09:36 BUILD KING HOLD<00240>-Announcement&Resumption of Trading(2) To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief, and having made all reasonable enquiries, each of PGWX, and the JV Partners and their respective beneficial owners are independent of and not connected with the Company or its subsidiaries, or any of the connected persons of the Company and their respective associates. Scope of business of JV Pursuant to the JV agreements, the JV will be engaged in the construction and operation of a sewage treatment plant in Qian Qiao Zhen, Hui Shan District, Wu Xi City, Jiang Su Province, the PRC under a Franchise Agreement to be entered with PGWX with acceptable terms and conditions for a term of 30 years. The sewage treatment plant shall be transferred to PGWX upon completion. Further announcement will be made by the Company in the event that the Franchise Agreement contains different major terms to those of the JV Agreements. Registered capital of the JV The registered capital of the JV will be RMB44.68 million (equivalent to approximately HK$42.15 million), of which RMB2 million (equivalent to approximately HK$1.89 million) will be contributed by the JV partners by way of contribution in kind (including but not limited to fees for design, feasibility study and production at the preliminary stage of construction of the sewage treatment plant) and the remaining RMB42.68 million (equivalent to approximately HK$40.26 million) will be contributed by WKCCL in cash, both within three months from the issuance date of the business licence of the JV. Upon signing of the JV Agreements, WKCCL shall provide a bank guarantee of RMB2 million (equivalent to approximately HK$1.89 million) to PGWX for a period up to two months from the commencement of the Wuxi Project. Save as disclosed, there is no other capital commitment, guarantee or indemnity required from the Group under the JV Agreements. Upon establishment of the JV, it will be considered as a non- wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The results of the JV will be consolidated into the Company's accounts. Board composition The board of directors of the JV will consist of three directors. Two are to be nominated by WKCCL and one of whom shall be the chairman of the JV. One is to be nominated by JV Partners and shall be the vice chairman of the JV. Other major terms of the JV Agreements Set out below are the other major terms of the JV Agreements: - The JV shall have a term of 30 years commencing from the issuance date of the business licence of the JV. - The JV Partners have agreed not to share any profit generating from the operation of the sewage treatment plant for the first five years and WKCCL will therefore be entitled to receive 100% of the profit from the operation of the sewage treatment plant during such period. The JV Partners and WKCCL will be entitled to share the profit generating from the operation of the sewage treatment plant in accordance with their contribution to the registered capital of the JV (i.e. 4.4% and 95.6% respectively) thereafter. REASONS FOR ENTERING INTO THE JV AGREEMENTS The JV Partners are companies registered under the State Administration for Industry & Commerce in Hui Shan, Wu Xi City, Jiang Su Province, the PRC with limited liabilities. * (Wu Xi Qian Qiao Sewage Treatment Company Limited) is principally engaged in the management of sewage treatment related businesses in the PRC and * (Wu Xi Hui Shan Qian Qiao Economic Development Company Limited) is principally engaged in the development, investment and management of industrial parks and related facilities in the PRC.