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CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED 國泰航空有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 293) Annual General Meeting held on 17th May 2017 - Poll Results

Following are the poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited held on 17th May 2017 ("the AGM"):

Ordinary Resolutions

No. of Votes (%)

For

Against

1.(a)

To re-elect CHU Kwok Leung Ivan as a Director.

2,515,063,334

(93.7438%)

167,847,143

(6.2562%)

(b)

To re-elect Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower HOGG as a Director.

2,678,521,689

(99.9132%)

2,327,588

(0.0868%)

(c)

To re-elect John Robert SLOSAR as a Director.

2,633,889,578

(98.1948%)

48,420,899

(1.8052%)

(d)

To re-elect SONG Zhiyong as a Director.

2,491,167,733

(92.8740%)

191,142,744

(7.1260%)

(e)

To re-elect Merlin Bingham SWIRE as a Director.

2,538,886,053

(94.7585%)

140,437,287

(5.2415%)

(f)

To elect XIAO Feng as a Director

2,520,890,545

(94.0868%)

158,432,795

(5.9132%)

2.

To re-appoint KPMG as auditors and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.

2,677,965,256

(99.8380%)

4,345,221

(0.1620%)

3.

To grant a general mandate for share buy-back.

2,678,926,388

(99.8763%)

3,318,089

(0.1237%)

4.

To grant a general mandate to the Directors to issue and dispose of additional shares in the Company.

2,532,162,399

(94.4023%)

150,148,078

(5.5977%)

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each resolution, all the above resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions.

Notes

  1. The total number of shares entitling the holder to attend and vote on the resolutions at the AGM: 3,933,844,572 shares. Every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share of which he is the holder. There were no restrictions on any shareholders to cast votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM.

  2. There were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").

  3. No shareholders were required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting.

  4. No parties have indicated in the circular to shareholders that they intend to vote against or to abstain from voting on any resolutions at the AGM.

  5. Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, registrars of the Company, acted as scrutineers for the vote-taking at the AGM.

  6. The Directors of the Company as at the date of this announcement are:

Executive Directors: John Slosar (Chairman), Rupert Hogg, Martin Murray, Algernon Yau;

Non-Executive Directors: Cai Jianjiang, Ivan Chu, Martin Cubbon, Song Zhiyong, Merlin Swire, Samuel Swire, Xiao Feng, Zhao Xiaohang;

Independent Non-Executive Directors: John Harrison, Irene Lee, Andrew Tung and Peter Wong.

By Order of the Board

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED

國泰航空有限公司

David Fu

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 17th May 2017

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