Directorate Change

12 September 2017

Origo Partners plc

("Origo", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries the "Group")

Directorate Change

Origo is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Hiroshi Funaki as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2017. Mr Funaki has been appointed as a director of the Company following a nomination by the Company's largest ordinary shareholder, Pacific Alliance Investment Management, pursuant to article 74 of the Company's articles of association.

From 2000 to 2015 Mr Funaki worked at Edmond de Rothschild Securities where he led the Investment Companies team, focusing on Emerging Markets and Alternative Assets. Prior to that he was Head of Research at Robert Fleming Securities, also specialising in closed-end funds. He currently acts as a consultant to a number of emerging market investors. He has a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University.

The directorships and partnerships currently held by Mr Funaki and over the five years preceding the date of appointment are as follows:

There are no further disclosures to be made pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

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