Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. Announces $40 Million Share Repurchase Program

BEIJING, April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“Xinyuan” or “the Company”) (NYSE: XIN), an NYSE-listed real estate developer and property manager primarily in China and recently in other countries, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved a new share repurchase program, under which Xinyuan may purchase up to US$40 million of the Company’s ADS through December 2019 (the “2017 Repurchase Program”).

Repurchases under this program will be made from time to time through a combination of open market and privately negotiated transactions. The per share price cap will be determined from time to time by the discretion of the management.

Mr. Yong Zhang, Xinyuan’s Chairman, stated, “The implementation of a new share repurchase program reflects the confidence in our long-term growth prospects. We believe Xinyuan’s strong financial position and our ability to generate operating cash flow to fund the new share repurchase program will create additional value for our shareholders.”

About Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“Xinyuan“) is an NYSE-listed real estate developer and property manager primarily in China and in other countries. In China, the Company develops and manages large scale, high quality real estate projects in over ten tier one and tier two cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Xi’an, Suzhou, among others. Xinyuan was one of the first Chinese real estate developers to enter the U.S. market and over the past few years has been active in real estate development in New York. The Company aims to provide comfortable and convenient real estate related products and services to middle-class consumers. For more information, please visit http://www.xyre.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements”. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements includes statements about intended use of proceeds and can generally be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Statements that are not historical statements are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including, but not limited to, our ability to continue to implement our business model successfully; our ability to secure adequate financing for our project development; our ability to successfully sell or complete our property projects under construction and planning; our ability to enter into new geographic markets or business lines and expand our operations; the marketing and sales ability of our third-party sales agents; the performance of our third-party contractors; the impact of laws, regulations and policies relating to real estate developers and the real estate industry in the countries in which we operate; our ability to obtain permits and licenses to carry on our business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; competition from other real estate developers; the growth of the real estate industry in the markets in which we operate; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in the markets in which we operate; and other risks outlined in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or review publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statement is made.

For more information, please contact:

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Mr. Joe XuInvestor Relations Deputy Director
Tel: +86 (10) 8588-9376
Email: irteam@xyre.com

ICR, LLC
Investors:William ZimaIn U.S.: +1-646-308-1472
In China: +86 (10) 6583 7511
Email: William.zima@icrinc.com

Media:Edmond LococoIn China: +86 (10) 6583-7510
Email: Edmond.Lococo@icrinc.com  

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