CHONGQING RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO., LTD. 
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(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
As the term of office for the first session of the Board of
the Bank expires, it is proposed to elect the second session
of the Board, which shall comprise 15 Directors. The Bank
hereby proposes to make an amendment to the existing article
174 of the Articles of Association of the Bank pursuant to
requirements under relevant laws and regulations. The Board
approved and resolved to submit to the Shareholders the
amendment in relation to the total number of Directors of the
Bank as stated in article 174 of the Articles of Association
of the Bank for their consideration and approval.
This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.51(1) of the
Listing Rules. The proposed amendment to the Articles of
Association shall be subject to approval of the Shareholders
at the 2011 first extraordinary general meeting of the Bank.
A circular containing, among others, details of the proposed
amendment to the Articles of Association and the notice of
the 2011 first extraordinary general meeting will be
dispatched to the Shareholders as soon as practicable.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE BANKAs the term of office for the first session of the Board of the Bank expires, it is proposed to elect the second session of the Board, which shall comprise 15 Directors. The Bank hereby proposes to make an amendment to the existing article 174 of the Articles of Association of the Bank pursuant to requirements under relevant laws and regulations. The Board approved and resolved to submit to the Shareholders the amendment in relation to the total number of Directors of the Bank as stated in article 174 of the Articles of Association of the Bank for their consideration and approval. The proposed amendment to article 174 of the Articles of Association is as follows:-
The existing article 174 of the Articles of Association:
"The Bank has a board of directors which shall be composed of
11 Directors, with one
Chairman."
"The Bank has a board of directors which shall be composed of
15 Directors, with one
Chairman."
The English version of the above article is an unofficial
translation of its Chinese version. In case of any
discrepancy between the two versions, the Chinese version
shall prevail.
This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.51(1) of the
Listing Rules. The proposed amendment to the Articles of
Association shall be subject to approval of the Shareholders
by way of passing a special resolution at the 2011 first
extraordinary general meeting of the Bank.
A circular containing, among others, details of the proposed
amendment to the Articles of Association and the notice of
the 2011 first extraordinary general meeting will be
dispatched to the Shareholders as soon as practicable.
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DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following expressions have the following meanings:
"Articles of Association" means the articles of association
of the Bank, as amended from time to time;
"Board" means the board of Directors of the Bank;
"PRC" means the People's Republic of China, which for the
purpose of this announcement, excludes Hong Kong, the Macau
Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan;
"Bank" means Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.* (
