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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)
PROPOSED CHANGE OF NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
The board (the "Board") of directors ("Director(s)") of Air China Limited (the
"Company") announces that,
Mr. Feng Gang ("Mr. Feng")
will cease to be a non-executive Director as he has reached
retirement age, with effect from 15 July 2024.
Mr. Feng has confirmed that he has
no disagreement with the Board and the Company and that there is no
any other matter relating to his cessation of directorship that
needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the
Company (the "Shareholder(s)").
The Board would like to express its
appreciation to Mr. Feng for his outstanding contribution to the
Company during his tenure of office.
The Board further announces that,
the Board resolved on 15 July 2024 to propose the appointment of
Mr. Cui Xiaofeng ("Mr.
Cui") as a non-executive Director. The proposed appointment
of Mr. Cui is subject to the approval by the Shareholders at the
general meeting of the Company. Mr. Cui will enter into a service
contract with the Company for serving as a non-executive Director
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. Cui will not receive any
remuneration for his serving as a non-executive
Director.
The biographical details of Mr. Cui
are as follows:
Mr.
Cui Xiaofeng, aged 54, graduated
from Shaanxi Normal University (陝西師範大學) majoring in political
education with a bachelor's degree, and he
holds a master's degree in engineering and a
master's degree in business
administration. Mr. Cui started working in the civil aviation
industry in July 1992. Mr. Cui served as the deputy director and a
member of the Party Leadership Group of the Civil Aviation
Administration of China from June 2019 to June 2024. He has served
as a director and the deputy secretary
of the Party Leadership Group of China National Aviation Holding
Corporation Limited since June 2024, and has served as the deputy
secretary of the Party Committee of the Company since July
2024.
As at the date of this announcement,
save as disclosed above, Mr. Cui does not have any relationship
with the 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. Mr.
Cui does not have any interest in the shares of the Company within
the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance
(Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Save as disclosed above, the Company
is not aware of any matters in relation to the proposed appointment
of Mr. Cui that need to be brought to the attention of the
Shareholders nor any other information that is required to be
disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of The Rules
Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited.
An ordinary resolution to consider
and approve the appointment of Mr. Cui as a non-executive Director
will be proposed at the forthcoming extraordinary general meeting
of the Company (the "EGM").
A notice of the EGM containing,
among others, detailed information of the proposed appointment of
Mr. Cui as a non-executive Director will be published by the
Company in due course.
By Order of the
Board
Air
China Limited
Xiao Feng Huen Ho
Yin
Joint Company
Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 15 July
2024
As
at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are
Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Wang Mingyuan, 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
