09:02 CHI CHEUNG<00112> - Results Announcement (3) 3. The Chenghai Bureau, upon the application from SPV for the termination of the Contract, refunds the Amount Paid without interest after successfully selling the Land to third parties by the Chenghai Bureau. Based on the opinion from a legal firm in the PRC, which has taken into consideration the recent PRC policy for the granting of land issued by the Ministry of Land Resources, the Group is in doubt as to whether the Chenghai Bureau can perform any of the alternatives (2) and (3). Further if SPV accepts any alternatives as suggested, then SPV will be deemed to have waived its rights in the Amount Claimed. The Group, after seeking advice from the law firm, prepares not to accept any of the above alternatives as suggested by the Chenghai Bureau and has instructed the law firm to initiate legal action against the Chenghai Bureau for its entitlements under the Contract including but not limited to the Amount Claimed. Having considered the uncertainty in the recoverability of the Amount Claimed and any other entitlements under the Contract, the Group decided to make a full provision for an impairment loss of HK$183,381,000 in the financial statements for the year ended 31st December, 2004. 5. Provision for a litigation claim Year ended 31 December, 2004 2003 HK$'000 HK$'000 Litigation claim 8,427 - ======= ======== A creditor of the Company, C.A. Pacific Finance Limited (in liquidation) (the "C.A. Pacific"), has served a writ and claimed against the Company for an amount of approximately HK$8,427,000. The claim relates to a margin loan granted to the Company by C.A. Pacific for the dealing of listed securities of Capital Asia Ltd (Stock code #283) (the "Capital Asia") (now called Matsunichi Communication Holdings Limited) comprises of the aggregate principal sum as at 19th January, 1998 and accrued interest thereon up to 15th October, 2004 of approximately HK$4,905,000 and HK$3, 522,000 respectively. The Company has filed Defence and Counterclaim on 9th December 2004 to deny its liability to pay the said sums while C.A. Pacific has filed their Reply and Defence to Counterclaim on 6th January 2005. As a result of the foregoing, the Group made a provision for approximately HK$8,427,000 for the above litigation claim. 6. Loss per share The calculation of the basic loss per share is based on the loss attributable to shareholders of approximately HK$167,678,000 (HK$204,000) and on 282,305,987 (2003: weighted average number of 93,010,746) ordinary shares in issue during the year. For more details, please refer to the press announcement today.