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 purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for the securities of OOIL.

中遠海運控股股份有限公司

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd.*

(a joint stock limited company

incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1919) Faulkner Global Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability) Shanghai Port Group (BVI) Development Co., Limited

上港集團BVI發展有限公司

(Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability)

ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED

東方海外(國際)有限公司*

(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 316) JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT
  1. PRE-CONDITIONAL VOLUNTARY GENERAL CASH OFFER BY UBS ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT OFFERORS TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THE ISSUED SHARES OF OOIL
  2. IRREVOCABLE UNDERTAKING BY CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER TO ACCEPT THE OFFER AND
  3. VERY SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION FOR COSCO SHIPPING HOLDINGS FULFILLMENT OF PRE-CONDITION

Reference is made to (i) the joint announcement made by Faulkner Global Holdings Limited, Shanghai Port Group (BVI) Development Co., Ltd., COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd.* ("COSCO SHIPPING Holdings") and Orient Overseas (International) Limited dated 7 July 2017 (the "Joint Announcement"); (ii) the circular of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings dated 25 September 2017 ; and (iii) the announcement of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings on resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") dated 16 October 2017 (the "Poll Results Announcement"). Unless the context requires otherwise, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Joint Announcement.

As stated in the Joint Announcement, the making of the pre-conditional voluntary general cash offer by UBS, on behalf of the Joint Offerors, for all of the issued shares of OOIL held by the Qualifying OOIL Shareholders (the "Offer") is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the Pre-Conditions by the Pre-Conditions Long Stop Date. Since the Joint Announcement, steps have been taken in relation to the fulfillment of the Pre-Conditions.

As disclosed in the Poll Results Announcement, special resolutions approving the Offer in accordance with the requirements under the Listing Rules and the material asset restructuring in accordance with the "Administrative Measures for the Major

Asset Restructuring of Listed Companies" (

上市公司重大資產重組管理辦法》)

issued by the CSRC were duly passed by the COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Shareholders at the EGM. Accordingly, Pre-Condition (e) has been fulfilled.

As at the date of this announcement, save as disclosed in the monthly update announcement made by the Joint Offerors, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings and OOIL dated 7 September 2017 and this announcement, there are no further updates on the fulfillment of the Pre-Conditions. The Joint Offerors will continue to work towards satisfaction of Pre-Conditions (a), (b), (c) and (d). Further announcement(s) in relation to the latest status of the Offer will be made in due course.

WARNING: as the making of the Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the Pre-Conditions, the Offer is a possibility only and may or may not be made. It depends on the satisfaction or waiver of the Pre-Conditions. Closing of the Offer is subject to the Conditions being fulfilled. Accordingly, the issue of this announcement does not in any way imply that the Offer will be completed. The transactions contemplated by the Offer may or may not proceed. OOIL Shareholders, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Shareholders and prospective investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the securities of OOIL or COSCO SHIPPING Holdings.

* For identification purpose only

By order of the board of

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. GUO Huawei Company Secretary

By order of the board of

Faulkner Global Holdings Limited XU Zunwu Director

By order of the board of

Orient Overseas (International) Limited Lammy LEE Company Secretary

By order of the board of

Shanghai Port Group (BVI) Development Co., Limited XI Yanbing Director

Hong Kong, 16 October 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors of OOIL are Messrs. TUNG Chee Chen, TUNG Lieh Cheung Andrew and TUNG Lieh Sing Alan; Non-Executive Director of OOIL is Professor Roger KING and Independent Non-Executive Directors of OOIL are Mr. Simon MURRAY, Mr. CHOW Philip Yiu Wah, Professor WONG Yue Chim Richard, Mr. CHENG Wai Sun Edward and Mr. KWOK King Man Clement.

The OOIL Directors jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than information relating the Joint Offerors or any of their associates or any parties acting in concert with any of them) and confirm, having made all reasonable inquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than opinions expressed by the Joint Offerors or any of their associates or any parties acting in concert with any of them) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of COSCO SHIPPING Offeror are Mr. XU Zunwu, Mr. DENG Huangjun and Mr. TANG Haifeng.

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings are Mr. WAN Min2 (Chairman), Mr. HUANG Xiaowen1 (Vice Chairman), Mr. XU Zunwu1, Mr. MA Jianhua2, Mr. WANG Haimin1, Mr. ZHANG Wei (張為)1, Mr. FENG Boming2, Mr. ZHANG Wei (張煒)2, Mr. CHEN Dong2, Mr. YANG, Liang Yee Philip3, Mr. WU Dawei3, Mr. ZHOU Zhonghui3, Mr. TEO Siong Seng3 and Mr. KOO, Chee Kong Kenneth3.

1 Executive director

2 Non-executive director

3 Independent non-executive director

The directors of COSCO SHIPPING Offeror and the directors of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than information relating to OOIL or any of its associates or any parties acting in concert with any of them, SIPG Offeror or any of its associates or SIPG or any of its associates) and confirm, having made all reasonable inquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than opinions expressed by OOIL or any of its associates or

any parties acting in concert with any of them, SIPG Offeror or any of its associates or SIPG or any of its associates) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.

As at the date of this announcement, the sole director of SIPG Offeror is XI Yanbing.

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of SIPG are CHEN Xuyuan, BAI Jingtao, YAN Jun, WANG Erzhang, ZHUANG Xiaoqing, ZHENG Shaoping, GUAN Yimin, DU Yongcheng and LI Yifan.

The sole director of SIPG Offeror and the directors of SIPG jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than information relating to OOIL or any of its associates or any parties acting in concert with any of them, COSCO SHIPPING Offeror or any of its associates or COSCO SHIPPING Holdings or any of its associates) and confirm, having made all reasonable inquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than opinions expressed by OOIL or any of its associates or any parties acting in concert with any of them, COSCO SHIPPING Offeror or any of its associates or COSCO SHIPPING Holdings or any of its associates) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.

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