09:46 QUALITY HEALTH<00593> - Announcement & Resumption (4) Accepting Shareholders may accept the Offer in excess of their Assured Entitlement and the number of Shares which the Company may repurchase under the Excess Tender may increase if certain Qualifying Shareholders do not accept the Offer or accept the Offer in respect of Shares fewer than their Assured Entitlement. If Accepting Shareholders in aggregate accept the Offer for more than the Maximum Number, the number of Shares to be repurchased by the Company under the Excess Tenders will be scaled down on a pro rata basis. OVERSEAS AND EXCLUDED SHAREHOLDERS In order to address concerns regarding the implications under overseas securities laws for making the Offer to Overseas Shareholders (including illegality, filing and registration requirements or the need for compliance with other requirements), the Offer will not be open to the Excluded Shareholders whose registered address is located in certain jurisdiction subject to the Executive's consent. A copy of the Offer Document will be sent to the Shareholders in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company and if sent to the Excluded Shareholders shall be solely for the purpose of attending and voting at the SGM. Despite the fact that Excluded Shareholders may not participate in the Offer, all Independent Shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the SGM. An application will be made, in advance before the Offer Document is despatched to the Shareholders, to the Executive under Rule 8 of the Repurchase Code for consent if any Excluded Shareholder has then been identified. No Excluded Shareholders have been identified as at the date of this announcement. It is the responsibility of each Overseas Shareholder who wishes to accept the Offer to satisfy himself as to the full observance of the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in that connection, including the obtaining of any governmental or other consent which may be required or the compliance with other necessary formalities or legal requirements. The Company shall give notice of any matter in relation to the Offer to the Shareholders in accordance with its bye-laws and if so given it shall be deemed to have been sufficient for all effective purposes, despite any failure by any Overseas Shareholder to receive the same. NOMINEE REGISTRATION OF SHARES To ensure equality of treatment of Shareholders, those registered holders of Shares holding such Shares as nominees for more than one beneficial owner should, as far as practicable, treat the holdings of each beneficial owner separately. In order for beneficial owners of Shares, whose investments are registered in nominee names, to accept the Offer, it is essential that they direct their nominee agents with instructions with regard to the Offer. WHITEWASH WAIVER Wah Cheong directly holds 64,373,594 Shares, representing approximately 29.71% of the entire issued share capital of the Company as at the date of this announcement. Since Wah Cheong has irrevocably undertaken to the Company that it will not accept the Offer in respect of any of its holdings in the Shares, as a result, the interest of Wah Cheong in the issued share capital of the Company may increase to a maximum level of approximately 33.01%, depending on the level of acceptances received from the Accepting Shareholders pursuant to the Offer.