APT Satellite : Inside Information Notice From Controlling Shareholder

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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1045)

INSIDE INFORMATION

NOTICE FROM CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER

This announcement is made by APT Satellite Holdings Limited (the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

The Company has been notified by 中國衛通集團股份有限公司 (China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd.) ("CSCC"), a controlling shareholder who is deemed to be interested in approximately 53.23% of the issued share capital of the Company, that CSCC intends to issue and list A Shares in the People's Republic of China and has submitted the application to the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

By Order of the Board

APT Satellite Holdings Limited

Lau Tsui Ling Shirley

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 4 January 2018

The directors of the Company as at the date of this announcement are as follows:

Executive Directors:

Cheng Guangren (President) and Qi Liang (Vice President)

Non-Executive Directors:

Yuan Jie (Chairman), Lim Toon, Yin Yen-liang, Li Zhongbao, Fu Zhiheng, Lim Kian Soon and Tseng Ta-mon (Alternate Director to Yin Yen-liang)

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Lui King Man, Lam Sek Kong, Cui Liguo and Meng Xingguo

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