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Th is a n nou nc em e nt i s m ade at th e req ue s t of T he Stoc k Ex c han g e o f Ho ng Ko ng
Limi te d (th e "S toc k Ex c ha nge") .
Th e b oar d of d irec tor s (th e " Bo ard") o f Es pri t Hol d in gs L imi te d (th e "C o mp a ny ") has note d the inc r eas e in th e pric e an d tra din g v ol um e of the s h ares of the Co m pa ny today and w is h es to s ta te th at th e B oar d is n o t awar e o f any re as on for s uc h i nc reas es , alth ou gh th e Bo ar d has no te d fr om th e dis c los ur e of i nter es t fi lin gs da te d 12 N ov em b er
201 2 an d pu b lis h ed on t he w e bs ite of th e Stoc k E x c ha ng e that Mr Mic h ae l Y in g L ee
Yu en (" Mr Yin g") h as inc re as e d h is in ter es t in t he C o mp a ny 's s h ar es .
Th e Bo ar d wo u ld l ik e to c o n fir m th a t i t h as n ot r ec e iv ed a ny re q ue s t fr om Mr Yi ng to jo in th e Bo ar d a nd if h e w ere to mak e s uc h a r eq u es t, it wil l be s u b jec t to dis c us s i on a nd c ons id er ati on by t he B oar d .
Th e Bo ar d a ls o c on fir ms th at th ere ar e no n ego tiati o ns or a gree me n ts re lat ing to in te nd ed ac q uis it io ns or rea lis a ti ons w h ic h are d is c l os e a b le u n der R ule 1 3 .2 3 o f the Rul es G ov ern i ng th e Lis tin g of Sec urit ies on th e St oc k Ex c h a nge ( th e " L is t ing R u les "), nei ther is th e Bo ard aw ar e o f a ny ma tter dis c los ea ble und er t he g ener al ob liga tion im pos e d by Ru le 1 3. 09 of th e Lis ti ng R u les , w hic h is or m ay be of a pric e-s ens i tiv e nature .
Ma d e by th e or der of th e Bo ard , t he d ir ec t ors of wh ic h in div i du ally a n d j oi ntly ac c ep t res p ons ibi li ty for th e a c c urac y of this a n n ou nc e me nt .
By Ord er o f th e B oard Florence Ng Wa i Y in Co mp any S ec re tary
Hon g Ko ng , 15 Nov e mber 20 12

As a t th e da te o f th is an no unc em e nt, th e B oar d c om pris es (i) Mr J os e Ma nu el M ar tí nez Gu ti érrez ( Gro u p C hi ef E x ec u tiv e O ffic er) an d Mr T h om as T a ng W in g Y un g (Gro up Chi e f Fin anc i al O ffic er) as Ex ec u tiv e D irec t ors ; (i i) M r J ürg e n Alfre d R udo l f Fri edric h as Non- ex ec ut iv e Dir ec to r; a nd (ii i) Mr Ray mo n d Or C hi n g F ai (C ha irm a n), Mr P au l C he n g Mi ng Fun ( De pu ty Ch air m an) a nd M r Alex an der Re id Ha mi lto n as In dep e nde n t No n- ex ec utiv e D irec tors .

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