chinanetcom6k.htm
 


FORM 6-K


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


 For the month of December, 2007

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China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
 Building C, No. 156, Fuxingmennei Avenue
Xicheng District
Beijing, 100031 PRC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This Form 6-K consists of an announcement on results of extraordinary general meeting held on December 6, 2007 of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Registrant”), made by the Registrant in English on December 6, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 


 
CHINA NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)
(Stock Code: 906)

Extraordinary General Meeting held on 6 December 2007

Poll Results

The board of directors (the “Board”) of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 6 December 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in The Ballroom, Island Shangri-la, Hong Kong (the “EGM”) were duly passed as ordinary and special resolutions. The poll results in respect of such ordinary and special resolutions are as follows:

Ordinary Resolution
No. of votes (%)
For
Against
1
The continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Engineering and Information Technology Services Agreement 2008 - 2010, as described in the paragraph headed “Continuing Connected Transactions” under the section “Letter from the Chairman” of the circular of the Company dated 9 November 2007, together with the relevant annual caps be and are hereby approved and the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all such further acts and things and execute such further documents and take all such steps which in their opinion may be necessary, desirable or expedient to implement and/or give effect to the terms of such continuing connected transactions.
1,417,838,550  (99.9999%)
2,060  (0.0001%)
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
 
 
 
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 No. of votes (%)
 
  Ordinary Resolution
For
Against
2
The continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Domestic Interconnection Settlement Agreement 2008 - 2010 and the International Long Distance Voice Services Settlement Agreement 2008 - 2010, as described in the paragraph headed “Continuing Connected Transactions” under the section “Letter from the Chairman” of the circular of the Company dated 9 November 2007 and for which continuing connected transactions no annual caps have been proposed, be and are hereby approved and the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all such further acts and things and execute such further documents and take all such steps which in their opinion may be necessary, desirable or expedient to implement and/or give effect to the terms of such continuing connected transactions.
1,417,838,530  (99.9999%)
2,080  (0.0001%)
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
Special Resolution
No. of votes (%)
For
Against
3
The amendments to the articles of association of the Company as set out in Appendix I to the circular of the Company dated 9 November 2007 be and are hereby approved.
6,064,348,945  (99.9846%)
936,580  (0.0154%)
As more than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as a special resolution.
 
 
 
 
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As at the date of the EGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 6,666,402,400 shares. In accordance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”), China Network Communications Group Corporation, the controlling shareholder of the Company which beneficially owns 4,647,449,015 shares, representing approximately 69.71% of the issued share capital of the Company, and its associates as defined in the Listing Rules, have abstained from voting on Ordinary Resolution No.1 and Ordinary Resolution No.2 in respect of their beneficial interests. The total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against Ordinary Resolution No.1 and Ordinary Resolution No.2 at the EGM was 2,018,953,385 shares and the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against Special Resolution No.3 at the EGM was 6,666,402,400 shares. There was no share entitling the holder to attend and vote only against any of the proposed resolutions at the EGM.

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the share registrar of the Company, acted as scrutineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.

   
By Order of the Board
China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
   
Li Fushen
Mok Kam Wan
   
Joint Company Secretaries

Hong Kong, 6 December 2007

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. Zhang Chunjiang, Mr. Zuo Xunsheng, Ms. Li Jianguo, Mr. Zhang Xiaotie and Mr. Li Fushen as executive directors, Mr. Yan Yixun, Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete as non-executive directors and Mr. John Lawson Thornton, Mr. Victor Cha Mou Zing, Dr. Qian Yingyi, Mr. Hou Ziqiang and Mr. Timpson Chung Shui Ming as independent non-executive directors.
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
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 under-signed, thereunto duly authorized.
 

 
 
 CHINA NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
   
   
   
   
   
           
     
By
  /s/ Li Fushen 
      
             
             
     
By
  /s/ Mok Kam Wan 
      
           
           
           
       
Name:
  
Li Fushen and Mok Kam Wan  
           
       Title:  Joint Company Secretaries  
           
 
 

 
 
Date: December 7, 2007
 
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