09:12 HERITAGE INT'L<00412>-Announcement&Resumption of Trading(11) applicable 18 January 2005 18 January 2005 Placing of Collier Assets Shares under Limited general Approximately mandate 29.1 million 728,000,000 9.85% Investment in commercial properties Used N/A Total: Approximately HK$90.6 million Total: 4,683,995,578 Shares Total: 86.05% Total: Approximately HK$Nil million Total: Approximately HK$38 million Save as for the above, there have been no equity fund raising activities conducted by the Group in the past 12 months. The Board (including the independent non-executive directors) consider that the terms of the Placing Agreement, which were entered after arm's length negotiation between the Company and the Placing Agent, to be on normal commercial terms and that such terms are fair and reasonable and in the interest of the Shareholders and the Company as a whole. A circular containing details of the Transactions, including notice of the SGM and the advice of an independent financial adviser on the FM Transactions will be despatched to Shareholders as soon as practicable. RESUMPTION OF TRADING At the request of the Company, trading in the Shares on the Stock Exchange was suspended with effect from 9:30 a.m. on 24th January, 2005 pending the release of this announcement. Application has been made by the Company for the resumption of trading in the Shares on the Stock Exchange with effect from 9:30 a.m. on 26th January, 2005. DEFINITIONS The following terms are used in this announcement within the meanings set opposite them:- `Alpha Aim' Alpha Aim International Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on 18th November, 2004 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of China United; `Associates' has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Listing Rules; `Board' the board of directors of the Company; `China United' China United International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 273), a company incorporated in Hong Kong the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange; `Company' Heritage International Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange; `Connected Person(s)' has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Listing Rules; `Conversion Price' the initial conversion price of the New Convertible Notes of HK$0.05 per Share (subject to adjustment as provided in the terms and conditions of the New Convertible Notes); `Conversion Shares' such number of new Shares to be issued upon the exercise of the conversion rights attaching to the New Convertible Notes and the FM Convertible Note; `Directors' the directors of the Company; `Existing Convertible Notes' the convertible notes issued by the Company on 15th April,