Yongye International Announces RMB 400 Million Revolving Credit Facilities

    BEIJING, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Yongye International, Inc. (Nasdaq: YONG) ("Yongye" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of "Shengmingsu" brand plant and animal nutrient products in China, today announced that the Company's operating subsidiary, Yongye Nongfeng Biotechnology ("Yongye Nongfeng"), entered into two new revolving credit facilities totaling RMB 400 million (approximately $59 million).

    Under the terms of the revolving credit facility with the Agricultural Bank of China, Yongye Nongfeng can borrow up to a total of RMB 300 million (approximately $44 million) at an interest rate equal to the benchmark lending rate designated by the People's Bank of China ("PBC"), China's central bank.

    Under the terms of the revolving credit facility with the China CITIC Bank, Yongye Nongfeng can borrow up to a total of RMB 100 million (approximately $15 million) at an interest rate that is 30% above the benchmark lending rate designated by the PBC.

    The credit facilities have one-year terms and Yongye Nongfeng can apply for renewal at the end of the 12-month period. Yongye Nongfeng has no obligation to utilize all or part of the credit facilities.

    "We are pleased to be able to enter into these credit facilities to support our working capital needs," stated Mr. Zishen Wu, Chief Executive Officer of Yongye International. "We appreciate the support that we have received from our lending institutions, including the Agricultural Bank of China, which has the best expertise to serve the agricultural business community and recently completed the world's largest initial public offering. We believe these credit facilities are an important first step towards developing strong long-term banking relationships for the benefit of our company and shareholders."

    "This new credit facility will provide us with additional capital flexibility and liquidity as we continue to rapidly grow our business. Our business exhibits a strong seasonality, with between 70% and 80% of our annual sales occurring in the second and third quarters. As such, we have significant inventory needs. In addition, we provide our key distributors with
three-to-six month credit terms. We are confident in extending these terms to our distributors as we have very safe accounts receivable, with no accounts receivable outstanding over six months and no bad debt. In fact, in the second quarter of 2010, our accounts receivable collection significantly improved to 32 days compared to 42 days in the prior year period. We also expect our future cash outflow needs to decrease after we complete our vertical integration and the acquisition of the lignite coal resource project, which is expected to close by the end of the year. Overall, we believe that our improved operating cash flow together with our significantly enhanced borrowing power from our new credit lines provides us with the necessary flexibility to support our business and continue to achieve our growth plans and strategic objectives."

    About Yongye International

    Yongye International is a Chinese agricultural nutrient company headquartered in Beijing, with its production facilities located in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Yongye markets two lines of organic nutrient products: a liquid nutrient product which is sprayed on plants and a powder nutrient product which is added to animal feed. Both products are sold under the brand name "Shengmingsu," which means "life essential" in Chinese. The Company's patented and patent pending formulas and proprietary extraction processes allow it to create products that increase crop yields and improve the health of livestock. The Company sells its products primarily to provincial or regional level distributors, who then channel those products to a carefully selected network of independently-owned Yongye branded stores in China. For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.yongyeintl.com .

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