High Templar Tech Launches Dutch Auction Tender Offer For Up To 39M ADSs Under Previously Announced $300M Share Buyback

High Templar Tech Limited (the "Company," "High Templar" or "we") (NYSE:HTT), announced today that it has commenced a "modified Dutch auction" tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase up to 39 million American Depositary Shares (the "ADSs") of the Company, each representing one Class A ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, at a price not less than US$2.80 per ADS or more than US$3.20 per ADS (the "Purchase Price"), less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The Tender Offer will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 24, 2026, unless extended or earlier terminated (such date, as it may be extended, the "Expiration Date").

A "modified Dutch auction" tender offer allows securityholders to indicate how many ADSs and at what price within the range described above they wish to tender their shares. Based on the number of ADSs tendered and the prices specified by the tendering securityholders, the Company will determine the lowest price per ADS (in increments of US$0.05) within the range that will enable it to purchase 39 million ADSs, or such lesser number of ADSs that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration date of the Tender Offer. In the event that more than 39 million ADSs are properly tendered in the Tender Offer, the Company may exercise its right to increase the number of ADSs sought in the Tender Offer by an amount not exceeding 2% of its outstanding ADSs without extending the Expiration Date. The Company also expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend the Tender Offer to purchase additional ADSs, subject to applicable law. All ADSs purchased in the Tender Offer will be purchased at the same price, even if the securityholders tendered at a lower price. ADSs tendered at a price above the price at which the Company is able to purchase 39 million ADSs will not be purchased in the Tender Offer.

The Tender Offer will not be conditioned upon the receipt of financing or any minimum number of ADSs being tendered. The Tender Offer will, however, be subject to certain conditions as specified in the offer to purchase, dated May 26, 2026 (the "Offer to Purchase"). While the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the Company to make the Tender Offer, neither the Company, its Board of Directors, the dealer manager, the information agent or the depositary makes any recommendation to any shareholder as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering any ADSs or as to the price or prices at which securityholders may choose to tender their shares. The Company has not authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Shareholders must decide whether to tender their ADSs and, if so, how many ADSs to tender and at what price or prices to tender. In doing so, securityholders should carefully evaluate all of the information in the Tender Offer documents, when available, before making any decision with respect to the Tender Offer, and should consult their own broker or other financial and tax advisors.

The Tender Offer will be made under the Company's US$300 million share repurchase program announced in March 2024. Future repurchases under the program may be executed after the expiration of the Tender Offer through open market purchases or other means from time to time, subject to applicable laws and regulations and subject to market conditions and other factors.