NEW YORK — Aug 18, 2009 – Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (OTC Bulletin Board：AWRCF) (the "Company") has announced a record date of August 21, 2009, for its upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders which will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC on September 29, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. (Taipei time) / 9:00 a.m. (New York time).

All shareholders as of the record date are invited to attend the meeting and vote their shares. Teleconference access will be provided for shareholders not wishing to attend the annual general meeting in person. Further details concerning the upcoming annual general meeting, including a formal notice, agenda and proxy statement, will be delivered to shareholders of the Company in the near future in accordance with the Company's bye-laws and Bermuda law. It is the Company's intention that all shareholders of record as of the record date will receive a formal notice, agenda and proxy statement. Those materials will be provided to each shareholder of record through its broker-dealer or at its address on record with the Company registrar.

The matters to be considered at the annual general meeting shall include the election of directors, the confirmation of the appointment of auditors for the 2009 fiscal year and any other matters that properly come before the meeting.