CIFI : FURTHER ISSUE OF US$200,000,000 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019 (THE "ADDITIONAL NOTES") (to be consolidated and form a single series with the US$200,000,000 8.875% senior notes due 2019 issued on 27 January 2014)

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This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act ("Regulation S")) absent registration, except pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus. Such prospectus will contain detailed information about the company involved and its management and financial statements. No public offering of securities is to be made by the Company in the United States.

CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd.

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 00884) FURTHER ISSUE OF US$200,000,000 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019 (THE "ADDITIONAL NOTES") (to be consolidated and form a single series with the US$200,000,000 8.875% senior notes due 2019 issued on 27 January 2014) (the "Original Notes") (Stock code: 6016) Guaranteed by Subsidiary Guarantors

Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of and permission to deal in the Additional Notes (which are to be consolidated and form

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a single series with the Original Notes) to be issued by CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. (the "Company") by way of debt issues to professional investors only as described in the supplemental offering memorandum relating thereto dated 17 December 2014, which supplements the original offering memorandum dated 20 January 2014 issued in relation to the Original Notes. Permission for the listing of, and dealing in, the Additional Notes is expected to become effective on 12 January 2015.

By Order of the Board

CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. LIN Zhong

Chairman

Hong Kong, 9 January 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. LIN Zhong, Mr. LIN Wei and Mr. LIN Feng as executive directors; and Mr. GU Yunchang, Mr. ZHANG Yongyue and Mr. TAN Wee Seng as independent non-executive directors.

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