09:01 CHAMPION TECH<00092> - Results Announcement (2) 3. INTERIM DIVIDEND AND SCRIP DIVIDEND SCHEME The directors have resolved to pay an interim dividend of HK1.7 cents per share for the six months ended 31 December 2004 (2003: HK1.6 cents per share) to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on 7 April 2005. Such interim dividend will be satisfied by allotment of new shares of the Company, credited as fully paid, by way of scrip dividend, with an option to the shareholders to receive such dividend (or part thereof) in cash in lieu of such allotment (the "Scrip Dividend Scheme"). The Scrip Dividend Scheme is subject to the granting by the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited of a listing of and permission to deal in the shares to be issued pursuant thereto. A circular setting out the details of the Scrip Dividend Scheme together with the form of election will be sent to the shareholders of the Company as soon as practicable. The relevant certificates for the new shares and dividend warrants will be dispatched to those entitled on or before 8 June 2005. For more details, please refer to the press announcement today.