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1 September
2003
Company Announcements
Office
The Australian Stock Exchange Limited
Exchange Centre
20 Bond Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Dear Sir/Madam
SALE OF BULLET
DIVISION
The Company
announces that as proposed in the Target Statement dated
18 July 2003 in response to the takeover Offer by 698 Capital International
Limited,
it has been successful in selling its Bullet Supercar Division.
The division,
which operates from Yatala (near Brisbane) in Queensland, has been
sold to Bullet Performance Products Pty Ltd, a Queensland based
private
company.
The division
has been sold as a fully operational business unit with the agreements
being finalised on 28 August 2003. Details of the agreements are
confidential to
the parties, however the Company will receive approximately $489,000
from the
purchaser, under terms acceptable to both parties. Proceeds from
the sale will be
used to extinguish commitments relating to the division, and future
working capital.
Disposal of
the Bullet division will significantly reduce operating costs and
allow the
reallocation of management resources to focus on its alternative
fuels technology
operations. The Directors are confident that this step in the restructuring
of the
Company will have a positive impact on its long-term future.
Yours sincerely
NERIDA SCHMIDT
COMPANY SECRETARY
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