GF Securities Co., Ltd. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2020

Dec 15, 2020

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GF SECURITIES CO., LTD. 廣發証券股份有限公司

(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1776)

Notice of the 2021 First Extraordinary General Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2021 First Extraordinary General Meeting (the “ EGM ”) of GF Securities Co., Ltd. (the “ Company ”) will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Conference Room 4008, 40th Floor, GF Securities Tower, 26 Machang Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, the PRC to consider and, if thought fit, approve the following resolution. Unless otherwise specified, words used in this notice shall have the same meaning as those defined in the circular of the Company dated December 16, 2020.

Ordinary Resolution

1. To consider and approve the resolution in relation to the election of Mr. Lin Chuanhui as an executive Director of the Company.

By order of the Board GF Securities Co., Ltd. Sun Shuming Chairman

Guangzhou, the PRC

December 16, 2020

As at the date of this notice, the Board of the Company comprises Mr. Sun Shuming, Mr. Qin Li and Ms. Sun Xiaoyan as executive Directors; Mr. Li Xiulin, Mr. Shang Shuzhi and Mr. Guo Jingyi as non-executive Directors; and Mr. Fan Lifu, Mr. Hu Bin, Ms. Leung Shek Ling Olivia and Mr. Li Wenjing as independent non-executive Directors.

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Notes:

1. Details of the abovementioned resolution are set out in the circular of the Company dated December 16, 2020 (the “ Circular ”).

2. Pursuant to the requirements of the Listing Rules, all votes of shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll. Therefore, the resolution as set out in the notice of EGM will be voted by poll. Result of the voting by poll will be posted on the HKExnews website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hk and the website of the Company at www.gf.com.cn upon the conclusion of the EGM.

3. Any Shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on his/her behalf at the meeting. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company.

4. In order to be valid, the instrument appointing a proxy together with the power of attorney or other authorization document, if any, under which it is signed, or a notarized certified copy of such power of attorney or a copy of such other authorization document, should be completed and deposited at the Board’s office (for A Shareholders) or the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (for H Shareholders), no less than 24 hours before the time appointed for holding the EGM or any of its adjournment. The address of the Office of the Board is 51st Floor, GF Securities Tower, 26 Machang Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, the PRC, postal code: 510627 (telephone: (86)20 8755 0265, (86)20 8755 0565; fax: (86)20 8755 4163). Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Company’s H Share registrar, is located at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (telephone: (852) 2862 8555). Completion and return of the proxy form by a Shareholder will not preclude the Shareholder from attending and voting at the EGM or any of its adjournment in person if he/she so wishes.

5. In order to determine the H Shareholders’ entitlement to attend the EGM, the H Share register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, December 31, 2020 to Wednesday, January 6, 2021 (both days inclusive), during such period no transfer of shares will be registered. For H Shareholders who wish to attend the EGM, all share transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020. H Shareholders who are registered with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited on or before the aforementioned date are entitled to attend the EGM. For details of eligibility of A Shareholders to attend the EGM, a separate announcement will be published by the Company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

6. In the case of joint Shareholders, if more than one of them are present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, the vote of the senior joint Shareholder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint Shareholder(s). For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint shareholding.

7. The EGM is expected to last for no more than half a day. Shareholders or their proxies attending the meeting shall be responsible for their own travelling and accommodation expenses. Shareholders or their proxies shall produce their identity documents when attending the EGM.

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