C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 1 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Stock Code: 002511 Stock Abbreviation: ZSJR Announcement No.: 2022-15 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 The Company and all members of the Board of Directors hereby guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed, and there are no false and misleading statements or material omissions. Important Notice: 1. The Board of Directors and the Board of Supervisors of the Company and its directors, supervisors and senior management warrant that the information contained in this quarterly report is true, accurate and complete without any false and misleading statements or material omissions, and severally and jointly accept legal liability thereof. 2. The person in charge of the Company, the person in charge of accounting of the Company, and the person in charge of the accounting department of the Company have declared that they warrant the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the financial statements set out in this quarterly report. Whether the First Quarter Report has been audited □ Yes √ No I. Main Financial Data (I) Main accounting data and financial indicators Whether the Company needs to perform retrospective adjustment or restatement of accounting data for previous years □ Yes √ No Same period of previous Changes over same period of Current period year previous year Operating income (RMB) 1,884,339,300.88 2,102,126,213.63 -10.36% Net profit attributable to shareholders of 133,346,264.70 271,122,802.99 -50.82% the listed company (RMB) Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company after deducting 126,963,097.30 267,298,568.37 -52.50% non-recurring profit and loss (RMB) Net cash flow from operating activities 247,480,435.23 334,905,166.23 -26.10% (RMB) 2 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Basic earnings per share (RMB/share) 0.10 0.21 -52.38% Diluted earnings per share (RMB/share) 0.10 0.21 -52.38% Weighted average return on net assets 2.68% 5.34% -2.66% Changes over end of previous End of current period End of previous year year Total assets (RMB) 7,319,188,356.35 7,523,281,973.84 -2.71% Owner's equity attributable to shareholders 5,041,774,734.59 4,903,552,661.58 2.82% of the listed company (RMB) (II) Non-recurring items and amounts √ Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Item Amount of current period Description Profits/losses from the disposal of non-current asset (including -74,478.70 the write-off that accrued for impairment of assets) Governmental grants reckoned into current profits/losses (not including grants enjoyed in quota or ration according to national 6,624,450.75 standards, which are closely relevant to the company’s normal business) Profits/losses from assets entrusted to others for investment or 180,495.09 management Other non-operating income and expenses except for the 1,307,495.58 aforementioned items Less: Influence of income tax 1,654,795.32 Total 6,383,167.40 -- Details of other profit and loss items that meet the definition of non-recurring profit and loss: □ Applicable √ Not applicable The Company has no other profit and loss items that meet the definition of non-recurring profit and loss. Descriptions where the Company defines any non-recurring profit and loss items listed in the No. 1 Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure of Companies Offering Securities to the Public—Non-recurring Profit and Loss as recurring profit and loss items during the reporting period □ Applicable √ Not applicable The Company did not define any non-recurring profit and loss items listed in the No. 1 Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure of Companies Offering Securities to the Public—Non-recurring Profit and Loss as recurring profit and loss items during the reporting period. (III) Changes of main accounting data and financial indicators and reasons √ Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Balance sheet items Notes receivable: This item recorded an increase of RMB40,596,142.46 or 1744.52% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the increase in bank acceptance bills received from customers during the reporting period. Prepayment: This item recorded a decrease of RMB13,428,114.90 or 36.60% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in prepayments for materials during the reporting period. Assets held for sale: This item recorded a decrease of RMB57,073,059.69 or 100.00% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in the assets held for sale during the reporting period. 3 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Other current assets: This item recorded an increase of RMB136,445,815.47 or 110.45% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the increase in the principal of wealth management products during the reporting period. Construction work in progress: This item recorded a decrease of RMB54,916,177.38 or 40.72% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the fact that certain construction work in progress reached the usable state and was thereby transferred to fixed assets during the reporting period. Short-term borrowings: This item recorded an increase of RMB38,500,000.00 or 100.00% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the increase in the advance discount of trade acceptance bills during the reporting period. Contract liabilities: This item recorded a decrease of RMB105,861,672.80 or 64.41% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in prepayments from customers during the reporting period. Employee remuneration payable: This item recorded a decrease of RMB72,938,549.57 or 52.27% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the release of the year-end bonus payable for the previous year during the reporting period. Other current liabilities: This item recorded a decrease of RMB13,776,291.85 or 64.83% in the reporting period compared with the end of 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in the tax pending changeover during the reporting period. 2. Income statement items Financial expenses: This item recorded an increase of RMB1,940,083.31 or 56.85% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the increase in exchange losses and gains during the reporting period. Other income: This item recorded an increase of RMB2,916,840.06 or 57.04% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the increase in government grants received during the reporting period. Return on investment: This item recorded a decrease of RMB133,198.95 or 43.38% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in returns on wealth management products received during the reporting period. Credit impairment losses: This item recorded a decrease of RMB2,205,357.17 or 46.80% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in credit impairment losses accrued for accounts receivable during the reporting period. Asset impairment losses: This item recorded a decrease of RMB1,754,309.41 or 82.73% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in impairment losses accrued for fixed assets during the reporting period. Non-operating income: This item recorded an increase of RMB223,979.27 or 30.42% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the increase in income from fines and compensations during the reporting period. 4 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Income tax expenses: This item recorded a decrease of RMB31,092,273.35 or 53.66% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in total profit during the reporting period. 3. Cash flow statement items Net cash flow from investing activities: This item recorded a decrease of RMB79,427,956.29 or 62.09% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the increase in payment for principal of wealth management products during the reporting period. Net cash flow from financing activities: This item recorded an increase of RMB302,789,234.86 or 113.05% in the reporting period compared with the same period in 2021, mainly owing to the decrease in payment of repurchased shares during the reporting period. II. Shareholder Information (I) Total number of ordinary shareholders, number of preferred shareholders whose voting rights were resumed and shareholdings of top 10 shareholders Unit: share Total number of preferred Total number of ordinary shareholders shareholders whose voting 141,508 0 as at the end of the reporting period rights were resumed at the end of the reporting period (if any) Shareholdings of top 10 shareholders Shareholding Number of shares Pledged, marked or frozen Name of Nature of percentage Number of shares subject to selling shareholder shareholder Share status Number (%) restrictions Guangdong Domestic Zhongshun Paper non-state-owned 28.61% 375,655,958 Group Co., Ltd. legal person Chung Shun Co. Foreign legal person 20.30% 266,504,789 Hong Kong Securities Foreign legal person 4.87% 63,986,041 Clearing Co., Ltd. Ernest Partners LLC — Client Foreign legal person 0.79% 10,402,100 funds Domestic natural Yue Yong 0.74% 9,665,241 7,248,930 person Domestic natural Deng Yingzhong 0.51% 6,752,811 5,064,608 person # Zhongshan Domestic Xinda Investment non-state-owned 0.47% 6,123,636 Management Co., legal person Ltd. Domestic natural Deng Guanbiao 0.38% 4,957,473 3,718,105 person Domestic natural Li Hong 0.33% 4,297,300 Pledge 4,200,000 person Domestic natural #Zeng Haichun 0.32% 4,200,000 person Shareholdings of top 10 shareholders not subject to selling restrictions Name of shareholder Number of shares not subject to selling restrictions Type of shares 5 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Type of shares Number Guangdong Zhongshun Paper Group RMB-denominate 375,655,958 375,655,958 Co., Ltd. d ordinary shares RMB-denominate Chung Shun Co. 266,504,789 266,504,789 d ordinary shares Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., RMB-denominate 63,986,041 63,986,041 Ltd. d ordinary shares RMB-denominate Ernest Partners LLC — Client funds 10,402,100 10,402,100 d ordinary shares # Zhongshan Xinda Investment RMB-denominate 6,123,636 6,123,636 Management Co., Ltd. d ordinary shares RMB-denominate Li Hong 4,297,300 4,297,300 d ordinary shares RMB-denominate #Zeng Haichun 4,200,000 4,200,000 d ordinary shares Cheng’an Asset Management Co., Ltd. — Cheng’an 99 Chuancheng No. 1 RMB-denominate 3,999,913 3,999,913 Private Equity Securities Investment d ordinary shares Fund RMB-denominate #Chen Ruiqiang 3,667,600 3,667,600 d ordinary shares RMB-denominate ABC — CSI Smallcap 500 ETF 3,658,989 3,658,989 d ordinary shares 1. Among the top ten shareholders mentioned above, Mr. Deng Yingzhong and Mr. Deng Guanbiao are among the actual controllers of the Company; Guangdong Zhongshun Paper Group Co., Ltd. and Chung Shun Co. are the enterprises controlled by actual controllers of Description on the related relationship the Company, i.e. Mr. Deng Yingzhong, Deng Guanbiao and Deng Guanjie. That is, or parties acting-in-concert Guangdong Zhongshun Paper Group Co., Ltd. and Chung Shun Co. are related parties. arrangements among the above Mr. Yue Yong is an incumbent senior manager of the Company. shareholders 2. Except for the above situation, it is unknown to the Company whether there is related party relationship among other shareholders, or whether there is acting-in-concert among other shareholders as stipulated in the Administrative Measures for the Disclosure of Information on Changes in Shareholders' Shareholding of Listed Companies. 1. The Company’s shareholder Zhongshan Xinda Investment Management Co., Ltd. holds 6,120,602 shares through a client credit transaction guarantee securities account. 2. The Company’s shareholder Zeng Haichun holds 4,000,000 shares through a client credit transaction guarantee securities account. Description on the top 10 shareholders’ participation in margin trading and 3. The Company’s shareholder Chen Ruiqiang holds 843,500 shares through a client credit securities lending business (if any) transaction guarantee securities account. Note: There is a special repurchase account “C&S Paper Special Repurchase Securities Account” among the top 10 shareholders. As of the end of the reporting period, this repurchase account held 26,758,987 shares, with a shareholding ratio of 2.04%. Pursuant to relevant regulations, it is not included in the list of top 10 shareholders. (II) Total number of preferred shareholders and shareholdings of top 10 preferred shareholders □ Applicable √ Not applicable III. Other Significant Matters √ Applicable □ Not applicable No. Announcement Announcement name Announce Disclosure time ment media number 1 January 6, 2022 Announcement on Expiration of Share Repurchase Period 2022-01 Securities and Results of Share Repurchase Times, 6 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 2 March 1, 2022 Annual Performance Bulletin 2021 2022-02 Securities 3 March 16, 2022 Announcement on the Repurchase and Deregistration 2022-03 Daily, China Completion of Partial Reserved Restricted Stocks under the Securities 2018 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Incentive Plan Journal, 4 March 23, 2022 Announcement on Reduction of Company Shares by Directors 2022-04 Shanghai and Senior Management Through Block Transactions Securities News and 5 March 25, 2022 Announcement on the Resignation of the Director, the Vice 2022-05 President and the Representative of Securities Affairs of the http://www.cni nfo.com.cn Company 6 March 31, 2022 Announcement on Holding Subsidiary Obtaining the 2022-06 High-tech Enterprise Certificate (Renewal) 7 April 1, 2022 Announcement on the Company's Completion of the 2022-07 Industrial and Commercial Change Registration IV. Quarterly Financial Statements (I) Financial statements 1. Consolidated balance sheet Prepared by: C&S Paper Co., Ltd. March 31, 2022 Unit: RMB Item Balance at the end of the period Balance at the beginning of the period Current assets: Monetary funds 956,047,784.07 875,052,493.12 Settlement reserve Lending to banks and other financial institutions Tradable financial assets 8,884.68 Derivative financial assets Notes receivable 42,923,202.66 2,327,060.20 Accounts receivable 901,200,027.82 1,177,831,399.28 Accounts receivable financing Prepayments 23,257,654.83 36,685,769.73 Premium receivable Reinsurance payables Reinsurance contract reserves receivable Other receivables 14,512,618.72 12,353,794.41 Including: Interest receivable Dividends receivable Financial assets held under resale agreements Inventory 1,381,955,124.49 1,467,631,516.95 Contract assets Assets held for sale 57,073,059.69 Non-current assets due within one year Other current assets 259,976,695.43 123,530,879.96 7 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Total current assets 3,579,881,992.70 3,752,485,973.34 Non-current assets: Loans and advances to customers Investments in creditor’s rights Investments in other creditor’s rights Long-term receivable Long-term equity investment Investment in other equity instruments Other non-current financial assets Investment property 32,779,260.69 33,138,481.74 Fixed assets 3,164,970,508.90 3,129,371,506.40 Construction work in progress 79,959,519.56 134,875,696.94 Productive biological assets Oil & gas assets Right-of-use assets 14,538,125.12 14,300,520.77 Intangible assets 166,827,310.58 168,453,928.11 Development expenses Goodwill 64,654.15 64,654.15 Long-term deferred expenses 17,216,999.94 16,762,904.09 Deferred income tax assets 186,623,857.31 182,185,944.85 Other non-current assets 76,326,127.40 91,642,363.45 Total non-current assets 3,739,306,363.65 3,770,796,000.50 Total assets 7,319,188,356.35 7,523,281,973.84 Current liabilities: Short-term borrowings 38,500,000.00 Borrowings from PBC Placements from banks and other financial institutions Tradable financial liabilities Derivative financial liabilities Notes payable 400,228,927.06 334,969,632.58 Accounts payable 741,278,632.32 829,113,780.31 Payments received in advance Contract liabilities 58,498,770.54 164,360,443.34 Proceeds from financial assets sold under repo Customer bank deposits and due to banks and other financial institutions Funds from securities trading agency Funds from securities underwriting agency Employee remuneration payable 66,612,856.89 139,551,406.46 Tax and fees payable 96,841,478.76 107,184,810.97 Other payables 699,283,272.06 854,872,178.78 Including: Interests payable Dividends payable 1,352,746.20 1,352,746.20 8 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Transaction fee and commission receivable Reinsurance payable Liabilities held for sale Non-current liabilities due within 9,544,758.08 8,616,487.38 one year Other current liabilities 7,474,321.44 21,250,613.29 Total current liabilities 2,118,263,017.15 2,459,919,353.11 Non-current liabilities: Insurance contract reserves Long-term borrowings Bonds payable Including: Preference shares Perpetual bonds Lease liabilities 6,052,690.50 5,565,928.14 Long-term payable Long-term employee remuneration payable Provision Deferred income 100,698,328.79 104,483,429.54 Deferred income tax liabilities 49,233,321.29 46,514,550.50 Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities 155,984,340.58 156,563,908.18 Total liabilities 2,274,247,357.73 2,616,483,261.29 Owner's equity: Share capital 1,312,856,093.00 1,312,457,555.00 Other equity instruments Including: Preference shares Perpetual bonds Capital reserve 945,219,956.50 940,742,686.19 Less: Treasury shares 722,243,283.39 722,243,283.39 Other comprehensive income Special reserves Surplus reserves 106,984,275.42 106,984,275.42 General reserves Retained earnings 3,398,957,693.06 3,265,611,428.36 Total equity attributable to owners of 5,041,774,734.59 4,903,552,661.58 the parent company Equities of minority shareholders 3,166,264.03 3,246,050.97 Total owner's equity 5,044,940,998.62 4,906,798,712.55 Total liabilities and owners' equities 7,319,188,356.35 7,523,281,973.84 Legal representative: Liu Peng Person in charge of accounting: Xu Xianjing Person in charge of accounting department: Dong Ye 2. Consolidated income statement Unit: RMB Item Incurred in the current period Incurred in the prior period 9 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 I. Total Operating Income 1,884,339,300.88 2,102,126,213.63 Including: Operating income 1,884,339,300.88 2,102,126,213.63 Interest income Gross earned premiums Service charge and commission income II. Total Operating Cost 1,738,812,664.25 1,780,296,793.30 Including: Operating costs 1,266,000,074.36 1,251,617,377.48 Interest expenses Service charge and commission expenses Surrender value Net compensation expenses Net appropriation of insurance reserve Policy dividends expenses Reinsurance costs Tax and surcharges 12,558,211.99 14,137,632.18 Selling expenses 333,729,274.14 390,859,318.46 Administrative expenses 79,277,066.68 80,160,355.50 R&D expenses 48,720,586.77 46,934,742.68 Finance expenses -1,472,549.69 -3,412,633.00 Including: Interest fees 178,781.10 560,643.01 Interest income 2,754,875.87 3,557,538.70 Plus: Other income 8,030,856.86 5,114,016.80 Return on investment ("-" 173,828.14 307,027.09 indicates loss) Including: Return on investment in associates and joint ventures Income from the derecognition of financial assets measured at amortized cost Exchange gains ("-" indicates loss) Gains from net exposure hedging ("-" indicates loss) Gains from changes in fair -2,901.12 value ("-" indicates loss) Credit impairment losses ("-" 6,918,082.21 4,712,725.04 indicates loss) Asset impairment losses ("-" -366,142.72 -2,120,452.13 indicates loss) Return on disposal of assets 23,232.86 49,228.12 ("-" indicates loss) III. Operating Profit ("-" indicates loss) 160,303,592.86 329,891,965.25 Plus: Non-operating income 960,172.21 736,192.94 Less: Non-operating expenditure 1,150,127.35 1,565,921.89 IV. Total Profit ("-" indicates total loss) 160,113,637.72 329,062,236.30 Less: Income tax expense 26,847,159.96 57,939,433.31 V. Net Profit ("-" indicates net loss) 133,266,477.76 271,122,802.99 10 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 i. Classified by operation continuity 1. Net profit from continued 133,266,477.76 271,122,802.99 operation ("-" indicates net loss) 2. Net profit from discontinued operation ("-" indicates net loss) ii. Classified by attribution of ownership 1. Net profit attributable to owners 133,346,264.70 271,122,802.99 of the parent company 2. Minority shareholders' profits and -79,786.94 losses VI. Net Amount of Other Comprehensive Income after Tax Total other comprehensive after-tax net income attributable to owners of the parent company i. Other comprehensive income not able to be reclassified into the profit or loss 1. Changes of re-measurement of the defined benefit plan 2. Other comprehensive income that cannot be transferred into the profit or loss under equity method 3. Changes in fair value of investment in other equity instruments 4. Changes in fair value of credit risk of the enterprise 5. Others ii. Other comprehensive income reclassified into the profit or loss 1. Other comprehensive income to be transferred into the profit or loss under equity method 2. Changes in fair value of investment in other creditor's rights 3. Financial assets reclassified into other comprehensive income 4. Impairment provision for credit of investment in other creditor's rights 5. Reserve of cash flow hedge 6. Converted difference in foreign currency financial statements 7. Others Total other comprehensive after-tax net income attributable to minority shareholders VII. Total Comprehensive Income 133,266,477.76 271,122,802.99 Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the parent 133,346,264.70 271,122,802.99 company Total comprehensive income -79,786.94 11 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 attributable to minority shareholders VIII. Earnings per Share: i. Basic earnings per share 0.10 0.21 ii. Diluted earnings per share 0.10 0.21 For business combinations of the current period under common control, the net profit realized by the combined party before the combination is: RMB0.00; the net profit realized by the combined party in last period is: RMB0.00. Legal Representative: Liu Peng Person in charge of accounting: Xu Xianjing Person in charge of accounting department: Dong Ye 3. Consolidated cash flow statement Unit: RMB Item Incurred in the current period Incurred in the prior period I. Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Cash received from sale of goods 2,013,189,894.59 2,255,658,189.93 or rendering of services Net increase in deposits from customers, banks and non-bank financial institutions Net increase in due to central banks Net increase in placements from other financial institutions Cash received from the premium of direct insurance contracts Net cash from reinsurance business Net increase in deposits and investment of the insured Cash obtained from interest, net fee and commission Net increase in placements from banks and other financial institutions Net increase in repo service fund Net cash from agent securities trading Tax rebates Cash received related to other 20,775,921.90 36,911,315.21 operating activities Sub-total of cash inflow from operating 2,033,965,816.49 2,292,569,505.14 activities Cash paid for goods purchased and 1,135,854,564.52 1,359,556,274.91 services rendered Net loans and advances to customers Net increase in deposits with the central bank, banks and non-bank financial institutions Cash paid for claims of direct insurance contracts Net increase in placements with banks and non-bank financial institutions Cash paid for interest, fee and 12 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 commission Cash paid for dividends of the insured Cash paid to and on behalf of 272,517,814.87 246,734,126.07 employees Tax payments 130,061,335.22 142,572,370.03 Cash payments related to other 248,051,666.65 208,801,567.90 operating activities Sub-total of cash outflow from 1,786,485,381.26 1,957,664,338.91 operating activities Net cash flows from operating activities 247,480,435.23 334,905,166.23 II. Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Cash from realization of investment Cash received from the return on 180,495.09 307,027.09 investments Net cash received from the disposal of fixed assets, intangible 4,408.13 9,758,000.00 assets, and other long-term assets Net amount of cash received from the disposal of subsidiaries and other operating organizations Cash received related to other 41,239,541.68 50,000,000.00 investing activities Sub-total of cash inflow from investing 41,424,444.90 60,065,027.09 activities Cash paid for the acquisition and construction of fixed assets, intangible 78,770,349.25 177,953,975.15 assets, and other long-term assets Cash paid for investments Net increase in pledged loans Net amount of cash paid for acquisition of subsidiaries and other operating organizations Cash payments related to other 170,000,000.00 10,029,000.00 investing activities Sub-total of cash outflow from 248,770,349.25 187,982,975.15 investing activities Net cash flows from investing activities -207,345,904.35 -127,917,948.06 III. Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Cash received from capital 5,347,319.15 10,255,276.29 contribution Including: Proceeds received by subsidiaries from minority shareholders' investment Cash received from borrowings 38,500,000.00 Cash received related to other financing activities Sub-total of cash inflow from financing 43,847,319.15 10,255,276.29 activities Cash paid for repayments of 52,896,691.35 borrowings 13 C&S Paper Co., Ltd. First Quarter Report 2022 Cash payment for interest expenses 440,172.97 and distribution of dividends or profits Including: Dividend and profit paid by subsidiaries to minority shareholders Cash payments related to other 8,894,699.62 224,755,027.30 financing activities Sub-total of cash outflow from 8,894,699.62 278,091,891.62 financing activities Net cash flows from financing activities 34,952,619.53 -267,836,615.33 IV. Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on -994,226.31 1,326,022.34 Cash and Cash Equivalents V. Net Increase in Cash and Cash 74,092,924.10 -59,523,374.82 Equivalents Plus: Opening balance of cash and 797,797,675.70 1,050,034,135.72 cash equivalents VI. Closing Balance of Cash and Cash 871,890,599.80 990,510,760.90 Equivalents (II) Report auditing Whether the First Quarter Report has been audited □ Yes √ No The First Quarter Report of the Company has not been audited. Board of Directors of C&S Paper Co., Ltd. April 28, 2022 If there are any ambiguities, the Chinese version shall prevail. 14