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(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) Announcement of the Appointment of Joint Company Secretary
(III) Announcement of the Appointment of Deputy Chairman
(IV) Announcement of the Change of Members of the Board Committees
| • The Board is pleased to announce the results of the EGM of the Company held on 9 October 2008. • The Shareholders have approved the appointment of Ms. Wang Yinxiang as a non-executive director of the Board of Directors of the Company. • The Shareholders have approved the Company's purchase of 20 Airbus 330-Series aircraft from the Airbus Company. • The Shareholders have approved the Company's purchase of 15 Boeing 777 and 30 Boeing 737 aircraft from Boeing Company. • The Board has approved the appointment of Ms. Wang Yinxiang as the Deputy Chairman of the Board. • The Board has approved the change of members of the Board Committees. |
(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 9 October 2008 at The Conference Room, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Company's circular dated 29 July 2008 (the "Circular") and the announcement issued by the Company on 13 August 2008.
The poll results in respect of the proposed resolutions at the EGM were as follows:
| ORDINARY RESOLUTION | Votes of Shareholders | ||
| FOR | AGAINST | ||
| 1. | To consider and approve the appointment of Ms. Wang Yinxiang as a non-executive director of the Board of Directors of the Company. | 8,819,796,433 (99.9996%) | 33,280 (0.0004%) |
| As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favor of the above resolution, the above resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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| SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | |||
| 2A. | To consider and approve the Company's purchase of 20 Airbus 330-Series aircraft from the Airbus Company. | 8,819,793,013 (99.9996%) | 34,700 (0.0004%) |
| 2B. | To consider and approve the Company's purchase of 15 Boeing 777 and 30 Boeing 737 aircraft from Boeing Company.
| 8,819,779,633 (99.9994%) | 52,080 (0.0006%) |
| As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the above resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions. | |||
Tin Wha CPAs was the scruntineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.
(II) Announcement of the Appointment of Joint Company Secretary
The Company announces that, with effect from 9 October 2008, Mr. Li Man Kit has resigned as the joint company secretary of the Company and Ms. Tam Shuit Mui, Amy, has been appointed in place of Mr. Li Man Kit as the new joint company secretary of the Company. The Board has approved this change in joint company secretary. Accordingly the joint company secretaries of the Company are Mr. Huang Bin and Ms. Tam Shuit Mui, Amy.
Ms. Tam Shuit Mui, Amy, aged 37, is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong and studied in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1993 to 1995 with a Higher Certificate in Accountancy for Year 1 & 2 and graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Accounting and Financial Analysis. Ms. Tam is an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), USA. Between September 1998 to April 2001, Ms. Tam worked as an accountant with Tommy Hilfiger (HK) Limited. From May 2001 to October 2007, Ms. Tam served as the company secretary of Chaoyue Group Limited (formerly known as Graneagle Holdings Limited), a company listed on the Stock Exchange with stock code 147.
(III) Announcement of the Appointment of Deputy Chairman
The Company announces that, with effect from 9 October 2008, Ms. Wang Yinxiang has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Board. The Board has approved the appointment of Ms. Wang Yinxiang as the Deputy Chairman of the Board.
(IV) Announcement of the Change of Members of the Board Committees
The Company announces that, with effect from 9 October 2008, Ms. Wang Yinxiang has been appointed as a member of the second session of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Mr. Ma Xulun has been appointed as a member of the second session of the Audit and Risk Control Committee of the Company as Mr. Yao has resigned as a director of the Company, accordingly ceasing to serve as a member of the Audit and Risk Control Committee of the Company. The Board has approved the respective appointments of Ms. Wang Yinxiang and Mr. Ma Xulun to the second sessions of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Audit and Risk Control Committee of the Company.
By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Huang Bin Tan Shuit Mui, Amy
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, 9 October 2008
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Messrs Kong Dong, Wang Yinxiang, Wang Shixiang, Ma Xulun, Christopher Dale Pratt, Chen Nan Lok, Philip, Cai Jianjiang, Fan Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Wu Zhipan*, Zhang Ke* and Jia Kang*.
*Independent non-executive Director of the Company