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Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or required in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any fractional part of a share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

[...] had total capital commitments of HK$909 million (31 December 2006: HK$1,107 million), of which HK$615 million (31 December 2006: HK$810 [...][...]

including, amongst other things, the increase of the annual cap for the Subcontracting Order Fee for each of the three financial years ending 31 December 2008, 2009 and 2010 from HK$9,900,000 under the Initial Subcontracting Agreement to HK$30,000,000 under the Subcontracting Agreement, be and are hereby approved and confirmed and the entering into of the Subcontracting Agreement by Dongguan Yihao Fashions Limited be and is hereby confirmed, approved and ratified.

The above Offer and connected transactions were approved by the independent shareholders of the Company by way of a poll at the special general meeting held on 8 June 2007.

The Group’s share of jointly controlled and associated companies’ taxation for the six months ended 30th June 2008 of HK$125 million (30th June 2007: HK$80 million; year ended31stDecember 2007: HK$181 million) and HK$81 million (30th June 2007: HK$243 million; year ended 31st December 2007: HK$514 million) respectively is included in the share [...][...]

Mr Li joined the CMC Group in 1991 and has since been assigned to a number of subsidiary companies including the appointments of: Vice General Manager of Minmetals Finance Company Limited in 1994, and General Manager from 1997 to 2007; Vice General Manager of the Finance Branch of CMC from 2001 to 2002; Vice General Manager of Minmetals Investment & Development Company Limited in 2002, and General Manager from 2005 to March 2009; Assistant President of CMC in 2007 and promoted to Vice President in 2008; and Chairman of Shanxi Guanlv (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) from April 2009 to April 2010.

On 29thJuly 2008, the Group acquired additional 74.5% equity interest in Acon and it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company since then.

This Trust Deed has been amended by supplemental trust deeds dated 16th October, 1989, 1st June 1991, 26th November 1991, 2nd December 1991, 31st March 1992, 7th June 1993, 15th April 1996, 24th June 1999, 31st October 2001, 7th October 2002 and 9th July 2007 respectively, a Deed of Retirement and Appointment dated 20th May 1995 and a Deed of Retirement and Appointment of Manager and Modification of the Trust Deed constituting Taifook SRI Asia Fund dated 24th October 2003.

[...] [...] Directors may settle the same and in particularmay issue fractional [...][...]

expedient to give effect to any capitalisation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (A) of this Bye-law with full power to the Board to make such provisions as they think fit in the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions(including provisions whereby, in whole or in part, fractional entitlements are aggregated and sold and the net proceeds distributed to thoseentitled, or are disregarded or rounded up or down or whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the members concerned).

[...] [...] a fragmented andpiecemeal approach.

International human rights standards also provide a sound framework for mainstreaming the protection of children from violence in the national policy agenda, helping to avoid fragmented, diluted or simply reactive solutions and influencing lasting change through national implementation informed by good practices and lessons learned.

However, by excluding the effectsof non-cash share award expenses (for the six months ended 30 June 2008: HK$8.6 million and for the six months ended 30 June 2007: HK$245.9 million) and the initial start-up operating losses of the MAGL and GME plants (for the six months ended 30 June 2008: HK$62 million and for the six months ended 30 June 2007: HK$7 million), the Group’s operating profit and profit for the period under review would have been HK$467 million and HK$398 million (HK$325 million and HK$302 million respectively in the first half year of 2007) while the relevant operating profit margin would have further expanded to 17.6% (16.3% for the first half year in 2007) and net profit margin would have been stagnated at 15.0% (15.2% for the first half year in 2007).

The 5-Year Exemption Entitlement, which commenced on 1 January 2008, will end on 31 December 2012 irrespective of whether WIT is profit-making during this period and the 5-Year 50% Tax Reduction Entitlement will commence from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2017 and tax payable will be charged at 12.5%.

making recommendations to the Board on the terms of engagement letters of the Non-executive Directors of the Company and their directors’ fees for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

(C) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article no fraction of any share shall be allotted on exercise of the subscription rights and so that whether any (and if so what) fraction of a share arises shall be determined according to the terms and conditions of the warrants.

Transactions incurred before 31 August 2007 were still classified as related-party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2007.

[...] [...] as the Directors maydeem necessary [...][...]

(C) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (A) of this Bye-law no fraction of any share shall be allotted on exercise of the subscription rights and so that whether any (and if so what) fraction of a share arises should be determined according to the terms and conditions of the warrants.

(2) The Board may do all acts and things considered necessary or expedient to give effect to any capitalisation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article, with full power to the Board to make such provisions as it thinks fit in the case of shares becoming distributable infractions (including provisions whereby, in whole or in part, fractional entitlements are aggregated and sold and the net proceeds distributed to those entitled, or are disregarded or rounded up or down or whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the Members concerned).

Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or required in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any fractional part of a share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

[...] [...] necessary toavoid a piecemeal approachto the [...][...]

The Fund was formerly known as Polaris Emerging Economies Fund and Kingsway Emerging Economies Fund before 1st August 2001 and 1st August 2007 respectively and was changed to its present name with effect from 1st August 2007.

Progress reports on the item were submitted by the Director-General to the Board at its 179th and 180th sessions, and a basic outline for discussion on the matter, including an in-depth analysis of the content of standard-setting instruments already existing in this field, were submitted to the Board at its 179th session in document 179 EX/INF.6.