NET PROFIT
Net profit decreased by 67.1% to RMB1,355 million (US$190 million) in the third quarter of 2022 from RMB4,115 million in the same period of 2021, driven by the aforementioned factors.
EARNINGS PER ADS
Basic and diluted earnings per American Depositary Share (“ADS”) were both RMB0.58 (US$0.08) in the third quarter of 2022.
BALANCE SHEET
The Company had RMB45,803 million (US$6,439 million) in cash at bank as of September 30, 2022, as compared to RMB34,743 million as of December 31, 2021. Net assets of the Company amounted to RMB95,097 million (US$13,369 million) as of September 30, 2022, as compared to RMB94,559 million as of December 31, 2021.
Recent Developments
Changes in Board Composition
Mr. Rui Li, Mr. Hanjie Ou and Mr. Yunwei Tang have tendered their resignations as directors of the Company and will no longer serve as members of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) or any committee of the Board, effective as of November 23, 2022. Ms. Fangfang Cai, Mr. Guangheng Ji and Ms. Xin Fu have each been appointed as a director of the Company, and Mr. David Xianglin Li, currently an independent director of the Company, has been appointed as a member of the audit committee of the Board, effective as of November 23, 2022.
Ms. Fangfang Cai has been serving as an executive director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, “Ping An Group”) since July 2014, chief human resources officer of Ping An Group since March 2015, and deputy general manager of Ping An Group since December 2019. Ms. Cai also serves as a director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of Ping An Group, including Ping An Bank, Ping An Life, Ping An Property & Casualty, and Ping An Asset Management. Ms. Cai has over 26 years of experience in the finance industry. Ms. Cai served as vice chief human resources officer of Ping An Group from September 2013 to March 2015, vice chief financial officer and the general manager of the planning department of Ping An Group from February 2012 to September 2013, deputy general manager and then general manager of compensation planning and management department at human resources center of Ping An Group from October 2009 to February 2012. Prior to joining Ping An Group, Ms. Cai served as consulting director of Watson Wyatt Consultancy (Shanghai) Ltd. from June 2006 to July 2007 and audit director on the financial industry of British Standards Institution Management Systems Certification Co., Ltd from July 2003 to June 2006. Ms. Cai obtained a master’s degree in accounting from The University of New South Wales in May 2000.
Mr. Guangheng Ji has been serving as senior vice president of Ping An Group since March 2022. Mr. Ji served as the chairman of the board of directors of the Company from January 2021 to August 2022 and the co-chairman of the board of directors of the Company from April 2020 to January 2021. Mr. Ji has over 25 years of experience in the finance industry. Mr. Ji served as a number of positions at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from July 1994 to April 2009, vice president of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE: 600000), from April 2009 to November 2015, chairman of the board of Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. from November 2015 to March 2019, and vice chairman of the board and co-president of Baoneng Group from March 2019 to March 2020. Mr. Ji obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography and Ph.D. degree in economics from Peking University in July 1991, July 1994 and July 2009, respectively.
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