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CUSIP No. 36165L108 | | Page 5 of 7 |
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 14 to Schedule 13D amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed with the Commission on June 5, 2017 and amended on June 19, 2017, October 23, 2017, November 16, 2017, February 1, 2018, June 18, 2018, July 5, 2018, March 19, 2019, December 10, 2019, June 24, 2020, August 4, 2020, October 27, 2020, February 22, 2022 and December 12, 2023 (the “Statement”) relating to the Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00005 per share (the “Class A Shares”), of GDS Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company (the “Issuer”), with its principal executive offices located at F4/F5, Building C, Sunland International, No. 999 Zhouhai Road, Pudong, Shanghai 200137, People’s Republic of China.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Statement.
Item 2. Identity and Background
Item 2 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
This Schedule 13D is filed jointly on behalf of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“STT”), STT Communications Ltd, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“STTC”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of STT, STT Garnet Pte. Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“STT Garnet”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of STTC, and STT GDC Pte. Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“STT GDC” and, together with STT, STTC and STT Garnet, the “Reporting Persons”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of STTC.
The address of the principal business office of STT, STTC and STT Garnet is 1 Temasek Avenue, #33-01, Millenia Tower, Singapore 039192. The address of the principal business office of STT GDC is 3 Temasek Avenue, #28-01, Centennial Tower, Singapore 039190.
The principal business of STT is providing management services, strategic investments specializing in communications & media, data centers and infrastructure technology businesses and investment holding. The principal business of STTC is providing management services, strategic investments specializing in communications & media, data centers and infrastructure technology businesses and investment holding. The principal business of STT Garnet is investment holding. The principal business of STT GDC is providing data center services through its portfolio of data centers globally, either directly or through investments in data center operating companies.
The name, business address, present principal occupation and citizenship of the directors and executive officers of each of the Reporting Persons are set forth in Schedule A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Neither the Reporting Persons nor, to the best knowledge of each of the Reporting Persons, any of the persons listed in Schedule A has, during the last five years, been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction resulting in his or its being subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by inserting the following:
The information set forth in the first paragraph under “2024 Restructuring” of Item 4 below is incorporated herein by reference.