POLL RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
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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)
POLL RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
AND
APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIRMAN
Reference is made to the notice of the EGM of Air China Limited (the "Company") dated 3 June 2021 (the "Notice"), containing details of the resolution proposed at the EGM. Unless otherwise stated, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Notice.
The Board is pleased to announce that the resolution set out in the Notice was duly passed by the shareholders by way of poll at the EGM held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at The Conference Room C713, No. 30 Tianzhu Road, Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi District, Beijing, the PRC.
RESULTS OF THE EGM
As at the date of the EGM, the number of total issued shares of the Company was 14,524,815,185 shares. Shareholders and authorised proxies holding an aggregate of 10,751,059,986 shares, representing 74.0186% of the total issued shares of the Company, were present at the EGM.
There were no shares the holder of which is required under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Listing Rules") to abstain from voting on the resolution proposed at the EGM. There were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolution proposed at the EGM as set out in Rule
13.40 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. No parties have stated their intention in the Notice to vote against or abstain from voting on the resolution proposed at the EGM.
The poll results in respect of the resolution proposed at the EGM were as follows:
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ORDINARY RESOLUTION |
Votes by the Shareholders |
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For |
Against |
Abstain |
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1. |
To consider and approve the appointment of |
10,715,780,618 |
35,277,068 |
2,300 |
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Mr. Ma Chongxian as an executive director of the Company. |
(99.6719%) |
(0.3281%) |
(0.0001%) |
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As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. |
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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, the auditor of the Company, has acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the EGM and compared the poll results summary to poll forms collected and provided by the Company. The work performed by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing, Hong Kong Standards on Review Engagements or Hong Kong Standards on Assurance Engagements issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote.
APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIRMAN
Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 31 May 2021. The appointment of Mr. Ma as vice chairman of the Company took effect from 20 July 2021.
By Order of the Board
Air China Limited
Zhou Feng
Company Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 20 July 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Duan Hongyi*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.
* Independent non-executive director of the Company
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