Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2023

Commission File Number: 001-33853

 

 

Trip.com Group Limited

(Registrant’s Name)

 

 

968 Jin Zhong Road

Shanghai 200335

People’s Republic of China

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒                 Form 40-F  ☐

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

We made an announcement dated May 17, 2023 with The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in relation to the record date of the Company’s forthcoming annual general meeting. For details of the record date announcement, please refer to exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 6-K. Details of the annual general meeting, including the date and location of the meeting, will be provided in a meeting notice on a later date.


SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTS

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,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “targets,” and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts are or contain 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. All information provided in this announcement is as of the date of this announcement and are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   

Description

99.1    Announcement – Record Date for Annual General Meeting of Shareholders


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED

By

  :  

/s/ Cindy Xiaofan Wang

Name

  :  

Cindy Xiaofan Wang

Title

  :  

Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 17, 2023

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

 

LOGO

Trip.com Group Limited

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 9961)

RECORD DATE FOR

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Please note that the record date for determining the eligibility of the holders of the ordinary shares of Trip.com Group Limited (the “Company”) with a par value of US$0.00125 each (the “Ordinary Shares”), to attend and vote at the Company’s forthcoming annual general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”) will be as of the close of business on Thursday, June 1, 2023 (Hong Kong time) (the “Shares Record Date”). In order to be eligible to attend the General Meeting, all valid documents for the transfers of shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2023 (Hong Kong time). All persons who are registered holders of the Ordinary Shares on the Shares Record Date will be entitled to attend the General Meeting.

Holders of American depositary shares (the “ADSs”) issued by The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary of the ADSs (the “Depositary”), and representing the Ordinary Shares may attend, but may not vote, at the General Meeting. Holders of ADSs as of the close of business on Thursday, June 1, 2023 (New York time) (the “ADSs Record Date,” together with the Shares Record Date, the “Record Date”), will be able to instruct the Depositary as to how to vote the Ordinary Shares represented by such ADSs. Upon the timely receipt of a properly completed ADS voting instruction card, the Depositary will endeavor, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, to vote or cause to be voted at the General Meeting the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs in accordance with the instructions set forth in the ADS voting instruction card. Please be aware that, due to the time difference between Hong Kong and New York, if a holder of ADSs cancels his/her ADSs in exchange for Ordinary Shares on Thursday, June 1, 2023 (New York time), such holder of ADSs will not be able to instruct the Depositary as to how to vote the Ordinary Shares represented by the cancelled ADSs as described above, and will also not be a holder of those Ordinary Shares as of the Shares Record Date for the purpose of determining the eligibility to attend and vote at the General Meeting.

 

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Details including the date and location of the General Meeting will be set out in the notice of General Meeting to be issued and provided to holders of the Ordinary Shares and ADSs as of the respective Record Date together with the proxy materials in due course.

 

By Order of the Board

  Trip.com Group Limited

    James Jianzhang Liang

Executive Chairman of the Board

Hong Kong, May 17, 2023

As of the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. James Jianzhang Liang, Mr. Min Fan, Ms. Jane Jie Sun, Mr. Robin Yanhong Li, and Mr. Junjie He as directors, and Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen, Mr. Qi Ji, Mr. Gabriel Li, and Mr. JP Gan as independent directors.

 

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