CARSONS MANAGEMENT SERVICES (PRIVATE) LIMITED

No. of Company : PV 315

11th October 2021

Mr. Renuke Wijayawardhane

Chief Operating Officer

Colombo Stock Exchange

#4-01 West Block

World Trade Centre

Echelon Square, Colombo 1

Our Ref: CARS/GUAR/CSE/ANN/2021/NS/04/06

Dear Sir,

ANNOUNCEMENT

CORPORATE DISCLOSURE - TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MAJORITY HOLDING IN GUARDIAN CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC BY CEYLON GUARDIAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Refer to the previous announcements dated 23.09.2020.

In accordance with Section 8.1 of the Listing Rules of the Colombo Stock Exchange, Carson Cumberbatch PLC and Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC wishes to inform its shareholders that Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC ("CGIT") has terminated the Share Sale and Purchase Agreement dated 02.09.2020 ("SSPA") that was entered into between CGIT, Gazelle Asset Management Pte Ltd ("GAZELLE") and Guardian Capital Partners PLC ("GCP") for the sale of 21,692,800 ordinary shares being 83.97% stake held by CGIT in GCP to GAZELLE due to GAZELLE not completing the purchase.

Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of

CARSON CUMBERBATCH PLC

CEYLON GUARDIAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Carsons Management Services (Private) Limited

Director Secretaries aa/vw/ns

Regd. Office : No.61, Janadhipathi Mawatha, p.o. Box 24, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka.

Telephone

: +94-11-2039200

Fax : +94-11-2039300

E-mail

: carsons@carcumb.com Web site : www.carsoncumberbatch.com

Directors

: H. Selvanathan (Chairman), M. Selvanathan, K. C. N. Fernando,

A. P. Weeratunge, Mrs. K. D. De Silva, K. Selvanathan, V. R. Wijesinghe, S. Selvanathan

A CARSON CUMBERBATCH COMPANY

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