BEIJING, April 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pintec Technology
Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: PT) ("PINTEC" or the "Company"), a
leading independent technology platform enabling financial services
in China, today announced that it
has called an extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") of
shareholders to be held at Floor 9, Room Jupiter, Heng An Building,
No. 17, East 3rd Ring Road, Chaoyang, Beijing on May 7,
2021 at 10:00a.m. Local time to consider and vote on the
following two proposals (the "Proposals") as further detailed in
the notice of the EGM (the "Notice"):
- THAT the authorized share capital of the Company shall be
changed to US$250,000, divided into
2,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.000125 each, comprising of (i) 750,000,000
Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.000125 each, (ii) 250,000,000 Class B
Ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.000125 each, and (iii) 1,000,000,000 shares
of no specific class of a par value of US$0.000125 each, by the re-designation of
1,000,000,000 authorized but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares as
shares of no specific class (the "Re-designation of Share
Capital");
- THAT the Company's Fourth or Current Amended and Restated
Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association be amended
and restated by their deletion in their entirety and by the
substitution in their place of the Fifth Amended and Restated
Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association in the form
as attached as Exhibit A to the Notice.
The detailed Proposals and additional information regarding the
EGM can be found in the Notice and the form of proxy for the EGM.
The Notice and form of proxy for the EGM are available on the
Company's website at ir.pintec.com, and will also be furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 6-K on or about
April 2, 2021. In addition, the
Company's proxy materials (including the final proxy statement)
will be mailed to shareholders and ADS holders.
The Board of Directors of the Company recommends that the
Company's shareholders and ADS holders
vote FOR the Proposals.
The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of
business on April 7, 2021 as the
record date (the "Record Date") for determining the shareholders
entitled to receive the Notice or any adjournment or postponement
thereof. Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the
close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of, to
attend and vote at, the EGM or any adjournment or postponement
thereof. Holders of the Company's American depositary shares
("ADSs") who wish to exercise their voting rights for the
underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the
Company's ADS program, The Bank of New York Mellon.
About PINTEC
PINTEC is a leading independent technology platform enabling
financial services in China. By
connecting business and financial partners on its open platform,
PINTEC enables them to provide financial services to end users
efficiently and effectively. The Company offers its partners a full
suite of customized solutions, ranging from digital retail lending,
digital business lending, robotic process automation, to wealth
management and insurance products. Leveraging its scalable and
reliable technology infrastructure, PINTEC serves a wide range of
industry verticals covering online travel, e-commerce,
telecommunications, online education, SaaS platforms, financial
technology, internet search, and online classifieds and listings,
as well as various types of financial partners including banks,
brokers, insurance companies, investment funds and trusts, consumer
finance companies and other similar institutions. For more
information, please visit ir.pintec.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can
be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "is
expected to," "anticipates," "aim," "future," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "are likely to," "estimates," "may," "should" and
similar expressions, and include, without limitation, quotations
from management and PINTEC's strategic and operational plans.
PINTEC may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in
its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases
and other written materials and in oral statements made by its
officers, directors or employees to third parties. Such statements
are based upon management's current expectations and current market
and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known
or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are
difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's
control. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any such statements.
Potential risks and uncertainties include, but not limited to, the
Company's limited operating history, regulatory uncertainties
relating to online consumer finance in China, the Company's reliance on Jimu Group
for a significant portion of its funding and the need to further
diversify its financial partners, the Company's
reliance on a limited number of business partners, the impact of
current or future PRC laws or regulations on wealth management
financial products, publicity regarding the consumer finance
industry and the evolving regulatory environment governing this
industry in China, and the
Company's ability to meet the standards necessary to maintain the
listing of its ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market, including its
ability to cure any non-compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing
criteria. Further information regarding these and other risks,
uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information
provided in this press release is as of the date of this press
release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to
update any forward-looking statement as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required under
applicable law.
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SOURCE Pintec Technology Holdings Limited