Poll Results of 2009 AGM

RNS Number : 6122O

Air China Ld

01 July 2010

 



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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)

Poll Results of 2009 Annual General Meeting

The board of directors the Company (the "Board") is pleased to announce the results of the resolutions passed at the 2009 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held on 30 June 2010.

At the AGM of Air China Limited (the "Company") for the year ended 31 December 2009 held on 30 June 2010, the total number of shares of the Company entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the proposed resolutions at the AGM was 12,251,362,273. The total number of shares of the Company present at the AGM was 9,515,221,524 including shares represented by proxies. There were no restrictions on any shareholder's ability to cast his/her votes on any of the following resolutions at the AGM. All resolutions were approved by shareholders and the voting details are as follows:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS		Votes of Shareholders
		For	Against
1.	To consider and approve the report of the Board of Directors of the Company for the year 2009.	9,513,055,024 (99.9772%)	177,000
2.	To consider and approve the report of the Supervisory Committee of the Company for the year 2009.	9,514,898,524 (99.9966%)	299,000
3.	To consider and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year 2009.	9,316,664,524 (97.9133%)	177,000
4.	To consider and approve the profit distribution proposal that no dividends be distributed for the year 2009 as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company.	9,514,809,524 (99.9957%)	387,000
5.	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 2010 and to authorise the Board of Directors to determine their remunerations for the year 2010.	9,515,038,524 (99.9981%)	179,000
6.	To consider and approve the Resolution on the Report on the Use of Proceeds from Previous Fundraising Activities of the Company.	9,479,750,046 (99.6272%)	23,000
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS		Votes of Shareholders
		For	Against
7.	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 A Shares and H Shares (as the case may be) in issue at the date of passing this resolution.	9,163,323,334 (96.3017%)	351,849,190
8.	To authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to increase the registered capital of the Company to reflect the issue of shares authorised under special resolution 7, 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.	9,198,047,018 (96.6667%)	314,519,306
As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions.

Grant Thornton was the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.

By Order of the Board

Air China Limited

Huang Bin          Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 30 June 2010

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Mr. Kong Dong,
Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Wang Shixiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt, Mr. Chen Nan Lok, Philip, Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Mr. Zhang Ke*, Mr. Jia Kang* and Mr. Fu Yang*.

* Independent non-executive Director of the Company

 

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