Spreadtrum Communications Announces Extraordinary General Meeting to Consider Merger Proposal

Spreadtrum Communications;

to be held at 10 a.m., Beijing Standard Time, on September 4, 2013. The meeting will be held at Meeting Room No. 3 at Sandhill Plaza, Lane 2290, Zuchongzhi Road, Zhangjiang, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and authorize the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2013 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. ("Parent"), a limited liability company established under the laws of the People's Republic of China, Spreadtrum Acquisition Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned, indirect, subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and the Company, pursuant to which the Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and to approve and authorize the Plan of Merger (the