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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 IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARE ACQUISITION PLAN BY CENTRAL HUIJIN INVESTMENT LTD.

Reference is made to the announcement of Agricultural Bank of China Limited (the "Bank") dated 17 June 2013 on the increase in the shareholding in the Bank by Central Huijin Investment Ltd. ("Huijin"). Huijin increased its shareholding in the Bank by acquiring shares via the trading system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 13 June 2013 (the "First Acquisition"), and intended to continue to increase its shareholding in the Bank under its own name by acquiring shares on the secondary market within the next 6 months commencing from the date of the First Acquisition (the "Share Acquisition Plan").
The Bank has recently been notified by Huijin that the implementation of the Share Acquisition Plan has been completed as at 12 December 2013, during which Huijin had increased its holding of A shares in the Bank by a total of 179,463,107 A shares by acquiring shares via the trading system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, representing approximately 0.06% of the total issued share capital of the Bank. After the completion of the Share Acquisition Plan, Huijin held an aggregate of
130,831,990,282 A shares in the Bank, representing approximately 40.28% of the total issued share capital of the Bank.
By Order of the Board Agricultural Bank of China Limited LI Zhenjiang

Company Secretary

Beijing, PRC
16 December 2013

As at the date of this announcement, our executive directors are Mr. JIANG Chaoliang, Mr. ZHANG Yun, Mr. GUO Haoda and Mr. LOU Wenlong; our non-executive directors are Mr. SHEN Bingxi, Mr. LIN Damao, Mr. CHENG Fengchao, Mr. LI Yelin, Mr. XIAO Shusheng and Mr. ZHAO Chao; and our independent non-executive directors are Mr. Anthony WU Ting-yuk, Mr. QIU Dong, Mr. Frederick MA Si-hang, Mr. WEN Tiejun and Mr. Francis YUEN Tin-fan.

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