CStone Pharmaceuticals — Board/Management Information 2008

Aug 7, 2008

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兗州煤業股份有限公司 YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 1171)

FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This announcement is made in order to clarify and supplement certain information in relation to the appointment of an independent non-executive Director disclosed in the Circular.

Reference is made to the circular of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “ Company” ) dated 9 May 2008 (the “Circular” ) in relation to, among other matters, the appointment of Mr. Li Weian as an independent non-executive director of the fourth session of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board” ) .

The Board has come to notice that due to an inadvertent oversight, certain information in relation to the past directorship held by Mr. Li Weian was omitted in the Circular.

The Company now wishes to provide supplementary information in relation to the past directorship held by Mr. Li, details of which are set out as follows:

From 15 April 2004 to 22 May 2008, Mr. Li served as an independent non-executive director of Sinocom Software Group Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Save as disclosed above and in the Circular, there is no other information which is discloseable pursuant to any of the requirements set out in Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited nor are there any other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company in relation to the appointment of Mr. Li Weian as an independent non-executive Director of the Company.

By order of the Board of Directors of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited Wang Xin Chairman of the Board

Zoucheng, Shandong Province, PRC, 7 August 2008

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors are Mr. Wang Xin, Mr. Geng Jiahuai, Mr. Yang Deyu, Mr. Shi Xuerang, Mr. Chen Changchun, Mr. Wu Yuxiang, Mr. Wang Xinkun, Mr. Zhang Baocai and Mr. Dong Yunqing, and the independent non-executive Directors of the Company are Mr. Pu Hongjiu, Mr. Zhai Xigui, Mr. Li Weian and Mr. Wang Junyan.