09:55 TAKSON HOLDINGS<00918> - Announcement (6) (ix) the obligations of the Underwriter under the Underwriting Agreement becoming unconditional and the Underwriting Agreement not being terminated in accordance with its terms; and (x) if required, the Bermuda Monetary Authority granting the consent to the issue of Rights Shares on or before 26 April 2005. WARNING OF THE RISKS OF DEALING IN SHARES AND NIL-PAID RIGHTS SHARES Existing Shares will be dealt with on an ex-rights basis from Tuesday, 19 April 2005. To qualify for the Rights Issue, a Qualifying Shareholder's name must appear on the register of members of the Company on the Record Date, which is currently expected to be Tuesday, 26 April 2005. In order to be registered as members on the Record Date, any transfer of Shares (with the relevant share certificates) must be lodged for registration by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 April 2005. The Rights Shares will be dealt with in nil-paid form from Friday, 29 April to Monday, 9 May 2005, both days inclusive. Such dealings will take place when the conditions to which the Rights Issue is subject remains unfulfilled and if the Underwriter terminates the Underwriting Agreement, or the conditions of the Rights Issue are not fulfilled, the Rights Issue will not proceed. Any person dealing in the Shares during the period from today to the date on which all the conditions are fulfilled and any person dealing in the Rights Shares in their nil-paid form from Friday, 29 April to Monday, 9 May 2005 will accordingly bear the risk that the Rights Issue may not proceed. Any person contemplating selling or purchasing the Shares and/or the Rights Shares in their nil-paid form is recommended to consult his/her own professional adviser. EFFECTS ON SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE The following is the shareholding structure of the Company before and after completion of the Rights Issue:) After completion of the Rights Issue Immediately after (assuming no Qualifying completion of the Shareholder takes up its Rights Issue (assuming Rights Shares, except that all Qualifying the Underwriter Shareholders take up takes up all its Before completion their Rights entitlement under of the Rights Issue Shares in full) the Rights Issue) Shares % Shares % Shares % (approximate) (approximate) (approximate) Underwriter* 27,776,400 5.94% Controlling Shareholder* 250,618,000 64.34% 300,741,600 64.34% 300,741,600 64.34% Public 138,882,000 35.66% 166,658,400 35.66% 138,882,000 29.72% Total 389,500,000 100.00% 467,400,000 100.00% 467,400,000 100.00% (*Note: The Underwriter is an associate of Mr. Takson WONG Tek Sun (as defined in the Listing Rule) who is also defined as the Controlling Shareholder in this announcement) USE OF PROCEEDS The estimated net proceeds of the Rights Issue, after deducting estimated aggregated expenses of approximately HK$0.49 million, are approximately HK$7.3 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Rights Issue for further expansion of the licensee/manufacturing business of the Group and in particular, for better strengthening the Group's cash flow following the RMB5.5 million (or approximately HK$5.2 million) capital injection requirement in respect of the Company's joint venture with Chongqing Union-4 Garment Manufacturing Company Limited in the People's Republic of China, details of which were announced by the Company on 23 February 2005 and for general working capital. There are currently no plans to make any other capital investments.