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(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 6030) PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The board of directors (the "Board") of CITIC Securities Company Limited (the "Company") hereby announces that at the 18th Meeting of the 5th Session of the Board, the Board received resignation from each of Mr. TOKUCHI Tatsuhito and Mr. HUANG Weidong resigning as member of the executive committee of the Company (the "Executive Committee") due to personal reasons with immediate effect.
The Company and the Board would like to express sincere gratitude to Mr. TOKUCHI and Mr. HUANG for their valuable contribution to the Company in the long run, and look forward to their continuous attention on and support to the development of the Company.
Following the resignation of Mr. TOKUCHI and Mr. HUANG, the Board proposes to appoint Mr. LIU Wei, Mr. CHEN Jun and Mr. YAN Jianlin as members of the Executive Committee, provided that they have obtained the pre-requisite qualification of being senior management of securities companies from the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The management of the Company was authorised by the Board to proceed with the relevant application procedures for the aforementioned individuals.
The nomination committee of the Company has reviewed and considered the qualifications of Mr. LIU Wei, Mr. CHEN Jun and Mr. YAN Jianlin and was of the view that the proposed appointment of the aforesaid individuals as members of the Executive Committee complies with the relevant laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") and the provisions of the articles of association of the Company and accordingly, agreed to nominate the aforesaid individuals as candidates for members of the Executive Committee.
Prior to the appointment of Mr. LIU, Mr. CHEN and Mr. YAN having become effective, all the documents concerning the investment banking business and asset management business of the Company to be delivered externally or submitted to regulatory authorities that are subject to the execution of the Executive Committee, shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. WANG Dongming and President of the Company, Mr. CHENG Boming, respectively.

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The biographical details of the relevant candidates for members of the Executive Committee are set out as follows:

Mr. LIU Wei, 44, serves as a managing director and head of the fixed income department of the Company. Mr. LIU worked at China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company before joining the Company in May 1997. After joining the Company, he worked as deputy general manager of bonds issuance and underwriting department, head of the debt business line, member of the Investment Banking Committee, and was responsible for the debt and structured financing department under the Investment Banking Committee. Mr. LIU graduated from China University of Political Science and Law majoring in economic law in 1992 and obtained a bachelor's degree in law. Mr. CHEN Jun, 45, serves as a managing director with responsibility for investment banking business of the Company. Mr. CHEN previously worked at the School of Mathematics of Shandong University and the Shandong Office under the Career Development Bureau of People's Daily. He joined the Company in July 1997 and worked as assistant general manager and deputy general manager of Shandong Management Headquarter; he was one of the persons in charge of acquiring Wantong Securities Co., Ltd. and served as the general manager of CITIC Wantong Securities Co., Ltd. from 2003 to 2006; he was responsible for planning and setting up the corporate finance and development department of the company in September 2006 and served as the head of the department. Mr. CHEN graduated from Shandong University majoring in numerical mathematics and was granted a bachelor's degree in science in 1991, and obtained a master's degree in business administration from Shandong University in 2002 and a degree of executive master in business administration from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2012. Mr. YAN Jianlin, 44, serves as a managing director, member of the Investment Banking Committee, head of the merger business line of the Company, and head of investment banking business of CITIC Securities International Company Limited and director of CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited. Mr. Yan previously worked as deputy manager of the enterprise development department of China Construction Bank Yangpu branch, deputy general manager of Haikou Agriculture & Industry & Trade (Luoniushan) Co., Ltd., deputy general manager of Mission Hills Group in Hong Kong and general manager of Yangpu Xintian Hai'an Golf Management Company. After joining the Company in March 2006, he was responsible for the establishment of Real Estate and Financial Institutions Group and business line under investment banking; he was despatched to the United States to participate working exchanges with Morgan Stanley and CITIC Securities International Partners, Ltd. (CSIP) in 2009, a joint venture of the Company. Mr. Yan was awarded National Labour Medal in Finance in 2013. Mr. Yan graduated from Northwest University majoring in computational mathematics and application software and was granted a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1990. He graduated from Tianjin University majoring in infrastructure management engineering and was granted a master's degree in engineering in 1993 and obtained his doctor's degree in economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law majoring in industrial economics in 2003.

By Order of the Board

CITIC Securities Company Limited WANG Dongming Chairman

Beijing, the PRC
11 October 2013

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. WANG Dongming, Mr. CHENG Boming and Mr. YIN Ke; the non-executive directors are Mr. JU Weimin and Mr. FANG Jun; and the independent non-executive directors are Mr. WU Xiaoqiu, Mr. LEE Kong Wai, Conway, Mr. RAO Geping and Mr. WEI Benhua.

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