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361˚ Announced the Official Signing of Li Bingjie, a New Chinese Swimming Star

(9 July 2018 - Hong Kong) - 361 Degrees International Limited ("361°" or the

"Company", which together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as the "Group"; HKSE stock code: 1361), the official partner of 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and a leading Chinese sportswear brand, announced the official signing of Chinese swimming star Li Bingjie as a new brand endorser. It is once again for 361° to sign Chinese National Swimming Team athletes after Sun Yang, Liu Xiang and Zhang Yufei. 361° hopes the future cooperation can promote the spirit of "One Extra Degree of Passion" among the young sports lovers and encourage everyone to participate in sports with passion.

The 16-year-old Li Bingjie was born in a family of swimmers in Hebei Province. Since her childhood, Li Bingjie has shown her passion and talent of swimming. Although middle-and-long-distance freestyle swimmers have to undergo demanding training as it requires a particularly high level of endurance and explosive strength, Li Bingjie managed to overcome the challenges with passion for swimming and continued to gain experience to improve herself. In July 2017, Li Bingjie, who was only at the age of 15, participated in the FINA World Championships for the first time. She won a bronze medal and a silver medal in the women 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle events respectively while breaking the 800m freestyle Asian record. She proved herself a budding Chinese swimming star.

Li Bingjie said: "I am glad to join the 361° family. I hope my endeavor can inspire youngsters to share the spirit of sports and passion." The 18th Asian Games in Jakarta is near its opening. Li Bingjie is now making every effort to prepare to give full play to her strength and strive for successful performance in the events.

Mr. DING Wuhao, President and Executive Director of 361°, said, "As a new star of the national swimming team, Li Bingjie exudes a kind of youthful vigor and shows her perseverance and love for sports, which echo with our brand spirit of "One Extra Degree of Passion". We very much look forward to the future collaboration with Li Bingjie, we hope to motivate and encourage more youngsters to continue their commitment and passion for sports. We will also continue to support the Chinese National Swimming Team. Wish them excellent results in the upcoming Jakarta Asian Games."

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About 361 Degrees International Limited

Established in 2003, 361˚ is a leading sportswear brand enterprise in China with a growing international presence. The Group designs, develops, manufactures and sells functional, innovative and stylish sportswear products to cater to the active, athletic and casual sportswear needs of adults, young adults and children. The Group offers high-performance and value-for-money footwear, apparel, and accessories products targeted at mass market.

The Group operates a distributorship business model through 31 exclusive distributors and approximately 1,500 authorized retailers to manage an extensive distribution network of approximately 6,000 retail stores across China. It has established a leading position in third-tier and lower-tier cities in China.

For more details, please refer to its website:www.361sport.com.

For further information, please contact:

361 Degrees International Limited

Ms. Nina Zhan

Vice-President, Investor Relations 361 Degrees International Limited Email:nina@361sportshk.com

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Tel: (852) 2136 6181 / 2169 0467 / 3920 7651 / 3920 7640 Fax: (852) 3170 6606

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