Huatai (06886) will issue short-term corporate bonds (second tranche) to professional investors in 2025 with a coupon rate of 1.78%.

Huatai (06886) announced that Huatai Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "issuer") publicly issued short-term corporate bonds with a total face value not exceeding RMB 40 billion to professional investors on March 25, 2025, and received the approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission in the "Approval for Huatai Co., Ltd. to publicly issue short-term corporate bonds to professional investors" (CSRC Permit [2025] No. 589). According to the "Announcement of the Second Tranche of Short-term Corporate Bonds Issued by Huatai Co., Ltd. to Professional Investors in 2025", the term of the second tranche of short-term corporate bonds issued by Huatai Co., Ltd. to professional investors in 2025 (hereinafter referred to as "this tranche of bonds") is 6 months (183 days), with a range of quotation for the face interest rate being 1.4%-2.4%. The face interest rate of this tranche of bonds will be determined by the issuer and the lead underwriter based on the results of the offline interest rate inquiry within the quotation range. On April 11, 2025, the issuer and the lead underwriter conducted an interest rate inquiry with professional institutional investors offline. Based on the results of the inquiry with professional institutional investors offline, the issuer and the lead underwriter reached a consensus and finally determined the face interest rate of this tranche of bonds to be 1.78%. The issuer will conduct the offline issuance to professional institutional investors at the above-mentioned face interest rate from April 14, 2025 to April 15, 2025.