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CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT<br />

Dear Shareholders,<br />

It gives me great pleasure to report to you the substantial progress made in 2012 by <strong>Sun</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Retail</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />

<strong>Limited</strong>, posting again solid results in the second year after our IPO.<br />

We have, during a year of slowing GDP growth, been able to continue to improve our profitability while<br />

opening 43 new stores, gaining market share in a context where investment in our industry has been rather<br />

subdued <strong>com</strong>pared to previous years.<br />

We believe our continuous emphasis on customer needs, which are changing by the day, and investment in<br />

employee training, explains this performance and will continue to help us to ensure a high level of customer<br />

satisfaction, translating into sustained levels of turnover, margins and profit for the Company.<br />

In 2013, our Board, beyond monitoring financials, integrating principal risks and ensuring <strong>com</strong>pliance, will<br />

provide further strategic guidance to our management team to continue to grow at a sustained rate, and<br />

face multi-faceted <strong>com</strong>petitive challenges in China’s retail market.<br />

Cheng Chuan-Tai<br />

Chairman of the Board<br />

15 March 2013<br />

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<strong>Sun</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Retail</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>Limited</strong><br />

Annual Report 2012

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