Dining Concepts Holdings Limited provided group earnings guidance for the nine months ended 31 December 2018. For the nine months, the company announced that, based on a preliminary review of the unaudited management accounts of the group for the nine months ended 31 December 2018 and assessment of the latest information currently available to the board, the group is expected to record a significant increase in loss during the Reporting Period as compared to the corresponding period in 2017. It was primarily attributable to increases in impairment loss on property, plant and equipment of approximately HKD 6.3 million and HKD 3.2 million, respectively, as one Western restaurant and one Asian restaurant was closed during the Reporting Period due to the unsatisfactory operating performance; an increase in loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment of approximately HKD 1.9 million as one Western restaurant was closed during the reporting period and planned to be relocated; an increase in depreciation and amortization expenses of approximately HKD 4.5 million mainly derived from the property, plant and equipment acquired for two new restaurants opened during the Reporting Period; and a one-off legal and professional fee of approximately HKD 3.8 million derived from the change in the company's controlling shareholder.