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NOTICE OF LISTING ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG LIMITED China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., New York Branch (the "Issuer")


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

(Stock code: 03968)

US$500,000,000 2.375 per cent. Notes due 2018 (Stock Code: 5515) issued under the US$5,000,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme Issue Price: 99.684 per cent.

Joint Global Coordinators

BofA Merrill Lynch Citigroup HSBC CMB International Securities Limited UBS

Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners

BofA Merrill Lynch Citigroup HSBC CMB International Securities Limited UBS Wing Lung Bank Limited ANZ

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Reference is made to the formal notice dated 29 April 2015. The US$5,000,000,000

Medium Term Note Programme was established on 28 May 2014 by China Merchants

Bank Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch.

The Issuer has made application to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for the listing of, and permission to deal in the US$500,000,000 2.375 per cents Notes due 2018 (the "Notes") under the Programme by way of debt issues to professional investors only, as described in the Offering Circular dated 29 April 2015, the Supplemental Offering Circular dated 7 May 2015 and the Pricing Supplement dated

7 May 2015. The listing of the Notes is expected to become effective on 15 May

2015.

14 May 2015

By order of the Board

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. Li Jianhong

Chairman

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 Leung Kam Chung, Antony, Wong Kwai Lam, Pan Chengwei, Pan Yingli, Guo Xuemeng and Zhao Jun.

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