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OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT AND INSIDE INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER'S PLAN TO INCREASE ITS SHAREHOLDING IN THE COMPANY

Th is an nou nc eme nt is m ade b y Alu min um Co rpo rat io n o f Chi na Li mit ed * ( the
"Company") pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter
571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
On 9 July 2015, the Company received a notice from Aluminum Corporation of China* ("Chinalco") that Chinalco proposes to increase its shareholding in the Company in the near future through the directional asset management or other ways by securities companies or funds management companies. The relevant circumstances are announced below:
I. Purpose and plan of the proposed increase in shareholding
T o r e s p o n d t o t h e s e v e r e f l u c t u a t i o n s o f t h e c u r r e n t s t o c k m a r k e t , r e m o v e liquidity risks, create a good market environment for the reform and development of enterprises, and protect legal interests of various investors, Chinalco, as the controlling shareholder of the Company, proposes to increase its shareholding in the Company in the next six months through the directional asset management or other ways by securities companies or funds management companies, in accordance with the Notice on Matters Regarding the Increase in Shareholding

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in a Listed Company by its Substantial Shareholders, Directors, Supervisors and
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funds used to increase shareholding will be no more than RMB640 million.
II. Chinalco undertakes that it will not dispose any shares of the Company held by it within six months from now on. In the meantime, Chinalco undertakes that it will not dispose any shares of the Company increasingly held by it through the above ways within six months upon completion of the plan mentioned above to increase its shareholding.
III. The Company will continuously pay attention to the progress in respect of the increase of shareholding in the Company by Chinalco, and fulfill the information disclosure obligations in a timely manner in accordance with relevant
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By order of the Board

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited* Xu Bo

Company Secretary

Beijing, the PRC
9 July 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the members of the board of directors comprise Mr. Ge Honglin, Mr. Luo Jianchuan, Mr. Liu Xiangmin and Mr. Jiang Yinggang (Executive Directors); Mr. Liu Caiming and Mr. Wang Jun (Non-executive Directors); Mr. Ma Sihang, Frederick, Ms. Chen Lijie and Mr. Hu Shihai (Independent Nonexecutive Directors).

* For identification purposes only

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