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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
29 CAPITAL, RESERVES AND DIVIDENDS (Continued)
(d)
Issuance of shares under rights issue
On 29 December 2014, 5,557,554,750 ordinary shares were issued pursuant to the rights issue on
the basis of three rights shares for every two existing shares at HKD0.28 each. Total net consideration
amounted to USD195,453,000, of which USD55,576,000 was credited to share capital and the
remaining proceeds of USD139,877,000 was credited to the share premium account. The Company’s
authorised ordinary share capital was increased to USD150,000,000 by the creation of an additional
9,000,000,000 ordinary shares of USD0.01 each, raking pair with the existing ordinary shares of the
Company in all respects.
The aggregate amount of share capital of the companies now comprising the Group, after elimination
of interests in subsidiaries, was included in other reserve during the years ended 31 December 2015
and 2014 (Note 29(e) (ii)).
The Company
No of
shares’000
2015 2014
USD’000
No of
shares’000
USD’000
Authorised:
Ordinary shares 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 150,000
Ordinary shares, issued and fully paid:
At 31 December 2015 At 31 December 2014
No of
shares’000
USD’000
No of
shares’000
USD’000
Ordinary shares 9,262,591 92,626 9,262,591 92,626
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