Hong Kong-based commercial operator of communications satellites
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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings
Company type
Private
Industry
Communications satellite
Founded
1988[1]
Headquarters
Hong Kong (de facto)
Bermuda (registered office)
Brands
AsiaSat
Revenue
HK$1.354 billion [2]: 62 (2017)
Operating income
HK$642 million [2]: 62 (2017)
Net income
HK$397 million [2]: 62 (2017)
Total assets
HK$7.401 billion [2]: 63 (2017)
Total equity
HK$3.353 billion [2]: 63 (2017)
Owner
CITIC – Carlyle consortium (74.43%)
Parent
Bowenvale
Website
https://www.asiasat.com/
Footnotes / references in consolidated financial statement[2]
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) is a Hong Kong-based commercial operator of communications satellites founded in 1988. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (AsiaSat Holdings), which is incorporated in Bermuda.
AsiaSat Holdings is jointly owned by Chinese state-owned CITIC Limited and private equity fund The Carlyle Group L.P. indirectly. It had a market capitalisation of HK$2 billion on 30 November 2018.[3] It was a red chip company of the stock exchange.[3] On 23 August 2019, the take private proposal scheme was approved by AsiaSat Holdings' public shareholders, followed by the approval of the Bermuda Court on 3 September 2019, whereupon The company became a private wholly owned subsidiary of Bowenvale Limited, a joint venture of CITIC and Carlyle. The listing of the company's shares was withdrawn from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 5 September 2019.[4]
^"AsiaSat". Space Data Association. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ abcdef"2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ ab"List of Red Chip Companies (Main Board)". Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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HK$1.354 billion [2]: 62 (2017)
HK$397 million [2]: 62 (2017)