Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-053912
Chunk: 103

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 103
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 our board of directors, any change in the total number of directors on our board shall require the approval of the director or directors appointed by STT Garnet. The above rights of STT Garnet may not be amended without the approval of STT Garnet.

Our Articles of Association further provide that for so long as there are Class B ordinary shares outstanding, if any of the directors nominated by or subject to election by Class B shareholders at 20 votes per share (i) is not elected or (ii) ceases to be a director, then the Class B shareholders may appoint an interim replacement for each such director. As of and after such time as there cease to be any Class B ordinary shares outstanding, and for so long as Mr. William Wei Huang continues to have beneficial ownership in not less than 2% of our then issued share capital, subject to certain exclusions, Mr. William Wei Huang may appoint one director (which is intended to be Mr. William Wei Huang) to our board of directors. Such appointments will not be subject to a vote by our shareholders. Any person so appointed shall hold office until the next general meeting of our shareholders and be subject to re-nomination and re-election at such meeting.

#### Nomination Rights
Our Articles of Association also provide that for so long as Mr. William Wei Huang continues to have beneficial ownership (as such term is interpreted pursuant to applicable U.S. securities laws and rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder by the SEC), in aggregate, of not less than two point seventy-five per cent (2.75%) of our issued and outstanding share capital on an as-converted basis, subject to certain exclusions, the Class B shareholders shall have the right to nominate five of our directors, all of whom will be subject to a vote at general meetings of our shareholders and with respect to whom Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to 20 votes per share. If any of the directors nominated by or subject to election by the Class B shareholders at 20 votes per share (i) is not elected or (ii) ceases to be a director, then Mr. Huang may appoint another person to serve in the stead of such director. Any person so appointed shall hold office until the next general meeting of our shareholders and be subject to re-nomination and re-election at such meeting.

#### Exempted Company
We are an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands. The Companies Act in the Cayman Islands distinguishes between ordinary resident