11:02 TVB<00511> - Announcement (5) contemplated thereunder constituted continuing connected transactions of TVB under Rule 14A.16(5) of the Listing Rules. The Agreements, Cap Amount and the transactions contemplated thereunder are subject to the approval of the Independent Shareholders at the EGM in accordance with the requirements of the Listing Rules, which will be taken by poll. So far as TVB is aware, since no Shareholder has a material interest in each of the Agreements, no Shareholder is required to abstain from voting on the resolution regarding the Agreements, Cap Amount and the transactions contemplated thereunder. The Independent Board Committee will be established to provide recommendation to the Independent Shareholders on the terms of the Agreements, Cap Amount, the duration of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereunder. An independent financial adviser will be appointed to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders on the terms of the Agreements, the Cap Amount, the duration of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereunder. A circular containing, among other things, further details of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereunder, a letter of recommendation from the Independent Board Committee to the Independent Shareholders, a letter of advice from an independent financial adviser to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders on the terms of the Agreements, the Cap Amount, the duration of the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereunder, and the notice of EGM, will be despatched to Shareholders in accordance with the Listing Rules as soon as practicable. DEFINITIONS "Agreements" 6 agreements dated 30 September 2004 together with their supplemental between various companies of the Group and MBNS relating to the license of programmes, license of channels and the provision of management services and advertising sales services for the period from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2009 as described under the heading "The Agreements" in this announcement "Board" the board of Directors "Independent Board a committee of the Board to be established for the purpose of advising Committee" the Independent Shareholders in relation to the terms of the Agreements, Cap Amount and the transactions contemplated thereunder "Cap Amount" a maximum aggregate annual amount for the consideration under the Agreements for each financial year of TVB "Director(s)" director(s) of TVB "EGM" an extraordinary general meeting of TVB to be convened to consider and, if thought fit, approve, among other things, the Agreements, Cap Amount and the transactions contemplated thereunder "Group" TVB and its subsidiaries "HK$" Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong "Hong Kong" Hong Kong Special Administrative Region