RYB Education, Inc. to Hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on May 13, 2022

BEIJING,March 3,2022 --RYB Education,Inc. ("RYB" or the "Company") (NYSE: RYB),a leading early childhood education service provider in China,today announced that it will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the "EGM") at 4/F,No. 28 Building,Fangguyuan Section 1,Fangzhuang Fengtai District,Beijing 100078,People's Republic of China,at 10:00 am (Beijing Time) on May 13,2022.

The purpose of the EGM is for the Company's shareholders to consider,and if thought fit,approve the change of the Company's legal name from "RYB Education,Inc." to "Gravitas Education Holdings,Inc." The proposed name change will not affect any rights of shareholders or the Company's operations and financial position.

The board of directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on March 14,2022 as the record date (the "Record Date") in order to determine the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the EGM or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof.

Holders of the Company's ordinary shares whose names are on the register of members of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend the EGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Holders of the Company's American depositary shares ("ADSs") who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through Citibank,N.A.,the depositary of the Company's ADS program.

The notice of the EGM is available on the Company's website at http://ir.rybbaby.com.

About RYB Education,Inc.

Founded on the core values of "Care" and "Responsibility," "Inspire" and "Innovate," RYB Education,Inc. is a leading early childhood education service provider in China. Since opening its first play-and-learn center in 1998,the Company has grown and flourished with the mission to provide high-quality,individualized and age-appropriate care and education to nurture and inspire each child for his or her betterment in life. During its two decades of operating history,the Company has built "RYB" into a well-recognized education brand and helped bring about many new educational practices in China's early childhood education industry. RYB's comprehensive early childhood education solutions meet the needs of children from infancy to 6 years old through structured courses at kindergartens and play-and-learn centers,as well as at-home educational products and services.

For more information,please visit http://ir.rybbaby.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains 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 can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts,including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations,are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement,including but not limited to the following: the Company's brand recognition and market reputation; the Company's growth strategies; trends and competition in China's early childhood education market; changes in its revenues and certain cost or expense items; the expected growth of the Chinese early childhood education market; Chinese governmental policies relating to the Company's industry and general economic conditions in China. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release,and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement,except as required under applicable law.

For investor and media inquiries,please contact:

In China:

RYB Education,Inc.

Investor Relations

E-mail: ir@rybbaby.com

The Piacente Group,Inc.

Yang Song

Tel: +86 (10) 6508-0677

E-mail: ryb@tpg-ir.com

In the United States:

The Piacente Group,Inc.

Brandi Piacente

Tel: +1-212-481-2050

E-mail: ryb@tpg-ir.com

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