The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this notice.

Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust

(a Hong Kong collective investment scheme authorised under section 104

of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong))

(Stock Code: 808)

Managed by

ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of the unitholders (the ''Unitholders'') of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust (''Prosperity REIT'') will be held at Exhibition Venue A on Level 7, Fortune Metropolis, 6 The Metropolis Drive, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Friday, 17 May 2019 at 2 : 30 p.m. for the following purposes:

(1)To note the audited financial statements of Prosperity REIT together with the auditors' report for the year ended 31 December 2018;

(2)To note the appointment of auditors of Prosperity REIT and the fixing of their remuneration; and

(3)To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the resolutions set out below as Ordinary Resolutions.

Words and expressions that are not expressly defined in this notice of annual general meeting shall bear the same meaning as that defined in the unitholder circular dated 10 April 2019 (the ''Circular'').

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ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1.THAT:

(a)approval (where relevant, shall include approval by way of ratification) be and is hereby given for the 2019 Waiver Extension and the New Annual Caps, in each case, as more fully described in the Circular; and

(b)authorisation be granted to the REIT Manager, any director of the REIT Manager, the Trustee and any authorised signatory of the Trustee to complete and to do all such acts and things (including executing all such documents as may be required) as the REIT Manager, such director of the REIT Manager, the Trustee or such authorised signatory of the Trustee, as the case may be, may consider expedient or necessary or in the interest of Prosperity REIT to give effect to all matters in relation to the 2019 Waiver Extension and the New Annual Caps.

2.THAT:

(a)approval (where relevant, shall include approval by way of ratification) be and is hereby given for the continual service of Dr. Lan Hong Tsung, David as an INED until the third annual general meeting of Unitholders following the AGM; and

(b)authorisation be granted to the REIT Manager, any director of the REIT Manager, the Trustee and any authorised signatory of the Trustee to do all such acts and things (including executing all such documents as may be required) as the REIT Manager, such director of the REIT Manager, the Trustee or such authorised signatory of the Trustee, as the case may be, may consider expedient or necessary or in the interest of Prosperity REIT to give effect to the matters resolved upon in paragraph (a) of this resolution.

3.THAT:

(a)approval (where relevant, shall include approval by way of ratification) be and is hereby given for the continual service of Mrs. Sng Sow-Mei (alias Poon Sow Mei) as an INED until the third annual general meeting of Unitholders following the AGM; and

(b)authorisation be granted to the REIT Manager, any director of the REIT Manager, the Trustee and any authorised signatory of the Trustee to do all such acts and things (including executing all such documents as may be required) as the REIT Manager, such director of the REIT Manager, the Trustee or such authorised signatory of the Trustee, as the case may be, may consider expedient or necessary or in the interest of Prosperity REIT to give effect to the matters resolved upon in paragraph (a) of this resolution.

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4.THAT:

(a)subject to paragraph (b) of this resolution, the exercise by the REIT Manager during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of Prosperity REIT to purchase the Units on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, subject to and in accordance with the Trust Deed, the REIT Code, the circulars and guidelines issued by the SFC from time to time, and applicable laws of Hong Kong, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b)the aggregate number of Units which may be purchased or agreed to be purchased by Prosperity REIT pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period (as defined below) shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Units in issue as at the date of the passing of this resolution, and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and

(c)for the purpose of this resolution, ''Relevant Period'' means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i)the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Unitholders; or

(ii)the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Unitholders as referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above is required to be held by the Trust Deed, the REIT Code or any applicable laws; or

(iii)the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by the passing of an Ordinary Resolution.

By Order of the Board

ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited

(as manager of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust)

Wong Lai Hung

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 10 April 2019

Registered Office of the REIT Manager:

Unit 901, Level 9, Fortune Metropolis

6 The Metropolis Drive

Hunghom, Kowloon

Hong Kong

Notes:

(a)A Unitholder entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his/her stead. The person appointed to act as a proxy need not be a Unitholder.

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(b)In order to be valid, the form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof, must be deposited at the registered office of the Unit Registrar of Prosperity REIT, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person should you so wish. In the event that you attend the meeting or adjourned meeting (as the case may be) after having lodged a form of proxy, the form of proxy will be deemed to have been revoked.

(c)Where there are joint registered Unitholders of a Unit, any one of such Unitholders may vote at the meeting either personally or by proxy in respect of such Unit as if he/she were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such Unitholders is present at the meeting personally or by proxy, that one of such Unitholders so present whose name stands first on the Register of Unitholders of Prosperity REIT in respect of such Unit shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

(d)The Register of Unitholders will be closed from Tuesday, 14 May 2019 to Friday, 17 May 2019, both days inclusive, to determine which Unitholders will qualify to attend and vote at the AGM, during which period no transfer of Units will be effected. For those Unitholders who are not already on the Register of Unitholders, in order to qualify to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice, all Unit certificates accompanied by the duly completed transfer forms must be lodged with the Unit Registrar of Prosperity REIT, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for registration by 4 : 30 p.m. on Friday, 10 May 2019.

(e)If a black rainstorm warning, signal or a tropical cyclone warning signal no.8 or above is in force in Hong Kong at 11 : 30 a.m. on Friday, 17 May 2019, the AGM will be rescheduled. The REIT Manager will publish an announcement on the websites of Prosperity REIT at www.prosperityreit.comand Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hkto notify Unitholders of the arrangement of the rescheduled meeting.

The Directors of the REIT Manager as at the date of this notice are Dr. Chiu Kwok Hung, Justin (Chairman), Mr. Lim Hwee Chiang and Mr. Ma Lai Chee, Gerald as Non-executive Directors; Ms. Wong Lai Hung as Executive Director; Dr. Lan Hong Tsung, David, Mrs. Sng Sow-Mei (alias Poon Sow Mei) and Mr. Wong Kwai Lam as Independent Non-executive Directors.

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