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Capital Participation in the Holding Company of Cellular Telephone

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TOKYO, JAPAN, December 2, 1999--NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo) has reached an agreement and signed the Share Purchase Agreement with Hutchison Whampoa Company Limited on the equity participation of 19% ($410 million) in Hutchison Telephone Company Limited ("HTCL"), a Hong Kong company that operates cellular telephone business in Hong Kong under the Hutchison Whampoa Group, also a Hong Kong company.

*$410 million = approx. 43.1 billion (US$1=approx. 105)


Through this equity participation in the number one cellular operator in Hong Kong, NTT DoCoMo intends to enter the mobile communications business in Hong Kong. We are planning to get involved in the management of HTCL through technical support relating to the development of providing IMT-2000 and mobile multimedia services, as well as through sending Board member.



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Outline of Equity Participation

1) Equity Ratio



2) Corporate Profile of HTCL (as of November 30, 1999)

(1) Date of Inauguration: September, 1983
(2) Representative: Mr. Dennis Lui
(3) Capitalization: HK$ 1million
(4) Shares Issued: 100,000 shares
(5) Shareholding: â„¢EHutchison Whampoa 70%
â„¢EMotorola 30%
(6) Business: Mobile Communication and its related businesses in
Hong Kong Special District, China
(7) Number of Subscribers: Approx. 1.2 million (as of October 1999)
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