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Public Listing: Hong Kong Stock Exchange main board (HK: 03396) CORPORATE PROFILE Overview Founded in 1984, Legend Holdings is a leading diversified investment holding group. Headquartered in Beijing, China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Company has built an innovative ‘two-wheel-drive’ business model which combines both strategic and financial investments. Under the Chairmanship of the Company’s Founder, Mr Liu Chuanzhi, Legend Holdings has grown over the past 33 years into a globally respected, trusted and influential investment group. It has a track record of cultivating a number of leading companies across various industries, both in China and overseas. Strategic Investments Legend Holdings is committed to generating long-term value Support includes stewardship, with an emphasis on compliant creation through its strategic investments. The company aims governance, risk control and supervision. It also includes to invest in and develop a diverse global portfolio of large-scale, leveraging Legend Holdings’ broad international experience industry-leading companies that have sustainable and stable and deep understanding of global markets to offer advice long-term growth potential. It does this through a consistent and guidance, particularly in terms of international expansion approach that involves taking a controlling shareholding position strategies. The company is also committed to providing in order to provide long-term orientated value-added services. financial support to its portfolio companies to support growth plans and to assure corporate stability and resilience. The company does not seek to involve itself in the daily operations of its portfolio companies. Instead, Legend Holdings The company’s strategic investments are primarily targeted at aims to act primarily as a highly supportive shareholder four different target industry segments: through taking an active role on the Board of Directors to Financial Services. BIL will be Legend’s strategic investment help the management teams deliver on their identified • in Financial Services Industry. Legend anticipates to develop long-term strategies. BIL to become a pillar in Legend Group • IT • Innovative Consumer Services • Agriculture & Food A) Investment Portfolio Strategic investments have been made very selectively. These include Lenovo, which was founded under the brand name Legend in 1984. Over the past 30 years, Legend Holdings has nurtured Lenovo’s development into the world's leading personal computer vendor. Legend Holdings’ portfolio also includes leading Chinese enterprises such as CAR Inc., China’s largest car rental chain, and Lakala, China’s leading platform of comprehensive internet financial services. IT Financial Services Major Strategic Investments Innovative Consumer Services Agriculture and Food B) Financial Services Investment Portfolio Financial services is one of Legend Holdings’ target industries. The company has amassed significant financial services experience through its portfolio of strategic investments. This includes: Hankou Bank is a Chinese commercial Zhengqi Financial offers specialty financial Pension Insurance Corporation occupies bank with approximately 150 branches services such as direct loans and credit about a 30% market share of the UK and sub-branches in central China. Its total guarantees to over 2,000 small and wholesale pension insurance sector. It assets* amount to approximately CNY medium-sized companies. It has total has insured the benefits of over 130,000 212 billion (EUR 29 billion). assets* of approximately CNY 14.6 billion pension fund members and has around (EUR 2 billion). EUR 41 billion in assets*. * As of 2016 year-end. Calculated at FX rates of CNY 1: EUR 0.13628, GBP 1: EUR 1.1731, and USD 1: EUR 0.9506, the rates as at Lakala.com is an Internet-based financial JC Finance & Leasing is a direct financial 31st December 2016 services provider specialising in online leasing and sale leaseback provider and offline payment services and online focusing on companies in Chinese consumer lending, as well as credit rating growth sectors. It has approximately and wealth management services. CNY 1.5 billion (EUR 204 million) of It boasts tens of millions of customers. registered capital. Financial Investments The Company’s financial investments business includes angel, venture capital and private equity investment, covering all stages Angel of a company’s life cycle. These businesses are separately Investments overseen by three different Legend Holdings subsidiaries that combined have over CNY 100 billion (approximately EUR 13.6 billion) in total assets under management. Financial Venture Capital Investments Major limited partnerships of Legend Capital and Hony Capital include, amongst others, Temasek Holdings, Metlife, Manulife, China Life, the CPP Investment Board, China’s National Social Private Equity Security Fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Legend Star, founded in 2008, is one of China’s leading angel Legend Capital is a leading venture capital firm in China. It investment institutions. It manages over 160 investment projects manages eight USD funds and eight CNY funds with AuM under two funds worth CNY 1.1 billion* (EUR 150 million). of approximately EUR 2.04 billion and EUR 2.23 billion*, respectively, focus on China and cross-border opportunities. Hony Capital is China’s leading private equity institution. It * As of 2016 year-end. Calculated at FX rates of CNY 1: EUR 0.13628, manages six USD and six CNY funds with AuM of EUR 5.8 billion GBP 1: EUR 1.1731, and USD 1: EUR 0.9506, the rates as at 31st and EUR 3.2 billion*, respectively. December 2016 Key Financials Investors Legend Holdings has a diversified range of shareholders. 2016 Annual Report These include CAS Holdings, an investment holdings company of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Lian Chi Zhi Yuan, CNY bn EUR bn* formerly the employee shareholding trust; China Oceanwide Holdings, a Chinese privately owned investment company; Revenue 306.953 ~42.5 as well as individual shareholdings held by core management team members and other key staff of the Company. Net profit 7.985 ~1.1 Total assets 322.259 ~43.9 * Calculated at 2016 average FX rate of CNY 1: EUR 0.13865, and as at 31st December 2016 FX rate of CNY 1: EUR 0.13628.