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安徽海螺水泥股份有限公司

ANHUI CONCH CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China) (Stock Code:00914)

Announcement Regarding Profit Alert for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2014

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 (2)(a) of the Listing Rules and Inside
Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
The Board wishes to inform shareholders of the Company and potential investors that the Group is expected to have a significant growth in results and to record an increase of approximately 90% in its net profit for the six months ended 30 June 2014 as compared to that for the six months ended
30 June 2013.

Shareholders of the Company and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of the Company.

This announcement is made by Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited ("Company", together with its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the "Group") pursuant to Rule 13.09 (2)(a) of the Rules ("Listing Rules") Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Hong Kong Stock Exchange") and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined in the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) ("SFO").
The board ("Board") of directors ("Directors") of the Company wishes to inform shareholders of the Company and potential investors that the Group is expected to have a significant growth in results and to record an increase of approximately 90% in its net profit for the six months ended 30
June 2014 as compared to that for the six months ended 30 June 2013.
Benefiting from the increase in sales volume and selling price of the Company's products in the first half of 2014, the Company's net profit for the first half of 2014 is expected to increase by approximately 90% when compared to that of the corresponding period of the previous year (the unaudited net profit attributable to the equity shareholders of the Company for the first half of 2013, as prepared by the Company in accordance with the PRC accounting standards, amounted to RMB3,059,897,103 and earnings per share were RMB0.58).

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The Group is still in the process of preparing its unaudited consolidated results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. The information contained in this announcement is only based on the internal management accounts of the Group and the preliminary assessment by the management of the Company. The unaudited consolidated interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014 will be published by the Company within the timeframe as stipulated under the Listing Rules.

Shareholders of the Company and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in shares of the Company.

By Order of the Board

Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited Yang Kaifa

Company Secretary
Wuhu City, Anhui Province, the People's Republic of China
2 July 2014

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises (i) Mr Guo Wensan, Mr Wang Jianchao, Ms Zhang Mingjing, and Mr Zhou Bo as executive Directors; (ii) Mr Guo Jingbin as non-executive Director; and (iii) Mr Fang Junwen, Mr Wong Kun Kau and Mr Tai Kwok Leung as independent non-executive Directors.

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