SOHO China Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Apr 24, 2017

THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

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SOHO CHINA LIMITED SOHO中國有限公司

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 410)

PROPOSALS FOR GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES AND

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND

DECLARATION AND PAYMENT OF SPECIAL DIVIDEND OUT OF SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT AND

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

A notice convening an annual general meeting of SOHO China Limited to be held at 11/F, Tower A, Chaowai SOHO, 6B Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC on Friday, 26 May 2017 at 10:00 am is set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the annual general meeting is also enclosed. Such form of proxy is also published on the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.sohochina.com). Whether or not you are able to attend the meeting, you are requested to complete the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending and voting at the meeting if they so wish.

24 April 2017

DEFINITIONS

In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

• “Annual General Meeting”

• the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 11/F, Tower A, Chaowai SOHO, 6B Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC on Friday, 26 May 2017 at 10:00 am, or any adjournment thereof and notice of which is set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular

• “Articles of Association”

• the articles of association of the Company, as amended from time to time

• “Board”

the board of Directors

• “CG Code”

• Corporate Governance Code as set out in Appendix 14 to the Listing Rules

• “Close Associate”

• has the same meaning as ascribed to this term under the Listing Rules

• “Companies Law”

• the Companies Law Cap. 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands and any amendments or other statutory modifications thereof

• “Company”

• SOHO China Limited, an exempted company incorporated on 5 March 2002 in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and whose Shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange

• “Controlling Shareholder”

• has the same meaning as ascribed to this term under the Listing Rules

• “Core Connected Person”

• has the same meaning as ascribed to this term under the Listing Rules

• “Director(s)”

• the director(s) of the Company

• “Group”

• the Company and its subsidiaries

• “HK$”

• Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong

• “Hong Kong”

• the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC

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DEFINITIONS

• “INED(s)”

• “Latest Practicable Date”

• “Listing Rules”

• “PRC”

• “Proposed Issue Mandate”

• “Proposed Repurchase Mandate”

• “Record Date”

• “RMB”

• “Securities and Futures Ordinance”

• “Share(s)”

• “Share Premium Account”

• independent non-executive Director(s)

• 13 April 2017, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for the purpose of ascertaining certain information contained in this circular

• the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange, as amended from time to time

• the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purpose of this circular, Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan

• a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors at the Annual General Meeting to allot, issue or otherwise deal with the additional Shares up to 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution granting such general mandate

• a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors at the Annual General Meeting to repurchase Shares not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution granting such general mandate

• Thursday, 8 June 2017, being the record date for determining entitlements of the Shareholders to the Special Dividend

• Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC

• Securities and Futures Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong, as amended from time to time

• ordinary share(s) of nominal value of HK$0.02 each in the capital of the Company

• the share premium account of the Group, the amount standing to the credit of which was approximately RMB2,412,149,000 as at 31 December 2016 based on the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as at that date

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DEFINITIONS

“Shareholder(s)”

holder(s) of the Share(s)

“Special Dividend”

the proposed special dividend of RMB0.346 per Share as recommended by the Board to Shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on the Record Date

• “Stock Exchange”

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

“Substantial Shareholder” has the same meaning as ascribed to this term under the Listing Rules

“Takeovers Code” the Code on Takeovers and Mergers issued by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, as amended from time to time

“Trust” The Little Brothers Settlement constituted on 25 November 2005 of which Cititrust Private Trust (Cayman) Limited is the trustee “%” cent

per cent

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

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SOHO CHINA LIMITED SOHO中國有限公司

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 410)

Executive Directors: Mr. Pan Shiyi Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita Ms. Yan Yan Ms. Tong Ching Mau

Independent non-executive Directors: Mr. Sun Qiang Chang Mr. Cha Mou Zing, Victor Mr. Xiong Ming Hua

Registered office: Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681, Grand Cayman KY1-1111, Cayman Islands

Corporate headquarters: 11F, Section A, Chaowai SOHO No. 6B, Chaowai Street Chaoyang District Beijing 100020 PRC

Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 36/F, Tower Two, Times Square 1 Matheson Street Causeway Bay Hong Kong 24 April 2017

To the Shareholders

Dear Sir or Madam,

PROPOSALS FOR GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES AND RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND DECLARATION AND PAYMENT OF SPECIAL DIVIDEND OUT OF SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this circular is to provide you with (i) the notice of Annual General Meeting; (ii) all the information reasonably necessary to enable you to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolutions in relation to the Proposed Issue Mandate and the Proposed Repurchase Mandate; (iii) information relating to the re-election of Directors; and (iv) information relating to the proposed declaration and payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

PROPOSED ISSUE MANDATE

In order to ensure flexibility and give discretion to the Directors in the event that it becomes desirable to issue any Shares, approval is to be sought from the Shareholders, pursuant to the Listing Rules, for a general mandate to issue Shares. At the Annual General Meeting, an ordinary resolution numbered 8(A) will be proposed to grant a general mandate to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with the additional Shares up to 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of issued shares capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the resolution in relation to such general mandate. In addition, subject to a separate approval of the ordinary resolution numbered 8(C), the number of issued Shares repurchased by the Company under the ordinary resolution numbered 8(B) will also be added to extend the 20% limit of the Proposed Issue Mandate as mentioned in the ordinary resolution numbered 8(A). The Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new Shares pursuant to the Proposed Issue Mandate.

The Proposed Issue Mandate, if granted, will remain in effect until the earliest of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by any applicable laws or regulations or the Articles of Association; and (iii) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting of the Company.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the number of issued Shares was 5,199,524,031 Shares of nominal value of HK$0.02 each. Subject to the passing of the resolution approving the Proposed Issue Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased after the Latest Practicable Date and up to the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed to issue a maximum of 1,039,904,806 Shares.

PROPOSED REPURCHASE MANDATE

In addition, an ordinary resolution numbered 8(B) will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to approve the granting of a Proposed Repurchase Mandate to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to repurchase Shares representing up to 10% the aggregate nominal amount of issued shares capital of the Company as at the date of passing of the resolution approving the Proposed Repurchase Mandate.

The Proposed Repurchase Mandate, if granted, will remain in effect until the earliest of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by any applicable laws or regulations or the Articles of Association; and (iii) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting of the Company.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the number of issued Shares was 5,199,524,031 Shares of nominal value of HK$0.02 each. Assuming that there is no change in the number of issued Shares between the period from the Latest Practicable Date and the date of passing the resolution approving the Proposed Repurchase Mandate, the maximum number of Shares which may be repurchased pursuant to the Proposed Repurchase Mandate will be 519,952,403 Shares.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

An explanatory statement required by the Listing Rules to be sent to the Shareholders in connection with the Proposed Repurchase Mandate is set out in Appendix II to this circular. This explanatory statement contains all the information reasonably necessary to enable the Shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting.

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Re-election by rotation

In accordance with Article 87(1) of the Articles of Association, Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita, Ms. Yan Yan and Mr. Sun Qiang Chang shall retire by rotation at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

Further details of Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita, Ms. Yan Yan and Mr. Sun Qiang Chang are stipulated in Appendix I to this circular.

DECLARATION AND PAYMENT OF SPECIAL DIVIDEND OUT OF SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT

Subject to fulfillment of the conditions set out in the section headed “Conditions of the Payment of Special Dividend out of Share Premium Account” below, the Board has recommended the declaration and payment of the Special Dividend of RMB0.346 per Share out of the Share Premium Account.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the issued share capital of Company comprised 5,199,524,031 Shares. On the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased after the Latest Practicable Date and up to the Annual General Meeting, the Special Dividend, if declared and paid, will amount to an aggregate amount of RMB1,799,035,314.72. Subject to the fulfilment of the conditions set out in the section headed “Conditions of the Payment of Special Dividend out of Share Premium Account” below, the Special Dividend is intended to be paid out of the Share Premium Account pursuant to Articles 136 and 137 of the Articles of Association and in accordance with the Companies Law.

As at 31 December 2016, based on the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group, the amount standing to the credit of the Share Premium Account was approximately RMB2,412,149,000. Following the payment of the Special Dividend, there will be a remaining balance of approximately RMB613,113,685.28 standing to the credit of the Share Premium Account.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

Conditions of the Payment of Special Dividend out of Share Premium Account

The payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account is conditional upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:

• (a) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting approving the declaration and payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account pursuant to Articles 136 and 137 of the Articles of Association; and

• (b) the Directors being satisfied that there are no reasonable grounds for believing that the Company immediately following payment of the Special Dividend, is unable to pay its liabilities as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.

The conditions set out above cannot be waived. If such conditions are not satisfied, the Special Dividend will not be paid. Subject to the fulfilment of the above conditions, it is expected that the Special Dividend will be paid in cash on or about Thursday, 15 June 2017 to the qualifying Shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company at close of business at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 8 June 2017, being the Record Date for determination of entitlements of the Shareholders to the Special Dividend.

Reasons for and effect of the payment of Special Dividend out of Share Premium Account

To reward the Shareholders, the Board considers it appropriate to distribute the Special Dividend to repay the Shareholders’ support.

The payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account does not involve any reduction in the authorised or issued share capital of the Company nor does it involve any reduction in the nominal value of the Shares or result in any change in the trading arrangements in respect of the Shares.

After taking into consideration of the existing cash flow of the Group, the Board considers that the Company has sufficient cash flow to pay the Special Dividend. The payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account will not have any material adverse effect on the financial position of the Group.

The Directors consider that the declaration and proposed payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account is in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Set out on pages 15 to 19 of this circular is the notice of the Annual General Meeting at which, inter alia, ordinary resolutions will be proposed to Shareholders to consider and approve the grant to the Directors of general mandates to issue Shares and repurchase Shares, the re-election of Directors, and the payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS

For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Friday, 26 May 2017, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 22 May 2017 to Friday, 26 May 2017, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, all transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 19 May 2017.

For determining the entitlement to the proposed Special Dividend (subject to approval by Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting), the register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 2 June 2017 to Thursday, 8 June 2017, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to be eligible for the above proposed Special Dividend, all transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 1 June 2017.

FORM OF PROXY

A form of proxy is enclosed for use at the Annual General Meeting. Such form of proxy is also published on the websites of the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.sohochina.com). Whether or not you intend to be present at the Annual General Meeting, you are requested to complete the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the holding of the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and delivery of the form of proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting if they so wish and in such event, the relevant form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

VOTING BY POLL

Pursuant to Article 66 of the Articles of Association and Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided by way of a poll save that the chairman of the meeting may in good faith, allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands. Therefore, the chairman of the Annual General Meeting will demand a poll for the resolutions to be put forward at the Annual General Meeting.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

On a poll, every Shareholder present in person or by proxy or (being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative shall have one vote for every fully paid Share of which he/she/it is the holder. A Shareholder entitled to more than one vote needs not use all his/her/its votes or cast all the votes he/she/it uses in the same way.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The Board considers that the Proposed Issue Mandate, the Proposed Repurchase Mandate, the re-election of Directors, and the declaration and payment of the Special Dividend out of the Share Premium Account are in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. The Board therefore recommends the Shareholders to vote in favour of all the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with respect to the Company. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.

Yours faithfully By order of the Board SOHO China Limited Pan Shiyi Chairman

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DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION

APPENDIX I

The following are the particulars (as required by the Listing Rules) of the Directors proposed to be re-elected at the Annual General Meeting.

Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita ( “ Ms. Zhang ” ) , aged 51, is an executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Ms. Zhang co-founded Redstone Industry Co., Ltd., the predecessor of the Company, in 1995 and has since led, together with her husband Mr. Pan Shiyi, the development of all of the Company’s projects. Ms. Zhang was selected by the Davos World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2005, and her efforts to promote the development of architecture in Asia, earned the Special Prize to an Individual Patron of Architectural Award at la Biennale di Venezia in 2002. Ms. Zhang has been listed repeatedly among the world’s most powerful women in business by publications including the Forbes Magazine, Fortune and the Financial Times Newspaper. Recognized as a key opinion leader in business, design and architecture, Ms. Zhang sits on the Council on Foreign Relations Global Board of Advisors and the Harvard University Global Advisory Council. In 2005, Ms. Zhang and her husband Mr. Pan Shiyi established the SOHO China Foundation, a charity organization guided by the mission of advancing education as a means to alleviate poverty. In 2014, the SOHO China Foundation launched the SOHO China Scholarships, a USD100 million initiative supporting underprivileged Chinese students who wish to pursue education at leading international universities.

The Company has entered into a service contract with Ms. Zhang for a term of three years commencing from 1 January 2017, which may be terminated by either party by serving not less than one month’s written notice to the other. Ms. Zhang will receive a basic salary of RMB180,000 annually plus a discretionary bonus which was determined by the Board with reference to her job responsibility, prevailing market rate together with discretionary bonus based on her performance.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, Ms. Zhang had deemed interests in a total of 3,324,100,000 Shares held by Boyce Limited and Capevale Limited, within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

Ms. Zhang is the spouse of Mr. Pan Shiyi, an executive Director and Chairman of the Board.

Ms. Yan Yan ( “ Ms. Yan ” ) , aged 53, is an executive Director and the Company’s President. She is responsible for the business development and overall management of the Company. Ms. Yan joined the Company in December 1996 and had acted as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer prior to her present position. Ms. Yan received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Tianjin University in 1986. She has over twenty years of relevant experience in the real estate development industry in China.

Ms. Yan entered into a service contract with the Company for a term of three years commencing from 7 November 2015, which may be terminated by either party serving not less than one month’s written notice to the other. Ms. Yan is entitled to an annual fee of RMB240,000 which was determined by the Board with reference to her job responsibility and prevailing market rate together with discretionary bonus based on her performance.

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DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION

APPENDIX I

As at the Latest Practicable Date, Ms. Yan had interests in 17,693,270 Shares which include 8,184,000 options granted on 6 November 2012 under the share option scheme of the Company and 9,509,270 Shares beneficially owned.

Mr. Sun Qiang Chang ( “ Mr. Sun ” ) , aged 60, is an independent non-executive Director. He is the founder and current chairman of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, and the founder and executive vice chairman of China Real Estate Developers and Investors Association. He is also a member of the Asia Executive Board of the Wharton School, a member of the Asia Pacific Council of the Nature Conservancy and the founder and chairman of Black Soil Group Ltd., an agriculture investment and operating company. Prior to founding Black Soil Group Ltd., he was the Asia Pacific chairman and member of the executive management group at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm. Mr. Sun has over 25 years of experience in the field of private equity investment in the United States and in Asia. Mr. Sun obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and completed a post-graduate program offered by the United Nations, where he worked as a staff translator in New York for 3 years. Mr. Sun earned a joint degree of MA/MBA from the Joseph Lauder Institute of International Management and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Sun is currently the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration committee of the Company.

Mr. Sun entered into an appointment letter with the Company for a term of three years commencing from 8 May 2015 and expiring on 7 May 2018, which may be terminated by either party serving not less than three months’ written notice to the other. Mr. Sun is entitled to an annual fee of RMB287,000 which was determined by the Board with reference to his job responsibility and prevailing market rate.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Sun did not have any interests in the Company pursuant to Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

Save as disclosed herein, none of the above Director holds any position with the Company or any other members of the Group, nor have any directorships in other listed public companies in the last three years.

In addition, save as disclosed herein, none of the above Director has any relationship with any Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.

Save as disclosed herein, there is no other matter in relation to the above Directors that needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders and there is no information relating to them which is required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX II

The following is an explanatory statement required to be sent to the Shareholders under the Listing Rules in connection with the Proposed Repurchase Mandate.

SHARE CAPITAL

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the number of issued Shares was 5,199,524,031 Shares of nominal value of HK$0.02 each. Subject to the passing of the resolution granting the Proposed Repurchase Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased before the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed to repurchase a maximum of 519,952,403 Shares which represents 10% of the issued shares capital of the Company during the period ending on the earliest of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required to be held by any applicable laws or regulations or the Articles of Association; or (iii) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting of the Company.

REASONS AND FUNDING OF REPURCHASES

The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole to seek a general authority from the Shareholders to enable the Company to repurchase its Shares. Such repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value per Share and/or its earnings per Share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such a repurchase will benefit the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.

Repurchases of Shares will be financed out of funds legally available for the purpose and in accordance with the Articles of Association, the Listing Rules and the applicable laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands. The Companies Law provides that the amount of capital repaid in connection with a share repurchase may be paid out of the profits of the Company or the proceeds of a fresh issue of Shares made for the purposes of the repurchase or out of capital subject to and in accordance with the Companies Law. The amount of premium payable on repurchase may only be paid out of either the profits of the Company or out of the share premium account before or at the time the Shares are repurchased in the manner provided for in the Companies Law.

The Directors would only exercise the power to repurchase Shares in circumstances where they consider that the repurchase would be in the best interests of the Company. The Directors consider that if the Proposed Repurchase Mandate were to be exercised in full, it may not have a material adverse impact on the working capital or the gearing position of the Company, as compared with the positions disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as at 31 December 2016, being the date to which the latest published audited consolidated financial statements of the Company were made up. The Directors do not propose to exercise the mandate to repurchase Shares to such extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements of the Company or on the gearing levels which in the opinion of the Directors are from time to time appropriate for the Company.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX II

GENERAL MATTERS

To the best of their knowledge, having made all reasonable enquiries, none of the Directors or any of their close associates currently intends to sell any Shares to the Company or its subsidiaries, if the Proposed Repurchase Mandate is exercised.

The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that, so far as the same may be applicable, they will exercise the Proposed Repurchase Mandate in accordance with the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands.

No core connected person has notified the Company that he or she or it has a present intention to sell any Shares to the Company, or has undertaken not to do so, if the Proposed Repurchase Mandate is exercised.

TAKEOVERS CODE IMPLICATIONS

If as a result of a repurchase of Shares, a Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code. Accordingly, a Shareholder, or a group of Shareholders acting in concert, depending on the level of increase of the Shareholder’s interest, could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, to the best knowledge and belief of the Directors, each of Boyce Limited and Capevale Limited (“ Capevale BVI ”), both of which are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, was interested in approximately 31.97% of the existing issued share capital of the Company. Boyce Limited and Capevale BVI are the wholly-owned subsidiaries of Capevale Limited, which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and Cititrust Private Trust (Cayman) Limited (in its capacity as the trustee of the Trust) is the legal owner of 100% of the issued share capital of Capevale Limited (incorporated in the Cayman Islands). Cititrust Private Trust (Cayman) Limited holds these shares under the Trust for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the Trust, including Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita (“ Ms. Zhang ”). As at the Latest Practicable Date, Ms. Zhang was deemed to have an interest in a total of approximately 63.93% of the existing issued share capital of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. In the event that the Directors should exercise in full the Proposed Repurchase Mandate, the shareholding of Ms. Zhang in the Company will be increased to approximately 71.03% of the issued share capital of the Company, assuming there will be no other change in the issued share capital of the Company. To the best knowledge and belief of the Directors, such increase will not give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory offer under the Takeovers Code.

In the event that the Directors exercise in full the Proposed Repurchase Mandate to repurchase Shares, the shareholding of each of Boyce Limited and Capevale BVI will be increased from approximately 31.97% to approximately 35.52% of the issued share capital of the Company, assuming there will be no other change in the issued share capital of the Company. Such increase would give rise to each of Boyce Limited and Capevale BVI an obligation to make a mandatory offer under the Takeovers Code.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

APPENDIX II

Save as the aforesaid, the Directors are not aware of any consequences which would arise under Takeovers Code as a result of any repurchase of Shares pursuant to Proposed Repurchase Mandate.

The Directors have no present intention to repurchase the Shares to an extent that will trigger the obligations under the Takeovers Code for Boyce Limited and Capevale BVI to make a mandatory offer.

The Listing Rules prohibit a company from making repurchase on the Stock Exchange if the result of the repurchase would be that less than 25% (or such other prescribed minimum percentage as determined by the Stock Exchange) of the issued share capital would be in public hands. The Directors do not propose to repurchase Shares which would result in less than the prescribed minimum percentage of Shares in public hands.

SHARE REPURCHASE MADE BY THE COMPANY

No repurchase of Shares (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise) have been made by the Company during the six months preceding the Latest Practicable Date.

SHARE PRICES

The highest and lowest prices at which the Shares have been traded on the Stock Exchange during the 12 calendar months preceding the Latest Practicable Date were as follows:

Month	Highest Prices	Lowest Prices
	HK$	HK$
2016
April	3.354	3.032
May	3.337	3.099
June	3.560	3.236
July	3.750	3.369
August	4.555	3.493
September	4.569	4.190
October	4.390	3.970
November	4.150	3.820
December	4.150	3.720
2017
January	4.100	3.790
February	4.180	3.830
March	4.600	3.960
April (up to the Latest Practicable Date)	4.370	4.170

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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SOHO CHINA LIMITED SOHO中國有限公司

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 410)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting of SOHO China Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at 11/F, Tower A, Chaowai SOHO, 6B Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC on Friday, 26 May 2017 at 10:00 am for the following purposes:

Ordinary business

1. To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors of the Company (the “ Directors ”) and auditors of the Company (the “ Auditors ”) for the year ended 31 December 2016.

2. To approve the following resolution:

“THAT the declaration and payment of a special dividend of RMB0.346 per ordinary share out of the Share Premium Account of the Company (the “ Special Dividend ”) to shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on the record date fixed by the board of Directors (the “ Board ”) for determining the entitlements to the Special Dividend be and is hereby approved and any Director be and is hereby authorised to take such action, do such things and execute such further documents as the Director may at his/her absolute discretion consider necessary or desirable for the purpose of or in connection with the implementation of the payment of the Special Dividend.”

1. To re-elect Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita as executive Director.

2. To re-elect Ms. Yan Yan as executive Director.

3. To re-elect Mr. Sun Qiang Chang as independent non-executive Director.

4. To authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors.

5. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors and authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

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Special business

1. To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without modification, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

2. (A) “ That :

   • (i) subject to paragraph (iii) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue or otherwise deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company or securities convertible into shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for shares or such convertible securities of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which may require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

   • (ii) the approval in paragraph (i) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the directors of the Company and shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options which may require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;

   • (iii) the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors during the Relevant Period pursuant to paragraph (i) above, otherwise than pursuant to (a) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (b) the grant or exercise of any option under the option scheme of the Company or any other option, scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the directors, officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (c) any scrip dividend or similar arrangements providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; or (d) any issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any existing convertible notes issued by the Company or any existing securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares of the Company, shall not exceed the aggregate of 20 per cent (%) of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

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• (iv) for the purpose of this resolution:

• (a) “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

  • (1) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

  • (2) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or

  • (3) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting of the Company; and

• (b) “Rights Issue” means an offer of shares in the capital of the Company, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares in the capital of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or, having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the exercise or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).”

(B) “ That :

• (i) subject to paragraph (ii) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”) or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange under the Code on Share Buy-backs and, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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• (ii) the aggregate nominal amount of the issued shares capital of the Company, which may be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) above shall not exceed 10 per cent (%) of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

• (iii) subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution which had been granted to the Directors and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; and

• (iv) for the purpose of this resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

• (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

• (b) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the articles of association of the Company to be held; and

• (c) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting of the Company.”

• (C) “ That conditional upon the resolutions numbered 8(A) and 8(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting being passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to the ordinary resolution numbered 8(A) set out in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company which may be allotted by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the ordinary resolution numbered 8(B) set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10 per cent (%) of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing of the said resolutions.”

By order of the Board SOHO China Limited PAN Shiyi Chairman

Beijing, The People’s Republic of China, 24 April 2017

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Registered office: Cricket Square Hutchins Drive P.O. Box 2681 Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands

Corporate headquarters: 11F, Section A, Chaowai SOHO No. 6B, Chaowai Street Chaoyang District Beijing 100020 The People’s Republic of China Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 36/F, Tower Two, Times Square 1 Matheson Street Causeway Bay Hong Kong

Notes:

• (i) Resolution numbered 8(C) will be proposed to the shareholders of the Company (the “ Shareholders ”) for approval provided that the ordinary resolutions numbered 8(A) and 8(B) are passed by the Shareholders.

• (ii) A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint another person as his/her proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her; a proxy need not be a Shareholder.

• (iii) In the case of joint holders of any share of the Company (the “ Share ”), the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s) and for this purpose seniority shall be determined as that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of such Share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

• (iv) In order to be valid, a form of proxy must be deposited at the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude the Shareholders from attending and voting in person at the above meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish and in such event the relevant form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

• (v) The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 22 May 2017 to Friday, 26 May 2017, both days inclusive, in order to determine the entitlement of the Shareholders to attend and vote at the above meeting, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. All transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 19 May 2017.

• (vi) The transfer books and register of members of the Company will be closed from Friday, 2 June 2017 to Thursday, 8 June 2017, both days inclusive, in order to determine the entitlement of the Shareholders to receive the Special Dividend (subject to approval by the Shareholders), during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. All transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 1 June 2017.

• (vii) In respect of the ordinary resolution numbered 8(A) above, the Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new Shares of the Company. Approval is being sought from the Shareholders as a general mandate for the purposes of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Listing Rules ”).

• (viii) In respect of ordinary resolution numbered 8(B) above, the Directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred by the general mandate to repurchase Shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefits of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. An explanatory statement containing the information reasonably necessary to enable the Shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolution to approve the general mandate in relation to the repurchase by the Company of its own Shares, as required by the Listing Rules, is set out in Appendix II to the accompanying circular dated 24 April 2017.

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