EX-99.1 2 tm2220608d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

Pinduoduo Inc.

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(NASDAQ Ticker: PDD)

 

 

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) of Pinduoduo Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on July 31, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., China Standard Time, or on July 30, 2022 at 9:00 p.m., U.S. Eastern Time.

 

To provide a consistent experience to all shareholders regardless of location, the 2022 Annual Meeting will be held in virtual format through live webcast and teleconference. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares as of the close of business on July 7, 2022, China Standard Time, the record date, are cordially invited to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting. We are sending a Notice of Access to the 2022 Annual Meeting to our shareholders, please follow the procedure set out in the notice for admission to the 2022 Annual Meeting.

 

Under the Company’s Articles of Association, holders of the Company’s American depository shares (“ADSs”) may not attend or vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Instead, holders of ADSs as of July 7, 2022 will need to instruct Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depository of the ADSs, as to how to vote the Company’s ordinary shares represented by the ADSs.

 

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to participate in the 2022 Annual Meeting, we encourage you to submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the accompanying proxy statement.

 

Items of business

 

The 2022 Annual Meeting will be held for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

 

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

 

1.       Re-election of Mr. Lei Chen as a director of the Company.

 

2.       Re-election of Mr. Anthony Kam Ping Leung as a director of the Company.

 

 

 

3.       Re-election of Mr. Haifeng Lin as a director of the Company.

 

4.       Re-election of Dr. Qi Lu as a director of the Company.

 

5.       Re-election of Mr. Nanpeng Shen as a director of the Company.

 

6.       Re-election of Mr. George Yong-Boon Yeo as a director of the Company.

 

The 2022 Annual Meeting will also transact any other business properly brought before the meeting. Further details of the proposed resolutions are set out in the accompanying proxy statement which is incorporated into this notice by reference.

 

Result of the 2022 annual meeting

 

We expect to report the result of the 2022 Annual Meeting in a Form 6-K filed with the SEC within two business days after the 2022 Annual Meeting.

 

Annual Report and proxy materials are available on the internet

 

We are furnishing proxy materials to our shareholders primarily via the Internet instead of mailing printed copies of those materials to each shareholder. By doing so, we save costs and reduce the environmental impact of our 2022 Annual Meeting. The proxy materials and the Company’s 2021 annual report on Form 20-F are available free of charge on the investor relations section of our website at http://investor.pinduoduo.com/

 

  By Order of the Board of Directors,
  Pinduoduo Inc. 
   
  /s/ Andre Jianchong Zhu
  Andre Jianchong Zhu
  General Counsel

 

Shanghai, China

July 7, 2022