09:25 CS CONSERVAT P<00351> - 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. CHINA SCIENCES CONSERVATIONAL POWER LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) (Stock Code: 351) NOTIFIABLE TRANSACTION PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY 32.89% EQUITY INTEREST IN BCS GENERAL ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT UNUSUAL PRICE AND TRADE VOLUME MOVEMENTS Asset Palace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into the Acquisition Agreements dated 21 December 2004 and 4 March 2005 with Beijing Yuk Chak for the acquisition of the Equity Interest. The Consideration is HK$20,000,000, which shall be satisfied in the following manner : (i) HK$10,000,000, which has been set off against the earnest money deposited by Abba China with Beijing Yuk Chak pursuant to the LOI; (ii) as to HK$9,000,000 by payment in cash upon the signing of the acquisition agreement dated 21 December 2004; and (iii) as to the balance of HK$1,000,000 by payment in cash within 7 business days upon receipt of the approval from the relevant government authorities agreeing to convert BCS General Energy & Environment into a sino-foreign joint venture and the issue of the amended approval certificate and/or business licence of BCS General Energy & Environment. The Company finances part of the Consideration by the net proceeds of approximately HK$19,000,000 raised from the issue of the Convertible Notes. The Company intends to finance the balance of the Consideration of HK$1,000,000 from the Group's working capital. The Consideration has been agreed by Asset Palace and Beijing Yuk Chak following arm's length negotiations. As part of the Company's due diligence exercise, the Company has engaged GCA to conduct an appraisal on BCS General Energy & Environment. According to GCA, the fair market value of the business enterprise of BCS General Energy & Environment as at 31 December 2003, being the date when the latest audited financial information of BCS General Energy & Environment was available, was RMB68 million (equivalent to approximately HK$63.92 million). The Acquisition Agreements shall be terminated upon the happening of the earlier of (i) Asset Palace is not satisfied with the results of its due diligence review of BCS General Energy & Environment, or (ii) Beijing Yuk Chak fails to convert BCS General Energy & Environment into a sino-foreign joint venture enterprise and obtain the approval from the relevant government authorities agreeing to convert BCS General Energy & Environment into a sino-foreign joint venture and the issue of the amended approval certificate and/or business licence of BCS General Energy & Environment within a period of 9 months from the completion of the Acquisition Agreements, unless The principal business of BCS General Energy & Environment is research, development, production and sale of various boiler products in conjunction with the provision of related technical services with the application of waste combustion electric power technology in the PRC. It is the holder of many patent rights of the necessary technology for application in waste incineration and processing for power generation. As the Group incurred a net loss for its latest published audited accounts made up for the year ended 31 December 2003, the profits ratio calculated under Rule 14.07(2) of the Listing Rules produced an anomalous result. Nevertheless, the results of other applicable tests specified under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules reveal, and the Company believes, that the Acquisition is a discloseable transaction. In view of the discretionary power of the Stock Exchange conferred under Rule 14.20 of the Listing Rules, the Company has submitted a number of alternative tests to the profits ratio, which, may or may not be considered as appropriate by the Company. Since the signing of the acquisition agreement on 21 December 2004, the Company has been providing further information in relation thereto. However, as at the date of this announcement, the Stock Exchange has indicated that it still considers that the Company has not been able to substantiate its