The board of directors of China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited announced that with effect from December 1, 2021, MENG Fanjie has resigned from his role as an executive director of the company due to work re-designation; NIU Gensheng has resigned from his role as a non-executive director of the company and a member of the strategy and development committee of the company, due to retirement and his intention to devote more time to charitable work; JIAO Shuge (alias JIAO Zhen) has resigned from his role as an independent non-executive director of the company and a member of the remuneration committee of the company; Julian Juul WOLHARDT has resigned from his role as an independent non-executive director of the company, chairman of the remuneration committee, and a member of each of the audit committee of the company and the nomination committee of the company; ZHANG Xiaoya has resigned from his role as an independent non-executive director of the company and a member of each of the audit committee and the remuneration committee; and YAU Ka Chi has resigned from his role as an independent non-executive director of the company, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the sustainability committee of the company, due to his desire to focus on his other career commitments. The board also announced that with effect from December 1, 2021: WANG Yan has been appointed as an executive director of the company and a member of the sustainability committee; ZHANG Ping has been appointed as an executive director of the company and a member of the sustainability committee; WANG Xi has been appointed as a non-executive director of the company and a member of the strategy and development committee; YIH Dieter (alias YIH Lai Tak, Dieter) has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company, and a member of each of the audit committee, the nomination committee and the remuneration committee; LI Michael Hankin has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company, the chairman of the audit committee, and a member of each of the nomination committee, the remuneration committee and the sustainability committee; and GE Jun has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company, the chairman of the remuneration committee, and a member of each of the audit committee, the nomination committee and the strategy and development committee. WANG Yan has previously served various roles including general manager of talent development at the human resources department and deputy director of the human resources department at COFCO Corporation. Wang is currently a vice president of the Group. ZHANG Ping who joined the Group in 2014, is currently a vice president and the chief financial officer of the Group. Zhang Ping is also a director of a number of the Group's subsidiaries, including the Group's major subsidiaries Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Company Limited and Inner Mongolia Mengniu Danone Dairy Co. Ltd. Zhang Ping worked in Swire Beverages group companies as manager responsible for internal audit and system development, finance director, general manager of bottler manufacturing company and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Bottlers Manufacturing Holdings Limited. Zhang Ping is also a non-executive director of Yashili International Holdings Ltd, China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. and China Shengmu Organic Milk Limited respectively, and a non-independent director of Shanghai Milkground Food Tech Company Limited. WANG Xi joined COFCO Corporation in July 2015, currently leads the Direct Investment Division of the Strategy Department of COFCO Corporation, and is a director of COFCO WOMAI.COM Investment Limited. At COFCO Strategy Department, Wang previously served as assistant general manager of M&A Division, deputy general manager and general manager of Equity Management Division. Prior to joining COFCO, Wang served as assistant general manager of Direct Investment Division IV at China Development Bank Capital Co. Ltd., and before that an associate at the investment banking division at Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch. YIH Dieter is admitted to practice law in Hong Kong. He is a partner of the Hong Kong law firm Kwok Yih & Chan, where his practice focuses on corporate finance, capital markets, securities and regulatory compliance. Yih currently is an independent non-executive director of the Sinochem Energy Co. Ltd. and independent non-executive director of Sun Art Retail Group Limited. LI Michael Hankin has more than 30 years of experience in financial and accounting, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and international business development. Li has since May 2016 served as an independent non-executive director of COFCO Joycome Foods Limited and is currently the chairman of its audit committee. Li has also served as an independent non-executive director of Clarity Medical Group Holding Limited since March 2019. GE Jun had previously served as the assistant engineer of Shanghai Research institute of Building Research; administrative manager, deputy director of the corporation and public affairs department, director of the President office, secretary general of the foundation and Assistant president of the China Europe International Business School; President of the Pudong Innovation Institute; and associate dean of the Shanghai Institute of Advanced Finance at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Ge is currently an Executive director of the National Innovation and Development Strategy Research Association. Ge has been an independent director of Huize Holding Ltd. since February 2020. Ge was an independent director of Focus Media Information Technology Co Ltd. from February 2019 to November 2021. Ge was also an independent director of Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings Co. Ltd. from October 2018 to October 2021. The board further announced that with effect from December 1, 2021: Julian Juul WOLHARDT ceased to be an authorized representative of the company as required under Rule 3.05 of the Listing Rules and an authorized representative of the company to accept service of process or notices in Hong Kong on behalf of the company as required under Rule 19.05(2) of the Listing Rules and Part 16 of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) due to his resignation as a director of the company; and ZHANG Ping has been appointed as an authorized representative of the company as required under Rule 3.05 of the Listing Rules.