NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of the Members of Tonic Industries Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Coral Room-2, 3rd Floor, Furama Hotel Hong Kong, One Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 26 September 2000 at 10:30 a.m. for the following purposes:

1. To receive and consider the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and of the Auditors for the year ended 31 March 2000.

2. To declare a final dividend.

3. To re-elect Directors and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix the Directors' remuneration.

4. To re-appoint Auditors and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.

5. As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification the following resolutions as Ordinary Resolutions:

"(A) THAT:

(a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company ("Directors") during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase issued shares in the capital of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and/or requirements of the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall, in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors, authorise the Directors on behalf of the Company during the Relevant Period to procure the Company to purchase its own shares at a price to be determined by the Directors;

(c) the aggregate nominal amount of the issued shares of the Company to be repurchased or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and

(d) for the purposes of this resolution:

"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law or its articles of association to be held; or

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority granted under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meetings."

"(B) THAT:

(a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below and without prejudice to the resolution numbered 5(C) set out in the notice of this Meeting, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined in resolution numbered 5(A)(d) set out in the notice of this Meeting) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal in shares in the capital of the Company or securities convertible into shares or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any shares in the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such power, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall, in addition to any other authorisation given to the Directors, authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements or options (including warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any shares in the Company) which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c) the aggregate nominal amount of securities allotted, issued or dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued or dealt with by the Directors pursuant to the approval given in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as defined below); (ii) the exercise of the rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any securities or bonds which are convertible into any shares in the capital of the Company; (iii) any options granted or issue of shares under any share option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted by the Company, or (iv) any scrip dividend schemes or similar arrangements providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

(d) for the purposes of this resolution:

"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares on the Register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong)."

"(C) THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions numbered 5(A) and 5(B) set out in the notice of this Meeting, the aggregate nominal amount of the shares in the Company which are repurchased by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the said resolution numbered 5(A) shall be added to the aggregate nominal amount of the shares in the Company that may be allotted, issued or dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally by the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with the said resolution numbered 5(B)."

By Order of the Board
Liu Hoi Keung, Gary
Secretary & Director

Hong Kong, 8 August 2000

Notes:

(a) The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 22 September 2000 to Tuesday, 26 September 2000 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered and no shares will be allotted and issued on the exercise of the subscription rights attaching to the outstanding warrants and share options issued/granted by the Company. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates and transfer forms and, in the case of warrantholders, all duly completed subscription forms accompanied by the relevant warrant certificates and the appropriate subscription monies must be lodged with the Company's Branch Registrar in Hong Kong, Tengis Limited at 4th Floor Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, 21 September 2000.

(b) A shareholder of the Company who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him on his behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.

(c) The instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be lodged with the Company's Branch Registrar in Hong Kong, Tengis Limited at 4th Floor Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the Meeting.

(d) The Annual Report of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2000 also containing this notice together with a circular setting out further information regarding resolution numbered 5 above will be dispatched to shareholders and for information only, warrantholders as soon as practicable.

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