V.S. International Group Limited provided group earnings guidance for the six months ended 31 July 2017. The board of directors of the company informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that, based on the information currently available to the board, the group is expected to record a slight loss for the six months ended 31 July 2017. Accordingly, the profit for the year ended 31 July 2017 will be slightly less than that recorded for the six months ended 31 January 2017. The revenue for the first and second half of 2017 is approximately the same. The slight loss recorded for the six months ended 31 July 2017 was mainly attributable to the increase in equity settled share-based payment expenses for the share options granted under the share option scheme of the company on 12 January 2017. This is in line with the trend for the past few years where the group recorded loss for the second half of the relevant year while having approximately the same revenue, which mainly attributable to higher non-trade expenses for the second half of the relevant year including, exchange fluctuation effect and equity settled share-based payment expenses.