Major Events about Shares

2007-03-01 1,150,000,000 A shares of par value RMB1.00 each were issued at RMB33.8 each for a total cash consideration, before issue expenses, of RMB38.87 billion through an initial public offering.
2004-06-24 1,261,720,000 ordinary shares of par value RMB1 each were issued at HKD10.33(equivalent to approximately RMB10.96) each for a total cash consideration, before issue expenses, of RMB13,826 million through an initial public offering.
2003-11-26 Our Company was authorized by the CIRC to conduct a capitalization issue, pursuant to which, RMB2,466,666,667 in the Company's capital reserve was capitalized and 2,466,666,667 Shares were issued and allotted to the shareholders of our Company on the basis of ten new shares to ten existing shares. After the capitalization issue, the registered capital of our Company became RMB4,933,333,334, divided into 4,933,333,334 Shares.
2003-01-09 Our Registered capital was further increased from RMB2,220,000,000 to RMB2,466,666,667.
2001-09-30 Our Registered capital was increased from RMB1,500,000,000 to RMB2,220,000,000.
1997-01-16 Our Company was established as a joint stock limited company in the PRC, and our Company's initial registered capital was RMB1,500,000,000，divided into 1,500,000,000 Shares of par value RMB1.00 each.