fyi- from Hardman & Co-have a read here: http://www.epay-asia.com/default.html
EPY will start its Chinese operations in one of the provinces, which we assume will be 1.5 times the size of Malaysia in terms of population, though the market is likely to be less mature. We assume that if negotiations can be concluded in the next couple of months, operations could begin in the early months of Q2 2008. By the end of the year we would expect EPY’s Chinese operations to be achieving a run rate around AUD 14m a month in transaction value, and AUD 280k a month in revenue. With expected growth rates high as initial market penetration is achieved, we would expect to see the run rate increase to AUD 32m in transaction value a month by the end of FY 2009. That would indicate annual revenues in the region of AUD 5.4m, increasing total company revenues by 35%. However, the impact on earnings will be less, since the minority percentage is higher than in Malaysia.
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