China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited provided group earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2016. The board of directors of the company announced that the group is expected to record a significant decline of profit for the six months ended June 30, 2016 as compared with the same period last year. The expected decline in the interim results of the group was primarily attributable to the following reasons: China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Ltd., an associate of the Company, is expecting to incur a loss for the six months ended June 30, 2016, as compared with a profit of RMB 1,518 million in the same period last year; and the gain on disposal of subsidiaries of HKD 52 million and gain on deemed disposal of interests in associates of HKD 260 million in the same period last year will not occur this year.