Agricultural Bank of China shareholders approve directors, interim dividend, bond issuance

Agricultural Bank of China Limited announced the poll results of its 2025 Second Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting (ESM), held on November 28, 2025. A total of 4,848 shareholders and authorized proxies, representing 89.398218% of the total voting shares, participated. Key ordinary resolutions passed included the election of Mr. LIU Hong as an executive director, the re-election of Mr. ZHANG Qi and Mr. ZHANG Hongwu as non-executive directors, and the re-election of Mr. WANG Changyun as an independent non-executive director, each with over 99% of votes in favor.

The interim profit distribution plan for 2025, proposing an interim cash dividend of RMB1.195 per ten ordinary shares (tax inclusive), also passed with 99.999099% approval. Special resolutions approving a financial bonds issuance plan and an issuance quota for capital instruments and total loss-absorbing capacity non-capital bonds were also duly passed, with over 99% of votes in favor for each.

The Bank will pay the 2025 H Share interim cash dividend on Monday, January 26, 2026, to shareholders registered on Friday, December 12, 2025. The H share register will be closed from Tuesday, December 9, 2025, to Friday, December 12, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of Friday, December 5, 2025.