Scheme of Arrangement update (3233Y)

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RNS Number : 3233Y

Et-china.com International Holdings

21 December 2010

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS IN THAT JURISDICTION

ET-CHINA.COM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

("Et-china" or "the Company")

Scheme of Arrangement update

Further to recent announcements in connection with Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd.'s ("Kuoni") recommended cash offer for the Company, Kuoni has today informed the board of Et-china that certain conditions to the Scheme will not have been satisfied, and will not be waived, by such time as would enable the Scheme to become effective by the Long Stop Date (31 December 2010) and that Kuoni is accordingly invoking those conditions. Kuoni has further stated that it is not willing to agree to a further extension of the Long Stop Date. The takeover of the Company by Kuoni will therefore not be completed.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Company is not subject to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("City Code") and accordingly investors should be aware that they are not afforded the protections of the City Code.

Any capitalised term used but not defined in this announcement has the same meaning as is given to it in the Scheme Circular.

The distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than in the United Kingdom or Jersey may be restricted by law and therefore any persons who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom or Jersey should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements. This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with Jersey law and the AIM Rules and information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom or Jersey.

Copies of this announcement and formal documentation relating to the Proposal will not be and must not be, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from any jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction.

The Proposal relates to the shares of a Jersey company and is proposed to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under Jersey law. The Proposal will not be sent to Et-china Shareholders who are resident in, or citizens of, or are organised or incorporated in, the United States. Accordingly, neither this announcement nor any other document in connection with the Proposal shall be released, published or distributed in whole or in part in, into or from the United States or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws in that jurisdiction. Neither this announcement nor any other document in connection with the Proposal shall be forwarded by any nominee, custodian, broker or other intermediary in, into or from the United States.

Hong Kong

WARNING

The contents of this announcement and the Scheme Circular have not been reviewed by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to exercise caution in relation to the offer. If you are in doubt about any of the contents of this announcement or the Scheme Circular, you should obtain independent professional advice.

This announcement and the Scheme Circular do not constitute an offer or invitation to the public in Hong Kong to subscribe for or dispose of the Scheme Shares. Accordingly, unless permitted by the securities laws of Hong Kong, no person may issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, this announcement or any invitation or document relating to the Scheme Shares, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong other than in circumstances which do not constitute an offer or an invitation to the public for the purposes of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance. However, numbered copies of the Scheme Circular may be issued to a limited number of shareholders in Hong Kong in a manner which does not constitute an issue circulation or distribution of this document, or any offer or invitation in respect of the Scheme Shares, to the public in Hong Kong. Only the person to whom a numbered copy of the Scheme Circular has been issued may take action in response to the Scheme Circular. No person to whom a numbered copy of the Scheme Circular is issued may issue, circulate or distribute this document in Hong Kong or make or give a copy of this document to any other person.

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