SMI Culture Group Holdings Limited 星美文化集團控股
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. SMI Culture Group Holdings Limited 星 美 文 化 集 團 控 股 有 限 公 司 (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 2366) VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION INVESTMENT AGREEMENT The board (the ‘‘Board’’)ofdirectors(the‘‘Directors’’) of SMI Culture Group Holdings Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) is pleased to announce that on 4 March 2016, SMI Culture Workshop Company Limited (‘‘SMI Culture Workshop’’), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a distribution investment agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’) with an independent third party (the ‘‘Investor’’) pursuant to which SMI Culture Workshop and the Investor agreed to jointly invest in the distribution of the movie《葉問3》(Ip Man 3) (the ‘‘Movie’’) in the People’s Republic of China (the ‘‘PRC’’). The Investor has acquired the joint distribution rights of the Movie in the PRC in the principal amount of RMB117 million. The Movie has been released in the PRC on 4 March 2016. The Movie is directed by Mr. Wilson Yip (葉偉信) and starred by Mr. Donnie Yen (甄子丹), Mr. Zhang Jin (張晉), Ms. Lynn Hung (熊黛林), Mr. Patrick Tam (譚耀文) and Mr. Mike Tyson. Pursuant to the Agreement, SMI Culture Workshop will invest HK$29.5 million in the distribution of the Movie and will be entitled to the income generated from the distribution of the Movie in proportion to its investment amount under the Agreement. The Investor will use its best effort to promote the distribution of the Movie in the PRC. The Company is principally engaged in the investments in the production and distribution of films, investments in the production and distribution of television dramas, creation, production and distribution of new media contents, production and distribution of online and film advertisements and agency operation for films, directors, scriptwriters and artists, and travel business. –1– The Board considers that it is in the interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole to enter into the Agreement. By Order of the Board SMI Culture Group Holdings Limited Hao Bin Chairman and Executive Director Hong Kong, 7 March 2016 As at the date of this announcement, the Board consists of five executive Directors: Mr. Hao Bin (Chairman), Mr. Wang Hai Yun, Mr. Chan Chi To, Antony, Mr. Kong Dalu and Mr. Wang Fei; and three independent non-executive Directors: Mr. Du Jiang, Mr. Liu Xianbo and Mr. Wu Chien-Chiang. –2–.