FORM
6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of October 2007
Commission File Number: 1-14396
ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
17/F,
The Lee Gardens, 33 Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F
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Form 40-F
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paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). __
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of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
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foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the
registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which
the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not
a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's
security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of
a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes
No
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If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): ..............
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Information furnished on this form:
Announcement made by the
Registrant on October 25, 2007, informing that Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited
(“AsiaSat”), an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, entered into a share
purchase agreement with TVG Phoenix Investment Limited (“TVG”) to acquire TVG’s entire
shareholding of 27.99% in SpeedCast Holdings Limited (‘SpeedCast”).
EXHIBIT
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Exhibit Number
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1.1
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Announcement,
dated October 25, 2007, issued by the Registrant on the share purchase agreement entered into between AsiaSat and TVG relating to
TVG’s equity interest in SpeedCast
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited
(Registrant)
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Date: October 25, 2007
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By:
/s/ Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
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