SHANGHAI, May 5 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House") (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, today announced that it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2009. The Annual Report on Form 20-F can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.ehousechina.com . The Company will also provide a hard copy of its complete audited financial statements free of charge to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request. Requests should be directed to E-House (China) Holdings Limited, Investor Relations, 17/F, Merchandise Harvest Building (East), No. 333 North Chengdu Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 200041.
The Company also announced that following its release of fourth quarter and full year 2008 financial results in March 2009, CRIC (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary primarily engaged in providing real estate consulting and information services, received confirmation from PRC tax authorities that, as an approved high and new technology enterprise, it was subject to a 15% preferential income tax rate instead of the 25% statutory rate from 2008 to 2010. As a result, the Company has revised its full-year 2008 net income to $39.6 million from $37.3 million and its diluted earnings per ADS to $0.48 from $0.45.
About E-House
E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House") (NYSE: EJ) is a leading real estate services company in China. Since its inception in 2000, E-House has experienced rapid growth and is China's largest real estate agency and consulting services company with a presence in more than 30 cities. In addition to its national presence, E-House offers a wide range of services to the real estate industry through its various business segments including primary sales agency, secondary brokerage, consulting and information services, advertising and investment management. E-House has received numerous awards for its innovative and high-quality services, including "China's Best Company" from the National Association of Real Estate Brokerage and Appraisal Companies and "China Enterprises with the Best Potential" from Forbes. E-House believes it has the largest and most comprehensive real estate database system in China, providing up-to-date and in-depth information covering residential and commercial real estate properties in all major regions in China. For more information about E-House, please visit http://www.ehousechina.com .
For investor and media inquiries please contact:
In China
Michelle Yuan
Manager, Investor Relations
E-House (China) Holdings Limited
Phone: +86-21-6133-0770
Email: liyuan@ehousechina.com
Cathy Li
Ogilvy Financial, Beijing
Phone: +86-10-8520-6104
Email: cathy.li@ogilvy.com
In the U.S.
Thomas Smith
Ogilvy Financial, New York
Phone: +1-212-880-5269
Email: thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com
