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中 國 民 生 銀 行 股 份 有 限 公 司

CHINA MINSHENG BANKING CORP., LTD.

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

(Stock Code: 01988)

ANNOUNCEMENT

IN RELATION TO THE JUDICIAL FREEZING, JUDICIAL TAGGING AND

SUBORDINATED FREEZING ORDER OF CERTAIN SHARES HELD

BY SHAREHOLDERS

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. (the "Bank") has recently been informed that 1,799,582,618 A shares not subject to selling restrictions of the Bank held by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. ("Oceanwide Group"), a shareholder of the Bank, were subject to judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order, which were as follows:

  1. Basic information of the judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order of shares
    According to the Notice of Assistance in Execution of Beijing Financial Court [(2022) Jing 74 Min Chu No.3], in connection with the dispute of a corporate bond transaction between Qianhai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Oceanwide Holdings Co., Ltd. and Oceanwide Group, it is involving a total amount of RMB537,500,000.00 in debts and enforcement costs for the case, Beijing Financial Court imposed judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order on 1,799,582,618 A shares not subject to selling restrictions of the Bank held by Oceanwide Group, of which 1 share was subject to judicial freezing, 1,410,782,617 shares were subject to judicial tagging and 388,800,000 shares were subject to subordinated freezing order. The periods of judicial freezing and judicial tagging shall be from 16 March 2022 to 15 March 2025, and the subordinated freezing order shall be effected until the expiry date of the 36 months from the date when it is turned into formal freezing. The interest accrued thereon are also subject to judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order.

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Whether the

share(s) subject to

Commencement

Expiry

judicial freezing,

date of judicial

date of judicial

Whether

Number of shares subject

% of

% of the

judicial tagging

freezing, judicial

freezing, judicial

he/she/it is a

to judicial freezing,

shares held

total share

and subordinated

tagging and

tagging and

Name of

controlling

judicial tagging and

by the

capital of

freezing order are

subordinated

subordinated

Reasons for

shareholder

shareholder

subordinated freezing order

shareholder

the Bank

restricted shares

freezing order

freezing order

Applicant

freezing

(Shares)

(%)

(%)

China Oceanwide

No

Judicial freezing

1

0.00

0.00

No

16 March 2022

15 March 2025

Qianhai Life

Dispute on

Holdings Group

Insurance

corporate

Co., Ltd.

Co., Ltd.

bonds

transaction

Judicial tagging

1,410,782,617

78.24

3.22

16 March 2022

15 March 2025

Subordinated

388,800,000

21.56

0.89

The date on

Expiry of 36

freezing order

which the

months

shares are

from the date

formally frozen

of formal

freezing

Total

1,799,582,618

99.80

4.11

  1. Information on the Shares Subject to Judicial Freezing, Judicial Tagging and Subordinated Freezing Order Held by Oceanwide Group and Its Parties Acting in Concert (Cumulative)
    As of the date of this announcement, information on the shares subject to judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order held by Oceanwide Group and its parties acting in concert (cumulative) is set out as follows.

Number of shares

subject to

judicial freezing,

judicial

tagging and

% of shares

% of the total

subordinated

Number of

Types

Shareholding

freezing order

held by the

share capital

Name of shareholder

shares held

of shares

percentage

(cumulative)

shareholder

of the Bank

(Shares)

(Shares)

(%)

(%)

China Oceanwide Holdings

Group Co., Ltd.

1,803,182,618

A Shares

4.12

1,799,582,618

99.80

4.11

Oceanwide International Equity

Investment Limited

604,300,950

H Shares

1.38

0

0

0

Long Prosper Capital Limited

138,442,500

H Shares

0.32

0

0

0

China Oceanwide International

Investment Company Limited

8,237,520

H Shares

0.02

0

0

0

Total

2,554,163,588

5.83

1,799,582,618

70.46

4.11

Note: The cumulative number of shares subject to judicial jagging held Oceanwide Group and its concert parties was 1,410,782,617 shares, representing 55.23% of its shareholding in the Bank and 3.22% of the total share capital of the Bank. For pledge of the shares subject to the judicial jagging, please refer to the announcements dated 23 September 2020 and 31 December 2021 of the Bank.

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  1. Impact of judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order on the Bank
    Judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing order of shareholders' shares will not result in the change of the largest shareholder of the Bank and parties acting in concert and will not have any impact on the ordinary operation of the Bank or material influence on the Company's governance. Once the shares subject to judicial freezing, judicial tagging and subordinated freezing are judicially disposed of, it will not result in a change of the Bank's largest shareholder and its concert parties.
    The Bank will continue to pay attention to the subsequent progress of the above items and perform its information disclosure obligations in a timely manner.

By order of the Board

CHINA MINSHENG BANKING CORP., LTD.

Gao Yingxin

Chairman

Beijing, PRC

17 March 2022

As at the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors of the Company are Mr. Gao Yingxin, Mr. Zheng Wanchun and Mr. Yuan Guijun; the Non-Executive Directors are Mr. Zhang Hongwei, Mr. Lu Zhiqiang, Mr. Liu Yonghao, Mr. Shi Yuzhu, Mr. Wu Di, Mr. Song Chunfeng, Mr. Yang Xiaoling and Mr. Zhao Peng; and the Independent Non-Executive Directors are Mr. Liu Jipeng, Mr. Li Hancheng, Mr. Xie Zhichun, Mr. Peng Xuefeng, Mr. Liu Ningyu and Mr. Qu Xinjiu.

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