Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-053057
Chunk: 61

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: 424B5
Chunk 61
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 Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, or the Trial Measures, and five supporting guidelines, or together with the Trial Measures, the New Regulations on Filing. The New Regulations on Filing were formally implemented on March 31, 2023. The New Regulations on Filing provides, among others, that PRC domestic companies that seek to offer and list securities in overseas markets, either in direct or indirect means, are required to file the required documents with the CSRC within three working days after the application for overseas listing submitted. However, listed companies like us, which are called as “the stock enterprises”, are not required to apply for the filing immediately until they involved in matters required filings, such as follow-on financing activities. For details about the Trial Measures, please refer to “Item 4. Information on the Company — B. Business Overview — Regulatory Matters Related to Our Business — People’s Republic of China Regulations — Regulations Related to M&A and Overseas Listings” in our 2024 Annual Report.

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If it is determined in the future that approval and filing from the CSRC or other regulatory authorities or other procedures, including the cybersecurity review under the Cybersecurity Review Measures, are required for our offshore offerings, it is uncertain whether we can or how long it will take us to obtain such approval or complete such filing procedures and any such approval or filing could be rejected. Any failure to obtain (including possible rescission of such approval) or delay in obtaining such approval or completing such filing procedures for our offshore offerings, or a rescission of any such approval or filing if obtained by us, would subject us to sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities for failure to seek CSRC approval or filing or other government authorization for our offshore offerings. These regulatory authorities may impose fines and penalties on our operations in mainland China, limit our ability to pay dividends outside of mainland China, limit our operating privileges in mainland China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from our offshore offerings into mainland China or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, as well as the trading price of our listed securities. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities also may require us to halt our offshore offerings before settlement and delivery of the shares offered. Consequently, if investors engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery, they do so