The board of directors of Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. announced that, based on information currently available to the management, the Group is expected to record an approximate 40% decrease in the unaudited profit attributable to equity holders of the company for the six months ended June 30, 2015 as compared with that for the same period in 2014. The decrease in the unaudited profit attributable to equity holders of the company was mainly due to a decrease in the share of results of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BMW Brilliance), the Group's 50%-owned joint venture. The decrease in BMW Brilliance's profit was caused by the higher selling costs incurred during the first six months of 2015 as a result of the slowdown in the growth of the Chinese economy and the automotive industry, as well as project related costs in preparation for the launch of new models and new production facilities in the near future.