New Oriental Announces Senior Management Share Purchase Plan

New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. EDU, the largest provider of private educational services in China, today announced that members of its senior management team, including its chairman and chief executive officer Michael Minhong Yu, director, president and chief financial officer Louis T. Hsieh, director and executive vice president Chenggang Zhou, executive president, domestic business Xiangdong Chen and senior vice president Yunlong Sha, have informed the Company of their intention to use their personal funds to purchase the Company's American depositary shares (on the open market for an aggregate amount up to a maximum of $50 million within the next three months, in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The senior management team who will participate in the share purchase plan has agreed not to sell any shares or ADS of the Company held by them or their affiliates for a period of six months commencing today.