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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 ON COMPLETION OF THE PROCEDURES FOR CHANGE OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL REGISTRATION OF LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND REGISTERED CAPITAL

The relevant provisions of the articles of association of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (the "Company") provide that the legal representative of the Company shall be its chairman. Mr. Li Jianhong was elected as the Chairman of the Company at the 19th Meeting of the Ninth Session of the Board of Directors of the Company, and his qualification for serving as the Chairman was approved by the banking regulator(s) in the People's Republic of China on 8 August 2014.
In addition, upon completion of the rights issue of A shares and H shares in 2013, the Company's total share capital was increased from 21,576,608,885 shares to 25,219,845,601 shares. The Company has recently obtained the "Approval on the Change of Registered Capital of China Merchants Bank" (Yin Jian Fu [2014] No. 488) from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, approving that the registered capital of the Company be changed from RMB21,576,608,885 to RMB25,219,845,601.
On 15 August 2014, the Company has completed the procedures for the change of industrial and commercial registration of its legal representative and registered capital, and obtained the new "Business License for an Enterprise as a Legal Person" (registration No. 440301104433862) from Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality. The legal representative of the Company was changed from Fu Yuning to Li Jianhong, and the registered capital of the Company was changed from RMB21,576,608,885 to RMB25,219,845,601.
By Order of the Board

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

Joint Company Secretaries

18 August 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 Yinquan, Fu Gangfeng, Hong Xiaoyuan, Sun Yueying and Fu Junyuan; 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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