IMPORTANT:

Alternative Arrangements for Twenty-Second Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

  • 1. The AGM of Great Eastern Holdings Limited (the "Company") is being convened, and will be held, by way of electronic means pursuant to the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Alternative Arrangements for Meetings for Companies, Variable Capital Companies, Business Trusts, Unit Trusts and Debenture Holders) Order 2020. The Notice of AGM dated 24 March 2021 will accordingly be sent to members by electronic means via publication on the Company's website at the URLhttps://www.greateasternlife.com/sg/en/about-us/investor-relations/agm-and-egm.html and on the SGX website at the URLhttps://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements. For convenience, printed copies of the Notice of AGM will also be sent by post to members.

  • 2. Alternative arrangements relating to attendance at the AGM via electronic means (including arrangements by which the meeting can be electronically accessed via live audio-visual webcast or live audio-only stream), submission of questions to the Chairman of the Meeting in advance of the AGM, addressing of substantial and relevant questions at or before the AGM and voting by appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy at the AGM, are set out in the accompanying Company's announcement dated 24 March 2021. This announcement may be accessed at the Company's website at the URLhttps://www.greateasternlife.com/sg/en/about-us/investor-relations/agm-and-egm.html, and will also be made available on the SGX website at the URLhttps://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements.

  • 3. Due to the current COVID-19 situation in Singapore, a member will not be able to attend the AGM in person. A member (whether individual or corporate) must appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as his/her/its proxy to attend, speak and vote on his/her/its behalf at the AGM if such member wishes to exercise his/her/its voting rights at the AGM.

  • 4. Please read the notes overleaf which contain instructions on, inter alia, the appointment of the Chairman of the Meeting as a member's proxy to attend, speak and vote on his/her/its behalf at the AGM.

Central Provident Fund ("CPF") or Supplementary Retirement Scheme ("SRS") Investors

5.

CPF and SRS investors who wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy should approach their respective CPF Agent Banks or SRS Operators to submit their votes by 5.00 p.m. on 6 April 2021 (Singapore time).

Personal Data

6.

By submitting an instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy, the member accepts and agrees to the personal data privacy terms set out in the Notice of AGM dated 24 March 2021.

PROXY FORM

GREAT EASTERN HOLDINGS LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE)

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

(COMPANY REGISTRATION NO. 199903008M)I/We, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NRIC/Passport/Company Registration No. _________________________________________________________________________ of _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ being a member/members of Great Eastern Holdings Limited (the "Company"), hereby appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the Twenty-Second Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") to be convened and held by way of electronic means on Friday, 16 April 2021 at 3.00 p.m. (Singapore time) and at any adjournment thereof.

I/We have indicated with an "X" or with the number of shares in the appropriate box against each item below how I/we wish the Chairman of the Meeting as my/our proxy to vote, or to abstain from voting.

No.

Ordinary Resolutions:

ForAgainstAbstain

ORDINARY BUSINESS

1

Adoption of Directors' Statement, 2020 audited Financial Statements and Auditor's Report

2

Approval of a final one-tier tax exempt dividend of 50 cents per ordinary share

3(a)(i)

Re-election of Mr Norman Ip

3(a)(ii)

Re-election of Mr Lee Fook Sun

3(a)(iii)

Re-election of Mrs Teoh Lian Ee

3(b)

Re-election of Mr Ng Chee Peng

4

Approval of Directors' fees of S$2,359,000

5

Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor and authorisation for Directors to fix its remuneration

SPECIAL BUSINESS

6

Authority for Directors to allot and issue shares and make or grant instruments convertible into shares

7

Authority for Directors to allot and issue shares pursuant to the Great Eastern Holdings Limited Scrip Dividend Scheme

Note: Voting will be conducted by poll. If you wish the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy to cast all your votes for or against a resolution, please indicate with an "X" in the "For" or "Against"

box provided in respect of that resolution. Alternatively, please indicate the number of votes "For" or "Against" in the "For" or "Against" box provided in respect of that resolution. If you wish the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy to abstain from voting on a resolution, please indicate with an "X" in the "Abstain" box provided in respect of that resolution. Alternatively, please indicate the number of shares that the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy is directed to abstain from voting in the "Abstain" box provided in respect of that resolution. In the absence of specific directions in respect of a resolution, the appointment of the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy for that resolution will be treated as invalid.

Dated this ___________ day of ____________________ 2021

Total Number of Shares held

_______________________________________

Signature(s) of Member(s) or Common Seal

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ NOTES OVERLEAF.

NOTES TO PROXY FORM:

  • 1. Due to the current COVID-19 situation in Singapore, a member will not be able to attend the AGM in person. A member (whether individual or corporate) must appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as his/her/its proxy to attend, speak and vote on his/her/ its behalf at the AGM if such member wishes to exercise his/her/its voting rights at the AGM. This proxy form may be accessed at the Company's website at the URLhttps://www.greateasternlife.com/sg/en/about-us/investor-relations/agm-and-egm.html and will also be made available on the SGX website at the URLhttps://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements. For convenience, printed copies of this proxy form will also be sent by post to members. Where a member (whether individual or corporate) appoints the Chairman of the Meeting as his/her/its proxy, he/she/it must give specific instructions as to voting, or abstentions from voting, in respect of a resolution in the form of proxy, failing which the appointment of the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy for that resolution will be treated as invalid.

  • 2. The instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy must be submitted to the Company in the following manner:

    (a)if submitted by post, be deposited with the Company, c/o The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited, 1 Pickering Street, #01-01 Great Eastern Centre, Singapore 048659; or

    (b) if submitted electronically, be submitted via email to the Company atGEH_AGM@greateasternlife.com,

    in either case, by 3.00 p.m. on 13 April 2021 (Singapore time), being 72 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM.

    A member who wishes to submit an instrument of proxy can either use the printed copy of the proxy form which is sent to him/her/ it by post or download a copy of the proxy form from the Company's website or the SGX website, and complete and sign the proxy form, before submitting it by post to the address provided above, or by scanning and sending it by email to the email address provided above.

    Due to the current COVID-19 situation in Singapore, members are strongly encouraged to submit completed proxy forms electronically via email.

  • 3. The Chairman of the Meeting, as proxy, need not be a member of the Company.

  • 4. Please insert the total number of shares held by you. If you have shares entered against your name in the Depository Register (maintained by The Central Depository (Pte) Limited), you should insert that number of shares. If you have shares registered in your name in the Register of Members (maintained by or on behalf of the Company), you should insert that number of shares. If you have shares entered against your name in the Depository Register and shares registered in your name in the Register of Members, you should insert the aggregate number of shares. If no number is inserted, this instrument of proxy shall be deemed to relate to all the shares held by you.

  • 5. The instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy must be under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing. Where the instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy is executed by a corporation, it must be executed either under its seal or under the hand of a director or an officer or attorney duly authorised.

  • 6. Where an instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy is signed on behalf of the appointor by an attorney, the letter or power of attorney or a duly certified copy thereof must (failing previous registration with the Company), if the instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy is submitted by post, be lodged with the instrument of proxy or, if the instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy is submitted electronically via email, be emailed with the instrument of proxy, failing which the instrument may be treated as invalid.

  • 7. The Company shall be entitled to reject the instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy if it is incomplete, improperly completed or illegible or where the true intentions of the appointer are not ascertainable from the instructions of the appointer specified in the instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy (including any related attachment). In addition, in the case of members whose shares are entered against their names in the Depository Register, the Company may reject any instrument appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy lodged or submitted if such members are not shown to have shares entered against their names in the Depository Register as at 3.00 p.m. on 13 April 2021 (Singapore time), being 72 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM as certified by The Central Depository (Pte) Limited to the Company.

Proxy Form

Annual Report 2020

Postage will be paid by addressee. For posting in Singapore only.

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