China Eastern Airlines: Controlling shareholder and its concerted action person increase their holdings to a stake of 55%.

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17/03/2026
China Eastern Airlines announced that based on its confidence in the company's future development and long-term investment value, its controlling shareholder, China Eastern Airlines Group, increased its holdings of shares. On March 16, 2026, it increased its holdings of the company's A shares by 19.61 million shares through centralized bidding, accounting for 0.09% of the total share capital. After this equity change, China Eastern Airlines Group's direct shareholding ratio increased from 40.26% to 40.35%, and its combined shareholding ratio with concerted actors increased from 54.91% to 55%, which will not result in a change in the controlling shareholder. Prior to this, on March 13, it had increased its holdings by 33.9713 million shares. In addition, China Eastern Airlines Group plans to accumulate holdings of 500 million to 1 billion yuan.