09:24 SINOTRONICS<01195> - Announcement (1) The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the content of this announcement. SINOTRONICS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock Code: 1195) ANNOUNCEMENT Reference is made to the announcement of the Company made on 24 November 2004. The Board wishes to advise that the Legal Opinion which identified that the funding of RMB30,000,000 advanced to the Third Party by Fujian Fuqiang pursuant to agreement entered into on 29 March 2004 (``the Agreement''), is not a loan agreement but an investment agreement which does not contravene with the relevant PRC laws and regulation, except that the 8% return of the investment capital is unenforceable, and that the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Fujian Fuqiang does not contain any provisions prohibiting the transaction. Notwithstanding the legal opinion, the Company's auditors considered that the transaction should be accounted for and presented in accordance with its substance and economic reality, and not merely in its legal form; thus, an entry as a loan was made accordingly in the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2004. To avoid causing confusion to the public, the Company made the Announcement to name it as a loan agreement to be in conformity with the accounting treatment of the transaction under the said financial statements where it was named as a loan receivable, notwithstanding the view taken by the Company's legal adviser in the PRC. The Board was also of the opinion that the Announcement has disclosed the essential elements of the transaction as required under Rule 13.16 of the Listing Rules, irrespective of whether the transaction was treated as a loan or an investment. The Board wishes to further advise that to minimise the confusion and concerns of the shareholders, the Third Party confirmed that they will refund the investment capital of RMB30,000,000 and the 8% return to Fujian Fuqiang in March 2005. Consequently, the Company will no longer be participating in the designing, production and packaging of certain circuit boards in the project of the Third Party upon the receipt of investment capital. In spite of the refund, the Board is of the opinion that the co-operation between the Company and the Third Party was not affected. This announcement has been made at the request of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (``the Announcement''). Reference is made to the announcement of the Company made on 24 November 2004. The board of directors (``Board'') of Sinotronics Holdings Limited (the ``Company'') wishes to advise that the Company had obtained a legal opinion (``the Legal Opinion'') from the Company's adviser in the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') was obtained, which identified that the funding of RMB30,000,000 advanced to *(``the Third Party'') by Fujian Fuqiang Delicate Circuit Plate Co., Ltd. (``Fujian Fuqiang'') pursuant to the Agreement, is not a loan agreement but an investment agreement which does not contravene with the relevant PRC laws and regulation, except that the 8% return of the investment capital is unenforceable, and that the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Fujian Fuqiang does not contain any provisions prohibiting the transaction. Notwithstanding the Legal Opinion, the Company's auditors considered the transaction should be accounted for and presented in accordance with its substance and economic reality, and not merely in its legal form; thus, an entry as a loan was made accordingly in the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2004.