CStone Pharmaceuticals — Major Shareholding Notification 2006

Mar 22, 2006

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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 the Change in Shareholding Structure of the Company resulting from the Share Reform Plan by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China

The change in shareholding structure of the Company resulting from the share reform plan has been approved by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.

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

On 21 March 2006, Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “Company”) received from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China an “Approval and Reply in relation to the Transfer of Shares of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited” (Shang Zi Pi No. [2006] 910), pursuant to which the change in shareholding structure of the Company resulting from the share reform plan has been approved by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.

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

By order of the Board of Directors of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited

Zoucheng, Shandong Province, PRC, 22 March 2006

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As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Wang Xin, Mr. Geng Jiahuai, Mr. Yang Deyu, Mr. Shi Xuerang, Mr. Chen Changchun, Mr. Wu Yuxiang, Mr. Wang Xinkun, Mr. Chen Guangshui and Mr. Dong Yunqing, and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Pu Hongjiu, Mr. Cui Jianmin, Mr. Wang Xiaojun, Mr. Wang Quanxi.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in South China Morning Post.

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