Tongling Securities: Independent Director Li Jian's Term of Office Expires and Applies to Resign

Tongling Corporation announced that on March 17th, the Board of Directors received a written resignation report from independent director Li Jian. Li Jian has been serving as an independent director of the company since March 18, 2020, for a consecutive period of six years. He is now applying to resign from the position of independent director of the fifth Board of Directors. His resignation will result in the number of independent directors of the company being less than one third of the total board members. The resignation report will take effect on the day when new independent directors are elected at the shareholders' meeting, and he will continue to perform his duties until then. As of the date of the announcement, Li Jian does not hold any shares and has no unfulfilled commitments.