Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-053912
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Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: 424B5
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. You should also consider the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and which may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future.

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### USE OF PROCEEDS
We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities we offer as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement(s).

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### DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL
We are a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and our affairs are governed by our Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, which is referred to as the Companies Act below, and the common law of the Cayman Islands.

As of the date of this prospectus, our authorized share capital was US$175,100 divided into 3,502,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00005 each, of which 3,300,000,000 are designated as Class A ordinary shares, 200,000,000 are designated as Class B ordinary shares and 2,000,000 are designated as preferred shares. As of the date of this prospectus, there are 1,511,590,567 Class A ordinary shares (including 70,923,856 Class A ordinary shares issued and held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary, which are reserved for future delivery upon exercise or vesting of share awards granted under our share incentive plan), 43,590,336 Class B ordinary shares and 150,000 Series A convertible preferred shares issued, fully-paid and outstanding. All of our shares issued and outstanding prior to the completion of the offering are and will be fully paid, and all of our shares to be issued in the offering will be issued as fully paid.

The following are summaries of material provisions of our Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Companies Act insofar as they relate to the material terms of our ordinary shares. The following summary is not complete, and you should read our Memorandum and Articles of Association, which were filed with the SEC as Exhibit 3.1 to our current report on the Form 6-K on June 5, 2023.

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