SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 500.com
Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com" or the "Company"), a leading online
sports lottery service provider in China, today announced that it will hold its
annual general meeting of shareholders at 12F, West Side, Block B,
Building No. 7, Shenzhen Bay Eco-Technology Park, Nanshan District,
Shenzhen, China on December 24, 2018 at 10:00
a.m., Beijing / Hong Kong
Time.
Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the close
of business on November 20, 2018,
New York time (the "Record Date")
are entitled to notice of, and to attend and vote at, the annual
general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Holders of the
Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") who wish to exercise
their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act
through the depositary of the Company's ADS program, Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas.
The notice of the annual general meeting, which sets forth the
resolutions to be submitted to shareholder approval at the annual
general meeting is available on the Investor Relations section of
the Company's website at http://ir.500.com. The Company filed its
annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 27,
2018. Shareholders may obtain a copy of the Company's annual
report, free of charge, from the Company's website at
http://ir.500.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, or by
contacting 500.com Limited at 12F, West Side, Block B, Building
No.7, Shenzhen Bay Eco-Technology Park, Nanshan District,
Shenzhen 518115, China, attention: Ms. Aurora Liu, telephone: +86(755) 8633 0000,
email: ir@500wan.com.
About 500.com Limited
500.com Limited (NYSE:WBAI) is a leading online sports lottery
service provider in China. The
Company offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of online
lottery services, information, user tools and virtual community
venues to its users. 500.com was among the first companies to
provide online lottery services in China, and is one of two entities that have
been approved by the Ministry of Finance to provide online lottery
sales services on behalf of the China Sports Lottery Administration
Center, which is the government authority that is in charge of the
issuance and sale of sports lottery products in China.
Safe Harbor Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be
identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates,"
"future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target,"
"going forward," "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements
are based upon management's current expectations and current market
and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known
or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are
difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's
control, which may cause the Company's actual results, performance
or achievements to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and
other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as required under law.
For more information, please contact:
500.com Limited
ir@500wan.com
Christensen
In China
Mr. Christian Arnell
Phone: +86-10-5900-1548
E-mail: carnell@christensenir.com
In US
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1-480-614-3004
Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com
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