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A8 New Media Group Limited

A8新媒體集團有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 800)

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of A8 New Media Group Limited (the "Company") will be held at 25/F, A8 Music Building, No.1002 Keyuan Road, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, the PRC on Friday, 24 May 2019 at 3:30 p.m. for the following purposes:

1.To receive and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of the directors ("Directors") and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018.

2.To pass the following resolutions, each as a separate resolution:

(a)To re-elect Mr. Liu Xiaosong as an executive Director;

(b)To re-elect Mr. Chan Yiu Kwong as an independent non-executive Director; and

(c)To authorise the board of Directors ("Board") to fix the respective Directors' remuneration.

3.To re-appoint Ernst & Young as the auditors of the Company for the year ending 31 December 2019 and to authorise the Board to fix its remuneration.

4.To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT:

(a)subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company ("Directors") during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the authorised and unissued shares in the capital of the Company ("Shares") and to make or grant offers, agreements or options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

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(b)the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Directors to make or grant offers, agreements or options, including warrants to subscribe for Shares, during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c)the aggregate number of Shares allotted, issued or dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued or dealt with (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to or in consequence of:

(i)a Rights Issue (as defined below);

(ii)the exercise of any options granted under a share option scheme or similar arrangements adopted by the Company;

(iii)any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; or

(iv)any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants, convertible bonds, debentures, notes or any securities issued by the Company which are convertible into Shares,

shall not exceed the aggregate of:

(aa)20 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares on the date of the passing of this resolution; and

(bb)(if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the Shares repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent. of the number of issued Shares on the date of the passing of that separate resolution),

and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be limited accordingly;

(d)if, after the passing of this resolution, the Company conducts a share consolidation or sub-division, the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (c) above shall be adjusted to the effect that the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (c) above as a percentage of the total number of issued Shares immediately before and after such consolidation or sub-division shall be the same; and

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(e)for the purposes of this resolution:

"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i)the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii)the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company's shareholders in general meeting; and

(iii)the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any other applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held;

"Rights Issue" means an offer of Shares, or offer on issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for Shares, open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of Shares whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such Shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange outside Hong Kong)".

5.To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT:

(a)subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase (or agree to repurchase) its shares ("Shares") in the capital of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Stock Exchange"), or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for such purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Law, Cap 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b)the Shares to be purchased or agreed to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the number of issued Shares on the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;

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(c)if, after the passing of this resolution, the Company conducts a share consolidation or sub-division, the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (b) above shall be adjusted to the effect that the number of Shares subject to the limit set out in paragraph (b) above as a percentage of the total number of issued Shares immediately before and after such consolidation or sub-division shall be the same; and

(d)for the purpose of this resolution, "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i)the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii)the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company's shareholders in general meeting; and

(iii)the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held.".

6.To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"THAT conditional upon the passing of the resolutions numbered 4 and 5 set out in the notice convening this meeting ("Notice"), the general mandate referred to in the resolution numbered 4 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the number of shares of the Company ("Shares") which may be allotted, issued or dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued or dealt with by the directors of the Company pursuant to or in accordance with such general mandate of the number of Shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to or in accordance with the authority granted under the resolution numbered 5 of the Notice."

On behalf of the Board

A8 New Media Group Limited

Chairman & Executive Director

Liu Xiaosong

Hong Kong, 17 April 2019

Registered office:

Principal place of

Cricket Square

business in Hong Kong:

Hutchins Drive

Suite 06-12, 33/F

P.O. Box 2681

Shui On Centre

Grand Cayman, KY1-1111

6-8 Harbour Road

Cayman Islands

Wanchai

Hong Kong

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Notes:

1.A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting ("Meeting") convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or, if he is the holder of two or more shares, more than one proxy to attend the Meeting and vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend the Meeting in person to represent the member of the Company.

2.A form of proxy for use at the Meeting is enclosed herewith.

3.The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same.

4.In order to be valid, a form of proxy must be duly completed and signed in accordance with the instruments printed thereon and deposited together with a power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a certified copy of such power or authority, at the office of the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event by 3:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 or not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. The completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof if he so wish. In that event, his form of proxy will be deemed to have been revoked.

5.In the case of joint holders of a share, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she/it were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the Meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.

6.For determining the entitlement of the Shareholders to attend and vote at the AGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 21 May 2019 to Friday, 24 May 2019, both days inclusive, during which period no share transfers will be registered. To be eligible to attend the AGM, all properly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712- 1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 20 May 2019.

7.All the resolutions at the Meeting will be taken by poll pursuant to the Listing Rules and the results of the poll will be published on the respective websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company.

As at the date of this notice, the Board of the Company comprises:

(1)Executive Directors namely Mr. Liu Xiaosong and Mr. Lin Qian; and

(2)Independent Non-Executive Directors namely Mr. Chan Yiu Kwong, Ms. Wu Shihong and Mr. Li Feng.

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