Expert Systems Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the nine months ended December 31, 2017. The board of directors of the company announced that based on the information currently available to the board, the group is estimated to record a substantial decrease in net profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2017, as compared to that of the corresponding period of 2016. As reported in the interim report of the company for the six months ended September 30, 2017, the market conditions and economic outlook remain weak, which cast uncertainty on the overall demand of the group's customers for IT infrastructure solutions. The estimated decrease in net profit for third quarter of the financial year 2018 is mainly due to the decrease in gross profit margin during the period as a result of the group's efforts in maintaining its market share by offering more competitive pricing under the challenging business environment.