Bank of Guiyang Co., Ltd. (SHSE:601997) announced a private placement of at most 50,000,000 preferred shares at a price of CNY 100 per share for gross proceeds of not more than CNY 5,000,000,000 on March 6, 2017. The transaction will include participation from not exceeding 200 investors. The transaction has been approved at the 1st session of the 3rd directorate meeting of 2017 and is further subject to be approved at its 1st special shareholders' meeting of 2017 on March 22, 2017.