SUMMARY. The Offer Shares initially offered under the International Offering have been very significantly over-subscribed.

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1 SUMMARY 800,946 valid applications have been received pursuant to the Hong Kong Public Offering for a total of 50,035,749,500 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares, equivalent to approximately 293 times of the total number of 170,600,000 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares initially available for subscription under the Hong Kong Public Offering. The Offer Shares initially offered under the International Offering have been very significantly over-subscribed. Due to the over-subscription in the Hong Kong Public Offering, the clawback mechanism has been applied and the number of Offer Shares allocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering has been increased to 426,500,000 Offer Shares, representing 25% of the total number of Offer Shares initially available under the Global Offering (before any exercise of the Over-allotment Option). In relation to the Hong Kong Public Offering, the results of allocations and the Hong Kong identity card/passport/hong Kong Business Registration numbers of successful applicants under the Hong Kong Public Offer will be made available at the times and date and in the manner specified below: our announcement on the website of the Company at and on the website of the Stock Exchange at on Wednesday, 12 March 2008; the Company s Hong Kong Public Offering website at on a 24-hour basis from 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 12 March 2008 to 12:00 midnight on Tuesday, 18 March 2008; the Company s Hong Kong Public Offering allocation results telephone enquiry line at between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. from Wednesday, 12 March 2008 to Saturday, 15 March 2008; special allocation results booklets at all the receiving bank branches and subbranches listed in this announcement at the addresses set out herein during opening hours of individual branches and sub-branches from Wednesday, 12 March 2008 to Friday, 14 March Page 3

2 Applicants who apply for and are successfully allocated 1,000,000 or more Hong Kong Offer Shares using White Form eipo or using WHITE Application Forms and have indicated their intention in their WHITE Application Forms to collect their H Share certificates in person may collect their H Share certificates in person from Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops , 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 March, H Share certificates for Hong Kong Public Offer Shares allotted to applicants using WHITE Application Forms or White Form eipo which are either not available for personal collection, or which are so available but are not collected in person, are expected to be despatched by ordinary post to those entitled at their own risk on Wednesday, 12 March H Share certificates for Hong Kong Public Offer Shares allotted to applicants using YELLOW Application Forms and those who applied by giving electronic application instructions to HKSCC are expected to be deposited into CCASS for credit to their CCASS Investor Participant stock accounts or their designated CCASS Participants stock accounts at the close of business on Wednesday, 12 March Applicants who have applied for 1,000,000 Hong Kong Offer Shares or above using White Form eipo or using WHITE or YELLOW Application Forms and have indicated their intention in their Application Forms to collect their refund cheques in person may collect refund cheques (if any) in person from Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops , 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 March Refund cheques for wholly or partially unsuccessful applicants which are either not available for personal collection or which are so available but are not collected in person, are expected to be despatched by ordinary post to those entitled at their own risk on Wednesday, 12 March Refund monies for applicants applying by giving electronic application instructions to HKSCC are expected to be credited to the relevant applicants designated bank account or the designated bank account of their broker or custodian on Wednesday, 12 March Page 4

3 Baytree Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, Bokon Investment Limited has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, China Life Insurance Company Limited has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, Chow Tai Fook Nominee Limited has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, Fulland Enterprises Corp has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, Gaoling Yali Feeder Ltd. has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, Karasell International Limited has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, Silver Crescent Investment Holdings Ltd has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares and The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd has purchased 36,401,500 H Shares, representing in aggregate 2.7% of the Company s total issued share capital following the completion of the A Share Offering and the Global Offering assuming the Over-allotment Option is not exercised. The number of H Shares allocated to the placees under the International Offering include over-allocation of 255,900,000. Dealings in the H Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are expected to commence at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 13 March The H Shares will be traded in board lots of 500 Shares each. Page 5

4 APPLICATIONS AND INDICATIONS OF INTEREST RECEIVED The Directors announce that at the close of the application lists at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 5 March, 2008, a total of 800,946 valid applications (including electronic application instructions given to HKSCC) have been received pursuant to the Hong Kong Public Offering for a total of 50,035,749,500 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares, equivalent to approximately 293 times the total number of 170,600,000 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares initially available under the Hong Kong Public Offering. Due to the over subscription in the Hong Kong Public Offering, the clawback mechanism has been applied and the number of Offer Shares allocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering has been increased to 426,500,000 Offer Shares, representing 25% of the total number of Offer Shares initially available under the Global Offering (before any exercise of the Over-allotment Option). Of the 800,946 valid applications on WHITE and YELLOW Application Forms or to the designated eipo Service Provider through White Form eipo Service ( and by electronic application instructions given to HKSCC for a total of 50,035,749,500 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares, a total of 786,650 applications in respect of a total of 12,626,549,500 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares were for Hong Kong Public Offer Shares with an aggregate subscription amount based on the maximum offer price of HK$10.70 per Offer Share (excluding brokerage of 1%, SFC transaction levy of 0.004% and Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading fee of 0.005% payable) of HK$5 million or less (representing approximately 148 times the 85,300,000 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares initially comprised in Pool A), and a total of 14,296 applications in respect of a total of 37,409,200,000 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares were for Hong Kong Public Offer Shares with an aggregate subscription amount based on the maximum offer price of HK$10.70 per Offer Share (excluding brokerage of 1%, SFC transaction levy of 0.004% and Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading fee of 0.005% payable) of more than HK$5 million (representing approximately 438 times the 85,300,000 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares initially comprised in Pool B). Applications not completed in accordance with the instructions set out in the Application Forms have been rejected. 1,222 multiple applications or suspected multiple applications have been identified and rejected. 1,818 applications have been rejected due to bounced cheques. 352 applications have been rejected due to invalid applications. No applications for more than 50% of the Hong Kong Offer Shares initially available under the Hong Kong Public Offer (that is, more than 85,300,000) have been identified. No application for more than 85,300,000 Hong Kong Public Offer Shares has been identified. The Offer Shares offered in the Hong Kong Public Offering were conditionally allocated on the basis set out in the paragraph headed Basis of Allotment under the Hong Kong Public Offering below. Page 6

5 Based on the Offer Price of HK$10.70 per Offer Share and pursuant to the corporate placing agreements with our corporate investors, each of Baytree Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd, Bokon Investment Limited, China Life Insurance Company Limited, Chow Tai Fook Nominee Limited Fulland Enterprises Corp, Gaoling Yali Feeder Ltd., Karasell International Limited, Silver Crescent Investment Holdings Ltd and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd have each agreed to purchase 36,401,500 H Shares representing approximately 0.3% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company before any exercise of the Over-allotment Option under the Global Offering. The Directors further announce that the Offer Shares initially offered under the International Offering have been very significantly over-subscribed. The Company has granted to the International Underwriters the Over-allotment Option exercisable by CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Ltd., Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited and Macquarie Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the International Underwriters within 30 days from last day for the lodging of applications, under the Hong Kong Public Offering to require the Company to allot and issue up to an aggregate of 255,900,000 additional H Shares at the Offer Price to cover over-allocations in the International Offering. The Over-allotment Option has not yet been exercised. If the Overallotment Option is exercised, a press announcement will be made. The Directors confirm that no Hong Kong Public Offer Shares have been allocated to applicants who are connected persons of the Company within the meaning of the Hong Kong Listing Rules for their own accounts. The International Offering is in compliance with the placing guidelines for equity securities as set out in Appendix 6 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules. None of the Joint Sponsors and the Underwriters has taken up any H Shares for its own benefit under the Global Offering. None of the placees under the International Offering will become a substantial shareholder of the Company after the International Offering within the meaning of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. BASIS OF ALLOTMENT UNDER THE HONG KONG PUBLIC OFFERING Due to the over-subscription in the Hong Kong Public Offering, the clawback mechanism has been applied and the number of Offer Shares allocated to the Hong Kong Public Offering has been increased to 426,500,000 Offer Shares, comprising, in turn, 213,250,000 Offer Shares in Pool A and 213,250,000 Offer Shares in Pool B, representing in aggregate approximately 25% of the total number of Offer Shares initially available under the Global Offering (before any exercise of the Over-Allotment Option). Valid applications made by the public on WHITE and YELLOW Application Forms and by electronic application instructions given to HKSCC and to the eipo Service Provider through the White Form eipo will be conditionally allotted on the basis set out below: Page 7