Closure of Register of Members

RNS Number : 5236E

Air China Ld

07 April 2011

 



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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)

CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS

AND

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE

PROPOSED PAYMENT OF FINAL DIVIDENDS

The board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the register of members of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 26 April 2011 to Thursday, 26 May 2011 (both dates inclusive) during which period no transfer of H shares of the Company will be registered. In order to be entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday, 26 May 2011 and to receive the recommended final dividends (if approved) for the year ended 31 December 2010, all transfers of H shares of the Company accompanied by the relevant share certificates and appropriate transfer forms must be lodged with the Company's H shares registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17/F., Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 21 April 2011.

The Board wishes to announce further information in relation to the recommended payment of the final dividends as follows.

The Board recommends to pay a final dividend of RMB0.1182 per share (inclusive of applicable tax) for the year ended 31 December 2010. The recommended final dividends are subject to shareholders' approval at the forthcoming annual general meeting to be held on Thursday, 26 May 2011. The final dividends will be paid to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company at the close of business on Thursday, 26 May 2011. Dividends payable to the Company's shareholders shall be denominated and declared in Renminbi. Dividends payable to the holders of A shares shall be paid in Renminbi while dividends payable to the holders of H shares shall be paid in Hong Kong dollars. The amount of Hong Kong dollars payable shall be calculated on the basis of the mean of the middle rate of Renminbi to Hong Kong dollars as announced by the People's Bank of China for the calendar week prior

to the declaration of the final dividends (if approved) at the annual general meeting to be held on Thursday, 26 May 2011.

By order of the Board

Air China Limited

Huang Bin   Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 7 April 2011

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Kong Dong, Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Sun Yude, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Jia Kang*, Mr. Fu Yang*, Mr. Li Shuang* and Mr. Han Fangming*.

* Independent non-executive director of the Company

 

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