09:30 SHANDONG POWER<01071> - Announcement (5) independent third party pursuant to which the Company has acquired 70% equity interest in Zhangqiu. Details of such acquisition were disclosed in the Company's 2001 annual report. The Zhangqiu Exploration and Design Agreement On 18th April, 2000 (i.e., at the time before the Company acquired its 70% equity interest in Zhangqiu), Zhangqiu entered into the Zhangqiu Exploration and Design Agreement with the Consultancy Council pursuant to which Zhangqiu has agreed to engage the Consultancy Council to provide exploration and design services for the construction of two 135MW fuel generating units in Zhangqiu, Shandong Province, the PRC. Except for the payment of an advance payment in an amount of RMB750,000 by Zhangqiu to the Consultancy Council on 27th April, 2000, no other payment had been made by Zhangqiu, and, since the Company acquired its 70% equity interest in Zhangqiu in December, 2001, no service had been provided by the Consultancy Council, pursuant to the Zhangqiu Exploration and Design Agreement. The principal terms of the Zhangqiu Exploration and Design Agreement are set out as follows: Date : 18th April, 2000 Parties : Zhangqiu; and the Consultancy Council, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEPCO Consideration : an aggregate of RMB7,500,000 (approximately HK$7,080,000), which will be funded out of the Group's internal resources. Payment terms : under the Zhangqiu Exploration and Design Agreement, the consideration shall be payable, or was paid (as the case may be), in the following manner: (a) 10% of the consideration was paid as an advance payment by Zhangqiu on 27th April, 2000; (b) progress payments totaling 80% of the consideration shall be payable in accordance with the work-in-progress and schedule of the services performed; and (c) 10% of the consideration shall be retained by Zhangqiu as retention funds which shall be payable following the expiry of a six- month period after the relevant generating unit commences operation. The terms of the Zhangqiu Exploration and Design Agreement were negotiated on an arm's length basis and were on normal commercial terms in the ordinary and usual course of business. The Zhangqiu No.1 Construction Agreements Zhangqiu entered into two construction agreements (collectively, the Zhangqiu No.1 Construction Agreements) with the No.1 Construction Engineering Company pursuant to which Zhangqiu has agreed to engage the No.1 Construction Engineering Company to provide certain construction and installation services involved in the construction of the two 135MW fuel generating units in Zhangqiu, Shandong Province, the PRC to be constructed by Zhangqiu. The principal terms of the Zhangqiu No.1 Construction Agreements are set out as follows: Date : 9th July, 2002 Parties : Zhangqiu; and the No.1 Construction Engineering Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEPCO Consideration : an aggregate of approximately RMB34,830,000 (approximately HK$32,860,000) (subject to adjustments for variations of the work and services to be performed), which will be funded out of the Group's internal resources. Payment terms : under the Zhangqiu No.1 Construction Agreements, the consideration shall be payable in the following manner: (a) 10% of the consideration shall be payable as an advance payment following the signing of each of the Zhangqiu No.1 Construction Agreements; (b) a progress payment, being a proportional sum of the consideration determined based on the work-in-progress carried out each month, shall be payable monthly; and (c) 5% and 10%, respectively, of the consideration of each of the Zhangqiu No.1 Construction Agreements shall be retained by Zhangqiu as retention funds which shall be payable following the expiry of an one- year period after the commencement of the relevant quality-warranty period and the issuance of a warranty certificate by the project manager and/or Zhangqiu (as the case may be).