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HUABAO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 華寶國際控股有限公司*

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00336)

INSIDE INFORMATION

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE INDICATIVE RESULTS

FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 OF HUABAO FLAVOURS & FRAGRANCES CO., LTD.

This announcement is made by Huabao International Holdings Limited (the "Company") pursuant to Rules 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Huabao Flavours & Fragrances Co., Ltd. ("Huabao Flavours") is a subsidiary of the Company and its shares are listed on the ChiNext of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 300741) ("ChiNext"). In compliance with the relevant applicable regulations of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Huabao Flavours published an announcement on its indicative results for the half year ended 30 June 2018 ("Indicative Announcement") on the information disclosure webpage of Shenzhen Stock Exchange's website athttp://www.szse.cn/disclosure/listed/notice/index.html.

The board of directors of the Company would like to draw the attention of its shareholders and the public investors to the Appendix of this announcement which set out the Indicative Announcement was prepared by Huabao Flavours in accordance with the PRC Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises.

Please note that the Indicative Announcement in the Appendix was originally prepared by Huabao Flavours in Chinese. In case of any inconsistency between the Chinese and English versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

By Order of the Board

Huabao International Holdings Limited

POON Chiu Kwok

Executive Director

Hong Kong, 13 July 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises five executive directors, namely Ms. CHU Lam Yiu (Chairwoman and CEO), Messrs. XIA Li Qun, POON Chiu Kwok, XIONG Qing and LAM Ka Yu and four independent non-executive directors, namely Mr. LEE Luk Shiu, Ms. MA Yun Yan, Dr. DING Ningning and Mr. WU Chi Keung.

* For identification purposes only

APPENDIX

Stock Code: 300741

Stock Name: Huabao Flavours

Ref. No.: 2018-028

Huabao Flavours & Fragrances Co., Ltd.

Announcement on the indicative results for the half year ended 30 June 2018

The Company and all members of its board warrant that the information contained in this announcement does not contain any false statements, misleading representations and material omissions. All of them shall be jointly and severally responsible for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of the content of this announcement.

1. Status on the indicative results of the current reporting period

  • 1.1 Period within which the indicative results covered: 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2018

  • 1.2 Indicative Results:

□ Loss

□ From Loss to Profit

Increase

□ Decrease

Item

The Current Reporting Period

Same period Last Year

Net Profit attributable to the Shareholders of the listed Company

Increase compared with the same period last year: 7.72 % - 18.10%

Profit: 46,230.29

(in Ten Thousand Dollars)

Profit: 49,800.00 - 54,600.00 (in Ten Thousand Dollars)

  • 2. Auditing status of the indicative results

    The relevant financial data regarding the indicative results for the current reporting period has not been audited by certified public accountants.

  • 3. Reasons for and description of changes

    • 1. During the current reporting period, the operating revenue of the Company remained stable. The reasons for the increase in the results of the current reporting period as compared with the same period last year was primarily due to the decrease in management expenses as a result of reinforced action for reasonable management and control taken by the Company, as well as the increases in interest income and receipts in government subsidies during the current reporting period.

    • 2. During the current reporting period, the estimated amount on the effect of the non-recurring gains or losses to the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed Company was RMB6,960 (in Ten Thousand Dollars).

4. Other Relevant Explanation

  • 1. The financial data contained in this announcement on the indicative results was based on the preliminary estimation by the finance department of the Company. The specific financial data on the results of the Company for the half year ended 30 June 2018 shall be disclosed in details in the

  • Company's interim report of 2018.

  • 2. The currency of "in Ten Thousand Dollars" in this announcement shall mean RMB.

Announcement is hereby made.

The Board of Directors of Huabao Flavours & Fragrances Co., Ltd.

13 July 2018

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