New York, Aug.  17, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Univest Securities, LLC (&#34;Univest&#34;), a member of FINRA and SIPC, and a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today

Univest Securities, LLC Announces Closing of $1.5 Million Registered Direct Offering for its Client YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd (NASDAQ: YXT)

Univest Direct Offering Raises $1.5M for YXT, Dilution Risk Remains

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    <h3>Information</h3>
    <p>New York, Aug.  17, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Univest Securities, LLC (&amp;#34;Univest&amp;#34;), a member of FINRA and SIPC, and a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today</p>
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    <h3>AI Summary</h3>
    <p>Univest Securities announced a $1.5 million registered direct offering for YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd, pricing 500,000 ADS at $3.00. Proceeds are raised under a shelf registration (Form F-3) with Univest as sole placement agent; use of funds was not disclosed. The financing provides a cash runway for YXT but introduces near-term dilution concerns for existing shareholders, depending on future use of the proceeds.</p>
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    <h3>Key Points</h3>
    <ul><li>Univest closes a $1.5M registered direct offering for YXT.</li><li>500,000 ADS at $3 per ADS.</li><li>Gross proceeds total $1.5 million; Univest sole placement agent.</li><li>Use of proceeds not disclosed; potential dilution ahead.</li></ul>
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    <h3>Companies Mentioned</h3>
    <ul><li><strong>YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd (YXT)</strong>: China-based AI-native enterprise productivity solutions provider; financing may dilute current holders but funds could accelerate growth.</li><li><strong>Univest Securities, LLC (Univest)</strong>: Sole placement agent for the offering; credible facilitator but no immediate direct market impact.</li><li><strong>U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)</strong>: Registration and compliance framework referenced; standard for shelf offering disclosures.</li></ul>
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    <h3>Corporate Developments</h3>
    <p>Category: Corporate Developments. This is a financing event that affects YXT&#039;s capital structure and liquidity profile, with implications for equity valuation depending on how proceeds are used and the resulting dilution.</p>
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    <h3>Market-Moving</h3>
    <ul><li>Dilution risk from 500k new ADS could pressure YXT near term.</li><li>$1.5M cash infusion may improve liquidity for AI initiatives.</li><li>Offering price of $3.00 per ADS sets a known issuance benchmark.</li><li>Unclear use of proceeds; investors await business plan and milestones.</li></ul>
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    <h3>Key Facts</h3>
    <ul><li>Date: Aug 17, 2026.</li><li>Offering: 500,000 ADS (or pre-funded warrants) at $3.00 per ADS.</li><li>Aggregate gross proceeds: $1.5 million.</li><li>Placement agent: Univest Securities, LLC (sole agent).</li><li>Registration: Shelf Form F-3 (File No. 333-292185); effective June 29, 2026.</li></ul>
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    <h3>Trading Thesis</h3>
    <p>Near-term dilution pressure likely; longer-term upside hinges on how funds are deployed to accelerate AI-native productivity solutions.</p>
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<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.globenewswire.com/styles/gnw_nitf.css"></link><p align="justify">New York, Aug.  17, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Univest Securities, LLC ("Univest"), a member of FINRA and SIPC, and a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today announced the closing of a registered direct offering (the "Offering") of approximately $1.5 million for its client YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd (&#34;YXT.com&#34; or the &#34;Company&#34;), a China-based provider of AI-native enterprise productivity solutions.</p>  <p align="justify">Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company has agreed to sell to certain institutional investors an aggregate of 500,000 American Depositary Shares (&#34;ADS&#34;) (or pre-funded warrants in lieu of ADS), at an offering price of $3.00 per ADS.</p>  <p align="justify">The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company were $1.5 million.</p>  <p align="justify">Univest Securities, LLC acted as the sole placement agent.</p>  <p align="justify">The registered direct offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-292185) previously filed by the Company and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 29, 2026. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the proposed offering were filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC&#39;s website located at <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=bgmFBFnOCCBQ6cgclcpjx9Nq0uEOmM0fiHtdjsI7QdSzwryOV7G53L4f-7QimidwlhmvuzfFqzbWqfb94dHeyg==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sec.gov</a>. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by contacting Univest Securities, LLC at <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=4j9SUY7RZzoDqJKrlA2ydL2S3F5_Tc9W6fvUbIShOXQKj8EtOcHiYQ0bUMsPvIazqxRRJVSaJd62NuVcoAIWdQ==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">info@univest.us</a>, or by calling +1 (212) 343-8888.</p>  <p align="justify">This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sales of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to the registered direct offering, together with the accompanying base prospectus, can be obtained at the SEC&#39;s website at <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=bgmFBFnOCCBQ6cgclcpjx5EqYi_gCCxIq6BgDyCT2dQ59phAupKjrv7AddD8J2APc3nhVs-UHC2QdGjLAQfC8Q==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sec.gov</a>.</p>  <p align="justify"><b>About Univest Securities, LLC</b></p>  <p align="justify">Registered with FINRA since 1994, Univest Securities, LLC provides a wide variety of financial services to its institutional and retail clients globally, including brokerage and execution services, sales and trading, market making, investment banking and advisory, and wealth management. It strives to provide clients with value-added service and focuses on building long-term relationships with its clients. As a prominent name on Wall Street, Univest has successfully raised over $1.8 billion in capital for issuers across the globe since 2019 and has completed approximately 100 transactions spanning a wide array of investment banking services in various industries, including technology, life sciences, industrial, consumer goods, etc. For more information, please visit: <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=7FT3vWGlZY4zgBAImdJt2xM3VPpYma20gZ4L7W8TWseXYbjOpzdczAvsGmDv5h3MQmuJq2H2fq5r4H4inXUanA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.univest.us</a>.</p>  <p align="justify"><b>About YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd</b></p>  <p align="justify">YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/YXT">YXT</a>) is a technology company focusing on enterprise productivity solutions. With a mission to &#34;Empower people and organization development through technology,&#34; the Company strives to become the supreme provider in building and boosting enterprise productivity by combining over a decade of experience in tech-enabled talent learning and development and with AI-augmented task copilots and unleashing the power of knowledge and synergy. Since its inception, YXT.com has supported and received recognition from numerous Global and China Fortune 500 companies. For more information, please visit: <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=2cJZxhM4ZXSeYvl0jZD4FHLX-N1LFyqEYQRfDtk5SprwR6CJgVHtLwOzVKFhZgPOojkqeOAyZkrAdooksJ_7iw==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ir.yxt.com</a>.</p>  <p><b><i>Forward-Looking Statements</i></b></p>  <p align="justify"><i>This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may, "will, "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate" or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited to, the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the initial public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the registration statement filed with the SEC. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, which are available for review at </i><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=bgmFBFnOCCBQ6cgclcpjx6DPQE3bJkWJpupp9OmXdqD1Lp8mhZUNW1Z5lGzYhUTzi0Ow54s8-Z-JcbLxHUsctA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>www.sec.gov</i></a><i>. Univest Securities, LLC and the Company undertake no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.</i></p>  <p><b>For more information, please contact:</b></p>  <p><b>Univest Securities, LLC</b><br></br><b>Edric Guo</b><br></br><b>Chief Executive Officer</b><br></br>75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 25A<br></br>New York, NY 10019<br></br>Phone: (212) 343-8888<br></br>Email: <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=4j9SUY7RZzoDqJKrlA2ydOrCpQCbkT1jv6jBRUnVk8gY0luFX0WSV6qUkejODe_ghhP5tmwqVYyHsPxkMZmq3bmOSQdeuSdyrKTn89NOkZc=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">info@univest.us</a></p> <img alt="" class="__GNW8366DE3E__IMG" src="https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ti?nf=OTgxMTQ4NCM3NzgwNDg0IzUwMDA2NDE0MQ=="></img> <br></br><img alt="" src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/media/MGNlZWMwMzQtYWI1Yi00NGExLWFiMzYtYjE3YjFhMDIxMDJkLTUwMDA2NDE0MS0yMDI2LTA4LTE3LWVu/tiny/Univest-Securities-LLC.png" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"></img><p><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/95d59530-44ca-4b55-88e9-cedd25bb8a27"><img src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/media/95d59530-44ca-4b55-88e9-cedd25bb8a27/small/original-c18b5644-fc79-4f22-9707-e0974b74e3d3-jpg.jpg" border="0" width="150" height="46" alt="Primary Logo"></img></a></p>

Univest Securities announced a $1.5 million registered direct offering for YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd, pricing 500,000 ADS at $3.00. Proceeds are raised under a shelf registration (Form F-3) with Univest as sole placement agent; use of funds was not disclosed. The financing provides a cash runway for YXT but introduces near-term dilution concerns for existing shareholders, depending on future use of the proceeds.

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Univest Securities, LLC Announces Closing of $1.5 Million Registered Direct Offering for its Client YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING Ltd (NASDAQ: YXT)

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