09:14 CS-PCCWL@EP0212<09136> - Announcement The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the `Stock Exchange') takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON Notice of Expiry of 280,000,000 European Style (Cash Settled) Put Warrants 2002 relating to existing issued ordinary shares of HK$0.05 each of PCCW Limited (the `Warrants') (Stock Code: 9136) issued by CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (incorporated under the laws of Switzerland) Manager and Sponsor CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (HONG KONG) LIMITED Credit Suisse First Boston (the `Issuer') would like to remind holders of Warrants that under the terms and conditions of the Warrants (the `Conditions'), the rights to exercise the Warrants will expire at 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on December 9, 2002 (subject to adjustment) (the `Expiry Date'). The warrants are European Style and exercisable only on the Expiry Date. Each Warrant gives the Warrantholder the right to payment (if any) of the Cash Settlement Amount being an amount in Hong Kong dollars calculated by the Issuer as equal to (1) the Exercise Price (as defined below) less (2) the arithmetic mean of the closing price of one ordinary share of PCCW Limited (a `Share') (as derived from the Daily Quotation Sheet of the Stock Exchange (subject to any adjustments)) for each Valuation Date (being each of the five Business Days immediately preceding the Expiry Date) and less (3) the Exercise Expenses (as defined in the Conditions). If on the Expiry Date the Cash Settlement Amount is greater than zero then the Warrants will be deemed automatically exercised by each Warrantholder. If the Cash Settlement Amount is less than zero on the Expiry Date, the Warrantholder will lose the value of his investment. The Cash Settlement Amount shall be despatched no later than three Business Days following the Expiry Date, by way of cheque, drawn in favour of the Warrantholder (or in the case of joint Warrantholders, the first-named Warrantholder) appearing in the register kept by the Registrar (as defined below). The Issuer has made the following arrangements regarding dealings in and transfers and exercise of the Warrants:- 1. The last trading day of the Warrants on the Stock Exchange is expected to be December 3, 2002. 2. In order to facilitate the transfer and exercise of Warrants by holders of Warrants who have not registered such Warrants in their own names, the following arrangements have been made with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (the `Registrar'). Holders of Warrants who have not registered such Warrants in their names and wish to exercise the Warrants should lodge with the Registrar at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong at or before 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on the Expiry Date the following:- (i) the relevant duly executed instruments of transfer in respect of the Warrants; and (ii) the relevant certificates for the Warrants. Such holders of Warrants may need to bear the cost of any expedited registration service. 3. Application will be made for the listing of the Warrants on the Stock Exchange to be withdrawn with effect from the close of business on the Expiry Date. The closing prices of the Warrants and of the Shares as quoted on the Stock Exchange on November 27, 2002 were HK$0.91 per Warrant and HK$1.50 per Share, respectively. The Exercise Price of the Warrants is HK$2.050 for each Warrant. Hong Kong, November 28, 2002.