10:02 MENGNIU DAIRY<02319> - Announcement (14) ``Founding Individuals'' means Niu Gensheng, Deng Jiuqiang, Hou Jiangbin, Sun Yubin, Qiu Lianjun, Yang Wenjun, Pang Kaitai, Lu Jun, Sun Xianhong and Xie Qiuxu, who are all PRC nationals. Niu Gensheng, Lu Jun, Sun Yubin and Yang Wenjun are Directors of the Company. The Founding Individuals have been acting as the controlling group of the Mengniu business since its inception in 1999 and as a result, they as a group are the controlling shareholders of the Company and they are connected persons of the Company; ``Group'' means the Company and its subsidiaries; ``Guarantee Agreements'' means the agreements entered into by Mengniu with each of Mengniu Luannan, Mengniu Tangshan, Mengniu Beijing, Mengniu Jiaozuo, Mengniu Taian, Mengniu Shenyang, Mengniu Shanxi and Mengniu Maanshan on 18 May 2005 to act as guarantor for future bank borrowings by each of the Mengniu Subsidiaries; ``Hong Kong'' means the Hong Kong Special administrative Region of the PRC; ``Ice Cream Products Inventory Adjustment Agreement'' means the agreement entered into among Mengniu, Mengniu Dangyang, Mengniu Jiaozuo, Mengniu Jinhua, Mengniu Shenyang, Mengniu Taian, and Mengniu Maanshan on 18 May 2005 regarding the inventory adjustment of ice cream products; ``Independent Board Committee'' means the independent board committee, comprising Mr Wang Huaibao, Mr Zhang Julin and Mr Li Jianxin, all being independent non-executive directors to advise the independent shareholders; ``Listing Rules'' means The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (as amended from time to time); ``Mengniu'' means Inner Mongolia Mengniu Milk Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., () a sino-foreign joint stock limited company incorporated in the PRC with limited liability and the principal operating subsidiary of the Group; ``Mengniu Baotou'' means (Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Baotou Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Beijing'' means (Mengniu Dairy (Beijing) Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Dangyang'' means (Mengniu Dairy (Dangyang) Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Dengkou'' means (Mengniu Dairy (Dengkou Bayan Gaole) Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Founding'' means (Inner Mongolia Mengniu Founding Industry Management Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Jiaozuo'' means (Mengniu Dairy (Jiaozuo) Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Jinhua'' means (Jinhua Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Keerqin'' means (Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Keerqin Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; ``Mengniu Luannan'' means (Mengniu Dairy (Luannan) Co., Ltd.), a company incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;