NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Singapore Airlines Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

Company Registration No. 197200078R

Notice is hereby given that the Fiftieth Annual General Meeting of Singapore Airlines Limited (the "Company") will be convened and held by way of electronic means on Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 10.00 a.m. (Singapore time) to transact the following business:

Ordinary Business

  1. To receive and adopt the Directors' Statement and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 and the Auditors' Report thereon.
  2. To re-elect the following Directors who are retiring by rotation in accordance with Article 91 of the Company's Constitution and who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election:
    1. Mr Peter Seah Lim Huat
    2. Mr Simon Cheong Sae Peng
    3. Mr David John Gledhill
    4. Ms Goh Swee Chen
  3. To re-elect Mr Yeoh Oon Jin, who is retiring in accordance with Article 97 of the Company's Constitution and who, being eligible, offers himself for re-election.
  4. To approve Directors' emoluments of up to S$2,000,000 for the financial year ending 31 March 2023 (FY2021/22: up to S$1,800,000).
  5. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.

Special Business

To consider and if thought fit, to pass, with or without modifications, the following resolutions which will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions:

6. That pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act 1967, authority be and is hereby given to the Directors of the Company (the "Directors") to:

  1. (i) issue shares of the Company ("shares") whether by way of rights, bonus or otherwise; and/or
    1. make or grant offers, agreements or options (collectively, "Instruments") that might or would require shares to be issued, including but not limited to the creation and issue of (as well as adjustments to) warrants, debentures or other instruments convertible into shares,

at any time and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes and to such persons as the Directors may in their absolute discretion deem fit; and

  1. (notwithstanding the authority conferred by this Resolution may have ceased to be in force) issue shares in pursuance of any Instrument made or granted by the Directors while this Resolution was in force,

provided that:

  1. the aggregate number of shares to be issued pursuant to this Resolution (including shares to be issued in pursuance of Instruments made or granted pursuant to this Resolution) does not exceed 50% of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) (as calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) below), of which the aggregate number of shares to be issued other than on a pro rata basis to shareholders of the Company (including shares to be issued in pursuance of Instruments made or granted pursuant to this Resolution) does not exceed 5% of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) (as calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) below);
  2. (subject to such manner of calculation as may be prescribed by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST")) for the purpose of determining the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under sub-paragraph (1) above, the percentage of issued shares shall be based on the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) at the time this Resolution is passed, after adjusting for:
    1. new shares arising from the conversion or exercise of any convertible securities or share options or vesting of share awards which were issued and are outstanding or subsisting at the time this Resolution is passed; and
    2. any subsequent bonus issue or consolidation or subdivision of shares,

and, in sub-paragraph (1) above and this sub-paragraph (2), "subsidiary holdings" has the meaning given to it in the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST;

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Singapore Airlines Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

Company Registration No. 197200078R

  1. in exercising the authority conferred by this Resolution, the Company shall comply with the provisions of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST for the time being in force (unless such compliance has been waived by the SGX-ST) and the Constitution for the time being of the Company; and
  2. (unless revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) the authority conferred by this Resolution shall continue in force until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or the date by which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier.

7. That the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to:

  1. grant awards in accordance with the provisions of the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and/or the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014; and
  2. allot and issue from time to time such number of fully paid-up ordinary shares as may be required to be delivered pursuant to the vesting of awards under the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and/or the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014,

provided that:

  1. the aggregate number of (i) new ordinary shares allotted and issued and/or to be allotted and issued,
    1. existing ordinary shares (including ordinary shares held in treasury) delivered and/or to be delivered, and
    2. ordinary shares released and/or to be released in the form of cash in lieu of ordinary shares, pursuant to the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014, shall not exceed 5% of the total number of issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time;
  2. the aggregate number of ordinary shares under awards to be granted pursuant to the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 respectively during the period (the "Relevant Year") commencing from this Annual General Meeting and ending on the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or the date by which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier, shall not exceed 0.5% of the total number of issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time (the "Yearly Limit"); and
  3. if the Yearly Limit is not fully utilised during the Relevant Year, any unutilised portion of the Yearly Limit may be used for the grant of awards under the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 in subsequent years, for the duration of the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 respectively,

and in this Resolution, "subsidiary holdings" has the meaning given to it in the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

8. That:

  1. approval be and is hereby given, for the purposes of Chapter 9 of the Listing Manual ("Chapter 9") of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, for the Company, its subsidiaries and associated companies that are "entities at risk" (as that term is used in Chapter 9), or any of them, to enter into any of the transactions falling within the types of interested person transactions described in the Appendix to the Letter to Shareholders dated 27 June 2022 (the "Letter") with any party who is of the class of interested persons described in the Appendix to the Letter, provided that such transactions are made on normal commercial terms and in accordance with the review procedures for such interested person transactions;
  2. the approval given in paragraph (a) above (the "IPT Mandate") shall, unless revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting, continue in force until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company; and
  3. the Directors of the Company and/or any of them be and are hereby authorised to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing all such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider expedient or necessary or in the interests of the Company to give effect to the IPT Mandate and/or this Resolution.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Singapore Airlines Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

Company Registration No. 197200078R

9. That:

  1. for the purposes of Sections 76C and 76E of the Companies Act 1967 (the "Companies Act"), the exercise by the Directors of the Company (the "Directors") of all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares of the Company ("Shares") not exceeding in aggregate the Maximum Limit (as hereafter defined), at such price or prices as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price (as hereafter defined), whether by way of:
    1. market purchase(s) on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST"); and/or
    2. off-marketpurchase(s) (if effected otherwise than on the SGX-ST) in accordance with any equal access scheme(s) as may be determined or formulated by the Directors as they consider fit, which scheme(s) shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Companies Act,

and otherwise in accordance with all other laws and regulations and rules of the SGX-ST as may for the time being be applicable, be and is hereby authorised and approved generally and unconditionally (the "Share Buy Back Mandate");

  1. unless varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, the authority conferred on the Directors pursuant to the Share Buy Back Mandate may be exercised by the Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this Resolution and expiring on the earliest of:
    1. the date on which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is held;
    2. the date by which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held; and
    3. the date on which purchases and acquisitions of Shares pursuant to the Share Buy Back Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated;
  2. in this Resolution:
    "Average Closing Price" means the average of the last dealt prices of a Share for the five consecutive trading days on which the Shares are transacted on the SGX-ST immediately preceding the date of the market purchase by the Company or, as the case may be, the date of the making of the offer pursuant to the off-market purchase, and deemed to be adjusted in accordance with the listing rules of the SGX-ST for any corporate action which occurs during the relevant five-day period and the date of the market purchase by the Company or, as the case may be, the date of the making of the offer pursuant to the off-market purchase;
    "date of the making of the offer" means the date on which the Company announces its intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of Shares from holders of Shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the Maximum Price calculated on the basis set out herein) for each Share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase;
    "Maximum Limit" means that number of issued Shares representing 5% of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of the passing of this Resolution (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings (as defined in the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST)); and
    "Maximum Price", in relation to a Share to be purchased or acquired, means the purchase price (excluding brokerage, commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses) which shall not exceed, whether pursuant to a market purchase or an off-market purchase, 105% of the Average Closing Price of the Shares; and
  3. the Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorised to complete and do all such acts and things (including executing all such documents as may be required) as they and/or he may consider expedient or necessary or in the interests of the Company to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorised by this Resolution.

By Order of the Board

Brenton Wu

Company Secretary

27 June 2022

Singapore

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Singapore Airlines Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

Company Registration No. 197200078R

Explanatory notes

  1. In relation to Ordinary Resolution Nos. 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) and 2(d), Mr Peter Seah Lim Huat will, upon re-election, continue to serve as Chairman of the Board, the Board Executive Committee, the Board Compensation and Industrial Relations Committee and the Board Nominating Committee and a member of the Board Safety and Risk Committee. Mr Simon Cheong Sae Peng will, upon re-election, continue to serve as Chairman of the Customer Experience, Technology and Sustainability Committee and a member of the Board Compensation and Industrial Relations Committee. Mr David John Gledhill will, upon re-election, continue to serve as a member of the Board Safety and Risk Committee and the Customer Experience, Technology and Sustainability Committee. Ms Goh Swee Chen will, upon re-election, continue to serve as a member of the Board Audit Committee, the Board Nominating Committee and the Customer Experience, Technology and Sustainability Committee. Mr Seah, Mr Cheong, Mr Gledhill and Ms Goh are considered independent Directors. Please refer to pages 236 to 247 of the Annual Report FY2021/22 for information relating to each of these Directors, as set out in Appendix 7.4.1 of the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST").
  2. In relation to Ordinary Resolution No. 3, Article 97 of the Company's Constitution permits the Directors to appoint any person approved in writing by the Special Member to be a Director, either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors. Any Director so appointed shall hold office only until the next following Annual General Meeting, and shall then be eligible for re-election. Mr Yeoh Oon Jin was appointed on 1 August 2021 and is seeking re-election at the forthcoming Fiftieth Annual General Meeting. Mr Yeoh will, upon re-election, continue to serve as Chairman of the Board Audit Committee. Mr Yeoh is considered an independent Director. Please refer to pages 236 to 247 of the Annual Report FY2021/22 for information relating to Mr Yeoh, as set out in Appendix 7.4.1 of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST.
  3. Ordinary Resolution No. 4, if passed, will facilitate the payment of S$2,000,000 as Directors' fees during the financial year in which the fees are incurred, that is, during the financial year ending 31 March 2023 ("FY2022/23") (S$1,800,000 for the previous financial year). Directors' fees are computed based on the anticipated number of Board and Board Committee meetings for FY2022/23, assuming full attendance by all of the non-executive Directors. The amount also caters for any fee increases and unforeseen circumstances, for example, the appointment of additional Directors, additional unscheduled Board meetings and/or the formation of additional Board Committees. The amount also includes transport and travel benefits to be provided to the non-executive Directors. In the event that the amount proposed is insufficient, approval will be sought at the next Annual General Meeting in year 2023 ("2023 AGM") before payments are made to Directors for the shortfall. Mr Goh Choon Phong, being the Chief Executive Officer, does not receive any Director's fees.
    The current intention is that the Directors' fees for non-executive Directors for FY2022/23 will comprise a cash component and a share component, with approximately 30% being paid out in the form of awards under the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014. Any such award would typically consist of the grant of fully paid shares outright with no performance or vesting conditions attached, but with a selling moratorium of one year. Non-executive Directors would eventually be required to hold shares (including shares obtained by other means) worth a minimum of the annual basic retainer fees (currently S$90,000) as the shares paid out to them as part of their remuneration in lieu of cash accumulate over time.
    The cash component of the Directors' fees for FY2022/23 is intended to be paid quarterly in arrears. The share component of the Directors' fees for FY2022/23 is intended to be paid after the 2023 AGM has been held. The actual number of shares to be awarded to each non-executive Director holding office at the time of the payment is intended to be determined by reference to the volume weighted average price of a share on the SGX-ST over the 10 trading days from (and including) the day on which the shares are first quoted ex-dividend after the 2023 AGM (or, if no final dividend is proposed at the 2023 AGM, or the resolution to approve any such final dividend is not approved at the 2023 AGM, over the 10 trading days immediately following the date of the 2023 AGM). The number of shares to be awarded will be rounded down to the nearest hundred and any residual balance will be settled in cash. A non-executive Director who steps down before the payment of the share component will receive all of his Directors' fees for FY2022/23 (calculated on a pro-rated basis, where applicable) in cash.
  4. Ordinary Resolution No. 6, if passed, will empower the Directors to issue shares, make or grant instruments convertible into shares and to issue shares pursuant to such instruments. The number of shares which the Directors may issue under this Ordinary Resolution will not exceed 50% of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings), with a sub-limit of 5% for issues other than on a pro rata basis. The 5% sub-limit for non-prorata issues is lower than the 20% sub-limit allowed under the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST. For the purpose of determining the aggregate number of shares which may be issued, the percentage of issued shares shall be based on the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) at the time this Ordinary Resolution is passed, after adjusting for (a) new shares arising from the conversion or exercise of any convertible instruments or share options or vesting of share awards which were issued and are outstanding at the time this Ordinary Resolution is passed; and (b) any subsequent bonus issue or consolidation or subdivision of shares. For the avoidance of doubt, shareholders' approval will be required for any consolidation or subdivision of shares. As at 2 June 2022, the Company had 10,048,816 treasury shares and no subsidiary holdings.
  5. Ordinary Resolution No. 7, if passed, will empower the Directors to grant awards pursuant to the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014, and to allot and issue ordinary shares of the Company pursuant to the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014.
    The SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 were adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 30 July 2014. At the Annual General Meeting held on 27 July 2018, shareholders approved alterations to the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 to enable non-executive Directors of the Company and/or its subsidiaries to participate in the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 (in addition to employees, including executive Directors of the Company and/or its subsidiaries).
    The total number of ordinary shares which may be delivered pursuant to awards granted under the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 (whether in the form of ordinary shares or in the form of cash in lieu of ordinary shares) shall not exceed 5% of the total number of issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time. In addition, Ordinary Resolution No. 7 will also provide that the total number of ordinary shares under awards to be granted pursuant to the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 from this Annual General Meeting to the next Annual General Meeting (the "Relevant Year") shall not exceed 0.5% of the total number of issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) from time to time (the "Yearly Limit"), provided that if the Yearly Limit is not fully utilised during the Relevant Year, any unutilised portion of the Yearly Limit may be used by the Directors to make grants of awards under the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 in subsequent years, for the duration of the SIA Performance Share Plan 2014 and the SIA Restricted Share Plan 2014 respectively.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Singapore Airlines Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

Company Registration No. 197200078R

  1. Ordinary Resolution No. 8, if passed, will renew the mandate to allow the Company, its subsidiaries and associated companies that are entities at risk (as that term is used in Chapter 9 of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST) or any of them, to enter into certain interested person transactions with certain classes of interested persons as described in the Appendix to the Letter to Shareholders dated 27 June 2022 (the "Letter"). The authority will, unless revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting, continue in force until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. Please refer to the Letter (which is available on the Company's website at the URL http://www.singaporeair.com/shareholderand the SGX website at the URL https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements) for more details.
  2. Ordinary Resolution No. 9, if passed, will renew the mandate to allow the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire its issued ordinary shares, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Resolution.
    The Company may use internal or external sources of funds to finance the purchase or acquisition of its ordinary shares. The amount of financing required for the Company to purchase or acquire its ordinary shares, and the impact on the Company's financial position, cannot be ascertained as at the date of this Notice as these will depend on the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired, the price at which such ordinary shares were purchased or acquired and whether the ordinary shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled.
    The financial effects of the purchase or acquisition of such ordinary shares by the Company pursuant to the proposed Share Buy Back Mandate on the audited financial statements of the Company and the Company and its subsidiaries for the financial year ended 31 March 2022, based on certain assumptions, are set out in paragraph 3.7 of the Letter.
    Please refer to the Letter (which is available on the Company's website at the URL http://www.singaporeair.com/shareholderand the SGX website at the URL https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements) for more details.

Notes:

  1. The Annual General Meeting is being convened, and will be held, by way of electronic means pursuant to the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Alternative Arrangements for Meetings for Companies, Variable Capital Companies, Business Trusts, Unit Trusts and Debenture Holders) Order 2020. Printed copies of this Notice will not be sent to members. Instead, this Notice will be sent to members by electronic means via publication on the Company's website at the URL http://www.singaporeair.com/shareholderand the SGX website at the URL https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements.
  2. Alternative arrangements relating to:
    1. attendance at the Annual General Meeting via electronic means (including arrangements by which the meeting can be electronically accessed via "live" audio-visual webcast or "live" audio-only stream);
    2. submission of questions to the Chairman of the Meeting in advance of, or "live" at, the Annual General Meeting, and addressing of substantial and relevant questions in advance of, or "live" at, the Annual General Meeting; and
    3. voting at the Annual General Meeting (i) "live" by the member or his/her/its duly appointed proxy(ies) (other than the Chairman of the Meeting) via electronic means; or (ii) by appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy to vote on the member's behalf at the Annual General Meeting,

are set out in the accompanying Company's announcement dated 27 June 2022. This announcement may be accessed at the Company's website at the URL http://www.singaporeair.com/shareholderand the SGX website at the URL https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements.

3. To keep physical interactions and COVID-19 transmission risk to a minimum, the Company is not providing for physical attendance by members at the Annual General Meeting. A member who wishes to exercise his/her/its voting rights at the Annual General Meeting may:

  1. (where the member is an individual) vote "live" via electronic means at the Annual General Meeting, or (whether the member is an individual or a corporate) appoint a proxy(ies) (other than the Chairman of the Meeting) to vote "live" via electronic means at the Annual General Meeting on his/her/its behalf; or
  2. (whether the member is an individual or a corporate) appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as his/her/its proxy to vote on his/her/its behalf at the Annual General Meeting.

The accompanying proxy form for the Annual General Meeting may be accessed at the Company's website at the URL http://www.singaporeair.com/shareholderand the SGX website at the URL https://www.sgx.com/securities/company-announcements.

4. (a) A member who is not a relevant intermediary is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies to attend, speak and vote at the Annual General Meeting. Where such member's instrument appointing a proxy(ies) appoints more than one proxy, the proportion of the shareholding concerned to be represented by each proxy shall be specified in the instrument.

  1. A member who is a relevant intermediary is entitled to appoint more than two proxies to attend, speak and vote at the Annual General Meeting, but each proxy must be appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by such member. Where such member's instrument appointing a proxy(ies) appoints more than two proxies, the number and class of shares in relation to which each proxy has been appointed shall be specified in the instrument.

"Relevant intermediary" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 181 of the Companies Act 1967.

5. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

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