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IMPORTANT NOTICE NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ANY PERSON OR ADDRESS IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY U.S. PERSONS. THIS OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO INVESTORS WHO ARE ADDRESSEES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. IMPORTANT: You must read the following before continuing. The following applies to the preliminary supplement to the offering circular following this page (the ‘‘Supplement’’), and you are therefore advised to read this carefully before reading, accessing or making any other use of this Supplement. In accessing this Supplement, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them any time you receive any information from us as a result of such access. NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE ‘‘SECURITIES ACT’’), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (‘‘REGULATION S’’), EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE OR LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS. THIS OFFERING IS MADE SOLELY IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS SUPPLEMENT MAY NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSON AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, AND IN PARTICULAR, MAY NOT BE FORWARDED TO ANY ADDRESS IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FORWARDING, DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS UNAUTHORISED. 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The materials relating to the offering of securities to which this Supplement relates do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the offering be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the underwriters or any affiliate of the underwriters is a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the offering shall be deemed to be made by the underwriters or such affiliate on behalf of the Issuer or the Guarantor (each as defined in this Supplement) in such jurisdiction. This Supplement has been sent to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none of the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners (each as defined in this Supplement) nor any person who controls any Joint Global Coordinator, Joint Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner, nor any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners or affiliate of any such person accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between this Supplement distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on request from the Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners. You are responsible for protecting against viruses and other destructive items. Your use of this electronic mail is at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that it is free from viruses and other items of a destructive nature. SUBJECT TO COMPLETION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PRELIMINARY SUPPLEMENT DATED 2 NOVEMBER 2017 HNA Group (International) Company Limited (incorporated with limited liability in Hong Kong) ities and is not U.S.$@@ @@ per cent. Guaranteed Notes due @@ issued under U.S.$3,000,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme dnoagreementshallbe unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by HNA Group Co., Limited (incorporated with limited liability in the People’s Republic of China) This Supplement (the ‘‘Supplement’’) to the Offering Circular dated 17 March 2015 (the ‘‘Offering Circular’’) is prepared in connection with the U.S.$3,000,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme (the ‘‘Programme’’) established by HNA Group (International) Company Limited (the ‘‘Issuer’’), and the U.S.$@@ @@ per cent. Guaranteed notes due @@ (the ‘‘Notes’’) issued by the Issuer under the Programme. This Supplement is supplemental to, forms part of and should be read in conjunction with, the Offering Circular. Terms defined in the Offering Circular have the same meaning when used in this Supplement. The Notes will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed (‘‘Guarantee of the Notes’’) by HNA Group Co., Limited (the ‘‘Guarantor’’). The Guarantor will enter into a deed of guarantee (the ‘‘Deed of Guarantee’’)on@@ 2017. The Guarantor will be required to register or cause to be registered with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (‘‘SAFE‘‘ )the Deed of Guarantee following the issue of the Notes in accordance with the Provision on Foreign Exchange Administration of Cross-Border Guarantees promulgated by SAFE. The Guarantor shall submit for registration the Deed of Guarantee within 15 China Business Days after its execution and complete the registration of the Deed of Guarantee with SAFE as soon as practicable and, in any event, before the Registration Deadline (being 30 China Business Days after @@ 2017 (the ‘‘Issue Date’’). Following the occurrence of a Non-Registration Event (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes), the Issuer shall redeem on the Non-Registration Event Redemption Date (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes) all, and not some only, of the Notes subject to the Non-Registration Event at fer or invitation shall be made or received, an the Early Redemption Amount (No Registration Event), together with accrued interest up to, but excluding the Non-Registration Event Redemption Date. The obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee of the Notes shall, save for such exceptions as may be provided by applicable legislation and subject to Conditions 5(a) of the Terms and Conditions of the Notes at all times rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. As the maturity of the Notes is less than one year and there are no conditions under the Terms and Conditions of the Notes which provide for an extension of maturity to more than one year, the Guarantor and the Notes will not be subject to any pre-issuance registration or post-issuance filing requirements with the National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC (‘‘NDRC’’) pursuant to the Circular on Promoting the Reform of the Filing and Registration System for Issuance of Foreign Debt by Enterprises(國家發展改革委關於推進企業發行外債備案登記制管理改革的通知 (發改外資[2015]2044號),the‘‘NDRC Circular’’) issued by the NDRC and which came into effect on 14 September 2015. Approval-in-principle has been received from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the ‘‘SGX-ST’’) for the listing and quotation of the Notes. There is no assurance that the application to the Official List of the SGX-ST for the listing of the Notes of any Series will be approved. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor accepts responsibility for the information contained in the Offering Circular and this Supplement. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantor (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in these Listing Particulars is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. The financial information and tables containing such information as at and for the years ended 31 December 2015 and 2016 included in the sections, ‘‘Description of the Issuer Group’’ and ‘‘Description of the Group’’ of this Supplement have been derived from the Group’s audited consolidated financial statements. The Notes will be represented by beneficial interest in a global note certificate (the ‘‘Global Note Certificate’’) in registered form, which will be registered in the name of a nominee for, and shall be deposited on or about the Issue Date, with a common depositary for Euroclear Bank SA/NV (‘‘Euroclear’’) and Clearstream Banking S.A. (‘‘Clearstream, Luxembourg’’). Beneficial interests in the Global Note Certificate will be shown on, and transfer thereof will be effected through, records maintained by Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. The provisions governing the exchange of interests in a Global Note for other Global Notes or Definitive Notes or a Global Note Certificate for Certificates are described in ‘‘Forms of Notes’’ in the Offering Circular. The Notes and the Guarantee of the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as tion where such offer or sale is not permitted.