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Parties Involved in the Global Offering PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL OFFERING Name Address Nationality DIRECTORS A1A(41)(1) 3rd Sch 6 XIAO Gang Room 201, Door 1, Building No. 10 Chinese Fenghui Yuan Xicheng District, Beijing PRC LI Lihui Room 2-601, Building No. 12 Chinese Fenghui Yuan Xicheng District, Beijing PRC ZHANG Jinghua No. 96, Enjizhuang Chinese Haidian, Beijing PRC YU Erniu Room 1501, No. 6 Building Chinese No. 11 Yard Wanshouyuan Xi Street Jia Wan Shou Road Haidian District, Beijing PRC ZHU Yan Room 301-1-7, No. 1 Yard Chinese Cuihua Street Xicheng District, Beijing PRC ZHANG Xinze No. 904, Building No. 23 Chinese Daoxiangyuan Haidian District, Beijing PRC HONG Zhihua No. 2, Room 1003 Chinese Xizhimen North Street No. 45 Beijing PRC HUANG Haibo Room 603, No. 6 Building Chinese Kangleli Xuanwu District, Beijing PRC 52 PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL OFFERING Name Address Nationality Sir Frederick Anderson GOODWIN Gogarpark House British Gogarburn Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 1RB United Kingdom(1) SEAH Lim Huat Peter(2) 45 Binjai Park Singaporean Singapore 589845 HUA Qingshan Room 401, Unit 5, Building No. 2 Chinese 33 Taipusi Street Xicheng District, Beijing PRC LI Zaohang Room 401, 3-4 Building Chinese Fenghui Yuan Xicheng District, Beijing PRC Independent Non-Executive Directors Anthony Francis NEOH 22A, Block 4, Cavendish Heights Chinese Perkins Road, Hong Kong William Peter COOKE Oak Lodge, Maltmans Lane British Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 8RP United Kingdom Patrick de SAINT-AIGNAN 13 Seneca Trail American Harrison, New York 10528 USA Alberto TOGNI(2) Schiedhaldenstrasse 16 Swiss Ch-8700 Kusnacht£ Switzerland (1) Business address. We have applied for, and the SFC has granted, an exemption pursuant to Section 342A of the Companies Ordinance from strict compliance with Section 342(1)(b) and Paragraph 6 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Companies Ordinance in relation to the disclosure of the residential address of Sir Frederick Goodwin on the basis that such disclosure would be unduly burdensome. Sir Frederick Goodwin is a well-established public Ñgure in the United Kingdom and has been granted a ConÑdentiality Order by the Department of Trade and Industry in the United Kingdom in connection with the disclosure of his residential address. As a result of this and his particular circumstances, the business address of Sir Frederick Goodwin is disclosed in place of his residential address. (2) Subject to the approval of the CBRC. 53 PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL OFFERING Name Address Nationality SUPERVISORS Supervisors LIU Ziqiang Room 4-4-201, Picai Hutong Chinese Fenghui Yuan Xicheng District, Beijing PRC WANG Xueqiang Room 708, Building Jia No. 56 Chinese Li Shi Road North Xicheng District, Beijing PRC LIU Wanming Room 4-202, No. 1 Building Chinese No. 11 West Street, Wan Shou Road Haidian District, Beijing PRC Employee Supervisors LI Chunyu Room 22-6-301, Fa Hua South Lane Chinese Chongwen District, Beijing PRC LIU Dun No. 29, Room 1-1-302, Zhangpu Road Chinese Qingdao PRC 54 PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL OFFERING Name Address PARTIES INVOLVED Joint Global Coordinators, Joint BOCI Asia Limited A1A(15)(2)( Bookrunners, Joint Sponsors and 26th Floor A1A(3) Joint Lead Managers Bank of China Tower 1 Garden Road Hong Kong Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 68th Floor Cheung Kong Center 2 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong UBS AG acting through its business group, UBS Investment Bank 52nd Floor Two International Finance Centre 8 Finance Street, Central Hong Kong Reporting Accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers A1A(4) CertiÑed Public Accountants, Hong Kong 3rd Sch 18 22nd Floor Prince's Building Central Hong Kong Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CertiÑed Public Accountants Limited Company 11th Floor PricewaterhouseCoopers Center 202 Hu Bin Road Shanghai 200021, PRC Legal Advisers to Bank of China as to Hong Kong law: A1A(3) FreshÑelds Bruckhaus Deringer 11th Floor Two Exchange Square Hong Kong as to United States law: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 28th Floor Nine Queen's Road Central Hong Kong 55 PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL OFFERING Name Address as to PRC law: Jun He Law OÇces 20th Floor China Resources Building 8 Jianguomenbei Avenue Beijing 100005, PRC Legal Advisers to the Underwriters as to Hong Kong law: A1A(3) Allen & Overy 9th Floor Three Exchange Square Central, Hong Kong as to United States law: Shearman & Sterling LLP 12th Floor Gloucester Tower The Landmark, 11 Pedder Street Central, Hong Kong as to PRC law: King & Wood 40th Floor, OÇce Tower A Beijing Fortune Plaza 7 Dongsanhuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District Beijing 100020, PRC Property Valuers American Appraisal China Limited Units 1506-1510, 15/F Dah Sing Financial Centre 108 Gloucester Road Wanchai, Hong Kong Grant Sherman Appraisal Limited Room 904 Harbour Centre 25 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong Receiving Bankers Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited A1A(15)(2)( Bank of China Tower 1 Garden Road Hong Kong Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch 20 Pedder Street Central Hong Kong 56 PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL OFFERING Name Address The Bank of East Asia, Limited 10 Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Level 30 HSBC Main Building 1 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited 33/F, ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road Central Hong Kong Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited 13th Floor, 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong 57.
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