Esprit Holdings Ltd. : Unusual Price Movement

H o n g K o n g E x c h a n g es a n d C l e ar i n g Li m i t e d a n d T h e S t o ck E x c h a n g e of H o n g K o n g L im i t e d t a k e n o r es p o n si b i li t y f or t h e c o n t e n t s o f t hi s a n n o u n c em e nt , m a k e n o r e pr e s e n t at i o n a s t o i t s ac c u r a cy o r c o m p l et e n e s s a n d e x pr e s s l y di s cl ai m a n y l i a b i l i t y w h at s o e v e r f o r a n y l o s s h o w s o e v er a r i s i n g fr o m or i n r el i a n c e u p o n t h e w h ol e o r a n y p a r t of t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h is a n n o u n c e m e n t .

ESPRIT HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 00330) UNUSUAL PRICE MOVEMENT

This ann ounc em ent is mad e a t the reques t of The Stoc k Ex c hange of H ong Kong L imited
(the "Stoc k Ex c hange").
The b oard o f d irec tors (the "Bo ard") of Es prit Hold ings L imi ted (the "Company ") has noted the inc reas e in the pric e of the s hare s of the C o mpany today and w is hes to s ta te tha t the Board is no t aware of any reas on for s uc h inc reas e.
Sav e for the appo intmen t of Ms . Melody Harris-Jensbach as Chief Product & Design Officer of the Company, the Board a ls o c onfirms that there are no n ego tia tions or agreeme nts relating to in tended ac quis itio ns or realis ations whic h are d is c los eable under Ru le 13 .23 of th e Ru les Gov erning th e Lis ting o f Sec urities on t he S toc k Ex c hange (the "Lis ting Ru les "), neither is th e Board aware o f any matter dis c los eable under the general obligation imp os ed by Rul e 13.09 of th e Lis ti ng Rules , wh ic h is or may be of a pric e-s ens itiv e nature.
Mad e by th e order of the Board, the d irec tors of w hic h indiv idua lly a nd jo intly ac c ept res pons ibili ty for the a cc uracy of this ann oun c ement.
B y o r d e r o f t h e B o a r d

E S P R I T H O L D I N G S L I M I T E D C H E W F o o k A u n

E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r

Hong Kong, 10 J anuar y 2012

As at the date of th is annou nc em ent, the Board c o mpris es (i) Mr R ona ld v an der V is (Group Ch ief Ex ec u tiv e Off ic er) and Mr C he w Fo ok Au n (Group C hie f Financ i al O ffic er) as Ex ec utiv e D irec tors ; (i i) Mr J ürgen Alfre d Rudo lf Frie dric h as Non-ex ec utiv e D irec tor; and (i ii) Dr Hans -J oac hi m Körber (Chair ma n), Mr Paul Che n g Ming Fun (Deputy Chair ma n), Mr Alex an der Re id H amilton , Mr Ray mon d Or Ch in g F ai and Mr Franc es c o Trapani as In depend ent Non-ex ec utiv e Direc tors .