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Leader Education Limited ͭᅃ઺ԃϞࠢʮ̡

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1449)

POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

AND

PROGRESS OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME

The board of directors of Leader Education Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce the voting results of the annual general meeting of the Company (the "AGM") held on 26 February 2021.

Reference is made to (i) the circular to the shareholders of the Company (the "Circular") enclosing the notice of the AGM (the "Notice") and (ii) the announcement of the Company in relation to the proposed change of company name (the "Announcement"), both dated 31 December 2020. Unless otherwise stated, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular and the Announcement.

At the AGM, the voting of the resolutions as set out in the Notice were taken by way of poll. The poll results were as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions

Number of Votes Cast (%)

For

Against

1.

To receive and approve the audited consolidated financial statements, the reports of the directors (the "Directors") and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2020.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

2.

Each as a separate resolution:

(i)To re-elect Mr. Liu Laixiang as an executive Director of the Company.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

(ii)To re-elect Ms. Dong Ling as an executive Director of the Company.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

(iii) To re-elect Mr. Zhang Su as an independent non-executive Director of the Company.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

Ordinary Resolutions

Number of Votes Cast (%)

For

Against

3.

To authorise the board of Directors (the "Board") to fix the remuneration of the Directors.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

4.

To re-appoint Ernst & Young as the auditors of the Company and authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

5.

To grant a general mandate to the Directors to issue new shares of the Company.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

6.

To grant a general mandate to the Directors to buy back shares of the Company.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

7.

To extend the general mandate to issue new shares by adding the number of shares bought back.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

Special Resolution

For

Against

8.

To consider and approve the change of dual foreign name in Chinese of the Company from "ͭᅃ઺ԃϞࠢʮ̡" to "ͭᅃ ઺ԃٰ΅Ϟࠢʮ̡" while the English name of the Company "Leader Education Limited" remains unchanged.

526,366,000 99.94%

315,000 0.06%

Note: Please refer to the Notice for the full version of the above resolutions.

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolutions numbered 1 to 7 at the AGM, the resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.

As more than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution numbered 8 at the AGM, the resolution was duly passed as a special resolution of the Company.

As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued Shares was 666,667,000 shares, which was the total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote on the resolutions at the AGM. There was no restriction on any Shareholders to vote only against the proposed resolutions at the AGM. There were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolutions at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules.

No Shareholders were required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting on the resolutions at the AGM. None of the Shareholders have stated their intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on the resolutions at the AGM.

Tricor Investor Services Limited, the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.

PROGRESS OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME

As the special resolution in relation to proposed Change of Company Name was duly passed by the Shareholders at the AGM, the proposed Change of Company Name will become effective on the date on which the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands issues a certificate of incorporation on change of name confirming the new dual foreign name (ͭᅃ઺ԃٰ΅Ϟࠢʮ ̡) has been registered. The Company will then carry out the necessary filing procedures with the Companies Registry in Hong Kong.

Further announcement(s) will be made by the Company to inform the Shareholders of, among other things, the effective date of the proposed Change of Company Name, as and when appropriate.

By order of the Board Leader Education Limited

LIU Laixiang Chairman of the Board

Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, PRC, 26 February 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. LIU Laixiang, Ms. DONG Ling, Mr. WANG Yunfu and Mr. CHE Wenge; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. ZHANG Su, Mr. CAO Shaoshan and Mr. CHAN Ngai Fan.

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