Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-053912
Chunk: 151

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 151
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 amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

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“foreign private issuer” are to such term as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act;

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“GDS,” “our company,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” are to GDS Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability on December 1, 2006 and, where the context requires, its consolidated subsidiaries and the consolidated affiliated entities, including the VIEs and their subsidiaries, from time to time;

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“HK$” are to Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong;

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“Hong Kong” are to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC;

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“Hong Kong Listing Rules” are to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, as amended or supplemented from time to time;

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“Hong Kong Share Registrar” are to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited;

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“Hong Kong Stock Exchange” are to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;

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“Memorandum” or “Memorandum of Association” are to our memorandum of association (as amended from time to time);

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“net floor area” are to the total internal area of the computer rooms within each data center where customers can house, power and cool their computer systems and networking equipment;

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“ordinary shares” are to, collectively, our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005 per share;

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“PCAOB” are to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

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“SEC” are to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

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“Securities Act” are to the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

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“shareholder(s)” are to holder(s) of ordinary shares and, where the context requires, ADSs;

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“sqm” are to square meters;

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“STT Garnet” are to STT Garnet Pte. Ltd. (a company incorporated with limited liability in Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of STT Communications Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited);

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“Tier 1 markets” are to the areas in and around the cities of Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Cheng