08:59 SHANGHAI FUDAN<08102> - Yearly Results Announcement (2) 3. TAX For the year ended 31 December 2004 2003 RMB'000 RMB'000 Group: Current-Hong Kong 57 72 ====== ====== Under the Income Tax Law of the PRC, the Company is subject to income tax at a rate of 33%. Pursuant to an approval document dated 15 January 2004 issued by the local municipal tax bureau, the Company was subject to a preferential income tax rate of 15% from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004. For the financial year ended 31 December 2004 the Company had no assessable income and no provision for income tax has been made accordingly. Hong Kong profits tax has been provided at the rate of 17.5% (2003: 17.5%) on the estimated assessable profits arising in Hong Kong during the year. The Group has tax losses, primarily incurred by the Company, of RMB5,171,000 (2003: RMB7,965,000) that are available for offsetting against future taxable profits. Deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of these losses as it is uncertain as to whether the Company will be able to fully utilise the unused tax losses which can only be carried forward for a maximum period of five years and after considering tax incentives arising from the additional deductible allowance for qualified research and development expense to be incurred by the Company. 4. EARNINGS/(LOSS) PER SHARE The calculation of basic earnings/(loss) per share is based on the following data: For the year ended 31 December 2004 2003 EARNINGS/(LOSS) Net profit/(loss) attributable to shareholders RMB7,239,000 RMB(6,550,000) ============== ============== SHARES Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 624,354,000 624,354,000 =========== =========== Diluted earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2004 and the comparative diluted loss per share for the year ended 31 December 2003 have not been presented as no diluting events existed during these years.