Report of the Directors (Continued)
DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES
At 30th June, 1996, the directors and their associates had the following interests in the issued share capital of the company as recorded in the register of directors' share interests:
Ordinary shares of HK$2 each Personal Family
Other
Ngan Shing-kwan Ngan Kit-ling
Ngan Kit-keung
Dr Henry Ngan Liu Lit-mo
D.A. Leslie Wright
Fritz Helmreich
Lily P.Y. Kwan Yam
Chow Yiu Nam
interests
interests
interests
3,568,637
33,468 (Note)
3,317,799
33,468 (Note)
5,509,468 1,250
33,468 (Note)
5,741,579
250
33,468 (Note)
62,250
5,000
6,000
Rafael S.Y. Hui
Note: The 33,468 shares in the company are included in the estate of the late Madam Wong Yick-mui, wife of Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan.
ARRANGEMENTS TO PURCHASE SHARES OR DEBENTURES
of
During the
year under review, the company did not grant to any director or chief executive or to the spouse or children under 18 years age of any such director or chief executive any right to subscribe for shares of the company.
At no time during the year was the company or any of its subsidiaries a party to any arrangements to enable the directors of the company to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares in or debentures of the company or any other body corporate.
SUBSTANTIAL INTERESTS IN THE SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY
As far as the directors are aware, no shareholder of the company who is not a director of the company is, directly or indirectly interested in 10 per cent, or more of the issued share capital of the company.
DIRECTORS' INTEREST IN CONTRACTS
Madam Ngan Kit-ling is the sole proprietor of Ngan & Co., one of the company's solicitors, and as such has an interest in legal fees and expenses paid by the company to that firm.
DIRECTORS' SERVICE CONTRACTS
No director proposed for re-election at the forthcoming ordinary yearly meeting has an unexpired service contract with the company which is not determinable by the company within one year without payment of compensation, other than normal statutory obligations.
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