SOHO China : POLL RESULTS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 AND PAYMENT OF SPECIAL DIVIDEND

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The board (the "Board") of directors (the "Directors") of SOHO China Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce the voting results of the extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") of the Company held on 27 September 2016.

References are made to the Company's circular (the "Circular") and notice of the EGM (the "Notice") both dated 9 September 2016 containing details of the resolutions tabled before the EGM for the Shareholders' approval. Unless otherwise stated, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.

As at the date of the EGM, the total number of issued Shares of the Company was 5,199,524,031 Shares, which was also the total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote for or against the proposed resolutions at the EGM. There were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the proposed resolutions at the EGM 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 proposed resolutions at the EGM. None of the Shareholders have stated their intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on the proposed resolutions at the EGM.

The Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer at the EGM for the purpose of vote-taking.

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

As more than 50% of votes were cast in favour of each of the above resolutions, the above resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.

The Board is pleased to announce that the Shareholders have approved at the EGM the declaration and payment of the Special Dividend of RMB0.19 per ordinary Share out of the share premium account of the Group. The exchange rate adopted for conversion was the average closing exchange rate published by the People's Bank of China of the five business days prior to the declaration of Special Dividend (i.e. 20 September 2016 to 26 September 2016) (RMB1=HK$1.16371). Accordingly, the amount of Special Dividend payable in Hong Kong dollars will be HK$0.22111 per Share.

The register of members of the Company will be closed from 3 October 2016 to 5 October 2016 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. To ensure the entitlement to the Special Dividend, all transfers of Shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, no later than 4:30 p.m. on 30 September 2016.

The dividend warrants will be distributed to the Shareholders on or about 17 October 2016.

By order of the Board SOHO China Limited Pan Shiyi

Chairman

Hong Kong, 27 September 2016

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Pan Shiyi, Mrs. Pan Zhang Xin Marita, Ms. Yan Yan and Ms. Tong Ching Mau; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Sun Qiang Chang, Mr. Cha Mou Zing, Victor and Mr. Xiong Ming Hua.