09:57 COMPASS PACIFIC<01188>-Announcement&Resumption of Trading-4 (4) The Company. To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiry by obtaining their written confirmations, all the Vendors and in the case of the corporate Vendors, its ultimate beneficial owner(s), are third parties independent of the Company and connected persons of the Company. To the best knowledge of the Directors, the Vendors are independent from and not connected with each other. Sale Shares The Sale Shares, being 55,872,144 Class A common stocks of APG, represent (i) 76.18% of the existing entire issued capital of APG; and (ii) 51.3% of the enlarged entire issued capital of APG after completion of the 1st Acquisition. Consideration The consideration for the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares is US$17,589,496 (equivalent to HK$137,198,069) and will be satisfied by the allotment and issue, at the Issue Price, of the Consideration Shares. Based on the closing price of the Shares on 11 March 2005 (being the last trading day of the Shares prior to the suspension of trading in the Shares on the Stock Exchange before the date of this announcement) of HK$0.247 per Share and based on the minimum Issue Price of HK$0.25, the number of Consideration Shares will be approximately 548,792,263 and the market value attached to the 2nd Acquisition (i.e. the market value of the Consideration Shares) is approximately HK$135,551,689. The Company will make a further announcement to inform the Shareholders the number of Consideration Shares to be issued and the effect of shareholding in relation thereto in the event that the Issue Price is higher than HK$0.25. Based on the minimum Issue Price of HK$0.25 per Consideration Share: (i) the Consideration Shares represent approximately 28.95% of the existing issued share capital of the Company and approximately 22.45% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company immediately following Completion; and (ii) the number of Consideration Shares to be allotted and issued to the Vendors ranges from 280,735 Shares to 69,901,966 Shares, representing 0.011% and 2.860% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company respectively. The consideration under the 2nd Acquisition and the Issue Price have been determined after arm's length negotiations with reference to the payment method under the 2nd Acquisition, market and financial position and prospects of the APG Group (as set out in the paragraph headed "Reasons for the Acquisitions" below). The Directors consider that the terms of the 2nd Acquisition Agreement and the Issue Price, being a premium of 51% of the unaudited consolidated net assets value of Ningbo Phoenix as at 31 December 2004 to be fair and reasonable and in the interest of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. In considering the consideration payable for the Acquisitions, the Directors have taken into account that (i) the consideration under the 2nd Acquisition would be satisfied by the issue of Consideration Shares at a premium referred to in the section headed "Issue Price" below and that (i) the minimum Issue Price of HK$0.25 per Share represents a 220.51% premium over the audited consolidated net asset value of the Group of HK$0.078 per Share and (ii) the audited net loss per Share for the year ended 31 December 2003 is HK$0.0392. The Directors also considered the difference of the subscription price of approximately US$0.16177 (equivalent approximately to HK$1.26178) per Subscription Share under the 1st Acquisition and the purchase price of US$0.3418 per Sale Share under the 2nd Acquisition is fair and reasonable as the latter represents a premium of obtaining control of APG and the fact that the same is to be paid by the issue of Consideration Shares. The total consideration paid by the Purchaser for the Acquisitions, being US$23,343,426 (equivalent to approximately HK$182,078,723) represents a premium of 36.8% of the unaudited consolidated net asset value of Ningbo Phoenix as at 31 December 2004. The Directors considered that the total consideration payable for the Acquisitions to be fair and reasonable and in the interest of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole with reference to the payment methods under the Acquisitions, market and financial position and prospects of the APG Group and the