COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2013

Mar 11, 2013

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中國遠洋控股股份有限公司 China COSCO Holdings Company Limited[*]

(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1919)

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the “ EGM ”) of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 26 April 2013 at Conference Room, 47th Floor, COSCO Tower, 183 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong and Conference Center, Ocean Plaza, 158 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolution (with or without modifications) as ordinary resolution of the Company:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

“THAT (a) the sale and transfer (the “ Disposal ”) of 100% equity interests in COSCO Logistics Co., Ltd.** (中國遠洋物流有限公司) from the Company to China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company** (中國遠洋運輸(集團)總公司) be and are hereby approved and confirmed; (b) the terms of the equity transfer agreement in respect of the Disposal, the details of which will be contained in a circular to be issued by the Company on or about 2 April 2013, and the transactions contemplated thereunder be and are hereby approved and confirmed; and (c) any one director of the Company be and is hereby authorised to approve, sign or execute all such documents, instruments and agreements, and to take such steps, as he/she may consider necessary or appropriate to give effect to or in connection with the Disposal.”

By order of the Board China COSCO Holdings Company Limited GUO Huawei Joint Company Secretary

Beijing, the People’s Republic of China 12 March 2013

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Notes:

1. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at this meeting may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his stead. A proxy need not to be a shareholder of the Company.

2. The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of a shareholder or his attorney duly authorised in writing. If the shareholder is a corporation, that instrument must be either under its common seal or under the hand of its director(s) or duly authorised attorney(s). If that instrument is signed by an attorney of the shareholder, the power of attorney authorising that attorney to sign or other authorisation document must be notarised.

3. In order to be valid, the form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authorisation document (if any) must be deposited at the Company’s H share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (address: 17M,Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong) for holders of H shares as soon as possible and not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the EGM or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be). Completion and return of a proxy form will not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the EGM if he so wishes.

4. The H share register of members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 27 March 2013 to Friday, 26 April 2013, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of the H shares of the Company will be effected. Shareholders whose names appear in the register of members of the Company on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 at 4:30 p.m. are entitled to attend and vote at the EGM.

5. Shareholders who intend to attend the EGM in person or by proxy should return the reply slip to the Company’s H share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, for holders of H shares not later than 20 days before the date of the EGM, i.e. 6 April 2013.

6. Shareholders or their proxies attending the EGM shall produce their identity documents. If the attending shareholder is a corporate, its legal representative or person authorized by the board or other decision making authority shall present a copy of the relevant resolution of the board or other decision making authority in order to attend the EGM.

7. As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. WEI Jiafu[2] (Chairman), Mr. MA Zehua[1] (Vice Chairman), Mr. LI Yunpeng[2] , Ms. SUN Yueying[2] , Mr. SUN Jiakang[1] , Mr. XU Minjie[1] , Mr. YE Weilong[2] , Mr. JIANG Lijun[1] (President), Mr. TEO Siong Seng[3] , Dr. FAN HSU Lai Tai, Rita[3] , Mr. KWONG Che Keung, Gordon[3] and Mr. Peter Guy BOWIE[3] .

   • 1 Executive Director

   • 2 Non-executive Director

   • 3 Independent non-executive Director

   • The Company is registered as a non-Hong Kong company under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) under its Chinese name ( 中國遠洋控股股份有限公司 ) and its English name “China COSCO Holdings Company Limited”.

   • ** For identification purpose only.

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