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SINOPEC KANTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED

(中 石 化 冠 德 控 股 有 限 公 司) *

(incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 934)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of Sinopec Kantons Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Salon Rooms II-III, 5/F., Harbour Grand Hong Kong, 23 Oil Street, North Point, Hong Kong on 15 June 2021 (Tuesday) at 10:00 a.m. and at any adjournment thereof for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following businesses:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

  1. to receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors (the "Director(s)") and auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020;
  2. to approve and declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2020;
  3. (A) to re-elect Mr. Ren Jiajun as an executive Director;
    1. to re-elect Mr. Sang Jinghua as an executive Director;
    2. to re-elect Ms. Wong Pui Sze, Priscilla as an independent non-executive Director;
  4. to authorise the board of Directors (the "Board") to fix the Directors' remuneration;
  5. to appoint KPMG as auditor of the Company to fill the vacancy following the retirement of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and the Board be authorised to fix their remuneration.

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SPECIAL BUSINESS

6. "THAT:

  1. subject to paragraph (C) below, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the "Listing Rules") on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with unissued shares in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
  2. the approval in paragraph (A) above shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
  3. the aggregate nominal amount of the shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted or issued (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (A) above, otherwise than pursuant to:
    1. a Rights Issue (as defined hereinafter);
    2. the exercise of any option(s) granted under the share option scheme(s) of the Company adopted from time to time in accordance with the Listing Rules; or
    3. any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares pursuant to the Bye-laws of the Company from time to time,

shall not exceed the aggregate of:

  1. 20 per cent of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of the passing of this Resolution; and
  2. (if the Directors are so authorised by a separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company) the aggregate nominal amount of any shares of the Company purchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of this Resolution (up to a maximum equivalent to 10 per cent of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue on the date of the passing of this Resolution),

and the authority pursuant to paragraph (A) of this Resolution shall be limited accordingly; and

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  1. for the purposes of this Resolution,
    "Relevant Period" means the period from the date of the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
    1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
    2. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of the Company, the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (as amended) or any other applicable law of Bermuda to be held; or
    3. the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this Resolution.

"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares in the Company, or an offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares in the Company on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction outside Hong Kong or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange outside Hong Kong)."

7. "THAT:

  1. subject to paragraph (B) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) of all powers of the Company to purchase its shares on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange(s) on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for such purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the Stock Exchange, the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (as amended) and all other applicable laws in this regard, be and the same is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
  2. the aggregate nominal amount of the shares which may be purchased or agreed to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (A) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10 per cent of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this Resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (A) of this Resolution shall be limited accordingly;

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  1. for the purposes of this Resolution,
    "Relevant Period" means the period from the date of the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
    1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
    2. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Bye-laws of the Company, the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (as amended) or any other applicable law of Bermuda to be held; or
    3. the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this Resolution."

8. "THAT conditional on the passing of Resolutions numbers 6 and 7 above, the general mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to paragraph (A) of Resolution number 6 above be and is hereby extended by the addition of the aggregate nominal amount of the shares of the Company which may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to or in accordance with such general mandate of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the shares of the Company repurchased or agreed to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to or in accordance with the authority granted under paragraph (A) of Resolution number 7."

By order of the Board of

Sinopec Kantons Holdings Limited

Chen Yaohuan

Chairman

Hong Kong, 1 April 2021

Notes:

  1. Any shareholder of the Company (the "Shareholder") entitled to attend and vote at the meeting (or at any adjournment thereof) convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her in accordance with the provisions of the Bye-laws of the Company. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
  2. In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be deposited together with a power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, at the office of the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Secretaries Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong, as soon as possible, and in any event no later than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof). Delivery of the form of proxy will not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting in person at the meeting (or at any adjournment thereof) and in such event, such form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
  3. The resolutions proposed will be voted by way of poll.

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  1. In relation to the proposed Resolutions numbers 6 and 8 above, approval is being sought from the Shareholders for the grant to the Directors of a general mandate to authorise the allotment and issue of shares under the Listing Rules. The Directors have no immediate plan to issue any new shares of the Company other than the shares which may fall to be issued under the share option scheme of the Company or any scrip dividend scheme which may be approved by Shareholders.
  2. In relation to the proposed Resolution number 7 above, the Directors wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred thereby to repurchase shares in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefit of the Shareholders as a whole. An explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable the Shareholders to make an informed decision to vote on the proposed resolution as required by the Listing Rules is set out in the circular to be despatched to the Shareholders with the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2020.
  3. For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the meeting, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 9 June 2021 (Wednesday) to 15 June 2021 (Tuesday) (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to qualify to attend the meeting, all share transfer accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Secretaries Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:00 p.m. on 8 June 2021 (Tuesday).
  4. For determining the entitlement to the proposed final dividend (subject to the approval by the Shareholders at the meeting), the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 5 July 2021 (Monday) to 9 July 2021 (Friday) (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. In order to qualify for the proposed dividend, all share transfer accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Secretaries Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong for registration no later than 4:00 p.m. on 2 July 2021 (Friday).

As at the date of this notice, the Board of Directors comprises the following:

Executive Directors:

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr. Chen Yaohuan (Chairman)

Ms. Tam Wai Chu, Maria

Mr. Zhong Fuliang

Mr. Fong Chung, Mark

Mr. Mo Zhenglin

Dr. Wong Yau Kar, David

Mr. Yang Yanfei

Ms. Wong Pui Sze, Priscilla

Mr. Zou Wenzhi

Mr. Ren Jiajun

Mr. Sang Jinghua (General Manager)

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