11:08 MAXX BIOSCIENCE<00512>-Announcement&Resumption of Trading-8 Shares 0% 50% (Note (Note 1) 2) 100% (Note 3) Shares (%) Shares (%) Shares (%) Shares (%) Vision 130,004, 36.32 390,014, 36.32 390,014, 36.32 390,014, Ocean 818 454 454 454 36.32 Sunny 37,000,0 10.34 37,000,0 3.44 74,000,0 6.89 111,000, Fortune 00 00 00 000 Limited 10.34 (Note 4) Ceva 41,180,0 11.50 41,180,0 3.83 82,360,0 7.67 123,540, Investme 00 00 00 000 nts 11.50 Limited (Note 5) Public:- The - 455,946, 42.46 227,973, 21.23 - - Underwri 364 182 ters (Note 6) Other 149,793, 41.84 149,793, 13.95 299,586, 27.89 449,379, public 182 182 364 546 Sharehol 41.84 ders Total 357,978, 100.0 1,073,93 100.0 1,073,93 100.0 1,073,93 000 4,000 4,000 4,000 100.0 Notes: 1. Assuming that none of the Offer Shares is taken up by Independent Shareholders and that the entire Underwritten Shares are taken up by the Underwriters. 2. Assuming that 50% of the Underwritten Shares are taken up by Independent Shareholders and the remainder taken up by the Underwriters. 3. Assuming that the entire Underwritten Shares are taken up by the Independent Shareholders. 4. The 37,000,000 Shares are held by Sunny Fortune Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability and beneficially owned by Mr. Lok Fai. Mr. Lok Fai resigned as director of the Company in June, 2002 but remains a director in a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Lok was the chairman and executive director of the Company but resigned as chairman and was appointed as deputy chairman in March 2002. Mr. Lok then resigned as the deputy chairman and executive director in June 2002. 5. The 41,180,000 Shares are held by Ceva Investments Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability and beneficially owned by Mr. Lau Chun Ming. 6. The Underwriters will place the Underwritten Shares to placees. Each of the Underwriters shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the placees procured by it shall be independent of the Company and its connected persons and are not connected persons of the Company. Up to the Announcement Date, each of Sunny Fortune Limited and Ceva Investments Limited and their respective beneficial owner, Mr. Lok Fai and Mr. Lau Chun Ming has not indicated any intention or given undertaking to the Company in respect of the assured allotment of Offer Shares to which they are entitled in the Open Offer. WARNING OF THE RISKS OF DEALING IN SHARES Trading of Shares on ex-entitlement basis is expected to commence on Wednesday, 16 February 2005. Any person contemplating buying or selling of the Shares from now up to the date on which all conditions of the Open Offer are fulfilled will bear the risk that the Open Offer may not become unconditional and may not proceed. Investors should seek professional advice regarding dealings in Shares if they are in any doubt.