Prior to joining the Pacific Century Group in 1998, Mr Arena was a Special Policy Adviser to the Hong Kong Government from 1997 to 1998. From 1993 to 1997, he was Director-General of Telecommunications at the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) of Hong Kong, as well as a member of the Broadcasting Authority.
Before taking up his post at OFTA, Mr Arena was appointed by the Hong Kong Government to plan a reform program for the liberalization of Hong Kong’s telecommunications sector. Prior to his appointment to the Hong Kong Government, he served as an inaugural member of the Australian Telecommunications Authority for four years. Mr Arena has led an extensive career in public administration, specializing in high technology and infrastructure industries. From a practicing radio/communications engineer to becoming a public policy maker, his experience spans such diverse areas as commercialization of government-owned business enterprises and deregulation in the aviation, transport, telecommunications and postal industries.
Mr Arena graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He completed an MBA at Melbourne University, Australia, and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr Arena has a personal interest in 760,000 Shares, a beneficial interest in 200 underlying Shares held in the form of 20 American depositary receipts and 15,800,000 underlying Shares in respect of the share options granted by the Company. Save as disclosed above, he does not have any interest in Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
Mr Arena has a service contract with an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which may be terminated, by either side, on 12 months’notice. Pursuant to his service contract, his emoluments received in 2006 were approximately HK$21 million. He is currently entitled to an annual salary package (including retirement scheme contribution but excluding any discretionary bonus which is not determined currently) of approximately HK$12 million, which is determined with reference to his job complexity, workload and responsibilities with the Company and the Company’s remuneration policy. He is subject to retirement by rotation and will be eligible for re-election at the AGM pursuant to the Articles.
Other than the positions disclosed above, Mr Arena does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company.
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Dr The Hon Sir Li Kwok Po, David,GBS, OBE, JP,aged 68, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of PCCW. He was previously a Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the former Hong Kong listed Cable & Wireless HKT Limited and served as a Director from November 30, 1987 until August 17, 2000.
Sir David is Chairman and Chief Executive of The Bank of East Asia, Limited, and a director of numerous other companies in Hong Kong and overseas. He is a member of both the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of The Chinese Banks’Association, Limited and the Hong Kong Management Association. He is also a member of the Banking Advisory Committee and the Council of the Treasury Markets Association.
Sir David is a Director of China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited, China Overseas Land & Investment Limited, COSCO Pacific Limited, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Guangdong Investment Limited, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited, The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Limited, SCMP Group Limited and Vitasoy International Holdings Limited. He was a director of AviChina Industry & Technology Company Limited, Chelsfield Plc., Henderson Cyber Limited and Sime Darby Berhad.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Sir David has a personal interest in 600,000 Shares. Save as disclosed above, he does not have any interest in Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
There is no service contract entered into between Sir David and the Company. He is entitled to an annual director’s fee of HK$200,000 as an Independent Non-Executive Director, which is determined with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Company and the Company’s remuneration policy. He is subject to retirement by rotation and will be eligible for re-election at the AGM pursuant to the Articles.
Other than the position disclosed above, Sir David does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Aman Mehta,aged 60, became an Independent Non-Executive Director of PCCW on February 10, 2004 and is Chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Board.
He joined the Board following a distinguished career in the international banking community. Mr Mehta held the position of Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) until December 2003, when he retired.
Born in India in 1946, Mr Mehta joined HSBC group in Bombay in 1967. After a number of assignments throughout HSBC group, he was appointed Manager—Corporate Planning at HSBC’s headquarters in Hong Kong in 1985. After a three-year posting to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, he was appointed Group General Manager in 1991, and General Manager—International the following year, with responsibility for overseas subsidiaries. He subsequently held senior positions in the United States, overseeing HSBC group companies in the Americas and later becoming responsible for HSBC’s operations in the Middle East.
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In 1998, Mr Mehta was reappointed General Manager—International, after which he became Executive Director International. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until retirement.
Following his retirement in December 2003, Mr Mehta took up residence in New Delhi. Mr Mehta is an Independent Director on the board of several public companies and institutions in India and internationally. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Vedanta Resources Plc in the UK, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Jet Airways Ltd and Wockhardt Ltd in Mumbai, India; and Max Healthcare Institute Ltd in New Delhi, India.
He is also a member of the Governing Board of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and a member of the Advisory panel of CapitaLand Limited in Singapore and Prudential Financial Inc in the USA.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr Mehta does not have any interest in Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
There is no service contract entered into between Mr Mehta and the Company. He is entitled to an annual director’s fee of HK$200,000 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and HK$100,000 for acting as Chairman of the Nomination Committee, which are determined with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Company and the Company’s remuneration policy. He is subject to retirement by rotation and will be eligible for re-election at the AGM pursuant to the Articles.
Other than the positions disclosed above, Mr Mehta does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company.
The Hon Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz, aged 66, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of PCCW and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Board. He was a Non-Executive Director of PCCW from October 2000 and was redesignated as an Independent Non-Executive Director on February 1, 2005. He is a Non-Executive Chairman and a member of the Special Committee of Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. and a Non-Executive Director of Chubb Corporation (however he will cease to be a director of Chubb Corporation effective April 15, 2007), both of which are listed on The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
He was Vice-Chairman of Lehman Brothers International from April 1995 to April 2003 and was United States Ambassador in Great Britain from 1991 to 1994. Prior to that, Mr Seitz acted as the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Europe from 1989 to 1991 and Minister at the United States Embassy in London from 1984 to 1989.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mr Seitz does not have any interest in Shares within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
There is no service contract entered into between Mr Seitz and the Company. He is entitled to an annual director’s fee of HK$200,000 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and HK$100,000 for acting as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, which are determined with reference to his duties and responsibilities with the Company and the Company’s remuneration policy. He is subject to retirement by rotation and will be eligible for re-election at the AGM pursuant to the Articles.
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Other than the positions disclosed above, Mr Seitz does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Save as disclosed above, there is no information to be disclosed pursuant to the requirements of Rule 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Listing Rules and there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders in respect of the re-election of the above Directors.
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Article 73 of the Company’s Articles of Association sets out the procedure by which Shareholders may demand a poll:
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded:-
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(c) | by any member or members present in person or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or |
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(d) | by any member or members present in person or by proxy and holding shares in the Company conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right. |
Unless a poll be so demanded and the demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour or against such resolution. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 0008)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of PCCW Limited (the“Company”) will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the Conference Room, 14th Floor, PCCW Tower, TaiKoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, for the following purposes:
Ordinary Business
| 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. |
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| 2. | To declare a final dividend of 12 HK cents in respect of the year ended December 31, 2006. |
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| 3. | To re-elect Directors and authorize the Directors to fix the remuneration of Directors. |
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| 4. | To re-appoint Messrs PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors and authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration. |
Special Business
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following as Ordinary Resolutions:
5. | “THAT: |
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| (a) | subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Resolution, the Directors be and are hereby granted an unconditional general mandate to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company and to allot, issue or grant securities convertible into such shares, options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for any shares in the Company or such convertible securities and to make or grant offers, agreements and options in respect thereof; |
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| (b) | such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period save that the Directors may during the Relevant Period make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such power after the end of the Relevant Period; |
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| (c) | the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to: |
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| | (ii) | the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any warrants issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into shares of the Company; |
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| | (iii) | the exercise of the subscription rights under any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to officers and/or employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or |
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| | (iv) | any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company; |
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| | shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this Resolution; |
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| | “Relevant Period”means the period from the passing of this Resolution up to: |
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| | (i) | the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; |
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| | (ii) | the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable law or the Articles of Association of the Company to be held; or |
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| | (iii) | the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, |
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| | “Rights Issue”means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong).” |
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| (a) | subject to paragraph (b) of this Resolution, the Directors be and are hereby granted an unconditional general mandate to repurchase on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the“Stock Exchange”), or any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company are or may be listed and recognized by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, shares in the Company including any form of depositary receipt representing the right to receive such shares issued by the Company and that the exercise by the Directors of all powers of the Company to repurchase such securities, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved; |
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| (b) | the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company which may be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of the passing of this Resolution; |
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| | (i) | the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; |
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| | (ii) | the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable law or the Articles of Association of the Company to be held; or |
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| | (iii) | the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, |
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7. | “THATsubject to the passing of Ordinary Resolution No.6 set out in the notice of this Meeting, the aggregate nominal amount of share capital of the Company that may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with the mandate granted under Ordinary Resolution No.5 set out in the notice of this Meeting be and is hereby increased and extended by the addition of the aggregate nominal amount of the shares in the capital of the Company which may be |
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repurchased by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the mandate granted under Ordinary Resolution No.6 set out in the notice of this Meeting, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of the passing of this Resolution.”
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By Order of the Board PCCW Limited Philana WY Poon Group General Counsel and Company Secretary |
Hong Kong, April 18, 2007
Notes:
1. | Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) (the“Meeting”) is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his stead in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. |
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2. | Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such persons may vote at the Meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders is present at the Meeting personally or by proxy, that one of the holders so present whose name stands first on the register of members of the Company in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof. |
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3. | The form of proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy of such power of attorney or authority) must be deposited with the Company’s Share Registrars, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, Investor Communications Centre, Rooms 1806-1807, 18th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong no later than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Meeting, otherwise the form of proxy shall not be treated as valid. Completion and return of the form of proxy shall not preclude members of the Company from attending and voting in person at the Meeting should they so wish. |
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Electronic Communications
This circular in both English and Chinese is now available in printed form and on the Company’s website atwww.pccw.com.
Shareholders who have chosen to receive this circular by electronic means through the Company’s website and who, for any reason, have difficulty in receiving or gaining access to this circular will promptly upon written request to the Company’s Share Registrars, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, be sent this circular in printed form free of charge.
Shareholders may change their means of receipt of the Company’s corporate communications at any time, free of charge, by notice in writing to the Company’s Share Registrars at:
To: PCCW Limited
c/o Share Registrars
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited
Investor Communications Centre
Rooms 1806-1807, 18th Floor, Hopewell Centre
183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai
Hong Kong
fax: +852 2529 6087/+852 2865 0990
email: hkinfo00008@computershare.com.hk
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