09:38 SHELL ELECTRIC<00081> - Announcement (4) has undertaken to ensure that Appeon will be entitled to use all patents, copyrights, engineering rights, technology rights, intellectual property rights, product names, trademarks and domain names currently being used by Appeon in its business after his resignation. Both Mr. Shi and Mr. Gao will each execute a non-competition undertaking in favour of Appeon, under which they will undertake, among others, not to engage or participate in similar business as that of Appeon and not to solicit Appeon's customers and staff. The terms of the Acquisition Agreements have been negotiated on an arm's length basis. The Directors, including the independent non-executive Directors, consider that the terms of the Acquisition Agreements are on normal commercial terms, are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the shareholders of the Company as a whole. Source of Funding The Group will finance the Acquisitions through internal resources. GENERAL As Mr. Shi is a director and substantial shareholder of Appeon and Mr. Gao is a director of Appeon which is a non wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and a subsidiary of Sybond, each of Mr. Shi and Mr. Gao is a connected person of the Company and therefore the Acquisitions constitute connected transactions of the Company under the Listing Rules. Since each of the percentage ratios as defined in Rule 14A.10 of the Listing Rules is less than 2.5%, the Acquisitions are only subject to the reporting and announcement requirements set out in Rules 14A.45 and 14A.47 of the Listing Rules but otherwise exempt from the independent shareholders' approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules. Definitions:- In this announcement, the following terms have the following meanings:- "Acquisitions" the Shi Acquisition and the Gao Acquisition "Acquisition Agreements" the Shi Agreement and the Gao Agreement "Appeon" Appeon Corporation, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a non wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and a subsidiary of Sybond "Company" Shell Electric Mfg. (Holdings) Company Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability, the securities of which are listed on the Stock Exchange "Directors" the directors of the Company "Group" the Company and it subsidiaries "Gao Acquisition" the proposed acquisition of the Gao Sale Shares pursuant to the Gao Agreement "Gao Agreement" the agreement dated 27 January 2005 in relation to the sale and purchase of the Gao Sale Shares entered into between Mr. Gao and Sybond