13:06 SHOUGANG INT'L<00697> - Results Announcement (2) Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment 24,044 (2,303) Interest income (4,352) (1,771) Gain on disposal of an investment property (1,397) - Write-back of allowance for bad and doubtful debt, net (14,915) (20,360) Write-back of allowance for inventories (20) (2,715) Write-back of an amount due to a related company - (765) (Surplus) deficit arising on revaluation of investment properties (749) 1,791 ============================ (3) EARNINGS PER SHARE The calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share is based on the following data: 2004 2003 HK$'000 HK$'000 Profit for the purposes of basic earnings per share 279,235 67,764 Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares: Adjustment to the share of result of an associate based on dilution of its earnings per share (3,784) (1,399) Interest on convertible note 16 6,000 ------------------------------ Earnings for the purposes of diluted earnings per share 275,467 72,365 ============================== Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of basic earnings per share 3,708,709,632 2,331,984,810 Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares: Options 128,441,080 31,849,007 Convertible note 1,561,280 571,428,571 ------------------------------ Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of diluted earnings per share 3,838,711,992 2,935,262,388 ==============================