The board of directors of Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co., Ltd. informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that, as shown in the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2015 and based on the company's preliminary estimations and calculations, the Group is expected to record a decrease in net profit attributable to shareholders of the company of approximately 80% for the year ended 31 December 2015 as compared with the same period in 2014.