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
March 1,
2010
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)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form
20-F. x Form 40-F. o
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes o No. x
(If "Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.)
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) published the following
announcement on March 1, 2010 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/20100301/LTN201003011052.pdf
, with respect to an announcement that trading in the Company’s H shares was
suspended from 9:30 a.m. on 23 February 2010 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and
will continue to be suspended pending the release of an
announcement.
An
English version of the announcement is included in this Form 6-K of the
Company.
Likewise,
trading in the Company’s American Depositary Receipts listed on the New York
Stock Exchange was similarly halted starting on February 22, 2010 and will
continue to be halted pending further
notice.
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:
March 1, 2010
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.
OVERSEAS
REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT
This
announcement is published pursuant to rule 13.09 (2) of the Rules Governing the
Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange.
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) has published the
“Announcement on material issue and its progress of China Southern Airlines
Company Limited” on the website of Shanghai Stock Exchange, the full text of
which is set out below for information purpose only.
Suspension
of Trading
At the
request of the Company, trading in the H shares of the Company was suspended
from 9:30 a.m. on 23 February 2010 and will continue to be suspended until
further notice.
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By
Order of the Board
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China
Southern Airlines Company Limited
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Xie
Bing and Liu Wei
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Joint
Company Secretaries
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Guangzhou,
People's Republic of China
1 March
2010
As
at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Si Xian
Min, Li Wen Xin, Wang Quan Hua, Liu Bao Heng, Tan Wan Geng, Zhang Zi Fang, Xu
Jie Bo and Chen Zhen You as executive directors; and Wang Zhi, Sui Guang Jun,
Gong Hua Zhang and Lam Kwong Yu as independent non-executive
directors.
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Stock
short name: CSA
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Stock
Code: 600029
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Announcement
No.: Lin 2010-004
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Announcement
on Material Issue and Shares Suspension of
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited
All
members of the board of directors jointly and severally warrant the
truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this announcement,
and accept responsibility for any misrepresentations, misleading statements or
material omissions contained herein.
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) has issued the “Announcement
on material issue and suspension of trading of shares of China Southern Airlines
Company Limited” on 23 February 2010. It was stated in the announcement that the
Company is consideration and preparing for possible arrangements to reduce the
debt ratio of the Company and the trading of the shares of the Company has been
suspended according to the relevant regulation. As the Company is
still going through the relevant procedures, there are uncertainties over the
relevant issues. In order to protect the interests of investors, trading of the
shares of the Company will continue to be suspended. After the relevant issues
are confirmed, the Company will forthwith issue an announcement and apply for
the resumption of trading of its shares. Investors are reminded to be aware of
the risks involved in investment.
The Board
of Directors of
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited
1 March
2010