09:41 MEDTECH GROUP<01031>-Announcement & Resumption of Trading(4) permission to deal in, the Consideration Shares. If the above conditions shall not have been fulfilled or waived by 6 April 2005, subject as set out below (or such later date as the parties may agree), the Formal Sale and Purchase Agreement shall be null and void and of no effect and any and all deposits paid by Next Champion shall be dealt with as follows:- (i) all such deposits shall be repaid to Next Champion if Completion does not take place as a result of non-fulfilment of any of the conditions (a) to (d); or non-fulfilment of conditions (e) or (f) by reason of material default on the part of the Vendors to provide to Next Champion information reasonably required for the preparation of circular for the general meeting of the shareholders of the Company; or (ii) in the circumstances that conditions (e) or (f) remain unfulfilled on 6 April 2005, provided that such non-fulfilment is not due to material default on the part of the Vendors to provide to Next Champion information reasonably required for the preparation of circular for the general meeting of the shareholders of the Company, the Vendors shall be entitled to retain all such deposits paid by Next Champion; or (iii) in the circumstances that either conditions (e) or (f) remain unfulfilled on 6 June 2005, provided that such non-fulfilment is not due to material default on the part of the Vendors to provide to Next Champion information reasonably required for the preparation of circular for the general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and there is no Completion with a substitute purchaser (or Next Champion) (other than due to the default of the Vendors), the Vendors shall be entitled to retain all such deposits paid by Next Champion. If Completion does not take place on 6 April 2005 by reason of Condition (e) or (f) not being fulfilled by whatever reason (including reasons relating to the Stock Exchange), Next Champion may defer Completion for a period of up to 6 May 2005. If condition (e) or (f) is not fulfilled and Completion does not take place on or before 6 May 2005, Next Champion shall be entitled to complete the Acquisition or procure a third party to substitute for Next Champion to complete the Acquisition on or before 6 June 2005 provided that in the event a third party proceeds with Completion, then instead of the Consideration Shares, such third party substitute shall pay the equivalent amount of HK$500 million in cash unless the Vendors otherwise agree. As at the date of this announcement, the conditions to the Formal Sale and Purchase Agreement are yet to be fulfilled. Completion of the Acquisition, subject to Shareholders' approval at the SGM, is expected to take place on or before 6 April 2005. As announced by the Company on 14 February 2005, the circular containing, amongst other things, further details of the Acquisition and other disclosures in connection with the Acquisition required pursuant to the Listing Rules in respect of very substantial acquisition, and together with notice of SGM for the purpose of approving, among other things, the Acquisition will be despatched