09:47 3CEMS CORPORATION<00453> - Announcement (4) Tuesday, 18 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, 19 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday, 20 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday, 21 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Applications by giving Electronic Application Instructions to HKSCC Investors can apply for Public Offer Shares by giving Electronic Application Instructions to HKSCC as follows: 1. CCASS Investor Participants can give Electronic Application Instructions to HKSCC through the CCASS Phone System by calling 2979 7888 or through the CCASS Internet System (https://ip.ccass.com) (using the procedures contained in HKSCC's "An Operating Guide for Investor Participants" in effect from time to time). HKSCC can also input Electronic Application Instructions on behalf of CCASS Investor Participants if they go to the Customer Service Centre of HKSCC at Upper Ground Floor, V-Heun Building, 128-140 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong and complete an input request form. Prospectuses are also available at the Customer Service Centre of HKSCC; and 2. those who are not CCASS Investor Participants can instruct their brokers or custodians who are CCASS Broker Participants or CCASS Custodian Participants to give Electronic Application Instructions to HKSCC via CCASS terminals to apply for Public Offer Shares on their behalf. CCASS Broker/Custodian Participants can input Electronic Application Instructions at the following times on the following dates: Tuesday, 18 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.(1) Wednesday, 19 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.(1) Thursday, 20 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.(1) Friday, 21 January, 2005 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (1) These times are subject to change as HKSCC may determine from time to time with prior notification to CCASS Broker/Custodian Participants. The application lists will open from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Friday, 21 January, 2005. CCASS Investor Participants can input Electronic Application Instructions from 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 18 January, 2005 until 12:00 noon on Friday, 21 January, 2005 (24 hours daily, except the last application day). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Application Forms relating thereto, applications must be received no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, 21 January, 2005 (or such later date as may apply in case of a tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above or a "black" rainstorm warning signal being in force, as described in the section headed "How to apply for the Public Offer Shares" in the Prospectus). Please see the section headed "How to apply for the Public Offer Shares" in the Prospectus for further details. No temporary documents or evidence of title will be issued. No receipt will be issued for application monies. If your application is wholly or partially unsuccessful, the Company will refund your application money, including the brokerage, SFC transaction levy, investor compensation levy and Stock Exchange trading fee, to you without interest. All refunds will be made by a cheque crossed "Account payee only", and made out to you, or in the case of joint applicants, the first-named applicant on the Application Form on the terms set out under the paragraph headed "Refund of your money" in the Application Forms. Part of your Hong Kong Identity Card number/passport number, or, if you are joint applicants, part of the Hong Kong Identity Card number/passport number of the first-named applicant, provided by you may be printed on your refund cheque, if any. Such data would also be transferred to a third party for refund purpose. Your banker may require verification of your Hong Kong Identity Card number/passport number before encashment of your refund cheque. Inaccurate completion of your Hong Kong Identity Card number/passport number may lead to delay in encashment of or may invalidate your refund cheque. The total number of Shares available under the Public Offer (after taking account of any reallocation to and from the International Placing, if any) will be divided equally into two pools for allocation purposes: pool A and pool B. The Public Offer Shares in pool A consist of 5,814,000 Shares and will be allocated on an equitable basis to applicants who have applied for the Public Offer Shares with an aggregate price of HK$5 million (excluding the brokerage, SFC transaction levy, investor compensation levy imposed by the SFC and