HKEx to Introduce Four New Stock Option Classes on 17 February

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce four new stock option classes on Monday, 17 February this year: Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd., Want Want China Holdings Ltd., Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. and Hengan International Group Ltd. Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 17 February 2014

Kunlun, Want Want and Hengan are in the Hang Seng Index, and Dongfeng is in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, or H-shares index.

HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the new option classes. The first table below shows contract highlights for the new option classes. A general contract summaryis posted on the HKEx website.

Stock Option Classes to be Introduced on 17 February 2014

After the additions, there will be 74 stock option classes available for trading at HKEx. The following tables show HKEx's stock option classes from 17 February.

HKEx's stock options trading volume rose 8.5 per cent last year from 2012 to 60,827,975 contracts, and open interest was 4,740,818 contracts at year's end, up 17.6 per cent from the end of 2012.

Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

* Synthetic ETF

Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

1

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited

CKH

1,000

2

CLP Holdings Limited

CLP

500

3

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

HKG

1,000

4

The Wharf (Holdings) Limited

WHL

1,000

5

HSBC Holdings Plc.

HKB

400

6

Power Assets Holdings Limited

HEH

500

11

Hang Seng Bank Limited

HSB

100

12

Henderson Land Development Company Limited

HLD

1,000

13

Hutchison Whampoa Limited

HWL

1,000

16

Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited

SHK

1,000

17

New World Development Company Limited

NWD

1,000

19

Swire Pacific Limited 'A'

SWA

500

23

The Bank of East Asia, Limited

BEA

200

27

Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited

GLX

1,000

66

MTR Corporation Limited

MTR

500

135

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.^

Additions are in bold.

^ Trading commences from 17 February 2014.

Ends



1288

Agricultural Bank of China Limited

ABC

10,000

1299

AIA Group Limited

AIA

1,000

1339

The People's Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.

PIN

5,000

1988

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd.

MSB

2,500

2601

China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd.

CPI

1,000

2822

COSP FTSE China A50 ETF

CSA

5,000

2823

iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF*

A50

5,000

2827

W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker*

CS3

1,000

3188

ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF

AMC

2,000



Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

135

2000

February 2014,
March 2014, April 2014,
May 2014, June 2014,
September 2014 and
December 2014

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.

151

1000

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.

489

2000

Hengan International Group Ltd.

1044

500

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