09:32     BEAUFORTE INV<00021> - Announcement (3)                             

    Internationa                                                              
    l Holdings                                                                
    Limited                                                                   
    (Note)                                                                    
    Public                                                                    
    shareholders                                                              
    Mr.          1,600,000    0.55         60,164,000   17.12                 
    Christian                                                                 
    Emil                                                                      
    Toggenburger                                                              
    Other        203,420,000  69.47        203,420,000  57.89                 
    public                                                                    
    shareholders                                                              
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    Total        292,820,000  100          351,384,000  100                   
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    Note:  Honourable International Holdings Limited is wholly owned by       
    Max Team Investments Limited which is in turn wholly owned by Mr.         
    SHEN Song Ning.                                                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
    Fund raising exercise by the Company in the past twelve months            
    The Company has not conducted any fund raising exercise in the past       
    twelve months.                                                            
                                                                              
    Information of the Company                                                
    The Company is an investment holding company with its subsidiaries        
    engaged in property investment and treasury and investment in listed      
    and unlisted securities.                                                  
                                                                              
    Application for listing                                                   
    Application will be made by the Company to the Stock Exchange for         
    the listing of, and permission to deal in, the New Shares.                
                                                                              
    Terms and definitions                                                     
    `associate'                    has the meaning ascribed                   
                                   thereto in the Listing Rules               
    `Board'                        the board of Directors                     
    `Business Day'                 any day (excluding Saturday)               
                                   on which commercial banks are              
                                   generally open for normal                  
                                   banking business in Hong Kong              
    `Company'                      Beauforte Investors                        
                                   Corporation Limited, a                     
                                   company incorporated in Hong               
                                   Kong with limited liability                
                                   and the Shares are listed on               
                                   the Stock Exchange                         
    `Director(s)'                  director(s) of the Company                 
    `Hong Kong'                    Hong Kong Special                          
                                   Administrative Region of the               
                                   People's Republic of China                 
    `Listing Approval'             the approval of the listing                
                                   of, and permission to deal                 
                                   in, the New Shares on the                  
                                   Stock Exchange granted by the              
                                   Stock Exchange                             
    `Listing Rules'                the Rules Governing the                    
                                   listing of Securities on the               
                                   Stock Exchange                             
    `New Shares'                   an aggregate of 58,564,000                 
                                   Shares to be placed pursuant               
                                   to the terms of the Placing                
                                   Agreement                                  
    `Placing'                      the placing of New Shares                  
                                   pursuant to the terms of                   
                                   Placing Agreement                          
    `Placing Agent & Financial     TIS Securities (HK) Limited,               
    Adviser'                       a licensed corporation to                  
                                   carry on types 1, 2, 4 and 6               
                                   regulated activities (dealing              
                                   in securities, dealing in                  
                                   futures contracts, advising                
                                   on securities and advising on              
                                   corporate finance                          
                                   respectively), under the                   
                                   Securities and Futures                     
                                   Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the              
                                   Laws of Hong Kong)                         
    `Placing Agreement'            the placing agreement dated                
                                   30 May 2005 entered into                   
                                   between the Company and the                
                                   Placing Agent & Financial                  
                                   Adviser in relation to the                 
                                   placing of the New Shares                  
    `Placing Price'                HK$0.40 per New Share                      
    `Shares'                       ordinary shares of HK$0.40                 
                                   each in the share capital of               
                                   the Company<ep                             
    `Shareholder(s)'               holder(s) of the Shares                    
    `Stock Exchange'               The Stock Exchange of Hong                 
                                   Kong Limited