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Autohome Inc. Announces Receipt of Withdrawal of Going Private Proposal

October 13, 2016 6:00 AM EDT

BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM) (Autohome or the Company), the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, today announced that the special committee of the board of directors of the Company (the Special Committee) has recently received a notice from Mr. James Zhi Qin (Mr. Qin), on behalf of the Consortium which included Mr. Qin, Boyu Capital Advisory Co. Ltd, Hillhouse TBC Holdings L.P. and Sequoia China Investment Management LLP, stating that the Consortium would like to withdraw the non-binding going private proposal (the Proposal) dated April 16, 2016. The notification stated that the... More