ADB Supports Sound Global's Leadership in Rural Market with USD300 million Facility

Thursday, 20 November 2014, 17:30 HKT/SGT

HONG KONG, Nov 20, 2014 - (ACN Newswire) - With its rapid development, Sound Global Ltd. ("Sound Global" or the "Company"; Hong Kong Stock Code: 967) today entered into a facility agreement with the Asian Development Bank ("ADB"), following its recent announcement of winning a sewage treatment plant BOT project in Huazhou (Yangmei) Food Processing Base in Guangdong Province and the other project in Tongling Economic and Technological Development Zone. The facility of USD100 million and a syndicated loan of initial size of USD200 million in the future will be used for financing the wastewater treatment projects of Sound Global in rural areas of China, driving meaningful eco-friendly results at scale through a suite of Sound Global's proprietary products SMART(note).

ADB and Sound Global have established a close partnership with each other following this facility. It's quite welcome for both parties in a bid to improve regional development and environment. The facility agreement entered with ADB, an internationally renowned and respected bank, has demonstrated the confidence of the bank in the Company's financial health, market leadership, expansion strategy and steadily growing prospects. The Company is grateful to ADB and appreciates the partnership with them.

Recent progresses are encouraging and showing a momentum of accelerated development. With the continuous support from banks and investors, the Company is confident over its future development to further capture the huge growth potential of water market, play its role in preserving ecological environment and provide lucrative returns to both its investors and partners.

Notes
SMART: Small & Skillful, Multiple & Modular, Active & Automatic, Rapid and Technologic

About Sound Global Ltd.
Sound Global is the leading one-stop integrated water and wastewater treatment solutions providers in the PRC. The Company offers services covering the full value chain of the water and wastewater treatment industry - from the design and construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities, to the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment facilities and the manufacture of water and wastewater treatment equipment. With advantages in technology, capital, management and whole industry chain, Sound Global has earned a high reputation within the water industry for its excellence since its founding. The Company has very extensive business networks covering all major provinces in PRC. On top of coverage in domestic market, sound global has also penetrated into overseas market in 2009 and continued expanding its business presence internationally. Sound Global is the first Chinese water enterprise that successfully won the bid for the overseas water project.

The Company places significant emphasis on its in-house design capability and the innovative adaptation and application of technologies to offer customized, cost-effective and practical solutions for the diverse challenges presented by the treatment of municipal and industrial water and wastewater. With strong R&D and technical capacity, Sound Global could provide wastewater treatment solution for all major industries, particularly coking, metallurgy and petrochemical industries who demand highly sophisticated wastewater treatment technologies.

In 2011, Sound Global expanded into the markets of environmental management in China's suburban-rural areas. Sound Global researched and developed a new program -- the "Sound Global SMART Solution for wastewater treatment in Small Townships". This program was implemented in 18 bundled wastewater treatment projects in Changsha County of Hunan Province. This integrated wastewater treatment programs, developed by Sound Global, established successful models for wastewater treatment in suburban-rural areas of China.

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