KE Holdings Inc. Announces Proposed Dual Primary Listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
04 Maio 2022 - 7:56PM
Business Wire
KE Holdings Inc. (“Beike” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BEKE), a
leading integrated online and offline platform for housing
transactions and services, today announced the proposed dual
primary listing of its Class A ordinary shares, par value
US$0.00002 per share (the “Shares”) by way of introduction on the
Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “SEHK”).
The Company’s American depositary shares (the “ADSs”), each
representing three Shares, will continue to be primarily listed and
traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).
The Company has received a letter of in-principle approval to
the listing application from the SEHK on May 4, 2022 (Beijing/Hong
Kong Time) for the dual primary listing of the Shares on the Main
Board of the SEHK. The listing document relating to the proposed
dual primary listing of the Shares by way of introduction on the
Main Board of the SEHK (the “Listing Document”) has been published
on the website of the SEHK on May 5, 2022 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time).
Subject to the final listing approval from the SEHK, the Shares are
expected to commence trading on the Main Board of the SEHK on May
11, 2022 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time) under the stock code “2423”. The
Shares will be traded in board lots of 100 Shares. Upon dual
primary listing on the Main Board of the SEHK, the Shares listed on
the Main Board of the SEHK will be fully fungible with the ADSs
listed on the NYSE.
With respect to the proposed dual primary listing on the Main
Board of the SEHK, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and China
International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited are
acting as the joint sponsors. In addition, the Company has
appointed Goldman Sachs (Asia) Securities Limited as the designated
securities dealer and China International Capital Corporation Hong
Kong Securities Limited as the alternate designated securities
dealer to carry out bridging and other trading arrangements in good
faith and on arm’s length terms with a view to contributing towards
liquidity to meet demand for the Shares in Hong Kong and to
maintain an orderly market for a period of three months, commencing
on May 11, 2022 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time).
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy any securities of
the Company, nor shall there be any offer or sale of the securities
in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other
jurisdiction.
The Company has arranged with its principal share registrar in
the Cayman Islands and the Hong Kong share registrar for the
removal of a portion of its Shares (which includes all of the
Shares represented by ADSs) from its Cayman Islands share register
and transfer to its Hong Kong share register at no additional cost
to shareholders prior to the listing on the Main Board of the SEHK.
Please refer to the section headed “Market Arrangements to
Facilitate Dealings in Hong Kong” of the Listing Document for
further details.
About KE Holdings Inc.
KE Holdings Inc. is a leading integrated online and offline
platform for housing transactions and services. The Company is a
pioneer in building infrastructure and standards to reinvent how
service providers and housing customers efficiently navigate and
complete housing transactions in China, ranging from existing and
new home sales, home rentals, to home renovation and furnishing,
and other services. The Company owns and operates Lianjia, China’s
leading real estate brokerage brand and an integral part of its
Beike platform. With more than 20 years of operating experience
through Lianjia since its inception in 2001, the Company believes
the success and proven track record of Lianjia pave the way for it
to build its infrastructure and standards and drive the rapid and
sustainable growth of Beike.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements that may constitute
“forward-looking” statements pursuant to 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,” “aims,”
“future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “likely to,”
and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook
and quotations from management in this press release, as well as
Beike’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking
statements. Beike may also make written or oral forward-looking
statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in its annual report to
shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in
oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to
third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including
statements about KE Holdings Inc.’s beliefs, plans, 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: Beike’s goals and strategies; Beike’s
future business development, financial condition and results of
operations; expected changes in the Company’s revenues, costs or
expenditures; Beike’s ability to empower services and facilitate
transactions on Beike’s platform; competition in our industry;
relevant government policies and regulations relating to our
industry; Beike’s ability to protect the Company’s systems and
infrastructures from cyber-attacks; Beike’s dependence on the
integrity of brokerage brands, stores and agents on the Company’s
platform; general economic and business conditions in China and
globally; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the
foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is
included in KE Holdings Inc.’s filings with the SEC. All
information provided in this press release is as of the date of
this press release, and KE Holdings Inc. does not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as
required under applicable law.
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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China: KE Holdings Inc. Investor Relations Matthew Zhao
Siting Li E-mail: ir@ke.com
The Piacente Group, Inc. Yang Song Tel: +86-10-6508-0677 E-mail:
ke@tpg-ir.com
In the United States: The Piacente Group, Inc. Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050 E-mail: ke@tpg-ir.com
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