11:16 SHINEWAY PHARM<02877> - Announcement (5) `Independent Board Committee' an independent committee of the Board comprising the independent non-executive Directors of the Company formed for the purpose of advising the Independent Shareholders on the Acquisition `Independent Shareholders' Shareholders other than Sinovest and its associates `Listing Rules' the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange `Option' the option granted by Shineway Lang Fang granted to the Company to acquire (or to nominate a subsidiary to acquire) all or part of Shineway Lang Fang's equity interests in Shineway Sales during the period of 3 years from 20 November 2004 under the Option Agreement `Mr. Li' Mr. Li Zhenjiang , an executive Director and the controlling shareholder of Shineway Medical `Option Agreement' the option agreement entered into between the Company and Shineway Lang Fang on 20 November 2004 as disclosed in the Prospectus and, where the context requires, including any subsequent amendments to the option agreement agreed between the Company and Shineway Lang Fang `PE Ratio' the price earnings ratio of the Company obtained by the following formula: PE Ratio = P / E Where: P is the average of the closing prices of the shares of the Company quoted on the Stock Exchange for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the date of the Equity Transfer Agreement; and E is the audited net profit per share of the Company after tax and extraordinary items for the year ended 31 December 2004 `PRC' the People's Republic of China `Prospectus' the prospectus dated 23 November 2004 issued by the Company `RMB' Renminbi yuan, the lawful currency of the PRC `Share(s)' ordinary share(s) with a nominal value of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company `Shareholder(s)' shareholder(s) of the Company `Shineway Lang Fang' (Shineway Medical Science & Technology (Lang Fang) Co., Ltd.), a company established in the PRC and owned as to 70% by Shineway Medical and as to 30% by an Independent Third Party `Shineway Medical' (Shineway Medical Science & Technology Co., Ltd), a joint stock company incorporated in the PRC and currently owned as to approximately 81% by Mr. Li `Shineway Sales' (Shineway Pharmaceutical Sales Co., Ltd.), a company established in the PRC with limited liability and registered in Hainan Province and currently owned as to 80% by Yuan Da and as to 20% by Shineway Lang Fang `Shineway Sales 2004 Profit' The historical net profit after tax but before extraordinary items of Shineway Sales for the financial year ended 31 December 2004 `Sinovest' Sinovest International Investment Limited, being a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with