XPENG INC.
(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NYSE Ticker: XPEV, HKEx Stock Code: 9868)
PROXY STATEMENT
GENERAL
The board of directors (the “Board”) of XPeng Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) is soliciting proxies for (i) the 2021 first class meeting of holders of class A ordinary shares of the Company (the “Class A Meeting”) to be held on December 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time), (ii) the 2021 first class meeting of holders of class B ordinary shares of the Company (the “Class B Meeting”) to be held on December 8, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. (Hong Kong time) (or as soon as the conclusion of the Class A Meeting), and (iii) the 2021 first extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “EGM”) to be held on December 8, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) (or as soon as the conclusion of the Class B Meeting). The Class A Meeting, the Class B Meeting and the EGM will be held at No. 8 Songgang Road, Changxing Street, Cencun, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, PRC.
You can review and download the proxy statement and the proxy form at the Company’s website at www.xiaopeng.com and website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited at www.hkexnews.hk.
RECORD DATES, SHARE OWNERSHIP AND QUORUM
Only holders of the Company’s class A ordinary shares and/or class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share of record as of the close of business on November 5, 2021, Hong Kong time (the “Shares Record Date”) are entitled to attend and vote at the Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and the EGM (as the case may be).
In order to attend the Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and the EGM (as the case may be), persons who hold the Company’s class A ordinary shares or class B ordinary shares directly on our Cayman Islands register of members should ensure that all transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, are lodged with our registrar in Cayman Islands at 4th Floor, Harbour Place, 103 South Church Street, P.O. Box 10240, Grand Cayman KY1-1002, Cayman Islands, before 4:30 p.m., Hong Kong time, on November 5, 2021. Persons who hold the Company’s class A ordinary shares directly on our Hong Kong register of members should ensure that all transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, are lodged with our registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, within the same period (i.e. before 4:30 p.m., Hong Kong time, on November 5, 2021).
Holders of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) issued by Citibank, N.A., as Depositary of the ADSs, and representing our class A ordinary shares are not entitled to attend or vote at the Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and the EGM (as the case may be) under the Company’s seventh amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Existing Memorandum and Articles”).
Please note that any ADS holder who appears at the venue of the Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and the EGM (as the case may be) will not be allowed to attend the relevant meetings. Holders of ADSs as of the close of business on November 5, 2021, New York time (the “ADS Record Date”) will be able to instruct Citibank, N.A., the holder of record of class A ordinary shares (through a nominee) represented by ADSs, as to how to vote the class A ordinary shares represented by such ADSs. Citibank, N.A., as Depositary of the ADSs, will endeavor, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, to vote or cause to be voted at the Class A Meeting and the EGM (as the case may be) the class A ordinary shares it holds in respect of the ADSs in accordance with the instructions which it has properly received from ADS holders.
For Class A Meeting or Class B Meeting, one or more persons holding or representing by proxy at least one-third in nominal or par value amount of the issued shares of the relevant class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum), shall be a quorum for all purposes.
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