BEIJING, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. ("Baidu" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and 89888 (RMB Counter)), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced that the Company's voluntary conversion of its secondary listing status to primary listing on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange") will become effective on September 1, 2026 (the "Effective Date").
Upon the Effective Date, Baidu will become a dual-primary listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong SAR and the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States. The conversion does not involve any issuance of new shares or fundraising activities by the Company. The stock marker "S" will be removed from the Company's stock short names for both the HKD and RMB counters on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with effect from September 1, 2026 following the conversion. The Company's corresponding announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is available on the Company's website at https://ir.baidu.com/.
Upon the Effective Date, the Company will be required to comply with all the relevant Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Listing Rules") applicable to a dual-primary listed issuer. The Company has taken the necessary measures to comply with the Hong Kong Listing Rules applicable to a dual-primary listed issuer upon the Effective Date, including changing the composition of its Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and obtaining the necessary shareholder approvals for the conversion at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on August 26, 2026.
About Baidu
Founded in 2000, Baidu's mission is to make the complicated world simpler through technology. Baidu is a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, trading on Nasdaq under "BIDU" and HKEX under "9888". One Baidu ADS represents eight Class A ordinary shares.
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SOURCE Baidu, Inc.
