HANGZHOU, China, May 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hailiang Education
Group Inc. (Nasdaq: HLG) ("Hailiang Education" or the
"Company"), an educational services provider of private
primary, middle and high schools in China, announced it will
hold its 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the
"Meeting") on May 24, 2018, at Hailiang Education Group Inc.,
Zhejiang, China.
Date:
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May 24,
2018
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Time:
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10 a.m. local
time
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Location:
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1508 Binsheng RD,
Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
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As fully discussed in the definite proxy statement described
below, the annual meeting will be devoted to the following
proposals:
- To re-elect Mr. Ming Wang, Mr. Cuiwei Ye, Mr.
Leqiang (Ken) He, Mr. Xiaofeng
Cheng, and Mr. Xiaohua Gu as directors of the Company to hold
office until the next annual general meeting;
- To authorize the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of
the directors; and
- To approve, ratify and confirm the re-appointment of
Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP
as the Company's independent auditors for the year ending
June 30, 2018, and to authorize the
Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
Ordinary shareholders of record as of the close of business
on Monday, April 17, 2018, will be entitled to vote at
the meeting.
To attend the call, please use the information below for dial-in
access. When prompted on dial-in, please reference "Hailiang
Education Group" to join the call.
Conference
Call
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Date:
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May 24,
2018
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Time:
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10:00 am Beijing
Time, PRC
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International Toll
Free:
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United States: +1
888-346-8982
Mainland China: +86
400-120-1203
Hong Kong: +852
800-905-945
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International:
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International: +1
412-902-4272
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Conference
ID:
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Hailiang Education
Group
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Please dial in at least fifteen minutes before the commencement
of the call to ensure timely participation. For those unable to
participate, an audio replay of the conference call will be
available from approximately one hour after the end of the live
call until May 30, 2018. The dial-in
for the replay is +1-877-344-7529 within the United States or +1-412-317-0088
internationally. The replay access code is No. 10120628.
Additional Information
This press release may be deemed to be solicitation material in
respect of the annual meeting. In connection with the annual
meeting, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on April 26,
2018, a definitive proxy statement, which is publicly
available, and has mailed such definitive proxy statement to
stockholders on or about April 26,
2018. INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY
AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER MATERIALS FILED
WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING, AS THEY CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE PROPOSALS, THE PERSONS
SOLICITING PROXIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSALS ON BEHALF OF
THE COMPANY, AND THE INTERESTS OF THOSE PERSONS IN THE PROPOSALS
AND RELATED MATTERS. Shareholders may access the Company's
definitive proxy statement, without charge, at the SEC's website
www.sec.gov. Shareholders that want to receive a paper or email
copy of the Company's 2017 Annual Report to shareholders, must
request one. There is no charge for requesting a copy. Please make
requests for a copy to the Investor Relations department of the
Company, at ir@hailiangeducation.com. We will furnish a
requesting stockholder with any exhibit not contained therein upon
specific request. In addition, the Proxy Statement, as well as our
2017 Annual Report, is available on our Internet website at
http://ir.hailiangedu.com.
About Hailiang Education Group Inc.
Hailiang Education (Nasdaq: HLG) is one of the largest primary, middle
and high school educational services providers in China. The
Company focuses closely on the school operation target of providing
the distinguished, specialized and internationalized education,
dedicates to provide students with high quality of primary, high
school and international educational services as well as values the
quality of students' life, study and development. Meanwhile,
Hailiang Education tailors the education delivery to students based
upon their individual aptitudes, devotes to improve the students'
academic capabilities, cultural accomplishments and international
perspectives. Hailiang Education operates multilingual classrooms.
Languages used include Chinese, English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean,
French, etc. Also, Hailiang Education has launched various
diversified high-quality courses, such as Mathematical Olympiad
courses, A-level courses, Australia Victorian Certificate of
Education (VCE) courses, IELTS courses, TOEFL courses as well as
SAT courses. The Company has established extensive cooperative
relations with more than 200 international educational institutions
and universities. Hailiang Education is committed to making great
efforts to offer students more opportunities to win enrollments at
well-known domestic or international universities to further their
education. For more information, please
visit http://ir.hailiangedu.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains information about Hailiang
Education's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects
that constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are made under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements
other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are
forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the
following: general economic conditions in China, competition
in the education industry in China; the expected growth of the
Chinese private education market; Chinese governmental policies
relating to private educational services and providers of such
services; health epidemics and other outbreaks in China; the
Company's business plans; the Company's future business
development, results of operations and financial condition;
expected changes in the Company's revenue and certain cost or
expense items; its ability to raise additional funding, its ability
to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating
results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its
development and introduction of new products and services, the
number of students entrusted by schools, the successful integration
of acquired companies, technologies and assets into its portfolio
of software and services, marketing and other business development
initiatives, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract,
hire and retain personnel who possess the technical skills and
experience necessary to meet the requirements of its clients, and
its ability to protect its intellectual property, the outcome of
ongoing, or any future, litigation or arbitration, including those
relating to copyright and other intellectual property rights, and
other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Hailiang Education
may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its
periodic reports to the SEC, in its annual report to shareholders,
in press releases and other written materials and in oral
statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third
parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including
statements about Hailiang Education's beliefs and expectations, are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties, whether known or
unknown, and are based on current expectations and projections
about future events and financial trends that the Company believes
may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business
strategy and financial needs. Investors can identify these
forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may,"
"will", "will make," "will be", "expect," "anticipate," "aim,"
"estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue,"
"endeavor to", "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions.
Further information regarding these and other risks is included in
our annual report on Form 20-F and other filings with the
SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the
attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Hailiang
Education undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Mr. Auto Yau
Board Secretary
Hailiang Education Group Inc.
Phone: +86-571-5812-1974
Email: ir@hailiangeducation.com
In the United
States:
Ms. Tina Xiao
Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Phone: +1-917-609-0333
Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
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