10:08 MOULIN INT'L<00389> - Announcement & Resumption (6) (a) the Vendor; (b) the Company; and (c) the Placing Agent. The Placing Shares 54,773,674 existing Shares are to be placed, representing approximately 11.0% of the existing issued share capital of the Company and approximately 9.1% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the Subscription Top-up. Placing Agent The Placing is fully underwritten by the Placing Agent. The Placing Agent is not a connected person of the Company under the Listing Rules for the purposes of this transaction. Placing Price The Placing Price of HK$5.724 per Share was arrived at after arm's length negotiations between the Company, the Vendor and the Placing Agent. It represents (i) a discount of approximately 10.6% to the closing price of HK$6.4 per Share as quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 18 February 2005, (ii) a discount of approximately 7.8% of the average closing price of approximately HK$6.21 per Share as quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the last 5 trading days up to and including 18 February 2005; and (iii) a discount of approximately 8.6% to the average closing price of approximately HK$6.26 per Share as quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the last 10 trading days up to and including 18 February 2005. Rights The Placing Shares will be sold free of all liens, charges and encumbrances, and together with all rights attaching thereto as at 21 February 2005, including the right to receive all dividends or other distributions declared, made or paid on or after 21 February 2005. Independence of placees The placees and their ultimate beneficial owners are not connected persons of the Company (as defined in the Listing Rules). The Placing Agent expects that there will be not less than six placees who will be (i) professional and institutional investors who are not acting in concert with the Vendor and the Concert Parties which term generally include brokers, dealers and companies (including fund managers), whose ordinary business involves dealing in shares and other securities; and (ii) corporate entities which regularly invest in shares and other securities. Termination events The obligation of the Placing Agent to proceed to completion of the Placing is conditional on: (a) there not developing, occurring or coming into force: (i) any new law or regulation or change in existing laws or regulations which in the opinion of the Placing Agent has or is likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Group as a whole; or (ii) any significant change (whether or not permanent) in local, national or international economic, financial, political or military conditions which in the opinion of the Placing Agent is or would be materially adverse to the success to the Placing; (iii) any significant change (whether or not permanent) in local, national or international securities market conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls, which in the opinion of the Placing Agent is or would be materially adverse to the Placing, or makes it impractical or inadvisable or inexpedient to proceed therewith; or (iv) any suspension of dealings in the Shares for any period whatsoever (other than as a result of the Placing), which in the opinion of the Placing Agent is or would be materially adverse to the Placing, or makes it impractical or inadvisable or inexpedient to proceed therewith; or (v) any moratorium, suspension or material restriction on trading in shares or securities generally on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange due to exceptional financial circumstances or otherwise at any time prior to the Placing Closing Date, which in the opinion of the Placing Agent is or would be materially adverse to the Placing, or makes it impractical or inadvisable or inexpedient to proceed therewith; or