Maanshan Iron & Steel Company Limited announced that Mr. Ding Yi, Mr. Mao Zhanhong, Mr. Ren Tianbao, Ms. Zhang Chunxia, Ms. Zhu Shaofang, Mr. Guan Bingchun and Mr. He Anrui were appointed as Directors of the tenth session of the Board. All candidates for Directors were appointed for a term of three years, among which Ms. Zhang Chunxia, Ms. Zhu Shaofang, Mr. Guan Bingchun and Mr. He Anrui were appointed as independent non-executive Directors. Mr. Ma Daoju and Mr. Hong Gongxiang were appointed as non-staff representative Supervisors of the tenth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company.

All candidates for Supervisors were appointed for a term of three years, among which Mr. Hong Gongxiang was appointed as an independent Supervisor. Mr. Ding Yi: aged 58, a PhD student, a senior engineer. He served as the Deputy General Manager of the Company from January 2004 to July 2011.

From July 2011 to June 2013, he served as the Deputy General Manager of Magang (Group) Holding Company Limited. From June 2013 to December 2020, he served as the General Manager of Magang Group. Effective from August 2013, he served as the Chairman of the Company.

Mr. Ding concurrently serves as the Chairman of Magang Group Finance Co. Ltd. and the Chairman of Magang Group Investment Ltd. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Ding Yi holds 850,000 A Shares of the Company. Mr. Ren Tianbao: aged 58, with a postgraduate degree, senior engineer.

He served as the Director of the Company since August 2011. From February 2012 to May 2015, he served as the Secretary to the Board of the Company. From May 2015 to December2019, he served as the Deputy General Manager of Magang Group.

From March 2020 to July 2022, he served as the chairman of Baowu Group Masteel Rail Transportation Material Technology Co. Ltd. From August 2021 to August 2022, he served as the Deputy General Manager of the Company. Effective from August 2022, he served as the General Manager of the Company.

As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Ren Tianbao holds 600,000 A Shares of the Company. Ms. Zhang Chunxia: aged 59, a doctoral degree holder and a professorate senior engineer. From August 1994 to March 2018, she served as a professor-level senior engineer and doctoral supervisor in the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Steel Processes and Materials of the Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, mainly engaged in research and development in the field of steel metallurgical process engineering and environmental engineering.

Ms. Zhang is also a member of the Expert Committee of the China Society of Metals. She served as an independent Director of the Company since 30 November 2017. Ms. Zhu Shaofang: aged 58, a bachelor degree holder and a Chinese certified public accountant.

She was the executive director of the Jiangsu Institute of Certified Public Accountants and one of the first fellow members of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. From February 1999 to October 2016, she was the audit manager and partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP and the managing partner of Nanjing Branch. She served as an independent Director of the Company since 30 November 2017.

Mr. Guan Bingchun: aged 58, a professorate senior engineer. From October 1988 to December 2002, he was the Deputy Director, Director of Quality Department of the former Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Director of Industry Management Department of State Bureau of Metallurgical Industry and Director of China Metallurgical Industry Quality System Certification Center (. From January 2003, he served as the Chairman and General manager of Beijing Grand Honour Management System Certification Co.

Ltd. and Beijing Grand Honour Certification Co. Ltd. Mr. Guan concurrently served as the independent Director of Anyang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. and the Expert Committee Member of Rating Committee of China Quality Award.

Mr. He Anrui: aged 50, with postgraduate degree, doctorate in engineering, researcher and doctoral supervisor. From March 2011 to June 2016, he served as the Vice President and President of Institute of Metallurgical Engineering of University of Science and Technology Beijing. From June 2016 to October 2022, he served as the President of Engineering Technology Institute of University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Since June 2018, he has served as Vice Chairman of University of Scienceand Technology Beijing Engineering and Research Institute Co. Ltd. Effective from Technology of University of Science and Technology Beijing. Mr. He concurrently serves as the Director of National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Rolling and Intelligent Manufacturing.