CDEL to Hold Annual General Meeting on May 19, 2017

BEIJING, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 hold its 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM") at Luk & Partners, Unit 2001, Level 20, One International Finance Centre, 1 Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong on May 19, 2017 at 10:00 am local time. Shareholders listed in the register of members at the close of business on April 19, 2017 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.  

Copies of the notice of AGM, which sets forth the resolutions to be proposed and seek adoption from shareholders, the Proxy Statement and the Company's 2016 Annual Report are available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://ir.cdeledu.com.

About China Distance Education Holdings Limited

China Distance Education Holdings Limited is a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education. The courses offered by the Company through its websites are designed to help professionals seeking to obtain and maintain professional licenses and to enhance their job skills through our professional development courses in China in the areas of accounting, healthcare, engineering & construction, and other industries. The Company also offers other professional education courses for the national judicial examination, online test preparation courses for self-taught learners pursuing higher education diplomas or degrees, test preparation courses for university students intending to take the nationwide graduate school entrance exam, and online language courses. We also offer third-party developed online courses through our Online Open Learning Platform, a proprietary education platform that allows people to share their educational content or deliver live courses online. For further information, please visit http://ir.cdeledu.com.  

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China Distance Education Holdings Limited		The Piacente Group | Investor Relations
Investor Relations Department		Brandi Piacente
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