DaChan Food (Asia) Limited
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 3999)
ANNOUNCEMENT
CHANGE IN DIRECTORSHIP
The Company announces the appointment of Mr. Chao Tien-Shin as non-executive
director of the Company with effective from 19 December 2007.
The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) announces that Mr. Chao
Tien-Shin has been appointed as non-executive director of the Company with
effective from 19 December 2007.
Mr. Chao Tien-Shin, aged 60, graduated from Tamkang University ( ) with a
degree in Irrigation Engineering. Mr. Chao, through his investment profession, has
gained extensive business management experience in both the information
technology industry and the traditional industry, such as food and services.
During the past three years, Mr. Chao was the chairman and director
of Sesoda Corporation ( ) (a company listed on Taiwan Stock
Exchange Corporation), Sequel Technology Limited ( ),
and Qiao Tai Xing Investment Co. Ltd.
( ) (“Qiao Tai Xing”). He was also a director of Bright View
Electronics Co. Ltd. ( ) and and Red Cross
Organization (Regional Operations Centre).
Mr. Chao controls and is currently the chairman and a director of Qiao Tai Xing
which is a corporate director of Great Wall Enterprise Co., Ltd. ( )
(a company listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation) (“Great Wall”). Great
Wall is the controlling shareholder of the Company. As of 19 December 2007, Qiao
Tai Xing holds 3,456,555 shares in Great Wall (representing 0.819% of the issued
shares of Great Wall) which holds 528,824,852 shares in the Company (representing
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52.33% of the issued shares of the Company). In addition, Mr. Chao and his family,
through CTS Capital Group Limited and its subsidiaries, own 2,854,000 shares in the
Company (representing 0.282% of the issued shares of the Company). Mr. Chao has
no interests in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the
Securities and Futures Ordinance.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Chao does not have any relationship with any other
directors, senior management or any substantial or controlling shareholders of the
Company, and he does not at present, and did not in the past three years, hold any
directorship in other listed public company.
Mr. Chao has been appointed as non-executive director of the Company for a term of
2 years, subject to the rotation, removal, vacation or termination of such offices as
set out in the articles of association of the Company (the “Articles”) or the
disqualification to act as a director of the Company under theArticles, the Companies
Law of the Cayman Islands and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The ordinary remuneration to be received by
Mr. Chao will be HK$150,000 per annum and shall be subject to review by the
remuneration committee of the Company, with reference to his duties and
responsibilities with the Company and the market rate for the positions.
In relation to the appointment of Mr. Chao as director of the Company, save as
disclosed above, there is no information which is discloseable nor is/was he involved
in any of the matters required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of
the provisions under paragraphs 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Rules Governing
the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and the
Board is not aware of any other matters which need to be brought to the attention of
the shareholders of the Company. The Board would like to take this opportunity to
welcome Mr. Chao to join the Board.
By Order of the Board
Han Jia-Hwan
Chairman
Hong Kong, 19 December 2007
As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Han Jia-Hwan (Chairman), Mr. Chang Tiee-Shen (Chief
Executive Officer) and Mr. Chen Fu-Shih are the executive Directors, Mr. Han Chia-Yau, Mr. Harn
Jia-Chen, Mr. Nicholas W. Rosa and Mr. Chao Tien-Shin are the non-executive Directors, and Mr. Liu
Fuchun, Dr. Chen Chih and Mr. Pai Nai-Yu are the independent non-executive Directors.
Website: www.dfa3999.com
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