Nam Tai to Sell JIC Shares for Cash of Approximately $51.1 million MACAO, China, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As previously announced, Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. ("Nam Tai", NYSE: NTE) has been engaged in negotiations regarding the potential sale of Nam Tai's entire interest in its Hong Kong-listed subsidiary, J.I.C. Technology Company Limited ("JIC"). Nam Tai owns 572,594,978 shares of JIC, representing approximately 74.99% of the outstanding share capital of JIC. These negotiations were concluded on February 26, 2008, when Nam Tai and HKC (Holdings) Limited ("HKC") entered into a Share Purchase Agreement, under which HKC agreed to purchase, and Nam Tai agreed to sell, Nam Tai's entire interest in JIC for cash in the aggregate amount of approximately $51.1 million (all dollar information in this press release are US dollars, which have been converted from Hong Kong dollars based on the currency exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 7.782 Hong Kong dollars). The primary businesses of HKC, whose securities are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00190), consist of property investment, development and management; infrastructure and alternative energy; and construction and engineering. These operations are principally conducted in Hong Kong and in Mainland China. Under the Exclusivity Agreement entered into between Nam Tai and a wholly- owned subsidiary of HKC on 6 February 2008, such wholly-owned subsidiary of HKC has paid Nam Tai earnest money in the amount of $128,500. Under the Share Purchase Agreement, HKC has agreed to pay additional earnest money to Nam Tai of approximately $12.8 million if the transaction has not closed by March 11, 2008 (or such other date as the parties may agree in writing). The parties have agreed that all earnest money payments will be applied to the purchase price payable by HKC to Nam Tai at the closing of the transaction, at which time the balance of the purchase price will be payable to Nam Tai in cash. The closing of the sale is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of various conditions precedent, including the continued trading of JIC's shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange prior to closing (save for temporary suspension pending the announcements in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder); the absence of any objection to such listing by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or the Hong Kong Securities and Future Commission; and other customary closing conditions. Under the Share Purchase Agreement, if approval of HKC's shareholders is required for the transaction, such approval must be obtained no later than May 26, 2008, unless extended by the parties. HKC may terminate its obligations to purchase the JIC shares from Nam Tai under the Share Purchase Agreement if the conditions necessary for the transaction to close have not occurred, or been waived by HKC, by May 26, 2008. Following the closing, and conditioned thereon, HKC will be required under the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers to conduct the Hong Kong- equivalent of a US tender offer for the shares of JIC that HKC does not already own and offer to JIC's minority shareholders a price per share not less than an equivalent price per share that HKC is paying to Nam Tai for its 74.99% interest in JIC. Further information concerning the transaction will be available on the websites of JIC and HKC, which may be accessed at http://www.jic-group.com/ and http://www.hkcholdings.com/, respectively. Except as contracting parties, neither Nam Tai nor any of its affiliates (including JIC) had any relationship with HKC through the date the Share Purchase Agreement was executed. "If the transaction is successfully consummated, Nam Tai expects to record an extraordinary gain of approximately $20 million from the sale of its JIC shares," commented John Farina, Nam Tai's President and Chief Financial Officer. "We also expect that a successful sale of our interest in JIC will reduce our overall administration and infrastructure expenses and permit Nam Tai's management to focus on expanding and improving efficiencies in Nam Tai's core manufacturing business," Mr. Farina added. ABOUT NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC. We are an electronics manufacturing and design services provider to a select group of the world's leading OEMs of telecommunications and consumer electronic products. Through our electronics manufacturing services operations, we manufacture electronic components and subassemblies, including LCD panels, LCD modules, RF modules, DAB modules, FPC subassemblies and image sensors modules and PCBAs for headsets containing Bluetooth wireless technology. These components are used in numerous electronic products, including mobile phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, electronic toys, handheld video game devices, and entertainment devices. We also manufacture finished products, including mobile phone accessories, home entertainment products and educational products. We assist our OEM customers in the design and development of their products and furnish full turnkey manufacturing services that utilize advanced manufacturing processes and production technologies. Nam Tai currently has two Hong Kong listed subsidiaries, Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited ("NTEEP") and JIC. Interested investors may go to the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong at http://www.hkex.com.hk/ to obtain information specific to NTEEP and JIC. The stock codes of NTEEP and JIC in The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong are 2633 and 987, respectively. Investors are reminded to exercise caution when assessing such information and not to deal with the shares of Nam Tai based solely upon reliance on such information. DATASOURCE: Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. CONTACT: Investors: John Farina, +853-2835-6333, or fax, +853-2835-6262, Web site: http://www.namtai.com/ http://www.jic-group.com/ http://www.hkcholdings.com/

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