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AMERICAN ORIENTAL BIOENGINEERING, INC.	Meeting Information Meeting Type: Annual Meeting For holders as of: October 13, 2009 Date: December 08, 2009 Time: 8:00 AM EST Location: 1 Liangshuihe First Ave. Beijing E-Town Economic and Technology Development Area, E-Town, Beijing 100176 People's Republic of China

	You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

AMERICAN ORIENTAL BIOENGINEERING, INC. INVESTOR RELATIONS 15 Exchange Place, Suite 500 Jersey City, NJ 07302	This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side).

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Voting items

The Board of Directors recommends that you

vote FOR the following:

1. Election of Directors

Nominees

01 Tony Liu	02 Jun Min	03 Yanchun Li	04 Binsheng Li	05 Cosimo J. Patti
06 Xianmin Wang	07 Eileen Bridget Brody	08 Lawrence S. Wizel	09 Baiqing Zhang

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

2. Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming as the Company's independent auditors for the 2009 fiscal year.

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