China Distance Education Holdings Limited Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

BEIJING, May 22, 2014 /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 each of the proposals submitted for shareholder approval at the Company's 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 22, 2014 Hong Kong local time has been approved. Specifically, the shareholders passed resolutions approving:

1. The re-election of Carol Yu and Liankui Hu as class C directors of the Company; and
2. The approval and ratification of (i) re-appointment of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014; and (ii) authorization to the board of directors and its audit committee to determine the remuneration of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP. 

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 and other course participants obtain and maintain the skills, licenses and certifications necessary to pursue careers in China in the areas of accounting, healthcare, E&C, and other industries. The Company also offers other professional education courses for the national judicial examination, English proficiency test for professionals, computer application skills, and other occupational certifications or skills, 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. For further information, please visit http://ir.cdeledu.com.

Contacts:

China Distance Education Holdings Limited Lingling Kong, IR manager Tel:   [phone] ext1805 Email: [e-mail]

The Piacente Group | Investor Relations Brandi Piacente Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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