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31 August 2018

Cathay International Holdings Limited

("Cathay", the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Interim Results for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2018

Hong Kong, 31 August 2018 - Cathay International Holdings Limited (LSE: CTI.L), an operator and investor in the growing healthcare sector in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), today announces its Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2018.

Group Financial Highlights

-- Revenue decreased to USD49.2 million (H1 2017: USD62.0 million) as expected due to recent medical regulation changes in China resulting in a fall in sales in some product lines

   --         Gross profit decreased to USD20.6 million (H1 2017: USD29.2 million) 

-- Group's operating profit decreased by USD3.8 million to USD1.1 million (H1 2017: USD4.9 million); a smaller decrease compared to the reduction in gross profit as a result of the reduction of staff at Lansen

-- After tax profit before non-controlling interests for the period was USD3.3 million (H1 2017: USD16.6 million)

-- Group's loss attributable to owners of the parent for the period was USD1.9 million (H1 2017: profit of USD5.7 million)

-- Excluding the non-operating income, the Group's after-tax loss before non-controlling interests for the period was USD2.8 million (H1 2017: USD1.1 million) and the Group's loss attributable to owners of the parent for the period was USD5.0 million (H1 2017: USD3.3 million)

Operational Highlights

The Group continues to focus on its three core businesses: pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical and healthcare.

Lansen

-- Lansen has gone through a period of management and operational change in H1 2018 by reducing the selling and marketing expenses including cutting 190 staff members.

-- Acquired an aesthetic clinic in Beijing through which to sell Fillderm for facial treatments; likely to be in operation in Q4 2018

-- Developing a line of non-medical cosmetic products including a skin care line called San Parietti and a collagen mask series

   --         Revenue decreased 28.8% to USD35.9 million (H1 2017: USD50.5 million) 

-- Sales of pharmaceutical products were down by 21.7% to USD29.4 million (H1 2017: USD37.6 million)

-- Sales of featured pharmaceutical products increased by 28.7% to USD6.3 million (H1 2017: USD4.9 million)

-- Sales of cosmeceutical products decreased by 48.7% to USD4.1 million (H1 2017: USD7.9 million), mainly due to the cessation of sales of Comfy Collagen dressing mask (Kefumei) to an agency as a result of the two-invoice policy

   --         Yuze brand skincare products grew by 25.2% to USD4.0 million (H1 2017: USD3.2 million) 

Natural Dailyhealth

-- Revamped and integrated its sales infrastructure - brought in new sales head and relocated sales force to Shanghai

-- Revenue decreased by 23.8% to USD3.2 million (H1 2017: USD4.2 million) due to a decrease in sales of granule products

-- Gross profit of USD0.5 million (H1 2017: USD1.0 million) primarily due to a disposal of sub-standard ginkgo plant extracts and lower trading business volumes

Botai

-- Continuing to jointly develop Fillderm with Lansen and selling to other aesthetic clinics for other applications

   --         Revenue was USD0.1 million (H1 2017: USD0.1 million) 
   --         Gross profit was USD0.1 million (H1 2017: USD0.1 million) 
   --         Margin increased to 84.7% (H1 2017: 83.6%) 

-- Operating loss was USD0.7 million (H1 2017: USD0.4 million) mainly due to increase in selling expenses and staff reduction costs

Haizi

-- Difficulties working with its main corn fluid supplier meant it could not use production capacities as planned

-- Entered into a long-term contract with another corn starch manufacturer to build a new phytin plant with an annual capacity of up to 6,000 tonnes which should stabilise the phytin supply at a competitive cost

-- Finalised plan to enhance the quality of food grade di-calcium phosphate ("DCP") and now will start targeting high end customers

   --         Revenue of USD3.3 million (H1 2017: USD3.6 million) from sales of inositol and DCP 

-- Produced 695 tonnes (H1 2017: 390 tonnes) of inositol and 3,977 tonnes (H1 2017: 2,216 tonnes) of feed grade

DCP

-- Sold a total of 434 tonnes (H1 2017: 680 tonnes) of inositol and 3,188 tonnes (H1 2017: 2,815 tonnes) of feed grade DCP

Hotel

-- Hotel operations benefitted from a strong Shenzhen economy with better than market average room rate and occupancy growth

   --         Revenue increased by 19.9% to USD7.6 million (H1 2017: USD6.3 million) 
   --         Average room rate up at USD117 (H1 2017: USD111) 
   --         Occupancy increased to 77.1% (H1 2017: 70.2%) 
   --         Food and beverage sales increased by 15.8% to USD2.2 million (H1 2017: USD1.9 million) 
   --         Operating profit was USD1.5 million (H1 2017: USD1.1 million) 

Commenting on the interim results, Mr. Lee Jin-Yi, CEO of Cathay International Holdings Limited said: "The first six months of the year have seen steady progress across the business despite the macroeconomic headwinds and regulatory changes in the Chinese market in recent years. In light of this challenging environment, the Board and the business units have taken the necessary measures in the first half of the year to create a strong operational base with the foundations and team in place to grow in our chosen markets. There will be some benefits from the reorganisations in the second half of this year, however, the full impact of these will not fully translate in the short term. We look to the future with cautions optimism."

- Ends -

For further enquiries, please contact:

Cathay International Holdings Limited

Eric Siu (Finance Director) Tel: +852 2828 9289

Patrick Sung (Director and Controller)

Consilium Strategic Communications

Mary-Jane Elliott/Matthew Neal/Lindsey Neville Tel: +44 (0) 203 709 5702

About Cathay

Cathay International Holdings Limited (LSE: CTI.L) is a main market listed investment holding company and an operator and investor in the growing healthcare sector in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"). The Company and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Group") aim to leverage on growth opportunities in the strong and growing domestic demand for high quality healthcare products in the PRC and build its portfolio companies into market sector leaders with competitive edge. Cathay has already demonstrated a strong track record of identifying high growth potential investment opportunities in this area including: Lansen, a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rheumatology and dermatology in the PRC; Haizi, a company engaged in the manufacture, marketing and sale of inositol and its by-product, di-calcium phosphate; Natural Dailyhealth, a company engaged in production and sales of plant extracts for use as key active ingredients in healthcare products; and Botai, a company engaged in collagen products.

The Group employs approximately 1,800 people across the PRC, including over 30 specialist corporate and business development staff based at the holding company's offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Cathay also has a hotel investment. For more information please visit the Company's website: www.cathay-intl.com.hk.

Management Discussion and Analysis

BUSINESS REVIEW

Pharmaceutical segment

The Group's pharmaceutical business continues to face pressure from recent medical regulation changes in China. A new two-invoices system, which allows only one distributor between manufacturer and hospital, has caused a decline in sales from agency products such as Hepai leflunomide tablets, Fuyi mycophenolate mofetil capsules and Guangwei mycophenolate mofetil dispersible tablets. The Group has also seen a narrowing of margins resulting from a new procurement process of not permitting hospitals to have markup over awarded tender price, which has led to cost cutting pressure. Lansen's new CEO joined in March and consequently, the management team has adjusted its product strategy to focus on self-owned products such as Pafulin, Sicorten Plus and several featured pharmaceutical products, including Bazhen granules, Qixuekang, licorice oral solution and Yahao Dengpeng toothpaste. The Group expects the potential growth of these self-owned products to, in time, more than offset the loss from sales of agency products.

The new management team has also restructured and streamlined its sales organisation by reducing the selling and marketing expenses including cutting 190 staff members. It has improved the incentive system to reward growth and allocated more resources to academic promotion incurring a one-time restructuring expense of USD1.3 million. Initially the restructuring has resulted in slower sales during the first half as well as lower production volumes. Furthermore, gross margin decreased further due to an increase in the cost of raw materials compared to the same period last year. It is expected that, over time, the restructuring will result in improved gross margins as volumes of self-owned products increase. Sales margins are also expected to be enhanced through lower cost of sales and better per capita sales, reduced compliance risks and long term competitiveness. Sales of self-owned products already began to recover in June and this is expected to continue into the second half of the year.

Healthcare segment

Haizi

Haizi has experienced difficulties in working with its main corn fluid supplier at its Gongzhuling plant. During the first six months, the supplier, due to its own environmental requirements, put restrictions on the amount and quality of corn fluids that could be returned to its own corn starch facilities. As a result, Haizi held extra processed fluids in its storage facilities meaning it could not use its production capacities as planned. Haizi is working closely with the suppliers in order to identify a solution going forward. In the meantime, Haizi outsourced phytin from third parties as a short-term solution to feed its inositol production. Haizi recently entered into a long-term contract with another corn starch manufacturer to build a new phytin plant with an annual capacity of up to 6,000 tonnes. Haizi will provide technical know-how and some equipment totaling approximately USD0.3 million and will become an off-taker of all phytin produced at a competitive price in proportion to the market price of inositol. This new facility, expected to be ready next year, will stabilise the phytin supply at a competitive cost.

Inositol prices rose in the first quarter when the end users started to stock up but decreased in the second quarter as end users began to consume inventory. The overall price, however, was higher than last year.

Haizi finalised its plan to enhance the quality of food grade di-calcium phosphate ("DCP"). Haizi will target high end customers to launch this product and will schedule production based on orders procured.

Natural Dailyhealth

Natural Dailyhealth revamped its sales infrastructure in 2018. Management brought in a new sales head and integrated all its sales force from Xian and Ningbo to Shanghai, the main hub for healthcare products in China, in order to improve sales and control expenses. It has continued to develop a high-end customer base on its key products such as ginkgo, bilberry, ginseng and choline glycerophosphate, however, the customer development process has taken longer than expected and so Natural Dailyhealth has looked for OEM opportunities during the first six months to fill capacity and improve production efficiency.

Cosmeceutical segment

Lansen acquired an aesthetic clinic in Beijing which should be in operation in the last quarter of 2018. This clinic will work closely with cosmetology salon chains in Beijing as a franchise cooperation to sell 0.5ml Fillderm for facial treatments. Lansen will also market skincare products to these chains. Botai, on the other hand, will sell 1.0ml Fillderm to other aesthetic clinics for other applications.

The Group is also developing non-medical cosmetic products. It is currently developing a new skincare product line branded "San Parietti" and a collagen mask series. This product line, when completed, will be marketed through the franchise cooperation to cosmetology salons and will generate synergies with Fillderm.

Hotel

Hotel operations benefitted from a strong Shenzhen economy with better than market average room rate and occupancy growth. Customers continued to recognise our excellent service as evidenced by our top tier TripAdvisor rating. Although the banqueting business remains strong, the restaurant sales were slow and need improvement, which will be a priority for the remainder of 2018.

Outlook

The current trade tension between the US and China may impact the healthcare extract products such as inositol and bilberry which have end customers based in the US. The Hotel's business may also be adversely affected should the trade friction escalate and slow down China's economy.

The trade tension should have little or no impact on the pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical businesses because their market is in China and, with the restructuring of sales team completed, Lansen should see better sales growth in both specialty drugs and featured pharmaceutical products with improved operating margins.

Lansen and Botai will continue to jointly develop Fillderm. Lansen's own clinic and marketing campaign will be launched in the fourth quarter. Natural Dailyhealth, with a centralised sales force, will continue to further strengthen its client base in key product areas. If market demand remains stable, Haizi will have lower production costs of inositol with better capacity utilisation compared to the first half, and will gradually open up the food grade DCP market.

The Hotel will take advantage of a strong market sentiment to improve its average room rate and food and beverage sales. The Hotel is in discussions with IHG on room reconfiguration strategy to maximise revenue generation.

Financial Review

During the first half of 2018, the Group's revenue decreased to USD49.2 million (H1 2017: USD62.0 million). Lansen has gone through a period of management and operational change in the first half of 2018. The two-invoices system and stock clearance from pharmaceutical distributors have led to a fall in sales in some product lines in the first half of 2018. Sales in Haizi and Natural Dailyhealth also dropped slightly but were offset by an increase in sales from Botai and the Hotel.

The Group's gross profit decreased to USD20.6 million (H1 2017: USD29.2 million). Average gross margin decreased to 41.8% (H1 2017: 47.1%), mainly due to a decrease in Pafulin's gross profit margin, resulting from a lower production volume and proportionate sales increase in lower margin plant extracts at healthcare, cosmeceutical products and the Hotel.

Despite the decrease in Group's gross profit by USD8.6 million, the Group's operating profit decreased by a smaller extent of USD3.8 million to USD1.1 million (H1 2017: USD4.9 million). This was mainly due to a reduction in Lansen's selling and distribution expenses resulting from a reduction in the number of sales staff.

During the period, the Group realised a post-tax non-operating gain of USD6.1 million (H1 2017: USD17.8 million) mainly due

to a lower number of Starry shares sold resulting in a gain of USD5.2 million (H1 2017: USD15.4 million).

The Group incurred lower finance costs of USD5.2 million (H1 2017: USD5.5 million) due to a decrease of average loan balance of USD5.9 million during the period but with a higher effective borrowing rate on the rise in LIBOR and the PRC lending rates. Last year's finance costs also included a write off of unamortised bank fee of USD0.7 million of the previous hotel mortgage bank loan. The effective interest rate was 4.9% (H1 2017: 4.5%).

As a result, the Group's after tax profit before non-controlling interests for the period was USD3.3 million (H1 2017: USD16.6 million). The Group's loss attributable to owners of the parent for the period was USD1.9 million (H1 2017: profit of USD5.7 million). Excluding the non-operating income, the Group's after tax loss before non-controlling interests for the period was USD2.8 million (H1 2017: USD1.1 million) and the Group's loss attributable to owners of the parent for the period was USD5.0 million (H1 2017: USD3.3 million).

 
                                                                              Hotel  Corporate  Inter-segment 
                                                      Healthcare         Operations     Office    Elimination    Total 
                                   -------  --------------------  ----- 
                                                         Natural 
  (Stated in USD'000)               Lansen    Haizi  Dailyhealth  Botai 
  For the six months 
   ended 30 June 2018 
  REVENUE 
    External sales                  35,258    3,292        2,932    144       7,564          -              -   49,190 
    Inter-segment sales                661       23          240      -           -          -          (924)        - 
 
    Segment revenue                 35,919    3,315        3,172    144       7,564          -          (924)   49,190 
 
  Segment gross profit/(loss)       19,122    (593)          497    122       1,578          -          (172)   20,554 
  Segment operating profit/(loss)    5,345  (1,996)        (629)  (730)       1,537    (2,116)          (285)    1,126 
  Segment non-operating 
   income                            6,106        -            -      -           -          -              -    6,106 
  Segment fair value 
   gain on derivative 
    financial instrument               554        -            -      -           -          -          (554)        - 
  Segment fair value 
   gain on other 
    financial liabilities              101        -            -      -           -          -              -      101 
  Segment finance costs            (2,237)    (632)            -   (99)       (509)    (1,827)            101  (5,203) 
  Segment share of post-tax 
   profit of associate               1,046        -            -      -           -          -            189    1,235 
  Segment profit/(loss) 
   before income tax                10,915  (2,628)        (629)  (829)       1,028    (3,943)          (549)    3,365 
  Segment income tax 
   expense                            (32)       14            -      -           -          -              -     (18) 
  Segment profit/(loss) 
   for the period before 
    non-controlling interests       10,883  (2,614)        (629)  (829)       1,028    (3,943)          (549)    3,347 
  Segment profit/(loss) 
   for the period 
    attributable to owners 
     of the parent                   5,640  (2,612)        (440)  (801)       1,028    (3,943)          (738)  (1,866) 
  For the six months 
   ended 30 June 2017 
  REVENUE 
    External sales                  48,270    3,544        3,765     67       6,306          -              -   61,952 
    Inter-segment sales              2,195       27          398      -           -          -        (2,620)        - 
 
    Segment revenue                 50,465    3,571        4,163     67       6,306          -        (2,620)   61,952 
 
  Segment gross profit/(loss)       29,009  (1,763)        1,013     56       1,127          -          (242)   29,200 
  Segment operating profit/(loss)    8,673  (2,986)         (97)  (429)       1,078    (1,430)            111    4,920 
  Segment non-operating 
   income                           17,753        -            -      -           -          -              -   17,753 
  Segment fair value 
   loss on derivative 
    financial instrument           (1,444)        -            -      -           -          -          1,444        - 
  Segment finance costs            (1,955)    (533)            -   (50)       (572)    (2,378)              -  (5,488) 
  Segment share of post-tax 
   profit of associate               1,149        -            -      -           -          -            (2)    1,147 
  Segment profit/(loss) 
   before income tax                24,176  (3,519)         (97)  (479)         506    (3,808)          1,553   18,332 
  Segment income tax 
   expense                         (1,693)      (6)            -      -           -          -              -  (1,699) 
  Segment profit/(loss) 
   for the period before 
    non-controlling interests       22,483  (3,525)         (97)  (479)         506    (3,808)          1,553   16,633 
  Segment profit/(loss) 
   for the period attributable 
    to owners of the parent         11,495  (3,523)         (99)  (453)         506    (3,808)          1,555    5,673 
 

Lansen

Lansen recorded a 28.8% decrease in revenue to USD35.9 million (H1 2017: USD50.5 million).

Sales of pharmaceutical products were down by 21.7% to USD29.4 million (H1 2017: USD37.6 million), of which Pafulin's sales

were down by 33.5% to USD18.6 million (H1 2017: USD28.0 million), sales of mycophenolate mofetil capsules and dispersible

tablets decreased by 19.1% to USD1.9 million (H1 2017: USD2.3 million) and sales of Hepai leflunomide tablets were down by

36.4% to USD0.9 million (H1 2017: USD1.4 million). Sicorten Plus's sales were USD1.3 million (H1 2017: nil). Sales of featured

pharmaceutical products increased by 28.7% to USD6.3 million (H1 2017: USD4.9 million), mainly due to sales of Bazhen

granules (for women's healthcare and included in the Chinese essential drug list) of USD3.1 million (H1 2017: USD3.6 million).

Sales of cosmeceutical products decreased by 48.7% to USD4.1 million (H1 2017: USD7.9 million), mainly because of the cessation of sales of Comfy Collagen dressing mask (Kefumei) to an agency as a result of the two-invoices policy. Yuze brand skincare products continued to do well and grew by 25.2% to USD4.0 million (H1 2017: USD3.2 million).

Sales of entrusted healthcare products (including plant extracts) were USD2.4 million (H1 2017: USD5.0 million).

In total, Lansen's gross profit was USD19.1 million (H1 2017: USD29.0 million). There was a decrease in the overall gross margin

by 4.3% to 53.2% (H1 2017: 57.5%) mainly resulting from a 8.4% decrease in Pafulin's gross profit margin. Gross margin of

pharmaceutical drugs was 55.9% (H1 2017: 68.0%) and cosmeceutical products was 55.0% (H1 2017: 35.8%). Gross margin of

entrusted healthcare products was 17.9% (H1 2017: 12.7%).

Lansen's operating profit decreased by 38.4% to USD5.3 million (H1 2017: USD8.7 million). Operating profit margin decreased

by 2.3% to 14.9% (H1 2017: 17.2%) which is lower than the decrease in gross profit margin, mainly due to lower selling and

marketing expenses. Selling and marketing expenses to revenue ratio reduced to 27.7% (H1 2017: 32.0%) of revenue or USD10.0

million (H1 2017: USD16.2 million) mainly due to the restructuring of the sales team and phasing out agency products in the second quarter. Lansen's administration expenses decreased by 2.4% to USD4.0 million (H1 2017: USD4.1 million) due to tighter controls over its spending.

Lansen's 10.6% owned associate, Starry, increased its profit contribution to USD1.2 million (H1 2017: USD1.1 million), mainly due to the increase in Starry's net income but was offset by smaller equity interest owned compared to last year as a result of the disposal of 4,175,000 Starry shares disposed in March 2017 effecting Lansen's interest for the full six months of H1 2018.

Lansen's profit before non-controlling interests decreased to USD10.9 million (H1 2017: USD22.5 million) mainly due to a smaller net gain of USD5.2 million (H1 2017: USD15.4 million) arising from disposal of 2,400,000 shares (H1 2017: 4,175,000 shares) in Starry. Excluding the non-operating income, Lansen's profit before non-controlling interests was USD4.8 million (H1 2017: USD4.7 million).

Starry

Lansen has a 10.6% equity interest in an associated company, Starry, whose shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Lansen's investment in Starry as at 30 June 2018 was recorded under equity accounting at USD24.3 million (31 December 2017: USD28.2 million) on the Group's balance sheet. Based on Starry's closing price of RMB21.42 per share as at 30 June 2018, the market value of Lansen's 10.6% interest in Starry was approximately USD41.4 million. The difference of USD17.1 million between the book value and the market value of Starry was not reflected in the financial statements.

Haizi

During the period, Haizi recorded revenue of USD3.3 million (H1 2017: USD3.6 million) from sales of inositol and DCP. Haizi

produced 695 tonnes (H1 2017: 390 tonnes) and 3,977 tonnes (H1 2017: 2,216 tonnes) of inositol and feed grade DCP

respectively and sold a total of 434 tonnes (H1 2017: 680 tonnes) of inositol and 3,188 tonnes (H1 2017: 2,815 tonnes) of feed grade DCP. The average selling price of inositol was higher at approximately USD6.4 per kg (H1 2017: USD5.0 per kg) due to rising environmental measures in China market which led to less phytin production resulted from underproduction of starch factories.

Haizi's gross loss was USD0.6 million (H1 2017: USD1.8 million) and its gross margin was -17.9% (H1 2017: -49.4%), primarily due to the higher selling price and lower production costs resulting from higher production volume when compared to last year. Haizi's operating loss was USD2.0 million (H1 2017: USD3.0 million) and its net loss was USD2.6 million (H1 2017: USD3.5 million).

Natural Dailyhealth

Natural Dailyhealth's revenue decreased by 23.8% to USD3.2 million (H1 2017: USD4.2 million) mainly due to a decrease in sales of granule products. It achieved a gross profit of USD0.5 million (H1 2017: USD1.0 million). The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to a disposal of sub-standard ginkgo plant extracts and lower trading business volumes. The operating loss was USD0.6 million (H1 2017: USD0.1 million).

Botai

Botai's revenue in the first half was USD0.1 million (H1 2017: USD0.1 million) mainly because distribution agents have not replenished their stock which was purchased in 2016.

Botai's gross profit was USD0.1 million (H1 2017: USD0.1 million) and its margin was 84.7% (H1 2017: 83.6%). The operating loss was USD0.7 million (H1 2017: USD0.4 million) mainly due to increase in selling expenses and staff reduction costs in the second quarter this year.

Hotel Operations

Hotel revenue increased by 19.9% in the first half to USD7.6 million (H1 2017: USD6.3 million), mainly due to the increase in average room rates, occupancy level and banqueting business. The Hotel's average room rate increased slightly to USD117 (H1 2017: USD111). Room occupancy went up to 77.1% (H1 2017: 70.2%).

The Hotel's food and beverage sales increased by 15.8% to USD2.2 million (H1 2017: USD1.9 million), mainly due to increases in revenue of its banqueting business.

The Hotel's operating profit was USD1.5 million (H1 2017: USD1.1 million) mainly because of higher room and food and beverage profit margins.

The Hotel provides high service quality to its customers and is frequently rated by Tripadvisor as one of the top 10 hotels in Shenzhen. Currently it is ranked fourth amongst 2,940 hotels in Shenzhen by TripAdvisor.

Corporate Office

Corporate overheads increased by USD0.7 million to USD2.1 million (H1 2017: USD1.4 million) mainly due to the smaller reversal

of USD0.4 million (H1 2017: USD0.9 million) on share options lapsed in the current period.

Borrowings

As at 30 June 2018, the Group's net borrowings had increased to USD165.1 million (31 December 2017: USD157.9 million) due to an increase in Corporate and Haizi's borrowings. Net gearing increased to 106.7% (31 December 2017: 105.6%). The net gearing calculation includes Lansen's remaining investment in Starry at book cost, but not at market value, as described above.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The directors do not consider that the principal risks and uncertainties, as set out on pages 15 to 20 of the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2017, have changed materially since its publication.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss

 
                                                        Six months      Six months 
                                                     ended 30 June   ended 30 June 
                                                              2018            2017 
                                                           USD'000         USD'000 
                                               Note    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited) 
                                                                    (Re-presented) 
 
  Revenue                                       4           49,190          61,952 
  Cost of sales                                           (28,636)        (32,752) 
 
  Gross profit                                              20,554          29,200 
  Other income                                                 604             944 
  Selling and distribution expenses                       (10,721)        (16,817) 
  Administrative expenses                                  (8,762)         (7,625) 
  Impairment loss on financial 
   assets                                                    (549)           (782) 
 
  Profit from operations                                     1,126           4,920 
  Non-operating income                          5            6,106          17,753 
  Fair value gain on other financial 
   liabilities                                                 101               - 
  Finance costs                                            (5,203)         (5,488) 
  Share of post-tax profit of 
   associate                                                 1,235           1,147 
 
  Profit before income tax                      4            3,365          18,332 
  Income tax expense                            7             (18)         (1,699) 
 
  Profit for the period                                      3,347          16,633 
 
  (Loss)/Profit for the period 
   attributable to: 
    Owners of the parent                                   (1,866)           5,673 
    Non-controlling interests                                5,213          10,960 
 
                                                             3,347          16,633 
 
  (Loss)/Profit per share                       6 
  Basic and diluted                                   (0.49 cents)      1.50 cents 
 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 
                                                  Six months     Six months 
                                               ended 30 June  ended 30 June 
                                                        2018           2017 
                                                     USD'000        USD'000 
                                                 (Unaudited)    (Unaudited) 
 
  Profit for the period                                3,347         16,633 
 
  Other comprehensive income 
  Item that may be reclassified subsequently 
   to profit or loss: 
  Exchange differences on translating 
   foreign operations                                (1,132)          2,593 
  Exchange differences reclassified 
   to profit or loss 
    upon partial disposal of an associate              (107)            355 
 
  Other comprehensive income, net of 
   tax                                               (1,239)          2,948 
 
  Total comprehensive income for the 
   period                                              2,108         19,581 
 
  Total comprehensive income attributable 
   to: 
    Owners of the parent                             (2,293)          7,002 
    Non-controlling interests                          4,401         12,579 
 
                                                       2,108         19,581 
 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

 
                                               As at           As at 
                                             30 June     31 December 
                                                2018            2017 
                                             USD'000         USD'000 
                                   Note  (Unaudited)       (Audited) 
                                                      (Re-presented) 
 
  ASSETS 
  NON-CURRENT ASSETS 
  Property, plant and equipment              226,325         230,388 
  Prepaid land lease payment                   4,392           4,509 
  Intangible assets                           24,917          24,974 
  Goodwill                                    19,501          19,501 
  Interest in associate                       24,347          28,164 
  Financial assets at fair value 
   through 
    other comprehensive income                     -               - 
 
                                             299,482         307,536 
 
  CURRENT ASSETS 
  Inventories                                 16,480          19,471 
  Trade and other receivables         8       67,526          61,959 
  Prepaid land lease payment                     116             117 
  Tax recoverable                                 19               - 
  Pledged bank deposits                       28,077          34,272 
  Cash and cash equivalents                   23,807          13,237 
 
                                             136,025         129,056 
 
  TOTAL ASSETS                               435,507         436,592 
 
  EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
  EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS 
   OF THE PARENT                              96,297         101,458 
  NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS                   49,652          48,934 
 
  TOTAL EQUITY                               145,949         150,392 
 
  NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 
  Borrowings                                  55,997          57,704 
  Deferred tax liabilities                    40,586          40,669 
 
                                              96,583          98,373 
 
  CURRENT LIABILITIES 
  Borrowings                                 137,152         134,512 
  Current tax liabilities                         26           1,097 
  Trade and other payables                    53,425          50,166 
  Contract liabilities                         1,171             776 
  Other financial liabilities                  1,201           1,276 
 
                                             192,975         187,827 
 
  TOTAL LIABILITIES                          289,558         286,200 
 
  TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES               435,507         436,592 
 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

 
                                                                                                                               Non- 
                                                                                                                        controlling    Total 
                                                                         Attributable to 
                                                                    owners of the parent                                  Interests   Equity 
 
                                                          Capital 
                                         Share                and                Foreign               Profit 
                                                                                                          and 
                       Share    Share   Option  Treasury  Special  Revaluation  Exchange  Statutory      Loss 
                     Capital  Premium  Reserve    Shares  Reserve      Reserve   Reserve    Reserve   Account    Total 
                     USD'000  USD'000  USD'000   USD'000  USD'000      USD'000   USD'000    USD'000   USD'000  USD'000      USD'000  USD'000 
 
  Balance at 
   1 January 2017 
   (audited)          19,062   51,035    1,626   (1,765)   96,850       17,657  (26,453)     10,234  (62,425)  105,821       43,336  149,157 
 
  Dividends to 
   non-controlling 
   interests               -        -        -         -        -            -         -          -         -        -      (4,895)  (4,895) 
  Recognition 
   of share-based 
   payments                -        -    (807)         -        -            -         -          -         -    (807)            -    (807) 
  Share options 
   lapsed during 
   the period              -        -    (461)         -        -            -         -          -       461        -            -        - 
 
  Transactions 
   with owners             -        -  (1,268)         -        -            -         -          -       461    (807)      (4,895)  (5,702) 
 
  Profit for 
   the period              -        -        -         -        -            -         -          -     5,673    5,673       10,960   16,633 
  Other 
  comprehensive 
  income 
   for the period          -        -        -         -        -            -     1,329          -         -    1,329        1,619    2,948 
 
  Total 
  comprehensive 
  income 
   for the period          -        -        -         -        -            -     1,329          -     5,673    7,002       12,579   19,581 
  Deregistration 
   of subsidiary           -        -        -         -        -            -         -      (185)       185        -            -        - 
 
  Balance at 
   30 June 2017 
   (unaudited)        19,062   51,035      358   (1,765)   96,850       17,657  (25,124)     10,049  (56,106)  112,016       51,020  163,036 
 
  Balance at 
   31 December 
   2017 
   as originally 
    presented         19,062   51,035      433   (1,765)   96,850       18,155  (23,661)     10,540  (69,191)  101,458       48,934  150,392 
  Change in 
  accounting 
  policies 
   (Note 2(b))             -        -        -         -        -            -         -          -   (2,435)  (2,435)      (2,739)  (5,174) 
 
  Restated balance 
   at 1 January 
   2018               19,062   51,035      433   (1,765)   96,850       18,155  (23,661)     10,540  (71,626)   99,023       46,195  145,218 
  Dividends to 
   non-controlling 
   interests               -        -        -         -        -            -         -          -         -        -        (944)    (944) 
  Recognition 
   of share-based 
   payments                -        -    (433)         -        -            -         -          -         -    (433)            -    (433) 
 
  Transactions 
   with owners             -        -    (433)         -        -            -         -          -         -    (433)            -    (433) 
 
  Profit for 
   the period              -        -        -         -        -            -         -          -   (1,866)  (1,866)        5,213    3,347 
  Other 
  comprehensive 
  income 
   for the period          -        -        -         -        -            -     (427)          -         -    (427)        (812)  (1,239) 
 
  Total 
  comprehensive 
  income 
   for the period          -        -        -         -        -            -     (427)          -   (1,866)  (2,293)        4,401    2,108 
 
  Balance at 
   30 June 2018 
   (unaudited)        19,062   51,035        -   (1,765)   96,850       18,155  (24,088)     10,540  (73,492)   96,297       49,652  145,949 
 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 
                                                    Six months     Six months 
                                                 ended 30 June  ended 30 June 
                                                          2018           2017 
                                                       USD'000        USD'000 
                                                   (Unaudited)    (Unaudited) 
 
  Net cash (used in)/generated from operating 
   activities                                          (5,781)          2,982 
 
  Cash flows from investing activities 
  Purchase of property, plant and equipment              (789)        (4,262) 
  Additions of intangible assets                       (1,374)          (759) 
  Proceeds from disposals of property, 
   plant and equipment                                       4            444 
  Dividend received from associate                         116            225 
  Interest received                                        237            368 
  Decrease/(Increase) in pledged bank 
   deposits                                              6,166          (971) 
  Transaction costs and withholding tax 
   in connection with 
    partial disposal of an associate                     (367)        (3,195) 
  Proceeds from partial disposal of an 
   associate                                            10,185         26,087 
 
  Net cash generated from investing activities          14,178         17,937 
 
  Cash flows from financing activities 
  Proceeds from borrowings                              84,238        136,127 
  Repayment of borrowings                             (81,584)      (140,655) 
  Increase in amount due to an intermediate 
   parent undertaking                                      301            264 
 
  Net cash generated from/(used in) financing 
   activities                                            2,955        (4,264) 
 
  Net increase in cash and cash equivalents             11,352         16,655 
  Cash and cash equivalents at beginning 
   of the period                                        13,237         14,338 
  Effects of exchange rate changes                       (782)          (268) 
 
  Cash and cash equivalents at end of 
   the period                                           23,807         30,725 
 
 

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   1.       BASIS OF PREPARATION 

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Cathay International Holdings Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively known as the "Group") for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (the "Interim Financial Statements") have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard ("IAS") 34 "Interim Financial Reporting" issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the "IASB").

The preparation of the Interim Financial Statements in compliance with IAS 34 requires the use of certain judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses on a year to date basis. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The areas where significant judgements and estimates have been made in preparing the financial statements and their effect are disclosed in Note 3.

The Interim Financial Statements are presented in United States Dollars ("USD"), unless otherwise stated. The Interim Financial Statements contain condensed consolidated financial statements and selected explanatory notes. The notes include an explanation of events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in financial position and performance of the group since the 2017 annual financial statements. The Interim Financial Statements do not include all of the information required for a complete set of financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSs") (which collective term includes all applicable individual International Financial Reporting Standards and Interpretations as approved by the IASB, and all applicable individual International Accounting Standards and Interpretations as originated by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee and adopted by the IASB), and should be read in conjunction with the 2017 consolidated financial statements of the Group. The Interim Financial Statements are neither audited nor reviewed by the Group's auditor.

The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared with the same accounting policies adopted in the 2017 annual financial statements, except for those that relate to new standards or interpretations effective for the fi rst time for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. Save as disclosed in the changes in accounting policies for the adoption of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 in Note 2, the application of other new and revised IFRSs in the current period has no material effect on the amount reported and/or disclosures set out in the Interim Financial Statements.

At the end of reporting period, the Group's current liabilities exceeded its current assets by USD56,950,000. The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared based on the assumption that the Group can be operated as a going concern and will have sufficient working capital to finance its operation in the next twelve months from 30 June 2018.

As in the past, the Group will start negotiation with the relevant banks on extension or renewal of the bank borrowings a few months prior to their respective maturities and obtain the approvals from the relevant banks before their respective maturities. The Group does not foresee that the bank borrowings will not be renewed or extended before maturity. The Group is also exploring options to secure long term funding, including debt and/or equity, to re-finance part of the bank borrowings and further partial disposals of equity interest in an associate. Accordingly, the Group should be able to meet in full its financial obligations as and when they fall due for the next twelve months from 30 June 2018 without significant curtailment of operations. The directors of the Company are accordingly satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the Interim Financial Statements on a going concern basis.

Should the Group be unable to continue in business as going concern, adjustments would have to be made to the Interim Financial Statements to reduce the values of the assets of their net realisable amounts and to provide for any further liabilities which might arise and to reclassify non-current assets and non-current liabilities to current assets and current liabilities respectively. No such adjustments were reflected in the Interim Financial Statements.

   2.       CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
   (a)     Overview 

In the current interim period, the Group has applied, for the first time, the following new and amendments to IFRSs issued by the IASB that are effective for the annual period beginning on or after 1 January 2018 for the preparation of the Interim Financial Statements.

Amendments to IFRSs

IFRS 9

Amendments to IFRS 15

IFRS 15

IFRIC 22

Annual Improvements 2014-2016 Cycle

Financial Instruments

Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Clarifications to IFRS 15)

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration

The adoption of the above has no material impact on the Group's result and financial position for the current or prior periods except for IFRS 9 and IFRS 15. Details of changes in accounting policies are described in Note 2(b) and 2(c) for IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 respectively.

The Group has not applied any new standard or interpretation that is not yet effective for the current accounting period.

   (b)     HKFRS 9, "Financial Instruments" 
   (i)       Classification and measurement of financial instruments 

IFRS 9 replaces IAS 39 "Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement", for annual periods beginning

on or after 1 January 2018, bringing together all three aspects of the accounting for financial instruments: (1) classification and measurement; (2) impairment and (3) hedge accounting. The adoption of IFRS 9 from 1 January 2018 has resulted in changes in accounting policies of the Group and the amounts recognised in the Interim Financial Statements.

The following tables summarised the impact, net of tax, of transition to IFRS 9 on the opening balance of profit and loss account and non-controlling interests as at 1 January 2018 as follows:

 
                                        Profit and 
                                      Loss Account 
                                   Attributable to 
                                            owners  Non-controlling 
                                         of parent        Interests 
                                           USD'000          USD'000 
 
  Balance at 31 December 2017 
   (Audited)                              (69,191)           48,934 
  Remeasurement of impairment 
   under expected 
    credit losses ("ECLs") model 
     (Note 2(b)(ii) below)                 (2,435)          (2,739) 
 
  Restated balance at 1 January 
   2018 (Unaudited)                       (71,626)           46,195 
 
 

IFRS 9 basically retains the existing requirements in IAS 39 for the classification and measurements of financial liabilities. However, it eliminates the previous IAS 39 categories for financial assets of held to maturity financial assets, loans and receivables and available-for-sale financial assets. The adoption of IFRS 9 has no material impact on the Group's accounting policies related to financial liabilities. The impact of IFRS 9 on the Group's classification and measurement of financial assets is set out below.

Under IFRS 9, except for certain trade receivables (that the trade receivables do not contain a significant financing component in accordance with IFRS 15), an entity shall, at initial recognition, measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at fair value through profit or loss ("FVTPL"), transaction costs. A financial asset is classified as: (i) financial assets at amortised cost ("amortised cost"); (ii) financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVTOCI"); or (iii) FVTPL (as defined in above). The classification of financial assets under IFRS 9 is generally based on two criteria: (i) the business model under which the fi nancial asset is managed and (ii) its contractual cash fl ow characteristics (the "solely payments of principal and interest" criterion, also known as "SPPI criterion"). Under IFRS 9, embedded derivatives is no longer required to be separated from a host financial asset. Instead, the hybrid financial instrument is assessed as a whole for the classification.

A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if it meets both of the following conditions are met and it has not been designated as at FVTPL:

-- It is held within a business model whose objective is to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows; and

-- The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that meet the SPPI criterion.

On initial recognition of an equity investment that is not held for trading, the Group could irrevocably elect to present subsequent changes in the investment's fair value in other comprehensive income, also no recycling of gain or loss to profit or loss on derecognition. This election is made on an investment-by-investment basis. All other financial assets not classified at amortised cost or FVTOCI as described above are classified as FVTPL. This includes all derivative financial assets. On initial recognition, the Group may irrevocably designate a financial asset that otherwise meets the requirements to be measured at amortised cost or FVTOCI at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch that would otherwise arise.

The following accounting policies would be applied to the Group's financial assets as follows:

FVTPL

FVTPL is subsequently measured at fair value. Changes in fair value, dividends and interest income are recognised in profit or loss.

Amortised cost

Financial assets at amortised cost are subsequently measured using the effective interest rate method. Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognised in profit or loss. Any gain on derecognition is recognised in profit or loss.

FVTOCI (equity investments)

Equity investments at FVTOCI are measured at fair value. Dividend income are recognised in profit or loss unless the dividend income clearly represents a recovery of part of the cost of the investments. Other net gains and losses are recognised in other comprehensive income and are not reclassified to profit or loss.

The following table summarises the original measurement categories under IAS 39 and the new measurement categories under IFRS 9 for each class of the Group's financial assets as at 1 January 2018:

 
                                                                      Carrying    Carrying 
                                                                     amount as      amount 
                                                                            at       as at 
                        Original                   New               1 Janaury   1 Janaury 
                        classification             classification   2018 under  2018 under 
                                                   under IFRS 
  Financial assets      under IAS 39                9                   IAS 39      IFRS 9 
                                                                       USD'000     USD'000 
 
                        Available-for-sale 
  Unlisted equity         (at cost) (note 
   investments             2(b)(i)(a))             FVTOCI                    -           - 
  Trade and other                                  Amortised 
   receivables          Loans and receivables       cost                61,959      56,785 
  Pledged bank                                     Amortised 
   deposits             Loans and receivables       cost                34,272      34,272 
  Cash and cash                                    Amortised 
   equivalents          Loans and receivables       cost                13,237      13,237 
 
 

Note a: As at 1 January 2018, unlisted equity investments were reclassified from available-for-sale financial assets at cost to financial assets at FVTOCI. These unlisted equity investments have no quoted price in an active market. The Group intends to hold these unlisted equity investments for long term strategic purposes. In addition, the Group has designated these unlisted equity investments at the date of initial application as measured at FVTOCI. As at 1 January 2018, the previous carrying amount and the fair value are the same.

   (ii)     Impairment of financial assets 

The adoption of IFRS 9 has changed the Group's impairment model by replacing the IAS 39 "incurred loss model" to the "ECLs model". IFRS 9 requires the Group to recognise ECLs for trade receivables and financial assets at amortised costs earlier than IAS 39. Pledged bank deposits and cash and cash equivalents are subject to ECLs model but the impairment is immaterial for the current period.

Under IFRS 9, the losses allowances are measured on either of the following bases: (1) 12 months ECLs: these are the ECLs that result from possible default events within the 12 months after the end of the reporting period and (2) lifetime ECLs: these are ECLs that result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument.

Measurement of ECLs

ECLs are based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract and all the cash flows that the Group expects to receive. The shortfall is then discounted at an approximation to the assets' original effective interest rate.

The Group has elected to measure loss allowances for trade receivables using IFRS 9 simplified approach and has calculated ECLs based on lifetime ECLs. The Group has established a provision matrix that is based on the Group's historical credit loss experience, adjusted for forward-looking factors specific to the debtors and the economic environment.

For all other financial instruments, the Group recognises a loss allowance based on 12-month ECLs unless there has been a significant increase in credit risk of the financial instrument since initial recognition, in which case the loss allowance is measured based on lifetime ECLs. When determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition and when estimating ECLs, the Group considers reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available without undue cost or effort. This includes both quantitative and qualitative information and analysis, based on the Group's historical experience and informed credit assessment and including forward-looking information. The Group's other financial instruments are considered to have low credit risk since there was no recent history of default.

Presentation of ECLs

Loss allowances for financial assets measured at amortised cost are deducted from the gross carrying amount of the assets.

Impact of the ECLs model

   (a)      Impairment of trade receivables 

As mentioned above, the Group applies the IFRS 9 simplified approach to measure ECLs which adopts a life time ECLs for all trade receivables. To measure the ECLs, trade receivables have been grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due.

The loss allowance for trade receivables analysed by invoice date as at 1 January 2018 was determined as follows:

 
                                91-180  181-365  Over 365 
 1 January 2018      0-90 days    days     days      days   Total 
 
 Expected credit 
  loss rate (%)           0.24    0.85     3.98     75.07   16.19 
 Gross carrying 
  amount (USD'000)      29,329   4,128    3,949     9,842  47,248 
 Loss allowance 
  (USD'000)                 70      35      157     7,388   7,650 
 
 

The loss allowances for trade receivables as at 31 December 2017 reconcile to the opening loss allowances as at 1 January 2018 as follows:

 
                                             USD'000 
 
 As at 31 December 2017 - calculated under 
  IAS 39                                       2,476 
 Amounts restated through opening profit 
  and loss account                             5,174 
 
 Opening loss allowance as at 1 January 
  2018 - calculated under IFRS 9               7,650 
 
 

The increase in loss allowances for trade receivables upon the transition to IFRS 9 as at 1 January 2018 were USD5,174,000. The loss allowances further increased by USD433,000 (net of exchange realignment) for trade receivables during the six months period ended 30 June 2018.

   (b)      Impairment of other financial assets at amortised cost 

Other financial assets at amortised cost of the Group represent other receivables. The directors of the Company consider that the impairment on the above assets is immaterial.

   (iii)    Transition 

The Group has applied the transitional provision in IFRS 9 such that IFRS 9 was generally adopted without restating comparative information. The reclassifi cations and the adjustments arising from the new ECLs rules are therefore not reflected in the statement of financial position as at 31 December 2017, but are recognised in the statement of financial position on 1 January 2018. This means that differences in the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities resulting from the adoption of IFRS 9 are recognised in retained earnings as at 1 January 2018. Accordingly, the information presented for 2017 does not reflect the requirements of IFRS 9 but rather those of IAS 39.

The following assessments have been made on the basis of the facts and circumstances that existed at the date of initial application of IFRS 9 (the "DIA"):

   --         The determination of the business model within which a financial asset is held; 

-- The designation and revocation of previous designations of certain financial assets and financial liabilities as measured at FVTPL; and

-- The designation of certain investments in equity investments not held for trading as at FVTOCI.

   (c)     IFRS 15, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" 

IFRS 15 supersedes IAS 11 "Construction Contracts", IAS 18 "Revenue" and related interpretations. IFRS 15 has established a five-steps model to account for revenue arising from contracts with customers. Under IFRS 15, revenue is recognised at the amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring goods or services to a customer.

The Group has adopted IFRS 15 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" from 1 January 2018 which resulted in changes in accounting policies. In accordance with the transition provisions in IFRS 15, the Group has adopted the new rules retrospectively. The Group assessed the impacts of adopting IFRS 15 on its financial statements. Based on the assessment, the adoption of IFRS 15 has no significant impact on the Group's revenue recognition. Revenue for sales of goods are recognised at point of time as when there is evidence that the control of the goods has been transferred to the customer, the customer has adequate control over the goods and the Group has no unfulfilled obligations that affect customer accepting the goods. Revenue from room rental, food and beverage sales and other ancillary services in the hotel are recognised when the relevant services have been rendered.

Upon the adoption of IFRS 15, if there is any satisfied performance obligation but where the Group does not have an unconditional right to consideration, the Group should recognised a contract asset. Similarly, a contract liability, rather than a payable, is recognised when a customer pays consideration, or is contractually required to pay consideration and the amount is already due, before the Group recognised the related revenue. No contract asset is recognised upon transition and at the end of the reporting period.

Following adjustments were made to the amounts presented in the condensed consolidated statement of fi nancial position at the date of initial application (1 January 2018):

 
                                Carrying amount 
                                          as at                    Carrying amount 
                               31 December 2017                              as at 
                                                                         1 January 
                                   under IAS 18                               2018 
                                                                        under IFRS 
                         (as previously stated)  Reclassification               15 
                                        USD'000           USD'000          USD'000 
 
  Trade and other 
   payables                              50,942             (776)           50,166 
  Contract liabilities                        -               776              776 
 
 

* Contract liabilities recognised in relation to the trading of goods were previously treated as advance from customers presented under trade and other payables.

   3.       CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS 

The preparation of Interim Financial Statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affects the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In preparing the Interim Financial Statements, signifi cant judgements made by management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the consolidated financial statements for the year 31 December 2017 except for the estimation on expected credit losses as set out in Note 2(b) to the Interim Financial Statements.

   4.       SEGMENT INFORMATION 

Information reported to the executive directors, being the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), for the purposes of resource allocation and assessment of segment performance based on the types of goods delivered.

Management currently identifies the Group's five products and service lines as operating segments as follows:

1) the Lansen segment is focused on the manufacture, marketing and sale of pharmaceuticals, cosmeceutical products and plant extracts and healthcare products in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC");

2) the Haizi segment is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and sale of inositol and its by-product, di-calcium phosphate;

3) the Natural Dailyhealth segment is engaged in the production and sales of plant extracts for use as key active ingredients in health products;

4) the Botai segment is engaged in the production and sales of collagen injectable fillers and development of collagen related products; and

5) the Hotel operations segment is a hotel located in the Lowu district of Shenzhen in the PRC.

These operating segments are monitored and strategic decisions are made on the basis of adjusted segment operating results. Segment information can be analysed as follows for the reporting periods under review.

Inter-segment transactions are priced with reference to prices charged to external parties for similar order. Central revenue and expenses are not allocated to the operating segments as they are not included in the measure of the segments' profit/ (loss) that is used by CODM for assessment of segment performance.

 
                                                                                   Hotel 
                                                    Healthcare                Operations  Elimination        Total 
                         ===========  ========================  =========== 
                                                       Natural 
                              Lansen        Haizi  Dailyhealth        Botai 
                             USD'000      USD'000      USD'000      USD'000      USD'000      USD'000      USD'000 
                         (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
 
 Six months ended 
  30 June 2018 
 REVENUE 
   External sales             35,258        3,292        2,932          144        7,564            -       49,190 
   Inter-segment sales           661           23          240            -            -        (924)            - 
 
   Segment revenue            35,919        3,315        3,172          144        7,564        (924)       49,190 
 
 Geographical markets 
   The PRC (domicile)         35,082        2,413        1,786          144        7,564        (924)       46,065 
   Overseas                      837          902        1,386            -            -            -        3,125 
 
   Segment revenue            35,919        3,315        3,172          144        7,564        (924)       49,190 
 
 Segment profit/(loss) 
  before income tax           10,915      (2,628)        (629)        (829)        1,028        (549)        7,308 
 Six months ended 
  30 June 2017 
 REVENUE 
   External sales             48,270        3,544        3,765           67        6,306            -       61,952 
   Inter-segment sales         2,195           27          398            -            -      (2,620)            - 
 
   Segment revenue            50,465        3,571        4,163           67        6,306      (2,620)       61,952 
 
 Geographical markets 
   The PRC (domicile)         47,782        2,172        3,397           67        6,306      (2,620)       57,104 
   Overseas                    2,683        1,399          766            -            -            -        4,848 
 
   Segment revenue            50,465        3,571        4,163           67        6,306      (2,620)       61,952 
 
 Segment profit/(loss) 
  before income tax           24,176      (3,519)         (97)        (479)          506        1,553       22,140 
 
 

The Group's reportable segments profit reconciled to the Group's profit before income tax as presented in the Interim Financial Statements as follows:

 
                                     Six months   Six months 
                                                    ended 30 
                                  ended 30 June         June 
                                           2018         2017 
                                        USD'000      USD'000 
                                    (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
 
 Reportable segment profit                7,308       22,140 
 Unallocated corporate income                50           49 
 Unallocated corporate expenses         (3,993)      (3,857) 
 
 Profit before income tax                 3,365       18,332 
 
 

No segment assets or segment liabilities is presented as they are not regularly provided to the CODM.

 
 5.    NON-OPERATING INCOME 
                                                      Six months      Six months 
                                                                        ended 30 
                                                   ended 30 June            June 
                                                            2018            2017 
                                                         USD'000         USD'000 
                                                     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited) 
                                                                  (Re-presented) 
 
   Impairment of intangible assets                         (486)               - 
   Write off of intangible assets                          (773)          (234)* 
   Gain on partial disposal of an associate, 
    net of tax (Note a)                                    5,236          15,422 
   Tax refund in relation to a partial 
    disposal of an associate (Note b)                      2,129               - 
   Insurance claim for flood (Note c)                          -           2,565 
 
                                                           6,106          17,753 
 
 

* During the six months ended 30 June 2017, the write off of intangible assets amounted to USD234,000 was included under administrative expenses. In order to illustrate the financial performance more accurately, such item was included under "Non-operating income" in the condensed consolidated statement of profit or loss for the six months ended 30 June 2018, and the comparative figure have been re-presented to conform to the current period's presentation.

Notes:

   (a)      On 15 March 2017, the Group had disposed of a total of 4,175,000 shares in Zhejiang Starry Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ("Starry") via on-market block trade sales on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, at the price of Renminbi ("RMB") 43.11 per share and resulting in a gain on partial disposal, net of tax of USD15,422,000. After the partial disposal, the Group's equity interest in Starry has been reduced from 16.1% as at 31 December 2016 to 12.6% as at 30 June 2017. 

On 6 June 2018, the Group had further disposed of a total of 2,400,000 shares in Starry via on-market block trade sales on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, at the price of RMB27.22 per share and resulting in a gain on partial disposal, net of tax of USD5,236,000. After the partial disposal, the Group's equity interest in Starry has been reduced from 12.6% as at 31 December 2017 to 10.6% as at 30 June 2018.

(b) In 2017, the Group had applied for refund of the tax paid in relation to the first partial disposal of shares in Starry. During the period, the Group had fulfilled the relevant requirements of refund and the tax refund is therefore recognised under "Non-operating income". Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, the Group had received tax refund amounting to RMB13,597,000 (equivalent to approximately USD2,129,000).

(c) The insurance claims were in relation to the damaged inventories of the Company's subsidiaries due to the flooding caused by a rainstorm in Ningbo, the PRC, in September 2015. Pursuant to the judgements of Ningbo Intermediate People's Court of Zhejiang Province in May 2017, the insurance company was ordered to pay RMB16.5 million (equivalent to approximately USD2.4 million) together with interests to the subsidiaries. On 16 June 2017, the subsidiaries received the settlement sums from the insurance company amounting to RMB17.6 million (equivalent to approximately USD2.6 million).

   6.       (LOSS)/PROFIT PER SHARE 

The calculation of the basic and diluted (loss) /profit per share attributable to the owners of the Company is based on the following data:

 
                                                        Six months   Six months 
                                                                       ended 30 
                                                     ended 30 June         June 
                                                              2018         2017 
                                                           USD'000      USD'000 
                                                       (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
 
 (Loss)/Profit 
 (Loss)/Profit for the period attributable 
  to the owners of the Company 
    for the purpose of basic and diluted 
     (loss)/profit per share                               (1,866)        5,673 
 
                                                        Six months   Six months 
                                                                       ended 30 
                                                     ended 30 June         June 
                                                              2018         2017 
                                                         Thousands    Thousands 
                                                       (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
 
 Number of shares 
 Common Shares 
 Weighted average number of Common Shares 
  for 
    the purpose of basic and diluted (loss)/profit 
     per share                                             369,003      368,957 
 
 A Shares 
 Weighted average number of A Shares 
  for the purpose 
    of basic and diluted (loss)/profit per 
     share                                                   8,955        9,001 
 
 

For the period ended 30 June 2018, the computation of diluted loss per share does not include the 7,490,801 Common Shares (six months ended 30 June 2017: 5,664,035 Common Shares) contingently issuable to Mr. Lee Jin-Yi as the conditions for their issue were not met throughout the period.

The Group had no outstanding share options during the current period. For the period ended 30 June 2017, the computation of diluted profit per share did not assume the incremental shares from outstanding share options because the exercise price of options exceeded market price.

   7.       INCOME TAX EXPENSE 

The provision for current tax has been made in respect of the assessable profits arising in the PRC during the period.

   8.       TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES 
 
                                            30 June  31 December 
                                               2018         2017 
                                            USD'000      USD'000 
                                        (Unaudited)    (Audited) 
 
 Trade receivables                           49,157       47,248 
 Less: impairment loss on trade 
  receivables                               (8,083)      (2,476) 
 
 Trade receivables (net of impairment 
  losses)                                    41,074       44,772 
 Bills receivables                           15,677        7,449 
 Prepayments and other receivables           10,775        9,738 
 
                                             67,526       61,959 
 
 

The Group has a policy of allowing an average credit period of 90 days (31 December 2017: 90 days) to its customers.

Based on the invoice date, ageing analysis of the trade receivables (net of impairment losses) of the Group as at the end of the reporting period is as follows:

 
                        30 June  31 December 
                           2018         2017 
                        USD'000      USD'000 
                    (Unaudited)    (Audited) 
 
 90 days or below        26,733       29,329 
 91-180 days              3,487        4,128 
 181-365 days             9,144        3,949 
 Over 365 days            1,710        7,366 
 
                         41,074       44,772 
 
 

Upon the transition to IFRS 9, opening adjustments of USD5,174,000 as at 1 January 2018 were made to recognise additional ECLs on trade receivables (Note 2(b)(ii)).

As at 30 June 2018 and 31 December 2017, the Group discounted part of its bills receivables with full recourse to financial institutions. In the event of default by the debtors, the Group was obliged to pay the financial institutions the amount in default. During the six months ended 30 June 2018, interest was charged at a range from 4.5% to 5.0% (31 December 2017: a range from 4.1% to 4.2%) per annum on the proceeds received from the financial instructions until the date the debtors pay. The Group was therefore exposed to the risks of credit losses and late payment in respect of the discounted bills.

The discounting transactions did not meet the requirements in IFRS 9 for de-recognition of financial assets as the Group retains substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the discounted bills receivables. As at 30 June 2018, bills receivables of USD8,084,000 (31 December 2017: USD2,755,000) continue to be recognised in the Group's financial statements even though they have been legally transferred to the financial institutions. The proceeds of the discounting transactions were included in borrowings as asset-backed financing until the bills receivables were collected or the Group settled any losses suffered by the financial institutions. As at 30 June 2018, the asset-backed financing liability related to discounted bills amounted to USD8,084,000 (31 December 2017: USD2,755,000).

Because the bills receivables have been transferred to the financial institutions legally, the Group did not have the authority to determine the disposition of the bills receivables.

As at 30 June 2018, certain trade receivables with carrying amounts of USD284,000 (31 December 2017: USD324,000) were pledged to secure bank borrowings.

As at 30 June 2018, certain bills receivables with carrying amounts of USD5,228,000 (31 December 2017: USD3,497,000) were pledged to secure bank borrowings. The carrying amount of the associated liability was USD5,000,000 (31 December 2017: USD7,000,000).

   9.       RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 
 
 Related party             Type of                                                            Balance 
  relationship             transaction           Notes         Transaction amount             owed 
                                                          Six months   Six months 
                                                               ended        ended 
                                                             30 June      30 June               30 June  31 December 
                                                                2018         2017                  2018         2017 
                                                             USD'000      USD'000               USD'000      USD'000 
                                                         (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)      (Unaudited)         (Audited) 
 
 An intermediate 
   parent undertaking 
   of the Company          Interest charged      (a)             301          264                11,320       11,020 
 Director                  Interest charged      (b)              72           66                 3,759        3,773 
 

(a) The outstanding balance is unsecured, repayable on demand and interest-bearing at 3.5% (31 December 2017: 3.5%) over London Interbank Offered Rate per annum.

(b) The outstanding balance comprise of a loan of USD3,058,000 (31 December 2017: USD3,072,000), which is

unsecured, repayable on demand and interest-bearing at 3.5% (31 December 2017: 3.5%) plus Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate per annum; and a payable of unissued Common Shares of USD701,000 (31 December 2017: USD701,000).

(c) Key management personnel of the Group represents the Company's executive directors, their remunerations are as follows:

 
                           Six months   Six months 
                                          ended 30 
                        ended 30 June         June 
                                 2018         2017 
                              USD'000      USD'000 
                          (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
 
 Fees & salary                    832        1,012 
 Share-based payments           (320)        (615) 
 Bonuses                            -           29 
 
                                  512          426 
 
 
   10.     EVENT AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD 

On 18 May 2018, the Group's subsidiary, Lansen Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with independent third parties to acquire the entire interest in Beijing Eliza Medical and Beauty Clinic Company Limited ("Beijing Eliza") (formerly known as Beijing Jiahe Shangyi Medical and Beauty Clinic Company Limited) for a consideration of RMB6,750,000 (equivalent to approximately USD1,020,000) which is principally engaged in medical cosmetic business.

The acquisition was completed on 20 July 2018 and accordingly, Beijing Eliza became a subsidiary of the Company.

   11.     PUBLICATION OF NON-STATUTORY ACCOUNTS 

Copies of this report have been sent to shareholders and are available to the public from the Company's registrars and transfer office at Link Asset Services, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4ZF, United Kingdom.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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