SHB wishes to announce that the Company is proposing to seek for the approval of its shareholders on the Proposed Renewal of Share Buy-Back Authority at the forthcoming Twenty-Sixth Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company to be convened at a date to be notified later. 

The Proposed Renewal of Share Buy-back Authority is to renew the authority granted by the shareholders of the Company at the Twenty-Fifth AGM held on 12 June 2025. The Proposed Renewal of Share Buy-back Authority will allow the Company to purchase its own shares of up to 10% of the total number of issued shares of the Company in accordance with Section 127 of the Companies Act 2016. 

A Statement containing details in relation to the Proposed Renewal of Share Buy-back Authority will be distributed to the shareholders of the Company in due course. 

This announcement is dated 16 April 2026.