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SOLARTECH INT'L<01166> - Results Announcement

Solartech International Holdings Limited announced on 05/10/2006:
(stock code: 01166 )
Year end date: 30/06/2006
Currency: HKD
Auditors' Report: Unqualified
                                                        (Restated)
                                                        (Audited   )
                                     (Audited   )       Last
                                     Current            Corresponding
                                     Period             Period
                                     from 01/07/2005    from 01/04/2004
                                     to 30/06/2006      to 30/06/2005
                               Note  ('000      )       ('000      )
Turnover                           : 2,115,548          2,056,288         
Profit/(Loss) from Operations      : 151,207            3,170             
Finance cost                       : (36,565)           (32,134)          
Share of Profit/(Loss) of 
  Associates                       : 236                289               
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Jointly Controlled Entities      : 10                 N/A               
Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI       : 78,856             (60,659)          
% Change over Last Period          : N/A       %
EPS/(LPS)-Basic (in dollars)       : 0.195              (0.189)           
         -Diluted (in dollars)     : 0.188              N/A               
Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss)    : N/A                N/A               
Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items      : 78,856             (60,659)          
Final Dividend                     : 4 cents            Nil
  per Share                                              
(Specify if with other             : N/A                N/A
  options)                                               
                                                         
B/C Dates for 
  Final Dividend                   : 23/11/2006         to 24/11/2006 bdi.
Payable Date                       : 01/12/2006
B/C Dates for Annual         
  General Meeting                  : To Be Announced   
Other Distribution for             : N/A
  Current Period                     
                                     
B/C Dates for Other 
  Distribution                     : N/A   
  
Remarks:

1.      GENERAL

        During the last period, the Directors resolved to change the 
financial year end date of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") 
from 31 March to 30 June in order to allow the Group to prepare and update 
its financial results on semi-annual basis as most members of the Group 
are in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") having year end date of 
31 December.  As a result, the consolidated income statement, consolidated 
statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of the 
Group for the prior period covered the 15 months period ended 30 June 2005 
and the current period covered the 12 months year ended 30 June 2006, and 
therefore may be not comparable.


2.      ADOPTION OF NEW/REVISED HONG KONG FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS/
CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

        In the current year, the Group has applied, for the first time, a 
number of new Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards ("HKFRSs"), Hong 
Kong Accounting Standards ("HKASs") and Interpretations ("INTs") (
hereinafter collectively referred to as "new HKFRSs") issued by the Hong 
Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("HKICPA") that are 
effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 
except for HKFRS 3 "Business combinations", HKAS 36 "Impairment of assets" 
and HKAS 38 "Intangible assets" which the Group had early adopted in the 
accounting period ended 30 June 2005.  The application of the other new 
HKFRSs has resulted in a change in the presentation of the income 
statement, balance sheet and the statement of changes in equity. In 
particular, the presentation of minority interests has been changed.  The 
changes in presentation have been applied retrospectively.  The adoption 
of the new HKFRSs has resulted in changes to the Group's accounting 
polices in the following areas that have an effect on how the results for 
the current or prior accounting periods are prepared and presented:

Owner-occupied leasehold interest in land
-----------------------------------------
        
        The Group has land use rights in the People's Republic of China (
the "PRC"), with buildings erected on them for manufacturing purposes.  In 
previous years, these property interests were included in property, plant 
and equipment and measured using the revaluation model.  Under HKAS 17 "
Leases", the land and buildings elements of a lease of land and buildings 
are considered separately for the purposes of lease classification, unless 
the lease payments cannot be allocated reliably between the land and 
buildings elements, in which case, the entire lease is generally treated 
as a finance lease.  To the extent that the allocation of the lease 
payments between the land and buildings elements can be made reliably, the 
leasehold interests in land are reclassified to prepaid lease payments 
under operating leases, which are carried at cost and amortised over the 
lease term on a straight-line basis.  The Group has resolved to state the 
buildings at cost and amortised over the lease term on a straight-line 
basic and reverse the amount held in the asset revaluation reserve and 
corresponding deferred taxation accordingly.  This change in accounting 
policy has been applied retrospectively.

Financial instruments
---------------------

        In the current year, the Group has applied HKAS 32 "Financial 
instruments: Disclosure and Presentation" and HKAS 39 "Financial 
Instruments: Recognition and Measurement".  HKAS 32 requires retrospective 
application.  The application of HKAS 32 has had no material effect on the 
presentation of financial instruments in the financial statements of the 
Group. HKAS 39, which is effective for accounting periods beginning on or 
after 1 January 2005, generally does not permit the recognition, 
derecognition or measurement of financial assets and liabilities on a 
retrospective basis. 

Share-based payments
--------------------

        In the current period, the Group has applied HKFRS 2 "Share-based 
Payment" which requires an expense to be recognised where the Group buys 
goods or obtains services in exchange for shares or rights over shares ("
equity-settled transactions"), or in exchange for other assets equivalent 
in value to a given number of shares or rights over shares ("cash-settled 
transactions").  The principal impact of HKFRS 2 on the Group is in 
relation to the expensing of the fair value of employees' and other 
eligible parties' share options of the Company determined at the date of 
grant of the share options over the vesting period.  Prior to the 
application of HKFRS 2, the Group did not recognise the financial effect 
of these share options until they were exercised.  The Group has applied 
HKFRS 2 to share options granted on or after1 July 2005. In relation to 
share options granted before 1 July 2005, the Group has not applied HKFRS 
2 to share options granted after 7 November 2002 and had vested before 1 
July 2005 in accordance with the relevant transitional provisions.  
However, the Group is still required to apply HKFRS 2 retrospectively to 
share options that were granted after 7 November 2002 and had not yet 
vested on 1 July 2005.  For share options that were granted after 7 
November 2002 had been fully vested before 1 July 2005 and no prior period 
adjustments are made accordingly.  For the share options that were granted 
during the year, the fair value of share options has been recognised in 
the income statement as share based payments.
        

POTENTIAL IMPACT ARISING ON THE NEW OR REVISED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT 
YET EFFECTIVE


        The Group has not early applied the following new standards, 
amendments and interpretations that have been issued but are not yet 
effective.  The Group has not already commenced an assessment of the 
impact of these new or revised standards, amendments and interpretations 
on the financial position of the Group.  
The Group anticipates that the applications of these new or revised 
standards, amendments and interpretations would not have significant 
impact on the results and financial position of the Group.

        HKAS 1 (Amendment)      Capital disclosures1
        HKAS 19 (Amendment)     Actuarial gains and losses, group plans 
                                and disclosures2
        HKAS 21 (Amendment)     The effects of change in foreign exchange       
                                rate -net investment in a foreign 
                                operation2
        HKAS 39 (Amendment)     Cash flow hedge accounting of forecast 
                                intragroup transactions2
        HKAS 39 (Amendment)     The fair value option2
        HKAS 39 & HKFRS 4       Financial guarantee contracts2
        (Amendments)    
        HKFRS 6                 Exploration for and evaluation of mineral 
                                resources2
        HKFRS 7                 Financial instruments: Disclosures1
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 4       Determining whether an arrangement 
                                contains a lease2
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 5       Rights to interests arising from                
                                decommissioning, restoration and 
                                environmental rehabilitation funds2
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 6       Liabilities arising from participating in       
                                a specific market - waste electrical and 
                                electronic equipment3
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 7       Applying the restatement approach under 
                                HKAS 29
                                Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary 
                                Economics4
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 8       Scope of HKFRS 25
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 9       Reassessment of embedded derivatives6
        HK(IFRIC) - INT 10      Interim financial reporting and 
                                impairment7

1 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2007.
2 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2006.
3 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 December 2005.
4 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 March 2006.
5 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 May 2006.
6 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 June 2006.
7 Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 November 2006.
 

3.      EARNING (LOSS) PER SHARE

        The calculation of the basic earning (loss) per share is based on 
the following data:

                                1.7.2005        1.4.2004
                                to              to
                                30.6.2006       30.6.2005
                                -------------------------
                                HK$'000         HK$'000

Results for the year/period attributable to equity owners of 
 parents for the purpose of basic earnings (loss) per share     
                                78,856          (60,659)
        
Imputed interest on convertible notes   
                                960             -  
                                ---------       ----------
Earnings (loss) for the purpose of diluted earnings per share   
                                79,816          (60,659)
                                =======         =========

                                Number of shares
                                1.7.2005        1.4.2004
                                to              to
                                30.6.2006       30.6.2005
                                -------------------------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the
 purpose of basic earnings (loss) per share     
                                403,575,321     320,138,287

Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:
 Share options                  11,908,534      -
 Convertible notes              10,050,311      -
                                -----------     --------------

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the
 purpose of diluted earnings per share  
                                425,534,166     320,138,287
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