China Biologic Says Company had No Prior Knowledge of Proposed Shanghai RAAS Transaction

China Biologic Products, Inc. CBPO "China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the Company has recently learned from a public announcement issued by Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., Ltd. ("Shanghai RAAS"), a public company listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange, that on May 21, 2013, Ms. Siu Ling Chan ("Ms. Chan"), one of the shareholders of the Company, and her spouse, Mr. Tung Lam, entered into a stock purchase agreement with Shanghai RAAS. According to the stock purchase agreement, Ms. Chan agreed to sell to Shanghai RAAS an aggregate of 2,657,660 shares of the Company's common stock, representing 9.9% of the Company's outstanding shares (the "Proposed Shanghai RAAS Transaction"). Pursuant to Shanghai RAAS corporate regulations and Chinese law, the transaction is subject to obtaining approval from Shanghai RAAS's shareholders and all necessary governmental authorities or agencies, as well as satisfying certain other closing conditions. Shanghai RAAS also stated in its announcement it has an intention to develop strategic business cooperation with the Company. China Biologic would like to clarify that the Company had no knowledge of the Proposed Shanghai RAAS Transaction prior See full press release
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