ELL Environmental : APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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ELL Environmental Holdings Limited

強 泰 環 保 控 股 有 限 公 司 *

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1395)

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

With effect from 15 October 2019, Ms. LEUNG Bo Yee Nancy has been appointed as an INED and a member of each of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

The board of directors of ELL Environmental Holdings Limited (the "Company", the "Directors" and the "Board", respectively) is pleased to announce that Ms. LEUNG Bo Yee Nancy ("Ms. Leung") has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director (the "INED") and a member of each of the Company's audit committee (the "Audit Committee"), remuneration committee (the "Remuneration Committee") and nomination committee (the "Nomination Committee"), all with effect from 15 October 2019.

Ms. Leung, aged 47, is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong, England and Wales and a partner of Leung and Lau, Solicitors LLP, which she co-founded in 2005. She co-founded L.I.M Tech Limited which commenced operations in December 2018 and Xu Shan Charitable Foundation Company Limited in July 2019, and has been the major shareholder and chairlady of California Insurance Company, Limited since 2018. After graduation, from 1996 to 2004, Ms. Leung worked at Clyde & Co., where her last position was associate.

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Ms. Leung is presently a member of the Legal Education Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong. She was previously a member of the Public Education and Publicity Sub-committee under the Steering Committee on Mediation of the Department of Justice and the Mediate First Pledge Sub-Group of the Public Education and Publicity Sub-Group of the Secretary of Justice's Working Group on Mediation in Hong Kong. She was previously also appointed as a Deputy District Court Judge in Hong Kong in 2012.

Ms. Leung graduated from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom with a master's degree in law in July 1996 and from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in law in July 1994.

Ms. Leung served as the non-executive director of New Trend Lifestyle Group Plc (LON:NTLG) from June 2016 to January 2018. Save as the above, she does not hold any other position within the Group and has not held any directorship in any other public listed company in the past three years.

Ms. Leung has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company for a fixed term of three years commencing on 15 October 2019 and is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the "Listing Rules") and the articles of association of the Company. Ms. Leung is presently entitled to a director's fee of HK$100,000 per annum. Her emolument has been determined by the Board by reference to her responsibilities and duties within our Company.

As at the date of this announcement, Ms. Leung does not have any interest in any shares or underlying shares or debentures of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), nor has any relationship with any directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.

Save as disclosed above, there is no other information which is disclosable pursuant to any of the requirements under Rules 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Listing Rules, and there are no other matters relating to the appointment of Ms. Leung that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

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Following the appointments of Ms. Leung as an INED and a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee, (i) the Board comprises eight Directors, of which three are INEDs, and (ii) the Audit Committee comprises three members, and hence, the number of INEDs and the number of members of the Audit Committee are in compliance with the requirements under Rules 3.10(1), 3.10A and 3.21 of the Listing Rules. In addition, the Company meets the requirement of establishing a Nomination Committee comprising a majority of INEDs under Code Provision A.5.1 of the Corporate Governance Code as contained in Appendix 14 to the Listing Rules.

The Board would like to welcome Ms. Leung to the Board.

By Order of the Board

ELL Environmental Holdings Limited

Chan Kwan

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 15 October 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Chau On Ta Yuen (Chairman), Mr. Chan Kwan (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Radius Suhendra and Mr. Chau Chi Yan Benny; the non-executive Director is Mr. Chan Pak Lam Brian and the independent non-executive Directors are Ms. Ng Chung Yan Linda, Mr. Ng Man Kung and Ms. Leung Bo Yee Nancy.

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