10:39 CHEUNG TAI HONG<00199> - Announcement & Resumption (2) not connected and not acting in concert with the Company, each of the Subscribers and their respective connected persons (as defined under the Listing Rules) and concert parties, and are not connected persons of the Company. None of the Placees will be a Subscriber. The terms of the Subscription Convertible Notes and Placing Convertible Notes are identical. Upon full conversion of the Subscription Convertible Notes at the Initial Conversion Price, a total of 2,172,727,272 new Conversion Shares will be issued, representing approximately 602% of the existing issued share capital of the Company and approximately 85.8% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of such Conversion Shares at the Initial Conversion Price. Assuming all the HK$44 million Placing Convertible Notes are successfully placed by the Placing Agent, upon full conversion of the Placing Convertible Notes at the Initial Conversion Price, a total of 100,000,000 new Conversion Shares will be issued, representing approximately 27.7% of the existing issued share capital of the Company and approximately 21.7% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of such Conversion Shares at the Initial Conversion Price; and upon full conversion of the Subscription Convertible Notes and the Placing Convertible Notes at the Initial Conversion Price, a total of 2,272,727,272 new Conversion Shares will be issued, representing approximately 630% of the existing issued share capital of the Company and approximately 86.3% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of such Conversion Shares at the Initial Conversion Price. The total gross proceeds from the Subscription amount to HK$956 million. Assuming all the Placing Convertible Notes are successfully placed by the Placing Agent, the total gross proceeds from the Placing amount to HK$44 million. Therefore, the maximum total gross proceeds from the Subscription and the Placing amount to HK$1,000 million. After deducting related expenses of approximately HK$4 million, approximately HK$996 million will be available for the Group. It is intended that all of the net proceeds will be used for expanding the investment properties portfolio of the Company when opportunities arise. The subscription of Subscription Convertible Notes by Kopola constitutes a connected transaction of the Company under Rule 14A.13(1)(a) of the Listing Rules. Accordingly, the Subscription by Kopola is subject to the approval of the independent Shareholders on which voting shall be taken by poll. Kopola and its Associates have no shareholding interests in the Company as at the date of this announcement. The directors and chief executive of the Company and their respective associates and party acting in concert with any of them will abstain from voting in the SGM on the resolutions to approve the creation and issue of the Subscription Convertible Notes and the Placing Convertible Notes and the issue and allotment of new Shares resulting from the exercise of the conversion rights attached to the relevant Subscription Convertible Notes and Placing Convertible Notes, on which voting shall be taken by poll. An Independent Board Committee comprising Mr. Wong Chi Keung, Alvin and Mr. Zhang Shichen will be established to consider the Subscription and the Placing and to advise the