China Everbright Bank : NOTICE OF THE 2018 FIRST H SHAREHOLDERS' CLAS...

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中國光大銀行股份有限公司

China Everbright Bank Company Limited

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

(Stock code: 6818)

NOTICE OF THE 2018 FIRST H SHAREHOLDERS' CLASS MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the first H shareholders' class meeting for 2018 (the "H Shareholders' Class Meeting") of China Everbright Bank Company Limited (the "Company") will be held at the conference room of 3rd Floor, Tower A, China Everbright Center, No. 25 Taipingqiao Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC on Wednesday, 28 February 2018 at 9:30 a.m. (or immediately after the conclusion or adjournment of the first extraordinary general meeting for 2018 and the first A shareholders' class meeting for 2018 of the Company) to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution:

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

1. To re-grant the specific mandate to the Board of Directors to handle matters relating to the domestic non-public preference shares issuance.

Board of Directors of

China Everbright Bank Company Limited

Beijing, the PRC

12 January 2018

As at the date of this notice, the Executive Directors of the Company are Mr. Zhang Jinliang, Mr. Ma Teng and Ms. Li Jie; the Non-executive Directors are Mr. Gao Yunlong, Mr. Cai Yunge, Mr. Zhang Shude, Mr. Li Huaqiang and Mr. Zhao Wei; and the Independent Non-executive Directors are Mr.

Qiao Zhimin, Mr. Xie Rong, Ms. Fok Oi Ling Catherine, Mr. Xu Hongcai, Mr. Feng Lun and Mr.

Wang Liguo.

Notes:

• (1) For further details on each of the proposed resolutions, please refer to the circular of the Company to be dispatched to shareholders on or before Monday, 12 February 2018.

• (2) Closure of register of members and eligibility for attending the H Shareholders' Class Meeting

  Holders of H shares of the Company ("H Shares") are advised that the register of members will be closed from Monday, 29 January 2018 to Wednesday, 28 February 2018 (both days inclusive). Holders of H Shares whose names appear on the register of members of the Company maintained in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 28 February 2018 are entitled to attend the H Shareholders' Class Meeting.

  Holders of H Shares who wish to attend the H Shareholders' Class Meeting but have not registered the transfer documents are required to deposit the transfer documents together with the relevant share certificates at the H Share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 26 January 2018.

• (3) Proxy

  Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the H Shareholders' Class Meeting may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in their stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

  The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of a shareholder or his attorney duly authorised in writing. If the shareholder is a corporate body, the proxy form must be either executed under its common seal or under the hand of its director(s) or duly authorised attorney(s). If the proxy form is signed by an attorney of the shareholder, the power of attorney authorising that attorney to sign or other authorisation documents must be notarised.

  To be valid, the proxy form together with the power of attorney or other authorisation document (if any) must be lodged at the H Share registrar of the Company by hand or by post not less than 24 hours before the time fixed for holding the H Shareholders' Class Meeting or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be) by holders of H Shares. The H Share registrar of the Company is Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, whose address is at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Completion and return of the proxy form will not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the H Shareholders' Class Meeting if he so wishes, but in such event the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

• (4) Reply Slip

  Shareholders who intend to attend the H Shareholders' Class Meeting in person or by proxy should return the reply slip by hand or by post to the Company's Board of Directors' Office or Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited on or before Thursday, 8 February 2018. The Company's Board of Directors' Office is located at Room 1015, Tower A, China Everbright Center, No. 25 Taipingqiao Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC (Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]). The address of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited is 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]).

• (5) The above resolution will be voted by way of poll.

• (6) Other issues

  Shareholders (in person or by proxy) attending the H Shareholders' Class Meeting are responsible for their own transportation and accommodation expenses. Shareholders or their proxies attending the H Shareholders' Class Meeting shall produce their identification documents.

  Registration for admission to the H Shareholders' Class Meeting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 23 February 2018 at the Company's Board of Directors' Office. Shareholders (in person or by proxy) attending the Meeting who have not registered for admission to the meeting during the aforementioned periods in this paragraph shall register for admission at the venue of the meeting on the date of the meeting and produce their identification documents.