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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 31 OCTOBER 2018

POLL RESULTS

At the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of Hopewell Holdings Limited (the "Company") held on 31 October 2018, all the resolutions (the "Resolutions") proposed were duly passed by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") by way of poll, as required by The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Company's share registrar, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM. The poll results of the Resolutions were as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions

Number of Votes (%)

For

Against

1.

To receive and consider the audited consolidated Financial Statements and the Report of the Directors and Independent Auditor's Report for the year ended 30 June 2018

575,699,942 (99.998818%)

6,802 (0.001182%)

2.

(a) (i) To re-elect Mr. Eddie Ping Chang HO as director

488,134,224 (84.697612%)

88,191,619 (15.302388%)

(ii) To re-elect Mr. Albert Kam Yin YEUNG as director

488,202,724 (84.709718%)

88,121,619 (15.290282%)

(iii) To re-elect Ir. Dr. Leo Kwok Kee LEUNG as director

488,222,724 (84.713188%)

88,101,619 (15.286812%)

(iv) To re-elect Dr. Gordon YEN as director

575,502,137 (99.854737%)

837,206 (0.145263%)

(v) To re-elect Mr. Yuk Keung IP as director

556,218,151 (96.508794%)

20,121,192 (3.491206%)

(b) To fix the directors' fees

576,270,390 (99.998577%)

8,202 (0.001423%)

3.

To re-appoint Messrs. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Auditor and authorise the directors to fix their remuneration

573,232,079 (99.466279%)

3,075,879 (0.533721%)

4.

(a)To give a general mandate to the directors to buy back shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 4(A) of the Notice of AGM)

575,992,826 (99.987362%)

72,802 (0.012638%)

(b)To give a general mandate to the directors to issue shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 4(B) of the Notice of AGM)

427,879,390 (74.244548%)

148,431,468 (25.755452%)

(c)To extend the general mandate to issue shares to cover the shares bought back by the Company (Ordinary Resolution No. 4(C) of the Notice of AGM)

429,969,573 (74.607166%)

146,341,785 (25.392834%)

(d)To give a mandate to directors to grant share options under the Share Option Scheme (Ordinary Resolution No. 4(D) of the Notice of AGM)

448,592,305 (77.839007%)

127,715,538 (22.160993%)

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the above Resolutions, all the above Resolutions were duly passed as Ordinary Resolutions of the Company.

As at the date of the AGM, the Company had a total number of 868,620,621 issued shares, which was the total number of shares entitling holders to attend and vote for or against the Resolutions at the AGM. There was no Shareholder (i) who was entitled to attend the AGM but was required to abstain from voting in favour of any of the Resolutions at the AGM or (ii) who was required to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.

In the Company's circular dated 21 September 2018, no parties have stated their intention to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.

By order of the Board HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED

KOO Ching Fan

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 31 October 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises seven Executive Directors namely, Sir Gordon Ying Sheung WU (Chairman), Mr. Eddie Ping Chang HO (Vice Chairman), Mr. Thomas Jefferson WU (Deputy Chairman and Managing Director), Mr. Josiah Chin Lai KWOK (Deputy Managing Director), Mr. Albert Kam Yin YEUNG, Mr. William Wing Lam WONG and Ir. Dr. Leo Kwok Kee LEUNG; three Non-executive Directors namely, Lady WU Ivy Sau Ping KWOK, Mr. Carmelo Ka Sze LEE and Mr. Guy Man Guy WU; and five Independent Non-executive Directors namely, Ms. Linda Lai Chuen LOKE, Mr. Sunny TAN, Dr. Gordon YEN, Mr. Ahito NAKAMURA and Mr. Yuk Keung IP.

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