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ZHEJIANG EXPRESSWAY CO., LTD.
(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock code: 0576)
Discloseable and Connected Transactions in relation to Acquisition of
an Aggregate 76.55% Equity Interest in Zhejiang Jinhua Yongjin
Expressway Co., Ltd. - Approval of Toll Collection Rights Period for the
Jinhua Section of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway
Reference is made to the announcement of Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd. (the "Company") dated March 20, 2013
(the "Announcement") and the circular of the Company dated May 7, 2013 (the "Circular") on discloseable and
connected transactions in relation to acquisition of an aggregate 76.55% equity interest in Zhejiang Jinhua
Yongjin Expressway Co., Ltd. (the "Target Company").
Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as given
to them in the Announcement and the Circular.
As mentioned in the Circular, as at the Latest Practicable Date before the despatch of the Circular (i.e.
May 3, 2013), the toll collection rights period of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway had not yet been finally
approved by the relevant governmental authorities in the PRC. The board of directors of the Company (the
"Board") hereby announces that on June 9, 2013, the Zhejiang Provincial Government has approved (the
"Approval") that the toll collection rights period of the Jinhua Section of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway
shall be 25 years.
Pursuant to the Approval, the 25 years of toll collection rights period of the Jinhua Section of the
Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway shall start from December 28, 2005, being the time when the Jinhua Section of
the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway first commenced operations. The Acquisition Agreements provided that the
consideration payable by the Company thereunder may be adjusted downward if the toll collection rights
period of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway as finally determined was different from 25 years. Since the toll
collection rights period of the Jinhua Section of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway as determined in the
Approval is 25 years, no such adjustment to the consideration under the Acquisition Agreements will
be made.
The Jinhua Section of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway is approximately 69.7km long, starting from the
Baifengling Tunnel between Chengzhou City and Dongyang City and ending at Hongtangfan of
Fucun Town, Jindong District of Jinhua City. The Jinhua Section of the Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway
is owned and operated by the Target Company.
On March 20, 2013 the Company entered into the Acquisition Agreements to acquire an aggregate 76.55%
equity interest in the Target Company. The Acquisitions constitute discloseable and connected
transactions of the Company and are therefore subject to independent shareholders'
consideration and approval at the 2012 annual general meeting of the Company (the "AGM") to be held on
June 21, 2013. Please refer to the Circular for further details about the Acquisitions and the AGM.
On behalf of the Board
Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd.
ZHAN Xiaozhang
Chairman
Hangzhou, PRC, June 13, 2013.
As of the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are: Mr. ZHAN Xiaozhang,
Ms. LUO Jianhu and Mr. DING Huikang; the non-executive directors of the Company are: Mr. LI Zongsheng,
Mr. WANG Weili and Mr. WANG Dongjie; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company
are: Mr. ZHANG Junsheng, Mr. ZHOU Jun and Mr. PEI Ker-Wei.
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