10:18 CAPITAL STRAT<00497>CAPITAL ESTATE<00193>-JA&<00193>Resume9 1,300,000,000 24.21 Holders of 2% redeemable convertible notes with aggregate principal amount of HK$3,000,000 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 150,000,000 2.79 Public: Placees - 0 650,000,000 19.88 650,000,000 16.59 650,000,000 12.45 650,000,000 12.11 Others 2,409,534,668 73.70 2,409,534,668 73.70 2,409,534,668 61.47 2,409,534,668 46.17 2,409,534,668 44.88 Subtotal 2,409,534,668 73.70 3,059,534,668 93.58 2,409,534,668 78.06 3,059,534,668 58.62 3,059,534,668 56.99 Total 3,269,398,668 100.00 3,269,398,668 100.00 3,919,398,668 100.00 5,219,398,668 100.00 5,369,398,668 100.00 USE OF PROCEEDS The net proceeds from the Top-Up Subscription will be about HK$16.8 million. The net proceed raised per Top-Up Subscription Share will be HK$0.0258 per Share. The net proceeds from the CB Placing will be about HK$35.6 million. The aggregate net proceeds from the Top-Up Subscription and the CB Placing, of about HK$52.4 million will be used for property development and investment in Macau including retail shops and commercial buildings. The Board considers that the Top-Up Subscription and the CB Placing are in the interest of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. PROPOSED REFRESHMENT OF GENERAL MANDATE The Top-Up Subscription Shares will be allotted and issued pursuant to the general mandate to allot, issue and deal with Shares granted to the Directors by a resolution passed at the annual general meeting of the Company held on 16 December 2004 and such general mandate was granted on the basis of the issued share capital of the Company comprising 3,269,398,668 Shares on that date. At the date of this announcement, the existing general mandate has not been utilized and based on the number of Shares in issue as at the date of the said resolution, 653,879,733 new Shares can be issued under the existing general mandate. As a result, such existing general mandate will be utilized by the Top-Up Subscription and the board of Directors proposes to refresh the general mandate. The refreshment of the general mandate is subject to the Shareholders' approval at the EGM. Since there is no controlling shareholders of the Company and also there is not any holding of Shares by the Directors nor the chief executive existing as at the date of this announcement, no Shareholders are required to abstain from voting to the refreshment of the general mandate at the EGM. In event that, during the period from the date of this announcement to the date of EGM, there is any