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The NCB Scheme of Arrangement

   

  A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT  

pursuant to section 192 of the

Companies Act  

between  

NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK JAMAICA LIMITED

  N.C.B. GROUP LIMITED

  and their  

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Myers, Fletcher & Gordon  

Attorneys-At-Law

21 East Street

Kingston

 

Responsibility statement

The information contained in this document is given at the date of this document unless another time is specified, and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the Companies, their agents and professional advisers have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained herein is correct.

Shareholders of the Companies should not construe the contents of this document as legal, tax, financial or other professional advice.  Each Shareholder should consult his own professional adviser as to the legal, tax, financial, or other considerations relevant to the action he should take in connection with the Scheme.

The Companies, their agents and professional advisers have no responsibility in respect of any of the information contained in this document or otherwise made available in relation to the Scheme to any third party (i.e. a person who is not a Shareholder).

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

PART 1           EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

          A.            PRELIMINARY

                         Definitions

                         Statement from the Directors of NCB Group

                         Opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers

B.          BACKGROUND INFORMATION

            Present Shareholding Structure of the Companies

Interests of Directors

                        Financial position of the Companies and the New Core Subsidiaries

                        NCB Group's Subsidiaries

OMNI Insurance Services Limited

Edward Gayle & Company Limited

                        West Indies Trust Company Limited

N.C.B. (Investments) Limited

Data-Cap Processing Limited

N.C.B. Jamaica (Nominees) Limited

Epsom Holdings Limited

 

C.          THE TERMS OF THE SCHEME

                        What does the Scheme hope to achieve?

Putting the Scheme into place

Proposed Structure

Winding up of NCB Group

                        Stock Exchange

Share Offer to Staff.

Share Offer to Non-FINSAC Shareholders.

Administration of the Scheme.

Indemnities

NCB Group Creditors

Termination of the Scheme   

 

D.          PROCEDURES REGARDING THE SCHEME MEETINGS

Where and when

Voting at the Scheme Meetings

How to appoint a proxy

After the Scheme Meetings

Copies of documents

 

E.           APPENDICES TO THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 

Appendix A  :    REPORT OF PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS

Appendix B :      NCB GROUP CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT AND BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2000

Appendix C :     NCB CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT AND BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2000

Appendix D     NEW CORE SUBSIDIARIES PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 30 JUNE 2000

Appendix E :     NCB NEW CORE SUBSIDIARIES PROFORMA POST-REORGANIZATION  CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT AND BALANCE SHEET    AS AT 30 JUNE 2000

Appendix F :     IMPACT OF SCHEME ON EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO PUBLIC              SHAREHOLDERS

Appendix G :     THE NCBI PROPERTIES

Appendix H :     THE TERMS OF THE FINSAC PREFERENCE SHARES IN NCB (Extract)

 

 

PART 2            THE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT

         A.            PRELIMINARY 

Recitals

Definitions

Interpretation

Present Shareholding Structures

                        The Purpose of the Scheme

 

         B.           OPERATION OF THE SCHEME

                        Parties to the Scheme

Commencement of the Scheme

Entitlement of NCB Group Shareholders to shares in NCB

Entitlement of FINSAC to shares in NCB Group

Conversion of preference shares

Shareholding in NCB

Knutsford Branch

Epsom Holdings Limited

NCBI  Properties

Eureka Properties

New Core subsidiaries

Notice to Shareholders

Termination of the Scheme

         C .           DUTIES AND POWERS OF NCB AND DUTIES OF FINSAC

                        Duties of NCB

Powers of NCB

Duties of FINSAC 

 

  D.           MISCELLANEOUS 

Share Offer to Staff

Share Offer to Non-FINSAC Shareholders

Validity of Acts and Indemnity

Modification of the Scheme

Costs and Expenses

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

PART 3          A.            NOTICE OF SCHEME MEETING

                     B.             PROXY FORM

   

 

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