Aeon Stores (Hong Kong) Co. Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Board of Directors of the company announced that, based on the preliminary assessment by the Group's management of the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2013, the Group is expected to record a significant decrease in its net profit for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2012.

Based on the information currently available, the decrease in profit is mainly attributable to decline of the Group's China business due to the continual slower growth of the economy in China; and an increase in impairment loss recognized in respect of the Group's property plant and equipment.