China Merchants Port : Interim Dividend for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2018

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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)

(Stock Code: 00144)

INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2018

• 1. The Form of Election should be lodged with the Share Registrar of the Company not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 1 November 2018. No Form of Election is required if Shareholders elect to receive the Interim Dividend in new Shares.

• 2. Formula for calculation of scrip dividend entitlements is set out below.

On 31 August 2018, the board of directors (the "Board") of China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (the "Company") had declared an interim dividend for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (the "Interim Dividend") in scrip form to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on 2 October 2018 (the "Record Date") equivalent to HK$0.22 per ordinary share of the Company (the "Share(s)") with an alternative to the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholder(s)") to elect to receive the Interim Dividend in cash in lieu of all or part of their scrip dividend entitlements.

A circular setting out details of the Interim Dividend was sent to the Shareholders on 5 October 2018 (the "Scrip Dividend Circular"). This announcement should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified by, the Scrip Dividend Circular. It was mentioned, among others, that for the purpose of calculating the number of new Shares to be allotted, the market value of a new Share will be calculated as an amount equal to the average closing price of one Share on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") for the five consecutive trading days (on which such price is available) up to and including 12 October 2018. It is now determined that the average closing price is HK$13.808. Accordingly, the number of new Shareswhich Shareholders will receive, in respect of the existing Shares registered in their names as at the Record Date will be calculated as follows:-

Number of new Shares to be received

=Number of existing Shares held on the Record Date for which cash election is not made

xHK$0.22

HK$13.808

The number of new Shares to be received will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of the new Shares. Fractional entitlements to new Shares will be aggregated and sold and the benefit thereof will accrue to the Company. The new Shares to be issued in respect of the Interim Dividend will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Shares except that they shall not rank for the Interim Dividend.

Shareholders who wish to receive the Interim Dividend in cash, or partly in cash and partly in new Shares are reminded that the Form of Election must be completed and returned to the Share Registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 1 November 2018. If any Shareholder does not complete and return the Form of Election by not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 1 November 2018, the Shareholder will receive the Interim Dividend in the form of new Shares. No Form of Election is required if Shareholders elect to receive the Interim Dividend in new Shares.

Application has been made to the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange for the grant of the listing of, and permission to deal in, the new Shares. Share certificates for the new Shares and/or cheques for cash dividend will be posted by ordinary mail to those Shareholders entitled thereto at their own risk on or around Thursday, 15 November 2018.

By Order of the Board

China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited

Fu Gangfeng

Chairman

Hong Kong, 12 October 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Fu Gangfeng, Mr. Hu Jianhua, Mr. Su Jian, Mr. Xiong Xianliang, Mr. Bai Jingtao, Mr. Wang Zhixian and Mr. Zheng Shaoping as executive directors; and Mr. Kut Ying Hay, Mr. Lee Yip Wah Peter, Mr. Li Kwok Heem John, Mr. Li Ka Fai David and Mr. Bong Shu Ying Francis as independent non-executive directors.