Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) : Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) announcement on illegal trading of company shares and apology by relatives of senior executives of the company

Securities code: Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) securities abbreviation: Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) Announcement No.: 2022021 Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017)

Announcement on illegal trading of company shares and apology by relatives of senior executives

The board of directors and all directors of the company guarantee that there are no false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the contents of this announcement, and bear individual and joint liabilities for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of its contents. Recently, after self-examination, Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) (hereinafter referred to as “the company”) found that the relatives of Ms. Li Zheng, the deputy general manager of the company, bought and sold shares in the window period and within 6 months. In accordance with the provisions of the securities law, the detailed rules for the implementation of share reduction by shareholders, directors, supervisors and senior managers of Listed Companies in Shanghai Stock Exchange and other relevant laws and regulations, Ms. Li Zheng’s relatives’ trading of company shares constitutes short-term trading. The relevant information is hereby announced as follows: I. the specific illegal trading of Li Zheng and his immediate relatives Zhang Haiwei and Zhang Jia

Zhang Haiwei is Li Zheng’s spouse and Zhang Jia is Li Zheng’s son. The details of the illegal transactions of Zhang Haiwei and Zhang Jia are as follows:

1. Trading period: July 9, 2021 to July 14, 2021 (after the implementation of the new securities law)

Account holding transaction quantity transaction price transaction average price transaction amount transaction date

Direction of someone (share) (yuan / share) (yuan / share) (yuan)

2021 / 7 / 12 – sold

3500010.07-10.501 10.44365376 Li Zheng 2021 / 7 / 13

Buy 30000 (3 points)

2021 / 7 / 14) 10.42-10.439 10.43312793

Zhang Haiwei 2021 / 7 / 9 – 13000

Sales of 10.01-10.67 10.40135220 (Department of Li 2021 / 7 / 13) (three transactions)

Zhengpei buys 800010.54 10.5484320 on July 13, 2021

(even) (1)

Zhang Jia 2021 / 7 / 9 – 15000

Sales of 10.06-10.556, 10.39155858 (Department of Li 2021 / 7 / 13) (two transactions)

ZHENG’ER 10000

Sub) 10.48 10.48104800 purchased on July 13, 2021 (1 transaction)

Note: the short-term transactions of Li Zheng’s account were published on the websites of Shanghai Securities News, China Securities News and Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 15, 2021 (www.sse. Com. CN) Disclosed that the income generated from the above short-term transactions has been turned over to the company.

2. Trading period: August 29, 2017 to May 16, 2018 (before the implementation of the new securities law)

Account holding transaction quantity transaction price transaction average price transaction amount transaction date

Direction of someone (share) (yuan / share) (yuan / share) (yuan)

August 30, 2017 – purchase of 181000

(23 points) 17.58-18.41 18.043264793 Zhang Haiwei September 22, 2017

August 30, 2017 – 181000 sold

(22 points) 17.65-18.55 18.133280943 September 22, 2017

August 30, 2017 – purchase of 173100

(19 points) 17.56-18.40 17.983112120 Zhang Jia September 19, 2017

August 29, 2017 – sold 173100

(18 points) 17.66-18.49 18.073128354 September 19, 2017

2、 Details of other transactions

Wu Weitong, the spouse of Li Zheng’s son Zhang Jia, traded the company’s shares for many times from September 21, 2017 to November 18, 2021. The details are as follows:

1. Trading period: May 11, 2020 to November 18, 2021 (after the implementation of the new securities law)

Account holding transaction quantity transaction price transaction average price transaction amount transaction date

Direction of someone (share) (yuan / share) (yuan / share) (yuan)

Wu Weitong 2020 / 5 / 11 – 429900

Purchase of 10.88-15.15 12.055181104 (department Zhang 2020 / 8 / 24) (58 transactions)

Jiadi configuration 2020 / 5 / 11 – 53490010.954-

Sold 12.146495932 pairs) 2020 / 8 / 25 (44 points) 15.783

2021 / 7 / 9 – buy 296900

(53 times) 7.98-10.53 9.1827255752021 / 11 / 16

2021 / 7 / 12 – sold 2969008.01-10.66 9.2927588302021 / 11 / 18 (75 points)

The above transaction period is in the window period of the company’s 2020 semi annual report, 2021 semi annual report and 2021 third quarterly report.

2. Trading period: September 21, 2017 to September 23, 2019 (before the implementation of the new securities law)

Account holding transaction quantity transaction price transaction average price transaction amount transaction date

Direction of someone (share) (yuan / share) (yuan / share) (yuan)

September 21, 2017 – purchase of 14550012.86 – 14.442101142 May 16, 2018 (37 transactions) 18.23

Wu Weitong sold 6490012.902 – 15.541008417 from October 13, 2017 (department Zhang) 18.35 on May 3, 2018 (24 points)

Jiadi matching: January 24, 2019 buy 497100 (11.45 – 13.436673934 pairs) September 23, 2019 (92 points) 15.65

2019 / 1 / 24 – sold 47270011.64 – 13.8765584602019 / 9 / 20 (85 points) 15.99

The above transaction period will be in the company’s third quarterly report of 2017, annual report of 2017, first quarterly report of 2018, performance express of 2018, annual report of 2018, first quarterly report of 2019 and semi annual report of 2019. 3、 The handling of the above illegal trading of shares and the measures taken

Some of the above transactions constitute short-term transactions. After knowing this, the company attaches great importance to it and timely investigates and understands the relevant situation. Ms. Li Zheng, deputy general manager, also actively cooperates and takes the initiative to correct it. After study, the handling of this matter and the measures taken are as follows:

1. Article 44 of the securities law stipulates that shareholders, directors, supervisors and senior managers of listed companies and companies whose shares are traded on other national securities exchanges approved by the State Council who hold more than 5% of the shares sell their shares or other equity securities within six months after buying them, Or buy it again within six months after the sale, and the proceeds therefrom shall belong to the company, and the board of directors of the company shall recover the proceeds. The term “shares or other securities with equity nature held by directors, supervisors, senior managers and natural person shareholders” as mentioned in the preceding paragraph includes shares or other securities with equity nature held by their spouses, parents and children and by using other people’s accounts.

The company will, in accordance with the above provisions, recover the income (if any) of Ms. Li Zheng and her immediate family members constituting the short-term exchange.

2. Ms. Li Zheng, the deputy general manager of the company, has been stationed in Xi’an for a long time. She deeply blames herself for failing to fulfill the obligation of supervision in time, and sincerely apologizes to the majority of investors for the adverse impact on the company and the market. She has proposed to resign from the position of deputy general manager of the company to the company on March 8, 2022.

Ms. Li Zheng promises that I have no actual control over the securities accounts of herself, her immediate relatives Zhang Haiwei, Zhang Jia and her daughter-in-law Wu Weitong, and there is no capital transaction constituting the above-mentioned trading behavior, no trading of the company’s shares for benefits due to learning of inside information, and no purpose of seeking benefits by using short-term trading.

Zhang Haiwei, Zhang Jia and Wu Weitong have also issued a situation statement to the company. The trading of the company’s shares in Zhang Haiwei, Zhang Jia and Wu Weitong’s accounts is an independent investment decision based on the company’s public information. There is no trading of the company’s shares due to learning of insider information, and there is no purpose of using short-term trading to seek benefits.

3. The board of directors of the company attached great importance to it and further explained to Ms. Li Zheng the provisions on the purchase and sale of the company’s shares and required her to strictly regulate the purchase and sale of the company’s shares. At the same time, the company will take this as a warning and require shareholders holding more than 5% of the company’s shares, as well as all directors, supervisors and senior managers of the company to seriously study the relevant provisions such as the securities law, the Listing Rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the detailed rules for the implementation of share reduction by shareholders, directors, supervisors and senior managers of companies listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange, Buying and selling the company’s shares in strict accordance with relevant regulations, operate prudently, and prevent the recurrence of illegal trading.

It is hereby announced.

Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) board of directors March 9, 2022

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