MingZhu Logistics Enters into Share Purchase Agreement to Acquire Yinhua (BVI) Limited

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Mar 14, 2022, 08:00 ET

SHENZHEN, China, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: YGMZ) (the "MingZhu" or "Company"), a leading trucking service provider, today announced it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire Yinhua (BVI) Limited (the "Yinhua"), which develops and operates a comprehensive auto related service platform to serve auto insurance companies. MingZhu expects this acquisition to be immediately accretive to its revenue, gross margin and net income. The transaction is subject to closing conditions that are customary for transactions of this type.

Under terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, MingZhu shall pay $18,302,500 in exchange for 100% equity of Yinhua. Of the total consideration to be paid, $15,304,000 shall be paid in form of 3,826,000 newly issued ordinary shares of MingZhu, representing $4.00 per ordinary share of MingZhu, and US$1 million cash upon closing. In addition, a cash earnout of US$1,998,500 shall be paid if Yinhua achieves a net income target threshold of US$1.3 million during the calendar year 2022.

Founded in 2018, Yinhua provides diversified, differentiated and customized value-added auto related services to auto insurance companies, where the services include road security services, car maintenance services, car inspection services and more. Yinhua develops and operates a comprehensive auto related service platform for auto insurance companies combining both intelligent human-vehicle interaction functions with car owner programs.

Mr. Jinlong Yang, CEO of MingZhu, said, "We are excited to have Yinhua's team joining MingZhu's family. We were impressed with the comprehensive, scalable service platform, business model and highly experienced management team of Yinhua. This is an ideal acquisition for us because in addition to the business being immediately accretive, we see extensive opportunities to leverage the high margin platform. A core tenant of our business has been delivering value added services to our customers in the broader transportation and fleet management industries. This is directly aligned with Yinhua's platform and we look forward to collaborating to accelerate our shared growth and profitability. We are also excited about this acquisition because it is the next step in our ongoing diversification strategy. Our focus remains on developing and adding assets that will collectively drive improved multi-year growth and greater value creation for shareholders."

About MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: YGMZ)

Established in 2002 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited is a 4A-rated professional trucking service provider. Based on the Company's regional logistics terminals in Guangdong Province, MingZhu Logistics Holdings offers tailored solutions to our clients to deliver their goods through our network density and broad geographic coverage across the country by a combination of self-owned fleets tractors and trailers and subcontractors' fleets. For more information, please visit ir.szygmz.com.

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