Smart-Core Holdings Limited — Earnings Release 2021

Jul 27, 2021

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芯智控股有限公司 Smart-Core Holdings Limited

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2166)

POSITIVE PROFIT ALERT

This announcement is made by Smart-Core Holdings Limited (the ‘‘Company’’, together with its subsidiaries, the ‘‘Group’’) pursuant to rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Listing Rules’’) and the Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

The board of directors (the ‘‘Board’’) of the Company wishes to inform the shareholders of the Company (the ‘‘Shareholders’’) and potential investors of the Company that, based on the review of the unaudited management accounts of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2021 (the ‘‘Period’’) and the information currently available to the Board, it is expected that the profit attributable to owners of the Company for the Period will record an increase of not less than 180% as compared with the profit attributable to owners of the Company for the six months ended 30 June 2020. The growth in the profit attributable to owners of the Company for the Period is mainly due to overall increase in sales from both the authorized distribution business and the independent distribution business as a result of the increase in demands for semiconductors from our customers.

This announcement is only based on the preliminary assessment by the Board, with reference to the unaudited management accounts and the information currently available, and have not been reviewed or audited by the auditor or audit committee of the Company. Such data shall be subject to finalization and necessary adjustment (if any). The Group’s unaudited interim results announcement for the Period is expected to be published by the end of August 2021.

Shareholders and potential investors of the Company are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company.

By order of the Board Smart-Core Holdings Limited Tian Weidong Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 27 July 2021

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As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Tian Weidong (Chairman), Mr. Wong Tsz Leung, Mr. Liu Hongbing and Mr. Yan Qing as executive directors of the Company and Mr. Zheng Gang, Mr. Tang Ming Je and Mr. Wong Hok Leung as independent non-executive directors of the Company.

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