Chunghwa Telecom holds 2013 Annual General Meeting

Chunghwa Telecom holds 2013 Annual General Meeting

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. June 25, 2013 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (“CHT”, TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) today held its annual general meeting. The meeting was hosted by Chairman Yen-Sung Lee. Shareholders in attendance represented 5,338,996,049 shares, or 68.82% of total outstanding shares.

The Company’s report on business operations, financial statements and the proposal for 2012 earnings distribution were ratified by shareholders. In addition, the meeting passed proposals including:

  1. The proposal for a cash distribution from capital surplus,
  2. The amendment to the “Articles of Incorporation”
  3. The amendment to the “Procedures for Acquisition and Disposal of Assets”
  4. The amendment to the “Procedures for Lending of Capital to Others”
  5. The amendment to the “Operational Procedures for Endorsements and Guarantees”
  6. The election of the Company’s Directors:
    -Directors: Yen-Sung Lee, Mu-Piao Shih, Yu-Fen Hong, Jih-Chu Lee, Gordon S. Chen, Yi-Bing Lin, Su-Ghen Huang, Shih-Peng Tsai, representing MOTC -Independent directors: Chung-Yu Wang, Zse-Hong Tsai, Rebecca Chung- Fern Wu, Tain-Jy Chen and Yun-Tsai Chou.

The 2012 earnings distribution proposal was also passed in the meeting. Board directors and supervisors will receive remuneration that totals NT$37,483,664 in cash, and employees will be distributed cash bonuses that total NT$1,533,081,870. The dividend per common share is NT$4.6295 in cash. The total amount of payment to shareholders will be NT$5.35 per share including special cash dividend of NT$0.7205 per share.

 

About Chunghwa Telecom

Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX 2412, NYSE: CHT) is the leading telecom service provider in Taiwan. Chunghwa Telecom provides fixed line, mobile and Internet services to residential and business customers in Taiwan.

 

 

For inquiries:

Fu-fu Shen

Investor Relations

+886 2 2344 5488

chtir@cht.com.tw

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