China XD Plastics Company Limited announced that Lawrence W. Leighton, one of the company's independent directors and chair of its Audit Committee, tendered his resignation from the company's Board of Directors on May 15, 2017 for personal reasons, effective immediately. Upon his resignation, Mr. Leighton also ceased to be a member of each of the company's Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee, and the Special Committee that was established to evaluate the proposed going-private transaction of the company. On February 17, 2017, the company announced the formation of a special committee of the Board of Directors (the Special Committee) comprised solely of independent directors, which includes Mr. Leighton, to consider the preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated February 16, 2017 from its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jie Han (Mr. Han), XD. In light of Mr. Leighton's resignation, the Special Committee will now consist of two members, Feng Li and Linyuan Zhai, with Mr. Li acting as the Chairman.