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SANDS CHINA LTD.

金沙中國有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1928 and Note Stock Codes: 5140, 5141, 5142)

INSIDE INFORMATION

RESULTS OF OUR CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER,

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.,

FOR THE FISCAL THIRD QUARTER ENDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

This announcement is issued by Sands China Ltd. ("SCL" or our "Company" or "Sands China") pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance and Rule 13.09(2)(a) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in our 2017 Annual Report.

Our Company's controlling shareholder, Las Vegas Sands Corp. ("LVS" or "Las Vegas Sands"), is a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") in the United States. As at the date of this announcement, LVS beneficially owns approximately 70% of the issued share capital of our Company.

LVS files quarterly and annual reports, including quarterly and annual financial information and certain operating statistics under Form 8-K, Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, respectively, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in accordance with the ongoing disclosure obligations applicable to a publicly traded NYSE-listed company. Such filings include segment financial information about the Macao operations of LVS, which Macao operations are owned by our Company, and the filings are available in the public domain.

LVS has, on or about October 25, 2018 (4 a.m. Hong Kong time), announced its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended September 30, 2018 (the "Quarterly Financial Results"), held its third quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call (the "Earnings Call") and posted a third quarter earnings call presentation and supplemental materials on its website (the "Presentations"). If you wish to review the QuarterlyFinancial Results prepared by LVS, which were filed with the SEC, please visithttps://s21.q4cdn.com/635845646/files/doc_financials/2018/Q3/LVS-3Q-2018-Earnings-Release.pdf orhttps://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1300514/000130051418000118/lvs_ex991x09302018.htm. If you wish to review the Presentations, please visithttps://s21.q4cdn. com/635845646/files/doc_financials/2018/Q3/LVS-3Q-2018-Earnings-Deck.pdf andhttps://s21. q4cdn.com/635845646/files/doc_financials/2018/Q3/LVS-3Q-2018-Supplemental-Materials.pdf.

The financial results of LVS and its consolidated subsidiaries, including those contained in the Quarterly Financial Results, the Earnings Call and the Presentations have been prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles of the United States ("US GAAP"), which are different from the International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") that we are subject to when preparing and presenting our stand-alone financial results and related financial information. However, following the substantial convergence of the IFRS and US GAAP accounting standards on revenue recognition with effect from January 1, 2018 onwards, the previous differences in the accounting treatment of revenue recognition between those two accounting frameworks applicable to the Company have been eliminated. Nevertheless, our shareholders and potential investors in our Company's ordinary shares should consult their own professional advisers for an understanding of the difference between IFRS and US GAAP.

To ensure that all shareholders of and potential investors in our Company's ordinary shares have equal and timely access to the information pertaining to our Company, set forth below are extracts and key highlights of the financial results and related financial information published by LVS in the Quarterly Financial Results and the Earnings Call that relate to our Company and our operations in Macao:

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS EXTRACTS

Third Quarter Overview

Mr. Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of LVS, said, "We (LVS) are pleased to have delivered strong financial results in the quarter, led by continued growth in every market segment in Macao. Our integrated resort property portfolio in Macao delivered adjusted property EBITDA of US$754 million, an increase of 15.8% compared to the third quarter of 2017.

We also continued to invest in growth initiatives in each of our markets. We remain supremely confident in the future opportunity in Macao, and have therefore elected to meaningfully increase the scale of our investments in the Four Seasons Tower Suites Macao, St. Regis Tower Suites Macao and The Londoner Macao, which will now total US$2.2 billion in investment through 2021. We believe our market-leading interconnected integrated resort portfolio in Macao, including the additional destination retail, luxurious hotel suite offerings and world class entertainment attractions of the Four Seasons Tower Suites Macao, St. Regis Tower Suites Macao and The Londoner Macao, will provide an ideal platform for growth in Macao in the years ahead."

Sands China Ltd. Consolidated Financial Results

On a US GAAP basis, total net revenues for SCL increased 13% to US$2.15 billion in the third quarter of 2018, compared to US$1.90 billion in the third quarter of 2017. Net income for SCL increased 13% to US$454 million in the third quarter of 2018, compared to US$403 million in the third quarter of 2017.

Other Factors Affecting Earnings

Depreciation and amortization expense was US$284 million in the third quarter of 2018, compared to US$265 million in the third quarter of 2017.

Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized, was US$126 million for the third quarter of 2018, compared to US$83 million in the prior-year quarter. Our weighted average borrowing cost in the third quarter of 2018 was approximately 4.2%, compared to 3.2% during the third quarter of 2017. We incurred a loss on early retirement of debt of US$52 million during the third quarter of 2018. This loss and the increases in interest expense and net weighted average borrowing cost relate to the issuance of unsecured notes by SCL, as further described below.

The net income attributable to noncontrolling interests during the third quarter of 2018 increased to US$128 million and was principally related to SCL.

Balance Sheet Items

On August 9, 2018, SCL issued, in a private offering, three series of senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of US$5.50 billion, consisting of US$1.80 billion of 4.600% Senior Notes due August 8, 2023, US$1.80 billion of 5.125% Senior Notes due August 8, 2025 and US$1.90 billion of 5.400% Senior Notes due August 8, 2028. A portion of the net proceeds from the offering was used to repay in full the outstanding borrowings under the 2016 VML Credit Facility.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures during the third quarter totaled US$207 million, including construction, development and maintenance activities of US$131 million in Macao.

Supplemental Data (Unaudited)

The Venetian Macao (US$ in millions)

Revenues:

Casino Rooms

Food and Beverage Mall

Convention, Retail and Other

Three Months Ended

September 30,2018

  • $ 689 $

    58

    21

    60

    29

    2017 $ ChangeChange

    • 564 $ 125 22.2%

      44 19 55 20

    • 14 31.8%

    • 2 10.5%

    • 5 9.1%

    • 9 45.0%Net Revenues

  • $ 857 $

    • 702 $ 155 22.1%

      Adjusted Property EBITDA EBITDA Margin %

      Gaming Statistics (US$ in millions)

      Rolling Chip Volume

      Rolling Chip Win %(1)

      Non-Rolling Chip Drop

      Non-Rolling Chip Win %

  • $ 344 $ 40.1%

  • $ 7,425 $ 3.75%

  • $ 2,175 $ 25.1%

    • 264 $ 80 30.3%

      37.6%

      6,898 $ 3.28% 1,892 $ 22.8%

      2.5 pts

    • 527 7.6% 0.47 pts

    • 283 15.0% 2.3 pts

      Slot Handle

      Slot Hold %

      Hotel Statistics (US$)

      Occupancy %

      Average Daily Rate (ADR)

      Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR)

  • $ 807 $ 3.7%

    95.7%

  • $ 229 $

  • $ 219 $

718 $ 5.1%

  • 89 12.4%

    (1.4) pts

    90.7%

    5.0 pts

  • 218 $ 11 5.0%

  • 198 $ 21 10.6%

Note: The prior period presentation has been adjusted for the adoption of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and conformed to the current period presentation.

(1)This compares to our expected Rolling Chip win percentage of 3.0% to 3.3% (calculated before discounts and commissions).

Three Months EndedSands Cotai Central (US$ in millions)

Revenues:

Casino Rooms

Food and Beverage Mall

Convention, Retail and Other

September 30,2018

  • $ 400 $

    85

    25

    19

    8

    2017 $ ChangeChange

    • 341 $ 59 17.3%

      78 26 15 7

    • 7 9.0%

    • (1) (3.8)%

    • 4 26.7%

    • 1 14.3%Net Revenues

  • $ 537 $

    • 467 $ 70 15.0%

      Adjusted Property EBITDA

      EBITDA Margin %

      Gaming Statistics (US$ in millions)

      Rolling Chip Volume

      Rolling Chip Win %(1)

      Non-Rolling Chip Drop

      Non-Rolling Chip Win %

      Slot Handle

      Slot Hold %

      Hotel Statistics (US$)

      Occupancy %

      Average Daily Rate (ADR)

      Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR)

  • $ 188 $ 35.0%

  • $ 2,564 $ 3.95%

  • $ 1,650 $ 21.5%

  • $ 1,134 $ 3.5%

    96.1%

  • $ 159 $

  • $ 153 $

  • 154 $ 34 22.1%

    33.0%

    2,846 $ 2.66% 1,442 $ 20.4% 1,182 $ 4.4%

    2.0 pts

  • (282) (9.9)%

    1.29 pts

  • 208 14.4% 1.1 pts

  • (48) (4.1)%

    (0.9) pts

    93.0%

    3.1 pts

  • 147 $ 12 8.2%

  • 137 $ 16 11.7%

Note: The prior period presentation has been adjusted for the adoption of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and conformed to the current period presentation.

(1)This compares to our expected Rolling Chip win percentage of 3.0% to 3.3% (calculated before discounts and commissions).

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