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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO.___)
ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Name of Subject Company)
ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
COMMON STOCK, par value HK $0.10 per share
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES, EACH REPRESENTING TEN SHARES
(Title of Class of Securities)
Common Stock (763991-02-3)
American Depositary Shares (04516X106)
((CUSIP) Number of Class of Securities)
CATHERINE CHANG
GENERAL COUNSEL
17th Floor, The Lee Gardens
33 Hysan Avenue
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
+852 2500 0888
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of
Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications
on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
with a copy to:
Mark S. Bergman
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Alder Castle
10 Noble Street
London
EC2V 7JU
+44 207 367 1601
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made before the commencement of a tender offer.
NOTICE
This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an
invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy
any securities, pursuant to the Share Proposal, the Option Proposal or
otherwise. This announcement also does not constitute a
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement under the rules and regulations of the
SEC. The Possible MGO Offers, if and when made, would be made solely by means
of a Possible MGO Share Offer disclosure document and the forms of acceptance
accompanying such disclosure document, which will contain the full terms and
conditions of the Possible MGO Offers, including details of how the Possible
MGO Offers may be accepted. Those documents will be made available by the
Offeror to all Scheme Shareholders, Option Holders and ADS Holders at no cost
to them. In addition, Scheme Shareholders, Option Holders and ADS Holders would
be able to obtain a free copy of those documents (if and when they become
available) at the website maintained by the SEC (http://www.sec.gov). If and
when the Possible MGO Offers are made, the Offeror would file with the SEC the
documents required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Scheme
Shareholders, Option Holders and ADS Holders are advised and urged to read
these documents if and when they become available because they would contain
important information.
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ITEM 9. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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99.1 Announcement issued by Asia Satellite
Telecommunications Holdings Limited (the "Company") on
February 21, 2007, regarding the appointment of an
independent financial advisor in relation to a
proposed privatization of the Company by Modernday
Limited.