COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the COSCO’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has entered into a contract with a European buyer for three 1,750 TEU container vessels. COSCO Guangdong and the European buyer have agreed to keep the contract prices confidential.
The container vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2Q2019 and 3Q2019 respectively. Save for their respective shareholdings in COSCO, none of the directors or controlling shareholders of COSCO has any interest, direct or indirec t in the contract. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the above transactions are not expected to have a material impact on the net tangible assets and earnings per share of COSCO for the year ending 31 December 2016