2022 Interim Report Summary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Stock code: 000488 200488 Stock abbreviation: Chenming Paper Chenming B Announcement No.: 2022-072 2022 Interim Report Summary of SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED I. IMPORTANT NOTICE This interim report summary is extracted from the text of the interim report. For the full understanding of the operating results, financial position and plan for future development of the Company, investors should carefully read the full version of the interim report published on the media designated by the CSRC. All directors have attended the board meeting to review this report. Notice of non-standard auditor’s opinion □ Applicable Not applicable A proposed profit distribution plan on ordinary shares or a proposed plan on conversion of capital reserves into share capital for the reporting period was considered and passed by the Board □ Applicable Not applicable The Company plans not to distribute cash dividends or bonus shares or convert capital reserve into share capital. A proposed profit distribution plan on preference shares for the reporting period was considered and approved by the Board □ Applicable Not applicable II. BASIC IMFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 1. Company profile 晨鸣纸业 000488 Stock abbreviation Stock code 晨鸣 B 200488 Stock exchanges on which the shares are listed Shenzhen Stock Exchange Stock abbreviation Chenming Paper Stock code 01812 Stock exchanges on which the shares are listed The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited Stock abbreviation before any changes (if any) None Contact persons and contact methods Secretary to the Board Hong Kong Company Secretary Name Yuan Xikun Chu Hon Leung No. 2199 Nongsheng East Road, 22nd Floor, World Wide House, Correspondence Address Shouguang City, Shandong Province Central, Hong Kong Telephone 0536-2158008 00852-21629600 Email address chenmmingpaper@163.com liamchu@li-partners.com 2. Major accounting data and financial indicators Retrospective adjustment to or restatement of the accounting data for prior years by the Company □ Yes No The corresponding Increase/decrease for the reporting The reporting period of the prior period as compared to the period year corresponding period of the prior year Revenue (RMB) 16,676,428,365.83 17,172,816,354.53 -2.89% Net profit attributable to shareholders of 230,141,463.76 2,021,095,417.54 -88.61% the Company (RMB) 1 2022 Interim Report Summary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Net profit after extraordinary gains or losses attributable to shareholders of the 173,407,927.13 1,964,718,180.70 -91.17% Company (RMB) Net cash flows from operating activities 998,264,209.45 4,747,185,521.94 -78.97% (RMB) Basic earnings per share (RMB per share) 0.064 0.604 -89.40% Diluted earnings per share (RMB per 0.064 0.604 -89.40% share) Rate of return on weighted average net 1.02% 8.94% Decrease by 7.92 percentage points assets Increase/decrease as at the end of the As at the end of the As at the end of the reporting period as compared to the reporting period prior year end of the prior year Total assets (RMB) 85,186,581,045.24 82,841,454,602.24 2.83% Net assets attributable to shareholders of 19,220,377,294.74 19,089,778,227.64 0.68% the Company (RMB) Data description of basic earnings per share, diluted earnings per share, and rate of return on weighted average net assets: Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company does not exclude the effect on interest of perpetual bonds during the reporting period. When calculating earnings per share and the rate of return on weighted average net assets, the interest on perpetual bonds from 1 January 2022 to 30 June 2022 of RMB44,481,369.86 is deducted. 3. Total number of shareholders and shareholdings Unit: share 170,976, of which 148,205 were holders Total number of holders of preference Total number of ordinary shareholders as of A shares, 22,437 were holders of B shares with restored voting right as at 0 at the end of the reporting period shares and 334 were holders of H shares the end of the reporting period (if any) Shareholdings of top 10 shareholders Share pledged, marked or Number of Percentage of Number of locked-up Name of shareholder Nature of shareholder restricted shareholding shares held Status of shares held Number shares CHENMING HOLDINGS State-owned legal 15.32% 457,322,919 0 Pledged 274,220,000 COMPANY LIMITED person HKSCC NOMINEES LIMITED Overseas legal person 12.51% 373,381,375 0 CHENMING HOLDINGS Overseas legal person 12.20% 364,131,563 0 (HONG KONG) LIMITED NINGBO ASIA PAPER TUBE Domestic non-state- 1.08% 32,120,000 0 & CARTON CO., LTD. owned legal person Domestic natural Chen Hongguo 1.04% 31,080,044 23,310,033 person SHANDONG SUN HOLDINGS Domestic non-state- 0.82% 24,507,117 0 GROUP CO., LTD. owned legal person HONG KONG SECURITIES CLEARING COMPANY Overseas legal person 0.54% 16,218,780 0 LIMITED VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS STOCK INDEX Overseas legal person 0.50% 14,819,546 0 FUND VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK Overseas legal person 0.50% 14,771,945 0 INDEX FUND GUOTAI JUNAN SECURITIES Overseas legal person 0.40% 11,857,746 0 (HONG KONG) LIMITED A shareholder, Chenming Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, 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 Related party relationship or person. A shareholder, Chen Hongguo, is the legal representative, chairman and general manager of Chenming acting in concert among the Holdings Company Limited. Save for the above, it is not aware that any other shareholders mentioned above are above shareholders persons acting in concert. It is also not aware that any other shareholders mentioned above are related to each other. Chenming Holdings Company Limited held 457,322,919 RMB ordinary shares, of which 352,322,919 shares were held through ordinary account and 105,000,000 shares were held through credit guarantee security account. Securities margin trading of Ningbo Asia Paper Tube & Carton Co., Ltd. held 32,120,000 RMB ordinary shares, of which no share was held shareholders, if any through ordinary account and 32,120,000 shares were held through credit guarantee security account. Shandong Sun Holdings Group Co., Ltd. held 24,507,117 RMB ordinary shares, of which no share was held through ordinary account and 24,507,117 shares were held through credit guarantee security account. 2 2022 Interim Report Summary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 4. Change of controlling shareholders or beneficial controllers Change of controlling shareholders during the reporting period □ Applicable Not applicable There was no change of controlling shareholders of the Company during the reporting period. Change of beneficial controllers during the reporting period □ Applicable Not applicable There was no change of beneficial controllers of the Company during the reporting period. 5. Total number of holders of preference shares and the shareholdings of top ten holders of preference shares There was no shareholding by holders of preference shares of the Company during the reporting period. 6. Bonds subsisting as at the date of approval of the interim report Applicable □ Not applicable (1) Basic information on bonds Outstanding Bond Bond amount of Interest Name of bond Issue date Maturity date abbreviation code the bonds rate (RMB’0,000) The public issuance of the corporate bonds of 18 Chenming 29 March Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 112641 2 April 2023 35,000 6.50% Bond 01 2018 to qualified investors in 2018 (phase I) (2) Financial indicators as at the end of the reporting period Unit: RMB’0,000 Item As at the end of the reporting period As at the end of the prior year Gearing ratio 72.89% 72.78% Current ratio 65.50% 65.05% Quick ratio 58.10% 54.59% Item The reporting period The corresponding period of the prior year EBITDA interest coverage ratio 2.72 4.00 Net profit after extraordinary gains or 17,340.79 196,471.82 losses Proportion of EBITDA to total debts 4.25% 8.97% Interest coverage ratio 1.33 2.99 Cash interest coverage ratio 2.11 4.70 Loans payment ratio 100% 100% Interest payment ratio 100% 100% III. Matters of significance 1. Recognition of the Company and its subsidiaries as high and new technology enterprises The Company and its subsidiaries Shouguang Meilun and Zhanjiang Chenming have been recognised again as high and new technology enterprises upon expiry of their original high and new technology enterprise certificates. The certificate numbers are GR202137005666, GR202137005468 and GR202144001212, respectively, each with a valid term of three years. According to the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprise Income Tax and the relevant tax policies of the PRC for high and new technology enterprises, the Company, Shouguang Meilun and Zhanjiang Chenming are subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 3 2022 Interim Report Summary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 15% under the preferential income tax policy for high and new technology enterprises for three years (i.e. 2021 to 2023) from the year in which they are recognised as high and new technology enterprises. For details, please refer to the relevant announcement (announcement no.: 2022-002) of the Company published on CNINFO on 11 February 2022. 2. Election of new session of the Board and the Supervisory Committee At the 2022 first extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 15 June 2022, the Resolution in Relation to the Election of Candidates for Non-independent Directors of the Tenth Session of the Board, the Resolution in Relation to the Election of Candidates for Independent Non-executive Directors of the Tenth session of the Board and the Resolution in Relation to the Election of Candidates for Shareholder Representative Supervisors of the Tenth Session of the Supervisory Committee were considered and approved. Mr. Chen Hongguo, Mr. Hu Changqing, Mr. Li Xingchun, Mr. Li Feng and Mr. Li Weixian were elected as the executive Directors of the tenth session of the Board of the Company; Mr. Han Tingde and Mr. Li Chuanxuan were elected as the non-executive Directors of the tenth session of the Board of the Company; Mr. Li Zhihui, Mr. Sun Jianfei, Mr. Yang Biao and Ms. Yin Meiqun were elected as the independent non-executive Directors of the tenth session of the Board of the Company; and Ms. Li Kang, Ms. Pan Ailing and Ms. Zhang Hong were elected as the shareholder representative Supervisors of the tenth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company. On the same date, the Company held the fourth meeting of the tenth session of the staff representative meeting, at which Ms. Qiu Lanju and Ms. Sang Ailing were elected as the staff representative Supervisors of the tenth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company; the Company held the first meeting of the tenth session of the Board and the first meeting of the tenth session of the Supervisory Committee, at which Mr. Chen Hongguo was elected as chairman of the Board, Mr. Hu Changqing and Mr. Li Xingchun were elected as vice chairmen of the Board, and Ms. Li Kang was elected as chairman of the Supervisory Committee. The election of the new session of the Board and the Supervisory Committee of the Company was completed. For details, please refer to the relevant announcements (announcement no.: 2022-049, 2022-050, 2022-051 and 2022- 052) of the Company published on CNINFO on 16 June 2022. 3. Disclosure index for 2022 interim report Announcement Subject matter Date of publication Publication website and index No. Announcement on the Continued Pledge of Shares held by 2022-001 15 January 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Shareholders Announcement on the Recognition of the Company and its 2022-002 11 February 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Subsidiaries as High and New Technology Enterprises Announcement on the Development of Equipment Financing 2022-003 24 February 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Business by a Subsidiary The First Indicative Announcement on Adjustment of Coupon Rate 2022-004 of “18 Chenming Bond 01” and Implementation Measures for Resale 25 February 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn by Investors The Second Indicative Announcement on Adjustment of Coupon 2022-005 Rate of “18 Chenming Bond 01” and Implementation Measures for 1 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Resale by Investors The Third Indicative Announcement on Adjustment of Coupon Rate 2022-006 of “18 Chenming Bond 01” and Implementation Measures for Resale 3 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn by Investors Announcement on Pledge of Shares and Partial Release of Pledge of 2022-007 12 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Shares by Shareholders Announcement on the Development of Equipment Financing 2022-008 14 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Business by a Subsidiary 2022-009 Announcement on the 2021 Annual Online Performance Briefing 28 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on the Development of Equipment Financing 2022-010 29 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Business by a Subsidiary Announcement on Resolutions of the Twelfth Meeting of the Ninth 2022-011 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Session of the Board of Directors Announcement on Resolutions of the Twelfth Meeting of the Ninth 2022-012 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Session of the Supervisory Committee 2022-013 Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-014 2021 Annual Report Summary 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-015 Special Statement on Securities Investment in 2021 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-016 Announcement on Appointment of Auditor for 2022 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on the Expected Continuing Related Party 2022-017 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Transaction in 2022 Announcement on the Development of Equipment Financing 2022-018 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Business Announcement on Carrying out Factoring Business of Accounts 2022-019 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Receivable Announcement on Expected Provision of Guarantees to Subsidiaries 2022-020 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn for 2022 Special Statement on the Proposed Non- Distribution of Profit for 2022-021 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2021 2022-022 Announcement on the Amendments to the Company’s Relevant 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 4 2022 Interim Report Summary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Systems 2022-023 Announcement on the Provision of External Guarantees 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-024 Announcement on Loan Transfer and Related Party Transaction 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on Results of Resale by Bondholders of “18 2022-025 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Chenming Bond 01” Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited Announcement on 2022-026 Payment of 2022 Interest with Respect to the First Tranche of 31 March 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Corporate Bonds Publicly Issued to Qualified Investors in 2018 2022-027 Announcement on Receipt of Government Subsidies by Subsidiaries 1 April 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on the Proposed Resale of “18 Chenming Bond 01” 2022-028 7 April 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Sale-back Bonds Announcement on Pledge of Shares and Partial Release of Pledge of 2022-029 21 April 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Shares by Shareholders 2022-030 2022 First Quarterly Report 30 April 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on the Results of Resale of “18 Chenming Bond 01” 2022-031 10 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Bonds 2022-032 Announcement on Resolutions of 2021 Annual General Meeting 12 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on Resolutions of the Twenty-fourth Extraordinary 2022-033 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Meeting of the Ninth Session of the Board of Directors Announcement on Resolutions of the Seventh Extraordinary Meeting 2022-034 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn of the Ninth Session of the Supervisory Committee 2022-035 Declaration by Nominator of Independent Director (Li Zhihui) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-036 Declaration by Nominator of Independent Director (Sun Jianfei) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-037 Declaration by Nominator of Independent Director (Yang Biao) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-038 Declaration by Nominator of Independent Director (Yin Meiqun) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-039 Declaration by Candidate for Independent Director (Li Zhihui) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-040 Declaration by Candidate for Independent Director (Sun Jianfei) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-041 Declaration by Candidate for Independent Director (Yang Biao) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-042 Declaration by Candidate for Independent Director (Yin Meiqun) 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on the Purchase of Liability Insurance for Directors, 2022-043 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Supervisors and Senior Management 2022-044 Notice of the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2022 24 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn 2022-045 Announcement on Credit Rating Adjustment 30 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on Resolutions of the Twenty-fifth Extraordinary 2022-046 31 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Meeting of the Ninth Session of the Board of Directors Notice on Cancellation of Certain Resolutions of 2022 First 2022-047 Extraordinary General Meeting and Supplementary Notice of the 31 May 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn General Meeting 2022-048 Announcement on Receipt of Government Subsidies by Subsidiaries 1 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on Resolutions of the First Extraordinary General 2022-049 16 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Meeting of 2022 Announcement on the Election of Employee Representative 2022-050 16 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Supervisors Announcement on Resolutions of the First Meeting of the Tenth 2022-051 16 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Session of the Board of Directors Announcement on Resolutions of the First Meeting of the Tenth 2022-052 16 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Session of the Supervisory Committee 2022-053 Announcement on the Progress of Litigation 21 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Announcement on the Continued Pledge of Shares held by 2022-054 28 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Shareholders Announcement on Resolutions of the First Extraordinary Meeting of 2022-055 28 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn the Tenth Session of the Board Announcement on Capital Increase and Introduction of Strategic 2022-056 28 June 2022 http://www.cninfo.com.cn Investors of a Majority-owned Subsidiary 4. Introduction of strategic investors by Zhanjiang Chenming On 27 June 2022, the first extraordinary meeting of the tenth session of the Board of the Company considered and approved the Proposal on Capital Contribution and Introduction of Strategic Investors of a Majority-owned Subsidiary. Given the recognition of Zhanjiang Chenming for its bright development prospect, Xiamen International Trade Industry Development Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) made capital contribution to Zhanjiang Chenming in the amount of RMB400 5 2022 Interim Report Summary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited million, of which RMB266,351,374 was included in the registered capital and the remaining RMB133,648,626 was included in the capital reserve. For details, please refer to the relevant announcements (announcement no.: 2022-055 and 2022-056) of the Company published on CNINFO on 28 June 2022. The Board of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited 30 August 2022 6