HONG KONG, Sept. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) ("GCBC" or the "Company"), China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing, and stem cell storage services, today announced that the Company will hold its 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders at its Hong Kong office located at 48/F, Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong, at 9:00 p.m. Hong Kong Time on December 5, 2019 (8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time on December 5, 2019).
Shareholders of record as of October 25, 2019 will be entitled to receive notice of and vote at the annual general meeting. The Company has filed its annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which Form 20-F/A (filed on August 14, 2019) can be accessed via the Investor Center section of the Company's website at http://www.globalcordbloodcorp.com, as well as on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Shareholders may request a meeting notice, proxy statement and hard copy of the annual report on Form 20-F/A free of charge, by contacting ir@globalcordbloodcorp.com.
About Global Cord Blood Corporation
Global Cord Blood Corporation is the first and largest umbilical cord blood banking operator in China in terms of geographical coverage and the only cord blood banking operator with multiple licenses. Under current PRC government regulations, only one licensed cord blood banking operator is permitted to operate in each licensed region and no new licenses will be granted before 2020 in addition to the seven licenses authorized as of today. Global Cord Blood Corporation provides cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing, and stem cell storage services. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.globalcordbloodcorp.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
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