TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (NASDAQ: APWC) (the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electric-power industries in the Asia-Pacific region, today announced that the Company will host its 2022 Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") for shareholders at its headquarters located at Room B, 15th Floor, No. 77, Dunhua South Road, Section 2, Taipei, 106, Taiwan on Friday, September 16th, 2022 at 9:00 am EDT.
The Meeting is being held for the purposes below, and additional information, including the agenda of all matters being put to a vote of shareholders, will be provided in the Notice of Meeting (the "Notice of Meeting") and related proxy statement that will be provided to shareholders. As of the date hereof, the agenda is intended to include for voting by shareholders the matters set forth below. The Company reserves the right to finalize the meeting agenda in its discretion.
To approve the written record of the last Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on December 23rd, 2021;
To approve the minimum number of directorships at two (2) and the maximum number of directorships at nine (9);
To elect up to nine (9) directors;
To approve the compensation to be paid to each of the directors;
To present before the Meeting the audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021;
To approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan as the independent auditor of the Company for the 2022 fiscal year, and to authorize the Board of Directors of the Company acting through its Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors for the 2022 fiscal year; and
To consider such other matters as may be appropriately brought before the shareholders.
The record date for shareholders wishing to vote in the Meeting is planned to be set as July 18th, 2022. All shareholders of record as of the record date shall be entitled to one vote per share on all matters put to shareholders at the Meeting, all as shall be more fully described in the Notice of Meeting and related proxy statement that will be provided to shareholders of record.