The board of Directors of Solomon Systech (International) Limited announced to the Shareholders and potential investors of the company that, the Group will record a loss for the year ending 31 December 2015 based on the initial assessment of the Group's unaudited management accounts, compared with the profit of USD 0.9 million attributable to the equity holders of the company for the six months ended 30 June 2015, and the loss of USD 3.0 million attributable to the equity holders of the company for the year ended 31 December 2014 as disclosed in the 2014 annual report of the company. Notwithstanding an increase in total unit shipments and sales in (a) the second half of 2015 compared with the first half of the year; and (b) the full year of 2015 compared with 2014, the Group's results for the year ending 31 December 2015 have been affected by the following, among others: A drop in the average selling price of products and a change in the product mix which lowered the overall gross profit percentage year-on-year; An increase in the product design, development & engineering investment incurred for the year ending 31 December 2015 to develop an array of new products, of which some have been launched in the market, contributing to sales increase during the year and others are in the pipeline to market; A possible significant drop in the 2015 net financial income from USD 3.4 million in 2014.