E-Commodities Holdings Limited — Transaction in Own Shares 2017

Sep 21, 2017

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E-COMMODITIES HOLDINGS LIMITED 易 大 宗 控 股 有 限 公 司

(formerly known as ‘‘WINSWAY ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS LIMITED 永暉實業控股股份有限公司 ’’ ) (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1733)

SHARE PURCHASES PURSUANT TO RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT SCHEME

PURCHASE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE SCHEME

Reference is made to the announcements of E-Commodities Holdings Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) dated 2 January 2014, 9 December 2016, 12 December 2016, 21 December 2016, 22 December 2016, 29 December 2016, 30 December 2016, 3 January 2017, 5 January 2017, 6 January 2017, 9 January 2017, 18 September 2017 and 20 September 2017 in relation to the purchase of shares in the Company (the ‘‘Shares’’) pursuant to restricted share unit scheme (the ‘‘Scheme’’) and the circular of the Company dated 25 April 2012 (the ‘‘Circular’’) in relation to (among others) the Scheme, which was adopted by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held on 11 June 2012. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular.

The board of directors of the Company (the ‘‘Board’’) announces the Trustee purchased an aggregate of 3,384,000 Shares through on-market purchases for the purposes of the Scheme. Details of the purchases and the latest information about Shares held by the Trustee are as follows:

Trade date: 21 September 2017

Settlement date: 25 September 2017

Total number of Shares purchased: 3,384,000

Percentage of the issued Shares: approximately 0.1072%

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Average consideration per Share: approximately HK$0.7349

Total consideration: HK$2,493,807.83

Number of Shares held by the Trustee

• prior to the purchases: 52,329,650

• immediately after the purchases: 55,713,650

The reason for the purchases is that the Company wishes to have Shares available for the Trustee to award under the Scheme to satisfy the Share component of those Directors’ service contracts that comprise cash and Shares.

The Company will comply with the Listing Rules when it decides to grant any award of Share under the Scheme in the future.

By Order of the Board E-Commodities Holdings Limited Cao Xinyi Chairman

Hong Kong, 21 September 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Ms. Cao Xinyi, Mr. Wang Wengang, Ms. Zhu Hongchan and Mr. Wang Yaxu; the non-executive director of the Company is Mr. Guo Lisheng; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Ng Yuk Keung, Mr. Wang Wenfu and Mr. Gao Zhikai.

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