09:30 JINHUI HOLDINGS<00137> - Announcement (2) Shareholders who wish to top-up or sell their holdings of odd lots of the Subdivided Shares. The Agent, details of which will be provided in the circular to Shareholders referred to below, will provide the service to match the sale and purchase of odd lots of Subdivided Shares during the period from Monday, 23 May 2005 to Monday, 27 June 2005, both days inclusive. Shareholders of Subdivided Shares in odd lots who wish to take advantage of this facility either to dispose of or top-up their odd lots to a board lot of 1,000 Subdivided Shares may, directly or through their brokers, contact the Agent during such period. Shareholders should note that successful matching of the sale and purchase of odd lots of Subdivided Shares is not guaranteed and will depend on there being adequate amounts of odd lots of Subdivided Shares available for such matching. Shareholders are recommended to consult their professional advisers if they are in any doubt about the matching facility described above. TRADING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUBDIVIDED SHARES Upon completion of the Share Subdivision, the arrangements proposed for dealings in the Subdivided Shares are expected to be as follows: (i) Monday, 23 May 2005, the existing counter for trading in the Shares in existing board lots of 200 Shares will be temporarily closed. A temporary counter will be established for trading in the Subdivided Shares in board lots of 2,000 Subdivided Shares. Share certificates for the Subdivided Shares in the form of existing share certificates may only be traded at the temporary counter; (ii) Monday, 6 June 2005, the existing counter for trading in the Subdivided Shares in board lots of 1,000 Subdivided Shares will be re-opened. Only new share certificates for the Subdivided Shares may be traded at the existing counter; (iii) during the period from Monday, 6 June 2005 to Monday, 27 June 2005, both days inclusive, parallel trading will be permitted at the existing and temporary counters mentioned in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above; and (iv) the temporary counter for trading in the Subdivided Shares in board lots of 2,000 Subdivided Shares (in the form of existing share certificates) will be removed after the close of trading on Monday, 27 June 2005. Shareholders should note that after Monday, 27 June 2005, trading will be in board lots of 1,000 Subdivided Shares only and the existing share certificates for the Shares will cease to be marketable and will not be acceptable for dealing and settlement purposes. However, such share certificates will continue to be good evidence of legal title. Free EXCHANGE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES All existing share certificates in respect of the Shares will be accepted as valid documents of legal title and may be lodged with the Company's share registrar in Hong Kong, Standard Registrars Limited at Ground Floor, Bank of East Asia Harbour View Centre, 56 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong in exchange for new share certificates for the Subdivided Shares (on the basis of every one (1) Share for every ten (10) Subdivided Shares) free of charge at the share registrar's office during business hours from 9:00 a.m., Monday, 23 May 2005 up to and including 4:00 p.m., Thursday, 30 June 2005, it is expected that new share certificates for the Subdivided Shares will be available for collection on or after the tenth (10th) business day from the date of submission of existing share certificates for the Shares to the share registrar for exchange. Thereafter, the existing share certificates for the Shares may be exchanged for the new share certificates for the Subdivided Shares at any time on payment of a prescribed fee. EXPECTED TIMETABLE The expected timetable for the Share Subdivision is as follows: Year 2005 Latest time for lodging forms of proxy for the EGM 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 18 May EGM 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 20 May Effective date of Share Subdivision Monday, 23 May Dealing in Subdivided Shares commences 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 23 May Existing counter for trading in Shares in existing board lots of 200 Shares temporarily closes 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 23 May