Exchange Rate
The Company’s business is primarily conducted in China and all of the revenues are denominated in Renminbi (“RMB”). This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars (“USD” or “US$”) at specified rates solely for the convenience of the readers. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to USD are made at the rate of RMB 6.5518 to US$1.00, the exchange rate set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board on Mar 31, 2021. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into US$ at that rate on Mar 31, 2021, or at any other rate.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company’s financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company also uses non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted net income attributable to Puxin Limited, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted basic and diluted net income per ADS attributable to Puxin Limited, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA margin, as supplemental measures to review and assess the Company’s operating performance. Adjusted net income attributable to Puxin Limited is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Puxin Limited excluding share-based compensation expenses and gain (loss) on changes in fair value of derivative liabilities and convertible notes; EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) excluding depreciation, amortization, interest expense, interest income and income tax expenses; adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) excluding depreciation, amortization, interest expense, interest income, income tax expenses, share-based compensation expenses and gain (loss) on changes in fair value of derivative liabilities and convertible notes; adjusted operating income is defined as operating income excluding share-based compensation expenses; adjusted operating margin is defined as adjusted operating income divided by net revenues; adjusted basic and diluted net income per ADS attributable to Puxin Limited are defined as basic and diluted net income (loss) per ADS attributable to Puxin Limited excluding share-based compensation expenses and gain (loss) on changes in fair value of derivative liabilities and convertible notes; EBITDA margin is defined as EBITDA divided by net revenues; and adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenues.
The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about the Company’s operating results, enhance the overall understanding of the Company’s past performance and future prospects and allow for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by the Company’s management in its financial and operational decision-making.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not defined under U.S. GAAP and are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and when assessing the Company’s operating performance, investors should not consider them in isolation. In addition, calculations of this non-GAAP financial information may be different from calculations used by other companies, and therefore comparability may be limited.
The Company mitigates these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP performance measures, all of which should be considered when evaluating our performance.
For more information on this non-GAAP financial measure, please see the table captioned “Reconciliations of GAAP and non-GAAP results” set forth at the end of this press release.
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