DFZQ — AGM Information 2017

May 17, 2017

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(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability under the Chinese corporate name “ 東方證券股份有限公司 ” and carrying on business in Hong Kong as “ 東方證券 ” (in Chinese) and “DFZQ” (in English))

(Stock Code: 03958)

INDICATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE CONVENING OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

This announcement is made pursuant to the disclosure requirements under Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Articles of Association of 東方證券股份有限公司 (the “ Company ”).

The number of voting shares represented by the shareholders who intend to attend the 2016 annual general meeting of the Company (the “ AGM ”) is less than half of the Company’s total voting shares, calculated based on the written replies received by the Company twenty days before the date of the AGM of the Company. In accordance with Article 77 of the Articles of Association of the Company, details of the convening of the AGM are set out as follows:

1. Date and time of the AGM:

Monday, June 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

2. Venue of the AGM:

Jing Song Hall, 4/F, Pine City Hotel, No. 777 Zhaojiabang Road, Shanghai, the PRC.

3. For further details of the resolutions to be considered at the AGM:

Please refer to the Company’s notice of AGM dated April 19, 2017 and the circular of the AGM dated April 28, 2017.

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To be valid, for holders of H shares of the Company, the form of proxy and notarized power of attorney or other document of authorization must be delivered to the Company’s H Share Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the AGM (i.e. before 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, 4 June 2017). Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude the shareholders from attending and voting at the AGM should the shareholders so desire.

By order of the Board of Directors PAN Xinjun Chairman

Shanghai, PRC May 17, 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors comprises Mr. PAN Xinjun and Mr. JIN Wenzhong as executive Directors; Mr. WU Jianxiong, Mr. ZHANG Qian, Mr. WU Junhao, Mr. CHEN Bin, Mr. LI Xiang, Mr. XU Jianguo, Ms. HUANG Laifang and Mr. ZHOU Yao as non-executive Directors; and Mr. LI Zhiqiang, Mr. XU Guoxiang, Mr. TAO Xiuming, Mr. WEI Anning, Mr. PAN Fei and Mr. XU Zhiming as independent non-executive Directors.

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