Result of EGM

RNS Number : 5996K

Air China Ld

22 December 2008

 



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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)

(I) Poll Results of the Extraordinary General Meeting

(II) Resignation of Director

•    The board of directors (the 'Board') is pleased to announce the results of the EGM of Air China Limited (the 'Company') held on 22 December 2008. •    The Shareholders have approved the appointment of Mr. He Chaofan as a shareholder representative supervisor for the second session of the supervisory committee of the Company. •    The Shareholders have approved that from 1 January 2009, the Company may send or supply corporate communications to the shareholders of H shares in relation to whom certain conditions are met by making such corporate communications available on the Company's own website. •    The Shareholders have approved the Company's medium-term notes program. •    The Board announces that Mr. Ma Xulun ('Mr. Ma') has resigned as a director of the Company with effect from 22 December 2008.

  (I)    Poll Results of the Extraordinary General Meeting

The board of directors (the 'Board') of Air China Limited (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that the extraordinary general meeting (the 'EGM') was held on 22 December 2008 at The Conference Room, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC. The poll results in respect of the proposed resolutions at the EGM were as follows:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS		Votes of Shareholders
		FOR	AGAINST
1.	To consider and approve the appointment of Mr. He Chaofan as a shareholder representative supervisor of the Company.	8,905,004,563 (83.24%)	38,000 (0.0004%)
2.	To consider and approve that from 1 January 2009, the Company may send or supply corporate communications to the shareholders of H shares in relation to whom certain conditions are met by making such corporate communications available on the Company's own website.	8,913,912,983 (83.32%)	0 (0%)
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the above resolutions was duly passed as an ordinary resolutions.
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
3.	To consider the approve the Company's medium-term notes program.	8,914,787,823 (83.33%)	40,000 (0.0004%)
As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolution, the above resolution were duly passed as special resolution.

Tin Wha CPAs was the scruntineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.

(II)    Resignation of Director

The Board of the Company announces that on 22 December 2008, the Board received a resignation letter from Mr. Ma pursuant to which Mr. Ma resigned as a director of the Company due to work changes with effect from 22 December 2008. Accordingly Mr. Ma also ceased to serve as a member of the Audit and Risk Control Committee, Strategy and Investment Committee and Aviation Safety Committee of the Board. Mr. Ma has confirmed that he is not aware of any matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

  The Board wishes to take this opportunity to express its gratitude to Mr. Ma for his contribution to the Company during his term of service.

By order of the Board

Air China Limited

Huang Bin    Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, 22 December 2008

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

* Independent non-executive Director of the Company

 

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