AsiaSat
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, known by its brand name AsiaSat, is a commercial operator of communication spacecraft. AsiaSat, based in Hong Kong, is incorporated in Bermuda.
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Communications satellite |
| Founded | 1988 |
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| Brands | AsiaSat |
| Revenue | HK$1.354 billion : 62 (2017) |
| HK$642 million : 62 (2017) | |
| HK$397 million : 62 (2017) | |
| Total assets | HK$7.401 billion : 63 (2017) |
| Total equity | HK$3.353 billion : 63 (2017) |
| Owner | CITIC – Carlyle consortium (74.43%) |
| Parent | Bowenvale |
| Website | https://www.asiasat.com/ |
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AsiaSat is jointly owned by Chinese state-owned CITIC Limited and private equity fund The Carlyle Group L.P. indirectly. It had a market capitalization of HK$2 billion on 30 November 2018. It was a red chip company of the stock exchange. On 23 August 2019, the take private proposal scheme was approved by AsiaSat's 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 The listing of the company's shares was withdrawn from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 5 September 2019.