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Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

ᎲಳήପϞࠢʮ̡

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 960)

POLL RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON 8 JUNE 2018

Longfor Properties Co. Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held on 8 June 2018 as follows:

Number of Votes (%)ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

For Against

  • 1. To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and the report of the directors of the Company (the "Directors") and the independent auditors' report for the year ended 31 December 2017

  • 2. (a) To declare a final dividend of RMB0.473 per share for the year ended 31 December 2017

    (b) To declare a special dividend of

  • 3. (1) To re-elect Mr. Zhao Yi as Director

(2) To re-elect Mr. Frederick Peter Churchouse as Director

(3)

(4)

3,876,427,407

2,353,895

(99.94%)

(0.06%)

3,878,754,802

1,018,000

(99.97%)

(0.03%)

3,878,754,802

1,018,000

(99.97%)

(0.03%)

3,640,322,698

239,225,604

(93.83%)

(6.17%)

3,870,072,302

9,476,000

(99.76%)

(0.24%)

To re-elect Mr. Chan Chi On, Derek as

3,811,595,680

67,952,622

Director

(98.25%)

(1.75%)

To authorise the board of directors to fix

3,875,320,392

2,089,533

the directors' remuneration for the year

(99.95%)

(0.05%)

ended 31 December 2018

25th

RMB0.085 per share for the anniversary of the Company

Number of Votes (%)ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

For Against

  • 4. To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as 3,864,008,530

    auditors and to authorise the board of directors to fix the auditors' remuneration

    15,071,895

    (99.61%)

    (0.39%)

  • 5. To give a general mandate to the Directors to 3,368,858,264

    issue new shares of the Company (Ordinary Resolution No. 5 of the notice of AGM)

    510,914,538

    (86.83%)

    (13.17%)

  • 6. To give a general mandate to the Directors to 3,878,061,802

    repurchase shares of the Company (Ordinary Resolution No. 6 of the notice of AGM)

    (99.97%)

    1,318,000 (0.03%)

  • 7. To extend the general mandate to be given to 3,388,813,262

    the Directors to issue shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 7 of the notice of AGM)

    490,959,540

    (87.35%)

    (12.65%)

    Number of Votes (%)

    SPECIAL RESOLUTION

    For Against

  • 8 To approve that subject to and conditional 3,878,452,552

upon the approval of the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, the English name of the Company be changed from "Longfor Properties Co. Ltd." to "Longfor Group Holdings Limited" and the dual foreign name in Chinese of the Company be changed from "ᎲಳήପϞࠢʮ̡ " to " Ꮂಳණྠછٰ

Ϟࠢʮ̡" (the "Change of Company Name") with effect from the date on which the certificate of incorporation on change of name is issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, and that any one or more of the directors or the company secretary of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts, deeds and things and execute all documents as he/she/they consider necessary, desirable or expedient to implement and/or give effect to the Change of Company Name and the related change of the English and Chinese stock short names for trading in the shares of the Company and to attend to any necessary registration and/or filing for and on behalf of the Company.

(99.97%)

1,318,250 (0.03%)

Notes:

  • 1. All percentages are rounded to 2 decimal places.

  • 2. The said final dividend and special dividend have been declared in Renminbi ("RMB") and will be paid in Hong Kong dollars. The final dividend payable and special dividend payable in Hong Kong dollars will be converted from RMB at the average middle rate of RMB to Hong Kong dollars as announced by the People's Bank of China for the period from 4 June 2018 to 6 June 2018 (i.e. HK$100.00 to RMB81.7357). The said final dividend and special dividend are equivalent to HK$0.5787 per share and HK$0.1040 per share respectively.

As more than half of the votes were cast in favour of each ordinary resolution set out in items (1) to (7) above and not less than three-fourth of the votes were cast in favour of the special resolution set out in item (8) above, each resolution set out in items (1) to (7) above was duly passed as an ordinary resolution and the resolution set out in item (8) above was duly passed as a special resolution at the AGM respectively.

As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued and fully paid up shares of the Company was 5,926,539,105 shares. In relation to all resolutions proposed at the AGM, the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM was 5,926,539,105 shares. There were no shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolutions at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and there were no shares requiring the holders to abstain from voting at the AGM under the Listing Rules. None of the shareholders of the Company have stated their intention in the circular of the Company dated 26 April 2018 (the "Circular") to vote against or to abstain from voting on the resolution at the AGM.

Tricor Investor Services Limited, the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, acted as scrutineer for the poll at the AGM.

Shareholders may refer to the Circular for details of the above resolutions proposed at the AGM. The Circular may be viewed and downloaded from the Company's website atwww.longfor.comor the designated website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited atwww.hkexnews.hk.

CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME

The Change of Company Name is subject to the approval of the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, and will take effect from the date on which the certificate of incorporation on change of name is issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. Thereafter, the Company will carry out any necessary filing procedures with the Companies Registry in Hong Kong. Subject to the Change of Company Name becoming effective, the Company will also adopt a new logo. Further announcement will be made by the Company in relation to the effective date of the Change of Company Name, the adoption of new company logo and the change of the stock short names of the Company under which shares of the Company will be traded on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited as and when appropriate.

By order of the board Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

Wu Yajun Chairman

Hong Kong, 8 June 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the board comprises eight members: Madam Wu Yajun, Mr. Shao Mingxiao, Mr. Zhao Yi and Mr. Li Chaojiang who are executive directors; and Mr. Frederick Peter Churchouse, Mr. Chan Chi On, Derek, Mr. Xiang Bing and Mr. Zeng Ming who are independent non-executive directors.

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