LI XIANG NEIL 4

What Happened Li Xiang Neil, Chief Financial Officer of 36Kr Holdings Inc. (KRKR), received a derivative award on July 1, 2026: options covering 1,300,000 ordinary shares. The filing shows an acquisition price of $0.00 at grant and lists $130 in the filing’s aggregate amount line. This was an award of options (not a market purchase or sale) — no shares were exercised or sold in this transaction.

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 1, 2026; Form 4 filed July 2, 2026 (appears timely under Form 4 rules).
• Instrument: Option grant (derivative) for 1,300,000 shares; grant price reported as $0.00.
• Aggregate amount reported on the filing: $130 (as shown in the Form 4).
• Vesting: Options vest in equal installments over four years (per footnote).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided excerpt of the filing.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding sale, or exercise in this filing.

Context This is a standard equity-based compensation grant to an executive — an award of options that gives the right to acquire shares in the future if/when they vest and are exercised. Because no shares were purchased or sold and the options vest over time, this filing is more about future potential ownership tied to service and retention than an immediate market-value signal.