Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Stock code:000488 200488 Stock abbreviation:Chenming Paper Chenming B Announcement No.:2016-054 SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED * 2016 First Quarterly Report — 1 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited I Important Notice The board of directors (the “Board”), the supervisory committee (the “Supervisory Committee”), the directors (the “Directors”), supervisors (the “Supervisors”) and senior management (the “Senior Management”) of the Company hereby warrant that the contents of this quarterly report are true, accurate and complete, and there are no false representations, misleading statements or material omissions, 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 quarterly report. Chen Hongguo, the head of the Company, Dong Lianming, the head in charge of accounting, and Li Dong, the head of the accounting department (Accounting Officer), declare that they warrant the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the financial statements in this quarterly report. — 2 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 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 Increase/decrease compared to the corresponding The reporting Corresponding period of the period period of prior year prior year Revenue (RMB) 4,951,931,256.74 4,456,654,640.64 11.11% Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 402,131,344.77 96,137,359.80 318.29% Net profit after extraordinary gains or losses attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 292,898,560.63 47,531,100.97 516.23% Net cash flows from operating activities (RMB) -3,936,890,898.29 -549,893,745.34 -615.94% Basic earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.18 0.05 260.00% Diluted earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.18 0.05 260.00% Rate of return on net assets on weighted average basis 2.48% 0.69% 1.79% Increase/decrease as at the end of the reporting period As at the end of As at the end of compared to the end the reporting period the prior year of the prior year Total assets (RMB) 83,937,169,224.58 77,961,699,547.59 7.66% Net assets attributable to shareholders of the Company (RMB) 19,542,206,733.20 16,871,494,584.82 15.83% — 3 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 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 non-current assets (including write-off of provision for assets impairment) 423,932.82 Government grants (except for the 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 116,605,070.58 Gain or loss from debt restructuring -76,923.05 Gain or loss on external entrusted loans 22,750,000.00 Non-operating income and expenses other than the above items 3,416,483.00 Less: Effect of income tax 33,499,392.38 Effect of minority interest (after tax) 386,386.83 Total 109,232,784.14 — Notes for the Company’s 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 No extraordinary gain or loss items as defined or illustrated in the Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure for Companies Offering Their Securities to the Public No.1 - Extraordinary Gains or Losses were defined by the Company as its recurring gain or loss items during the reporting period. — 4 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited II. Total number of shareholders and the shareholding of the top ten shareholders as at the end of the reporting period 1. Number of shareholders of ordinary shares and shareholders of preference shares with restored voting rights and the shareholding of the top ten shareholders Unit: share Total number of shareholders 101,938, of which 75,712 were Total number of shareholders of 0 of ordinary shares as at holders of A shares, 25,722 preference shares with restored the end of the reporting were holders of B shares and voting right as at the end of the period 504 were holders of H shares reporting period (if any) Shareholding of top 10 shareholders Share pledged or Number of locked-up Nature of Percentage of Number of restricted Status of Name of shareholders shareholders shareholding shares held shares held shares Number SHOUGUANG CHENMING State-owned legal 15.13% 293,003,657 0 Pledged 120,000,000 HOLDINGS COMPANY person LIMITED HKSCC NOMINEES Overseas legal 14.03% 271,771,900 0 LIMITED person CHENMING HOLDINGS Overseas legal 5.22% 101,110,923 0 (HONG KONG) LIMITED person CENTRAL HUIJIN ASSET State-owned legal 2.07% 40,137,900 0 MANAGEMENT LTD. person NATIONAL SOCIAL Funds, wealth 1.51% 29,261,612 0 SECURITY FUND 110 management products etc. HUATAI SECURITIES CO., Domestic ordinary 1.10% 21,262,114 0 LTD. legal person CHINA CONSTRUCTION Funds, wealth 0.58% 11,253,971 0 BANK CORPORATION — management ABC-CA SMALL AND products etc. MEDIUM CAP EQUITY FUND BOSERA FUNDS — BANK Funds, wealth 0.52% 10,000,000 0 OF CHINA — PING AN management LIFE INSURANCE — products etc. PING AN LIFE INSURANCE ENTRUSTED INVESTMENT NO.1 ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK Funds, wealth 0.51% 9,905,595 0 OF CHINA CO., LTD. — management ABC-CA CONSUMPTION products etc. THEME EQUITY FUND BBH A/C VANGUARD Overseas legal 0.44% 8,608,238 0 EMERGING MARKETS person STOCK INDEX FUND — 5 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Shareholding of the top ten shareholders of non-restricted shares Number of non-restricted Class of shares Name of shareholders shares held Class of shares Number SHOUGUANG CHENMING HOLDINGS COMPANY 293,003,657 RMB ordinary 293,003,657 LIMITED shares HKSCC NOMINEES LIMITED 271,771,900 Overseas listed 271,771,900 foreign shares CHENMING HOLDINGS (HONG KONG) LIMITED 101,110,923 Domestic listed 21,910,923 foreign shares Overseas listed 79,200,000 foreign shares CENTRAL HUIJIN ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. 40,137,900 RMB ordinary 40,137,900 shares NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY FUND 110 29,261,612 RMB ordinary 29,261,612 shares HUATAI SECURITIES CO., LTD. 21,262,114 RMB ordinary 21,262,114 shares CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION — 11,253,971 RMB ordinary 11,253,971 ABC-CA SMALL AND MEDIUM CAP EQUITY FUND shares BOSERA FUNDS-BANK OF CHINA — PING AN LIFE 10,000,000 RMB ordinary 10,000,000 INSURANCE — PING AN LIFE INSURANCE shares ENTRUSTED INVESTMENT NO.1 ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK OF CHINA CO., LTD. — ABC- 9,905,595 RMB ordinary 9,905,595 CA CONSUMPTION THEME EQUITY FUND shares BBH A/C VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS STOCK 8,608,238 Domestic listed 8,608,238 INDEX FUND foreign shares Connected relationship or connected party relationship A shareholder, Chenming Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, among the above shareholders which is an overseas legal person, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a shareholder, Shouguang Chenming Holdings Company Limited, which is a state-owned legal person. Hence they are persons acting in concert under Administration of Disclosure of Information on the Change of Shareholding in Listed Companies Procedures. Save for the above, it is not aware that any other shareholders of tradable shares are persons acting in concert and it is also not aware that any other shareholders of tradable shares are connected with each other. Whether an agreed repurchase transaction was entered into during the reporting period by the top 10 ordinary shareholders and top 10 shareholders of non- restricted shares of the Company □ Yes √ No The top 10 ordinary shareholders and top 10 shareholders of non-restricted ordinary shares of the Company did not enter into any agreed repurchase transaction during the reporting period. — 6 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 2. Total number of shareholders of preference shares and shareholding of the top ten shareholders of preference shares √ Applicable □ No applicable Unit: share Total number of shareholders of preference shares as at the end of the reporting period 5 Shareholding of the top ten shareholders of preference shares Share pledged or Number of locked-up Nature of Percentage of Number of restricted Status of Name of shareholders shareholders shareholding shares held shares held shares Number GUOXIN LEASING CO., Domestic ordinary 35.56% 8,000,000 0 — — LTD. legal person QILU BANK CO., LTD. — Fund, wealth 26.67% 6,000,000 0 — — QILU BANK QUANXIN management WEALTH product etc. MANAGEMENT PRODUCT SERIES LAIWU GUANGYANG Domestic ordinary 20.00% 4,500,000 0 — — INVESTMENT CO., LTD. legal person SHANDONG DONGTAI Domestic ordinary 8.89% 2,000,000 0 — — IMPORT AND EXPORT legal person CO., LTD. SHANDONG TAISHAN Domestic ordinary 8.89% 2,000,000 0 — — STEEL GROUP legal person COMPANY LIMITED Shareholding of the top ten shareholders of non-restricted preference shares Total number of non-restricted Name of shareholders preference shares held GUOXIN LEASING CO., LTD. 8,000,000 QILU BANK CO., LTD. — QILU BANK QUANXIN WEALTH 6,000,000 MANAGEMENT PRODUCT SERIES LAIWU GUANGYANG INVESTMENT CO., LTD. 4,500,000 SHANDONG DONGTAI IMPORT AND EXPORT CO., LTD. 2,000,000 SHANDONG TAISHAN STEEL GROUP COMPANY LIMITED 2,000,000 Connected relationship or connected party relationship among the above It is not aware that the above shareholders shareholders of preference shares are persons acting in concert and it is also not aware that the above shareholders of preference shares are connected with each other. — 7 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited III Material matters I. Details and reasons for changes of major accounting statement items and financial indicators during the reporting period √ Applicable □ Not applicable (I) Analysis of the assets and liabilities of the Company Unit: RMB Reason for Item 31 March 2016 31 December 2015 Change change Prepayments 1,677,854,473.94 1,072,990,234.05 56.37% (1) Non-current assets due within one year 4,301,273,250.54 2,893,133,653.86 48.67% (2) Other current assets 9,474,404,485.90 7,582,839,356.54 24.95% (3) Staff remuneration payables 149,143,065.75 205,840,694.03 -27.54% (4) Interest payable 268,753,198.21 150,075,698.23 79.08% (5) Long-term payables 575,500,000.00 344,000,000.00 67.30% (6) Special payables 281,039,716.66 176,983,516.66 58.79% (7) Other equity instruments 4,821,550,000.00 2,582,800,000.00 86.68% (8) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Prepayments increased by 56.37% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to an increase in prepayments for raw materials. (2) Non-current assets due within one year increased by 48.67% as compared with the beginning of the year mainly due to an increase in long term finance lease payments due within one year. (3) Other current assets increased by 24.95% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to an increase in receivables under financial lease due within one year. (4) Staff remuneration payables decreased by 27.54% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to the payment of year-end bonus at the beginning of the year. — 8 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited (5) Interest payables increased by 79.08% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to the accrued interests of corporate bonds and medium- term notes. (6) Long-term payables increased by 67.30% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to the special funds from China Development Bank of RMB200 million received by Zhanjiang Chenming, a subsidiary of the Company. (7) Special payables increased by 58.79% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to the government special fund of RMB104 million received by Huanggang Chenming, a subsidiary of the Company. (8) Other equity instruments increased by 86.68% as compared to the beginning of the year mainly due to the issue of preference shares in the amount of RMB2,250 million. (II) Reasons for significant year on year changes of income statement items during the reporting period Unit: RMB Reasons Item January - March 2016 January - March 2015 Change for change Business taxes and surcharges 35,522,816.60 20,088,579.62 76.83% (1) Finance expenses 492,709,119.49 297,978,452.89 65.35% (2) Investment income 14,515,005.16 23,610,110.99 -38.52% (3) Non-operating income 122,346,818.32 37,469,403.87 226.52% (4) Income tax expenses 163,276,472.80 67,828,016.18 140.72% (5) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Business taxes and surcharges increased by 76.83% as compared to the corresponding period of last year mainly due to a year-on-year increase in financial leasing business of the Company. (2) Finance expenses increased by 65.35% as compared to the corresponding period of last year mainly due to an increase in interest expenses and exchange loss. — 9 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited (3) Investment income decreased by 38.52% as compared to the corresponding period of last year mainly due to an increase in investment loss from long- term equity investments accounted for using the equity method. (4) Non-operating income increased by 226.52% as compared to the corresponding period of last year mainly due to an increase in the government subsidies received by the Company. (5) Income tax expenses increased by 140.72% as compared to the corresponding period of last year mainly due to the higher profitability of the Company. (III) Analysis of cash flows during the reporting period Unit: RMB Reasons Item January - March 2016 January - March 2015 Change for change Net cash flows from operating activities -3,936,890,898.29 -549,893,745.34 -615.94% (1) Net cash flows from investment activities -447,467,552.31 -846,978,295.42 47.17% (2) Net cash flows from financing activities 4,315,067,987.52 1,430,099,524.47 201.73% (3) Explanation of the reasons leading to the major changes: (1) Net cash flows from operating activities decreased by 615.94% mainly due to an increase in external investment of the financial leasing business. (2) Net cash flows from investing activities increased by 47.17% mainly due to a decrease in cash paid for construction of fixed assets during the period. (3) Net cash flows from financial activities increased by 201.73% mainly due to the issue of short-term commercial paper and preference shares during the period. — 10 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited II. Progress in respect to material matters and analysis of the related effects and solutions √ Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Report on details of changes of equity. 2. Prospectus of non-public issue of preference shares and report on non-public issue of preference shares. 3. Notice on replacement of self-raised funds invested in advance to projects with proceeds from issue of preference shares. 4. Notice on obtaining high and new tech enterprise qualifications for the Company and its subsidiaries. 5. Transfer announcement on non-public issue of preference shares. 6. Proposal of non-public issue of shares for 2016. Material matter Date of disclosure Search index of the ad-hoc report disclosure website Report on non-public issue of 25 March 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn preference shares Prospectus of non-public 25 March 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn issue of preference shares Report on details of changes 15 January 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn of equity Notice on replacement of 25 March 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn self-raised funds invested in advance to projects with proceeds from issue of preference shares. Notice on obtaining high and 29 March 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn new tech enterprise qualifications for subsidiaries Notice on obtaining high and 2 April 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn new tech enterprise qualifications for the Company and its subsidiaries Transfer announcement on 7 April 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn non-public issue of preference shares Proposal of non-public issue 16 April 2016 http://www.cninfo.com.cn of shares for 2016 — 10 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited III. Undertakings made by the Company, shareholders, beneficial controllers, bidders, directors, supervisors, senior management or other related parties during the reporting period or prior periods but subsisting to the end of the reporting period √ Applicable □ Not applicable Particulars Party involved Type of Undertaking on the Undertaking in undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking date Term performance Undertaking on shareholding structure reformation Undertaking made in offering documents or shareholding alternation documents Undertaking made during asset reconstruction Undertaking made on Shouguang Non-competitive (1) Shouguang Chenming Holdings Co., Ltd. 22 May 2008 9999-12-31 Strictly initial public Chenming undertaking (“Shouguang Chenming Holdings”) shall not engage, implemented offering or Holdings Co., whether solely, jointly, or by representing itself or any refinancing Ltd. other persons or companies, and shall not procure its associates (as defined in The Listing Rules of Hong Kong Stock Exchange) to engage, in any business which competes with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries (“Chenming Group” or “we”) directly or indirectly, in any country 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 Group’s 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 the business of Chenming Group, or obtain any business opportunity which directly or indirectly competes against the business of Chenming Group, 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 indemnify the Company for any loss caused by such breach and the Company shall have the right to acquire all 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 Company to jeopardise the legal interests of Chenming Group and its shareholders with other persons or companies or on their behalf. — 11 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Particulars Party involved Type of Undertaking on the Undertaking in undertaking undertaking Details of undertaking date Term performance Shouguang Defective (1) According to the plan on defective properties of the 16 January 9999-12-31 Strictly Chenming properties Company, Shouguang Chenming Holdings Co., Ltd. 2008 implemented Holdings Co., (“Shouguang Chenming Holdings”) has guaranteed and Ltd. undertaken that: according to the application of the Company, for defective property(ies) owned by the Company and its holding subsidiary company which situated in the administrative area of Shouguang city, Shouguang Chenming Holdings will purchase 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 Company suffers any economic losses due to the defects of the title (including but not limited to damages, penalties and relocation costs), Shouguang Chenming Holdings will bear such economic losses; (3) during the regulatory process taken to the defective properties of buildings and land of subsidiaries of the Company situated outside the local areas (outside the administrative area of Shouguang city), the economic losses such as penalties or relocation costs imposed by competent administrative authorities to be borne by the subsidiaries arising from defects of insufficient title documents shall be paid pursuant to the law by Shouguang Chenming Holdings after verification. Equity incentive undertaking Other undertakings The Company Undertaking of Taking into consideration the dilution of the current 25 March 9999-12-31 Strictly made to minority specific remedial return of shareholders of ordinary shares due to the issue 2016 implemented shareholders of measures in the of preference shares, in order to maintain compliance the Company non-public issue with the Opinions of the General Office of the State of preference Council on Further Strengthening the Protection of shares Legitimate Rights and Interests of Small and Medium Investors in Capital Market, protect the interests of shareholders of ordinary shares and make up for the potential loss of current return due to the issue of preference shares, the Company has undertaken to adopt various measures to ensure the effective use of proceeds, prevent the dilution of the current return and enhance future profitability. Does the undertaking Yes performed timely? IV. Estimate of the operating results for January - June 2016 Warning of projection on cumulative net profit for the period from 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 — 12 — Report for the First Quarter of 2016 of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited V. Security investments □ Applicable √ Not applicable The Company did not have any security investments during the reporting period. VI. Derivatives investments □ Applicable √ Not applicable The Company did not have any derivative investments during the reporting period. VII. Registration report on reception of research investigations, communications and interviews during the reporting period □ Applicable √ Not applicable The Company did not have any reception of research investigations, communications and interviews during the reporting period. VIII. External guarantees against the rules and regulations □ Applicable √ Not applicable There was no external guarantee provided by the Company which was against the rules and regulations during the reporting period. IX. Appropriation of funds of the Company by the controlling shareholder and its related parties for non-operating purposes □ Applicable √ Not applicable There was no appropriation of funds of the Company by the controlling shareholder and its related parties for non-operating purposes during the reporting period. SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED 27 April 2016 — 13 —