Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

FORM 2 - Corporate Substantial Shareholder Notice

Form Serial No:

CS20110905000075

1. Name of listed corporation:

China Construction Bank Corporation - H Shares

2. Stock code:

00939

3. Class of shares:

H Shares

4. Number of issued shares in class:

240,417,319,880

5. Name of substantial shareholder:

Bank of America Corporation

6. Registered office:

Bank of America Corporate Center, 100N Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC USA 28255

7. Principal place of business in Hong Kong:

42/F, Two IFC, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong

13. Exchange on which listed:

New York Stock Exchange

14. Name of listed parent and exchange on which parent is listed:

N/A

15. Date of relevant event:

31/08/2011
(dd/mm/yyyy)

16. Date when the substantial shareholder became aware of the relevant event/ interest in the shares (if later):


17. Details of relevant event:
	Relevant event code describing circumstances	Code describing capacity in which shares were/are held		Number of shares bought/sold or involved	Currency of transaction	On Exchange		Off Exchange
		Before relevant event	After relevant event			Highest price per share	Average price per share	Average consideration per share	Consideration code
Long position	103	201		8,150,000,000	HKD			4.940	301

18. Total shares immediately before the relevant event:

	Total number of shares	Percentage figure (%)
Long Position	25,604,698,097	10.65
Short Position	1,366,289	0.00

19. Total shares immediately after the relevant event:

	Total number of shares	Percentage figure (%)
Long Position	17,454,698,097	7.26
Short Position	1,366,289	0.00

20. Capacity in which interests disclosed in Box 19 are held:

Code describing capacity

Number of shares

201

Long position	17,430,153,370
Short position	0

205

Long position	24,544,727
Short position	1,366,289

21. Further information in respect of derivative interests:

Code describing derivatives

Number of shares

401

Long position	1,417,900
Short position	0

22. Further information in relation to interests of corporations controlled by substantial shareholder:

Name of controlled corporation

Address and place of incorporation

Name of controlling shareholder

% control

Direct interest

Number of shares

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE19801, United States (United States)

Bank of America Corporation

100.00

Long position	23,893,287
Short position	1,366,289

Merrill Lynch International Incorporated

c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE19801, United States (United States)

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

100.00

Long position	17,098,552
Short position	1,366,289

ML EMEA Holdings LLC

Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE19801, United States (United States)

Merrill Lynch International Incorporated

100.00

Long position	17,098,552
Short position	1,366,289

Merrill Lynch UK Holdings