Dah Sing Financial : Election of Means of Receipt of Corporate Communications

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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance) (Stock Code: 0440)

ELECTION OF MEANS OF RECEIPT OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

The Company announces that, pursuant to Rule 2.07A of the Listing Rules, arrangements have been made to ascertain Shareholders' choice as to receiving future Corporate Communications

(i) in electronic form on the Company's website at www.dahsing.com; or (ii) in printed form, in both English and Chinese.

INTRODUCTION

In support of environmental protection and to save printing and mailing costs, the arrangements described below have been made by the Company pursuant to Rule 2.07A of the Listing Rules, the articles of association of the Company and the Companies Ordinance to ascertain Shareholders' choice of means of receipt of future Corporate Communications either by electronic means through the Company's website at www.dahsing.com or in printed form (in both English and Chinese versions).

The Company recommends that Shareholders elect the Website Version (as defined below) for receiving future Corporate Communications. If the Company does not receive the Shareholders' response by 10 February 2017, Shareholders are deemed to have agreed to receive the Website Version of the Company's Corporate Communications instead of printed copies.

Shareholders are entitled at any time to change the choice of means of receipt of the Corporate Communications by giving to the Share Registrar of the Company reasonable notice in writing or by email to [e-mail].

PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS

In accordance with Rule 2.07A of the Listing Rules, the following arrangements have been made by the Company:

1. The Company will send a letter (the "First Letter") together with a reply form (the "Reply Form"), in both English and Chinese, to the Shareholders on 12 January 2017 to enable them to elect one of the following options for receipt of the Corporate Communications:

2. to read all future Corporate Communications published on the Company's website at www.dahsing.com (the "Website Version") in place of receiving printed copies, and receive the Company's printed notification letter of the publication of the Corporate Communications on its website; or

3. to receive both printed English and Chinese versions of all future Corporate Communications.

4. The First Letter will specify that if the Company does not receive the duly completed Reply Form or a response indicating any objection from its Shareholders by 10 February 2017, Shareholders will be deemed to have consented to receiving the Website Version of all future Corporate Communications in place of receiving printed copies. A notification of publication of Corporate Communications will be sent to such shareholders by post when the relevant Corporate Communications are published on the Company's website.

5. For those Shareholders who have elected to receive Corporate Communications in printed form, the Company will send to them printed copies (in both English and Chinese) of all future Corporate Communications by mail.

6. For those Shareholders who have elected (or are deemed to have elected) the Website Version, the Company will send a notice of publication together with a change of request form by post to the shareholders upon dispatch of each Corporate Communication. The notification letter will provide the information on where to access the relevant Corporate Communications posted on the Company's website. If for any reason, any of such Shareholders has difficulty in receiving or gaining access to the Website Version of the relevant Corporation Communications, the Company will promptly upon request in writing by the Shareholder send Corporate Communications to the Shareholder in printed form free of charge.

7. Shareholders are entitled at any time by giving reasonable notice in writing to the Company c/o the Share Registrar or via email to [e-mail] to change the choice of means of receipt of the Corporate Communications.

8. All Corporate Communications in both English and Chinese and in accessible format are available on the Company's website at www.dahsing.com for a period of five years from the date of first publication. Electronic copies of all such Corporate Communications in both English and Chinese are submitted to the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Listing Rules, and will also be available on the website of HKEx at www.hkexnews.hk.

9. Shareholders can call the Company's telephone hotline at (852) 2862 8688 during business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, in respect of any queries in relation to the Company's proposed arrangements.

10. DEFINITIONS

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

    "Companies Ordinance"

    the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) of the Laws of Hong Kong, as amended or supplemented from time to time

    "Company"	Dah Sing Financial Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance, the ordinary shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 0440)
    "Corporate Communications"	any documents issued or to be issued by the Company for the information or action of holders of any of the Company's securities as defined in Rule 1.01 of the Listing Rules including but not limited to: (a) the directors' report, its annual accounts together with a copy of the auditors' report and, where applicable, summary financial report; (b) interim report and, where applicable, summary interim report; (c) a notice of meeting; (d) a listing document; (e) a circular; and (f) a proxy form
    "HKEx"	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
    "Listing Rules"	the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange
    "Shareholder"	a holder of ordinary shares of the Company
    "Share Registrar"	Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
    "Stock Exchange"	The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

    By Order of the Board

    DAH SING FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Doris W. N. Wong

    Company Secretary

    Hong Kong, 11 January 2017

    As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises Messrs. David Shou-Yeh Wong (Chairman), Hon-Hing Wong (Derek Wong) (Managing Director and Chief Executive), Gary Pak-Ling Wang and Nicholas John Mayhew as Executive Directors; Messrs. Eiichi Yoshikawa (Hidekazu Horikoshi as alternate), Toshihide Motoshita and John Wai-Wai Chow as Non-Executive Directors; Messrs. Robert Tsai-To Sze, Lon Dounn, Seiji Nakamura and Blair Chilton Pickerell as Independent Non-Executive Directors.