CStone Pharmaceuticals — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Dec 22, 2015

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This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, the Notes. This announcement does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, any form of offer or solicitation in any place where such offer or solicitation are not permitted by law. This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into, or to any person resident and/or located in, any jurisdiction where such release, publication or distribution is unlawful.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No securities may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus. Such prospectus will contain detailed information about the company making the offer and management, as well as financial statements. No public offering of securities is to be made by the Company or Yancoal Resources in the United States.

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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

SETTLEMENT OF OFFER TO REPURCHASE FOR CASH ANY AND ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING US$550,000,000 5.730% GUARANTEED NOTES DUE 2022 ISSUED BY YANCOAL INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) (Stock code: 4552)

This annou ncementis mad e pu rsu antto the d isclosu re obligations u nd erP artX IV A of the Secu rities and Fu tu res O rd inance and Ru le 13.09(2)(a)of the Ru les Governingthe L istingof Secu rities onThe StockExchange ofH ongKongL imited .

Reference is mad e to the annou ncements of Y anzhou C oalM ining C ompany L imited (the “ Company ”) and Y ancoalInternationalResou rces D evelopmentC o.,L imited (“ Yancoal Resources ”)d ated 16 N ovember2015 (H ong Kong time),1 D ecember2015 (H ong Kong

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time) and 16 D ecember 2015 (H ong Kong time) in relation to the O ffer (the “ Announcements ”).C apitalised terms u sed in this annou ncement shallhave the same meanings as those d efined inthe A nnou ncements.

REPURCHASE AND SETTLEMENT

The C ompanyherebyannou nces that:

• (i) US$115,597 ,000 principalamou ntof the N otes,representingapproximately 21% of the US$550,000,000 totalaggregate principalamou ntof the N otes ou tstand ing,have been accepted forrepu rchase by Y ancoalResou rces (the “ Accepted Notes ”).Settlementof repu rchase ofthe A ccepted N otes was completed on 21 D ecember2015(N ew Y orkC ity time);

• (ii) the aggregate amou ntof consid eration (inclu d ingthe A ccru ed Interestin respectof the A ccepted N otes)paid by the C ompany in relation to the repu rchase of the A ccepted N otes pu rsu anttothe O fferwas approximatelyUS$104,103,28 7 ;

• (iii)the A ccepted N otes were cancelled by Y ancoalResou rces on 22 D ecember2015 (H ong Kongtime);and

• (iv) the principalamou nt of N otes remaining ou tstand ing after the cancellation of the A ccepted N otes is US$434,403,000.

Unless otherwise stated, all times and dates refer to New York City, United States times and dates.

B yord erofthe B oard Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited Li Xiyong Chairman of the Board

Zou cheng,Shand ongP rovince,the P RC 22 D ecember2015(H ongKongtime)

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Li Xiyong, Mr. Yin Mingde, Mr. Wu Yuxiang, Mr. Zhang Baocai, Mr. Wu Xiangqian and Mr. Jiang Qingquan, and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Wang Lijie, Mr. Jia Shaohua, Mr. Wang Xiaojun and Mr. Xue Youzhi.

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of Yancoal Resources are Mr. Li Xiyong, Mr. Lai Cunliang, Mr. Yin Mingde, Mr. Wu Yuxiang and Mr. Zhang Baocai.

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