China Shenhua Energy : UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO SHENHUA FINANCE CAPITAL INCREASE AGREEMENT

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

(Stock Code: 01088)

UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO SHENHUA

FINANCE CAPITAL INCREASE AGREEMENT

References are made to (i) the announcement published by China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (the "Company") on 27 March 2020 in relation to entering into an agreement (the "Shenhua Finance Capital Increase Agreement") on the capital increase of Shenhua Finance Co., Ltd. ("Shenhua Finance"); (ii) the circular published by the Company on 9 April 2020 in relation to, among others, entering into the Shenhua Finance Capital Increase Agreement; and (iii) the announcement published by the Company on 29 May 2020 in relation to, among others, the voting results of the 2019 annual general meeting (the "Publications").

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Recently, the Company has been informed that Shenhua Finance has received the Approval on the Change of Registered Capital and Adjustment to Shareholding Structure of Shenhua Finance Co., Ltd. (Jing Yin Bao Jian Fu [2020] No. 529) from the Beijing Bureau of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, approving the change in the registered capital of Shenhua Finance to RMB12.5 billion and the corresponding adjustment to the shareholding structure of Shenhua Finance. Accordingly, the Shenhua Finance Capital Increase Agreement has come into effect.

For further details on the Shenhua Finance Capital Increase Agreement, please refer to the Publications.

By order of the Board

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

Secretary to the Board of Directors

Huang Qing

Beijing, 9 September 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following: Mr. Wang Xiangxi, Mr. Yang Jiping and Mr. Xu Mingjun as executive directors, Mr. Jia Jinzhong and Mr. Zhao Yongfeng as non-executive directors, Dr. Yuen Kwok Keung, Dr. Bai Chong-En and Dr. Chen Hanwen as independent non-executive directors, and Mr.Wang Xingzhong as employee director.

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