09:26 DICKSON GROUP<00313> - 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. DICKSON GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 313) PROPOSED SHARE CONSOLIDATION CHANGE OF BOARD LOT SIZE AND REFRESHMENT OF GENERAL MANDATE Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 4 February 2005. Pursuant to Rule 13.64 of the Listing Rules, the Board proposes that every 5 Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company be consolidated into one Consolidated Share in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company. As at the date of this announcement, there were 1,389,371,515 Shares in issue and 185,000,000 Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing. Assuming no further Shares will be issued from the date of this announcement up to the date of the SGM, there will be 314,874,303 Consolidated Shares in issue following the Share Consolidation and the Placing. It is also proposed that the Consolidated Shares will be traded in board lots of 10,000. Based on the closing price of HK$0.04 per Share as at the date of this announcement, the value of each board lot of 10,000 Consolidated Shares, assuming the Share Consolidation had already been effective, would be HK$2,000. The Directors were authorized to allot and issue up to 185,249,535 Shares pursuant to the General Mandate. Pursuant to the Placing, the Company will allot and issue a total of 185,000,000 Shares under the General Mandate. As the General Mandate will be utilized upon completion of the Placing, the Board proposes to seek the approval of the Independent Shareholders to refresh the General Mandate at the SGM. An independent board committee comprising the independent non-executive Directors will be formed to advise the Independent Shareholders on the refreshment of the General Mandate and an independent financial adviser will be appointed to advise the independent board committee of the Company on the terms of the refreshment of General Mandate. A circular containing, among other things, information as regards the Share Consolidation, the change of board lot size and the refreshment of the General Mandate, and a letter from an independent financial adviser to be appointed to advise the independent board committee on the refreshment of the General Mandate together with a notice convening the SGM, will be despatched to the Shareholders as soon as practicable. PROPOSED SHARE CONSOLIDATION Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 4 February 2005. Pursuant to Rule 13.64 of the Listing Rules, the Board proposes that every 5 Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company be consolidated into one Consolidated Share in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company. As at the date of this announcement, there were 1,389,371,515 Shares in issue and 185,000,000 Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing. Assuming no further Shares will be issued from the date of this announcement up to the date of the SGM, there will be 314,874,303 Consolidated Shares in issue following the Share Consolidation and the Placing. The authorised share capital of the Company will remain at HK$200,000,000. The number of authorised shares will be reduced as a result of the Share Consolidation from 20,000,000,000 Shares to 4,000,000,000 Consolidated Shares. As at the date of this announcement, there are no outstanding options, warrants or securities convertible or exchangeable into Shares. The implementation of the Share Consolidation is conditional upon: (i) the passing of the necessary ordinary resolution by the Shareholders at the SGM to approve the Share Consolidation; and (ii) the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Consolidated Shares.