Statement re release of share

RNS Number : 3475X

Air China Ld

12 August 2009

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00753)

Announcement in relation to the trading-restricted

A Shares Held by China National Aviation Holding Company 

and China National Aviation Corporation (Group) Limited becoming tradable

(Overseas Regulatory Announcement)

This announcement is issued by Air China Limited (the 'Company') pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the 'Listing Rules').

At the time of the initial public offering of the A shares of the Company, China National Aviation Holding Company, the controlling shareholder of the Company, ('CNAHC'), held 4,826,195,989 A shares of the Company and China National Aviation Corporation (Group) Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of CNAHC and also the promoter of the Company, ('CNACG'), held 1,380,482,920 A shares of the Company. CNAHC and CNACG undertook that within 36 months from the date of the A share listing of the Company, CNAHC and CNACG shall not transfer to third parties the shares of the Company held by them or entrust a third party to manage such shares, and that such shares shall not be repurchased by the Company. As calculated from 18 August 2006 (the date of the A share listing of the Company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange), the 4,826,195,989 A shares and 1,380,482,920 A shares held by CNAHC and CNACG respectively will be tradable from 18 August 2009.

Upon the 6,206,678,909 A shares held in aggregate by CNAHC and CHACG becoming tradable, the share capital of the Company will change as follows:

(Unit: Shares)

	Prior to the present change	Present change	After the present change
I.     Total number of         trading-restricted        A shares	6,206,678,909	-6,206,678,909	0
1.    China National Aviation Holding         Company	4,826,195,989	-4,826,195,989	0
2.    China National Aviation         Corporation (Group) Limited	1,380,482,920	-1,380,482,920	0
II.    Total number of tradable        A shares	1,639,000,000	+6,206,678,909	7,845,678,909
III.   Overseas listed foreign        shares (H shares)	4,405,683,364	0	4,405,683,364
IV.   Total share capital	12,251,362,273	0	12,251,362,273

By order of the Board

Air China Limited

Huang Bin   Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

12 August 2009

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of Air China are Mr. Kong Dong, Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Wang Shixiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt, Mr. Chen Nan Lok, Philip, Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Mr. Zhang Ke*, Mr. Jia Kang* and Mr. Fu Yang*.

* Independent non-executive director of Air China

 

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