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長城汽車股份有限公司

GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED*

(a joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2333)

POLL RESULTS OF

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

AND DIVIDEND PAYMENT

The board of directors (the "Board") of Great Wall Motor Company Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce the poll results at the extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM" and the "Meeting") of the Company held on Thursday , 18 March 2021 at No. 2266 Chaoyang Road South, Baoding, Hebei Province, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"). The resolution proposed was duly passed by the attending shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders").

For details of the resolution considered at the Meeting, the Shareholders may refer to the notice of the EGM (the "Notice of EGM") and the circular (the "Circular") of the Company, both dated 28 January 2021. Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.

1. CONVENING AND ATTENDANCE OF THE MEETING (i) Convening of the Meeting

The Meeting was held on Thursday , 18 March 2021 at No. 2266 Chaoyang Road South, Baoding, Hebei Province, the PRC.

The Meeting was convened as an on-site meeting by the Board and chaired by Ms. Yang Zhi Juan, an Executive Director. No resolution was vetoed or amended and no new resolution was proposed for voting at the Meeting. Both on-site voting and online voting methods were adopted for the Meeting. Online voting was conducted through the trading system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and was participated by the holders of A Shares of the Company (the "A Shareholders").

(ii) Attendance of the Meeting

A poll was demanded by the chairman of the Meeting for voting on the proposed resolution as set out in the Notice of EGM which had been delivered to all Shareholders, and the resolution was approved by the Shareholders by way of poll.

As at the date of the EGM, the total number of the issued shares of the Company was 9,175,953,300, representing the total number of the issued shares of the Company which entitled their holders to attend the EGM and vote for or against the resolution proposed thereat. None of the Shareholders who were entitled to attend the EGM was required to vote only against the resolution proposed thereat.

The Shareholders holding 6,200,818,652 Shares (comprising 5,215,349,501 A Shares and 985,469,151 H Shares) with voting rights (representing 67.58% of the entire issued share capital of the Company) or their proxies were present at the Meeting, and constituted a quorum of the meeting prescribed by the Company Law of the PRC and the Articles of Association of the Company (the "Articles of Association"). Voting by the Shareholders on any of the proposed resolutions at the EGM was not subject to any restrictions.

2. VOTING RESULTS OF THE MEETING

The resolution set out below was same as that set out in the Notice of EGM. The Shareholders present at the EGM considered and approved the following resolution by way of poll (both on-site voting and online voting). The percentage of votes on the following resolution is based on the total number of A Shares and H Shares held by the Shareholders who attended and voted at the EGM in person or by proxies.

Ordinary Resolution

Resolution: to consider and approve the grant of reserved Restricted Shares to the directors of the Company's significant subsidiaries by Great Wall Motor Company Limited and the connected transaction set out in the circular of the Company dated 28 January 2021 (the details of which are published on the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.gwm.com.cn) on 28 January 2021).

Voting result: Passed

Poll results:

Type of shareholders

For

Against

Abstained

Number of votes

Percent age (%)

Number of votes

Percentage

(%)

Number of votes

Percentage

(%)

A Shares

5,214,719,701

99.9879

629,000

0.0121

800

0.0000

H Shares

954,838,048

96.8917

30,598,603

3.1050

32,500

0.0033

Total ordinary shares:

6,169,557,749

99.4959

31,227,603

0.5036

33,300

0.0005

0 0.0033

0.0005

  • 3. SCRUTINEER

    Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP, the auditor of the Company, acted as the scrutineer and compared the poll results summary to the poll forms collected and provided by the Company. The work performed by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement in accordance with the Auditing Standards for Certified Public Accountants of China, Review Standards for Certified Public Accountants of China or other standards on assurance engagements for certified public accountants of China, nor did it provide any assurance or advice on matters such as the legal interpretation of the voting or voting rights.

  • 4. WITNESSED BY LAWYERS

    The Meeting was witnessed by lawyers assigned by Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm, Beijing, the PRC legal adviser of the Company. According to the legal opinion issued by Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm, Beijing, the Meeting was convened and held in compliance with laws, administrative regulations, the Rules for the General Meetings of Shareholders and the Articles of Association. The qualifications of the attendees at the Meeting and of the convenor(s) of the Meeting were legitimate and valid. The voting procedures at the Meeting and the voting results thereat were legitimate and valid.

    This announcement is available on the website of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the website of the Company (www.gwm.com.cn).

By Order of the Board

Great Wall Motor Company Limited

Xu Hui

Company Secretary

Baoding, Hebei Province, the PRC, 18 March 2021

As at the date of this announcement, members of the Board comprise:

Executive Directors: Mr. Wei Jian Jun, Ms. Wang Feng Ying and Ms. Yang Zhi Juan.

Non-executive Director: Mr. He Ping.

Independent Non-executive Directors: Ms. Yue Ying, Mr. Li Wan Jun and Mr. Ng Chi Kit.

* For identification purpose only

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