SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeinns Hotel Group ("Homeinns" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: HMIN), a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced that it has called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "EGM"), to be held on March 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Shanghai time), at the executive offices of the Company located at No. 124 Caobao Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200235, People's Republic of China. The meeting is being held to consider and vote on, among other matters, the proposal to authorize and approve the previously announced agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement") dated as of December 6, 2015, among the Company, BTG Hotels Group (HONGKONG) Holdings Co., Limited ("Holdco"), a wholly owned subsidiary of BTG Hotels (Group) Co., Ltd., a PRC joint stock company that is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange ("BTG Hotels"), BTG Hotels Group (CAYMAN) Holding Co., Ltd ("Merger Sub"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco, and solely for the purposes of certain sections thereof, BTG Hotels, the plan of merger required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the "Plan of Merger"), and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger (as defined below).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger") with the Company continuing as the surviving company. If completed, the proposed Merger would result in the Company becoming a privately held company and the American depositary shares of the Company (each representing two ordinary shares) ("ADSs") no longer being listed on the NASDAQ Global Market. In addition, the ADSs and the Company's ordinary shares represented by the ADSs will cease to be registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The Company's board of directors, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of the Company's board of directors composed entirely of independent directors who are unaffiliated with the buyer group or any of the management members of the Company, approved the Merger Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger). The board of directors recommends that the Company's shareholders and ADS holders vote FOR, among other things, the proposal to authorize and approve the Merger Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger).
Shareholders of record at the close of business in the Cayman Islands on March 4, 2016 will be entitled to attend and vote at the EGM. ADS holders as of the close of business in New York City on February 23, 2016 will be entitled to instruct The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as the ADS depositary, to vote the ordinary shares represented by their ADSs at the EGM.
Additional information regarding the EGM and the Merger Agreement can be found in the transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 and the proxy statement attached as Exhibit (a)-(1) thereto, as amended, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which can be obtained, along with other filings containing information about the Company, the proposed Merger and related matters, without charge, from the SEC's website (www.sec.gov). In addition, persons wanting to receive copies of the definitive proxy statement may direct such requests to MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the Company's proxy solicitor, toll-free 1-800-322-2885 (or +1-212-929-5500 outside of the United States) (call collect) or via email at [email protected].
SHAREHOLDERS AND ADS HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THESE MATERIALS AND OTHER MATERIALS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE PROPOSED MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS.
The Company and certain of its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from our shareholders with respect to the proposed Merger. Further information regarding persons who may be deemed participants, including any direct or indirect interests they may have, is also set forth in the definitive proxy statement.
This announcement is neither a solicitation of a proxy, an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities and it is not a substitute for any proxy statement or other filings that have been or will be made with the SEC.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward Looking Statements
This document may include certain statements that are not descriptions of historical facts, but are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "will," "should," "may," "believes," "expects" or similar expressions. Such statements include, among others, those concerning how the Company's shareholders will vote at the meeting of shareholders, the possibility that various closing conditions for the transaction may not be satisfied or waived and other risks and uncertainties discussed in documents filed with the SEC by the Company, as well as the Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement and the proxy statement filed by the Company. All of such assumptions are inherently subject to uncertainties and contingencies beyond the Company's control and based upon premises with respect to future business decisions, which are subject to change. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
About Homeinns Hotel Group
Homeinns Hotel Group is a leading economy hotel chain in China based on number of hotels and hotel rooms as well as geographic coverage of the hotel chain. Since the Company commenced operations in 2002, it has built Homeinn as one of the best-known economy hotel brands in China. In October of 2011, the Company acquired Motel 168, another well-known hotel chain in China, as its second economy hotel brand. Homeinns Hotel Group aims to offer a consistent product and high-quality services to primarily serve the fast growing population of value-conscious individual business and leisure travelers who demand clean, comfortable and convenient lodging. Homeinns Hotel Group's ADSs, each of which represents two ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HMIN." For more information about Homeinns Hotel Group, please visit http://english.homeinns.com.
For more information, please contact:
Mingjia Ding
Homeinns Hotel Group
Tel: +86-21-3337-3333*3870
Email: [email protected]
Cara O'Brien
FTI Consulting
Tel: +852-3768-4537
Email: [email protected]
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