Air China Regulatory News (AIRC)

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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 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, 30 March 2023 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 resolution:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

1. To consider and approve the appointment of Mr. Wang Mingyuan as an executive director of the Company.

For the biographical details of Mr. Wang Mingyuan, please refer to the Appendix of this notice.

Beijing, the PRC, 13 March 2023

As at the date of this notice, the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Feng Gang, 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 register of members of H shares of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 28 March 2023 to Thursday, 30 March 2023 (both days inclusive), during which time no transfer of H Shares of the Company will be effected and registered. In order to qualify for attendance and voting at the EGM, instruments of transfer accompanied by share certificates and other appropriate documents must be lodged with the Company's H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, 27 March 2023.

H Share Shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the register of members of H shares of the Company on Tuesday, 28 March 2023 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 authorised in writing. If the appointer 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 authorised in writing. The instrument appointing the proxy shall be deposited at the Company's H Share registrar for holders of H Shares not less than 24 hours before the time specified for the holding of the EGM. If the instrument appointing the proxy is signed by a person authorised by the appointer, the power of attorney or other document of authority under which the instrument is signed shall be notarised. The notarised 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 business

(i) The EGM is expected to take less than half 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 Wan Chai

Hong Kong

Tel No.: (852) 2862 8628

Fax No.: (852) 2865 0990

APPENDIX:

Biographical details of Mr. Wang Mingyuan ("Mr. Wang") are set out below:

Mr. Wang Mingyuan, aged 57, graduated from Xiamen University majoring in planning and statistics. Mr. Wang started his career in the civil aviation industry in July 1988. Mr. Wang was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of CPC of the Company in February 2011, and served as the vice president of the Company from February 2011 to March 2023. Since April 2011, he has concurrently served as chairman of Air China Development Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited. He was appointed as a member of the Communist Party Group of CNAHC in April 2020, and served as the deputy general manager of CNAHC from April 2020 to January 2023. He has also served as the vice chairman of Tibet Airlines Co., Ltd. since June 2020 and the chairman of Air Macau Company Limited since March 2022. He was appointed as a director, the general manager and deputy secretary of the Communist Party Group of CNAHC in January 2023, and was appointed as the deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company in February 2023. He has been serving as the president of the Company since March 2023.

Save as disclosed above and as at the latest practicable date of this notice (i.e. 13 March 2023) (the "Latest Practicable Date"), Mr. Wang does not have any relationship with any 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. Wang does not have any interest in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Upon approval of the resolution on Mr. Wang's appointment as an executive director of the Company at the EGM, Mr. Wang will hold the position as vice chairman of the Company with immediate effect. Mr. Wang will enter into a service contract with the Company for serving as a director of the Company 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. Wang will not receive any remuneration for his serving as director of the Company.

Save as disclosed above, the Board is not aware of any other matters in relation to the proposed appointment of Mr. Wang as an executive director of the Company that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders nor any information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.