Connect Biopharma Holdings Ltd

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board appointed CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ”) as its independent registered public accounting firm on December 17, 2024. PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP (“PwC China”), the Company’s former independent registered public accounting firm, was dismissed by the Company on December 10, 2024. The appointment of CBIZ was made after careful consideration and a thorough evaluation process by the Company and was approved by the Audit Committee.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through December 10, 2024, there were no disagreements (as that term is described in Item 16F (a)(1)(iv) of Form 20-F and the related instructions) between the Company and PwC China on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of PwC China, would have caused PwC China to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements for such years, nor were there any “reportable events”, as that term is described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Form 20-F.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through December 17, 2024, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted CBIZ regarding either (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or (b) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company or oral advice was provided that CBIZ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (c) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement, as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of Form 20-F (and the related instructions thereto), or any “reportable events” as that term is described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Form 20-F.