ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ENTRY INTO EFFECT(AMENDMENT)

RNS Number : 7986C

Air China Ld

20 April 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)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ENTRY INTO EFFECT OF THE ARTICLES   OF  ASSOCIATION  OF  AIR  CHINA  LIMITED  (2017 AMENDMENT)

References are made to the extraordinary general meeting circular dated 9 February 2017 and the announcement on the poll results of extraordinary general meeting dated 30 March 2017 of Air China Limited (the "Company") in relation to the proposed amendment to Article 12  of  the  Company's articles of association (the "Articles of Association") . References are also made to  the announcement on the poll results of the extraordinary general meeting, the H  shareholders'  class  meeting and the A shareholders' class meeting of the Company dated 23 January 2017, and the announcement of the Company dated 13 March 2017 in relation  to  the  proposed  amendments  to  Article 20 and Article 23 of the Articles of Association.

The proposed amendment to Article 12 of the Articles of Association were considered and approved by the shareholders of the  Company  (the  "Shareholders")  at  the  extraordinary  general  meeting  of the Company held on 30 March 2017. At the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 23 January 2017, the Shareholders considered and approved the extension of the validity period of the authorisation granted to the board of directors of the Company (the "Board")  and  the  Board's  authorised person (s) to handle all relevant matters relating to the non-public A share issue of  the Company (the "Non-public A Share Issue") . As the Non-public A Share Issue was completed on 10 March 2017, the chairman of the Board has decided to amend  Article  20  and  Article  23  of  the  Articles of Association to reflect the completion of the Non-public A Share Issue.

The amended Articles of Association containing the afore-mentioned amendments has been submitted to the relevant PRC authorities for approval and filing. Recently, the  relevant  authorities  have  confirmed that the amendments to the Articles of Association are not subject to approval of or filing  with them. The amended Articles of Association has come into effect from the date of receipt of the confirmation  from  the  relevant authorities.

Full text of the amended Articles of Association is available on the websites of the Company (wwww.airchina.com.cn)  and  The  Stock  Exchange  of  Hong  Kong  Limited  (www.hkexnews.hk) .

By  Order  of  the Board

                                                                                                                                          Air  China Limited

Rao Xinyu          Tam  Shuit Mui

Joint  Company Secretaries

Beijing,  the  PRC,  19  April 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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