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This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities or an invitation to enter into an agreement to do any such things, nor is it calculated to invite any offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any securities.

This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. This announcement and the information contained herein does not constitute or form part of an offer to purchase, subscribe or sell securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered pursuant to the Securities Act, or pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and no public offering of securities will be made in the United States. The securities described in this announcement will be sold in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited by this announcement or the information contained herein and, if sent in response to this announcement or the information contained herein, will not be accepted.

CHINA YUHUA EDUCATION CORPORATION LIMITED

中國宇華教育集團有限公司

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 6169)

(Stock Code: 5532)

PROPOSED REPURCHASE OF

THE EXISTING CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND

PROPOSED ISSUE OF

HK$2,024,000,000 CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2024

UNDER GENERAL MANDATE

Sole Global Coordinator, Sole Bookrunner and Dealer Manager

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PROPOSED REPURCHASE OF THE EXISTING CONVERTIBLE BONDS

The Board is pleased to announce that on 3 December 2019 (after trading hours), the Company entered into the Dealer Manager Agreement with the Dealer Manager pursuant to which the Dealer Manager was appointed in connection with the proposed repurchase of the Existing Convertible Bonds to, amongst others, assist the Company in collecting indications of interests from holders of the Existing Convertible Bonds who are willing to sell some or all of their Existing Convertible Bonds to the Company.

The Repurchase Price of the Existing Convertible Bonds will be determined after trading of the Shares has closed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 10 December 2019. Further announcement(s) in respect of the Repurchase Price of the Existing Convertible Bonds will be made by the Company as soon as practicable after determination of the Repurchase Price.

Holders of the Existing Convertible Bonds may contact the Dealer Manager (Attention: Sam Ng, Equity-linked Capital Markets, Email: sam.cs.ng@bofa.com) for queries in relation to the Repurchase.

PROPOSED ISSUE OF CONVERTIBLE BONDS DUE 2024 BY THE COMPANY

The Board is pleased to announce that on 3 December 2019 (after trading hours), the Company entered into the Subscription Agreement with the Manager, under which the Manager has agreed to subscribe and pay for, or to procure subscribers to subscribe and pay for, the Firm Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of HK$2,024 million, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out therein. In addition, the Company has granted to the Manager an option to require the Company to issue the Option Bonds up to a further aggregate principal amount of HK$324 million, exercisable on one occasion, in whole or in part, at any time on or before the 30th day after the Closing Date. The Conversion Shares will rank pari passu and carry the same rights and privileges in all respects with the Shares then in issue on the relevant Conversion Date. The Convertible Bonds shall at all times rank pari passu and without any preference or priority among themselves. Further announcement(s) in respect of the initial Conversion Price will be made by the Company as soon as practicable after determination of the initial Conversion Price.

The estimated net proceeds from the Subscription of the Firm Bonds, after deduction of commission and expenses, amount to approximately HK$2,004 million or if the Option Bonds are issued in full, approximately HK$2,325 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Subscription in the manner detailed in the section headed "Proposed Use of Net Proceeds" below.

The Conversion Shares are to be issued under the General Mandate. The issue of the Convertible Bonds is not subject to the specific approval of the Shareholders.

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An application will be made by the Company to the Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Conversion Shares on the Stock Exchange. An application will also be made for the listing of the Convertible Bonds on the Stock Exchange.

Completion of the Dealer Manager Agreement and the Subscription Agreement is subject to the satisfaction and/or waiver of the conditions precedent therein. In addition, the Dealer Manager Agreement and the Subscription Agreement may be terminated in certain circumstances. Please refer to the sections headed "THE DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT" and "THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT" below for further information.

WARNING: As the Subscription Agreement may or may not complete, and the Convertible Bonds and/or the Conversion Shares may or may not be issued or listed, Shareholders and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the Shares.

THE DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT

Date

3 December 2019

Parties

  1. the Company; and
  2. Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited as the Dealer Manager

Proposed Repurchase of the Existing Convertible Bonds

Pursuant to the Dealer Manager Agreement, the Dealer Manager was appointed in connection with the proposed repurchase of the Existing Convertible Bonds to, amongst others, assist the Company in collecting indications of interests from holders of the Existing Convertible Bonds who are willing to sell some or all of their Existing Convertible Bonds to the Company.

The Repurchase Price of the Existing Convertible Bonds will be determined after trading of the Shares has closed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 10 December 2019. Further announcement(s) in respect of the Repurchase Price of the Existing Convertible Bonds will be made by the Company as soon as practicable after determination of the Repurchase Price.

The Repurchase will close on or about the Issue Date of the Convertible Bonds. Following settlement of the Repurchase, the Existing Bonds repurchased will be cancelled and the amount of the Existing Bonds shall be reduced accordingly.

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The Repurchase will not be conducted within or offered to the United States or to persons located or resident in the United States, or to person acting on behalf of a beneficial owner of Existing Bonds located or resident in the United States or acting for the account or benefit of any person located or resident in the United States.

Conditions to the obligations of the Dealer Manager

The obligations of the Dealer Manager under the Dealer Manager Agreement are subject to, amongst others, the following conditions:

  1. on or prior to the Settlement Date, the Company shall have obtained all required regulatory approvals;
  2. on the date of the Dealer Manager Agreement, the Dealer Manager shall have received certain legal opinions dated the date of the Dealer Manager Agreement; and
  3. issue of the Convertible Bonds on the Settlement Date.

Termination

The Dealer Manager Agreement shall terminate on the earliest of:

  1. completion of settlement on the Settlement Date;
  2. upon written notice by the Company to the Dealer Manager to terminate the Dealer Manager Agreement at any time in the event that it decides not to proceed with the Repurchase;
  3. upon the Company publicly announcing the termination of the Repurchase;
  4. upon withdrawal by the Dealer Manager as a result of the failure of any of the conditions to the obligations of the Dealer Manager set out in the Dealer Manager Agreement; and
  5. in the opinion of the Dealer Manager, there has been, since the date of the Dealer Manager Agreement, a change in national, international, financial, political or economic conditions as would in their view (acting together) be likely to prejudice materially the success of the Repurchase.

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THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

Date

3 December 2019

Parties

  1. the Company as issuer; and
  2. Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited as Manager.

Subscription

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Manager has agreed to subscribe and pay for, or to procure subscribers to subscribe and pay for, the Firm Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of HK$2,024 million, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out therein. In addition, the Company has granted to the Manager an option to require the Company to issue the Option Bonds up to a further aggregate principal amount of HK$324 million, exercisable on one occasion, in whole or in part, at any time on or before the 30th day after the Closing Date. To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief, the Manager is a third party independent of the Company and is not connected with the Company or its connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules).

Manager

The Manager has informed the Company that it intends to offer and sell the Convertible Bonds to no less than six (6) independent placees (who will be independent individual, corporate and/or institutional investors). The Convertible Bonds will be offered and sold to persons whose ordinary business involves buying, selling or investing in securities outside the United States in reliance upon Regulation S of the Securities Act. None of the Convertible Bonds will be offered to the retail public in Hong Kong. To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief as at the date of this announcement, each of the placees of the Convertible Bonds (and their respective ultimate beneficial owners) is a third party independent of the Company and is not connected with the Company or its connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules).

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Conditions Precedent

The obligations of the Manager to subscribe and pay for the Convertible Bonds are subject to, among others, the following conditions precedent:

  1. Due Diligence: the Manager being satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigations with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and the Offering Circular shall have been prepared in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the Manager;
  2. Other Contracts: the execution and delivery (on or before the Closing Date) of the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and the Stock Borrowing and Lending Agreement, each in a form satisfactory to the Manager, by the respective parties;
  3. Shareholder's Lock-up: Mr. Li shall have executed and delivered to the Manager a valid, binding and enforceable lock-up agreement on or before the Closing Date in the form set out in the Subscription Agreement;
  4. Auditors' Letters: upon the Publication Date and on the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date (if any), there having been delivered to the Manager comfort letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Manager, dated the Publication Date in the case of the first letter and dated the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date (if any) in the case of the subsequent letters, and addressed to the Manager from PricewaterhouseCoopers, certified public accountants to the Company;
  5. Compliance: at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date (if any):
    1. the representations and warranties of the Company in the Subscription Agreement being true, accurate and correct at, and as if made on such date;
    2. the Company having performed all of its obligations under the Subscription Agreement, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement to which it is a party to be performed on or before such date; and
    3. there having been delivered to the Manager a certificate in the form provided in the Subscription Agreement, dated as of such date, of a duly authorised officer of the Company to such effect;
  6. 10.06(3) Waiver: approval from the Stock Exchange having been obtained in relation to Listing Rule 10.06(3) with respect to the carrying out of the issuance of the Convertible Bonds and the Repurchase;

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  1. NDRC Certificate: a copy of the Enterprise Foreign Debt Pre-Issuance Registration Certificate (企業借用外債備案登記證明) issued by the National Development and Reform Commission with respect to the Convertible Bonds in accordance with the
    Circular on Promoting the Reform of the Administrative System on the Issuance by Enterprises of Foreign Debt Filings and Registrations (國家發展改革委關於推進 企業發行外債備案登記制管理改革的通知(發改外資[2015]2044)) having been delivered and remaining in full force and effect as at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date (if any);
  2. Other consents: on or prior to the Closing Date there shall have been delivered to the Manager copies of all consents and approvals required in relation to the issue of the Convertible Bonds and the performance of the Company's obligations under the Trust Deed, Agency Agreement and the Convertible Bonds;
  3. Listing: the Stock Exchange having agreed to list the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Convertible Bonds and the Stock Exchange having agreed, subject to any conditions satisfactory to the Manager, to list the Convertible Bonds (or, in each case, the Manager being satisfied that such listing will be granted);
  4. Legal Opinions: on or before the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date (if any), there having been delivered to the Manager opinions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Manager, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of certain legal opinions on the laws of various jurisdictions, and such other resolutions, consents, authorities and documents relating to the issue of the Convertible Bonds, as the Manager may require; and

The Manager may, at its discretion and upon such terms as it thinks fit, waive compliance with the whole or any part of the conditions precedent other than items (b) and (i) above.

Shareholder's Lock-up Undertaking

Mr. Li has undertaken that, for a period commencing from the date of the lock-up undertaking to 90 days after the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of the Manager, he will not:

  1. issue, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or grant options, issue warrants or offer rights entitling persons to subscribe or purchase any interest in any of the Lock- up Shares or securities of the same class as the Lock-up Shares or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or which carry rights to subscribe or purchase the Lock-up Shares or securities of the same class as the Lock-up Shares or other instruments representing interests in the Lock-up Shares or other securities of the same class as them;

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  1. enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-up Shares;
  2. enter into any transaction with the same economic effect as, or which is designed to, or which may reasonably be expected to result in, or agree to do, any of the foregoing, whether any such transaction of the kind described in (a), (b) or (c) is to be settled by delivery of Lock-up Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise; or
  3. announce or otherwise make public an intention to do any of the foregoing,

except for the Stock Borrowing and Lending Agreement entered into between Merrill Lynch International and GuangYu Investment in connection with the proposed issuance of the Convertible Bonds and the transfers made pursuant thereto.

Company's Lock-up Undertaking

Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf will:

  1. issue, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or grant options, issue warrants or offer rights entitling persons to subscribe or purchase any interest in any Shares or securities of the same class as the Convertible Bonds or the Shares or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or which carry rights to subscribe or purchase the Convertible Bonds, the Shares or securities of the same class as the Convertible Bonds, the Shares or other instruments representing interests in the Convertible Bonds, the Shares or other securities of the same class as them;
  2. enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of the ownership of the Shares;
  3. enter into any transaction with the same economic effect as, or which is designed to, or which may reasonably be expected to result in, or agree to do, any of the foregoing, whether any such transaction of the kind described in (a), (b) or (c) is to be settled by delivery of Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise; or
  4. announce or otherwise make public an intention to do any of the foregoing,

in any such case without the prior written consent of the Manager between the date of the Subscription Agreement and the date which is 90 days after the Closing Date (both dates inclusive); except for (i) the Convertible Bonds and the Conversion Shares and (ii) any Shares or options granted or issuable pursuant to the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme or the Loan.

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Termination

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Subscription Agreement, the Manager may, by notice to the Company given at any time prior to payment of the net subscription monies for the Firm Bonds or the Option Bonds (if any) to the Company, terminate the Subscription Agreement in any of the following circumstances:

  1. if there shall have come to the notice of the Manager any breach of, or any event rendering untrue or incorrect in any respect, any of the warranties and representations contained in the Subscription Agreement or any failure to perform, or breach of, any of the Company's undertakings or agreements in the Subscription Agreement;
  2. if any of the conditions precedent specified in the Subscription Agreement has not been satisfied or waived by the Manager on or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be;
  3. if in the opinion of the Manager, there shall have been, since the date of the Subscription Agreement, any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in national or international monetary, financial, political or economic conditions (including any disruption to trading generally, or trading in any securities of the Company on any stock exchange or in any over-the-counter market) or currency exchange rates or foreign exchange controls such as would in its view (after prior consultation with the Company to the extent practicable), be likely to prejudice materially the success of the offering and distribution of the Convertible Bonds or dealings in the Convertible Bonds in the secondary market;
  4. if in the opinion of the Manager, there shall have occurred any of the following events: (i) a suspension or a material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange plc, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Singapore Stock Exchange and/or the Stock Exchange and/or any other stock exchange on which the Company's securities are traded; (ii) a suspension or a material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the Stock Exchange and/or any other stock exchange on which the Company's securities are traded; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in the United States, the PRC, Singapore, Hong Kong, and/or the United Kingdom declared by the relevant authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, the PRC, Hong Kong, Singapore or the United Kingdom; or (iv) a change or development involving a prospective change in taxation affecting the Company, the Convertible Bonds and the Conversion Shares or the transfer thereof; or

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  1. if, in the opinion of the Manager, there shall have occurred any event or series of events (including the occurrence of any local, national or international outbreak or escalation of disaster, hostility, insurrection, armed conflict, act of terrorism, act of God or epidemic) as would in its view (after prior consultation with the Company to the extent practicable) be likely to prejudice materially the success of the offering and distribution of the Convertible Bonds or dealings in the Convertible Bonds on the secondary market.

PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE CONVERTIBLE BONDS

The principal terms of the Convertible Bonds are summarised as follows:

Issuer

The Company

Form and Denomination:

The Convertible Bonds are in registered form in the

denomination of HK$2,000,000 each and integral

multiples of HK$1,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon issue,

the Convertible Bonds will be represented by a global

certificate registered in the name of a nominee of, and

deposited with, a common depositary for Euroclear Bank

SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A.

Issue Price:

100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Bonds.

Issue Size:

The aggregate principal amount of the Firm Bonds will be

HK$2,024 million. In addition, the Company has granted to

the Manager an option to require the Company to issue the

Option Bonds up to a further aggregate principal amount of

HK$324 million, exercisable on one occasion, in whole or

in part, at any time up to and including the 30th day after

the Closing Date.

Maturity Date:

27 December 2024

Interest:

0.90% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrear on

27 June and 27 December in each year.

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Conversion Right:

Subject as provided in the Conditions, each Convertible

Bond shall entitle the holder to convert such Convertible

Bond into Conversion Shares credited as fully paid at any

time during the Conversion Period referred to below. The

number of Shares to be issued on exercise of a Conversion

Right shall be determined by dividing the principal amount

of the Convertible Bonds to be converted by the Conversion

Price in effect on the relevant Conversion Date.

Initial Conversion Price:

The initial Conversion Price at which Conversion Shares

will be issued will be set at a 34.0% premium to the

Reference Share Price. The Reference Share Price and the

initial Conversion Price are expected to be announced on

10 December 2019. The initial Conversion Price will not in

any event be less than HK$5.16, being the closing price of

the Shares on the Stock Exchange on 3 December 2019.

The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment for,

among other things, upon the occurrence of consolidation,

subdivision, redesignation or reclassification, capitalisation

of profits or reserves, distributions, rights issues of shares

or options over shares at less than 95% of the current

market price per Share, rights issues of other securities,

issues at less than 95% of the current market price per

Share, other issues at less than 95% of the current market

price per Share, modification of rights of conversion at

less than 95% of the current market price per Share and

other offers to Shareholders (collectively, the "Adjustment

Events"). Notwithstanding any of the Adjustment Events,

no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made for

any issuance of new Shares (a) pursuant to the Pre-IPO

Share Option Scheme and (b) pursuant to the Loan.

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Adjustment upon Change of

If a Change of Control shall occur, the Company shall

Control:

give notice of that fact to the Bondholders (the "Change

of Control Notice") within seven days after it becomes

aware of such Change of Control. Following the giving of a

Change of Control Notice, upon any exercise of conversion

rights such that the relevant Conversion Date falls within

30 days following a Change of Control, or, if later, 30 days

following the date on which the Change of Control Notice

is given to Bondholders (such period, the "Change of

Control Conversion Period"), the Conversion Price shall

be adjusted in accordance with the following formula:

NCP =

OCP

1 + (CP x c/t)

Where:

"NCP" means the Conversion Price after such adjustment

"OCP" means the Conversion Price before such

adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, OCP shall be the

Conversion Price in effect on the relevant Conversion Date

"CP" means conversion premium of 34.0% expressed as a

fraction

"c" means the number of days from and including the date

the Change of Control occurs to but excluding the Maturity

Date

"t" means the number of days from and including the Issue

Date to but excluding the Maturity Date.

Initial Conversion Ratio:

To be determined based on the initial Conversion Price

determined on 10 December 2019.

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Conversion Period:

At the option of the Bondholder, at any time (a) on or

after the date which is 41 days after the Issue Date (both

dates inclusive) to the close of business (at the place

where the certificate evidencing the Convertible Bonds are

deposited for conversion) on the date falling seven days

prior to the Maturity Date (both days inclusive), (b) if the

Convertible Bonds shall have been called for redemption

by the Company before the Maturity Date, then up to and

including the close of business (at the place aforesaid) on a

date no later than seven days (in the place aforesaid) prior

to the date fixed for redemption thereof or (c) if notice

requiring redemption has been given by the Bondholders,

up to the close of business (at the place aforesaid) on the

business day (in the place aforesaid) prior to the giving of

such notice.

Ranking of the Conversion

The Conversion Shares will be fully paid and will in

Shares:

all respects rank pari passu with the fully paid Shares

then in issue on the relevant date the holder is registered

as such in the Company's register of members (the

"Registration Date"), except for any right excluded by

mandatory provisions of applicable law and except that

such Conversion Shares will not rank for any rights,

distributions or payments the record or other due date for

the establishment of entitlement for which falls prior to the

relevant Registration Date.

Redemption at Maturity:

Unless previously redeemed, converted or purchased and

cancelled, the Company will redeem each Convertible

Bond at 100% of its principal amount together with accrued

and unpaid interest thereon on the Maturity Date.

Reference Share Price:

The higher of (i) HK$5.16, being the closing share price of

the Shares on the Stock Exchange on 3 December 2019 and

(ii) the arithmetic average of the VWAP of the Shares on

the Stock Exchange on each of the five consecutive dealing

days commencing on (and including) 4 December 2019 and

is expected to be announced on 10 December 2019.

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Redemption at the Option

On giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice

of the Company:

to the Trustee and the principal agent in writing and to the

Bondholders in accordance with the Conditions, at any

time after 1 March 2023 and prior to the Maturity Date,

the Convertible Bonds may be redeemed by the Company

in whole, but not in part, at their principal amount together

with any interest accrued up to but excluding the date

specified in the relevant optional redemption notice for

redemption (the "Optional Redemption Date"), provided

that the closing price of the Shares for each of 20 out of

30 consecutive trading days, the last of which occurs not

more than five trading days prior to the date upon which

the relevant optional redemption notice is published was

at least 130 per cent. of the Conversion Price then in effect

immediately prior to the date upon which the relevant

optional redemption notice is given.

On giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice

to the Trustee and the principal agent in writing, and to

the Bondholders in accordance with the Conditions, the

Convertible Bonds may be redeemed by the Company

in whole, but not in part, on the date specified in the

redemption notice at their principal amount together with

interest accrued up to but excluding such date (if any), at

any time if, prior to the date the relevant redemption notice

is given, conversion rights shall have been exercised and/

or purchases (and corresponding cancelations) and/or

redemptions effected in respect of 90% or more in principal

amount of the Convertible Bonds originally issued.

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Redemption for Taxation

The Convertible Bonds may be redeemed, at the option

Reasons:

of the Company in whole, but not in part, at any time, on

giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to

the Trustee and the principal agent in writing and to the

Bondholders in accordance with the Conditions, on the date

specified in the relevant redemption notice for redemption

at their principal amount as at such date together with

interest accrued up to but excluding such date (if any), if

the Company satisfies the Trustee immediately prior to the

giving of such notice that (i) it has or will become obliged

to pay additional tax amounts as provided or referred in the

Conditions as a result of any change in, or amendment to,

the laws or regulations of the Cayman Islands, the PRC or,

in any such case, any political subdivision or any authority

thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the

general application or official interpretation of such laws or

regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective

on or after 27 December 2019, and (ii) such obligation

cannot be avoided by the Company taking reasonable

measures available to it, provided that no tax redemption

notice shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the

earliest date on which the Company would be obliged to

pay such additional tax amounts were a payment in respect

of the Convertible Bonds then due.

On the redemption date, the Company shall redeem the

Convertible Bonds at their principal amount, together with

interest accrued up to but excluding the redemption date.

If the Company issues the relevant redemption notice,

each Bondholder will have the right to elect that their

Convertible Bonds shall not be redeemed as provided in

the Conditions, whereupon no additional tax amounts

shall be payable pursuant to the Conditions and payment

of all amounts shall be made subject to the deduction or

withholding of any taxation required to be withheld or

deducted.

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Redemption at the Option

Following the occurrence of a Relevant Event (as defined

of the Bondholders:

below), each Bondholder will have the right at such

holder's option to require the Company to redeem all or

some only of such Bondholder's Convertible Bonds on the

relevant date at their principal amount together with interest

accrued up to but excluding such date.

A "Relevant Event" occurs when:

(i) the Conversion Shares cease to be listed or admitted

to trading or are suspended from trading for a period

equal to or exceeding 20 consecutive trading days on

the Stock Exchange or an alternative stock exchange;

(ii) less than 25% of the Company's total numbers of

issued shares are held by public; or

(iii) when there is a Change of Control.

The holder of each Convertible Bond will have the right

at such holder's option, to require the Company to redeem

all or some only of such holder's Convertible Bonds on

27 December 2022 (the "Optional Put Date") at their

principal amount together with interest accrued up to but

excluding such date. To exercise such right, the Bondholder

must deposit during normal business hours at the specified

office of any paying agent under the Agency Agreement

a duly completed and signed exercise notice, in the form

for the time being current, obtainable from the specified

office of any paying agent under the Agency Agreement

(an "Optional Put Exercise Notice"), together with

the certificate evidencing the Convertible Bonds to be

redeemed by not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior

to the Optional Put Date. An Optional Put Exercise Notice,

once delivered, shall be irrevocable without the Company's

consent. The Company shall redeem the Convertible Bonds

the subject of the relevant Optional Put Exercise Notice

(subject to delivery of the relevant certificate as aforesaid)

on the Optional Put Date.

Negative Pledge:

Applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries on the

Relevant Indebtedness (as defined in the Conditions).

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Transferability:

The Convertible Bonds are freely transferable subject to

Conditions.

Status:

The Convertible Bonds constitute direct, unconditional,

unsubordinated and (subject to the Conditions) unsecured

obligations of the Company and shall at all times rank pari

passu and without preference or priority among themselves.

The Convertible Bonds are convertible in the circumstances set out in the terms and conditions of the Convertible Bonds into Shares at an initial Conversion Price to be determined after trading of the Shares has closed on the Stock Exchange on 10 December 2019. Further announcement(s) in respect of the initial Conversion Price will be made by the Company as soon as practicable after determination of the initial Conversion Price.

SECURITIES LENDING ARRANGEMENT

In connection with the proposed issue of convertible Bonds, the Stock Borrowing and Lending Agreement has been entered into on 3 December 2019, to allow the lender, GuangYu Investment, a controlling shareholder of the Company to provide stock lending to the borrower, Merrill Lynch International, for 304,000,000 Shares upon and subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Stock Borrowing and Lending Agreement.

APPLICATION FOR LISTING

An application will be made by the Company to the Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Conversion Shares on the Stock Exchange. An application will also be made for the listing of the Convertible Bonds on the Stock Exchange.

As the issue of the Convertible Bonds will occur simultaneously with the Repurchase, approval from the Stock Exchange would be required under Rule 10.06(3) of the Listing Rules. The Company has made an application to the Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange has granted the approval under Rule 10.06(3) for the issue of the Convertible Bonds.

GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE THE CONVERSION SHARES

The Conversion Shares will be issued under the General Mandate, subject to the limit of up to 656,951,642 Shares (representing 20% of the issued share capital of the Company on the date on which the General Mandate was granted). The issue of the Convertible Bonds is not subject to the specific approval of the Shareholders. As at the date of this announcement,

  1. no portion of the General Mandate has been utilised; (ii) the Company has not allotted and issued any Shares pursuant to the General Mandate, and (iii) the General Mandate is sufficient for the allotment and issue of the Conversion Shares.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE GROUP

The Group is principally engaged in the provision of private formal education from kindergarten to universities in China under the "YuHua" brand. The Company also owns and operates an university in Thailand.

REASONS FOR AND THE BENEFITS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION

The Directors are of the view that the issue of the Convertible Bonds can provide the Company with additional funds at lower funding cost for acquisitions and general corporate purposes. The terms of the Subscription Agreement and the Conditions were arrived at after arm's length negotiations between the parties to the Subscription Agreement with reference to the prevailing trading prices of the Shares and the financial conditions of the Company. The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) consider that the terms of the Subscription Agreement and the Conditions are made on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable as far as the Shareholders are concerned, and the issue of the Convertible Bonds is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.

CAPITAL RAISING ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS

Apart from the fund raising activity mentioned below, the Company has not raised any funds by issuing equity securities in the past twelve months immediately preceding the date of this announcement.

Actual use of the net

Date of

Intended use of net

proceeds as at the date

announcement

Fund raising activity

proceeds

of this announcement

10 January 2019

Convertible

Net proceeds of the

Net proceeds of the

bonds with an

Existing Convertible

Existing Convertible

initial aggregate

Bonds will be used

Bonds had been fully

principal amount of

for acquisitions and

utilized for acquisitions

HK$940,000,000

general corporate

due 16 January

purposes

2020 issued by the

Company ("Existing

Convertible Bonds")

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EFFECTS ON SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY

The following table illustrates: (1) the existing shareholding structure as at the date of this announcement; (2) the shareholding structure assuming the Firm Bonds are fully converted into Conversion Shares at the Conversion Price of HK$6.9144 each and assuming that all the Existing Convertible Bonds are repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase and (3) the shareholding structure assuming the Firm Bonds and Option Bonds are fully converted into Conversion Shares at the Conversion Price of HK$6.9144 each assuming that all the Existing Convertible Bonds are repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase; on the assumptions that (a) there will be no other change to the share capital of the Company from the date of this announcement until completion of the conversion of the Convertible Bonds in full, save for the issue of the Conversion Shares as a result of the conversion of the Convertible Bonds in full (as the case may be); and (b) the Bondholders do not and will not hold any Shares other than the Conversion Shares as a result of the conversion of the Convertible Bonds.

As the initial Conversion Price would not be fixed until the Reference Share Price is determined, which shall only take place after the arithmetic average of the VWAP of the Shares on the Stock Exchange on each of the 5 consecutive dealing days commencing on (and including) 4 December 2019 is available, the Company will make a further announcement to inform shareholders and investors of the Reference Share Price and the initial Conversion Price. Such announcement will also include the potential effects on the shareholding structure of the Company as a result of conversion of the Convertible Bonds based on the initial Conversion Price as determined.

Assuming the Firm Bonds and

Assuming the Firm Bonds are

Option Bonds are fully converted

fully converted into Conversion

into Conversion Shares at the

Shares at the Conversion Price of

Conversion Price of HK$6.9144

HK$6.9144 and assuming that all

and assuming that all the

the Existing Convertible Bonds

Existing Convertible Bonds are

As at the date of

are repurchased pursuant to the

repurchased pursuant to the

this announcement

Repurchase

Repurchase

% of

% of

% of

issued share

enlarged share

enlarged share

No. of

capital of

No. of

capital of

No. of

capital of

Shareholder

Shares

the Company

Shares

the Company

shares

the Company

GuangYu Investment

2,137,500,000

65.00%

2,137,500,000

59.69%

2,137,500,000

58.92%

Bondholders

0

0.00%

292,722,434

8.17%

339,581,163

9.36%

Other Shareholders

1,150,996,526

35.00%

1,150,996,526

32.14%

1,150,996,526

31.72%

Total

3,288,496,526

100.00%

3,581,218,960

100.00%

3,628,077,689

100.00%

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PROPOSED USE OF NET PROCEEDS

The estimated net proceeds from the Subscription of the Firm Bonds, after deduction of commission and expenses, amount to approximately HK$2,004 million or if the Option Bonds are issued in full, approximately HK$2,325 million. The net proceeds from the Subscription will be used for the Repurchase, general corporate purposes and potential acquisitions.

DEFINITIONS

In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings when used herein:

"Agency Agreement"

a paying, conversion and transfer agency agreement to be

entered into between the Company, the Trustee, the principal

paying agent, conversion agent, transfer agent and registrar

named therein, as amended and/or supplemented from time to

time

"Board"

the board of Directors of the Company

"Bondholder(s)"

holder(s) of the Convertible Bond(s) from time to time

"Capital Stock"

with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests,

participations or other equivalents (however designated,

whether voting or non-voting) in equity of such person,

whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued thereafter,

including, without limitation, all common stock and preferred

stock, but excluding debt securities convertible into such

equity

"Change of Control"

the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

(i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or

other disposition (other than by way of merger or

consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions,

of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of

the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to

any "person" (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of

the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted

Holders or any of the Company's subsidiaries;

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  1. the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another person or the merger or amalgamation of another person with or into the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another Person;
  2. the Permitted Holders are the beneficial owners within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of less than 40% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
  3. any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company greater than such total voting power held beneficially by the Permitted Holders;
  4. individuals who on the Issue Date constituted the board of directors of the Company, together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were either directors or whose election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Company then in office; or
  5. the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

"Closing Date"27 December 2019, or such later date, not being later than 10 January 2020 as the Company and the Manager may agree

"Company"China YuHua Education Corporation Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in the Cayman Islands

"Conditions"the terms and conditions in relation to the Convertible Bonds

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"Conversion Date"

the conversion date in respect of the Convertible Bonds,

which must fall at a time when the Conversion Right attaching

to the Convertible Bond is expressed in the Conditions to be

exercisable

"Conversion Price"

the price at which the Shares will be issued upon conversion

of the Convertible Bonds (subject to adjustments in the

manner provided in the Conditions)

"Conversion Right"

the right of a Bondholder to convert its Convertible Bond(s)

into Shares credited as fully paid subject as provided in the

Conditions

"Conversion Share(s)"

the Share(s) to be issued by the Company upon conversion of

the Convertible Bonds

"Convertible Bonds"

the Firm Bonds and the Option Bonds (if any)

"Dealer Manager"

Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited

"Dealer Manager

the dealer manager agreement dated 3 December 2019 entered

Agreement"

into between the Company and the Dealer Manager in respect

of the Repurchase

"Director(s)"

director(s) of the Company

"Existing Convertible

the existing 3.00 per cent. convertible bonds issued by the

Bonds"

Company due 16 January 2020

"Exchange Act"

U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

"Firm Bonds"

convertible bonds with an initial aggregate principal amount

of HK$2,024 million due 2024 to be issued by the Company,

convertible into the Conversion Shares

"General Mandate"

the general mandate granted to the Directors pursuant to

ordinary resolution of the Shareholders the Company passed

on 13 February 2019 to allot, issue and deal with up to

656,951,642 Shares or options, warrants or similar rights to

subscribe for such Shares

"Group"

the Company and its subsidiaries

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"GuangYu Investment"

GuangYu Investment Holdings Limited, a company

incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a controlling

shareholder (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company

"HK$"

Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong

"Hong Kong"

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's

Republic of China

"Issue Date"

27 December 2019, being the date the Convertible Bonds are

constituted by the Trust Deed

"Last Trading Day"

3 December 2019

"Listing Rules"

the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock

Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

"Loan"

the loan provided by International Finance Corporation to the

Company pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement

"Loan Agreement"

the loan agreement entered into between the Company, China

YuHua Education Investment Limited, China HongKong

YuHua Education Limited, and International Finance

Corporation on 31 May 2018

"Lock-up Shares"

2,157,249,000 Shares representing 65.6% of the existing

issued share capital of the Company held directly (or through

nominees) or indirectly through trusts and/or companies

controlled by Mr. Li

"Manager"

Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited

"Maturity Date"

27 December 2024, being the date on which the Convertible

Bonds mature

"Mr. Li"

Mr. Li Guangyu (李光宇), a PRC citizen and the founder,

executive Director and chairman of the Board

"Ms. Li"

Ms. Li Hua (李花), a PRC citizen, executive Director, the

chief executive officer and vice chairman of the Board

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"Offering Circular"

the offering circular to be issued by the Company in respect

of the Convertible Bonds and the listing of the Convertible

Bonds on the Stock Exchange

"Option Bonds"

the additional convertible bonds of up to an aggregate

principal amount of HK$324 million due 2024 to be issued by

the Company upon exercise of an option by the Manager to

subscribe for the same, convertible into the Conversion Shares

"Option Closing Date"

a date to be specified by the Manager upon exercise of the

option to subscribe for all or any of the Option Bonds, being a

date not later than 15 business days after the date of exercise

of such option

"Permitted Holders"

any or all of the following:

(i) Mr. Li and Ms. Li, their spouses or immediate family

members or any trust established by any of them for their

own benefit or for the benefit of any of their immediate

family members;

(ii) any affiliate of the persons specified in clause (i) of this

definition of Permitted Holders; and

(iii) any person both the Capital Stock and the Voting Stock

of which (or in the case of a trust, the beneficial interests

in which) are owned 80% by persons specified in clauses

(i) and (ii) of this definition of Permitted Holders

"PRC"

the People's Republic of China excluding, for the purpose

of this announcement, Hong Kong, the Macau Special

Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and

Taiwan

"Pre-IPO Share Option

the share option scheme adopted by the Company, the terms of

Scheme"

which were described in the Company's initial public offering

prospectus dated 16 February 2017

"Publication Date"

the date of the Offering Circular, which shall be no later than

three business days prior to the Closing Date or such other

date as may be agreed between the Company and the Manager

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"Reference Share Price"

means the higher of (i) HK$5.16, being the closing share price

of the Shares on the Stock Exchange on 3 December 2019 and

(ii) the arithmetic average of the VWAP of the Shares on the

Stock Exchange on each of the 5 consecutive dealing days

commencing on (and including) 4 December 2019

"Repurchase"

the proposed repurchase of the Existing Convertible Bonds

pursuant to the Dealer Manager Agreement

"Securities Act"

the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended

"Settlement Date"

27 December 2019

"Shareholder(s)"

holder(s) of the Shares

"Share(s)"

the ordinary share(s) of HK$0.00001 each in the share capital

of the Company

"Stock Borrowing and

a stock borrowing and lending agreement dated 3 December

Lending Agreement"

2019 entered into between Merrill Lynch International and

GuangYu Investment in connection with the proposed issue of

Convertible Bonds

"Stock Exchange"

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

"Subscription"

the subscription and issue of the Convertible Bonds pursuant

to the Subscription Agreement

"Subscription Agreement" a Subscription Agreement dated 3 December 2019 entered into between the Company and the Manager in relation to, among other things, the Subscription

"Subsidiaries"

has the meaning ascribed to it under the Listing Rules

"Trustee"

The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch

"Trust Deed"

the trust deed to be entered into by the Company and the

Trustee on or before the Closing Date as amended and/or

supplemented from time to time

"US$"

United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States

of America

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"Volume Weighted

in respect of a Share on any trading day, the order book

Average Prices" or

volume- weighted average price of a Share appearing on or

"VWAP"

derived from Bloomberg (or its successor page) for such

Share or such other source as shall be determined to be

appropriate by an independent investment bank on such

trading day, provided that if on any such trading day such

price is not available or cannot otherwise be determined as

provided above, the Volume Weighted Average Price of a

Share in respect of such trading day shall be the Volume

Weighted Average Price, determined as provided above, on

the immediately preceding trading day on which the same can

be so determined

"Voting Stock"

with respect to any person, Capital Stock of any class or

kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of

directors, managers or other voting members of the governing

body of such person

"%"

per cent.

For presentation purpose, percentage figures presented in this announcement have been rounded to the nearest two decimal places.

By order of the Board

China YuHua Education Corporation Limited

Li Guangyu

Chairman and Executive Director

Hong Kong, 4 December 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Li Guangyu, Ms. Li Hua and Ms. Qiu Hongjun as executive Directors; and Mr. Zhang Zhixue, Mr. Chen Lei and Mr. Xia Zuoquan as independent non- executive Directors.

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