09:53 WONSON INT'L<00651> - Announcement & Resumption (4) completion of the Second Placing. Placing Price The Placing Price of the Second Placing of HK$0.052 represents (i) a discount of about 10.34% to the closing price of HK$0.058 per Share as quoted on the Stock Exchange on 7 January 2005, being the last trading day prior to this announcement; (ii) a discount of about 15.86% to the average of the closing price per Share of HK$0.0618 as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the last five trading days immediately prior to the date of this announcement; and (iii) a premium of about 5.69% to the average of the closing price per Share of HK$0.0492 as quoted on the Stock Exchange for the last ten trading days immediately prior to the date of this announcement. The Placing Price of the Second Placing was negotiated on an arm's length basis between the Company and the Placing Agent. The Directors consider that the terms of the Second Placing are fair and reasonable based on the current favourable market sentiment and in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. Conditions of the Second Placing Completion of the Second Placing is conditional upon: (i) the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting approval for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the 3,000,000,000 new Shares pursuant to the Second Placing Agreement; (ii) the passing of the relevant resolution at the SGM to approve the issue of 3,000,000,000 new Shares pursuant to the Second Placing Agreement; and (iii) the obligations of the Placing Agent becoming unconditional and not being terminated in accordance with the terms of the Second Placing Agreement, including provisions regarding force majeure event. Termination and force majeure The Second Placing Agreement may be terminated by the Placing Agent if at any time at or before 10:00 a.m. on the date for completion of the Second Placing Agreement, there occurs: (i) the introduction of any new law or regulation or any change in existing laws or regulations (or the judicial interpretation thereof) or other occurrence of any nature whatsoever which may, in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent, materially and adversely affect the business or the financial or trading position or prospects of the Group as a whole; or (ii) the occurrence of any local, national or international event or change (whether or not forming part of a series of events or changes occurring or continuing before and/or after the date hereof) of a political, military, financial, economic, currency (including a change in the system under which the value of the Hong Kong currency is linked to the currency of the United States of America) or other nature (whether or not sui generis with any of the foregoing), or in the nature of any local, national, international outbreak or escalation of hostilities or armed conflict, or affecting local securities market or the occurrence of any combination of circumstances which may, in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent, materially and adversely affect the business or the financial or trading position or prospects of the Group as a whole or adversely prejudices the success of the Second Placing of the Shares by potential investor(s) or otherwise makes it inexpedient or inadvisable for the Company or the Placing Agent to proceed with the Second Placing; or (iii) any change in market conditions or combination of circumstances in Hong Kong (including without limitation suspension or material restriction on trading in securities) occurs which affect the success of the Second Placing (such success being the placing of the Shares to potential investor(s)) or otherwise in the reasonable opinion of the Placing Agent make it inexpedient or inadvisable or inappropriate for the Company or the Placing Agent to proceed with the Second Placing. The Directors are not aware of the occurrence of any of such events as at the date of this announcement. Completion of the Second Placing The conditions set out in the Second Placing Agreement is expected to be fulfilled on or before 28 February 2005, or such later date as may be agreed by the Company and the Placing Agent and the completion of the Second Placing will take place on or before the third Business Day after the Second Placing Agreement become unconditional. Further announcement will be made by the Company in the case that the Placing Agent has placed less than 3,000,000,000 new Shares as a result of the Second Placing. The Second Placing may or may not proceed. Shareholders and