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中 國 遠 洋 控 股 股 份 有 限 公 司

China COSCO Holdings Company Limited*

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

(Stock code : 1919)


Completion of Gratuitous Transfer of State-owned Shares


Reference is made to the announcements of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (the "Company") dated 28 December 2015 and 12 January 2016 in relation to the Proposed Transfer (the "Announcements"). Unless the context requires otherwise, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Announcements. The Proposed Transfer was approved by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on 12 January 2016.


The Company has recently received the Confirmation of Transfer Registration 《( 過

戶登記確認書》) issued by the Shanghai branch of China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporate Limited (中國証券登記結算有限責任公司) from COSCO Group, Beijing Chengtong, Wuhan Iron Group and CSSC, respectively, confirming that the registration procedures for the Proposed Transfer have been completed.


After completion of the Proposed Transfer, COSCO Group will hold 4,645,229,644 Shares, representing approximately 45.47% of the total issued shares of the Company, and will remain the controlling shareholder of the Company. Beijing Chengtong, Wuhan Iron Group and CSSC will hold 306,488,200 Shares, 250,000,000

Shares and 204,000,000 Shares, representing approximately 3.00%, 2.45% and 2.00% of the total issued shares of the Company, respectively.


By Order of the Board

China COSCO Holdings Company Limited Guo Huawei

Company Secretary


Beijing, the People's Republic of China 21 January 2016


As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. WAN Min2 (Chairman), Mr. LI Yunpeng1 (Vice Chairman), Ms. SUN Yueying2, Mr. SUN Jiakang1, Mr. YE Weilong1, Mr. WANG Yuhang2, Dr. FAN HSU Lai Tai, Rita3, Mr. KWONG Che Keung, Gordon3, Mr. Peter Guy BOWIE3 and Mr. YANG, Liang Yee Philip3.


1 Executive director

2 Non-executive director

3 Independent non-executive director


* For identification purpose only

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