09:38 CITIC PACIFIC<00267> - Announcement (5) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong whose shares are listed on the Stock Exchange; "Director(s)" director(s) of the Company; "HK$" Hong Kong Dollar, the lawful currency of Hong Kong; "JV Company" Wal-Mart East China Stores Co., Ltd. *, currently a sino-foreign equity joint venture established in the PRC; "Listing Rules" The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange; "Percentage Ratios" has the meaning set out in Rule 14A.10(10) of the Listing Rules; "PRC" People's Republic of China; "Purchaser" Sky Rich Investments Ltd.*, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability; "RMB" Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC; "Sale Shares" a 35% equity interest in the registered capital of the JV Company; "Stock Exchange" The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited; "US$" United States Dollar, the lawful currency of the United States; "Vendor" CITIC Trust & Investment Co., Ltd. *, a corporation established under the laws of the PRC; and "Wal-Mart China" Wal-Mart (China) Investment Co., Ltd. *. (For reference only, the exchange rates used in this Announcement are RMB1.0= HK$0.94 and US$1.0=HK$7.8) By Order of the Board CITIC Pacific Limited Alice Tso Mun Wai Company Secretary Hong Kong, 14 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, Andr?Desmarais and Peter Kruyt (alternate director to Mr. Andr?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. * For the Chinese name, please refer to the press announcements today.