689009: Notice of the depositor Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Limited(601398) on holding the first extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2022 and soliciting the voting intention of the holders of depositary receipts for the first time in 2022

Depositary receipt code: 689009 depositary receipt abbreviation: No. 9 company Announcement No.: depositor 2022-001 depositor Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Limited(601398) notice on No. 9 Co., Ltd. holding the first extraordinary general meeting in 2022 and soliciting the voting intention of depositary receipt holders for the first time in 2022

The depositary guarantees that there are no false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the contents of this announcement, and shall be legally liable for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of its contents according to law. Important content tips:

Date of the shareholders’ meeting of No. 9 Co., Ltd.: February 25, 2022

This solicitation is the depositor’s first solicitation of voting intention in 2022

Voting date for soliciting voting intention: February 25, 2022

Online voting system used to solicit voting intention: online voting system of the general meeting of shareholders of Shanghai Stock Exchange on February 9, 2022, the depositary Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Limited(601398) received the notice of No. 9 Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the listed company) on convening the first extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2022 (see the annex for details). According to the notice, the listed company will hold the first extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2022 at building A4, Dongsheng science and Technology Park, No. 66, xixiaokou Road, Haidian District, Beijing on February 25, 2022. The board of directors of the listed company has determined February 18, 2022 (Beijing time zone) as the equity registration date. As of the afternoon closing (or the close of business) on the equity registration date (Beijing time zone), the registered shareholders holding the common shares of the listed company have the right to attend and vote at the general meeting of shareholders and any adjourned meeting.

As of the closing of the Shanghai stock market on the afternoon of February 18, 2022 (Beijing time zone), the holders of depositary receipts registered in China Securities Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch (hereinafter referred to as CSDCC Shanghai Branch) who intend to exercise the voting rights of basic ordinary shares corresponding to their depositary receipts must vote through the depositary. The relevant matters concerning the depositary’s solicitation for the voting intention of the holders of depositary receipts are hereby notified as follows.

1、 Registration date and object of voting intention solicitation

(I) registration date of Depositary Receipts (Beijing time zone): February 18, 2022

(II) solicitation object

As of the closing of the Shanghai stock market in the afternoon of the registration date, the holders of depositary receipts of listed companies registered in China Clearing Shanghai branch have the right to participate in the voting intention voting on the proposal of the general meeting of shareholders of the above No. 9 limited company and give voting instructions to the depositor. 2、 Specific arrangements for holders of depositary receipts to participate in soliciting voting wishes (I) solicitation method: the voting method for this voting intention is online voting. (II) system, starting and ending date and voting time for soliciting voting intention.

Online voting system: online voting system for shareholders’ meeting of Shanghai Stock Exchange

Starting and ending time of online voting (Beijing time zone): from February 25, 2022 to February 25, 2022

The online voting system of Shanghai Stock Exchange is adopted. The voting time through the voting platform of the trading system is the trading time period of the day when the voting intention is solicited, i.e. 9:15-9:25, 9:30-11:30, 13:00-15:00 (Beijing time zone); The voting time through the Internet voting platform is 9:15-15:00 (Beijing time zone) on the day when the voting intention is solicited. (III) voting login path

Holders of depositary receipts who vote through the online voting system of Shanghai stock exchange can either log in to the voting platform of the trading system (through the trading terminal of the securities company designated for trading) or log in to the Internet voting platform (website: vote. Sseinfo. Com) Vote. For the first time to log in to the Internet voting platform to vote, investors need to complete the identity authentication of depositary receipts holders. Please refer to the instructions on the website of the Internet voting platform for specific operations. (IV) proposals of the general meeting of shareholders soliciting the willingness to vote

No. proposal name

Non cumulative voting motion

1 proposal on applying for financing quota from financial institutions in 2022

2. Proposal on the company and its subsidiaries using their own idle funds for cash management

3 proposal on purchasing liability insurance for directors and senior managers of the company

For the specific contents of the above proposal, please refer to the appendix notice of the general meeting of shareholders. 1. Special resolution proposal: none 2. Proposal on separate vote counting for small and medium-sized investors: 1, 2, 33. Proposal on avoidance of voting by holders of related depositary receipts: None

Name of related depositary receipts holders who should avoid voting: none 4. The company has set up a special voting arrangement. According to the articles of association, each class B ordinary share corresponding to the depositary receipts held by depositary receipts holders putech limited, cidwang limited, hctech I L.P., hctech II L.P. and hctech III L.P. has 5 voting rights, Each class a ordinary share corresponding to the depositary receipts held by other depositary receipts holders has 1 voting right. In the above proposals, 1, 2 and 3 are applicable to special voting rights. 5. Proposals involving preferred shareholders’ participation in voting: No. III. precautions for holders of depositary receipts to participate in soliciting voting wishes (I) according to the voting notice, holders of depositary receipts of the company exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the general meeting of shareholders of Shanghai Stock Exchange, You can either log in to the voting platform of the trading system (through the trading terminal of the securities company designated for trading) to vote, or log in to the Internet voting platform (website: vote. Sseinfo. Com) Vote. For the first time to log in to the Internet voting platform to vote, investors need to complete the identity authentication of depositary receipts holders. Please refer to the instructions on the website of the Internet voting platform for specific operations. (II) if the same vote is repeated through the online voting platform of the exchange or other means, the first voting result shall prevail. (III) the holders of depositary receipts can only submit after voting on all proposals. 4、 Voting of depositors at the general meeting of shareholders of listed companies (I) voting of depositors

The depositor will vote on the basic common shares corresponding to the depositary receipts at the first extraordinary general meeting of the listed company in 2022 in accordance with the relevant provisions and the depository agreement and in accordance with the voting wishes (instructions) solicited from the depositary receipts holders. (II) handling of non participation of holders of depositary receipts in solicitation of voting intention

If the holders of depositary receipts do not participate in the solicitation of voting intention or give voting instructions to the depositor, the basic ordinary shares corresponding to the depositary receipts held by the holders of such depositary receipts shall be deemed not to have attended the general meeting of shareholders, and the basic ordinary shares corresponding to the depositary receipts held by them shall not be included in the calculation of the voting rights held by the shareholders attending the general meeting of shareholders. 5、 Contact information of other matters 1. Contact information of the depositor: Wang catalpa address: No. 5, Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing Tel: 010-66105755 email: Qiu [email protected] . contact information of listed company: Hu Dan

Address: building A4, Dongsheng science and Technology Park, No. 66, xixiaokou Road, Haidian District, Beijing

Tel: 010-84828002-841 email: [email protected].

It is hereby announced.

Depositor: Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Limited(601398) February 10, 2022 Annex: Notice of No. 9 Co., Ltd. on convening the first extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2022

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