--- title: "Astro-century: Controlling shareholder pledges 21.2 million company shares" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/257083117.md" description: "Astro-century announced that its controlling shareholder, Zhihong Education, pledged 21.2 million shares, accounting for 12.40% of its holdings and 5.79% of the company's total share capital, for financing purposes. The pledge start dates are September 9 and 10, 2025, with the pledgees being SINOLINK SECURITIES and CSC. At the same time, 15.2 million shares were released from pledge, accounting for 8.89% of its holdings and 4.15% of the company's total share capital, with the start date of February 17, 2025, and the release date of September 11, 2025, with the pledgee being SINOLINK SECURITIES" datetime: "2025-09-12T10:34:09.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/257083117.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/257083117.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/257083117.md) --- # Astro-century: Controlling shareholder pledges 21.2 million company shares Astro-century announced that its controlling shareholder, Zhihong Education, has pledged 21.2 million shares of the company, accounting for 12.40% of its holdings and 5.79% of the company's total share capital, with the purpose of financing. The pledge start dates are September 9, 2025, and September 10, 2025, with the pledgees being SINOLINK SECURITIES and CSC. At the same time, Zhihong Education also released the pledge of 15.2 million company shares, accounting for 8.89% of its holdings and 4.15% of the company's total share capital, with the start date of February 17, 2025, and the release date of September 11, 2025, with the pledgee being SINOLINK SECURITIES ### Related Stocks - [300654.CN](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/300654.CN.md) - [600109.CN](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/600109.CN.md) - [601066.CN](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/601066.CN.md) - [06066.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/06066.HK.md) ## Related News & Research - [China Telecom's Shares Rise After Becoming Last of Country's Big Three Telcos to Roll Out Token Plans](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286859736.md) - [Gen Z's AI backlash is getting louder](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286922566.md) - [Roger Stone allegedly threatened political retribution against Cuomo brothers, others in text messages](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286942036.md) - [Soccer-Mexico City turns football into art as World Cup fever grips the capital](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286783945.md) - [Jeff Bezos Says SpaceX IPO Could Help Entire Sector: 'Space Is Going To Be A Gigantic Industry'](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287092627.md)