09:30 CITIC PACIFIC<00267> - Announcement (5) "Variation Arrangement" the variation to the JV Contract and Articles contemplated under the Agreement, the principal terms of which are set out in this announcement; and "Wuxi Power" Wuxi Local Electric Power Company, an enterprise established in the PRC. (The exchange rate of Renminbi to Hong Kong dollars used in this Announcement is RMB1.0 = HK$0.94.) By Order of the Board CITIC Pacific Limited Alice Tso Mun Wai Company Secretary Hong Kong, 7 March 2005 As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Messrs Larry Yung Chi Kin (Chairman), Henry Fan Hung Ling, Vernon Francis Moore, Peter Lee Chung Hing, Norman Yuen Kee Tong, Yao Jinrong, Chang Zhenming, Li Shilin, Carl Yung Ming Jie and Liu Jifu; the non-executive directors of the Company are Messrs Willie Chang, Andre Desmarais and Peter Kruyt (alternate director to Mr. Andre Desmarais); and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Messrs Hamilton Ho Hau Hay, Alexander Reid Hamilton, Hansen Loh Chung Hon and Norman Ho Hau Chong.