BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KE Holdings Inc. (�Beike or the Company) (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), a leading integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services, today announced that it will hold an annual general meeting of the Companys shareholders (the AGM) at 11:00 a.m. Beijing time (or soon after the Class A Meeting and the Class B Meeting, both of which are defined below) on Friday, August 12, 2022 at Oriental Electronic Technology Building, No. 2 Chuangye Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC, for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing each of the Proposed Resolutions as defined and set forth in the notice of the AGM (the AGM Notice). The AGM Notice and the form of proxy for the AGM are available on the Companys website at https://investors.ke.com/. The board of directors of the Company fully supports the Proposed Resolutions and recommends that shareholders and holders of American depositary shares (ADSs) vote in favor of the Proposed Resolutions.
The Company will hold a class meeting of holders of Class A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.00002 each (the Class A Meeting) and a class meeting of holders of Class B ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.00002 each (the Class B Meeting) convened on the same date and at the same place as the AGM, for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the Class-based Resolution as defined and set forth in the circular of the Company dated June 30, 2022, Hong Kong time. The notices and forms of proxy for each of the Class A Meeting and the Class B Meeting and the circular are available on the Companys website at https://investors.ke.com/.
Holders of record of the Companys ordinary shares as of the close of business on July 12, 2022, Hong Kong time, are entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and vote at, the AGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and, as applicable, the Class A Meeting or the Class B Meeting. Holders of record of ADSs as of the close of business on July 12, 2022, New York time, who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Class A ordinary shares must give voting instructions to The Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary of the ADSs.
The Company has filed its annual report on Form 20-F, including its audited financial statements, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The Companys annual report on Form 20-F can be accessed on the Companys website at https://investors.ke.com/ and on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
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, Chinas 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. Beike may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the SEC and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), 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: Beikes goals and strategies; Beikes future business development, financial condition and results of operations; expected changes in the Companys revenues, costs or expenditures; Beikes ability to empower services and facilitate transactions on Beikes platform; competition in our industry; relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry; Beikes ability to protect the Companys systems and infrastructures from cyber-attacks; Beikes dependence on the integrity of brokerage brands, stores and agents on the Companys 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 and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. 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.
Contacts
For investor and media inquiries:
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
HOHHOT, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 December 2024 - China's National Forestry and…
HONG KONG SAR - EQS Newswire - 23 December 2024 - Novautek Autonomous Driving Limited…
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 December 2024 - V-GREEN and PT Xanh…
Increase in opportunities predicted for high-speed optical transceivers and miniaturized connectivity solutions to address data-intensive…
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 December 2024 - DYXnet, a wholly-owned…
CAIRO, EGYPT - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 December 2024 - Eand, Novo Nordisk, BSH,…