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中 遠 海 運 發 展 股 份 有 限 公 司

COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd.*

(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 02866)

POLL RESULTS OF

THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

THE H SHARES CLASS MEETING

AND

THE A SHARES CLASS MEETING

The Board is pleased to announce that all the resolutions as set out in the Notices were duly passed by way of poll at the EGM and the Class Meetings held on 5 March 2020.

Reference is made to (i) the announcement of COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd. (the "Company") dated 16 December 2019; (ii) the announcement of the Company dated 22 January 2020; (iii) the notice of the EGM dated 17 February 2020 (the "Notice of EGM"); (iv) the notice of the H Shares Class Meeting dated 17 February 2020 (the "Notice of H Shares Class Meeting", together with the Notice of EGM, the "Notices"); and (v) the circular of the Company dated 17 February 2020 (the "Circular"), in relation to, among other things, the proposed adoption of the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme and the Revised Proposed Initial Grant by the Company.

Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.

  1. RESULTS OF THE EGM AND THE CLASS MEETINGS

The Board is pleased to announce that all the resolutions as set out in the Notices were duly passed at the EGM and the Class Meetings held at Level 3, Ocean Hotel Shanghai, 1171 Dong Da Ming Road, Hong Kou District, Shanghai, the People's Republic of China at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, 5 March 2020.

1

A total of 96 Shareholders and their authorised proxies holding an aggregate of (i) 5,516,477,944 shares of the Company (the "Shares"), representing approximately 47.52% of the total issued share capital of the Company, were present at the EGM or participated in the online voting;

  1. 486,711,993 H Shares, representing approximately 13.24% of the issued H Share capital of the Company, were present at the H Shares Class Meeting; and (iii) 5,024,831,777 A Shares, representing approximately 63.35% of the issued A Share capital of the Company, were present at the A Shares Class Meeting or participated in the online voting.

As at the date of the EGM and the Class Meetings, the total number of issued Shares was 11,608,125,000, which comprised 7,932,125,000 A Shares (inclusive of 79,627,003 A Shares repurchased and held by the Company as treasury shares) and 3,676,000,000 H Shares. As such,

  1. the total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend the EGM and vote for or against resolutions no. 1 to 4 at the EGM is 11,528,497,997 Shares; (ii) the total number of H Shares entitling H Shareholders to attend and vote for or against resolutions no. 1 to 4 at the H Shares Class Meeting was 3,676,000,000 H Shares, and (iii) the total number of A Shares entitling A Shareholders to attend and vote for or against resolutions no. 1 to 4 at the A Shares Class Meeting was 7,852,497,997 A Shares.

As disclosed in the Circular, there were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend the EGM and/or the Class Meetings and abstain from voting in favor of the resolutions proposed at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules and no Shareholders were required under the Hong Kong Listing Rules to abstain from voting at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings.

The EGM and the Class Meetings were chaired by Mr. Liu Chong, an executive Director and the general manager of the Company, as elected by all the Directors, and in accordance with the Articles of Association. After consideration by the said Shareholders and authorised proxies and through voting by way of open ballot or online voting, all the resolutions as set out in the Notices were duly passed at the EGM and the Class Meetings.

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1. Poll results of the EGM

The results of the poll conducted at the EGM were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Shares

(%)

Shares

(%)

Shares

(%)

1. To consider and approve the resolution in relation to the proposed adoption of the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme, the details of which are set out in the Circular:

(a)

purpose and

principles of

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Revised

Share Option

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Incentive Scheme;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(b)

management

institution of

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Revised

Share Option

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Incentive Scheme;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(c)

basis of

determining the

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Participants

and

the

scope

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

of the Participants;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(d)

s o u r c e ,

n u m b e r

a n d

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

allocation

of

Shares

under

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

the Revised

Share Option

Incentive Scheme;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(e)

Validity

Period,

Date of

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Grant, Vesting

Period,

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

exercise

date,

exercise

p e r i o d

a n d l o c k - u p

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

provisions;

(f)

exercise price and gains of

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Share Options;

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

3

For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Shares

(%)

Shares

(%)

Shares

(%)

(g)

Conditions

of Grant

and

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Conditions of Exercise;

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(h)

methods and procedures for

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

adjustments

to the

number

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

and the exercise price of the

Share Options;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(i)

accounting

treatment of

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Revised

Share

Option

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Incentive

Scheme

and

impact on

the operating

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

results of the Company;

(j)

p r o c e d u r e s

f o r

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

implementation

of

the

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Revised

Share

Option

Incentive

Scheme,

grant of

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

Share Options and

exercise

of Share Options by the

Participants;

(k)

rights and

obligations

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

of the Company and the

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Participants;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(l)

h a n d l i n g

o f s p e c i a l

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

circumstances under the

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Revised

Share

Option

Incentive Scheme;

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

(m)

management, amendments

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

and termination

of

the

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

Revised

Share

Option

Incentive Scheme; and

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

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For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Shares

(%)

Shares

(%)

Shares

(%)

(n)

disclosure in relation

to

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the

implementation

of

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

the

Revised Share

Option

Incentive Scheme.

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

2.

To consider and approve the

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

resolution in relation to the

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

proposed adoption of

the

Management Measures.

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

3.

To consider and approve the

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

resolution in relation to the

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

proposed adoption of

the

Appraisal Measures.

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

4.

To

consider and

approve

A Shares

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the

resolution in

relation

H Shares

393,929,944

80.1247

97,716,223

19.8753

0

0.0000

to the authorisation to the

Board and/or its authorised

Total

5,411,265,478

98.0928

105,212,466

1.9072

0

0.0000

persons

to be responsible

for

the

implementation

and

management of the Revised

Share

Option Incentive

Scheme, the details of which

are set out in the Circular.

Please refer to the Notice of EGM and the Circular for the details of the above resolutions.

As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the resolutions no. 1 to 4 set out above at the EGM, such resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions of the Company.

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2. Poll results of the H Shares Class Meeting

The results of the poll conducted at the H Shares Class Meeting were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

H Shares

(%)

H Shares

(%)

H Shares

(%)

1. To consider and approve the resolution in relation to the proposed adoption of the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme, the details of which are set out in the Circular:

(a)

purpose and principles of the Revised

388,995,770

79.9232

97,716,223

20.0768

0

0.0000

Share Option Incentive Scheme;

(b)

management institution of the Revised

388,995,770

79.9232

97,716,223

20.0768

0

0.0000

Share Option Incentive Scheme;

(c)

basis of determining the Participants and

388,995,770

79.9232

97,716,223

20.0768

0

0.0000

the scope of the Participants;

(d)

source, number and allocation of Shares

388,995,770

79.9232

97,716,223

20.0768

0

0.0000

under the Revised Share Option Incentive

Scheme;

(e)

Validity Period, Date of Grant, Vesting

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

Period, exercise date, exercise period and

lock-up provisions;

(f)

exercise price and gains of the Share

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

Options;

(g)

Conditions of Grant and Conditions of

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

Exercise;

(h)

methods and procedures for adjustments

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

to the number and the exercise price of the

Share Options;

(i)

accounting treatment of the Revised Share

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

Option Incentive Scheme and impact on

the operating results of the Company;

6

For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

H Shares

(%)

H Shares

(%)

H Shares

(%)

(j)

procedures for implementation of the

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme,

grant of Share Options and exercise of

Share Options by the Participants;

(k)

rights and obligations of the Company and

388,995,770

79.9232

97,716,223

20.0768

0

0.0000

the Participants;

(l)

handling of special circumstances under

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

the Revised Share Option Incentive

Scheme;

(m)

management, amendments and termination

388,994,770

79.9232

97,716,223

20.0768

0

0.0000

of the Revised Share Option Incentive

Scheme; and

(n)

disclosure in relation to the implementation

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

of the Revised Share Option Incentive

Scheme.

2.

To consider and approve the resolution in

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

relation to the proposed adoption of the

Management Measures.

3.

To consider and approve the resolution in

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

relation to the proposed adoption of the

Appraisal Measures.

4.

To consider and approve the resolution

388,994,770

79.9230

97,716,223

20.0768

1,000

0.0002

in relation to the authorisation to the

Board and/or its authorised persons to be

responsible for the implementation and

management of the Revised Share Option

Incentive Scheme, the details of which are

set out in the Circular.

Please refer to the Notice of H Shares Class Meeting and the Circular for the details of the above resolutions.

As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the resolutions no. 1 to 4 set out above at the H Shares Class Meeting, such resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions of the Company.

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3. Poll results of the A Shares Class Meeting

The results of the poll conducted at the A Shares Class Meeting were as follows:

For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

A Shares

(%)

A Shares

(%)

A Shares

(%)

1. To consider and approve the resolution in relation to the proposed adoption of the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme, the details of which are set out in the Circular:

(a)

purpose and principles of the Revised Share

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Option Incentive Scheme;

(b)

management institution of the Revised Share

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Option Incentive Scheme;

(c)

basis of determining the Participants and the

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

scope of the Participants;

(d)

source, number and allocation of Shares under

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme;

(e)

Validity Period, Date of Grant, Vesting

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Period, exercise date, exercise period and

lock-up provisions;

(f)

exercise price and gains of the Share Options;

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

(g)

Conditions of Grant and Conditions of

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Exercise;

(h)

methods and procedures for adjustments

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

to the number and the exercise price of the

Share Options;

(i)

accounting treatment of the Revised Share

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Option Incentive Scheme and impact on the

operating results of the Company;

(j)

procedures for implementation of the Revised

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Share Option Incentive Scheme, grant of

Share Options and exercise of Share Options

by the Participants;

8

For

Against

Abstain

No.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

Number of

Percentage

A Shares

(%)

A Shares

(%)

A Shares

(%)

(k)

rights and obligations of the Company and

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Participants;

(l)

handling of special circumstances under the

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme;

(m)

management, amendments and termination of

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme;

and

(n)

disclosure in relation to the implementation of

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

the Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme.

2.

To consider and approve the resolution in

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

relation to the proposed adoption of the

Management Measures.

3.

To consider and approve the resolution in

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

relation to the proposed adoption of the

Appraisal Measures.

4.

To consider and approve the resolution in

5,017,335,534

99.8508

7,496,243

0.1492

0

0.0000

relation to the authorisation to the Board and/

or its authorised persons to be responsible for

the implementation and management of the

Revised Share Option Incentive Scheme, the

details of which are set out in the Circular.

As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the resolutions no. 1 to 4 set out above at the A Shares Class Meeting, such resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions of the Company.

The polls at the EGM and the Class Meetings were scrutinised by the representatives of the auditors of the Company, Ernst & Young (Note ). The poll results of the EGM and Class Meetings were jointly reviewed by the Shareholder representatives, the Supervisor representatives and the representatives of Grandall Law Firm (Shanghai).

Note: Scope of work of Ernst & Young

The poll results of the EGM and the Class Meetings were subject to scrutiny by Ernst & Young, Certified Public Accountants, whose work was limited to certain procedures requested by the Company to agree to the poll result summary prepared by the Company to poll forms collected and provided by the Company to Ernst & Young. The work performed by Ernst & Young in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing, Hong Kong Standards on Review Engagements or Hong Kong Standards on Assurance Engagements issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote.

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  1. ATTESTATION

Grandall Law Firm (Shanghai) expressed its witnessing opinion in respect of the EGM and the Class Meetings. According to the witness lawyers, (i) the convening and convocation procedures of the EGM and the Class Meetings were in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, normative documents and the Articles of Association; (ii) the qualifications of the attendees at and the conveners of the EGM and the Class Meetings were lawful, valid and in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, normative documents and the Articles of Association; and (iii) the voting procedures of the EGM and the Class Meetings were in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, normative documents and the Articles of Association and the results of voting were lawful and valid.

  1. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
  1. The resolutions of the EGM and the Class Meetings; and
  2. The legal opinion issued by Grandall Law Firm (Shanghai) in respect of the EGM and the Class Meetings.

By order of the Board

COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd.

Yu Zhen

Company Secretary

Shanghai, People's Republic of China

5 March 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Wang Daxiong, Mr. Liu Chong and Mr. Xu Hui, being executive Directors, Mr. Feng Boming, Mr. Huang Jian and Mr. Liang Yanfeng, being non-executive Directors, and Mr. Cai Hongping, Ms. Hai Chi Yuet, Mr. Graeme Jack, Mr. Lu Jianzhong and Ms. Zhang Weihua, being independent non-executive Directors.

  • The Company is a registered non-Hong Kong company as defined under the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and it is registered under its Chinese name and under the English name "COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd.".

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