Exhibit 99.1

Qudian Inc. Announces Board Approval of Changes to Company Name and Ticker Symbol, as well as Calling of Extraordinary General Meeting

XIAMEN, China, November 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Qudian Inc. (“Qudian” or “the Company” or “We”) (NYSE: QD), a consumer-oriented technology company in China, today announced that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) resolved to change the Company’s (i) English name to “High Templar Tech Limited” (the “English Name Change”), subject to shareholder approval being received for the English Name Change and (ii) ticker symbol to “HTT”.

Pursuant to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Association, the English Name Change needs to be adopted by a special resolution at a general meeting of shareholders. For the purpose of seeking such shareholder approval, the Board also resolved to call an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “EGM”) to consider the English Name Change.

The EGM will be held at Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park, Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China on December 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., local time.

Holders of record of the Company’s ordinary shares at the close of business on November 17, 2025, New York time (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to attend and vote at the extraordinary general meeting or any adjournment thereof. Holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the Company’s ADS program.

Notice of the extraordinary general meeting, which sets forth the resolutions to be submitted for shareholder approval at the extraordinary general meeting, is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.qudian.com/.

About Qudian Inc.

Qudian Inc. (to be renamed as High Templar Tech Limited) (NYSE: QD) (to be changed to HTT) is a consumer-oriented technology company. Qudian is exploring innovative business opportunities to satisfy consumers’ demand by leveraging its technology capabilities. For more information, please visit http://ir.qudian.com.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Qudian Inc.

Tel: +86-592-596-8208

E-mail: ir@qudian.com

Exhibit 99.2

QUDIAN INC.

(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

to be held on December 10, 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”) of Qudian Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park, Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China on December 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., local time for the following purposes:

(Terms used but not defined in this Notice shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Proxy Statement attached)

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on November 17, 2025, New York time as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and vote at, the EGM or any adjourned meeting thereof. Holders of record of the Company’s class A ordinary shares and class B ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the EGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. Holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the Company’s ADS program.

Please refer to the Proxy Form, which is attached to and made a part of this notice. The Proxy Statement is also available for viewing on the Investor Relations section of our website at https://ir.qudian.com/.

Holders of record of the Company’s class A ordinary shares and class B ordinary shares as of the Record Date are cordially invited to attend the EGM in person. Your vote is important. If you cannot attend the EGM in person, you are urged to complete, sign, date and return the accompanying proxy form as promptly as possible. We must receive the proxy form no later than 48 hours before the time of the EGM to ensure your representation at such meeting.

Shareholders may obtain a copy of the Company’s annual report, free of charge, from the Company’s website at https://ir.qudian.com/ and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Qudian Inc. at Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park, Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, attention: Sissi Zhu, telephone: +852 6517 7555, email: ir@qudian.com.

Xiamen, China

November 12, 2025

Exhibit 99.3

QUDIAN INC.

Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park

Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province

China

PROXY STATEMENT

General

The board of directors of Qudian Inc. (the “Company”) is soliciting proxies for the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on December 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., local time (the “EGM”). The EGM will be held at Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park, Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.

This Proxy Statement and the proxy form can be accessed, free of charge, on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.qudian.com/.

Record Date, Share Ownership and Quorum

Only holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (“Class B Ordinary Shares”) and together with Class A Ordinary Shares, “Shares”) of record at the close of business on November 17, 2025, New York time (the “Record Date”) are entitled to attend and vote at the EGM. Holders of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) issued by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and representing the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares are not entitled to attend or vote at the EGM. These holders of ADSs will be able to instruct Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the holder of record of such Class A Ordinary Shares (through a nominee), as to how to vote the Class A Ordinary Shares which are represented by such ADSs, and which Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary of the ADSs, will endeavor, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, to vote or cause to be voted at the EGM in accordance with the instructions which it has properly received from such ADS holders.

One or more shareholders holding in aggregate not less than one-third of the voting power of the Shares of the Company in issue carrying a right to vote at such meeting, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes.

Voting and Solicitation

Each Class A Ordinary Share and Class B Ordinary Share issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote and ten votes, respectively, on a poll. On a show of hands, every shareholder present in person and every person representing a shareholder by proxy shall each have one vote. A resolution put to the vote at the EGM will be decided on by a show of hands unless (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) a poll is demanded by (i) the chairman of the EGM, or (ii) any one or more shareholders who together hold not less than ten percent (10%) in nominal value of the total issued voting shares in the Company, present in person or in the case of a shareholder being a corporation by its duly authorized representative or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the EGM. The chairman of the EGM will demand a poll at the EGM and accordingly the resolutions proposed at the EGM will be voted upon by way of a poll.

Copies of solicitation materials will be furnished to all holders of Shares and ADSs of the Company, including banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries and custodians holding in their names Shares or ADSs beneficially owned by others to forward to those beneficial owners.

Voting by Holders of Shares

When proxy forms are properly dated, executed and returned by holders of Shares, the Shares they represent will be voted by the proxy holder at the EGM, or at any adjournment thereof, in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder. If no specific instructions are given in such proxy forms, the proxy holder will vote in the discretion of such proxy holder and, where the chairman of the EGM is the proxy holder, he will vote in favor of the items set forth in the proxy form. The proxy holder will also vote at the discretion of such proxy holder on any other matters that may properly come before the EGM, or at any adjournment thereof. Abstentions by holders of Shares are not included in the determination of the number of Shares present and voting for the purposes of determining whether such resolution has been passed (but the presence of such holders will be counted for the purposes of determining the quorum, as described above).

Voting by Holders of ADSs

As the holder of record for all the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs (through a nominee), only Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas may vote those Class A Ordinary Shares at the EGM.

We have requested Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary of the ADSs, to distribute to all owners of ADSs at the close of business on the Record Date an ADS voting card. Upon the timely receipt from an owner of record of ADSs of written voting instructions in the manner specified, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will endeavor, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, to vote or cause to be voted the number of Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs in accordance with such voting instructions. Under the terms of the deposit agreement for the ADSs (the “Deposit Agreement”), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote other than in accordance with such voting instructions or such deemed instructions as further described below.

There is no guarantee that holders of the ADSs or any such holder in particular will receive the notice described above with sufficient time to enable such holder to return any voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in a timely manner, in which case the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying your ADSs may not be voted in accordance with your wishes.

Revocability of Proxies and ADS Voting Cards

Any proxy given by a holder of Shares by means of a proxy form, and any voting instructions given by an ADS holder by means of an ADS voting card, pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked: (a) for holders of Shares or ADSs, by submitting a written notice of revocation or a fresh proxy form or ADS voting card, as the case may be, bearing a later date, which must be received no later than at least 48 hours before the time of the EGM, or (b) for holders of Shares only, by attending the EGM and voting in person.

PROPOSAL 1

THE CHANGE OF THE ENGLISH NAME OF THE COMPANY TO “HIGH TEMPLAR TECH LIMITED”

The Board of Directors proposes that the following special resolutions be considered and, if thought fit, passed by the shareholders of the Company:

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE CHANGE OF THE ENGLISH NAME OF THE COMPANY FROM“Qudian Inc.” TO “High Templar Tech Limited”.

OTHER MATTERS

We know of no other matters to be submitted to the EGM. If any other matters properly come before the EGM, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the Shares they represent as the board of directors may recommend.

Exhibit 99.4

Qudian Inc.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF QUDIAN INC.

FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON December 10, 2025

The undersigned shareholder(s) of Qudian Inc., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), hereby acknowledges receipt of the notice (the “Notice”) of extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “EGM”) and proxy statement, and hereby appoints the chairman of the EGM or ______________ as proxy, with full power to each of substitution, on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the EGM to be held on December 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park, Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, and at any adjournment thereof, and to vote all shares which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and there personally present, on the matters set forth below (i) as specified by the undersigned below and (ii) at the discretion of the proxy upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting, all as set forth in the Notice and in the proxy statement furnished herewith.

The shares in respect of which this proxy form is given (when properly executed and delivered to the mailing or e-mail address set forth below) will be voted by the proxy holder in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, the proxy holder will vote at the discretion of such proxy holder and, where the chairman of the EGM is the proxy holder, he will vote the shares in respect of which this proxy form is given “FOR” the following proposal:

PROPOSAL 1: As a Special Resolution that the English name of the Company be changed from “Qudian Inc.” to “High Templar Tech Limited”#.

# Please refer to the Notice for full text of the resolution.

This proxy form must be signed by the person registered in the register of members as at the close of business on November 17, 2025, New York time, or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing or, in the case the appointer is a corporation, must be either under seal or executed under the hand of an officer or attorney or other person duly authorized to sign the same.

Whether or not you propose to attend the EGM in person, you are strongly advised to complete and return this form of proxy in accordance with the instructions herein.

To be valid, this form must be completed and deposited (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) with the Company: (i) by mail, to Building 1, Qudian Innovation Park, Meilin Street, Tongan District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, or (ii) by email, to ir@qudian.com, in each case marked for the attention of Sissi Zhu, as soon as possible and in any event not later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on December 8, 2025.

Returning this completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the EGM and voting in person if you so wish and in such case, the proxy will be deemed to be revoked.

NOTES

IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE EGM IN PERSON OR COMPLETE AND SEND IN THIS FORM APPOINTING A SPECIFIC PROXY.