Carnival Group International Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2014. The board of directors of the Company informed the shareholders of the Company and potential investors that, based on the preliminary review of the unaudited management accounts of the Group and the information currently available to the Board, the Group is expected to record a net profit for the year ended 31 December 2014 as compared to a net loss of approximately HKD 1,811 million for the year ended 31 December 2013, mainly due to (i) a gross profit of not less than HKD 200 million as compared to the gross loss of approximately HKD 1,051 million for the year ended 31 December 2013; (ii) decrease in impairment loss on goodwill of approximately HKD 543 million; and (iii) decrease in finance cost of approximately HKD 110 million.