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(Stock Code: 00142) FPC TREASURY LIMITED (Incorporated with limited liability in the British Virgin Islands) (Stock Code: 05924) ANNOUNCEMENT TRADING HALT

At the request of First Pacific Company Limited ("First Pacific" or the "Company"), trading in the shares of First Pacific (stock code: 00142) and the debt securities of FPC Treasury Limited unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by First Pacific (stock code: 05924) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has been halted with effect from 1:31 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 August 2014 pending the publication later this afternoon an announcement of the unaudited consolidated financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2014 for Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, a major operating associate of the Company, which constitutes inside information of the Company.

By Order of the Board

First Pacific Company Limited Nancy L.M. Li

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 5 August 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises the following Directors:

Executive Directors:

Manuel V. Pangilinan, Managing Director and CEO
Edward A. Tortorici
Robert C. Nicholson
Non-executive Directors: Anthoni Salim, Chairman Benny S. Santoso
Tedy Djuhar
Napoleon L. Nazareno

Independent Non-executive Directors:

Graham L. Pickles
Prof. Edward K.Y. Chen, GBS, CBE, JP
Margaret Leung Ko May Yee, SBS, JP
Philip Fan Yan Hok
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of FPC Treasury Limited are Manuel V. Pangilinan, Edward A. Tortorici, Robert C. Nicholson, Richard L. Beacher, Joseph H.P. Ng.

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