Fresh Express Delivery Holdings Group Co., Limited announced that due to the development of the COVID-19 subsequent to the Announcements, the Company would require additional time to prepare the 2020 Annual Results. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and PRC strictly implemented province-to-province immigration restriction policies and mandatory quarantine measures in PRC, the Auditors commenced and completed the desktop work in the mid of July 2020 and commenced the field work in the early of August 2020. As the replacement of new employees in finance department due to COVID-19, the auditing process for the annual results for the year ended 31 March 2020 was gradual and has not yet been completed up to date. The Auditors are still performing the PRC field work of auditing for the information, including but not limited to the subsequent settlements and management accounts up to 30 June 2020 and it is expected to be completed in the end of August 2020. The Board acknowledges that the delay in publication of the 2020 Annual Results and the 2020 Annual Report constitutes non-compliance with Rule 13.49(1) and 13.46(2) of the Listing Rules. The Company has applied to and is in the course of seeking a waiver from the Stock Exchange in relation to the further delay in publication the 2020 Annual Results and 2020 Annual Report. The Board wishes to inform the Shareholders that the expected date of the publication of 2020 Annual Results will be 21 September 2020 and the expected date of despatch of 2020 Annual Report will be 9 October 2020. The expected date of holding the annual general meeting of the Company shall be 10 November 2020.