China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

07/06/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/06/2023 04:17

Shareholder Meeting Approving the Profit Distribution Plan (Session and Date) - Form 6-K

Shareholder Meeting Approving the Profit Distribution Plan (Session and Date)

The profit distribution plan has been reviewed and approved at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of China Life Insurance Company Limited (the "Company") on June 28, 2023.

II.

Distribution Plan

1.

Distribution Year: Year 2022

2.

Shareholders to Receive the Dividends

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All A Share shareholders of the Company whose names have been registered with China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited Shanghai Branch (hereinafter "China Clearing Shanghai Branch") when the Shanghai Stock Exchange closes as of the equity rights record date.

This announcement does not apply to the distribution of cash dividends to H Share shareholders. For the distribution of cash dividends to H Share shareholders, please refer to an announcement on resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting issued by the Company on June 28, 2023 on the website of Hong Kong Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk).

3.

Distribution Plan

The profit distribution is based on the total share capital of 28,264,705,000 shares of the Company before the implementation of the plan, and the Company will pay a cash dividend of RMB0.49 per share (inclusive of tax), totaling RMB 13,850 million (inclusive of tax).

As of December 31, 2022, the Company's core solvency adequacy ratio is 143.59%, and the comprehensive solvency adequacy ratio is 206.78%. As affected by this profit distribution, the solvency adequacy ratio of the Company will decrease by 4.37%. The solvency adequacy ratio of the Company remains at a relatively high level after this profit distribution, and meets the regulatory requirements.

III.

Relevant Dates

Stock Category

Equity Rights Record Date Last Trading Date Ex-Dividend Date Date of Distribution

A shares

July 12, 2023 - July 13, 2023 July 13, 2023

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IV.

Arrangements for Dividend Distribution

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Implementation Plan

The cash dividends of the China Life Insurance (Group) Company will be distributed by the Company. With respect to other shareholders of A shares, the cash dividends will be distributed by China Clearing Shanghai Branch through its clearing system to shareholders who have registered when the Shanghai Stock Exchange closes on the equity rights record date and have conducted relevant distribution procedures with respect to designated transactions at each member entity of Shanghai Stock Exchange. Shareholders who have conducted relevant procedures with respect to designated transactions may collect cash dividends on the distribution date at the designated securities sales department and the dividends to shareholders who have not conducted relevant procedures with respect to designated transactions will be kept with China Clearing Shanghai Branch and will be distributed after such procedures have been completed.

2.

Distribution by the Company

China Life Insurance (Group) Company.

3.

Notes on Tax Withholding

(1)

As regards the dividends to be distributed to individual shareholders and securities investment funds of the Company's A shares, according to the Notice on Differentiated Individual Income Tax Policies Applicable to the Stock Dividends Distributed by Listed Companies (Cai Shui [2015] No. 101) and the Notice on Issues Related to the Implementation of the Differentiated Individual Income Tax Policy on Dividends and Bonuses Distributed by Listed Companies (Cai Shui [2012] No.85), the Company will not withhold the income tax for the time being when distributing dividends, and the cash dividends to be distributed will be RMB0.49 per share.

When any individual shareholder or securities investment fund transfers its shares after the equity rights registration date, China Clearing Shanghai Branch will calculate the amount of tax payable based on the duration of holding of such shares, and a securities company or other stock depository agency shall deduct the amount of tax payable from the individual investor's fund account and transfer to China Clearing Shanghai Branch, which will transfer the deducted amount of tax to the Company within the first five working days of the following month, and the Company will then file tax returns with and pay the tax to competent tax authority within the statutory filing period in the month it receives the tax payment. If the term of holding of such shares is less than one month (including one month), 100% of the dividend income of such investor shall be calculated as the taxable income and the income tax shall be levied on such taxable income at a rate of 20%; if the term of holding of such shares is between one month and one year (including one year), 50% of the dividend income of such investor shall be calculated as the taxable income for the time being and the income tax shall be levied on such taxable income at a rate of 10%; and if the term of holding of such shares is longer than one year, the dividend income of such investor shall be exempted from the individual income tax for the time being.

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(2)

As regards the dividends to be distributed to QFII, according to the Notice on Relevant Issues regarding the Withholding of Corporate Income Tax on Dividends, Bonuses and Interests Paid by Chinese Resident Enterprises to QFII (Guo Shui Han [2009] No. 47), the Company will withhold the corporate income tax payable by such investors at the rate of 10%. The cash dividends to be actually distributed after tax will be RMB0.441 per share. Where any such investor believes its dividend income is entitled to any treatment in the taxation agreement (arrangement), it may file an application to competent tax authority after receiving its dividends according to relevant regulations.

(3)

As regards the dividends to be distributed to Hong Kong investors (including corporate and individual investors) who invest in the Company's A shares via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program, according to the Relevant Taxation Policies Concerning the Pilot Inter-connected Mechanism for Trading on the Shanghai Stock Market and the Hong Kong Stock Market (Cai Shui [2014] NO. 81), before the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited is able to provide the China Securities Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. with the identity of investors, their shareholding period and other detailed data, the policies of differentiated taxation based on the length of shareholding shall temporarily not apply. Instead, the Company will withhold the income tax payable by such investors at the rate of 10%. The cash dividends to be actually distributed after tax will be RMB0.441 per share. Where such a Hong Kong investor is a tax resident of another country that has signed a tax treaty with China in which the stipulated income tax rate on stock dividends is less than 10%, such Hong Kong investor, whether a corporate or individual investor, may, on its own or by entrusting a withholding agent, apply to competent tax authority of the listed company for enjoying the preferential treatment under the tax treaty, in which case the competent tax authority shall, after review, refund the corporate or individual investor the difference between the tax already levied and the tax payable as calculated according to the rate under the tax treaty.

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(4)

As regards the dividends to be distributed to other corporate shareholders and institutional investors, the Company will not be responsible for the withholding and payment of corporate income tax. Taxpayers shall decide on its own in accordance with relevant tax regulations with respect to the payment of local corporate income tax. The cash dividends to be actually distributed will be RMB0.49 per share.

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Contact Information

Contact office: Office of the Board of Directors of the Company

Tel：86（10）6363 2963

Board of Directors of China Life Insurance Company Limited

July 6, 2023