CStone Pharmaceuticals — Earnings Release 2008

Jan 22, 2009

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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)

PRICE SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09(1) and Rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Reference is made to the estimated results of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Group”) for the year ended 31 December 2008 (the “Estimated Results”) as disclosed in the third quarterly Report of 2008 of the Company dated 24 October 2008. The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) wishes to announce a correction to the Estimated Results, details of which are set out as follows:

I. Estimated Results for this period

1. Period covered by the Estimated Results: 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008
2. The Estimated Results and their time of disclosure:

In its Price Sensitive Information and Overseas Regulatory Announcement dated 24 October 2008 and its third quarterly Report of 2008, the Company estimated, in accordance with the Accounting Principles in the PRC, that the net profit attributable to Shareholders will increase by more than 190% as compared with the same period of last year.

1. Correction to Estimated Results:

In accordance with the Accounting Principles in the PRC, it is estimated that the net profit attributable to Shareholders increased by more than 110% as compared with the same period of last year.

1. Whether the Estimated Results have been audited by certified public accountants: No.

II. The Group’s results of the corresponding period in 2007

1. Net profits attributable to shareholders of the Company: RMB2,693,298,106.
2. Basic earnings per share: RMB0.55 per share.

III. Reasons for the difference in the Estimated Results

1. Due to the current domestic and international economic situation, the reduction in the price of the coal products of the Company was greater than expected in the fourth quarter of 2008.
2. Due to the unexpected continual depreciation of the Australian Dollar, the exchange losses incurred by Yancoal Australia Pty. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, were greater than expected in 2008.
3. As a result of the continual decrease in domestic price levels in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company carried out some land requisitions and paid the related Cultivated Land Occupation Tax and compensation for attachments to the land in December 2008 in order to reduce the cost of relocating the village above the coal mine. This led to a larger than expected increase in the land subsidence compensation paid in 2008.

IV. Other related information

The Company and the Board apologise for any inconvenience caused by the correction to the Estimated Results.

In accordance with the 2008 Explanation on Accounting Standards for Enterprises issued by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, there will be a retroactive adjustment to the financial statement of the previous accounting year when the annual audited financial report of 2008 is prepared. For more concrete information please refer to the annual report of 2008 to be published by the Company.

The Estimated Results are estimated according to Accounting Principles in the PRC and overseas investors please pay attention to the investment risks arising from the differences with the International Financial Reporting Standards.

By order of the Board

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited

Wang Xin

Chairman of the Board

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.

Zoucheng, Shandong Province, the PRC

22 January 2009