Due to technical problems encountered at the HKExnews website (www.hkexnews.hk), the interim results announcement of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx” or “the Company”) and its subsidiaries for the six months ended 30 June 2011 submitted by the Company at 12:44 pm today for publication on the HKExnews website may not have been publicly accessible.  HKEx Board of Directors announces that trading in the shares of HKEx on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has been suspended with effect from 1:30 pm on Wednesday, 10 August 2011.

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