PegBio Co., Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2018

Jan 19, 2018

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

==> picture [286 x 56] intentionally omitted <==

CMBC CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1141)

DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION IN RELATION TO SUBSCRIPTION FOR NOTES

On 19 January 2018, Credit Suisse AG Hong Kong Branch, the broker of the Company, has confirmed that the Notes in the subscription amount of US$8,000,000 was allocated to the order placed by the Company.

As one or more of the applicable percentage ratios (as defined under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules) in respect of the Subscription exceed(s) 5% but less than 25%, the Subscription constitutes a discloseable transaction of the Company and is subject to the reporting and announcement requirements under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules.

The order to subscribe

Date of confirmation: 19 January 2018

Parties: 1. The Company as subscriber

1. Credit Suisse AG Hong Kong Branch as broker

To the best of the information, knowledge and belief of the Directors, Credit Suisse AG Hong Kong Branch and its ultimate beneficial owners are Independent Third Parties.

– 1 –

The Subscription

On 19 January 2018, Credit Suisse AG Hong Kong Branch, the broker of the Company, has confirmed that the Notes in the subscription amount of US$8,000,000 was allocated to the order placed by the Company. The Group will fund the subscription amount under the Subscription from its internal resources.

Principal terms of the Notes

Issuer: Knight Castle Investments Limited Notes offered: US$200 million aggregate principal amount of 7.99% senior Notes due 2021 Offering price: 98.674% of the principal amount Maturity date: 23 January 2021 Interest: 7.99% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears Ranking of the Notes: The Notes are (1) general obligations of the Issuer; (2) senior in right of payment to any existing and future obligations of the Issuer expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; (3) at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer (subject to any priority rights of such unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness pursuant to applicable law); (4) guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors on a senior basis, subject to certain limitations under applicable law; (5) effectively subordinated to the secured obligations (if any) of the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the JV Subsidiary Guarantors (if any), to the extent of the value of the assets serving as security therefor; and (6) effectively subordinated to all existing and future obligations of the non-guarantor subsidiaries.

Parent Guarantee:

The Parent Guarantor will guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, the Notes (the “ Parent Guarantee ”).

– 2 –

Subsidiary guarantees:

Repurchase of Notes Upon a change of control triggering event:

Optional redemption:

Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and JV Subsidiary Guarantors, if any in the future, will, jointly and severally, guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, the Notes. There will be no initial Subsidiary Guarantors on the original issue date.

Not later than 30 days following a change of control triggering event, the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor will make an offer to purchase all outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest.

At any time prior to 23 January 2021, the Issuer may at its option redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus the applicable premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date.

At any time and from time to time prior to 23 January 2021, the Issuer may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of the common stock of the Parent Guarantor in an equity offering at a redemption price of 107.99% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued on the original issue date remains outstanding after each such redemption and any such redemption takes place within 60 days after the closing of the related equity offering.

Any redemption of Notes and notice of redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Issuer in its sole discretion) of one or more conditions precedent (including, in the case of a redemption related to an equity offering, the consummation of such equity offering and in the case of a repurchase upon a change of control triggering event, the occurrence of a change of control).

– 3 –

• Repurchase of Notes Upon a Upon completion of registration of the Parent Guarantee with SAFE Noncompliance Event: the Binzhou Centre Sub-branch of Shandong Branch of the SAFE (國家外匯管理局山東省分局濱州市中心支局), the Parent Guarantor will be required to deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate in a required form. If the registration is not completed on or prior to the 90th business day after the original issue date, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor will be required to make an offer to purchase all of the Notes with respect to which the SAFE noncompliance event has occurred at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

Transfer restrictions:

• The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws of the United States and will be subject to customary restrictions on transfer and resale.

Listing:

Application will be made to the SGX-ST for the listing of and quotation for the Notes on the SGX-ST.

INFORMATION OF THE ISSUER AND THE PARENT GUARANTOR

The Issuer is a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor. The Issuer’s primary purpose is to act as one of the Parent Guarantor’s financing subsidiaries to issue and hold the Notes. The Parent Guarantor is a company incorporated with limited liability in the PRC. The Parent Guarantor principally engages in the construction business in the PRC.

As at the date of this announcement, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, each of the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and their respective ultimate beneficial owners are Independent Third Parties.

INFORMATION OF THE GROUP

As at the date of this announcement, the Group is principally engaged in the securities business, investment and financing and asset management and advisory business.

REASONS AND BENEFITS FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION

The Directors believe that the Subscription is complementary to the Group’s development strategy and will generate stable income for the Group.

– 4 –

The Directors consider the terms of the Subscription are on normal commercial terms which are fair and reasonable and the Subscription is in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.

LISTING RULES IMPLICATIONS

As one or more of the applicable percentage ratios (as defined under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules) in respect of the Subscription exceed(s) 5% but less than 25%, the Subscription constitutes a discloseable transaction of the Company and is subject to the reporting and announcement requirements under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules.

DEFINITIONS

In this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise, the following expressions have the following meanings:

• “Company” CMBC Capital Holdings Limited (民銀資本控股有限公司), a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability and the issued shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1141)

• “Director(s)” the director(s) of the Company “Group” the Company and its subsidiaries “Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC “Independent Third any person(s) which or who is/are not connected person(s) of the Party(ies)” Company within the meaning ascribed thereto under the Listing Rules

• “Issuer” Knight Castle Investments Limited (爵堡投資有限公司), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands

• “JV Subsidiary certain non-wholly owned subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor that Guarantor(s)” may provide certain guarantee on the Notes

• “Listing Rules” the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange

– 5 –

“Notes”	the US$ denominated senior notes in the aggregate amount of
	US$200 million to be issued by the Issuer
“Parent Guarantor”	Shandong Sanxing Group Limited (山東三星集團有限公司), a
	company incorporated with limited liability in the PRC
“PRC”	the People’s Republic of China, for the purpose of this
	announcement, does not include Hong Kong, Macau Special
	Administrative Region and Taiwan
“SAFE”	State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC
“Securities Act”	the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
“SGX-ST”	The Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited
“Shareholder(s)”	holder(s) of the shares of the Company
“Stock Exchange”	The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
“Subscription”	the subscription for the Notes by the Company in the subscription
	amount of US$8,000,000
“Subsidiary Guarantor(s)”	certain subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor that may guarantee the
	Notes
“US$”	US dollars, the lawful currency of the United States
“%”	per cent.
	By order of the Board

CMBC Capital Holdings Limited Li Jinze Chairman

Hong Kong, 19 January 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Li Jinze, Mr. Ding Zhisuo and Mr. Ng Hoi Kam, the non-executive Directors are Mr. Ren Hailong and Mr. Liao Zhaohui, and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Lee, Cheuk Yin Dannis, Mr. Wu Bin and Mr. Wang Lihua.

– 6 –