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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE

13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 2022

Commission File Number 001-38752

360 DigiTech, Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

7/F Lujiazui Finance Plaza

No. 1217 Dongfang Road

Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200122

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

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Exhibit 99.1—Audited consolidated financial statements of 360 DigiTech Inc. as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2022

Exhibit 99.2—Unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of 360 DigiTech Inc. as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

360 DigiTech, Inc.

By:

/s/ Alex Xu

Name:

Alex Xu

Title:

Director and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 14, 2022

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Exhibit 99.1

360 DIGITECH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

As of December 31, 

As of June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

USD

(Note 2)

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6,116,360

6,965,238

1,039,883

Restricted cash (including RMB 657,075 and RMB 1,420,864 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

 

2,643,587

3,764,988

562,098

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

874,886

698,478

104,280

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

 

153,151

312,447

46,647

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net (net of allowance of RMB 287,538 and RMB 295,934 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

3,097,254

3,499,385

522,444

Financial assets receivable, net (net of allowance of RMB 432,658 and RMB 455,181 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

 

3,806,243

3,618,560

540,237

Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB 99,962 and RMB 117,339 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

 

837,324

733,386

109,492

Loans receivable, net (including RMB 8,646,950 and RMB 9,545,367 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

 

9,844,481

10,850,458

1,619,931

Prepaid expenses and other assets (including RMB 104,515 and RMB 104,515 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

 

383,937

364,908

54,479

Total current assets

 

27,757,223

30,807,848

4,599,491

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB 28,374 and RMB 28,779 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

223,474

291,908

43,581

Financial assets receivable, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB 60,988 and RMB 64,382 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

597,965

683,078

101,981

Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB 22,055 and RMB 7,837 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022,respectively)

140,851

55,136

8,231

Loans receivable, net-noncurrent (including RMB 1,829,804 and 1,023,231 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively)

2,859,349

3,657,879

546,107

Property and equipment, net

 

24,941

20,487

3,059

Land use rights, net

1,018,908

1,008,548

150,572

Intangible assets, net

 

4,961

5,231

781

Deferred tax assets

 

834,717

1,059,963

158,248

Other non-current assets

42,606

76,030

11,351

Total non-current assets

 

5,747,772

6,858,260

1,023,911

TOTAL ASSETS

 

33,504,995

37,666,108

5,623,402

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

  

 

  

 

  

LIABILITIES

Liabilities including amounts of the consolidated VIEs and trusts without recourse to the Company (Note 2):

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-current

 

2,304,518

5,224,973

 

780,068

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

2,258,329

2,117,357

 

316,113

Amounts due to related parties

 

214,057

178,687

 

26,677

Short term loans

397,576

611,164

91,244

Guarantee liabilities-stand ready

 

4,818,144

4,538,963

 

677,649

Guarantee liabilities-contingent

3,285,081

3,320,414

495,725

Income tax payable

 

624,112

654,347

 

97,691

Other tax payable

 

241,369

177,611

 

26,517

Total current liabilities

 

14,143,186

16,823,516

 

2,511,684

Non-current liabilities:

Deferred tax liabilities

121,426

173,777

25,944

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-noncurrent

4,010,597

3,613,690

539,510

Other long-term liabilities

13,177

34,147

5,099

Total non-current liabilities

4,145,200

3,821,614

570,553

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

18,288,386

 

20,645,130

3,082,237

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 17)

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

  

 

  

 

  

Ordinary shares ($0.00001 par value per share 5,000,000,000 shares authorized, 315,433,018 shares issued and 310,486,975 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2021, and 315,433,018 shares issued and 312,459,711 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022, respectively)

22

22

3

Additional paid-in capital

5,672,267

5,771,100

861,603

Retained earnings

 

9,642,506

11,314,746

 

1,689,247

Other comprehensive loss

(110,932)

(67,612)

(10,094)

TOTAL 360 DIGITECH, INC. EQUITY

15,203,863

17,018,256

2,540,759

Non-controlling interests

12,746

2,722

406

TOTAL EQUITY

 

15,216,609

17,020,978

2,541,165

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

33,504,995

37,666,108

5,623,402

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-1

360 DIGITECH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

USD

(unaudited)

(Note 2)

Revenue, net of value-added tax and related surcharges:

 

  

 

  

Credit driven services

4,856,038

5,868,397

876,129

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy (including revenue from related parties of RMB 93 (unaudited) and RMB 1,515 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

1,265,047

1,141,771

170,462

Financing income

897,528

1,608,820

240,191

Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities

2,647,734

3,074,515

459,013

Other services fees

45,729

43,291

6,463

Platform services

2,744,729

2,634,849

393,373

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light (including revenue from related parties of RMB 1,036,893 (unaudited) and RMB 656,203 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022,respectively)

2,392,602

2,128,955

317,845

Referral services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB nil (unaudited) and RMB 108,757 for the Six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

286,594

382,650

57,128

Other services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB 13,050 (unaudited) and RMB 20,526 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

65,533

123,244

18,400

Total net revenue

7,600,767

 

8,503,246

1,269,502

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

Facilitation, origination and servicing (including costs charged by related parties of RMB 57,639 (unaudited) and RMB 63,448 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 respectively)

1,035,735

 

1,170,561

 

174,760

Funding costs

162,242

227,630

33,984

Sales and marketing (including expenses charged by related parties of RMB 113,988 (unaudited) and RMB 246,546 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

884,946

 

1,167,657

 

174,327

General and administrative (including expenses charged by related parties of RMB 6,451 (unaudited) and RMB 8,252 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

243,774

 

216,148

 

32,270

Provision for loans receivable

381,887

 

907,317

 

135,459

Provision for financial assets receivable (including provision generated from related parties of RMB 807 (unaudited) and RMB 342 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

103,576

164,217

24,517

Provision for accounts receivable and contract assets (including provision charged by related parties of RMB 78,542 (unaudited) and RMB 13,400 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

157,116

117,025

17,471

Provision for contingent liabilities

1,220,586

2,162,638

322,873

Total operating costs and expenses

4,189,862

 

6,133,193

 

915,661

Income from operations

3,410,905

 

2,370,053

 

353,841

Interest income, net

82,875

 

68,188

 

10,180

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

13,895

(86,658)

(12,938)

Other income, net

50,811

203,458

30,375

Investment loss

 

(8,996)

 

(1,343)

Income before income tax expense

3,558,486

 

2,546,045

 

380,115

Income tax expense

(663,357)

 

(396,732)

 

(59,231)

Net income

2,895,129

 

2,149,313

 

320,884

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

(42)

10,024

1,497

Deemed dividend

Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company

2,895,087

 

2,159,337

 

322,381

Net income per ordinary share attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc.

Basic

9.46

 

6.94

 

1.04

Diluted

9.02

 

6.74

 

1.01

Net income per ADS attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc. (1)

 

 

Basic

18.92

 

13.88

 

2.08

Diluted

18.04

 

13.48

 

2.02

Weighted average shares used in calculating net income per ordinary share

Basic

305,886,883

311,109,257

311,109,257

Diluted

320,958,192

320,251,194

320,251,194

(1)Based on ADS ratio of 1 ADS to 2 ordinary shares.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-2

360 DIGITECH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR LOSS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

USD

(unaudited)

(Note 2)

Net income

 

2,895,129

2,149,313

 

320,884

Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil:

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(15,792)

43,320

6,468

Other comprehensive income(loss)

 

(15,792)

43,320

 

6,468

Total comprehensive income

 

2,879,337

2,192,633

 

327,352

Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

(42)

10,024

1,497

Comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders

 

2,879,295

2,202,657

 

328,849

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-3

360 DIGITECH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Additional

Other

Non-

Number

Ordinary

Paid-in

Retained

Comprehensive

controlling

Total 

of shares

shares

capital

earnings

Loss

interests

equity

(unaudited)

    

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

Balance as of December 31, 2020

304,453,780

21

5,417,406

4,137,542

(74,391)

512

9,481,090

Issuance of ordinary shares

3,310,860

Share-based compensation

126,830

126,830

Other comprehensive loss

(15,792)

(15,792)

Net income

2,895,087

42

2,895,129

Balance as of June 30, 2021

307,764,640

21

5,544,236

7,032,629

(90,183)

554

12,487,257

    

    

    

    

    

Additional

    

    

Other

    

Non-

    

    

Number

Ordinary

Paid-in

Retained

Comprehensive

controlling

Total

of shares

shares

capital

earnings

Income (loss)

interests

equity

    

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

310,486,975

 

22

 

5,672,267

9,642,506

 

(110,932)

 

12,746

 

15,216,609

Issuance of ordinary shares

 

1,972,736

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

98,833

 

 

 

98,833

Dividends to shareholders

 

 

 

(487,097)

 

 

 

(487,097)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

43,320

 

 

43,320

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

2,159,337

 

 

(10,024)

 

2,149,313

Balance as of June 30, 2022

 

312,459,711

 

22

 

5,771,100

11,314,746

 

(67,612)

 

2,722

 

17,020,978

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-4

360 DIGITECH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

USD

(unaudited)

(Note 2)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

  

 

  

Net income

 

2,895,129

2,149,313

320,884

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

Depreciation, amortization and reduction in right-of-use assets

 

23,761

39,650

5,920

Share-based compensation

126,830

98,833

14,755

Investment loss

 

8,996

1,343

Provision for loans receivable, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable and contract assets

642,579

1,188,559

177,447

Provision for contingent liabilities

1,220,586

2,162,638

322,873

Foreign exchange (gain) loss

 

(13,895)

86,658

12,938

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

24,034

(159,295)

(23,782)

Accounts receivable and contract assets

 

152,151

(574,191)

(85,724)

Financial assets receivable

 

(534,353)

(61,305)

(9,153)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

86,702

15,698

2,344

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

 

(45,848)

176,407

26,337

Deferred tax

432,815

(172,895)

(25,813)

Other non-current assets

 

(9,659)

(54,068)

(8,072)

Amounts due to (from) related parties

 

(752,106)

140,542

20,982

Guarantee liabilities

 

(1,171,421)

(2,406,485)

(359,279)

Income tax payable

 

(350,383)

30,234

4,514

Other tax payable

 

(5,749)

(63,758)

(9,519)

Land use rights, net

(1,036,178)

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

360,563

(93,959)

(14,028)

Other long-term liabilities

 

(2,369)

20,969

3,131

Interest receivable/ payable

 

(41,550)

5,370

802

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

2,001,639

2,537,911

378,900

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

Purchase of property and equipment and intangible assets

 

(9,807)

(4,476)

(668)

Investment in loans receivable

 

(17,336,499)

(24,707,860)

(3,688,786)

Collection of investment in loans receivable

 

15,108,308

22,023,551

3,288,030

Loans provided to related parties

(50,000)

Capital injection to an investee entity

(8,996)

(1,343)

Disposal of subsidiaries and other business units, net of cash received

 

3,349

500

Net cash used in by investing activities

(2,287,998)

(2,694,432)

(402,267)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

Proceeds from short term loans

150,327

190,179

28,393

Repayment of short term loans

Cash received from investors of the consolidated trusts

3,015,273

4,514,320

673,970

Cash paid to investors of the consolidated trusts

(2,442,693)

(2,023,656)

(302,124)

Contribution from non-controlling interests

 

Dividend to shareholders

 

(551,666)

(82,362)

Loan received from non-controlling interests

344,487

Loan payment to non-controlling interests

(30,168)

Cash received from a related party for investment

344,487

Cash repayment to a related party

 

(30,168)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

1,351,545

2,129,177

317,877

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

 

(2,752)

(2,377)

(355)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

1,062,434

1,970,279

294,155

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period

6,774,266

8,759,947

1,307,826

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period

7,836,700

10,730,226

1,601,981

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

Income taxes paid

(580,879)

(539,393)

(80,529)

Interest paid (not including interest paid to investors of consolidated trusts)

 

(6,727)

(3,941)

(588)

Supplemental disclosure of significant non-cash investing and financing activities:

Payables for dividends:

230,095

34,352

Reconciliation to amounts on consolidated balance sheet:

Cash and cash equivalents

 

5,191,999

6,965,238

1,039,883

Restricted cash

 

2,644,701

3,764,988

562,098

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

7,836,700

10,730,226

1,601,981

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-5

360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.           ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

360 DigiTech, Inc. (the “Company”, previously known as “360 Finance, Inc. ”) was incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability on April 27, 2018. The Company and its subsidiaries (together, the “Group”) are engaged in matching borrowers with credit demand to a diversified pool of financial institutions with credit to supply through a financial technology platform.

The Company’s significant subsidiaries and its consolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) as of June 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

Date of

    

Place of

Incorporation

Incorporation

Subsidiaries

HK Qirui International Technology Company Limited (“HK Qirui”)

 

June 14, 2018

 

Hong Kong

Shanghai Qiyue Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qiyue”)

 

August 7, 2018

 

PRC

Shanghai Qidi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qidi”)

June 27, 2019

PRC

Beihai Qicheng Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qicheng”)

August 6, 2019

PRC

VIEs and VIEs Subsidiaries

 

  

 

  

Shanghai Qiyu Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qiyu”)

 

July 25, 2016

 

PRC

Fuzhou 360 Online Microcredit Co., Ltd. (“Fuzhou Microcredit”)

 

March 30, 2017

 

PRC

Fuzhou 360 Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd. (“Fuzhou Guarantee”)

 

June 29, 2018

 

PRC

Shanghai Qiyaoxin Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “Shanghai 360 Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd.”, “Shanghai Financing Guarantee”)

May 20, 2019

PRC

History of the Group and reorganization under identical common ownership

The Group started its business in 2016 through Qiyu, a limited liability company in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). In 2018, the Company undertook a series of transactions to redomicile its business from the PRC to the Cayman Islands and established intermediary companies of HK Qirui and Qiyue (“WFOE”) for the purpose of establishing a VIE structure of the Group. The WFOE entered into VIE agreements which effectively provided control to the WFOE over the operations of the VIEs.

The VIE arrangement

PRC laws and regulations prohibit or restrict foreign control of companies involved in provision of internet content and certain finance business. To comply with these foreign ownership restrictions, the Company operates substantially all of its service through its VIEs in the PRC.

The VIEs hold leases and other assets necessary to provide services and generate the majority of the Company’s revenues. To provide the Company effective control over the VIEs and the ability to receive substantially all of the economic benefits of the VIEs, a series of contractual arrangements were entered into amongst Qiyue (“WFOE”), VIEs and their beneficial shareholders. In June 2022, the set of VIE agreements were terminated and replaced by a set of new VIE agreements signed by the same parties, with no material changes to the major terms.

F-6

360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.           ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued

The VIE arrangement - continued

Agreements that were entered to provide the Company effective control over the VIEs

Voting Proxy Agreement

Pursuant to the voting proxy agreement entered into among WFOE, Qiyu and Shanghai Qibutianxia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Beijing Qibutianxia Technology Co., Ltd. “Qibutianxia”), Qibutianxia would irrevocably authorize the WFOE or any person designated by the WFOE to act as its attorney-in-fact to exercise all of its rights as a shareholder of Qiyu, including, but not limited to: (i) to convene and participate in shareholders’ meeting pursuant to the constitutional documents of Qiyu in the capacity of a proxy of Qibutianxia; (ii) to exercise the voting rights pursuant to the relevant PRC laws and regulations and the articles of Qiyu, on behalf of Qibutianxia, and adopt resolutions, including but not limited to dividend rights, sale or transfer or pledge or disposal of part or all of Qiyu’s equity; (iii) to nominate, designate or appoint and remove the legal representative, directors, supervisors and other senior management of Qiyu pursuant to the constitutional documents of Qiyu.

The Voting Proxy Agreement has an indefinite term and will be terminated in the event that (i) it is unilaterally terminated by the WFOE, or (ii) it is legally permissible for the WFOE, the Company or any of the subsidiaries to hold equity interests directly or indirectly in Qiyu and the WFOE or its designated person is registered to be the sole shareholder of Qiyu.

Exclusive Option Agreement

Pursuant to the exclusive option agreement entered into among WFOE, Qiyu and Qibutianxia, the sole Registered Shareholder of Qiyu. Qibutianxia irrevocably grants the WFOE an exclusive option to purchase or designate one or more persons to purchase, all or part of its equity interests in Qiyu, and Qiyu irrevocably grants the WFOE an exclusive option to purchase all or part of its assets, subject to applicable PRC laws. The WFOE or its designated person may exercise such options at the lowest price permitted under applicable PRC laws. Qibutianxia and Qiyu will undertake that, among other things, without the WFOE’s prior written consent, including but not limited to: (i) they shall not in any manner supplement, change or amend the constitutional documents of Qiyu, increase or decrease their registered capital, or change the structure of their registered capital in other manner; (ii) they shall not at any time following the signing of the Exclusive Option Agreement, sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of in any manner any assets of Qiyu or interest in the business or revenues of Qiyu, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest; (iii) they shall not cause or permit Qiyu to merge, consolidate with, acquire or invest in any person. In addition, Qibutianxia will undertake that, without the WFOE’s prior written consent, it will not, among other things including, but not limited to, sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of in any other manner the legal or beneficial interest in Qiyu, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest, except for the equity pledge under Qiyu’s equity interests pursuant to the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement.

The Exclusive Option Agreement has an indefinite term commencing from its date of signing unless and until all the equity interests and assets subject to the agreement have been transferred to the WFOE and/or its designated person and the WFOE and its subsidiaries or affiliates can legally operate the business of Qiyu, whereby the exclusive option agreement shall terminate. WFOE is entitled to unilaterally terminate the Exclusive Option Agreement while other parties to the Exclusive Option Agreement may not terminate the Exclusive Option Agreement unilaterally, unless otherwise provided under PRC laws.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.           ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued

The VIE arrangement - continued

Agreements that were entered to transfer economic benefits to the Company

Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement

Pursuant to the exclusive business cooperation agreement between the WFOE and Qiyu, Qiyu agreed to engage the WFOE as its exclusive service provider of, among other things, consulting and technical services required by Qiyu’s business. Qiyu will agree to pay the WFOE service fee at the amount which is adjusted at the WFOE’s sole discretion taking into account factors including but not limited to: (i) the management and technical difficulty and the complexity of the management, technical consulting and other services provided by the WFOE; (ii) the time required by relevant personnel of the WFOE in providing such management and technical consulting and other services; (iii) the exact content and business value of the management, technical consulting and other services; (iv) the exact content and business value of intellectual property license and lease provided by the WFOE; and (v) the market price of services of similar types. In addition, absent the prior written consent of the WFOE, during the term of the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, with respect to the services subject to the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement and other matters, Qiyu and its subsidiaries shall not accept the same or any similar services provided by any third party and shall not establish cooperation relationships similar to that formed by the exclusive business cooperation agreement with any third party. The WFOE would have the exclusive ownership of all the intellectual property rights created as a result of the performance of the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement to the extent permitted by applicable PRC laws. The Company considers that the arrangement will ensure the economic benefits generated from the operations of the consolidated affiliated entities flow to the WFOE and hence, the Group as a whole.

The Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement has an indefinite term. The Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement may be terminated by the WFOE: (i) when Qiyu becomes insolvent, bankrupt or subject to liquidation or dissolution procedures; (ii) upon the transfer of the entire equity interests in and the transfer of all assets of Qiyu to the WFOE or its designated person pursuant to the exclusive option agreement entered into between the WFOE, Qiyu and Qibutianxia; (iii) when it is legally permissible for the WFOE to hold equity interests directly or indirectly in Qiyu and the WFOE or its designated person is registered to be the shareholder of Qiyu; (iv) when relevant government authorities refuse to renew the expired operating period of Qiyu or the WFOE; (v) by giving Qiyu a 30 days’ prior written notice of termination; or (vi) Qiyu breaches the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement. Qiyu is not contractually entitled to unilaterally terminate the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement with the WFOE.

Loan Agreement

Pursuant to the loan agreement among the WFOE, Qiyu and Qibutianxia, the WFOE is entitled to provide interest-free loans, to the extent permitted by laws, regulations and industry policies of the PRC from time to time at such time and amount as it deems appropriate to Qibutianxia for the purpose of Qiyu’s business operation and development, including but not limited to directly injecting such funds to the registered capital of Qiyu. Each of the loans made under this loan agreement has no fixed term, and unless otherwise agreed, the WFOE shall unilaterally decide when to withdraw the loans, provided that the WFOE shall notify Qibutianxia in writing one month in advance. The loan agreement shall remain in effect during Qiyu’s term (and any renewable term provided by the PRC law), and shall automatically terminate after the WFOE and/or other entities designated by the WFOE fully exercise all their rights under the exclusive option agreement.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.           ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES – continued

The VIE arrangement – continued

Equity Interest Pledge Agreement

Pursuant to the equity pledge agreement, Qibutianxia agreed to pledge all of its equity interests in Qiyu to the WFOE as a security interest to guarantee the performance of contractual obligations and the payment of outstanding debts under the VIE arrangements. In the event of a breach by Qiyu or Qibutianxia of contractual obligations under the VIE arrangements, the WFOE, as pledgee, will have the right to dispose of the pledged equity interests in Qiyu. Qibutianxia has undertaken to the WFOE, among other things, not to transfer its equity interests in Qiyu and not to create or allow any pledge thereon that may affect the rights and interest of the WFOE without its prior written consent.

The Company also has some other sets of VIE contractual arrangements. The arrangements with its significant VIEs include 1) the arrangement among the WFOE, Fuzhou Guarantee and Qibutianxia, and 2) the arrangement among the WFOE, Shanghai Financing Guarantee and two fully owned subsidiaries of Qibutianxia. These sets of the contractual agreements are substantially similar to the set with Qiyu as described above.

In April 2021, the contractual arrangements amongst WFOE, Fuzhou Microcredit and Qibutianxia were terminated and Qibutianxia transferred all of its equity interest in Fuzhou Microcredit to Qiyu. As a result, Fuzhou Microcredit became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qiyu. This transaction had no impact to the consolidated financial statements.

Risks in relation to VIE structure

The Company believes that the contractual arrangements with Qiyu, Fuzhou Guarantee, Shanghai Financing Guarantee and their shareholders, Qibutianxia, are in compliance with existing PRC laws and regulations and are valid, binding and enforceable and will not result in any violation of PRC laws or regulations and the PRC regulatory authorities may take a contrary view. If the legal structure and contractual arrangements were found to be in violation of any existing PRC laws and regulations, the regulatory authorities may exercise their discretion and:

revoke the business and operating licenses of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries or consolidated affiliated entities;
restrict the rights to collect revenues from any of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries;
discontinue or restrict the operations of any related-party transactions among the Company’s PRC subsidiaries or consolidated affiliated entities;
require the Company’s PRC subsidiaries or consolidated affiliated entities to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;
take other regulatory or enforcement action is, including levying fines that could be harmful to the Company’s business; or
impose additional conditions or requirements with which the Company may not be able to comply.

The imposition of any of these penalties may result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to conduct its business. In addition, if the imposition of any of these penalties causes the Company to lose the rights to direct the activities of the VIEs or the right to receive substantially all of their economic benefits, the Company would no longer be able to consolidate the financial results of the VIEs.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.

ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued

The VIE arrangement – continued

Risks in relation to VIE structure - continued

These contractual arrangements allow the Company to effectively control Qiyu, Fuzhou Guarantee and Shanghai Financing Guarantee, and to derive substantially all of the economic benefits from them. Accordingly, the Company treats Qiyu, Fuzhou Guarantee and Shanghai Financing Guarantee as VIEs. Because the Company is the primary beneficiary, the Company has consolidated the financial results of the VIEs.

The following financial statement amounts and balances of the VIEs were included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances. The table below does not include the financial information of the consolidated trusts (see note 2 “Consolidated Trusts”):

    

December 31, 

    

June 30, 

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

4,605,851

 

6,556,202

Restricted cash

 

1,986,512

 

2,344,124

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

 

153,151

 

312,447

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net

2,133,477

1,653,349

Financial assets receivable, net

 

3,806,243

 

3,618,560

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

874,886

698,478

Amounts due from related parties

 

608,924

 

384,804

Loans receivable, net

 

1,197,532

 

1,305,091

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

235,780

 

253,539

Property and equipment, net

 

15,074

 

12,831

Land use rights, net

1,018,908

1,008,548

Intangible assets

 

3,972

 

4,433

Deferred tax assets

 

779,291

 

967,237

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net-non current

217,298

290,528

Financial assets receivable, net-non current

597,965

683,078

Amounts due from related parties, non-current

121,855

49,627

Loans receivable, net-non current

1,029,545

2,634,648

Other non-current assets

27,729

48,602

Total Assets

 

19,413,993

 

22,826,126

LIABILITIES

 

 

Short term loans

150,000

150,000

Guarantee liabilities-stand ready

 

4,818,144

 

4,538,963

Guarantee liabilities-contingent

3,285,081

3,320,414

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

1,820,609

 

1,617,329

Income tax payable

449,553

581,136

Other tax payable

218,017

108,509

Amounts due to related parties

 

94,057

 

82,063

Deferred tax liabilities

65,542

27,328

Other long-term liabilities

10,271

23,958

Total liabilities

 

10,911,274

 

10,449,700

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.

ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued

The VIE arrangement – continued

Risks in relation to VIE structure - continued

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Net revenue

6,248,574

 

6,713,481

Net income

2,930,834

 

1,566,142

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Net cash provided by operating activities

1,861,811

 

2,453,285

Net cash (used in) investing activities

(351,780)

 

(2,148,700)

Net cash provided by financing activities

673,400

 

The consolidated VIEs contributed 82% (unaudited) and 79% of the Group’s consolidated revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the consolidated VIEs accounted for an aggregate of 58% and 61%, respectively, of the consolidated total assets, and 60% and 51%, respectively, of the consolidated total liabilities.

There are no assets of the VIEs that are collateral for the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries and can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries. There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company or its subsidiaries to provide financial support to the VIEs. However, if the VIEs ever need financial support, the Company or its subsidiaries may, at its option and subject to statutory limits and restrictions, provide financial support to its VIEs through loans to the shareholder of the VIEs.

Relevant PRC laws and regulations restrict the VIEs from transferring a portion of their net assets, equivalent to the balance of its statutory reserve and its share capital, to the Company in the form of loans and advances or cash dividends. Please refer to Note 14 for disclosure of restricted net assets.

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).

Basis of consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries, and consolidated VIEs. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

Consolidated Trusts

Loans funded by the financial institution partners in the Group’s loan facilitation business are typically disbursed to the borrowers directly from such partners. However, in order to diversify the Group’s funding sources, lower the Group’s funding cost and due to the need of certain financial institution partners, loans from such financial institution partners are funded and disbursed indirectly through trusts. Several trusts were formed by third-party trust companies, who administer the trusts.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Consolidated Trusts - continued

The Trusts fund loans facilitated by the Group using the funds received from its beneficiaries to the borrowers. The Trusts provide the returns to its beneficiaries through interest payments made by the borrowers. The borrowers are charged with the interests by the Trusts. For the majority of trust, the Group is either entitled to the residual profit in the Trusts or the Group has provided guarantee to the Trusts by agreeing to repurchase any loans that are delinquent for 30 to 90 days from which the Group absorbs the credit risk of the Trusts resulting from borrowers’ delinquencies. The Group determined that the residual profit or the guarantee represents a variable interest in the Trusts through which the Group has the right to receive benefits or the obligation to absorb losses from the Trusts that could potentially be significant to the Trusts. Since the Trusts only invest in the loans facilitated by the Group and the Group continues to service the loans through a service agreement post origination and has the ability to direct default mitigation activities, the Group has the power to direct the activities of the Trusts that most significantly impact the economic performance of the Trusts. As a result, the Group is considered the primary beneficiary of the Trusts and consolidated the Trusts’ assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows.

In 2019, the Group received letter of approval for listing and transferring assets backed securities (“ABS”) on both Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange within the issue scale of RMB 5 billion for each, respectively. In 2020, the Group also received letter of approval for listing and transferring assets backed securities (“ABS”) on Shenzhen Stock Exchange within the issue scale of RMB 10 billion. In 2021, the Group also received letter of approval for listing and transferring assets backed securities (“ABS”) on Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange within the issue scale of RMB 8 billion and RMB 4 billion, respectively. For some trusts, the trust beneficial rights, or the loans receivable in the trusts, were transferred, as underlying assets, to the asset backed special plans (the “ABS plans”). The beneficial rights and loans receivable of RMB3.1 billion (unaudited) and RMB3.0 billion in trusts were transferred to the ABS plans for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. The ABS plans were securitized and listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange, with terms of no more than two years. As of June 30, 2022, the Group held the whole subordinated tranche securities to provide credit enhancement. The underlying trusts were continued to be consolidated by the Group. Senior tranche securities held by external financial institution partners were recorded as “payable to investors of the consolidated trusts – current” with the balance of RMB 2,139,063 and RMB 4,019,635 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively and “payable to investors of the consolidated trusts – noncurrent” with the balance of RMB 3,903,597 and RMB 3,613,690 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively on the consolidated balance sheet.

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the balance of delinquent loans repurchased by the Group from the consolidated trusts are RMB 904,586 and RMB 1,194,155, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the balance of performing loans upon liquidation of certain consolidated trusts repurchased by the Group from the consolidated trusts per the contracts agreed with the counterparty are RMB 12,686 and RMB 16,081, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and six months ended June 30, 2022, the provision for loan losses of RMB 661,402 and RMB 463,750 were charged to the consolidated statements of operations, respectively. There were RMB 1,033,228 and RMB 1,416,707 of loans written off for the years ended December 31, 2021 and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

Interest on loans receivable is accrued and credited to income as earned. The Group determines a loan’s past due status by the number of days that have elapsed since a borrower has failed to make a contractual loan payment. Accrual of interest is generally discontinued when the loan principal and interest are deemed to be uncollectible. In general, loans receivable is identified as uncollectible when it is determined to be not probable that the balance can be collected.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Consolidated Trusts - continued

The following financial statement amounts and balances of the consolidated trusts were included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances:

    

December 31, 2021

    

June 30, 2022

RMB

RMB

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

Restricted cash

 

657,075

 

1,420,864

Loans receivable, net

 

8,646,950

 

9,545,367

Prepaid expenses and other assets

104,515

104,515

Loans receivable, net-noncurrent

1,829,804

1,023,231

Total Assets

 

11,238,344

 

12,093,977

    

December 31, 2021

    

June 30, 2022

RMB

RMB

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-current

 

2,304,518

 

5,224,973

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

5,928

 

11,285

Other tax payable

34,448

37,504

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-noncurrent

4,010,597

3,613,690

Total liabilities

 

6,355,491

 

8,887,452

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Net revenue

663,907

 

1,108,643

Net income

263,141

 

418,827

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Net cash provided by operating activities

486,996

 

916,753

Net cash (used in) investing activities

(1,921,400)

 

(548,254)

Net cash provided by financing activities

572,579

 

2,490,664

The consolidated trusts contributed 9% (unaudited) and 13% of the Group’s consolidated revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the consolidated trusts accounted for an aggregate of 34% and 32%, respectively, of the consolidated total assets, and 35% and 43% respectively, of the consolidated total liabilities.

There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company to provide financial support to the consolidated trusts.

The Group believes that the assets of the consolidated trusts could only be used to settle the obligations of the consolidated trusts.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from such estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Group’s financial statements include revenue recognition, financial assets receivable, guarantee liabilities, allowance for loans receivable, allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets, allowance for financial assets receivable, and valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

Revenue recognition

Through collaborating with channel partners to direct users with credit needs to its app, the Group provides services through its facilitation of loan transactions between the borrowers and the financial institution partners through the use of two business models.

The first business model involves the Group providing credit driven services through facilitating loans that are guaranteed by the Group directly or through third-party guarantee companies and insurance companies (referred to as “off-balance capital heavy loans” hereafter), or providing loans through the Consolidated Trusts and Fuzhou Microcredit. In either cases, the Group ultimately bears all the credit risks when the borrowers default.

The second business model involves the Group providing platform services through facilitating loans with no or partial guarantee provided by the Group (referred to as “capital light loans” hereafter) and referral services. In these cases, the Group bears limited credit risks when the borrowers default.

The loans facilitated under both models are with terms of 1~36months (the majority are within the terms of 1~12 months) and with principal of up to RMB 1,000 (the majority are within RMB500).

Loan facilitation and servicing fees

The Group earns loan facilitation and service fees from both off-balance capital heavy loans and capital light loans. The Group’s services mainly consist of:

1)Performing customer acquisition, initial credit screening and advanced risk assessment on the borrowers on its mobile platform and matching the financial institution partners to potential qualified borrowers and facilitating the execution of loan agreements between the parties, referred to as “Loan Facilitation Services” and;
2)Providing collection and other repayment processing services for the financial institution partners over the loan term, referred to as “Post Facilitation Services”;

Based on the agreements entered into between the Group’s financial institution partners and borrowers, the Group determined that it is not the legal lender or borrower in the loan origination and repayment process. Accordingly, the Group does not record loans receivable and payable arising from the loan between the financial institution partner and the borrowers.

The Group charges service fees directly from financial institution partner based on the contractual agreements. In 2019, the Group started cooperating with insurance companies and financing guarantee companies to provide guarantee for the loans between the borrowers and financial institution partners. Under this cooperation, the Group charges guarantee fees from the borrower, including insurance premium collected on behalf of the insurance company.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – continued

Revenue recognition - continued

Loan facilitation and servicing fees – continued

For the loans the Group is entitled to the full service fee regardless of whether the borrowers choose to early repay or not, the Group has the unconditional right to the consideration. For the loans facilitated with borrowers who have the option of early repayment and upon termination they do not have the obligation to pay the remaining monthly service fees or not have to pay the excessive portion if the total fees are more than 24% of the origination principal on an annualized basis, the Group’s right to consideration for the service fees is conditional on whether or not the borrowers repay in advance.

For off-balance capital heavy loans, the Group enjoys a fixed rate of service fees. For capital light loans, the Group enjoys a fixed rate of service fees, while in certain cases, the service fee rate the Group entitled to is subject to adjustment based on the actual default rate of the underlying loans.

Under the off-balance capital heavy loans, the Group also provides a guarantee service to its financial institution partners whereas in the event of default, the financial institution partners are entitled to receive unpaid interest and principal from the Group. Given that the Group effectively takes on all of the credit risk of the borrowers and are compensated by the service fees charged, the guarantee is deemed as a service and the guarantee exposure is recognized as a stand-ready obligation in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities). Under the capital light model, the Group either provides no guarantee or partial guarantee service. Under the partial guarantee scenario, the Group agrees with each financial institution partner a fixed upper limit of guarantee amount the Group is liable of. If the accumulated defaulted loan amount exceeds the agreed upper limit, the excess portion is borne by the financial institution partners.

The Group recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for those services. To achieve that core principle, the Group applies the following steps:

Step 1: Identify the contract (s) with a customer
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
Step 3: Determine the transaction price
Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation

The Group determines that both the financial institution partners and the borrowers are its customers because they both receive services provided by the Group pursuant to the contractual terms among the Group, the borrowers and the financial institution partners. For each loan facilitated on the platform, the Group considers the loan facilitation service, post facilitation service and guarantee service (not applicable for arrangements where the Group does not provide guarantee service) as three separate services. Of which, the guarantee service is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees, at fair value. Revenue from the guarantee services is recognized once the Group is released from the underlying risk. Starting from 2020, the Group recognized the stand-ready guarantee liability at the inception of each loan, and it was amortized to “revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities” over the term of the guarantee (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities).While the post- origination service is within the scope of ASC Topic 860, the ASC Topic 606 revenue recognition model is applied due to the lack of definitive guidance in ASC Topic 860. The loan facilitation service and post- origination service are two separate performance obligations under ASC 606, as these two deliverables are distinct in that customers can benefit from each service on its own and the Group’s promises to deliver the services are separately identifiable from each other in the contract.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Revenue recognition - continued

Loan facilitation and servicing fees - continued

The Group determines the total transaction price to be the service fees chargeable from the borrowers or the financial institution partners. The Group’s transaction price includes variable considerations in the form of prepayment risk of the borrowers and service fee allocation rate under capital light model under certain agreements. The Group estimates the prepayment risk of borrowers using the expected value approach on the basis of historical information and current trends of the collection percentage of the borrowers. The service fee allocated to the Group under capital light model would be fluctuated along with the actual default rate of the loans facilitated. The Group uses the service fee allocation rate applicable to the estimated default rate of the underlying loans. The transaction price is allocated amongst the guarantee service, if any, and the other two performance obligations.

The Group first allocates the transaction price to the guarantee liabilities, if any, in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees which requires the guarantee to be measured initially at fair value based on the stand-ready obligation. Then the remaining considerations are allocated to the loan facilitation services and post facilitation services using their relative standalone selling prices consistent with the guidance in ASC 606. The Group does not have observable standalone selling price information for the loan facilitation services or post facilitation services because it does not provide loan facilitation services or post facilitation services on a standalone basis. There is no direct observable standalone selling price for similar services in the market reasonably available to the Group. As a result, the estimation of standalone selling price involves significant judgment. The Group uses expected cost plus margin approach to estimate the standalone selling prices of loan facilitation services and post facilitation services as the basis of revenue allocation. In estimating its standalone selling price for the loan facilitation services and post facilitation services, the Group considers the cost incurred to deliver such services, profit margin for similar arrangements, customer demand, effect of competitors on the Group’s services, and other market factors.

For each type of service, the Group recognizes revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies the service/ performance obligation by transferring the promised service (that is, an asset) to customers. Revenues from loan facilitation services are recognized at the time a loan is originated between the financial institution partners and the borrowers and the principal loan balance is transferred to the borrowers, at which time the facilitation service is considered completed. Revenues from post facilitation services are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the underlying loans as the post- origination services are a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to the financial institution partners.

Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities

With the adoption of ASC 326 in 2020, the stand-ready guarantee liabilities are released into guarantee revenue over the term of the guarantee (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities). For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, revenue from guarantee liabilities were RMB 2,647,734 (unaudited) and RMB 3,074,515, respectively.

Incentives

The Group provides incentives to the borrowers by providing coupons which can only be used as a reduction of repayment and ultimately reduced the service fees received by the Group. Because the borrower does not enter into any enforceable commitment by picking up the coupons, no contract arises from the coupons. Therefore the Group records the incentives as a deduction to revenue upon redemption.

Financing income

The Group provides loans through the Consolidated Trusts and Fuzhou Microcredit. The interest rate charged to the borrowers are fixed. The Group recognized revenue under “financing income” the fees and interests charged to the borrowers over the lifetime of the loans using the effective interest method.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

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Revenue recognition - continued

Referral service fees

The Group provides the referral services to other platforms, by referring to them the borrowers who have not passed the Group’s credit assessment. Specifically, the Group receives a fixed rate of referral fee from the platforms once the borrowers are accepted by the other funding providers on those platforms. The revenue is recognized once the referral is completed as confirmed by those platforms.

The Group provides the referral services to the financial institution partner also through the Group’s Intelligence Credit Engine platform, by matching the borrowers and the financial institution partner. For loans originated through the platform, the Group charges the financial institution partner a fixed rate of service fees. The revenue is recognized upon receipt of confirmation by the financial institution partner of loan facilitation at which time the referral service is deemed completed.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, RMB 286,594 (unaudited)and RMB 382,650 were generated from the referral service, respectively.

Other services fees

Other service fees mainly pertain to the revenue from late fees from borrowers under off-balance capital heavy loans and capital light loans.

The following table presents the disaggregation of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022:

Six months ended June 30,

    

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Credit driven services

 

 

4,856,038

 

5,868,397

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy

 

 

1,265,047

 

1,141,771

Revenue from loan facilitation services

At a point in time

745,134

822,420

Revenue from post-origination services

Over time

519,913

319,351

Financing income

 

Over time

 

897,528

 

1,608,820

Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities

Over time

2,647,734

3,074,515

Other services fees

At a point in time

45,729

43,291

Platform services

2,744,729

2,634,849

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light

 

 

2,392,602

 

2,128,955

Revenue from loan facilitation services

At a point in time

1,988,160

1,298,998

Revenue from post-origination services

Over time

404,442

829,957

Referral services fees

At a point in time

286,594

382,650

Other services fees

 

At a point in time/ Over time

 

65,533

 

123,244

Total net revenue

 

 

7,600,767

 

8,503,246

Total revenue recognized at a point in time is RMB 3,105 million (unaudited) and RMB 2,634 million for the six months ended June, 2021 and 2022. Total revenue recognized over time is RMB 4,496 million (unaudited) and RMB 5,869 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

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Revenue recognition - continued

Accounts receivable and Contract Assets, net

For the loans the Group is entitled to the full service fee regardless of whether the borrowers choose to early repay or not, the Group has the unconditional right to the consideration and an accounts receivable is recorded for the monthly service fees allocated to loan facilitation service that have already been delivered in relation to loans facilitated on the Group’s platform when recognizing revenue from loan facilitation service. For the loans facilitated with borrowers who have the option of early repayment and upon termination they do not have the obligation to pay the remaining monthly service fees or do not have to pay the excessive portion if the total fees are more than 24% of the origination principal on an annualized basis, the Group’s right to consideration for the service fees of facilitation service is conditional on whether or not the borrowers repay in advance. In these instances, the Group records a corresponding contract asset when recognizing revenue from loan facilitation service.

Accounts receivable and contract assets are stated at the historical carrying amount net of write-offs and allowance for collectability in accordance with ASC Topic 310, and from January 1, 2020 ASC Topic 326. The Group established an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets based on estimates, which incorporate historical experience and other factors surrounding the credit risk of specific type of customers which is essentially the expected net default rates used in determining the fair value of guarantee liabilities. The Group evaluates and adjusts its allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets on a quarterly basis or more often as necessary.

Uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets are written off when the consideration entitled to be received by the Group is due and a settlement is reached for an amount that is less than the outstanding historical balance or when the Group has determined the balance will not be collected. Contract assets and accounts receivable are identified as uncollectible when the underlying loan is determined to be not probable that the balance can be collected. The Group will write off contract assets and accounts receivable and the corresponding provisions if the underlying loan is deemed uncollectible.

The Group did not recognize any contract liabilities during the periods presented. The amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of June 30, 2021 and 2022 are RMB 2,260,131 (unaudited) and RMB 1,518,044, respectively, all of which pertain to post- facilitation service. Remaining unsatisfied performance obligations that will be recognized as revenue by the Group within the following 12 months are 86% and 81% of the remaining performance obligations as of June 30, 2021 and 2022 respectively, with the remainder recognized thereafter.

The Group determines that acquisition cost paid for financial institution partner based on the amount of loans facilitated represents costs to obtain a contract qualifying for capitalization since these payments are directly related to sales achieved during a period. Such cost was not material during the periods presented.

Revenue recognized for year ended December 31, 2019 from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in prior periods pertaining to adjustments to variable consideration due to the change of estimated prepayment rate and service fee allocation rate was immaterial, and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 was RMB 39,946 (unaudited) and RMB 219,680, respectively.

The Group is subject to value-added tax and other surcharges including education surtax and urban maintenance and construction tax, on the services provided in the PRC. The Group has made an accounting policy election to exclude from the measurement of the transaction price all taxes assessed by the governmental authority. Such taxes excluded from revenues are RMB 457,537 (unaudited) and RMB 503,295, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Allowance for credit losses

On January 1, 2020, the Group adopted ASC 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which requires recognition of allowances upon origination or acquisition of financial assets at an estimate of expected credit losses over the contractual term of the financial assets (the current expected credit loss or the “CECL” model).

The Group’s financial assets subject to the CECL model mainly include: loans receivable, accounts receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivable, and the allowance for these financial assets is driven by estimated default rate of underlying loans. The Group does not assign internal risk ratings to loans facilitated as they are of small balance and homogeneous. The Group estimates the default rate of loans on a pool basis by taking into consideration the historical delinquency rate by vintage, adjusted by specific risks for loans within each vintage, correlated industrial and macro-economic factors, and other pertinent information such as CPI and delinquent loan collection rate in assessing future performance of the loan portfolio. The Group monitors the delinquency status by vintage of origination and write off delinquent loans timely when the loans become uncollectible.

The adoption of CECL model does not change the Group’s method used to estimate loan losses. The allowance for loans receivable is calculated based on estimated default rate of loans facilitated through the Consolidated Trusts or Fuzhou Microcredit. The allowance for accounts receivable, contract assets, financial assets receivable and account receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivables from related parties (recorded as “amounts due from related parties”) is assessed in accordance with the estimated default rate of the underlying off-balance loans facilitated. Since the allowance is recorded at loan inception based on the estimated collectability over the entire loan tenure and adjusted in each subsequent reporting period based on update of relevant information, the adoption of the CECL model does not have material impact on the timing and amount of allowance recognized for these financial assets.

Other financial receivables subject to the CECL model mainly include security deposit prepaid to third party guarantee companies, funds receivable from third party payment service providers, other receivables from related parties (recorded as “amount due from related parties”), and security deposit paid to insurance companies, which are of short term and shows no historical default record. The Group determines no allowance is needed for these receivables, except for receivables from related parties as financial institution partners, which are based on the estimated default rate of underlying loans as discussed above.

The adoption of ASC 326 also requires the Group to record financial guarantee on a gross basis. As such, the Group recognized a separate contingent guarantee liability with an allowance for credit losses following the CECL model at the inception of loans facilitated with guarantee services provided (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities). The allowance is an estimate of future net payout by the Group upon borrowers’ default, which is ultimately based on the same estimated default rate of loans facilitated as discussed above.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents mainly consist of funds in banks, which are highly liquid and are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Restricted cash

Restricted cash represents:

(i)Deposit to funding banks which is used to secure timely loan repayment. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the amount of restricted cash related to deposit to the funding banks is RMB 1,986,512 and RMB 2,344,124, respectively.
(ii)Cash held by the trusts and ABS plans through segregated bank accounts which can only be used to invest in loans or other securities as stipulated in the trust agreement and ABS plan. Substantially all trusts have a maximum operating period of two years. The cash in the trusts is not available to fund the general liquidity needs of the Group.

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies mainly represents deposit prepaid to licensed third-party vendors the Group cooperates with to provide guarantee to secure timely loan repayment for financial institution partners.

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

The Group opened accounts with third party online payment service providers to collect and transfer the loan funds and interest to financial institution partners or borrowers. The Group also uses such accounts to collect the transaction fee and service fee, and repay and collect the default loan principal and interest. The balance of funds receivable from third party payment service providers mainly includes:

(a)Funds provided by Fuzhou Microcredit but not yet transferred to the borrowers by third party payment service providers due to the settlement time lag;
(b)Repayment of loan principal and interest amounts received from the borrowers but not yet transferred to the investors by third party payment service providers due to the settlement time lag; and,
(c)Accumulated amounts of transaction fee, service fee received, payment and collection of default loan and interest at the balance sheet date.

Fair value

Fair value is considered to be the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

Authoritative literature provides a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement as follows:

Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Fair value - continued

Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The carrying values of financial instruments, which consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, security deposits, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, funds receivable from third party payment service providers, loans receivable, short-term loan, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, and amounts due from/to related parties are recorded at cost which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

As of June 30, 2022, the Group’s long-term financial instruments that are not reported at fair value on balance sheet include loans receivable, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivable from related parties (recorded as “amounts due from related parties”). Fair values of these financial instruments are estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on contractual cash flows. The fair values of loans receivable, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable are classified as Level 3 fair value measurement due to the significant unobservable inputs concerning the estimation of default rate. The fair value of payable to investors of the consolidated trusts is classified as Level 2 fair value measurement.

As of June 30, 2022, the differences between fair values and carrying amount for loans receivable and payable to investors are due to the discount factor or interests in future periods, and the fair value approximates the carrying amount. For accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, the differences are due to the discount factor solely and the fair value approximates the carrying amount.

The Group does not have any assets or liabilities that are recorded at fair value subsequent to initial recognition on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement on a nonrecurring basis for the six months ended June 30, 2022 included that used in impairment of an equity-method investment which was classified as a Level 3 fair value measurement.

Loans receivable

Loans receivable represents loans facilitated through the consolidated trusts and Fuzhou Microcredit. Loans receivable are recorded as receivable, reduced by a valuation allowance estimated as of the balance sheet date.

The allowance for loan losses is determined at a level believed to be reasonable to absorb probable losses inherent in the portfolio as of each balance sheet date. The allowance is provided based on an assessment performed on a portfolio basis. All loans are assessed collectively depending on factors such as delinquency rate, size, and other risk characteristics of the portfolio.About adoption of ASC 326, see accounting policy of “Allowance for credit losses”.

The Group charges off loans receivable as a reduction to the allowance for loans receivable when the loan principal and interest are deemed to be uncollectible. In general, loans receivable is identified as uncollectible when it is determined to be not probable that the balance can be collected.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

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Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:

Leasehold improvements

    

Over the shorter of the lease term or expected useful lives

Electronic equipment

 

5 years

Furniture and office equipment

 

5 years

Gains and losses from the disposal of furniture and equipment are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.

Depreciation expense on property and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 were RMB 5,944 (unaudited) and RMB 7,580, respectively.

Land use rights, net

Land use rights represent lease prepayments to the local government authorities and are recorded at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is provided on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement, which is 50 years. Under ASC 842, land use rights were identified as operating lease right-of-use assets, which is separately disclosed as “Land use rights, net” in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets.

Guarantee liabilities

For the loans facilitated through the loan facilitation business, the Group provides a guarantee service to its financial institution partners whereas in the event of default, the financial institution partners are entitled to receive unpaid interest and principal from the Group. In general, any unpaid interest and principal are paid when the borrower does not repay as scheduled.

From February 2018, to follow the recent regulation change, particularly the Circular 141 which came into effect in December 2017, the Group began to involve third-party licensed vendors including financing guarantee companies and insurance companies to provide guarantee for new loans facilitated for certain financial institution partners. Under the cooperation with financing guarantee companies, these guarantee companies initially reimburses the loan principal and interest to the financial institution partners upon borrower’s default. Although the Group does not have direct contractual obligation to the financial institution partners for defaulted principal and interest, the Group provides back to back guarantee to the licensed guarantee companies. As agreed in the back to back guarantee contract, the Group would pay the licensed guarantee companies for actual losses incurred based on defaulted principal and interest. Under the cooperation with insurance companies, the Group is obligated to provide funding in the form of security deposit with the insurance companies which is used to compensate the financial institution partners for borrowers’ default. Given that the Group effectively takes on all of the credit risk of the borrowers, the Group recognizes a stand ready obligation for its guarantee exposure in accordance with ASC Topic 460.

Under capital light model, in the condition of no guarantee service provided, the Group does not take any credit risk and not record any guarantee liabilities associated with those loans. Besides, in the condition of partial guarantee, the amount of guarantee exposure is immaterial for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and 2022.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Guarantee liabilities - continued

At the inception of each loan, the Group recognizes the guarantee liability at fair value in accordance with ASC 460-10, which incorporates the expectation of potential future payments under the guarantee and takes into both non-contingent and contingent aspects of the guarantee. Subsequent to the loan’s inception, the guarantee liability is composed of two components: (i) ASC Topic 460 component; and (ii) ASC Topic 450 component. The liability recorded based on ASC Topic 460 is determined on a loan by loan basis and it is reduced when the Group is released from the underlying risk, i.e. as the loan is repaid by the borrower or when the investor is compensated in the event of a default. This component is a stand ready obligation which is not subject to the probable threshold used to record a contingent obligation. When the Group is released from the stand ready liability upon expiration of the underlying loan, the Group records a corresponding amount as “Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities” in the consolidated statement of operations. The other component is a contingent liability determined based on probable loss considering the actual historical performance and current conditions, representing the obligation to make future payouts under the guarantee liability in excess of the stand-ready liability, measured using the guidance in ASC Topic 450. The ASC Topic 450 contingent component is determined on a collective basis and loans with similar risk characteristics are pooled into cohorts for purposes of measuring incurred losses. The ASC 450 contingent component is recognized as part of expense on guarantee liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations. At all times the recognized liability (including the stand ready liability and contingent liability) is at least equal to the probable estimated losses of the guarantee portfolio.

On January 1, 2020, the Group adopted ASC 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which requires gross accounting for guarantee liability. As a result, at inception of the guarantee, the Group will recognize both a stand-ready guarantee liability under ASC 460 with an associated financial assets receivable, and a contingent guarantee liability with an allowance for credit losses under Current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model. Subsequent to the initial recognition, the ASC 460 stand-ready guarantee is released into guarantee revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the guarantee, while the contingent guarantee is reduced by the payouts made by the Group to compensate the investors upon borrowers’ default. Allowance for credit losses under CECL model was included in “Provision for contingent liabilities” and revalued at each period end to reflect updated estimation for future net pay-out.

Financial assets receivable

Financial assets receivable is recognized at loan inception which is equal to the stand-ready liability recorded at fair value in accordance with ASC 460-10-30-2(b) and considers what premium would be required by the Group to issue the same guarantee service in a standalone arm’s-length transaction.

The fair value recognized at loan inception is estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on the expected net payouts by incorporating a markup margin. The Group estimates its expected net payouts according to the product mix, default rates, loan terms and discount rate. The financial assets receivable is accounted for as a financial asset, and reduced upon the receipt of the service fee payment from the borrowers. At each reporting date, the Group estimates the future cash flows and assesses whether there is any indicator of impairment. If the carrying amounts of the financial assets receivable exceed the expected cash to be received, an impairment loss is recorded for the financial assets receivable not recoverable and is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. About adoption of ASC 326, see accounting policy of “Allowance for credit losses”. Impairment losses of RMB 102,769 (unaudited) and RMB 163,875 were recorded in the consolidated statements of operations during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

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Facilitation, origination and servicing expenses

Facilitation, origination and servicing expense represents cost of services which consists primarily of variable expenses and vendor costs, and costs related to risk management, credit assessment, borrower and system support, payment processing services and third-party collection agencies with facilitating and servicing loans.

Facilitation and origination expense includes expense related to the Group’s borrower referral program under which the Group provides cash incentives to existing borrowers who have successfully referred a new borrower/borrowers to the Group. Such cash reward is offered when the new borrower makes a drawdown. As the cash reward is directly associated with the new borrower acquisition, the Group accounted for it as origination expense to facilitate the loans. The Group recorded RMB 9.5 million (unaudited) and RMB 12.0 million of cash reward for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Sales and marketing expenses

Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of variable marketing and promotional expenses and general brand and awareness building, including fees paid to channel partners for directing user traffic to the Group. Salaries and benefits expenses related to the Group’s sales and marketing personnel and other expenses related to the Group’s sales and marketing team are also included in the sales and marketing expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, the advertising and marketing related expenses were RMB 706.679 and RMB 1,031,406, respectively.

Funding costs

Funding cost consists of interest expense the Group pays to financial institution partners of the Consolidated Trusts and the asset backed securities, trust issuance and costs incurred by the trusts.

Government grant

Government grants are primarily referred to the amounts received from various levels of local governments from time to time which are granted for general corporate purposes and to support its ongoing operations in the region. The grants are determined at the discretion of the relevant government authority and there are no restrictions on their use. The government subsidies are recorded as other income in the period the cash is received. The government grants received by the Group is RMB 5,067 (unaudited) and RMB 194,439 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Income taxes

Current income taxes are provided on the basis of net profit (loss) for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for income and expenses which are not assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the laws of the relevant tax jurisdictions.

Deferred income taxes are provided using assets and liabilities method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the management consider all positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of projected future taxable income and results of recent operation.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.            SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Income taxes - continued

In order to assess uncertain tax positions, the Group applies a more likely than not threshold and a two-step approach for the tax position measurement and financial statement recognition. Under the two-step approach, the first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. The Group recognizes interest and penalties, if any, under accrued expenses and other current liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet and under other expenses in its consolidated statement of operations. The Group did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and 2022.

Value added taxes (“VAT”)

The consolidated trusts are subject to VAT at the rate of 3%, while the other entities under the Group are subject to VAT at the rate of 6% as general taxpayers, and related surcharges on revenue generated from providing services. Entities that are VAT general taxpayers are allowed to offset qualified input VAT paid to suppliers against their output VAT liabilities. Net VAT balance between input VAT and output VAT is recorded in the line item of other tax payable on the consolidated balance sheets.

Certain risks and concentrations

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, substantially all of the Group’s cash and cash equivalents as well as restricted cash were held in major financial institutions located in the PRC, which management considers to be of high credit quality.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, financial institution partner A and B funded loans which generated greater than 10% (unaudited) of the total revenues. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, financial institution partner A funded loans which generated greater than 10% of the total revenue.

Share-based compensation

Share-based payment transactions with employees, such as stock options and restricted share units, are measured based on the grant date fair value of the awards, with the resulting expense generally recognized on a straight-line basis in the consolidated statements of operations over the period during which the employee is required to perform service in exchange for the award. The Group has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur.

Foreign currency translation

The reporting currency of the Group is the Renminbi (“RMB”).The Group’s operations are principally conducted through the companies located in the PRC where the RMB is the functional currency. The functional currency of the other major entities incorporated outside of PRC is the United States dollar (“USD”).

Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than functional currency are translated into functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Transactions in currencies other than functional currency during the year are converted into the functional currency at the applicable rates of exchange prevailing on the transaction date. Transaction gains and losses are included in earnings as foreign exchange gain (loss).

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Foreign currency translation - continued

The consolidated financial statements of the Group are translated from the functional currency into reporting currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the applicable exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Equity accounts other than earnings generated in current period are translated at the appropriate historical rates. Revenues, expenses, gains and losses are translated using the periodic average exchange rates. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustment are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).

Convenience translation

The Group’s business is primarily conducted in China and all of the revenues are denominated in RMB. The financial statements of the Group are stated in RMB. Translations of balances in the consolidated balance sheets, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity and cash flows from RMB into US dollars as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2022 are solely for the convenience of the readers and were calculated at the rate of USD1.00=RMB 6.6981, representing the noon buying rate set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on June 30, 2022. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into USD at that rate or at any other rate.

Employee defined contribution plan

Full time employees of the Group in the PRC participate in a government mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan pursuant to which certain pension benefits, medical care, unemployment insurance, employee housing fund and other welfare benefits are provided to employees. Chinese labor regulations require that the Group makes contributions to the government for these benefits based on a certain percentage of the employee’s salaries. The Group has no legal obligation for the benefits beyond the contributions, and the Group cannot utilize the contributed amount for future obligations if employee left the Group. The total amount that was expensed as incurred was RMB 62,914 (unaudited) and RMB 85,868 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Income per share

Basic income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income attributable to the ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period assuming the ordinary shares were issued and outstanding from the earliest period presented.

Diluted income per ordinary share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities were exercised or converted into ordinary shares. Ordinary share equivalents are excluded from the computation in income periods should their effects be anti-dilutive. The Group had restricted share units and share options, which could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future.

Dividends

Dividends of the Company are recognized when declared.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Segment reporting

The Group uses management approach to determine operation segment. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Group’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for making decisions, allocation of resource and assessing performance.

The Group’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer who reviews the consolidated results of operations when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Group. The Group operates and manages its business as a single operating segment.

Substantially all of the Group’s long-lived assets are located in the PRC and substantially all of the Group’s revenues are derived from within the PRC. Therefore, no geographical segments are presented.

Operating leases

The Group accounts for operating leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”) after the adoption on January 1, 2019. The Group determines if a contract contains a lease based on whether it has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of an identified asset and whether it has the right to direct the use of an identified asset in exchange for consideration, which relates to an asset the Group does not own. As part of the lease agreements, the Group may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Group will exercise those options. Right of use (“ROU”) assets represent the Group’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Group’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets are initially measured based on the lease liability, adjusted for any initial direct costs, any lease payments made prior to lease commencement and for any lease incentives, and are included in other assets (long term) on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets. Lease liabilities are recognized at the present value of the future lease payments at the lease commencement date, and are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities (short term) and other long-term liabilities on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets. The discount rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Group’s incremental borrowing rate, because the interest rate implicit in most of the Group’s leases is not readily determinable. The Group’s incremental borrowing rate represents the rate would be incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term for an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Operating lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not possess any leases that have variable lease payments or residual value guarantees.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, a new accounting standard update to simplify the accounting for income taxes. The new guidance removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intra period allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. It also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. The Group has adopted this new standard effective on January 1, 2021. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on the Group’s Historical Financial Information.

Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted

No new accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

3.            ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET

The Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2021 are as follows:

    

    

Allowance for

    

Accounts

uncollectible

Accounts

As of December 31, 2021

receivable

Accounts receivable

receivable, net

Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service

 

502

(375)

127

Accounts receivable from post facilitation service

 

5,825

(1,683)

4,142

Accounts receivable from referral services

10,797

10,797

Total

 

17,124

(2,058)

 

15,066

Allowance for

Accounts

uncollectible

Accounts

As of June 30, 2022

    

receivable

    

Accounts receivable

    

receivable, net

Accounts receivable from referral services

25,080

25,080

Total

 

25,080

 

 

25,080

The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

Opening

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

June 30,

(unaudited)

    

2021

    

provision

    

period

    

2021

Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service

 

17,462

 

(10,043)

(7,382)

37

Accounts receivable from post facilitation service

 

3,958

 

1,758

(4,574)

1,142

Accounts receivable from referral services

1,836

(1,836)

Total

 

23,256

 

(8,285)

(13,792)

1,179

Opening 

Ending 

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

June 30,

    

2022

    

provision

    

period

    

2022

Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service

 

375

 

 

(375)

 

Accounts receivable from post facilitation service

 

1,683

 

 

(1,683)

 

Total

 

2,058

 

 

(2,058)

 

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

3.           ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET - continued

The Group’s contract assets as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:

Allowance for

Uncollectible

Contract assets,

As of December 31, 2021

    

Contract assets

    

Contract assets

    

net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

3,097,872

 

(287,397)

 

2,810,475

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

282,767

 

(26,457)

 

256,310

Contract assets from referral services

238,877

238,877

Total

 

3,619,516

 

(313,854)

 

3,305,662

Allowance for

Uncollectible

Contract assets,

As of June 30, 2022

    

Contract assets

    

Contract assets

    

net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

3,276,001

 

(299,395)

 

2,976,606

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

463,530

 

(25,318)

 

438,212

Contract assets from referral services

351,395

351,395

Total

 

4,090,926

 

(324,713)

 

3,766,213

The movement of allowance for uncollectible contract assets for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

    

Opening

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

June 30,

(unaudited)

2021

provision

period

2021

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

222,526

 

64,947

 

(40,576)

 

246,897

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

10,045

 

21,913

 

(15,392)

 

16,566

Total

 

232,571

 

86,860

 

(55,968)

 

263,463

    

Opening

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

June 30,

2022

provision

period

2022

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

287,397

 

77,952

(65,954)

299,395

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

26,457

 

25,673

(26,812)

25,318

Total

 

313,854

 

103,625

(92,766)

324,713

The Group’s accounts receivable and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

Accounts

    

Allowance for

    

Accounts

receivable

uncollectible

receivable

and contract

accounts receivable

and contract

As of December 31, 2021

assets

and contract assets

assets, net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

953,846

 

(120,208)

 

833,638

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

5,178

 

(1,809)

 

3,369

Total

 

959,024

 

(122,017)

 

837,007

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

3.           ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET - continued

    

Accounts

    

Allowance for

    

Accounts

receivable

uncollectible

receivable

and contract

accounts receivable

and contract

As of June 30, 2022

assets

and contract assets

assets, net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

592,384

 

(118,719)

 

473,665

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

15,762

 

(6,457)

 

9,305

Contract assets from referral services

54,116

54,116

Total

 

662,262

 

(125,176)

 

537,086

The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

    

Opening

    

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

June 30,

(unaudited)

2021

provision

period

2021

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

8,072

 

77,069

 

(1,497)

 

83,644

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

227

 

1,473

 

(1,531)

 

169

Total

 

8,299

 

78,542

 

(3,028)

 

83,813

The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows: - continued

    

Opening

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

June 30,

2022

provision

period

2022

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

120,208

 

5,594

 

(7,083)

 

118,719

Contract assets from post origination service

 

1,809

 

7,806

 

(3,158)

 

6,457

Total

 

122,017

 

13,400

 

(10,241)

 

125,176

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the principal of accounts receivable and contract assets by year of origination:

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

    

Total

As of December 31, 2021

  

  

  

  

Loan facilitation service

 

2,708,137

 

390,236

 

 

3,098,373

Post origination service

 

249,726

 

38,867

 

 

288,593

Referral service

 

249,674

 

 

 

249,674

Total

 

3,207,537

 

429,103

 

 

3,636,640

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of June 30, 2022

Loan facilitation service

 

2,447,427

 

742,111

 

86,463

 

3,276,001

Post origination service

 

433,153

 

15,378

 

14,999

 

463,530

Referral service

 

376,475

 

 

 

376,475

Total

 

3,257,055

 

757,489

 

101,462

 

4,116,006

The past-due balance of the Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are immaterial.

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

4.           FINANCIAL ASSETS RECEIVABLE

The Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

December 31,

    

June 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Financial assets receivable

 

4,897,854

 

4,821,201

Allowance for uncollectible receivables

 

(493,646)

 

(519,563)

Financial assets receivable, net

 

4,404,208

 

4,301,638

The movement of financial assets receivable for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

(unaudited)

Balance at beginning of period

4,601,642

 

4,897,854

Addition in the current period

3,242,066

 

3,012,766

Collection in the current period

(2,707,712)

(2,951,461)

Write-off

(69,140)

 

(137,958)

Balance at end of period

5,066,856

 

4,821,201

The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

 

(unaudited)

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

390,834

 

493,646

Current period net provision

 

102,769

 

163,875

Write-off

 

(69,140)

 

(137,958)

Balance at end of period

 

424,463

 

519,563

The Group’s financial assets receivable generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

December 31, 

    

June 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Financial assets receivable

 

 

5,802

Allowance for uncollectible receivables

 

 

(340)

Financial assets receivable, net

 

 

5,462

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

4.           FINANCIAL ASSETS RECEIVABLE - continued

The movement of financial assets receivable generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Balance at beginning of period

 

3,149

 

Addition in the current period

 

 

6,112

Collection in the current period

 

(309)

 

(308)

Write-off

 

(2,840)

 

(2)

Balance at end of period

 

 

5,802

The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Balance at beginning of period

 

2,033

 

Current period net provision

 

807

 

342

Write-off

 

(2,840)

 

(2)

Balance at end of period

 

 

340

The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022:

31-60

Over 60

Total

0-30 days

days

days

financial

 

past

 

past

 

past

 

assets

    

due

    

due

    

due

    

Current

    

receivable

December 31, 2021

15,594

12,038

4,870,222

4,897,854

June 30, 2022

 

32,536

 

34,257

 

 

4,754,408

4,821,201

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the principal of financial assets receivable by year of origination:

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

    

Total

As of December 31, 2021

4,078,249

819,605

4,897,854

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of June 30, 2022

 

2,390,103

 

2,095,971

 

335,127

 

4,821,201

5.           LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET

Loans receivable consists of the following:

    

December 31, 

    

June 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Loans receivable

 

13,652,723

 

15,844,979

Less allowance for loan losses

 

(948,893)

 

(1,336,642)

Loans receivable, net

 

12,703,830

 

14,508,337

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

5.           LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET - continued

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the accrued interest receivables are RMB 86,144 and RMB 113,658 ( net of allowance RMB 5,987 and RMB 9,588, respectively ), which is recorded under loans receivable.

The following table presents the aging of loans as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022:

    

0-30 days

    

31-60 days

    

Over 60 days

    

Total amount

    

    

 past due

past due

 past due

past due

Current

Total loans

December 31, 2021

 

113,771

87,171

 

200,942

 

13,451,781

 

13,652,723

June 30, 2022

 

134,692

102,233

 

236,925

 

15,608,054

 

15,844,979

The Group has not recorded any financing income on an accrual basis for the loans that are past due for more than 60 days in 2022 (60 days in 2021). Loans are returned to accrual status if they are brought to non-delinquent status or have performed in accordance with the contractual terms for a reasonable period of time and, in the Group’s judgment, will continue to make periodic principal and interest payments as scheduled. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, the Group has charged off loans receivable of RMB 156 million (unaudited) and RMB 536 million, respectively.

Movement of allowance for loan losses is as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

(unaudited)

Balance at beginning of period

421,767

 

948,893

Provision for loan losses

381,887

 

907,317

Gross write-off

(156,368)

 

(535,743)

Recoveries

24,125

16,175

Balance at end of period

671,411

 

1,336,642

The principal of loans receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 by year of origination is as follows:

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

    

Total

As of December 31, 2021

 

13,614,369

 

38,354

 

13,652,723

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of June 30, 2022

 

11,436,797

 

4,391,267

16,915

 

15,844,979

6.           LAND USE RIGHTS, NET

Land use rights represent acquired right to use the parcel of land on which the Group’s regional headquarters and affiliated industrial park stand. In 2021, the Group acquired the land use rights in Shanghai from the local authorities. Amortization of the land use right is made over the remaining term of the land use right period from the date when the land was made available for use by the Group. The land use rights are summarized as follows:

December 31, 

June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

 

RMB

RMB

Cost

 

1,036,178

1,036,178

Accumulated amortization

 

(17,270)

(27,630)

Land use rights, net

 

1,018,908

1,008,548

The total amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 amounted to RMB 6,908 (unaudited) and RMB 10,360, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

7.            SHORT-TERM LOANS

Short-term loans as of December 31, 2021 represents bank borrowings of USD 38,850 and RMB 150,000 obtained from domestic commercial banks, the latter loan is guaranteed by Shanghai Qibutianxia Co,. Ltd. The short-term loan of USD 38,850 bears interest rates of London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 300bps. The loan of RMB 150,000 applying a fixed rate of 4.05%.

Short-term loans as of June 30, 2022 includes newly raised bank borrowings of USD 30,000 obtained from domestic commercial banks during the six months ended June 30, 2022. The short-term loan of USD 30,000 bears interest rates of London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 330bps for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

The weighted average interest rate for the outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 was 3.46% and 4.70%, respectively. There is one financial covenant stipulating that Qiyu shall not make dividend distribution before the loans, interest and other payable due under the contract are paid.

In June 2022, 360 Changfeng signed a mortgage loan agreement of RMB 1 billion with tenure of 25 years. The interest rate is based on market price quote for loans with tenure of more than five years minus 136bps. The loan is guaranteed by the land use rights owned by 360 Changfeng and is for the specific use of construction of the regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. As of June 30, 2022, the unused amount of the mortgage loan is RMB 1 billion. The mortgage loan agreement requires the subsidiary’s registered capital to be paid in the same proportion of the total facility used. Subsequently in September, the registered capital of the subsidiary has been fully paid.

8.            GUARANTEE LIABILITIES

The movement of guarantee liabilities during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Guarantee liabilities-stand ready

(unaudited)

    

RMB

As of January 1, 2021

 

4,173,497

Provision at the inception of new loans

 

3,242,066

Released into revenue

 

(2,897,943)

As of June 30, 2021

 

4,517,620

As of January 1, 2022

 

4,818,144

Provision at the inception of new loans

 

3,018,878

Released into revenue

(3,298,059)

As of June 30, 2022

 

4,538,963

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

8.            GUARANTEE LIABILITIES - continued

Guarantee liabilities-contingent

(unaudited)

    

RMB

As of January 1, 2021

 

3,543,454

Provision for contingent liabilities

 

1,220,586

Net payout (1)

(1,515,544)

As of June 30, 2021

 

3,248,496

Adoption of ASC 326

As of January 1, 2022

 

3,285,081

Provision for contingent liabilities

 

2,162,638

Net payout (1)

(2,127,305)

As of June 30, 2022

 

3,320,414

(1)Net payout represents the amount paid upon borrowers’ default net of subsequent recoveries from the borrowers during a given period.

The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022.

31-60

61-90

Over 90

0-30 days

days

days

days

past

past

past

past

    

due

    

due

    

due

    

due

    

Current

    

Total loans

December 31, 2021 (RMB)

446,780

235,769

57,526

49,117,630

 

49,857,705

June 30, 2022 (RMB)

456,773

228,107

32,970

49,904,061

 

50,621,911

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee by the Group is estimated to be RMB 49,857,705 and RMB 50,621,911, respectively. The approximate term of guarantee compensation service ranged from 1 month to 36 months, as of both December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the contractual amounts of the outstanding loans (excluding loans that are written off) that have been compensated by the Group were estimated to be RMB 3,129,264 and RMB 3,769,627, respectively.

9.           ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

    

December 31, 

    

June 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

User traffic direction fees

 

472,269

472,101

Payable to financial institution partners (1)

 

422,423

347,313

Accrued payroll and welfare

 

409,216

317,612

Payable for third-party service fee

298,411

341,097

Payable to shareholder of non-controlling interests (2)

296,617

303,407

Dividend payable (3)

 

276,991

230,095

Lease liabilities

25,779

37,535

Others

56,623

68,197

Total

2,258,329

2,117,357

(1)Payable to financial institution partners mainly include amounts collected from the borrowers but have not been transferred to the financial institution partners due to settlement time lag.

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360 DIGITECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

9.           ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES - continued

(2)Payable to shareholder of non-controlling interests mainly includes loans from Shanghai Changfeng Investment (Group) Co., Ltd.( “Changfeng”) to acquire land use right, the principal of RMB90,000 of which is repaid in September, 2022.
(3)Dividends payable as of December 31, 2021 has been paid in January 2022 and May 2022 respectively. Dividends payable as of June 30, 2022 has been paid in July, 2022.

10.          RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS

The table below sets forth the major related parties and their relationships with the Group, with which the Group entered into transactions during the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and 2022:

Name of related parties

    

Relationship with the group

360 Security Technology Inc. (“360 Group”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qifutong Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qifutong”)

 

An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Shanghai Qibutianxia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qibutianxia”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qicaitianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qicaitianxia”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qihu Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qihu”)

An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Jinshang Consumer Finance Inc. (“Jinshang”)

An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Zixuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Zixuan”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Xixian New Area Financial Asset Exchange Co., Ltd (“Xixian”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qifei Xiangyi Consultation Co., Ltd (“Beijing Qifei”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Hangzhou Qifei Huachuang Technology Co, Ltd (“Hangzhou Qifei ”)

Investee of the Group

Shanghai Jiehu Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Jiehu”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (“Kincheng Bank”)

An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Tianjin Yujie Technology Co., Ltd. (Yujie)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Hongying Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hongying”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Shareholders

Shareholders of the Group

Others

Entities controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

10.          RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS - continued

The Group entered into the following transactions with its related parties:

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided by the related parties were RMB 178,078 (unaudited) and RMB 318,246, respectively.

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Referral service fee charged by Yujie

101,715

221,380

Bandwidth service fee charged by Qihu

51,696

62,882

Brand fees charged by Qihu

23,584

Referral service fee charged by Qihu

12,273

880

Rental expenses charged by Hongying

5,696

7,340

Corporate expenses allocated from Qibutianxia

5,660

Others

 

1,038

 

2,180

Total

 

178,078

 

318,246

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided to the related parties were RMB 1,050,036 (unaudited) and RMB 787,157 respectively.

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Referral service fee charged from Kincheng Bank

 

 

108,757

Loan facilitation services fee charged from Jinshang

89,582

62,967

Loan facilitation services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan

37

Loan facilitation services fee charged from Kincheng Bank

852,625

289,961

Post-origination services fee charged from Jinshang

32,644

36,043

Post-origination services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan

56

Post-origination services fee charged from Kincheng Bank

62,042

268,747

Others

 

13,050

 

20,682

Total

 

1,050,036

 

787,157

Jinshang is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. Kincheng Bank is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. The Group collected service fees from Jinshang and Kincheng Bank. The amounts from Jinshang and Kincheng Bank represent the loan facilitation service, post-facilitation service and referral service fees charged from them.

The Company has held bank deposit with Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co. Ltd (“Kinchen”) which amounted to RMB320,491 and RMB2,519,337 as December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022. The related interest income was RMB29,312, RMB8,561(unaudited) and RMB31,996 for the year ended December 31, 2021, six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively and interest receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 was RMB1,244 and RMB21,835 respectively.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

10.         RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS - continued

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, amounts due from related parties were RMB 978,175 and RMB 788,522, respectively, and details are as follows:

    

December 31, 

    

June 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Kincheng

 

771,335

 

572,272

Jinshang

194,123

200,965

Shareholders(1)

10,158

10,158

Beijing Zixuan

Others

 

2,559

 

5,127

Total

 

978,175

 

788,522

(1)The balance represents the ADS registration fees incurred on behalf of certain shareholders that are to be reimbursed from them.

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, amounts due to related parties were RMB 214,057 and RMB 178,687 respectively, and details are as follows:

    

December 31, 

    

June 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Qibutianxia

 

9,156

 

1,656

Qihu

144,999

127,688

Yujie

30,165

13,200

Others

 

29,737

 

36,143

Total

 

214,057

 

178,687

Qibutianxia provided joint back to back guarantee to certain third party guarantee companies for the loans facilitated by the Group. The amounts of loans under such arrangement are RMB 11,803,492 and RMB 7,115,977 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 respectively.

In September 2020, Beijing Qifei transferred to the Group part of its interest in Hangzhou Qifei, a joint venture company established by Beijing Qifei and an independent third party. After the transfer, Beijing Qifei and the Group hold 26% and 25% of the equity interest in the investee, respectively. As part of the arrangement, the Group is responsible to assist Hangzhou Qifei in meeting certain performance targets. The Group accounted for the equity investment using alternative measurement, and the carrying amount was nil since no capital contribution has been made as of December 31, 2021. The Company made investment of RMB 8,996 to Hangzhou Qifei during the six months ended June 30, 2022, the investment was fully impaired at the same period after considering the business forecast of the investee and the fair value of this equity investment. Thus, the carrying amount of Hangzhou Qifei is nil as of June 30, 2022. The Company is not obligated to fund its remaining unpaid share of registered capital of RMB 41,004 till June 30, 2028 and given the uncertainty with regards to the financial position of the investee, the probability of future contribution and the exact amount cannot be estimated, thus no additional liabilities are accrued as of June 30, 2022.

In October 2020, the Group established a company, Shanghai 360 Changfeng Technology, Co.,Ltd. (“360 Changfeng”) in Shanghai, China through Qiyu together with Shanghai Jiehu and an independent third party, Changfeng, to develop and build regional headquarter and the affiliated industrial park in Shanghai. Changfeng, Shanghai Jiehu and the Group each holds 30%, 30% and 40% of the equity interests of the 360 Changfeng, respectively. The shareholders execute their voting rights based on their equity interest and the stakeholders’ meeting will pass the resolutions with the approval of stakeholders representing more than half of the voting rights.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

10.         RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS - continued

In December 2021, the Group acquired the 30% equity interest held by Shanghai Jiehu and became the controlling shareholder of 360 Changfeng. The transaction is a business acquisition under common control as both Shanghai Jiehu and the Group is ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, and has been retrospectively reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company for all periods presented. The impact to prior year financials was inconsequential.

Pursuant to the agreement, the shareholders is obligated to contribute initial funding for acquisition of land use rights and funds required for subsequent developments will be mainly financed by external financings with any remaining shortfall funded by the shareholders ratably in proportion to their respective equity interest ownership.

As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, shareholders of the company have invested a total of RMB 1.0 billion, of which RMB 0.3 billion was funded by the Changfeng.

11.          INCOME TAXES

PRC

Under the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT Law”), domestically-owned enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises are subject to a uniform tax rate of 25%. Qiyu received its “high and new technology enterprises” status in 2018 and renewed it in 2021 and was entitled for a preferential income tax rate of 15% from 2018 to 2023. In November 2020, Qiyue received its “high and new technology enterprises” status and was entitled to a reduced EIT rate of 15% from 2020 to 2022. From August 2019, Qicheng benefits from a preferential tax rate of 15% as it falls within the encouraged industries catalogue in western China. The 40% of the EIT payables of Qicheng could be further reduced as it is located in Autonomous Region of China. From 2021, two of the Company’s subsidiaries benefit from a preferential tax rate of 15% as they are registered in Hainan and engaged in encouraged business activities. From 2022, Beihai Borui Credit Service Co., Ltd., benefits from a preferential tax rate of 15% as it falls within the encouraged industries catalogue in western China.

Cayman Islands

Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, the Company is not subject to tax on its income or capital gains. In addition, the Cayman Islands do not impose withholding tax on dividend payments.

Hong Kong

Under the current Hong Kong Inland Revenue Ordinance, the Company’s subsidiaries domiciled in Hong Kong has introduced a two-tiered profits tax rate regime which is applicable to any year of assessment commencing on or after April 1, 2018. The profits tax rate for the first HK$2 million of profits of corporations will be lowered to 8.25%, while profits above that amount will continue to be subject to the tax rate of 16.5%. Additionally, payments of dividends by the subsidiary incorporated in Hong Kong to the Company are not subject to any Hong Kong withholding tax.

The current and deferred portion of income tax expenses included in the consolidated statements of operations, which were all attributable to the Group is as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Current tax

 

639,412

 

573,083

Deferred tax

 

23,945

 

(176,351)

Total

 

663,357

 

396,732

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

11.          INCOME TAXES - continued

Hong Kong - continued

The effective tax rate is based on expected income and statutory tax rates. For interim financial reporting, the Group estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with the guidance on accounting for income taxes in an interim period. As the year progresses, the Group refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Group adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year to- date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.

The Group’s effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 was 18.00% (unaudited) and 15.00%, respectively.

The Group did not incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income tax expenses.

12.         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Share incentive plan

In May 2018, the shareholders and board of directors of the Company adopted the Share Incentive Plan (the “2018 plan”) for the granting of share options and restricted share units to employees, directors and consultants to reward them for services to the Company and to provide incentives for future service. Under the 2018 plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be issued is 25,336,096 ordinary shares, plus an annual increase equal to 1.0% of the total number of the then issued and outstanding shares. The share options expire 10 years from the date of grant.

The Company’s board of directors and shareholders approved the 2019 Share Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and amended it in August 2020, for the granting of share options and restricted share units to employees, directors and consultants to reward them for services to the Company and to provide incentives for future service. Under the 2019 plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be issued is 17,547,567 ordinary shares, and may increase annually by an amount up to 1.0% of the total number of ordinary shares then issued and outstanding commencing with the first fiscal year beginning January 1, 2021 or such fewer amount as determined by the board of directors. The share options and restricted share units expire 10 years from the date of grant.

Stock options

On May 20 and November 20, 2018, and May 20, 2020, and November 20, 2021 the Company granted 24,627,493, 690,023, 3,514 and 2,400 stock options, respectively, with an exercises price of US$0.00001 per share to certain employees, directors and officers. The stock options shall vest over a period from immediate to 4 years. The grant date fair value per option was RMB 48.64, RMB 60.77, RMB 32.02 and RMB 64.46, respectively.

On November 2021, the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company approved to convert the form of 10,264,366 outstanding restricted share units into stock options to purchase the same number of shares as represented by the restricted share units with an exercises price of US$0.00001 per share. This conversion did not affect the fair value of the awards immediately before and after the modification as the exercise price is nominal. In addition, there were no other changes to the awards including the vesting conditions and classification. Accordingly, modification accounting is not required and the cost will continue to be recognized based on the grant date fair-value-based measure.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

12.          SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION – continued

Share incentive plan - continued

Stock options - continued

The Group used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of options granted, with the following assumptions used.

    

Year ended,

December 31, 2021

Risk-free rate of interest

 

2.76%

Estimated volatility rate

 

67.27%

Dividend yield

 

5.10%

Expected life (years)

 

5.00

Exercise price

 

USD 0.00001

The risk-free rate of interest is based on the yield to maturity of China government bonds with a maturity period close to the expected term of the options. The volatility of the underlying ordinary shares during the life of the options was estimated based on the historical share price volatility of comparable companies over a period comparable to the expected term of the options. The dividend yield was estimated by the Group based on its expected dividend policy over the expected term of the options. The Group did not have sufficient historical share option exercise experience, it estimated the expected term average based on a consideration of factors including contractual term and vesting period. The closing market price of the ordinary shares of the Company as of the grant date was used as the fair value of the ordinary shares on that date.

A summary of option activity during period from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 is as follows:

Weighted 

 

 

Weighted 

 

Average 

 

Number of 

 

Average 

 

Remaining

Aggregate 

    

Options

    

Exercise Price

    

Contract Life

    

Intrinsic Value

 

USD

 

Years

 

RMB

Options outstanding at January 1, 2022

 

12,945,337

 

0.00001

 

8.03

 

945,786

Options forfeited in 2022

(755,190)

0.00001

7.75

(43,756)

Options exercised in 2022

 

(1,584,034)

 

0.00001

 

6.03

 

(91,779)

Options outstanding at June 30, 2022

 

10,606,113

 

0.00001

 

7.75

 

614,518

Options exercisable at June 30, 2022

 

3,002,620

 

0.00001

 

6.65

 

173,972

Options vested or expected to be vested at June 30, 2022

 

10,606,113

 

0.00001

 

7.75

 

614,518

As of June 30, 2022, there was RMB 211,281 of unrecognized compensation cost related to share options that are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of 1.22 years.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

12.          SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION – continued

Share incentive plan - continued

Restricted Share Units

A summary of the restricted share units for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was stated below:

Weighted-Average

Number of

Grant-Date

    

Restricted Share Units

    

Fair Value

Outstanding at January 1, 2022

6,961,446

52.38

Granted

 

258,500

43.43

Forfeited

 

(260,238)

65.41

Vested

 

(388,702)

66.59

Outstanding at June 30, 2022

 

6,571,006

50.52

The restricted share units granted shall vest in accordance with contractual schedules over a period from three to five years. The fair value of the restricted share units was determined by the closing sales price of the shares on the grant date, adjusted by the present value of expected dividends to be paid during the vesting period. The total fair value of the restricted share units vested for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was RMB 25,885. As of June 30, 2022, there was RMB 253,248 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted share units that are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of 1.37 years.

The Company recognizes the compensation costs on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award, which is generally the vesting period. Total share-based compensation expense of share-based awards granted to employees and directors was as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Facilitation, origination and servicing expenses

30,893

 

34,704

Sales and marketing expenses

5,565

 

525

General and administrative expenses

90,372

 

63,604

Total

126,830

 

98,833

13.         ORDINARY SHARES

5,000,000,000 shares was authorized at par value of USD 0.00001 per share. The ordinary shares include Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Each Class A ordinary share is entitled to one vote and each Class B ordinary share is entitled to twenty votes on all matters that are subject to shareholder vote. All classes of ordinary shares are entitled to the same dividend right. Class B ordinary shares could be converted into Class A ordinary shares, at the option of the holders, on one-for-one basis. All Class B ordinary shares are beneficially owned by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Company.

As of December 31, 2021, there were 310,486,975 ordinary shares outstanding, with par value of $0.00001 per share, consisting of 270,666,389 Class A ordinary shares and 39,820,586 Class B ordinary shares. As of June 30, 2022, there were 312,459,711 ordinary shares outstanding, with par value of $0.00001 per share, consisting of 272,639,125 Class A ordinary shares and 39,820,586 Class B ordinary shares.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

14.         STATUTORY RESERVES AND RESTRICTED NET ASSETS

In accordance with the PRC laws and regulations, the PRC entities of the Group are required to make appropriation to certain statutory reserves, namely general reserve, industry specific reserve, enterprise expansion reserve, and staff welfare and bonus reserve, all of which are appropriated from net profit as reported in their PRC statutory accounts. The PRC entities of the Group are required to appropriate at least 10% of their after-tax profits to the general reserve until such reserve has reached 50% of their respective registered capital.

Appropriations to the enterprise expansion reserve and the staff welfare and bonus reserve are to be made at the discretion of the board of directors of the PRC entities of the Group. There are no appropriations to these reserves by the PRC entities of the Group for the years ended December 31, 2021 and six months ended June 30, 2022.

As a result of PRC laws and regulations and the requirement that distributions by the PRC entities of the Group can only be paid out of distributable profits computed in accordance with the PRC GAAP, the PRC entities of the Group restricted from transferring a portion of their net assets to the Group. Amounts restricted include paid-in capital, capital reserve and statutory reserves of the PRC entities of the Group. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the aggregated amounts of paid-in capital, capital reserve and statutory reserves represented the amount of net assets of the relevant entity in the Group not available for distribution amounted to RMB 8,283,560 and RMB 14,536,140, respectively (including the statutory reserve fund of RMB 168,541 and RMB 218,082 as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, respectively).

15.         DIVIDENDS

Quarterly Dividend Policy

On November 15, 2021, the board of directors of the Company approved a quarterly cash dividend policy. Under the policy, the Company will declare and distribute a recurring cash dividend every fiscal quarter, starting from the third fiscal quarter of 2021, at an amount equivalent to approximately 15% to 20% of the Company’s net income after tax for such quarter. The determination to make dividend distributions and the exact amount of such distributions in any particular quarter will be based upon the Company’s operations and financial conditions, and other relevant factors, and subject to adjustment and determination by the board of directors.

The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.14 per ordinary share, or US$0.28 per ADS, for the third fiscal quarter of 2021 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which was paid on January 18, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2021.

The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.13 per ordinary share, or US$0.26 per ADS, for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which was paid on May 13, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 6, 2022.

The board of directors of the Company has approved and declared a dividend of US$0.11 per ordinary share, or US$0.22 per ADS, for the first fiscal quarter of 2022 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy on May 26, 2022, which was paid on July 27, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 20, 2022.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

16.         LEASE

Operating lease as lessee

The Group enters into operating leases primarily for general office space. The Group’s leases typically have original terms not exceeding 5 years. These leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 3 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 5 years, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within 1 year.

Lease costs are included in facilitation, origination and servicing expense, sales and marketing expense, and general and administrative expenses. Operating lease expenses were RMB 23,752 (unaudited) and RMB 32,064 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively, included amortization expenses of land use rights of RMB 6,908 (unaudited) and RMB 10,362 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Under ASC 842, land use rights agreements are also considered as operating lease contracts. See Note 6 for separate disclosures related to land use right.

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

(unaudited)

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Operating cash flows from operating leases

16,844

21,565

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

 

 

Operating leases

9,871

55,845

The following table shows ROU assets and lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 (except lease term and discount rate):

    

December 31, 2021

    

June 30, 2022

RMB

RMB

Right-of-use assets

 

42,606

 

76,030

Operating lease liabilities-current

25,779

37,535

Operating lease liabilities-non current

 

13,177

 

34,147

    

December 31, 2021

    

June 30, 2022

RMB

RMB

Weighted-average remaining lease term

 

2.09

 

2.29

Weighted-average discount rate

 

6.22

%  

4.75

%

The maturities of operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:

December 31, 2021

June 30, 2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

Within one year

28,203

38,326

Within a period of more than one year but not more than two years

7,034

25,146

Within a period of more than two year but not more than three years

3,550

11,785

Within a period of more than three year but not more than four years

382

Total undiscounted lease payments

39,169

75,257

Imputed interest

(213)

(3,575)

Total lease liabilities

 

38,956

 

71,682

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

17.          COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Contingencies

Historically the Group has provided guarantees to certain financial institution partners through a subsidiary that does not hold a financing guarantee license. In October 2019, The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”) and other government authorities, promulgated a new regulation pursuant to which this structure, may not deemed appropriate. The Group has ceased the business in 2020, and for existing loans, the Group will execute the contract until the expiration of the loans. The new regulation is silent with respect to any grace period that may be permitted to undertake the restructuring. Management has concluded, with the advice of the Group’s legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate any potential financial exposure the group may have as a result of operating the business during this intermediate time period, due to the substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of the relevant laws and regulations. As of June 30, 2022, the outstanding loan balance under this guarantee model amounted to RMB 0.06 billion, constituting 0.04% of total outstanding loan balance facilitated by the Group (excluding loans delinquent for more than 180 days).

In July 2020 and in February 2021, CBIRC promulgated two regulations stating that regional banks that carry out internet lending business shall mainly serve local customers, and are not allowed to conduct the internet lending business beyond the local administrative area of their registered place, except those who have no physical business branch, conducting business primarily online as well as meeting the other conditions prescribed by the CBIRC. The Company has changed its distribution strategy so that only local borrowers would be matched to regional banks for new loans facilitated starting from January 1, 2022. The Company believed that, as advised by the Group’s legal counsel, given the lack of exact definition regarding the regional banks in the existing laws and regulations, there are uncertainties as to how the regulation will be implemented, therefore the impact to the Company’s current business operations cannot be reasonably estimated.

In September, 2021, the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) issued a new regulation stating that organizations that engage in credit investigation business should obtain the credit reporting business license and comply with its other provisions within an 18 month grace period from its effectiveness date of January 1, 2022. Given that the rule does not specify the legitimacy of existing data analytics or precision marketing service providers in the financial service industry, the Company has concluded, as advised by its legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate its impact on the Company’s current business operations for credit assessment on borrowers and the potential penalties incurred by the Company thereof.

The Company and its certain current and former officers and directors are named as defendants in a putative securities class action brought by investors who purchased the Company’s securities between April 30, 2020 and July 8, 2021 and who allegedly suffered damages as a result of alleged misstatements and omissions in the Company’s public disclosure documents in connection with its compliance and data collection practices. On January 14, 2022, Lead Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. On March 15, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. On September 26, 2022, Lead Plaintiff notified the Court that he does not intend to file a Second Amended Complaint. The Court entered a judgment in favor of defendants on September 29, 2022. Plaintiff has until October 31, 2022 to appeal the judgment. As the Plaintiff has not appealed till such date, the judgement is final and the Company had no losses over this case.

Commitments

As of June 30, 2022, the Group has certain capital commitments that primarily related to commitments for construction of the regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. The total capital commitments contracted but not yet reflected in the financial statements was not less than RMB500 million (US$74.6 million) as of June 30, 2022. All of these capital commitments will be fulfilled in the future according to the construction progress.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

18.          NET INCOME PER SHARE

Basic and diluted net income per share for each of the periods presented were calculated as follows:

Six months ended June 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

(unaudited)

Numerator:

  

 

Net income attributable to shareholders of the Company

2,895,087

2,159,337

Net income attributable to Class A and Class B ordinary shareholders for computing basic and diluted net income per share

 

2,895,087

 

2,159,337

Denominator:

 

 

Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing basic income per ordinary share

 

305,886,883

 

311,109,257

Plus: incremental weighted average ordinary shares from assumed exercise of stock options and restricted share units using the treasury stock method

 

15,071,309

 

9,141,937

Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing diluted income per ordinary share

 

320,958,192

 

320,251,194

Basic net income per share

 

9.46

 

6.94

Diluted net income per share

 

9.02

 

6.74

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, no options or restricted share units were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share due to the anti-dilutive effect.

19.         SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On August 18, 2022, the board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.09 per ordinary share, or US$0.18 per ADS, for the second fiscal quarter of 2022 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which is expected to be paid on October 28, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 16, 2022.

On November 11, 2022, the board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.08 per ordinary share, or US$0.16 per ADS, for the third fiscal quarter of 2022 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which is expected to be paid on January 18, 2023 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 12, 2022.

F-46

806127000

Exhibit 99.2

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

As of December 31, 

As of September 30,

    

Notes

2021

    

2022

    

2022

RMB

RMB

USD

(Note 2)

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6,116,360

7,219,700

1,014,929

Restricted cash (including RMB657,075 and RMB626,452 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and September 30,2022, respectively)

 

2,643,587

3,009,630

423,087

Short term investments

30,000

4,217

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

874,886

549,548

77,254

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

 

153,151

983,851

138,308

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net (net of allowance of RMB287,538 and RMB276,947 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

3

3,097,254

3,109,128

437,074

Financial assets receivable, net (net of allowance of RMB432,658 and RMB449,897 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

 

4

3,806,243

3,321,117

466,875

Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB99,962 and RMB103,840 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

 

10

837,324

518,001

72,819

Loans receivable, net (including RMB8,646,950 and RMB12,003,519 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

 

5

9,844,481

14,002,507

1,968,441

Prepaid expenses and other assets (including RMB104,515 and RMB111,039 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and September 30,2022, respectively)

 

383,937

534,340

75,116

Total current assets

 

27,757,223

33,277,822

4,678,120

Non-current assets:

 

 

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB28,374 and RMB42,986 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

3

223,474

298,161

41,915

Financial assets receivable, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB60,988 and RMB87,079 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

4

597,965

755,977

106,274

Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB22,055 and RMB5,450 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively)

10

140,851

72,245

10,156

Loans receivable, net-noncurrent (including RMB1,829,804 and RMB714,412 from the consolidated trusts as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022)

5

2,859,349

3,289,501

462,431

Property and equipment, net

 

24,941

25,170

3,538

Land use rights, net

6

1,018,908

1,003,366

141,051

Intangible assets

 

4,961

4,835

680

Deferred tax assets

 

834,717

1,170,598

164,560

Other non-current assets

42,606

64,702

9,097

Total non-current assets

 

5,747,772

6,684,555

939,702

TOTAL ASSETS

 

33,504,995

39,962,377

5,617,822

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

  

 

  

 

  

LIABILITIES

Liabilities including amounts of the consolidated VIEs and trusts without recourse to the Company (Note 2):

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-current

 

2,304,518

6,173,089

 

867,799

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

2,258,329

2,267,693

 

318,787

Amounts due to related parties

 

10

214,057

203,324

 

28,583

Short term loans

7

397,576

639,764

89,937

Guarantee liabilities-stand ready

 

9

4,818,144

4,385,117

 

616,450

Guarantee liabilities-contingent

9

3,285,081

3,404,333

478,574

Income tax payable

 

624,112

683,342

 

96,063

Other tax payable

 

241,369

186,270

 

26,185

Total current liabilities

 

14,143,186

17,942,932

 

2,522,378

Non-current liabilities:

Deferred tax liabilities

121,426

196,517

27,626

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-noncurrent

4,010,597

3,802,348

534,526

Other long-term liabilities

8

13,177

31,067

4,366

Total non-current liabilities

4,145,200

4,029,932

566,518

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

18,288,386

 

21,972,864

3,088,896

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 14)

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

  

 

  

 

  

Ordinary shares ($0.00001 par value per share 5,000,000,000 shares authorized, 315,433,018 shares issued and 310,486,975 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2021, and 315,433,018 shares issued and 312,522,703 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2022, respectively)

22

22

3

Additional paid-in capital

5,672,267

5,820,650

818,254

Retained earnings

 

9,642,506

12,111,262

 

1,702,574

Other comprehensive loss

(110,932)

(30,662)

(4,310)

TOTAL 360 DIGITECH, INC. EQUITY

15,203,863

17,901,272

2,516,521

Non-controlling interests

12,746

88,241

12,405

TOTAL EQUITY

 

15,216,609

17,989,513

2,528,926

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

33,504,995

39,962,377

5,617,822

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-1

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Nine months ended September 30,

Notes

2021

2022

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

USD

(Note 2)

Revenue, net of value-added tax and related surcharges:

11

 

  

 

  

Credit driven services

7,476,006

8,809,503

1,238,420

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy (including revenue from related parties of RMB93 and RMB7,797 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

1,846,102

1,724,628

242,444

Financing income

1,468,075

2,485,871

349,458

Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities

4,088,453

4,522,107

635,708

Other services fees

73,376

76,897

10,810

Platform services

4,737,574

3,837,872

539,520

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light (including revenue from related parties of RMB1,689,299 and RMB859,581 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

4,192,673

3,169,165

445,514

Referral services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB6,360 and RMB109,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

442,889

468,031

65,795

Other services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB5,550 and RMB37,829 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

102,012

200,676

28,211

Total net revenue

12,213,580

 

12,647,375

1,777,940

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

Facilitation, origination and servicing (including costs charged by related parties of RMB79,997 and RMB96,953 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

1,662,927

 

1,787,872

 

251,335

Funding costs

245,995

366,105

51,466

Sales and marketing (including expenses charged by related parties of RMB252,103 and RMB335,398 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

1,462,210

 

1,791,761

 

251,882

General and administrative (including expenses charged by related parties of RMB9,693 and RMB12,710 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

416,777

 

318,869

 

44,826

Provision for loans receivable

742,286

 

1,098,859

 

154,475

Provision for financial assets receivable (including provision generated from related parties of RMB807 and RMB1,426 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

173,661

279,361

39,272

Provision for accounts receivable and contract assets (including provision generated from related parties of RMB127,705 and RMB11,171 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively)

286,202

170,787

24,009

Provision for contingent liabilities

1,918,899

3,305,458

464,674

Total operating costs and expenses

6,908,957

 

9,119,072

 

1,281,939

Income from operations

5,304,623

 

3,528,303

 

496,001

Interest income, net

109,790

 

126,007

 

17,714

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

17,897

(155,241)

(21,823)

Investment gain (loss)

10,115

(8,996)

(1,265)

Other income, net

38,737

 

227,485

 

31,979

Income before income tax expense

12

5,481,162

 

3,717,558

 

522,606

Income tax expense

(1,021,956)

 

(579,891)

 

(81,520)

Net income

4,459,206

 

3,137,667

 

441,086

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

(42)

14,505

2,039

Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company

4,459,164

 

3,152,172

 

443,125

Net income per ordinary share attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc.

Basic

14.54

 

10.12

 

1.42

Diluted

13.89

 

9.81

 

1.38

Net income per ADS attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc. (1)

 

 

Basic

29.08

 

20.24

 

2.84

Diluted

27.78

 

19.62

 

2.76

Weighted average shares used in calculating net income per ordinary share

Basic

306,641,972

311,571,575

311,571,575

Diluted

320,946,727

321,224,803

321,224,803

(1)Based on ADS ratio of 1 ADS to 2 ordinary shares.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-2

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR LOSS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

    

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

USD

(Note 2)

Net income

 

4,459,206

3,137,667

 

441,086

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of nil:

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(20,227)

80,270

11,284

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(20,227)

80,270

 

11,284

Total comprehensive income

 

4,438,979

3,217,937

 

452,370

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

(42)

14,505

2,039

Comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders

 

4,438,937

3,232,442

 

454,409

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-3

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Additional

Other

Non-

Number of

Ordinary

Paid-in

Retained

Comprehensive

controlling

Total 

shares

shares

capital

earnings

Income (loss)

interests

equity

    

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

RMB

Balance as of January 1, 2021

304,453,780

21

5,417,406

4,137,542

(74,391)

512

9,481,090

Issuance of ordinary shares

4,155,822

Share-based compensation

196,371

196,371

Other comprehensive income

(20,227)

(20,227)

Net income

4,459,164

42

4,459,206

Disposal of a subsidiary

939

(554)

385

Balance as of September 30, 2021

308,609,602

21

5,614,716

8,596,706

(94,618)

14,116,825

Balance as of January 1, 2022

    

310,486,975

    

22

    

5,672,267

    

9,642,506

    

(110,932)

    

12,746

    

15,216,609

Issuance of ordinary shares

 

2,035,728

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

148,383

 

 

 

148,383

Dividends to shareholders

 

 

 

(683,416)

 

 

 

(683,416)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

80,270

 

 

80,270

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

3,152,172

 

 

(14,505)

 

3,137,667

Capital injection of non-controlling interest holders to a subsidiary

90,000

90,000

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

312,522,703

 

22

 

5,820,650

12,111,262

 

(30,662)

 

88,241

 

17,989,513

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-4

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)

except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

Nine months ended September 30,

2021

2022

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

    

USD

(Note 2)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

  

 

  

Net income

 

4,459,206

3,137,667

441,086

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

Depreciation, amortization and reduction in right-of-use assets

 

35,965

58,381

8,207

Share-based compensation

196,371

148,383

20,859

Investment (gain) loss

 

(10,115)

8,996

1,265

Provision for loans receivable, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable and contract assets

1,222,148

1,549,008

217,756

Provision for contingent liabilities

1,918,899

3,305,458

464,674

Foreign exchange (gain) loss

(17,897)

155,241

21,823

Fair value change of foreign exchange options

 

(7,377)

(1,037)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

(76,402)

(830,700)

(116,778)

Accounts receivable and contract assets

 

23,016

(246,178)

(34,607)

Financial assets receivable

 

(869,542)

49,180

6,914

Prepaid expenses and other assets

81,622

(140,606)

(19,766)

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

 

(20,297)

325,337

45,735

Deferred tax

309,622

(260,790)

(36,661)

Other assets

 

(8,390)

(52,376)

(7,363)

Amounts due from/to related parties

 

(1,038,812)

374,779

52,686

Guarantee liabilities

 

(1,836,938)

(3,619,233)

(508,784)

Income tax payable

 

(235,670)

59,230

8,326

Other tax payable

 

39,015

(55,099)

(7,746)

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

688,243

169,638

23,847

Other long-term liabilities

 

(5,029)

13,697

1,925

Interest receivable

 

(40,521)

(12,598)

(1,771)

Land use rights

(1,036,178)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

3,778,316

4,130,038

580,590

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

Purchase of property and equipment and intangible assets

 

(17,244)

(13,086)

(1,840)

Loans provided to related parties

(50,000)

Investment in loans receivable

 

(30,180,828)

(41,317,180)

(5,808,277)

Collection of investment in loans receivable

 

24,534,751

35,695,623

5,018,011

Capital injection to an investee entity

(8,996)

(1,265)

Purchase of short-term investments

(30,000)

(4,217)

Purchase of foreign exchange options

(5,338)

(750)

Disposal of subsidiaries and other business units, net of cash received

 

(5,492)

3,349

471

Net cash used in investing activities

(5,718,813)

(5,675,628)

(797,867)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

Proceeds from short-term loans

150,327

190,179

26,735

Proceeds from long-term loans

4,193

589

Cash received from investors of the consolidated trusts

4,587,773

6,816,920

958,307

Cash paid to investors of the consolidated trusts

(3,559,968)

(3,209,480)

(451,182)

Contribution by non-controlling interests

90,000

12,652

Dividend to shareholders

 

(784,363)

(110,264)

Loan received from non-controlling interests

344,487

3,000

422

Loan payment to non-controlling interests

(30,168)

(90,000)

(12,652)

Cash received from a related party for investment

344,487

Cash repayment to a related party

 

(30,168)

(10,180)

(1,431)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

1,806,770

3,010,269

423,176

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

 

(2,709)

4,704

663

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

(136,436)

1,469,383

206,562

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period

6,774,266

8,759,947

1,231,454

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period

6,637,830

10,229,330

1,438,016

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

Income taxes paid

(948,001)

(781,452)

(109,855)

Interest paid (not including interest paid to investors of consolidated trusts)

 

(12,304)

(8,821)

(1,240)

Supplemental disclosure of significant non-cash investing and financing activities:

Payables for dividends

200,076

28,126

Reconciliation to amounts on consolidated balance sheet:

Cash and cash equivalents

 

4,224,320

7,219,700

1,014,929

Restricted cash

 

2,413,510

3,009,630

423,087

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

6,637,830

10,229,330

1,438,016

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-5

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”) except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)

1.           ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

360 DigiTech, Inc. (the “Company”, previously known as “360 Finance, Inc.”) was incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability on April 27, 2018. The Company, its subsidiaries, its consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) (together, the “Group”) are engaged in matching borrowers with credit demand to a diversified pool of financial institutions with credit to supply through a financial technology platform.

The VIE arrangements

PRC laws and regulations prohibit or restrict foreign control of companies involved in provision of internet content and certain finance business. To comply with these foreign ownership restrictions, the Company operates substantially all of its service through its VIEs in the PRC.

The VIEs hold leases and other assets necessary to provide services and generate the majority of the Company’s revenues. To provide the Company effective control over the VIEs and the ability to receive substantially all of the economic benefits of the VIEs, a series of contractual arrangements were entered into amongst Qiyue (“WFOE”), VIEs and their beneficial shareholders. In June 2022, the set of VIE agreements were terminated and replaced by a set of new VIE agreements signed by the same parties, with no material changes to the major terms.

Risks in relation to VIE structure

The following financial statement amounts and balances of the VIEs were included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances. The table below does not include the financial information of the consolidated trusts (see note 2 “Consolidated Trusts”):

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

4,605,851

 

6,753,079

Restricted cash

 

1,986,512

 

2,383,178

Short term investments

30,000

Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies

874,886

549,548

Funds receivable from third party payment service providers

 

153,151

 

983,851

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net

2,133,477

1,589,517

Financial assets receivable, net

 

3,806,243

 

3,321,117

Amounts due from related parties

 

608,924

 

317,557

Loans receivable, net

 

1,197,532

 

1,998,988

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

235,780

 

337,254

Accounts receivable and contract assets, net-non current

217,298

297,756

Financial assets receivable, net-non current

597,965

755,977

Amounts due from related parties, non-current

121,855

70,322

Loans receivable, net-non current

1,029,545

2,575,089

Property and equipment, net

 

15,074

 

17,887

Land use rights, net

1,018,908

1,003,366

Intangible assets

 

3,972

 

4,131

Deferred tax assets

 

779,291

 

1,086,165

Other non-current assets

27,729

42,719

Total Assets

 

19,413,993

 

24,117,501

LIABILITIES

 

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

1,820,609

 

1,699,591

Amounts due to related parties

 

94,057

 

138,542

Short term loans

150,000

150,000

Guarantee liabilities – stand ready

 

4,818,144

 

4,385,117

Guarantee liabilities – contingent

3,285,081

3,404,333

Income tax payable

449,553

644,363

Other tax payable

218,017

146,792

Deferred tax liabilities

65,542

23,810

Other long-term liabilities

10,271

22,929

Total liabilities

 

10,911,274

 

10,615,477

F-6

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Net revenue

10,070,969

 

10,012,621

Net income

4,551,396

 

2,291,880

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Net cash provided by operating activities

3,274,881

 

3,191,592

Net cash (used in) investing activities

(1,008,797)

 

(2,964,541)

Net cash provided by financing activities

673,400

 

(2,987)

The consolidated VIEs contributed 82% and 79% of the Group’s consolidated revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the consolidated VIEs accounted for an aggregate of 58% and 60%, respectively, of the consolidated total assets, and 60% and 48%, respectively, of the consolidated total liabilities.

Other than the land use right held as loan collateral as disclosed in Note 8, there are no assets of the VIEs that are collateral for the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries and can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries. There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company or its subsidiaries to provide financial support to the VIEs. However, if the VIEs ever need financial support, the Company or its subsidiaries may, at its option and subject to statutory limits and restrictions, provide financial support to its VIEs through loans to the shareholder of the VIEs.

Relevant PRC laws and regulations restrict the VIEs from transferring a portion of their net assets, equivalent to the balance of its statutory reserve and its share capital, to the Company in the form of cash dividends.

2.           SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) regarding interim financial reporting, and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Group considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operating results. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Group’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

The financial information as of December 31, 2021 presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.

Basis of consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries, and consolidated VIEs. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.

Consolidated Trusts

For some trusts, the trust beneficial rights, or the loans receivable in the trusts, were transferred, as underlying assets, to the asset backed special plans (the “ABS plans”). The beneficial rights and loans receivable of RMB4.1 billion and RMB5.1 billion in trusts were transferred to the ABS plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

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The following financial statement amounts and balances of the consolidated trusts were included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances:

    

December 31, 

    

September 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

Restricted cash

 

657,075

 

626,452

Loans receivable, net

 

8,646,950

 

12,003,519

Prepaid expenses and other assets

104,515

111,039

Loans receivable, net-noncurrent

1,829,804

714,412

Total Assets

 

11,238,344

 

13,455,422

    

December 31, 

    

September 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-current

 

2,304,518

 

6,173,089

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

5,928

 

17,081

Other tax payable

34,448

36,485

Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-noncurrent

4,010,597

3,802,348

Total liabilities

 

6,355,491

 

10,029,003

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Net revenue

1,127,851

 

1,667,660

Net income

372,408

 

806,808

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Net cash provided by operating activities

847,960

 

1,332,513

Net cash (used in) investing activities

(4,690,085)

 

(2,707,114)

Net cash provided by financing activities

1,027,804

 

3,607,440

The consolidated trusts contributed 9% and 13% of the Group’s consolidated revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the consolidated trusts accounted for an aggregate of 34% and 34%, respectively, of the consolidated total assets, and 35% and 46% respectively, of the consolidated total liabilities.

There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company to provide financial support to the consolidated trusts.

The Group believes that the assets of the consolidated trusts could only be used to settle the obligations of the consolidated trusts.

Fair Value

Fair value is considered to be the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

Authoritative literature provides a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement as follows:

Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

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Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The carrying values of financial instruments, which consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investment, security deposits, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, funds receivable from third party payment service providers, loans receivable, short term loan, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, and amounts due from/to related parties are recorded at cost which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

As of September 30, 2022, the Group’s long-term financial instruments that are not reported at fair value on balance sheet include loans receivable, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivable from related parties (recorded as “amounts due from related parties”). Fair values of these financial instruments are estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on contractual cash flows. The fair values of loans receivable, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable are classified as Level 3 fair value measurement due to the significant unobservable inputs concerning the estimation of default rate. The fair value of payable to investors of the consolidated trusts is classified as Level 2 fair value measurement.

As of September 30, 2022, the differences between fair values and carrying amount for loans receivable and payable to investors are due to the discount factor or interests in future periods, and the fair value approximates the carrying amount. For accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, the differences are due to the discount factor solely and the fair value approximates the carrying amount.

The Group has foreign exchange options that are recorded at fair value subsequent to initial recognition on a recurring basis. The fair value of such options amount to RMB12,715, which is estimated based on interbank market quoted price and is classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Fair value measurement on a nonrecurring basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 included that used in impairment of an equity-method investment which was classified as a Level 3 fair value measurement.

Convenience translation

The Group’s business is primarily conducted in China and all of the revenues are denominated in RMB. The financial statements of the Group are stated in RMB. Translations of balances in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows from RMB into US dollars as of and for the period ended September 30, 2022 are solely for the convenience of the readers and were calculated at the rate of USD1.00 = RMB7.1135, representing the noon buying rate set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on September 30, 2022. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into USD at that rate or at any other rate.

3.            ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET

The Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

    

Allowance for

    

Accounts

uncollectible

Accounts

As of December 31, 2021

receivable

Accounts receivable

receivable, net

Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service

 

502

(375)

127

Accounts receivable from post facilitation service

 

5,825

(1,683)

4,142

Accounts receivable from referral services

10,797

10,797

Total

 

17,124

(2,058)

 

15,066

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Allowance for

Accounts

uncollectible

Accounts

As of September 30, 2022

    

receivable

    

Accounts receivable

    

receivable, net

Accounts receivable from referral services

10,903

10,903

Total

 

10,903

 

 

10,903

The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

Opening

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

September 30,

    

2021

    

provision

    

period

    

2021

Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service

 

17,462

 

(10,904)

(6,091)

467

Accounts receivable from post facilitation service

 

3,958

 

1,845

(4,082)

1,720

Accounts receivable from referral services

1,836

(1,836)

Total

 

23,256

 

(9,059)

(12,009)

2,187

Opening 

Ending 

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

September 30,

    

2022

    

provision

    

period

    

2022

Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service

 

375

 

 

(375)

 

Accounts receivable from post facilitation service

 

1,683

 

 

(1,683)

 

Total

 

2,058

 

 

(2,058)

 

The Group’s contract assets as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:

Allowance for

Uncollectible

Contract

As of December 31, 2021

    

Contract assets

    

Contract assets

    

assets, net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

3,097,872

 

(287,397)

 

2,810,475

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

282,767

 

(26,457)

 

256,310

Contract assets from referral services

238,877

238,877

Total

 

3,619,516

 

(313,854)

 

3,305,662

Allowance for

Uncollectible

Contract

As of September 30, 2022

    

Contract assets

    

Contract assets

    

assets, net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

3,130,934

 

(297,032)

 

2,833,902

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

364,824

 

(22,901)

 

341,923

Contract assets from referral services

220,561

220,561

Total

 

3,716,319

 

(319,933)

 

3,396,386

The movement of allowance for uncollectible contract assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

    

Opening

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

September 30,

2021

provision

period

2021

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

222,526

 

132,648

 

(73,934)

 

281,240

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

10,045

 

34,908

 

(27,959)

 

16,994

Total

 

232,571

 

167,556

 

(101,893)

 

298,234

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Opening

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

September 30,

2022

provision

period

2022

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

287,397

 

118,281

(108,646)

297,032

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

26,457

 

41,335

(44,891)

22,901

Total

 

313,854

 

159,616

(153,537)

319,933

The Group’s contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

Accounts

    

Allowance for

    

Accounts

receivable

uncollectible

receivable

and contract

accounts receivable

and contract

As of December 31, 2021

assets

and contract assets

assets, net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

953,846

 

(120,208)

 

833,638

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

5,178

 

(1,809)

 

3,369

Total

 

959,024

 

(122,017)

 

837,007

    

Accounts

    

Allowance for

    

Accounts

receivable

uncollectible

receivable

and contract

accounts receivable

and contract

As of September 30, 2022

assets

and contract assets

assets, net

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

443,777

 

(101,661)

 

342,116

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

18,051

 

(6,206)

 

11,845

Contract assets from referral services

25,058

25,058

Total

 

486,886

 

(107,867)

 

379,019

The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:

    

Opening

    

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

September 30,

2021

provision

period

2021

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

8,072

 

122,560

 

(5,209)

 

125,423

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

227

 

5,145

 

(4,778)

 

594

Total

 

8,299

 

127,705

 

(9,987)

 

126,017

    

Opening

    

    

    

Ending

balance as of

Current

Write off in

balance as of

January 1,

period net

the current

September 30,

2022

provision

period

2022

Contract assets from loan facilitation service

 

120,208

 

(1,012)

 

(17,535)

 

101,661

Contract assets from post facilitation service

 

1,809

 

12,183

 

(7,786)

 

6,206

Total

 

122,017

 

11,171

 

(25,321)

 

107,867

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the principal of accounts receivable and contract assets by year of origination:

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of December 31, 2021

  

  

  

Loan facilitation service

 

2,708,137

 

390,236

 

3,098,373

Post facilitation service

 

249,726

 

38,867

 

288,593

Referral Service

 

249,674

 

 

249,674

Total

 

3,207,537

 

429,103

 

3,636,640

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2022

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of September 30, 2022

Loan facilitation service

 

2,744,208

 

369,128

 

17,598

 

3,130,934

Post facilitation service

 

340,980

16,338

7,506

364,824

Referral Service

 

231,464

 

 

 

231,464

Total

 

3,316,652

 

385,466

 

25,104

 

3,727,222

The past-due balance of the Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are immaterial.

The Group did not recognize any contract liabilities during the periods presented. The amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, are RMB1,637,484 and RMB1,639,375, respectively, all of which pertain to post-origination service. Remaining unsatisfied performance obligations that will be recognized as revenue by the Group within the following 12 months are 88% and 79% of the remaining performance obligations as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively, with the remainder recognized thereafter.

4.           FINANCIAL ASSETS RECEIVABLE, NET

The Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:

    

December 31,

    

September 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Financial assets receivable

 

4,897,854

 

4,614,070

Allowance for uncollectible receivables

 

(493,646)

 

(536,976)

Financial assets receivable, net

 

4,404,208

 

4,077,094

The movement of financial assets receivable for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

Balance at beginning of period

4,601,642

 

4,897,854

Addition in the current period

4,943,489

 

4,391,406

Collection in the current period

(4,073,947)

(4,440,585)

Write-off

(109,429)

 

(234,605)

Balance at end of period

5,361,755

 

4,614,070

The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

Balance at beginning of period

 

390,834

 

493,646

Current period net provision

 

172,854

 

277,935

Write-off

 

(109,429)

 

(234,605)

Balance at end of period

 

454,259

 

536,976

The movement of financial assets receivable generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Balance at beginning of period

 

3,149

 

Addition in the current period

 

 

26,859

Collection in the current period

 

(309)

 

(2,617)

Write-off

 

(2,840)

 

(3)

Balance at end of period

 

 

24,239

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The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Balance at beginning of period

 

2,033

 

Current period net provision

 

807

 

1,426

Write-off

 

(2,840)

 

(3)

Balance at end of period

 

 

1,423

The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:

31-60

Over 60

Total

0-30 days

days

days

financial

 

past

 

past

 

past

 

assets

    

due

    

due

    

due

    

Current

    

receivable

December 31, 2021

15,594

12,038

4,870,222

4,897,854

September 30, 2022

 

33,033

 

36,128

 

4,544,909

4,614,070

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the principal of financial assets receivable by year of origination:

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of December 31, 2021

4,078,249

819,605

4,897,854

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total

As of September 30, 2022

 

3,041,583

 

1,402,475

 

170,012

 

4,614,070

5.           LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET

Loans receivable consists of the following:

    

December 31, 

    

September 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Loans receivable

 

13,652,723

 

18,557,814

Less allowance for loan losses

 

(948,893)

 

(1,265,806)

Loans receivable, net

 

12,703,830

 

17,292,008

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the accrued interest receivables are RMB86,144 and RMB151,625 (net of allowance RMB5,987 and RMB10,342, respectively), which is recorded under loans receivable.

The following table presents the aging of loans as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:

    

0-30 days

    

31-60 days

    

Total amount

    

    

 past due

past due

past due

Current

Total loans

As of December 31, 2021

 

113,771

87,171

200,942

 

13,451,781

 

13,652,723

As of September 30, 2022

 

148,808

103,503

252,311

 

18,305,503

 

18,557,814

The Group has not recorded any financing income on an accrual basis for the loans that are past due for more than 60 days for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (60 days in 2021). Loans are returned to accrual status if they are brought to non-delinquent status or have performed in accordance with the contractual terms for a reasonable period of time and, in the Group’s judgment, will continue to make periodic principal and interest payments as scheduled. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, the Group has charged off loans receivable of RMB314 million and RMB806 million, respectively.

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Movement of allowance for loan losses is as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

Balance at beginning of period

421,767

 

948,893

Provision for loan losses

742,286

 

1,098,859

Gross write-off

(313,536)

 

(806,127)

Recoveries

31,574

24,181

Balance at end of period

882,091

 

1,265,806

The principal of loans receivable as of December 31, 2021 by year of origination is as follows:

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total loans

Loans receivable

 

13,614,369

 

38,354

13,652,723

The principal of loans receivable as of September 30, 2022 by year of origination is as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

    

Total loans

Loans receivable

 

16,649,447

 

1,896,796

11,571

 

18,557,814

6.           LAND USE RIGHTS, NET

Land use rights represent acquired right to use the parcel of land on which the Group’s regional headquarters and affiliated industrial park stand. In 2021, the Group acquired the land use rights in Shanghai from the local authorities. Amortization of the land use right is made over the remaining term of the land use right period from the date when the land was made available for use by the Group. The land use rights are summarized as follows:

December 31, 

September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

 

RMB

RMB

Cost

 

1,036,178

1,036,179

Accumulated amortization

 

(17,270)

(32,813)

Land use rights, net

 

1,018,908

1,003,366

The total amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 amounted to RMB12,089 and RMB15,543 respectively.

7.            SHORT-TERM LOANS

Short-term loans as of December 31, 2021 represents bank borrowings of USD38,850 and RMB150,000 obtained from domestic commercial banks, the latter loan is guaranteed by Shanghai Qibutianxia Co,. Ltd. and WFOE. The short-term loan of USD38,850 bears interest rates of London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 300bps. The loan of RMB150,000 applying a fixed rate of 4.05%.

Short-term loans as of September 30, 2022 represents bank borrowings of USD38,850, RMB150,000 and USD 30,000 obtained from domestic commercial banks. The short-term loan of USD 30,000 bears interest rates of London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 330bps for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

The weighted average interest rate for the outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 was 3.46% and 5.75%, respectively. There is one financial covenant stipulating that Qiyu shall not make dividend distribution before the loans, interest and other payable due under the contract are paid.

8.            LONG-TERM LOANS

In June 2022, Shanghai 360 Changfeng Technology, Co., Ltd. (“360 Changfeng”) signed a mortgage loan agreement of RMB1 billion with tenure of 25 years. The interest rate is based on market price quote for loans with tenure of more than five years minus 136bps. The loan is guaranteed by the land use rights owned by 360 Changfeng and is for the specific use of construction of the

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regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. The mortgage loan agreement requires the subsidiary’s registered capital to be paid in the same proportion of the total facility used. In September, the registered capital of the subsidiary has been fully paid. As of September 30, 2022, the balance of used mortgage loan is RMB4,193, which is included in other long-term liabilities.

9.            GUARANTEE LIABILITIES

The movement of guarantee liabilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

Guarantee liabilities-stand ready

    

RMB

As of January 1, 2021

 

4,173,497

Provision at the inception of new loans

 

4,943,489

Released into revenue

 

(4,460,935)

As of September 30, 2021

 

4,656,051

As of January 1, 2022

 

4,818,144

Provision at the inception of new loans

 

4,418,265

Released into revenue

(4,851,292)

As of September 30, 2022

 

4,385,117

Guarantee liabilities-contingent

    

RMB

As of January 1, 2021

 

3,543,454

Provision for contingent liabilities

 

1,918,899

Net payout (1)

(2,320,195)

As of September 30, 2021

 

3,142,158

As of January 1, 2022

 

3,285,081

Provision for contingent liabilities

 

3,305,458

Net payout (1)

(3,186,206)

As of September 30, 2022

 

3,404,333

(1)Net payout represents the amount paid upon borrowers’ default net of subsequent recoveries from the borrowers during a given period.

The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee:

31-60

61-90

Over 90

0-30 days

days

days

days

past

past

past

past

    

due

    

due

    

due

    

due

    

Current

    

Total loans

December 31, 2021 (RMB):

446,780

235,769

57,526

49,117,630

 

49,857,705

September 30, 2022 (RMB):

481,618

214,321

21,382

48,021,601

 

48,738,922

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee by the Group were RMB49,857,705 and RMB48,738,922, respectively. The approximate term of guarantee compensation service ranged from 1 month to 36 months as both of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022. As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the contractual amounts of the outstanding loans (excluding loans that are written off) that have been compensated by the Group were RMB3,129,264 and RMB3,860,296, respectively.

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10.          RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS

The table below sets forth the major related parties and their relationships with the Group, with which the Group entered into transactions during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:

Name of related parties

    

Relationship with the group

360 Security Technology Inc. (“360 Group”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qifutong Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qifutong”)

 

An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Shanghai Qibutianxia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qibutianxia”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qicaitianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qicaitianxia”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qihu Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qihu”)

An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Jinshang Consumer Finance Co.,Ltd. (“Jinshang”)

An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Zixuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Zixuan”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Xixian New Area Financial Asset Exchange Co., Ltd. (“Xixian”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Qifei Xiangyi Consultation Co., Ltd (“Beijing Qifei”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Hangzhou Qifei Huachuang Technology Co, Ltd (“Hangzhou Qifei”)

Investee of the Group

Shanghai Jiehu Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Jiehu”)

An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (“Kincheng Bank”)

An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Tianjin Yujie Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yujie”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Beijing Hongying Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hongying”)

Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

Shareholders

Shareholders of the Group

Others

Entities controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group

The Group entered into the following transactions with its related parties:

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided by the related parties were RMB 341,793 and RMB445,061, respectively.

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Referral service fee charged by Yujie

217,889

298,069

Bandwidth service fee charged by Qihu

79,714

96,387

Brand fees charged by Qihu

11,792

35,376

Referral service fee charged by Qihu

16,760

1,251

Rental expenses charged by Hongying

8,561

10,967

Corporate expenses allocated from Qibutianxia

5,660

Others

 

1,417

 

3,011

Total

 

341,793

 

445,061

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided to the related parties were RMB 1,702,734 and RMB1,016,463, respectively.

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Referral service fee charged from Kincheng Bank

 

 

109,000

Loan facilitation services fee charged from Kincheng Bank

1,303,832

349,553

Loan facilitation services fee charged from Jinshang

165,528

101,190

Loan facilitation services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan

37

Post-facilitation services fee charged from Kincheng Bank

169,274

364,455

Post-facilitation services fee charged from Jinshang

50,665

52,180

Post-facilitation services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan

56

Others

 

13,342

 

40,085

Total

 

1,702,734

 

1,016,463

Jinshang is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. Kincheng Bank is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. The Group collected service fees from Jinshang and Kincheng. Bank. The amounts from Jinshang and Kincheng Bank represent the loan facilitation service, post-facilitation service and referral service fees charged from them.

The Company has held bank deposit with Kincheng Bank which amounted to RMB320,491 and RMB2,825,298  as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022. The related interest income was RMB11,954 and RMB63,553 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively and interest receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 was RMB79 and RMB 53,364, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, amounts due from related parties were RMB978,175 and RMB590,246, respectively, and details are as follows:

    

December 31, 

    

September 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Kincheng Bank

 

771,335

 

410,015

Jinshang

194,123

158,414

Shareholders (1)

10,158

3,614

Others

 

2,559

 

18,203

Total

 

978,175

 

590,246

(1)The balance represents the ADS registration fees incurred on behalf of certain shareholders that are to be reimbursed from them.

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, amounts due to related parties were RMB214,057 and RMB203,324 respectively, and details are as follows:

    

December 31, 

    

September 30,

2021

2022

RMB

RMB

Qibutianxia

 

9,156

 

1,656

Qihu

144,999

174,055

Yujie

30,165

11,340

Others

 

29,737

 

16,273

Total

 

214,057

 

203,324

Qibutianxia provided joint back to back guarantee to certain third party guarantee companies for the loans facilitated by the Group. The amounts of loans under such arrangement are RMB11,803,492 and RMB4,417,883 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 respectively.

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In September, 2020, Beijing Qifei transferred to the Group part of its interest in Hangzhou Qifei, a joint venture company established by Beijing Qifei and an independent third party. After the transfer, Beijing Qifei and the Group hold 26% and 25% of the equity interest in the investee, respectively. As part of the arrangement, the Group is responsible to assist Hangzhou Qifei in meeting certain performance targets. The Group accounted for the equity investment using alternative measurement, and the carrying amount was nil since no capital contribution has been made as of December 31, 2021. The Company made investment of RMB8,996 to Hangzhou Qifei during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, and the investment was fully impaired at the same period after considering the business forecast of the investee and the fair value of this equity investment. Thus, the carrying amount of Hangzhou Qifei is nil as of September 30, 2022. The Company is not obligated to fund its remaining unpaid share of registered capital of RMB41,004 till June 30, 2028 and given the uncertainty with regards to the financial position of the investee, the probability of future contribution and the exact amount cannot be estimated, thus no additional liabilities are accrued as of September 30, 2022.

In October 2020, the Group established a company, 360 Changfeng in Shanghai, China through Qiyu together with Shanghai Jiehu and an independent third party, Changfeng, to develop and build regional headquarter and the affiliated industrial park in Shanghai. Changfeng, Shanghai Jiehu and the Group each holds 30%, 30% and 40% of the equity interests, respectively. The shareholders execute their voting rights based on their equity interest and the stakeholders’ meeting will pass the resolutions with the approval of stakeholders representing more than half of the voting rights.

In December 2021, the Group acquired the 30% equity interest held by Shanghai Jiehu and became the controlling shareholder of 360 Changfeng. The transaction is a business acquisition under common control as both Shanghai Jiehu and the Group is ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, and has been retrospectively reflected for all periods presented. The impact to prior year financials was inconsequential.

Pursuant to the agreement, the shareholders is obligated to contribute initial funding for acquisition of land use rights and funds required for subsequent developments will be mainly financed by external financings with any remaining shortfall funded by the shareholders ratably in proportion to their respective equity interest ownership.

As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, shareholders of the Company have invested a total of RMB1.0 billion, of which RMB0.3 billion was funded by the Changfeng.

11.         NET REVENUE

The following table presents the disaggregation of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:

Nine months ended September 30,

    

    

    

2021

    

2022

  

RMB

RMB

Credit driven services

 

  

 

7,476,006

 

8,809,503

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy

 

  

 

1,846,102

 

1,724,628

Revenue from loan facilitation services

 

At a point in time

 

1,105,164

 

1,235,784

Revenue from post-facilitation services

 

Over time

 

740,938

 

488,844

Financing income

 

Over time

 

1,468,075

 

2,485,871

Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities

 

Over time

 

4,088,453

 

4,522,107

Other services fees

 

At a point in time

 

73,376

 

76,897

Platform services

 

  

 

4,737,574

 

3,837,872

Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light

 

  

 

4,192,673

 

3,169,165

Revenue from loan facilitation services

 

At a point in time

 

3,432,784

 

2,003,965

Revenue from post-facilitation services

 

Over time

 

759,889

 

1,165,200

Referral services fees

 

At a point in time

 

442,889

 

468,031

Other services fees

 

At a point in time/ Over time

 

102,012

 

200,676

Total net revenue

 

  

 

12,213,580

 

12,647,375

Total revenue recognized at a point of time is RMB5,114 million and RMB3,930 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022. Total revenue recognized over time is RMB7,099 million and RMB8,717 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022.

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12.          INCOME TAXES

The current and deferred portion of income tax expenses included in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, which were all attributable to the Group is as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Current tax

 

1,121,203

 

844,137

Deferred tax

 

(99,247)

 

(264,246)

Total

 

1,021,956

 

579,891

The effective tax rate is based on expected income and statutory tax rates. For interim financial reporting, the Group estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with the guidance on accounting for income taxes in an interim period. As the year progresses, the Group refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Group adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year to- date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.

The Group’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 was 18.00% and 15.00%, respectively.

The Group did not incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income tax expenses. From 2022, Beihai Borui Credit Service Co., Ltd., benefits from a preferential tax rate of 15% as it falls within the encouraged industries catalogue in western China.

13.         DIVIDENDS

Quarterly Dividend Policy

On November 15, 2021, the board of directors of the Company approved a quarterly cash dividend policy. Under the policy, the Company will declare and distribute a recurring cash dividend every fiscal quarter, starting from the third fiscal quarter of 2021, at an amount equivalent to approximately 15% to 20% of the Company’s net income after tax for such quarter. The determination to make dividend distributions and the exact amount of such distributions in any particular quarter will be based upon the Company’s operations and financial conditions, and other relevant factors, and subject to adjustment and determination by the board of directors.

The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.14 per ordinary share, or US$0.28 per ADS, for the third fiscal quarter of 2021 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which was paid on January 18, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2021.

The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.13 per ordinary share, or US$0.26 per ADS, for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which was paid on May 13, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 6, 2022.

The board of directors of the Company has approved and declared a dividend of US$0.11 per ordinary share, or US$0.22 per ADS, for the first fiscal quarter of 2022 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy on May 26, 2022, which was paid on July 27, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 20, 2022.

The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.09 per ordinary share, or US$0.18 per ADS, for the second fiscal quarter of 2022 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which was paid on October 28, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 16, 2022.

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14.          COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Contingencies

Historically the Group has provided guarantees to certain funding partners through a subsidiary that does not hold a financing guarantee license. In October 2019, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”) and other government authorities, promulgated a new regulation pursuant to which this structure, may not deemed appropriate. The Group has ceased the business in 2020, and for existing loans, the Group will execute the contract until the expiration of the loans. The new regulation is silent with respect to any grace period that may be permitted to undertake the restructuring. Management has concluded, with the advice of the Group’s legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate any potential financial exposure the Group may have as a result of operating the business during this intermediate time period, due to the substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of the relevant laws and regulations. As of September 30, 2022, the outstanding loan balance under this guarantee model amounted to RMB0.005 billion, constituting 0.003% of total outstanding loan balance facilitated by the Group (excluding loans delinquent for more than 180 days).

In July 2020 and in February 2021, CBIRC promulgated two regulations stating that regional banks that carry out internet lending business shall mainly serve local customers, and are not allowed to conduct the internet lending business beyond the local administrative area of their registered place, except those who have no physical business branch, conducting business primarily online as well as meeting the other conditions prescribed by the CBIRC. The Company has changed its distribution strategy so that only local borrowers would be matched to regional banks for new loans facilitated starting from January 1, 2022. The Company believed that, as advised by the Group’s legal counsel, given the lack of exact definition regarding the regional banks in the existing laws and regulations, there are uncertainties as to how the regulation will be implemented, therefore the impact to the Company’s current business operations cannot be reasonably estimated.

In September, 2021, the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) issued a new regulation stating that organizations that engage in credit investigation business should obtain the credit reporting business license and comply with its other provisions within an 18 month grace period from its effectiveness date of January 1, 2022. Given that the rule does not specify the legitimacy of existing data analytics or precision marketing service providers in the financial service industry, the Company has concluded, as advised by its legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate its impact on the Company’s current business operations for credit assessment on borrowers and the potential penalties incurred by the Company thereof.

The Company and its certain current and former officers and directors are named as defendants in a putative securities class action brought by investors who purchased the Company’s securities between April 30, 2020 and July 8, 2021 and who allegedly suffered damages as a result of alleged misstatements and omissions in the Company’s public disclosure documents in connection with its compliance and data collection practices. On January 14, 2022, Lead Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. On March 15, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. On September 26, 2022, Lead Plaintiff notified the Court that he does not intend to file a Second Amended Complaint. The Court entered a judgment in favor of defendants on September 29, 2022. Plaintiff has until October 31, 2022 to appeal the judgment. As the Plaintiff has not appealed till such date, the judgement is final and the Company had no losses over this case.

Commitments

As of September 30, 2022, the Group has certain capital commitments that primarily related to commitments for construction of the regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. The total capital commitments contracted but not yet reflected in the financial statements was not less than RMB500 million (US$70 million) as of September 30, 2022. All of these capital commitments will be fulfilled in the future according to the construction progress.

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15.          NET INCOME PER SHARE

Basic and diluted net income per share for each of the periods presented were calculated as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,

2021

2022

    

RMB

    

RMB

Numerator:

  

 

Net income attributable to shareholders of the Company

4,459,164

3,152,172

Denominator:

 

 

Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing basic income per ordinary share

 

306,641,972

 

311,571,575

Plus: incremental weighted average ordinary shares from assumed exercise of stock options and restricted shares using the treasury stock method

 

14,304,755

 

9,653,228

Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing diluted income per ordinary share

 

320,946,727

 

321,224,803

Basic net income per share

 

14.54

 

10.12

Diluted net income per share

 

13.89

 

9.81

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, no options or restricted share units were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share due to the anti-dilutive effect.

16.          SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On November 11,2022, the board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$0.08 per ordinary share, or US$0.16 per ADS, for the third fiscal quarter of 2022 in accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, which is expected to be paid on January 18, 2023 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 12, 2022.

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