[SatNews] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (“AsiaSat” – SEHK: 1135) has announced their 2012 annual results for the year ended 31 December 2012. The financial summary offers...
- Turnover: HK$1,884,904,000* +10 percent
- Profit attributable to shareholders: HK$914,491,000 +11 percent
- Earnings per share: HK$2.34 +11 percent
- Proposed final dividend per share: HK$0.80 N/A
- Proposed special dividend per share: HK$1.00 N/A
Operational Highlights:
AsiaSat’s Chairman, JU Wei Min, said, “As we look beyond 2012, we remain generally optimistic about our prospects. Our market position is strong, and we continue to be regarded as the industry leader in Asia. Although some of our customers faced budgetary constraints during the year, our clientele mostly remained loyal to us based on our ability to offer a full range of high quality satellite services and support their business development.”
“In the year ahead, achieving another record gain will be a challenge as we experienced some exceptional items during the year under review, which will not occur again in 2013. Approaching 2014, however, we can look forward to the launches of AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8, which will give us the added capacity to serve new customers and to meet the expansion needs of our existing customers.”
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