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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)
CHANGE OF JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY AND AGENT FOR ACCEPTING SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICES IN HONG KONG
The board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") announces that with effect from 29 April 2020, Ms. Tam Shuit Mui ("Ms. Tam") has resigned as the joint company secretary of the Company due to personal reasons. Mr. Huen Ho Yin ("Mr. Huen") has been appointed in replacement of Ms. Tam as the new joint company secretary of the Company. Ms. Tam has confirmed that she has no disagreement with the Board and the Company, and that there is no matter relating to her resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. Accordingly, the current joint company secretaries of the Company are Mr. Zhou Feng ("Mr. Zhou") and Mr. Huen.
The biographical details of Mr. Huen are as follows:
Mr. Huen Ho Yin, aged 58, holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Degree from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Huen has been practicing as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. He is currently a partner of Huen & Partners Solicitors. From August 1994 to April 2003, he served as a partner of Richard Tai & Co., Solicitors. Since April 2003, he has been serving as a partner of Huen & Partners Solicitors. From June 2018 to February 2020, he served as an independent non-executive director of Grand Peace Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 08108.HK).
Reference is made to a waiver (the "Waiver") granted to the Company by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") from strict compliance with the relevant requirements of Rule 3.28 and Rule 8.17 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the "Listing Rules") for a period of three years commencing from the date of appointment of Mr. Zhou as a joint company secretary of the Company (i.e. 30 August 2017), on the condition that Ms. Tam would assist Mr. Zhou to discharge the duty as a joint company secretary during the waiver period.
The Stock Exchange has granted a new waiver (the "New Waiver") to the Company from strict compliance with the relevant requirements of Rule 3.28 and Rule 8.17 of the Listing Rules for the remaining period of the Waiver (i.e. from 29 April 2020 to 30 August 2020) ("Remaining Period"), on the condition that Mr. Huen will assist Mr. Zhou to discharge the duty as a joint company secretary during the Remaining Period, and that the Company shall notify the Stock Exchange at the end of the Remaining Period for the Stock Exchange to re-visit the situation. The Stock Exchange expects that after the end of the Remaining Period, the Company will be able to demonstrate that Mr. Zhou satisfies the requirements under Rule 3.28 of the Listing Rules, having had the benefit of Mr. Huen's assistance such that a further waiver will not be necessary.
The Board further announces that Mr. Huen has also been appointed as the agent of the Company for accepting service of process and notices on behalf of the Company in Hong Kong under Rule 19A.13(2) of the Listing Rules with effect from 29 April 2020.
By Order of the Board
Air China Limited
Zhou Feng Huen Ho Yin
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 29 April 2020
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.
* Independent non-executive director of the Company