09:26 USI (U SUCCESS)<00369> - Announcement (2) letter from an independent financial adviser and a letter from the independent board committee formed to consider the Scheme) will be despatched to shareholders as soon as possible. The Company will disclose in the next and each successive reports of the Company (until the end of the Scheme) any awards granted and any vesting of awards under the Scheme, including the market value of the Shares in relation to which awards are granted at the date of grant, accounting treatments and any dilutive effect (had the Shares been issued at their market value at the date of grant), with separate disclosure on the impact on the Company's employee costs based on the market value of the Shares in relation to which awards are granted as at the date of grant. DEFINITIONS In this announcement, the following expressions have the following meanings: "Board" or "Directors" the directors of the Company "Company" USI Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in Bermuda, the shares of which are listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited "Group" the Company and its subsidiaries "HK$" Hong Kong dollars "Independent Shareholders" shareholders of the Company other than those precluded by the Listing Rules from voting at the general meeting of the Company which will consider whether to approve the Scheme "Listing Rules" The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited "Scheme" the employee share incentive scheme proposed to be adopted by the Company "Share(s)" share(s) of HK$0.50 each of the Company By Order of the Board USI HOLDINGS LIMITED Au Hing Lun, Dennis Executive Director and Company Secretary Hong Kong, 21 April 2005 Members of the Board Executive Directors: Cheng Wai Chee, Christopher, Cheng Wai Sun, Edward, Cheng Man Piu, Francis, Ng Tak Wai, Frederick and Au Hing Lun, Dennis. Non-executive Directors: Cheng Wai Keung, Kwok Ping Luen, Raymond, Wong Yick Kam, Michael, Hong Pak Cheung, William, Simon Murray#, Fang Hung, Kenneth# and Yeung Kit Shing, Jackson#. # independent non-executive directors