Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Stock Code: 300957 Stock Abbreviation: Botanee Announcement No.: 2024- 053 Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. 2024 Q3 Quarterly Report Botanee and all members of the Board of Directors guarantee that the information disclosed herein is true, accurate and complete without false hoods, misleading statement s or major omissions. Notices: 1. Botanee’s Board of Directors, Board of Supervisors, as well as directors, supervisors and senior management officers guarantee that the present quarterly report is true, accurate and complete without false hoods, misleading statements or major omissions, and undertake individual and joint legal liabilities arising therefrom. 2. Botanee’s legal representative Mr. Guo Zhenyu, CFO Mr. Wang Long, and Head of Accounting Department Mr. Liu Zhaofeng hereby declare that the financial information herein is authentic, accurate, and complete. 3. Whether this Q3 report has been audited or not: □ Yes No 1 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. I. Key financial data (i) Major Accounting Data and Financial Indicators Whether the Company needs to retrospectively adjust or restate the accounting data for the previous years □ Yes No Change in the period From the from the Change in beginning of the beginning of This Reporting the year to the end of the year to Period Reporting the Reporting the Period (%) Period end of the Reporting Period(%) Operating revenue(RMB) 1,213,087,219.34 14.04% 4,017,760,019.31 17.09% Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed -68,999,289.50 -153.41% 414,768,732.22 -28.39% companies (RMB) Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company after deducting non- -78,224,976.78 -158.23% 341,368,837.06 -32.81% recurring Gains and Losses (RMB) Net cash flows from operating 6,430,018.31 -94.83% activities (RMB) Basic earnings per share -0.16 -151.61% 0.99 -27.74% (RMB/share) Diluted earnings per share -0.16 -153.33% 0.98 -27.94% (RMB/share) Decrease by Decrease by 3.41 3.11 Weighted average ROE -1.16% 7.07% percentage points percentage points Change in the End of This End of the End of the Reporting Year over the End of the reporting period Previous Year Previous Year (%) Total assets (RMB) 7,804,443,170.41 7,506,930,342.79 3.96% Owners' equity attributable to shareholders of listed 5,903,907,588.93 5,860,994,371.02 0.73% companies (RMB) Whether the Company’s share capital has changed and affected the amount of shareholders’ equity due to secondary public offering,placement; allotment; ESOP exercise , buybacks and other reasons from the end of the reporting period to the disclosure date of the quarterly report. Yes □No Beginning of year Current reporting to end of reporting period period Dividends for Preferred Shares That Have Been Paid ( RMB) Interest Paid on Perpetual Bonds ( RMB) Fully Diluted Dividends per Share Based on Latest Share -0.1629 0.9792 2 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Capital ( RMB / Share) (ii) Item and Amount of Non-Recurring Gains and Losses Applicable □ Not applicable Currency: RMB Amount from the Amount for the beginning to the Item current reporting Description end of the period reporting period Gains and Losses from disposal of non- current assets (including the offset part of 265,935.92 -1,127,052.38 provisions for impairment of assets) Government subsidies included in the current Gains and Losses (excluding those Government closely related to the normal business of the subsidies and Company, granted under the national 5,158,276.41 47,624,403.38 incentives included in policies and continuously enjoyed according “other income” item. to certain standards with lasting impacts on the Company’s profit and loss) Except for the effective hedging activities related to the Company’s ordinary activities, Represents gain or Gains and Losses arising from changes in loss on change in fair fair value of financial assets and financial -3,342,571.76 17,367,189.05 value of entrusted liabilities held by non-financial enterprises, cash. and Gains and Losses arising from disposal of financial assets and financial liabilities Mainly investment income generated by Gains and losses from assets invested or 11,508,589.46 39,997,693.67 the maturity of managed by the entrusted entrusted cash management Mainly public Other non-operating income and expenses welfare donations -2,582,974.84 -10,518,467.93 other than the above charged to "non- operating expenses". Less: Effect on income tax 1,753,723.21 18,983,116.83 Effect on minority interests (after tax) 27,844.70 960,753.80 Total 9,225,687.28 73,399,895.16 Particulars about other items that meet the definition of non-recurring gain s and losses: □ Applicable Not applicable There is no other items that meet the definition of non-recurring gain s and losses in the Company. Defined non-recurring gain s and losses set out in the Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure by Companies Offering Securities to the Public No. 1 Non recurring Gains and Losses as recurring gain s and losses □ Applicable Not applicable We did not define non-recurring gains and losses set out in the Explanatory Announcement on Information Disclosure by Companies Offering Securities to the Public No. 1 Non recurring Gains and Losses as recurring gains and losses. 3 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. (iii) Changes in Major Accounting Data and Financial Indicators and Reasons Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Changes in the Items of Consolidated Balance Sheet at the End of the Reporting Period and Reasons Currency: RMB Balance at the End of Balance at the Proportion of Item Increase/ Decrease the Reporting Period Beginning of the Year increase/ decrease Cash and cash 1,166,944,088.76 2,091,459,861.58 -924,515,772.82 -44.20% equivalents Financial assets held 1,975,892,720.20 1,238,356,707.34 737,536,012.86 59.56% for trading Notes receivable 24,502,124.46 -24,502,124.46 -100.00% Accounts receivable 772,141,683.77 561,761,929.57 210,379,754.20 37.45% Prepayments 110,731,725.08 69,279,116.38 41,452,608.70 59.83% Other receivables 38,777,891.11 29,748,433.09 9,029,458.02 30.35% Construction work in 54,133,845.53 40,220,147.41 13,913,698.12 34.59% process Right-of-use assets 186,949,433.90 100,712,614.93 86,236,818.97 85.63% Intangible asset 266,963,888.68 193,108,638.64 73,855,250.04 38.25% Deferred income tax 148,445,896.80 93,131,250.45 55,314,646.35 59.39% assets Short term loans 245,980,003.46 103,816,588.60 142,163,414.86 136.94% Notes payable 143,651,602.85 67,562,710.23 76,088,892.62 112.62% Contractual liabilities 69,312,151.22 50,053,638.68 19,258,512.54 38.48% Employee 145,836,510.23 106,452,763.55 39,383,746.68 37.00% remuneration payable Other payables 105,649,402.21 449,282,195.16 -343,632,792.95 -76.48% Non-current liabilities 72,092,918.09 42,102,294.00 29,990,624.09 71.23% due within one year Other current liabilities 17,059,866.66 5,455,465.77 11,604,400.89 212.71% Long term loans 321,300,000.00 4,700,000.00 316,600,000.00 6736.17% Lease liabilities 112,675,673.64 63,283,532.61 49,392,141.03 78.05% Deferred income 56,067,010.53 82,862,738.40 -26,795,727.87 -32.34% Treasury shares 234,717,526.96 109,838,205.82 124,879,321.14 113.69% Reasons for the changes: (1) The balance of cash at bank and on hand at the end of the reporting period stood at RMB1,166.94 million, a 4 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. decrease of RMB924.51milion or about 44.20% compared with the beginning of the year. For changes in major cash flow s of the Company’s cash at bank and on hand during the reporting period, please refer to “3. Changes in Items of Consolidated Balance Sheet at the End of the Reporting Period and Reasons of this report”. (2) The total balance of financial assets held for trading at the end of the reporting period stood at RMB1,975.89 million, an increase of RMB737.54 million or about 59.56% compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly due to increase s in immature investment balance of cash management projects (measured at fair value) with available funds raised and its own funds within the quota authorized by the General Meeting of Shareholders at the end of the reporting period. (3) There was no balance of notes receivable at the end of the period, a decrease of RMB24.50 million compared with the beginning of the year, which was attributable to the fact that the Company had fully collected the matured commercial acceptances from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. At the end of the reporting period, the Company had no commercial acceptances on hand. (4) The closing balance of accounts receivable amounted to RMB772.14 million, representing an increase of RMB210.37million, or approximately 37.45%, as compared with that at the beginning of the year, which was mainly due to the fact that the Company's major credit customers were actively preparing for bulk purchases from the Company for its Q4 2024 sales promotion during the reporting period, and the relevant receivables were still within the commercial credit period as at the end of the reporting period. There was no significant change in the commercial credit policy of the Company's major credit customers from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. The creditworthiness of the Company's credit customers was good and strong. The proportion of the Company's accounts receivable with an age of less than one year to the balance of accounts receivable at the end of the reporting period and at the beginning of the year was approximately 96.31% and 98.65%, respectively, with a better ageing profile and stronger liquidity. The Company's accounts receivable are well paid back and the quality of accounts receivable is high, and the Company believes that the possibility of bad debts arising from accounts receivable is low. The Company has implemented a strict credit management system and a prudent bad debt provisioning policy, and the provision for bad debts in respect of accounts receivable is adequate, with the percentage of provision for bad debts at the end of the reporting period and the beginning of the current year amounting to approximately 5.29% and 4.64%, respectively. (5) The closing balance of prepayments amounted to RMB110.73 million, representing an increase of RMB41.45 million, or approximately 59.83%, as compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in the Company's prepayment of marketing expenses and advertising and endorsement expenses of large- scale B2C e-commerce platforms and other marketing service providers for the fourth quarter of 2024 for the promotion activities during the reporting period. The Company's prepayments are expected to be written off in the next twelve months on a turnaround basis. (6) The closing balance of other receivables amounted to RMB38.78 million, representing an increase of RMB9.03 million, or approximately 30.35%, as compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in deposits and guarantees paid by the Company for the purpose of carrying out its business activities from the beginning to the end of the reporting period. The Company has implemented a strict deposit and guarantee management system and a prudent bad debt provision policy, and the bad debt provision for other receivables was adequate, with the bad debt provision ratio at the end of the reporting period and the beginning of the year being 5 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. approximately 18.84% and 19.97% respectively. (7) The closing balance of construction under progress amounted to RMB54.13 million, representing an increase of RMB13.91 million, or approximately 34.59%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in investment in the Company's sporadic engineering and construction (technological upgrading and renovation) projects during the reporting period. (8) The closing balance of right-of-use assets amounted to RMB186.95 million, representing an increase of RMB86.24 million, or 85.63%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the Company's new leasing contracts for operating sites from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. From the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, the Company's leased premises were mainly used for production, research and development, warehousing and office purposes. (9) The closing balance of intangible assets amounted to RMB 266.96 million, representing an increase of RMB 73.86 million, or approximately 38.25%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly due to the increase in the investment payment for the right to use the office software and the land use right formed by the Company's outsourcing and internal research and development from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. (10) The closing balance of deferred income tax assets amounted to RMB148.45 million, representing an increase of RMB55.31 million, or 59.39%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly due to the combined effect of the increase in the balances of temporary differences in the items of "Lease liabilities" and "Deductible losses" and the decrease in the balances of temporary differences in the item of "Government grants recognized as deferred income" at the end of the reporting period. The increase was mainly due to the combined effect of the increase in the balance of temporary differences between the items of "lease liabilities" and "deductible losses" and the decrease in the balance of temporary differences in the item of "government grants recognized as deferred income" at the end of the reporting period. (11) The closing balance of short-term loans amounted to RMB 245.98 million, representing an increase of RMB 142.16 million, or 136.94%, from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, due to the short-term liquidity financial loans from commercial banks obtained by the Company in accordance with the dynamic capital demand plan and actively exploring sound and diversified financing channels. (12) The closing balance of notes payable amounted to RMB143.65 million, representing an increase of RMB76.09 million, or approximately 112.62%, compared with the beginning of the year. This was due to the fact that from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, the Company, in accordance with the dynamic capital demand plan, actively explored sound and diversified financing channels, and the balance of the outstanding bankers' acceptances payable issued by the Company at the end of the reporting period increased by a relatively large amount. (13) The closing balance of contract liabilities amounted to RMB69.31 million, representing an increase of RMB19.26 million, or approximately 38.48%, as compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the combined effect of the increase in the balance of the Company's advance receipts and provision for sales rebates and unredeemed credit reserves at the end of the reporting period. 6 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. (14) The ending balance of compensation payable to employees amounted to RMB145.84 million, representing an increase of RMB39.38 million, or approximately 37.00%, as compared to the beginning of the current year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in the amount of the Company's FY201024 year-end bonus (nine months) and the balance of the performance bonus for the third quarter of FY2024, which were accrued in accordance with the accounting period at the end of the reporting period. (15) The closing balance of other payables amounted to RMB105.65 million, a decrease of RMB343.63 million from the beginning of the year, a decrease of approximately 76.48%, mainly due to the fact that from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, the Company paid the various due marketing expenses incurred in the fourth quarter of the previous year in respect of the large-scale B2C e-commerce platforms and other marketing service providers, and the balance of other payables decreased accordingly. (16) The closing balance of other current liabilities amounted to RMB17.06 million, representing an increase of RMB11.60 million, or approximately 212.71%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in the balance of the provision for expected return of goods (payable for return of goods) made by the Company during the reporting period. (17) The closing balance of long-term loans amounted to RMB321.30 million, representing a significant increase from the beginning of the year, which was attributable to the long-term project loans from commercial banks obtained by the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. (18) Non-current liabilities due within one year and lease liabilities totaled RMB184.77 million at the end of the period, representing an increase of RMB79.38 million, or approximately 75.33%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in the amount of lease payments for operating sites for which the Company had not yet met the payment terms at the end of the reporting period. From the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, the Company's leased premises were mainly used for production, research and development, warehousing and office purposes. From the beginning to the end of the reporting period, the closing balance of the Company's right-of-use assets basically matched the trend and magnitude of the increase in the closing balance of non-current liabilities and lease liabilities due within one year. (19) The ending balance of deferred income was RMB56.07 million, a decrease of RMB26.80 million or approximately 32.34%, compared with the beginning of the year, which was mainly due to the higher amortization of government grants for special research and development funds from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period in accordance with the progress of the implementation of the scientific and technological projects of the Specialty Plants Laboratory of Yunnan Province. (20) The closing balance of treasury shares was RMB234.72 million, representing an increase of RMB124.88 million, or approximately 113.69%, as compared with the beginning of the year, which was attributable to the repurchase of shares of the Company's ordinary shares through centralized bidding and trading with its own funds pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors during the reporting period. 7 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. 2. Changes in the Items of Consolidated Income Statement from the Beginning of the Year to the End of the Reporting Period and Reasons Currency: RMB Amount Incurred in Proportion on Item Current Amount the Same Period of Change Increase/ the Previous Year Decrease Operating revenue 4,017,760,019.31 3,431,483,300.01 586,276,719.30 17.09% Operating costs 1,055,538,266.19 809,234,537.42 246,303,728.77 30.44% Marketing expenses 2,009,988,137.89 1,604,575,219.78 405,412,918.11 25.27% Administration expenses 339,559,239.61 244,208,517.61 95,350,722.00 39.04% Financial cost -2,693,413.82 -16,439,866.87 13,746,453.05 83.62% Gain (loss recognized as "-") on 17,367,189.05 -24,026,395.24 41,393,584.29 172.28% change in fair value Non-operating expenses 12,385,601.16 8,153,423.12 4,232,178.04 51.91% Net profit attributable to 414,768,732.22 579,190,052.04 -164,421,319.82 -28.39% shareholders of the parent company Analysis of reasons for changes: (1) The operating revenue of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB4,017.76 million, representing an increase of RMB586.28 million, or approximately 17.09%, over the same period of the previous year, which was mainly attributable to the combined effect of the increase in the scale of sales of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period as compared with that of the same period of the previous year, as well as the incorporation of Yue Jiang (Guangzhou) Investment Co. (hereinafter referred to as "ME Investment") was included in the scope of consolidation of the Company from October 31, 2023 onwards. (2) The operating costs of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB1,055.54 million, representing an increase of RMB246.30 million, or approximately 30.44%, compared with the same period of the previous year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in operating costs in the same direction with the growth of the Company's sales scale and sales revenue. From the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, the production cost of the Company's main products basically remained stable. (3) The gross profit margin of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period was approximately 73.73%, representing a decrease of approximately 2.69 percentage points as compared with the same period of the previous year. Among them, Yuejiang Investment's "Za" and "PURE&MILD" brands realized operating income of RMB381.00 million from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, with a gross profit margin of approximately 58.37%; according to the scope of statistics for the same period last year, the company's "Winona (Winona)" brand realized gross profit margin of approximately 73.73% compared with the same period last year. According to the statistical scope of the same period last year, the company "Winona (Winona)" and other major brands from the beginning to the end of the reporting period to achieve a total operating income of RMB3,636.76 million , an increase of about 5.98% compared with the same period of the previous year, gross profit 8 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. margin of sales of about 75.34%. The increase in operating costs from the beginning to the end of the reporting period was slightly higher than the increase in operating income, mainly due to the combined effect of the company's promotional policies and the dynamic response of the sales structure of its products (brands) in accordance with market demand from the beginning to the end of the reporting period. (4) The Company's selling expenses from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB2,009.99 million, representing an increase of RMB405.41 million, or approximately 25.27%, over the same period of the previous year, which was mainly attributable to the growth in the Company's sales scale and sales revenue, and the Company's continued increase in the investment in the promotion and publicity expenses of its brand image, personnel expenses and storage expenses. From the beginning to the end of the reporting period, the growth of the Company's selling expenses was higher than the growth of sales scale, which was mainly due to the combined effect of the Company's initiative to increase its promotional inputs such as grass-raising and traffic attraction in Jitterbug channels, and the increase in advertising and marketing inputs such as brand endorsement and co-branding activities in order to drive the Company's and the brand's sound volume to increase and to warm up for the omni-channel promotion activities in the fourth quarter of 2024 during the reporting period. (5) The administrative expenses of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB339.56 million, representing an increase of RMB95.35 million, or approximately 39.04%, over the same period of the previous year. The increase in the Company's administrative expenses from the beginning to the end of the reporting period was higher than the increase in sales scale, which was mainly due to the accrual of equity incentive expenses for the employee shareholding plan during the reporting period. The management expenses such as administrative personnel expenses, depreciation and amortization costs of long-term assets for management purposes and other administrative expenses from the beginning to the end of the reporting period were basically matched with the growth in sales scale of the Company. (6) Finance cost (net income) of the Company from the beginning to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB2.69 million, a decrease of RMB13.75 million, or 83.62%, compared with the same period of the previous year, which was mainly due to the combined effect of the increase in interest expenses from the beginning to the end of the reporting period as compared with that of the same period of the previous year, as well as the decrease in interest income from demand deposits as compared with that of the same period of the previous year. (7) The Company's net gain from changes in fair value from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB17.37 million, an increase of RMB41.39 million in net gain compared with the same period of the previous year, and a significant increase in net gain year-on-year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in the fair value of a number of entrusted wealth management (measured at fair value) items held by the Company in its cash management investments from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. (8) The non-operating expenses of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB12.39 million, representing an increase of RMB4.23 million, or 51.91%, compared with the same period of the previous year, which was mainly attributable to the increase in the Company's expenditure on external public welfare donations from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period. (9) From the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period of the company's net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company of 414.77 million RMB, compared with the same period of the previous year 9 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. decreased by RMB164.42 million, a decrease of about 28.39%, mainly due to the company's operating income continued to grow, the gross profit margin of the sales of the product (brand) sales structure due to the causes of a slight decline in sales as well as the various types of operating expenses phased (or project) rise in the combined impact of the company. 3. Changes in the Items of Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow from the Beginning of the Year to the End of the Reporting Period and Reasons Currency: RMB Amount Incurred in the Proportion on Item Current Amount Same Period of the Increase/ decrease Increase/ Previous Year Decrease Cash inflow from business 4,202,318,121.88 3,724,241,068.30 478,077,053.58 12.84% operations Cash outflow from business 4,195,888,103.57 3,599,775,539.27 596,112,564.30 16.56% operations Cash inflow from 3,059,332,916.32 3,890,122,959.93 -830,790,043.61 -21.36% investment activities Cash outflow from 4,081,959,077.20 4,430,128,738.30 -348,169,661.10 -7.86% investment activities Cash inflow from 669,280,043.91 7,500,000.00 661,780,043.91 8,823.73% financing activities Cash outflow from 662,755,180.80 399,526,671.95 263,228,508.85 65.89% financing activities Analysis of reasons for change: (1) Cash inflow from operating activities from the beginning to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB4,202.32 million, an increase of RMB478.08 million or 12.84% over the same period of the previous year, which was mainly due to the increase in cash inflow from the growth in sales scale and sales revenue of the Company. From the beginning to the end of the reporting period, the growth of the item "cash received from sales of goods and services" in the company's operating activities was basically matched with the growth of sales scale. As the government grants and special payables received by the Company from the beginning to the end of the reporting period decreased more than that of the same period last year, "cash received from other operating activities" decreased by RMB97.20 million year-on-year, or about 65.16%. (2) From the beginning to the end of the reporting period, the company's cash outflow from operating activities amounted to RMB 4,195.89 million, an increase of RMB 596.11 million over the same period of the previous year, an increase of approximately 16.56%, which was mainly due to the increase in the company's other operating expenditures such as brand image promotion and publicity costs, personnel costs and storage costs inputs with the increase in sales scale. From the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period of the company's cash outflow from operating activities growth and sales scale growth basically match. 10 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. (3) The Company's cash inflow from investing activities from the beginning to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB3,059.33 million, a decrease of RMB830.79 million, or approximately 21.36%, compared with the same period of the previous year, which was mainly due to the fact that the Company's major cash management entrusted wealth management investment projects had not yet matured at the end of the reporting period. (4) Cash outflow from investing activities of the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB 4,081.96 million, a decrease of RMB 348.17 million, or 7.86%, compared with that of the same period of the previous year, mainly due to the fact that the Company's major cash management entrusted wealth management investment projects had not yet expired at the end of the reporting period, and the Company's remaining amount of cash management investment that could be made with idle fund-raising funds and idle own funds authorized by the general meeting of shareholders was reduced. The decrease was mainly due to the decrease in the amount of cash management entrusted financial investment paid by the Company from the beginning to the end of the reporting period. (5) The cash inflow from financing activities of the Company from the beginning to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB669.28 million million, representing a substantial increase compared with the same period of the previous year, which was mainly attributable to the short-term liquidity financial loans and long-term project loans from commercial banks obtained by the Company in accordance with its dynamic capital demand plan and actively exploring sound and diversified financing channels during the reporting period. (6) Cash outflow from financing activities of the Company from the beginning to the end of the reporting period amounted to RMB662.76 million, representing an increase of RMB263.23 million, or 65.89%, compared with the same period of last year. This was mainly due to the combined effect of the repayment of maturing commercial bank loans by the Company from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period, the decrease in the distribution of annual cash dividends to all shareholders as compared with the same period of the previous year, and the increase in the amount of the Company's own funds utilized to repurchase the Company's ordinary shares by way of centralized competitive bidding in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Directors. II. Shareholders information (i) Total Number of Ordinary Shareholders and the Number of Preferred Shareholders Whose Voting Rights Have Been Restored and Shareholding of Top 10 Shareholders Unit: shares Total number of ordinary Total number of preferred shareholders shareholders at 36,570 with voting rights restored at the end of the end of the the reporting period (if any) reporting period Shareholdings of the top 10 shareholders (excluding shares lent through conversion) Number of Pledged, marked or shares frozen shares Nature of Shareholding Number of Name subject shareholder proportion shares held Status of to trading Quantity shares restriction 11 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Kunming Nuona Domestic non- Technology state-owned 46.08% 195,212,611 Co., Ltd. corporation Tianjin Sequoia Juye Equity Domestic non- Investment state-owned 14.58% 61,763,257 Partnership corporation (Limited partnership) Xiamen Zhenli Domestic non- Consulting state-owned 6.54% 27,685,934 Co., Ltd. corporation Hong Kong Securities Overseas Legal Clearing 3.01% 12,729,726 Entity Company Limited Yunnan Haqisheng Domestic non- Enterprise state-owned 2.60% 10,993,678 Management corporation Co., Ltd. Kuwait Overseas legal Investment 1.25% 5,285,437 persons Authority Xiamen Chonglou Yunshui Domestic non- Investment state-owned 1.09% 4,614,770 Partnership corporation (Limited Partnership) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Efund Miscellaneous 0.88% 3,706,881 GEM Exchange traded Open Index Securities Investment Fund National Social Security Fund Miscellaneous 0.66% 2,816,813 102 Portfolio Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited - Huatai Miscellaneous 0.62% 2,621,584 Berridge CSI 300 Traded Open- End Index Fund Shareholdings of top 10 shareholders with unlimited sales conditions (excluding shares lent through conversion and shares locked up by executives) Number of shares not subject to trading Type and number of shares Shareholder restriction as at the end of reporting Type of period quantities shares 12 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Kunming Nuona Technology Co., RMB 195,212,6 195,212,611 common Ltd. 11 shares Tianjin Sequoia Juye Equity RMB 61,763,25 Investment Partnership 61,763,257 common 7 (Limited Partnership) shares RMB 27,685,93 Xiamen Zhenli Consulting Co., Ltd. 27,685,934 common 4 shares Hong Kong Securities Clearing RMB 12,729,72 12,729,726 common Company Limited 6 shares RMB Yunnan Haqisheng Enterprise 10,993,67 10,993,678 common Management Co., Ltd. 8 shares RMB Government of Kuwait Investment 5,285,437 common 5,285,437 Authority shares Xiamen Chonglou Yunshui RMB Investment Partnership (Limited 4,614,770 common 4,614,770 Partnership) shares Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited RMB Efund GEM Exchange traded Open 3,706,881 common 3,706,881 Index Securities shares Investment Fund National Social Security Fund 102 RMB 2,816,813 common 2,816,813 Portfolio shares Industrial and Commercial Bank of RMB China Limited - Huatai Berridge CSI 2,621,584 common 2,621,584 300 Traded Open-End Index Fund shares Kunming Nuona Technology Co., Ltd. and Yunnan Haqisheng Description on the related relationship Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. are both controlled by Guo Zhenyu or concerted and Kevin Guo (father and the actual controllers of Botanee . Except action among the above shareholders this, we do not know whether other shareholders have an association or a concerted action relationship. Description of top 10 shareholders participating in Not applicable. securities margin trading (if any) Shareholders holding more than 5% of shares, top 10 shareholders and top 10 shareholders with unlimited shares in circulation participating in the lending of shares in the transfer and financing business Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: shares Shareholders holding more than 5% of shares, top 10 shareholders and top 10 shareholders with unlimited shares in circulation participating in the lending of shares in the transfer and financing business Shares lent on Shares lent on the the transfer Name of General and credit General and credit opening transfer facility at the shareholder account holdings at the account holdings at facility and not yet end of the (full name) beginning of the period the end of the period returned period and not yet repatriated 13 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Percen Percent Percent Percentag tage age of age of Total e of total of Total Total number total Total number total number share total number share share capital share capital capital capital Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited - 1,507,481 0.36% 466,500 0.11% 3,706,881 0.88% Efounda GEM Trading Open-End Index Fund Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited - 993,000 0.23% 205,000 0.05% 2,621,584 0.62% Huatai Berridge CSI 300 Traded Open-End Index Fund Top 10 shareholders and top 10 shareholders with unlimited shares outstanding change from the previous period due to lending/return of convertible bonds □ Applicable Not applicable (ii) Total number of preferred shareholders and shareholdings of the top 10 preferred shareholders of the Company □ Applicable Not applicable (iii) Changes in restricted shares Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: shares Increase in Number of Number of the number of Number of restricted shares shares subject restricted Reasons for Name of Date of shares at the released from to selling shares at the trading Shareholder unlocking beginning of lock-up during restrictions end of the restriction the period the period during the period period Kunming Nuona Pre-IPO March 25, 195,212,611 195,212,611 Technology shares 2024 Co., Ltd. Yunnan Pre-IPO March 25, Haqisheng 10,993,678 10,993,678 shares 2024 Enterprise 14 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Management Co., Ltd. Total 206,206,289 206,206,289 iii. Other important matters Applicable□Not applicable For details, please refer to the following important announcement of significant matters disclosed on the China Securities Regulatory Information Net (http://www.cninfo.com.cn). Announcement Other important matters disclosure date Botanee: Board Resolution Announcement August 28, 2024 Botanee: Announcement on the Election of an Independent Director August 28, 2024 Botanee: Resolution Announcement of the First Extraordinary General Meeting of Yunnan Botanee September 19, 2024 Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd. in 2024 Botanee: Announcement on the Completion of Non-Transactional Transfer of the 2024 Employee Stock September 26, 2024 Ownership Plan by Yunnan Botanee Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd. Botanee: Announcement on the Completion of Industrial and Commercial Change Registration and the September 30, 2024 Issuance of a New Business License IV. Quarterly financial statements (i) Financial statements 1. Consolidated balance sheet Prepared by: Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. September 30, 2024 Currency: RMB Item Ending balance Opening balance Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents 1,166,944,088.76 2,091,459,861.58 Settlement reserves Loans to banks and other financial institutions Financial assets held for trading 1,975,892,720.20 1,238,356,707.34 Derivative financial asset Notes receivable 24,502,124.46 Accounts receivable 772,141,683.77 561,761,929.57 Receivables financing 158,885,994.32 156,659,263.78 Prepayments 110,731,725.08 69,279,116.38 Premiums receivable 15 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Reinsurance premium receivable Reserve for reinsurance contracts receivable Other receivables 38,777,891.11 29,748,433.09 Including: interest receivable Dividends receivable Financial assets purchased under agreement store sell Inventories 907,260,378.94 904,413,283.67 Including: d ata resources Contract assets Held for sale assets Non-current assets due within one year Other current assets 434,864,396.83 446,396,252.76 Total current assets 5,565,498,879.01 5,522,576,972.63 Non-current assets: Disbursement of loans and advances to customers Debt investment Other debt investment Long-term receivables Long-term equity investment 242,682,861.29 212,015,151.15 Investment in other equity instruments Other non-current financial assets 91,257,166.53 86,449,823.00 investment property 11,283,316.10 9,021,481.56 fixed assets 668,651,442.61 667,204,436.83 Projects under construction 54,133,845.53 40,220,147.41 Productive biological assets oil and gas assets Right of use assets 186,949,433.90 100,712,614.93 intangible asset 266,963,888.68 193,108,638.64 Including: data resources development expenditure Including: data resources Goodwill 413,740,760.61 413,740,760.61 Long-term amortized expenses 97,510,734.07 93,317,644.84 Deferred tax assets 148,445,896.80 93,131,250.45 Other non-current assets 57,324,945.28 75,431,420.74 Total non-current assets 2,238,944,291.40 1,984,353,370.16 Total assets 7,804,443,170.41 7,506,930,342.79 Current liabilities: short term loan 245,980,003.46 103,816,588.60 Borrowing from the Central Bank 16 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Placements from banks and other financial institutions Financial liabilities held for trading Derivative financial liabilities notes payable 143,651,602.85 67,562,710.23 accounts payable 295,389,468.01 334,370,604.40 Advances from customers Contractual liabilities 69,312,151.22 50,053,638.68 Financial assets sold under agreements to repurchase Customer bank deposits and due to banks and other financial institutions Customer brokerage deposits Securities underwriting broker age deposits Employee remuneration payable 145,836,510.23 106,452,763.55 Taxes payable 114,885,251.36 132,117,765.46 Other accounts payable 105,649,402.21 449,282,195.16 Including: Interest payable dividend payable 4,305.04 Handling charges and commission payable Reinsurance premium payable Held for sale liabilities Non-current liabilities due within one year 72,092,918.09 42,102,294.00 Other current liabilities 17,059,866.66 5,455,465.77 Total current liabilities 1,209,857,174.09 1,291,214,025.85 Non-current liabilities: Insurance contract reserves Long term borrowings 857,142.85 321,300,000.00 4,700,000.00 Bonds payable Including: Preferred shares perpetual bond Lease liabilities 112,675,673.64 63,283,532.61 Long term payables 8,600,000.00 8,600,000.00 Long term employee benefits payable Estimated liabilities Deferred income 56,067,010.53 82,862,738.40 Deferred income tax liabilities 48,997,344.70 40,452,457.50 Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities 547,640,028.87 199,898,728.51 Total liabilities 1,757,497,202.96 1,491,112,754.36 Owners equity: Share capital 423,600,000.00 423,600,000.00 Other equity instruments 17 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Including: Preferred shares perpetual bond Capital reserves 2,849,688,505.04 2,846,004,685.04 Less: Treasury stock 234,717,526.96 109,838,205.82 Other comprehensive income 1,754,310.38 47,153.49 Special reserves Surplus reserve 211,081,299.10 211,081,299.10 General risk provision Undistributed profit 2,652,501,001.37 2,490,099,439.21 Total owner equity attributable to the parent company 5,903,907,588.93 5,860,994,371.02 Minority interest 143,038,378.52 154,823,217.41 Total owners' equity 6,046,945,967.45 6,015,817,588.43 Total liabilities and owners' equity 7,804,443,170.41 7,506,930,342.79 Legal representative: GUO ZHENYU (Guo Zhenyu) Responsible for accounting work: Wang Long Head of accounting organization: Liu Zhaofeng 2. Consolidated statement of income from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period Currency: RMB Amount incurred Amount incurred in Item in current period previous period I. Gross operating income 4,017,760,019.31 3,431,483,300.01 Including: Operating income 4,017,760,019.31 3,431,483,300.01 Interest income Premiums earned Fee and commission income II. Total operating costs 3,633,039,744.40 2,858,745,120.50 Including: Operating costs 1,055,538,266.19 809,234,537.42 interest expense Handling fee and commission expenses surrender charge Net payments for insurance claims Net provision for insurance contract reserves Policy dividend expenses Reinsurance expenses Taxes and surcharges 30,900,651.60 35,221,136.14 Selling expenses 2,009,988,137.89 1,604,575,219.78 Management expenses 339,559,239.61 244,208,517.61 R&D expenses 199,746,862.93 181,945,576.42 financial expenses -2,693,413.82 -16,439,866.87 18 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Including: Interest expense 12,018,475.64 3,783,482.38 Interest income -16,278,220.04 -21,048,656.14 Add: Other gains 53,557,665.37 72,269,211.02 Investment income (losses are recognized with a "-" sign) 46,065,428.13 43,954,011.19 Including: income from investment in associates and 6,067,734.46 2,575,671.82 joint ventures Revenue from de-recognition of financial assets 11,037,059.92 22,253,486.49 at amortized cost Exchange earnings (losses are marked with "-") Net exposure hedging income (losses are marked with "-") Profit arising from changes in fair value (losses are marked 17,367,189.05 -24,026,395.24 with "-") Credit impairment losses (losses are marked with "-") -16,776,630.99 -18,828,711.66 Impairment losses on assets (losses are marked with "-") -10,032,226.21 -10,373,286.18 Incomes of assets disposal (losses are marked with "-") -1,127,052.38 690,013.19 III. Operating profit (loss is shown with a "-" sign) 473,774,647.88 636,423,021.83 Add: Non-operating income 1,867,133.23 597,381.99 Less: Non-operating expenses 12,385,601.16 8,153,423.12 IV. Total profit (losses are marked with “-”) 463,256,179.95 628,866,980.70 Less: Income tax expense 58,740,038.04 63,784,534.19 V. Net profit (net loss is marked with “-”) 404,516,141.91 565,082,446.51 (i) Classified by going concern 1. Net profit from continuing operations (net losses are marked 404,516,141.91 565,082,446.51 with “-”) 2. Net profit from discontinued operations (net losses are marked with “-”) (ii) Classified by attribution of ownership 1. Net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent 414,768,732.22 579,190,052.04 company (losses are marked with “-”) 2. Minority shareholders' gains and losses (net losses are -10,252,590.31 -14,107,605.53 shown with a "-" sign) VI. Net of tax of other comprehensive income 1,707,156.89 Other net after tax comprehensive income attributable to the 1,707,156.89 owners of the parent company (i) Other comprehensive income not reclassifiable to profit or loss 1. Changes arising from re measurement of the defined benefit plan 2. Other comprehensive incomes that cannot be reclassified into profit or loss under the equity method 3. Changes in fair value of other equity instrument investments 4. 4. Changes in fair value of the Company’s credit risk 5. Other (ii) (II) Other comprehensive income to be reclassified into 1,707,156.89 profit or loss 19 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. 1. Other comprehensive income that can be reclassified into profit or loss under the equity method 2. Changes in fair value of other creditor's rights investments 3. Amount of financial assets reclassified into other comprehensive incomes 4. Provision for impairment of credit in other debt investments 5. Reserves for cash flow hedge 6. Translation difference arising from foreign currency 1,707,156.89 financial statements 7. Other Other net after tax comprehensive income attributable to minority shareholders VII. Total comprehensive income 406,223,298.80 565,082,446.51 (i) Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the 416,475,889.11 579,190,052.04 parent company (ii) Total comprehensive income attributable to minority -10,252,590.31 -14,107,605.53 shareholders VIII. Earnings per share: (i) Basic earnings per share 0.99 1.37 (ii) Diluted earnings per share 0.98 1.36 If a business combination under the same control occurred during the current period, the net profit realized by the party to be combined before the combination was: RMB0.00, and the net profit realized by the party to be combined during the previous period was: RMB0.00. Legal representative: GUO ZHENYU (Guo Zhenyu) Responsible for accounting work: Wang Long Head of accounting organization: Liu Zhaofeng 3. Consolidated statement of cash flows from the beginning of the year to the end of the reporting period Currency: RMB Current period's Prior period's Item incidence incidence i. Cash flows from operating activities: Cash received from sales of goods and services 4,150,344,725.28 3,573,436,910.68 Net increase in customer deposits and interbank deposits Net increase in borrowing from central banks Net increase in remittances to other financial institutions Cash received from premiums for original insurance contracts Net cash received from reinsurance operations Net increase in policyholder deposits and investments Cash received for interest, fees and commissions Net increase in inward remittances Net increase in funding of repurchase operations Net cash received from agency trading of securities Tax refunds received 1,630,856.89 20 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Other cash received in connection with operating activities 51,973,396.60 149,173,300.73 Subtotal cash inflow from operating activities 4,202,318,121.88 3,724,241,068.30 Cash paid for goods and services 1,005,373,762.95 1,053,969,466.72 Net increase in loans and advances to customers Net increase in deposits with central banks and interbanks Cash payments for original insurance contract claims Net increase in funds disbursed Cash paid for interest, fees and commissions Cash to pay policy dividends Cash paid to and for employees 604,362,717.49 509,119,848.43 Taxes paid 326,027,800.23 359,500,880.23 Payments of other cash related to operating activities 2,260,123,822.90 1,677,185,343.89 Subtotal cash outflows from operating activities 4,195,888,103.57 3,599,775,539.27 Net cash flows from operating activities 6,430,018.31 124,465,529.03 II. Cash flows from investing activities: Cash received from recovery of investments 3,016,000,000.00 3,837,117,111.10 Cash received from investment income 42,100,345.36 49,977,252.83 Net cash recovered from disposal of fixed assets, intangible 1,232,570.96 3,028,596.00 assets and other long-term assets Net cash received from disposal of subsidiaries and other operating units Other cash received related to investing activities Subtotal cash inflows from investing activities 3,059,332,916.32 3,890,122,959.93 Cash paid for acquisition of fixed assets, intangible assets 256,370,321.69 155,177,265.42 and other long-term assets Cash paid for investments 3,825,588,755.51 4,270,949,388.23 Net increase in pledged loans Net cash paid for acquisition of subsidiaries and other 4,002,084.65 operating units Payments of other cash related to investing activities Subtotal cash outflows from investing activities 4,081,959,077.20 4,430,128,738.30 Net cash flows from investing activities -1,022,626,160.88 -540,005,778.37 III. Cash flows from financing activities: Cash received from absorption of investments 40.45 7,500,000.00 Including: Cash received by subsidiaries from minority 40.45 7,500,000.00 investments Cash received from acquisition of loans 669,280,003.46 Other cash received related to financing activities Subtotal cash inflow from financing activities 669,280,043.91 7,500,000.00 Cash paid for debt service 210,500,000.00 Cash paid for distribution of dividends, profits or interest 260,571,328.55 340,681,873.24 payments Including: Dividends and profits paid by subsidiaries to 1,524,590.73 1,801,873.24 minority shareholders 21 Quarterly Report 2024 Q3 of Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co., Ltd. Payments of other cash related to financing activities 191,683,852.25 58,844,798.71 Subtotal cash outflows from financing activities 662,755,180.80 399,526,671.95 Net cash flows from financing activities 6,524,863.11 -392,026,671.95 IV. Impact of exchange rate changes on cash and cash 1,267,109.90 5,023.00 equivalents V. Net increase in cash and cash equivalents -1,008,404,169.56 -807,561,898.29 Add: Cash and cash equivalents balance at beginning of 2,073,592,890.89 2,440,692,701.42 period VI. Cash and cash equivalents balance at end of period 1,065,188,721.33 1,633,130,803.13 Legal representative: GUO ZHENYU (Guo Zhenyu) Responsible for accounting work: Wang Long Head of accounting organization: Liu Zhaofeng (ii) Adjustments to financial statements at the beginning of the year of first implementation of new accounting standards for the first time starting from 2024 □ Applicable Not applicable (iii) Audit reports Whether the third quarterly report was audited □ Yes No The company's third quarter report is unaudited. Board of Directors of Yunnan Botanee Bio Technology Group Co., Ltd. October 23, 2024 22