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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)
Tramford International Limited
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
G89935-10-3
(CUSIP Number)
Kam Wai Chun
Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch
Bank of China Tower
1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
Tel. (852) 2826-6517
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
December 13, 2000
(Date of Event which Requires
Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of ss.ss.240.13(d)-l(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check
the following box. [ ]
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. ID NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
People's Republic of China
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 3,523,306
SHARES
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BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0
OWNED
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BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 3,523,306
REPORTING
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PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
WITH
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,523,306
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12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 39.77%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON BK
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This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements Items 4 and 7 of the Schedule
13D of the Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch (the "Bank"), with respect to the
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Tramford International Limited (the "Issuer").
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
As previously disclosed, the Bank acquired beneficial ownership of
3,523,306 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer as security for extending a
$2,500,000 loan to Beijing Holdings Limited ("Beijing Holdings"), a Hong Kong
limited company. In its Schedule 13D, the Bank disclosed that all of the
3,523,306 shares were pledged to the Bank by Beijing Holdings. In December 2000,
the Bank became aware that 974,576 shares of the 3,523,306 shares were
previously owned beneficially by CMEC Ceramics Holdings Limited ("CMEC"), a
company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and a
subsidiary of Beijing Holdings. Accordingly, the Bank caused CMEC to execute a
separate Deed of Charge over Securities on December 13, 2000, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 1. Thus, Beijing Holdings has pledged 2,548,730 shares of
Common Stock and CMEC has pledged 974,576 shares of Common Stock to the Bank as
security for the $2,500,000 loan to Beijing Holdings.
Except as set forth herein and in the Schedule 13D previously filed by the
Bank, the Bank has not formulated any plans or proposals which relate to or
would result in any of the transactions described in paragraphs (a) through (j)
of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
1. Deed of Charge over Securities dated December 13, 2000 executed by
CMEC Ceramics Holdings Limited in favor of Bank of China.
2. Schedule for Deed of Charge Over Securities, dated December 13, 2000
executed by CMEC Ceramics Holdings Limited in favor of Bank of China.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Date: December 21, 2000 Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch
By: /s/ Kam Wai Chun
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Name: Kam Wai Chun
Title: Officer
By: /s/ Chin Lai Ngan
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Name: Chin Lai Ngan
Title: Manager
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