13:45 SONAVOX INT'L<08226> - Quarterly Reusults Announcement (2) For the year ending 31st December 2005, the Group has adopted all HKFRSs pertinent to its operations. The changes to the Group's accounting policies and the effect of adopting these new policies are set out below. HKAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements HKAS 2 Inventories HKAS 7 Cash Flow Statements HKAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors HKAS 10 Events after Balance Sheet Date HKAS 12 Income Taxes HKAS 14 Segment Reporting HKAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment HKAS 17 Leases HKAS 18 Revenue HKAS 19 Employee Benefits HKAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates HKAS 24 Related Party Disclosures HKAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements HKAS 32 Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation HKAS 33 Earnings Per Share HKAS 36 Impairment of Assets HKAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets HKAS 38 Intangible Assets HKAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement The adoption of HKAS 17 "Leases" represents a change in accounting policy, which has been applied retrospectively so that the comparative figures presented have been restated to confor m to the changed policy. In accordance with the provisions of HKAS 17 "Leases", leasehold land and buildings should be split into the land and the buildings elements in proportion to the relative fair values of the leasehold interests in the land element and the buildings element of the lease at the inception of the lease. The lease premium for land is stated at cost and amortised over the period of the lease. However, the adoption of HKAS17 "Leases" has no significant ef fect on the Group's results for the three months ended 31st March 2004 and 2005. The adoption of other new HKFRSs does not result in substantial changes to the Group's accounting policies except that certain presentation and disclosures of the accounts would be affected on the interim report for the six-month period ending 30th June 2005 and annual report for the year ending 31st December 2005. INTERIM DIVIDEND The Directors do not recommend the payment of any interim dividend for the three months ended 31st March 2005 (2004: Nil) so as to retain resources for future expansion. EARNINGS PER SHARE The calculation of the basic earnings per share for the three months ended 31st March 2005 were based on the unaudited profit attributable to shareholders of approximately HK$1,271,000 (2004: HK$1,446,000) and on the weighted average number of approximately 320,000,000 shares ordinary shares during each of the thr ee-month periods ended 31st March 2004 and 2005.