UDL HOLDINGS<0620> - Announcement
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UDL HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
CONNECTED TRANSACTION
Tenancy Agreement for leasing of premises by
Sincere Place Limited to Universal Dockyard Limited dated
9th February, 2000
The purpose of this announcement is to inform shareholders
of UDL Holdings Limited ("UDL Holdings") and the investing
public of the captioned transaction made between a
subsidiary of UDL Holdings and a connected person pursuant
to the requirements under Chapter 14 of the Rules Governing
the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited (the "Listing Rules").
INFORMATION REGARDING THE TENANCY AGREEMENT
Date of Agreement:
9th February, 2000
Landlord:
Sincere Place Limited, a company in which Mr. Leung Yat Tung,
chairman and director of UDL Holdings Limited, holds
approximately 99% of its beneficial interests.
Tenant:
Universal Dockyard Limited, a 98.75% owned subsidiary of UDL
Holdings.
Premises Leased:
All those pieces or parcels of ground situate lying and being
at House 2, Hong Hay Villas, DD231, Lot 12, Sai Kung, New
Territories, Hong Kong (the "Premises").
Leased Term:
Two years, commencing 1st February, 2000 and expiring on 31st
January, 2002, with an option to renew the tenancy at the
same term.
Rental:
Hong Kong Dollars Eighty-five Thousand Only (HK$85,000.00)
(inclusive of rates, management fees, water charges,
electricity charges, gas charges, telephone charges, and
distil water) per calendar month payable (by auto pay) in
advance on the 1st day of each calendar month clear of all
deductions (Crown Rent, and Property Tax only excepted) and
the first such payments to be apportioned and made on the
signing of this Agreement.
Deposit:
Hong Kong Dollars One Hundred and Seventy Thousand Only
(HK$170,000.00) redeemable at the expiry of the tenancy.
Intended Use of the Leased Premises:
The Premises are used as staff quarters for the Chairman of
UDL Holdings.
Sincere Place Limited:
Sincere Place Limited is an investment holding company the
principal activities of which are property investment. The
only asset of Sincere Place Limited is the premises.
UDL Holdings Limited:
UDL Holdings Limited is an investment holding company. The
principal activities of its subsidiaries are the provision
of civil engineering and sub-contracting services, vessel
hiring, structural steel engineering, ship building and
repairing, plant hiring and marine engineering and related
technical service.
For UDL Holdings, the above tenancy agreement constitutes
a connected transaction under the Listing Rules ("the
Transaction"). The directors of UDL Holdings (the
"Directors"), including the independent non-executive
Directors excluding Mr. Leung Yat Tung who is interested
party of the connected transaction, consider that the terms
of the Transaction are fair and reasonable as far as the
shareholders of UDL Holdings are concerned and the
Transaction was conducted in the ordinary and usual course
of the UDL Holdings' business and on normal commercial terms.
It is also the opinion of the Directors excluding Mr. Leung
Yat Tung who is an interested party, including the
independent non-executive Directors that the rental payable
by Universal Dockyard Limited under the Transaction was
determined based on the current market rental as quoted by
a property agency for similar properties nearby.
As the aggregate consideration of the Transaction represents
less than 3% of the book value of the net tangible assets
of UDL Holdings as shown in its audited consolidated accounts
for the year ended 31st March, 1998, it falls within the
provisions under Rule 14.25(1) of the Listing Rules and is
therefore not required to be approved by the independent
shareholders of UDL Holdings. Details of the Transaction
will be included in the next published annual report and
accounts of UDL Holdings.
By order of the Board
UDL Holdings Limited
Leung Yat Tung
Chairman
Hong Kong, 11 February 2000
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