Huatai (06886) will publicly issue corporate bonds (first tranche) with a face interest rate of 1.85% for professional investors in 2025.

Huatai (06886) announced that Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Issuer") publicly issued corporate bonds to professional investors with a total face value not exceeding RMB 20 billion (including RMB 20 billion) and obtained the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on March 11, 2024 (CSRC Permit No. [2024] 416). According to the "Announcement on the issuance of corporate bonds by Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. to professional investors in 2025 (first tranche)", the corporate bonds issued to professional investors in 2025 by Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. (first tranche) (hereinafter referred to as "this tranche of bonds") are divided into two varieties. The first variety has a term of 1 year and 2 months (424 days) with a coupon rate enquiry range of 1.3%-2.3%; the second variety has a term of 2 years with a coupon rate enquiry range of 1.4%-2.4%. The coupon rate of this tranche of bonds will be negotiated within the enquiry range based on the results of the offline rate inquiry by the issuer and the lead underwriter. On January 23, 2025, the issuer and the lead underwriter conducted a coupon rate enquiry with professional institutional investors offline. Based on the results of the offline enquiry with professional institutional investors, the issuer and the lead underwriter reached a consensus and finally determined the coupon rate for the first variety of this tranche of bonds as 1.85%, with the second variety not actually issued. The issuer will conduct offline issuance to professional institutional investors at the above-mentioned coupon rate from January 24, 2025 to February 5, 2025.