AESO HOLDING(08341): 6955.82 million shares of new shares in the rights issue have not been subscribed for.

AESO HOLDING (08341) announced that, as of the record date, a total of 160 million shares (Offer Shares) were offered for subscription, with existing shareholders being given the opportunity to subscribe. The Board of Directors declared that as of 5 December 2025 (Friday) at 4:00 pm (the deadline for accepting the Offer Shares), they had received a valid acceptance from Hong Kong Central Clearing (Agents) Limited for a total of 90.4418 million Offer Shares (including Mr. Chen's subscription of Offer Shares under an irrevocable commitment), representing approximately 56.53% of the total Offer Shares. Therefore, 69.5582 million Offer Shares remained unsubscribed, representing approximately 43.47% of the total Offer Shares, and will be subject to compensation arrangements. The company will make arrangements as stated in rule 10.31(1)(b) of the GEM Listing Rules to sell the unsubscribed Offer Shares to an independent placing agent in the interests of shareholders who were offered shares through the offering. There will be no additional application arrangements for the Offer Shares. On 4 September 2025, the company entered into a placing agreement with the placing agent, and on 22 September 2025 and 13 October 2025, further agreements were made for the placing of the unsubscribed Offer Shares and unsold shares to existing shareholders as per best efforts basis.