THE COMPLETION OF SALE OF 51% EQUITY INTEREST

RNS Number : 7803L

Air China Ld

31 December 2018

 

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中國國際航空股份有限公司

AIR CHINA LIMITED

(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00753)

ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO

THE COMPLETION OF SALE OF 51% EQUITY INTEREST  IN AIR CHINA CARGO

Reference is made to the announcement of Air China  Limited  (the  "Company")  dated  30  August 2018 and the circular dated 4 September 2018 in relation to the  sale of  51% equity interest  in  Air  China Cargo by the Company to Capital Holding. Unless otherwise defined, capitalized terms used in  this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the announcement and circular.

As at 28 December 2018, the registration change for the Disposal has been completed at Beijing Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce, and Capital Holding has been registered as the shareholder holding 51% equity interest in Air China Cargo. The  Company  no  longer  holds  any  equity interest in Air China Cargo.

Upon completion of the Disposal, the resources of the Company will be further focused  on  air  passenger transportation business, which will help the  Company  enhance  the  management  capacity and competitiveness for the air passenger transportation business and is in  the  interests  of  the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.

     By Order of the Board

       Air China  Limited

          Zhou Feng    Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 28 December 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr.  Liu  Deheng*,  Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.

* Independent non-executive director of the Company

 

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