ADJOURNMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

RNS Number : 4970T

Air China Ld

06 January 2017

 

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code:00753)

ADJOURNMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND H SHAREHOLDERS' CLASS MEETING AND

CHANGE OF BOOK CLOSURE PERIOD

References are made to the circular of Air China Limited (the "Company") dated 5 December 2016 (the "Circular"), the notice of the extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") of the Company dated
5 December 2016 and the notice of H shareholders' class meeting (the "H Shareholders' Class Meeting") of the Company dated 5 December 2016 (collectively, the "Notices"). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Circular and the Notices.

The Company announces that (i) the EGM initially scheduled to be convened at 10:30 a.m. on 20 January 2017 will be adjourned for administrative reasons and will be held at 10:30 a.m. on 23 January 2017 (the "Adjourned EGM"); and (ii) the H Shareholders' Class Meeting initially scheduled to be convened at 10:30 a.m. on 20 January 2017 will be adjourned for administrative reasons and will be held at 10:30 a.m. on 23 January 2017 (the "Adjourned H Shareholders' Class Meeting"). The venue of each of the Adjourned EGM and the Adjourned H Shareholders' Class Meeting will remain unchanged at The Conference Room One, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the PRC.

The H Share register of members of the Company was initially scheduled to be closed from Wednesday, 21 December 2016 to Friday, 20 January 2017 (both days inclusive). Due to the adjournment of the EGM and the H Shareholders' Class Meeting, the closure of the H Share register of members will be effective until Monday, 23 January 2017 (the day inclusive). During the period of closure of H Share register of members, no transfer of H Shares of the Company will be registered. Any holders of H Shares, whose names appear on the Company's register of members at the close of business on Tuesday, 20 December 2016, are entitled to attend and vote at the Adjourned EGM and the Adjourned H Shareholders' Class Meeting after completing the registration procedures for attending such meetings.

The notices of attendance and proxy forms for the EGM and the H Shareholders' Class Meeting have been despatched to the Shareholders on 5 December 2016 together with the Circular and the Notices, and they will still be valid for the purposes of the Adjourned EGM and the Adjourned H Shareholders' Class Meeting. If a Shareholder has completed and returned the notices of attendance and/or the proxy forms in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, such notices of attendance and/or the proxy forms will remain valid and such Shareholder needs not re-submit the notices of attendance and/or the proxy forms.

Holders of H Shares who have not yet returned the proxy forms are advised to complete and deposit the proxy forms and the relevant notarised power of attorney or other document of authority (if any) in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, to the Company's H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, not less than 24 hours before the time specified for the holding of the Adjourned EGM and the Adjourned H Shareholders' Class Meeting.

Saved as disclosed above, all information and contents as set out in the Circular and the Notices and the notices of attendance and proxy forms attached thereto remain unchanged.

By order of the Board Air China Limited Cai Jianjiang Chairman

Beijing, the PRC, 5 January 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.

* Independent non-executive director of the Company

 

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