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 November 2017

Commission File Number: 001-36222

 

 

Autohome Inc.

 

 

10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza

3 Dan Ling Street

Haidian District, Beijing 100080

The 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 of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒                    Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

 

 

 


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.

 

Autohome Inc.
By       :      

/s/ Min Lu

Name   :   Min Lu
Title   :   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Date: November 14, 2017

[Signature page to Form 6-K]


Exhibit Index

Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release

Exhibit 99.2 – Notice of Annual General Meeting

Exhibit 99.3 – Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting

Exhibit 99.4 – Depositary Notice to ADS Holders

Exhibit 99.5 – Voting Card for ADS Holders

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

AUTOHOME INC. TO HOLD

2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 1, 2017

BEIJING, November 13, 2017 – Autohome Inc. (“Autohome” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ATHM), a leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China on December 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (local time). Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the close of business on November 10, 2017 (Eastern Time) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual general meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of the Company’s American depositary shares (“ADSs”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

Autohome has filed its annual report on Form 20-F, including its audited financial statements, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Autohome’s Form 20-F can be accessed on the Company’s website at http://ir.autohome.com.cn, as well as on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Shareholders may also obtain a hard copy of the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, free of charge, by writing to Vivian Xu, Autohome Inc., 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, The People’s Republic of China, or by email to ir@autohome.com.cn.

About Autohome Inc.

Autohome Inc. (NYSE:ATHM) is the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China. Its mission is to enhance the car-buying and ownership experience for auto consumers in China. Autohome provides professionally produced and user-generated content, a comprehensive automobile library, and extensive automobile listing information to automobile consumers, covering the entire car purchase and ownership cycle. The ability to reach a large and engaged user base of automobile consumers has made Autohome a preferred platform for automakers and dealers to conduct their advertising campaigns. Further, the Company’s dealer subscription and advertising services allow dealers to market their inventory and services through Autohome’s platform, extending the reach of their physical showrooms to potentially millions of internet users in China and generating sales leads for them. The Company offers sales leads, data analysis, and marketing services to assist automakers and dealers with improving their efficiency and facilitating transactions. As a transaction-centric company, Autohome operates its “Autohome Mall,” a full-service online transaction platform, to facilitate transactions for automakers and dealers. Further, through its website and mobile applications, it also provides other value-added services, including auto financing, auto insurance, used car transactions, and aftermarket services. For further information, please visit www.autohome.com.cn.

For further information, please contact:

Vivian Xu

Investor Relations

Autohome Inc.

Tel: +86-10-5985-7017

Email: ir@autohome.com.cn

Christian Arnell

Christensen

Tel: +86-10-5900-1548

Email: carnell@christensenir.com

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

AUTOHOME INC.

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(NYSE Ticker: ATHM)

 

 

Notice of Annual General Meeting

to be held on December 1, 2017

(or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of Autohome Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China on December 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (local time), for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

 

1. Ms. Han Qiu be re-elected as a director of the Company and each director of the Company be and is hereby authorized to take any and every action that might be necessary to effect the foregoing resolution as such director, in his or her absolute discretion, thinks fit.

 

2. Mr. Zheng Liu be appointed as a director of the Company and each director of the Company be and is hereby authorized to take any and every action that might be necessary to effect the foregoing resolution as such director, in his or her absolute discretion, thinks fit.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on November 10, 2017 (Eastern Time) as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Holders of record of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share, at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend, and to vote at, the AGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Holders of the Company’s ADSs are welcome to attend the AGM in person but must act through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the Company’s ADS program to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares.

Shareholders and ADS holders may obtain a copy of the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, free of charge, from the Company’s website at http://ir.autohome.com.cn, or by writing to Vivian Xu, Investor Relations, Autohome Inc., 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China or by email to ir@autohome.com.cn.


By Order of the Board of Directors,
Autohome Inc.

/s/ Min Lu

Min Lu
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Beijing, November 13, 2017

EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

AUTOHOME INC.

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(NYSE Ticker: ATHM)

 

 

Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting

to be held on December 1, 2017

(or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof)

Introduction

This Form of Proxy is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the board of directors of Autohome Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by Shares (the “Company”), of proxies from the holders of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.01 per share (the “Shares”), to be exercised at the annual general meeting of the Company (the “AGM”) to be held at 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China on December 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (local time), and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Only the holders of record of the Shares at the close of business on November 10, 2017 (Eastern Time) (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the AGM. Each Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company. The quorum of the AGM is at least two or more shareholders entitled to vote and be present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a shareholder being a corporation) by its duly authorized representative representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights represented by the issued and outstanding Shares throughout the meeting. This Form of Proxy and the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting are first being sent to the shareholders of the Company on or about November 14, 2017.

The Shares represented by all properly executed proxies returned to the Company will be voted at the AGM as indicated. If no instruction is given in a properly executed proxy returned to the Company, the proxy holder named therein will be entitled to vote or abstain at his/her discretion. As to any other business that may properly come before the AGM, all properly executed proxies will be voted by the proxy holders named therein in accordance with their discretion. The Company does not presently know of any other business which may come before the AGM. However, if any other matter properly comes before the AGM, or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof, which may properly be acted upon, unless otherwise indicated, the proxies solicited hereby will be voted on such matter in accordance with the discretion of the proxy holders named therein. Any person giving a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time before it is exercised (i) by filing with the Company a duly signed revocation at its office at the 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China or (ii) by voting in person at the AGM.

To be valid, this Form of Proxy must be completed, signed and delivered to the Company’s office at the 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China as soon as possible and in any event no later than November 28, 2017.


AUTOHOME INC.

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(NYSE Ticker: ATHM)

 

 

Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting

to be held on December 1, 2017

(or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof)

I/We                                                                                                                                                                                              of

                                                                                                                                                                                                         ,

being the registered holder of                          Class A ordinary shares1 , par value US$0.01 per share, of Autohome Inc. (the “Company”), hereby appoint the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting2 or                                                               of                                                                                             as my/our proxy to attend and act for me/us at the Annual General Meeting (or at any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof) of the Company to be held at 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China on December 1, 2017 at 10:00 am (local time), and in the event of a poll, to vote for me/us as indicated below, or if no such indication is given, as my/our proxy thinks fit.

 

No.

  

RESOLUTIONS

  

FOR 3

  

AGAINST 3

  

ABSTAIN 3

1.    Ms. Han Qiu be re-elected as a director of the Company and each director of the Company be and is hereby authorized to take any and every action that might be necessary to effect the foregoing resolution as such director, in his or her absolute discretion, thinks fit.         
2.    Mr. Zheng Liu be appointed as a director of the Company and each director of the Company be and is hereby authorized to take any and every action that might be necessary to effect the foregoing resolution as such director, in his or her absolute discretion, thinks fit.         

 

Dated                     , 2017    Signature(s) 4                             

 

1  Please insert the number of shares registered in your name(s) to which this proxy relates. If no number is inserted, this form of proxy will be deemed to relate to all the shares in the Company registered in your name(s).
2  If any proxy other than the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting is preferred, strike out the words “the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting or” and insert the name and address of the proxy desired in the space provided. A member may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his stead. Any alteration made to this form of proxy must be initialed by the person(s) who sign(s) it.
3  IMPORTANT: If you wish to vote for the resolution, tick the box marked “FOR”. If you wish to vote against the resolution, tick the box marked “AGAINST”. If you wish to abstain from voting on the resolution, tick the box marked “ABSTAIN”.
4  This form of proxy must be signed by you or your attorney duly authorized in writing or, in the case of a corporation, must be either executed under its common seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorized to sign the same.
EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas    LOGO   

Global Transaction Banking

 

DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS    November 13, 2017
Depositary’s Notice of General Meeting of Shareholders of Autohome Inc.:
Issuer:    Autohome Inc.   
CUSIP :    05278C107    DR ISIN: US05278C1071 (DTC Eligible)
Country:    Incorporated in Cayman Islands   
Meeting Details:    Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Autohome Inc. on December 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China
ADS Record Date:    November 10, 2017   
Voting Deadline:    November 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)
Meeting Date:    December 1, 2017   
Meeting Agenda:    The Company’s Notices of Meeting including the Agenda is available at http://ir.autohome.com.cn.
Ratio (ORD:ADS):    1 Class A Ordinary Share : 1 ADS

Holders of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) representing ordinary shares (the “Deposited Securities”) of Autohome Inc. (the “Company”) are hereby notified of the Company’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders. A copy of the Notice of Meeting from the company, which includes the agenda is available at http://ir.autohome.com.cn.

Shareholders and ADS holders may obtain a copy of the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, free of charge, from the Company’s website at http://ir.autohome.com.cn, or by writing to Vivian Xu, Investor Relations, Autohome Inc., 10th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, The People’s Republic of China or by email to ir@autohome.com.cn. Holders of record of ADSs as of the close of business on the ADS Record Date set forth above will be entitled, subject to any applicable laws, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and the provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities, to instruct Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Depositary (“the Depositary”), as to the exercise of voting rights pertaining to the Deposited Shares represented by their respective ADRs. In order for a voting instruction to be valid, Holders should complete, sign and return the enclosed voting instruction form on or before the Voting Deadline set forth above. Beneficial owners of ADRs who hold their ADRs through and received materials from a bank or broker nominee should complete their respective voting instruction in accordance with the instructions received from that bank or broker nominee.

Holders are advised that in the event that (i) the Depositary timely receives voting instructions from a Holder which fail to specify the manner in which the Depositary is to vote the Deposited Securities represented by such Holder’s ADSs or (ii) no timely instructions are received by the Depositary from a Holder with respect to any of the Deposited Securities represented by the ADSs held by such Holder on the ADS Record Date, pursuant to the terms of the ADRs, the Depositary shall (unless otherwise specified in the notice distributed to Holders) deem such Holder to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company with respect to such Deposited Securities and the Depositary shall give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote such Deposited Securities, provided, however, that no such instruction shall be deemed to have been given and no such discretionary proxy shall be given with respect to any matter as to which the Company informs the Depositary (and the Company agrees to provide such information as promptly as practicable in writing, if applicable) that (x) the Company does not wish to give such proxy, (y) the Company is aware or should reasonably be aware that substantial opposition exists from Holders against the outcome for which the person designated by the Company would otherwise vote or (z) the outcome for which the person designated by the Company would otherwise vote would materially and adversely affect the rights of holders of Shares, provided, further, that the Company will have no liability to any Holder or Beneficial Owner resulting from such notification.

Additionally, Holders are advised that in the event that voting on any resolution or matter is conducted on a show of hands basis in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Depositary will refrain from voting and the voting instructions (or the deemed voting instructions, as set out above) received by the Depositary from Holders shall lapse. The Depositary will have no obligation to demand voting on a poll basis with respect to any resolution and shall have no liability to any Holder or Beneficial Owner for not having demanded voting on a poll basis.


Subject to applicable law, regulation and the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Depositary shall also, if requested in writing by the Company, represent all Deposited Securities (whether or not voting instructions have been received in respect of such Deposited Securities from Holders as of the ADS Record Date) for the purpose of establishing quorum at a meeting of shareholders.

For more information, contact:

Deutsche Bank - Depositary Receipts 212 250 9100 (Tel)

 

 

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EX-99.5

Exhibit 99.5

 

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF AUTOHOME INC. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) 14475


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