The board of directors of Nanjing Sample Technology Co., Limited announced that Mr. Geng Nai Fan, due to his other personal commitment, has tendered a notice of resignation to resign from the offices as an independent non-executive director and members of audit committee and nomination committee of the company and his resignation will become effective after the appointment of a new independent non-executive director to fill such vacancy to be approved in the company's shareholders' general meeting which will be held in the first quarter of 2017. A new independent non-executive director will be proposed for appointment at the Company's next shareholders' general meeting to be held in the first quarter of 2017 and the announcement in relation to the appointment of new director will be made in due course.