09:10 JACKLEY HOLDING<00353>&<02966>-Announcement & Resumption (2) than 30% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by such conversion, will be waived. The Whitewash Waiver, if approved and granted, will not be applicable to the transferee(s) should the Subscriber transfer the Convertible Note to other parties. The Executive may or may not grant the Whitewash Waiver. Completion is conditional upon, among other things, the granting of the Whitewash Waiver by the Executive. Therefore, if the Whitewash Waiver is not obtained, the Subscription will lapse and the Subscriber will not proceed with the Subscription. General The Directors would also like to announce that the Company is conducting an Open Offer of 69,500,000 Shares at the price of HK$0.20 each on the basis of one offer Share for every two Shares, details of which were set out in the Company's announcements dated Monday, 21 February 2005, 3 March 2005 and 22 March 2005, and the Company's prospectus dated 29 March 2005. The Open Offer is fully underwritten. After completion of the Open Offer, the issued share capital of the Company will increase from 139,000,000 Shares to 208,500,000 Shares. It is currently anticipated that the Convertible Note, if so approved at the EGM, will be issued after completion of the Open Offer. An independent board committee of the Company will be set up to advise the Independent Shareholders in relation to the (i) Whitewash Waiver (ii) the Subscription and (iii) the issue of The Convertible Note and the allotment and the issue of the Conversion Shares upon exercise of the Convertible Note. A circular containing, amongst other things, further details of the Subscription Agreement, the issue of the Convertible Note, the Whitewash Waiver, the recommendation of the independent board committee of the Company to the Independent Shareholders and the letter of advice from the independent financial adviser to the independent board committee of the Company and the Independent Shareholders in respect of (i) the Whitewash Waiver; (ii) the Subscription; and (iii) the issue of the Conversion Shares upon exercise of the Convertible Note, together with a notice to convene the EGM for the purpose of considering (i) the Whitewash Waiver, (ii) the Subscription Agreement, (iii) the issue of the Convertible Note and the allotment and the issue of the Conversion Shares will be despatched to the Shareholders within 21 days from the date of this announcement. Shareholders should note that completion of the Subscription Agreement is conditional and may or may not proceed. Shareholders and potential investors should exercise caution when dealing in the Shares. (2) EXTENSION OF PARALLEL TRADING Given that the trading in the Shares has been suspended for five trading days pending the release of this announcement, the latest time for (i) the parallel trading in the Shares and the old Shares (the shares before the capital reorganization of the Company becoming effective); and (ii) the temporary counter for trading in old Shares in board lots of 200 Shares (in form of old share certificates) will be extended from 4:00p.m. on Wednesday, 20 April 2005 to 4:00p.m. on Wednesday, 27 April 2005, and the last day for the availability of odd lot facility will be extended to Wednesday, 27 April 2005. In addition, the last day for free exchange of old share certificates for new share certificates will be extended to Tuesday, 3 May 2005. (3) SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OF TRADING