Introductory Note
This amendment No. 4 (“Amendment No. 4”) to Schedule 13D is jointly filed on behalf of King Venture Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“King Venture”), and Kingsoft Corporation Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Kingsoft”, together with King Venture, each a “Reporting Person” and collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), with respect to 21Vianet Group, Inc. (the “Issuer”).
This Amendment No. 4 represents the fourth amendment to the initial statement on Schedule 13D jointly filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons with the SEC on January 20, 2015 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), as amended and supplemented by amendment No.1 jointly filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons with the SEC on June 19, 2015 (“Amendment No.1”), by amendment No 2. jointly filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons with the SEC on July 29, 2015 (“Amendment No. 2”) and by amendment No.3 jointly filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons with the SEC on July 15, 2016 (“Amendment No.3,” Amendment No. 1, Amendment No.2 and the Original Schedule 13D are collectively, the “Schedule 13D”). Except as provided herein, this Amendment No. 4 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:
As described in Item 4 below, King Venture converted 21,600,000 of its 39,087,125 Class A Ordinary Shares of the Issuer into 3,600,000 American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) and subsequently sold 3,600,000 ADSs in open market transactions. The information set forth in Item 4 below is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:
In May 2020, King Venture converted 21,600,000 of its 39,087,125 Class A Ordinary Shares of the Issuer into 3,600,000 ADSs (at a ratio of 6 Class A Ordinary Shares per 1 ADS). King Venture received the 3,600,000 ADSs on May 19, 2020.
On May 19, 2020, 2020, King Venture sold 3,600,000 ADSs in open market transactions at a price of $16.17 per ADS pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The primary purpose of the transactions was to provide for asset diversification and liquidity.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a)-(b) King Venture is the beneficial owner of 35,737,393 Class A Ordinary Shares, representing (i) 17,487,125 Class A Ordinary Shares and 18,250,268 Class B Ordinary Shares, assuming the conversion of all Class B Ordinary Shares held by King Venture into Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) approximately 6.8% of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, assuming the conversion of all Class B Ordinary Shares held by King Venture into Class A Ordinary Shares, (iii) approximately 5.3% of all outstanding ordinary shares of the Issuer, assuming the conversion of all outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares and Class C Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares, and (iv) approximately 8.9% of the voting power of all ordinary shares of the Issuer. The foregoing is based on 505,253,850 Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares issued to Citibank, N.A. as depositary for bulk issuance of ADSs reserved for future issuances upon the exercise or vesting of awards granted under the Issuer’s share incentive plan, but excluding treasury shares), 174,649,638 Class B Ordinary Shares and 60,000 Class C Ordinary Shares stated to be outstanding as of January 31, 2020 in a form of convertible note purchase agreement filed as an exhibit to the February 20206-K. In respect of matters requiring the vote of shareholders, each Class A Share is entitled to one vote and each Class B Share is entitled to ten votes. Each Class C Share is entitled the same rights as the Class A Shares except for veto right on three corporate matters as described in the Issuer’s report on Form6-K filed with the SEC on October 15, 2019. Each Class B Share and each Class C Share is convertible into one Class A Share at any time by the holder thereof. In addition, each Class B Share and each Class C Share is automatically converted into one Class A Share upon its transfer to any person which is not an affiliate of the holder thereof.