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Central China Securities Co., Ltd.(a joint stock company incorporated in 2002 in Henan Province, the People's Republic of China with limited liability under the Chinese corporate name "中原證券股份有限公司" and carrying on business in Hong Kong as "中州證券")
This announcement is made by the Board of Central China Securities Co., Ltd. (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571, Laws of Hong Kong).
References are made to the announcements of the Company dated 29 September 2014, 14 November 2014, 1 December 2014, 5 December 2014, 19 October 2015, 7 December 2015,
29 December 2015, 2 February 2016, 23 March 2016, 22 June 2016, 29 September 2016, 14 October 2016, 4 November 2016, 9 November 2016, 18 November 2016, 25 November 2016, 8 December 2016 and 15 December 2016, and the circulars of the Company dated 29 October 2014, 20 November 2015, 8 March 2016 and 3 November 2016, relating to, among other things, the proposed A Share Issue and the relevant matters. Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used herein have the same meanings as defined in the circular of the Company dated 3 November 2016.
The Board is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the A Share Issue. The A Shares of the Company will be listed and commence trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 3 January 2017. Some of the key information in respect of the A Shares listing is as follows:
Place of listing : Shanghai Stock Exchange
Date of listing : 3 January 2017
Stock abbreviation : Central China Securities
Stock code : 601375
Total number of issued shares in the Company after the A Share Issue
: 3,923,734,700 shares
(comprising 1,250,029,000 H Shares and 2,673,705,700 A Shares)
In accordance with the stipulations of the relevant regulating authorities for the approval of the A Share Issue, all existing Domestic Shares of the Company issued before the A Share Issue have been registered with China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited as restricted circulating A Share, which save for the lock-up period, shall rank pari passu with other issued A Shares of the Company.
Announcements (Chinese version only) setting out the details of the A Share Issue has been published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn) and the website of the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk) on 30 December 2016.
Central China Securities Co., Ltd. Jian MingjunChairman
Henan, the PRC, 30 December 2016
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises executive Directors Mr. JIAN Mingjun and Mr. ZHOU Xiaoquan, non-executive Directors Mr. LI Xingjia, Mr. WANG Lixin, Mr. ZHANG Qiang, Mr. ZHANG Xiaoqi and Mr. YU Zeyang, and independent non-executive Directors Mr. YUAN Dejun, Mr. YUEN Chi Wai, Mr. NING Jincheng and Mr. YU Xugang.