CStone Pharmaceuticals — Capital/Financing Update 2017

Mar 29, 2017

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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 REGISTRATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF FINANCING INSTRUMENTS

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 2015 Annual General Meeting" dated 19 April 2016 of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the " Company "), the circular of the Company dated 25 April 2016 in relation to its 2015 annual general meeting and "Announcement in relation to the Resolutions Passed at the 2015 Annual General Meeting" dated 3 June 2016 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 2015 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 the equivalent of RMB60 billion.

Recently, the Company received the acceptance of registration notice (Zhongshixiezhu[2017]DFINo.4) (the " Notice ") from the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, in which the Company was approved to register issuance of financing instruments. Such registration will be valid for a term of 2 years from the date of the Notice, during which period the Company may issue super-short-term bonds, short-term bonds, medium-term notes and perpetual bonds in multiple tranches. Details such as lead underwriter, type of issue, size of issue and period of issue for any specific issue shall be determined at each issue. The Company will carry out relevant work and make appropriate information disclosure in a timely manner.

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By order of the board of directors Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited Li Xiyong Chairman of the Board

Zoucheng City, Shandong Province, the PRC 29 March 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Li Xiyong, Mr. Li Wei, Mr. Wu Xiangqian, Mr. Wu Yuxiang, Mr. Zhao Qingchun, Mr. Guo Dechun and Mr. Guojun, and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Kong Xiangguo, Mr. Jia Shaohua, Mr. Wang Xiaojun and Mr. Qi Anbang.

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