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CLARIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

This announcement is made by China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (the "Company") in accordance with Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
On 9 June 2015, the Company noticed some media reports saying that the merger between Shenhua and China Coal had started. The Company has investigated the issue reported by such media articles.
Upon inquiry with Shenhua Group Corporation Limited (the "Shenhua Group"), the controlling shareholder of the Company, neither the Shenhua Group nor the Company has ever received any information, written or verbal, from any government authority concerning the above mentioned reports. The Shenhua Group and the board of directors of the Company have neither discussed the intention of the reported merger nor expressed such intention to any government authority or company. Furthermore, there is no information that should be, yet has not been, disclosed by the Company in this regard.
The Company would like to remind investors that all the information about the Company will be and only be officially published through designated media, i.e., China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Securities Times, Securities Daily, the website of Shanghai Stock Exchange (http://www.sse.com.cn) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (http://www.hkexnews.hk). Investors are advised to exercise caution and beware of investment risks.
Beijing, 9 June 2015
By order of the Board

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited Huang Qing

Secretary to the Board

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following: Dr. Zhang Yuzhuo,

Dr. Ling Wen, Mr. Han Jianguo and Mr. Wang Xiaolin as executive directors, Mr. Chen Hongsheng as non-executive director, and Ms. Fan Hsu Lai Tai, Mr. Gong Huazhang and Mr. Guo Peizhang as independent non-executive directors.

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