11:03 MELCO INT'L DEV<00200> - Announcement (12) Conditions Precedent The First Agreement Completion of the First Agreement is conditional upon the fulfillment (or, in the case of paragraph (d) below, waiver) of the following conditions precedent: (a) The First Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the subscription and issue of the Convertible Loan Notes, having been approved by a resolution of the Independent Shareholders in general meeting taken on a poll and Melco having obtained all other approvals and consents which are necessary or desirable for the completion of the transactions contemplated by the First Agreement; (b) listing permission to deal in the Shares falling to be issued on conversion of the Convertible Loan Notes having been granted by the Stock Exchange and not having been revoked; (c) all consents or approvals of any relevant governmental authorities or other relevant regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Macau which are necessary for entering into the First Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby having been obtained and not having been revoked; and (d) Great Respect delivering to Melco Entertainment an opinion addressed to it by a firm of lawyers qualified to advise on Hong Kong law, in an agreed form. The legal opinion is required to confirm, among other things, the enforceability of the Joint Venture MOA and the Joint Venture under Hong Kong law and such other matters as Great Respect and Melco Entertainment may agree. If any of the conditions precedent have not been fulfilled (or, in the case of the condition referred to in paragraph (d) above, waived) by 31st August 2005 (or such later date as the parties to the First Agreement may agree in writing), any party to the First Agreement may at its option (but without prejudice to any other right or remedy it may have), by notice to the other parties to the First Agreement elect to terminate the First Agreement, in which event the First Agreement will be of no further effect, the rights and obligations of the parties under the First Agreement will lapse and the parties thereto will be released from such obligations without any liability. Melco Entertainment currently has no intention to waive the condition referred to in paragraph (d) above. The Second Agreement Completion of the Second Agreement is conditional upon the fulfillment (or, in the case of paragraph (c) below, waiver) of the following conditions precedent: (a) The Second Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby having been approved by resolution of the Independent Shareholders in general meeting taken on a poll and Melco having obtained all other approvals and consents which are necessary or desirable for the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Second Agreement; (b) all consents or approvals of any relevant governmental authorities or other relevant regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Macau which are necessary for entering into the Second Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby having been obtained and not having been revoked; and (c) Melco Leisure having delivered to Melco Entertainment an opinion addressed to Melco Entertainment by a firm of lawyers qualified to advise on Macau law, in an agreed form. The legal opinion is required to confirm, among other things, the due establishment incorporation and existence of Melco Hotels under the laws of Macau.