CMOC Group Limited — Capital/Financing Update 2016

Oct 23, 2016

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(Stock Code: 03993)

RESULTS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE 2016 FIRST TRANCHE SUPER SHORT-TERM FINANCING INSTRUMENTS

This announcement is made by China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.* (the “ Company ”) pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Listing Rules ”) and Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong).

References are made to the circular of the Company dated 30 April 2015 and the announcements of the Company dated 17 October 2016, 27 July 2016, 29 February 2016, 23 October 2015, 23 September 2015, 28 June 2015 and 23 March 2015 relating to, among others, the proposed issuance of short-term financing instruments.

I. THE REGISTRATION OF SUPER SHORT-TERM FINANCING INSTRUMENTS

In accordance with the notice of acceptance of registration dated 12 October 2016 (Zhong Shi Xie Zhu [2016] SCP No. 310) (the “ Notice ”) from the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (the “ Association ”), pursuant to which the Association accepted the registration of the super short-term financing instruments. Pursuant to the Notice, the registration of the super short-term financing instruments in the principal amount of RMB2 billion will be valid for a period of two years from the date of the Notice. China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. and Ping An Bank Co., Ltd. will act as the joint lead underwriters for the super short-term financing instruments. The Company may issue the super short-term financing instruments in tranches during the effective period of registration.

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II. THE ISSUANCE OF SUPER SHORT-TERM FINANCING INSTRUMENTS

In accordance with the Notice, the Company successfully issued the 2016 first tranche of super short-term financing instruments on 19 October 2016. The issuance results are as follows:

Particulars of the issuance
Name	China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.2016 first tranche supershort-term financinginstruments	Abbreviation	16 CMOCSCP001
Code	011698619	Term	270 days
Interestcommencementdate	20 October 2016	Payment date	17 July 2017
Total amount of theplanned issuance	RMB1 billion	Total amountof actualissuance	RMB1 billion
Coupon	3.00%	Issue price	RMB100per note(RMB100face value)
Application for subscription
Number of qualifiedapplicants forsubscription	8 units	Qualifiedsubscriptionamount	RMB1.91billion
Highest subscriptionprice	3.40%	Lowestsubscriptionprice	2.60%
Number of validsubscriptionapplicants	8 units	Amountof validsubscription	RMB1.25billion
Bookrunner		China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.
Lead underwriter		Ping An Bank Co., Ltd.

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The Company will make further announcement(s) to keep shareholders of the Company and prospective investors informed of the progress of the issuance of the super short-term financing instruments.

By Order of the Board China Molybdenum Co., Ltd. Li Chaochun* Chairman

Luoyang City, Henan Province, PRC, 21 October 2016

As at the date of this announcement, the Company’s executive directors are Messrs. Li Chaochun and Li Faben; the Company’s non-executive directors are Messrs. Ma Hui, Yuan Honglin and Cheng Yunlei; and the Company’s independent non-executive directors are Messrs. Bai Yanchun, Xu Shan and Cheng Gordon.

• for identification purposes only

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