AsiaInfo-Linkage Announces Special Meeting of Stockholders on December 19, 2013 to Vote on Proposed Merger

AsiaInfo-Linkage

today announced that it has called a special meeting of its stockholders (the "Special Meeting"), to be held on December 19, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. (Beijing time), at 4th Floor, Zhongdian Information Tower, 6 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China, to consider and vote on the proposal to adopt the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 12, 2013 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Skipper Limited ("Parent") and Skipper Acquisition Corporation ("Merger Sub"). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company after the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger"). If completed, the proposed Merger will result in the Company becoming a privately-held company and the common stock of the Company will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market. The Company's board of directors, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the special committee formed by the board of directors, approved the