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Hontex International Holdings Company Limited

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 946) DELAY IN PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL RESULTS AND DISPATCH OF ANNUAL REPORT

The board of directors (the "Board") of Hontex International Holdings Company Limited (the "Company") announces that there will be a delay in the publication of the annual results (the "Annual Results") and dispatch of the annual report (the "Annual Report") for the year ended 31 December 2012 until further notice.

The Board announces that the publication of the Company's Annual Results and dispatch of the Annual Report will be delayed until further notice.
Pursuant to Rule 13.49(1) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (the "Listing Rules"), the Company is required to publish its Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2012 on a date not more than three months after the end of the financial year, that is, by 31 March 2013. Pursuant to Rule 13.46(2) of the Listing Rules, the Company is required to send its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2012 to every member and every other holder of its listed securities (not being bearer of securities) on a date not more than four months after the end of the financial year, that is, by 30 April 2013.
Pursuant to the Company's announcement on 30 April 2010, certain audit issues were raised in relation to the Company's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009. The Company requires additional time to consider these issues. Accordingly, the Company is unable to publish its Annual Results by 31 March 2013. The Company also expects that it will not be in a position to send its Annual Report to every member and every other holder of its listed securities (not being bearer of securities) by 30 April 2013.
The delay in publication of the Annual Results and the expected delay in dispatch of the Annual Report to every member and every other holder of the Company's listed securities (not being bearer of securities) constitute breaches of Rules 13.49(1) and 13.46(2) of the Listing Rules respectively. The Stock Exchange reserves its right to take appropriate action against the Company in respect of such breaches.
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The Company will publish further announcement(s) to inform the shareholders of the Company on the date(s) of release of the Annual Results and publication of the Annual Report.
By order of the Board

Hontex International Holdings Company Limited Mr. Shao Ten-Po

Chairman

Taiwan, 28 March 2013

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises four executive directors, namely, Shao Ten-Po, Tseng Chung-Cheng, Liao Chin-Yi, Liao Min-Chiang, one non-executive director, namely, Wang Shih-Ting and three independent non-executive directors, namely, Lu Chien-An, Chang Chuan-Fang and Chen Fang-Kun.

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