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 2023
Commission File Number: 001-36397
Weibo Corporation
(Registrant’s Name)
8/F, QIHAO Plaza, No. 8 Xinyuan S. Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027
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 x Form 40-F ¨
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1 Press Release — Weibo Corporation Announces Proposed Offering of US$300 Million Convertible Senior Notes
99.2 Press Release — Weibo Corporation Announces Proposed Offering of American Depositary Shares in connection with the Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs
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.
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Fei Cao |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Date: November 30, 2023
Exhibit 99.1
Weibo Corporation Announces Proposed Offering
of
US$300 Million Convertible Senior Notes
BEIJING, November 29, 2023 – Weibo
Corporation (“Weibo” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WB; HKEX: 9898), a leading social media in China, today announced
a proposed offering (the “Notes Offering”) of convertible senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of US$300 million
due 2030 (the “Notes”), subject to market conditions and other factors. The Company intends to grant the initial purchaser
in the Notes Offering an option, exercisable within a 30-day period, beginning on and including the date of the Notes Offering, to purchase
up to an additional US$30 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
The Company plans to use the net proceeds from
the Notes Offering to refinance a portion of its outstanding 3.5% senior notes due 2024.
When issued, the Notes will be senior, unsecured
obligations of Weibo. The Notes will mature on December 1, 2030, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or converted in accordance with
their terms prior to such date.
Holders may convert the Notes at any time prior
to the close of business on the fifth scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon conversion, the Company will
pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, the Company’s American depositary shares, each representing one Class A ordinary share
(the “ADSs”), or a combination of cash and ADSs, at the Company’s election. Holders may elect to receive Class A ordinary
shares in lieu of any ADSs deliverable upon conversion. The interest rate, initial conversion rate and other terms of the Notes will be
determined at the time of pricing of the Notes.
If the amount of the Notes that remains outstanding
at any time is less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding at the time of initial issuance, the Company may
redeem for cash all but not part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. The Company may also redeem for cash all but not part of the
Notes in the event of certain tax law changes.
Holders of the Notes may require the Company to
repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes on December 6, 2027 at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date. In addition, holders of the Notes have
the option, subject to certain conditions, to require the Company to repurchase any Notes held in the event of a fundamental change.
The Company expects that certain purchasers of
the Notes may establish a short position with respect to its ADSs by short selling its ADSs or by entering into short derivative positions
with respect to its ADSs (including entering into derivatives with an affiliate of the initial purchaser in the Notes Offering), in each
case, in connection with the Notes Offering. Any of the above market activities by purchasers of the Notes could increase (or reduce any
decrease in) or decrease (or reduce any increase in) the market price of the Company’s ADSs or the Notes at that time, and the Company
cannot predict the magnitude of such market activity or the overall effect it will have on the price of the Notes or its ADSs.
In order to facilitate short positions by
some holders of the Notes for purposes of hedging their investment in the Notes, concurrently with the Notes Offering, the Company
will enter into an ADS lending agreement with an affiliate of the initial purchaser in the Notes Offering (such affiliate being the
“ADS Borrower”), pursuant to which the Company will lend a certain number of ADSs (the “Borrowed ADSs”) to
the ADS Borrower (the “Registered ADS Borrow Facility”). The Borrowed ADSs will be offered in a separate SEC-registered
offering by the underwriter in such offering pursuant to a prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus (the
“Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs”). The number of Borrowed ADSs will be determined at the time of pricing of the Delta
Placement of Borrowed ADSs. The Company has been informed by the ADS Borrower that it or its affiliates intends to use the short
position created by the concurrent sale of the Borrowed ADSs to facilitate privately negotiated derivatives transactions related to
the Notes. The Borrowed ADSs are expected to be sold concurrently with the pricing of the Notes. The
activity described above could affect the market price of the Company’s ADSs or the Notes otherwise prevailing at that
time.
The closing of the Notes Offering and the closing
of the Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs are contingent upon each other.
The ADS Borrower or its affiliate will receive
all of the proceeds from the sale of the Borrowed ADSs and the Company will not receive any of those proceeds, but the ADS Borrower will
pay the Company a nominal processing fee for the use of those ADSs pursuant to the Registered ADS Borrow Facility.
The Notes, the ADSs deliverable upon conversion
of the Notes, if any, prior to the resale restriction termination date (as set forth in the terms of the Notes) and the Class A ordinary
shares represented thereby or deliverable upon conversion of Notes in lieu thereof have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or securities laws of any other places. They may not be offered
or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons, except to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance
on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities, nor shall there be a sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
This press release contains information about
the pending Notes Offering, and there can be no assurance that the Notes Offering will be completed.
About Weibo
Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share and discover
content online. Weibo combines the means of public self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social interaction, content
aggregation and content distribution. Any user can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form content. User relationships
on Weibo may be asymmetric; any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while reposting. This simple, asymmetric and
distributed nature of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral conversation stream.
Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers
to promote their brands, products and services to users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and marketing solutions to companies
of all sizes. The Company generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertising and marketing services, including
the sale of social display advertisement and promoted marketing offerings. Designed with a “mobile first” philosophy, Weibo
displays content in a simple information feed format and offers native advertisements that conform to the information feed on its platform.
To support the mobile format, Weibo has developed and is continuously refining its social interest graph recommendation engine, which
enables its customers to perform people marketing and target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships, interests and
behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement and marketing effectiveness.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements that
may constitute “forward-looking” statements pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Weibo may also make forward-looking statements in the Company’s periodic reports to
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in its interim and annual reports to shareholders, in
announcements, circulars or other publications made on the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong
Stock Exchange”), 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 statements about the
Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by
terminology, such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,”
“intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “confidence,” “estimates,” “likely
to” and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Among other things, the terms
of the Notes, whether the Company will complete the Notes Offering and a description of various hedging activities contain
forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Weibo’s limited operating
history in certain new businesses; failure to grow active user base and the level of user engagement; the uncertain regulatory
landscape in China; fluctuations in the Company’s quarterly operating results; the Company’s reliance on advertising and
marketing sales for a majority of its revenues; failure to successfully develop, introduce, drive adoption of or monetize new
features and products; failure to compete effectively for advertising and marketing spending; failure to successfully integrate
acquired businesses; risks associated with the Company’s investments, including equity pick-up and impairment; failure to
compete successfully against new entrants and established industry competitors; changes in the macro-economic environment, including
the depreciation of the Renminbi; and adverse changes in economic and political policies of the PRC government and its impact on the
Chinese economy. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Weibo’s annual report on Form 20-Fs and
other filings with the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. All information provided in this press release is current as of the
date hereof, and Weibo assumes no obligation to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Contacts
Investors Relations
Weibo Corporation
Tel: +86-10-5898-3336
Email: ir@staff.weibo.com
Exhibit 99.2
Weibo Corporation Announces Proposed Offering
of
American Depositary Shares in connection with the Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs
BEIJING, November 29, 2023 –
Weibo Corporation (“Weibo” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WB; HKEX: 9898), a leading social media in China, today
announced the commencement of the offering of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each currently representing one Class A
ordinary share of Weibo, par value US$0.00025 per share (the “ADS Offering”), which the Company intends to loan (such loaned
ADSs, the “Borrowed ADSs”) to an affiliate of the underwriter in the ADS Offering (such affiliate, the “ADS Borrower”)
pursuant to an ADS lending agreement with the ADS Borrower (the “ADS Lending Agreement”).
Concurrently with the ADS Offering, the Company
announced the offering (the “Notes Offering”) of convertible senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of US$300 million
due 2030 (the “Notes”) pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended. The Company intends to grant the initial purchaser in the Notes Offering an option, exercisable within a 30-day
period, beginning on and including the date of the Notes Offering, to purchase up to an additional US$30 million in principal amount of
the Notes.
Concurrently with the Notes Offering, the
ADS Borrower will sell the Borrowed ADSs in a separate offering registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
offered by the underwriter pursuant to a prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus, as described below (the “Delta
Placement of Borrowed ADSs”). The number of Borrowed ADSs will be determined at the time of pricing of the Delta Placement of Borrowed
ADSs. The Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs is intended to facilitate short sales and/or privately negotiated derivative transactions by
which some investors in the Notes may hedge their exposure to the Notes.
The ADS Borrower or its affiliate will receive
all of the proceeds from the sale of the Borrowed ADSs. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the ADSs Offering but will receive
from the ADS Borrower a nominal lending fee, which will be applied to fully pay up the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Borrowed
ADSs. The Company believes that the Borrowed ADSs will not be considered outstanding for the purpose of computing and reporting its earnings
per ADS under the current U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and, therefore, the Company believes that no dilution will occur
as a result of the Borrowed ADSs.
The Delta Placement of Borrowed ADSs is conditioned
on the closing of the Notes Offering. If the Notes Offering is not consummated, the ADS Lending Agreement will terminate, the Delta Placement
of Borrowed ADSs will terminate and all Borrowed ADSs (or ADSs fungible with Borrowed ADSs) must be returned to the Company.
The Company has filed an automatic shelf
registration statement on Form F-3 with the SEC. A prospectus supplement and the related base prospectus describing the terms of the
ADS Offering have been filed with the SEC. When available, the final prospectus supplement for the ADS Offering will be filed with
the SEC. The ADS Offering is being made only by means of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. Before you
invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus and other documents that the Company has
filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the offering. You may obtain these documents free of charge
by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may be
obtained by contacting Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone:
1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
This press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities, nor shall there be a sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
This press release contains information about
the pending offerings of the Notes and the ADSs, and there can be no assurance that any of the offerings will be completed.
About Weibo
Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share and discover
content online. Weibo combines the means of public self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social interaction, content
aggregation and content distribution. Any user can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form content. User relationships
on Weibo may be asymmetric; any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while reposting. This simple, asymmetric and
distributed nature of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral conversation stream.
Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers
to promote their brands, products and services to users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and marketing solutions to companies
of all sizes. The Company generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertising and marketing services, including
the sale of social display advertisement and promoted marketing offerings. Designed with a “mobile first” philosophy, Weibo
displays content in a simple information feed format and offers native advertisements that conform to the information feed on its platform.
To support the mobile format, Weibo has developed and is continuously refining its social interest graph recommendation engine, which
enables its customers to perform people marketing and target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships, interests and
behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement and marketing effectiveness.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements that
may constitute “forward-looking” statements pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Weibo may also make forward-looking statements in the Company’s periodic reports to
the SEC, in its interim and annual reports to shareholders, in announcements, circulars or other publications made on the website of
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”), 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 statements about the Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements can be identified by terminology, such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,”
“future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “confidence,”
“estimates,” “likely to” and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Among other things, the terms of the Notes, whether the Company will complete the Notes Offering and a description of
various hedging activities contain forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
Weibo’s limited operating history in certain new businesses; failure to grow active user base and the level of user
engagement; the uncertain regulatory landscape in China; fluctuations in the Company’s quarterly operating results; the
Company’s reliance on advertising and marketing sales for a majority of its revenues; failure to successfully develop,
introduce, drive adoption of or monetize new features and products; failure to compete effectively for advertising and marketing
spending; failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses; risks associated with the Company’s investments, including
equity pick-up and impairment; failure to compete successfully against new entrants and established industry competitors; changes in
the macro-economic environment, including the depreciation of the Renminbi; and adverse changes in economic and political policies
of the PRC government and its impact on the Chinese economy. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in
Weibo’s annual report on Form 20-Fs and other filings with the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date hereof, and Weibo assumes no obligation to update
such information, except as required under applicable law.
Contacts
Investors Relations
Weibo Corporation
Tel: +86-10-5898-3336
Email: ir@staff.weibo.com
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