CStone Pharmaceuticals — Capital/Financing Update 2013

Oct 31, 2013

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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)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE APPROVAL OF REGISTRATIONS OF THE NON-PUBLIC ISSUANCE OF FINANCING INSTRUMENTS AND SHORT-TERM NOTES

This announcement is made pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance and Rules 13.09(2)(a) and 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Reference is made to the "Notice of 2012 Annual General Meeting" and the circular of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the " Company ") dated 25 March 2013 and "Announcement on Resolutions Passed at the 2012 Annual General Meeting" dated 15 May 2013 in relation to, among other things, the "proposal to authorise the Company to carry out domestic and overseas financing activities", which was considered and approved at the 2012 annual general meeting of the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have been approved to carry out domestic or overseas financing activities of an aggregate amount not exceeding RMB30 billion.

Pursuant to the acceptance of registration notices (Zhongshixiezhu[2013]PNN No.306 and Zhongshixiezhu[2013]CP No.418) issued by the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors recently, the Company was approved to register a non-public issuance of financing instruments with an aggregate amount of RMB5 billion and short-term notes with an aggregate amount of RMB15 billion. Such registration amount will be valid for a term of 2 years from the date of the relevant acceptance of registration notices, during which period the Company may issue the financing instruments or short-term notes in multiple tranches.

The Company will carry out relevant work and make appropriate information disclosure in a timely manner.

By order of the board of directors Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited Zhang Baocai Director and Company Secretary

Zoucheng, Shandong Province, the PRC 31 October 2013

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors are Mr. Li Xiyong, Mr. Zhang Xinwen, Mr. Zhang Yingmin, Mr. Shi Xuerang, Mr. Wu Yuxiang, Mr. Zhang Baocai and Mr. Dong Yunqing, and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Wang Xianzheng, Mr. Cheng Faguang, Mr. Wang Xiaojun and Mr. Xue Youzhi.