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RNS Number : 2618L

Asian Growth Properties Limited

08 January 2016

8 January 2016

ASIAN GROWTH PROPERTIES LIMITED

Disclosure of Directors' Deemed Shareholding Interests

The board of directors of Asian Growth Properties Limited (the "Company") (AIM Stock Code: AGP), the Hong Kong based China property development and investment company, announces that the Company has today received notifications from the following executive and non-executive directors of the Company reporting their respective deemed interests in the ordinary shares of US$0.05 each in the Company (the "Shares") as follows:

I. S E A Holdings Limited ("SEA") is beneficially entitled to about 97.17% of the existing issued share capital of the Company. SEA has changed its issued share capital as a result of the cancellation of repurchased SEA shares and the issue of new SEA shares to option holders who had exercised their subscription rights during the period up to 7 January 2016.

II. On 23 December 2015, Mr. Lam Sing Tai (non-executive director of the Company) disposed of 2,538,000 SEA shares.

III. On 4 January 2016, Mr. David Andrew Runciman (executive director of the Company) disposed of 200,000 SEA shares.

IV. Up to 7 January 2016, Mr. Lambert Lu (executive director of the Company) acquired a total of 500,000 SEA shares.

V. Up to 7 January 2016, Nan Luen International Limited ("NLI") acquired a total of 2,190,000 SEA shares (the "Acquisition").

VI. Immediately after the Acquisition, NLI has a direct shareholding interest of 59.35% of the issued share capital of SEA. NLI is also interested in 100% of the issued share capital in two companies which in turn are interested in a total of 5.23% of the issued share capital of SEA. Thus, NLI is deemed to have a total shareholding interest of 64.58% in the issued share capital of SEA after the aforesaid events.

   VII.   JCS Limited ("JCS") has a direct interest of 63.58% in the issued share capital of NLI. 

VIII. NYH Limited ("NYH"), a company 100% owned by Mr. Lu Wing Chi (executive director of the Company), has a direct shareholding interest of 0.304% of the issued share capital of SEA. Mr. Lu Wing Chi is deemed to be interested in 0.304% interest in SEA by virtue of his 100% interest in NYH.

Immediately after the aforesaid events, the respective deemed interests in the Shares of the following directors of the Company as at 7 January 2016 be as follows:

1. Mr. Lu Wing Chi, executive director of the Company, is deemed to have an indirect beneficial shareholding interest in 356,919,126 Shares, representing approximately 40.27% of the existing issued share capital of the Company, by virtue of his following interests:

   (i)      1.64% direct shareholding interest in SEA; 
   (ii)      30% direct shareholding interest in NLI; 
   (iii)     49% direct shareholding interest in JCS; and 
   (iv)     100% direct shareholding interest in NYH. 

2. Mr. Lincoln Lu, executive director of the Company, is deemed to have an indirect beneficial shareholding interest in 131,554,316 Shares, representing approximately 14.84% of the existing issued share capital of the Company, by virtue of his following interests:

   (i)        2.73% direct shareholding interest in SEA; 
   (ii)       3.21% direct shareholding interest in NLI; and 
   (iii)      25.5% direct shareholding interest in JCS. 

3. Mr. Lambert Lu, executive director of the Company, is deemed to have an indirect beneficial shareholding interest in 131,554,316 Shares, representing approximately 14.84% of the existing issued share capital of the Company, by virtue of his following interests:

   (i)        2.73% direct shareholding interest in SEA; 
   (ii)       3.21% direct shareholding interest in NLI; and 
   (iii)       25.5% direct shareholding interest in JCS. 

4. Mr. David Andrew Runciman, executive director of the Company, has beneficial shareholding interest in 520,000 Shares, representing approximately 0.06% of the existing issued share capital of the Company.

5. Mr. Lam Sing Tai, non-executive director of the Company, is deemed to have an indirect beneficial shareholding interest in 4,856,620 Shares, representing approximately 0.55% of the existing issued share capital of the Company, through his 0.56% direct shareholding interest in SEA.

For more information, please contact:

   Lu Wing Chi                            Tel: +852 2828 6363 

Executive Director

Asian Growth Properties Limited

   Richard Gray                            Tel: +44 207 886 2500 

Andrew Potts

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited

(Nominated Advisor)

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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