Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announcement dated 28 December 2015 in relation to the 2015 Framework Agreement. As the 2015 Framework Agreement expired on 31 December 2018 and the transactions contemplated thereunder will continue to be entered into on a recurring basis, the Company announced that on 23 January 2019, it entered into the Framework Agreement with Datang Holdings in relation to the Non-Exempt Continuing Connected Transactions for a term of three years commencing on 1 January 2019.