Yongye International, Inc. Updates on Status of Amended Going Private Transaction

BEIJING, June 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yongye International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YONG) ("Yongye" or the "Company"), a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of crop nutrient products in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the parties are still working on the logistics to complete the amended going private transaction.

At the special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Special Meeting") held on June 6, 2014, the Company's stockholders voted in favor of the proposal to approve the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of September 23, 2013, as amended on April 9, 2014 (as so amended, the "Amended Merger Agreement"), among the Company, Full Alliance International Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("Holdco"), Yongye International Limited ("Parent"), a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability wholly-owned by Holdco, and Yongye International Merger Sub Limited, a Nevada corporation wholly-owned by Parent ("Merger Sub"), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

The parties to the Amended Merger Agreement are currently still working on the logistics to complete the Merger and expect to be able to complete the Merger by the end of June 2014, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Amended Merger Agreement.

In connection with the completion of the Merger, MSPEA Agriculture Holding Limited ("MSPEA"), Lead Rich International Limited ("Lead Rich") and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (the "Escrow Agent") have entered into an amendment to the escrow agreement, dated September 23, 2013, among MSPEA, Lead Rich and the Escrow Agent, to extend the term of the escrow agreement to June 27, 2014, which may be further extended to July 4, 2014 upon receipt by the Escrow Agent prior to June 27, 2014 of written notice with respect to such extension jointly executed by MSPEA and Lead Rich.

While the parties are working collectively to complete the Merger as soon as possible, there is no assurance that the Merger will be completed on the above timeline or at all. However, if completed, the Merger would result in the Company becoming a privately held company and its common stock would no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

About Yongye International, Inc.

Yongye International, Inc. is a leading crop nutrient company headquartered in Beijing, with its production facilities located in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Yongye's principal product is a liquid crop nutrient, from which the Company derived substantially all of the sales in 2013. The Company also produces powder animal nutrient product which is mainly used for dairy cows. Both products are sold under the trade name "Shengmingsu," which means "life essential" in Chinese. The Company's patented formula utilizes fulvic acid as the primary compound base and is combined with various micro and macro nutrients that are essential for the health of the crops. The Company sells its products primarily to provincial level distributors, who sell to the end-users either directly or indirectly through county-level and village-level distributors. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.yongyeintl.com.

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Contacts

Yongye International, Inc.
Ms. Rain Xia
Phone: +86-10-8231-9608
E-mail: [email protected]

FTI Consulting
Mr. John Capodanno (U.S. Contact)
Phone: +1-212-850-5705
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. May Shen (China Contact)
Phone: +86-10-8591-1951
E-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE Yongye International, Inc.