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GDS Announces Proposed Offering of American Depositary Shares in connection with the Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs
SHANGHAI, China, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS Holdings”, “GDS” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GDS; HKEX: 9698), a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China, today announced the commencement of a proposed registered public offering of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing eight Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, which the Company intends to loan (such loaned ADSs, the “Borrowed ADSs”) to an affiliate
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[{"type":"text","content":"SHANGHAI, China, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS Holdings”, “GDS” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GDS; HKEX: 9698), a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China, today announced the commencement of a proposed registered public offering of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing eight Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, which the Company intends to loan (such loaned ADSs, the “Borrowed ADSs”) to an affiliate of the underwriter in the offering (such affiliate, the “ADS Borrower”) pursuant to an ADS lending agreement with the ADS Borrower (the “ADS Lending Agreement”).","length":661,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The ADS Borrower or its affiliate will receive all of the proceeds from the sale of the Borrowed ADSs. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the ADSs Offering but will receive from the ADS Borrower a nominal lending fee, which will be applied to fully pay up the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Borrowed ADSs. The Company believes that the Borrowed ADSs will not be considered outstanding for the purpose of computing and reporting its earnings per ADS under the current U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and, therefore, the Company believes that no dilution will occur as a result of the Borrowed ADSs.","length":631,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company also announced today by separate press release that the Company has commenced a proposed offering (the “Notes Offering”) of convertible senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of US$450 million due 2032 (the “Notes”), subject to market conditions and other factors, in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company expects to grant the initial purchasers in the Notes Offering an option to purchase up to an additional US$50 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, exercisable for settlement within a 13-day period, beginning on, and including, the first date on which the Notes are issued.","length":764,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company also announced today by separate press release that the Company has commenced a separate registered public offering (the “Primary ADSs...