Stock code:000488 200488 Stock abbreviation:晨鸣纸业 晨鸣 B Announcement No.:2013-098 SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED 2013 Third Quarter Report I Important Notice The board of directors (the “Board”), the supervisory committee (the “Supervisory Committee”) and the directors (the “Directors”), supervisors (the “Supervisors”) and senior management (the “Senior Management”) of the Company hereby warrant the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents of the quarter report (the “Quarter Report”), and there are no false representations, misleading statements or material omissions contained in this Report, and are jointly and severally responsible for the liabilities of the Company. All Directors were present at the Board meeting to consider and approve this Quarter Report. Chen Hongguo, head of the Company, Wang Chunfang, head in charge of accounting and Dong Lianming, head of the accounting department (Accounting Officer), declare that they warrant the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the financial statements in the Quarter Report. — 1— II Major Financial Data and Change of Shareholders I. Major accounting data and financial indicators Retrospective adjustment to or restatement of the accounting data for prior years by the Company due to change of accounting policies and correction of accounting errors □ Yes No As at the end of Increase/decrease as at the end of the reporting As at the end of the reporting period compared to period the prior year the end of the prior year (%) Total assets (RMB) 48,057,436,453.06 47,725,421,927.39 0.70% Net assets attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 13,884,134,997.75 13,759,496,179.85 0.91% Increase/decrease for the period from the beginning of the Increase/decrease year to the end for the reporting of the reporting period compared From the period compared to the beginning of the to the corresponding year to the end corresponding The reporting period of the of the reporting period of the period prior year (%) period prior year (%) Revenue (RMB) 5,025,294,991.60 0.48% 15,053,196,350.03 0.59% Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 196,585,533.20 405.24% 529,995,044.93 298.03% Net profit after extraordinary gains or losses attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 144,121,060.94 373.25% 278,660,609.68 277.79% Net cash flows from operating activities (RMB) — — 1,044,925,354.18 209.34% Basic earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.0973 414.81% 0.26 333.33% Diluted earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.0973 414.81% 0.26 333.33% Rate of return on net assets on weighted average basis (%) 1.41% 1.12% 3.81% 2.82% — 2— Items and amounts of extraordinary gains or losses Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Am ounts for the period from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting Item period Note Profit or loss from disposal of -47,773,984.17 non-current assets (including write-off of provision for assets impairment) Government grants (except for the 123,234,689.37 government grants closely related to the normal operation of the company and granted constantly at a fixed amount or quantity in accordance with a certain standard based on state policies) accounted for in profit or loss for the current period Profit or loss from debt restructuring 100,794.27 Non-operating gains and losses other 287,547,361.52 than the above items Other gain or loss items within the 9,229,042.51 Gain or loss from definition of extraordinary gain or the change in fair loss value of timber assets measured at fair value Less: Effect of income tax 29,428,260.27 Effect of minority interests (after tax) 91,575,207.98 Total 251,334,435.25 — Notes for the Companys extraordinary gain or loss items as defined in the Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure for Companies Offering Their Securities to the Public No.1 - Extraordinary Gains or Losses and the extraordinary gain or loss items as illustrated in the Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure for Companies Offering Their Securities to the Public No.1 - Extraordinary Gains or Losses defined as its recurring gain or loss items. □ Applicable Not applicable — 3— II. Total number of shareholders and the shareholding of top ten shareholders as at the end of the reporting period Unit: Share The total number of shareholders was 136,792, of which Total number of shareholders at the end of the 107,495 were holders of A shares, 28,725 holders of B reporting period shares and 572 holders of H shares. Shareholding of top ten shareholders Share pledged Percentage Number of or locked-up of Number of restricted Status Nature of shareholding shares shares of Names of shareholders shareholders (%) held held shares Number HKSCC NOMINEES Overseas legal 18.90% 389,801,000 0 0 LIMITED person SHOUGUANG CHENMING State-owned 10.01% 206,403,657 0 0 HOLDINGS COMPANY legal person LIMITED Agreed repurchase earmarked Domestic 4.20% 86,600,000 0 0 account at GF non-state-owned SECURITIES CO., LTD. legal person Zhongrong International Trust Domestic 1.61% 33,294,538 0 0 Co., Ltd. — Haitong non-state-owned Umbrella Bao No. 1 legal person Securities Investment Assembled Funds Trust PLATINUM ASIA FUND Overseas legal 1.57% 32,341,052 0 0 person Caitong Fund — Everbright Domestic 1.22% 25,223,693 0 0 Bank — Yuan Mei No. 1 non-state-owned Assets Mangement legal person Programme BILL & MELINDA GATES Overseas legal 1.10% 22,757,391 0 0 FOUNDATION TRUST person Yunnan International Trust Domestic 0.67% 13,912,335 0 0 Co., Ltd. — Yunnan Trust non-state-owned Growth 2013 — No. 2 legal person Assembled Funds Trust Programme BBH A/C VANGUARD Overseas legal 0.58% 12,036,985 0 0 EMERGING MARKETS person STOCK INDEX FUND GE ASSET MANAGEMENT Overseas legal 0.52% 10,806,649 0 0 FUNDS PLC — GEAM person CHINA A SHARE FUND — 4— Shareholding of top ten shareholders of non-restricted shares Number of non-restricted Class of shares Names of shareholders shares held Class of shares Number HKSCC NOMINEES LIMITED 389,801,000 Overseas listed 389,801,000 foreign shares SHOUGUANG CHENMING 206,403,657 RMB ordinary 206,403,657 HOLDINGS COMPANY shares LIMITED Agreed repurchase earmarked 86,600,000 RMB ordinary 86,600,000 account at GF SECURITIES shares CO., LTD. Zhongrong International Trust 33,294,538 RMB ordinary 33,294,538 Co., Ltd. — Haitong Umbrella shares Bao No. 1 Securities Investment Assembled Funds Trust PLATINUM ASIA FUND 32,341,052 Domestic listed 32,341,052 foreign shares Caitong Fund — Everbright Bank 25,223,693 RMB ordinary 25,223,693 — Yuan Mei No. 1 Assets shares Management Programme BILL & MELINDA GATES 22,757,391 RMB ordinary 22,757,391 FOUNDATION TRUST shares Yunnan International Trust Co., 13,912,335 RMB ordinary 13,912,335 Ltd. — Yunnan Trust Growth shares 2013 — No. 2 Assembled Funds Trust Programme BBH A/C VANGUARD 12,036,985 Domestic listed 12,036,985 EMERGING MARKETS foreign shares STOCK INDEX FUND GE ASSET MANAGEMENT 10,806,649 RMB ordinary 10,806,649 FUNDS PLC — GEAM CHINA shares A SHARE FUND Connected relationship or Shouguang Chenming Holdings Company Limited, a connect-party relationship state-owned legal person shareholder, is not connected among the above shareholders with any of the shareholders in the above. It is not a person acting in concert under Administration of Disclosure of Information on the Change of Shareholdings in Listed Companies Procedures. Save in the above, it is not aware of any other shareholders of tradable shares are persons acting in concert and is also not aware of any other shareholders of tradable shares are connected with each others. — 5— Whether any shareholder of the Company engages in agreed repurchase trading during the reporting period Yes □ No Unit: share Shares repurchase Initially agreed trading during the As at the end of the Securities repurchase trading reporting period reporting period Beneficial broker Percentage shareholders company of participated in participated in Percentage Percentage Number of shareholding the trading the trading Number (%) Number (%) shareholding (%) Shouguang Chenming Holdings Company GF Securities Limited Co., Ltd. 86,600,000 4.20% 0 0 86,600,000 4.20% On 21 January 2013, Shouguang Chenming Holdings Company Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company, disposed of 86,600,000 shares, representing 4.20% of the total share capital of the Company through agreed repurchase type securities trading. GF Securities Co., Ltd. was the securities broker company which participated in the trading. The repurchase period is 1 year. During the reporting period, Chenming Holdings did not engage in repurchase trading. As at the end of the reporting period, GF Securities Co., Ltd. held, through the agreed repurchase earmarked account, 86,600,000 shares of the Company, representing 4.20% of the total share capital of the Company. — 6— III Material Matters I. Explanation of material changes in major accounting statement items and financial indicators during the reporting period (I) Analysis of asset and liability of the Company Unit: RMB Increase/ decrease Reason for Item 30 September 2013 31 December 2012 (%) the change Monetary funds 3,096,074,695.74 4,456,217,362.86 -30.52 (1) Bills receivable 2,468,497,924.42 1,852,478,364.46 33.25 (2) Long-term equity investments 88,033,350.81 356,796,777.78 -75.33 (3) Construction materials 104,309,031.41 75,054,992.09 38.98 (4) Disposal of fixed assets 57,556,908.85 287,309,818.03 -79.97 (5) Bills payable 637,110,790.59 1,285,627,762.07 -50.44 (6) Advance receipts 531,602,086.05 347,835,110.87 52.83 (7) Other payables 646,153,724.62 435,772,288.98 48.28 (8) Non-current liabilities due within one year 690,657,639.26 1,368,108,800.00 -49.52 (9) Interest payable 250,293,989.35 133,046,123.31 88.13 (10) Other current liabilities 1,823,805,728.56 17,659,498.56 10,227.62 (11) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Monetary funds decreased by 30.52% mainly due to a decrease in spot currency received by the Company and an increase in project investment during the reporting period. (2) Bills receivable increased by 33.25% mainly due to an increase in acceptance bills received by the Company during the reporting period. (3) Long-term equity investments decreased by 75.33% mainly due to the transfer of equity interests in our subsidiary, Shanghai Runchen Equity Investment Fund Co., Ltd. (4) Construction materials increased by 38.98% mainly due to an increase in materials for the Jilin Chenming relocation project. — 7— (5) Disposal of fixed assets decreased by 79.97% mainly due to the Jilin Chenming relocation project close to completion and the loss on disposal of fixed assets offset by special payables. (6) Bills payable decreased by 50.44% mainly due to a decrease in bank acceptance bills issued by the Company for payment for goods during the reporting period. (7) Advance receipts increased by 52.83% mainly due to the greater efforts made by the Company to gain customers and an increase in payment in advance from customers. (8) Other payables increased by 48.28% mainly due to an increase in security deposit and accrued expenses received by the Company. (9) Non-current liabilities due within one year decreased by 49.52% mainly due to the repayment of long-term borrowings by the Company. (10) Interest payable increased by 88.13% mainly due to the interest on medium-term notes and corporate bonds withdrawn by the Company. (11) Other current liabilities increased by 10,227.62% mainly due to the issue of short-term commercial paper of RMB1,800 million by the Company. — 8— (II) Explanation of the material changes in profit and loss items during the reporting period as compared to the corresponding period of the prior year Unit: RMB Increase/ January - September Corresponding period decrease Reason for Item 2013 of the prior year (%) the change Loss on impairment of assets -8,879,885.44 12,594,933.70 -170.50 (1) Profit or loss from change in fair value 9,229,042.51 15,457,198.72 -40.29 (2) Investment income 5,313,584.84 -5,971,012.39 188.99 (3) Non-operating income 432,438,516.55 331,966,255.18 30.27 (4) Non-operating expenses 62,821,989.23 10,063,384.59 524.26 (5) Income tax expenses 117,976,857.82 329,703.66 35,682.70 (6) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Loss on impairment of assets decreased by 170.50% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to a decrease in bad debt provisions as a result of account receivables items. (2) Profit or loss from change in fair value decreased by 40.29% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to the changes in fair value of forestry assets measured at fair value. (3) Investment income increased by 188.99% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to investment income of RMB5.1767 million arising from disposal of subsidiary and a decrease in loss incurred by associates. (4) Non-operating income increased by 30.27% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to compensation for the suspension of Wuhan Plant 1 and transfer of government subsidies. (5) Non-operating expenses increased by 524.26% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to the loss on disposal of accumulated and idle non-current assets. — 9— (6) Income tax expenses increased by 35,682.70% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to an increase in the income tax provision in accordance with the tax law as a result of increase in revenue in the market recovery. (7) Gross profit, net profits net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company and minority interests increased by 1,567.12%, 1,263.09%, 298.03% and 73.27% respectively from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to a decrease in production costs as compared to the corresponding period of the prior year by strengthening our internal control, an increase in sales of paper pulp as a result of active market development, as well as an increase in profit margin of the products. (III) Analysis of the cash flow during the reporting period Unit: RMB Am ounts for the Increase/ Am ounts for the corresponding period decrease Item reporting period of the prior year (%) Net cash flows from operating activities 1,044,925,354.18 337,787,337.65 209.34 Net cash flows from investing activities -1,676,114,442.20 -1,092,774,164.32 -53.38 Net cash flows from financing activities -1,120,946,082.01 -44,022,893.49 -2,446.28 Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Net cash flows from operating activities increased by 209.34% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to the greater efforts made by the Company to collect receivables as a result of an increase in cash received from sale of goods, as well as the higher percentage of payment for goods by bills by the Company. (2) Net cash flows from investing activities decreased by 53.38% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to an increase in new project investment as compared to the prior year. (3) Net cash flows from financing activities decreased by 2,446.28% from the corresponding period of the prior year mainly due to an increase in new projects as compared to the prior year and an increase in borrowings. — 10 — II. Progress of material matters and analysis of their effects and solutions 1. Particulars of repurchase of B shares by the Company On 12 December 2012, the Company convened the Third Extraordinary General Meeting, the Class Meeting for Holders of Domestic listed shares (A shares and B shares) and the Class Meeting for Holders of Overseas Listed Shares (H shares), on which resolutions in respect of repurchase of B shares by the Company were approved, respectively. On 26 February 2013, such repurchase of B shares by the Company had obtained the approval of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Company had issued announcements such as Repurchase Report which marked the commencement of repurchase. As of the end of this reporting period, the Company cumulatively repurchased 86,573,974 B shares, representing 4.1985% of the Companys total share capital. The highest repurchase price was HK$4.00 per share, while the lowest price was HK$3.38 per share. The total amount paid amounted to HK$330,911,185.31 (stamp duty and commission inclusive). 2. Particulars of repurchase of H shares by the Company On 21 August 2013, the Company convened the 2013 First Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2013 First Class Meeting for Holders of Domestic Listed Shares (A shares and B shares) and the 2013 First Class Meeting for Holders of Overseas Listed Shares (H shares), on which resolutions in respect of authorising the Board a general mandate to repurchase H shares of the Company were approved, respectively. On the following day, the Company made an announcement on the resolutions of the general meetings, and notice to creditors on repurchase of H shares of the Company and reduction of registered capital. On 10 October 2013, the Company received the reply letter Lu Shang Wu Wai Zi Zi No. [2013] 705 from the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province. It is preliminary agreed that the Company can repurchase not more than 39,127,000 issued overseas listed shares (H shares). The registered capital shall be reduced accordingly based on the actual number of the repurchased shares. Currently, the Company is processing relevant reply procedures with SAFE. As at the date of this report, the Company has not repurchased any shares yet. — 11 — 3. During the reporting period, Jiangxi Chenming, Economic and Technological Development Zone Branch Office of Nanchang Land Reserve Centre and Management Committee of Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone had entered into a Land Reserve Contract in respect of the State-owned Land Use Rights in Nanchang City. The land which is subject to land resumption was the 400 mu land where the plant of Jianxi Chenming was located. The minutes summary Hong Jing Guan Fa [2013] No. 40 explicitly specified that the basis of compensation of the acquisition for this land resumption was RMB230,000 per mu (include all buildings and fixtures erected on the land and relocation compensation), in aggregate of RMB92 million. The transaction is executed in accordance with the application of Jiangxi Chenming and the land reserve plan of Nanchang Municiapl Government. The land subject to land resumption is an idle land of Jiangxi Chenming. Therefore, the land resumption can help the Company fully utilise its land resources and maximise the benefit from our own resources. The compensation of the acquisition will be used to replenish the working capital of the Company. This land resumption will not have a material effect on the financial condition and operating results of the Company. 4. In order to construct the Zhanjiang Pulp Project, on 27 July 2006, the sixteenth meeting of the fourth session of the Board of the Company resolved to pass the resolutions in respect of the establishment of Zhanjiang Chenming Paper Pulp Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Zhanjiang Chenming”) and provision of part of guarantees for its bank loans. It is agreed that a loan for long-term project of RMB6,000 million from a syndicate of banks including China Development Bank and other banks will be applied upon the establishment of Zhanjiang Chenming. The loan is secured by the future assets of the project, with the remaining part being secured by the joint liability guarantee provided by the Company. During the reporting period, Zhanjiang Chenming and the syndicate of banks, in which China Development Bank as the lead bank and the agent bank, has completed the land mortgage registration. The secured land area was 1,733,335 sqaure metre and the secured loan amounted to RMB629,200,600, with a term from 25 March 2008 to 24 March 2023. The secured land registration number is Zhan Guo Yong (2009) No. 00013. — 12 — Tentative announcement Summary of material disclosure website matters Disclosure Date enquiry index Announcement on 22 August 2013 http://www.cninfo.com.cn/ Resolutions of the 2013 First Extraordinary General Meeting and 2013 First Class Meeting for Holders of Domestic Listed Shares (A shares and B shares) and the Class Meeting for Holders of Overseas Listed Shares (H shares) Announcement on the 20 January 2008 http://www.cninfo.com.cn/ Loan Contract entered into between Zhanjiang Chenming and a bank consortium Announcement on 29 July 2006 http://www.cninfo.com.cn/ Resolutions of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Board III. Undertakings made by the Company and shareholders interested in 5% or m ore of the shares of the Company made during the reporting period or bef ore the reporting period but subsisting to the reporting period Party Particul involved in Undertakin ars on Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking g date Term the Undertaking perform on change ance in Undertaking g in structure documents or shareholding alternation documents reconstructio n — 13 — Party Particul involved in Undertakin ars on Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking g date Term the Undertaking Shouguang (1) According to the plan on defective properties of the 16 January During perform made on Chenming Company, Shouguang Chenming Holdings 2008 the ance initial public Holdings Company Limited has issuance nted offering or Co., Ltd, guaranteed and undertaken that: according to the of H refinancing the application of the Company, for defective property(ies) shares, controlling owned by the Company and its holding company which no shareholder situated in the administrative area of Shouguang city, specific of the Shouguang Chenming Holdings will purchase term Company it(them) and have it (them) being transferred to itself pursuant to the law in accordance with the result of the related asset valuation if the Company decides to transfer and dispose of it(them) and there is no other transferee; (2) before the Company transfers and disposes of the defective properties pursuant to the law, if the defects cause the Company to incur any economic losses (including but not limited to damages, penalties and relocation costs), Shouguang Chenming Holdings will bear such economic losses; (3) during the corrective activities taken to the defective properties of buildings and land of subsidiaries of the Company situated outside the local areas (including the administrative area of Shouguang city), the economic losses such as penalties or relocation costs implemented by competent administrative authorities and borne by the subsidiaries arising from defects of insufficient title documents shall be paid pursuant to the law by Shouguang Chenming Holdings after verification. — 14 — Party Particul involved in Undertakin ars on Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking g date Term the Shouguang (1) Shouguang Chenming Holdings shall not engage, 22 May During perform Chenming whether solely, jointly, or by representing itself or any 2008 the ance Holdings other persons or companies, and shall not procure its issuance nted Co., Ltd, associates (as defined in The Listing Rules of Hong Kong of H the Stock Exchange) to engage, in any business which shares, controlling competes with the business of the Company and its no shareholder subsidiaries (“Chenming specific of the Group” or “we”) directly or indirectly, in any country term Company and region which our business exists (or any part of the world if in any form of electronics business), or in any business that directly or indirectly competes with Chenming Groups business which we operate from time to time (including but not limited to any business in the form of sole proprietorship, joint ventures or acquisitions, or holding interests directly or indirectly in such enterprises, or by any other means); (2) in the event that Shouguang Chenming Holdings is required by its business to, whether solely, jointly, or by representing itself or any other persons or companies, engage in business which directly or indirectly competes against Chenming Groups business, or obtain any business opportunity which directly or indirectly competes against Chenming Groups business, it shall endeavour to procure that Chenming Group shall have priority to obtain the right to operate such business or to obtain such business opportunity; (3) if Shouguang Chenming Holdings is in breach of the abovementioned undertakings, it shall — 15 — Party Particul involved in Undertakin ars on Undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking g date Term the indemnify us for any loss caused by such breach and perform the Company shall have the right to acquire all ance businesses of Shouguang Chenming Holdings, which directly or indirectly compete with the businesses of our Group, at market price or cost price (whichever price is lower); (4) Shouguang Chenming Holdings shall not make use of its position as the controlling shareholder (as defined in The Listing Rules of Hong Kong Stock Exchange) of our Group to jeopardise the legal interests of Chenming Group and its shareholders with other persons or companies or on their behalf. Other undertakings made to minority sharehold Yes ers of the Company Specific reasons Not applicable forperforme d timely? performance and further plans (if any) — 16 — IV. Estimate of the operating results for 2013 Warning of projection on cumulative net profit for the period between the beginning of the year to the end of the next reporting period to be at a loss or expected to have material changes as compared to the corresponding period of prior year and its explanation. □ Applicable Not applicable V. Registration report on reception of research investigations, communications and interviews during the reporting period Main topics of Class of discussion and Date of Place of Manner of parties Parties information reception reception reception accommodated accommodated provided 9 July 2013 Conference On-site Institution Minsheng Recent room of the research Tonghui Asset production and Company investigation Management operation of Co., Ltd. the Company 13 September Conference On-site Institution Everbright Recent 2013 room of the research Pramerica Fund production and Company investigation Management operation of Co., Ltd. the Company SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED 25 October 2013 — 17 —