Wuxi Little Swan Company LimitedReminder for B-Shareholders to Handle Procedures Regarding Their
Transfer Registration Restricted Accounts
Wuxi Little Swan Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) andits Board of Directors hereby guarantee that the information presented in thisAnnouncement is factual, accurate and complete, without any misrepresentations,misleading statements or material omissions. The English version of thisAnnouncement is for reference only.
Important notes:
1. This Announcement only involves those B-shareholders of the Company withtransfer registration restricted accounts, which refer to: (1) the domesticinvestors who do not declare an A-share account before 30 May 2019; (2) theforeign investors who do not declare an A-share account (if any) before 30 May2019; and (3) the foreign investors for non-domestic transaction who do notdeclare an A-share account (if any) before 30 May 2019 (together, the “RelevantShareholders”).2. This Announcement does not involve A-shareholders of the Company, or thoseB-shareholders who declare an A-share account before 30 May 2019.
The scheme on the stock-for-stock merger of Wuxi Little Swan Company Limited(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) by Midea Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafterreferred to as “Midea Group”) through the offering of A-shares has been reviewed andapproved by the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 of the Company on21 December 2018. On 12 March 2019, China Securities Regulatory Commissionissued the Reply Z.J.X.K [2019] No. 352 to approve the scheme.The Company will apply to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for termination of listing.Once approved by the relevant regulators, the Company will start the conversion of itsLittleswan-B (200418) and Little Swan (000418) shares to Midea Group shares(A-shares). In order to ensure that the B-share investors holding their shares to the lasttrading day and having their shares converted know about the procedures regardingthe conversion of the Littleswan-B (200418) shares to the Midea Group shares(A-shares) (hereinafter referred to as the “B-to-A Conversion”), the B-share investorsof the Company are hereby reminded to pay attention to the following matters:
For those B-shareholders of the Company who do not declare an A-share accountbefore 30 May 2019, a transfer registration restricted account will be allocated to eachof them by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDC)
upon the application of Midea Group. And the converted Midea Group A-shares ofthe Relevant Shareholders will be registered in such accounts. After the allocation ofsuch accounts, the Relevant Shareholders shall handle the following proceduresbefore trading the shares in these accounts:
(1) For domestic investors, they shall confirm that the business department of thesecurities firm relating to the Littleswan-B shares has enabled the capital accountrelating to the Littleswan-B shares to be settled in RMB, and they shall go to the saidbusiness department to handle the third-party depository formalities with regard to thecapital account in relation to the transfer registration restricted account.(2) For foreign investors for domestic transaction, they shall confirm that the businessdepartment of the securities firm relating to the Littleswan-B shares has enabled thecapital account relating to the Littleswan-B shares to be settled in RMB.(3) For foreign investors for non-domestic transaction (with designated securitiesfirms), they shall go to the designated securities firms to open a capital account inrelation to the transfer registration restricted account.(4) For foreign investors for non-domestic transaction (with no designated securitiesfirms), they shall go to the Shennan Avenue Busienss Department of CITIC SecuritiesCo., Ltd. to open a capital account in relation to the transfer registration restrictedaccount.Contact information relating to the consultation and business of CITIC Securities:
Contact person: Shennan Avenue Busienss Department of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.Address: Room 301A, Tower A, Xinian Center, No. 6021, Shennan Avenue, FutianDistrict, ShenzhenTel.: 86-0755-83477942 (He Ying)86-0755-83477944 (Luo Yixi)86-0755-83477915 (Yang Zheng)86-0755-83477941 (Shao Qicong)Fax: 86-0755-83459951Email: sndd@citics.comWith regard to the conversion of accounts and shares, different types ofB-shareholders, the transfer registration restricted account, the declaration of thesecurities account and custody unit, etc., investors may carefully read The OperationalGuidelines for Investors on the B-to-A-Stock Account Conversion with regard to theStock-for-Stock Merger of Wuxi Little Swan Company Limited by Midea Group Co.,Ltd. and the Related-Party Transaction (disclosed on 7 May 2019).
The Board of DirectorsWuxi Little Swan Company Limited
28 May 2019