RE FORTUNE DRAGON MOTORS LTD.
The court confirmed the reduction because the statutory prerequisites were met: Article 47 authorized reduction, a valid special resolution was passed with the affected shareholder’s consent, the proposal was properly explained, the losses to be written off were shown to be permanent and irrecoverable, and the...
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- Citation
- RE FORTUNE DRAGON MOTORS LTD.
- Parties
- Petitioner: Fortune Dragon Motors Limited; Shareholder (holder of All Non Voting Deferred Shares): Ekpac China Limited
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Jurisdiction
- Hong Kong
- Judgment Date
- 3 September 2002
- Case Number
- HCMP1219/2002
- Procedural Posture
- Companies Ordinance Petition for Reduction of Capital (s58/s59) / Judgment (confirmation Granted)
- Outcome
- Reduction of capital confirmed
- Legal Topics
- Reduction of Capital, Share Consolidation, Creditor Protection, Special Resolution, Articles of Association
- Source Language
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Parties
Fortune Dragon Motors Limited
Petitioner
Ekpac China Limited
Shareholder (holder of All Non Voting Deferred Shares)
Procedural Posture
Companies Ordinance Petition for Reduction of Capital (s58/s59) / Judgment (confirmation Granted)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the company's articles authorized a reduction of capital
- 2 Whether a valid special resolution was passed
- 3 Whether affected shareholders were treated equitably
Ratio Decidendi
The court confirmed the reduction because the statutory prerequisites were met: Article 47 authorized reduction, a valid special resolution was passed with the affected shareholder’s consent, the proposal was properly explained, the losses to be written off were shown to be permanent and irrecoverable, and the purpose to bring share capital in line with available assets and enable future dividends was discernible, so creditors were not prejudiced.
Court Disposition
Reduction of capital confirmed
Orders
- Court confirms reduction of all 7,500,000 non-voting deferred shares of HK$1.00 each to HK$0.373333 each and consolidation of every 75 non-voting deferred shares into 28 non-voting deferred shares resulting in 2,800,000 non-voting deferred shares
- Minute approved to be registered with amendments as indicated by the judge
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