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CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY, LIMITED

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock code: 026)

Notice of Ordinary Yearly Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighty-first Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Members of China Motor Bus Company, Limited (the "Company") will be held at its Head Office at 391 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong on Friday, 8th November, 2019 at 12:00 noon for the following purposes:-

  1. To receive and consider the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 30th June, 2019.
  2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30th June, 2019.
  3. (a) To re-elect Dr. Henry NGAN as Director;
    1. To re-elect Mr. Fritz HELMREICH as Director;
    2. To re-elect Mr. Anthony Grahame STOTT as Director;
    3. To re-elect Mr. Stephen TAN as Director; and
    4. To re-elect Dr. CHAU Ming Tak as Director.
  4. To fix Directors' fees.
  5. To re-appoint KPMG as Auditors and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.
  6. As special business to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
    "THAT:
  1. the exercise by the Directors of all powers of the Company to purchase its own shares, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, during the Relevant Period (for the purposes of this Resolution, "Relevant Period" being the period from the passing of this Resolution until the earlier of the conclusion of the next Ordinary Yearly Meeting, or the expiration of the period within which such meeting is required by law to be held, or the revocation or variation of this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders of the Company in general meeting) be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved; and
  2. the total number of shares of the Company purchased by the Company pursuant to paragraph (A) during the Relevant Period shall be no more than 2% of the number of shares of the Company in issue at the date of this meeting (subject to adjustment in the case of any conversion of any or all of the shares of the Company into a larger or smaller number of shares in accordance with section 170(2)(e) of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of The Laws of Hong Kong) after the passing of this Resolution), and the authority pursuant to paragraph (A) shall be limited accordingly."

7. To transact any other competent business.

By Order of the Board

KWOK Pun Tak

Secretary

Hong Kong, 27th September, 2019

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Explanatory Note on Resolution 3

In relation to Resolution 3 above, Dr. Henry Ngan, Mr. Fritz Helmreich, Mr. Anthony Grahame Stott, Mr. Stephen Tan and Dr. Chau Ming Tak will retire from the board of directors of the Company pursuant to Article 122 of the Company's Articles of Association and, being eligible, all the aforesaid Directors offer themselves for re-election. The biographical details and interests in the shares of the Company of the Directors to be re-elected at the Ordinary Yearly Meeting are provided in the circular of the Company dated 27th September, 2019 relating to the re-election of Directors and general mandate for repurchase of own shares (the "Circular").

Explanatory Note on Resolution 6

Resolution 6 relates to the grant of a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares of the Company up to a maximum of 2% of the number of shares of the Company in issue at the date of the resolution (subject to adjustment in the case of any conversion of any or all of the shares of the Company into a larger or smaller number of shares in accordance with section 170(2)(e) of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of The Laws of Hong Kong))(the "Repurchase Mandate"). The authority conferred on the Directors by the Repurchase Mandate would continue in force until the earlier of the conclusion of the next Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Company, the expiration of the period within which the next Ordinary Yearly Meeting is required by law to be held, or until revoked or varied by ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in general meeting prior to the next Ordinary Yearly Meeting. The explanatory statement required to be sent to shareholders of the Company under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in connection with the Repurchase Mandate is set out in the Circular.

Notes:

  1. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the above Meeting may appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and vote in his place and such proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
  2. To be valid, forms of proxy must be deposited at the Head Office of the Company at 391 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the Meeting or adjourned Meeting.
  3. Pursuant to Articles 96 and 97 of the Articles of Association of the Company, every question submitted to a general meeting shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands of the shareholders present in person and entitled to vote, unless a poll is required under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or is demanded as referred to in Article 97 of the Articles of Association of the Company, in which case a poll may pursuant to Article 97 of the Articles of Association of the Company and section 591 of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of The Laws of Hong Kong) be demanded (before a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority) by:
    1. the chairman of the meeting; or
    2. at least four shareholders; or
    3. a shareholder or shareholders holding or representing by proxy representing at least 5% of the total voting rights of all shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting.

(4)

For ascertaining the shareholders' entitlement to attend and vote at the Ordinary Yearly

Meeting to be held on Friday, 8th November, 2019, the Register of Members of the Company

will be closed from Wednesday, 6th November, 2019 to Friday, 8th November, 2019, both

days inclusive. To qualify to attend and vote at the Ordinary Yearly Meeting, all transfer

documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates should be lodged at the Company's Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 5th November, 2019.

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  1. For ascertaining the shareholders' entitlement to the proposed final dividend and the special dividend, the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 12th December, 2019 to Friday, 13th December, 2019, both days inclusive. To qualify for the proposed final dividend and the special dividend, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates should be lodged at the Company's Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 11th December, 2019.
  2. As at the date of this Notice, the Directors of the Company are:-
    Ngan Kit-ling, Dr. Ngan Kit-keung, Dr. Henry Ngan, Fritz Helmreich, Anthony Grahame Stott*, Stephen Tan* and Dr. Chau Ming Tak*.
  3. In the case of any conflict between the Chinese translation and the English text hereof, the English text will prevail.

*Independent Non-executive Director

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