On September 6, Geeknet (002971.SZ) announced that on September 5, 2024, the company received a notice from the trading group, a shareholder holding more than 5% of the shares, regarding the free transfer of shares of the listed company. It was learned that in order to optimize internal asset allocation, streamline asset management relationships, improve asset operational efficiency, and support the development of its subsidiary, the trading group and the trading capital signed a State-owned Equity Free Transfer Agreement on September 5, 2024. The trading group intends to transfer its 19,755,915 shares of Heyuan Gas (accounting for 9.50% of the company's total share capital) free of charge to Trading Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the trading group. According to the "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of State-owned Equity of Listed Companies", the free transfer of shares has been approved by the General Manager's Office of the trading group, the Party Committee and the General Manager's Office of Trading Capital.

As of the date of the announcement, the trading group directly holds 19,755,915 shares of the company, accounting for 9.50% of the total share capital of the company; Trading Capital does not hold any shares of the company. After the completion of this free transfer, Trading Capital will directly hold 19,755,915 shares of the company.