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Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited*

(a sino-foreign joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China)

(Stock Code: 2880) OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT ISSUE OF SHORT-TERM COMMERCIAL PAPER

By order of the Board

GUI Yuchan LEE, Kin Yu Arthur

Joint Company Secretaries
Dalian City, Liaoning Province, the PRC
10 August 2015
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are:

Executive Directors: HUI Kai, XU Song and SUN Benye

Non-executive Directors: XU Jian, YIN Shihui and DONG Yanhong

Independent non-executive Directors: WAN Kam To, Peter , SUN Xiyun and Wang Zhifeng

*The Company is registered as Non-Hong Kong Company under Part XI of the previous Companies Ordinance (equivalent to Part 16 of the Companies Ordinance with effect from 3 March 2014) under the English name "Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited".

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Stock Code: 601880
Stock Abbreviation: Dalian Port
Announcement Number: Lin 2015-037

Announcement on the Issuance of the First Tranche of Short-term Commercial Paper for the Year 2014 of Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited

The board (the "Board") of directors (the "Directors") of the Company and all of its members confirm that the contents of this announcement do not contain any misrepresentations, misleading statements or there is no material omissions, and jointly and individually accept full responsibilities for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents contained in this announcement.
The Company hereby announces that on 10 August 2015, the Company has issued the first tranche of short-term commercial paper for the year 2015 (the "Short-term Commercial Paper"). As of the date of this announcement, all proceeds from the issuance of the Short-term Commercial Paper have been received by the Company.
The Short-term Commercial Paper is issued to the public by way of bookbuilding process through the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors. Details of the Short-term Commercial Paper are set out below:

Name of Short-term

Commercial Paper

Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited 2014

First Tranche Short-term

Commercial Paper

Short name

14 Dalian

Port CP001

Code of Short-term

Commercial Paper

41561034

Term

366 days

Interest Calculation

Method

Interest due upon the maturity of the Short term Commercial Paper together with the principal

Date of Issue

10 August

2015

Actual Issue Size

RMB1 billion

Planned Issue Size

RMB1 billion

Issue Price

RMB100/RMB100 face value

Coupon Rate (%)

3.15%

Joint Lead Underwriters

China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd and China Minsheng Banking

Corp. Ltd.

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The proceeds from issuance of the Short-term Commercial Paper shall be mainly used for replenishing working capital of the Company.
The relevant documents in relation to the issue of the Short-term Commercial Paper have been published on the websites of the Shanghai Clearing House (http://www.shclearing.com) and China Money (http://www.chinamoney.com.cn).
The Board of
Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited
10 August 2015

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