China Merchants Bank : ·Notification Letter and Request Form to Registered Shareholders

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

(Stock code �: 03968)

Dear Shareholder,

30 April 2015

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (the "Company")

- Notice of publication of Annual Report, Notice of 2014 Annual General Meeting, Proxy Form and Reply Slip and Notice of 2015 First Class

Meeting of the Shareholders of H Shares, Proxy Form and Reply Slip ("Current Corporate Communications")

The English and Chinese versions of the Company's Current Corporate Communications are available on the Company's website at www.cmbchina.com and the HKEx's website at www.hkex.com.hk, or the arranged printed form(s) of Current Corporate Communications is enclosed (if applicable). You may access the Current Corporate Communications by clicking "Investor Relations" on the home page of our website, then selecting "Announcements" and viewing them via Adobe® Reader® or browsing through the HKEx's website.

You may at any time choose to receive free of charge Corporate Communications(Note) either in printed form, or read the website version; and either in English language version only, Chinese language version only or both language versions, notwithstanding any wish to the contrary you have previously conveyed to the Company. If you want to receive another printed version of the Current Corporate Communications, please complete the reversed Request Form and send it to the Company c/o Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (the "Company's H Share Registrar"), using the mailing label and need not to affix a stamp when returning (if posted in Hong Kong). Otherwise, please affix an appropriate stamp. The address of the Company's H Share Registrar is 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong. The Request Form may also be downloaded from the Company's website at www.cmbchina.com or the HKEx's website at www.hkex.com.hk.

If you would like to change your choice of language or means of receipt of the Company's Corporate Communications in future, please write to the Company c/o the Company's H Share Registrar or send an email at cmbchina@computershare.com.hk. Even if you have chosen (or are deemed to have consented) to receive all future Corporate Communications via electronic means but for any reason you have difficulty in receiving or gaining access to the Corporate Communications, the Company will promptly upon your request send the Corporate Communications to you in printed form free of charge.

Should you have any queries relating to any of the above matters, please call the Company's telephone hotline at (852) 2862 8688 during business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of

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

Note: Corporate Communications refer to any document(s) issued or to be issued by the Company for your information or action, including but not limited to: (a) the directors' report, its annual accounts together with a copy of the auditors' report; (b) the interim report; (c) a notice of meeting; (d) a listing document; (e) a circular and (f) a proxy form.

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c/o Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited
17M Floor, 183
Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, 17M
Wanchai, Hong Kong
I/We have already received a printed copy of the Current Corporate Communications in Chinese/English or have chosen (or are deemed to have consented) to read the Current Corporate Communications posted on the Company's website, I/We would like to receive another printed version of the Current Corporate Communications of the Company as indicated below:

(Please mark ONLY ONE (X) of the following boxes)

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I/We would like to receive a printed copy in English now.

I/We would like to receive a printed copy in Chinese now.

I/We would like to receive both the printed English and Chinese copies now.

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1. Please complete all your details clearly.

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2. If your shares are held in joint names, the shareholder whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding should sign on this Request Form in order to be valid.

3. Any form with more than one box marked (X), with no box marked (X), with no signature or otherwise incorrectly completed will be void.

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4. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not accept any special instructions written on this Request Form.

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