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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)
DELAY IN DESPATCH OF CIRCULAR IN RELATION TO THE NON-PUBLIC A SHARE ISSUE
Reference is made to the announcement of Air China Limited (the "Company") dated 28 July 2015 (the "Announcement") in relation to, among other things, the proposed non-public issue of new A shares of the Company (the "Transaction").
As stated in the Announcement, the Company expected to despatch a circular containing, among other things, details of the Transaction (the "Circular") on or before 18 August 2015. However, as additional time is required for preparing and finalising certain information to be contained in the Circular, the despatch date of the Circular is expected to be delayed to a date falling on or before 1 September 2015.
By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 17 August 2015
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Fu Yang*, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung* and Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung*.
* Independent non-executive director of the Company