26th May 2021 07:00
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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 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Reference is made to the circular of Air China Limited (the "Company") dated 9 April 2021 (the "Circular") and the notice of the AGM dated 9 April 2021 (the "Notice") containing details of the resolutions tabled at the AGM. Unless otherwise stated herein, 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 resolutions set out in the Notice were duly passed by the Shareholders by way of poll at the AGM held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 25 May 2021 at The Conference Room C713, No. 30, Tianzhu Road, Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi District, Beijing, the PRC.
RESULTS OF THE AGM
As at the date of the AGM, the number of total issued shares of the Company was 14,524,815,185. Shareholders and authorized proxies holding an aggregate of 10,820,636,997 shares, representing 74.4976% of the total issued shares of the Company were present at the AGM.
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 resolutions proposed at the AGM. There were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolutions proposed at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. No parties have stated their intention in the Circular to vote against the resolutions proposed at the AGM or to abstain from voting.
The poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were as follows:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | Votes for Shareholders | |||
For | Against | Abstain | ||
1. | To consider and approve the 2020 work report of the board of directors | 10,804,511,412 | 13,806,591 | 2,318,994 |
(the "Board") of the Company. | (99.8510%) | (0.1276%) | (0.0214%) | |
2. | To consider and approve the 2020 work report of the supervisory | 10,814,848,357 | 3,469,746 | 2,318,894 |
committee of the Company. | (99.9465%) | (0.0321%) | (0.0214%) | |
3. | To consider and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of | 10,816,351,803 | 1,964,200 | 2,320,994 |
the Company for the year 2020 prepared under the PRC Accounting | (99.9604%) | (0.0182%) | (0.0214%) | |
Standards and the International Financial Reporting Standards. | ||||
4. | To consider and approve the profit distribution proposal for the year | 10,820,622,897 | 14,000 | 100 |
2020. | (99.9999%) | (0.0001%) | (0.0001%) | |
5. | To consider and approve the re-appointment of Deloitte Touche | 10,818,982,897 | 1,654,000 | 100 |
Tohmatsu as the Company's international auditor for the year 2021 | (99.9847%) | (0.0153%) | (0.0001%) | |
and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP as the | ||||
Company's domestic auditor and internal control auditor for the year | ||||
2021, and to authorize the management to determine their remunerations | ||||
for the year 2021. | ||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions. | ||||
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | Votes for Shareholders | |||
For | Against | Abstain | ||
6. | To consider and approve the proposed amendments to the articles of | 10,820,622,897 | 14,000 | 100 |
association of the Company. | (99.9999%) | (0.0001%) | (0.0001%) | |
7. | To consider and approve the resolution in relation to the grant of general | 10,458,835,964 | 269,571,709 | 92,229,324 |
mandate to the Board to issue debt financing instruments. | (96.6564%) | (2.4913%) | (0.8523%) | |
As more than two-thirds of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolutions, the resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions. | ||||
Zhongxinghua Certified Public Accountants LLP was the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Zhou Feng
Company Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 25 May 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Song Zhiyong, 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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