocks A06, B03-0�, B05
and B05 Extension
Kawasan Industri
Tanjung Emas
Export Processing Zone
Jln. Coaster No. 8
Semarang
Indonesia
[No Commercial
Value]
Sub-total: [Nil]
9. �th Floor
��3� Broadway
New York
USA
[No Commercial
Value]
Sub-total: [Nil]
total: [�6�,300,000]
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valuation CertiFiCate
Group i – property interest owned and occupied by the Group in the prC
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at
31 July 2010HK$
�. 3 parcels of land and
various buildings and
structures located at
Jinfeng Industrial
Development District
Chen Chong Village
Committee
Gong Mei Shan
Luokeng Town
Xinhui District
Jiangmen City
Guangdong Province
the PRC
The property comprises
3 parcels of land with
a total site area of
approximately [65,677]
sq.m. and [7] buildings
and various structures
erected thereon which were
completed in about [2002
to 2008].
The buildings have a
total gross floor area of
approximately [37,392]
sq.m.
The buildings mainly
include industrial
buildings, staff quarters
and stores, etc.
The land use rights of the
property have been granted
for a term with expiry date
on �7 July 2050.
Expect a portion
of land which are
currently leased
to a connected
party (see note
�), the property is
currently occupied
by the Group
for [production,
ancillary office,
staff quarters and
storage] purposes.
[89,300,000]
�00% interest
attributable
to the Group:
HK$[89,300,000]
Notes:
�. Pursuant to 3 State-owned Land Use Rights Certificates – Xin Guo Yong (2007) Di Nos. 0��02, 0��03 and 0��0�, the land
use rights with a total site area of approximately 65,677 sq.m. has been granted to Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing
Ltd. (“Jiangmen Factory”) (江門冠暉製衣有限公司) for a term with the expiry date on �7 July 2050 for industrial
uses.
2. Pursuant to 7 Real Estate Title Certificates – Yue Fang Ti Cheng Zi Di Nos. C70�7�22, C70�7�23, C70�7�2�, C70�7�25,
C70�7�26, C70�7�27 and C70�7�28, the buildings with a total gross floor area of approximately 37,392 sq.m. are owned
by Jiangmen Factory for a term with the expiry date on �7 July 2050 for industrial uses.
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3. Jiangmen Factory is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
�. Pursuant to a Tenancy Agreement, made between Victory City Holdings Limited as Tenant a connected party and Jiangmen
Factory as Landlord, the site consists 2 parcels of land with a total site area of approximately �5,585 sq.m. under 2
Stated-owned Land Use Rights Certificates – Xin Guo Yong (2007) Di Nos. 0��63 and 0��0�, the site is rented by the
Tenant for a term commencing from �9 November 2009 and expiring on 3� March 20�2 at a rental of RMB33,000 per
month.
5. We have been provided with a legal opinion regarding the property interest by the Company’s PRC legal advisers, which
contains, inter alia, the following:
a. The property is legally owned by the Group and the Group has right to use, transfer, lease or mortgage of the
property in accordance with laws; and
b. The property is not subject to any encumbrance or mortgage.
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valuation CertiFiCate
Group ii – property interest owned and occupied by the Group in Hong Kong
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
2. �9th Floor
and Car Park Spaces
Nos. P2�-P25 on
2nd Floor
Ford Glory Plaza
Nos. 37-39
Wing Hong Street
Cheung Sha Wan
Kowloon
Hong Kong
�093/30000th shares
of and in The
Remaining Portion,
The Remaining
Portion of Section A
and The Remaining
Portion of Sub-
Section 2 of Section
A of New Kowloon
Inland Lot No. 2828
The property comprises a
unit on the �9th Floor and
5 car parking spaces on
the 2nd Floor of a
[29]-storey industrial
building completed in
[2008].
The property has a gross
floor area of approximately
[�0,377] sq.ft. (96�.05
sq.m.) excluding the car
parks.
The property is held under
Conditions of Sale No.
UB��52 for a term up to
30 June 20�7 subject to
an annual Government
Rent equivalent to 3%
the rateable value of the
property.
The property is
currently occupied
by the Group
for [ancillary
office and sample
production]
purpose.
[36,700,000]
�00% interest
attributable to
the Group:
HK$36,700,000
Notes:
�. Ford Glory International Limited is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
2. The registered owner of the property is Ford Glory International Limited vide Memorial Nos. 090��90���0272,
0902090�9600�2, 0902090�960028, 0902090�960035, 0902090�9600�2 and 0902090�960050 dated 29 December 2008
and �6 January 2009 respectively for a total consideration of HK$33,565,3�5.
3. The property is subject to an Occupation Permit vide Memorial No. 08�20202080�9� dated �7 November 2008.
�. The property is subject to a Deed of Mutual Covenant and Management Agreement in favour of Savills Billion Property
Management Limited (Manager) vide Memorial No. 090��90���0282 dated 29 December 2008.
5. The property is subject to a Mortgage in favour of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited to secure a term loan facility of
HK$2�,8�0,000 (part) vide Memorial No. 090209�960060 dated �6 January 2009.
6. The property is subject to an Assignment of Rentals in favour of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited vide Memorial No.
0907060�5�0�2� dated �� June 2009.
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Group iii – property interest held by the Group in Jordan
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
3. Block F Industrial
Building located at
plot number �3�0
parcel number 3
Al Raqeem
Al -Tajamouat
Industrial City
South Amman
Jordan
The property comprises a
parcel of land with site area
of approximately [5,�07]
sq.m. Erected on the land
is a �-storey industrial
building completed in about
2002.
This building has a gross
floor area of approximately
[7,8�5] sq.m.
Adjoining it is a later
addition of a 2-storey
building of gross floor area
approximately [�,�30] sq.m.
The land is a fee simple
estate.
The property is
currently rental to
[an independent
third party]
for garment
manufacturing use
[38,300,000]
�00% interest
attributable to
the Group:
HK$38,300,000
Notes:
�. Pursuant to a Sale Agreement dated 3� March 2006 between Jerash Garments & Fashions Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
(“Jerash”) as Vendor and Victory Apparel Jordan Garments Manufacturing Company Limited (“Jordan Factory”) as
Purchaser, the property was sold to the Purchaser.
2. Jordan Factory is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
3. Pursuant to a Tenancy Agreement, made between Jerash as Tenant [an independent third party] and Jordan Factory as
Landlord, the property is rented by the Tenant for a term commencing from �5 May 2008 and expiring on �� May 20�3
at a rental of USD20,000 per month. Pursuant to a Termination of Tenancy Agreement dated 26 May 20�0, Tenant and
Landlord mutually agreed to terminate the Lease on 3� October 20�0.
�. We have been provided with a legal opinion on the legality of the tenancy agreement to the property issued by the
Company’s legal advisers of relevant jurisdiction, which contains, inter alia, the following:
a. Jordan Factory the owner of the Assets (Building F, Equipment and Machinery therein) and is entitled to act
with it in any legal manner it deems proper, however the Sale Agreement dated 3� March 2006 has not been
registered; and
b. the Assets are clean from any mortgages, liens or attachment orders.
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Group iv – property interests rented and occupied by the Group in the prC
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
�. Rooms �00�-�008
on Level �0
Block C
Tianan International
Building
Renmin South Road
Luohu District
Shenzhen
Guangdong Province
the PRC
The property comprises a
unit on Level �0 of a [3�]-
storey [commercial/office]
building completed in
about [�993].
The property has a gross
floor area of approximately
[9��.60] sq.m.
Pursuant to a Tenancy
Agreement made between
Ford Glory (Shenzhen)
International Ltd. (福源創業信息咨詢服務(深圳)有限公司), as Lessee and
Bandai (H.K.) Co., Ltd., as Lessor, an independent
third party, the property
is leased by the Group
for a term commencing
from � February 20�0 and
expiring on 3� August
20�2 at a monthly rent of
RMB�7,230 [exclusive of
management fee, water and
electricity charges].
The property is
currently occupied
by the Group for
[office] purpose.
No commercial
value
Notes:
�. Ford Glory (Shenzhen) International Ltd. is an indirect [wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company].
2. We have been provided with a legal opinion on the legality of the tenancy agreement to the property issued by the
Company’s PRC legal advisers, which contains, inter alia, the following:
a. [the Tenancy Agreement regarding the property is legal, valid and binding]; and
b. [the Tenancy Agreement has registered with relevant government authority.]
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valuation CertiFiCate
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
5. [Level � and 2
Industrial Block 3
Xinxiu Industrial
Zone
Shenzhen
Guangdong Province
the PRC]
The property comprises
two units on Level � and
2 of a 6-storey [industrial]
building completed in
about �987.
The property has a
total gross floor area of
approximately [�,63�]
sq.m.
Pursuant to 2 Tenancy
Agreements made between
Ford Glory (Shenzhen)
International Ltd. (福源創業信息咨詢服務(深圳)有限公司), as Lessee and
Shenzhen Fitout Company Limited (深圳市菲德實業有限公司), as Lessor, an
independent third party, the property is leased by
the Group for a common
term commencing from
� February 20�0 and
expiring on 3� January
20�� at a monthly rent
of RMB�9,632 and
RMB2�,�80 respectively.
The property is
currently occupied
by the Group
for [storage with
ancillary office]
purposes.
No commercial
value
Notes:
�. Ford Glory (Shenzhen) International Ltd.(福源創業信息咨詢服務(深圳)有限公司) is an indirect [wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company].
2. We have been provided with a legal opinion on the legality of the tenancy agreement to the property issued by the
Company’s PRC legal advisers, which contains, inter alia, the following:
a. [the Tenancy Agreement regarding the property is legal, valid and binding]; and
b. [the Tenancy Agreement has registered with the relevant government authority.]
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no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
6. West portion on
Level �
No. �0 of
��75 nong
Tongpu Road
Putuo District
Shanghai
the PRC
The property comprises
a unit on Level � of a
3-storey [industrial]
building completed in
about 2000.
The property has a gross
floor area of approximately
[300.00] sq.m.
Pursuant to a Tenancy
Agreement made between
Ford Glory Trading
(Shanghai) Limited (福之源貿易(上海)有限公司),
as Lessee and Shanghai Zhenteng Warehouse
Limited (上海真騰倉儲有限責任公司), as Lessor, an
independent third party, the property is leased by
the Group for a term of 2
years commencing on 20
June 20�0 and expiring on
�9 June 20�� at a rental of
RMB�27,020 per annum.
The property is
currently occupied
by the Group
for [storage with
ancillary office]
purposes.
No commercial
value
Notes:
�. Ford Glory Trading (Shanghai) Limited is an indirect [wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company].
2. We have been provided with a legal opinion on the legality of the tenancy agreement to the property issued by the
Company’s PRC legal advisers, which contains, inter alia, the following:
a. [the Tenancy Agreement regarding the property is legal, valid and binding]; and
b. [the Tenancy Agreement has not registered with the relevant government authority, but the validity of the agreement
will not be affected.]
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Group v – property interests rented and occupied by the Group in Macau
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
7. Unit F on
��th Floor
Banco Luso
Internacional
Nos. �-3 Rua Do
Dr. Pedro Jose Lobo
Macau
The property comprises a
unit on the ��th Floor of a
29-storey [office] building
completed in about �983.
The property has a saleable
area of approximately
[58.3�] sq.m.
Pursuant to a Tenancy
Agreement made between
Value Plus (Macao
Commercial Offshore)
Limited, as Lessee and
Multinational Real Estate
Service Co., Ltd. (萬國置業地產有限公司) as an agent
of Lessor, an independent
third party, the property is
leased by the Group for a
term commencing from �
October 2009 and expiring
on 30 September 20�0 at a
monthly rent of HK$6,525
exclusive of management
fee, water and electricity
charges.
The property is
currently occupied
by the Group for
[office] purpose.
No commercial
value
Notes:
�. [Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited] is a [wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company].
2. The registered owner of the property is Lao Nga Fong (劉雅防).
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3. We have been provided with a legal opinion on the legality of the tenancy agreement to the property issued by the Company’s legal advisers of relevant jurisdiction, which contains, inter alia, the following;
a. the unit is free from and clear of all claims, charges, liens, encumbrances and any other third party rights of whatsoever nature and so far as we are aware there is no other matter, event or circumstance (whether legal or otherwise) which may adversely affect the owner’s title to the Unit, expect the Unit is subject to the three mortgages and one assignment of income in favour of Bank of China Limited to secure banking facilities granted to the owner up to the amount of HK$22,000,000 and value of HK$5,000,000 respectively, registered with the Real Estate Registry of Macau under nos. 57949C, 7667SC, 92990C and 32163F.; and
b. based on the assumption that the power of attorney of the landlord’s representative is duly executed and all the assumptions set out above in this opinion, the Lease is valid and subsistent and is legally binding upon and enforceable against each of the parties thereto under the laws of Macau.
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Group vi – property interests rented and occupied by the Group in overseas Countries
no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
8. Blocks A06, B03-0�, B05 and B05 ExtensionKawasan Industri Tanjung Emas Export Processing ZoneJln. Coaster No. 8SemarangIndonesia
The property comprises 5 units of industrial buildings completed in [various stage between �995 and 2000].
The property has a total lettable area of approximately [9,22�.75] sq.m. plus open yards of approximately [�,263.33] sq.m.
Pursuant to � Tenancy Agreements made between PT. Victory Apparel Semarang, as Lessee and PT. Lamicitra Nusantara, as Lessor, an independent third party, the property is leased by the Group for various terms with the last expiry date on �5 September 20�� at a total monthly rent of USD�5,660.67 exclusive of management fees, water and electricity charges.
The property is currently occupied by the Group for [production] purpose.
No commercial value
Notes:
�. [PT. Victory Apparel Semarang] (“Indonesian Factory”) is a [wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company].
2. We have been provided with a legal opinion on the legality of the tenancy agreement to the property issued by the Company’s legal advisers of relevant jurisdiction, which contains, inter alia, the following:
a. Indonesian Factory has power and capacity to execute and deliver the Lease Agreements, and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Lease Agreements and the performance of PT VAS obligations thereunder would not (i) contravene any provisions of its corporate constitutional documents as in force as of the date of this opinion, or (ii) contravene any law of the Republic of Indonesia of general application as of the date of this opinion;
b. Indonesian Factory PT VAS has taken or obtained all necessary corporate actions or approvals to authorize it to execute and deliver the Lease Agreements, and to perform its obligations; and
c. Indonesian Factory was represented by the authorized person in accordance with its Articles of Association and thus the Lease Agreements constitutes legal, valid, and binding obligations.
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no. propertydescriptionand tenure
particulars ofoccupancy
Capital value in existing state as at 31 July 2010
HK$
9. �th Floor
��3� Broadway
New York
USA
The property comprises a
unit on the �th Floor of a
�2-storey [office] building
completed in about �9�0’s.
The property has a lettable
area of approximately
[278.87] sq.m.
Pursuant to Tenancy
Agreement made between
Top Value, Inc., as Lessee
and ��3� Associates, LCC,
as Lessor, an independent
third party, the property is
leased by the Group for a
term of 5 years with expiry
date on 30 November 20��
at a current monthly rent
of US$8,275.02 exclusive
of management fees, water
and electricity charges.
The property is
currently occupied
by the Group for
[office] purpose.
No commercial
value
Notes:
�. Top Value, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
2. The registered owner of the property is ��3� Associates, LCC.
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Set out below is a summary of certain provisions of the memorandum of association and
Bye-laws of the Company and of certain aspects of Bermuda company law.
1. memorandum of association
The memorandum of association states, among other matters, that the liability of members of
the Company is limited to the amount, if any, for the time being unpaid on the Shares respectively
held by them and that the Company is an exempted company as defined in the Companies Act. The
memorandum of association also sets out the objects for which the Company was formed which are
unrestricted and that the Company has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.
As an exempted company, the Company will be carrying on business outside of Bermuda for a place
of business in Bermuda.
In accordance with and subject to section 42A of the Companies Act, the memorandum of
association of the Company empowers it to purchase its own Shares and, pursuant to its bye-laws,
this power is exercisable by our Directors upon such terms and subject to such conditions as it thinks
fit.
2. bye-laws
The Bye-laws were adopted on [8] September 20�0. The following is a summary of certain
provisions of the Bye-laws.
(a) directors
(i) Power toallotand issueshares
Without prejudice to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attaching
to any shares or any class of shares, any share may be issued upon such terms and
conditions and with such preferred, deferred or other special rights, or such restrictions,
whether as regards dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise, as the Company
may from time to time by ordinary resolution determine (or, in the absence of any such
determination or so far as the same may not make specific provision, as our Directors
may determine) and any preference shares may, subject to the Companies Act and with
the sanction of a special resolution, be issued on terms that they are liable to be redeemed
upon the happening of a specified event or upon a given date and either at the option of
the Company or, if so authorised by the memorandum of association of the Company, at
the option of the holder. The Directors may subject to the approval of the members in
general meeting, issue warrants to subscribe for any class of shares or securities of the
Company on such terms as they may from time to time determine.
All unissued shares in the Company shall be at the disposal of our Directors, who
may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such
times, for such consideration and generally on such terms they shall in their absolute
discretion think fit, but so that no shares shall be issued at a discount.
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(ii) Power todisposeof theassetsof theCompanyoranysubsidiary
There are no specific provisions in the Bye-laws relating to the disposal of the
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries although our Directors may exercise all
powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done or approved by the
Company and which are not required by the Bye-laws or relevant statutes of Bermuda to
be exercised or done by the Company in general meeting.
(iii) Compensationorpayments for lossofoffice
Payments to any Director or past Director of any sum by way of compensation for
loss of office or as consideration for or in connection with his retirement from office
(not being a payment to which the Director is contractually entitled) must be approved
by the Company in general meeting.
(iv) Loansand thegivingofsecurity for loans toDirectors
Save as described in sub-paragraph (vi) below, there are no provisions in the Bye-
laws relating to the making of loans or the giving of security for loans to Directors.
However, the Companies Act contains restrictions on companies making loans and giving
security for loans to their directors, the relevant provisions of which are summarised in
paragraph 4(l) below.
(v) Financialassistance topurchasesharesof theCompanyor itsholdingscompany
(aa) subject to the provisions of all relevant statutes of Bermuda (see paragraph
4(b) below regarding the relevant provisions of the Companies Act), the
Company may in accordance with an employees’ share scheme provide
money on such terms as our Directors think fit for the acquisition of fully or
partly paid shares in the Company or its holding company. For the purposes
of the Bye-law in this regard, an employees’ share scheme is a scheme for
encouraging or facilitating the holding of shares or debentures in the Company
by or for the benefit of bona fide employees of the Company (including any
such bona fide employee or former employee who is or was a Director), the
Company’s subsidiary or holding company or a subsidiary of the Company’s
holding company, or the wives, husbands, widows, widowers or children
or step-children under the age of twenty-one of such employees or former
employees;
(bb) subject to the provisions of all relevant statutes of Bermuda, the Company
may make loans to persons (including Directors) employed or formerly
employed in good faith by the Company with a view to enabling those
persons to acquire fully or partly paid shares in the Company or its holding
company to be held by them by way of beneficial ownership; and
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(cc) the conditions subject to which money and loans may be provided under
the provisions of the Bye-laws summarised in paragraphs (aa) or (bb) above
may include a provision to the effect that when an employee ceases to be
employed by the Company, a subsidiary or holding company of the Company
or a subsidiary of the holding company of the Company, the shares acquired
with such money or loans shall or may be sold to the Company or any other
company on such terms as our Directors think fit.
(vi) Disclosureof interests incontractswith theCompanyoranyof itssubsidiaries
Subject to the Companies Act, a Director may hold any other office or place of profit
with the Company (except that of an auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director
for such period and upon such terms as our Directors may determine, and may be paid
such extra remuneration therefor (whether by way of salary, commission, participation
in profits or otherwise) as our Directors may determine. A Director may be or become
a director or other officer of, or be otherwise interested in, any company promoted by
the Company or any other company in which the Company may be interested, and shall
not be liable to account to the Company or the members for any remuneration, profit
or other benefit received by him as a director or officer of or from his interest in such
other company. The Directors may also cause the voting power conferred by the shares
in any other company held or owned by the Company to be exercised in such manner in
all respects as they think fit, including the exercise thereof in favour of any resolution
appointing our Directors or any of them to be directors or officers of such other company,
or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the directors or officers of such
other company. A Director shall not vote or be counted in the quorum on any resolution of
our Directors concerning his own appointment or the appointment of any of his associates
as the holder of any office or place of profit with the Company or any other company
in which the Company is interested (including the arrangement or variation of the terms
thereof, or the termination thereof).
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and the Bye-laws, no Director or
proposed or intended Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with
the Company, either with regard to his tenure of any office or place of profit or as vendor,
purchaser or in any other manner whatsoever, nor will any contract with regard thereto
or any other contract or arrangement in which any Director is in any way interested be
liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable
to account to the Company or the members for any remuneration, profit or other benefits
realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that
office or the fiduciary relationship thereby established. If to the knowledge of a Director,
he or any of his associates, is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a
contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company, he must
declare the nature of his or, as the case may be, his associates’ interest at the meeting of
our Directors at which the question of entering into the contract or arrangement is first
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taken into consideration, if he knows his interest or that of his associates then exists,
or in any other case at the first meeting of our Directors after he knows that he or his
associates is or has become so interested.
Save as otherwise provided by the Bye-laws, a Director may not vote (nor be counted
in the quorum for the voting) on any resolution of our Directors approving any contract
or arrangement in which he or his associates is to his knowledge materially interested,
and if he does so his vote will not be counted, but this prohibition will not apply to any
of the following matters, namely:
(aa) any contract or arrangement for the giving to the Director or his associates
of any security or indemnity in respect of money lent by him or any of them
or obligations undertaken by him for the benefit of the Company;
(bb) any contract or arrangement for the giving by the Company of any security
to a third party in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any
company in which the Company has an interest for which the Director or
his associates has himself/themselves guaranteed or secured in whole or in
part;
(cc) any contract or arrangement by a Director or his associate(s) to subscribe
for shares or debentures or other securities of the Company to be issued
pursuant to any offer or invitation to the members or debenture or other
securities holders or to the public which does not provide the Director and
his associates any privilege not accorded to any other members or debenture
or other securities holders or to the public;
(dd) any contract or arrangement concerning an offer of the shares, debentures
or other securities of or by the Company for subscription or purchase where
the Director or his associates is/are or is/are to be interested as a participant
in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of the offer and/or for the purposes
of making any representations, the giving of any covenants, undertakings
or warranties or assuming any other obligations in connection with such
offer;
(ee) any contract or arrangement in which the Director or his associates is/are
interested as other holders of shares or debentures or other securities of the
Company by virtue only of his/their interest in shares or debentures or other
securities of the Company and/or his/their being the offeror or one of the
offerors or is interested in one of the offerors for the purchase or effective
acquisition of such shares, debentures or other securities;
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(ff) any contract or arrangement concerning any other company in which the
Director or his associates is/are interested directly or indirectly whether as
an officer and/or executive and/or a member, other than a company in which
the Director or his associates owns five per cent. or more of the voting equity
capital or voting rights of any class of shares of such company (or of any
third company through which his interest is derived), excluding shares which
carry no voting rights at general meetings and no or nugatory dividend and
return of capital rights;
(gg) any proposal or arrangement for the benefit of employees of the Company
or its subsidiaries including a pension fund or retirement, death or disability
benefit scheme or personal pension plan under which a Director or his
associates and employees of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries may
benefit and which has been approved by or is subject to and conditional
on approval by the relevant tax authorities for taxation purposes or relates
both to Directors, associates of Directors and employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries and does not give the Director or his associates any
privilege not accorded to the relevant class of officers of which the Director
is a member and to whom such scheme or fund relates;
(hh) any proposal concerning the adoption, modification or operation of any share
scheme involving the issue or grant of options over shares or other securities
by the Company to, or for the benefit of, the employees of the Company
or its subsidiaries under which the Director or his associates may benefit;
and
(ii) any contract, agreement, transaction or proposal concerning the purchase
and/or maintenance of any insurance policy for the benefit of any Director,
his associates, officer or employee pursuant to the Bye-laws.
(vii) Remuneration
The Directors shall be entitled to receive by way of ordinary remuneration for
their services such sum as is from time to time determined by the Company in general
meeting, such sum (unless otherwise directed by the resolution by which it is voted) to
be divided amongst our Directors in such proportions and in such manner as they may
agree, or failing agreement, equally, except that in such event any Director holding office
for less than the whole of the relevant period in respect of which the remuneration is paid
shall only rank in such division in proportion to the time during such period for which
he has held office. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a Director who holds any
salaried employment or office in the Company except in the case of sums paid in respect
of Directors’ fees. Our Directors shall also be entitled to be repaid all travelling, hotel
and other expenses reasonably incurred by them respectively in or about the performance
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of their duties as Directors, including their expenses of travelling to and from Directors’
meetings, committee meetings or general meetings, or otherwise incurred whilst engaged
on the business of the Company or in the discharge of their duties as Directors.
Our Directors may grant special remuneration to any Director who performs any
special or extra services to or at the request of the Company. Such special remuneration
may be made payable to such Director in addition to or in substitution for his ordinary
remuneration as a Director, and may be made payable by way of salary, commission or
participation in profits or otherwise as may be arranged. Notwithstanding the foregoing
the remuneration of chairman, deputy chairman, managing director, joint managing
director, deputy managing director or an executive Director or a Director appointed to
any other office in the management of the Company may be fixed from time to time by
our Directors and may be by way of salary, commission or participation in profits or
otherwise or by all or any of those modes and with such other benefits (including pension
and/or gratuity and/or other benefits on retirement) and allowances as our Directors may
from time to time decide. Such remuneration is in addition to his ordinary remuneration
as a Director.
The Directors also have power to establish and maintain or procure the establishment
and maintenance of any contributory or non-contributory pension or superannuation funds
for the benefit of, or to give or procure the giving of donations, gratuities, pensions,
allowances or emoluments to, any persons who are or were at any time in the employment
or service of the Company, or of any company which is a subsidiary of the Company,
or is allied or associated with the Company or with any such subsidiary company, or
who are or were at any time directors or officers of the Company or of any such other
company as aforesaid, and holding or who have held any salaried employment or office
in the Company or such other company, and the spouses, widows, widowers, families and
dependants of any such persons and may make payments for or towards the insurance
of any such persons. Any Director holding any such employment or office is entitled
to participate in and retain for his own benefit any such donation, gratuity, pension,
allowance or emolument.
(viii) Retirement,appointmentandremoval
At each annual general meeting one-third of our Directors for the time being
(or if their number is not three or a multiple of three, then the number nearest but not
exceeding one third) will retire from office save for any chairman, deputy chairman,
managing director or joint managing director. The Directors to retire in every year will
be those who have been longest in office since their last election but as between persons
who became Directors on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree
between themselves) be determined by lot.
A Director is not required to retire upon reaching any particular age.
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The Directors are entitled to attend and speak at all general meetings.
The number of Directors shall not be fewer than two. A Director may be removed
by a special resolution of the Company before the expiration of his period of office (but
without prejudice to any claim which such Director may have for damages for breach of
any contract of service between him and the Company) provided that the notice of any
general meeting convened for the purpose of removing a Director shall contain a statement
of the intention to do so and be served on such Director �4 days before the meeting and
at such meeting the Director shall be entitled to be heard on the motion for his removal.
The Company may from time to time in general meeting by ordinary resolution elect
any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional Director.
In addition, our Directors may appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a casual
vacancy or as an additional Director but so that the number of Directors so appointed
shall not exceed the maximum number determined from time to time by the members in
general meeting. Any Director appointed by our Board to fill a casual vacancy shall hold
office until the first general meeting of Shareholders after his appointment and be subject
to re-election at such meeting and any Director appointed by our Board as an addition to
the existing Board shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting
of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election.
Our Directors may from time to time entrust to and confer upon the chairman,
managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director or executive director
of the Company all or any of the powers of our Directors that they may think fit, provided
that the exercise of all powers by such Director shall be subject to such regulations and
restrictions as our Directors may from time to time make and impose. Our Directors
may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members
of their body and such other persons as they think fit, and they may from time to time
revoke such delegation or revoke the appointment of and discharge any such committees
either wholly or in part, and either as to persons or purposes, but every committee so
formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that
may from time to time be imposed upon it by our Directors.
(ix) Borrowingpowers
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, our Directors may from time to
time at their discretion exercise all the powers of the Company to raise or borrow or to
secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Company and
to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof.
Our Directors may raise or secure the payment or repayment of such sum or sums in
such manner and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as they think fit and in
particular, but subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, by the issue of debentures,
debenture stock, bonds or other securities of the Company, whether outright or as collateral
security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
Note: The provisions summarised above, in common with the Bye-laws in general, may be varied with the
sanction of a special resolution of the Company.
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(x) Qualificationshares
Directors are not required under the Bye-laws to hold any qualification shares.
(xi) Indemnity toDirectors
The Bye-laws contain provisions that provide indemnity to, among other persons,
our Directors from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses
which they or any of them may incur or sustain by reason of any act done, concurred in
or omitted in or about the execution of their duty or supposed duty in their respective
offices or trusts, except such (if any) as they shall incur or sustain through their own
fraud or dishonesty.
(b) alterations to constitutive documents
The memorandum of association of the Company may be altered by the Company in
general meeting. In certain circumstances, consent to the alteration must be obtained from the
Minister of Finance of Bermuda. The Bye-laws may be amended by our Directors subject to the
approval of the Company in general meeting. As more fully described in paragraph � below, the
Bye-laws provide that a special resolution is required to alter the memorandum of association,
to approve any alteration to the Bye-laws and to change the name of the Company.
(c) alterations of capital
The Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution:
(i) increase its share capital;
(ii) consolidate or divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger or smaller
amount than its existing shares; on any consolidation of fully paid shares into shares
of larger amount, our Board may settle any difficulty which may arise as it thinks
expedient and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing)
may, as between the holders of the shares to be consolidated, determine which
particular shares are to be consolidated into a consolidated share, and if it shall
happen that any person shall become entitled to fractions of a consolidated share
or shares, such fractions may be sold by some person appointed by our Directors
for that purpose and the person so appointed may transfer the shares so sold to the
purchaser thereof and the validity of such transfer shall not be questioned, and so
that the net proceeds of such sale (after deduction of the expenses of such sale)
may either be distributed among the persons who would otherwise be entitled to
a fraction or fractions of a consolidated share or shares rateably in accordance
with their rights and interests or may be paid to the Company for the Company’s
benefit;
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(iii) divide its shares into several classes and attach thereto respectively any preferential,
deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions;
(iv) cancel any shares which at the date of the passing of the resolution have not been
taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share
capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled;
(v) sub-divide its shares or any of them into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by
the memorandum of association, subject nevertheless to the Companies Act, and
so that the resolution whereby any shares are sub-divided may determine that, as
between the holders of the shares resulting from such sub-division, one or more of
the shares may have any such preferred or other special rights over, or may have
such deferred rights or be subject to any such restrictions as compared with the
others as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares;
(vi) change the currency of denomination of its share capital; and
(vii) make provision for the issue and allotment of shares which do not carry any voting
rights.
The Company may by special resolution reduce its authorised or issued share capital, any
capital redemption reserve fund or any share premium account or other undistributable reserve
in any manner authorised and subject to any conditions prescribed by law. The Company may
apply its share premium account in any manner permitted by law.
(d) variation of rights of existing shares or classes of shares
If at any time the capital is divided into different classes of shares, all or any of the
special rights (unless otherwise provided for by the terms of issue of that class) attached to
any class may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, be varied or abrogated either
with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-fourths in nominal value of
the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate
meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting the
provisions of the Bye-laws relating to general meetings will mutatis mutandis apply, save as to
the provisions regarding the quorum of meetings, as to which see paragraph 2(s) below.
(e) special resolutions – majority required
A special resolution of the Company must be passed by a majority of not less than three-
fourths of the votes cast by such members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the
case of such members as are corporations, by their respective duly authorised representatives
or, where voting is by poll, by proxy, at a general meeting of which not notice of not less than
twenty-one (2�) clear days and not less than ten (�0) clear business days, specifying the intention
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to propose the resolution as a special resolution, has been duly given. However, except in the
case of an annual general meeting, if it is so agreed by a majority in number of the members
having a right to attend and vote at such meeting, being a majority together holding not less
than �� per cent. in nominal value of the shares giving that right, a resolution may be proposed
and passed as a special resolution at a meeting of which not less than 2� days’ clear and not
less than ten (�0) clear business days has been given.
(f) voting rights
Subject to any special rights, privileges or restrictions as to voting for the time being
attached to any class or classes of shares, at any general meeting on a poll every member present
in person (or, in the case of a member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative)
or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder which is fully paid
or credited as fully paid (but so that no amount paid or credited as paid on a share in advance
of calls or instalments is treated for the foregoing purposes as paid on the share). On a poll,
a member entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all his votes in
the same way. At all times during the Relevant Period (as defined in the Bye-laws) (but not
otherwise), whereby any member is, under [•••], required to abstain from voting on any particular
resolution or restricted to voting only for or only against any particular resolution, any votes
cast by or on behalf of such member in contravention of such requirement or restriction shall
not be counted.
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on
by way of a poll.
So far as permitted by the Companies Act, where a shareholder is a clearing house (as
defined in the Bye-laws) or a nominee of a clearing house and, in each case, being a corporation,
it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives at any meeting of
the Company or at any meeting of any class of shareholders provided that the authorisation
shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such representative is so
authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of the Bye-laws shall be entitled to
exercise the same rights and powers as if such person was the registered holder of the shares
of the Company held by the clearing house (or its nominee) in respect of the number and class
of shares specified in the relevant authorisation.
(g) requirements for annual general meetings
An annual general meeting must be held once in every year and within not more than
�� months after the last preceding annual general meeting or, as the case may be, its statutory
meeting or such longer period as is permissible or not prohibited under the rules of the stock
exchange of the Relevant Territory (as defined in the Bye-laws.)
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(h) accounts and audit
The Directors shall cause true accounts to be kept of the sums of money received and
expended by the Company, and the matters in respect of which such receipts and expenditure
take place, and of the property, assets, credits and liabilities of the Company and of all other
matters required by Companies Act affecting the Company or are necessary to give a true and
fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to show and explain its transactions.
The books of accounts are to be kept at the principal office of the Company or at such
other place as our Directors think fit and shall always be open to the inspection of our Directors
provided that such records as are required by the Companies Act shall also be kept at the
registered office. No member (not being a Director) or other person has any right to inspect
any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Companies Act or
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or authorised by our Directors or by the Company
in general meeting.
Our Directors shall from time to time cause to be prepared and laid before the Company at
its annual general meeting such profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any)
and reports as are required by the Companies Act. Every balance sheet of the Company shall be
signed on behalf of our Directors by two Directors and a copy of every balance sheet (including
every document required by law to be comprised therein or attached or annexed thereto) and
profit and loss accounts which is to be laid before the Company at its annual general meeting,
together with a copy of the Directors’ report and a copy of the auditors’ report, shall not less
than 2� days before the date of the meeting, be sent to every member of, and every holder
of debentures of, the Company and every other person entitled to receive notices of general
meetings of the Company under the Companies Act or of the Bye-laws. If all or any of the
shares or debentures of the Company are for the time being (with the consent of the Company)
listed or dealt in on any stock exchange, there shall be forwarded to such stock exchange such
number of copies of such documents as may for the time being be required under its regulations
or practice. However, subject to compliance with all applicable laws, including the rules of
the Designated Stock Exchange (as defined in the Bye-laws), the Company may send to such
persons a summary financial statement derived from the Company’s annual accounts and the
directors’ report instead provided that any such person may by notice in writing served on the
Company, demand that the Company sends to him, in addition to a summary financial statement,
a complete printed copy of the Company’s annual financial statement and the directors’ report
thereon.
Auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with the Companies
Act. Save as otherwise provided by such provisions the remuneration of the auditors shall be
fixed by or on the authority of the Company at each annual general meeting, but in respect of any
particular year, the Company in general meeting may delegate the fixing of such remuneration
to our Directors.
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(i) notices of meetings and business to be conducted thereat
An annual general meeting shall be called by notice of not less than twenty-one (2�)
clear days and not less than twenty (20) clear business days and any special general meeting
at which the passing of a special resolution is to be considered shall be called by notice of not
less than twenty-one (2�) clear days and not less than ten (�0) clear business days. All other
special general meetings may be called by notice of not less than fourteen (�4) clear days and
not less than ten (�0) clear business days. The notice must specify the place, the day and the
hour of meeting and particulars of the resolutions to be considered at the meeting, in the case
of special business, the general nature of that business.
(j) transfer of shares
All transfers of shares must be effected by transfer in writing in the usual or common
form or so long as [•••], such standard form prescribed by [•••] or in any other form acceptable
to our Board and may be under hand only or, if the transferor or transferee is a clearing
house or its nominee(s), by hand, by machine imprinted signature or by such other means of
execution as our Directors may approve from time to time; and an instrument of transfer must
be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and by or on behalf of the transferee and the
transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is
entered in the register of members in respect thereof, provided that our Directors may in their
absolute discretion dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer by the transferor
or the transferee of a share.
The Directors may, in their absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time transfer
or agree to transfer any share upon the principal register to any branch register or any share on
any branch register to the principal register or any other branch register.
Unless our Directors otherwise agree, no shares on the principal register shall be transferred
to any branch register nor shall shares on any branch register be transferred to the principal
register or any other register. All transfers and other documents of title must be lodged for
registration and registered, in the case of shares on a branch register, at the relevant registration
office and, in the case of shares on the principal register, at the transfer office in Bermuda.
The Directors may in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor,
refuse to register any transfer of any shares (not being fully paid shares) to a person of whom
they do not approve and they may refuse to register the transfer of any shares (not being fully
paid shares) on which the Company has a lien. Our Directors may also refuse to register a
transfer of shares (whether fully paid or not) in favour of more than four persons jointly or
where the transfer is to an infant or a person of unsound mind or under other legal disability.
If our Directors refuse to register a transfer, they must within two months after the date on
which the transfer was lodged with the Company send to the transferor and transferee notice of
the refusal and (if the shares concerned are fully paid shares) the reasons(s) for such refusal.
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Our Directors may, if applicable, decline to recognise an instrument of transfer unless the
instrument of transfer is properly stamped, is in respect of only one class of share and is lodged
at the relevant registration or transfer office accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s)
and such other evidence as they may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to
make the transfer (and if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his
behalf, the authority of that person so to do). Where applicable, the permission of the Bermuda
Monetary Authority with respect thereto shall be obtained.
The registration of transfers may, on giving notice by advertisement in an appointed
newspaper in Bermuda and in one English and one Chinese newspaper circulating in Hong
Kong, be suspended at such times and for such periods as our Directors may from time to time
determine and either generally or in respect of any class of shares. The register of members
shall not be closed for periods exceeding in the whole �0 days in any year.
(k) power for the company to purchase its own shares
The Bye-laws supplement the Company’s memorandum of association (which empowers
the Company to purchase its own shares) by providing that the power is exercisable by our
Directors upon such term and conditions as they think fit.
(l) power of any subsidiary to own securities in the company
There are no provisions in the Bye-laws relating to ownership of securities in the Company
by a subsidiary.
(m) dividends and other methods of distribution
The Company in general meeting may declare dividends in any currency but no dividend may
exceed the amount recommended by our Directors. The Company may also make a distribution
out of contributed surplus (as to the meaning of this term, see paragraph 4(d) below).
Unless and to the extent that the rights attached to any shares or the terms of issue
thereof otherwise provide, all dividends will be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the
amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares during any portion or portions of the period
in respect of which the dividend is paid. No amount paid on a share in advance of calls will
for this purpose be treated as paid on the shares. The Directors may retain any dividends or
other moneys payable on or in respect of a share upon 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. Our Directors may deduct from any dividend or bonus payable to any
member all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to the Company on account of
calls, instalments or otherwise.
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Whenever our Directors or the Company in general meeting have resolved that a dividend
be paid or declared on the share capital of the Company, our Directors may further resolve
either (a) that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part in the form of an allotment of shares
credited as fully paid, provided that the members entitled thereto will be entitled to elect to
receive such dividend (or part thereof) in cash in lieu of such allotment, or (b) that the members
entitled to such dividend will be entitled to elect to receive an allotment of shares credited as
fully paid in lieu of the whole or such part of the dividend as our Directors may think fit.
The Company may also upon the recommendation of our Directors by an ordinary resolution
resolve in respect of any particular dividend of the Company that it may be satisfied wholly in
the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid without offering any right to members
to elect to receive such dividend in cash in lieu of such allotment.
Whenever our Directors or the Company in general meeting have resolved that a dividend
be paid or declared our Directors may further resolve that such dividend be satisfied wholly or
in part by the distribution of specific assets of any kind.
All dividends, bonuses or other distributions or the proceeds of the realisation of any of
the foregoing unclaimed for one year after having been declared may be invested or otherwise
made use of by our Directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed and the Company
shall not be constituted a trustee in respect thereof. All dividends, bonuses or other distributions
or proceeds as aforesaid unclaimed for six years after having been declared may be forfeited by
our Directors and, upon such forfeiture, shall revert to the Company and, in the case where any
of the same are securities in the Company, may be re-allotted or re-issued for such consideration
as our Directors think fit.
(n) proxies
Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the Company or
a meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the Company is entitled to appoint another
person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A member who is the holder of two or
more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him to vote on his behalf at a general
meeting of the Company or at a class meeting. At any general meeting where voting is by poll,
votes may be given either personally (or, in the case of a member being a corporation, by its
duly authorised representative) or by proxy. Proxies need not be members of the Company.
A proxy or proxies representing either an individual or a corporate member shall be
entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the member whom he or they represent as
such member could exercise.
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(o) corporate representatives
A corporate member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the
Company is entitled to appoint any person as its representative to attend and vote on its behalf.
A corporate member represented by its representative is deemed to be present in person at
the relevant meeting and its representative may vote on a poll on any resolution put at such
meeting.
(p) calls on shares and forfeiture of shares
The Directors may from time to time make such calls as it may think fit upon the members
in respect of any monies unpaid on the shares held by them respectively (whether on account of
the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium) and not by the conditions of allotment
thereof made payable at fixed times. A call may be made payable either in one sum or by
instalments. If the sum payable in respect of any call or instalment is not paid on or before
the day appointed for payment thereof, the person or persons from whom the sum is due shall
pay interest on the same at such rate not exceeding 20 per cent. per annum as our Directors
shall fix from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of actual payment, but our
Directors may waive payment of such interest wholly or in part. Our Directors may, if they think
fit, receive from any member willing to advance the same, either in money or money’s worth,
all or any part of the money uncalled and unpaid or instalments payable upon any shares held
by him, and in respect of all or any of the monies so advanced the Company may pay interest
at such rate (if any) not exceeding 20 per cent. per annum as our Directors may decide.
If a member fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on the day appointed for payment
thereof, our Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of the call or
instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or
instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued and which may still
accrue up to the date of actual payment. The notice will name a further day (not earlier than the
expiration of fourteen days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required
by the notice is to be made, and it will also name the place where payment is to be made. The
notice shall also state that, in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed, the
shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.
If the requirements of any such notice are not complied with, any share in respect of
which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by
the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of our Directors to that effect. Such
forfeiture will include all dividends and bonuses declared in respect of the forfeited share and
not actually paid before the forfeiture.
A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a member in respect of the
forfeited shares but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys
which, at the date of forfeiture, were payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares
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together with (if our Directors shall in their discretion so require) interest thereon from the
date of forfeiture until payment at such rate not exceeding 20 per cent. per annum as our Board
may prescribe.
(q) inspection of register of members
There are no provisions in the Bye-laws relating to inspection of the register of members
as the matter is dealt with in the Companies Act (as to which see paragraph 4(m) below).
(r) inspection of register of directors
There are no provisions in the Bye-laws relating to the inspection of the register of
Directors of the Company, as the matter is dealt with in the Companies Act (as to which see
paragraph 4(m) below).
(s) Quorum for meetings and separate class meetings
For all purposes the quorum for a general meeting shall be two members present in person
and entitled to vote (or, in the case of a member being a corporation, by its duly authorised
representative) or by proxy and entitled to vote. In respect of a separate class meeting convened
to sanction the modification of class rights, the necessary quorum shall not be less than two
persons holding or representing by proxy one-third in nominal value of the issued shares of that
class and, where such meeting is adjourned for want of quorum, the quorum for the adjourned
meeting shall be any two members present in person and entitled to vote or by proxy (whatever
the number of shares held by them).
(t) rights of the minorities in relation to fraud or oppression
There are no provisions in the Bye-laws relating to rights of minority members in relation
to fraud or oppression. However, certain remedies are available to members of the Company
under Bermuda company law as summarised in paragraph 4(e) below.
(u) procedures on liquidation
A resolution for a court or voluntary winding up of the Company must be passed by way
of a special resolution.
If the Company shall be wound up, the surplus assets remaining after payment to all
creditors are to be divided among the members in proportion to the capital paid up on the
shares held by them respectively, and if such surplus assets shall be insufficient to repay the
whole of the paid up capital, they are to be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses
shall be borne by the members in proportion to the capital paid up on the shares held by them
respectively, all subject to the rights of any shares issued on special terms and conditions.
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If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary or by the court),
the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution, divide among the members in specie
or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and whether the assets consist of
property of one kind or properties of different kinds and the liquidator may, for such purposes,
set such value as he deems fair upon any one or more class or classes of property to be divided
as aforesaid and may determine how such division is to be carried out as between the members
or different classes of members and the members within each class. The liquidator may, with
the like sanction, vest any one or more class or classes of property and may determine how
such division shall be carried out as between the members or different classes of members.
The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such
trusts for the benefit of members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but
so that no member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other assets upon which there
is a liability.
(v) untraceable members
The Company may sell the shares of any member if: (i) dividends or other distributions
have been declared by the Company on at least three occasions during a period of �2 years
and these dividends or distributions have been unclaimed on such shares; (ii) the Company
has published an advertisement of its intention to sell such shares in English and in Chinese in
one leading English and (unless unavailable) one leading Chinese newspaper circulating in the
territory of the stock exchange on which the ordinary share capital of the Company is listed and
a period of three months has elapsed since the date of the first publication of such notice; (iii)
the Company has not at any time during the said periods of �2 years and three months received
any indication of the existence of the member who is the holder of such shares or of a person
entitled to such shares by death, bankruptcy or operations of law; and (iv) the Company has
notified the stock exchange on which the ordinary share capital of the Company is listed of its
intention to sell such shares. The net proceeds of any such sale will belong to the Company and
upon the receipt of such net proceeds by the Company, the Company will become indebted to
the former holder of such shares for an amount equal to the amount of such net proceeds.
(w) stock
Subject to the provisions of the relevant statues of the Company may by ordinary resolution
convert any fully paid shares into stock, and may from time to time by like resolution reconvert
any stock into fully paid shares of any denominations. The holders of stock may transfer the
same or any part thereof in the same manner, and subject to the same regulations as and subject
to which the shares from which the stock arose might prior to conversion have been transferred
or as near thereto as circumstances admit, but our Directors may from time to time, if they
think fit, fix the minimum amount of stock transferable and restrict or prohibit the transfer
of fractions of that minimum, but so that such minimum shall not exceed the nominal amount
of the shares from which the stock arose. No warrants to bearer shall be issued in respect of
any stock. The holders of stock shall, according to the amount of the stock held by them, have
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the same rights, privileges and advantages as regards dividends, participation in assets on a
winding-up, voting at meetings, and other matters, as if they held the shares from which the
stock arose, but no such privilege of the Company shall be conferred by an amount of stock
which would not, if existing in shares, have conferred such privilege or advantage. All such of
the provisions of the Bye-laws as are applicable to paid up shares shall apply to stock, and the
words “share”, “shareholder” and “member” therein shall include “stock” and “stockholder”.
(x) other provisions
The Bye-laws provide that, to the extent that it is not prohibited by and is in compliance
with Bermuda law, if any rights attaching to any warrants which the Company may issue after [•••]
shall remain exercisable and the Company does any act which would result in the subscription
price under such warrants being reduced below the par value of a Share, a subscription right
reserve shall be established and applied in paying up the shortfall between the subscription
price and the par value of a Share on any exercise of the warrants.
3. variation of memorandum of association and bye-laws
The memorandum of association of the Company may be altered by the Company in general
meeting. In certain circumstances, consent to the amendment must be obtained from the Minister of
Finance of Bermuda. The Bye-laws may be amended by our Directors subject to the confirmation
of the Company in general meeting. The Bye-laws state that a special resolution shall be required
to alter the provisions of the memorandum of association or to confirm any amendment to the
Bye-laws or to change the name of the Company. For these purposes, a resolution is a special resolution
if it has been passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the votes cast by such members
of the Company as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, in the case of such members as are
corporations, by their respective duly authorised representatives or, where proxies are allowed, by
proxy at a general meeting of which not less than 2� clear days’ notice specifying the intention to
propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given. Except in the case of an annual
general meeting, the requirement of 2� clear days’ notice may be waived by a majority in number of
the members having the right to attend and vote at the relevant meeting, being a majority together
holding not less than �� per cent. in nominal value of the shares giving that right.
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4. bermuda company law
The Company is incorporated in Bermuda and, therefore, operates subject to Bermuda law. Set
out below is a summary of certain provisions of Bermuda company law, although this does not purport
to contain all applicable qualifications and exceptions or to be a complete review of all matters of
Bermuda company law and taxation, which may differ from equivalent provisions in jurisdictions
with which interested parties may be more familiar:
(a) share capital
The Companies Act provides that where a company issues shares at a premium, whether
for cash or otherwise, a sum equal to the aggregate amount or value of the premiums on those
shares shall be transferred to an account, to be called the “share premium account”, to which
the provisions of the Companies Act relating to a reduction of share capital of a company shall
apply as if the share premium account were paid up share capital of the Company except that
the share premium account may be applied by the Company:
(i) in paying up unissued shares of the Company to be issued to members of the
Company as fully paid bonus shares;
(ii) in writing off:
(aa) the preliminary expenses of the Company; or
(bb) the expenses of, or the commission paid or discount allowed on, any issue
of shares or debentures of the Company; or
(iii) in providing for the premiums payable on redemption of any shares or of any
debentures of the Company.
In the case of an exchange of shares the excess value of the shares acquired over the
nominal value of the shares being issued may be credited to a contributed surplus account of
the issuing company.
The Companies Act permits a company to issue preference shares and subject to the
conditions stipulated therein to convert those preference shares into redeemable preference
shares.
The Companies Act includes certain protections for holders of special classes of shares,
requiring their consent to be obtained before their rights may be varied. Where provision is
made by the memorandum of association or bye-laws for authorising the variation of rights
attached to any class of shares in the Company, the consent of the specified proportions of the
holders of the issued shares of that class or the sanction of a resolution passed at a separate
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meeting of the holders of those shares is required, and where no provision for varying such
rights is made in the memorandum of association or bye-laws and nothing therein precludes a
variation of such rights, the written consent of the holders of three-fourths of the issued shares
of that class or the sanction of a resolution passed as aforesaid is required.
(b) financial assistance to purchase shares of a company or its holding company
A company is prohibited from providing financial assistance for the purpose of an
acquisition of its own or its holding company’s shares unless there are reasonable grounds
for believing that the Company is, and would after the giving of such financial assistance be,
able to pay its liabilities as they become due. In certain circumstances, the prohibition from
giving financial assistance may be excluded such as where the assistance is only an incidental
part of a larger purpose or the assistance is of an insignificant amount such as the payment of
minor costs.
(c) purchase of shares and warrants by a company and its subsidiaries
A company may, if authorised by its memorandum of association or bye-laws, purchase
its own shares. Such purchases may only be effected out of the capital paid up on the purchased
shares or out of the funds of the Company otherwise available for dividend or distribution or
out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for the purpose. Any premium payable on
a purchase over the par value of the shares to be purchased must be provided for out of funds
of the Company otherwise available for dividend or distribution or out of the company’s share
premium account. Any amount due to a shareholder on a purchase by a company of its own
shares may (i) be paid in cash; (ii) be satisfied by the transfer of any part of the undertaking or
property of the Company having the same value; or (iii) be satisfied partly under (i) and partly
under (ii). Any purchase by a company of its own shares may be authorised by its board of
directors or otherwise by or in accordance with the provisions of its bye-laws. Such purchase
may not be made if, on the date on which the purchase is to be effected, there are reasonable
grounds for believing that the Company is, or after the purchase would be, unable to pay its
liabilities as they become due. The shares so purchased may either be cancelled or held as
treasury shares. Any purchased shares that are cancelled will, in effect, revert to the status
of authorised but unissued shares. If shares of the Company are held as treasury shares, the
Company is prohibited to exercise any rights in respect of those shares, including any right
to attend and vote at meetings, including a meeting under a scheme of arrangement, and any
purported exercise of such a right is void. No dividend shall be paid to the Company in respect
of shares held by the Company as treasury shares; and no other distribution (whether in cash
or otherwise) of the company’s assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a
winding up) shall be made to the Company in respect of shares held by the Company as treasury
shares. Any shares allotted by the Company as fully paid bonus shares in respect of shares held
by the Company as treasury shares shall be treated for the purposes of the Companies Act as
if they had been acquired by the Company at the time they were allotted.
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A company is not prohibited from purchasing and may purchase its own warrants subject to
and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the relevant warrant instrument or certificate.
There is no requirement under Bermuda law that a company’s memorandum of association or
its bye-laws contain a specific provision enabling such purchases.
Under Bermuda law, a subsidiary may hold shares in its holding company and in certain
circumstances, may acquire such shares. The holding company is, however, prohibited from
giving financial assistance for the purpose of the acquisition, subject to certain circumstances
provided by the Companies Act. A company, whether a subsidiary or a holding company, may
only purchase its own shares if it is authorised to do so in its memorandum of association or
bye-laws pursuant to section 42A of the Companies Act.
(d) dividends and distributions
A company may not declare or pay a dividend, or make a distribution out of contributed
surplus, if there are reasonable grounds for believing that (i) the Company is, or would after
the payment be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due; or (ii) the realisable value of
the company’s assets would thereby be less than the aggregate of its liabilities and its issued
share capital and share premium accounts. Contributed surplus is defined for purposes of section
�4 of the Companies Act to include the proceeds arising from donated shares, credits resulting
from the redemption or conversion of shares at less than the amount set up as nominal capital
and donations of cash and other assets to the Company.
(e) protection of minorities
Class actions and derivative actions are generally not available to shareholders under
the laws of Bermuda. The Bermuda courts, however, would ordinarily be expected to permit
a shareholder to commence an action in the name of a company to remedy a wrong done to
the Company where the act complained of is alleged to be beyond the corporate power of
the Company or is illegal or would result in the violation of the company’s memorandum of
association and bye-laws. Furthermore, consideration would be given by the court to acts that
are alleged to constitute a fraud against the minority shareholders or, for instance, where an
act requires the approval of a greater percentage of the company’s shareholders than actually
approved it.
Any member of a company who complains that the affairs of the Company are being
conducted or have been conducted in a manner oppressive or prejudicial to the interests of
some part of the members, including himself, may petition the court which may, if it is of the
opinion that to wind up the Company would unfairly prejudice that part of the members but
that otherwise the facts would justify the making of a winding up order on just and equitable
grounds, make such order as it thinks fit, whether for regulating the conduct of the company’s
affairs in future or for the purchase of shares of any members of the Company by other members
of the Company or by the Company itself and in the case of a purchase by the Company itself,
for the reduction accordingly of the company’s capital, or otherwise. Bermuda law also provides
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that the Company may be wound up by the Bermuda court, if the court is of the opinion that
it is just and equitable to do so. Both these provisions are available to minority shareholders
seeking relief from the oppressive conduct of the majority, and the court has wide discretion
to make such orders as it thinks fit.
Except as mentioned above, claims against a company by its shareholders must be based
on the general laws of contract or tort applicable in Bermuda.
A statutory right of action is conferred on subscribers of shares in a company against
persons, including directors and officers, responsible for the issue of a document in respect of
damage suffered by reason of an untrue statement therein, but this confers no right of action
against the Company itself. In addition, such company, as opposed to its shareholders, may take
action against its officers including directors, for breach of their statutory and fiduciary duty
to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company.
(f) management
The Companies Act contains no specific restrictions on the power of directors to dispose
of assets of a company, although it specifically requires that every officer of a company, which
includes a director, managing director and secretary, in exercising his powers and discharging his
duties must do so honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company
and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in
comparable circumstances. Furthermore, the Companies Act requires that every officer should
comply with the Companies Act, regulations passed pursuant to the Companies Act and the
bye-laws of the Company. The directors of a company may, subject to the bye-laws of the
Company, exercise all the powers of the Company except those powers that are required by the
Companies Act or the bye-laws to be exercised by the members of the Company.
(g) accounting and auditing requirements
The Companies Act requires a company to cause proper records of accounts to be kept
with respect to (i) all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in
respect of which the receipt and expenditure takes place; (ii) all sales and purchases of goods
by the Company and (iii) the assets and liabilities of the Company.
Furthermore, it requires that a company keeps its records of account at the registered
office of the Company or at such other place as the directors think fit and that such records
shall at all times be open to inspection by the directors or the resident representative of the
Company. If the records of account are kept at some place outside Bermuda, there shall be kept
at the office of the Company in Bermuda such records as will enable the directors or the resident
representative of the Company to ascertain with reasonable accuracy the financial position of
the Company at the end of each three month period, except that where the Company is listed
on an appointed stock exchange, there shall be kept such records as will enable the directors or
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the resident representative of the Company to ascertain with reasonable accuracy the financial
position of the Company at the end of each six month period.
The Companies Act requires that the directors of the Company must, at least once a year,
lay before the Company in general meeting financial statements for the relevant accounting
period. Further, the company’s auditor must audit the financial statements so as to enable him
to report to the members. Based on the results of his audit, which must be made in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards, the auditor must then make a report to the members.
The generally accepted auditing standards may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than
Bermuda or such other generally accepted auditing standards as may be appointed by the Minister
of Finance of Bermuda under the Companies Act; and where the generally accepted auditing
standards used are other than those of Bermuda, the report of the auditor shall identify the
generally accepted auditing standards used. All members of the Company are entitled to receive
a copy of every financial statement prepared in accordance with these requirements, at least five
(�) days before the general meeting of the Company at which the financial statements are to
be tabled. A company the shares of which are listed on an appointed stock exchange may send
to its members summarised financial statements instead. The summarised financial statements
must be derived from the company’s financial statements for the relevant period and contain
the information set out in the Companies Act. The summarised financial statements sent to the
company’s members must be accompanied by an auditor’s report on the summarised financial
statements and a notice stating how a member may notify the Company of his election to receive
financial statements for the relevant period and/or for subsequent periods.
The summarised financial statements together with the auditor’s report thereon and the
accompanied notice must be sent to the members of the Company not less than twenty-one
(2�) days before the general meeting at which the financial statements are laid. Copies of the
financial statements must be sent to a member who elects to receive the same within seven (�)
days of receipt by the Company of the member’s notice of election.
(h) auditors
At each annual general meeting, a company must appoint an auditor to hold office until
the close of the next annual general meeting; however, this requirement may be waived if all
of the shareholders and all of the directors, either in writing or at the general meeting, agree
that there shall be no auditor.
A person, other than an incumbent auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed
auditor at an annual general meeting unless notice in writing of an intention to nominate
that person to the office of auditor has been given not less than twenty-one (2�) days before
the annual general meeting. The Company must send a copy of such notice to the incumbent
auditor and give notice thereof to the members not less than seven (�) days before the annual
general meeting. An incumbent auditor may, however, by notice in writing to the secretary of
the Company waive the requirements of the foregoing.
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Where an auditor is appointed to replace another auditor, the new auditor must seek from
the replaced auditor a written statement as to the circumstances of the latter’s replacement.
If the replaced auditor does not respond within fifteen (��) days, the new auditor may act in
any event. An appointment as auditor of a person who has not requested a written statement
from the replaced auditor is voidable by a resolution of the shareholders at a general meeting.
An auditor who has resigned, been removed or whose term of office has expired or is about
to expire, or who has vacated office is entitled to attend the general meeting of the Company
at which he is to be removed or his successor is to be appointed; to receive all notices of, and
other communications relating to, that meeting which a member is entitled to receive; and to
be heard at that meeting on any part of the business of the meeting that relates to his duties
as auditor or former auditor.
(i) exchange control
An exempted company is usually designated as “non-resident” for Bermuda exchange
control purposes by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Where a company is so designated, it
is free to deal in currencies of countries outside the Bermuda exchange control area which
are freely convertible into currencies of any other country. The permission of the Bermuda
Monetary Authority is required for the issue of shares and securities by the Company and the
subsequent transfer of such shares and securities. In granting such permission, the Bermuda
Monetary Authority accepts no responsibility for the financial soundness of any proposals or
for the correctness of any statements made or opinions expressed in any document with regard
to such issue. Before the Company can issue or transfer any further shares and securities in
excess of the amounts already approved, it must obtain the prior consent of the Bermuda
Monetary Authority.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has granted general permission for the issue and
transfer of shares and securities to and between persons regarded as resident outside Bermuda
for exchange control purposes without specific consent for so long as any equity securities,
including shares, are listed on an appointed stock exchange (as defined in the Companies Act).
Issues to and transfers involving persons regarded as “resident” for exchange control purposes
in Bermuda will be subject to specific exchange control authorisation.
(j) taxation
Under present Bermuda law, no Bermuda withholding tax on dividends or other distributions,
nor any Bermuda tax computed on profits or income or on any capital asset, gain or appreciation
will be payable by an exempted company or its operations, nor is there any Bermuda tax in the
nature of estate duty or inheritance tax applicable to shares, debentures or other obligations of the
Company held by non-residents of Bermuda. Furthermore, a company may apply to the Minister
of Finance of Bermuda for an assurance, under the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act
���� of Bermuda, that no such taxes shall be so applicable until 28 March 20��, although this
assurance will not prevent the imposition of any Bermuda tax payable in relation to any land
in Bermuda leased or let to the Company or to persons ordinarily resident in Bermuda.
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(k) stamp duty
An exempted company is exempt from all stamp duties except on transactions involving
“Bermuda property”. This term relates, essentially, to real and personal property physically
situated in Bermuda, including shares in local companies (as opposed to exempted companies).
Transfers of shares and warrants in all exempted companies are exempt from Bermuda stamp
duty.
(l) loans to directors
Bermuda law prohibits the making of loans by a company to any of its directors or to
their families or companies in which they hold more than a twenty per cent. (20%) interest,
without the consent of any member or members holding in aggregate not less than nine-tenths
of the total voting rights of all members having the right to vote at any meeting of the members
of the Company. These prohibitions do not apply to (a) anything done to provide a director
with funds to meet the expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him for the purposes of the
Company, provided that the Company gives its prior approval at a general meeting or, if not,
the loan is made on condition that it will be repaid within six months of the next following
annual general meeting if the loan is not approved at or before such meeting, (b) in the case of
a company whose ordinary business includes the lending of money or the giving of guarantees
in connection with loans made by other persons, anything done by the Company in the ordinary
course of that business, or (c) any advance of moneys by the Company to any officer or auditor
under Section �8(2)(c) of the Companies Act which allows the Company to advance moneys to
an officer or auditor of the Company for the costs incurred in defending any civil or criminal
proceedings against them, on condition that the officer or auditor shall repay the advance if
any allegation of fraud or dishonesty is proved against them. If the approval of the Company
is not given for a loan, the directors who authorised it will be jointly and severally liable for
any loss arising therefrom.
(m) inspection of corporate records
Members of the general public have the right to inspect the public documents of a
company available at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda which will include
the company’s certificate of incorporation, its memorandum of association (including its objects
and powers) and any alteration to the company’s memorandum of association. The members of
the Company have the additional right to inspect the bye-laws of a company, minutes of general
meetings and the company’s audited financial statements, which must be presented to the annual
general meeting. Minutes of general meetings of a company are also open for inspection by
directors of the Company without charge for not less than two (2) hours during business hours
each day. The register of members of a company is open for inspection by members of the public
without charge. The Company is required to maintain its share register in Bermuda but may,
subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, establish a branch register outside Bermuda.
Any branch register of members established by the Company is subject to the same rights of
inspection as the principal register of members of the Company in Bermuda. Any person may
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on payment of a fee prescribed by the Companies Act require a copy of the register of members
or any part thereof which must be provided within fourteen (�4) days of a request. Bermuda
law does not, however, provide a general right for members to inspect or obtain copies of any
other corporate records.
A company is required to maintain a register of directors and officers at its registered
office and such register must be made available for inspection for not less than two (2) hours
in each day by members of the public without charge. If summarised financial statements are
sent by a company to its members pursuant to section 8�A of the Companies Act, a copy of
the summarised financial statements must be made available for inspection by the public at the
registered office of the Company in Bermuda.
(n) winding up
A company may be wound up by the Bermuda court on application presented by the
Company itself, its creditors or its contributors. The Bermuda court also has authority to order
winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the
Bermuda court, just and equitable that such company be wound up.
A company may be wound up voluntarily when the members so resolve in general
meeting, or, in the case of a limited duration company, when the period fixed for the duration
of the Company by its memorandum expires, or the event occurs on the occurrence of which
the memorandum provides that the Company is to be dissolved. In the case of a voluntary
winding up, such company is obliged to cease to carry on its business from the time of passing
the resolution for voluntary winding up or upon the expiry of the period or the occurrence of
the event referred to above. Upon the appointment of a liquidator, the responsibility for the
company’s affairs rests entirely in his hands and no future executive action may be carried out
without his approval.
Where, on a voluntary winding up, a majority of directors make a statutory declaration
of solvency, the winding up will be a members’ voluntary winding up. In any case where such
declaration has not been made, the winding up will be a creditors’ voluntary winding up.
In the case of a members’ voluntary winding up of a company, the Company in general
meeting must appoint one or more liquidators within the period prescribed by the Companies
Act for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Company and distributing its assets. If the
liquidator at any time forms the opinion that such company will not be able to pay its debts in
full, he is obliged to summon a meeting of creditors.
As soon as the affairs of the Company are fully wound up, the liquidator must make up
an account of the winding up, showing how the winding up has been conducted and the property
of the Company has been disposed of, and thereupon call a general meeting of the Company
for the purposes of laying before it the account and giving an explanation thereof. This final
general meeting requires at least one month’s notice published in an appointed newspaper in
Bermuda.
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In the case of a creditors’ voluntary winding up of a company, the Company must call a
meeting of creditors of the Company to be summoned on the day following the day on which
the meeting of the members at which the resolution for winding up is to be proposed is held.
Notice of such meeting of creditors must be sent at the same time as notice is sent to members.
In addition, such company must cause a notice to appear in an appointed newspaper on at least
two occasions.
The creditors and the members at their respective meetings may nominate a person
to be liquidator for the purposes of winding up the affairs of the Company provided that if
the creditors nominate a different person, the person nominated by the creditors shall be the
liquidator. The creditors at the creditors’ meeting may also appoint a committee of inspection
consisting of not more than five persons.
If a creditors’ winding up continues for more than one year, the liquidator is required to
summon a general meeting of the Company and a meeting of the creditors at the end of each
year to lay before such meetings an account of his acts and dealings and of the conduct of the
winding up during the preceding year. As soon as the affairs of the Company are fully wound
up, the liquidator must make an account of the winding up, showing how the winding up has
been conducted and the property of the Company has been disposed of, and thereupon shall call
a general meeting of the Company and a meeting of the creditors for the purposes of laying
the account before such meetings and giving an explanation thereof.
5. General
Conyers Dill & Pearman, the Company’s legal advisers on Bermuda law, have sent to the
Company a letter of advice summarising certain aspects of Bermuda company law. This letter, together
with a copy of the Companies Act, is available for inspection as referred to in the paragraph headed
“Documents available for inspection” in Appendix VI. Any person wishing to have a detailed summary
of Bermuda company law or advice on the differences between it and the laws of any jurisdiction
with which he is more familiar is recommended to seek independent legal advice.
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furtHer information aBout our Company and our suBsidiaries
1. incorporation of our Company
Our Company was incorporated in Bermuda as an exempted company with limited liability
under the Companies Act on 3 March 20�0 with an authorised share capital of HK$�0,000 divided
into �,000,000 Shares, of which 5�0,000 Shares and 490,000 Shares were allotted and issued nil-paid
by our Company to VC Investments and Merlotte respectively on 8 April 20�0. The said �,000,000
nil-paid Shares were, on �7 May 20�0, transferred to Sure Strategy at nil consideration and were
subsequently paid up in the manner described in paragraph 4 below.
As our Company was incorporated in Bermuda, we operate subject to the relevant laws and
regulations of Bermuda and our constitution which comprises a memorandum of association and
the Bye-laws. A summary of the relevant laws and regulations of Bermuda and of our Company’s
constitution is set out in Appendix IV to this document.
2. Changes in share capital of our Company
(a) Increase inauthorisedsharecapital
On 8 September 20�0, the authorised share capital of our Company was increased from
HK$�0,000 to HK$9,000,000 by the creation of 899,000,000 new Shares pursuant to a resolution
passed by the sole Shareholder:
Immediately following the completion of the [•••] (taking no account of any Shares which
may be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of the options granted or which may be
granted under the Share Option Scheme), our authorised share capital will be HK$9,000,000
divided into 900,000,000 Shares, of which 438,000,000 Shares will be issued fully paid or
credited as fully paid, and 462,000,000 Shares will remain unissued. Other than pursuant to
the exercise of the options granted or which may be granted under the Share Option Scheme,
there is no present intention to issue any of the authorised but unissued share capital of our
Company and, without the prior approval of the Shareholders in general meeting, no issue of
Shares will be made which would effectively alter the control of our Company.
Save as disclosed in this paragraph and in the paragraphs headed “Incorporation of our
Company”, “Resolutions in writing of all Shareholders passed on 8 September 20�0” and
“Group reorganisation” of this Appendix, there has been no alteration in the share capital of
the Company since its incorporation.
(b) Foundershares
Our Company has no founder shares, management shares or deferred shares.
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3. [•••]
4. group reorganisation
The companies comprising our Group underwent a reorganisation to rationalise our Group’s
structure in preparation for [•••], which involved the following:
(a) on 25 March 20�0, Sure Strategy was incorporated in the BVI with an authorised share
capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$�.00 each, of which 49 shares and
5� shares were subscribed at par by each of Merlotte and VC Investments respectively;
(b) on �7 May 20�0, Merlotte and VC Investments transferred all of their respective shares, being
the entire issued share capital in our Company, to Sure Strategy at nil consideration;
(c) on 8 September 20�0, the authorised share capital of our Company was increased from
HK$�0,000 to HK$9,000,000; and
(d) on 8 September 20�0, our Company as purchaser, VC Investments and Merlotte as
vendors and VC as warrantor, entered into a share transfer agreement, pursuant to which
our Company acquired the entire issued share capital of FG Holdings in consideration
of and in exchange for which our Company, (i) at the direction of VC Investments and
Merlotte, allotted and issued, credited as fully paid, an aggregate of �,000,000 Shares
to Sure Strategy and �4,700 Shares and �5,300 Shares to Merlotte and VC Investments
respectively; and (ii) credited as fully paid at par �,000,000 nil-paid Shares then held by
Sure Strategy.]
5. Changes in share capital of our subsidiaries
Our subsidiaries are listed in the Accountants’ Report set out in Appendix I to this document.
Save for the alterations described in paragraph 4 above, the following alterations in the share capital of our subsidiaries took place within the two years immediately preceding [•••]:
(a) Brilliant Fashion Inc. was incorporated in New York, the U.S. on 25 August 2009. It was authorised to issue �00 common shares without par value. �00 shares were issued and allotted to FG Holdings on the same date;
(b) FG Shenzhen was established in the PRC on �5 December 2009 with a total investment amount of HK$4,250,000 and a registered capital of HK$3,000,000;
(c) Happy Noble Holdings Limited was incorporated in the BVI on �5 July 20�0 with an authorised share capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$�.00 each; and
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(d) on �� February 20�0, Sky Winner Investment Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong with an authorised share capital of HK$�0,000 divided into �0,000 shares of HK$�.00 each. On �� February 20�0, one share was allotted to Acota Services Limited and such share was transferred to an Independent Third Party. On �6 March 20�0, 99 shares in Sky Winner Investment Limited were allotted and issued to four Independent Third Parties together with the aforesaid one share, Sky Winner Investment Limited was owned by such four Independent Third Parties as to 50%, �7%, �7% and �6% respectively. On 24 August 20�0, such four Independent Third Parties transferred their entire interests in Sky Winner Investment Limited to Happy Noble Holdings Limited at a consideration of HK$�00.
6. further information about our group’s prC establishments
Our Group has interest in the registered capital of three wholly foreign-owned enterprises in the PRC. A summary of the corporate information of these enterprises are set out as follows:
(a) JiangmenFactory
(i) Name of the enterprise: 江門冠暉製衣有限公司 (Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing LTD.)
(ii) Economic nature: Wholly foreign-owned enterprise
(iii) Registered owners: Rocwide Limited (60%) FG Holdings (40%)
(iv) Total investment: HK$60,000,000
(v) Registered capital: HK$30,000,000
(vi) Attributable interest to our �00%
Group:
(vii) Term of operation: From 3� May 2000 to 30 May 2050
(viii) Scope of business: Processing of all types of apparel products, sales and
manufacture of supplementary materials of apparel
products, wholesale and retail of all types of textile
products including garment and supplementary
materials (No establishment of stores, commodities
involving quota permit management and specific
regulation management to be dealt with in accordance
with the relevant regulations of China)
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(b) FGShanghai
(i) Name of the enterprise: 福之源貿易(上海)有限公司 (Ford Glory Trading (Shanghai) Limited*)
(ii) Economic nature: Wholly foreign-owned enterprise
(iii) Registered owner: FG International
(iv) Total investment: RMB�,428,000
(v) Registered capital: RMB�,000,000
(vi) Attributable interest to our �00%
Group:
(vii) Term of operation: From 7 February 2006 to 6 February 2036
(viii) Scope of business: Import and export, wholesale and commissioned
agency (excluding auction) of general merchandise,
jewellery (rough diamond and cut diamond excluded),
garment (apparel) and its raw and supplementary
material, other relevant accessory service, business
consultation (commodities involving quota permit
management and specific regulation management
to be dealt with in accordance with the relevant
regulations of China) (Those involving administrative
permit to be operated under the permit)
(c) FGShenzhen
(i) Name of the enterprise: 福源創業信息咨詢服務(深圳)有限公司
(Ford Glory (Shenzhen) International Ltd.*)
(ii) Economic nature: Wholly foreign-owned enterprise
(iii) Registered owner: FG International
(iv) Total investment: HK$4,250,000
(v) Registered capital: HK$3,000,000
(vi) Attributable interest to our �00%
Group:
(vii) Term of operation: From �5 December 2009 to �5 December 2039
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(viii) Scope of business: Commodity information consultation, quality
control and quality management services, supply
chain management information service, logistic
consultation and marketing planning (Restricted
items not included)
7. [•••]
8. registration under part xi of the Companies ordinance
Our Company has established our head office and a principal place of business in Hong Kong
for the purpose of registration under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance at �9/F., Ford Glory Plaza,
37-39 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong. Our Company [has been registered] as an
oversea company under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance. Ms. Chan Shuk Fun, our company
secretary, has been appointed as agent of our Company for the acceptance of service of process in
Hong Kong.
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9. summary of material contracts
The following contracts (not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business)
have been entered into by the members of our Group within the two years preceding [•••] and are or
may be material:
(a) a nomination dated 28 October 2008 entered into by Billion Sun International Limited as
nominator and FG International as nominee, pursuant to which Billion Sun International
Limited nominated FG International to take up the assignment of the whole of the 20th
Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong and directed the purchase balance of
HK$3�,649,850 to be paid by FG International;
(b) a nomination dated 28 October 2008 entered into by FG International as nominator
and Billion Sun International Limited as nominee, pursuant to which FG International
nominated Billion Sun International Limited to take up the assignment of the whole of
the �8th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong and directed the purchase
balance of HK$3�,�65,345 to be paid by Billion Sun International Limited;
(c) a deed of mutual covenant and management agreement dated 29 December 2008 entered
into among Sun Top Development Limited, FG International, Savills Billion Property
Management Limited and The Bank of East Asia, Limited for the purposes of making
provisions for the management of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong and defining
and regulating the rights, interests and obligations of all owners in respect of Ford Glory
Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong;
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(d) an assignment dated �6 January 2009 entered into by Sun Top Development Limited and
FG International, pursuant to which FG International was assigned the whole of the �9th
Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong at a consideration HK$3�,�65,345;
(e) an assignment dated �6 January 2009 entered into by Sun Top Development Limited and
FG International, pursuant to which FG International was assigned the whole of the 20th
Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong at a consideration HK$3�,649,850;
(f) an equity transfer agreement dated 29 June 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Zou Weichang (鄒偉昌), pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired 8% equity interest
in Jiangmen Factory;
(g) a supplemental agreement dated 29 June 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Zou Weichang (鄒偉昌) to supplement the agreement in item (f) above, stating that
the consideration for the transfer of 8% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory was HK$3
million;
(h) an equity transfer agreement dated 29 June 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Chen Tianhe (陳天賀), pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired 8% equity interest
in Jiangmen Factory;
(i) a supplemental agreement dated 29 June 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Chen Tianhe (陳天賀) to supplement the agreement in item (h) above, stating that
the consideration for the transfer of 8% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory was HK$3
million;
(j) an equity transfer agreement dated 29 June 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Li Liupan (李柳泮), pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired 8% equity interest in
Jiangmen Factory;
(k) a supplemental agreement dated 29 June 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Li Liupan (李柳泮) to supplement the agreement in item (j) above, stating that
the consideration for the transfer of 8% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory was HK$3
million;
(l) an equity transfer agreement dated 6 July 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and Mr.
Ding Congning (丁聰凝), pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired 8% equity interest in
Jiangmen Factory;
(m) a supplemental agreement dated 6 July 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and Mr.
Ding Congning (丁聰凝) to supplement the agreement in item (l) above, stating that
the consideration for the transfer of 8% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory was HK$5
million;
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(n) an equity transfer agreement dated 6 July 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Wang Jiabo (王家波), pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired 8% equity interest
in Jiangmen Factory;
(o) a supplemental agreement dated 6 July 2009 and entered into by FG Holdings and
Mr. Wang Jiabo (王家波) to supplement the agreement in item (n) above, stating that
the consideration for the transfer of 8% equity interest in Jiangmen Factory was HK$5
million;
(p) a share purchase agreement dated 25 February 20�0 and entered into by V-Apparel
International Limited and FG Holdings, pursuant to which FG Holdings acquired the
entire issued shares capital of and the loan to Rocwide Limited at a consideration of
HK$48,000,000;
(q) an assignment dated 30 June 20�0 entered into between FG International, Alpha Best
Development Limited, Wan Wing Wing, Wan Wing Man and Ng Mei Yi for the assignment
of Workshop A on the 20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong at a
consideration payable to FG International, when aggregated with those payable to FG
International under the assignments of Workshops B, C, D and E on the 20th Floor of
Ford Glory Plaza (items (r), (s), (t) and (u) below), amounted to HK$29,000,000;
(r) an assignment dated 30 June 20�0 entered into between FG International, Alpha Best
Development Limited and Wong Wai Ling Joan for the assignment of Workshop B on
the 20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong at a consideration payable
to FG International, when aggregated with those payable to FG International under the
assignments of Workshops A, C, D and E on the 20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza (item
(q) above and items (s), (t) and (u) below), amounted to HK$29,000,000;
(s) an assignment dated 30 June 20�0 entered into between FG International and Alpha
Best Development Limited for the assignment of Workshop C on the 20th Floor of Ford
Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong at a consideration payable to FG International, when
aggregated with those payable to FG International under the assignments of Workshops
A, B, D and E on the 20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza (items (q) and (r) above and items
(t) and (u) below), amounted to HK$29,000,000;
(t) an assignment dated 30 June 20�0 entered into between FG International, Alpha Best
Development Limited and Kent Full Limited for the assignment of Workshop D on the
20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong at a consideration payable to
FG International, when aggregated with those payable to FG International under the
assignments of Workshops A, B, C and E on the 20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza (items
(q), (r) and (s) above and item (u) below), amounted to HK$29,000,000;
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(u) an assignment dated 30 June 20�0 entered into between FG International, Alpha Best
Development Limited, World Victoria Limited and D & G Property Investment Limited
for the assignment of Workshop E on the 20th Floor of Ford Glory Plaza, Kowloon, Hong
Kong at a consideration payable to FG International, when aggregated with those payable
to FG International under the assignments of Workshops A, B, C and D on the 20th Floor
of Ford Glory Plaza (items (q), (r), (s) and (t) above), amounted to HK$29,000,000;
(v) [a share transfer agreement dated 8 September 20�0 and entered into by our Company as
purchaser, VC Investments and Merlotte as vendors and VC as warrantor, pursuant to which
our Company acquired the entire issued share capital of FG Holdings in consideration
of and in exchange for which our Company (i) at the direction of VC Investments and
Merlotte, allotted and issued, credited as fully paid, �,000,000 Shares to VC Investments,
Merlotte and/or Sure Strategy; and (ii) credited as fully paid at par �,000,000 nil-paid
Shares then held by Sure Strategy];
(w) a deed of non-competition dated 8 September 20�0 executed by VC as convenantor in
favour of our Company (for ourselves and on behalf of our subsidiaries), details of which
are set out in the paragraph headed “Non-competition undertaking” in the section headed
“Relationship with the VC Group” in this document;
(x) a deed of indemnity dated �6 September 20�0 executed by VC in favour of our Company
(for ourselves and as trustee for our subsidiaries) containing the indemnities more
particularly referred to in the paragraph headed “Estate duty, tax and other indemnities”
of this Appendix; and
(y) [•••].
10. intellectual property rights of our group
Trademarks
As at the Latest Practicable Date, our Group had registered the following trademarks:
no. trademarkregistered owner
place of registration Class
registration number duration of validity
�. Jiangmen
Factory
PRC 25 (Note1) 3248453 2� January 2004 to
20 January 20�4
2. FG Shanghai PRC 25 (Note1) 37�9076 2� June 2006 to
20 June 20�6
3. 豆 芽 夢 FG Shanghai
(Note2)
PRC 25 (Note1) 3805094 2� October 2006 to
20 October 20�6
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Notes:
�. The specific goods under class 25 in respect of which these trademarks were applied for registration are
clothing, footwear, headgear.
2. The trademark was registered by 江門市新會區福源利民貿易有限公司 (Jiangmen Xinhui Fuyuan Limin
Trading Company Limited*) and was transferred to FG Shanghai on 2� January 2007.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, applications had been made by our Group for the
registration of the following trademarks:
no. trademark applicantplace of registration Class
application number application date
�. FG Shanghai PRC 25 (Note1) 8009728 20 January 20�0
2. Our Company Hong Kong 25 (Note1) 30�592893 20 April 20�0
Note:
�. The specific goods under class 25 in respect of which these trademarks were applied for registration are
clothing, footwear, headgear.
Domainnames
As at the Latest Practicable Date, our Group had registered the following domain names
which are being used in the business of our Group:
no. domain name registrant registration date expiry date
�. jmv-apparel.com FG International 2 August 2005 2 August 20�5
2. fordglory.cn Jiangmen Factory �0 January 2006 �0 January 20��
3. fordglory.com.cn Jiangmen Factory �0 January 2006 �0 January 20��
4. glorytime.cn FG International �� January 2006 �� January 20��
5. v-apparel.cn Jiangmen Factory �� January 2006 �� January 20�2
6. v-apparel.com.cn Jiangmen Factory �� January 2006 �� January 20�2
7. vapparel-id.com FG International �3 February 2006 �3 February 20��
8. fordglory.com.hk FG International 5 June �998 � September 20��
9. glorytime.com.hk Glory Time Limited 26 August 2004 28 August 20��
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11. Connected transactions and related party transactions
Save as disclosed in the section headed “Continuing connected transactions” in this document
and in note 34 to the Accountants’ Report, the text of which is set out in Appendix I to this document,
during the two years immediately preceding [•••], we have not engaged in any other material connected
transactions or related party transactions.
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12. directors
(a) Disclosureof interestsofDirectors
(i) Each of Mr. Choi, Mr. Li and Mr. Chen is interested in the Reorganisation.
(ii) Save as disclosed in this document, none of our Directors or their associates was
engaged in any dealings with our Group during the two years preceding the date
of this document.
(b) ParticularsofDirectors’servicecontracts
executive directors
Each of our executive Directors has entered into a service contract with our Company
pursuant to which they agreed to act as executive Directors for an initial term of three
years with effect from 8 September 20�0. The term of service shall be renewed and
extended automatically by one year on the expiry of such initial term and on the expiry of
every successive period of one year thereafter, unless either party has given at least three
months’ written notice of non-renewal before the expiry of the then existing term.
Our executive Directors are not entitled to any director’s fee, but are entitled to basic
salaries as set out below. Each of our executive Directors is entitled to a discretionary
management bonus provided that the aggregate amount of the bonuses payable to all
the executive Directors for any financial year of our Company may not exceed �0% of
the audited combined or consolidated audited net profit of our Group (after taxation
and minority interests and payment of such bonuses but before extraordinary items) in
respect of that financial year of our Company. An executive Director may not vote on
any resolution of our Directors regarding the amount of the management bonus payable
to him.
name annual salary (HK$)
Mr. Choi �,200,000
Mr. Ng Tze On 660,000
Mr. Lau 780,000
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non-executive directors and independent non-executive directors
Each of our non-executive Directors and our independent non-executive Directors
has been appointed for an initial term of two years commencing from 8 September 20�0
renewable automatically for successive term of one year each commencing from the next
day after the expiry of the then current term of appointment, unless terminated by not
less than three months’ notice in writing served by either our non-executive Directors
or our independent non-executive Director or our Company expiring at the end of the
initial term or at any time thereafter. Our non-executive Directors are not entitled to
any director’s fees, and each of our independent non-executive Directors is entitled to a
director’s fee of HK$�80,000 per annum. Save for directors’ fees, where applicable, none
of our non-executive Directors or our independent non-executive Directors is expected
to receive any other remuneration for holding their office as a non-executive Director or
an independent non-executive Director.
Save as disclosed aforesaid, none of our Directors has or is proposed to have a
service contract with our Company or any of our subsidiaries other than contracts expiring
or determinable by the employer within one year without the payment of compensation
(other than statutory compensation).
(c) RemunerationofDirectors
(i) The aggregate emoluments paid and benefits in kind granted by our Group to our
Directors in respect of the financial year ended 3� March 20�0 was approximately
HK$�,030,000.
(ii) Under the arrangements currently in force, the aggregate emoluments (excluding
discretionary bonus) payable by our Group to and benefits in kind receivable by
our Directors (including our non-executive Directors and independent non-executive
Directors) for the year ending 3� March 20��, are expected to be approximately
HK$3 million.
(iii) None of our Directors or any past directors of any member of our Group has been
paid any sum of money for each of the three years ended 3� March 20�0 as (i)
an inducement to join or upon joining our Company; or (ii) for loss of office as
a director of any member of our Group or of any other office in connection with
the management of the affairs of any member of our Group.
(iv) There has been no arrangement under which a Director has waived or agreed to
waive any emoluments for each of the three years ended 3� March 20�0.
13. [•••]
14. [•••]
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15. share option scheme
(a) Summaryof terms
The following is a summary of the principal terms of the Share Option Scheme conditionally
adopted by a resolution in writing passed by all Shareholders and approved by the shareholders
of VC on 28 July 20�0:
(i) Purpose of the scheme
The purpose of the Share Option Scheme is to enable us to grant options to selected
participants as incentives or rewards for their contribution to us. Our Directors consider
the Share Option Scheme, with its broadened basis of participation, will enable us to
reward the employees, our Directors and other selected participants for their contributions
to us. Given that our Directors are entitled to determine any performance targets to be
achieved as well as the minimum period that an option must be held before an option can
be exercised on a case by case basis, and that the exercise price of an option cannot in
any event fall below the price stipulated in [•••] or such higher price as may be fixed by
our Directors, it is expected that grantees of an option will make an effort to contribute
to our development so as to bring about an increased market price of the Shares in order
to capitalise on the benefits of the options granted.
(ii) Who may join
Our Directors (which expression shall, for the purpose of this paragraph �5, include
a duly authorised committee thereof) may, at its absolute discretion, invite any person
belonging to any of the following classes of participants, to take up options to subscribe
for Shares:
(aa) any employee (whether full-time or part-time including any executive
director but excluding any non-executive director) of our Company, any of
our subsidiaries or any entity (the “invested entity”) in which our Group
holds an equity interest (the “option Qualified employee”);
(bb) any non-executive directors (including independent non-executive directors)
of our Company, any of our subsidiaries or any Invested Entity;
(cc) any supplier of goods or services to any member of our Group or any Invested Entity;
(dd) any customer of any member of our Group or any Invested Entity;
(ee) any person or entity that provides research, development or other technological support to any member of our Group or any Invested Entity;
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(ff) any shareholder of any member of our Group or any Invested Entity or any holder of any securities issued by any member of our Group or any Invested Entity;
(gg) any adviser (professional or otherwise) or consultant to any area of business or business development of any member of our Group or any Invested Entity;
(hh) (for so long as VC remains as a controlling shareholder of our Company) any employee or proposed employee (whether full time or part time) of VC, any of its subsidiaries or any entity in which VC or any of its subsidiaries holds an equity interest, including any executive director of VC, any of such subsidiaries or any entity in which VC or any of its subsidiaries holds an equity interest;
(ii) (for so long as VC remains as a controlling shareholder of our Company) any non-executive directors (including independent non-executive directors) of VC, any of its subsidiaries or any entity in which VC or any of its subsidiaries holds an equity interest; and
(jj) any other group or classes of participants who have contributed or may contribute by way of joint venture, business alliance or other business arrangement to the development and growth of our Group,
and, for the purposes of the Share Option Scheme, the options may be granted to any company wholly owned by one or more persons belonging to any of the above classes of participants. For avoidance of doubt, the grant of any options by our Company for the subscription of Shares or other securities of our Group to any person who fall within any of the above classes of participants shall not, by itself, unless our Directors otherwise determined, be construed as a grant of option under the Share Option Scheme.
The eligibility of any of the above class of participants to the grant of any option shall be determined by our Directors from time to time on the basis of our Directors’ opinion as to his contribution to the development and growth of our Group.
(iii) Maximum number of Shares
(aa) The maximum number of Shares to be alloted and issued upon the exercise of all outstanding options granted and yet to be exercised under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option scheme of our Group must not in aggregate exceed 30% of the issued share capital of our Company from time to time.
(bb) The total number of Shares which may be alloted and issued upon exercise
of all options (excluding, for this purpose, options which have lapsed in
accordance with the terms of the Share Option Scheme and any other share
option scheme of our Group) to be granted under the Share Option Scheme
and any other share option scheme of our Group must not in aggregate
exceed �0% of the Shares in issue on the day on which trading of the Shares
commence on the Main Board (the “general scheme limit”).
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(cc) Subject to (aa) above but without prejudice to (dd) below, our Company may
seek approval of the Shareholders in general meeting to refresh the General
Scheme Limit provided that the total number of Shares which may be alloted
and issued upon exercise of all options to be granted under the Share Option
Scheme and any other share options scheme of our Group must not exceed
�0% of the Shares in issue as at the date of approval of the limit and for
the purpose of calculating the limit, options (including those outstanding,
cancelled, lapsed or exercised in accordance with the Share Option Scheme
and any other share option scheme of our Group) previously granted under
the Share Option Scheme and any other share option scheme of our Group
will not be counted.
(dd) Subject to (aa) above and without prejudice to (cc) above, our Company may
seek separate Shareholders’ approval in general meeting to grant options beyond
the General Scheme Limit or, if applicable, the refreshed limit referred to
in (cc) above to participants specifically identified by our Company before
such approval is sought.
(iv) Maximum entitlement of each participant
The total number of Shares issued and which may fall to be issued upon exercise
of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme and any other share option scheme
of our Group (including both exercised or outstanding options) to each grantee in any �2-
month period shall not exceed �% of the issued share capital of our Company for the time
being (the “individual limit”). Any further grant of options in excess of the Individual
Limit in any �2-month period up to and including the date of such further grant must be
separately approved by the Shareholders in general meeting of our Company with such
grantee and his associates abstaining from voting. The number and terms (including the
exercise price) of options to be granted must be fixed before Shareholders’ approval and
the date of board meeting for proposing such further grant should be taken as the date
of grant for the purpose of calculating the exercise price under [•••].
(v) Grant of options to connected persons
(aa) Any grant of options under the Share Option Scheme to a director, chief
executive or substantial shareholder of our Company or any of their respective
associates must be approved by independent non-executive Directors of our
Company (excluding independent non-executive Director who or whose
associate is the proposed grantee of the options).
(bb) Where any grant of options to a substantial shareholder or an independent
non-executive director of our Company or any of their respective associates,
would result in the Shares issued and to be issued upon exercise of all options
already granted and to be granted (including options exercised, cancelled
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and outstanding) to such person in the �2-month period up to and including
the date of such grant:
(i) representing in aggregate over 0.�% of the Shares in issue; and
(ii) having an aggregate value, based on the closing price of the Shares
at the date of each offer for the grant, in excess of HK$5 million;
such further grant of options must be approved by the Shareholders in general meeting.
All connected persons of our Company must abstain from voting at such general meeting,
except that any connected person may vote against the relevant resolution at the general
meeting provided that his intention to do so has been stated in the circular. Any vote
taken at the meeting to approve the grant of such options must be taken on a poll. Any
change in the terms of options granted to a substantial shareholder or an independent
non-executive director of our Company or any of their respective associates must be
approved by the Shareholders in general meeting.
(vi) Time of acceptance and exercise of option
An option may be accepted by a participant within 2� days from the date of the
offer of grant of the option.
An option may be exercised in accordance with the terms of the Share Option
Scheme at any time during a period to be determined and notified by our Directors to
each grantee, which period may commence from the date of the offer for the grant of
options is made, but shall end in any event not later than �0 years from the date of grant
of the option subject to the provisions for early termination thereof. Unless otherwise
determined by our Directors and stated in the offer for the grant of options to a grantee,
there is no minimum period required under the Share Option Scheme for the holding of
an option before it can be exercised.
(vii) Performance targets
Unless our Directors otherwise determined and stated in the offer for the grant of
options to a grantee, a grantee is not required to achieve any performance targets before
any options granted under the Share Option Scheme can be exercised.
(viii) Subscription price for Shares and consideration for the option
The subscription price for Shares under the Share Option Scheme shall be a price
determined by our Directors, but shall not be less than the highest of (i) [•••]; (ii) [•••];
and (iii) the nominal value of a Share.
In respect of options granted prior to [•••], the subscription price must be determined
in accordance with [•••].
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A nominal consideration of HK$� is payable on acceptance of the grant of an
option.
(ix) Ranking of Shares
(aa) Shares allotted upon the exercise of an option will be subject to all the
provisions of the Bye-laws and will rank pari passu in all respects with the
fully paid Shares in issue on the date on which the option is duly exercised
or, if that date falls on a day when the register of members of our Company
is closed, the first day of the re-opening of the register of members (the
“exercise date”) and accordingly will entitle the holders thereof to participate
in all dividends or other distributions paid or made on or after the Exercise
Date other than any dividend or other distribution previously declared or
recommended or resolved to be paid or made if the record date therefor shall
be before the Exercise Date. A Share allotted and issued upon the exercise
of an option shall not carry voting rights until the name of the grantee has
been duly entered on the register of members of our Company as the holder
thereof.
(bb) Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Shares” in this paragraph
include references to shares in the ordinary equity share capital of our Company
of such nominal amount as shall result from a subdivision, consolidation,
re-construction or reduction of the share capital of our Company from time
to time.
(x) Restrictions on the time of the offer for the grant of options
No offer for grant of options shall be made after a price sensitive event has occurred
or a price sensitive matter has been the subject of a decision until such price sensitive
information has been announced in accordance with the requirements of [•••]. In particular,
during the period commencing one month immediately preceding the earlier of (aa) the
date of the meeting of our Directors (as such date is first notified to [•••]) for the approval
of our Company’s results for any year, half-year, quarterly or any other interim period
(whether or not required under [•••]); and (ii) the deadline for our Company to publish
an announcement of its results for any year or half-year (whether or not required under
[•••]), and ending on the date of the results announcement, no option may be granted.
Our Directors may not make any offer for the grant of option to a participant who
is a Director during the periods or times in which Directors are prohibited from dealing
in shares pursuant to [•••] or any corresponding code or securities dealing restrictions
adopted by our Company.
(xi) Period of the Share Option Scheme
The Share Option Scheme will remain in force for a period of �0 years commencing
on the date on which the Share Option Scheme is adopted.
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(xii) Rights on ceasing employment
If the grantee of an option is an Option Qualified Employee and ceases to be an
Option Qualified Employee for any reason other than death, ill-health or retirement in
accordance with his contract of employment or the termination of his employment on
more of the grounds referred to in sub-paragraph (xiv) below before exercising his option
in full, the option (to the extent not already exercised) will lapse on the date of cessation
and shall not be exercisable unless our Directors otherwise determine in which event the
grantee may exercise the option (to the extent not already exercised) in whole or in part
within such period as our Directors may determine following the date of such cessation,
which will be taken to be the last day on which the grantee was at work with our Group
or the Invested Entity whether salary is paid in lieu of notice or not.
Option Qualified Employee means any employee (whether full time or part time
employee, including any executive director but not any non-executive director) of our
Company, any of our subsidiaries or any Invested Entity.
(xiii) Rights on death, ill-health or retirement
If the grantee of an option is an Option Qualified Employee and ceases to be an
Option Qualified Employee by reason of his death, ill-health or retirement in accordance
with his contract of employment before exercising the option in full, his personal
representative(s), or, as appropriate, the grantee may exercise the option (to the extent
not already exercised) in whole or in part within a period of �2 months following the
date of cessation of employment which date shall be the last day on which the grantee
was at work with our Group or the Invested Entity whether salary is paid in lieu of notice
or not or such longer period as our Directors may determine.
(xiv) Rights on dismissal
If the grantee of an option is an Option Qualified Employee and ceases to be an
Option Qualified Employee by reason of termination of his employment on the grounds
that he has been guilty of persistent or serious misconduct or has committed any act of
bankruptcy or has become insolvent or has made any arrangements or composition with
his creditors generally, or has been convicted of any criminal offence (other than an
offence which in the opinion of our Directors does not bring the grantee or our Group or
the Invested Entity into disrepute), his option (to the extent not already exercised) will
lapse automatically on the date of cessation to be an Option Qualified Employee.
(xv) Rights on breach of contract
If our Directors shall at their absolute discretion determine that (aa) (�) the grantee
of any option (other than an Option Qualified Employee) or his associate has committed
any breach of any contract entered into between the grantee or his associate on the one
part and our Group or any Invested Entity on the other part; or (2) that the grantee has
committed any act of bankruptcy or has become insolvent or is subject to any winding-up,
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liquidation or analogous proceedings or has made any arrangement or composition with
his creditors generally; or (3) the grantee could no longer make any contribution to the
growth and development of our Group by reason of the cessation of its relations with our
Group or by other reason whatsoever; and (bb) the option granted to the grantee under
the Share Option scheme shall lapse as a result of any event specified in sub-paragraphs
(�), (2) and (3), his option will lapse automatically on the date on which our Directors
have so determined.
(xvi) Rights on a general offer, a compromise or arrangement
If a general or partial offer, whether by way of take-over offer, share re-purchase
offer, or scheme of arrangement or otherwise in like manner is made to all the holders
of Shares, or all such holders other than the offeror and/or any person controlled by the
offeror and/or any person acting in association or concert with the offeror, our Company
shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that such offer is extended to all the grantees
on the same terms, mutatis mutandis, and assuming that they will become, by the exercise
in full of the options granted to them, Shareholders. If such offer becomes or is declared
unconditional or such scheme of arrangement is formally proposed to the Shareholders, a
grantee shall be entitled to exercise his option (to the extent not already exercised) to its
full extent or to the extent specified in the grantee’s notice to our Company in exercise of
his option at any time thereafter and up to the close of such offer (or any revised offer) or
the record date for entitlements under such scheme of arrangement, as the case may be.
Subject to the above, an option will lapse automatically (to the extent not exercised) on
the date on which such offer (or, as the case may be, revised offer) closes, or the relevant
date for entitlements under such scheme of arrangement, as the case may be.
(xvii) Rights on winding up
In the event of a resolution being proposed for the voluntary winding-up of our
Company during the option period, the grantee may, subject to the provisions of all
applicable laws, by notice in writing to our Company at any time not less than two business
days before the date on which such resolution is to be considered and/or passed, exercise
his option (to the extent not already exercised) either to its full extent or to the extent
specified in such notice in accordance with the provisions of the Share Option Scheme
and our Company shall allot and issue to the grantee the Shares in respect of which such
grantee has exercised his option not less than one business day before the date on which
such resolution is to be considered and/or passed whereupon the grantee shall accordingly
be entitled, in respect of the Shares allotted and issued to him in the aforesaid manner,
to participate in the distribution of the assets of our Company available in liquidation
pari passu with the holders of the Shares in issue on the day prior to the date of such
resolution. Subject thereto, all options then outstanding shall lapse and determine on the
commencement of the winding-up of our Company.
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(xviii) Grantee being a company wholly owned by eligible participants
If the grantee is a company wholly owned by one or more eligible participants:
(i) sub-paragraphs (xii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) shall apply to the grantee and to
the options to such grantee, mutatis mutandis, as if such options had been
granted to the relevant eligible participant, and such options shall accordingly
lapse or fall to be exercisable after the event(s) referred to in sub-paragraphs
(xii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) shall occur with respect to the relevant eligible
participant; and
(ii) the options granted to the grantee shall lapse and determine on the date
the grantee ceases to be wholly owned by the relevant eligible participant
provided that our Directors may in their absolute discretion decide that such
options or any part thereof shall not so lapse or determine subject to such
conditions or limitations as they may impose.
(xix) Adjustments to the subscription price
In the event of a capitalisation issue, rights issue, subdivision or consolidation
of Shares or reduction of capital of our Company while an option remains exercisable,
such corresponding alterations (if any) certified by the auditors for the time being of or
an independent financial adviser to our Company as fair and reasonable will be made
to the number or nominal amount of Shares, to which the Share Option Scheme or any
option relates (insofar as it is/they are unexercised) and/or the subscription price of the
option concerned and/or (unless the grantee of the option elects to waive such adjustment)
the number of Shares comprised in an option or which remains comprised in an option,
provided that (i) any adjustments shall give a grantee the same proportion of the issued
share capital to which he was entitled prior to such alteration; (ii) the issue of Shares
or other securities of our Group as consideration in a transaction may not be regarded
as a circumstance requiring adjustment; (iii) no alteration shall be made the effect of
which would be to enable a Share to be issued at less than its nominal value; and (iv)
any adjustment must be made in compliance with [•••]. In addition, in respect of any such
adjustments, other than any adjustment made on a capitalisation issue, such auditors or
independent financial adviser must confirm to our Directors in writing that the adjustments
satisfy the requirements of the relevant provision of [•••].
(xx) Cancellation of options
Any cancellation of options granted but not exercised must be subject to the prior
written consent of the relevant grantee and the approval of our Directors.
When our Company cancels any option granted to a grantee but not exercised and
issues new option(s) to the same grantee, the issue of such new option(s) may only be
made with available unissued options (excluding the options so cancelled) within the
General Scheme Limit or the new limits approved by the Shareholders pursuant sub-
paragraphs (iii) (cc) and (dd) above.
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(xxi) Termination of the Share Option Scheme
Our Company may by resolution in general meeting at any time terminate the Share
Option Scheme and in such event no further options shall be offered but in all other
respects the provisions of the Share Option Scheme shall remain in force to the extent
necessary to give effect to the exercise of any options (to the extent not already exercised)
granted prior to the termination or otherwise as may be required in accordance with the
provisions of the Share Option Scheme. Options (to the extent not already exercised)
granted prior to such termination shall continue to be valid and exercisable in accordance
with the Share Option Scheme.
(xxii) Rights are personal to the grantee
An option is personal to the grantee and shall not be transferable or assignable.
(xxiii) Lapse of option
An option shall lapse automatically (to the extent not already exercised) on the
earliest of:
(aa) the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (vi); and
(bb) the expiry of the periods or dates referred to in paragraph (xii), (xiii), (xiv),
(xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii).
(xxiv) Others
(aa) The Share Option Scheme is conditional upon [•••].
(bb) The terms and conditions of the Share Option Scheme relating to the matters
set out in [•••] shall not be altered to the advantage of grantees of the options
except with the approval of the shareholders in general meeting.
(cc) Any alterations to the terms and conditions of the Share Option Scheme
which are of a material nature or any change to the terms of options granted
must be approved by the Shareholders in general meeting, except where the
alterations take effect automatically under the existing terms of the Share
Option Scheme.
(dd) The amended terms of the Share Option Scheme or the options shall comply
with the relevant requirements of [•••].
(ee) Any change to the authority of our Directors or the scheme administrators
in relation to any alteration to the terms of the Share Option Scheme shall
be approved by the Shareholders in general meeting.
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(ff) The Share Option Scheme complies with [•••].
(b) Presentstatusof theShareOptionScheme
(i) [•••]
(ii) [•••]
(iii) Grant of option
As at the Latest Practicable Date, 4�,900,000 options were conditionally granted under the Share Option Scheme.
(iv) Value of options
The costs of the options granted under the Share Option Scheme are calculated using the [Binomial Model] with assumptions on various inputs to the model such as the expected yield and share price volatility and on the basis of the exercise price being HK$[•••] or HK$[•••], the fair value of the share options granted on 2 June 20�0 is estimated to be approximately HK$[6.27] million or HK$[8.�8] million; and given the grant of options is effecitve on the [•••], the amount that will be charged to our income statement in the second half of the year ending 3� March 20�� as equity-settled expenses will be approximately HK$[6.27] million or HK$[8.�8] million, respectively. Our Directors would like to emphasise that such cost is a current estimation for reference only and the final amount to be recognised to the profit and loss accounts for the year ending 3� March 20�� is subject to adjustment based on [audit] and the then changes in variables and assumptions.
(c) Detailsof theoutstandingoptionsgrantedunder theShareOptionScheme
As at the Latest Practicable Date, 4�,900,000 options were conditionally granted under the Share Option Scheme. The grant of 4�,900,000 options complies with the terms of the Share Option Scheme and [•••].
Details of the options granted were set out below:
Grant date: 2 June 20�0
Exercise price: HK$[•••]
Consideration paid: HK$� by the grantees
Conditions: No conditions are attached saved for those provided in the Share Option Scheme
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Details of the grantees and the options granted to them were set out below:
name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
�. Ng Tsze Lun (Marketing director of FG International)
Flat 2, G/F, Block A, Billion Terrace, �37-�39 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Note 2 2�,000,000 Shares [•••]
2. Ng Tze On (Director) Ground Floor, No. �90 Mong Chan Estate DD�29 Lot �495, Lau Fou Shan, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 5,350,000 Shares [•••]
3. Lau Kwok Wa, Stanley (Director)
No. 4� Bauhinia Road North, Section M, Fairview Park, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 5,350,000 Shares [•••]
4. Chan Shuk Fun (Assistant general manager of FG International and company secretary of our Company)
Flat C, 57/F., Block 3, Seaview Crescent, 8 Waterfront Road, Tung Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 800,000 Shares [•••]
5. Cheng Sylvia (General merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat C, �0/F., Block �0, Metro City Phase II, Tseung Kwan O, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 800,000 Shares [•••]
6. Cheng Kam Wan (General merchandising manager of FG International)
Room 9, 2�/F., Block C, Serende Cove, 623 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 800,000 Shares [•••]
7. Leung Suk Hing (Merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat G, �/F., Block 9, Kenswood Centre Phase 7, Kingswood Villas, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 400,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
8. Ching Chor Bik (Shipping manager of FG International)
Flat C, �2/F, Tower 3, Aegean Coast, 2 Kwun Tsing Road, So Kwun Wat Tuen Mun N.T
Note 2 400,000 Shares [•••]
9. Chan Mi Wa (Accounting manager of FG International)
Room �303, �3/F, Ka Wui House, Ka Keung Court, Wang Tau Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 400,000 Shares [•••]
�0. Cheuk Tak Kwong (Production executive of PT. Victory Apparel Semarang)
Room 6, �3/F, Shun Shing House, Shun Chi Court, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 400,000 Shares [•••]
��. Yiu Kit Kee (Merchandising manager of FG Shenzhen)
Flat B, �6/F, Block 88, Broadway Street, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�2. Lau Fat Chuen (General manager and the director of Jiangmen Factory)
�/F, Block 26, Opulent Villa, ��6 To Yuen Wai, Lam Tei, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�3. Tang Man Yi (Executive officer of FG International)
Flat 4, 20/F, Kwai Fung House, Kwai Chun Court, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�4. Lam Pui Yi (Assistant manager of FG International)
Flat B, 38/F., Tower 3, The Pacifica, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�5. Lo Sze Wan (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat B, �2/F, 88 Aberdeen Main Road, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
�6. Hown Yee Wa (Merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat 4, 3/F, Block G, Ching Lai Court Lai Chi Kok Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�7. Yung Siu Chin (Merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat B, �/F, Tower 6, Tai Hing Gardens, Phase II, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�8. Yeung King Man (Merchandising Manager of FG International)
Room 8, �0/F, Block H, Man Hei Mansion, Chun Man Court, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
�9. Hui Yee Ling (Merchandising manager of FG International)
Room 808, 8/F, Yan King House, King Shing Court, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 200,000 Shares [•••]
20. Tang Yiu Hong, Eric (Administration manager of FG International)
Suite 3�30, 3�/F, Tower 3, Harbourview Horizon, �2 Hung Lok Road, Hung Hom Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
2�. Chan Sau Ying (Administrative assistant of FG International)
8/F, 20 Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
22. Tang Miu Fun (Administrative assistant of FG International)
Flat G, 9/F, Block 5, Kingsford Terrace, 8 King Tung Street, Ngau Tsz Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
23. Mok Mei Che, Amy (Administrative assistant of FG International)
Flat A, 22/F, Block �, Aqua Marine, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
24. Wong Cheung Ling (Messenger of FG International)
Room 634, Block 3, Lai King Estate, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
25. Fong Po Wah (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat A, �6/F, Block �, Nerine Cove, 23 Hang Fu Street, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
26. Lee Lai Ping (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat C �408, �4/F, On Wah House, Lok Wah Estate, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
27. Yuen Kit Yee (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Flat �04, Koon Ming Court, Chung Ming House, Junk Bay, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
28. Leung Kin Pong (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Room ���3, Wo Muk House, Lei Cheng Uk Estate, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
29. Poon Chi Lok (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Room ��0�, ��/F, Tak Lok House, Tak Tin Estate, Lam Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
30. Cheung Kit Man (Shipping supervisor of FG International)
Rm 2308, 23/F, Siu Cheong Hse, Siu Hong Court, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
3�. Chan Tin Wai, Grace (Senior shipping clerk of FG International)
Room 2902, Block E, Wah Yan House, Ching Wah Court, Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
32. To, Kam Lun Brian (Group MIS manager of VC)
Flat F, 20/F, Block 2, Seaview Crescent, Tung Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
33. Li Wai Man (Senior accountant of FG International)
Flat A, 3/F, Hayon Building, 8 Tak Cheong Lane, Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
34. Ho Wai Kuong (Accountant of FG International)
Flat �2, 26/F, Hiu Ching House, Hiu Lai Court, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
35. Wong Sai Yuen (Accountant of FG International)
Flat 505, 4/F, Block C, I-Feng Mansion, 237-239 Tokwawan Road, Tokwawan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
36. Ng Kar Wah (Merchandiser I of FG International)
G/F, No �90 Mong Tseng Estate, DD�29 Lot �495, Lau Fou Shan, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
37. Choi Kai Chung (Merchandiser I of FG Shenzhen)
Room 403, Shun Hei House, Siu Hei Court, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
38. Yau King Wai (Assistant merchandising manager of FG Shenzhen)
Flat A, 8/F, Block 7, Cherry Mansions, Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
39. Cheung Lai Wan (Senior merchandiser of FG Shenzhen)
Room �80�, �8/F Yue King House, Siu Shan Court, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
40. Leung Pui Fan (Senior merchandiser of FG Shenzhen)
Flat F, �0/F, Block ��, Glorious Garden, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
4�. Lau, Tak Sing Ricky (QC manager of FG Shenzhen)
Room 6�0, Block B, Yee Ngai Court, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
42. Kiang Yee Leung (Manager of FG International)
2/F, Block 2, Lin Fa Court, 203 Wong Nai Tun Tsuen, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
43. Ng Kar Ki, Sam (Assistant merchandiser of FG International)
G/F, No �90 Mong Chan Estate, DD�29 Lot �495, Lau Fou Shan, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
44. Chan Tin Yee (QC manager of Jiangmen Factory)
Room 2804, 28/F, Po Wo House, Po Pui Court, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
45. Cheng Po Yuk (General manager of PT. Victory Apparel Semarang)
Rm 6, �3/F, Shun Shing House, Shun Chi Court, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
46. Ho Mun Yee, Vienn (Merchandising manager of FG International)
Room 2��0, 2�/F Hong Shui Court, �33 Pik Wan Road, Lam Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
47. Lai Ming Hin (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Rm 380�, Kwan Ming House, Yuk Ming Court, Junk Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 �00,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
48. Wong Yuet Sin (Sample co-ordinator of FG International)
Room �802, �8/F, Block C, Allway Garden, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
49. Hui Mei Wah (Chief graphic designer of FG International)
Flat C, 4�/F, Tower 5, Sorrento, � Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
50. Au Yeung Che Wing (Manager of FG Shenzhen)
Room 2��, 2/F Magnolia House, Matauwei Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
5�. Ng Tze Yin (Driver of FG International)
Flat A, 22/F, Block �, Aqua Marine, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
52. Chung Wing Yam (Driver of FG International)
RM �809, �8/F, Lung Fuk House, Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
53. Chan Chuen Ho (Senior personnel & administrative assistant of FG International)
Flat 24�5, 24/F, Shui Kwok House, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
54. Lo Kai Chi (Senior personnel & administrative assistant of FG International)
Flat �756, Shek Yuk Hse, Chun Shek Estate, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 3 50,000 Shares [•••]
55. Wong Ka Man (Merchandiser II of FG International)
Flat H, 45/F, Tower 2 Royal Green, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
56. Pang Chik Keung, Samuel (Senior merchandiser of FG International)
Flat A2, �5/F, Block A, Belcher Court, 2 Sai Cheung Street, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
57. Hui Chi Ping, Daisy (Merchandising manager of FG International)
4A Carlton Court, 5 Marconi Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 4 50,000 Shares [•••]
58. Lo Siu Wai (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Room �908, �9/F Shing Chung House, Mei Chung Court, Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 5 50,000 Shares [•••]
59. Chan Yuk Wah (Senior merchandiser of FG International)
Room 390�, Chung Ying House, Tin Chung Court, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
60. So Chi Wai (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Room G, 9/F, Block 6, Belair Monte, 3 Ma Sik Road, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
6�. Wang Ping Ping (Merchandiser I of FG International)
Flat B, 26/F Fu Kar Court, 32 Fortress Hill Road North Point, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
62. Tse Ching Suen, Venus (Merchandiser II of FG International)
Flat G, 42/F, Block 8, Metro Harbour View, 8 Fuk Lee Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
63. So Tsz Ying (Merchandiser II of FG International)
Room 2706, ong King House, Hong Yat Court, Lam Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
64. Lai Wing Kit (Assistant merchandiser II of FG International)
Flat 3507, 35/F., Ming Kok House, Ming Tak Estate, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
65. Wong Siu Tong (System administrator of FG International)
Flat C, �0/F Top View Mansion, �0 Canal Road West, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
66. Tang Ho Kwan, Tammy (Assistant accountant of FG International)
Flat 8, �6/F Hang Sam House, King Tin Court, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
67. Wong Kam Wah (Accountant of FG International)
Flat D, 26/F, Tower 2, Ocean Pointe, 8 Sham Tsz Street, Sham Tseng, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
68. Lau Chung Wa, Lucy (Accountant assistant of FG International)
Flat 33, 2/F Chung Ying Building, �63 Tai Kok Tsui Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
69. Chan Yi Hung (Merchandiser II of FG Shenzhen)
Flat B, 4/F, Block 5, Yuet Wu Villa, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
70. Chan Chi Ho (Merchandiser I of FG Shenzhen)
Room �5�2, Choi Wu House, Choi Yuen Estate, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
7�. Chan Sau Wai (Senior merchandiser of FG Shenzhen)
Flat D, �/F, Block 5, Tsui Ning Garden, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
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name of grantees (position in our group)
residential address of grantees
exercise period
number of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options granted
under the share option scheme
approximate percentage
of shares to be allotted upon
exercise in full of the options
granted under the share option
scheme (Note1)
72. Man Pui Yee (Merchandiser I of FG Shenzhen)
Room 3005, 30/F Tin Yee House, Tin Ping Estate, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
73. Tsui Yau Tak (Assistant compliance manager of FG Shenzhen)
�7B Kelly House, Gresson Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
74. Law, Yuk Bing Oliver (Technical officer of FG Shenzhen)
25 Yung Shue Long Old Village, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
75. Lai Wai Yuk (Shipping supervisor of FG Shenzhen)
Room �929, �9/F Kwai Yuen House, Chuk Yuen South Estate, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
76. Yeung Yuk Wan (Senior shipping clerk of FG Shenzhen)
Room B, 30/F, Block 4, Saddle Ridge Garden, Ma On Shan, New Territories, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
77. Cheng Chor Kam (Assistant merchandising manager of FG International)
Room 3�04, 3�/F Choi Man House, Homantin Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
78. Karolyn Kiu Sai Kong (Office administrator of CSG Apparel Inc.)
76 John Button Blvd., Markham, Ontario, Canada
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
79. Im Tong (Director of Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited)
No.83, Bl.2. Edif. Ko Fong, 2� Andar-H, Avenda General Castelo Dranco, Macau
Note 2 50,000 Shares [•••]
total 41,900,000 shares [•••]
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Notes:
�. [•••]
2. These options are exercisable by the relevant grantees during the period commencing from [•••] and
ending on 3� May 2020.
3. These options are exercisable by Mr. Lo Kai Chi during the period commencing from 3 January 20�2
and ending on 3� May 2020.
4. These options are exercisable by Ms. Hui Chi Ping, Daisy during the period commencing from � May
20�� and ending on 3� May 2020.
5. These options are exercisable by Mr. Lo Siu Wai during the period commencing from � May 20�� and
ending on 3� May 2020.
16. estate duty, tax and other indemnity
VC (the “Indemnifier”) has entered into a deed of indemnity with and in favour of the Company
(for itself and as trustee for each of our present subsidiaries) (being the material contract (y) referred
to in paragraph 9 above) to provide indemnities in respect of, among other matters:
(a) any liability for Hong Kong estate duty which might be incurred by any member of our
Group by reason of any transfer of property (within the meaning of sections 35 and 43
of the Estate Duty Ordinance (Chapter ��� of the Laws of Hong Kong) or the equivalent
thereof under the laws of any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong) to any member of our
Group on or before [•••]; and
(b) tax liabilities (including all fines, penalties, costs, charges, expenses and interests incidental
or relating to taxation) which might be payable by any member of our Group in respect
of any income, profits, gains, transactions, events, matters or things earned, accrued,
received, entered into or occurring on or before [•••], whether alone or in conjunction with
any other circumstances whenever occurring and whether or not such tax liabilities are
chargeable against or attributable to any other person, firm, company or corporation.
The Indemnifier is under no liability under the deed of indemnity in respect of any taxation:
(a) to the extent that provision has been made for such taxation in the audited accounts of
any member of our Group for any accounting period up to 3� March 20�0;
(b) to the extent that such taxation or liability falling on any of the members of our Group
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in respect of any accounting period commencing on � April 20�0 and ended on [•••],
where such taxation or liability would not have arisen but for some act or omission of,
or transaction voluntarily entered into by, any member of our Group (whether alone or in
conjunction with some other act, omission or transaction, whenever occurring) without
the prior written consent or agreement of the Indemnifier, otherwise than any such act,
omission or transaction:
(i) carried out or effected in the ordinary course of business or in the ordinary course
of acquiring and disposing of capital assets after � April 20�0; or
(ii) carried out, made or entered into pursuant to a legally binding commitment created
on or before � April 20�0 or pursuant to any statement of intention made in this
document; or
(c) to the extent that such taxation liabilities or claim arises or are incurred as a result of the
imposition of taxation as a consequence of any retrospective change in the law, rules and
regulations or the interpretation or practice thereof by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue
Department or the taxation authority of the PRC, or any other relevant authority (whether
in Hong Kong or the PRC or any other part of the world) coming into force after the date
of the deed of indemnity or to the extent such claim arises or is increased by an increase
in rates of taxation after the date of the deed of indemnity with retrospective effect; or
(d) to the extent that any provision or reserve made for taxation in the audited accounts of
any member of our Group up to 3� March 20�0 which is finally established to be an
over-provision or an excessive reserve, in which case the Indemnifier’s liability (if any)
in respect of such taxation shall be reduced by an amount not exceeding such provision
or reserve, provided that the amount of any such provision or reserve applied referred to
in this paragraph to reduce the Indemnifier’s liability in respect of taxation shall not be
available in respect of any such liability arising thereafter.
17. litigation
Save as disclosed in this document, no member of our Group is engaged in any litigation,
arbitration or claim of material importance, and no litigation, arbitration or claim of material importance
is known to our Directors to be pending or threatened by or against our Company, that would have a
material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition of our Company.
18. [•••]
19. promoter
(a) Our Company does not have any promoter.
(b) Within the two years preceding the [•••], no amount or benefit has been paid or given to
any promoters of our Company in connection with the [•••] or the related transactions
described in this document.
20. [•••]
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21. [•••]
22. [•••]
23. [•••]
24. [•••]
25. taxation of holders of shares
Dealings in Shares registered on our Company’s Hong Kong branch register of members will
be subject to Hong Kong stamp duty. Intending holders of Shares are recommended to consult their
professional advisers if they are in any doubt as to the taxation implications of subscribing for,
purchasing, holding or disposing of or dealing in Shares. It is emphasised that none of our Company,
our Directors or the other parties involved in the [•••] can accept responsibility for any tax effect on,
or liabilities of, holders of Shares resulting from their subscription for, purchase, holding or disposal
of or dealing in Shares.
Profits from dealings in our Shares arising in or derived from Hong Kong may also be subject
to Hong Kong profits tax.
The sale, purchase and transfer of Shares are subject to Hong Kong stamp duty, the current rate of
which is 0.2% of the consideration or, if higher, the value of our Shares being sold or transferred.
Under present Bermuda law, transfers and other dispositions of Shares are exempt from Bermuda
stamp duty.
26. miscellaneous
(a) Save as disclosed in this document:
(i) within two years preceding the date of this document:
(aa) no share or loan capital of our Company or of any of our subsidiaries has
been issued, agreed to be issued or is proposed to be issued fully or partly
paid either for cash or for a consideration other than cash; and
(bb) no commissions, discounts, brokerages or other special terms have been
granted in connection with the issue or sale of any share or loan capital of
our Company or any of our subsidiaries;
(cc) no commission has been paid or payable for subscribing or agreeing to
subscribe, or procuring or agreeing to procure the subscriptions, for any
shares in our Company or any of our subsidiaries;
(ii) no share or loan capital of our Company or any of our subsidiaries is under option
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or is agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be put under option;
(b) our Directors confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the financial or
trading position or prospects of our Group since 3� March 20�0 (being the date to which
the latest audited combined financial statements of our Group were made up); and
(c) our Directors confirm that there has not been any interruption in the business of our
Group which may have or has had a significant effect on the financial position of our
Group in the �2 months preceding the [•••].
27. Bilingual document
The English language and Chinese language versions of this document are being published
separately.