FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of July 2006
Commission File Number: 1-14396
ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
17/F, The Lee Gardens, 33 Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Information furnished on this form:
Announcement, dated June 30, 2006, by the Registrant regarding the Appointment
of Independent Non-Executive Director
EXHIBIT
EXHIBIT NUMBER PAGE
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1.1 Announcement, dated June 30, 2006, by the Registrant regarding 5
the Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director
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.
ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Registrant)
Date: July 5, 2006 By: /s/ Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
[CHINESE CHARACTERS OMITTED]
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(STOCK CODE: 1135)
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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With effect from 30 June 2006, Mr. James Watkins ("Mr. Watkins") has been
appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director, the Chairman of
Remuneration Committee and a member of Audit Committee of the Company.
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The board of directors (the "Board") of Asia Satellite Telecommunications
Holdings Limited (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
announces that Mr. Watkins has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive
Director ("INED"), the Chairman of Remuneration Committee and a member of the
Audit Committee with effect from 30 June 2006. Mr. Watkins does not hold any
other positions with the Company or any member of the Group.
Mr. Watkins, aged 60, was born in York, England, in 1945 and graduated with
first-class honours in law from The University of Leeds in the United Kingdom
in 1966. He is currently a Partner and General Counsel of Asia Mezzanine
Capital Group, an investment management group based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Watkins qualified as a solicitor in 1969 and was for 20 years a Partner in
Linklaters, a leading international English law firm, including eight years as
Senior Partner of Linklaters' Hong Kong office. He specialised in the fields of
corporate law, corporate finance, international capital markets and
international projects and project finance. From 1997 to 2003, he was an
Executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited and Group General
Counsel of the Jardine Matheson Group in Hong Kong.
Mr. Watkins also currently holds non-executive directorships in a few listed
public companies including Mandarin Oriental International Limited, which is
listed on the London, Singapore and Bermuda Stock Exchanges; Jardine Cycle &
Carriage Limited and MCL Land Limited, which are both listed on the Singapore
Stock Exchange; Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Limited, which
is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; and Global Sources Limited which is
listed on NASDAQ.
The Company and Mr. Watkins have signed a letter of appointment on 28 June
2006. The appointment of Mr. Watkins as an INED of the Company is to fill a
casual vacancy. His appointment is from 30 June 2006 until the date of next
annual general meeting ("AGM") of the Company. Mr. Watkins will retire at that
AGM but be eligible for re-election. At the next AGM it is intended that Mr.
Watkins will be nominated for a further term of three years. Mr. Watkins is
entitled to a director's fee of HK$100,000 per annum serving as an INED of the
Company. Mr. Watkins' service as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and
a member of the Audit Committee will also be remunerated at a fee to be decided
by the Board.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Watkins does not have any relationship with any
other directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholder of
the Company, nor does he hold any other position with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Watkins does not have
any interests in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Save for the information disclosed above, Mr. Watkins and the Company are not
aware of any information which needs to be disclosed pursuant to any of the
requirement of rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities
on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited nor any matters which need to be
brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company regarding the
appointment of Mr. Watkins as an INED of the Company.
The Board would like to take this opportunity to express its warm welcome to
Mr. Watkins for joining the Company as an INED.
By Order of the Board
DENIS LAU
COMPANY SECRETARY
Hong Kong, 30 June 2006
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following
directors:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS:
Mr. Peter JACKSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Mr. William WADE (DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS:
Mr. Romain BAUSCH (CHAIRMAN) Mr. MI Zeng Xin (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN)
Mr. Robert BEDNAREK Mr. DING Yu Cheng
Ms. Cynthia DICKINS Mr. JU Wei Min
Mr. Mark RIGOLLE Mr. KO Fai Wong
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS:
Prof. Edward CHEN Mr. Robert SZE
Mr. James WATKINS