Tarena Announces Receipt of Nasdaq's Grant of Extension

BEIJING, Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tarena International, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEDU) ("Tarena" or the "Company"), today announced that the Company has received a letter from the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel") indicating that the Panel had granted the Company until the Company's requested date of April 24, 2020 to regain compliance with its reporting obligations, and requesting that the Company provide the Panel with updates regarding, among other things, the completion of the Company's audit and filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018, by no later than April 24, 2020.

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 About Tarena International, Inc.

Tarena is a leading provider of professional education services in China. Through its innovative education platform combining live distance instruction, classroom-based tutoring and online learning modules, Tarena offers professional education courses in IT and non-IT subjects. Tarena also offers kid education programs. Its professional education courses provide students with practical skills to prepare them for jobs in industries with significant growth potential and strong hiring demand.

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