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

(Stock Code: 6837) ANNOUNCEMENT APPROVAL IS OBTAINED FOR THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF SHARES IN UT CAPITAL GROUP

Reference is made to the announcement of Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. (the "Company") dated
25 September 2013 in relation to the proposed acquisition of shares in UT Capital Group (the "Announcement"). Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Announcement.
The board of directors of the Company is pleased to announce that the Company has recently received a reply from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (Ji Gou Bu Bu Han [2013] No.
866) and from the Shanghai Finance Services Office (Hu Jin Rong Ban [2014] No.4) respectively, both of which have granted permission in relation to filings of our proposed acquisition of shares in UT Capital Group. The "Notice of Review Decision" (Shang Fan Long Shen Cha Han [2014] No.3) from the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China has also been received, indicating that it has no objection to the acquisition of 100% equity interest in UT Capital Group and the resulting concentration of undertakings in UT Capital Group by Haitong International Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the concentration of undertakings is permitted to proceed with immediate effect.
By order of the Board

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. WANG Kaiguo

Chairman

Shanghai, the PRC
13 January 2014

As at the date of this announcement, our executive directors are Mr. WANG Kaiguo and Mr. LI Mingshan; our non-executive directors are Mr. ZHUANG Guowei, Mr. ZHOU Donghui, Mr. HE Jianyong, Mr. ZHANG Jianwei, Mr. XU Chao, Mr. WANG Hongxiang, Mr. LI Gewei and Mr. FENG Huang; and our independent non-executive directors are Mr. XIA Bin, Mr. CHEN Qiwei, Mr. ZHANG Huiquan, Mr. ZHANG Ming, Mr. DAI Genyou, Mr. LIU Cheeming and Mr. XIAO Suining.

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