[ET Net News Agency, 23 December 2021] Tencent Holdings Limited (00700) said it has
resolved to declare a special interim dividend in the form of a distribution in specie of
457,326,671 Class A ordinary shares of JD.com indirectly held by the company through Huang
River to the shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the company on
the record date in proportion to their then respective shareholdings in the company on the
basis of 1 Class A ordinary share of JD.com for every 21 shares held by the qualifying
shareholders, being rounded down to the nearest whole number of JD.com shares.
Given the group's reduced investment in JD.com, Mr Lau Chi Ping Martin, an executive
director and president of the company, has tendered his resignation as a director of
JD.com with effect from today. (RC)