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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1280)

COMPLETION OF

ISSUE AND SUBSCRIPTION OF NEW SHARES

UNDER GENERAL MANDATE

Reference is made to the announcements of Qidian International Co., Ltd. (the "Company") dated 7 and 16 September 2020 in relation to the issue and subscription of new shares under general mandate (collectively, the "Announcements"). Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meanings as defined in the Announcements.

COMPLETION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT II

The Board is pleased to announce that all conditions of the Subscription Agreement

  1. have been fulfilled and the completion of the Subscription Agreement II took place on 22 September 2020 in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement II. An aggregate of 6,700,214 new Shares have been allotted and issued to the Subscriber II at the Subscription Price of HK$1.29 per Subscription Share.

PROCEEDS FROM THE SUBSCRIPTION

The gross proceeds and net proceeds from the Subscription amounted to approximately HK$39.3 million and approximately HK$38.9 million, respectively. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to settle the trade and bills payables and as general working capital to finance the Group's businesses and fund potential developments.

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EFFECT ON SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY

The shareholding structure of the Company (i) immediately before completion of the Subscription Agreement I; (ii) immediately before completion of the Subscription Agreement II; and (iii) immediately upon completion of the Subscription Agreement II are as follows:

Immediately before

Immediately before

Immediately after

completion of the

completion of the

completion of the

Subscription

Subscription

Subscription

Name of Shareholder

Agreement I

Agreement II

Agreement II

Approximate

Approximate

Approximate

Number of

%

Number of

%

Number of

%

Shares

shareholding

Shares

shareholding

Shares

shareholding

Noble Trade

International

Holdings Limited (

行國際集團有限公司)

28,455,000

18.69%

28,455,000

16.16%

28,455,000

15.57%

Hong Kong Ruihong

Yixing International

Co., Limited (香港瑞

宏藝興國際有限公司)

18,400,210

12.08%

18,400,210

10.45%

18,400,210

10.07%

Subscriber I

-

-

23,755,306

13.49%

23,755,306

13.00%

Subscriber II

6,979,390

4.58%

6,979,390

3.96%

13,679,604

7.49%

Other public

Shareholders

98,443,000

64.65%

98,443,000

55.92%

98,443,000

53.87%

Total

152,277,600

100.00%

152,277,600

100.00%

182,733,120

100.00%

Note: The percentage figures in the table above may not add up to the total due to rounding.

By order of the Board

Qidian International Co., Ltd.

Yuan Li

Chairman

Yangzhou, PRC, 22 September 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises four executive Directors, namely Mr. Yuan Li, Mr. Xu Xinying, Ms. Liu Simei and Mr. Sun Lejiu, one non-executive Director, namely Ms. Xu Honghong and three independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Zhao Jinyong, Mr. Chen Rui and Mr. Fung Tak Choi.

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