E-House Announces Completion of New Share Issuance to Management

SHANGHAI, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House" or the "Company") (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, today announced that it recently completed its new share issuance to the management team as previously announced on December 10, 2012.

As a result of the transaction, the Company issued an aggregate of 17,790,125 ordinary shares of the Company to Kanrich Holdings Limited ("Kanrich"), a British Virgin Islands company owned by certain key members of the Company's management, including Mr. Xin Zhou, co-chairman of the Company's board of directors and chief executive officer, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $62.6 million. After completion of the share issuance, the E-House management team became the Company's largest shareholder as a group, with a combined stake of approximately 31%.

As previously announced, the Company intends to use up to all of the proceeds from the share issuance to Kanrich to repurchase the Company's ADSs on the open market in compliance with applicable law and in a manner consistent with market conditions and the interests of its shareholders. The shares issued to Kanrich are subject to a 12-month lock-up period. This lock-up restriction does not apply to the creation or enforcement of the share charge created by Kanrich for the benefit of a certain third-party lender, which to the knowledge of the Company, entered into a margin loan facility agreement and related share and account charge with Kanrich to provide financing for the purchase of the new shares of the Company.

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About E-House

E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House") (NYSE: EJ) is China's leading real estate services company with a nationwide network covering more than 240 cities. E-House offers a wide range of services to the real estate industry, including online advertising, primary sales agency, secondary brokerage, information and consulting, offline advertising and promotion and real estate investment management services. E-House has received numerous awards for its innovative and high-quality services, including "China's Best Company" from the National Association of Real Estate Brokerage and Appraisal Companies and "China Enterprises with the Best Potential" from Forbes. For more information about E-House, please visit http://www.ehousechina.com.

For investor and media inquiries please contact:

In China:

Michelle Yuan
Director of Investor Relations
E-House (China) Holdings Limited
Phone: +86 (21) 6133-0754
E-mail: [email protected]

Derek Mitchell
Ogilvy Financial, Beijing
Phone: +86 (10) 8520-3073
E-mail: [email protected]

In the United States:

Jessica Barist Cohen
Ogilvy Financial, New York
Phone: +1 (646) 460-9989
E-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE E-House (China) Holdings Limited