10:24 XIN CORP<01141> - Announcement (2) Original counter for trading in Consolidated Shares in new board lot of 8,000 Consolidated Shares (in the form of new yellow share certificates) re-opens 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 7th June Parallel trading in Consolidated Shares (in the form of new yellow and existing orange share certificates) commences 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 7th June Designated broker starts to stand in the market to provide matching services for odd lots of shares Tuesday, 7th June Temporary counter for trading in Consolidated Shares in board lot of 200 Consolidated Shares (in the form of existing orange share certificates) closes 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 28th June Parallel trading in Consolidated Shares (in the form of new yellow and existing orange share certificates) ends 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 28th June Designated broker standing in the market to provide matching services for odd lots of shares ends Tuesday, 28th June Free exchange of existing orange share certificates for new yellow share certificates ends Tuesday, 5th July Note: All times in this announcement refer to Hong Kong times. TRADING ARRANGEMENTS Upon the Capital Reorganisation becoming effective, all existing orange share certificates for any number of Existing Shares in issue immediately before the effective date will be deemed to be certificates, and will be effective as documents of title, for one twentieth of that number of Existing Shares. New share certificates (which will be yellow in colour) will be issued for Consolidated Shares. Parallel trading arrangements will be established on the Stock Exchange for dealings in Consolidated Shares in the form of the existing orange share certificates and in the form of the new yellow share certificates. The trading arrangements proposed for dealings in Consolidated Shares are set out as follows: (i) with effect from 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 24th May, 2005, the original counter for trading in Existing Shares in existing board lot of 4,000 Existing Shares will close temporarily. A temporary counter for trading in Consolidated Shares represented by existing orange share certificates in board lot of 200 Consolidated Shares will be established. Every existing certificate for whatever number of Existing Shares will be deemed to be a certificate, and will be effective as a document of title valid for settlement and delivery for trading transacted from 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 24th May, 2005 to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 28th June, 2005 for Consolidated Shares, in the amount equivalent to one twentieth of that number of Existing Shares. The existing orange share certificates for Existing Shares can only be traded at this temporary counter; (ii) with effect from 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 7th June, 2005, the original counter will re-open for trading in Consolidated Shares in new board lot of 8,000 Consolidated Shares. Only new yellow share certificates for Consolidated Shares can be traded at this counter; (iii) with effect from 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 7th June, 2005 to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 28th June, 2005 (both dates inclusive), there will be parallel trading at the counters mentioned in (i) and (ii) above; and