Air China Regulatory News (AIRC)

8 Jun 2007 07:00

Air China Ld08 June 2007 AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Company is pleased to announce that the appointment of Mr. CHEN Nan LokPhilip as non-executive director of the Company has become effective from 1 June2007. Reference is made to the announcement of Air China Limited (the "Company")dated 28 December 2006 in respect of, among other things, the appointment of Mr.CHEN Nan Lok Philip as the Company's non-executive director, according towhich the term of Mr. Chen's office shall commence upon the approval byrelevant PRC authorities to the proposed amendment of the Company's articlesof association in respect of the number of directors (the "Proposed Amendment"). Relevant PRC authorities have approved the Proposed Amendment on 1 June 2007.The Company is pleased to announce that the appointment of Mr. Chen asnon-executive director of the Company has become effective from 1 June 2007. Theterm of his office shall commence on 1 June 2007 and shall end on the expiry ofthe term of the current session of the board of directors of the Company. Mr. CHEN Nan Lok Philip, aged 51, has been a director of Cathay Pacific AirwaysLimited since March 1997 and was appointed Chief Executive of that company inJanuary 2005. He is also a director of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited andSwire Pacific Limited and Chairman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited. Hejoined the John Swire & Sons Limited group in 1977 and in addition to Hong Konghas worked with the group in Mainland China and the Asia Pacific region. He hasan honours degree in Political Science and History from the University of HongKong. Mr. Chen has not held any directorship in any other listed companies or taken upa post in any affiliated companies of the Company in the past three years.Further, Mr. Chen does not have any relationship with any other director, seniormanagement, substantial shareholder or controlling shareholder of the Company.Mr. Chen does not have any equity interest in the Company within the meaning ofPart XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of HongKong). There is no information to be disclosed on items from (h) to (v) in Rule13.51(2) of the Listing Rules. No other matter needs to be brought to theattention of the shareholders of the Company. Mr. Chen will not receive any compensation for his service as a director of theCompany. By Order of the Board Air China Limited Zheng Baoan Li Man Kit Joint Company Secretaries Beijing, the PRC, 8 June 2007 As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Messrs LiJiaxiang, Kong Dong, Wang Shixiang, Yao Weiting, Christopher Dale Pratt, ChenNan Lok Philip, Ma Xulun, Cai Jianjiang, Fan Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, WuZhipan*, Zhang Ke* and Jia Kang*. * Independent non-executive Director of the Company This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange