The Board of Directors of APT Satellite Holdings Limited announced that with effect from 27 January 2015 Mr. Lei Fanpei has resigned as Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Company for the reason of new working promotion arrangement. The Board also announced that with effect from 27 January 2015 Mr. Yuan Jie has been
appointed as Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Company. Mr. Yuan has also been appointed as Director of APT Satellite Company Limited andAPT Satellite Investment Company Limited, which are subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Yuan has also be en appointed as Director of APT Satellite International Company Limited, the substantial shareholder of the Company.