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Gome Finance Technology Co., Ltd.

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 628)

CHANGE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE

AND COMPOSITION OF BOARD COMMITTEES

The Board hereby announces that, with effect from 26 March 2021:

  • 1. Ms. Chen Wei has resigned as an executive Director, one of the authorised representatives and a member of the nomination committee and the strategy committee of the Company; and

  • 2. Mr. Zhou Yafei has been appointed as an executive Director, one of the authorised representatives and a member of the nomination committee and the strategy committee of the Company.

RESIGNATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE AND MEMBER OF BOARD COMMITTEES

The board (the "Board") of directors (the "Directors" and each a "Director") of Gome Finance Technology Co., Ltd. (the "Company") announces that Ms. Chen Wei ("Ms. Chen") has resigned as executive Director, a member of the nomination committee and the strategy committee of the Company and one of the authorised representatives of the Company as required under Rule 3.05 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") with effect from 26 March 2021. Ms. Chen resigned as executive Director in order to retire and devote more time to stay with her family, and she has confirmed that she has no disagreement with the Board and she is not aware of any matter in relation to her retirement as executive Director that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. The Board wishes to express its sincere gratitude to Ms. Chen for her valuable contributions to the Company during her tenure of office.

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE AND MEMBER OF BOARD COMMITTEES

The Board further announces that Mr. Zhou Yafei ("Mr. Zhou") has been appointed as an executive Director, a member of the nomination committee and the strategy committee of the Company and one of the authorised representatives of the Company as required under Rule 3.05 of the Listing Rules with effect from 26 March 2021. The biographical details and other information of Mr. Zhou are set out below:

Mr. Zhou Yafei, aged 53, graduated from the Beijing Institute of Technology with a master's degree. Mr. Zhou was the Chief Financial Officer of GOME Appliance Co., Ltd. from 2000 to 2004, and subsequently remained in his position as the Chief Financial Officer for GOME Retail Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 493), from 2004 to 2008 after the injection of GOME Appliance Co., Ltd. into GOME Retail Holdings Limited in 2004, and has been the executive vice president of GOME Holding Group Company Limited (incorporated in Beijing, the PRC) since 2009. Mr. Zhou has over 20 years of experience in PRC accounting, finance and tax consulting. He is a registered accountant (non-practising) and a registered tax agent (non-practising) in the PRC. Mr. Zhou has been appointed as non-executive director of Lajin Entertainment Network Group Limited, a company listed on GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8172), since April 2015.

Mr. Zhou has entered into a service agreement with the Company and his initial term of appointment as an executive Director is three years commencing from 26 March 2021, subject to his re-election at the next following general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Bye-Laws of the Company. Mr. Zhou's appointment is also subject to retirement by rotation at least once every three years and re-election at the annual general meetings of the Company in accordance with the Bye-Laws of the Company. His appointment may also be terminated by either party serving no less than one month's written notice on the other. Pursuant to the service agreement, Mr. Zhou will receive a remuneration of HK$120,000 per annum which was determined by the Board with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Company and the prevailing market conditions and will be subject to review by the Board from time to time.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Zhou does not hold any other position in the Company or its subsidiaries, and did not hold any other directorship in any other public companies in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years. Save for being the executive vice president of GOME Holding Group Company Limited which is a company ultimately controlled by Mr. Wong Kwong Yu, spouse of Ms. Du Juan, the controlling shareholder of the Company, and being a non-executive director of Lajin Entertainment Network Group Limited of which Mr. Wong Kwong Yu is a substantial shareholder, Mr. Zhou does not have any relationship with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company or its subsidiaries (as defined under the Listing Rules).

There is no other information that needs to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements as set out in Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules and there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company in connection with the appointment of Mr. Zhou. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Zhou does not have any interests in shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

The Board wishes to express its warm welcome to Mr. Zhou for joining the Board.

By order of the Board

Gome Finance Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhou Yafei

Executive Director

Hong Kong, 26 March 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's executive Director is Mr. Zhou Yafei; the non-executive Director is Ms. Wei Qiuli; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Cao Dakuan, Mr. Hung Ka Hai Clement, Mr. Wan Jianhua and Mr. Zhang Liqing.

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