Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: F-3ASR
Source: 0001104659-25-053030
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Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: F-3ASR
Chunk 9
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“DayOne” is to DayOne Data Centers Limited, formerly named DigitalLand Holdings Limited, or “GDS International” or “GDSI”. GDSI is a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability on May 18, 2022, which was the holding company of our consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated entities conducting international business and operations outside of mainland China. On December 31, 2024, GDSI ceased to be our consolidated subsidiary and, as of that date, we owned approximately 35.6% of the equity interest of GDSI. On January 1, 2025, GDSI rebranded itself as “DayOne”. We refer to the business and/or entity of DayOne in this prospectus as “DayOne”;

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“DTC” are to The Depository Trust Company, the central book-entry clearing and settlement system for equity securities in the United States and the clearance system for our ADSs;

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“Exchange Act” are to the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 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