Bank of East Asia : Interim Dividend for the six months ended 30 June 2022 (18th August, 2022)

EF003

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Cash Dividend with Scrip Option Announcement for Equity Issuer

Issuer name	The Bank of East Asia, Limited
Stock code	00023
Multi-counter stock code and currency	Not applicable
	06020 BEA LTD. ADDITIONAL TIER 1 UNDATED CAPITAL SECURITIES C
	40232	THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. DATED SUBORDINATED NOTES
	2030
Other related stock code(s) and	40415 BEA LTD. ADDITIONAL TIER 1 UNDATED CAPITAL SECURITIES D
name(s)
	05184	THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. DATED SUBORDINATED NOTES
	2032
	05337	THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LTD NON-PREFERRED LOSS
	ABSORBING N2028
Title of announcement	Interim Dividend for the six months ended 30 June 2022
Announcement date	18 August 2022
Status	New announcement
Information relating to the dividend
Dividend type	Interim (Semi-annual)
Dividend nature	Ordinary
For the financial year end	31 December 2022
Reporting period end for the dividend	30 June 2022
declared
Dividend declared	HKD 0.16 per share
Date of shareholders' approval	Not applicable
Default option	Cash
Information relating to scrip option
The price for converting cash dividend	To be announced
per scrip share in declared currency
Despatch date of share certificates	30 September 2022
First date of dealing in scrip shares	30 September 2022
Partial election of scrip shares	Yes
Fractional entitlements of scrip shares	Other

To be refunded in cash to respective shareholders concerned

Information relating to Hong Kong share register

Default currency and amount in which	HKD 0.16 per share
the dividend will be paid
Exchange rate	HKD 1 : HKD 1

Closing date and time for option election 26 September 2022 16:00

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Ex-dividend date		02	September 2022
Latest time to lodge transfer documents
for registration with share registrar for		05	September 2022 16:00
determining entitlement to the dividend
Book close period		From 06 September 2022 to 08 September 2022
Record date		08	September 2022
Payment date		30	September 2022
		Tricor Standard Limited
Share registrar and its address		17/F, Far East Finance Centre
		16	Harcourt Road
		Hong Kong
Information relating to withholding tax
Details of withholding tax applied to the		Not applicable
dividend declared

Information relating to listed warrants / convertible securities issued by the issuer
Details of listed warrants / convertible	Not applicable
securities issued by the issuer
Other information

Other information	Not applicable
Directors of the issuer
The Board comprises:
Dr. the Hon. Sir David LI Kwok-po#	(Executive Chairman)

Professor Arthur LI Kwok-cheung* (Deputy Chairman)

Dr. Allan WONG Chi-yun** (Deputy Chairman)

Mr. Aubrey LI Kwok-sing*

Mr. Winston LO Yau-lai*

Mr. Stephen Charles LI Kwok-sze*

Mr. Adrian David LI Man-kiu#(Co-Chief Executive)

Mr. Brian David LI Man-bun#(Co-Chief Executive)

Dr. Daryl NG Win-kong*

Mr. Masayuki OKU*

Dr. the Hon. Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai**

Mr. Meocre LI Kwok-wing**

Dr. the Hon. Henry TANG Ying-yen**

Dr. Delman LEE**

Mr. William Junior Guilherme DOO**

Dr. David MONG Tak-yeung**

Dr. Francisco Javier SERRADO TREPAT*

• Executive Director

• Non-executiveDirector
• Independent Non-executive Director

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