Announcement on Additional Proposals for the 2008 Annual General Shareholders' Meeting and Change of the Meeting Venue
The Industrial Bank Co., Ltd (the Company) and all members of the Board of Directors hereby warrant that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and assume joint and several liabilities for any false representation, misleading statement or material omission.
The Industrial Bank Co. Ltd. published an announcement concerning the convening of the 2008 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting on April 28, 2009 (Please see the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange for details). Said announcement set forth the time, date, venue and agenda for the 2008 General Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company.
In accordance with the relevant requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, all listed companies must revise the related clauses of their articles of association and submit the revised document to their General shareholders’ meeting for approval before June 30, 2009 in compliance with The Decision to Revise Certain Provisions on Cash Dividend Payment by Listed Companies (CSRC Directive No. 57). As such, on April 30, 2009, the Fujian Provincial Finance Department, as a shareholder of the Company possessing 20.80% of the shares with voting rights, submitted a proposal regarding the revision of the Articles of Association to the Company’s Board of Directors and requested that the Board of Directors submit the extraordinary proposal to the 2008 General Shareholders’ Meeting for deliberation. Pursuant to the relevant procedural rules of the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors hereby presents the extraordinary proposal to the General Shareholders’ Meeting for deliberation. The full text of the proposal is available on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The Company’s Board of Directors originally planned for the General Shareholders’ Meeting to be convened in the Grandball Room of the Fuzhou Lakeside Hotel. Considering that the Straits Forum and Cross-Straits Economic and Trade Fair will be held in Xiamen and Fuzhou from May 15 to 22, and it is likely that said venue will be requisitioned by the organizers of said events, as such, the venue of the General Shareholders’ Meeting is hereby changed to the Company’s conference room on the third floor of Tower A, Zhongshan Building, 154 Hudong Road, Fuzhou.
Other than the aforementioned additional proposal and the changed venue, the time and date of the General Shareholders’ Meeting and the Equity Registration Date remain unchanged.
Board of Directors
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd.
May 6, 2009