Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2019年6月 亞博匯 13 DONACO SHAREHOLDERS MOVE AGAINST JOEY AND BEN LIM Donaco 持股人出手， 欲將林拱耀及林拱和 趕出公司董事局 A group of shareholders in Donaco International Limited have filed a formal request for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to consider the removal of company founder Joey Lim Keong Yew and his brother Benjamin Lim Keong Hoe from the board of directors. The request is from three shareholders, named as Spenceley Management Pty Ltd as trustee for Spenceley Family Trust; Spenceley Management Pty Ltd as trustee for Spenceley Family Superannuation; and Antonia Caroline Collopy, who together hold more than 5% of issued Donaco shares. Notably, the Spenceley in question is James Spenceley, Chairman of fellow Southeast Asian casino operator Silver Heritage Group which runs Tiger Palace Resort in Nepal. Under Australian Securities Exchange listing rules, companies must call a meeting to vote on any resolution requested by shareholders representing 5% or more of a company. The meeting must also be called within 21 days of the request being issued and held within two months. In an announcement, Donaco said it will arrange for the EGM within the prescribed timelines. The shareholders’ move against the Lim brothers comes after the Australian Takeovers Panel was forced to strike down the on-market acquisition of a 9.71% stake in Donaco by Asian investment firm Orchard Capital Partners (OCP) because the company had already seized control over a 27.25% stake previously held by Joey Lim. Lim defaulted on a loan from OCP late last year. 一班 Donaco International Limited的持股人已正式要求召開特別 股東大會(EGM)，商討把公司創辦人林拱耀及其弟林拱和從董事局 中除名。 這要求由三位持股人提出，分別是SpenceleyFamilyTrust、Spen- celey Family Superannuation，以及Antonia Caroline Collopy。頭兩 位都以Spenceley Management Pty Ltd為信託人。三位持股人共持有 超過5%的Donaco股權。 根據澳洲證券交易所的上市條款，上市公司在持有公司股權 5%或以上的股東要求下，必須召開會議，就任何事項投票。這會議 亦須在該要求提出後21天內進行召集，並在兩個月內召開。 在一份於週一發出的公告中，Donaco說將於指定時間內安排 EGM。 這幾位股東針對林氏兄弟的舉動，發生在澳洲收購事務委員會 被迫反對亞洲投資公司Orchard Capital Partners (OCP)在公開市 場收購Donaco 9.71%股權一事後。該收購被反對的原因，在於OCP 已經擁有之前由林拱耀手持的Donaco 27.25%權益。林拱耀在去年 年尾無法償還一筆由OCP借出的貸款。