Strawbear Entertainment Group — Earnings Release 2001

Apr 19, 2001

Listed Company Information

AEON CREDIT<0900> - Results Announcement Aeon Credit Service (Asia) Company Limited announced on 19/4/2001: (stock code: 900) Year end date: 20/2/2001 Currency: HK$ (Audited) (Audited) Last Current Corresponding Period Period from 21/2/2000 from 21/2/1999 to 20/2/2001 to 20/2/2000 Turnover : 817,139,971 795,222,019 Profit/(Loss) from Operations : 433,950,420 389,770,536 Finance cost : (191,776,600) (182,750,531) Share of Profit/(Loss) of Associates : N/A N/A Share of Profit/(Loss) of Jointly Controlled Entities : N/A N/A Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI : 210,003,820 180,020,005 % Change over Last Period : +16.66% EPS/(LPS)-Basic : 0.5015 0.4299 -Diluted : N/A N/A Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss) : N/A N/A Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items : 210,003,820 180,020,005 Final Dividend per Share : 0.08 0.075 (Specify if with other options) : N/A N/A B/C Dates for Final Dividend : 15/6/2001 to 21/6/2001 bdi. Payable Date : 19/7/2001 B/C Dates for Annual General Meeting : 15/6/2001 to 21/6/2001 bdi. Other Distribution for Current Period : N/A B/C Dates for Other Distribution : N/A Remarks: 1. Turnover represents the finance charges from hire purchase contracts interest earned on loans and credit card advances, fee, commission income and interest on bank deposits. 2. The calculation of earnings per share is based on the net profit for the year of HK$210,004,000 (2000: HK$180,020,000) and on the number of 418,766,000 (2000: 418,766,000) shares in issue during the year. The number of shares for the purpose of earnings per share has been adjusted for the effect of bonus issue during the year. The comparative earnings per share for the corresponding year has been adjusted retrospectively. 3. Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with current year's presentation.