Notice of AGM

Air China Ld 28 April 2006 THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of this circular, you should consult a stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser. If you have sold or transferred all your shares of Air China Limited, you should at once hand this circular to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale was effected for transmission to the purchaser or the transferee. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this circular, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss however arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this circular. AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) (1) PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (2) PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (3) GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING A notice convening an annual general meeting of the Company's 'AGM' to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006 at The Conference Room, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC is set out on pages 6 to 10 of this circular. The notice of attendance and form of proxy are enclosed herein. Whether or not you are able to attend the AGM, please complete and return the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as practicable and in any event not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM. If you intend to attend the AGM, you are required to complete and return the notice of attendance together with any necessary registration documents to the Secretariat of the Board of the Company in person or by post or fax on or before 23 May 2006. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjourned meeting should you so wish. 28 April 2006 CONTENTS Page Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Letter from the Board 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Proposed amendment to the Articles of Association . . . . . .3 3. Reasons for the proposed amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 4. Appointment of new non-executive director . . . . . . . . . .3 5. General mandate to issue shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 6. Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7. AGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 8. Procedures for demanding on poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9. General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Notice of Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1 DEFINITIONS In this circular, the following expressions have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: 'AGM' The 2005 annual general meeting of the Company to be held at at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006 at The Conference Room, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC for the shareholders of the Company to consider and approve the resolutions set out in the notice of the annual general meeting; 'Articles of Association' the Articles of Association of the Company; 'Board' the board of directors of the Company; 'the Company' Air China Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the People's Republic of China with primary listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with stock code 753 and secondary listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority; 'CSRC' China Securities Regulatory Commission of the PRC; 'Director' the director(s) of the Company; 'Listing Rules' The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited; 'PRC' The People's Republic of China excluding, for the purpose of this circular only, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; 'Shareholders' the holders of shares of the Company; and 'Stock Exchange' The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. 1 LETTER FROM THE BOARD AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) Directors: Non-executive Directors: Li Jiaxiang (Chairman) Kong Dong (Vice Chairman) Wang Shixiang (Vice Chairman) Yao Weiting Executive Directors: Ma Xulun Cai Jianjiang Fan Cheng Independent Non-Executive Directors: Hu Hung Lick, Henry Wu Zhi Pan Zhang Ke Registered address: 9/F, Blue Sky Mansion 28 Tianzhu Road Zone A Tian zhu Airport Industrial Zone Shunyi District Beijing China Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 5th Floor, CNAC House 12 Tung Fai Road Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong 28 April 2006 To the Shareholders Dear Sir or Madam, (1) PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (2) PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (3) GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1. INTRODUCTION It is proposed that at the AGM of the Company to be held on 12 June 2006, the notice of which is set out on pages 6 to 10 of this document, resolutions will be proposed to, amongst other, amend the Articles of Association, appoint a new non-executive director and grant the Directors a general mandate to issue shares. 2 LETTER FROM THE BOARD The purpose of this document is to set out such information in relation to the proposed amendments to Articles of Association, appointment of new non-executive director and the proposed general mandate and to convene the AGM, the details of which are set out below. 2. PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION The proposed amendment of the Articles of Association is as follows: The existing Article 12 of 'The primary scope of business of the Company covers: international and domestic scheduled and non-scheduled passenger, cargo, mail and luggage air transportation; domestic and international public services flights, aircraft management, aircraft maintenance, agency services for airlines, ground services associated with core businesses and air courier services and provision of duty-free commodities onboard.' are replaced by the following: 'The primary scope of business of the Company covers: international and domestic scheduled and non-scheduled passenger, cargo, mail and luggage air transportation; domestic and international public services flights, aircraft management, aircraft maintenance, agency services for airlines, ground services associated with core businesses and air courier services, provision of duty-free commodities onboard, and onboard sales of commodities (subject to approval by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce).' This special resolution is subject to approval by the relevant PRC regulatory authorities. 3. REASONS FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT The amendment of Articles of Association is intended to expand the business scope of the Company so as to meet the needs of the development of the Company's business. 4. APPOINTMENT OF NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR At the board meeting held on 18 April 2006, the Board resolved to propose that Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt be appointed as a non-executive Director. An ordinary resolution to consider and approve the appointment of Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt will be proposed at the AGM. Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt, CBE, aged 49, has been Chairman and a Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited since February 2006. He is also Chairman of Swire Pacific Limited and John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, and a Director of Swire Properties Limited. He joined John Swire & Sons Limited in 1978 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, Australia and Papua New Guinea. He served as Executive Director of Swire Pacific Limited's Trading and Industrial Division from 2000 to 2005. He has an honours degree in modern history from Oxford University. 3 LETTER FROM THE BOARD Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt has not held any directorship in any other listed companies or taken up a post in any affiliated companies of the Company in the past three years. Further, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt does not have any relationship with any other director, senior management, substantial shareholder or controlling shareholder of the Company. Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt does not have any equity interest in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong). There is no information to be disclosed on items from (h) to (v) in Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules. No other matter needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in respect of the Company and its directors and supervisors of the Company. Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt will not receive any compensation for his service as a director of the Company. The term of his office shall commence upon the approval by the AGM of the appointment and shall end on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board. 5. GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE SHARES In order to ensure flexibility and to give discretion to the Directors in the event that it becomes desirable to issue any shares, a special resolution will be proposed at the AGM to give an unconditional general mandate to the Directors that during the Relevant Period, to separately or concurrently, allot, issue, and deal with additional domestic shares and overseas listed foreign shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements or options in respect thereof, with an aggregate nominal value of not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of each of the existing domestic shares and overseas listed foreign shares of the Company in issue as at the date of the relevant resolution to be proposed and passed at the AGM (the 'General Mandate'). The General Mandate will lapse at the conclusion of the next AGM unless renewed. The Company shall obtain the approval of the CSRC and other relevant authorities for any issue of new shares under the General Mandate. 6. RECOMMENDATION The Directors consider that the above proposed amendments to the Articles of Association and the proposed General Mandate are fair and reasonable so far as the Shareholders are concerned and accordingly recommend the Shareholders to consider the above proposed amendments and to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions which will be proposed at the AGM. 7. AGM You will find on pages 6 to 10 of this circular a notice of the AGM to be held at at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006 at The Conference Room, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC. A form of proxy for use in connection with the AGM is despatched together this circular. Whether or not you are able to attend the AGM, please complete and return the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as practicable and 4 LETTER FROM THE BOARD in any event not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the meeting should you so wish. 8. PROCEDURES FOR DEMANDING A POLL Pursuant to Article 72 of the existing Articles of Association, at any general meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is (before or after any vote by the show of hands) demanded: (i) by the chairman of the meeting; (ii) by at least two shareholders present in person or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the meeting; or (iii) by any shareholder or shareholders (including proxy) holding individually or holding in aggregate of 10% or more of the shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting. 9. GENERAL INFORMATION According to the Articles of Association of the Company, the Company will close its share register from Saturday, 13 May 2006 to Monday, 12 June 2006 (inclusive). Shareholders of the Company whose names appear in the register of members of the Company at the close of business on 12 May 2006 may attend the AGM after completing the registration procedures. In order to qualify for attendance at the AGM, instruments of transfer accompanied by share certificates and other appropriate documents must be lodged with the Company's H share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, by 4:00 p.m. on 12 May 2006. Shareholders who intend to attend the AGM have to deliver the notice of attendance together with any necessary registration documents to the Secretariat of the Board of the Company in person or by post or fax on or before 23 May 2006. The relevant information relating to the amendments to the Articles of Association are available for consideration by the holders of domestic shares of the Company at the designated website for information disclosure by the Company (http://www.airchina.com.cn). By Order of the Board Li Jiaxiang Chairman Beijing, PRC 5 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting of Air China Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2005 will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006 at The Conference Room, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC for the following purposes: 1. To consider and approve the report of the Board of Directors of the Company for the year 2005; 2. To consider and approve the report of the Supervisory Committee of the Company for the year 2005; 3. To consider and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year 2005; 4. To consider and approve the profit distribution proposal for the year 2005 as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company; 5. To elect Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt as a non-executive director of the Company; 6. To consider and approve the reappointment of Ernst & Young as the Company's international auditors and Ernst & Young Hua Ming CPAs Limited Company as the Company's domestic auditors for the year ending 31 December 2006 and to authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to fix their remuneration thereof; 7. To consider and approve the following resolutions as special resolutions: 7A. 'THAT: (a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Board of Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of the Company ('Shares') and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and are hereby generally and unconditionally approved; 6 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorise the Board of Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period; (c) the amount of additional Domestic Shares and overseas-listed foreign invested Shares ('H Shares') (as the case may be) allotted, issued and dealt with or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted, issued and dealt with either separately or concurrently by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereafter defined) or (ii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on Shares in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of each of the Company's existing Domestic Shares and H Shares (as the case may be) in issue at the date of passing this special resolution; and (d) for the purpose of special resolution 7A: 'Relevant Period' means the period from the passing of special resolution 7A until the earlier of: (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (ii) the expiration of the 12 months period following the passing of special resolution 7A; and (iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given to the Board of Directors of the Company under this special resolution by a special resolution of the Company's shareholders in general meetings. 'Rights Issue' means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company to holders of Shares on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion of their then holdings of such Shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Board of Directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any legal or practical restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirement of, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory applicable to the Company) and an offer, allotment or issue of shares by way of rights shall be construed accordingly.' 7 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7B. 'THAT the Board of Directors of the Company be and is hereby authorised to increase the registered capital of the Company to reflect the issue of shares authorised under special resolution 7A, and to make such appropriate and necessary amendments to the Articles of Association of the Company as they think fit to reflect such increases in the registered capital of the Company and to take any other action and complete any formality required to effect such increase of the registered capital of the Company.' 7C. 'THAT amendments to the articles of association of the Company in respect of its business be and is hereby approved as follows: The existing Article 12 of 'The primary scope of business of the Company covers: international and domestic scheduled and non-scheduled passenger, cargo, mail and luggage air transportation; domestic and international public services flights, aircraft management, aircraft maintenance, agency services for airlines, ground services associated with core businesses and air courier services and provision of duty-free commodities onboard.' are replaced by the following: 'The primary scope of business of the Company covers: international and domestic scheduled and non-scheduled passenger, cargo, mail and luggage air transportation; domestic and international public services flights, aircraft management, aircraft maintenance, agency services for airlines, ground services associated with core businesses and air courier services, provision of duty-free commodities onboard, and onboard sales of commodities (subject to approval by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce).' This special resolution 7C is subject to approval by the relevant authorities of the State.' By order of the Board Air China Limited Li Jiaxiang Chairman Beijing, PRC, 28 April 2006 As at the date of this Notice, the Directors of the Company are Messrs Li Jiaxiang, Kong Dong, Wang Shixiang, Yao Weiting, Ma Xulun, Cai Jianjiang, Fan Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry, Wu Zhipan and Zhang Ke. 8 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notes: 1. Brief information and eligibility of the candidate of non-executive director Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt, CBE, aged 49, has been Chairman and a Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited since February 2006. He is also Chairman of Swire Pacific Limited and John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, and a Director of Swire Properties Limited. He joined John Swire & Sons Limited in 1978 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, Australia and Papua New Guinea. He served as Executive Director of Swire Pacific Limited's Trading and Industrial Division from 2000 to 2005. He has an honours degree in modern history from Oxford University. Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt has not held any directorship in any other listed companies or taken up a post in any affiliated companies of the Company in the past three years. Further, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt does not have any relationship with any other director, senior management, substantial shareholder or controlling shareholder of the Company. Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt does not have any equity interest in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong). There is no information to be disclosed on items from (h) to (v) in Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules. No other matter needs to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in respect of the Company and its directors and supervisors of the Company. Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt will not receive any compensation for his service as a director of the Company. The term of his office shall commence upon the approval by the AGM of the appointment and shall end on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board. 2. Closure of register of members Holders of H Shares of the Company are advised that the register of members of the Company will close from 13 May 2006 to 12 June 2006 (both days inclusive), during which time no transfer of H Shares of the Company will be effected and registered. Shareholders of the Company whose names appear in the register of members of the Company at the close of business on 12 May 2006 may attend the annual general meeting after completing the registration procedures. In order to qualify for attendance at the annual general meeting, instruments of transfer accompanied by share certificates and other appropriate documents must be lodged with the Company's H share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, by 4:00 p.m. on 12 May 2006. The final dividends are expected to be paid around 30 June 2006 after its approval by the annual general meeting. 3. Registration procedures for the annual general meeting Shareholders who intend to attend the annual general meeting have to deliver the notice of attendance together with any necessary registration documents to the Secretariat of the Board of the Company in person or by post or fax on or before 23 May 2006. 4. Proxy i. Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote at the meeting on his behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. ii. The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of the appointer or his attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointer is a legal person, either under seal or under the hand of a director or a duly authorised attorney. If that instrument is signed by an attorney of the appointer, the power of attorney authorising that attorney to sign or other document of authorisation must be notarised. To be valid, for holders of Domestic Shares and non-H Foreign Shares, the form of proxy together with the notarised power of attorney or other document of authorisation (if any) must be delivered to the Secretariat of the Board of the Company not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the annual general meeting. For holders of H Shares, the above documents must be delivered to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 46th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong within the same period. Return of a form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending in person and voting at the annual general meeting if he so wishes. iii. If more than one proxy is appointed, such proxies shall only be entitled to vote by poll. iv. Shareholders or their proxies are required to produce their identification documents when attending the annual general meeting. 9 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 5. Miscellaneous i. It is expected that the annual general meeting will last for not more than half a day. All attending shareholders shall arrange for their transportation and accommodation and shall bear all their own expenses in connection with their attendance. ii. The address of the Secretariat of the Board of the Company: Secretariat of the Board Air China Limited South Terminal Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100621 PRC Tel: 86-10-6458 0753 Fax: 86-10-6458 5095 Contact Person: Mr. Zhou Wu iii. The address of the Company's H Share registrar: Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited Room 1712-1716 17th Floor Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Road East Wanchai Hong Kong 10 AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) FORM OF PROXY FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Number of shares to which this form of proxy relates (Note 1) I/We(Note 2) of ___being the registered holder(s) (Note 3) H Shares/non-H Foreign Shares/Domestic Shares (please delete as appropriate) in the share capital of Air China Limited (the 'Company') HEREBY APPOINT (Note 4) the Chairman of the meeting and/or(Note 4) __----) ______________________________________ of _____________________________ as my/our proxy/proxies: (a) to act for me/us at the annual general meeting (or at any adjournment thereof) of the Company to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006 at The Conference Room, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC ('the Meeting') for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the resolutions ('the Resolutions') as set out in the notice convening the Meeting; and (b) at the Meeting (or at any adjournment thereof) to vote for me/us and in my/our name(s) in respect of the Resolutions as hereunder indicated or, if no such indication is given, as my/our voting proxy thinks fit. ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS FOR (Note 6) AGAINST (Note 6) 1. To consider and approve the report of the Board of Directors of the Company for the year 2005. 2. To consider and approve the report of the Supervisory Committee of the Company for the year 2005. 3. To consider and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year 2005. 4. To consider and approve the profit distribution proposal for the year 2005 as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company. 5. To elect Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt as a non-executive director of the Company. 6. To consider and approve the reappointment of Ernst & Young as the Company's international auditors and Ernst & Young Hua Ming CPAs Limited Company as the Company's domestic auditors for the year ending 31 December 2006 and to authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to fix their remuneration thereof. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR (Note 6) AGAINST (Note 6) 7A. To authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to exercise the powers to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and option which might require the exercise of such powers in connection with not exceeding 20% of each of the existing Domestic Shares and H Share in issue at the date of passing this resolution. 7B. To authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to increase the registered capital and amend the Articles of Association of the Company to reflect such increase in the registered capital of the Company under above general mandate. 7C. To approve the amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company in respect of the business scope of the Company. Dated this day of , 2006 Signature (Note 7) Notes: 1. Please insert the number of shares registered in your name(s) to which this proxy form relates. If no number is inserted, this form of proxy will be deemed to relate to all shares registered in your name(s). 2. Full name(s) and address(es) to be inserted in BLOCK CAPITALS. 3. Please insert the total number of shares registered in your name(s). 4. A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies of his own choice to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. If any proxy other than the Chairman of the Meeting is preferred, please strike out the words 'the Chairman of the meeting and/or' and insert the name(s) and address(es) of the proxy/proxies desired in the space provided. In the event that two or more persons (other than the Chairman of the Meeting) are named as proxies and the words 'the Chairman of the meeting...and/or' are not deleted, those words and references shall be deemed to have been deleted. 5. If you appoint more than one proxy, the voting rights may only be exercised by way of poll. 6. IMPORTANT: IF YOU WISH TO VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION TICK IN THE BOX MARKED 'FOR.' IF YOU WISH TO VOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, TICK IN THE BOX MARKED 'AGAINST'. Failure to complete the boxes will entitle your voting proxy to cast his vote at his discretion. On a show of hands, a member is entitled to one vote. On a poll, a member is entitled to one vote for every fully-paid share held and a member entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes in the same way. A tick in the relevant box indicates that the votes attached to all the shares stated above as held by you will be cast accordingly. The total number of shares referred to in the two boxes for the same resolution cannot exceed the number of Shares stated above as held by you. Where numbers are referred to in both boxes for the same resolution, the voting proxy will vote on a show of hands according to the box with the larger number or, in case of an equal number in both boxes, the voting proxy will cast his vote at his discretion. 7. This form of proxy must be signed by you or your attorney duly authorised in writing, or in the case of a corporation, must be either under seal or under the hand of a director or attorney duly authorised. If this form of proxy is signed by your attorney, the power of attorney or other document of authorisation must be notarised. 8. In order to be valid, this form of proxy, together with the notarised copy of the power of attorney or other document of authorisation (if any) under which it is signed, for holders of H Shares, must be delivered to the Company's H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, 46th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, not less than 24 hours prior to the time appointed for holding the Meeting (or any adjournment thereof). For holders of Domestic Shares and non-H Foreign Shares, the above documents must be delivered to the Secretariat of the Board of Directors of the Company within the same period. 9. Completion and delivery of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and/or voting at the Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) if you so wish. 10. ANY ALTERATION MADE TO THIS FORM OF PROXY MUST BE INITIALLED BY THE PERSON(S) WHO SIGN(S) IT. 11. To attend and represent the shareholder(s) at the Meeting, the proxy so appointed must produce beforehand his identification document and any power of attorney duly signed by his appointor(s) or the legal representative(s) of his appointor(s). The power of attorney must state the date of issuance. AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) Annual General Meeting Notice of Attendance To: Air China Limited (the Company) I/We(Note 1) of being the registered holder of (Note 2) H Shares/Non-H Foreign Shares/Domestic Shares in the share capital of the Company hereby inform the Company that I/we intend to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 12 June 2006 at The Conference Room, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC or to appoint proxies to attend on my/our behalf. Signature: Date: 2006 Notes: 1. Please insert the full name(s) and address(es) of the shareholder(s) as it is recorded in the register of members of the Company in BLOCK CAPITALS. 2. Please insert the number of shares registered in your name(s). 3. Please duly complete and sign this Notice of Attendance, and deliver it to the Secretariat of the Board of the Company on or before Tuesday, 23 May 2006. The address of the Secretariat of the Board of the Company: Secretariat of the Board Air China Limited South Terminal Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100621 PRC Contact Person: Mr. Zhou Wu Telephone: (8610) 6458 0753 Facsimile: (8610) 6458 5095 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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