Beijing North Star Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2019. The company announced that the profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the Company for the six months ended 30 June 2019 is estimated to record an increase. Profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the Company (excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties) for the first half of 2019 is estimated to record an increase in the range of RMB 510 million to RMB 590 million (or an increase in the range of 72% to 83%), as compared with the corresponding period of 2018. Profit (excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties and after deduction of non-recurring profit and loss) attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the Company for the first half of 2019 is estimated to record an increase in the range of RMB 550 million to RMB 630 million (or an increase in the range of 83% to 95%), as compared with the corresponding period of 2018.