Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading 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 announcement.

This announcement appears for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities of Techcomp Instrument Limited nor is it a solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction.

TECHCOMP INSTRUMENT LIMITED

(Incorporated in the BVI with limited liability)

DESPATCH OF

THE RESPONSE DOCUMENT

IN RELATION TO VOLUNTARY CASH OFFER BY SOMERLEY CAPITAL LIMITED

ON BEHALF OF

CIRCLE BROWN LIMITED

TO ACQUIRE ALL THE ISSUED SHARES IN

TECHCOMP INSTRUMENT LIMITED

(OTHER THAN THOSE OWNED OR AGREED TO BE ACQUIRED BY CIRCLE BROWN LIMITED AND PARTIES ACTING IN CONCERT WITH IT)

Independent Financial Adviser to the Independent Privateco Shareholders

References are made to (i) the joint announcements issued by Techcomp (Holdings) Limited ("THL"), Baodi International Investment Company Ltd and Circle Brown Limited ("Circle Brown") on 24 April 2018, 15 May 2018, 15 June 2018, 22 June 2018, 1 August 2018 and 14 August 2018; (ii) the circular issued by THL on 29 June 2018; (iii) the joint announcement issued by THL and Circle Brown on 14 August 2018 in relation to the Privateco Offer; (iv) the offer document issued by Circle Brown on 21 August 2018 (the "Privateco Offer Document"); (v) the update announcement issued by Circle Brown on 29 August 2018; (vi) the unconditional announcement issued by Circle Brown on 3 September 2018; and (vii) the response document issued by Techcomp Instrument Limited on 4 September 2018 (the "Response Document"). Unless the context otherwise required, terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Response Document.

DESPATCH OF THE RESPONSE DOCUMENT

The Response Document containing, among other things, the letter from the Privateco Board, and the letter from Amasse Capital containing its advice to the Independent Privateco Shareholders in respect of the Privateco Offer, has been despatched to the Privateco Shareholders on 4 September 2018 in accordance with the Takeovers Code.

IMPORTANT

YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE LETTERS FROM THE PRIVATECO BOARD AND AMASSE CAPITAL CONTAINED IN THE RESPONSE DOCUMENT. PRIVATECO SHAREHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE RESPONSE DOCUMENT BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE PRIVATECO OFFER.

THE INDEPENDENT PRIVATECO SHAREHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO READ BOTH THE RESPONSE DOCUMENT AND THE PRIVATECO OFFER DOCUMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING ACCEPTANCE FORMS CAREFULLY.

The Privateco Offer opened for acceptance on 21 August 2018 and the latest time and date for acceptance of the Privateco Offer is at 4:00 p.m. on 18 September 2018, unless Circle Brown extends the Privateco Offer in accordance with the Takeovers Code. A detailed timetable in respect of the Privateco Offer has been included in the Privateco Offer Document.

By the sole director of Techcomp Instrument Limited

Lo Yat Keung

Director

Hong Kong, 4 September 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the sole director of Privateco is Mr. Lo Yat Keung.

The sole director of Privateco accepts full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement, and confirms, having made all reasonable enquires, that to the best of his knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement contained in this announcement misleading.

The English text of this announcement shall prevail over its Chinese text.

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