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(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 658)

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting of China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (the "Company") will be held at China Purple Mountain Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Jinling Building, Jinling Hotel, No. 2 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 25 June 2021 for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and approve the audited consolidated financial statements together with the directors' report and the independent auditor's report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.
  2. To re-elect directors of the Company (the "Directors") and to authorise the board of Directors to fix the Directors' remuneration.
  3. To re-appoint Baker Tilly Hong Kong Limited as auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors to fix their remuneration.

As special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

  • 4. "THAT:

    1. subject to paragraph (c) below, and pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") (the "Listing Rules"), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined in this resolution) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with any unissued shares in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including but not limited to warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which might require the exercise of such power be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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  1. the approval in paragraph (a) shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which might require the shares in the capital of the Company to be issued either during or after the end of the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined);
  2. the total number of the issued shares of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted or issued (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph
    1. above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (ii) an issue of shares upon the exercise of options which may be granted under any share option scheme or under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries or any other person of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend schemes or similar arrangements providing for the allotment and issue of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company; or (iv) a specific authority granted by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, shall not exceed 20 per cent. of the total number of issued shares of the Company at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
  3. for the purpose of this resolution,

    1. "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
    2. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
  1. 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; or
  2. the passing of an ordinary resolution by shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking, varying or renewing the authority given to the Directors by this resolution; and

"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares of the Company or issue of option, warrants or other securities giving the right to subscribe for shares of the Company, open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares whose names appear on the register of members of the Company (and, where appropriate, to holders of other securities of the Company entitled to the offer) on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (or,

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where appropriate, such other securities) (subject in all cases 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 any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory applicable to the Company)."

  1. "THAT:
    1. subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company on the Stock Exchange or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and which is recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and/or the requirements of the Listing Rules or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
    2. the total number of the shares of the Company which the Company is authorised to repurchase pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of issued shares of the Company at the date of the passing of this resolution, and the authority granted pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be limited accordingly; and
    3. for the purposes of this resolution, "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
      1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or
      2. 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; or
      3. the passing of an ordinary resolution by shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking, varying or renewing the authority given to the Directors by this resolution."
  2. "THAT conditional upon the ordinary resolutions set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the notice convening this meeting being passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to allot, issue and deal in any unissued shares pursuant to the ordinary resolution set out in paragraph 4 of the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition to the total number of issued shares of the Company which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by
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the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the total number of issued shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the ordinary resolution set out in paragraph 5 of the notice convening this meeting, provided that such extended amount shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of issued shares of the Company in issue at the date of the passing of this resolution."

By Order of the Board

Lui Wing Hong, Edward

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 17 May 2021

Notes:

  1. A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and, on a poll, vote in his stead. A member who is the holder of two or more shares of the Company may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and, on a poll, vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
  2. In order to be valid, a proxy form together with any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, must be deposited at the branch share registrar 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 not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
  3. The register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 22 June 2021 to Friday, 25 June 2021, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to determine the identity of the shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting, all duly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, 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, 21 June 2021.
  4. Pursuant to Article 90 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Chairman of the meeting will demand a poll on each of the resolutions put to the vote at the meeting.
  5. With regard to ordinary resolutions set out in paragraphs 2 and 4 to 6 of this notice, a circular giving details of the Directors subject to re-election and general mandates to issue and to repurchase shares will be despatched to shareholders of the Company at the date hereof. The biographical details of the retiring Directors who are subject to re-election at the meeting are set out in Appendix II to the circular.
  6. As at the date of this notice, the board of Directors comprises twelve Directors, of which Mr. Hu Jichun, Mr. Hu Yueming, Mr. Chen Yongdao, Mr. Wang Zhengbing, Mr. Zhou Zhijin, Ms. Zheng Qing, Mr. Gu Xiaobin and Mr. Fang Jian are executive Directors, and Dr. Chan Yau Ching, Bob, Ms. Jiang Jianhua, Mr. Jiang Xihe and Mr. Nathan Yu Li are independent non-executive Directors.

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