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HKBN Ltd. Board/Management Information 2015

Nov 20, 2015

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Board/Management Information

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

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HKBN Ltd. 香港寬頻有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

Stock Code: 1310

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEMBER OF NOMINATION COMMITTEE

The Board of the Company announces that Ms. Deborah Keiko Orida (“ Ms. Orida ”) has been appointed as a non-executive director and a member of the nomination committee of the Company with effect from 20 November 2015.

The board of directors (the “ Board ”) of HKBN Ltd. (the “ Company ”) announces that Ms. Orida has been appointed as a non-executive director and a member of the nomination committee of the Company with effect from 20 November 2015.

Ms. Orida, aged 48, is Managing Director, Head of Relationship Investments International at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“ CPPIB ”), a substantial shareholder (as defined in Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance) of the Company. She joined CPPIB in Toronto in 2009, and is currently based in Hong Kong where she has been located since August 2012. She leads CPPIB’s Relationship Investments efforts in Asia and Europe. Ms. Orida has over 20 years of experience as an investor, investment banker and a lawyer. Prior to joining CPPIB, Ms. Orida was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York and Toronto where she advised management teams and boards on mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Prior to Goldman Sachs & Co., Ms. Orida was a securities lawyer at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto. Ms. Orida previously served on the board of directors and investment committee of the Bridgepoint Health Foundation and was the chair of the board of directors of Vitalhub Corp., a mobile healthcare start-up company. Ms. Orida holds a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University, Canada.

Save as disclosed above, Ms. Orida (i) does not have any relationship with any other director, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company; (ii) is not interested or deemed to be interested in any shares or underlying shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance; and (iii) did not hold any other directorships in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years, and does not hold any other position with the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

Ms. Orida will hold office until the following annual general meeting of the Company and thereafter will be subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the Company’s annual general meeting in accordance with the articles of association of the Company.

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Ms. Orida has signed the letter of appointment issued by the Company on 20 November 2015. Under the letter of appointment, Ms. Orida will not receive any emoluments for her service as a non-executive director from the Company.

Save as disclosed in this announcement, there is no information required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of rules 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company in relation to the appointments of Ms. Orida.

The Board would like to extend a warm welcome to Ms. Orida.

By order of the Board of Directors HKBN Ltd. Leung King Chiu Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 20 November 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises Mr. Bradley Jay Horwitz as Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director, Mr. William Chu Kwong Yeung and Mr. Ni Quiaque Lai as Executive Directors, Ms. Deborah Keiko Orida as Non-executive Director, and Mr. Stanley Chow and Mr. Quinn Yee Kwan Law, SBS, JP as Independent Nonexecutive Directors.

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