KE Holdings Inc. Announces Inclusion of its Class A Ordinary Shares in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect Programs
KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), known as Beike, has announced the inclusion of its Class A ordinary shares in both the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs, effective March 10, 2025.
This strategic development enables eligible Mainland China investors to directly trade the company's Class A ordinary shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The inclusion is anticipated to deliver three key benefits:
- Expansion and diversification of the investor base
- Enhancement of trading liquidity
- Greater opportunity for Mainland Chinese investors to participate in Beike's growth through the financial market
KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), conosciuta come Beike, ha annunciato l'inclusione delle sue azioni ordinarie di Classe A nei programmi Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect e Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, a partire dal 10 marzo 2025.
Questo sviluppo strategico consente agli investitori idonei della Cina continentale di scambiare direttamente le azioni ordinarie di Classe A della società quotate alla Borsa di Hong Kong. Si prevede che l'inclusione porterà a tre principali vantaggi:
- Espansione e diversificazione della base di investitori
- Miglioramento della liquidità commerciale
- Maggiore opportunità per gli investitori cinesi della terraferma di partecipare alla crescita di Beike attraverso il mercato finanziario
KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), conocida como Beike, ha anunciado la inclusión de sus acciones ordinarias de Clase A en los programas Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect y Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, a partir del 10 de marzo de 2025.
Este desarrollo estratégico permite a los inversores elegibles de China continental comerciar directamente las acciones ordinarias de Clase A de la compañía que cotizan en la Bolsa de Hong Kong. Se anticipa que la inclusión proporcionará tres beneficios clave:
- Expansión y diversificación de la base de inversores
- Mejora de la liquidez comercial
- Mayor oportunidad para que los inversores de China continental participen en el crecimiento de Beike a través del mercado financiero
KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), 베이크로 알려진 이 회사는 상하이-홍콩 주식 연결 및 선전-홍콩 주식 연결 프로그램에 클래스 A 보통주를 포함한다고 발표했습니다. 이는 2025년 3월 10일부터 시행됩니다.
이 전략적 개발은 자격을 갖춘 중국 본토 투자자들이 홍콩 증권거래소에 상장된 회사의 클래스 A 보통주를 직접 거래할 수 있도록 합니다. 이번 포함은 세 가지 주요 이점을 제공할 것으로 예상됩니다:
- 투자자 기반의 확장 및 다양화
- 거래 유동성의 향상
- 본토 중국 투자자들이 금융 시장을 통해 베이크의 성장에 참여할 수 있는 더 큰 기회
KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), connue sous le nom de Beike, a annoncé l'inclusion de ses actions ordinaires de Classe A dans les programmes Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect et Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, à compter du 10 mars 2025.
Ce développement stratégique permet aux investisseurs éligibles de la Chine continentale de négocier directement les actions ordinaires de Classe A de la société cotées à la Bourse de Hong Kong. On s'attend à ce que l'inclusion apporte trois avantages clés :
- Expansion et diversification de la base d'investisseurs
- Amélioration de la liquidité des transactions
- Meilleure opportunité pour les investisseurs chinois continentaux de participer à la croissance de Beike à travers le marché financier
KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), bekannt als Beike, hat die Aufnahme ihrer Stammaktien der Klasse A in die Programme Shanghai-Hongkong Stock Connect und Shenzhen-Hongkong Stock Connect angekündigt, die am 10. März 2025 in Kraft treten.
Diese strategische Entwicklung ermöglicht es berechtigten Investoren aus dem chinesischen Festland, die Stammaktien der Klasse A des Unternehmens, die an der Hongkonger Börse notiert sind, direkt zu handeln. Es wird erwartet, dass die Aufnahme drei wesentliche Vorteile mit sich bringt:
- Erweiterung und Diversifizierung der Anlegerbasis
- Verbesserung der Handelsliquidität
- Größere Möglichkeit für Investoren aus dem Festlandchina, an Beikes Wachstum über den Finanzmarkt teilzuhaben
- Expanded access to Mainland Chinese investors potentially increasing demand for shares
- Expected improvement in trading liquidity
- Broader diversification of investor base
- None.
BEIJING, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KE Holdings Inc. (“Beike” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BEKE; HKEX: 2423), a leading integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services, today announced that the Company’s Class A ordinary shares traded on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) have been included in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs, both effective on March 10, 2025, pursuant to the announcements made by the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, respectively.
Following the inclusion, eligible investors in Mainland China will have direct access to the trading of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares. The inclusion is expected to further expand and diversify the Company’s investor base, improve the trading liquidity of the Company, and allow Beike to share its growth and future success with investors in Mainland China via the financial market to a greater extent.
About the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect are mutual stock market access mechanisms between Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, under which the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange have established technical connectivity with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, respectively, to enable investors in Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to trade eligible shares listed on each other’s market through their local securities companies or brokers.
About KE Holdings Inc.
KE Holdings Inc. is a leading integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services. The Company is a pioneer in building infrastructure and standards to reinvent how service providers and customers efficiently navigate and complete housing transactions and services in China, ranging from existing and new home sales, home rentals, to home renovation and furnishing, and other services. The Company owns and operates Lianjia, China’s leading real estate brokerage brand and an integral part of its Beike platform. With more than 23 years of operating experience through Lianjia since its inception in 2001, the Company believes the success and proven track record of Lianjia pave the way for it to build its infrastructure and standards and drive the rapid and sustainable growth of Beike.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “aims,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “likely to,” and similar statements. Beike may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 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. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about KE Holdings Inc.’s beliefs, plans, and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Beike’s goals and strategies; Beike’s future business development, financial condition and results of operations; expected changes in the Company’s revenues, costs or expenditures; Beike’s ability to empower services and facilitate transactions on Beike platform; competition in the industry in which Beike operates; relevant government policies and regulations relating to the industry; Beike’s ability to protect the Company’s systems and infrastructures from cyber-attacks; Beike’s dependence on the integrity of brokerage brands, stores and agents on the Company’s platform; general economic and business conditions in China and globally; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in KE Holdings Inc.’s filings with the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and KE Holdings Inc. does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
For more information, please visit: https://investors.ke.com.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
KE Holdings Inc.
Investor Relations
Siting Li
E-mail: ir@ke.com
Piacente Financial Communications
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
E-mail: ke@tpg-ir.com
In the United States:
Piacente Financial Communications
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: ke@tpg-ir.com
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