09:28 WEALTHMARK INTL<00039>-Announcement&Resumption of Trading(3) No meaningful updated figures for December, 2004 can be disclosed given the Group's financial year end has just ended and time is required to prepare the year end figures as the books and records of the Group have been seized by the ICAC. With a view to restoring the credibility of the Board and safeguarding the interests of the shareholders of the Company, the Board has taken urgent steps to restructure the management of the Group. In this regard, the Board would like to announce that with immediate effect: (a) Mr. Wong and Ms. Rosita Andres have resigned as executive directors of the Company on 21st February, 2005. Mr. Wong and Ms. Andres shall be removed from all authorised signatories on all bank accounts of the Group; (b) Mr. Wong has resigned as an authorised representative of the Company; (c) Mr. Yue Kwai Wa, Ken has been appointed as an independent non executive director of the Company on 25th January, 2005; (d) Mr. Wong Chor Sang and Mr. Danny Kwok Kee Ho have been appointed as authorised representatives of the Company; (e) Mr. Chan Wai Kin, Benito and Mr. Tse Chung Sing have been appointed as executive directors of the Company on 25th January, 2005; (f) Mr. Peter Ko Chung Ting has been appointed as the Company Secretary of the Company with effect from 21st February, 2005. Mr. Ko is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; (g) save for in the ordinary course of business, the Group will not enter into any contract or capital commitment in excess of HK$100,000 save with the approval of a majority of the independent non-executive directors. Mr. Wong's resignation is not an admission to guilt in relation to the charges laid against him but merely a gesture to distance the Company from the Incident. Mr. Wong, the former chairman and former Director, remains deemed interested in approximately 67.5% of the issued share capital of the Company through Wisechoice, which is owned as to 100% by Mr. Wong. Mr. Wong has undertaken to the Company that he will not have any influence over the management of the Company following his resignation as a director of the Company. Following these changes, Mr. Wong Chor Sang, the brother of Mr. Wong, and Mr. Danny Kwok Kee Ho shall thereafter oversee and manage the business of the Group in Hong Kong and the PRC respectively. Neither had been linked nor arrested in connection with the Incident. Mr. Wong has given an undertaking to the Company that following his resignation as a director of the Company, he will not influence the management of the Group. The Board announces that Mr. Wong Tin Sang, Patrick has resigned as an independent non executive director of the Company with effect from 29th November, 2004 for personal reasons. The Board is not aware of any other matters relating to the resignation of Mr. Wong Tin Sang, Patrick that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. Mr. Wong Tin Sang, Patrick has confirmed that there are not any issues that need to be brought to the attention of shareholders of the Company in connection with his resignation. The Board hereby announces that Mr. Chan Wai Kin, Benito and Mr. Tse Chung Sing have accepted the Board's invitation to be executive directors of the Company. Mr. Chan Wai Kin, Benito and Mr. Tse Chung Sing shall receive an annual salary of HK$216,000 and HK$180,000 respectively. Mr. Tse Chung Sing, age 50, has been in the handbag business for over eighteen years. He began his career as a marketing manager with Effectual Products Manufacturing Limited. Thereafter he obtained experience as a marketing manager with Worldview Handbag Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the Group. He has been a marketing manager of the Group since 2002. Mr. Chan Wai Kin, Benito, age 37, obtained his Bachelor of International Trading Degree from Chung Yuen Christian University. He has worked as a manager in the China Division of the Company since 2001. He oversees all of the Group's business in the PRC excluding the export division. He has over 14 years experience in merchandising products in the leather industry. He was introduced to the Group through a customer of the Group. Mr. Tse Chung Sing and Mr. Chan Wai Kin, Benito does not have any interests in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities