The board of directors of Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited announced that Mr. Zhou Bo has tendered his resignation as an executive director, company secretary and chief accountant of the Company, and has ceased to act as authorized representative of the Company under Rule 3.05 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with effect from 8 June 2018 due to personal reasons. Following the resignation of Mr. Zhou, Mr. Chiu Pak Yue Leo, a solicitor of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as defined in the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Chapter 159 of the Laws of Hong Kong), remains a company secretary of the Company. The Company is in the course of searching for a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy of a joint company secretary as soon as practicable. For the time being, Mr. Yu Shui, the assistant to general manager of the Company, will assist in the taking up of company secretarial duties.