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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 30 OCTOBER 2018

POLL RESULTS

At the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited (the "Company") held on 30 October 2018, all the resolutions (the "Resolutions") proposed were duly passed by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") by way of poll, as required by The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Company's Hong Kong share registrar (the "Hong Kong Share Registrar"), acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM. The poll results of the Resolutions were as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions

Number of Votes (%)

For

Against

1.

To receive and consider the audited consolidated Financial Statements and the Report of the Directors and Independent Auditor's Report for the year ended 30 June 2018

2,819,780,742 (99.999975%)

700 (0.000025%)

2.

(a)To approve the recommended final dividend of RMB9.7 cents per share

2,820,376,002 (99.999975%)

700 (0.000025%)

(b) To approve the recommended special final dividend of RMB10 cents per share

2,820,375,702 (99.999965%)

1,000 (0.000035%)

3.

(a) (i)To re-elect Mr. Zhengyu LIU* as Director

2,814,775,359 (99.801436%)

5,600,243 (0.198564%)

(a) (ii)To re-elect Mr. Tianliang ZHANG* as Director

2,820,290,602 (99.996986%)

85,000 (0.003014%)

(a) (iii)To re-elect Mr. Cheng WU* as Director

2,815,755,578 (99.836191%)

4,620,024 (0.163809%)

(a) (iv)To re-elect Mr. Ji LIU* as Director

2,815,755,478 (99.836188%)

4,620,124 (0.163812%)

(a) (v)To re-elect Mr. Qingyong GU* as Director

2,815,034,578 (99.810627%)

5,341,024 (0.189373%)

(a) (vi) To re-elect Mr. Yu Lung CHING as

Director

2,820,369,602 (99.999787%)

6,000 (0.000213%)

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3.

(a) (vii) To re-elect Mr. Tony Chung Nin KAN as Director

2,820,369,702 (99.999791%)

5,900 (0.000209%)

(b) To fix the Directors' fees

2,820,318,312 (99.998265%)

48,930 (0.001735%)

4.

To re-appoint Messrs. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Auditor and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration

2,820,376,002 (99.999975%)

700 (0.000025%)

5.

(a) To give a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 5(A) of the Notice of AGM)

2,820,375,492 (99.999964%)

1,010 (0.000036%)

(b) To give a general mandate to the Directors to issue shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 5(B) of the Notice of AGM)

2,813,958,685 (99.772484%)

6,416,817 (0.227516%)

(c) To extend the general mandate to issue shares to cover the shares repurchased by the Company (Ordinary Resolution No. 5(C) of the Notice of AGM)

2,814,719,626 (99.799698%)

5,649,266 (0.200302%)

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the Resolutions, all the Resolutions were duly passed as Ordinary Resolutions of the Company.

esolutions, all the

As at the date of the AGM, the Company had a total number of 3,081,690,283 issued shares, which was the total number of shares entitling holders to attend and vote for or against the Resolutions at the AGM. There was no Shareholder (i) who was entitled to attend the AGM but was required to abstain from voting in favour of any of the Resolutions at the AGM or (ii) who was required to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.

In the Company's circular dated 26 September 2018, no parties have stated their intention to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.

As the proposed final dividend of RMB9.7 cents per share and the proposed special final dividend of RMB10 cents per share (equivalent to HK11.114551 cents per share and HK11.4583 cents per share respectively at the exchange rate of RMB1: HK$1.14583 as published by The People's Bank of China on 27 August 2018) for the financial year ended 30

June 2018 have been approved by the Shareholders at the AGM, the Company would like to remind Shareholders that the register of members of the Company, as announced on 27 August 2018, will be closed for one day on Monday, 5 November 2018, to ascertain Shareholders' entitlement to the final dividend and special final dividend.

The Shareholders will be given the option of electing to receive the final dividend and special final dividend in either Renminbi or Hong Kong Dollars or a combination of Renminbi and Hong Kong Dollars. To make the dividend election, the Shareholders should complete the dividend election form (if applicable) and return it to the Hong Kong Share Registrar, not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 23 November 2018. If no dividend election is made by a Shareholder, such Shareholder will receive the final dividend and special final dividend in Hong Kong

Dollars. It is expected that the final dividend and special final dividend will be paid on

Thursday, 6 December 2018 to Shareholders who are registered at the close of business on Monday, 5 November 2018.

By Order of the Board

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited

KOO Ching Fan

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 30 October 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises three Executive Directors namely, Mr. Tianliang ZHANG* (General Manager), Mr. Cheng WU* (Deputy General Manager) and Mr. Ji LIU* (Deputy General Manager and secretary to the Board); two Non-executive Directors namely, Mr. Zhengyu LIU* (Chairman) and Mr. Qingyong GU*; and three Independent Non-executive Directors namely, Mr. Brian David Man Bun LI, Mr. Yu Lung CHING and Mr. Tony Chung Nin KAN.

* For identification purpose only

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