Haitong Securities : ANNOUNCEMENT ON INCREASE OF REGISTERED CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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

(Stock Code: 6837)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON INCREASE OF REGISTERED CAPITAL OF THE

COMPANY AND AMENDMENTS

TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

This announcement is made by Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 13.51(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 6 August 2020 on the issuance results of the non-public issuance of A Shares and changes in share capital.

As approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission on "Approval in relation to the Non-Public Issuance of Shares by Haitong Securities Co., Ltd." (Zheng Jian Xu Ke [2020] No. 1038), the Company has completed the non-public issuance of A shares (the "Non-publicIssuance of A Shares") and issued in aggregate 1,562,500,000 A Shares. The new shares issued under the Non-public Issuance of A Shares have been registered and deposited in Shanghai Branch of China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited on 5 August 2020. The total number of shares of the Company increased from 11,501,700,000 to 13,064,200,000 and the registered capital of the Company has increased from RMB11,501,700,000 to RMB13,064,200,000.

In light of the above, according to the "resolution regarding the grant of authorization by the general meeting to the Board and the delegation of powers by the Board to the management to deal with matters relating to the non-public issue of A Shares of the Company" considered and approved at the Company's 2020 first extraordinary general meeting on 15 April 2020, the articles related to the registered capital and the total number of shares of the Company in the articles of association of the Company (the "Articles of Association") are amended. The amendments to the Articles of Association are as follows:

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Comparison Chart of Amendments to the Articles of Association

of Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.

Original article	Amended as	Basis
Chapter one: General Provisions
Article 6 The registered capital of	Article 6 The registered capital of	Actual situation of the Company
the Company is RMB11,501,700,000.	the Company is RMB13,064,200,000.
Chapter three: Shares
Article 19 The total number	Article 19 The total number	Actual situation of the Company
of shares of the Company is	of shares of the Company is
11,501,700,000 shares . The	13,064,200,000 shares . The
structure of the share capital of	structure of the share capital of
the Company is: 11,501,700,000	the Company is: 13,064,200,000
s h a r e s o f o r d i n a r y s h a r e s	s h a r e s o f o r d i n a r y s h a r e s
including 8,092,131,180 shares	including 9,654,631,180 shares
held by holders of domestic	held by holders of domestic shares
shares and 3,409,568,820 shares	and 3,409,568,820 shares held by
held by holders of overseas listed	holders of overseas listed foreign
foreign shares.	shares.

For details of the amended Articles of Association, please refer to the websites of Shanghai Stock Exchange (http://www.sse.com.cn), the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (http://www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company. The Company will complete the change of industry and commerce registration and the filing procedures according to the relevant requirements.

By order of the Board

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.

ZHOU Jie

Chairman

Shanghai, the PRC

6 August, 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. ZHOU Jie, Mr. QU Qiuping and Mr. REN Peng; the non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. TU Xuanxuan, Mr. ZHOU Donghui, Ms. YU Liping and Mr. XU Jianguo; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. ZHANG Ming, Mr. LAM Lee G., Mr. ZHU Hongchao and Mr. ZHOU Yu.

• For identification purpose only

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