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(Stock Code: 488)

POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

All the resolutions set out in the AGM Notice were duly passed by way of poll at the AGM held on Friday, 20 December 2019.

The board of directors ("Board") of Lai Sun Development Company Limited ("Company") announces that all the resolutions ("AGM Resolutions") set out in the notice of the annual general meeting of the Company ("AGM") dated 21 November 2019 ("AGM Notice") were duly passed as ordinary resolutions by way of poll at the AGM held on Friday, 20 December 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

As at the date of the AGM, there were a total of 606,464,125 issued ordinary shares ("Shares") in the Company, which entitled the holders thereof ("Shareholders") to attend and vote for or against the AGM Resolutions at the AGM. No Shareholders entitled to attend the AGM may vote only against the AGM Resolutions thereat and no Shareholders were required under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited to abstain from voting on any of the AGM Resolutions at the AGM.

The poll results of the AGM Resolutions are set out as follows:-

Number of votes cast

Ordinary Resolutions for

(approximate percentage of

Total number

Ordinary Businesses

total number of votes cast)

of votes cast

For

Against

1.

To consider and adopt the audited financial

384,147,160

102,291

384,249,451

statements of the Company for the year

(99.97%)

(0.03%)

ended 31 July 2019 and the reports of the

directors and the independent auditor

thereon

2.

To declare a final dividend of

378,993,156

5,317,792

384,310,948

HK$0.108 per Share with a scrip dividend

(98.62%)

(1.38%)

option

3.

(A)

To re-elect the following Directors:

(i)

Mr. Tham Seng Yum, Ronald as

366,511,570

17,799,579

384,311,149

an Executive Director

(95.37%)

(4.63%)

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(ii)

Madam U

Po Chu as a

359,340,956

24,970,194

384,311,150

Non-Executive Director

(93.50%)

(6.50%)

(iii)

Mr. Ip Shu Kwan, Stephen as an

376,590,291

7,720,860

384,311,151

Independent Non-Executive

(97.99%)

(2.01%)

Director

(B)

To authorise the Board to fix the

383,993,560

184,392

384,177,952

Directors' remuneration

(99.95%)

(0.05%)

4.

To

re-appoint Ernst & Young, Certified

383,908,033

402,520

384,310,553

Public Accountants, as the independent

(99.90%)

(0.10%)

auditor of the Company for the year ending

31 July 2020 and to authorise the Board to

fix their remuneration

Number of votes cast

Ordinary Resolutions for

(approximate percentage of total

Total number

Special Businesses

number of votes cast)

of votes cast

For

Against

5.

(A)

To grant a general mandate to the

378,860,156

5,317,998

384,178,154

Directors to buy back the Company's

(98.62%)

(1.38%)

Shares not exceeding 10% of the total

number of Shares of the Company in

issue

(B)

To grant a general mandate to the

350,229,168

34,081,587

384,310,755

Directors to issue, allot and deal with

(91.13%)

(8.87%)

additional Shares not exceeding 20%

of the total number of Shares of the

Company in issue

(C)

To

extend the

general mandate

350,246,543

34,064,613

384,311,156

granted to the Directors to issue

(91.14%)

(8.86%)

Shares of the Company by adding the

number of Shares bought back

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The full text of the AGM Resolutions is set out in the AGM Notice.

As a majority of the votes were cast in favour of the AGM Resolutions, the AGM Resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.

Tricor Tengis Limited, the share registrar of the Company, acted as the scrutineers for the purpose of vote-taking in respect of the AGM Resolutions at the AGM.

By Order of the Board

Lai Sun Development Company Limited

Chow Kwok Wor

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 20 December 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following members:

Executive Directors:

Dr. Lam Kin Ngok, Peter (Chairman) and Messrs. Chew Fook Aun (Deputy Chairman),

Lau Shu Yan, Julius (Chief Executive Officer), Lam Hau Yin, Lester and Tham Seng

Yum, Ronald;

Non-Executive Directors:

Dr. Lam Kin Ming and Madam U Po Chu; and

Independent Non-Executive

Messrs. Lam Bing Kwan, Leung Shu Yin, William, Ip Shu Kwan, Stephen and Mr. Leung

Directors:

Wang Ching, Clarence.

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