The board of CONCH VENTURE (00586) has announced that it received a notification from the company's single largest shareholder, Conch Group. The notification states that, based on firm confidence in the company's future development and long-term strategic investment considerations, Conch Group has recently continued to increase its shareholding in the company on the market.

Since the company's previous announcement on February 25, 2026, Conch Group has purchased additional shares in the market. As of the date of this announcement, the shares held directly by Conch Group and indirectly through Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries collectively represent close to 21% of the total issued shares.

As mentioned in the prior announcement, Conch Group will proceed according to plan to reconstitute the board of directors at an appropriate time, and the company's financial results will be consolidated into the Conch Group's financial statements.

Conch Group has recently communicated that it firmly upholds the company's status as an independent legal entity, earnestly safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of the company's shareholders, strictly implements state-owned enterprise dividend requirements, and maintains a stable, sustainable dividend policy to provide stable investment returns for all shareholders.

In the future, Conch Group will fully leverage its advantages in industry, resources, supply chain, and platform to further deepen industrial integration, strengthen synergistic empowerment, improve industrial layout, comprehensively support the stable operation of the group, and promote its high-quality development.

The board has noted unusual fluctuations in the company's share price and trading volume recently. After making reasonable inquiries, the board confirms that, as of the date of this announcement, it is not aware of any reasons for these price and volume fluctuations, or any information that must be disclosed to prevent a false market in the company's securities, or any inside information that must be disclosed under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of Hong Kong law).

The board confirms that, as of the date of this announcement, the group's business operations remain normal, and there have been no material adverse changes in the group's business operations or financial condition.