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SANY HEAVY EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED

三 一 重 裝 國 際 控 股 有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 631) APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Reference is made to the announcements of Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings Company Limited (the "Company") dated 12 September 2016 and 8 December 2016 in relation to, among other things, the resignation of an independent non-executive Director. Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used herein shall bear the same meanings as defined in the Announcements.

As disclosed in the Announcements, the Company has been identifying a suitable candidate to fill in the vacancy of an independent non-executive Director to comply with Rules 3.10(1), 3.10A, 3.21 and

3.25 of and Paragraph A.5.1 of Appendix 14 to the Listing Rules. The Board hereby announces that Mr. Hu Jiquan ( 胡吉全 ) has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee with effect from 11 December 2016.

Hu Jiquan* ( 胡吉全 ), aged 58, is a researcher (professor) and a tutor of doctorate candidate. Currently, he is the director of the engineering center of department of education for port logistic technology and equipment and the associate dean of the institute of logistic engineering of Wuhan University of Technology* ( 武漢理工大學 ).

He graduated from Wuhan School of Marine Transportation Engineering* ( 武漢水運工程學院 ) with a diploma in lifting transportation machinery in January 1982. He was an assistant lecturer, a lecturer and an associate professor in Wuhan School of Marine Transportation Engineering* ( 武漢水運工程學 院 ), Wuhan Transportation University* ( 武漢交通科技大學 ) and Wuhan University of Technology* ( 武漢理工大學 ) respectively between 1982 and 2004. He served as a researcher (professor) in the institute of logistics engineering of Wuhan University of Technology* ( 武漢理工大學 ) in 2005, a tutor of doctorate candidate in 2006, and was appointed as a distinguished professor for production academic and research and served as a member of academic committee by Wuhan University of Technology* ( 武 漢理工大學 ) in 2012. Currently, he also serves as the managing director of the port machinery branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society* ( 中國工程機械學會 ), the director of the Logistics Technology Committee of the Mechanical Engineering Society of Hubei* ( 湖北省機械工程學會 ) and a member of National Standardised Technology of Lifting Machinery Committee* ( 全國起重機標準化技 術委員會 ). He principally engaged in the research of design theory and method of modern port loading and unloading, research on port logistic equipment and logistics system automation. He participated in

a number of projects supported by the State, the National Transportation Readiness and Military Key Project, Science and Technology Key Project of Hubei Province, production, academic and research cooperation projects of Guangdong Province, enterprise science and technology cooperation projects. He presided over the development of various types of port machinery products. He won 6 awards of scientific and technological progress at the provincial and ministerial level and obtained more than 20 invention patents and utility model patents. He published more than 40 SCI/EI papers and participated in preparing several teaching materials and mechanical design manuals.

Mr. Hu has entered into a letter of appointment (the "Letter of Appointment") with the Company on 11 December 2016 for a term of three years, subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company. Under the Letter of Appointment, the director service fees payable to Mr. Hu is HK$200,000 per year, which is determined by reference to, among other things, his duties and responsibilities with the Company.

Save as disclosed herein, Mr. Hu held no other directorships in any listed public companies in the last three years and Mr. Hu has not held any other positions with the Company and its subsidiaries. Mr. Hu does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Hu had no interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Save as disclosed, there is no other information relating to Mr. Hu that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and there is no other matter which needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company or The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Upon the appointment of Mr. Hu as the independent non-executive Director with effect from 11 December 2016, (i) the number of the independent non-executive Directors has satisfied with the minimum requirements of three and one-third of the Board as required under Rules 3.10(1) and 3.10A of the Listing Rules, (ii) the number of members of the Audit Committee has satisfied with the minimum requirement of three as required under Rule 3.21 of the Listing Rules, (iii) the number of the independent non-executive Directors accounts for the majority of the Nomination Committee as required under Paragraph A.5.1 of Appendix 14 to the Listing Rules, and (iv) the number of the independent non- executive Directors accounts for the majority of the Remuneration Committee as required Rule 3.25 of the Listing Rules.

The Board would like to take this opportunity to its warm welcome to Mr. Hu on his appointment.

By the Order of the Board

Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings Company Limited Qi Jian

Chairman

Hong Kong, 11 December 2016

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Qi Jian and Mr. Wu Likun, the non- executive Directors are Mr. Tang Xiuguo, Mr. Xiang Wenbo and Mr. Mao Zhongwu, and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Ng Yuk Keung, Mr. Poon Chiu Kwok and Mr. Hu Jiquan.

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