Proposed Amendments to Articl

RNS Number : 0819R

Air China Ld

23 April 2009

 

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.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this circular.

(I) Proposed Amendments to Articles of Association

(II) Proposed Amendments to the Rules and Procedure of Shareholders' Meetings,

Rules and Procedure of the Meetings of the Board of Directors and

Rules and Procedure of the Meetings of the Supervisory Committee

(III) General Mandate to Issue Shares

(IV) Appointment of Non-Executive Director

(V) Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director

(VI) Procurement of Directors and Officers Liability Insurance for

Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management of the Company 

and

Notice of Annual General Meeting

24 April 2009

Page

Definitions                                                                                                                                                                1

Letter from the Board                                                                                                                                              3

Appendix I　 -　Proposed Amendments to the Articles of Association                                                                        8

Appendix II　-　Revised Full Text of the Rules and Procedure of

Shareholders' Meeting                                                                                                            16

Appendix III　-　Revised Full Text of the Rules and Procedure of Meetings

of the Board of Directors                                                                                                        47

Appendix IV　-　Revised Full Text of the Rules and Procedure of Meetings

of the Supervisory Committee                                                                                                65

Notice of Annual General Meeting                                                                                                                          73

In this circular, the following expressions have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:

“A Shares”                                        ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company with a nominal value of RMB1.00 each, which are subscribed for and traded in RMB on the Shanghai Stock Exchange     “AGM”                                             the 2008 annual general meeting of the Company to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 at The Conference Room, 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     “Company”                                        Air China Limited, a company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China, whose H Shares are listed on the Stock Exchange as its primary listing venue and on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority as its secondary listing venue, and whose A Shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange     “CSRC”                                            China Securities Regulatory Commission of the PRC;                                                         “Director(s)” the director(s) of the Company “H Shares”                                        overseas listed foreign shares of RMB1.00 each in the share capital 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     “SFO”                                               the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time   “Shareholder(s)”                                registered holder(s) of the shares of the Company   “Stock Exchange”                              The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited     “Supervisor(s)”                                  the supervisor(s) of the Company     “Three Rules and Procedure”                the Rules and Procedure of Shareholders’ Meeting, Rules and                                                           Procedure of the Meetings of the Board of Directors and Rules and                                                           Procedure of the Meetings of the Supervisory Committee

Directors:                                                                        Registered address:

Non-executive Directors:                                                     9th Floor, Blue Sky Mansion

Kong Dong (Chairman)                                                      28 Tianzhu Road, Zone A

Wang Yinxiang (Vice Chairman)                                          Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone 

Wang Shixiang (Vice Chairman)                                          Shunyi District

Christopher Dale Pratt                                                         Beijing, PRC

Chen Nan Lok, Philip

Executive Directors:                                                            Principal place of

Cai Jianjiang                                                                       business in Hong Kong:

Fan Cheng                                                                         5th Floor, CNAC House

                                                                                          12 Tung Fai Road

Independent Non-Executive Directors:                                  Hong Kong International Airport

Hu Hung Lick, Henry                                                          Hong Kong

Wu Zhi Pan

Zhang Ke

Jia Kang

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