EGM Poll Results
Air China Ld
18 December 2007
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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: 753)
Poll Results of Extraordinary General Meeting
The Board of the Company is pleased to announce the poll results of the EGM of the Company
held on 17 December 2007.
The Shareholders have approved offering of additional A Shares by the Company (the
'Offering') and each of the items and conditions for the Offering one by one.
The Shareholders have approved the projects for which the proceeds from the Offering (the
'Proceeds') will be utilized (the 'Projects') and each of the items and conditions for
the use of the Proceeds.
The Shareholders have approved to authorise the Board to determine matters relating to the
Offering at its discretion and with full authority.
The Shareholders have approved the 'Feasibility of Proposed Investment Projects to Be
Funded by the Proceeds from the Offering'.
The Shareholders have approved the 'Report from the Board on Use of Proceeds from
Previous Issue of Shares'.
The board of directors (the 'Board') of Air China Limited (the 'Company')
is pleased to announce that the extraordinary general meeting ('EGM') was
held on 17 December 2007 at The Conference Room, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun
Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized
terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Company's
notice of EGM dated 2 November 2007 ('Notice').
The poll results in respect of the proposed resolutions at the EGM were as
follows:
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS Votes of Shareholders
For Against Abstain
1. To consider and approve the offering of
additional A Shares by the Company (the
'Offering') and each of the following items
and conditions for the Offering one by one:
(1) Class of shares: RMB denominated 9,225,146,849 840,287 690,640
ordinary shares (i.e. A Shares);
(2) Nominal value: RMB1.00 each; 9,224,252,389 654,855 1,770,532
(3) Total number of A Shares to be 9,224,292,889 630,255 1,754,632
issued: Not more than 400 million A Shares (the
'Additional A Shares');
(4) Target subscribers: Public investors 9,224,280,789 616,955 1,780,032
having maintained shareholders' account for
RMB-denominated ordinary shares at the Shanghai
Stock Exchange and other investors as approved
by the CSRC (unless otherwise prohibited by
applicable laws, regulations and policies);
(5) Offering structure: The Offering 9,224,278,189 518,955 1,880,632
will be conducted via a combination of
'online' and 'offline' offerings (within
the meaning of relevant PRC laws and
regulations). Part of the Additional A Shares
under the Offering (the size of which is to be
determined by the Board as authorized by the
shareholders and the lead underwriter for the
Offering) will be made available to all
registered holders of A Shares, whose names
appear on the register of members of the
Company at the close of a record date for
ascertaining the entitlement of such holders of
A Shares, on a pro rata basis in terms of the
number of A Shares which are not subject to
lock-up as stipulated by the PRC laws and
regulations for their preferential
subscription;
(6) Offer price: The offer price of the 9,224,239,789 756,555 1,681,432
Additional A Shares will be determined by the
agreement between the Board on behalf of the
Company and the lead underwriter for the
Offering but in any event shall not be less
than the lower of (i) the average price of the
existing shares of the Company for the 20
trading days immediately prior to the
publication of the offering document in respect
of the Offering; and (ii) the average price of
the existing shares of the Company for the
trading day immediately prior to the
publication of such offering document;
(7) Place of listing: Shanghai Stock 9,224,279,289 500,155 1,898,332
Exchange;
(8) Upon the completion of the Offering, 9,224,254,889 524,555 1,898,332
both existing and new shareholders of the
Company will be entitled to the accumulative
distributable profits of the Company;
(9) Validity period: the shareholders' 9,224,278,889 503,555 1,895,332
approval of the Offering shall be valid for
12 months from the date of passing this
resolution.
2. To consider and approve the projects for which 9,224,263,089 601,955 1,812,732
the proceeds from the Offering ('Proceeds')
will be utilized (the 'Projects') and each
of the following items and conditions for the
use of the Proceeds be and are hereby approved:
(1) the Projects are set out as follows:
(a) the acquisition of 15 Boeing 787
aircraft;
(b) the acquisition of 24 Airbus 320
series aircraft;
(c) the acquisition of 15 Boeing 737
series aircraft;
(d) supplementing the working capital of
the Company with no more than RMB1.5 billion
out of the Proceeds;
(2) before the Proceeds is available,
the Company is authorized to use internal funds
or bank loans to finance the Projects according
to the actual payment schedule of the Projects;
when the Proceeds is available, the Company is
authorised to apply the Proceeds to any payment
due in relation to the Projects or to repay any
outstanding bank loan in relation to the
Projects that occurred before the completion of
the Offering; if in addition to the Proceeds
further financing is needed by the Project, the
Company is authorized to explore other funding
sources; and
(3) the Board is hereby authorized to
determine and adjust with full authority the
projects, the priority and the actual
investment amounts and bank loan repayment
amounts to which the Proceeds shall be applied
subject to the scope of the Projects as
approved above.
3. To consider and approve to authorise the Board 9,224,272,989 600,355 1,804,432
to determine matters relating to the Offering
at its discretion and with full authority,
including:
(1) the Board is authorised to determine
all matters relating to the Offering, including
but not limited to, the offering structure,
offer size, offer price, pricing mechanism,
scope of offerees, size of rights issue to
existing shareholders, application method and
timing of the Offering;
(2) the Board, the chairman of the Board
('Chairman') and the attorney of the
Chairman are authorised to determine the
intermediaries to be retained for the Offering,
handle application and submission matters in
relation to the Offering, produce, prepare,
amend, improve and sign all documents in
relation to the Offering and sign all
contracts, agreements and documents in relation
to the Offering;
(3) the Board, the Chairman and the
attorney of the Chairman are authorised to
handle capital verification formalities upon
completion of the Offering;
(4) the Board, the Chairman and the
attorney of the Chairman are authorised to
apply to Shanghai Stock Exchange for the
listing of the Additional A Shares under the
Offering and deliver relevant documents;
(5) the Board, the Chairman and the
attorney of the Chairman are authorised to
handle the deposit and registration matters in
relation to the Offering;
(6) the Board, the Chairman and the
attorney of the Chairman are authorised to
amend relevant provisions of the Articles of
Association of the Company, handle relevant
approval formalities and handle various
registration formalities in relation to the
change in the registered capital of the Company
upon completion of the Offering;
(7) the Board is authorised, in the
event of changes in the policies of the
relevant securities regulatory authorities in
respect of offering of additional shares or
changes in market condition, to make
corresponding adjustments to the matters in
relation to the Offering such as the terms set
out in the above resolutions, unless any matter
is subject to further approval by shareholders'
meeting of the Company as required by
relevant laws, regulations and/or the Articles
of Association of the Company;
(8) the Board be authorised to determine
all other matters relating to the Offering;
(9) the above various authorisation
shall be valid for one year from the date of
passing this Special Resolution.
As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the
resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions.
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS Votes of Shareholders
For Against Abstain
4. To consider and approve the 'Feasibility of 9,224,268,889 603,555 1,805,332
Proposed Investment Projects for the Use of
Proceeds from the Offering', which is set out
in Appendix I to the shareholders circular
dated 2 November 2007 in relation to the
Offering (the 'Circular').
5. To consider and approve the 'Report from the 9,224,261,089 500,855 1,915,832
Board on Use of Proceeds from Previous Issue of
Shares' which is set out in Appendix II to the
Circular.
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the resolutions
were duly passed as ordinary resolutions.
Tin Wha CPAs was the scruntineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.
By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Huang Bin Li Man Kit
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, 17 December 2007
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, Chen
Nan Lok Philip, Ma Xulun, Cai Jianjiang, Fan Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Wu
Zhipan*, Zhang Ke* and Jia Kang*.
* Independent non-executive Director of the Company
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