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(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 13) APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Board of the Company announces that Mr Lee Yeh Kwong, Charles has been appointed as Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 18 January 2013.
The board of Directors (the "Board") of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (the "Company") announces that Mr Lee Yeh Kwong, Charles ("Mr Lee") has been appointed as Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 18 January 2013.
Mr Lee, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP, aged 76, was an Executive Director of the Company from 27
September 1979 to 11 March 1997. He is also a non-executive director of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited (a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance ("SFO")) with effect from 18 January 2013. Mr Lee is also the chairperson of Hong Kong - Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council and a board member and campaign committee co-chairman of The Community Chest of Hong Kong. Mr Lee was a member of the Council of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("SEHK") from 1988 to 1991, and chairman of SEHK from 1992 to 1994. He was also the chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited from 1999 to April 2006. He held a number of Government appointments, including member of the Executive Council of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government from 1997 to 2002 and from October 2005 to June 2012.
Mr Lee is one of the founders of the solicitor's firm Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo, a major law firm in Hong Kong. He holds a Master's degree in law and is a qualified solicitor in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the degree of Doctor of Business Administration by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences, honoris causa by The University of Hong Kong and The Open University of Hong Kong respectively. He is also a qualified accountant and a chartered secretary.
Save as disclosed above, Mr Lee has not held any directorship in any other publicly listed companies, whether in Hong Kong or overseas, during the last three years and he does not have any relationship with any other Directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company. As at the date hereof, Mr Lee has corporate interests in 10,000 ordinary shares of the Company and personal interests in 1,070,358
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ordinary shares of the Company, in aggregate representing approximately 0.02% of the issued share capital of the Company, within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO.
There is a service agreement entered into between the Company and Mr Lee for the appointment of Mr Lee as Non-executive Director of the Company for an initial term from
18 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 which will be automatically renewed for successive
12-month periods, subject to re-election at the next annual general meeting of the Company and retirement by rotation in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company. The director's fee of Mr Lee as specified in the service agreement is HK$120,000 per annum. Such fees are subject to pro-ration in the event the duration of his directorship is for an incomplete year and the review by the Board from time to time.
Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters concerning the appointment of Mr Lee as Non-executive Director that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company nor any information to be disclosed pursuant to the requirements of Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on SEHK.
The Company is delighted that Mr Lee has re-joined the Group. His wealth of experience in different areas will be of immense value and be most beneficial to the Group.
By Order of the Board

Edith Shih

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 18 January 2013
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are:

Executive Directors:

Mr LI Ka-shing (Chairman)
Mr LI Tzar Kuoi, Victor (Deputy Chairman)
Mr FOK Kin Ning, Canning
Mrs CHOW WOO Mo Fong, Susan
Mr Frank John SIXT
Mr LAI Kai Ming, Dominic
Mr KAM Hing Lam

Non-executive Directors:

Mr LEE Yeh Kwong, Charles
Mr George Colin MAGNUS

Independent Non-executive Directors: The Hon Sir Michael David KADOORIE Mr Holger KLUGE

Ms LEE Wai Mun, Rose
Mr William Elkin MOCATTA

(Alternate to The Hon Sir Michael David

Kadoorie)

Mr William SHURNIAK Mr WONG Chung Hin
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