Swire Pacific Limited

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday that its Chairman John Slosar had resigned from the board and will be replaced by Patrick Healy, a long-time executive at the airline's top shareholder Swire Pacific Ltd.

The top shareholder and manager of Cathay Pacific Airways condemned protests in Hong Kong and vowed to follow China's aviation regulations, after the airline suspended a second pilot on Tuesday as deepening unrest hit its operation and stock.

Conglomerate Swire Pacific <0019.HK> became the latest major Hong Kong company to voice concern about the impact of protests in the city on business activity, saying they are having direct and indirect impact on demand on a number of its businesses.

* Offer price 31 pct lower than failed 2010 bid (Recasts, adds 2010 bid and analyst comment)

Swire Pacific Ltd said it planned to take unit Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd (HAECO) private for about HK$3 billion ($382 million), as low liquidity meant HAECO's listing was no longer a worthwhile source of funding.

* UNIT TO BUY 50% STAKE IN SHANGHAI QIANXIU CO LTD FROM SHANGHAI NEWBUND COMPANY FOR RMB1,349 MILLION

* JOHN ROBERT SLOSAR TO RETIRE AS CHAIRMAN AND A DIRECTOR OF SWIRE PACIFIC LIMITED

Loss-making Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd <0293.HK> hired McKinsey & Co consultants earlier this year to advise on a transformation plan, drawing on turnarounds at regional rivals such as Qantas Airways Ltd <QAN.AX> and Japan Airlines Co Ltd <9201.T>.

* Impairment charges currently estimated at about hk$936 million expected to be made against consolidated profits of co for 2017 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

* Interim dividend declared of HK$1.00 per 'A' share and HK$0.20 per 'B' share

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd, the third-largest shareholder in Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, has called on the airline's founding Swire family to intervene to lead the carrier out of "hard times", the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.

In the run up to Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997, Britain's venerable trading houses in the city faced a choice: back Beijing, or back away. Swire, which started trading tea and silk in Shanghai more than 150 years ago, chose China.

* Announces that David Peter Cogman has been appointed as an executive director Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) HONG KONG, May 19 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Hong Kong-based Swire Pacific Limited's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A-' with a Stable Outlook. Fitch has also affirmed Swire Pacific's...

* FY net profit HK$ 9,644 million versus HK$13,429 million a year ago

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) HONG KONG, November 21 (Fitch) The rating on Hong Kong-based investment conglomerate Swire Pacific Limited (Swire Pacific, A-/Stable) is intact even though Fitch Ratings expects leverage to rise due to higher capex...

Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd <0019.HK> said on Friday it will acquire Coca-Cola bottling assets in China for 5.87 billion yuan ($852 million), betting on growing consumption in the mainland of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages.

Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd <0019.HK> is in talks to buy Coca-Cola Co's <KO.N> bottling assets in China from Cofco Corp's [CNCOF.UL] China Foods Ltd <0506.HK> unit, Bloomberg reported.

* Impairment charges currently estimated at HK$280 million are expected to be made against profit for 2016