09:28 SINO-I TECH<00250> - Announcement (5) financial information and related services, distance learning and application services, property investment and development and, through its listed subsidiary, South Sea Holding Company Limited, is principally engaged in property development; and design and marketing of consumer packaged electronics. INFORMATION ON THE PURCHASER To the knowledge of the Directors, the principal business activity of the Purchaser is investment holding. GENERAL The Disposal constitutes a discloseable transaction for the Company under rule 14.06(2) of the Listing Rules. A circular containing details of the Disposal will be sent to the shareholders of the Company as soon as practicable. As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises two executive Directors, namely Mr. Yu Pun Hoi and Mr. Zhang Hong Ren; three non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Li Shilin, Mr. Luo Ning and Mr. Lam Bing Kwan and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Chan Lap Stanley, Mr. Fung Wing Lap and Mr. Qin Tian Xiang. DEFINITIONS "Acesite" Acesite Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability, the entire issued share capital of which is held by South Port; Acesite was the holder of 74,889,231 ordinary shares in Acesite (Phils.) Hotel, representing 75% of its total issued stock capital, which were mortgaged in favour of a bank who purported in February 2003 to sell all of such mortgaged shares to a third party purchaser "Acesite (Phils.) Acesite (Phils.) Hotel Corporation, a company Hotel" incorporated in the Philippines with limited liability, the shares of which are listed on the Philippines Stock Exchange "Agreement" the conditional sale and purchase agreement dated 18 April 2005 entered into among the Company as vendor, the Purchaser and Mr. Yu as guarantor in respect of the Disposal "Board" the board of Directors "CIMA Realty" CIMA Realty (Phils) Inc., a company incorporated in the Philippines with limited liability, 40% of the issued share capital of which is owned by South Port and the remaining 60% of the issued stock capital of which is beneficially owned by an independent third party; and the registered owner of a parcel of land site under Transfer Certificate of Title No. 184100 of the office of the Register of Deeds for the City of Manila on which Manila Pavilion Hotel is situated, having a gross area of about 6,500 sq.m. "Company" Sino-i Technology Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange "Directors" the directors of the Company "Disposal" the proposed disposal of the entire issued share capital of each of South Port and First Foundation pursuant to the Agreement "First Foundation" First Foundation Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability, which is wholly-owned by the Company