SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 27, 2017 — China Lodging Group, Limited (HTHT) (“China Lodging” or the “Company”), a leading hotel chain operator in China, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary China Lodging Holdings (HK) Limited has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement with the shareholders of Crystal Orange Hotel Holdings Limited (“Crystal Orange”) to acquire all of the equity interests of Crystal Orange for an initial aggregate consideration in cash of approximately RMB 3.65 billion, with customary post-closing adjustments (the “Transaction”). The closing of the Transaction is subject to the approval from the Antitrust Bureau of Ministry of Commerce of China.
China Lodging's management will communicate more details on the Q4 and full year earnings call at 9 p.m. ET, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 (or 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in the Shanghai/Hong Kong time zone). To participate in the event by telephone, please dial +1 (855) 500 8701 (for callers in the US), +86 400 120 0654 (for callers in China Mainland), +852 3018 6776 (for callers in Hong Kong) or +65 6713 5440 (for callers outside of the US, China Mainland, and Hong Kong) and enter pass code 7256 4976. Please dial in approximately 10 minutes before the scheduled time of the call.
