09:54 CHINA SPECIAL STEEL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED<02889>-Ann. (3) Applicants who apply for 1,000,000 Public Offer Shares or more on a WHITE or YELLOW application form and have indicated their intention on their application forms to collect their refund cheque(s) (where applicable) and/or (for applicants using WHITE application forms) share certificate(s) (where applicable) from the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, and have provided all information required by their application forms, may collect the same from Shops 1712--1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 18 May, 2005. Applicants being individuals must not authorise any other person to make collection on their behalf. Applicants must show identification documents (which must be acceptable to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited) to collect their (where relevant) refund cheque(s) and/or (where relevant) share certificate(s). Applicants being corporations must attend by their authorised representatives each bearing a letter of authorisation from such corporation stamped with the corporation's chop. Both individuals and authorised representatives (if applicable) must produce at the time of collection evidence of identity acceptable to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited. Uncollected shares certificates and/or refund cheques will be despatched promptly thereafter by ordinary post at the applicants' own risk to the addresses specified in the relevant application forms. Applicants who have applied for less than 1,000,000 Public Offer Shares or where applicants have applied for 1,000,000 Public Offer Shares but have not indicated on their application forms that they wish to collect their refund cheques in person, it will be sent to the address on their application form by ordinary post and at their own risk. For applicants who apply for Public Offer Shares using a YELLOW application form and whose applications are wholly or partially successful, the share certificates will be issued in the name of HKSCC Nominees Limited and deposited into CCASS for credit to their investor participant stock accounts or the stock accounts of any designated CCASS participant as instructed by them in their application forms at the close of business on Wednesday, 18 May, 2005, or under contingent situation, on any other date as shall be determined by HKSCC or HKSCC Nominees Limited. They should check the number of Public Offer Shares allotted to them with their designated CCASS participants if they are applying through a designated CCASS participant, or in the announcement to be published by the Company on Wednesday, 18 May, 2005 if the applicants are applying as CCASS investor participants. Immediately after the credit of the Public Offer Shares to their CCASS investor participant stock accounts, they can check their new account balances via the CCASS Phone System and CCASS Internet System (under the procedures contained in HKSCC's ``An Operating Guide for Investor Participants'' in effect from time to time), HKSCC will also make available to them activity statements showing the number of Public Offer Shares credited to their CCASS investor participant stock accounts. If the applicants are applying as CCASS investor participants, they should check the announcement published by the Company and report any discrepancies to HKSCC before 5:00 p.m. on 18 May 2005 or such other date as shall be determined by HKSCC or HKSCC Nominees. If the Offer Price as finally determined is less than HK$1.85 per Offer Share or an application is rejected, not accepted or accepted in part only or if any application is revoked or any allotment pursuant thereto has become void, the application monies, or the appropriate portion thereof, together with the related brokerage, SFC transaction levy, SFC investor compensation levy and the Stock Exchange trading fee, will be refunded, without interest. It is intended that special efforts will be made to avoid any delay in refunding application monies when appropriate. For applicants using WHITE or YELLOW application forms, all refunds will be made by a cheque crossed ``Account payee only'', and made out to them or, if they are joint applicants, to the first-named applicant on their application forms on the terms set out under ``Refund of your money'' on the application form. Refund cheques are expected to be sent to the address on their application form or if they are joint applicants, to the address of the first-named applicant on their application form by ordinary post and at their own risk on Wednesday, 18 May, 2005.