Huatai Securities : APPROVAL ON QUALIFICATION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE

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(A joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability under the Chinese

corporate name and carrying on business in Hong Kong as HTSC)

(Stock Code: 6886)

APPROVAL ON QUALIFICATION OF CHAIRMAN OF

THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE

Reference is made to the announcement (the "Announcement" ) of the Company dated December 16, 2019 in relation to, among others, resolution at the first meeting of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company regarding the election of Mr. Zhai Jun as the chairman of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Announcement.

On February 18, 2020, the Company received the Approval on Qualification of Zhai Jun as

Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Securities Company (Su Zheng Jian Xu Ke [2020] No. 8)（《關於核准翟軍證券公司監事會主席任職資格的批覆》（蘇證監許可字[2020]8號））from

the Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau, pursuant to which, Mr. Zhai Jun' s qualification as the chairman of the supervisory committee of securities companies has been approved. Pursuant to the relevant requirements and the resolution at the first meeting of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company, the appointment of Mr. Zhai Jun as the chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the Company has taken effect from February 18, 2020 and his term of office shall expire upon the expiry of the term of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company.

The biographical details of Mr. Zhai Jun and other information in relation to his appointment were set forth in the Announcement. As of the date of this announcement, there was no change to these information.

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DEFINITION

In this announcement, the following expression has the meaning set out below unless the context otherwise requires.

"Company"a joint stock company incorporated in the PRC with limited liability under the corporate name 華泰證券股份有限公司 (Huatai Securities Co., Ltd.), converted from its predecessor 華泰證券有限責任公

司 (Huatai Securities Limited Liability Company) on December 7, 2007, carrying on business in Hong Kong as "HTSC" , and was registered as a non-Hong Kong company under Part 16 of the

Companies Ordinance under the Chinese approved name of "華泰六 八八六股份有限公司" and English name of "Huatai Securities Co.,

Ltd." ; the H shares of which have been listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since June 1, 2015 (Stock Code: 6886); the A shares of which have been listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since February 26, 2010 (Stock Code: 601688); the global depository receipts of which have been listed on the London Stock Exchange plc since June 2019 (Symbol: HTSC), and unless the context otherwise requires, including its predecessor

By order of the Board of Directors of the Company

Zhang Hui

Joint Company Secretary

Jiangsu, the PRC, February 18, 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Zhang Wei, Mr. Zhou Yi and Mr. Zhu Xuebo as executive Directors; Mr. Ding Feng, Mr. Chen Yongbing, Mr. Xu Qing, Ms. Hu Xiao and Mr. Wang Tao, as non- executive Directors; and Mr. Chen Chuanming, Mr. Liu Hongzhong, Mr. Lee Chi Ming, Ms. Liu Yan and Mr. Chen Zhibin as independent non-executive Directors.

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