Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. is selling $2 billion in six-year bonds and $1 billion in ten-year bonds, $1 billion more than originally planned. The interest rate spread of the six-year bonds versus comparable U.S. Treasury debt was 2.275 percentage points, a spread narrower than the expected 2.35 percentage points, while the interest rate spread of the ten-year bonds was 2.35 percentage points, a spread narrower than the expected 2.40 percentage points.

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. expected to Report Fiscal Year 2009 Results on March 18, 2010. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on August 18, 2009).

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the six months ended June 30, 2009. For the period, the company reported profit before tax of HKD 9,518 million and earnings per share for profit attributable to shareholders of the company of HKD 1.35 on revenue of HKD 100,530 million compared to profit before tax of HKD 15,265 million and earnings per share for profit attributable to shareholders of the company of HKD 2.01 on revenue of HKD 119,126 million for the same period of last year. The company reported CapEx of HKD 8,896 million compared to capEx of HKD 11,808 million for the same period of last year. The decrease in the Group's total capital expenditures is primarily due to reduced expenditures by the ports and related services division and the 3 Group. Earnings before interest and taxes was HKD 19.84 billion compared with HKD 35.22 billion last year. Net profit fell to HKD 5.76 billion from HKD 8.59 billion last year. Total revenues dropped to HKD 141 billion against HKD 176.1 billion last year. The Board recommends the payment of an interim dividend of HKD 0.51 per share payable on September 25, 2009 to those persons registered as shareholders on September 24, 2009. The register of members will be closed from September 17, 2009 to September 24, 2009, both days inclusive. The company paid interim dividend of HKD 0.51 per share in 2008.