In re Alibaba.com Limited - Ruling
s.86 Companies Law; whether takeover privatisation scheme constitutes arrangement; class composition; adequacy of Scheme Document; compliance with Hong Kong regulatory requirements; convening meeting in Hong Kong; notice requirements; headcount test and treatment of custodian/clearing house votes; comparison of orthodox, Little Sheep, and Practice Direction 2/2010 approaches; operation of GCR O.102 r.20(6); Court’s discretion to direct HKSCC to specify participant‑level instructions; judicial comity and coordinate‑court decisions; adoption of multi‑headed custodian approach for determining statutory majority
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| Cause Number | FSD 0038/2012 (PCJ) |
|---|---|
| Court | CIGC (FSD) |
| Judge | Cresswell J |
| Parties | In re Alibaba.com Limited - Ruling |
| Judgment Date | 2012-05-01 |
| Subject | s.86 Companies Law; whether takeover privatisation scheme constitutes arrangement; class composition; adequacy of Scheme Document; compliance with Hong Kong regulatory requirements; convening meeting in Hong Kong; notice requirements; headcount test and treatment of custodian/clearing house votes; comparison of orthodox, Little Sheep, and Practice Direction 2/2010 approaches; operation of GCR O.102 r.20(6); Court’s discretion to direct HKSCC to specify participant‑level instructions; judicial comity and coordinate‑court decisions; adoption of multi‑headed custodian approach for determining statutory majority |
| Filename (current) | 12-05-01-Alibaba.Com-Limited-In-re.pdf |
| File MD5 | 95eb4556436049854ff33aeb3a9215f9 |
| Source pipeline | pdb |
| PDB record ID | 3526 |
| PDB URL | https://judicial.ky/n0c-storage/judgments-repository2/12-05-01-Alibaba.Com-Limited-In-re.pdf |