The Board of CITIC Securities Company Limited recommended the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2020 in cash, as per RMB 4.00 (tax inclusive) for every ten Shares to those A Shareholders and H Shareholders whose names appear on the Company's register of members on the record date for distribution of the 2020 final dividend. Based on the number of total issued Shares of the Company as at the date of the Board meeting for approving the proposed profit distribution plan of 2020, i.e. 12,926,776,029 Shares, the 2020 final dividend proposed to be distributed totals RMB 5,170,710,411.60 (tax inclusive). In the event of change in total share capital of the Company after the date of the above-mentioned Board meeting but before the record date for payment of the final dividend, the total distribution amount will be kept unchanged and the rate will be adjusted accordingly. After the 2020 Profit Distribution Plan of the Company is approved at the Annual General Meeting, the Company expects to distribute its cash dividends to eligible Shareholders before 31 August 2021 pursuant to this distribution plan. The 2020 final dividend will be paid to those H Shareholders whose names appear on the Company's register of members at the close of business on 12 July 2021 (the record date for A Shareholders will be published separately). To determine the identity of the H Shareholders entitled to receive the final dividend, the H Share register of members of the Company will be closed from 7 July 2021 to 12 July 2021 (both days inclusive), during which period no share transfer will be registered. In order to be entitled to receive the 2020 final dividend, all H share certificates together with the share transfer documents must be lodged with the Company's H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Rooms 1712­1716, 17/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, at or before 4:30 p.m. on 6 July 2021.