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Weichai Power Co., Ltd. M&A Activity 2013

May 20, 2013

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M&A Activity

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited 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.

V.S. INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED V.S. INDUSTRY BERHAD 威鋮國際集團有限公司

(incorporated in Malaysia with limited liability)

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (stock code: 1002)

JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT

DESPATCH OF THE COMPOSITE OFFER DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF THE VOLUNTARY PARTIAL CASH OFFER BY KIM ENG SECURITIES (HONG KONG) LIMITED ON BEHALF OF V.S. INDUSTRY BERHAD TO ACQUIRE OFFER SHARES FROM QUALIFYING SHAREHOLDERS, SHARE OPTIONS FROM QUALIFYING OPTIONHOLDERS AND BONUS WARRANTS FROM QUALIFYING WARRANTHOLDERS

Reference is made to the joint announcements (the “ Joint Announcements ”) regarding the Partial Offer, the Option Offer and the Warrant Offer issued by the Offeror and the Company on 3 April 2013 and 24 April 2013. Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meanings as defined in the Joint Announcements.

DELAY IN DESPATCH OF COMPOSITE OFFER DOCUMENT

Pursuant to the joint announcement on 24 April 2013, the Offeror and the Company shall arrange for the publication of a composite offer document (the “ Composite Offer Document ”) containing, among others, (i) further details of the Partial Offer, the Option Offer and the Warrant Offer; (ii) the recommendation from the independent board committee to the Qualifying Shareholders, the Qualifying Optionholders and the Qualifying Warrantholders; and (iii) the letter of advice from the independent financial adviser to the independent board committee in respect of the Partial Offer, the Option Offer and the Warrant Offer no later than 20 May 2013.

As Somerley Limited was recently engaged as an independent financial adviser and more time is required for preparation and finalisation of the letter of advice from the independent financial adviser to the independent board committee, the Company has further applied to the Executive for its consent to an

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extension of time for the despatch of the Composite Offer Document from 20 May 2013 to a date no later than 14 June 2013 and the Executive has indicated that it is minded to grant the consent to the further postponement.

By order of the Board By order of the Board V.S. Industry Berhad V.S. International Group Limited Beh Kim Ling Beh Kim Ling Chairman Chairman

Zhuhai, the PRC, 20 May 2013

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Offeror comprises Mr. Beh Kim Ling, Dato’ Sri Mohd Nadzmi Bin Mohd Salleh, Madam Gan Chu Cheng, Mr. Gan Tiong Sia, Mr. Gan Sem Yam, Mr. Pan Swee Keat, Mr. Ng Yong Kang and Mr. Tang Sim Cheow.

The directors of the Offeror jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than those relating to the Company, its associates and parties acting in concert with the Company) and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than those expressed by the Company, its associates and parties acting in concert with the Company) 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 up any statement in this announcement misleading.

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises:

Executive Directors:

Independent non-executive Directors:

Mr. Beh Kim Ling Mr. Diong Tai Pew Mr. Gan Sem Yam Mr. Lee Soo Gee Madam Gan Chu Cheng Mr. Tang Sim Cheow Mr. Zhang Pei Yu

Non-executive Director:

Mr. Gan Tiong Sia

The Directors jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement (other than those relating to the Offeror, its associates and parties acting in concert with the Offeror) and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this announcement (other than those expressed by the Offeror, its associates and parties acting in concert with the Offeror) 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 up any statement in this announcement misleading.

This announcement will be published and remain on the “Latest Listed Company Information” page of the Stock Exchange’s website at www.hkexnews.hk for at least seven days from the day of its publication and will be published and remain on the website of the Company at http://www.vs-ig.com.

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