Agricultural Bank of China Limited Date Submitted 4 January 2012

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1 For Main Board and GEM listed issuers Monthly Return of Equity Issuer on Movements in Securities For the ended : 31 December 2011 To : Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Name of Issuer Agricultural Bank of China Limited Date Submitted 4 January 2012 I. Movements in Authorised Share Capital (THE FOLLOWING SHOWS MOVEMENTS IN THE REGISTERED SHARE CAPITAL (AS OPPOSED TO AUTHORISED SHARE CAPITAL) OF THE COMPANY AS THE COMPANY IS INCORPORATED IN THE PRC.) 1. Ordinary Shares (1) Stock code : 1288 Description : H No. of ordinary Par value (RMB) Authorised share capital (RMB) Balance at close of preceding 30,738,823, ,738,823,096 Increase/(decrease) NIL NIL Balance at close of the 30,738,823, ,738,823,096 (2) Stock code : Description : A No. of ordinary Par value (RMB) Authorised share capital (RMB) Balance at close of preceding 294,055,293, ,055,293,904 Increase/(decrease) NIL NIL Balance at close of the 294,055,293, ,055,293,904

2 2. Preference Shares For Main Board and GEM listed issuers Stock code : Description : Balance at close of preceding No. of preference Par value (State currency) Authorised share capital (State currency) Increase/(decrease) Balance at close of the 3. Other Classes of Shares Stock code : Description : Balance at close of preceding No. of other classes of Par value (State currency) Authorised share capital (State currency) Increase/(decrease) Balance at close of the Total authorised share capital at the end of the (RMB) : 324,794,117,000

3 II. Movements in Issued Share Capital For Main Board and GEM listed issuers No. of ordinary (1) H (2) A No of preference No. of other classes of Balance at close of preceding 30,738,823, ,055,293,904 Increase/ (decrease) during the NIL NIL Balance at close of the 30,738,823, ,055,293,904 III. Details of Movements in Issued Share Capital Share Options (under Share Option Schemes of the Issuer) Particulars of share option scheme including EGM approval date and Movement during the class of issuable Granted Exercised Cancelled Lapsed 1. No. of new of issuer issued during the pursuant thereto No. of new of issuer which may be issued pursuant thereto as at close of the (Note 1) 2. (Note 1) 3. (Note 1) Total A. (Ordinary ) (Preference ) (Other class) Total funds raised during the from exercise of options (State currency) Warrants to Issue Shares of the Issuer which are to be Listed

4 Description of warrants (Date of expiry - dd/mm/yyyy) 1. Currency of nominal value Nominal value at close of preceding Exercised during the For Main Board and GEM listed issuers No. of new of issuer issued during the pursuant thereto Nominal value at close of the No. of new of issuer which may be issued pursuant thereto as at close of the Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) 2. Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) 3. Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) 4. Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) Total B. (Ordinary ) (Preference ) (Other class)

5 Convertibles (i.e. Convertible into Shares of the Issuer which are to be Listed) Class and description 1. Currency of amount outstanding Amount at close of preceding Converted during the For Main Board and GEM listed issuers Amount at close of the No. of new of issuer issued during the pursuant thereto No. of new of issuer which may be issued pursuant thereto as at close of the Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) ) 2. Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) 3. Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) 4. Stock code (if listed) Subscription price EGM approval date (if applicable) Total C. (Ordinary ) (Preference ) (Other class)

6 For Main Board and GEM listed issuers Any other Agreements or Arrangements to Issue Shares of the Issuer which are to be Listed, including Options (other than under Share Option Schemes) Full particulars including EGM approval date, if applicable, and class of issuable: 1. No. of new of issuer issued during the pursuant thereto No. of new of issuer which may be issued pursuant thereto as at close of the 2. (Note 1) 3. (Note 1) Total D. (Note 1) (Ordinary ) (Preference ) (Other class)

7 For Main Board and GEM listed issuers Other Movements in Issued Share Capital Type of Issue No. of new of issuer issued during the pursuant thereto No. of new of issuer which may be issued pursuant thereto as at close of the 1. Rights issue At price : State currency Issue and allotment date : 2. Open offer At price : State currency Issue and allotment date : 3. Placing At price : State currency Issue and allotment date : 4. Bonus issue Issue and allotment date :

8 Type of Issue For Main Board and GEM listed issuers No. of new No. of new of issuer of issued during issuer which the may be pursuant issued thereto pursuant thereto as at close of the 5. Scrip dividend At price : State currency Issue and allotment date : 6. Repurchase of repurchased (Note 1) Cancellation date : 7. Redemption of redeemed (Note 1) Redemption date : 8. Consideration issue At price : State currency Issue and allotment date :

9 Type of Issue For Main Board and GEM listed issuers No. of new No. of new of issuer of issued during issuer which the may be pursuant issued thereto pursuant thereto as at close of the 9. Capital reorganisation Issue and allotment date : 10. Other At price : Issue and allotment date : Total E. (Ordinary ) NIL (Preference ) NIL (Other class) NIL Total increase / (decrease) in ordinary during the (i.e. Total of A to E): (1) NIL (2) NIL Total increase / (decrease) in preference during the (i.e. Total of A to E): NIL Total increase / (decrease) in other classes of during the (i.e. Total of A to E): NIL (These figures should be the same as the relevant figures under II above ( Movements in Issued Share Capital ).)

10 For Main Board and GEM listed issuers Remarks (if any): Submitted by: Li Zhenjiang Title: Company Secretary (Director, Secretary or other duly authorised officer) Notes : 1. State the class of (e.g. ordinary, preference or other). 2. If there is insufficient space, please append the prescribed continuation sheet.

11 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED (A joint stock company incorporated in the People s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 1288) ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS A meeting of the board of directors (the Board ) of Agricultural Bank of China Limited (the Bank ) was held onsite at the Bank s head office on 5 January directors were entitled to be present at the meeting, and all of them attended the meeting in person. The meeting was conducted in compliance with the applicable laws, administrative rules, regulations, articles of association of the Bank and the procedural rules of the Board. Mr. ZHANG Yun, vice chairman of the Board, presided over the meeting. The following proposal was considered and passed at the meeting: Proposal on the Fixed Assets Investment Budget of the Bank for 2012 Voting result: 13 valid votes, including 13 votes in favour, 0 vote against and 0 vote abstained. To meet the demand of business operation and development of the Bank, the fixed assets investment budget of the Bank for 2012 is RMB24.8 billion. This proposal will be submitted for consideration at the 2011 annual general meeting of the Bank. Beijing, PRC 5 January 2012 By Order of the Board of Directors Agricultural Bank of China Limited Li Zhenjiang Company Secretary As at the date of this announcement, our executive directors are Mr. ZHANG Yun, Mr. YANG Kun and Mr. PAN Gongsheng; our non-executive directors are Mr. LIN Damao, Mr. ZHANG Guoming, Ms. XIN Baorong, Mr. SHEN Bingxi, Mr. CHENG Fengchao and Mr. LI Yelin, and our independent non-executive directors are Mr. Anthony WU Ting-yuk, Mr. QIU Dong, Mr. Frederick MA Si-hang and Mr. WEN Tiejun.

12 Customer Service Center:95599 繁体中文 简体中文 Jan 6, 2012 Home Personal Corporate Agro-related Business e- Credit Card Wealth Management Investor Relations About Us nmlkji Personal You are here:home > About Us > ABC News Text Size:[L M S] nmlkj Corporate nmlkj e-commerce Foreign Exchange Info Calculator Feedback Suggestion Online Survey ABC's e- Business Wins Two Awards Recently, the e- business of Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC) won the "Best Bank Web Portal" and "Best Corporate " in the Hexun China Finance and Economic Ranking for Since this year, ABC's e- business has been enjoying substantial development. ABC has been striving for edging past peers in its web portal by establishing a fully equipped websites system with distinctive channels and columns, increasingly abundant information and ever outstanding transaction functions, thereby winning wide praise from customers. ABC's corporate online banking, supported by four versions including Zhibo, Zhirui, Zhixin and Zhiyi, has focused on the products customers are in badly need of like online banking reconciliation, batch payment and wealth management products, etc. to improve the function details, optimize the customer experience and fully cover various corporate customers. Through these efforts, ABC leads peers in terms of business scale and development speed. The Hexun China Finance and Economic Ranking for 2011, equipped with a judging panel consisted of 15 famous experts including Mr. Cao Fengqi, Mr. Liu Jipeng, Mr. Jiao Jinpu and Mr. Zhang Yansheng, received effective votes from 750,000 netizens and the selection result is authoritative and typical. The development of ABC's web portal and corporate online banking has been widely recognized by experts and customers in the recent years, thereby standing out from 42 banks running in this election and wining awards. MORE ABC Was Ranked the Third on Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking List ABC Wins Several Awards of Social Responsibility ABC Wins Two Awards in the "Eastmoney Top Players for 2011" ABC s e- Business Wins Several Awards ABC Was Awarded the "2011 Best Wealth Management Product in China" and Other Two Titles Contact Us Statement Copyright AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (ABC) All Rights Reserved

13 Customer Service Center:95599 繁体中文 简体中文 Jan 6, 2012 Home Personal Corporate Agro-related Business e- Credit Card Wealth Management Investor Relations About Us nmlkji Personal You are here:home > About Us > ABC News Text Size:[L M S] nmlkj Corporate nmlkj e-commerce Foreign Exchange Info Calculator Feedback Suggestion Online Survey ABC's e- Business Wins Several Awards Recently, the e- business of Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC) won several awards including the Golden Cup Prize of "Excellent Demonstration Enterprise in the e- Industry for 2011", "Most Competitive e- Brand for 2011" and "Top 10 Customer Satisfaction e- Brand for 2011" from China e-commerce Association and China Finance Union, and the "Award for Overall Strength of Online of Chinese Banks for 2011" from China Financial Certification Authority. In 2011, ABC's e- business has adhered to customer oriented and launched many marketing activities centering on "e-era for Excellence" to effectively promote the influence and reputation of "Golden Online" brand. As a result, more strong support and impetus were provided for the market competition and business development and various e- businesses rose to a fresh high. As of the end of November, ABC's e- business attracted more than 200 million customers, holding a leading position among the peers. Since the launch of internet banking in 2002, ABC has gradually established a transaction channel system covering internet banking, telephone banking, mobile banking, SMS banking, self-service banking, TV banking (home banking), e-commerce, etc. and a service channel system covering customer service center, business web portal and message service platform after nearly 10-year development and improvement. Relying on its growing brand influence and market competitiveness, ABC has won the Golden Cup Prize of "Top 10 Customer Satisfaction e- Brand" for consecutive four years, and was awarded titles like the "Excellent Demonstration Enterprise in the e- Industry for 2011" and, "Most Competitive e- Brand for 2011". ABC was also the commercial bank winning the most awards in this selection. Additionally, in the award selection of China online banking annual meeting, ABC's internet banking business was granted the "Award for Overall Strength of of Chinese Banks for 2011" with its fast development and outstanding overall strength. In recent years, ABC constantly innovated products, services and procedures to improve the development quality of its e- business and to meet the characteristics and demands of customers. As a result, its e- business enjoyed ever increasing customer base and steadily growing transaction volume. These awards fully represented the recognition of experts, media and customers on the performance and development of ABC's e- business. MORE ABC Was Ranked the Third on Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking List ABC Wins Several Awards of Social Responsibility ABC Wins Two Awards in the "Eastmoney Top Players for 2011" ABC's e- Business Wins Two Awards ABC Was Awarded the "2011 Best Wealth Management Product in China" and Other Two Titles Contact Us Statement Copyright AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (ABC) All Rights Reserved

14 Customer Service Center:95599 繁体中文 简体中文 Jan 6, 2012 Home Personal Corporate Agro-related Business e- Credit Card Wealth Management Investor Relations About Us nmlkji Personal You are here:home > About Us > ABC News Text Size:[L M S] nmlkj Corporate nmlkj e-commerce Foreign Exchange Info Calculator Feedback Suggestion Online Survey ABC Wins Two Awards in the "Eastmoney Top Players for 2011" On December 9, the result of annual selection of "Eastmoney Top Players for 2011" held by Eastmoney was announced and Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC) won the "Best e- Award for 2011" and "Best Marketing Case in the Industry for 2011". ABC's e- has adhered to customer and market oriented to provide all-round and full-quality e- services, thereby witnessing rapid development in various businesses. As of the end of November 2011, ABC's e- business attracted over 200 million customers and its transaction volume accounted for 62.6% of the whole bank. The number of e-commerce merchants and self-service equipments led the peers. By virtue of rapid and sound development, ABC was granted the "Best e- Award for 2011". Meanwhile, from 2011, ABC raised the curtain for the "e-era for Excellence" e- integrated marketing activities. It held a "Golden Online" brand exhibition and a marketing activity of "Daily Online Purchase" in seven cities including Shanghai and Guangzhou to promote "Golden Online" brand and its products to more customers further convey the connotation and value of "Golden Online" and offer more benefits for customers. These activities, attracting more than 10 million people, won the "Best Marketing Case of Industry for 2011". E- has become an essential marketing and service channel for modern commercial banks. Developing e- business not only reflects the core competitiveness of the bank but also is of great significance to comprehensively enhance the bank's core competitiveness. Through many years' development, ABC's e- business witnessed rapidly expanding customer scale, sharply increasing transaction volume and steadily growing income with its diverting function more and more obvious. In the future, ABC will keep upholding its service concept of customer oriented and constantly improve its service quality and product innovation capacity to provide highly efficient e- services for customers. MORE ABC Was Ranked the Third on Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking List ABC Wins Several Awards of Social Responsibility ABC s e- Business Wins Several Awards ABC s e- Business Wins Two Awards ABC Was Awarded the "2011 Best Wealth Management Product in China" and Other Two Titles Contact Us Statement Copyright AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (ABC) All Rights Reserved

15 Customer Service Center:95599 繁体中文 简体中文 Jan 6, 2012 Home Personal Corporate Agro-related Business e- Credit Card Wealth Management Investor Relations About Us nmlkji Personal You are here:home > About Us > ABC News Text Size:[L M S] nmlkj Corporate nmlkj e-commerce Foreign Exchange Info Calculator Feedback Suggestion Online Survey ABC Wins Several Awards of Social Responsibility In December 2011, Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC), with its outstanding achievements in the field of social responsibility, was granted the title of "2011 Most Socially Responsible Bank in Asia" and "8th Chinese Best Corporate Citizen Award" from the 21st Century Business Herald (21CBH) and the "China Corporate Social Responsibility Ranking Outstanding Enterprise Award" from the First Financial Daily (FFD). After years of development, the "Asia Financial Annul Meeting" and the "China Corporate Social Responsibility Ranking", organized respectively by the 21st Century Business Herald and the First Financial Daily, have become an important theoretical and practical exploration platform that attracts much attention from the social responsibility community. ABC has constantly taken social responsibility as its own mission and made arduous efforts to achieve harmony and prosperity together with the society. Against the backdrop of the further deepening economic and financial globalization, ABC has integrated social responsibility into corporate governance and operation strategy, established the concept of global responsibility, conscientiously fulfilled the social responsibility of corporate citizenship and actively promoted the harmonious development of the economy, society and environment. With respect to economic responsibility, ABC has given a strong impetus to the development of real economy through sticking to the Scientific Concept of Development, effectively implementing national macroeconomic policies and industrial promotion policy and vigorously supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. Fully aware of the vital role of the agricultural sector in social stability and economic property, ABC has always stuck to and strengthened its support for Sannong ("agriculture, farmers and rural areas") even in the context of joint stock reform and initial public offering, and made new breakthroughs in serving Sannong and the county areas. By the end of September 2011, million Huinong cards had been issued by ABC, providing benefits for 300 million farmers. As an acknowledgement of its dedication to serving Sannong, ABC was honoured the "Top Ten Most Influential Entrepreneurial Spirit in 60 Years of New China". To well perform social responsibility, ABC has established the customer-oriented service concept and provided rapid and thoughtful financial services for the whole society while actively participating in social welfare through poverty alleviation, disaster relief and donations to schools. For instance, confronted with severe natural disasters such as the earthquake in Yushu County, Qinghai Province, landslide in Zhouqu, Gansu Province and droughts in southwest China, ABC timely and generously donated money and materials to disaster-stricken people and gave priority to providing financial support and services for the reconstruction. In terms of the environmental responsibility, ABC has vigorously advocated and implemented the lowcarbon financial development strategy, and incorporated the environmental concept into all aspects and links of its business operations. It has strived to build an environment-friendly and conservative "green bank" through earnest efforts of encouraging energy saving and reducing carbon emissions and carbon footprints. The success in winning the three prestigious awards is not only a solid evidence of ABC's significant achievements in the field of social responsibility, but also an indication of the full recognition and high praises from the whole community. In the future, ABC will continue to sublimate the brand's core philosophy of promoting social development and the customers' growth with high-quality service, be committed to the pursuit of the win-win situation between corporate value and social value and further advance the harmonious development of the economy, society and environment. MORE ABC Was Ranked the Third on Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking List ABC Was Awarded the "2011 Best Wealth Management Product in China" and Other Two Titles ABC Was Awarded the "Best Cash Management Product Bank" from the First Financial Daily The "Sailing Cloud Cash Management" of ABC Wins the "Best Cash Management Innovation Award" Contact Us Statement Copyright AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (ABC) All Rights Reserved

16 Customer Service Center:95599 繁体中文 简体中文 Jan 6, 2012 Home Personal Corporate Agro-related Business e- Credit Card Wealth Management Investor Relations About Us nmlkji Personal You are here:home > About Us > ABC News Text Size:[L M S] nmlkj Corporate nmlkj e-commerce Foreign Exchange Info Calculator Feedback Suggestion Online Survey ABC Was Ranked the Third on Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking List Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC) stood out from 199 Asian banks and was ranked as the third most competitive bank in Asia, according to the 2011 Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking Report released recently at the 6th 21st Century Asia Financial Annual Meeting. The Report, collaboratively made by the 21st Century Business Herald, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Electronic Science and Technology, focuses on the financial and industrial policy adjustments and the banks' role under the context of economic deflation. The Research Committee of Asia Banks Competitiveness Ranking evaluates the banks' overall competitiveness from the perspective of objective indicators, income indicators (average return on net assets) and subjective indicators, each accounting for one-third weight, and the final competitiveness score is computed on the basis of weighted average. Specifically, objective indicators include seven sub-index: size, market share, asset quality, liquidity, capital adequacy, efficiency and deposit base, and branch network, with one to three more detailed indicators under each sub-index; income indicators take account of the return on net assets (ROE) in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2011 (annualized) as well as the average score and ranking of income indicators; and subjective indicators include scores given by bankers and experts, which are both professional and forward-looking. In recent years, adhering to the market-oriented business philosophy with customers as the focus and efficiency as the target, ABC has vigorously promoted the sound and rapid development of various businesses by relying on a wide range of outlets and broad customer base, taking full advantage of the urban and rural collaboration and making constant efforts to facilitate the transformation of development model. In the past three years, ABC's total assets, net profit and fee-based business revenues doubled; its value creation ability, competitiveness, and capacity of risk control and sustainable development were significantly enhanced and the asset quality continued to be improved. Despite the fruitful achievements we have made and the good momentum we are enjoying, our responsibilities are heavy and there is still a long way to go. Embarking on the new period ABC has opened up, we will dedicatedly forge ahead towards a brilliant future. MORE ABC Wins Several Awards of Social Responsibility ABC Wins Two Awards in the "Eastmoney Top Players for 2011" ABC s e- Business Wins Several Awards ABC s e- Business Wins Two Awards ABC Was Awarded the "2011 Best Wealth Management Product in China" and Other Two Titles Contact Us Statement Copyright AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (ABC) All Rights Reserved