enterpriseAsia.com PLC 31 January 2002 enterpriseAsia.com plc ('EPA') Announces Additional Investment in Part-time.com Project The Directors of EPA are pleased to announce additional investment in Cybermax Network Technology Limited ('Cybermax'). Cybermax owns and operates 'Part-time.com', a Hong Kong based website which displays recruitment advertising for part-time and temporary jobs. The website has now captured a membership base of over 180,000, mostly young people under the age of 25. EPA invested HK$15 million into Cybermax in September, 2000, acquiring a 49% interest. In order to fund the project's forthcoming development phase in which additional revenue-generating functions will be built to leverage on the marketing database of its young audience, both EPA and other existing shareholders of Cybermax have provided loan facilities to the project. The total amount of financing to be made by EPA is HK$4,539,000. HK$4,000,000 of this loan facility will carry detachable warrants which entitle the holders to subscribe for Cybermax shares of up to a total value of HK$2,000,000 in future. Another HK$490,000 of the loan facility is also convertible into Cybermax shares in future. If all the warrants are exercised by the holders and all the convertible loans are converted by the lenders, EPA's share in Cybermax is expected to increase to approximately 64%. Mr. Toney Lam ('Mr. Lam'), Chief Executive Officer of Cybermax, commented: 'Part-time.com has become the highest traffic recruitment website in Hong Kong during the past few months, even though it focuses purely on part-time jobs. This success is attributed to the project's continuous efforts in enhancing its user interface to offer the most friendly and functional recruitment services specially designed for part-time jobs. Such services are not matched by any other recruitment advertising medium in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the current economic climate in Hong Kong also favours the part-time job market, when businesses are inclined to contain operating costs by turning full-time jobs into part-time vacancies, and employees look for 2nd jobs for additional security.' Mr. Benjamin Ng, EPA's Chief Executive Officer, added: 'Part-time.com's young membership base, with reliable demographic data and useful behavioral information, offers a valuable marketing tool for those consumer products and services that need to be targeted at the youth market with maximum efficiency and minimum wastage. So far, Part-time.com has not got the resources to capitalize on its full potential in this area. Part of the new funds will be used by Cybermax to recruit a new Managing Director with consumer marketing background. Together with Mr. Lam, they will drive the development of the database marketing business and the expansion of the Part-time.com concept overseas.' For further information : Phill Brown, Corporate Relations Director enterpriseAsia.com plc +44 (0) 1274 623478 Benjamin Ng, Chief Executive Officer enterpriseAsia.com plc 00 852 2116 5900 Garry Levin, Director Altium Capital Limited +44 (0) 20 7484 4040 Shane Dolan Biddicks +44 (0) 20 7448 1000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange