Skyworth Digital Holdings Limited provided unaudited consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended September 30, 2017. The board of directors of the company informed that the shareholders of the company and potential investors that based on the preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group for the six months ended 30 September 2017, the company is expected to record a loss for the Period attributable to owners of the Company amounted to approximately HKD 200 million as compared to the profit attributable to owners of the Company amounted to HKD 836 million for the six months ended on 30 September 2016. Based on the information currently available to the Group, the main reasons for the expected loss during the Period of the Group were as follows: The decline in gross profit margin considerably caused by the shortage/tight supply and cost inflation on procurements including panels and major electronic components; the intensified competition in the China TV market and the rising production costs drove up the average selling price which resulted in the fall of customers' demand. This had consequentially impacted on the Company's domestic sales volume which declined by 21% year-on-year; and the depreciation of US dollars, and the appreciation of Renminbi and EURO dollars, which led to exchange losses.