China Southern Airlines : POLL RESULTS OF 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Form 6-K)

POLL RESULTS OF 2020 ANNUAL 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 AGM

The annual general meeting for the year 2020 of the Company (the 'AGM') was held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 at No. 3301 Conference Room, 33rd Floor, China Southern Airlines Building, No. 68 Qixin Road, Bai Yun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, the PRC. The AGM was convened by the Board and was chaired and presided over by Mr. Ma Xu Lun, the chairman of the Company. Some Directors and supervisors of the Company attended the AGM. Some members of the senior management of the Company also attended the AGM. None of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were being vetoed or amended.

The total number of shares of the Company (the 'Shares') entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions proposed at the AGM was 15,329,362,753 Shares. 65 shareholders of the Company (the 'Shareholders') and authorized proxies holding an aggregate of 11,447,493,853 Shares carrying voting rights, representing approximately 74.68% of the total number of voting Shares of the Company, were present at the AGM.

Number of Shareholders and authorized proxies attended the AGM			65
Of which: number of A Shareholders			61
number of H Shareholders			4
Total number of voting Shares held (Shares)			11,447,493,853
Of which: total number of Shares held by A Shareholders			8,136,558,057

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total number of Shares held by H Shareholders			3,310,935,796
Percentage of the total number of voting Shares of the Company (%)			74.68
Of which: percentage of total number of Shares held by A Shareholders (%)			53.08
percentage of total number of Shares held by H Shareholders (%)			21.60

No Shareholder was required to abstain from voting on the resolutions at the AGM pursuant to The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the 'Listing Rules'). There were no Shareholders who were entitled to attend but were required to abstain from voting in favor of the resolutions at the AGM pursuant to Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules.

All resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM were duly passed and the poll results are as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions

1.

Resolution: The Report of the Directors of the Company for the year 2020

Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,135,040,142				99.9813				1,358,215				0.0167				159,700				0.0020
H Shares			3,293,271,811				99.4665				5,662,085				0.1710				12,001,900				0.3625
Total			11,428,311,953				99.8325				7,020,300				0.0613				12,161,600				0.1062

2.

Resolution: The Report of the Supervisory Committee of the Company for the year 2020

Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,135,592,342				99.9881				806,115				0.0099				159,600				0.0020
H Shares			3,294,315,161				99.4980				4,618,235				0.1395				12,002,400				0.3625
Total			11,429,907,503				99.8464				5,424,350				0.0474				12,162,000				0.1062

3.

Resolution: The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year 2020

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Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,135,773,842				99.9903				624,515				0.0077				159,700				0.0020
H Shares			3,295,446,356				99.5322				3,487,940				0.1053				12,001,500				0.3625
Total			11,431,220,198				99.8579				4,112,455				0.0359				12,161,200				0.1062

4.

Resolution: The profit distribution proposal of the Company for the year 2020

Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,136,477,942				99.9989				80,015				0.0010				100				0.0001
H Shares			3,299,967,696				99.6687				129,400				0.0039				10,838,700				0.3274
Total			11,436,445,638				99.9035				209,415				0.0018				10,838,800				0.0947

5.

Resolution: The appointment of external auditor

Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,136,357,942				99.9975				197,715				0.0024				2,400				0.0001
H Shares			3,299,818,746				99.6643				349,000				0.0105				10,768,050				0.3252
Total			11,436,176,688				99.9011				546,715				0.0048				10,770,450				0.0941

Special Resolutions

6.

Resolution: To authorize the board of directors to issue shares under the general mandate

Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,077,255,037				99.2711				59,300,720				0.7288				2,300				0.0001
H Shares			2,934,387,543				88.6272				365,779,753				11.0476				10,768,500				0.3252
Total			11,011,642,580				96.1926				425,080,473				3.7133				10,770,800				0.0941

7.

Resolution: To authorize the board of directors to issue the debt financing instruments under the general mandate

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Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,073,144,057				99.2206				50,593,543				0.6218				12,820,457				0.1576
H Shares			2,889,213,574				87.2628				344,533,955				10.4059				77,188,267				2.3313
Total			10,962,357,631				95.7620				395,127,498				3.4517				90,008,724				0.7863

Additional Ordinary Resolution

8.

Resolution: To authorize Xiamen Airlines Company Limited on the provision of guarantees to its subsidiaries

Result: Passed

Details:

Types		For			Against			Abstain
	Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)			Votes			Percentage (%)
A Shares			8,066,251,688				99.1358				70,304,969				0.8641				1,400				0.0001
H Shares			2,956,553,182				89.2966				343,513,514				10.3751				10,869,100				0.3283
Total			11,022,804,870				96.2901				413,818,483				3.6149				10,870,500				0.0950

More than 50% of the total valid voting rights held by attending Shareholders and authorized proxies were cast in favour of resolutions No. 1 to No. 5 and No. 8 at the AGM. More than 2/3 of the total valid voting rights held by attending Shareholders and authorized proxies were cast in favour of resolutions No. 6 to No. 7 at the AGM.

According to the requirements of the Listing Rules, KPMG was appointed as the scrutineer in respect of votings at the AGM. (Note)

Lv Hui and Huang Liang, PRC lawyers from Beijing Dentons Law Offices, LLP (Guangzhou), attended the AGM and issued legal opinions stating that the convening, holding and voting procedures of the AGM are in compliance with the PRC Company Law, the Regulation of the Shareholders' General Meetings of a Listed Company and other relevant laws, regulations and normative documents, and the articles of association of the Company, and that the eligibility of the persons who attended or were present at the AGM and the convener are lawful and valid, and that the voting results of the AGM and the resolutions passed at the AGM are lawful and valid.

Note: Scope of work of KPMG

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 issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote.

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By order of the Board China Southern Airlines Company Limited Xie Bing Company Secretary

Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China

30 June 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Ma Xu Lun and Han Wen Sheng as executive Directors; and Liu Chang Le, Gu Hui Zhong, Guo Wei and Yan Andrew Y as independent non-executive Directors.

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