The board of directors of Kuaishou Technology announced that due to adjustment of work arrangement, Mr. Hongyi Jia has tendered his resignation as a joint company secretary of the Company with effect from February 20, 2023. Mr. Jia has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company or The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Board further announces that Mr. Matthew Huaxia Zhao has been appointed as a joint company secretary of the Company in place of Mr. Jia with effect from February 20, 2023, while Ms. So Ka Man will continue to act as the other joint company secretary of the Company. Mr. Zhao joined the Group in October 2022 as the head of capital market and investor relations department, responsible for corporate governance matters, information disclosure and investor relations affairs. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Zhao served as a director of the investor relations department of Ku6 Media Co. Ltd. (a company listed on the Nasdaq with stock symbol of KUTV and privatized in July
2016) from March 2010 to June 2011, the senior director of the investor relations department of Phoenix New Media Limited (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with stock symbol of FENG) from July 2011 to October 2017, the general manager of the investor relations department of Joyy Inc. (formerly known as YY Inc., a company listed on the Nasdaq with stock symbol of YY) from November 2017 to October 2020. He worked at KE Holdings Inc. (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with stock symbol of BEKE and on the Stock Exchange with stock code of 2423) as the senior director of the investor relations department from October 2020 to August 2022, and as the joint company secretary from May 2022 to August 2022. Mr. Zhao received a master's degree in law from the University of Sydney in May 2007 and a graduate diploma in translation from University of Western Sydney in September 2008. Ms. So has served as a joint company secretary of the Company since February 5, 2021. Ms. So is a director of Corporate Services of Tricor Services Limited, and has over 20 years of experience in the corporate secretarial field. She has been providing professional corporate services to Hong Kong listed companies as well as multinational, private and offshore companies. Ms. So is a member of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. Ms. So obtained her bachelor's degree of arts in accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 1996.