GET Holdings Limited provided group earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The group expected to record a net profit of not less than HKD 11 million for the six months ended 30 June 2017 as compared to a net profit of approximately HKD 22.9 million for the corresponding period in 2016. Based on the information currently available to the board, such significant decrease in net profit was primarily attributable to the combined effect of the decrease in segment profit contributed by the software business of the group from approximately HKD 36 million for the six months ended 30 June 2016 to approximately HKD 28.3 million for the relevant period, which was due to the decrease in turnover caused by the decline in the demand for personal computer and keen competition in the market; the segment loss of the securities investment business of the group of approximately HKD 2.8 million for the relevant period, as opposed to segment profit of approximately HKD 10.7 million for the six months ended 30 June 2016; and the share of profit of an associate of approximately HKD 5.2 million for the relevant period, as opposed to the share of loss of an associate of approximately HKD 4.2 million for the six months ended 30 June 2016.