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Central China Securities Co., Ltd.

(a joint stock company incorporated in 2002 in Henan Province, the People's Republic of China with limited liability under the Chinese corporate name "中原証券股份有限公司" and carrying on business in Hong Kong as "中州証券")

(Stock Code: 01375)

AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

References are made to the announcement dated 5 June 2020 of Central China Securities Co., Ltd. (the "Company") in relation to the approval obtained from the Issuance Examination Committee of the CSRC on the application of the Non-public Issuance, the announcement dated 1 July 2020 in relation to the approval obtained from the CSRC on the application of the Non-public Issuance, and the announcement dated 31 July 2020 (the "Announcement") in relation to the completion of the Non-public Issuance. Unless otherwise specified, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Announcement.

On 13 August 2020, the twenty-first meeting of the sixth session of the Board of the Company considered and approved the Resolution Regarding Amendments to the Articles

of Association and Handling Corresponding Industrial and Commercial Registration of Changes (《關於修訂<公司章程>並辦理相應工商變更登記的議案》), resolved to

amend certain articles of the Articles of Association of the Company (the "Articles of Association"), and handle the formalities for registration of changes with the industrial and commercial authority and other filing procedures in relation to the registered capital changes accordingly. According to (i) the Resolution on the Grant of Authorization to the Board and its Authorized Persons by the Shareholders' General Meeting to Deal with the Relevant Matters Relating to the Non-public Issuance of A Shares, which was respectively considered and approved at the annual general meeting for the year 2018, the first A share class meeting in 2019 and the first H share class meeting in 2019 held by the Company on 11 June 2019; and (ii) the Resolution on the Extension of the Validity Period of the Authorization to the Board of Directors and its Authorized Persons to Deal with the Relevant Matters Relating to the Non-public Issuance of A Shares, which was respectively considered and approved at the annual general meeting for the year 2019, the first A share class meeting in 2020 and the first H share class meeting in 2020 held by the Company on 10 June 2020, the aforementioned amendments to the Articles of Association are not required to be separately submitted to the Shareholders' general meetings of the Company for consideration and approval.

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The following sets out the amendments to the Articles of Association by the Board of the Company:

Before Amendment

Article 4 The registered capital is RMB3,869,070,700.

Article 26 The Company was approved by the securities regulatory authority of the State Council to issue 598,100,000 overseas listed foreign shares in the form of initial public offering on 22 April 2014 to the foreign investors, and was listed on HKEx on 25 June 2014.

The Company was approved by the CSRC on 25 November 2016 to issue 700,000,000 Renminbi (RMB) ordinary shares, which were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 3 January 2017.

The current share capital structure of the Company is as follows: total number of shares is 3,869,070,700, all of which are ordinary shares, in which the domestic s h a r e h o l d e r s h o l d 2 , 6 7 3 , 7 0 5 , 7 0 0 shares, accounting for 69.10% of total ordinary shares issued by the Company; the shareholders of the overseas listed foreign shares hold 1,195,365,000 shares, accounting for 30.90% of total ordinary shares issued by the Company.

After Amendment

Article 4 The registered capital is RMB3,869,070,7004,642,884,700.

Article 26 The Company was approved by the securities regulatory authority of the State Council to issue 598,100,000 overseas listed foreign shares in the form of initial public offering on 22 April 2014 to the foreign investors, and was listed on HKEx on 25 June 2014.

The Company was approved by the CSRC on 25 November 2016 to issue 700,000,000 Renminbi (RMB) ordinary shares, which were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 3 January 2017.

The current share capital structure of the Company is as follows: total number of shares is 3,869,070,7004,642,884,700, all of which are ordinary shares, in which the domestic shareholders hold 2,673,705,7003,447,519,700shares, accounting for 69.1074.25% of total issuedordinary shares issued byofthe Company; the shareholders of the overseas listed foreign shares hold 1,195,365,000 shares, accounting for 30.9025.75% of total issuedordinary shares issued byofthe Company.

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Save for the aforementioned articles, the contents of other articles in the Articles of Association remain unchanged. The amendments to the Articles of Association have taken effect on 13 August 2020. The revised Articles of Association will be disclosed on the website of HKEXnews of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited on the date of this announcement.

The English version of the Articles of Association is an unofficial translation of the Chinese version. In the event of any inconsistency, the Chinese version shall prevail.

By order of the Board

Central China Securities Co., Ltd.

Jian Mingjun

Chairman

Henan, the PRC

13 August 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises executive Directors Mr. JIAN Mingjun and Mr. CHANG Junsheng, non-executive Directors Mr. LI Xingjia, Mr. WANG Lixin, Mr. TIAN Shengchun, Mr. ZHANG Xiaoqi and Mr. LU Benson Cheng, and independent non-executive Directors Mr. YUEN Chi Wai, Mr. NING Jincheng, Mr. YU Xugang and Ms. ZHANG Dongming.

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