China Natural Investment Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended December 30, 2011. For the period, the company expected to record a substantial increase in net loss as compared with the loss of approximately HKD 227,000 a recorded for the corresponding period in 2010. The increase in the net loss was primarily attributable to a loss arising on change in fair value of financial assets classified as held for trading owing to fluctuation of the global financial market.