Announcement on the Publication of the Web Proof Information Pack

2009-11-10 16:52:14

Special notice:
The Bank is currently working on the initial public offering of overseas listed foreign shares (H shares) and the application for the primary listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx). The shares to be listed are overseas listed foreign shares, and the subscribers are limited to the overseas investors qualified with relevant requirements (e.g. domestic securities operating institutions and qualified domestic institutional investors with rights to conduct overseas securities investment and management in accordance with the relevant laws in China). Therefore, this announcement is made for domestic investors to obtain relevant information on the Bank’s IPO and listing, and shall not form or be taken as offer or invitation of offer to any domestic investors in acquiring, purchasing or subscribing the Bank’s overseas listed foreign shares. In the meantime, the listing application is subject to final approval of the HKEx.

The CSRC issued the Reply on Approving the Bank to issue Overseas Listed Foreign Shares (Zhengjian Xuke Zi [2009] No. 1104 in October 2009, which approved the Bank to issue no more than 3,819,961,000 overseas listed foreign shares (including 498,255,000 over-allotment shares). The Listing Committee of the HKEx held a formal hearing on the Bank’s listing on October 29, 2009. The listing is still subject to final approval of the HKEx. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks. 

In accordance with the listing schedule, the Bank will post the Web Proof Information Pack (WPIP) on the HKEx website in regard to the H share issuance on November 9, 2009 at the request of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Securities and Futures Commission, in an aim no other than to publish documents to qualified institutional and retail investors at the early stage of the listing. The WPIP is a draft version with incomplete contents that might be significantly changed. Giving that the subscribers are limited to the overseas investors qualified with relevant requirements (e.g. domestic securities operating institutions and qualified domestic institutional investors with rights to conduct overseas securities investment and management in accordance with the relevant laws in China), the Bank will not publish the WPIP in domestic newspapers and on the information disclosure websites designated by the regulatory authorities. To obtain timely information on the Bank’s listing and the Bank disclosed in the WPIP, domestic investors may refer to the following HKEx websites for more details after 9:00am on November 9, 2009: http://www.hkexnews.hk/reports/prelist/wpip_co_list_c.htm (for Chinese version), and http://www.hkexnews.hk/reports/prelist/wpip_co_list.htm (for English version). The Bank specially addresses that this disclosure is made for domestic investors to obtain relevant information on the Bank’s IPO and listing, and shall not form or be taken as offer or invitation of offer to any domestic investors in acquiring, purchasing or subscribing the Bank’s overseas listed foreign shares.

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