Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

GIORDANO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 709)

GRANT OF SHARE OPTIONS

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 17.06A of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").

The board of directors ("Director(s)") (collectively, the "Board") of Giordano International Limited (the "Company") announces that on September 9, 2020, the Company granted 77,310,000 share options (the "Share Options") to certain eligible participants (the "Grantees") in accordance with the share option scheme of the Company adopted on June 9, 2011, as amended on May 22, 2012, subject to acceptance by the Grantees. The Share Options entitle the Grantees to subscribe for a total of 77,310,000 new ordinary shares of HK$0.05 each in the capital of the Company (the "Shares").

Details of the Share Options are set out below:

Date of grant

:

September 9, 2020

Exercise price of Share Options granted

:

HK$1.39 per Share

Number of Share Options granted

:

77,310,000 Share Options

Closing price of Shares as stated in the daily

:

HK$1.39 per Share

quotations sheet of the Stock Exchange on the

date of grant

The average closing price of Shares as stated

:

HK$1.34 per Share

in the daily quotations sheets of the Stock

Exchange for the five business days

immediately preceding the date of grant

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Validity period of the Share Options

:

Exercisable period for the Share Options

granted to the Grantees:

First tranche consisting of 25,584,000 Share

Options shall be exercisable from the day

immediately after the announcement of the

Company's 2020 annual results to December

31, 2028, both dates inclusive;

Second tranche consisting of 25,584,000

Share Options shall be exercisable from the

day immediately after the announcement of

the Company's 2021 interim results to

December 31, 2028, both dates inclusive; and

Final tranche (the remaining balance of

26,142,000 Share Options) shall be

exercisable from the day immediately after

the announcement of the Company's 2021

annual results to December 31, 2028, both

dates inclusive.

Among the 77,310,000 Share Options granted, 6,000,000 Share Options were granted to the Executive Directors of the Company below:

Name

Position

Number of Share

Options granted

Dr CHAN Ka Wai

Executive Director

3,000,000

Mr Mark Alan LOYND

Executive Director

3,000,000

The grant of the Share Options to the above Executive Directors of the Company has been approved by the Independent Non-executive Directors of the Company pursuant to Rule 17.04(1) of the Listing Rules.

Save as disclosed above, none of the Grantees is a director, chief executive or substantial shareholder of the Company, or any of their respective associates (as defined in the Listing Rules).

By Order of the Board

LAU Kwok Kuen, Peter

Chairman and Chief Executive

Hong Kong, September 9, 2020

At the date of this announcement, the Board comprises three Executive Directors; namely, Dr LAU Kwok Kuen, Peter (Chairman and Chief Executive), Dr CHAN Ka Wai and Mr Mark Alan LOYND; two Non-executive Directors; namely, Dr CHENG Chi Kong and Mr CHAN Sai Cheong; and four Independent non-executive Directors; namely, Dr Barry John BUTTIFANT, Mr KWONG Ki Chi, Professor WONG Yuk (alias, HUANG Xu) and Dr Alison Elizabeth LLOYD.

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