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招商銀行股份有限公司

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 RESIGNATION OF AN EXTERNAL SUPERVISOR


The Board of Supervisors of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (the 'Company') recently received a letter of resignation from Mr. Pan Ji ('Mr. Pan'), an external supervisor of the Company. Due to work arrangement, Mr. Pan will resign as the external supervisor and the head of the Nomination Committee of the Board of Supervisors of the Company.


In order to meet the requirement that the number of external supervisors shall account for not less than one third of all members of the Board of Supervisors of the Company, the resignation of Mr. Pan will be effective after a new external supervisor is elected at the shareholders' general meeting of the Company to fill his vacancy. Before his resignation becomes effective, Mr. Pan will continue to perform his duties as an external supervisor in accordance with relevant laws and regulations as well as the Articles of Association of the Company.


Mr. Pan has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board of Supervisors of the Company and there is no other matter that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. The Board of Supervisors would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Pan for his contributions to the Company during his term of office.


Board of Supervisors of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.


3 November 2015


As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Tian Huiyu and Li Hao; the non-executive directors of the Company are Li Jianhong, Ma Zehua, Li Xiaopeng, Li Yinquan, Sun Yueying, Su Min, Fu Gangfeng and Hong Xiaoyuan; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Leung Kam Chung, Antony, Wong Kwai Lam, Pan Chengwei, Pan Yingli, Guo Xuemeng and Zhao Jun.

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