SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
August 10, 2012
CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
278 Jichang Road
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510405
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
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China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) published an announcement on August 10, 2012 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at: http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2012/0810/LTN20120810519.pdf, regarding the poll results of the first extraordinary general meeting for the year 2012 of the Company, held on August 10, 2012.
An English version of the announcement is included in this Form 6-K of the Company.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED
By: /s/ Liu Wei and Xie Bing
Name: Liu Wei and Xie Bing
Title: Joint Company Secretaries
Date: August 10, 2012
The 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.
POLL RESULTS OF 2012 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The board (the "Board") of directors (the "Directors") of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the "Company") and all of its members confirm that this announcement does not contain any misrepresentation, misleading statement or material omission, and jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this announcement.
POLL RESULTS OF EGM
The first extraordinary general meeting for the year 2012 of the Company (the "EGM") was held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 10 August 2012 at No. 1 Conference Room, 4th Floor, Pearl Hotel CSN, No. 5 Road, Southern Work District, Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, the PRC. The EGM was convened by the Board and presided by Mr. Si Xian Min, the Chairman of the Board. No resolutions proposed at the EGM were being vetoed or amended.
As at the date of the EGM, there were 9,817,567,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company in issue, which was the total number of Shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions proposed at the EGM. 124 shareholders and authorized proxies holding an aggregate of 7,018,971,658 Shares carrying voting rights, representing approximately 71.50% of the total issued share capital of the Company, were present at the EGM.
China Southern Air Holding Company, Nan Lung Holding , Asia Travel Investment Company Limited and their respective associates (holding 4,145,050,000 A Shares, 1,033,650,000 H Shares and 31,120,000 H Shares of the Company), which are connected persons of the Company, had abstained from voting in relation to resolutions No. 2, 3, 7 and 8.
Save as disclosed, there was no restriction on any shareholder of the Company casting votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the EGM, and there was no Share entitling the holders to attend and vote only against the resolutions proposed at the EGM. No shareholder is required to abstain from voting on any of the resolutions proposed at the EGM.
All resolutions as set out in the notice of the EGM were duly passed and the poll results are as follows:
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Special Resolutions | Total valid votes | For | Against | Abstain | For (%) | ||
1. | To consider and approve the satisfaction of the conditions of the Non-public A Share Issue by the Company. | 7,018,971,658 | 7,016,175,423 | 2,557,135 | 239,100 | 99.9602% | |
2. | To consider and approve each of the following items under the proposal of the Non-public A Share Issue. | ||||||
2.1 | Types of Shares to be issued and the par value | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,732,873 | 2,051,051 | 37,487,734 | 97.8515% | |
2.2 | Issue mechanism and subscription method | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,720,573 | 1,395,001 | 38,156,084 | 97.8508% | |
2.3 | Targeted subscriber and its relationship with the Company | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,750,673 | 1,989,651 | 37,531,334 | 97.8524% | |
2.4 | Pricing Base Day | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,729,373 | 2,010,951 | 37,531,334 | 97.8513% | |
2.5 | Issue price and adjustment to the issue price | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,752,923 | 2,080,701 | 37,438,034 | 97.8526% | |
2.6 | Number of Shares to be issued and issue scale | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,739,373 | 2,010,951 | 37,521,334 | 97.8518% | |
2.7 | Lock-up period | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,853,173 | 1,897,151 | 37,521,334 | 97.8580% | |
2.8 | Place of listing | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,738,623 | 2,011,701 | 37,521,334 | 97.8518% | |
2.9 | Use of proceeds | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,742,873 | 2,007,451 | 37,521,334 | 97.8520% | |
2.10 | The arrangement for the distribution of profits accumulated before the non-public issue of Shares | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,733,573 | 2,016,751 | 37,521,334 | 97.8515% | |
2.11 | The “Proposal for Non-public A Share Issue by China Southern Airlines Company Limited” | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,746,973 | 2,003,351 | 37,521,334 | 97.8522% | |
2.12 | Validity period of this resolution | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,729,323 | 2,020,501 | 37,521,834 | 97.8513% |
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3. | To consider and approve the “Subscription Agreement relating to the subscription of the non-public issue of A Shares of China Southern Airlines Company Limited”. | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,732,873 | 1,950,551 | 37,588,234 | 97.8515% |
4. | To consider and approve the authorization given to the Board, generally and unconditionally, to determine the specific debt financing instruments and issuance plan, and to issue, in one or multiple tranche(s), debt financing instruments within the permissible size for debt issuance in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations. | 7,018,971,658 | 6,669,943,949 | 229,924,971 | 119,102,738 | 95.0274% |
Ordinary Resolutions | Total valid votes | For | Against | Abstain | For (%) | |
5. | To consider and approve the specific report on the use of proceeds from previous fund raising activities. | 7,018,971,658 | 7,014,728,123 | 3,195,751 | 1,047,784 | 99.9395% |
6. | To consider and approve the “feasibility study report on the use of proceeds from the Non-public A Share Issue of China Southern Airlines Company Limited”. | 7,018,971,658 | 7,013,760,973 | 4,253,301 | 957,384 | 99.9258% |
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7. | To consider and approve the waiver from making a mandatory general offer to the Independent Shareholders by CSAHC. | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,345,423 | 2,166,451 | 37,759,784 | 97.8304% |
8. | To consider and approve the authorization given to the Board by the general meeting with full power to deal with all matters relating to the Non-public A Share Issue. | 1,840,271,658 | 1,800,814,573 | 452,500 | 39,004,585 | 97.8559% |
According to the requirements of The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, KPMG was appointed as the scrutineer in respect of votings at the EGM. (Note)
Lv Hui and Zheng Yiling, PRC lawyers from Z & T Law Firm, attended the EGM and issued a legal opinion stating that the convening and holding of the EGM, the procedures for the holding of the EGM, the eligibility of the persons who attended the EGM and the procedures for voting at the EGM are in compliance with the PRC Company Law, the Regulation of the Shareholders’ Meeting of a Listed Company, and the Articles of Association of the Company, and that the resolutions passed at the EGM are lawful and valid.
Note: | The poll results were subject to scrutiny by KPMG, Certified Public Accountants, whose work was limited to certain procedures requested by the Company to agree the poll results summary prepared by the Company to poll forms collected and provided by the Company to KPMG. The work performed by KPMG in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement made in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing, Hong Kong Standards on Review Engagements or Hong Kong Standards on Assurance Engagements nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote. |
By order of the Board
China Southern Airlines Company Limited
Xie Bing and Liu Wei
Joint Company Secretaries
Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China
10 August 2012
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As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Si Xian Min, Wang Quan Hua and Yuan Xin An as non-executive Directors, Tan Wan Geng, Zhang Zi Fang, Xu Jie Bo and Chen Zhen You as executive Directors; and Gong Hua Zhang, Wei Jin Cai, Ning Xiang Dong and Liu Chang Le as independent non-executive Directors.
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