10:30 OMNICORP<00094> - Announcement & Resumption of Trading (4) Share Certificates Subject to the fulfilment of the conditions of the Open Offer, certificates for all the fully-paid Offer Shares are expected to be posted on or before Monday, 23 May 2005 to those Qualifying Shareholders who have accepted and paid in full for the Offer Shares at their own risk. The Offer Shares will continue to be traded in the board lots of 2,000 Shares. Application for listing and dealings The Company will apply to the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Offer Shares. Dealings in the Offer Shares will be subject to the payment of stamp duty in Hong Kong. UNDERWRITING ARRANGEMENT The Offer Shares will be fully underwritten by the Underwriter in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement as described below. Underwriting Agreement Date: 4 April 2005 Underwriter: Kim Eng Securities (Hong Kong) Limited Number of Offer Shares underwritten or undertaken to be accepted: Offer Shares Offer Shares undertaken to be accepted by the Undertaking Shareholders 17,776,747 Underwritten Shares 32,369,637 Total 50,146,384 Commission: 2.5% of the aggregate Subscription Price in respect of the actual number of the Offer Shares underwritten by the Underwriter and is expected to be approximately HK$0.3 million. As at the Announcement Date, the Underwriter does not have any shareholding in the Company and is not a connected person of the Company. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter agrees to subscribe for or procure subscribers to subscribe for any Shortfall Underwritten Shares. The Underwriter shall use its best endeavours to ensure that the subscribers procured by it for the Shortfall Underwritten Shares shall be third parties who (i) are not connected persons of the Company; and (ii) are not acting in concert with any connected persons of the Company or their respective associates or parties acting in concert with them. Termination of the Underwriting Agreement and force majeure The Underwriting Agreement contains provisions entitling the Underwriter, by notice in writing, to terminate its obligations thereunder if at any time prior to 4:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date, being the third business day after the Latest Time for Acceptance: a) the Underwriter may terminate the arrangement set out in this Agreement by notice in writing to the Company at any time prior to the Latest Time for Termination, the Underwriter becomes aware of the fact that there shall develop, occur, exist or come into effect: i) any new law or regulation or any change in existing laws or regulations in Hong Kong or any other place that is the place of incorporation of any member of the Group, or in which any member of the Group conducts or carries on business; or ii) any significant change (whether or not permanent) in local, national or international economic, financial, political or military conditions; or