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Notice of Annual General Meeting
Singapore Airlines Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)
SIA Annual Report 01/02116
Closure of Books
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books and the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 19 July 2002 to
22 July 2002 (both dates inclusive) for the preparation of dividend warrants. The final dividend, if approved at the Thirtieth Annual General
Meeting, will be paid on 29 July 2002 to members on the Register as at 18 July 2002. In respect of shares in securities accounts with The
Central Depository (Pte) Limited ("CDP"), the said final dividend will be paid by the Company to CDP which will in turn distribute the dividend
entitlements to holders of shares in accordance with its practice.
Duly completed transfers received by the Share Registrars, KPMG, 138 Robinson Road, #17-00 The Corporate Office, Singapore
068906 up to 5 p.m. on 18 July 2002 will be registered to determine shareholders’ entitlements to the final dividend.
By order of the Board
Mathew Samuel
Foo Kim Boon
Company Secretaries
3 June 2002
Singapore
Explanatory notes
1. Ordinary Resolution No. 3 is to approve the payment of Directors’ Fees of $560,000 (FY2000-2001: $630,000) for the year ended
31 March 2002, for services rendered by Directors on the Board as well as on various Board Committees.
2. Ordinary Resolution No. 6.1 is to empower the Directors, from the date of the Annual General Meeting until the date of the next
Annual General Meeting, to issue shares in the Company up to 50 per cent. of the Company’s issued share capital with an aggregate
sub-limit of 20 per cent. for issues of shares other than on a pro rata basis to all shareholders.
3. Ordinary Resolution No. 6.2 is to renew the IPT Mandate to allow the Company, its subsidiaries and target associated companies or
any of them to enter into certain interested person transactions with persons who are considered "interested persons" (as defined in
Chapter 9A of the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited).
4. Ordinary Resolution No. 6.3 is to empower the Directors to offer and grant options in accordance with the provisions of the SIA
Employee Share Option Plan (the "Plan") and to allot and issue ordinary shares under the Plan. The Plan was approved at the
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 8 March 2000 and modified at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Company held on 14 July 2001.
5. Ordinary Resolution No. 6.4 is to seek the approval of shareholders for the renewal of the Share Buy Back Mandate. The rationale for,
the authority and limitations on, and the financial effects of the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares by the Company pursuant to
the Share Buy Back Mandate on the audited financial accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries for the financial year ended
31 March 2002 are set out in greater detail in the letter to shareholders dated 3 June 2002.
Notes
1. A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies to attend and vote in his stead.
A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
2. The instrument appointing a proxy must be deposited at the Company’s registered office at Airline House, 25 Airline Road, Singapore 819829 not less than
48 hours before the time appointed for the Meeting.