Samson Holding Ltd. provided consolidated earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2015. For the year, the company's profit attributable to equity holders is expected to decrease by approximately 80% as compared with the previous year's figure of USD 17.5 million. However, operating profit excluding other gains or losses, which reflects the Group's core business, is expected to decrease by only about 5% as compared with the previous year's figure of USD 15.3 million in 2014.

The change of other gains or losses for the year ended December 31, 2015 is mainly attributable to the recent volatility of the exchange rate of Renminbi against U.S. Dollar. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the other gains or losses recorded a net loss of approximately USD 8.2 million.