09:50 STELUX HOLDINGS<00084> - Announcement (2) 2004 with Vision Pro Group and Thong Sia Companies respectively to record the terms of purchases of optical products from Vision Pro, Thong Sia (Singapore), Thong Sia (Malaysia) and other members of Vision Pro Group. The agreements were effective from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2007. Under the agreements, the Group agreed to purchase optical products from Vision Pro Group and Thong Sia Companies respectively on terms no less favourable than those offered by the Vision Pro Group and Thong Sia Companies to other third parties. Payment terms vary according to product type and country where supplied, from cash upon delivery to 90 days upon receipt of invoice. On 12 June 2004, the Company issued an announcement with respect to the purchase of optical products from Vision Pro Group and Thong Sia Companies, stating in such announcement that the Company proposed to set the maximum aggregate annual consideration for the Continuing Connected Transactions at HK$3.0 million, HK$3.7 million and HK$4.5 million for each of the three financial years ended 31 March 2007 (the "Caps") and that if such Caps were exceeded during the term of the Continuing Connected Transactions for the relevant financial year, the Company would re-comply with the announcement requirement under Rule 14A.35 of the Listing Rules. Sales of optical products in the past few months have exceeded the Company's original expectation since the Continuing Connected Transactions were announced on 12 June 2004 and the unaudited value of the Continuing Connected Transactions for the Group for the period from 1 April 2004 up to and including 31 December 2004 was approximately HK$2,848,000. Accordingly, the Company expects that the Caps for each of the three financial years ended 31 March 2007 will likely be exceeded. As such, the Company considers it necessary to revise the Caps as set out in the paragraph headed "Information about the Continuing Connected Transactions" below. The estate of Mr. Wong Chue Meng is interested in approximately 70% of the issued capital of the Company (through various holding companies including Yee Hing Company Limited) and holds more than 30% of the equity in each of the Thong Sia Companies. Mr. Wong Chue Meng was the former chairman of the Company and passed away in June 2003. Vision Pro is a 60% indirectly owned subsidiary of Yee Hing Company Limited, through a holding subsidiary called International Optical Manufacturing Company Limited and 40% owned subsidiary of Thong Sia Company Limited, which holds approximately 10% of the issued share capital of the Company. Yee Hing Company Limited is a substantial shareholder of the Company holding approximately 44% of its issued share capital. Mr. Chumphol Kanjanapas (alias Joseph C.C. Wong), the vice chairman and chief executive officer of the Company, is a director of Vision Pro. Mr. Wong Chong Po, the present chairman of the Company, is a director of International Optical Manufacturing Company Limited. Therefore, Vision Pro and Thong Sia Companies are associates of connected persons of the Company and the Continuing Connected Transactions constitute connected transactions under the Listing Rules. INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONTINUING CONNECTED