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WILLAS-ARRAY ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

威雅利電子(集團)有限公司

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Hong Kong stock code: 854)

(Singapore stock code: BDR)

      1. POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON JULY 28, 2020;
        AND
    1. CHANGE OF DIRECTORS AND COMPOSITIONS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, REMUNERATION COMMITTEE, NOMINATION COMMITTEE AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
  1. POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON JULY 28, 2020

The board of directors of Willas-Array Electronics (Holdings) Limited (the "Company", the "Directors" and the "Board", respectively) is pleased to announce that all the proposed ordinary resolutions as set out in the notice of the annual general meeting of the Company (the "AGM") dated June 26, 2020 (the "AGM Notice" and the "Proposed Resolutions", respectively) were duly passed by the holders of the Company's ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each (the "Shares" and the "Shareholders", respectively) by way of poll at the AGM held on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 (the "2020 AGM").

As at the date of the 2020 AGM, there were 85,207,049 issued Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote for or against the Proposed Resolutions at the 2020 AGM. Pursuant to Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "HK Listing Rules") and Rule 704(16) of the Listing Manual of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX Listing Manual"), there were no Shareholders that were required to abstain from voting in favour of the Proposed Resolutions at the 2020 AGM.

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None of the Shareholders was required under the HK Listing Rules to abstain from voting on the Proposed Resolutions at the 2020 AGM. None of the Shareholders has stated in the Company's circular dated June 26, 2020 (the "Circular") his/her/its intention to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the Proposed Resolutions at the 2020 AGM.

Boardroom Corporate & Advisory Services Pte. Ltd. was appointed as the polling agent and Ardent Business Advisory Pte. Ltd. acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the 2020 AGM.

The poll results in respect of all the Proposed Resolutions put to the vote at the 2020 AGM are set out as follows:

Total

For

Against

number of

As a

As a

shares

percentage of

percentage of

Resolution number and details

represented

Number of

total number

Number of

total number

by votes for

of votes for

of votes for

shares

shares

and against

and against

and against

the relevant

the resolution

the resolution

resolution

(%) (Note 1)

(%)

(Note 1)

Ordinary Business

1

To adopt the Audited Consolidated

37,768,300

37,768,300

100.00%

0

0.00%

Financial

Statements

of

the

Company and its subsidiaries for the

financial year ended March 31, 2020

together with the Directors' Report

and Independent

Auditor's

Report

thereon.

2

To approve the proposed Directors'

37,768,300

37,755,100

99.97%

13,200

0.03%

fees of S$158,494 for the financial

year ending March 31, 2021.

3

To re-elect Mr. Leung Chun Wah as

37,768,300

37,768,300

100.00%

0

0.00%

an executive Director.

4

To re-elect Mr. Kwok Chan Cheung

37,768,300

37,768,300

100.00%

0

0.00%

as an executive Director.

5

To re-elect Mr. Leung Chi Hang

37,768,300

37,768,300

100.00%

0

0.00%

Daniel as an executive Director.

6

To re-elect Mr. Lim Lee Meng as an

37,768,300

37,768,300

100.00%

0

0.00%

independent non-executive Director.

7

To re-appoint Messrs. Deloitte

37,768,300

37,768,300

100.00%

0

0.00%

Touche Tohmatsu, Hong Kong as

the independent auditor of the

Company

and

authorise

the

Directors to fix their remuneration.

Special Business

8

To authorise the Directors to allot

37,768,300

37,440,840

99.13%

327,460

0.87%

and issue new Shares in the share

capital of the Company.

(Note 2)

9

To authorise the Directors to purchase

37,768,300

37,755,100

99.97%

13,200

0.03%

or acquire Shares in the share capital

of the Company. (Note 2)

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Notes:

  1. The number of votes and the approximate percentage of the total votes cast on each Proposed Resolution stated above are calculated based on the total number of issued Shares held by the Shareholders who (i) attended and voted (in real time) at the 2020 AGM via electronic means (whether personally or via the appointment of a proxy or corporate representative), and (ii) appointed the chairman of the 2020 AGM as proxy to vote on their behalf.
  2. For the full text of the Proposed Resolutions, please refer to the AGM Notice as contained in the Circular.

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

  1. CHANGE OF DIRECTORS AND COMPOSITIONS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE,
    REMUNERATION COMMITTEE, NOMINATION COMMITTEE AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

The Board announces that the resignation of Mr. Jovenal R. Santiago ("Mr. Santiago") as an independent non-executive Director has come into effect from the conclusion of the 2020 AGM and accordingly, he has ceased to be the chairman of the audit committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee"), as well as a member of each of the Board's remuneration committee (the "Remuneration Committee"), nomination committee (the "Nomination Committee") and compliance committee (the "Compliance Committee") at the same time.

The Board would like to extend its sincere gratitude to Mr. Santiago for his valuable contributions to the Company during his tenure of office.

The Board also announces that upon re-election of Mr. Lim Lee Meng as an independent non-executive Director at the 2020 AGM, he has been appointed as the chairman of the Audit Committee, as well as a member of each of the Remuneration Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Compliance Committee with effect from the conclusion of the 2020 AGM, to replace the outgoing independent non-executive Director Mr. Santiago in those positions. Mr. Lim Lee Meng is considered by the Board to be independent for the purposes of Rule 3.13 of the HK Listing Rules and Rule 704(8) of the SGX Listing Manual.

By Order of the Board

Willas-Array Electronics (Holdings) Limited

Leung Chun Wah

Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong/Singapore, July 28, 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises five Executive Directors, namely Leung Chun Wah (Chairman), Kwok Chan Cheung (Deputy Chairman), Hon Kar Chun (Managing Director), Leung Hon Shing and Leung Chi Hang Daniel; and three Independent Non-executive Directors, namely Wong Kwan Seng, Robert, Iu Po Chan, Eugene and Lim Lee Meng.

In the case of inconsistency, the English text of this announcement shall prevail over the Chinese text.

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