Air China Regulatory News (AIRC)

14 Sep 2007 07:00

Air China Ld14 September 2007 AIR CHINA LIMITED (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 753) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") of AirChina Limited ("Company") will be held at The Conference Room, Air ChinaBuilding, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC at 2:30 p.m. on 30October 2007 to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions. Ordinary Resolutions: 1. To consider and approve the appointment of the directors of the secondsession of the Board where Mr. Li Jiaxiang, Mr. Kong Dong, Mr. Wang Shixiang,Mr.Yao Weiting, Mr. Ma Xulun, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt and Mr. Chen Nan LokPhilip are appointed as non-executive directors, Mr. Cai Jianjiang and Mr. FanCheng are appointed as executive directors, and Mr. Hu Hung Lick, Henry, Mr. WuZhipan, Mr. Zhang Ke and Mr. Jia Kang are appointed as independent non-executivedirectors. 2. To consider and approve the proposal on the emolument of Directors andsupervisors. 3. To consider and approve the appointment of Mr. Sun Yude, Mr. Liao Wei and Mr. Zhou Guoyou as supervisors representing the shareholders on the secondsession of the Supervisory Committee. By Order of the Board Huang Bin Li Man Kit Joint Company Secretaries Beijing, the PRC 13 September 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 Notes: 1. Closure of register of members and eligibility for attending the EGM Holders of H Shares of the Company are advised that the register of members ofthe Company will close from 1 October 2007 to 30 October 2007 (both daysinclusive), during which time no transfer of H Shares of the Company will beeffected and registered. In order to qualify for attendance at the EGM,instruments of transfer accompanied by share certificates and other appropriatedocuments must be lodged with the Company's H Share registrar, ComputershareHong Kong Investor Services Limited, by 4:00 p.m. on 28 September 2007. Shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of theCompany at the close of business on 28 September 2007 are entitled to attend theEGM. 2. Notice of attendance Shareholders who intend to attend the EGM should complete and lodge theaccompanying notice of attendance and return it to, for holders of H Shares, theCompany's H Share registrar, or for holders of A Shares the Company'sBoard Secretariat, on or before 9 October 2007. The notice of attendance may bedelivered by hand, by post or by fax to the Company's H Share registrar, orto the address of the Company's Board Secretariat (as may be applicable).Completion and return of the notice of attendance do not affect the right of ashareholder to attend the EGM. However, the failure to return the notice ofattendance may result in an adjournment of the EGM, if the number of sharescarrying the right to vote represented by the shareholders proposing to attendthe EGM by the notice of attendance does not reach more than half of the totalnumber of shares of the Company carrying the right to vote at the EGM. 3. Proxy Every shareholder who has the right to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled toappoint one or more proxies, whether or not they are members of the Company, toattend and vote on his behalf at the EGM. A proxy shall be appointed by an instrument in writing. Such instrument shall besigned by the appointer or his attorney duly authorised in writing. If theappointer is a legal person, then the instrument shall be signed under a legalperson's seal or signed by its director or an attorney duly authorised inwriting. The instrument appointing the proxy shall be deposited at the Company's H Share registrar for holders of H Shares or at the address of the Company's Board Secretariat for holders of A Shares not less than 24 hours before thetime appointed for the holding of the EGM. If the instrument appointing theproxy is signed by a person authorised by the appointer, the power of attorneyor other document of authority under which the instrument is signed shall benotarised. The notarised power of attorney or other document of authority shallbe deposited together and at the same time with the instrument appointing theproxy at the Company's H Share registrar or the address of the Company'sBoard Secretariat (as may be applicable). 4. Other businesses (i) The EGM is expected to last for two hours. Shareholders and theirproxies attending the meeting shall be responsible for their own traveling andaccommodation expenses. (ii) The address of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited is: 46th FloorHopewell Centre183 Queen's Road EastWanchaiHong KongTel No.: (852) 2862 8628Fax No.: (852) 2865 0990 (iii) The address of the Company's Board Secretariat is: Secretariat of the BoardAir China LimitedSouth TerminalBeijing Capital International AirportChaoyang DistrictBeijing 100621PRCTel No.: (86 10) 6458 0753Fax No.: (86 10) 6459 3853Contact Person: Mr. Zhou Wu This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange