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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)
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the
"EGM") of Air China Limited
(the "Company") will be
held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 9 August 2024 at The Conference Room
C713, No. 30, Tianzhu Road, Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi
District, Beijing, the PRC to consider and, if thought fit, to pass
the following resolutions. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised
terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in
the circular of the Company dated 20 June 2024 (the "Circular") and the announcement of the
Company dated 15 July 2024.
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. To consider and approve the
resolution in relation to the election of Mr. Cui Xiaofeng as a
Director.
For
biographical details of Mr. Cui Xiaofeng, please refer to the
appendix to this notice.
2. To consider and approve the
resolution in relation to the introduction of 100 C919 aircraft.
For details of the introduction of 100 C919 aircraft,
please refer to the Circular.
By order of the Board
Air China
Limited
Xiao Feng
Huen Ho Yin
Joint Company
Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 24 July 2024
As at the date of
this notice, the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr.
Wang Mingyuan, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xiao Peng, Mr. Li Fushen*,
Mr. He Yun*, Mr. Xu Junxin* and Ms. Winnie Tam Wan-chi*.
*
Independent non-executive director of the Company Notes:
1. Closure of register of
members and eligibility for attending and voting at the
EGM
Holders of H Shares of the Company
are advised that the H Share register of members of the Company
will be closed from Tuesday, 6 August 2024 to Friday, 9 August 2024
(both days inclusive), during which time no transfer of shares will
be effected and registered. In order to qualify for attendance and
voting at the EGM, holders of H Shares shall lodge all instruments
of transfer with the Company's H Share registrar in Hong Kong,
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-
1716, 17/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong
Kong, by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 5 August 2024.
H Shareholders whose names appear on
the register of members of the Company at the close of business on
Monday, 5 August 2024 are entitled to attend and vote at the
EGM.
2. Proxy
Every Shareholder who has the right
to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint one or more
proxies, whether or not they are members of the Company, to attend
and vote on his/her behalf at the EGM.
A proxy shall be appointed by an
instrument in writing. Such instrument shall be signed by the
appointor or his attorney duly authorized in writing. If the
appointor is a legal person, then the instrument shall be signed
under a legal person's seal or signed by its director or an
attorney duly authorized in writing. The instrument appointing the
proxy for holders of H Shares shall be deposited at the Company's H
Share registrar not less than 24 hours before the time specified
for the holding of the EGM (or any adjournment thereof). If the
instrument appointing the proxy is signed by a person authorized by
the appointer, the power of attorney or other document of authority
under which the instrument is signed shall be notarized. The
notarized power of attorney or other document of authority shall be
deposited together and at the same time with the instrument
appointing the proxy at the Company's H Share registrar.
3. Other businesses
(i)
The EGM is expected to last for no more than a half of a business
day. Shareholders and their proxies attending the meeting shall be
responsible for their own traveling and accommodation expenses.
(ii) The
address of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited is:
17M Floor
Hopewell Centre
183 Queen's Road East Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel No.: (852) 2862 8628
Fax No.: (852) 2865 0990
APPENDIX:
Biographical details of Mr. Cui Xiaofeng
("Mr. Cui") are set out
below:
Mr. Cui
Xiaofeng, aged 54, graduated from Shaanxi Normal University
(陝西師範大學) majoring in political education
with a bachelor's degree, and he holds a
master's degree in engineering and a
master's degree in business administration. Mr. Cui
started working in the civil aviation industry in July 1992. Mr.
Cui served as the deputy director and a member of the Party
Leadership Group of the Civil Aviation Administration of China from
June 2019 to June 2024. He has served as a director and the deputy
secretary of the Party Leadership Group of China National Aviation
Holding Corporation Limited since June 2024, and has served as the
deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Company since July
2024.
As at the latest practicable date of this notice
(i.e. 19 July 2024) (the "Latest
Practicable Date"), save as disclosed above, Mr. Cui does
not have any relationship with the Directors, senior management,
substantial Shareholder(s) or controlling Shareholder(s) of the
Company or hold any other positions in the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any directorship in other listed companies in the
last three years. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr. Cui does
not have any interest in the shares of the Company within the
meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.
571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Upon approval of the resolution on Mr. Cui's
appointment as a non-executive Director at the EGM, Mr. Cui will
enter into a service contract with the Company for serving as a
non-executive Director for a term commencing on the date of
approval by the Shareholders of his appointment and ending on the
expiry of the term of the current session of the Board. Mr. Cui
will not receive any remuneration for his serving as a
non-executive Director.
Save as disclosed above, the Company is not aware of
any matters in relation to the proposed appointment of Mr. Cui as a
non-executive Director that need to be brought to the attention of
the Shareholders nor any information that is required to be
disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of The Rules
Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited.