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JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd

藥明巨諾(開曼)有限公司*

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2126)

PROPOSALS FOR

GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES

AND

RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS

AND

RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

AND

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

A notice convening the annual general meeting of JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd to be held at Town Hall Meeting Room, B/F, Building B, No. 666 Haike Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China on May 26, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. is set out on pages 15 to 20 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the annual general meeting is also enclosed. Such form of proxy is also published on the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.jwtherapeutics.com).

Whether or not you are able to attend the annual general meeting, you are requested to complete the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending and voting in person at the annual general meeting (or any adjournment thereof) if they so wish.

* For identification purpose only

April 26, 2021

CONTENTS

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DEFINITIONS .

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

Introduction

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3

General Mandate to Issue Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

Repurchase Mandate to Repurchase Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

Re-election of Retiring Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

Re-appointment of the Auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

Notice of Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

Form of Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

Voting by Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

APPENDIX I

- DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED

FOR RE-ELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

APPENDIX II

- EXPLANATORY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DEFINITIONS

In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

"Annual General Meeting"

the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at

Town Hall Meeting Room, B/F, Building B, No. 666 Haike

Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China on May 26,

2021 at 9:30 a.m., or any adjournment thereof and notice of

which is set out on pages 15 to 20 of this circular

"Articles of Association"

the seventh amended and restated articles of association of

the Company adopted on October 14, 2020 with effect from

the Listing Date, as amended from time to time

"Board"

the board of Directors

"China" or "PRC"

the People's Republic of China

"Company"

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd (藥明巨諾(開曼)有限公

*), an exempted company with limited liability

incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on

September 6, 2017

"Cayman Companies Act"

the Companies Act, Cap. 22 (Law 3 of 1961) of the

Cayman Islands, as amended or supplemented from time to

time

"Director(s)"

the director(s) of the Company

"General Mandate"

a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors

at the Annual General Meeting to allot, issue and/or deal

with Shares not exceeding 20% of the number of issued

Shares as at the date of passing of the relevant resolution

granting the General Mandate

"Group"

the Company, its subsidiaries and the consolidated

affiliated entities from time to time

"Hong Kong"

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC

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DEFINITIONS

"Latest Practicable Date"

April 16, 2021, being the latest practicable date prior to the

printing of this circular for the purpose of ascertaining

certain information contained in this circular

"Listing Date"

November 3, 2020, being the date on which the Shares are

listed on the Stock Exchange

"Listing Rules"

the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock

Exchange, as amended or supplemented from time to time

"Prospectus"

the prospectus of the Company dated October 22, 2020

"Repurchase Mandate"

a general mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors

at the Annual General Meeting to repurchase Shares not

exceeding 10% of the number of the issued Shares as at the

date of passing of the relevant resolution granting the

Repurchase Mandate

"Restricted Share Unit Scheme"

the Restricted Share Unit Scheme adopted by the Company

on September 4, 2019

"SFO"

Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws

of Hong Kong), as amended, supplemented or otherwise

modified from time to time

"Share(s)"

ordinary share(s) in the capital of the Company with

nominal value of US$0.00001 each

"Shareholder(s)"

the holder(s) of the Share(s)

"Stock Exchange"

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

"Takeovers Code"

The Code on Takeovers and Mergers issued by the

Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, as

amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to

time

"%"

per cent

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd

藥明巨諾(開曼)有限公司*

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2126)

Executive Director:

Registered Office in the Cayman Islands:

Dr. Yiping James Li (Chairman)

The offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited

PO Box 309, Ugland House

Non-executive Directors:

Grand Cayman, KY1-1104

Mr. Hans Edgar Bishop

Cayman Islands

Dr. Krishnan Viswanadhan

Ms. Xing Gao (高星)

Headquarters in the PRC:

Dr. Ann Li Lee

4F, Building 42

Mr. Jinyin Wang (王金印)

No. 225 Meisheng Road

Dr. Cheng Liu

Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai

PRC

Independent Non-executive Directors:

Mr. Yanling Cao (曹彥凌)

Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:

Mr. Chi Shing Li (李志成)

31/F, Tower Two, Times Square

Mr. Yiu Leung Andy Cheung (張耀樑)

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay

Mr. Kin Cheong Kelvin Ho (何建昌)

Hong Kong

April 26, 2021

To the Shareholders

Dear Sir or Madam

PROPOSALS FOR

GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES

AND

RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS

AND

RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

AND

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this circular is to give you the notice of Annual General Meeting and the

following proposals to be put forward at the Annual General Meeting: (a) granting of the General

Mandate to issue Shares and the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase Shares; (b) the re-election of

the retiring Directors; and (c) the re-appointment of the auditor of the Company.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES

In order to ensure flexibility and give discretion to the Directors, in the event that it becomes desirable for the Company to issue any new Shares, approval is to be sought from the Shareholders, pursuant to the Listing Rules, for the General Mandate to issue Shares. At the Annual General Meeting, an ordinary resolution numbered 4(A) will be proposed to grant the General Mandate to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the additional Shares not exceeding 20% of the number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of the resolution in relation to the General Mandate.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, 395,052,029 Shares have been fully paid. Subject to the passing of the ordinary resolution numbered 4(A) and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased after the Latest Practicable Date and up to the date of the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed to issue a maximum of 79,010,405 Shares.

In addition, subject to a separate approval of the ordinary resolution numbered 4(C), the number of Shares purchased by the Company under ordinary resolution numbered 4(B) will also be added to extend the General Mandate as mentioned in ordinary resolution numbered 4(A) provided that such additional amount shall represent up to 10% of the number of issued Shares as at the date of passing the resolutions in relation to the General Mandate and Repurchase Mandate. The Directors wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new Shares pursuant to the General Mandate.

REPURCHASE MANDATE TO REPURCHASE SHARES

In addition, an ordinary resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to approve the granting of the Repurchase Mandate to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to repurchase Shares representing up to 10% of the number of issued Shares as at the date of passing of the resolution in relation to the Repurchase Mandate.

An explanatory statement required by the Listing Rules to be sent to the Shareholders in connection with the proposed Repurchase Mandate is set out in Appendix II to this circular. This explanatory statement contains all information reasonably necessary to enable the Shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the relevant resolution at the Annual General Meeting.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING DIRECTORS

In accordance with article 16.2 of the Articles of Association, any Director appointed by the Board either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the Board will hold office until the next following general meeting of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election at that meeting.

In accordance with article 16.19 of the Articles of Association, one-third of the Directors for the time being (or, if their number is not three or a multiple of three, then the number nearest to, but not less than, one-third) shall retire from office by rotation and be eligible for re-election and re-appointment at every annual general meeting, provided that every Director shall be subject to retirement by rotation at least once every three years.

Accordingly, Dr. Yiping James Li, Mr. Hans Edgar Bishop, Dr. Krishnan Viswanadhan and Dr. Ann Li Lee will retire and, being eligible, have offered themselves for re-election as Director at the Annual General Meeting.

Details of the above retiring Directors who are subject to re-election at the Annual General Meeting are set out in Appendix I to this circular in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Listing Rules.

RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE AUDITOR

PricewaterhouseCoopers will retire as the auditor of the Company at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.

The Board proposed to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as the auditor of the Company and to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Set out on pages 15 to 20 of this circular is the notice of the Annual General Meeting at which, inter alia, ordinary resolutions will be proposed to Shareholders to consider and approve the granting of the General Mandate to issue Shares and the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase Shares, the re-election of the retiring Directors and the re-appointment of the auditor of the Company.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

FORM OF PROXY

A form of proxy is enclosed for use at the Annual General Meeting. Such form of proxy is also published on the websites of the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.jwtherapeutics.com). Whether or not you intend to attend the Annual General Meeting, you are requested to complete the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting in person at the Annual General Meeting if they so wish and in such event the form of proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

VOTING BY POLL

There is no Shareholder who has any material interest in the proposed resolutions regarding the General Mandate and Repurchase Mandate, therefore none of the Shareholders is required to abstain from voting on such resolutions.

Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules and article 13.5 of the Articles of Association, any resolution put to the vote of the Shareholders at a general meeting shall be decided on a poll except where the chairman of the Annual General Meeting, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter as prescribed under the Listing Rules to be voted on by a show of hands. Accordingly, each of the resolutions set out in the notice will be taken by way of poll.

On a poll, every Shareholder present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative, shall have one vote for every fully paid Share of which he/she is the holder. A Shareholder entitled to more than one vote needs not use all his/her votes or cast all the votes he/she uses in the same way.

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

RECOMMENDATION

The Directors consider that the proposed resolutions for the granting of the General Mandate to issue Shares, the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase Shares, the re-election of the retiring Directors and the re-appointment of the auditor of the Company are in the interests of the Group and the Shareholders as a whole. The Directors therefore recommend the Shareholders to vote in favour of all the resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.

Yours faithfully

By order of the Board

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd

藥明巨諾(開曼)有限公司*

Yiping James Li

Chairman

  • For identification purpose only

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APPENDIX I DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION

The following are the particulars of the Directors (as required by the Listing Rules) proposed to be re-elected at the Annual General Meeting.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the following Directors, save as disclosed herein, had any interest in Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.

Save as disclosed herein, none of the following Directors holds any position with the Company or any other member of the Group, or any directorships in other public companies, the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years.

Save as disclosed herein, the following Directors are not otherwise related to any Directors, senior management, substantial Shareholders or controlling Shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules).

Save as disclosed herein, there is no other matter in relation to the following Directors that needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders and there is no other information relating to the following Directors which is required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules.

Executive Director

Dr. Yiping James Li ("Dr. Li"), M.D., aged 57, is an executive Director, chairman of the Board and the chief executive officer of our Group. He joined our Group on February 15, 2016 as the chief executive officer and was appointed as our Director on November 14, 2017 and was re-designated as an executive Director on August 5, 2020. He is primarily responsible for the overall corporate management, strategic planning, business development, day-to-day management and product research and development of our Group.

Prior to joining our Company, Dr. Li was the founding general manager for Amgen Biotechnology Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.* (安進生物技術諮詢(上海)有限公司) in China from January 2012 to July 2015.

From September 2006 to December 2011, Dr. Li was a partner in the life science practice of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, first in the US Pandemic Fund and later from December 2009 to January 2012, in its China Fund. He managed various investments such as early stage university spin out, growth stage companies and helped a portfolio company to go public in 2010.

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APPENDIX I DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION

From March 1991 to October 2006, Dr. Li served in various positions at Merck & Co. Inc. ("Merck") where he held leadership positions in clinical research and franchise management, both in the United States and Asia, including obtaining regulatory approvals of Merck vaccines across the Asia Pacific region, building the foundations of Merck's medical operations in China and expanding Merck's franchise in Asia at the time.

Dr. Li obtained his medical degree from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University* (復 旦大學上海醫學院) (previously known as Shanghai Medical University* (上海醫科大學)) in the PRC in July 1987 and a master's degree in microbiology from the University of Montana in the United States in December 1991.

Dr. Li has signed a service contract with the Company for a term of three years with effect from the Listing Date which is terminable by either party within one month's written notice, and he is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at least once every three years at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the provision of the Articles of Association.

As of the Latest Practicable Date, Dr. Li was deemed to be interested in 21,795,080 Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Save for his entitlement to any share options and/or restricted share units, pursuant to the terms and conditions of any share option scheme and/or restricted share unit scheme adopted by the Company from time to time as part of his remuneration package under his service contract as an executive Director, as determined by the Board from time to time, Dr. Li is not entitled to any other cash remuneration for his services as an executive Director.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Hans Edgar Bishop ("Mr. Bishop"), aged 58, is a non-executive Director of our Group. He joined the Group on November 14, 2017 and was appointed as a non-executive Director on the same date. Mr. Bishop has provided strategic guidance and high-level insight in relation to cellular therapy, particularly in the early stages of the Company.

Mr. Bishop has been the chief executive officer of Grail, Inc. since June 2019. He has extensive experience in the biotechnology industry. He co-founded Juno in August 2013 and served as its president and chief executive officer until the company was acquired by Celgene Corporation in March 2018. He currently serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA) and as a director of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A), and Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.

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APPENDIX I DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION

Mr. Bishop has entered into an appointment letter with the Company for a term of three years with effect from the date of the Prospectus (i.e. October 22, 2020) or until the third annual general meeting of the Company after the Listing Date, whichever is earlier, which is terminable by either party within one month's written notice, and he is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at least once every three years at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the provision of the Articles of Association.

As of the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Bishop was deemed to be interested in 757,650 Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Save for his entitlement to the restricted share units under the Restricted Share Unit Scheme as determined by the Board from time to time, Mr. Bishop is not entitled to any other cash remuneration for his services as a non-executive Director.

Dr. Krishnan Viswanadhan ("Dr. Viswanadhan"), aged 42, is a non-executive Director of our Group. He joined our Group on November 20, 2019 and was appointed as a non-executive Director on the same date. He is primarily responsible for supervising and providing oversight to the Board.

Dr. Viswanadhan has been acting as a senior vice president and global cell therapy franchise lead at Bristol Myers Squibb since August 2019. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Business Development and Global Alliances at Celgene Corporation. Prior to that role, he was as an executive director, global project leader and development leader in 2014. Prior to that, he served at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. ("Roche") where he first began as program manager in the drug regulatory department in July 2002. In July 2001, Dr. Viswanadhan was appointed as a post-doctoral fellow at Rutgers University for a two-year program in industrial clinical pharmacy.

Dr. Viswanadhan obtained a bachelor of science degree and a doctor of pharmacy degree from Rutgers University in the United States in May 2001. He obtained a master of business administration degree from Cornell University in the United States in May 2010.

Dr. Viswanadhan has entered into an appointment letter with the Company for a term of three years with effect from the date of the Prospectus (i.e. October 22, 2020) or until the third annual general meeting of the Company after the Listing Date, whichever is earlier, which is terminable by either party within one month's written notice, and he is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at least once every three years at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the provision of the Articles of Association. Dr. Viswanadhan is not entitled to any remuneration for his services as a non-executive Director.

Dr. Ann Li Lee, Ph.D. ("Dr. Lee"), aged 59, is a non-executive Director of our Group. She joined our Group on May 22, 2020 and was appointed as a non-executive Director on the same date. She is primarily responsible for supervising and providing oversight to the Board.

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APPENDIX I DETAILS OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION

Dr. Lee possesses over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry working on vaccines, small molecules, biologics and cell therapies. She has worked at Bristol Myers Squibb since November 2019, and she served at Celgene Corporation from April 2018 as executive vice president and head of cell therapy development and operations. Prior to that, she joined Juno as executive vice president of technical operations in November 2017. Earlier in her career, she served as vice president and senior vice president in Genentech, Inc. ("Genentech") and as global head of technical development at Roche. She also worked at Merck beginning in 1989 where she worked in vaccines R&D at levels of increasing responsibility, and was vice president of chemical technology and engineering in the Merck manufacturing division.

Dr. Lee obtained a Ph.D. in engineering and applied science from Yale University in the United States in May 1990. She obtained her bachelor of science degree from Cornell University in the United States in May 1983. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Dr. Lee has entered into an appointment letter with the Company for a term of three years with effect from the date of the Prospectus (i.e. October 22, 2020) or until the third annual general meeting of the Company after the Listing Date, whichever is earlier, which is terminable by either party within one month's written notice, and she is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at least once every three years at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the provision of the Articles of Association. Dr. Lee is not entitled to any remuneration for her services as a non-executive Director.

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APPENDIX II

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The following is an explanatory statement required to be sent to the Shareholders under the Listing Rules in connection with the proposed Repurchase Mandate.

SHARE CAPITAL

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the number of issued Shares was 395,052,029 Shares of nominal value of US$0.00001 each which have been fully paid. Subject to the passing of the resolution granting the Repurchase Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares are issued or repurchased before the Annual General Meeting, the Company will be allowed to repurchase a maximum of 39,505,202 Shares which represent 10% of the issued Shares during the period ending on the earlier of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (ii) the expiry of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the Articles of Association to be held; or (iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by Shareholders in general meeting of the Company revoking or varying such mandate.

REASONS FOR AND FUNDING OF REPURCHASES

The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders to have a general authority from the Shareholders to enable the Company to repurchase its Shares in the market. Such repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the Company's net asset value and/or its earnings per Share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such repurchases will benefit the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.

Repurchase of the Shares must be funded out of funds legally available for such purpose in accordance with the Articles of Association and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands. The Directors may not repurchase the Shares on the Stock Exchange for a consideration other than cash or for settlement otherwise than in accordance with the trading rules of the Stock Exchange. Subject to the foregoing, the Directors may make repurchases with profits of the Company or out of a fresh issuance of shares made for the purpose of the repurchase or, if authorised by the Articles of Association and subject to the Cayman Companies Act, out of capital and, in the case of any premium payable on the repurchase, out of profits of the Company or from sums standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company.

The Directors have no present intention to repurchase any Shares and they would only exercise the power to repurchase in circumstances where they consider that the repurchase would be in the best interests of the Company. The Directors believe that if the Repurchase Mandate is exercised in full, it may have a material adverse impact on the working capital and gearing position of the Company, as compared with the positions disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as at December 31, 2020, being the date to which the latest published audited consolidated financial statements of the Company were made up. The Directors

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APPENDIX II

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

do not propose to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements of the Company or its gearing levels which, in the opinion of the Directors, are from time to time appropriate for the Company.

GENERAL

None of the Directors nor, to the best of their knowledge, having made all reasonable enquiries, their respective close associates (as defined in the Listing Rules), have any present intention if the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders, to sell any Shares to the Company.

The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that, so far as the same may be applicable, they will exercise the Repurchase Mandate in accordance with the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands.

No core connected person (as defined in the Listing Rules) has notified the Company that he or she has a present intention to sell any Shares to the Company, or has undertaken not to do so, if the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders.

TAKEOVERS CODE

If as a result of a repurchase of Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate, a Shareholder's proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition of voting rights for the purposes of the Takeovers Code. Accordingly, a Shareholder, or a group of Shareholders acting in concert (within the meaning under the Takeovers Code), depending on the level of increase in the Shareholder's interest, could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and thereby become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code. Save as aforesaid, the Directors are not aware of any consequences which would arise under the Takeovers Code as a result of any repurchase of Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, to the best knowledge and belief of the Directors, Juno Therapeutics, Inc. directly held 74,896,670 Shares, representing approximately 18.96% of the issued Shares. Juno Therapeutics, Inc. is wholly-owned by Celgene Corporation which is in turn wholly-owned by Bristol Myers Squibb. As such, under the SFO, Bristol Myers Squibb (through its interest in a controlled corporation) is deemed to be interested in 74,896,670 Shares held by Juno Therapeutics, Inc. In the event that the Directors should exercise in full the Repurchase Mandate, the interests in the Company of each of Juno Therapeutics, Inc. and Bristol Myers Squibb will be increased to approximately 21.07% of the issued Shares.

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APPENDIX II

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

To the best knowledge and belief of the Directors, such increase would not give rise to an obligation to make a mandatory offer under the Takeovers Code. The Directors have no present intention to repurchase the Shares to the extent that will trigger the obligations under the Takeovers Code for Juno Therapeutics, Inc. to make a mandatory offer. The Directors are not aware of any other consequences which may arise under the Takeovers Code as a result of any purchase by the Company of its Shares.

The Listing Rules prohibit a company from making repurchase on the Stock Exchange if the result of the repurchase would be that less than 25% (or such other prescribed minimum percentage as determined by the Stock Exchange) of the total number of issued shares of the Company would be in public hands. The Directors do not propose to repurchase Shares which would result in less than the prescribed minimum percentage of Shares in public hands.

SHARE REPURCHASE MADE BY THE COMPANY

No repurchases of Shares have been made by the Company during the six months prior to the Latest Practicable Date (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise).

SHARE PRICES

The highest and lowest prices at which the Shares were traded on the Stock Exchange from November 3, 2020 (the date of listing of the Shares on the main board of the Stock Exchange) to the Latest Practicable Date were as follows:

Month

Highest prices

Lowest prices

HK$

HK$

2020

November

32.95

19.38

December

29.80

24.20

2021

January

46.45

25.10

February

52.80

36.75

March

43.30

26.05

April (up to the Latest Practicable Date)

35.75

30.90

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd

藥明巨諾(開曼)有限公司*

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2126)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting of JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd (the "Company") will be held at Town Hall Meeting Room, B/F, Building B, No. 666 Haike Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China on May 26, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the reports of the directors and auditor thereon.
  2. (a) To re-elect the following retiring directors of the Company:
      1. Dr. Yiping James Li as an executive director;
      2. Mr. Hans Edgar Bishop as a non-executive director;
      3. Dr. Krishnan Viswanadhan as a non-executive director; and
      4. Dr. Ann Li Lee as a non-executive director;
    1. To authorise the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") to fix the remuneration of the directors of the Company.
  3. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2021.
  • For identification purpose only

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4. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

  1. "That:
    1. subject to paragraph (iii) below, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and/or otherwise deal with additional shares of the Company or securities convertible into shares, or options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for shares or such convertible securities of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options (including bonds, warrants and debentures convertible into shares of the Company) which may require the exercise of such powers, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
    2. the approval in paragraph (i) above shall be in addition to any other authorisation given to the directors of the Company and shall authorise the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) to make or grant offers, agreements and/or options which may require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period;
    3. the aggregate number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) pursuant to paragraph (i) above, otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (i) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to:
      1. any Rights Issue (as defined hereinafter);
      2. the grant or exercise of any option under any share option scheme of the Company (if applicable) or any other option, scheme or similar arrangements for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the directors of the Company, officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or other eligible participants specified thereunder of options to subscribe for Shares or rights to acquire Shares;
      3. any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment and issue of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company; or

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  1. any issue of Shares upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any existing convertible notes issued by the Company or any existing securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares, shall not exceed the aggregate of:
    1. 20% of the number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution; and
    2. (if the Board is so authorised by resolution numbered 4(C)) the aggregate number of shares of the Company repurchased by the Company subsequent to the passing of resolution numbered 4(B) (up to a maximum equivalent to 10% of the number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing resolution numbered 4(B)),

and the approval shall be limited accordingly; and

  1. for the purpose of this resolution:-
    1. "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:-
      1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
      2. the expiry of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or
      3. the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the directors of the Company by this resolution; and
    2. "Rights Issue" means an offer of shares of the Company or an issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares of the Company, open for a period fixed by the directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares of the Company (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors of the Company may deem necessary or

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expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or, having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the exercise or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company)."

  1. "That:
    1. subject to paragraph (ii) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined hereinafter) of all the powers of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") or on any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and which is recognised for this purpose by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange under the Code on Share Buy-backs and, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the "Listing Rules"), be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
    2. the aggregate number of the shares to be repurchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (i) of this resolution shall not exceed 10% of the number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution, and the said approval shall be limited accordingly;
    3. subject to the passing of each of the paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution, any prior approvals of the kind referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution which had been granted to the directors of the Company and which are still in effect be and are hereby revoked; and
    4. for the purpose of this resolution:-
      "Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:-
      1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

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    1. the expiry of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the articles of association of the Company to be held; or
    2. the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the directors of the Company by this resolution."
  1. "That conditional upon the resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) set out in this notice being passed, the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and/or otherwise deal with new shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to the resolution numbered 4(A) set out in this notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the number of the issued shares of the Company which may be allotted or agreed conditional or unconditionally to be allotted by the directors of the Company pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the number of the issued shares of the Company repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution numbered 4(B) set out in this notice, provided that such extended amount shall represent up to 10% of the number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of passing of the said resolutions."

By order of the Board

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd

藥明巨諾(開曼)有限公司*

Yiping James Li

Chairman

Hong Kong, PRC, April 26, 2021

Registered office in the Cayman Islands:

Headquarters in the PRC:

The offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited

4F, Building 42

PO Box 309, Ugland House

No. 225 Meisheng Road

Grand Cayman, KY1-1104

Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai

Cayman Islands

PRC

Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:

31/F, Tower Two, Times Square

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay

Hong Kong

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Notes:

  1. Resolution numbered 4(C) will be proposed to the shareholders of the Company for approval provided that resolutions numbered 4(A) and 4(B) are passed by the shareholders of the Company.
  2. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote in his/her stead. The proxy does not need to be a shareholder of the Company.
  3. Where there are joint registered holders of any shares, any one of such persons may vote at the above meeting (or at any adjournment of it), either personally or by proxy, in respect of such shares as if he/she were solely entitled thereto but the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holders and, for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the relevant joint holding.
  4. In order to be valid, the completed form of proxy, must be deposited at the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power of attorney or authority (such certification to be made by either a notary public or a solicitor qualified to practice in Hong Kong), at least 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the above meeting or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be). The completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude shareholders of the Company from attending and voting in person at the above meeting (or any adjourned meeting thereof) if they so wish.
  5. The register of members of the Company will be closed from May 21, 2021 to May 26, 2021, both days inclusive, in order to determine the eligibility of shareholders to attend the above meeting, during which period no share transfers will be registered. To be eligible to attend the above meeting, all properly completed transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on May 20, 2021.
  6. In respect of resolutions numbered 2 above, Dr. Yiping James Li, Mr. Hans Edgar Bishop, Dr. Krishnan Viswanadhan and Dr. Ann Li Lee will retire, and being eligible to be re-elected. Details of the above retiring directors are set out in Appendix I to the circular dated April 26, 2021.
  7. In respect of the resolution numbered 4(A) above, the directors of the Company wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue any new shares of the Company referred therein. Approval is being sought from the shareholders of the Company as a general mandate for the purposes of the Listing Rules.
  8. In respect of resolution numbered 4(B) above, the directors of the Company wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred by the general mandate to repurchase shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate and for the benefits of shareholders of the Company. The explanatory statement containing the information necessary to enable shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolution to approve the repurchase by the Company of its own shares, as required by the Listing Rules, is set out in Appendix II to the circular dated April 26, 2021.
  9. Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, voting for all the resolutions set out in this notice will be taken by poll at the above meeting.
  • For identification purpose only

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