09:27 FIRST DRAGONCOM<00875> - Announcement (1) The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. First Dragoncom Agro-Strategy Holdings Ltd. * (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 875) DELAY IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE ANNUAL RESULTS AND DESPATCH OF THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2004 The Board of the Company announces that the release and publication of the Company's final results for the year ended 31 December 2004 will be delayed on or before 20 May 2005 and the despatch of the annual report will be delayed on or before 27 May 2005. The directors of the Company acknowledge that the delay constitutes a breach of Rules 13.46(2)(a) and 13.49(1) of the Listing Rules and that the Stock Exchange reserves its rights to take appropriate actions against the Company and/ or its directors in respect of the breach. At the request of the Company, trading in the Company's securities has been suspended from 9:30 a.m. on 28 April 2005 and will remain suspended until further notice. The board of directors (the "Board") of First Dragoncom Agro-Strategy Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") announces that the release and publication of the Company's final results for the year ended 31 December 2004 and the despatch of the annual report will be delayed. Pursuant to Rules 13.46(2)(a) and 13.49(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the "Listing Rules") on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"), an issuer is required to publish on the newspaper its annual results and despatch its annual report to its shareholders not later than four months after the date upon which the financial period ended. Since the books and records and other inventory data of Hebei Bashang Plant Seeds Co., one of the subsidiaries of the Company, have to be obtained, the Company is unable to finalise its audited final results for the year ended 31 December 2004 and to release and publish the same on or before 30 April 2005, i.e. within four months after the date upon which the Company's financial year ended. The recent change of auditors of the Company also, to certain extent, affects the audit progress of the Company. The Board confirms that the Company does not have any disagreement with its auditors. The board meeting was originally scheduled to be held on 28 April 2005 and is now rescheduled to be held on or before 20 May 2005. It is expected that the final results will be released and published on or before 20 May 2005 and the annual report dispatched on or before 27 May 2005. The directors of the Company acknowledge that the delay constitutes a breach of Rules 13.46(2)(a) and 13.49(1) of the Listing Rules and that the Stock Exchange reserves its rights to take appropriate actions against the Company and/ or its directors in respect of the breach. The directors of the Company have not dealt in any of the securities of the Company during the one month period immediately preceding 30 April 2005, the deadline for the