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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)
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Reference is made to the announcement of the poll results of the first extraordinary general meeting of Air China Limited (the "Company") dated 20 January 2012 (the "EGM") and the announcement of the Company dated 28 December 2011.
The board of directors of the Company (the "Board") is pleased to announce that, with effect from 20 January 2012, Mr. Wang Changshun has been elected as a non-executive director of the Company at the EGM and the chairman of the Board and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as the Strategy and Investment Committee of the Board at the Board meeting held on the same day.
The term of Mr. Wang's office shall end on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board. Please refer to the announcement of the Company dated 28 December 2011 for Mr. Wang's biography and other relevant information.
The Board would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Wang to join the Board.
By Order of the Board
Air China Limited
Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, 20 January 2012
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Wang Changshun,
Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Sun Yude, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Fu Yang*, Mr. Li Shuang*, Mr. Han Fangming* and
Mr. Yang Yuzhong*.
* Independent non-executive director