09:53 PERFECTECH INTL<00765> - Announcement (6) shareholding in the Company, no Shareholder and its respective associates has any interest in the Acquisition which is different from the other Shareholders. As no Shareholder or its respective associates has any material interest in the Acquisition, no Shareholder or its respective associates needs to abstain from voting at the general meeting. In addition, as the applicable Percentage Ratios for the Acquisition exceed 5% but are below 25%, the Acquisition also constitutes a discloseable transaction of the Company under the Listing Rules. The Independent Board Committee comprising Mr. Lam Yat Cheong, Mr. Yip Chi Hung and Mr. Ng Siu Yu, Larry has been appointed by the Board to advise the Shareholders as to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreements and the granting of Corporate Guarantees. Written approval of the Sale and Purchase Agreement and the granting of Corporate Guarantees has been obtained from Mr. Poon, Mime and Nielsen, a closely allied group of Shareholders. As at the date of this announcement, Mime, Nielsen and Mr. Poon holds respectively 101,757,630, 63,097,200 and 14,984,000 Shares, representing approximately 33.21%, 20.59% and 4.89% respectively and an aggregate of 58.69% of the entire issued share capital of the Company which carry the same voting rights. Mime is 100% beneficially owned by Mr. Poon and his spouse and Nielsen is 100% beneficially owned by Mr. Leung, his spouse and his family members. Mr. Poon and Mr. Leung are co-founders of the Group and have served as Directors since the Shares were first listed on the Stock Exchange in October 1992. In addition, Mr. Poon, Mime, Nielsen and the Company have confirmed that they have voted in the same way in the past on all shareholders' resolutions, including routine resolutions at annual general meetings. Mr. Poon, Mime and Nielsen and their respective associates, as a closely allied group of Shareholders, are not interested in the Acquisition other than Mr. Poon, Mime and Nielsen's indirect interest in the Company as Shareholders. As such, Mr. Poon, Mime and Nielsen are not required to abstain from voting. In view of the aforesaid and to avoid unnecessary expenses of convening a Shareholders' meeting, Shareholders' approval by way of a resolution passed at a special general meeting would not be in the interest of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. An application has been made by the Company to the Stock Exchange for a waiver from strict compliance with the Listing Rules regarding the holding of a Shareholders' meeting for the approval of the Sale and Purchase Agreements and the granting of Corporate Guarantees pursuant to Rule 14A.43 of the Listing Rules. JOINT FINANCIAL ADVISERS Joint financial advisers have been appointed to advise the Company on the Acquisition. Save and except that Ms. Lau Kwai Ngor, spouse of Mr. Poon, is interested in approximately 2% of the entire issued share capital of Phoenix Capital Holdings Limited, the holding company of Phoenix Capital Asia Limited and to the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief after having made all reasonable enquiries, the joint financial advisers are third parties independent of and not connected with the Company and its connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules). GENERAL A circular containing, among other things, details on the Sale and Purchase Agreements, a letter from an independent financial adviser containing its advice to the Independent Board Committee and Shareholders on the Sale and Purchase Agreements and the granting of Corporate Guarantees and the recommendation of the Independent Board Committee will be despatched to the Shareholders within 21 days after the publication of this announcement. DEFINITION In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings: "2003 Acquisition" the acquisition by the Purchaser of 59% equity interest in PIML pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement dated 9 December 2003 "Acquisition" the acquisition by the Purchaser of the Sale Shares subject to and upon the terms and conditions of the Sale and Purchase Agreements, including but not limited to the granting of Corporate Guarantees "associates" has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules "Board" the board of Directors "Company" Perfectech International Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda and the Shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange "Completion" completion of the Acquisition pursuant to the Sale