VNET Announces Appointment of Independent Financial Advisor and Legal Counsel to the Special Committee

BEIJING, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — VNET Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) ("VNET" or the "Company"), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, announced that the special committee (the "Special Committee") of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") has retained Kroll Securities, LLC and Kroll, LLC (operating through its Duff & Phelps Opinions Practice) as its independent financial advisor, and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as its independent legal counsel. The Special Committee was formed to evaluate and consider the previously announced preliminary non-binding acquisition proposal letter dated September 13, 2022 from Mr. Josh Sheng…