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2008 Annual Report - Kenford Group Holdings Limited

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Notes to the Financial Statements<br />

For the year ended 31 March <strong>2008</strong><br />

27. SHARE CAPITAL (Continued)<br />

Share option scheme<br />

On 27 May 2005, the Company adopted a share option scheme (“Share Option Scheme”) and a pre-IPO share option<br />

scheme (“Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme”).<br />

Under the Share Option Scheme and the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme, the directors may, at their discretion, grant to<br />

any eligible person as defi ned under the respective scheme to take up options to subscribe for fully vested shares of the<br />

Company at a subscription price to be determined by the directors pursuant to the relevant listing rules. The total number<br />

of shares in respect of which options may be granted under the Share Option Scheme and the Pre-IPO Share Option<br />

Scheme of the Company shall not exceed (i) 40,000,000 shares (being 10% of the total number of shares in issue as at<br />

the listing date (i.e. 16 June 2005), or (ii) 30% of the Company’s issued share capital from time to time as approved by<br />

the shareholders.<br />

As at date of this report, no options have been granted by the Company under the Share Option Scheme.<br />

On 28 May 2005, options to subscribe for 4,000,000 shares in aggregate at an exercise price equivalent to one third of the<br />

Offer Price (i.e. HK$0.55), have been conditionally granted by the Company to certain of the key senior management staff<br />

under the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme. The options may be exercised at any time between 16 December 2005 and 13<br />

June <strong>2008</strong> provided that the closing price of the shares as stated in the Stock Exchange’s daily quotations sheet on that<br />

date shall not be less than 1.25 times of the Offer Price.<br />

Warrants<br />

A total of 100,000,000 warrants were issued by the way of bonus issue to all shareholders whose name appeared on<br />

the register of members of the Company as at completion of the Share Offer and the Capitalisation Issue (as defi ned<br />

in the Prospectus dated 31 May 2005) in proportion of one warrant for every four shares, in unit(s) of HK$0.30 of<br />

the subscription rights to the warrant holders. The subscription price of the warrants is HK$0.60 per share with a<br />

subscription period from 16 June 2005 to 13 June <strong>2008</strong>. During the year, 2,272,000 warrants were exercised to subscribe<br />

for 1,136,000 ordinary shares of the Company at HK$0.6 per share. At 31 March <strong>2008</strong>, 97,728,000 warrants were<br />

outstanding and lapsed on 13 June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />

<strong>Group</strong><br />

Capital management policy<br />

The <strong>Group</strong>’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, so that<br />

it can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders, and to provide an adequate return<br />

to shareholders by pricing products and services commensurate with the level of risk.<br />

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the <strong>Group</strong> may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders,<br />

return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debts. No changes were made in the objectives,<br />

policies or processes during the year ended 31 March <strong>2008</strong> and 2007.<br />

72 KENFORD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

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