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<strong>Notice of Extended Deadline:</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; color: rgb(205, 28, 12); font-size: 24px; ">
<strong>Public Comment Period</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; color: rgb(205, 28, 12); font-size: 24px; ">
<strong>Sustainability Accounting Standards</strong></div>
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<strong>for the Technology & Communications Sector<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(205, 28, 12);"><em><span style="font-size: 17px;"><strong> Deadline extended to January 10, 2014</strong></span></em></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Due to the concurrence of the initial deadline and the holidays, SASB has extended the deadline for comments from the public on standards for industries in the Technology & Communications sector. Those providing comments should keep in mind that the proposed disclosure standards are intended to be integrated in standard filings of publicly-traded companies, such as the Form 10-K. As such, they reflect auditable information that is likely to be material to investors and can be disclosed in a cost-effective manner. </span></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The standards have been developed based on extensive evidence-based research and significant, balanced input from more than 220 corporations, investors and other stakeholders (representing $2.3T assets under management and $1.9T market capitalization) in our Industry Working Groups. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The public comment period is the next step in finalizing the standards. </span></span>They will then be reviewed by SASB's independent Standards Council, finalized and issued for use by companies in the sector in March 2014.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
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The Technology & Communications sector includes the following industries:</div>
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All comments received, as well as SASB's response to each comment, will be posted publicly as part of our open and transparent process.</p><div style="padding: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">
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<em><strong>About SASB</strong></em><em>: The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board™ (SASB™) is a 501(c)3 non-profit that develops accounting standards designed for the disclosure of material sustainability issues in annual filings to the SEC, such as the Form 10-K and 20-F. SASB is developing standards for more than 80 industries in 10 sectors through 2015. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has accredited SASB as a standards setting organization. </em></p><p style="text-align: center;">
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