Agricultural Bank of China : ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE COMPLETION OF THE ISSUE OF UNDATED CAPITAL BONDS (FIRST TRANCHE) IN 20222022-02-22

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AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED

中 國 農 業 銀 行 股 份 有 限 公 司

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

(Stock Code: 1288)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE COMPLETION OF THE ISSUE OF UNDATED CAPITAL BONDS (FIRST TRANCHE) IN 2022

Reference is made to the announcement of Agricultural Bank of China Limited (the "Bank") dated 31 August 2021 on the approval of the issue of undated capital bonds.

With the approval from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and the People's Bank of China, the Bank issued "2022 Undated Capital Bonds (First Tranche) of Agricultural Bank of China Limited" (the "Bonds") in China's national inter-bank bond market.

The book-building for the Bonds took place on 18 February 2022 and the issue of the Bonds was completed on 22 February 2022. The issue size of the Bonds is RMB50 billion. The coupon rate is 3.49% during the first five years and will be adjusted every five years. The issuer shall have conditional redemption rights on every distribution payment date since the fifth distribution payment date (inclusive). The Bonds will be registered at and in the custody of China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd.

The proceeds from this issue of the Bonds will be used to replenish the Bank's additional tier 1 capital in accordance with applicable laws and approvals by the regulatory authorities.

By order of the board of directors

Agricultural Bank of China Limited

HAN Guoqiang

Company Secretary

Beijing, the PRC

22 February 2022

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors are Mr. GU Shu, Mr. ZHANG Qingsong, Mr. ZHANG Xuguang and Mr. LIN Li; the non-executive directors are Mr. LIAO Luming, Mr. LI Wei, Ms. ZHOU Ji, Mr. LIU Xiaopeng and Mr. XIAO Xiang; and the independent non-executive directors are Mr. WANG Xinxin, Mr. HUANG Zhenzhong, Ms. LEUNG KO May Yee, Margaret, Mr. LIU Shouying and Mr. WU Liansheng.