English to Chinese Bus/Financial Real Estate 泵

1.Corroborating this increase in the value of the portfolio
the group disposed of seven properties on the Canary
Wharf Estate (the ‘Estate’), representing 20.1% by area of
the group’s property portfolio, giving rise to an
exceptional profit in the year of £205.3 million.

投资组合价值的增长可由如下进一步说明，集团处置了在Cannary Wharf Estate的七处房产，占公司按地区划分的资产组合的20.1%，年度的例外利润增长了2亿530万英镑。约39万平方英尺办公区域的出租已获同意。

2.Excluding the exceptional profit on disposals and the
exceptional charges relating to the prepayment of debt,
the group recorded a loss before tax for the year ended
31 December 2005 of £19.6 million in comparison with a
loss of £26.3 million for the year ended 31 December
2004.After taking exceptional items into account, the
loss before tax was £1.6 million in comparison with
£43.6 million for the previous year.

不包括处置的例外利润和有关债务支付的例外费用，截至2005年12月31日，集团记录的息税前损失是是1960万英镑，而2004年同期是2630万英镑。如果考虑例外利润，则息税前损失是160万英镑，上年是4360万。