Country Style Cooking Special Committee Appoints Independent Financial Advisor and Legal Counsel

Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd.

("Country Style Cooking" or the "Company"), a fast-growing quick service restaurant chain in China, today announced that the special committee (the "Special Committee") of the Company's board of directors (the "Board") has retained Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC and Duff & Phelps, LLC as its independent financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis as its U.S. legal counsel in connection with its review and evaluation of the previously-announced non-binding proposal letter (the "Proposal") that the Board received on August 14, 2015 from Ms. Hong Li, Co-Founder and Chairwoman of the Board, Mr. Xingqiang Zhang, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, and Sky Success Venture Holdings Limited (collectively, the "Buyer Group"), proposing to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company not already owned by the Buyer Group and its affiliates in a "going private" transaction (the "Transaction"). The Company cautions its shareholders and others considering trading in the Company's securities that the Special Committee is continuing its evaluation of the Transaction and that, at this time, neither the Board nor the Special Committee has made any decision with respect to the Company's response to the Proposal. There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made by any person, that any agreement will be executed or that the Transaction or any other transaction will be approved or consummated. The Company does not undertake any obligation to provide any updates with respect to the Transaction or any other transaction, except as required under applicable law.