Winto : APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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WINTO GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

惠 陶 集 團（ 控 股 ）有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 8238)

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. Tang has been appointed as an executive director of the Company with effect from 13 July 2017.

The board of directors (the ''Board'') of Winto Group (Holdings) Limited (the ''Company'', together with its subsidiaries, the ''Group'') is pleased to announce that Mr. Tang Yau Sing, (''Mr. Tang'') has been appointed as an executive director of the Company as well as a member of the executive committee of the Company with effect from 13 July 2017.

Mr. Tang, aged 54, holds a Bachelor degree of Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom, a member of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He has over 25 years of experience in accounting, auditing and financial advisory and held key management position in numerous listed companies in Hong Kong and United States.

Mr. Tang has been an executive director of Million Stars Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 8093) and Pearl Oriental Oil Limited (Stock Code: 0632) since February 2017 and October 2016 respectively. He was executive director and company secretary of Changgang Dunxin Enterprise Company Limited (Stock Code: 2229) for the period from March 2016 to June 2016, executive director and chief financial officer of New Sports Group Limited (Stock Code: 0299) for the period from November 2013 to May 2016, vice president and company secretary of China Environmental Technology Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 0646) for the period from March 2014 to April 2016 and chairman and executive director of Greens Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 1318) for the period from December 2014 to November 2015, chief financial officer of China Agritech Inc. (previously listed on NASDAQ) for the period from October 2008 to January 2012.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Tang did not hold any other directorship in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities exchange in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years. He did not hold any position in the Company or its subsidiaries before, nor has any relationship with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Tang is interested in 360,000,000 shares of the Company (representing 4.17% of issued shares of the Company) via Maxace Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned by Mr. Tang.

Mr. Tang has entered into a service agreement with the Company. The initial term is three years which can be terminated by either party with not less than three months' notice in writing, and Mr. Tang will be subject to retirement by rotation and eligible for re-election pursuant to the articles of association of the Company. Mr. Tang will be entitled to a remuneration of HK$910,000 per annum, which was determined by the Board on recommendation of the remuneration committee by reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Company, the Company's performance and current market situation.

Save as disclosed above, the Board is not aware of any other matters in relation to the appointment of Mr. Tang that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company or any information that should be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rules 17.50(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange.

The Board would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Tang in joining the Board.

By order of the Board

Winto Group (Holdings) Limited Mak Wai Kit

Executive Director

Hong Kong, 13 July 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Mak Wai Kit, Ms. Law Shiu Wai, Mr. Lan Zhi Cheng and Mr. Tang Yau Sing as executive directors; Mr. Liu Kwong Chi Nelson as non-executive director; and Mr. Tsang Ho Ka Eugene, Ms. Wong Fei Tat and Mr. Pang Siu Yin as independent non-executive directors.

This announcement, for which the directors of the Company collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on GEM of the Stock Exchange for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The directors of the Company, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the information contained in this announcement is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this announcement misleading.

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