Sec Form 13D Filing - Grain Bud Holding Ltd filing for KE Holdings Inc. (BEKE) - 2021-12-30

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 3)*

 

KE Holdings Inc.

 

(Name of Issuer)

 

Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00002 per share

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

482497 104**

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

Grain Bud Holding Limited
Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town
Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to

Receive Notices and Communications)

 

December 30, 2021

 

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

** CUSIP number 482497 104 has been assigned to the American depositary shares (“ADSs”) of the issuer, which are quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BEKE.” Each ADS represents three class A ordinary shares.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 482497 104  

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Propitious Global Holdings Limited

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a)  ¨

 

(b)  ¨

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

 

OO

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                 ¨

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

British Virgin Islands

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH 

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

885,301,280

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

885,301,280(1)

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) ¨

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

24.8%.(2) 

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

(1)                 Represents 157,894,050 Class A ordinary shares and 727,407,230 class B ordinary shares held by Propitious Global Holdings Limited.

 

(2)                 Calculation is based on a total of 3,572,692,936 issued and outstanding ordinary shares (consisting of 2,687,391,656 class A ordinary shares and 885,301,280 class B ordinary shares) of the Issuer as of September 30, 2021 as a single class, reported on the Issuer’s current report on Form 6-K filed on November 9, 2021. The class B ordinary shares are treated as converted into class A ordinary shares only for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of the Reporting Persons.

 

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CUSIP No. 482497 104  

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Grain Bud Holding Limited

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a)  ¨

 

(b)  ¨

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

 

OO

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                 ¨

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

British Virgin Islands

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH 

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

885,301,280

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

885,301,280(1)

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) ¨

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

24.8%.(2) 

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

(1)                  Represents 157,894,050 Class A ordinary shares and 727,407,230 class B ordinary shares held by Propitious Global Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Grain Bud Holding Limited.

 

(2)                  Calculation is based on a total of 3,572,692,936 issued and outstanding ordinary shares (consisting of 2,687,391,656 class A ordinary shares and 885,301,280 class B ordinary shares) of the Issuer as of September 30, 2021 as a single class, reported on the Issuer’s current report on Form 6-K filed on November 9, 2021. The class B ordinary shares are treated as converted into class A ordinary shares only for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of the Reporting Persons.

 

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CUSIP No. 482497 104  

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Z&Z Trust

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a)  ¨

 

(b)  ¨

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

 

OO

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)           ¨

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

British Virgin Islands

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

 

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

885,301,280

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

885,301,280(1)

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)  ¨

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

24.8%.(2) 

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

OO

 

(1)                  Represents 157,894,050 Class A ordinary shares and 727,407,230 class B ordinary shares held by Propitious Global Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Grain Bud Holding Limited, which is in turn wholly owned by Z&Z Trust.

 

(2)                 Calculation is based on a total of 3,572,692,936 issued and outstanding ordinary shares (consisting of 2,687,391,656 class A ordinary shares and 885,301,280 class B ordinary shares) of the Issuer as of September 30, 2021 as a single class, reported on the Issuer’s current report on Form 6-K filed on November 9, 2021. The class B ordinary shares are treated as converted into class A ordinary shares only for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of the Reporting Persons.

 

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CUSIP No. 482497 104  

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

ZHU, Yan

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a)  ¨

 

(b)  ¨

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

 

OO

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                 ¨

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

People’s Republic of China

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

0

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

885,301,280

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

885,301,280(1)

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) ¨

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

24.8%.(2) 

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

IN

 

(1)           Represents 157,894,050 Class A ordinary shares and 727,407,230 class B ordinary shares held by Propitious Global Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Grain Bud Holding Limited, which is in turn wholly owned by Z&Z Trust. Ms. Zhu, the spouse of Mr. Hui Zuo, founder and permanent chairman emeritus of the Issuer, controls the dispositive power over the securities beneficially owned by Z&Z Trust. Pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and t he rules promulgated thereunder, Ms. Zhu may be deemed to beneficially own all of the shares held by Propitious Global.

 

(2)           Calculation is based on a total of 3,572,692,936 issued and outstanding ordinary shares (consisting of 2,687,391,656 class A ordinary shares and 885,301,280 class B ordinary shares) of the Issuer as of September 30, 2021 as a single class, reported on the Issuer’s current report on Form 6-K filed on November 9, 2021. The class B ordinary shares are treated as converted into class A ordinary shares only for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of the Reporting Persons.

 

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Explanatory Note

 

The Statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 29, 2021 as amended and supplemented by (i) Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on July 29, 2021 and (ii) Amendment No. 2 filed with the Commission on November 8, 2021 (the “Statement”), is hereby further amended and supplemented by this Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D (the “Amendment”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Statement. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Item of the Statement remains unchanged.

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

 

Items 2(a) –(c) and (f) of the Statement are hereby amended and supplemented by:

 

Adding Ms. ZHU, Yan (“Ms. Zhu”) as a Reporting Person. Ms. Zhu is a citizen of People’s Republic of China and her address is Oriental Electronic Technology Building, No. 2 Chuangye Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100086, People’s Republic of China.

 

From the date of this Amendment, all references to “Reporting Persons” in the Statement shall include Ms. Zhu. The agreement among the Reporting Persons relating to the joint filing of the Statement and this Amendment is attached as Exhibit A hereto. Information with respect to each of the Reporting Persons is given solely by such Reporting Person, and no Reporting Person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning the other Reporting Persons, except as otherwise provided in Rule 13d-1(k).

 

Items 2(d) and (e) of the Statement are hereby amended and supplemented by:

 

During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been: (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

 

On December 30, 2021, the Trustee of Z&Z Trust (the “Trust”) amended the governing document of the Trust. Following the amendment, Ms. Zhu controls the dispositive power over the securities beneficially owned by the Trust. Pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, Ms. Zhu may be deemed to beneficially own all of the shares held by Propitious Global. Baihui Partners L.P., an exempted limited partnership registered in the Cayman Islands, acting by its general partner, exercises the voting right over aforementioned securities as the attorney-in-fact of Propitious Global.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

 

The information furnished in Item 3 of this Amendment is incorporated into this Item 4 by reference.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5(c) of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

 

(c): Except as disclosed in Item 4 hereof, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transaction in the ordinary shares of the Issuer during the past 60 days.

 

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Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

 

The information furnished in Item 3 of the Amendment is incorporated into this Item 6 by reference.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
A Joint Filing Agreement dated December 30, 2021 by and between the Reporting Persons.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: December 30, 2021

 

  ZHU, Yan
   
  By: /s/ ZHU, Yan

 

  Z&Z Trust
   
    For and on behalf of
    Cantrust (Far East) Limited
    As Trustee of Z&Z Trust

 

  By: /s/ Cantrust (Far East) Limited

 

  Grain Bud Holding Limited
   
    For and on behalf of
    Rustem Limited

 

  By: /s/ Rustem Limited
    Name: Rustem Limited
    Title: Director

 

  Propitious Global Holdings Limited

 

  By: /s/ ZHU, Yan
    Name: ZHU, Yan
    Title: Director