GREAT WALL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LTD. 
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（中國電子信息產業集團有限公司）
(A state-owned enterprise incorporated in the
People's Republic of China)
CHINA GREAT WALL COMPUTER GROUP COMPANY*（中電長城計算機集團公司）
(A state-owned enterprise incorporated in the
People's Republic of China)
GREAT WALL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED (長城科技股份有限公司)(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 0074)
JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT FURTHER DELAY IN DESPATCH OF COMPOSITE DOCUMENTCEC, CGW and GWT jointly announce that as additional time is required to finalise the financial information on the GWT Group regarding indebtedness statement to be included in the Composite Document which is originally expected to be despatched on 29 January 2014, an application has been made to the Executive for its consent to further extend the deadline to despatch the Composite Document from 29 January
2014 to a date falling on or before 21 February 2014.
The H Share Offer is conditional upon the satisfaction of the Conditions and the effectiveness of the Merger Agreement is conditional upon the satisfaction of the Mergers Conditions as described in the Joint Announcement. GWT Shareholders and/or potential investors should therefore exercise caution when dealing in the GWT Shares.Reference is made to the announcement jointly issued by CEC, CGW and GWT on 16 December 2013 (the "Joint Announcement") and the delay in despatch announcement jointly issued by CEC, CGW and GWT on 3 January 2014 (the "Delay Announcement") in relation to, amongst other things, (1) the voluntary conditional offer by ABCI on behalf of CEC and CGW for all the issued H Shares in GWT (other than those already held by CEC and CGW and parties acting in concert with any of them); (2) the proposed privatisation and voluntary withdrawal of listing of the H Shares of GWT; and (3) the proposed merger by absorption of CGW and GWT by CEC.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Joint Announcement, unless the context herein otherwise requires.
* For identification purpose only
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FURTHER DELAY IN DESPATCH OF COMPOSITE DOCUMENTPursuant to Rule 8.2 of the Takeovers Code, the Composite Document is required to be despatched within 21 days of the date of the Joint Announcement.
As stated in the Delay Announcement, an application had been made to the Executive for an extension of time to despatch the Composite Document from 6 January 2014 to a date not later than 29 January 2014, and the Executive had granted its consent for such application.
CEC, CGW and GWT jointly announce that as additional time is required to finalise the financial information on the GWT Group regarding indebtedness statement to be included in the Composite Document which is originally expected to be despatched on
29 January 2014, an application has been made to the Executive for its consent to further extend the deadline to despatch the Composite Document from 29 January 2014 to a date falling on or before 21 February 2014. The Executive is minded to grant its consent for such extension.
A further announcement will be jointly made by CEC, CGW and GWT when the
Composite Document is despatched.
The H Share Offer is conditional upon the satisfaction of the Conditions and the effectiveness of the Merger Agreement is conditional upon the satisfaction of the Mergers Conditions as described in the Joint Announcement. GWT Shareholders and/or potential investors should therefore exercise caution when dealing in the GWT Shares.On behalf of the board of
China Electronics
Corporation
Rui XiaowuChairman
On behalf of the board of
China Great Wall
Computer Group Company
Liu LiehongChairman
On behalf of the board of Great Wall Technology Company Limited
Liu LiehongChairman
Beijing, PRC, 28 January 2014
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The directors of CEC jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than that relating to GWT and/or the GWT Board) and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than that expressed by GWT and/or the GWT Board) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.
As at the date hereof, the CEC Board comprises: Rui Xiaowu, Liu Liehong and Lang Jia as directors, Wang Zuran, Song Ning, Chen Shengde, Chen Jie and Zhang Xiaotie as outside directors and Xu Haihe as the employee representative director.
The directors of CGW jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than that relating to GWT and/or the GWT Board) and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than that expressed by GWT and/or the GWT Board) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.
As at the date hereof, the CGW Board comprises: Liu Liehong, Li Xiaochun, Wu Qun, Jia
Haiying, Chen Xiaojun, Kong Xueping and He Shaokun as directors.
The directors of GWT jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than that relating to CEC, CGW, the CEC Board and/or the CGW Board) and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than that expressed by CEC, CGW, the CEC Board and/or the CGW Board) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this announcement, the omission of which would make any statement in this announcement misleading.
As at the date hereof, the GWT Board comprises: Liu Liehong, Tam Man Chi, Yang Jun, Du Heping, Fu Qiang and Xu Haihe as executive directors, and Yao Xiaocong, James Kong Tin Wong and Zeng Zhijie as independent non-executive directors.
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