BEIJING, May 13, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- RYB Education, Inc. ("RYB" or the "Company")
(NYSE: RYB), a leading early childhood education service provider
in China, today announced that it
has changed its name "RYB Education, Inc." to "Gravitas Education
Holdings, Inc." with the approval by its shareholders at the
extraordinary general meeting held on March
13, 2022.
The American Depositary Shares, each representing one Class A
ordinary share of the Company, par value US$0.001 per share, of the Company, are expected
to begin trading under the new corporate name on or about
May 24, 2022. The Company's ticker
will change from "RYB" to "GEHI" on or about May 24, 2022.
About RYB Education, Inc.
Founded on the core values of "Care" and "Responsibility,"
"Inspire" and "Innovate," RYB Education, Inc. is a leading early
childhood education service provider in China. Since opening its first play-and-learn
center in 1998, the Company has grown and flourished with the
mission to provide high-quality, individualized and age-appropriate
care and education to nurture and inspire each child for his or her
betterment in life. During its two decades of operating history,
the Company has built "RYB" into a well-recognized education brand
and helped bring about many new educational practices in
China's early childhood education
industry. RYB's comprehensive early childhood education solutions
meet the needs of children from infancy to 6 years old through
structured courses at kindergartens and play-and-learn centers, as
well as at-home educational products and services.
For more information, please visit http://ir.rybbaby.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These
statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as
"will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements.
Statements that are not historical facts, including statements
about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statement, including but not limited to the following: the
Company's brand recognition and market reputation; the Company's
growth strategies; trends and competition in China's early childhood education market;
changes in its revenues and certain cost or expense items; the
expected growth of the Chinese early childhood education market;
Chinese governmental policies relating to the Company's industry
and general economic conditions in China. Further information regarding these and
other risks is included in the Company's 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 the Company undertakes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as
required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
RYB
Education, Inc.
Investor Relations
E-mail: ir@rybbaby.com
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Yang Song
Tel: +86 (10) 6508-0677
E-mail: ryb@tpg-ir.com
In the United
States:
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: ryb@tpg-ir.com
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