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CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO., LTD.

(A joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock code: 03968) ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO THE APPROVAL ON THE QUALIFICATION FOR SERVING AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Reference is made to the election of Mr. Li Xiaopeng as Non-executive Director at the 2014 Second Extraordinary General Meeting of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (the "Company", "China Merchants Bank").
The Company received today the "Approval from China Banking Regulatory Commission, Shenzhen Office on the Appointment Qualification of Li Xiaopeng of China Merchants Bank" (Shen Yin Jian Fu [2014] No. 390), approving the qualification of Mr. Li Xiaopeng for serving as a Director of China Merchants Bank. The appointment of Mr. Li Xiaopeng as a Non-executive Director of the Ninth Session of the Board of Directors of the Company has taken effect from 17
November 2014 (date of approval), and he will hold office until the expiration of the term of the
Ninth Session of the Board of Directors of the Company.
For the biographical details of Mr. Li Xiaopeng, please refer to the announcement dated 10 July
2014 on the websites of the Company and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
By Order of the Board

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. Xu Shiqing Seng Sze Ka Mee Natalia

Joint Company Secretaries

18 November 2014

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Tian Huiyu, Zhang Guanghua and Li Hao; the non-executive directors of the Company are Li Jianhong, Ma Zehua, Li Xiaopeng, Li Yinquan, Fu Gangfeng, Sun Yueying, Su Min, Fu Junyuan and Hong Xiaoyuan; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Xu Shanda, Wong Kwai Lam, Pan Chengwei, Pan Yingli, Guo Xuemeng and Xiao Yuhuai.

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