| Notice of Interest/Change in Interest | |
| * Asterisks denote mandatory information | |
| Name of Announcer * | NOBLE GROUP LIMITED |
| Company Registration No. | N.A. |
| Announcement submitted on behalf of | NOBLE GROUP LIMITED |
| Announcement is submitted with respect to * | NOBLE GROUP LIMITED |
| Announcement is submitted by * | Chee Ying LIM |
| Designation * | Company Secretary |
| Date & Time of Broacast | 20-Jan-2012 18:02:55 |
| Announcement No. | 00118 |
| Price Sensitivity | No |
| >> Announcement Details | |
| The details of the announcement start here ... |
| >> Part I | |
| 1. Date of notice to issuer * | 20/01/2012 |
| 2. Name of Substantial Shareholder * | CIC International Co., Limited ("CICICL") |
| 3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): * | |
| - Notice of a New Substantial Shareholder's interest. [Please complete Part II and IV] | |
| >> Part II | |
| 1. Date of change of Interest | 31/10/2011 |
| 2. Name of Registered Holder | HSBC (Singapore) Nominees Pte Ltd |
| 3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest | # Others |
| # Please specify details | Completion of the acquisition of 100% of the total issued shares in Best Investment Corporation (百æ€å¾·æŠ•èµ"有é™è'£ä»»å…¬å¸) ("Best Investment") by CICICL from China Investment Corporation (the "Acquisition"). CICICL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation. After completion of the Acquisition, Best Investment became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CICICL. Best Investment holds 930,559,454 shares in the capital of the Company, which are registered in the name of Best Investment's depository agent, HSBC (Singapore) Nominees Pte Ltd. By virtue of Section 7 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50 of Singapore): (a) CICICL is deemed to be interested in the shares in the Company held by Best Investment; and (b) China Investment Corporation is deemed to be interested in the shares in the Company held by Best Investment. |
| 4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder | |
| No. of Shares held before the change | 930,559,454 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | 14.57 % |
| No. of Shares which are subject of this notice | 930,559,454 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | 14.57 % |
| Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received | 0 |
| No. of Shares held after the change | 930,559,454 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | |
| >> Part III | |
| 1. Date of change of [Select Option] | |
| 2. The change in the percentage level | From % to % |
| 3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest | [Select Option] |
| # Please specify details | |
| 4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions | |
| >> Part IV | ||
| 1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest: | ||
| Direct | Deemed | |
| No. of shares held before the change | 0 | 0 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | 0 % | 0 % |
| No. of shares held after the change | 0 | 930,559,454 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | 0 % | 14.57 % |
| Footnotes | New substantial shareholder interest form received from CICICL. Percentages calculated based on a total of 6,388,717,022 issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in the share capital of the Company as at 12 January 2012 rounded to 2 decimal places. |
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