Notice Of Issuing “Shanghai Stock Exchange Registration Guidelines For Announcement Category Of Information Disclosure” And Amending “SSE Index Table For Announcement Category Of Information Disclosure”

Information disclosure is a significant issue for listed companies. In order to help listed companies further understand the purpose and general principle for setting of announcement category of information disclosure and the basic requirement for registration of announcement category, so that they can choose the correct announcement category of information disclosure, avoid risks in relevant business practice in their information disclosure, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “SSE”) has formulated the “SSE Registration Guidelines for Announcement Category of Information Disclosure” (the “Guidelines”) on the basis of the “Explanations on Use of SSE Announcement Category of Information Disclosure” (Amended on August 15, 2013), as well as amended the “SSE Index Table for Announcement Category of Information Disclosure” (the “Index Table”). Relevant information is hereby notified as follows:

1. Major contents of the “Guidelines”

The “Guidelines” has 3 parts of “Setting of Announcement Category”, “Registration of Announcement Category” and “Frequently Asked Questions in Registration of Announcement Category” respectively. Parts of “Setting of Announcement Category” and “Registration of Announcement Category” mainly include the basic principles in setting announcement category and registration, while the part of “Frequently Asked Questions in Registration of Announcement Category” includes 46 possible problems in choosing announcement category in the form of questions and answers.

2. Major amendment contents of the “Index Table”

According to changes in business and needs in practice, the SSE adjusts the present announcement category by adding 21 new announcement categories and cancelling 5 announcement categories, amends 1 grade-I announcement category and 8 grade-II announcement categories, as well as combines 34 announcement categories into 13. After the adjustment, the “Index Table” presently has 36 grade-I announcement categories and 412 grade-II announcement categories.

The “Guidelines” and the amended “Index Table” will be put into effect from their announcement day, with relevant texts available for inquiry on the SSE’s website (http://www.sse.com.cn). Listed companies and relevant information disclosure personnel should fully study and comply with them in their implementation, and do a better job in their information disclosure and business operation application.