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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer Fidelity China Special Situations of existing shares to which voting rights are PLC attached:ii 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Y An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Y Other (please specify): Increase in issuers voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the FIL Limited notification obligation:iii 4. Full name of shareholder(s) See section 9 (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 3 September 2013 reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 4 September 2013 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 45% reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares to the triggering transaction if possible using the ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting of of of shares rights rights x Shares Voting Rights Indirect Direct xi Indirect Direct Indirect xii GB00B62Z3C74 269,773,655 269,773,655 42,549,815 227,089,606 7.10 37.90 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting instrument date xiii Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights instrument price date xvii Conversion instrument refers to xix, xx period xviii Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 269,639,421 45.00 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi Custodian Total Management Company BBHISL NOMINEES LIMITED 42,549,815 FIL FIL NOMINEE (SHAREHOLDINGS) LTD GENPEP 170,714,690 FIL BNY MELLON NOMINEES LTD 56,046,277 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 328,639 FISL Grand Total 269,639,421 Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: FIL Limited 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to 134,234 hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting 3 September 2013 rights: 13. Additional information: FIL may exercise any voting rights attaching to Fidelity ISA or Fidelity Share plan clients beneficial shareholding unless the client has elected to exercise such rights themselves. FIL Limited is restricted to voting 29.9% of the issued share capital (formula as agreed with the Takeover Panel) 14. Contact name: Nevelina Rousseva 15. Contact telephone number: fil-regreporting@fil.com 01737 837216 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Anchna Devi For and on behalf of FIL Investments International Contact address Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB Phone number & email 01737 837132 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or Company Secretary legal entity subject to the notification obligation) C: Additional information Issuer name: FIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC Current ownership percentage: 45.00% Total shares held: 269,639,421 Issued share capital: 599,114,480 FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services (UK) Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pensions Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. Ordinary shares BBHISL Nominees Limited 42,549,815 shares (direct - FIL Limited) FIL Nominee (Shareholdings) Ltd GENPEP 170,714,690 shares (indirect - Fidelity ISA clients) BNY Mellon Nominees Ltd 56,046,277 shares (indirect - Fidelity Shareplan clients) JP Morgan Bournemouth 328,639 shares (indirect) Fidelity may exercise any voting rights attaching to Fidelity ISA or Fidelity Shareplan clients beneficial shareholding unless the client has elected to exercise such rights themselves. FIL Limited is restricted to voting 29.9% of the issued share capital (formula as agreed with the Takeover Panel) i This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority. ii Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer provided it is reliable and accurate. iii This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, or the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments having a similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments, as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral under these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion. iv Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2. v The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, the date of entering into an agreement. The date on which a threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. In the case of financial instruments with a similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments, the date on which a threshold is reached or crossed is the date of entering into the agreement. In the case of reaching or crossing a threshold passively as a result of a change in a delta adjusted holding or due to a change in the total voting rights of the issuer, the date should be that when the delta adjustment occurs or the total voting rights change rather than the date at which the agreement was entered into. vi Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case the situation prior to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state 'below 3%'. vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is less than 3%. viii Direct and Indirect ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. x If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%. xi Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1) xii Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1) xiii date of maturity / expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends. xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the [date] xv In case of notifying the aggregate of all voting rights deemed to be held as a result of holdings of instruments having a similar economic effect to (but not including) qualifying instruments on a nominal basis, please also provide the exercise price and either expiration date, or conversion period. If notifying on a nominal basis there is no requirement to then provide the delta-adjusted figures as well. xvi In case of notifying the aggregate of all voting rights deemed to be held as a result of holdings of instruments having a similar economic effect to (but not including) qualifying instruments on a delta-adjusted basis, please provide the expiration date/conversion period as appropriate. xvii expiration date of the financial instrument with a similar economic effect to a qualifying financial instrument i.e. the date when the instrument is due to be settled. xviii If the financial instrument has a conversion/settlement period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the [date] xix Nominal and delta-adjusted basis (transitional period to run until 31 December 2009) xx If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%. xxi The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held, or deemed to be held, by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. xxii This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

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