Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) : notice on convening the second extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2022

Securities code: Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) securities abbreviation: Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) Announcement No.: 2022042 Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017)

Notice on convening the second extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2022

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.

Important content tips:

Date of shareholders’ meeting: June 6, 2022

The online voting system adopted for the general meeting of shareholders: the online voting system of the general meeting of shareholders of Shanghai Stock Exchange

1、 Basic information of the meeting (I) type of the general meeting of shareholders and the second extraordinary general meeting in 2022 (II) convener of the general meeting of shareholders: Board of directors (III) voting method: the voting method adopted by the general meeting of shareholders is a combination of on-site voting and online voting (IV) date, time and place of the on-site meeting

Date and time of the meeting: 15:00 on June 6, 2022

Venue: Atrium conference room on the fourth floor of Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) podium, No. 111, Bada street, Suzhou Industrial Park

(5) System, start and end date and voting time of online voting.

Online voting system: online voting system for shareholders’ meeting of Shanghai Stock Exchange

Starting and ending time of online voting: from June 6, 2022

To June 6, 2022

The online voting system of Shanghai Stock Exchange is adopted. The voting time through the trading system voting platform is the trading time period on the day of the general meeting of shareholders, i.e. 9:15-9:25, 9:30-11:30, 13:00-15:00; The voting time through the Internet voting platform is 9:15-15:00 on the day of the general meeting of shareholders. (6) Margin trading, refinancing, agreed repurchase business accounts and voting procedures for investors of Shanghai Stock connect

Accounts related to margin trading, refinancing business, agreed repurchase business and the voting of investors in Shanghai Stock connect shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the guidelines for self discipline supervision of listed companies of Shanghai Stock Exchange No. 1 – standardized operation. (7) No matter involving the public solicitation of shareholders’ voting rights. Matters to be considered at the meeting

The types of proposals and voting shareholders deliberated at the general meeting of shareholders

Type of voting shareholder

No. proposal name

A-share shareholders

Non cumulative voting motion

1. Proposal on the company’s change of the purpose of share repurchase and cancellation √

2. Proposal on adding directors √

3 proposal on carrying out factoring business without recourse for receivables √

1. Time and media of disclosure of each proposal

The above proposals 1, 2 and 3 have been deliberated and adopted at the 23rd Meeting of the Fourth Board of directors of the company. For details, see the company’s publication in Shanghai Securities News, China Securities News and the website of Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse. Com. CN.) on May 21, 2022 Announcement.

2. Special resolution proposal: 13. Proposal on separate counting of votes for small and medium-sized investors: 1, 2, 34. Proposal on avoidance of voting by related shareholders: 3

Names of related shareholders who should avoid voting: Suzhou saipu Growth Investment Management Co., Ltd., Feng Zhenggong, Zhang Jin, Zhang Yancheng and Lu Xuejun. 5. Proposals involving the voting of preferred shareholders: No. III. matters needing attention in the voting of the general meeting of shareholders

(1) If the shareholders of the company exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the general meeting of shareholders of Shanghai Stock Exchange, they can either log in to the voting platform of the trading system (through the trading terminal of the securities company designated for trading) or log in to the Internet voting platform (website: vote. Sseinfo. Com) Vote. For the first time to log in to the Internet voting platform to vote, investors need to complete shareholder identity authentication. Please refer to the instructions on the website of the Internet voting platform for specific operations.

(2) Shareholders exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the general meeting of shareholders of Shanghai Stock Exchange. If they have multiple shareholder accounts, they can use any shareholder account holding the company’s shares to participate in online voting. After voting, it shall be deemed that all ordinary shares of the same class or preferred shares of the same variety under their shareholder accounts have voted for the same opinion respectively.

(3) If the number of election votes cast by a shareholder exceeds the number of election votes it has, or if the number of votes cast in the differential election exceeds the number of votes to be elected, its election votes for the proposal shall be deemed invalid.

(4) If the same voting right is voted repeatedly through on-site, online voting platform of the exchange or other means, the first voting result shall prevail.

(5) Shareholders can submit all proposals only after voting.

4、 Participants at the meeting (I) after the closing of the stock market on the equity registration date, the shareholders of the company registered in Shanghai Branch of China Securities Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. have the right to attend the general meeting of shareholders (see the table below for details), and can entrust agents to attend the meeting and vote in writing. The agent need not be a shareholder of the company.

Stock category Stock Code Stock abbreviation equity registration date

A shares Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) 2022 / 5 / 30

(2) Directors, supervisors and senior managers of the company. (3) A lawyer employed by the company. (4) Other personnel v. meeting registration method

1. If individual shareholders attend the meeting in person, they shall register with their ID card and stock account card; Those who entrust others to attend the meeting shall hold their own valid ID card, power of attorney of shareholders (see Annex 1 for details) and stock account card. If the legal representative attends the meeting, he shall hold the stock account card of the legal person shareholder, his own ID card and a copy of the business license; If an agent is entrusted to attend the meeting, the agent shall present his ID card, the written power of attorney issued by the legal representative of the legal person shareholder unit according to law, the stock account card of the legal person shareholder and the copy of the business license.

2. Registration time for on-site meeting confirmation: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 – Thursday, June 2, 2022, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 13:30 to 15:30 p.m.

3. See “VI. contact information of this meeting for other matters” for the registration place and contact information of the on-site meeting. 6、 Other matters

1. The same share can only choose one of on-site voting and online voting. In case of repeated voting of the same share, the first vote shall prevail.

2. Shareholders can vote on each proposal in any order, but the voting declaration cannot be cancelled. In case of multiple declarations of the same proposal, the first declaration shall prevail.

3. The meeting will confirm its participation qualification according to the meeting registration procedures.

4. The duration of the on-site meeting of the general meeting of shareholders is expected to be half a day, and the transportation and accommodation expenses of those attending the meeting shall be borne by themselves. 5. Meeting contact information

(1) Contact: Li wanting

(2) Tel.: 051262602256

(3) Fax No.: 051262586259

(4) Email: [email protected].

(5) Postal Code: 215123

(6) Contact address: No. 111, Bada street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province. It is hereby announced.

Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) board of directors may 21, 2022 Annex 1: power of attorney

Power of attorney

Arts Group Co.Ltd(603017) :

I hereby entrust Mr. (Ms.) to attend the second extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of your company in 2022 held on June 6, 2022 on behalf of my unit (or myself) and exercise voting rights on behalf of me. Number of ordinary shares held by the trustor: account number of the trustor’s shareholder:

No. name of non cumulative voting proposal agree against abstain

1 proposal on changing the purpose of share repurchase and cancellation of the company 2 proposal on adding directors 3 proposal on developing non recourse factoring business of receivables

Signature (seal) of the trustor: signature of the trustee:

ID number of the trustor: ID number of the trustee:

Date of entrustment: mm / DD / yy

Note: the trustor shall choose one of “agree”, “oppose” or “abstain” in the power of attorney and tick “√”. If the trustor does not give specific instructions in this power of attorney, the trustee has the right to vote according to its own wishes.

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