Natural Beauty Bio-Technology Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2002

Dec 19, 2002

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement

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(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

THE PROPOSED PRIVATISATION OF HENDERSON INVESTMENT LIMITED BY HENDERSON LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED BY WAY OF A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT

The HIL Directors wish to remind the Minority Shareholders that:

• the Court Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting will be held in the Stork and Bamboo Rooms, Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Thursday, 2nd January, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Court Meeting shall have been concluded or adjourned), respectively.

• the pink form of proxy in respect of the Court Meeting should be lodged with the Registrars not later than 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 31st December, 2002 or, alternatively, may be handed to the chairman of the Court Meeting at the Court Meeting.

• the white form of proxy for use at the Extraordinary General Meeting must be lodged with the Registrars not later than 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 31st December, 2002.

This announcement is made further to the document (the “Scheme Document”) dated 6th December, 2002 sent by HIL to the Minority Shareholders in relation to the privatisation proposal. Terms defined in the Scheme Document have the same meanings when used in this announcement.

The Court Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting will be held in the Stork and Bamboo Rooms, Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Thursday, 2nd January, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Court Meeting shall have been concluded or adjourned), respectively.

WHETHER OR NOT MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS, THEY ARE STRONGLY URGED TO COMPLETE BOTH THE PINK FORM OF PROXY FOR THE COURT MEETING AND THE WHITE FORM OF PROXY FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF THE MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS WISH TO HAVE SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THEM AT THE MEETINGS, THEY MUST APPOINT THAT PERSON AS THEIR PROXY BY COMPLETING BOTH FORMS OF PROXY.

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The pink form of proxy in respect of the Court Meeting should be lodged with the share registrar of HIL, Standard Registrars Limited (the “Registrars”), at 5th Floor, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong not later than 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 31st December, 2002 or, alternatively, may be handed to the chairman of the Court Meeting at the Court Meeting.

In order to be valid, the white form of proxy for use at the Extraordinary General Meeting must be lodged with the Registrars not later than 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 31st December, 2002.

The completion and return of a form of proxy for a Court Meeting and/or the Extraordinary General Meeting will not preclude a Minority Shareholder from attending the relevant Meeting(s) and voting in person if he or she so wishes. In such event, the Minority Shareholder’s form of proxy will be deemed to have been revoked.

Additional copies of the Scheme Document and the forms of proxy for use at the Court Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting can be obtained from (a) the Registrars at 5th Floor, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, (b) the principal office of HIL at 6th Floor, World-Wide House, 19 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong and (c) HIL’s solicitors, Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo, at 27th Floor, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong during usual business hours on any day (other than a Saturday afternoon, Sunday or public holiday) prior to the day appointed for the Meetings.

By Order of the Board Henderson Investment Limited John Yip Secretary

Hong Kong, 18th December, 2002

The HIL Directors jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in The Standard.

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