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大連港股份有限公司

Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited*

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

(Stock Code: 2880) RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR

The board of directors (the "Board") of Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited (the "Company") hereby announces that Mr. Guo Yu ("Mr. Guo") has tendered his resignation as an independent non-executive director, the chairman of the nomination and remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee of the Company due to the requirements for members of the Communist Party of China in respect of, among others, their working in enterprises. As Mr. Guo's resignation will lead to the number and/or the ratio of independent non-executive directors,of the Company falling below the statutory minimum requirements. Mr. Guo will continue to perform his duties as independent non-executive director of the Company and his resignation will become effective upon the election of a new independent non-executive director at the Company's general meeting to fill the vacancy. The Board will finish the re-election of a new independent non-executive director as soon as possible.
Mr. Guo has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there are no other matters in respect of his resignation that need to be brought to the attention of shareholders of the Company.
Mr. Guo kept diligent, duteous, independent and impartial during the period he served as an independent non-executive director of the Company. The Board would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere appreciation to Mr. Guo for his contribution to the Company during his office.
By Order of the Board

GUI Yuchan LEE, Kin Yu Arthur

Joint Company Secretaries
Dalian City, Liaoning Province, the PRC
2 December 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises of:

Executive directors: HUI Kai, XU Song and SU Chunhua

Non-executive director: XU Jian, ZHANG Zuogang and DONG Yanhong

Independent non-executive directors: WAN Kam To, Peter, GUO Yu and WANG Zhifeng

*The Company is registered as a 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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