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Air China Ld 08 August 2006 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss whatsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) Determination of Offer Size and Offer Price for A Share Issue SUMMARY Pursuant to the A Share Issue, the Company will issue 1,639,000,000 A Shares at the offer price of RMB2.80 per share. Reference is made to the announcement dated 31 July 2006 in respect of the CSRC approval of the A Share Issue and the announcement dated 3 August 2006 in respect of the determination of indicative price range for the A Share Issue. Pursuant to the A Share Issue, the Company will issue 1,639,000,000 A Shares at the offer price of RMB2.80 per share. DEFINITIONS In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 'A Shares' the Domestic Shares which are proposed to be allotted and issued by the Company to qualified institutional investors as approved by CSRC and investors including domestic individuals, legal persons and etc. who have opened accounts at the Shanghai Stock Exchange (except those prohibited from subscribing for the shares by the applicable laws and regulations at the time of the A Share Issue) and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange 'A Share Issue' the proposed issue of not more than 2.7 billion A Shares by Company to qualified institutional investors as approved by CSRC and investors including domestic individuals, legal persons and etc. who have opened accounts at the Shanghai Stock Exchange (except those prohibited from subscribing for the shares by the applicable laws and regulations at the time of the A Share Issue), which are proposed to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange 'Company' Air China Limited, a company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with primary listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and secondary listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority 'CSRC' China Securities Regulatory Commission 'Director(s)' the director(s) of the Company 'Domestic Shares' the ordinary shares of RMB1.00 each issued by the Company, which are subscribed for or credited as fully paid up in Renminbi 'PRC' the People's Republic of China, excluding, for the purpose of this announcement only, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan 'RMB' Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC By order of the Board Air China Limited Zheng Baoan Li Man Kit Joint Company Secretaries Beijing, 8 August 2006 As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Messrs Li Jiaxiang, Kong Dong, Wang Shixiang, Yao Weiting, Christopher Dale Pratt, Ma Xulun, Cai Jianjiang, Fan Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Wu Zhipan*, Zhang Ke* and Jia Kang*. * Independent non-executive Director of the Company This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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