New Century Financial Corp.

New Century Financial Corp. is listed on NYSE (NEW). New Century Financial Corporation is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that, through its subsidiaries, operates one of the nation's largest subprime mortgage finance companies. We began operating our business as a REIT in the fourth quarter of 2004, and we will elect to be taxed as a REIT when we file our tax returns for 2004. In connection with our REIT conversion we raised approximately $770 million of capital, net of underwriting and other expenses, in October 2004. We continue to deploy that capital to build a portfolio of mortgage assets and expect to have fully deployed that capital by the end of the second quarter of 2005. We expect that our portfolio of mortgage assets will provide a relatively stable source of revenues and will contribute more than half of our earnings in 2005. We originate and purchase primarily first mortgage products nationwide.

New Dragon Asia Corporation

New Dragon Asia Corporation is listed on AMEX (NWD). New Dragon Asia Corp. (NWD) is one of the largest flour and instant noodle producers in Northern China. Our core business is twofold: (1) the milling, sale and distribution of flour and related products, and (2) the production of instant noodles, which we market and sell through distributors, supermarkets and food stores. Our principal brand is Long Feng. Long Feng brand has been awarded the designation of a Famous Brand in China. -2- - Our business was established in 1952 under the name Long Feng Foods, as a grain and oil processing enterprise in the Shandong Province of China and developed as one of Chinas leading flour mills. In 1992, Long Feng established a manufacturing operation for instant noodles in Shandong as the Chinese market for convenience foods was entering a prolonged growth phase.

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