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Share Listing

China Telecom Corporation Limited’s H shares were listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 15 November 2002 while its A shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 20 August 2021.

Stock Code

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

728

Shanghai Stock Exchange

601728

Share Price Performance

2023 Share Price

HK$ per H Share

RMB per A Share

High

Low

Close

High

Low

Close

4.58

3.07

3.74

7.51

4.15

5.41

Number of issued shares: (as at 31 December 2023)

91,507,138,699

Market capitalisation: (as at 31 December 2023)

HK$513.8 billion

Distribution of Shares and Shareholdings

The share capital of the Company as at 31 December 2023 was RMB91,507,138,699, divided into 91,507,138,699 shares of RMB1.00 each. As at 31 December 2023, the share capital of the Company comprised:

Number of Shares

Percentage of
the Total Number
of Shares
(%)

Total Number of A Shares:

77,629,728,699

84.83

held by:

China Telecommunications Corporation

58,476,519,174

63.90

Guangdong Rising Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

5,614,082,653

6.14

Zhejiang Provincial Financial Development Co., Ltd.

2,137,473,626

2.34

Jiangsu Guoxin Group Limited

957,031,543

1.05

Fujian Investment & Development Group Co., Ltd.

920,294,182

1.01

Others

9,524,327,521

10.39

Total Number of H Shares:

13,877,410,000

15.17

Total

91,507,138,699

100.00

Note: Rising holds 5,614,082,653 unrestricted shares of the Company, accounting for 6.14% of the Company’s total share capital. Among them, 5,214,082,653 shares are held through its own ordinary securities account, accounting for 5.70% of the Company’s total share capital; 400,000,000 shares are held through Guangdong Rising Holdings Group Co., Ltd. — Special account for pledge of non-public issuance of exchangeable company bonds (first phase) for professional investors in 2023, accounting for 0.44% of the Company’s total share capital.

Major Shareholders of H Shares

The following table shows the major shareholders that exercised or controlled the exercise of 5% or above of H shares as at 31 December 2023:

Name of Shareholder

Number of Shares

Percentage of
the Total Number
of H Shares
in Issue
(%)

GIC Private Limited

1,248,239,702

8.99

Dividend History

A-share Dividend

Financial Year

Ex-Dividend Date

Payment Date

Dividend per Share
(pre-tax)

2021 Final

8 June 2022

8 June 2022

RMB0.170

2022 Interim

8 September 2022

8 September 2022

RMB0.120

2022 Final

9 June 2023

9 June 2023

RMB0.076

2023 Interim

31 August 2023

31 August 2023

RMB0.1432

Note: Company will publish an announcement on the Shanghai Stock Exchange to disclose detailed information related to the 2023 final dividend for A-share.

H-share Dividend

Financial Year

Ex-Dividend Date

Payment Date

Dividend per Share
(pre-tax)

2002 Final

16 May 2003

10 July 2003

HKD0.00837*

2003 Final

1 April 2004

20 May 2004

HKD0.065

2004 Final

21 April 2005

23 June 2005

HKD0.065

2005 Final

20 April 2006

15 June 2006

HKD0.075

2006 Final

26 April 2007

15 June 2007

HKD0.085

2007 Final

28 April 2008

16 June 2008

HKD0.085

2008 Final

23 April 2009

30 June 2009

HKD0.085

2009 Final

22 April 2010

30 June 2010

HKD0.085

2010 Final

18 April 2011

30 June 2011

HKD0.085

2011 Final

5 June 2012

20 July 2012

HKD0.085

2012 Final

4 June 2013

19 July 2013

HKD0.085

2013 Final

4 June 2014

18 July 2014

HKD0.095

2014 Final

1 June 2015

17 July 2015

HKD0.095

2015 Final

30 May 2016

15 July 2016

HKD0.095

2016 Final

26 May 2017

21 July 2017

HKD0.105

2017 Final

31 May 2018

27 July 2018

HKD0.115

2018 Final

3 June 2019

26 July 2019

HKD0.125

2019 Final

1 June 2020

31 July 2020

HKD0.125

2020 Final

11 May 2021

1 June 2021

HKD0.125

2021 Final

31 May 2022

18 July 2022

RMB0.170

2022 Interim

31 August 2022

14 October 2022

RMB0.120

2022 Final

31 May 2023

21 July 2023

RMB0.076

2023 Interim

31 August 2023

28 September 2023

RMB0.1432

2023 Final

5 June 2024

26 July 2024

RMB0.090**

* the basis of HK$0.065 per share, pro-rated based on the number of days the Company’s shares have been listed during the year of 2002.

** dividend proposal is subject to shareholders’ approval at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 27 May 2024.

ANNUAL REPORTS

Our annual reports in both English and Chinese are now available at our website www.chinatelecom-h.com.

2023 Annual Report Survey

Annual Report is a key communication channel between shareholders and the Company. Last year, we received around 100 questionnaires of Your Views on Annual Report 2022. Each of these responses benefited us in enhancing and further improving our annual reports. We are deeply indebted to the respondents for their constructive responses. In accordance with our commitment, we have to contribute HK$50 to a charitable organisation for each questionnaire received. In this regard, we have given a sum of HK$10,000 to the charitable organisation, WWF, in 2023. In addition, we have already implemented the suggestion of allowing shareholders to choose means of receipt and language of corporate communication to enhance environmental protection and cost savings.

We value and are eager to keep hearing your comments on our annual report for our further improvement in the future. It is highly appreciated if you could spare your precious time to complete the questionnaire of Your Views on Annual Report 2023, as attached in this annual report, and return it to us by post or email to ir@chinatelecom-h.com, or fax to +852 2877 0988. You can also fill in the electronic form at our website www.chinatelecom-h.com.

Registered office

Address:

31 Jinrong Street
Xicheng District
Beijing
PRC
100033

Tel:

(8610) 5850 1800

Fax:

(8610) 6601 0728

Any enquiries relating to the strategic development or operations of China Telecom Corporation Limited, please contact the Investor Relations Department:

Investor Relations Department

Tel:

(852) 2877 9777/(8610) 5850 1508

IR Enquiry:

(852) 2582 0388

Fax:

(852) 2877 0988/(8610) 5850 1531

Email:

ir@chinatelecom-h.com

Any enquiries relating to your shareholding, for example transfers of shares, change of name or address, loss of share certificates, please contact the share registrars:

H share registrar

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited

Address:

Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor
Hopewell Centre
183 Queen’s Road East Wanchai
Hong Kong

Tel:

(852) 2862 8555

Fax:

(852) 2865 0990

Website:

www.computershare.com/hk/contact

A share registrar

China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited Shanghai Branch

Address:

No. 188 South Yanggao Road
Pudong New Area,
Shanghai

Tel:

(86) 4008–058–058

Website:

http://www.chinaclear.cn/zdjs/shfgs/branch_BSH.shtml