Tsinghua Unigroup Offers $28.50/Share for Spreadtrum Communications

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. SPRD, a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, today announced that its Board of Directors has received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter, dated June 20, 2013, from Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. ("Unigroup"), an operating subsidiary of Tsinghua Holdings Co. Ltd., a solely state-owned limited liability corporation funded by Tsinghua University in China, pursuant to which Unigroup proposes to acquire the Company (the "Transaction") for US$28.50 in cash per American Depositary Share (each American Depositary Share represents three ordinary shares of the Company).  A copy of the proposal letter is attached hereto as Appendix 1. See full press release