Jinpan Declares Special Dividend $0.04

Jinpan International Ltd JST, a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of cast resin transformers, today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a resolution to pay dividends totaling $0.16 per common share. A special dividend of $0.04 per common share will be payable on December 21, 2012 to shareholders of record on December 10, 2012. Quarterly dividends of $0.03 per common share will be paid in March, June, September, and December 2013. In each quarter of 2013, the Company will set and announce the distribution and record dates of that quarter's dividend.