The board of directors of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited announced that Mr. Peter Kung (Mr. Kung), an independent non-executive
director of the Company, has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board (Audit Committee) with effect from 19 September 2023. Mr. Kung graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1984. He is Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong and served as its president from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Kung became a partner of KPMG in 1997, Head of China Tax in Hong Kong and Southern China in 2001, Senior Partner of KPMG's Shenzhen office in 2006 and Senior Partner of KPMG's Southern China region in 2010. He was Vice Chairman of KPMG China from 2013 to 2017 and Senior Advisor to KPMG China from 2018 to 2019. Following the appointment, the composition of the Audit Committee is as follows: Dr. Li Ka-cheung, Eric (Chairman), Mr. Ng Leung-sing, Mr. Gan Fock-kin, Eric and Mr. Peter Kung.