FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2008
Commission File Number: 001-34122
CHINA DISTANCE EDUCATION
HOLDINGS LIMITED
18th Floor, Xueyuan International Tower
1 Zhichun Road, Haidian District
Beijing 100083, Peoples Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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82- N/A
China Distance Education Holdings Limited (the Company), wishes to confirm that all of its 12,996,000 preferred shares that were outstanding prior to the Companys initial public offering and listing of its American depositary shares on NYSE Arca (the IPO) were converted into 14,963,594 ordinary shares on July 29, 2008, immediately prior to the IPO. As a result, since the time of the Companys IPO and listing on NYSE Arca, there are no longer any preferred shares outstanding and the Company only has ordinary shares outstanding. In addition, the Company did not, nor will it, nor is it obligated to make any payments to any of its investors, including the former holders of the Companys previously-existing preferred shares, as a result of any of its prior pre-IPO equity financing transactions.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
China Distance Education Holdings Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Ping Wei | |
Name: | Ping Wei | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: August 28, 2008
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