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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)

POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON 24 MAY 2019

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM held on 24 May 2019, all the Resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company by the Shareholders by way of poll.

Reference is made to the circular ("Circular") and notice ("Notice") of the annual general meeting ("AGM") of A8 New Media Group Limited ("Company") dated 17 April 2019. Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular unless defined otherwise.

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM held on 24 May 2019, all the ordinary resolutions ("Resolutions") as set out in the Notice were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company by the Shareholders by way of poll. The poll results are as follows:

Number of votes

Resolutions (Note 1)

(Approximate %) (Note 2)

For

Against

1.

To receive and approve the audited consolidated

financial statements of the Company and its

1,574,722,128

0

subsidiaries and the

reports of

the directors

100%

0.00%

("Directors") and the auditors of the Company for

the year ended 31 December 2018.

2.

(a)

To re-elect Mr.

Liu Xiaosong as an

1,574,722,128

0

executive Director.

100%

0.00%

(b)

To re-elect Mr.

Chan Yiu

Kwong as an

1,574,722,128

0

independent non-executive Director.

100%

0.00%

(c) To authorise the Board to fix the respective

1,574,722,128

0

Directors' remuneration.

100%

0.00%

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Number of votes

Resolutions (Note 1)

(Approximate %) (Note 2)

For

Against

3.

To re-appoint Ernst & Young as the auditors of the

1,574,722,128

0

Company for the year ending 31 December 2019 and

100%

0.00%

to authorise the Board to fix its remuneration.

4.

To grant a general mandate to the Directors to allot,

1,563,232,128

11,490,000

issue and otherwise deal with the Company's shares

99.27%

0.73%

("Shares").

5.

To grant a general mandate to the Directors to

1,574,722,128

0

repurchase Shares.

100%

0.00%

6.

To extend the general mandate granted to the

1,563,232,128

11,490,000

Directors to issue additional Shares under resolution 4

by the number of the Shares repurchased by the

99.27%

0.73%

Company under resolution 5.

Notes:

  1. The full text of the Resolutions was set out in the Notice.
  2. The number and percentage of votes are based on the total number of Shares held by the Shareholders who attended and voted at the AGM in person, by authorised corporate representative or by proxy.

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the Resolutions, all the Resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company by the Shareholders without modification at the AGM.

As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued Shares was 2,700,886,628, which was the total number of Shares entitling the holders thereof to attend and vote on the Resolutions proposed at the AGM.

To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, no Shareholder had material interest in the Resolutions and was required to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM in accordance with the Listing Rules. None of the Shareholders was entitled to attend and abstain from voting in favour of any of the Resolutions proposed at the AGM according to Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules. None of the Shareholders stated his/her/its intention in the Circular to vote against any of the Resolutions or to abstain from voting at the AGM.

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The Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.

On behalf of the Board

A8 New Media Group Limited

Chairman & Executive Director

Liu Xiaosong

Hong Kong, 24 May 2019

As at the date of this announcement, 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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