Naming Conventions of Stock Short Name and Stock Code Allocation Plan for ETFs

12/01/2012

Note: The following naming conventions are applicable in most cases but are not exclusive for all circumstances.

Naming Conventions of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Synthetic ETF

Physical ETF

X	A marker representing a Synthetic ETF using synthetic replication strategy (through the use of swaps or other derivative instruments) to gain exposure to a benchmark index/asset
Q	Up to 13 characters (for Synthetic ETF) or 15 characters (for Physical ETF) representing the issuer and/or the benchmark index/asset

Current Stock Code Allocation Plan for ETFs

Stock codes		To be allocated for new listing of
Ranges	Sub-ranges	To be allocated for new listing of
00001-09999		Securities listed on the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) and information pages *
00001-09999	02800-02849 03000-03199	Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
80000-89999		Products traded in Renminbi
	82800-82849 83000-83199	Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

* Other than the sub-ranges allocated for debt securities, exchange traded funds and depositary receipts