Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT

COMPLETION OF THE SCRIP DIVIDEND SCHEME

This announcement confirms that as part of the completion of the Special Dividend, a total of 1,733,620,293 Scrip Shares have been issued pursuant to the Scrip Dividend Scheme. Of these Scrip Shares, 792,179,665 Scrip Shares have been issued to the Controlling Shareholders and 941,440,628 Scrip Shares have been issued to other Shareholders of the Company who have elected to take up Scrip Shares under the Scrip Dividend Scheme.

Terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as defined in the circular of the Company dated 14 February 2019.

Set out below is the shareholding of the Controlling Shareholders and other Shareholders immediately before and immediately after the issue of the Scrip Shares and before the Share Consolidation:

Name of ShareholderNumber of Shares Held in the Company Immediately Before the Issuance of the Scrip Shares and Before the Share ConsolidationApproximate Percentage of Issued Share Capital Immediately Before the Issuance of the Scrip SharesControlling Shareholders

William Fung Kwok Lun ("Dr.

292,773,042

Fung") (Note 1)

HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited ("HSBC Trustee") (Note 2)

209,925,290

Fung Holdings (1937) Limited ("FH 1937")

2,195,727,908

25.672%

(Note 3)

Fung Distribution International

200,000,000

Limited (Note 3)

_____________ 2,898,426,240

_________

33.888% 792,179,665

Other Shareholders

5,654,496,489 _____________

66.112% 941,440,628

_________

Total

8,552,922,729

100.000%

3.423% 0

Number of

Number of

Approximate

Scrip Shares

Shares Held in

Percentage

Taken Up

the Company

of Enlarged

Immediately

Issued Share

After the

Capital

Issuance of the

Immediately

Scrip Shares

After the

and Before the

Issuance of

Share

the Scrip

Consolidation

Shares

292,773,042

2.846%

209,925,290

2.041%

2,987,907,573

29.047%

200,000,000

1.944%

______________

_________

3,690,605,905

35.878%

6,595,937,117

64.122%

______________

_________

10,286,543,022

100.000%

2.454% 0

792,179,665

2.338%

0

_____________

_____________

1,733,620,293

Notes:

  • (1) Dr. Fung has personal interest in 216,255,642 Shares, family interest in 108,800 Shares and corporate interest in 26,114,400 Shares and 50,294,200 Shares held by Golden Step Limited and Step Dragon Enterprise Limited respectively, which are both companies beneficially owned by Dr. Fung.

  • (2) The shares are indirectly held by HSBC Trustee through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Island Developments Limited.

  • (3) FH 1937 is a wholly owned subsidiary of King Lun Holdings Limited which is owned as to 50% by Dr. Fung and 50% by HSBC Trustee. 2,195,727,908 Shares are directly held by FH 1937 which also through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fung Distribution International Limited, indirectly held 200,000,000 Shares.

Set out below is the number of Shares held by, and the shareholding of, the Controlling Shareholders and other Shareholders after the Share Consolidation has become effective on 9 April 2019:

Name of Shareholder

Number of Consolidated

Approximate Percentage of

Shares Held in the Company

Issued Share Capital After

After the Share Consolidation

the Share Consolidation

Controlling Shareholders

Dr. Fung (Note 4)

29,277,304

2.846%

HSBC Trustee (Note 5)

20,992,528

2.041%

FH 1937 (Note 6)

298,790,757

29.047%

Fung Distribution

20,000,000

1.944%

International Limited (Note 6)

_____________

_________

369,060,589

35.878%

Other Shareholders

659,593,713

64.122%

_____________

_________

Total

1,028,654,302

100.000%

Notes:

  • (4) Dr. Fung has personal interest in 21,625,564 Consolidated Shares, family interest in 10,880 Consolidated Shares and corporate interest in 2,611,440 Consolidated Shares and 5,029,420 Consolidated Shares held by Golden Step Limited and Step Dragon Enterprise Limited respectively, which are both companies beneficially owned by Dr. Fung.

  • (5) The Consolidated Shares are indirectly held by HSBC Trustee through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Island Developments Limited.

  • (6) FH 1937 is a wholly owned subsidiary of King Lun Holdings Limited which is owned as to 50% by Dr. Fung and 50% by HSBC Trustee. 298,790,757 Consolidated Shares are directly held by FH 1937 which also through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fung Distribution International Limited, indirectly held 20,000,000 Consolidated Shares.

By Order of the Board Global Brands Group Holding Limited

William FUNG Kwok Lun

Chairman

Hong Kong, 12 April 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises three Non-executive Directors, namely William Fung Kwok Lun (Chairman), Bruce Philip Rockowitz (Vice Chairman) and Hau Leung Lee, one Executive Director, namely Richard Nixon Darling (Chief Executive Officer) and five Independent Non-executive Directors, namely Paul Edward Selway-Swift, Stephen Harry Long, Allan Zeman, Audrey Wang Lo and Ann Marie Scichili.

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