If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult your stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser. If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited, you should at once hand this circular together with the enclosed form of proxy to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, 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 circular.

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 01165)
  1. PROPOSED GRANTING OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE NEW SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES
  2. PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
  3. PROPOSED RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS AND
  4. NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

A notice convening the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at the Portion C, 30/F., Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong on Friday, 23 June 2017 at 11:00 a.m. is set out on pages 15 to 18 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the annual general meeting is also enclosed with this circular. Such form of proxy is also published on the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited at www.hkexnews.hk and the website of the Company at www.sfcegroup.com.

Whether or not you are able to attend the annual general meeting, you are requested to complete and return the accompanying form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon to the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.

23 May 2017

Page

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Letter from the Board

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. General Mandates to Issue New Shares and Repurchase Shares . . . . . . . . . . 4

3. Re-election of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

4. Re-appointment of Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

5. Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

6. Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

7. Closure of Register of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

8. Responsibility of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Appendix I - Explanatory Statement on Repurchase Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Appendix II - Details of Directors Proposed to be Re-elected at the AGM 12 Notice of Annual General Meeting 15

In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

"AGM" the annual general meeting of the Company to be convened at the Portion C, 30/F., Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong on Friday, 23 June 2017 at 11:00 a.m., or where the context so admits, any adjournment thereof

"Articles" the Articles of Association of the Company

"associates" has the meaning ascribed thereto under the Listing Rules

"Board" the board of directors of the Company

"Company" Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited(順風國際 清潔能源有限公司), an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the issued Shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange

"Director(s)" director(s) of the Company

"Group" the Company and its subsidiaries

"HK$" Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong

"Hong Kong" the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC

"Issue Mandate" a general unconditional mandate proposed to be granted to the Directors at the AGM to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional Shares up to 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing such resolution

"Latest Practicable Date" 17 May 2017, being the latest practicable date prior to

the printing of this circular for the purpose of ascertaining certain information contained in this circular

"Listing Rules" the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange

"PRC" the People's Republic of China, which for the purpose of this circular, shall exclude Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC

"Repurchase Mandate" a general unconditional mandate proposed to be granted

to the Directors at the AGM to exercise the powers of the Company to repurchase up to 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing such resolution

"SFO" the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) as amended and supplemented from time to time

"Share(s)" ordinary share(s) of HK$0.01 each in the share capital of the Company

"Shareholder(s)" holder(s) of the Shares

"Stock Exchange" The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

"substantial shareholder(s)" has the meaning ascribed thereto under the Listing

Rules

"Takeovers Code" the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers

"%" per cent

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 01165)

Executive Directors:

Mr. Zhang Yi (Chairman)

Mr. Luo Xin (Chief Executive Officer)

Mr. Shi Jianmin (Vice Chairman)

Mr. Wang Yu Mr. Lu Bin

Independent Non-executive Directors:

Mr. Tao Wenquan Mr. Zhao Yuwen

Mr. Kwong Wai Sun Wilson

Registered Office:

Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive

  1. Box 2681

    Grand Cayman KY1-1111 Cayman Islands

    Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:

    Portion C, 30/F

    Bank of China Tower 1 Garden Road

    Central

    Hong Kong

    23 May 2017

    To the Shareholders

    Dear Sir or Madam,

  2. PROPOSED GRANTING OF GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE NEW SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES
  3. PROPOSED RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND
  4. PROPOSED RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
  5. INTRODUCTION

    The purpose of this circular is to provide you with information reasonably necessary to enable you to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM for the approval of, inter alia:

    1. the granting of the Repurchase Mandate, the Issue Mandate and the extension of the Issue Mandate to the Directors;

    2. re-election of the Directors; and

    3. re-appointment of the auditors.

    4. GENERAL MANDATES TO ISSUE NEW SHARES AND REPURCHASE SHARES

      The Issue Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate shall be effective until whichever is the earlier of:

      1. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

      2. revocation or variation by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting; or

      3. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or any applicable laws of the Cayman Islands to be held.

      Issue Mandate

      At the 2015 annual general meeting of the Company held on 23 June 2016, a general mandate was granted to the Directors to issue Shares. Such general mandate will lapse at the conclusion of the AGM.

      At the AGM, two ordinary resolutions will be proposed, that (1) the Directors be granted the Issue Mandate, being a general mandate to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional Shares up to 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing such resolution; and (2) the limit of the number of Shares under the Issue Mandate, if granted to the Directors, be extended to the number of the Shares which may be repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Mandate.

      As at the Latest Practicable Date, a total of 4,314,151,191 Shares were in issue. Subject to the passing of the proposed ordinary resolution approving the Issue Mandate and assuming that there is no change in the issued share capital of the Company from the Latest Practicable Date to the date of passing the abovementioned resolution in respect of the Issue Mandate, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued by the Directors pursuant to the Issue Mandate is 862,830,238 Shares.

      Repurchase Mandate

      At the 2015 annual general meeting of the Company held on 23 June 2016, a general mandate was granted to the Directors to repurchase Shares. Such general mandate will lapse at the conclusion of the AGM.

      At the AGM, an ordinary resolution will be proposed that the Directors be granted the Repurchase Mandate, being a general mandate to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to repurchase, in the terms as stated in such ordinary resolution, Shares up to 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing such resolution.

      An explanatory statement, as required under the Listing Rules, regarding the repurchase by companies with primary listings on the Stock Exchange of their own securities to provide the requisite information on the Repurchase Mandate, is set out in the Appendix I to this circular.

      RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

      The Board currently consists of eight Directors, namely Mr. Zhang Yi, Mr. Luo Xin, Mr. Shi Jianmin, Mr. Wang Yu, and Mr. Lu Bin, being the executive Directors; Mr. Tao Wenquan, Mr. Zhao Yuwen and Mr. Kwong Wai Sun Wilson, being the independent non-executive Directors.

      Pursuant to Article 84(1) of the Articles, at each annual general meeting of the Company, one-third of the Directors for the time being (or, if their number is not a multiple of three, the number nearest to but not less than one-third) shall retire from office by rotation. Pursuant to paragraph A4.2 of the Corporate Governance Code and Corporate Governance Report annexed as Appendix 14 to the Listing Rules, each Director (including those appointed for a specific term) should be subject to retirement by rotation at least once every three years. Pursuant to Article 84(2) of the Articles, a retiring Director shall be eligible for re-election. Accordingly, pursuant to Articles 83(3), 84(1) and 84(2) of the Articles, Mr. Luo Xin, Mr. Tao Wenquan and Mr. Zhao Yuwen will retire by rotation at the AGM. Each of Mr. Luo Xin, Mr. Tao Wenquan and Mr. Zhao Yuwen, being eligible, offers himself for re-election.

      Brief biographical details of the Directors proposed to be re-elected at the AGM are set out in Appendix II to this circular.

      RE-APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS

      In accordance with the Articles, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu will retire as the auditors of the Company at the AGM. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as the auditors of the Company for the year following the close of the AGM.

      A resolution will be proposed at the AGM to approve the re-appointment of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the auditors of the Company.

      ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

      Set out on pages 15 to 18 of this circular is a notice convening the AGM to consider and, if thought fit, to approve the resolutions relating to, among other matters, the Repurchase Mandate, the Issue Mandate, the extension of the Issue Mandate, the re-election of Directors and the re-appointment of auditors.

      A form of proxy for use at the AGM is enclosed. Such form of proxy can also be downloaded from the website of the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk) and the website of the Company (www.sfcegroup.com). If you are not able to attend at the AGM in person, you are requested to complete the form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the AGM or any adjournment thereof should you so wish.

      Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, any vote of shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll except where the chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands. Accordingly, the resolutions to be considered and, if thought fit, approved at the AGM will be voted by way of poll by the Shareholders. The results of the poll will be published on the Stock Exchange's website at www.hkexnews.hk and the Company's website at www.sfcegroup.com as soon as possible after the conclusion of the AGM.

      RECOMMENDATIONS

      The Board considers that the proposed granting of the Issue Mandate, the extension of the Issue Mandate, the Repurchase Mandate, the proposed re-election of Directors and the proposed re-appointment of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the auditors of the Company, are all in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board recommends the Shareholders to vote in favour of all the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the AGM.

      CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS

      The register of members of the Company will be closed from 20 June 2017 to 23 June 2017, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares in the Company will be effected. In order to qualify for the right to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on 19 June 2017.

      RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTORS

      This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.

      Yours faithfully,

      For and on behalf of the Board of

      Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited Zhang Yi

      Chairman

      This Appendix serves as an explanatory statement, as required by the Listing Rules, to provide requisite information to you for your consideration of the Repurchase Mandate.

      LISTING RULES RELATING TO THE REPURCHASE OF SHARES

      The Listing Rules permit companies whose primary listings are on the Stock Exchange to repurchase their own shares on the Stock Exchange subject to certain restrictions, the most important of which are summarized below.

      SHARE CAPITAL

      As at the Latest Practicable Date, the issued share capital of the Company comprised of 4,314,151,191 fully paid Shares.

      Subject to the passing of the proposed resolution for the approval of the Repurchase Mandate and on the basis that no further Shares is to be issued or repurchased by the Company after the Latest Practicable Date and up to the date of the AGM, the Company will be allowed under the Repurchase Mandate to repurchase a maximum of 431,415,119 fully paid Shares, representing 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing the resolution granting the Repurchase Mandate.

      SHARE PRICES

      The highest and lowest prices at which the Shares have been traded on the Stock Exchange during each of the twelve months preceding the Latest Practicable Date, and up to the Latest Practicable Date were as follows:

      Price per Share

      Highest

      HK$

      Lowest

      HK$

      2016

      May

      1.46

      1.14

      June

      1.31

      0.98

      July

      1.06

      0.98

      August

      1.15

      0.99

      September

      1.07

      0.92

      October

      0.96

      0.66

      November

      0.71

      0.65

      December

      0.68

      0.485

      2017

      January

      0.53

      0.42

      February

      0.81

      0.465

      March

      0.79

      0.51

      April

      0.6

      0.48

      May (up to the Latest Practicable Date)

      0.52

      0.46

      REASONS FOR REPURCHASES

      The Directors believe that the Repurchase Mandate is in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. An exercise of the Repurchases Mandate may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net assets of the Company and/or its earnings per Share and will only be made when the Directors believe that such a repurchase will benefit the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.

      FUNDING OF REPURCHASES

      Repurchases of Shares by the Company must be made out of funds which are legally available for such purpose in accordance with the Articles, the Listing Rules and the applicable laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands.

      The Company shall not repurchase its own Shares on the Stock Exchange for a consideration other than cash or for settlement otherwise than in accordance with the trading rules of the Stock Exchange from time to time.

      Subject to the above, any repurchase of the Shares by the Company may only be made out of profits of the Company or out of a fresh issue of Shares made for the purpose of the repurchase, or, subject to Cayman Islands Companies Law, out of capital, provided that on the day immediately following the date of repurchase of the Shares, the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.

      Based on the financial position disclosed in the latest published audited consolidated accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016, the Directors consider that there will not be any material adverse impact on the working capital or gearing position of the Company in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is to be exercised in full at any time during the proposed repurchase period. Nevertheless, the Directors do not intend to exercise the Repurchase Mandate to such extent as this would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital requirements or gearing levels of the Company which, in the opinion of the Directors, are from time to time appropriate for the Company.

      DIRECTORS' DEALING

      None of the Directors nor, to the best of their knowledge having made all reasonable enquiries, their close associates (as defined under the Listing Rules) have any present intention to sell any Shares to the Company under the Repurchase Mandate if the same is approved by the Shareholders at the AGM.

      DIRECTORS' UNDERTAKING

      The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that, so far as the same may be applicable, they will exercise the Repurchase Mandate pursuant to the proposed resolution in accordance with the Articles, the Listing Rules and the applicable laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands.

      EFFECT OF THE TAKEOVERS CODE AND MINIMUM PUBLIC HOLDING

      If a Shareholder's proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases on the Company exercising its powers to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate, such increase will be treated as an acquisition of voting rights for the purposes of Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code. As a result, a Shareholder or group of Shareholders acting in concert, depending on the level of such increase, could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obligated to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 or Rule 32 of the Takeovers Code.

      As at the Latest Practicable Date, as far as the Directors are aware, substantial Shareholders of the Company having a direct or an indirect interest in 10% or more of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company that carry a right to vote in all circumstances at general meetings of the Company are as follows:

      Name

      Notes

      Capacity/ Nature of interest

      Number of

      Shares

      Approximate percentage of shareholding

      Mr. Cheng Kin Ming

      1

      Interest of controlled corporation Beneficial

      822,218,993

      3,452,000

      19.06%

      0.08%

      owner

      Faithsmart Limited

      2

      Interest of controlled corporation

      822,218,993

      19.06%

      Asia Pacific Resources

      Development Investment

      3

      Interest of controlled corporation Beneficial

      746,661,802

      75,557,191

      17.31%

      1.75%

      Limited

      owner

      Peace Link Services Limited

      Beneficial owner

      746,661,802

      17.31%

      Notes:

      1. Mr. Cheng Kin Ming is the beneficial owner of 100% shareholding in Faithsmart Limited, which in turn is the beneficial owner of 100% shareholding in Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment Limited, which in turn is the beneficial owner of 100% shareholding in Peace Link Services Limited and, therefore, Mr. Cheng Kin Ming is deemed to be interested in the Shares owned by Peace Link Services Limited for the purposes of the SFO.

      2. Faithsmart Limited is the beneficial owner of 100% shareholding in Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment Limited, which in turn is the beneficial owner of 100% shareholding in Peace Link Services Limited and, therefore, Faithsmart Limited is deemed to be interested in the Shares owned by Peace Link Services Limited for the purposes of the SFO.

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