Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

This announcement is for information only and is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities and neither this announcement nor anything herein forms the basis for any contract or commitment whatsoever. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Neither this announcement nor any copy hereof may be taken into or distributed in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state or local securities laws. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the Company and will contain detailed information about the Company and management, as well as financial statements. The Company does not intend to register any of the securities in the United States.

The communication of this announcement and any other document or materials relating to the issue of the Notes offered hereby is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the United Kingdom's Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Financial Promotion Order")), or who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial Promotion Order, or who are any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). In the United Kingdom, the Notes offered hereby are only available to, and any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.

COUNTRY GARDEN HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED

碧 桂 園 控 股 有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2007)

ISSUE OF US$500,000,000 4.2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

AND US$500,000,000 4.8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2030

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THE NOTES ISSUE

Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 28 July 2020 in relation to the proposed Notes Issue.

On 28 July 2020, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Subsidiary Guarantor Pledgors entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Notes Issue in the aggregate of:

  1. US$500,000,000 4.2% of the 2026 Notes; and
  2. US$500,000,000 4.8% of the 2030 Notes.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Notes Issue for refinancing existing medium to long term offshore indebtedness, which will become due within one year.

Application will be made by the Company for the listing and quotation of the Notes on the SGX- ST. The SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any of the statements made or opinions expressed in this announcement. Approval in-principle for the listing and quotation of the Notes on the SGX-ST is not to be taken as an indication of the merits of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, any other subsidiary or associated company of the Company, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 28 July 2020 in relation to the proposed Notes Issue.

The Board is pleased to announce that on 28 July 2020, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Subsidiary Guarantor Pledgors entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Notes Issue.

THE NOTES ISSUE

The Purchase Agreement

Parties to the Purchase Agreement

  1. the Company as the issuer;
  2. the Subsidiary Guarantors who will guarantee the Company's obligations under the Notes;
  3. the Subsidiary Guarantor Pledgors who will pledge the capital stock of other Subsidiary Guarantors held by them to secure the obligations under their respective Subsidiary Guarantees; and
  4. the Initial Purchasers.

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Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., UBS, Standard Chartered Bank and CLSA are joint global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners in respect of the Notes Issue. To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief, having made all reasonable enquiries, each of Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., UBS, Standard Chartered Bank and CLSA is a third party independent of the Company and its connected persons.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act. The Notes will only be offered outside of the United States in offshore transactions in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act. The Notes will not be offered to the public in Hong Kong.

No PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as the Notes are not available to retail investors in the EEA and the United Kingdom.

Principal terms of the Notes

Offering Price

The offering price of each series of the Notes is set out as follows:

  1. 100% of the principal amount with respect to the 2026 Notes; and
  2. 100% of the principal amount with respect to the 2030 Notes.

Interest and Interest Payment Dates

The 2026 Notes will bear interest from and including 6 August 2020 at the rate of 4.2% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on 6 February and 6 August each year, beginning on 6 February 2021. The 2030 Notes will bear interest from and including 6 August 2020 at the rate of 4.8% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on 6 February and 6 August each year, beginning on 6 February 2021.

Ranking of the Notes

The Notes are general obligations of the Company and guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors on a senior basis. The Notes are senior in right of payment to any existing and future obligations of the Company expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company (subject to any priority rights of such unsubordinated indebtedness pursuant to applicable law). The Notes are also effectively subordinated to (i) the other secured obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, to the extent of the value of the assets (other than the collateral created under the Notes) serving as a security therefor; and (ii) all existing and future obligations of the subsidiaries of the Company other than the Subsidiary Guarantors.

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Covenants

The Notes, the Indentures and the Subsidiary Guarantees will limit the Company's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things:

  1. incur or guarantee additional indebtedness and issue disqualified or preferred stock;
  2. declare dividends on its capital stock or purchase or redeem capital stock;
  3. make investments or other specified restricted payments;
  4. issue or sell capital stock of restricted subsidiaries;
  5. guarantee indebtedness of restricted subsidiaries;
  6. sell assets;
  7. create liens;
  8. enter into sale and leaseback transactions;
  9. enter into agreements that restrict the restricted subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends, transfer assets or make intercompany loans;
  10. enter into transactions with shareholders or affiliates; and
  11. effect a consolidation or merger.

Events of default

The events of default under the Notes include, among other things:

  1. default in the payment of principal;
  2. default in the payment of interest;
  3. default in the performance or breach of the provisions of certain covenants, the failure by the Company to make or consummate an offer to purchase in the manner described in the Indentures, or the failure by the Company to create, or cause its restricted subsidiaries to create, a first priority lien on the collateral (subject to any permitted liens and the intercreditor agreement) under the Indentures;
  4. defaults in the performance or breach of any covenant or agreement in the Indentures or under the Notes (other than a default specified in (i), (ii) or (iii) above);

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  1. there occurs with respect to any indebtedness of the Company or any restricted subsidiary having an outstanding principal amount of US$20,000,000 or more in the aggregate for all such indebtedness: (a) an event of default that has caused the holder of such indebtedness to declare such indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity and/or (b) the failure to make a principal payment when due;
  2. one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money are rendered against the Company or any of its restricted subsidiaries and are not paid or discharged;
  3. involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings commenced against the Company or any significant restricted subsidiary;
  4. voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings commenced by the Company or any significant restricted subsidiary;
  5. any Subsidiary Guarantor denying or disaffirming its obligations under its guarantee securing the obligations of the Notes or, except as permitted by the Indentures, any such guarantee is determined to be unenforceable or invalid or shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect;
  6. default by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor Pledgor in the performance of any of its obligations under such relevant security documents or the Indentures, which adversely affects the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the applicable lien on the collateral or which adversely affects the condition or value of the collateral, taken as a whole, in any material respect; and
  7. the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor Pledgor denying or disaffirming its obligations under any relevant security document or, other than in accordance with the Indentures and such relevant security documents, any such relevant security document ceasing to be or is not in full force and effect or the intercreditor/collateral agent or the trustee, as the case may be, ceasing to have a first priority security interest in the collateral given under the Notes (subject to any permitted liens and the intercreditor agreement).

Optional Redemption

2026 Notes

At any time and from time to time on or after 6 February 2024, the Company may redeem the 2026 Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the percentage of principal amount set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the redemption date if redeemed during the twelve months period beginning on 6 February of each of the years indicated below:

Period

Redemption price

2024

102.1%

2025 and thereafter

101.05%

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At any time prior to 6 February 2024, the Company may at its option redeem the 2026 Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes redeemed plus the applicable premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date. The Company will give not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice of any redemption.

At any time and from time to time prior to 6 February 2024, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes with the proceeds from sales of certain kinds of the Company's capital stock at a redemption price of 104.2% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes originally issued remains outstanding after each such redemption and any such redemption takes place within 60 days after the closing of the related sale of the Company's capital stock and subject to certain conditions.

2030 Notes

At any time and from time to time on or after 6 August 2025, the Company may redeem the 2030 Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the percentage of principal amount set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the redemption date if redeemed during the twelve months period beginning on 6 August of each of the years indicated below:

Period

Redemption price

2025

102.4%

2026

101.2%

2027

100.6%

2028 and thereafter

100%

At any time prior to 6 August 2025, the Company may at its option redeem the 2030 Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2030 Notes redeemed plus the applicable premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date. The Company will give not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice of any redemption.

At any time and from time to time prior to 6 August 2025, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Notes with the proceeds from sales of certain kinds of the Company's capital stock at a redemption price of 104.8% of the principal amount of the 2030 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Notes originally issued remains outstanding after each such redemption and any such redemption takes place within 60 days after the closing of the related sale of the Company's capital stock and subject to certain conditions.

Proposed use of proceeds

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Notes Issue for refinancing existing medium to long term offshore indebtedness, which will become due within one year.

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Listing

Application will be made by the Company for the listing and quotation of the Notes on the SGX- ST. The SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any of the statements made or opinions expressed in this announcement. Approval in-principle for the listing and quotation of the Notes on the SGX-ST is not to be taken as an indication of the merits of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, any other subsidiary or associated company of the Company, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

ABOUT COUNTRY GARDEN

The Company is one of the PRC's largest residential property developers that capitalizes on urbanization. With centralized management and standardization, the Group runs the businesses of property development, construction, interior decoration, property investment, and the development and management of hotels. The Group offers a broad range of products to cater for diverse demands, namely residential projects such as townhouses, condominiums, car parks and retail shop spaces. The Group also develops and manages hotels at some of its property projects with the aim of enhancing the properties' marketability. The Group's other businesses are robotics and modern agriculture.

DEFINITIONS

In this announcement, the following expressions shall have the meanings set out below unless the context requires otherwise:

"2026 Notes"

the US$500,000,000 4.2% senior notes due 2026 to be issued by the

Company

"2030 Notes"

the US$500,000,000 4.8% senior notes due 2030 to be issued by the

Company

"associate"

has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules

"Board"

the board of Directors

"CLSA"

CLSA Limited

"Company"

Country Garden Holdings Company Limited, an exempted company

incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, the shares

of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange (Stock

Code: 2007)

"connected person"

has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules

"Directors"

the directors of the Company

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"EEA"

European Economic Area

"Goldman Sachs (Asia)

Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

L.L.C."

"Group" or "Country Garden"

the Company and its subsidiaries

"Hong Kong"

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC

"Indentures"

the indentures to govern each of the Notes

"Initial Purchasers"

Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., UBS,

Standard Chartered Bank and CLSA

"J.P. Morgan"

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

"Listing Rules"

the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock

Exchange

"Morgan Stanley"

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

"Notes"

the 2026 Notes and the 2030 Notes

"Notes Issue"

the issue of the Notes by the Company

"PRC"

the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau

Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan for the

purpose of this announcement

"PRIIPs"

Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (2002/92/

EC)

"Purchase Agreement"

the agreement dated 28 July 2020 entered into between, among

others, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary

Guarantor Pledgors and the Initial Purchasers in relation to the

Notes Issue

"SGX-ST"

Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited

"Standard Chartered Bank"

Standard Chartered Bank

"Stock Exchange"

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

"Subsidiary Guarantee(s)"

guarantee(s) to be provided by the Subsidiary Guarantors

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"Subsidiary Guarantor(s)"

certain existing subsidiaries of the Group providing guarantees for

the Notes

"Subsidiary Guarantor

each a Subsidiary Guarantor that will pledge the capital stock of

Pledgors"

other Subsidiary Guarantors held by it to secure the obligations of

such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee

"UBS"

UBS AG Hong Kong Branch (UBS AG is incorporated in

Switzerland with limited liability)

"US$"

United States dollar, the lawful currency of the United States of

America

"U.S. Securities Act"

the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended

"%"

per cent.

By order of the Board

Country Garden Holdings Company Limited

MO Bin

President and Executive Director

Foshan, Guangdong Province, the PRC, 29 July 2020

As of the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. YEUNG Kwok Keung (Chairman), Ms. YANG Huiyan (Co-Chairman), Mr. MO Bin (President), Ms. YANG Ziying, Mr. YANG Zhicheng, Mr. SONG Jun and Mr. SU Baiyuan. The non-executive director of the Company is Mr. CHEN Chong. The independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. LAI Ming, Joseph, Mr. SHEK Lai Him, Abraham, Mr. TONG Wui Tung, Mr. HUANG Hongyan and Mr. TO Yau Kwok.

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