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    less than 25%, the Acquisition constitutes a                              
    discloseable transaction for the Company.                                 
                                                                              
    A circular containing further details of the                              
    Acquisition will be despatched to the shareholders                        
    of the Company as soon as possible.                                       
                                                                              
    DEFINITIONS                                                               
    In this announcement, the following expressions shall,                    
    unless the context requires otherwise, have the                           
    following meanings:                                                       
                                                                              
    "Acquisition"   the acquisition of 30% direct or                          
    indirect interests in Loten pursuant to the Sale and                      
    Purchase Agreement                                                        
                                                                              
    "Actual Result" the audited net profit of Loten                           
    (prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP) for the 24                         
    calendar months immediately after the completion of                       
    the Acquisition                                                           
                                                                              
    "ATM"   automatic teller machines                                         
                                                                              
    "Company"       Start Technology Company Limited, a                       
    company incorporated in Bermuda with limited                              
    liability, the shares of which are listed on the Main                     
    Board of the Stock Exchange                                               
                                                                              
    "Consideration" the consideration payable by the                          
    Company to the Vendors for the Acquisition (subject                       
    to adjustment as referred to in the paragraph headed                      
    "Consideration" in this announcement)                                     
                                                                              
    "Directors"     the directors of the Company                              
                                                                              
    "Group" the Company and its subsidiaries                                  
                                                                              
    "HK$"   Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong                    
    Kong                                                                      
                                                                              
    "Hong Kong"     the Hong Kong Special Administrative                      
    Region of the PRC                                                         
                                                                              
    "Independent    a party who is independent from and not                   
      Third Party"  connected with the directors, chief                       
    executive or substantial shareholders of the Company                      
    or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective                     
    associates (within the meaning of the Listing Rule)                       
                                                                              
    "Listing Rules" the Rules Governing the Listing of                        
    Securities on the Stock Exchange                                          
                                                                              
    "Loten" * (Loten Technology Co., Ltd.),                                   
    a limited company established in the PRC on 14                            
    September 2001                                                            
                                                                              
    "PRC"   the People's Republic of China                                    
                                                                              
    "PRC GAAP"      the generally accepted accounting                         
    principles in the PRC                                                     
                                                                              
    "RMB"   Renminbi yuan, the lawful currency of the PRC                     
                                                                              
    "Sale and Purchase      the sale and purchase agreement                   
    dated 29                                                                  
       Agreement"   March 2005 entered into between the                       
    Vendors and the Company in relation to the Acquisition                    
                                                                              
    "Stock Exchange"        The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong                   
    Limited                                                                   
                                                                              
    "Vendors"       two Independent Third Parties who own