09:19 CHINA UNITED<00273>-Announcement & Resumption of Trading (3) Agreement with the Founders and Vision Gate. There are no other conditions precedent which are required to be satisfied prior to completion of the Verbal Agreement. If shareholders approve the FM Transactions but not the Placing at the EGM, the Company intends to fund its obligation under the New Found Macau Loan by internal resources, equity or debt fund raising exercises or a combination thereof depending on market conditions. If the terms of the New Shareholders Agreement when executed are materially different to that set out below, the Company will notify Shareholders by way of an announcement. The shareholding structure of Found Macau on completion of the Verbal Agreement will be:- (1) The Founders - 69% (to be held by Lao Hin Chun as to 19%, Filipe Lau as to 30% and Lourenco Cheong as to 20%) (2) Alpha Aim - 30% (3) Vision Gate - 1% The Verbal Agreement has not been reduced to writing yet. THE NEW SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT Parties to the agreement: (1) Found Macau (2) the Founders (3) Alpha Aim (4) Vision Gate The New Shareholders Agreement will provide certain minority protections (e.g. reserved matters, matters relating to board and shareholders' meetings and other provisions relating to the rights and obligation of the shareholders. The principal terms of the New Shareholders Agreement are set out below. The major differences between the Shareholders Agreement and the New Shareholders Agreement are that:- (i) the repurchase mechanism for the new investors under the Shareholders Agreement is replaced with the structure set out in the section headed `New Investors' below; (ii) the New Shareholders Agreement will not terminate on any shareholder holding more than 50% of the issued share capital of Found Macau; (iii) the mechanism for repayment of shareholders' loan is simplified as set out below; and (iv) the timing of the location of new FM Investors to provide shareholders loans is changed to 31st March, 2005 (or such other date as the shareholders of Found Macau other than the Founders may agree). Board of directors of Found Macau Each shareholder is entitled to nominate one person to the board of directors of Found Macau for every 10 FM Shares held by it. The present directors of Found Macau are Lao Hin Chun, Filipe Lau and Lourenco Cheong. Alpha Aim will have the right (but no obligation) to nominate three persons to the board of directors of Found Macau. New Investors The shareholders of Found Macau must use all reasonable endeavours to locate by 31st March, 2005 (or such other date as the shareholders of Found Macau other than the Founders may agree) new FM Investors to invest up to HK$500 million (including the New Found Macau Shareholders Loan and the shareholders loan of HK$5 million to be made by Vision Gate) by way of shareholders loans in Found Macau, on the same terms as the New Found Macau Loan (save as to amount and how it is to be satisfied). In the event that FM Investors are located, the Founders will sell the relevant number of FM Shares to the FM Investors at par value and each Investor is required to contribute HK$5,000,000 as shareholders loan for each FM Share acquired. The shareholders loans are to be advanced to Found Macau on demand. It is the present intention of the shareholders of Found Macau that the new investors will be located by the end of March 2005. No new investor has confirmed its investment in Found Macau, so the Company is not in a position to comment on whether any of them are connected persons of the Company at this stage. The purpose of this arrangement is to allow Alpha Aim to maintain a