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Directors’ Report ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2023 89 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS’ INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS IN SHARES AND UNDERLYING SHARES As at 31 December 2023, so far as the Directors and Chief Executives of the Company are aware, other than the interests of the Directors and chief executives of the Company as disclosed in the section titled “Directors’ and Chief Executives’ Interests and Short Positions in Shares, Underlying Shares and Debentures”, the following persons had, or were deemed to have, interests or short positions in the Shares and underlying Shares of the Company which would fall to be disclosed to the Company and the Stock Exchange under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO or which were required to be recorded in the register required to be kept under section 336 of the SFO: Name of shareholder Capacity/nature of interest Number of Shares/underlying Shares held (Note 1) Approximate percentage of shareholdings Warburg Pincus & Co. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Warburg Pincus China GP, L.P. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Warburg Pincus China, L.P. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Warburg Pincus Partners II, L.P. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII, L.P. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Warburg Pincus XII, L.P. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% WP Global LLC Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Alexandrite Athena GroupCo Ltd Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 591,440,160 (L) 13.82% Alexandrite Gem Holdings Limited Beneficial owner (Note 2) 503,733,253 (L) 11.77% Alexandrite Gem TopCo Ltd Interest of controlled corporations (Note 2) 503,733,253 (L) 11.77% OMERS Administration Corporation Beneficial owner 456,221,943 (L) 10.66% Mr Stuart Gibson Interest of controlled corporations and beneficial owner (Notes 3, 5, 6, 8) 451,069,178 (L) 10.54% 149,644,368 (S) 3.50% Mr Charles Alexander Portes Interest of controlled corporations (Note 3, 8) 449,783,103 (L) 10.51% 149,644,368 (S) 3.50% Redwood Investor II (Cayman) Ltd. Interest of controlled corporations (Note 3) 448,933,103 (L) 10.49% 149,644,368 (S) 3.50% Redwood Investor (Cayman) Limited Interest of controlled corporations (Note 3) 448,933,103 (L) 10.49% Redwood Investment Company, Ltd. Beneficial owner (Note 3) 448,933,103(L) 10.49% Mr Jinchu Shen Interest of controlled corporations and beneficial owner (Notes 4, 5, 6) 320,804,265 (L) 7.49% Rosy Fortune Limited Founder of a discretionary trust (Note 4) 319,658,645 (L) 7.47% Tricor Equity Trustee Limited Trustee (Note 4) 319,658,645 (L) 7.47% Laurels Capital Investments Limited Beneficial owner (Note 4) 319,658,645 (L) 7.47% Mr Hwee Chiang Lim Interest of controlled corporations and beneficial owner (Note 7) 232,262,446 (L) 5.43% CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STRATEGIC REPORTS

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