PCCW
Limited
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(Translation
of Registrant's Name Into English)
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39th
Floor, PCCW Tower
TaiKoo
Place, 979 King’s Road
Quarry
Bay, Hong Kong
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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Form 20-F X
Form
40-F ___
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Yes
___ No X
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1. |
Announcement
dated May 31, 2007.
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PCCW LIMITED | |||
Dated: 1
June 2007
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By:
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/Sd./
Philana Poon
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Name: Philana Poon | |||
Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary | |||
Item
1
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PCCW
Limited
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(Incorporated
in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock
Code: 0008)
POLL
RESULTS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD
ON MAY 31, 2007
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At the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of PCCW Limited (the “Company”) held on May 31, 2007, a poll was demanded by the Chairman of the AGM for voting on all the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of AGM dated April 18, 2007. The Company’s share registrars, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the poll at the AGM. All resolutions were approved by shareholders of the Company and the poll results were as follows: |
Number
of Votes (Approx. %)
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Ordinary Resolutions |
For
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Against
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1. | To receive and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company and the Reports of the Directors and the Auditors for the year ended December 31, 2006 |
4,192,945,406
(99.997273%) |
114,354
(0.002727%)
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2. | To declare a final dividend of 12 HK cents in respect of the year ended December 31, 2006 |
4,310,783,754
(99.995999%)
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172,497
(0.004001%)
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3(a). | To re-elect Mr Li Tzar Kai, Richard as Director |
4,307,838,739
(99.929579%)
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3,035,774
(0.070421%)
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3(b). | To re-elect Mr Alexander Anthony Arena as Director |
4,308,965,584
(99.956631%)
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1,869,580
(0.043369%)
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3(c). | To re-elect Dr The Hon Sir Li Kwok Po, David as Director |
4,295,189,826
(99.637122%)
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15,643,065
(0.362878%)
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3(d). | To re-elect Mr Aman Mehta as Director |
4,309,185,030
(99.961798%)
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1,646,814
(0.038202%)
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3(e). | To re-elect The Hon Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz as Director |
4,292,307,174
(99.570098%)
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18,532,387
(0.429902%)
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3(f). | To authorize the Directors to fix the remuneration of Directors |
4,308,341,226
(99.941004%)
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2,543,251
(0.058996%)
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4. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors and authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration |
4,310,720,270
(99.995974%)
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173,564
(0.004026%)
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5. | To approve a general mandate to the Directors to issue additional shares in the capital of the Company |
3,643,917,786
(84.531305%)
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666,813,938
(15.468695%)
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6. | To approve a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase the Company’s own securities |
4,310,694,351
(99.993966%)
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260,113
(0.006034%)
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7. | To extend the general mandate granted to theDirectors pursuant to ordinary resolution no. 5 |
3,644,561,186
(84.546622%)
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666,150,587
(15.453378%)
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As at the date of the AGM, the issued share capital of the Company was 6,773,034,151 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. There were no restrictions on the Company’s shareholders to cast votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM. | ||
By
Order of the Board
PCCW
Limited
Philana
WY Poon
Group
General Counsel and Company Secretary
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Hong Kong, May 31, 2007 | ||
The Directors of the Company as at the date of this announcement are as follows: | ||
Executive
Directors:
Li
Tzar Kai, Richard (Chairman); Alexander Anthony Arena (Group
Managing
Director);
Peter
Anthony Allen; Chung Cho Yee, Mico; Lee Chi Hong, Robert; Dr
Fan
Xingcha
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Non-Executive
Directors:
Sir
David Ford, KBE, LVO; Zhang Chunjiang; Dr Tian Suning (Deputy
Chairman)
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Independent
Non-Executive Directors:
Prof
Chang Hsin-kang; Dr The Hon Sir Li Kwok Po, David, GBS,
OBE, JP;
Sir Roger Lobo, CBE, LLD, JP; Aman Mehta; The Hon Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz |