Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022

Nov 18, 2022

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Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. 哈爾濱銀行股份有限公司[*]

(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 6138)

NOTICE OF 2022 FIRST DOMESTIC SHAREHOLDERS’ CLASS MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2022 first domestic shareholders’ class meeting (“ Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting ”) of Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. (the “ Bank ”) will be held at Conference Room 4001, Harbin Bank Headquarters Building, No. 888 Shangjiang Street, Daoli District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 8 December 2022 or immediately after the conclusion of the 2022 second extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolution:

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

1. To consider and approve the Proposal on the Replenishment of Other Tier-one Capital through A Convertible Negotiated Deposit and Issuance of Shares under Specific Mandate of the Bank.

By order of the Board of Directors Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. Deng Xinquan Chairman

Harbin, China, 21 November 2022

• Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. is not an authorised institution within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Chapter 155 of Laws of Hong Kong), not subject to the supervision of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and not authorised to carry on banking/deposit-taking business in Hong Kong.

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Notes:

1. Details of the above resolution are set out in the 2022 second EGM circular which will be despatched by the Bank to the shareholders (the “ Shareholders ”) of the Bank in due course.

2. Domestic Shareholders whose names appear on the domestic share register of members of the Bank on Monday, 5 December 2022 will be entitled to attend and vote at the Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting.

3. Registration procedures for attending the Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting

Individual Shareholders who wish to attend the meeting in person shall produce their identity cards or other effective document or proof of identity and stock account cards. Proxies of individual Shareholders shall produce their effective proof of identity and proxy form. A corporate Shareholder should attend the meeting by its legal representative or proxy appointed by the legal representative. A legal representative who wishes to attend the meeting should produce his/her identity card or other valid documents evidencing his/her capacity as a legal representative. If appointed a proxy to attend the meeting, the proxy should produce his/her identity card and an authorisation instrument duly signed by the legal representative of the corporate Shareholder.

4. Proxy

Any Domestic Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more persons (whether such person is a Shareholder or not) as his/her proxy or proxies to attend and vote on his/her behalf.

The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of the Shareholder or his/her attorney duly authorised in writing. For a corporate Shareholder, the proxy instrument must be affixed with the common seal or signed by its director or attorney duly authorised in writing. If the instrument appointing the proxy is signed by a person authorised by the appointer, the power of attorney or other documents of authority under which the instrument is signed shall be notarised. The notarised power of attorney or other document of authority shall be deposited together with the instrument appointing the proxy at the Bank’s Board of Directors’ Office.

To be valid, the proxy form together with the power of attorney or other authorisation document (if any) signed by the authorised person or certified by a notary must be delivered to the Bank’s Board of Directors’ Office not less than 24 hours before the designated time for the holding of the Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting or any adjourned meeting thereof.

Completion and return of a proxy form will not preclude any Domestic Shareholder from attending in person and voting at the Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting or any adjournment thereof if he/she so wishes, but in such event the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

5. Publication of poll results

Pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, any vote of Shareholders at a Shareholders’ general meeting must be taken by poll. As such, the resolution set out in this notice will be voted by poll. Results of the poll voting will be published on the Bank’s website at www.hrbb.com.cn and the HKExnews website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hk after the Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting.

6. Other business

The Domestic Shareholders’ Class Meeting is estimated to last no longer than half a day. Holders of domestic shares who attend the meeting in person or by proxy shall bear their own traveling, dining and accommodation expenses.

As at the date of this notice, the Board of the Bank comprises Deng Xinquan as executive director; Zhao Hongbo, Zhang Xianjun, Yu Hong and Lang Shufeng as non-executive directors; and Sun Yan, Zhang Zheng, Hou Bojian and Jin Qinglu as independent non-executive directors.

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