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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)
POLL RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce the result of the resolution passed at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 30 March 2017 (the "EGM") .
References are made to: (i) the announcement of the Company dated 9 January 2017 relating to the proposed amendment to the articles of association (the "Announcement") ; (ii) the circular of the Company dated 10 February 2017 (the "Circular") containing details of the resolution tabled at the EGM; and (iii) the notice of the EGM dated 10 February 2017. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.
The Board is pleased to announce that the proposed resolution set out in the notice of the EGM was duly passed by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") by way of poll at the EGM held on Thursday, 30 March 2017 at the Conference Room One, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the PRC.
RESULT OF THE EGM
The total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the proposed resolution was 13,084,751,004 shares.
There were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favor of the proposed resolution at the EGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") . There were no shares the holder
of which is required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting on the proposed resolution at the EGM. No parties have stated their intention in the Circular to vote against the proposed resolution or to abstain from voting at the EGM.
The poll result in respect of the proposed resolution at the EGM was as follows:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION | Votes for Shareholders | |
For | Against | |
To consider and approve the proposed amendment to the articles of association of the Company in relation to expansion of the Company's scope of business, the details of which are set out in the Circular. | 10,260,878,121 (99.9998%) | 17,040 (0.0002%) |
As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an special resolution. | ||
KPMG Huazhen LLP was the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.
By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit MuiJoint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 30 March 2017
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.
* Independent non-executive director of the Company
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