Advanced Card : Joint Announcement Delay in Despatch of The Composite Offer Document in Relation to Mandatory Unconditional Cash Offer by Fortune (HK) Securities Limited on Behalf of HNA Ecotech Pioneer Acquisition to Acquire All The Issued Shares of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Limited (Other Than Those Already Owned and/or Agreed to be Acquired by HNA Ecotech Pioneer Acquisition and Parties Acting in Concert with It)

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this joint announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this joint announcement.

This joint announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities of the Company and the Offeror.

HNA EcoTech Pioneer Acquisition

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

Advanced Card Systems Holdings Limited

龍傑智能卡控股有限公司*

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2086) JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT DELAY IN DESPATCH OF THE COMPOSITE OFFER DOCUMENT IN RELATION TO MANDATORY UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER BY FORTUNE (HK) SECURITIES LIMITED ON BEHALF OF HNA ECOTECH PIONEER ACQUISITION TO ACQUIRE ALL THE ISSUED SHARES OF ADVANCED CARD SYSTEMS HOLDINGS LIMITED (OTHER THAN THOSE ALREADY OWNED AND/OR AGREED TO BE ACQUIRED BY HNA ECOTECH PIONEER ACQUISITION AND PARTIES ACTING IN CONCERT WITH IT)

Reference is made to the announcements jointly issued by HNA EcoTech Pioneer Acquisition and Advanced Card Systems Holdings Limited dated 12 January 2017 (the " Joint Announcement") and 13 January 2017. Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Joint Announcement.

Pursuant to Rule 8.2 of the Takeovers Code, the composite offer document in respect of the Offer to be jointly issued by the Offeror and the Company is required to be despatched within 21 days of the date of the Joint Announcement, i.e. on or before 2 February 2017, or such later date as the Executive may approve.

* For identification purpose only

As additional time is required to finalise the contents of the composite offer document, which include but not limited to the letter from the independent financial adviser and other financial information, and in view of the public holidays for the Chinese New Year in Hong Kong and in the People's Republic of China, an application has been made to the Executive and the Executive has indicated that it is minded to grant consent under Rule 8.2 of the Takeovers Code to extend the latest time for despatch of the composite offer document to no later than 24 February 2017.

A further announcement will be made jointly by the Company and the Offeror when the composite offer document in respect of the Offer is despatched.

By order of the board of directors of HNA EcoTech Pioneer Acquisition Peng Fang

Director

By order of the board of directors of

Advanced Card Systems Holdings Limited Yim Kai Pung

Director

Hong Kong, 26 January 2017

As at the date of this joint announcement, the board of directors of the Offeror comprises Mr. Yu Yanbing, Mr. Peng Fang and Mr. Ke Shengcan.

The directors of the Offeror jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this joint announcement (other than that relating to the Vendors, the Group or its respective director(s)), and confirm, having made all reasonable inquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this joint announcement (other than those expressed by the Vendors, the Group or its respective director(s)) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this joint announcement, the omission of which would make any statements in this joint announcement misleading.

As at the date of this joint announcement, the board of directors of HNA Group comprises Mr. Chen Feng, Mr. Wang Jian, Mr. Li Xianhua, Mr. Tan Xiangdong, Mr. Chen Wenli, Mr. Lu Ying, Mr. Zhang Ling, Mr. Huang Qijun, Mr. Xin Di, Mr. Tang Liang and Mr. Tong Fu.

The directors of HNA Group jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this joint announcement (other than the information relating to the Vendors, the Group or its respective director(s)), and confirm, having made all reasonable enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this joint announcement (other than those expressed by the Vendors, the Group or its respective director(s)) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this joint announcement the omission of which would make any statements in this joint announcement misleading.

As at the date of this joint announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises three executive directors, namely Ms. Tsui Kam Ling, Mr. Wong Chi Ho and Mr. Wong Chi Kit, and three independent non-executive directors, namely Ms. Kaung Cheng Xi Dawn, Mr. Lo Kar Chun, SBS, JP and Mr. Yim Kai Pung.

The directors of the Company jointly and severally accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this joint announcement (other than that relating to the Offeror and parties acting in concert with it), and confirm, having made all reasonable inquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions expressed in this joint announcement (other than those expressed by the Offeror and parties acting in concert with it) have been arrived at after due and careful consideration and there are no other facts not contained in this joint announcement, the omission of which would make any statements in this joint announcement misleading.