Asiaone 1-42

GENERAL AND STATUTORY INFORMATION
(b) Subscription Agreement dated 21 February 2000 between our Company and Asianbourses.com
relating to the purchase by our Company of a 20% stake in Asianbourses.com;
(c) Joint Venture Agreement dated 29 February 2000 between our Company and Reckon relating
to the establishment of a joint venture company for the primary purpose of developing and
setting up an online financial business portal;
(d) Shareholders Agreement dated 2 March 2000 between our Company, Yeong Wai Cheong,
Chin Phick Fui, Donald W B Drapeau, Anthony Sneed and AsianBourses.com to regulate
our relationship as shareholders of Asianbourses.com;
(e) Joint Venture Agreement dated 22 March 2000 between our Company and Fantastic relating
to the establishment of a joint venture company to engage in media aggregation for data
broadcasting and the delivery and distribution of digital content through data broadcasting;
(f) Management and Underwriting Agreement referred to in the “Management, Underwriting
and Placement Arrangements” section of this Prospectus;
(g) Placement Agreement referred to in the “Management, Underwriting and Placement
Arrangements” section of this Prospectus;
(h) Receiving Bank Agreement referred to in the “Miscellaneous” section of this Prospectus;
and
(i) Depository Agreement dated 22 May 2000 between our Company and CDP pursuant to
which CDP agreed to act as depository for our Company.
LITIGATION
24. Neither our Company nor its subsidiary is engaged in any legal or arbitration proceedings as
plaintiff or defendant in respect of any claims or amounts which are material in the context of
this Invitation and the Directors have no knowledge of any legal or arbitration proceedings
pending or threatened against our Company or its subsidiary or of any facts likely to give rise
to any legal or arbitration proceedings which might materially affect the financial position or
business of our Company or its subsidiary.
MANAGEMENT, UNDERWRITING AND PLACEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
25. (a) Pursuant to the management and underwriting agreement dated 22 May 2000 (the
“Management and Underwriting Agreement”) made between our Company and Citicorp,
our Company appointed Citicorp as the Manager to manage the Invitation and to underwrite
the New Shares. Citicorp will receive a management fee from our Company for its services
as the Manager of the Invitation. Citicorp has agreed to underwrite the New Shares for a
commission of 1.25% of the Offering Price for each New Share. Such commission will be
payable by our Company.
(b) Pursuant to the placement agreement dated 22 May 2000 (the “Placement Agreement”)
made between our Company, Citicorp (as Placement Agent) and ING Barings (as Joint
Placement Agent), Citicorp and ING Barings have agreed to subscribe for or procure
subscriptions for the Placement Shares for a placement commission of 1% of the Offering
Price for each New Share. Such commission will be payable by our Company.
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