The board of directors of Hang Fat Ginseng Holdings Company Limited informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that, based on the information currently available to the Group and the preliminary assessment by the company's management with reference to the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group is expected to record an increase in expenses for the six months ended 31 December 2015, which was mainly attributable to, among other things, (i) foreign exchange loss as a result of depreciation in Renminbi and Canadian dollars; (ii) share-based payment regarding the share options granted by the company on 6 January 2015; and (iii) increase in the Group's operating expenses, in particular marketing expenses regarding retails business of the Group; which accounted for approximately HKD 100 million in total.