BEIJING, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc.
(Nasdaq: BIDU) ("Baidu" or the "Company"), a leading search engine,
knowledge and information centered Internet platform, and AI
company, today announced that it has filed a preliminary prospectus
supplement with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") under an automatic shelf registration
statement on Form F-3, pursuant to which the Company proposes to
sell senior notes. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from
the offering to repay certain existing indebtedness and for general
corporate purposes.
The joint bookrunners of the offering are Goldman Sachs
(Asia) L.L.C. and BofA Securities,
Inc.
This notice is not an offer of the securities for sale in
the United States of America. Any
public offering of these securities in the United States will be made by means of a
prospectus that contains detailed information about the issuer,
which prospectus may be obtained free of charge from EDGAR on the
SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any
underwriter, or any dealer participating in the offering will
arrange to send an investor the prospectus if the investor requests
it by calling Goldman Sachs & Co. toll-free at 1-866-471-2526
and BofA Securities, Inc. at 1-800-294-1322. A registration
statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC
and has become effective under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of,
these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be
registered under the applicable securities laws of any jurisdiction
outside of the United States of
America.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is a leading search engine, knowledge and
information centered Internet platform, and AI company. The
Company's mission is to make the complicated world simpler through
technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol "BIDU." Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A
ordinary share.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These
statements are made under 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," "future," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "estimates," "confident," and similar statements. Among
other things, the description of the proposed offering in this
announcement contains forward-looking statements. Baidu may also
make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic
reports to the SEC 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 but not limited
to statements about Baidu's beliefs 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: Baidu's proposed use of proceeds from the sale of debt
securities; its growth strategies; its future business development,
including development of new products and services; its ability to
attract and retain users and customers; competition in the Chinese
Internet search and newsfeed market; competition for online
marketing customers; changes in Baidu's revenues and certain cost
or expense items as a percentage of its revenues; the outcome of
ongoing, or any future, litigation or arbitration, including those
relating to intellectual property rights; the expected growth of
the Chinese-language Internet search and newsfeed market and the
number of Internet and broadband users in China; Chinese governmental policies relating
to the Internet and Internet search providers; and general economic
conditions in China and elsewhere.
Further information regarding these and other risks is included in
Baidu's annual report on Form 20-F, registration statement on Form
F-3, and other documents filed with the SEC. Baidu does not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement,
except as required under applicable law. All information provided
in this press release is as of the date of the press release, and
Baidu undertakes no duty to update such information, except as
required under applicable law.
Contacts
Investors Relations, Baidu, Inc.
Tel: +86-10-5992-8888
Email: ir@baidu.com
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