Dissemination of Corporate Communications

Pursuant to the new Rule 2.07A 1 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) (the “Listing Rules”) and the bye-laws of Public Financial Holdings Limited (the “Company”), the Company will disseminate its future corporate communications (the “Corporate Communications” 2) to its Shareholders 3 electronically and only send corporate communications in printed form to the Shareholders upon request.

In this connection, the following arrangements have come into effect on 31 December 2023.

ARRANGEMENTS

  1. Actionable Corporate Communications 4

    The Company will send the Actionable Corporate Communications to Shareholders individually in electronic form by email. If the Company does not possess the email address of a Shareholder or the email address provided is not functional 5, the Company will send the Actionable Corporate Communication in printed form together with a request form for soliciting the Shareholder’s functional email address to facilitate electronic dissemination of Actionable Corporate Communications in the future.

  2. Corporate Communications

    The Company will make the Corporate Communications available on its website (www.publicfinancial.com.hk) and the Stock Exchange’s website (www.hkexnews.hk).

    A notice of publication of the Website Version 6 of Corporate Communications, in both English and Chinese, will be sent by the Company to Shareholders by email or by post (only if the Company does not possess the functional email address of a Shareholder) on the publication date of the Corporate Communications.

PROVISION OF SHAREHOLDER’S EMAIL ADDRESS TO THE COMPANY

To facilitate the electronic communication by email, the Company recommends its Shareholders to provide the Company with their email addresses at any time by reasonable notice (of not less than 7 days) in writing to the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong or by email to is-ecom@hk.tricorglobal.com.

Please be reminded that it is the responsibility of the Shareholders to provide email address that is functional to the Company. If the Company does not possess the email address of a Shareholder or the email address provided is not functional, the Company will act according to the above arrangements. The Company will be considered to have complied with the Listing Rules if it sends Actionable Corporate Communications to the email address provided by a Shareholder without receiving any “non-delivery message”.

REQUEST FOR PRINTED COPY OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS AND ACTIONABLE CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

For those Shareholders who wish to receive a printed version of all future Corporate Communications and Actionable Corporate Communications or, if for any reasons, have difficulty in gaining access to the Company’s website, the Company will, upon receipt of request in writing by the Shareholder to the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at 17/F, Far East Finance Centre, 16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong or by email to is-ecom@hk.tricorglobal.com, send future Corporate Communications and Actionable Corporate Communications (as the case may be) to such Shareholders in printed form free of charge.

Please note that the preference in receiving Corporate Communications in printed form of a Shareholder will be valid unless being revoked or superseded or upon expiry on 31 December 2025 (whichever is earlier). Further request in writing will be required if a Shareholder prefers to continue receiving printed copy of future Corporate Communications and Actionable Corporate Communications.

Notes:
  1. With effect from 31 December 2023.
  2. Corporate Communications include any document(s) issued or to be issued by the Company for the information or action of holders of any of its securities or the investing public, including but not limited to (a) the directors’ report and its annual accounts together with a copy of the auditors’ report and, where applicable, its summary financial report; (b) the interim report and, where applicable, its summary interim report; (c) the quarterly report, if any; (d) a notice of meeting; (e) a listing document; (f) a circular; and (g) a proxy form.
  3. Holder(s) of the Share(s) of the Company.
  4. Actionable Corporate Communications refer to any corporate communications that seek instructions from the Shareholders of the Company on how they wish to exercise their rights or make elections as the Company’s Shareholders.
  5. It is the responsibility of a Shareholder to provide email address that is functional to the Company. The Company will be considered to have complied with the Listing Rules if it sends Actionable Corporate Communications to the email address provided by a Shareholder without receiving any “non-delivery message”.
  6. The electronic version of Corporate Communications being published, in both English and Chinese, on the websites of the Company and the Stock Exchange.