HONG
KONG, Sept. 17, 2021
/PRNewswire/ -- Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) ("GCBC" or
the "Company"), China's leading
provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing,
hematopoietic stem cell processing, and stem cell storage services,
today announced that the Company will hold its 2021 annual general
meeting of shareholders at its Hong
Kong office, located at 48/F, Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden
Road, Central, Hong Kong, at
9:00 p.m. Hong Kong Time on
December 7, 2021 (8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time on
December 7, 2021).
Shareholders of record as of October 25,
2021 will be entitled to receive notice of and vote at the
annual general meeting. The Company has filed its annual report
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which
Form 20-F (filed on July 29, 2021)
can be accessed via the Investor Center section of the Company's
website at http://www.globalcordbloodcorp.com, as well as on the
SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Shareholders may request a
meeting notice, proxy statement and hard copy of the annual report
on Form 20-F free of charge, by contacting
ir@globalcordbloodcorp.com.
In view of the enactment of the Prevention and Control of
Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation (Cap. 599G of
the Laws of Hong Kong), which
became effective on March 29, 2020,
to promote and maintain social distancing in light of the COVID-19
pandemic, the Company may require shareholders seeking to attend
the 2021 annual general meeting to submit temperature testing
results and wear approved face coverings. The Company may refuse
entry to shareholders who fail to comply with such measures.
About Global Cord Blood Corporation
Global Cord Blood Corporation is the first and largest umbilical
cord blood banking operator in China in terms of geographical coverage and
the only cord blood banking operator with multiple licenses. Global
Cord Blood Corporation provides cord blood collection, laboratory
testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage
services. For more information, please visit the Company's website
at:
http://www.globalcordbloodcorp.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These
statements relate to future events or the Company's future
financial performance. The Company has attempted to identify
forward-looking statements by terminology including "anticipates",
"believes", "expects", "can", "continue", "could", "estimates",
"intends", "may", "plans", "potential", "predict", "should" or
"will" or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology. These statements are only predictions, uncertainties
and other factors may cause the Company's actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements. The information in this press release is not intended
to project future performance of the Company. Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, the Company does not guarantee future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The
Company expectations are as of the date this press release is
issued, and the Company does not intend to update any of the
forward-looking statements after the date this press release is
issued to conform these statements to actual results, unless
required by law.
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SOURCE Global Cord Blood Corporation