Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001140361-23-005424
Form Type:
13G Filing
Publication Date:
2023-02-08 19:00:00
Filed By:
Gic Private Ltd
Company:
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE:EDU)
Filing Date:
2023-02-09
SEC Url:
13G Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
GIC Private Limited 41,258,050 9,942,180 41,258,050 9,942,180 51,200,230 3.01%
Filing

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
SCHEDULE 13G
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2) *


 
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common shares par value US$0.001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
647581107**
(CUSIP Number)
 
December 31, 2022
(Date of the Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)



Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed :
 
☐ Rule 13d-1(b)
 
☒ Rule 13d-1(c)
 
☐ Rule 13d-1(d)

*
The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
**
There is no CUSIP number assigned to the common shares. CUSIP number 647581107 has been assigned to the American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of the Issuer, each ADS representing one (1) common share, which are quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “EDU”.
 
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provision of the Act (however, see the Notes.)


CUSIP No. 647581107
 
SCHEDULE 13G
 
Page 2 of 5 Pages
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
GIC Private Limited
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
   
(a)☐
   
(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Republic of Singapore
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
41,258,050 (1)
 
 
 
 
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
9,942,180 (2)
 
 
 
 
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
41,258,050 (1)
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
9,942,180 (2)
 
 
 
 
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
51,200,230
 
 
 
 
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
3.01% (3)
 
 
 
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
CO
 
 
 
 

(1)
These 41,258,050 common shares, par value US$0.001 per share (the “common shares”) of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (the “Issuer”) include 15,553,280 ordinary shares represented by 1,555,328 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each ADS representing ten (10) ordinary shares.
(2)
These 9,942,180 common shares, par value US$0.001 per share (the “common shares”) of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (the “Issuer”) include 4,215,680 ordinary shares represented by 421,568 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each ADS representing ten (10) ordinary shares.
(3)
Based on 1,699,375,793 common shares outstanding as of September 16, 2022, according to the Form 20-F filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2022.

CUSIP No. 647581107
 
SCHEDULE 13G
 
Page 3 of 5 Pages
Item 1(a)
Name of Issuer
 
New Oriental Education & Technology Group.
 
Item 1(b)
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
 
No. 6 Hai Dian Zhong Street
Haidian District
Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
 
Item 2(a)
Name of Persons Filing
 
GIC Private Limited (“GIC”)
 
Item 2(b)
Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence
 
168 Robinson Road
#37-01 Capital Tower
Singapore 068912
 
Item 2(c)
Citizenship
 
Singapore
 
Item 2(d)
Title of Class of Securities
 
Common shares, par value US$0.001 per share
 
Item 2(e)
CUSIP Number
 
647581107
 
Item 3
If this statement in filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
 
Not applicable.

CUSIP No. 647581107
 
SCHEDULE 13G
 
Page 4 of 5 Pages
Item 4
Ownership

(a - c)  The aggregate number of securities and percentage of the class of securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by the Reporting Person named in Item 2(a), as well as the number of securities as to which such person is deemed to have sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, shared power to dispose or direct the disposition, is set forth in the following tables:
 
Reporting Person
No. of Securities
Beneficially Owned
Percent of Class
(3)
Voting Power
Dispositive Power
     
Sole (4), (5)
Shared (4), (5)
Sole (4), (5)
Shared (4), (5)
GIC Private Limited
51,200,230
3.01
41,258,050
9,942,180
41,258,050
9,942,180

(4)
GIC is a fund manager and only has 2 clients – the Government of Singapore (“GoS”) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”). Under the investment management agreement with GoS, GIC has been given the sole discretion to exercise the voting rights attached to, and the disposition of, any shares managed on behalf of GoS. As such, GIC has the sole power to vote and power to dispose of the 41,258,050 securities beneficially owned by it. GIC shares power to vote and dispose of 9,942,180 securities beneficially owned by it with MAS.
(5)
GIC disclaims membership in a group.
 
Item 5
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
 
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the Reporting Persons has ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following ☒.
 
Item 6
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 7
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 8
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 9
Notice of Dissolution of Group
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 10
Certifications
 
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.
 
CUSIP No. 647581107
 
SCHEDULE 13G
 
Page 5 of 5 Pages
SIGNATURE
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct as dated.

 
GIC PRIVATE LIMITED
     
 
By:
/s/ Diane Liang
 
Name:
Diane Liang
 
Title:
Senior Vice President
   
 
Date:
January 31, 2023
     
 
By:
/s/ Toh Tze Meng
 
Name:
Toh Tze Meng
 
Title:
Senior Vice President
     
 
Date:
January 31, 2023