09:33 CH CONSERVATION<00290> - Announcement & Resumption (2) Sale Loan: The amounts due from HTH to the Company as at the date of Completion. Based on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of HTH as at 31 December 2004, the amount due from HTH to the Company as at 31 December 2004 was HK$61,609,473.12. Consideration and payment terms The consideration for the Disposal comprises the Sale Shares Consideration and the Sale Loan Consideration. The Sale Shares Consideration is an amount equivalent to the difference between HK$76 million and the Sale Loan Consideration, or in the event the Sale Loan is equivalent to or greater than HK$76 million, the Sale Shares Consideration shall be the amount of HK$1. The Sale Loan Consideration is an amount equivalent to the Sale Loan and shall not exceed HK$76 million even if the Sale Loan as at the date of Completion exceeds HK$76 million. The aggregate consideration for the Sale Shares and the Sale Loan is HK$76 million, which was negotiated on an arm's length basis and was determined with reference to the unaudited consolidated net liabilities of HTH of HK$2,908,947.54 as at 31 December 2004 and the value of the Sale Loan of HK$61,609,473.12 as at 31 December 2004 and shall be satisfied at Completion by issue and allotment of 100 million Preference Shares in the share capital of CSCP to the Company or its nominee as it may direct. Based on the unaudited consolidated management accounts of HTH as at 31 December 2004, the Board estimates that the Group will record a gain of about HK$17 million as a result of the Disposal. Principal terms of the Preference Shares Amount 100 million Preference Shares Nominal Value HK$0.01 per Preference Share Form Cumulative redeemable convertible Preference Shares in registered form Life of the Preference Shares 3 years from the date of issue Dividend Fixed cumulative preferential dividend at 3% per annum, payable semi-annually out of funds of CSCP available for dividend or distribution in priority to holders of other shares of CSCP in issue Conversion rights The number of CSCP Shares to be issued and allotted to any holder of Preference Shares on the exercise of the conversion rights will be calculated in accordance with the formula:- 0.76 x A /B = C where: A is the number of Preference Shares stated in the relevant conversion notice; B is (i) for the period beginning on (and including) the date of issue of the Preference Shares ("Date of Issue") and ending on (and including) the first anniversary of the Date of Issue, HK$0.76, and (ii) for the period from (and including) the day after the first anniversary of the Date of Issue and ending (and including) the third anniversary of the Date of Issue, the higher of: (a) 90% of the average of the closing prices on the Stock Exchange for one CSCP Share for the five trading days up to and including the conversion date (or, if such day is not a trading day, the last trading day before the conversion date) and (b) HK$0.50, provided that if trading in the CSCP Shares is suspended on any day during such period, the average of the closing prices shall be calculated by reference to the latest five consecutive trading days on which the trading in the CSCP Shares is not suspended up to and including the conversion date; C is the number of CSCP Shares to be issued on conversion of the Preference Share stated in the relevant conversion notice rounded down to the nearest whole number. Conversion notice A written notice of conversion must be deposited at the Hong Kong registered office of CSCP at least 7 business days in advance of conversion. Ranking The CSCP Shares falling to be issued upon exercise of the conversion rights attaching to the Preference Shares will, when issued, rank equally in all respects with the CSCP Shares then in issue. Voting rights Holders of Preference Shares will have the right to