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AsiaInfo Technologies Limited Capital/Financing Update 2018

Dec 5, 2018

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Capital/Financing Update

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Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the prospectus dated Thursday, December 6, 2018 (the “ Prospectus ”) of AsiaInfo Technologies Limited (the “ Company ”).

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ”) and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (“ HKSCC ”) take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer or an invitation to induce an offer by any person to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any securities. Potential investors should read the Prospectus for detailed information about the Global Offering described below before deciding whether or not to invest in the Offer Shares.

This announcement is not for release, publication, distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or any other jurisdiction where such distribution is prohibited by law. This announcement does not constitute and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy securities in Hong Kong, the United States or elsewhere. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “ U.S. Securities Act ”) or any state securities laws of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act or except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act. There will be no public offering of securities of the Company in the United States.

In connection with the Global Offering, CLSA Limited, as stabilizing manager (the “ Stabilizing Manager ”) (or any person acting for it), on behalf of the Underwriters, may over-allocate or effect transactions with a view to stabilizing or supporting the market price of the Offer Shares at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail for a limited period after the Listing Date. However, there is no obligation on the Stabilizing Manager (or any person acting for it) to conduct any such stabilizing action. Such stabilizing action, if taken, (a) will be conducted at the absolute discretion of the Stabilizing Manager (or any person acting for it) and in what the Stabilizing Manager reasonably regards as the best interest of the Company, (b) may be discontinued at any time and (c) is required to be brought to an end within 30 days of the last day for lodging applications under the Hong Kong Public Offering. Such stabilization action, if taken, may be effected in all jurisdictions where it is permissible to do so, in each case in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulatory requirements, including the Securities and Futures (Price Stabilizing) Rules, as amended, made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Potential investors should be aware that stabilizing action cannot be taken to support the price of the Shares for longer than the stabilization period which begins on the Listing Date and is expected to expire on the 30th day after the last day for the lodging of the applications under the Hong Kong Public Offering. After this date, when no further stabilizing action may be taken, demand for the Offer Shares, and therefore the price of the Offer Shares, could fall.

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AsiaInfo Technologies Limited 亞信科技控股有限公司

(Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability)

GLOBAL OFFERING

Number of Offer Shares under the Global Offering Number of Hong Kong Offer Shares Number of International Offer Shares

Maximum Offer Price (subject to a Downward Offer Price Adjustment1)

  • : 85,652,000 Shares (subject to the Over-allotment Option)

  • : 8,565,600 Shares (subject to adjustment) : 77,086,400 Shares (subject to adjustment and the Overallotment Option)

  • : HK$13.50 per Offer Share plus brokerage of 1.0%, SFC transaction levy of 0.0027% and Stock Exchange trading fee of 0.005% (payable in full on application in Hong Kong dollars and subject to refund) (If the Offer Price is set at 10% below the bottom end of the indicative Offer Price after making a Downward Offer Price Adjustment, the Offer Price will be HK$9.45 per Hong Kong Offer Share)

Nominal value : HK$0.0000000125 per Share Stock code : 1675

Joint Sponsors, Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers

Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers

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Application has been made by the Company to the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange for the granting of the approval for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Shares in issue and to be issued pursuant to the Global Offering (including the additional shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the Over-allotment Option, the Shares which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of the share options which were granted under the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme and the vesting of the RSAs granted under the Pre-IPO RSA Scheme). Assuming that the Hong Kong Public Offering becomes unconditional at or before 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, it is expected that dealing in the Shares on the Stock Exchange will commence at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. In the event that the Over-allotment Option is exercised, an announcement will be made by the Company on the website of the Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk and the website of the Company at www.asiainfo.com .

The Global Offering comprises the Hong Kong Public Offering of initially 8,565,600 Shares (subject to adjustment) and the International Offering of initially 77,086,400 Shares (subject to adjustment and Over-allotment Option) representing approximately 10% and 90% of the total number of Offer Shares initially being offered under the Global Offering, respectively. The allocation of the Offer Shares between the Hong Kong Public Offering and the International Offering will be subject to reallocation as described in the section headed “Structure of the Global Offering” in the Prospectus. In accordance with Guidance Letter HKEX-GL91-18 issued by the Stock Exchange, if such reallocation is done in the circumstance that the International Offering are undersubscribed or other than pursuant to the clawback mechanism as described in the section headed “Structure of the Global Offering”, the total number of Offer Shares available under the Hong Kong Public Offering following such reallocation shall be not more than 17,131,200 Offer Shares, representing approximately 20% of the number of the Offer Shares initially available under the Global Offering (before any exercise of the Over-allotment Option), and the Offer Price would be set at HK$10.50 (low-end of the indicative Office Price). In connection with the Global Offering, the Company is expected to grant the Over-allotment Option to the International Underwriters, which is exercisable by the Joint Global Coordinators (on behalf of the International Underwriters) from the Listing Date until 30 days after the last day for the lodging of applications under the Hong Kong Public Offering, to require the Company to issue up to an aggregate of 12,847,600 additional Shares, representing not more than 15% of the total number of Offer Shares initially available under the Global Offering.

Subject to the granting of the approval for listing of, and permission to deal in, the Shares on the Stock Exchange and compliance with the stock admission requirements of HKSCC, the Shares will be accepted as eligible securities by HKSCC for deposit, clearance and settlement in CCASS with effect from the date of commencement of dealings in the Shares on the Stock Exchange or any other date as determined by HKSCC. Settlement of transactions between participants of the Stock Exchange is required to take place in CCASS on the second Business Day after any trading day. All activities under CCASS are subject to the General Rules of CCASS and CCASS Operational Procedures in effect from time to time. All necessary arrangements have been made to enable the Shares to be admitted into CCASS.

The Offer Price will not be more than HK$13.50 per Offer Share and is expected to be not less than HK$10.50 per Offer Share, unless otherwise announced (subject to a reduction of up to 10% below the bottom end of the indicative Offer Price range) through making a Downward Offer Price Adjustment as set out in the Propectus. If the Offer Price is set after making a 10% Downward Offer Price Adjustment, the Offer Price will be HK$9.45 per Offer Share. Applicants under the Hong

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Kong Public Offering are required to pay, on application, the Maximum Offer Price of HK$13.50 per Offer Share plus brokerage fee of 1%, SFC transaction levy of 0.0027% and Stock Exchange trading fee of 0.005%, subject to refund if the Offer Price as finally determined is less than HK$13.50.

If the Company decides to reduce the Offer Price by making a Downward Offer Price Adjustment (a reduction of up to 10% below the bottom end of the indicative Offer Price range), the Company will separately announce the final Offer Price no later than Tuesday, December 18, 2018 on the website of the Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk and the Company’s website at www.asiainfo.com .

Applications for the Hong Kong Offer Shares will only be considered on the basis of the terms and conditions set out in the Prospectus, the relevant Application Forms and the designated website (www.eipo.com.hk) for the White Form eIPO.

Applicants who would like the allotted Hong Kong Offer Shares to be issued in their own names should either (i) complete and sign the WHITE Application Forms or (ii) submit applications online through the designated website of the White Form eIPO Service Provider at www.eipo.com.hk through the White Form eIPO service. Applicants who would like the Hong Kong Offer Shares to be allotted in the name of HKSCC Nominees and deposited directly into CCASS for credit to their CCASS Investor Participant stock accounts or the stock accounts of their designated CCASS Participants maintained in CCASS should either (i) complete and sign the YELLOW Application Forms or (ii) give electronic application instructions to HKSCC via CCASS.

Copies of the WHITE Application Form, may be obtained during normal business hours from 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2018 until 12:00 noon on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 from:

  1. the following branches of the receiving bank for the Hong Kong Public Offering:

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited

Branch Name Address
Hong Kong Island Lee Chung Street Branch 29–31 Lee Chung Street, Chai Wan,
Hong Kong
Gilman Street Branch 136 Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong
Kowloon Whampoa Garden Branch Shop G8B, Site 1, Whampoa Garden,
Hung Hom, Kowloon
Olympian City Branch Shop 133, 1/F, Olympian City 2,
18 Hoi Ting Road, Kowloon
New Territories Fanling Centre Branch Shop 2D–E & H, Fanling Centre, Fanling,
New Territories
Kau Yuk Road Branch 18–24 Kau Yuk Road, Yuen Long,
New Territories

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2. any of the following offices of the following Hong Kong Underwriters:

CLSA Limited

18/F, One Pacific Place 88 Queensway Hong Kong

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

15/F, HSBC Main Building 1 Queen’s Road Central Hong Kong

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited

30/F, Two International Finance Centre 8 Finance Street Central Hong Kong

CMB International Capital Limited

45/F, Champion Tower 3 Garden Road Central Hong Kong

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Copies of the Prospectus, together with the YELLOW Application Form, may be obtained during normal business hours from 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2018 until 12:00 noon on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 from the Depository Counter of HKSCC at 1/F, One & Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong or from your stockbroker.

The WHITE or YELLOW Application Form completed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, together with a cheque or banker’s cashier order attached and marked payable to “ BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) NOMINEES LIMITED — ASIAINFO TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC OFFER ” should be deposited in the special collection boxes provided at the designated branches of the receiving bank referred to above on such dates and during such time as specified in the Application Forms.

Applicants applying through the White Form eIPO service may submit applications through the designated website at www.eipo.com.hk (24 hours daily, except on the last application day) from 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2018 until 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 and the latest time for completing full payment of application monies in respect of such applications will be 12:00 noon on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 or such later time as described in the section headed “How to Apply for Hong Kong Offer Shares — J. Effect of Bad Weather on the Opening and Closing of the Application Lists” in the Prospectus.

CCASS Participants can input electronic application instructions from 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2018 until 12:00 noon on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 or such later time as described in the section headed “How to Apply for Hong Kong Offer Shares — J. Effect of Bad Weather on the Opening and closing of the application lists” in the Prospectus.

Please refer to the sections headed “Structure of the Global Offering” and “How to Apply for Hong Kong Offer Shares” in the Prospectus for details of the conditions and procedures of the Hong Kong Public Offering.

Irrespective of whether a Downward Offer Price Adjustment is made, the Company expects to announce the Offer Price, the level of indication of interest in the International Placing, the level of applications in the Hong Kong Public Offering and the basis of allocation of Hong Kong Offer Shares on or before Tuesday, December 18, 2018 in the South China Morning Post (in English) and the Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese) and on the website of the Company at www.asiainfo.com and the website of the Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk .

The results of allocations (with the successful applicants’ identification document numbers, where applicable) under the Hong Kong Public Offering will be made available from Tuesday, December 18, 2018 through a variety of channels at the times and dates and in the manner specified in the section headed “How to Apply for Hong Kong Offer Shares — K. Publication of Results” in the Prospectus.

The Company will not issue temporary documents of title. Share certificates will only become valid certificates of title at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 provided that the Global Offering has become unconditional in all respects and the right of termination described in the section headed “Underwriting — Underwriting Arrangements and Expenses — Hong Kong Public Offering — Hong Kong Underwriting Agreement — Grounds for Termination” in the Prospectus has not been exercised. No receipt will be issued for sums paid on application.

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Dealings in the Shares on the Stock Exchange are expected to commence at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. The Shares will be traded in board lots of 400 Shares each. The stock code of the Shares will be 1675.

By order of the Board AsiaInfo Technologies Limited TIAN Suning Chairman

Hong Kong, December 6, 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises Dr. TIAN Suning, Mr. DING Jian and Mr. GAO Nianshu as Executive Directors, Mr. ZHANG Yichen, Mr. # XIN Yuesheng and Mr. ZHANG Liyang as Non-executive Directors and Mr. GAO Jack Qunyao , Mr. ZHANG Ya-Qin# and Mr. GE Ming# as Independent Non-executive Directors.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in the South China Morning Post (in English) and the Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese).

  • 1 Please refer to the Prospectus for definition of “Downward Offer Price Adjustment”.

  • # Whose appointment will become effective on the Listing Date.

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