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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)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the "AGM") of Air China Limited (the "Company") for the year ended 31 December 2023 will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, 30 May 2024 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 resolutions. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the circular of the Company dated 26 April 2024.
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. To consider and approve the 2023 work report of the Board.
2. To consider and approve the 2023 work report of the Supervisory Committee.
3. To consider and approve the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year 2023 prepared under the PRC Accounting Standards and the International Financial Reporting Standards.
4. To consider and approve the profit distribution proposal for the year 2023.
5. To consider and approve the resolution on the unrecovered losses of the Company exceeding one-third of the total amount of its paid-up share capital.
6. To consider and approve the re-appointment of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the Company's international auditor for the year 2024 and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP as the Company's domestic auditor and internal control auditor for the year 2024, and to authorize the Audit and Risk Management Committee (the Supervision Committee) of the Board to determine their remunerations for the year 2024.
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
7. To consider and approve the issue of debt financing instruments (including, but not limited to, ultra-short-term commercial papers, short-term commercial papers, mid-term notes, corporate bonds, domestic non-public targeted debt financing instruments, overseas debt financing instruments and overseas bonds/notes denominated in RMB or foreign currencies) within the cap amount of bond issuance stipulated in the applicable laws in one or multiple tranche(s) (the "Issuance"), and generally and unconditionally authorise the Board to deal with the followings in accordance with the specific needs of the Company and other market conditions:
(i) to determine the issuer, issue size, type, specific instruments, detailed terms, conditions and other matters relating to the Issuance (including, but not limited to, the specific issue size, actual principal amount, currency, issue price, interest rate or mechanism for determining the interest rate, issue place, issue timing, term, whether or not to issue in multiple tranches and number of tranches, whether or not to set put-back or redemption terms, credit rating, guarantee, repayment term, detailed fund-raising arrangements within the scope of use approved by the shareholders' meeting, detailed placing arrangements, underwriting arrangements and all other matters relating to the issuance);
(ii) to carry out all necessary and ancillary actions and procedures relating to the Issuance (including, but not limited to engaging underwriters, lawyers, auditors, rating agencies, financial advisers and other intermediary institutions, handling all approval, registration and filing procedures with the relevant regulatory authorities in connection with the Issuance on behalf of the Company, executing all necessary legal documents in connection with the Issuance, selecting bonds trustee manager for the Issuance, formulating rules for the bondholders' meeting and handle any other matters relating to the issuance and trading);
(iii) to approve and confirm any action or procedure relating to the Issuance as mentioned above already taken by the Company;
(iv) to make adjustments to the relevant matters such as the specific proposals for the Issuance in accordance with the comments from the regulatory authorities or the prevailing market conditions within the authority granted at the general meeting of the Company, except where a new vote at a general meeting of the Company is required by relevant laws and regulations and the Articles of Association of Air China Limited;
(v) to determine and handle relevant matters relating to the listing of the issued debt financing instruments upon the completion of the issuance;
(vi) in the case of issuance of corporate debt financing instruments, during the term of the corporate debt financing instruments, to determine not to distribute profits to the shareholders to safeguard repayment of debts as required under the relevant laws and regulations in the event that the Company expects to, or does fail to pay the principal and interests as they fall due;
(vii) to approve, execute and dispatch any announcements or circulars relating to the Issuance and make any related disclosure in accordance with the listing rules of the relevant jurisdictions where the shares of the Company are listed;
(viii) to authorize the Board to further delegate the authorizations set forth in items (i) to (vi) above to the president and/or the general accountant of the Company upon obtaining the authorization at the general meeting; and
(ix) to authorize the Board to further delegate the authorization set forth in item (vii) above to the secretary of the Board upon obtaining the authorization at the general meeting.
By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Ma Chongxian
Chairman
Beijing, the PRC, 26 April 2024
As at the date of this notice, the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Wang Mingyuan, 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
Holders of H shares of the Company are advised that the H share register of members of the Company will be closed from Thursday, 23 May 2024 to Thursday, 30 May 2024 (both days inclusive), during which time no transfer of shares will be effected and registered. In order to qualify for attendance and voting at the AGM, holders of H shares shall lodge all instruments of transfer with the Company's H share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712- 1716, 17/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 22 May 2024.
H shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company at the close of business on Wednesday, 22 May 2024 are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM.
2. Proxy
Every shareholder who has the right to attend and vote at the AGM 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 AGM.
A proxy shall be appointed by an instrument in writing. Such instrument shall be signed by the appointor or his attorney duly authorized in writing. If the appointor 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 authorized in writing. The instrument appointing the proxy for holders of H shares shall be deposited at the Company's H share registrar not less than 24 hours before the time specified for the holding of the AGM (or any adjournment thereof). If the instrument appointing the proxy is signed by a person authorized by the appointer, the power of attorney or other document of authority under which the instrument is signed shall be notarized. The notarized 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 businesses
• The AGM is expected to last for no more than a half of a working day. Shareholders and their proxies attending the meeting shall be responsible for their own traveling and accommodation expenses.
• The address of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited is: 17M Floor
Hopewell Centre
183 Queen's Road East Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel No.: (852) 2862 8628
Fax No.: (852) 2865 0990
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