Hanergy Solar : ELECTION OF MEANS OF RECEIPT OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

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漢 能 薄 膜 發 電 集 團 有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

The Company hereby announces that pursuant to Rule 2.07A of the Listing Rules and the bye-laws of the Company, arrangements have been made to ascertain the preferences of the Shareholders with respect to their choice of means of receipt of the Company's future Corporate Communication.

In support of environmental protection and for the purpose of saving printing and mailing costs, the arrangements described below have been made by the Company pursuant to Rule 2.07A of the Listing Rules and the bye-laws of the Company to ascertain Shareholders' preferences as to the choice of means of receipt (in printed form or by electronic means through the Company's website) of future Corporate Communication.

The Company recommends Shareholders to take advantage of the Website Version (as defined below) in respect of the Company's future Corporate Communication. Shareholders shall have the right at any time by reasonable prior notice in writing or sending a prior notice by email to hanergy- ecom@hk.tricorglobal.com to the Company c/o the Branch Share Registrar to change their choice of means of receipt of the Corporate Communication.

Pursuant to Rule 2.07A of the Listing Rules and the bye-laws of the Company, the following arrangements have been made by the Company:

1. A letter dated 15 August 2017 (the "First Letter") will be sent by the Company together with a reply form (the "Reply Form") with a pre-paid mailing label for posting within Hong Kong, in

   both English and Chinese, to the Shareholders to enable them to elect any one of the following options:

2. to read all future Corporate Communication published on the Company's website at http:// www.hanergythinfilmpower.com (the "Website Version") instead of receiving printed copies, and receive a notification letter (in printed form or in electronic version) of the publication of the Corporate Communication on the Company's website; or

3. to receive the printed copies of all future Corporate Communication only.

   The Reply Form should be completed, signed and returned by post or by hand delivery to the Company c/o the Branch Share Registrar by 12 September 2017. If your registered address is within Hong Kong, please use the mailing label on the Reply Form to return to the Hong Kong Branch Share Registrar. Otherwise, please affix an appropriate stamp. If the Company does not receive a duly signed and completed Reply Form or receive a response indicating the objection from the Shareholder by 12 September 2017 and until the Shareholder informs the Company c/o the Branch Share Registrar by reasonable prior notice in writing or sending a prior notice by email to hanergy-ecom@hk.tricorglobal.com, such Shareholder will be deemed to have consented to receiving the Website Version for all future Corporate Communication, and a printed notification letter of the publication of the Corporate Communication on the Company's website will be sent to such Shareholder in the future. If an email address is provided in the Reply Form, an electronic version of notification letter of the publication of the Corporate Communication on the website will be sent to Shareholders.

4. Shareholders, who choose to receive the Corporate Communication in printed form, have the right at any time by reasonable prior notice in writing or sending a prior notice by email to hanergy-ecom@hk.tricorglobal.com to the Company c/o the Hong Kong Branch Share Registrar to change the choice of means of receipt of the Corporate Communication.

5. Shareholders who have chosen (or are deemed to have consented) to receive all future Corporate Communication using electronic means (i.e. the Website Version) but for any reason have difficulty in receiving or gaining access to the Website Version of the Corporate Communication, the Company will upon your request in writing or by email send the Corporate Communication to you in printed form free of charge.

6. When each of the printed future Corporate Communication is sent out in accordance with the arrangements described above, a letter (the "Second Letter"), together with a change request form (the "Change Request Form") with a pre-paid mailing label for posting within Hong Kong, in both English and Chinese, will be attached to or printed at some prominent place in the relevant Corporate Communication, specifying that the Shareholders may change their choice of means of receipt of the Corporate Communication by completing and returning the Change Request Form to the Company c/o the Branch Share Registrar.

7. All future Corporate Communication in both English and Chinese languages and in accessible format will be available on the Company's website athttp://www.hanergythinfilmpower.com. Electronic copies of all such Corporate Communication in both languages will be submitted to the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Listing Rules, and will also be available on the website of the Stock Exchange at http://www.hkexnews.hk.

8. Shareholders can call the telephone hotline of the Branch Share Registrar at (852) 2980 1333 during business hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays) if they have any enquiries in respect of the Company's proposed arrangements as set out above.

9. The First Letter and the Second Letter will mention that the Corporate Communication will be available from the Company and the Branch Share Registrar upon request, as well as on the Company's website and on the website of the Stock Exchange, and that the dial-up hotline service has been provided.

10. DEFINITIONS

    In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below:

    "Branch Share Registrar"

    Tricor Tengis Limited of Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong, the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong;

    "Company" Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Limited (stock code: 566), a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability, the Shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange;

    "Corporate Communication"

    any document issued or to be issued by the Company for the information or action of holders of any of the Company's securities or the investing public as defined in Rule 1.01 of the Listing Rules;

    "Hong Kong" the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China;

    "Listing Rules" the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange;

    "Shareholder(s)" the registered shareholders of the Company; and "Stock Exchange" The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

    By order of the Board

    Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Limited Yuan Yabin

    Chairman

    Hong Kong, 15 August 2017

    As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Yuan Yabin (Chairman), Dr. Lam Yat Ming Eddie (Vice Chairman), Mr. Wang Xiong (Vice Chairman), Mr. Si Haijian (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Huang Songchun (Financial Controller), Mr. Xu Xiaohua and Mr. Zhang Bin; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Ms. Zhao Lan, Mr. Wang Tongbo, Professor Xu Zheng and Dr. Wang Wenjing.