Esprit Holdings Limited — Earnings Release 2000

Apr 26, 2001

Listed Company Information

GRANDE HOLDINGS<0186> - Results Announcement The Grande Holdings Limited announced on 26/4/2001: (stock code: 186) Year end date: 31/12/2000 Currency: HK$ (Audited) (Audited) Last Current Corresponding Period Period from 1/1/2000 from 1/1/1999 to 31/12/2000 to 31/12/1999 (Million) (Million) Turnover : 8,309 5,757 Profit/(Loss) from Operations : 915 585 Finance cost : (96) (62) Share of Profit/(Loss) of Associates : (182) (143) Share of Profit/(Loss) of Jointly Controlled Entities : - - Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI : 406 195 % Change over Last Period : +108.2% EPS/(LPS)-Basic : 120 cents 75 cents -Diluted : 118 cents 67 cents Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss) : - - Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items : 406 195 Final Dividend per Share : 20 cents 10 cents (Specify if with other options) : N/A N/A B/C Dates for Final Dividend : 18/6/2001 to 20/6/2001 bdi. Payable Date : 29/6/2001 B/C Dates for Annual General Meeting : 18/6/2001 to 20/6/2001 bdi. Other Distribution for Current Period : N/A B/C Dates for Other Distribution : N/A Remark: The calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share is based on the following data: THE GROUP 2000 1999 HK$'M HK$'M Earnings for the purpose of basic earnings per share 406 195 Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares: Interest on convertible bonds of a subsidiary 1 5 Adjustment to the share of results of subsidiaries based on dilution of their earnings per share (4) (26) --------------------- Earnings for the purposes of diluted earnings per share 403 174 ===================== ('Million) ('Million) Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of basic earnings per share 337.9 261.3 Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares: Warrants 3.1 - -------------------------- Weighted average number of ordinary shares of the purposes of diluted earnings per share 341.0 261.3 ========================== The 1999 figure for diluted earnings per share was different from the previous report submitted to the Stock Exchange due to the adoption on the new accounting standard on computation of earnings per share.