The board of directors of the LEAP Holdings Group Limited announced that, based on the preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group for the five months ended 31 August 2017, it is expected that the consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of the company for the six months ended 30 September 2017 will increase substantially as compared to the net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company for the corresponding period in 2016. Based on the information currently available, the Board is of the view that the expected increase of the net profit of the Group for the five months ended 31 August 2017 is mainly due to the development of securities investments business which provides a more cost-efficient business segment for the Group for the five months ended 31 August 2017 when compared to the corresponding period in 2016.