SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2006
PCCW
Limited
(Translation of Registrant’s
Name Into English)
39th Floor,
PCCW Tower,
TaiKoo Place, 979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F x Form 40-F o
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes o No x
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PCCW LIMITED
INDEX TO EXHIBIT
| Item | |
| 1. | Announcement dated May 24, 2006 regarding the voting results at the Annual General Meeting held on May 24, 2006 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| PCCW LIMITED | ||
| Dated: May 26, 2006 | By: (Sd.) Hubert Chak | |
| Name: | Hubert Chak | |
| Title: | Company Secretary | |
Item 1
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| (Incorporated in Hong
Kong with limited liability) (Stock Code: 0008) |
VOTING RESULTS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON MAY 24, 2006
At the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of PCCW Limited (the “Company”) held on May 24, 2006, poll voting was demanded by the Chairman of the AGM for voting on the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of AGM dated April 13, 2006. The Company’s share registrars, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer at the AGM for the purpose of vote-taking. All resolutions were approved by shareholders of the Company and the poll results are as follows:
| Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
| For | Against | ||
| 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, 2005 | 3,580,013,880 |
19,762 (0.0006%) |
| 2. | To declare a final dividend of 12 HK cents for the year ended December 31, 2005 | 3,677,676,796 (99.9995%) |
19,313 (0.0005%) |
| 3(a). | To re-elect Mr Peter Anthony Allen as Director | 3,672,381,749 (99.8822%) |
4,330,315 (0.1178%) |
| 3(b). | To re-elect Mr Chung Cho Yee, Mico as Director | 3,672,351,384 (99.8817%) |
4,351,143 (0.1183%) |
| 3(c). | To re-elect Mr Lee Chi Hong, Robert as Director | 3,672,351,606 (99.8819%) |
4,341,358 (0.1181%) |
| 3(d). | To re-elect Sir David Ford as Director | 3,672,335,050 (99.8820%) |
4,339,078 (0.1180%) |
| 3(e). | To re-elect Sir Roger Lobo as Director | 3,670,808,194 (99.8417%) |
5,820,375 (0.1583%) |
| 3(f). | To authorize the Directors to fix the remuneration of Directors | 3,674,442,829 (99.9207%) |
2,914,632 (0.0793%) |
| 4. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors and authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration | 3,677,212,835 (99.9854%) |
536,326 (0.0146%) |
| 5. | To approve a general mandate to the Directors to issue additional shares | 3,151,426,709 (85.6897%) |
526,293,052 (14.3103%) |
| 6. | To approve a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase the Company’s own securities | 3,677,149,482 (99.9846%) |
564,677 (0.0154%) |
| 7. | To extend the general mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to item 5 | 3,455,437,496 (93.9566%) |
222,256,113 (6.0434%) |
| 8. | To approve the amendments to the Articles of Association of the Company | 3,465,965,582 (94.2708%) |
210,640,854 (5.7292%) |
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Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolution 8 was passed as a special resolution at the AGM.
As at the date of the AGM, the issued share capital of the Company was 6,733,322,321 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM. There is no restriction on the Company’s shareholders to cast vote on any of the resolutions at the AGM.
| By Order of the Board | ||
| PCCW Limited | ||
| Hubert Chak | ||
| Company Secretary | ||
| Hong Kong, May 24, 2006 |
The Directors of the Company as at the date of this announcement are as follows:
Executive Directors:
Li Tzar Kai, Richard (Chairman); So Chak Kwong, Jack (Deputy Chairman and Group Managing Director); Yuen Tin Fan, Francis (Deputy Chairman); Peter Anthony Allen; Alexander Anthony Arena; Chung Cho Yee, Mico; Lee Chi Hong, Robert; Dr Fan Xingcha
Non-Executive Directors:
Sir David Ford, KBE, LVO; Zhang Chunjiang; Dr Tian Suning (Deputy Chairman)
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Prof Chang Hsin-kang; Dr Fung Kwok King, Victor; 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
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