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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Annual Report 2005
Substantial shareholders
The register of interests in shares and short positions
maintained under Section 336 of the SFO shows that
at 31st December 2005 the Company had been
Public float
From information publicly available to the Company
and within the knowledge of its Directors, at least
25% of the Company’s total issued share capital are
held by the public at all times.
Auditors
KPMG retire and, being eligible, offer themselves for
re-appointment. A resolution for the re-appointment of
KPMG as Auditors to the Company is to be proposed
at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
By order of the Board
Christopher Pratt
Chairman
Hong Kong, 8th March 2006
Percentage of
No. of shares issued capital Type of interest (Note)
1. Swire Pacific Limited 1,566,233,246 46.33 Beneficial owner
2. John Swire & Sons Limited 1,566,233,246 46.33 Attributable interest (a)
3. CITIC Pacific Limited 859,353,462 25.42 Beneficial owner and attributable interest (b)
Note: At 31st December 2005:
(a) Swire and its wholly owned subsidiary JSSHK are deemed to be interested in the 1,566,233,246 shares of the Company directly held by Swire
Pacific Limited by virtue of the Swire group’s direct or indirect interests in shares of Swire Pacific Limited representing approximately 30% of the
issued share capital and approximately 53% of the voting rights;
(b) CITIC Pacific Limited was beneficial owner of 71,600,000 shares of the Company. In addition, each of CITIC Pacific Limited and its wholly owned
subsidiary Super Supreme Company Limited had an attributable interest in 787,753,462 shares of the Company which were held by their wholly
owned subsidiaries as follows: 214,851,154 shares held by Custain Limited, 191,922,273 shares held by Easerich Investments Inc., 189,057,762
shares held by Motive Link Holdings Inc., and 191,922,273 shares held by Smooth Tone Investments Ltd.
Directors’ Report
notified of the following interests in the shares of
the Company held by substantial shareholders and
other persons: