09:51 GET NICE<00064> - Announcement & Resumption of Trading (4) Parties involved The Placing Agent, Chambray and Mr. Shum Placing Agent Kingston Securities Limited is the Placing Agent and will receive a placing commission of 1.5% on the gross proceeds of the Existing Shares Placing paid by Chambray and Mr. Shum, respectively, which was arrived at after arm's length negotiations among the Placing Agent, Chambray and Mr. Shum. Placees Not fewer than six placees, who are independent individual, corporate and/or institutional investors, and who and whose ultimate beneficial owners (i) are not connected persons (as defined in Listing Rules) of the Company; and (ii) are independent of the Company, its connected persons and other placees. None of the placees will become a substantial Shareholder of the Company as a result of the Existing Shares Placing. Existing Shares Placing Price The Existing Shares Placing Price is fixed on 3 January 2005, being the Last Trading Day. The Existing Shares Placing Price of HK$1.80 represents (i) a discount of about 9.1% to the closing price of HK$1.98 per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange on the Last Trading Day; (ii) a premium of about 15.98% to the average closing price per Share of HK$1.552 as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the last five full trading days up to the Last Trading Day; and (iii) a premium of about 17.57% over the average closing price per Share of HK$1.531 as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the last ten full trading days up to the Last Trading Day. The Existing Shares Placing Price is negotiated on an arm's length basis among the Placing Agent, Chambray and Mr. Shum. Existing Shares The Existing Shares of 35,730,000 Shares represent (i) about 11.92% of the existing issued share capital of the Company of 300,000,000 Shares; and (ii) about 9.92% of the issued share capital of the Company of 360,000,000 Shares as enlarged by the Top-Up Subscription. Of 35,730,000 existing Shares placed through the Placing Agent, 25,087,500 existing Shares are currently owned by Charmbray, which is wholly owned by Mr. Cham Wai Ho, Anthony, a Director and 10,642,500 existing Shares are beneficially owned by Mr. Shum, a Director. Condition of the Existing Shares Placing The Existing Shares Placing is unconditional. EFFECTS ON SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE No. of Shareholders/No. of shares held Existing % (approximately) After Top-Up Placing and Existing Shares Placing % (approximately) After Top-Up Placing, Existing Shares placing and Top-Up Subscription % (approximately) After the full conversion of the convertible note ("Convertible Note") based on the based on the initial conversion price of HK$1.3 per Share as announced in the Company's announcement dated 29 December 2004 % (approximately) Honeylink Agents Limited (Note 1) 189,270,000 63.09 129,270,000 43.09 189,270,000 52.58 189,270,000 44.90 Chambray Resources Limited (Note 2) 25,087,500 8.36 - - - - - - Shum Kin Wai, Frankie (Note 3) 10,642,500 3.55 - - - - - - Holder of Convertible Notes (Note 4) - - - - - - 61,538,462 14.60 Public Other shareholders 75,000,000 25.00 75,000,000 25.00 75,000,000 20.83 75,000,000 17.79 Placees for Top-Up