08:58 Table 4-Warrants' Expiry Dates & Registration Periods WARRANTS' EXPIRY DATES & REGISTRATION PERIODS AS AT 25 FEBRUARY 2005 Warrants' Expiry Dates & Imposed Registration Periods Stock Expiry Reg Stock Expiry Reg Stock Expiry Reg Code Date Period Code Date Period Code Date Period ----- -------- -------- ----- -------- -------- ----- -------- -------- 8356 17/06/05 03/12/04 Wumart Stores, Inc. announced on 01/03/2005: (stock code: 08277 ) Year end date :31/12/2004 Currency :RMB Auditors' report :Unqualified Important Note : This result announcement form only contains extracted information from and should be read in conjunction with the detailed results announcement of the issuer, which can be viewed on the GEM website at http://www.hkgem.com (*audited) (*audited) Current Last Corresponding Period Period from 01/01/2004 from 01/01/2003 to 31/12/2004 to 31/12/2003 RMB'000 RMB'000 Turnover : 2,597,283 1,574,862 Profit/(Loss) from Operations : 164,978 101,976 Finance cost : (692) (1,384) Share of Profit/(Loss) of Associates : 10,325 7,931 Share of Profit/(Loss) of Jointly Controlled Entites : N/A N/A Profit/(Loss) after Taxation & MI : 107,937 71,596 % Change Over the Last Period : +50.76% EPS / (LPS) Basic (in dollar) : RMB 0.39 RMB 0.38 Diluted (in dollar) : N/A N/A Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss) : N/A N/A Profit (Loss) after ETD Items : 107,937 71,596 Final Dividends per Share : RMB 0.18 NIL (specify if with other options) : N/A N/A B/C Dates for Final Dividends : 24/03/2005 to 29/03/2005 bdi. Payable Date : before 31/05/2005 B/C Dates for Annual General Meeting : 30/03/2005 to 29/04/2005 bdi. Other Distribution for Current Period : NIL B/C Dates for Other Distribution : N/A (bdi: both days inclusive) For and on behalf of Wumart Stores, Inc. Signature : Name : Wu jian-zhong Title : Director Responsibility statement The directors of the Company (the "Directors") as at the date hereof hereby collectively and individually accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this results announcement form (the "Information") and confirm, having made all reasonable inquiries, that to the best of their knowledge and belief the Information are accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading and that there are no other matters the omission of which would make the Information herein inaccurate or misleading.The Directors acknowledge that the Stock Exchange has no responsibility whatsoever with regard to the Information and undertake to indemnify the Exchange against all liability incurred and all losses suffered by the Exchange in connection with or relating to the Information. Remarks: 1. General The Company's shares have been listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 21st November, 2003. 2. Principal accounting policies The condensed financial statements have been prepared under the historical costconvention, as modified for the revaluation of certain investments in securities. The accounting polices adopted are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the Group's annual financial statements for the year ended 31st December,2004. 3. Earnings per share Basic earnings per share The calculation of earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2004 is based on the net profit for the year of RMB107,937,000 (2003: RMB71,596,000) and on the weighted average number of 276,201,000 (2003: 188,084,000) shares.