09:40 AUTOMATED SYS<00771> - Announcement (3) CSC Group will, from time to time, enter into outsourcing or other IT service contracts with global or regional customers who have presence in the Asia Pacific region in connection with the provision of IT services. The Group may participate in such transactions by providing local or regional support to CSC and/or its customers. The Board is of the view that the CSC Purchase Transactions and the CSC Sales Transactions can (i) broaden the customer base of the Group; and (ii) enable the utilisation of the resources, technical expertise and technological know-how of the Group and the CSC Group on a sharing basis to provide quality products and services to their customers. The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) consider that the Continuing Connected Transactions have been and will be entered into in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group, on normal commercial terms and have been or will be negotiated on an arm's length basis. The Directors are of the view that the terms of the Continuing Connected Transactions are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. GENERAL The annual cap under the Old Waiver was the higher of (i) HK$10 million or (ii) 3% of the consolidated net tangible assets value of the Group. For the purposes of providing information to shareholders and investors of the Company, the Board announces that the aggregate annual value of the Continuing Connected Transactions for the ten months ended 31 January 2005 is approximately HK$7,976,000.00 and does not exceed the annual cap under the Old Waiver. The Group is principally engaged in the business of information technology, providing systems integration, IT infrastructure, software and consulting services, engineering support for products and solutions, managed services as well as supply of IT and associated products in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Thailand. CSA Group is principally engaged in the business of providing information technology services, systems integration and consulting, customer services and support and outsourcing in Asia. CSC Group is principally engaged in the business of information technology outsourcing and IT and professional services for customers in the global commercial and the United States markets. DEFINITIONS "Board" the board of the Directors "Company" Automated Systems Holdings Limited, a limited liability company incorporated in Bermuda, with its shares listed on the Stock Exchange "connected person(s)" has the same meaning as defined in the Listing Rules "Continuing Connected Transactions" the CSA Purchase Transactions, the CSA Sales Transactions, the CSC Purchase Transactions and the CSC Sales Transactions "CSA" CSA Holdings Ltd, the immediate holding company of the Company, the securities of which are listed on Singapore Exchange Limited "CSA Group" CSA and its subsidiaries (excluding the Group) "CSA Purchase Transactions" the Services and Products provided by CSA Group to the Group "CSA Sales Transactions" the Services and Products provided by the Group to CSA Group "CSC" Computer Sciences Corporation, the ultimate holding company of CSA and the Company, the securities of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange "CSC Group" CSC and its subsidiaries (excluding the Group and CSA Group)