10:38 GEELY AUTO<00175>-Announcement & Resumption of Trading (8) manufacture of automobiles. Term From the date of approval of the Supply Agreement by the Independent Shareholders at the EGM to 31 December 2007, and if there is no agreement on the extension period three months prior to the date of expiry of the Supply Agreement, the Supply Agreement will automatically be renewed for 1 year thereafter. The Company will comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules upon renewal of the Supply Agreement. Pricing basis The consideration payable under the transactions pursuant to the Supply Agreement will be determined at arm's length negotiations between the relevant parties with reference to prevalent market price or on no more favourable terms than those offered by Fulin Guorun to other independent third parties. The terms of the Supply Agreement have been determined on an arm's length basis and the transactions pursuant thereto will be conducted in the ordinary course of business of the parties concerned and on normal commercial terms. The executive Directors consider that the terms of the Supply Agreement are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Shareholders as a whole. Condition precedent The Supply Agreement shall be conditional upon the resolution in respect of the Supply Agreement having been passed by the Independent Shareholders by poll at the EGM in accordance with the requirements of the Listing Rules. Annual Cap The Directors expect that the annual aggregate amount of the transactions contemplated under the Supply Agreement will not exceed HK$60 million, HK$80 million and HK$95 million for each of the three years ending 31 December 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. The Proposed Cap has been determined by the executive Directors with reference to: (i) expected increase in Fulin Guoun's sales volume of automobile parts and components to Zhejiang Geely JV in accordance with the expected growth in the business volume of Zhejiang Geely JV for each of the three years ending 31 December 2007; (ii) the increase in the variety of automobile parts and components to be manufactured by Fulin Guorun and the expected increase in the volume of products to be sold to Zhejiang Geely JV for each of the three years ending 31 December 2007 based on the expected growth of the business volume of Zhejiang Geely JV during the same period; (iii) the historical transaction amount of approximately HK$23.0 million of the Continuing Connected Transactions for the year ended 31 December 2004; and (iv) the price trend of the automobile parts and components manufactured by Fulin Guorun in the coming years. Reasons for entering into the Supply Agreement The Supply Agreement will provide the Group with an additional source of revenue for of the Group's products. The Directors consider that the Supply Agreement will enable the Group to generate steady revenue from the trading of the automobile parts and components which is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Apart from the Continuing Connected Transactions, following closing of the Offer, the Directors will take a further review of the business opportunities and future collaboration between the Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding Limited and its subsidiaries to see if there would be any other possible continuing connected transactions to be effected between the two group of companies. Further announcement in connection with other any possible continuing connected transactions will be made by the Company as and when appropriate in accordance with the Listing Rules. General A circular containing details of the terms of the Supply Agreement and the Proposed Cap, the relevant advice from the independent board committee of the Company and the advice from independent financial adviser to the independent board committee will be despatched to the Shareholders within 21 days from the publication of this announcement. Proper Glory and its associates will abstain from voting at the