Compliance with Market Abuse Regulations

Fidelity China Special Situations PLC (“the Company”)

Compliance with Market Abuse Regulations

The Company wishes to notify the market that the closed period of the Company in relation to its half yearly results for the period ended 30 September 2016 will commence on 14 October 2016 (today) and is anticipated to end no sooner than 16 November 2016.

The Company confirms that all inside information (as defined in the EU Market Abuse Regulation) which the Directors and the Company may have held has been notified to a regulatory information service.  Accordingly, in the absence of any new undisclosed inside information arising, the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities during this period.

Bonita Guntrip

For and on behalf of FIL Investments International

Company Secretary

01737 837320

14 October 2016