If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d
-1(e), 240.13d -1(f) or 240.13d -1(g), check the following box.
¨
The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see
the
Notes
).
CUSIP No. 16945L107
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13D
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Page 2 of 10 Pages
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1
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Shawn Ding
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions)
(a)
¨
(b)
¨
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)
OO (See Item 3)
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5
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CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
-75,000-
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
-3,050,540- (See Items
2, 3, 4 and 5)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-75,000-
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-3,050,540- (See
Items 2, 3, 4 and 5)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,125,540 (See Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 )*
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES (see instructions)
¨
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
8.5% (See Item 5)**
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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*
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Includes 75,000 Ordinary Shares (as defined below) held by Shawn Ding, 425,160 Ordinary
Shares held through Moral Known Industrial Limited, and 2,625,380 Ordinary Shares held through Moral Known Industrial
Limited issuable to Shawn
Ding underlying stock options
and restricted share units exercisable within 60 days. As further described in Items 2 and 4, a
Reporting Person (as defined below) may be deemed to beneficially own the Issuer’s Ordinary Shares (as defined below)
beneficially owned by other Reporting Persons (as defined below).
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**
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The calculation is based on 36,883,095 Ordinary Shares, including the Ordinary Shares not outstanding that are subject to options and units but deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, and
the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of March
31, 2013 based on the information provided in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Report on Form 6-K filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 25, 2013 and June 20, 2013, respectively.
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CUSIP No. 16945L107
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13D
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Page 3 of 10 Pages
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1
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Moral Known Industrial Limited
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions)
(a)
¨
(b)
¨
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)
OO (See Item 3)
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5
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CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
The British Virgin
Islands
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
-0-
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
-3,050,540- (See
Items 2, 3, 4 and 5)*
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-3,050,540- (See
Items 2, 3, 4 and 5)*
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,050,540
(See Items 2, 3, 4 and 5)*
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES (see instructions)
¨
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
8.3% (See Item 5)**
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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*
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As further described in Items 2, 3, 4, and 5, a Reporting Person (as defined below) may be deemed
to beneficially own the Issuer’s Ordinary Shares (as defined below) beneficially owned by other Reporting Persons (as defined
below).
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**
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The calculation is based on 36,883,095 Ordinary Shares, including the Ordinary Shares not outstanding that are subject to options and units but deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, and
the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of March
31, 2013, based on the information provided in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Report on Form 6-K filed
with the SEC on April 25, 2013 and June 20, 2013, respectively.
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CUSIP No. 16945L107
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13D
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Page 4 of 10 Pages
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1
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Julia Huang
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions)
(a)
¨
(b)
¨
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)
OO (See Item 3)
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5
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CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
-33,000-
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
-2,483,780 -(See Items
2, 3, 4 and 5)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-33,000-
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-2,483,780 -(See
Items 2, 3, 4 and 5)
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,516,780 (See Items
2, 3, 4 and 5)*
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES (see instructions)
¨
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
6.8% (See Item 5)**
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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*
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Includes 33,000 Ordinary Shares (as defined below) held by Julia Huang and 2,483,780
Ordinary Shares (as defined below) held through South Lead Technology Limited issuable to Julia Huang underlying stock
options and restricted share units exercisable within 60 days. As further described in Items 2, 3, 4, and 5, a Reporting
Person (as
defined below) may be
deemed to beneficially
own the Issuer’s Ordinary Shares (as defined below) beneficially owned by other Reporting
Persons (as defined below).
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**
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The calculation is based on 36,883,095 Ordinary Shares, including the Ordinary Shares not outstanding that are subject to options and units but deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, and
the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of March
31, 2013, based on the information provided in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Report on Form 6-K filed
with the SEC on April 25, 2013 and June 20, 2013, respectively.
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CUSIP No. 16945L107
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13D
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Page 5 of 10 Pages
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1
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
South Lead Technology Limited
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions)
(a)
¨
(b)
¨
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)
OO (See Item 3)
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5
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CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
The British Virgin
Islands
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
|
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
-0-
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
-2,483,780- (See Items 2, 3,
4 and 5)*
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
|
|
10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-2,483,780- (See Items
2, 3, 4 and 5)*
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,483,780 (See Items 2,
3, 4 and 5)*
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES (see instructions)
¨
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
6.7% (See Item 5)**
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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*
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As further described in Items 2, 3, 4, and 5, the Reporting Persons (as defined below) may be
deemed to beneficially own the Issuer’s Ordinary Shares (as defined below) beneficially owned by other Reporting Persons
(as defined below).
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**
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The calculation is based on 36,883,095 Ordinary Shares, including the Ordinary Shares not outstanding that are subject to options and units but deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, and
the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of March
31, 2013, based on the information provided in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Report on Form 6-K filed
with the SEC on April 25, 2013 and June 20, 2013, respectively.
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Schedule 13D (the “
Schedule
13D
”) relates to the ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of the Issuer (the “
Ordinary Shares
”). The
principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 4th Floor-A, GeHua Building, No.1 Qinglong Hutong, Dongcheng District,
Beijing, 100007, the People’s Republic of China.
Item 2. Identity and Background
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(a)-(c) and (f)
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This statement of beneficial
ownership on Schedule 13D is being filed jointly by and on behalf of (a) Mr. Shawn Ding, (b) Moral Known Industrial
Limited, (c) Ms. Julia Huang, and (d) South Lead Technology Limited (each, a “
Reporting Person
,”
and collectively, the “
Reporting Persons
.”) pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated by the SEC under Section
13 of the Act. The agreement between the Reporting Persons relating to the joint filing of this statement is attached hereto as
Exhibit 1.
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The Reporting Persons are making this joint filing
because they may be deemed to constitute a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act with respect to
the transaction described in Item 4 of this Statement.
Mr. Shawn Ding is the chief executive officer
and a director of the Issuer. Mr. Ding is a citizen of the United States. His principal occupation is as an officer and a
director of the Issuer. Mr. Ding’s business address is 4th Floor-A, GeHua Building, No.1 Qinglong Hutong, Dongcheng
District, Beijing, 100007, The People’s Republic of China.
Moral Known Industrial Limited (“
Moral Known
”)
is a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Moral Known is an investment holding company wholly owned
by Mr. Ding. Moral Known’s principal business address, which also serves as its principal office, is c/o 4th Floor-A, GeHua
Building, No.1 Qinglong Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100007, The People’s Republic of China. Mr. Ding is the sole
director and officer of Moral Known.
Ms. Julia Huang is the executive chairman of
the board of directors of the Issuer. Ms. Huang is a citizen of the United States. Her principal occupation is as the
executive chairman of the Issuer. Ms. Huang’s business address is 4th Floor-A, GeHua Building, No.1 Qinglong Hutong,
Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100007, The People’s Republic of China.
South Lead Technology Limited (“
South Lead
”)
is a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. South Lead is an investment holding company wholly owned
by Ms. Huang. South Lead’s principal business address, which also serves as its principal office, is c/o 4th Floor-A, GeHua
Building, No.1 Qinglong Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100007, The People’s Republic of China. Ms. Huang is the sole
director and officer of South Lead.
Due to the nature of the transaction
described in Item 4 of this statement, the each of the Reporting Persons could be deemed to be part of a “group” (within
the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act) with each other.
Each of the Reporting Persons hereby disclaims beneficial
ownership of any Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by any of the other Reporting Persons or any other person, and does not affirm
membership in a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13(d)-5 of the Act) with any of the other Reporting Persons or
any other person, and this Schedule 13D shall not be construed as acknowledging that any of the Reporting Persons, for any or all
purposes, beneficially owns any Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by any of the other Reporting Persons or any other person or
is a member of a group with the other Reporting Person or any other person.
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(d)-(e)
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During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons (or, to the knowledge of each of the
Reporting Persons) (i) has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors)
or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of
such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
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Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
The information set forth in or incorporated
by reference in Items 2, 4 and 5 of this statement is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 3. No Ordinary
Shares were purchased by the Reporting Persons and thus no funds were used by any of the Reporting Persons for such purpose.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
On June 20, 2013, Mr. Ding and Ms. Huang
submitted a non-binding proposal (the “Proposal”) to the Issuer’s board of directors related to the proposed
acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of all of the outstanding Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”,
each representing three Ordinary Shares) of the Issuer, in both cases, that are not beneficially owned by them for cash consideration
equal to US$7.00 per ADS, or US$2.33 per Ordinary Share, to be funded by debt and/or equity capital. Mr. Ding and Ms. Huang have
proposed to conduct customary due diligence and indicated that they are prepared to promptly negotiate and finalize definitive
agreements with respect to the Acquisition.
None of the Issuer or any of the Reporting
Persons is obligated to complete the transactions described herein, and a binding commitment with respect to the Transaction will
result only from the execution of definitive documents, and then will be on the terms provided in such documentation.
Other than as described above, none of
the Reporting Persons currently has any plans or proposals that relate to, or would result in, any of the matters listed in Items
4(a)–(j) of Schedule 13D, although the Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider their
position and/or change their purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto. As a result of these activities,
one or more of the Reporting Persons may suggest or take a position with respect to potential changes in the operations, management,
or capital structure of the Issuer as a means of enhancing shareholder value. Such suggestions or positions may include one or
more plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the actions required to be reported herein, including, without
limitation, such matters as acquiring additional securities of the Issuer or disposing of securities of the Issuer; entering into
an extraordinary corporate transaction such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
selling or transferring a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; changing the present Board or management
of the Issuer, including changing the number or term of directors or filling any existing vacancies on the Board; materially changing
the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; materially changing the Issuer’s business or corporate structure;
changing the Issuer’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or taking other actions which
may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from
a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national
securities association; causing a class of equity securities of the Issuer to become eligible for termination of registration pursuant
to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Act; and taking any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
The description of the Proposal set forth
above in this Item 4 do not purport to be complete and are qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Proposal, which has been filed as Exhibit 2, and is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
The information contained on each of the
cover pages of this Schedule 13D and the information set forth or incorporated in Items 2, 3, 4, and 6 are hereby incorporated
herein by reference.
(a)–(b) The following disclosure
assumes that there are a total of 36,883,095 Ordinary Shares, including the Ordinary Shares not outstanding that are subject to options and units but deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, and
the Ordinary Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2013, based on the information provided
in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on April 25, 2013 and June 20,
2013, respectively. .
Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act,
the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 5,642,320 Ordinary Shares, which constitutes approximately 15.3% of
the total outstanding Ordinary Shares, including 75,000 Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Ding, 425,160 Ordinary Shares held
through Moral Known by Mr. Ding, 2,625,380 Ordinary Shares held through Moral Known issuable to Mr. Ding underlying stock
options and restricted share units exercisable within 60 days, 33,000 Ordinary Shares held by Ms. Huang, and 2,483,780
Ordinary Shares held through South Lead issuable to Ms. Huang underlying stock options and restricted share units exercisable
within 60 days. Mr. Ding is the sole director of Moral Known and holds 100% of its total outstanding shares. Pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, Mr. Ding may be deemed to beneficially own all of the Ordinary
Shares held by Moral Known. Ms. Huang is the sole director of South Lead and holds 100% of its total outstanding shares.
Pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, Ms. Huang may be deemed to beneficially own all of
the Ordinary Shares held by South Lead.
(c)
During
the last sixty days, Shawn Ding purchased 25,000 ADSs at $6.0 per ADS, representing 75,000 Ordinary Shares, on June 21,
2013, and Julia Huang purchased 8,000 ADSs, of which 3,000 ADSs were purchased at $6.2 per ADS, 3,000 ADSs at $6.05 per ADS,
and 2,000 ADSs at $6 per ADS, representing an aggregate of 24,000 Ordinary Shares, on June 21, 2013, through open market
transactions with respect to all the purchases. Except as disclosed herein, none of the Reporting Persons has effected
any transactions in the Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) during the last sixty days.
(d) To the best knowledge of the Reporting
Persons, no person other than the Reporting Persons has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from,
or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons identified in this Item 5.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
The information set forth or incorporated
in Item 3 and Item 4 is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
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1.
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Agreement of Joint Filing by Shawn Ding, Moral Known Industrial Limited, Julia Huang, and South
Lead Technology Limited.
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2.
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Proposal Letter dated June 20, 2013 from Shawn Ding and Julia Huang to the Board of Directors
of ChinaEdu Corporation.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best
of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: July 1, 2013
Shawn Ding
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/s/ Shawn Ding
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Shawn Ding
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Moral Known Industrial Limited
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/s/ Shawn Ding
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Name: Shawn Ding
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Title: Director
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Julia Huang
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/s/ Julia Huang
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Julia Huang
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South Lead Technology Limited
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/s/ Julia Huang
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Name: Julia Huang
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Title: Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit 1
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Agreement of Joint Filing
by Shawn Ding, Moral Known Industrial Limited, Julia Huang, and South Lead Technology Limited.
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Exhibit 2
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Proposal Letter dated
June 20, 2013 from Shawn Ding and Julia Huang to the Board of Directors of ChinaEdu Corporation.
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