10:35 KONG SUN HOLD<00295> - 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 contents of this announcement. KONG SUN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Stock code: 295) (incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) DELAY IN PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2003 AND INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2004 AND DESPATCH OF ANNUAL REPORT AND INTERIM REPORT AND APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Company announces that the Directors (represented by their lawyers) appeared before the High Court on 2 September 2004 asking for an order to, inter alia, extend the time for the Company to lay before the 2003 annual general meeting of the Company the Annual Results under section 122 of the Companies Ordinance for six months (instead of three months as stated in the 30 June Announcement) until 31 December 2004. The High Court adjourned the said application indefinitely pending the Directors ascertaining the scheduled date of the release of the Annual Results. The Company also announces that it has announced the Annual Results on 19 January 2005. The Directors has applied to the High Court on 20 January 2005 to restore the hearing of the said application. The High Court will fix a date for the said hearing on 24 January 2005. In the circumstances, the despatch of the Annual Report will also be delayed until the High Court makes an order in relation to the said application. The Company will make further announcement(s) regarding the outcome of the said application and the date of despatch of the Annual Report. The Company further announces that due to the delay in the publication of the Annual Results, the publication of the Interim Results will also be delayed from 30 September 2004 to on or before 28 February 2005. As a result, the despatch of the Interim Report will also be delayed to a date to be announced by the Company. The delay in publication of the Annual Results and the Interim Results and the despatch of the Annual Report and the Interim Report constitute breaches of Rules 13.49(1) and 13.49(6) and 13.46(1) and 13.48(1) of the Listing Rules by the Company, respectively. In addition, note 2 of Rule13.46(b) notes that section 122 of the Companies Ordinance requires the annual accounts of a Hong Kong issuer which are laid before the issuer at its annual general meeting to be made up to a date falling not more than 6 months before the date of the meeting. The Stock Exchange reserves its rights to take further action against the Company and the Directors for such breaches. The Company also announces that Mr. Chan Shing Hoi Alfred has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the audit committee of the Company with effect from 10 January 2005. Details of Mr. Chan's appointment are set out below. Trading in the shares of the Company on the Stock Exchange was suspended with effect from 9:30 a.m. on 17 June 2004 at the request of the Company, and will continue to be suspended pending the release of an announcement in