Reported Earlier, The9 Acquires 19% Stake In AI-Powered Educational Technology Firm WeiXiang
The9 Limited (NASDAQ:NCTY) ("The9"), an established Internet company, today announced that it signed a definitive share purchase agreement (the "Agreement") with Wuhan Weixiang Science And Technology Co., Ltd. ("WeiXiang"), an AI-powered educational technology company in China, to purchase 19% of WeiXiang by cash and issuance of The9's restricted shares. The9 is also granted a purchase option to purchase up to 51% of the total shares of WeiXiang based on a valuation calculated as 7 times of Weixiang's audited annual profit after tax, provided that such valuation should be higher than US$45 million.