BEIJING, PRC, April 18, 2011¨C China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) (¡°CDEL¡± or the ¡°Company¡±), a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education, today announced that it will holds its 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (¡°AGM¡±) at O¡¯Melveny & Myers LLP, 31st Floor, AIA Central, 1 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong on May 25, 2011 at 10:00 am local time. Shareholders registered in the register of members at the close of business on April 15, 2011 are entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the AGM or at any adjournment that may take place. Beneficial owners of the Company¡¯s American Depositary Shares (¡°ADSs¡±) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company¡¯s ADS program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
The notice of AGM, which sets forth the resolutions to be proposed and seek adoption from shareholders, the Proxy Statement and a copy of the Company¡¯s 2010 Annual Report are available on the Investor Relations section of the Company¡¯s website at http://ir.cdeledu.com.
