WEIFANG, Shandong Province,
China, July
21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yuhe
International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YUII) ("Yuhe" or the "Company"), a
leading supplier of day-old chickens raised for meat production, or
broilers, in the People's Republic of
China ("PRC"), today announced that the Audit Committee of
its Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") retained Loeb &
Loeb LLP as independent counsel to commence an independent
investigation with respect to issues relating to the Company and
the status of previously reported acquisition transactions.
The scope of the investigation will be dictated by the legal
counsel and the Audit Committee, who are dedicated to providing
accurate and complete information to the investing public and the
Company's shareholders so that certain concerns about the Company
can be properly addressed, including the status of reported breeder
farm acquisition transactions. The Audit Committee's independent
counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP, is in the process of engaging a
forensic accounting firm in connection with this investigation.
As previously filed on Form 8-K with the SEC, Yuhe received a
letter dated June 28, 2011 (the
"Letter") from The Nasdaq StockMarket ("NASDAQ") indicating that
the Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (the "Staff") believes
that the continued listing of the Company's securities is no longer
warranted, and has determined to delist the Company's securities
based on public interest concerns.
The Company has appealed the Staff's determination to the Nasdaq
Listing Qualifications Panel, and provided to NASDAQ a formal plan
of compliance setting forth the steps that the Company proposes to
take to regain compliance for continued listing of the Company's
common stock on the NASDAQ, as well as certain other information
relevant to NASDAQ's evaluation of the plan of compliance.
About Yuhe International, Inc.
Yuhe International, Inc. is one of the largest day-old broiler
producers in China. Founded in
1996, the Company operates in the middle of the commercial broiler
chicken supply chain, where it purchases parent breeding stock from
breeder farms, raises them to produce hatching eggs, and hatches
the eggs to live day-old broilers, which are then sold through 38
distributors to its end-users, such as integrated chicken companies
and broiler raisers. Headquartered in Weifang, Shandong province, the Company has two
operational subsidiaries, Weifang Yuhe Poultry Co. Ltd. and Weifang
Taihong Feed Co. Ltd., the latter of which largely supplies the
Company's internal demand for chicken feed. The Company has passed
ISO9001 certification and operates imported state-of-the-art
equipment, adhering to international standard of operation. For
more information about the Company and its products, please visit
http://www.yuhepoultry.com.
Cautionary Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements
concerning the Company's business, products and
financial results. The Company's actual results may
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements depending on a number of risk factors including, but not
limited to, the following: general economic and business
conditions, development, shipment, market acceptance, additional
competition from existing and new competitors, changes in
technology, and various other factors beyond the
Company's control. All forward-looking statements are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this Cautionary Statement
and the risk factors detailed in the Company's
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
this release.
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Contact Information:
Yuhe International,
Inc.
www.yuhepoultry.com
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Ms. Serena Wu
Investor Relations
Manager
Email:
serena.wu@yuhepoultry.com
Mr. Vincent Hu
Chief Financial
Officer
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Email:
vincent.hu@yuhepoultry.com
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SOURCE Yuhe International, Inc.