ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Stock Code: 301330 Abbreviation of Securities: ZKTECO Announcement No.: 2023-035 ZKTECO CO., LTD. 2023 1st Quarter Report The Company and all members of the Board of Directors guarantee that the information disclosed is true, accurate and complete, without any false records, misleading statements or material omissions. Important content tips: 1. The Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors, directors, supervisors, and senior management guarantee that the information presented in this report is true, accurate and complete without any false records, misleading statements or material omissions, and will undertake individual and joint legal liabilities. 2. The Company's legal representative, the person in charge of the accounting work, and the person in charge of accounting institution (accounting supervisor) hereby declare that the financial information in this report is true, accuracy, and complete. 3. Whether the 1st quarter report has been audited □ Yes No 1 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report I. Key Financial Data (I) Main Accounting Data and Financial Indicators Whether the Company performed a retroactive adjustment or restatement of the previous accounting data Yes □ No Reasons for retroactive adjustment or restatement of the previous accounting data Changes in accounting policies □ Correction of accounting errors □ Merger of enterprise under the same control □ Other reasons Increase/decrease in this reporting period Current reporting The same period last year compared to the same period period last year (%) Before adjustment After adjustment After adjustment Operating revenue 403,022,827.48 432,406,206.03 432,406,206.03 -6.80% (RMB) Net profit attributable to shareholders of 31,690,542.22 29,319,200.73 29,376,601.09 7.88% listed companies (RMB) Net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies after 30,281,180.21 25,767,460.21 25,824,860.57 17.26% deducting non- recurring profits and losses (RMB) Net cash flows from operating activities 64,369,898.55 -17,379,274.58 -17,379,274.58 470.38% (RMB) Basic earnings per 0.2098 0.2633 0.2638 -20.47% share (RMB/share) Diluted earnings per 0.2121 0.2633 0.2638 -19.60% share (RMB/share) Weighted average 1.03% 2.11% 2.12% -1.09% return on net assets (%) Increase or decrease at the end of this At the end of this At the end of the previous year reporting period reporting period compared to the end of the previous year (%) Before adjustment After adjustment After adjustment Total assets (RMB) 3,675,155,941.36 3,655,960,456.30 3,662,519,973.00 0.35% Owner's equity attributable to 3,094,886,204.45 3,057,467,189.68 3,057,720,783.95 1.22% shareholders of the listed company (RMB) Reasons for changes in accounting policies and situations of correction of accounting errors On November 30, 2022, the Ministry of Finance issued and implemented the "Interpretation No. 16 of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises", which stipulates that "deferred income tax related to assets and liabilities arising from individual transactions shall not be subject to the accounting treatment of initial recognition exemption". The Company shall implement it from January 1, 2023. For the lease liabilities and right-of-use assets recognized due to the application of this regulation in the earliest period of financial statement presentation for the first time, as well as the estimated liabilities and corresponding assets related to the disposal obligation recognized, which generate taxable temporary differences and deductible temporary differences, the Company shall adjust the cumulative impact to present the initial retained earnings and other related financial statement items for the earliest period in the 2 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report financial statements in accordance with this regulation and the provisions of "Accounting Standards for Enterprises No. 18 - Income Tax". (II) Items and Amounts of Non-recurring Gains and Losses Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Item Amount during this reporting period Remarks Losses and gains from disposal of non- current assets (including the offsetting -217,760.67 portion of the provision for asset impairment) Government subsidies included in current profits and losses (except those closely related to the normal business of Mainly due to government subsidies the Company, which are in line with 1,739,891.98 received during the reporting period national policies and regulations and continue to be enjoyed in accordance with certain standards or quotas) Capital occupancy fees charged to non- financial enterprises included in current 12,971.53 profits and losses In addition to the effective hedging business related to the normal business of the Company, the profits and losses from fair value changes arising from the holding of trading financial assets and 354,202.50 trading financial liabilities as well as investment income from the disposal of trading financial assets, trading financial liabilities and available-for-sale financial assets Other non-operating income and -192,773.53 expenses other than the above items Other profit and loss items that meet the definition of non-recurring profits and 0.00 losses Less: income tax impact 204,066.33 Minority interest impact (after tax) 83,103.47 Total 1,409,362.01 Details of other profit and loss items that meet the definition of non-recurring profits and losses □ Applicable Not applicable The Company does not have other specific conditions of profit and loss items that meet the definition of non-recurring profit and loss. Explanations on classifying any non-recurring gain/loss item mentioned in the "Explanatory Announcement for Information Disclosure by Companies that Issue Securities to the Public No. 1 - Non-recurring Gains and Losses" as recurring gain/loss item □ Applicable Not applicable The Company does not classify any non-recurring gain/loss item mentioned in the "Explanatory Announcement for Information Disclosure by Companies that Issue Securities to the Public No. 1 - Non-recurring Gains and Losses" as recurring gain/loss item. (III) Changes and Reasons for Changes in Key Accounting Data and Financial Indicators Applicable □ Not applicable 3 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Balance Sheet Items March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Change ratio Reasons Trading financial asset 52,704,348.13 204,318,406.05 -74.20% Mainly due to the maturity of structured deposits Mainly due to the month on month increase in procurement volume in 2022 Q4, resulting in an Notes payable 129,274,492.93 68,293,818.22 89.29% increase in the issuance of notes payable during the reporting period Income Statement Items January - March 2023 January - March 2022 Change ratio Reasons Mainly due to the fact that during the reporting period, the amount of bank deposits significantly Financial expenses -8,461,054.18 -1,435,819.60 -489.28% increased compared to the same period last year, resulting in a significant increase in interest income Mainly due to the year-on-year increase in the amount Other income 3,354,811.90 2,370,527.35 41.52% of value-added tax immediately collected and refunded received by the subsidiary in this period Mainly due to the lack of forward foreign exchange Income from changes in fair value - -182,854.54 100.00% settlement and sales business in this period Mainly due to the decrease in accounts receivable at Losses from credit impairment 818,545.26 266,734.44 -206.88% the end of this period, resulting in the reversal of bad debt reserves Cash Flow Statement Items January - March 2023 January - March 2022 Change ratio Reasons Mainly due to the decrease in purchase payments Net cash flows from operating activities 64,369,898.55 -17,379,274.58 470.38% made in the current period compared to the same period last year Mainly due to the increase in the maturity or redemption amount of current time deposits and financial products compared to the same period last Net cash flows from operating activities 8,704,305.63 -11,849,084.85 173.46% year, which is higher than the increase in the purchase amount of current term deposits and financial products compared to the same period last year Mainly due to the higher amount of cash dividends Net cash flows from financing activities -20,327,769.95 -7,986,494.23 -154.53% paid by subsidiaries to shareholders in the current period compared to the same period last year Mainly due to the impact of exchange rate Effect of fluctuation in exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents -3,672,657.75 -1,008,437.54 -264.19% fluctuations. 4 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report II. Shareholder Information (I) Table of the Total Number of Common Shareholders and the Number of Preferred Shareholders with Resumed Voting Rights and information about Top Ten Shareholders Unit: share Total number of common Total number of preferred shareholders whose voting shareholders at the end of the 17,418 rights have been recovered at the end of the reporting 0 reporting period period (if any) Particulars about the top 10 shareholders Number of Pledged, marked or frozen Total shares Name of Nature of Shareholding shares with held at the shareholder shareholder percentage (%) trading Share status Amount period-end restrictions Shenzhen Domestic non ZKTeco Times state-owned 30.30% 45,000,000.00 45,000,000.00 Investment Co., corporation Ltd. Domestic Che Quanhong 17.62% 26,171,000.00 26,171,000.00 individual Shenzhen JYSJ Investment Domestic non Enterprise state-owned 7.31% 10,852,000.00 10,852,000.00 (Limited corporation Partnership) Shenzhen JYHY Domestic non Investment state-owned 7.21% 10,708,500.00 10,708,500.00 Enterprise corporation (Limited Partnership) Dongguan LX Investment Domestic non Partnership state-owned 5.12% 7,600,000.00 7,600,000.00 Enterprise corporation (Limited Partnership) Shenzhen JYLX Domestic non Consulting state-owned 2.46% 3,652,600.00 3,652,600.00 Enterprise corporation (Limited Partnership) Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Investment Management Co., Ltd. - Other 1.76% 2,612,540.00 2,612,540.00 Qingdao Walden Zhongxiang Investment Center (Limited 5 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Partnership) Shenzhen Fuhai Juanyong I Domestic non Venture state-owned 1.35% 2,009,646.00 2,009,646.00 Investment corporation Fund (Limited Partnership) Changjiang Wealth Asset Management - Bank of Nanjing - Changjiang Wealth - ZKTeco Other 1.17% 1,733,148.00 1,733,148.00 Employee Strategic Placement No.1 Collective Asset Management Plan National Social Security Fund Other 1.00% 1,479,856.00 0.00 504 Portfolio Particulars about shares held by the Top 10 common shareholders holding shares that are not subject to trading restriction(s) Types of shares Name of shareholder Number of shares without trading restrictions Type Amount National Social Security Fund 504 RMB ordinary 1,479,856.00 1,479,856.00 Portfolio shares Hong Kong Securities Clearing RMB ordinary 740,930.00 740,930.00 Company Limited shares China International Capital RMB ordinary 546,628.00 546,628.00 Corporation Limited shares RMB ordinary Wang Zheng 442,300.00 442,300.00 shares Shenzhen Upright Asset Management Co., Ltd. - Upright RMB ordinary 413,912.00 413,912.00 Elite - Penghui No.1 Securities shares Investment Fund Shenzhen Upright Asset Management Co., Ltd. - Upright RMB ordinary 379,055.00 379,055.00 Cornerstone Investment No. 1 shares Fund RMB ordinary Liang Qiming 300,078.00 300,078.00 shares RMB ordinary CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. 274,777.00 274,777.00 shares RMB ordinary Zhu Qizhong 161,600.00 161,600.00 shares RMB ordinary Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. 161,195.00 161,195.00 shares The Company does not know whether there is a related relationship Explanation on associated relationship and concerted between the top 10 shareholders of shares without trading restrictions, as actions among above shareholders well as between the top 10 shareholders outstanding shares without trading restrictions and the top 10 shareholders, or whether they belong 6 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report to persons acting in concert. Among the top 10 shareholders without trading restrictions, Wang Zheng held a total of 442,300 shares of the Company at the end of the reporting period, including 0 share held through ordinary securities accounts and Information on Top 10 shareholders of participating 442,300 shares held through a margin account of Chinalin Securities Co., in margin trading and short selling business (if any) Ltd. At the end of the reporting period, Zhu Qizhong held a total of 161,600 shares of the Company, including 0 share held through ordinary securities accounts and 161,600 shares held through a margin account of Zheshang Securities Co., Ltd. (II) Total Number of Preferred Shareholders and information about Top 10 Preferred Shareholders □ Applicable Not applicable (III) Changes in Restricted Shares Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: share Number of Number of Number of Increase in Date of restricted shares released restricted Name of restricted Reason for releasing from shares at the from trading shares at the shareholder shares in this restrictions trading beginning of restrictions in end of the period restrictions the period this period period Shenzhen Restricted ZKTeco Times February 17, 45,000,000.00 45,000,000.00 shares before Investment Co., 2026 IPO Ltd. Restricted February 17, Che Quanhong 26,171,000.00 26,171,000.00 shares before 2026 IPO One quarter of the shares will Shenzhen JYSJ be unlocked Investment Restricted from August Enterprise 10,852,000.00 10,852,000.00 shares before 17, 2023, until (Limited IPO all shares are Partnership) unlocked on August 17, 2026 One quarter of the shares will Shenzhen be unlocked JYHY Restricted from August Investment 10,708,500.00 10,708,500.00 shares before 17, 2023, until Enterprise IPO all shares are (Limited unlocked on Partnership) August 17, 2026 Dongguan LX Investment Restricted Partnership August 17, 7,600,000.00 7,600,000.00 shares before Enterprise 2025 IPO (Limited Partnership) Shenzhen 3,652,600.00 3,652,600.00 Restricted One quarter of 7 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report JYLX shares before the shares will Consulting IPO be unlocked Enterprise from August (Limited 17, 2023, until Partnership) all shares are unlocked on August 17, 2026 Shenzhen Fuhai Juanyong I Restricted Venture August 17, 2,009,646.00 2,009,646.00 shares before Investment 2023 IPO Fund (Limited Partnership) Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Investment Management Restricted August 17, Co., Ltd. - 1,406,752.00 1,406,752.00 shares before 2023 Yiwu Walden IPO Yuanjing Venture Capital Center (Limited Partnership) Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Investment Management Restricted Co., Ltd. - August 17, 2,612,540.00 2,612,540.00 shares before Qingdao 2023 IPO Walden Zhongxiang Investment Center (Limited Partnership) One quarter of Shenzhen the shares will JYQL be unlocked Investment and Restricted from August Consulting 1,356,000.00 1,356,000.00 shares before 17, 2023, until Enterprise IPO all shares are (Limited unlocked on Partnership) August 17, 2026 Changjiang Wealth Asset Management - Bank of Nanjing - Changjiang Restricted August 17, 1,733,148.00 1,733,148.00 Wealth - shares after IPO 2023 ZKTeco Employee Strategic Placement No.1 Collective 8 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Asset Management Plan Changjiang Wealth Asset Management - Bank of Nanjing - Changjiang Wealth - Restricted August 17, ZKTeco 272,022.00 272,022.00 shares after IPO 2023 Employee Strategic Placement No.2 Collective Asset Management Plan Offline issuance Restricted February 17, 1,865,168.00 1,865,168.00 0.00 restricted shares after IPO 2023 shares Total 115,239,376.00 1,865,168.00 0.00 113,374,208.00 III. Other Important Events Applicable □ Not applicable 1. On January 18, 2023, the Company held the 23rd Session of the Second Board Meeting and the 17th Session of the Second Supervisory Board Meeting,On February 6, 2023, the Company held the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2023, and deliberated and approved the "Proposal on Changing the Investment Projects of Raised Funds, Changing the Special Account for Raised Funds, Increasing Capital and Providing Loans to Subsidiaries to Implement Investment Projects". The Company agreed to change the original investment project "Tangxia Production Base Construction Project" (hereinafter referred to as "the original investment project") to "Multimodal Biometrics Digitalization Industrial Base Construction Project of ZKTeco" (hereinafter referred to as "the new investment project"), and the original investment project will no longer be constructed. The original investment project was constructed by the Company as the main entity, while the new investment project was implemented by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, ZKTECO (GUANGDONG) CO., LTD The total investment amount of the new investment project is RMB 431.8689 million. The new investment project uses the unused raised funds and over-raised funds of the original investment project, as well as the corresponding fund returns. Among them, the raised funds of the original investment project are RMB 248.4118 million, and the over-raised funds are RMB 147.6392 million. The actual income of the funds corresponding to these two parts shall be based on the net income of the funds corresponding to the transfer of relevant funds to the special account for the new investment project after approval by the shareholders' meeting. The insufficient part will be invested by ZKTECO (GUANGDONG) CO., LTD with its own funds. 2. Due to the need of strategic planning and business development, the Company and PT Digital Mediatama Maxima Tbk. (hereinafter referred to as "DMMX") jointly invested and established ZKDIGIMAX PTE. LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "ZKDIGIMAX") in Singapore through the wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore, ZKTECO SG INVESTMENT PTE.LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "ZKTECO SG INVESTMENT"). The registered capital of ZKDIGIMAX is USD 20 million, of which ZKTECO SG INVESTMENT subscribed USD 16 million and DMMX subscribed USD 4 million. In March 2023, ZKDIGIMAX completed the registration procedures for its establishment in Singapore. On March 31, 2023, ZKTECO SG INVESTMENT and DMMX officially signed the "Shareholders' Agreement". The Company's overseas investment to establish a secondary controlling 9 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report subsidiary is mainly based on the strategic layout of the Company's business development. By focusing on and promoting the integration of DMMX's IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), CMS (Content Management System) and management service solutions with intelligent digital signage of ZKTeco, BioCV computer vision human-computer interaction technology, Minerva IoT cloud platform and service capabilities, smart business SaaS cloud platforms and AI services are provided for retails, catering and other scenarios, promoting the digital upgrading of global retail and catering enterprises, thereby further expanding the Company's market size, improving its performance level, and enhancing its competitiveness. 3. The Company held the 24th Session of the Second Board Meeting on March 21, 2023, and deliberated and approved the "Proposal on the Election and Nomination of Non-Independent Director Candidates for the Third Board of Directors" and the "Proposal on the Election and Nomination of Independent Director Candidates for the Third Board of Directors". The board of directors agreed to nominate Mr. Che Quanhong, Mr. Jin Hairong, Mr. Ma Wentao, and Mr. Fu Zhiqian as non-independent director candidates for the third board of directors, and agreed to nominate Mr. Pang Chunlin, Ms. Zhuo Shuyan, and Ms. Dong Xiuqin as independent director candidates for the third board of directors. On the same day, the Ccompany held the 18th Session of the Second Supervisory Board Meeting, and deliberated and approved the "Proposal on the Election and Nomination of Candidates for Non-employee Representative Supervisors of the 3rd Board of Supervisors". The board of supervisors nominated Mr. Wang Huineng and Mr. Yang Xianfeng as candidates for non-employee representative supervisors of the 3rd Board of Supervisors. The board of directors proposed to convene the third extraordinary general meeting of the Company for 2023 at 14:00 on April 7, 2023 to review the aforementioned matters. 4. On January 30, 2023, XIAMEN ZKTECO CO., LTD., a subsidiary of the Company, signed a "Credit Line Contract" numbered XYXXZE Zi No. 2023003 with Xiamen Branch of Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. The maximum principal amount of the credit line under this Contract is converted into RMB 40 million, and the specific types of credit line business include but are not limited to short-term working capital loans, medium-term working capital loans, working capital loans (technology innovation fund R&D loans), bank acceptance bills, non-financing letter of guarantee business, and bill pool financing business, which revolve within the limit. On January 30, 2023, the subsidiary of the Company, XIAMEN ZKTECO CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the "borrower") signed a "Technology Innovation Fund Syndicated Loan Contract" with Xiamen Branch of Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "lender", "lead bank", "agent bank") and Xiamen International Trust Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "lender", "participating bank"). All lenders agree to provide the borrower with a loan limit of not more than RMB 8,500,000.00 in total principal. The participating bank and the lead bank, as lenders, shall undertake loans in a ratio of 5:95. The commitment amount of the participating bank shall not exceed RMB 425,000.00, and the commitment amount of the lead bank shall not exceed RMB 8,075,000.00. The Contract stipulates that the borrower shall use each fund withdrawn for the R&D investment of XIAMEN ZKTECO CO., LTD. The fixed interest rate of the loan is 3.60%, with Xiamen International Trust Co., Ltd. bearing 1.60% of the interest expense. The loan term is 3 years and interest is paid quarterly. IV. Quarterly Financial Statements (I) Financial Statements 1. Consolidated Balance Sheet Unit: RMB Item March 31, 2023 January 1, 2023 Current assets: Monetary funds 2,109,889,614.34 1,912,945,031.97 Deposit reservation for balance Lendings to banks and other financial institutions 10 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Trading financial asset 52,704,348.13 204,318,406.05 Derivative financial assets Notes receivable Accounts receivable 373,491,838.79 403,497,924.27 Receivable financing Prepayment 39,001,896.08 30,954,685.58 Premiums receivable Reinsurance accounts receivable Reserves for reinsurance contract receivable Other receivables 29,953,316.74 34,207,287.53 Including: interest receivable Dividends receivable Buying back the sale of financial assets Inventories 329,071,668.72 348,280,641.59 Contract assets 301,199.94 306,799.94 Held-for-sale assets Non-current assets due within one year 10,025,638.89 10,025,638.89 Other current assets 18,753,070.16 17,861,354.81 Total current assets 2,963,192,591.79 2,962,397,770.63 Non-current assets: Loans and advances to customers Debt investment 13,852,657.12 12,331,160.29 Other debt investment Long-term receivables Long-term equity investment 7,178,211.15 7,151,332.70 Other equity instrument investments Other non-current financial assets Investment real estate Fixed assets 454,727,805.27 446,857,509.06 Construction in progress 56,073,306.74 57,041,298.90 Productive biological assets Oil and gas assets Right-of-use asset 48,513,942.15 50,640,675.59 Intangible assets 67,898,374.16 68,110,512.79 Development expenditures Goodwill 489,765.16 496,386.40 Long-term deferred expenses 3,164,927.93 3,056,310.34 Deferred income tax assets 58,566,018.09 53,309,238.98 Other non-current assets 1,498,341.80 1,127,777.32 Total non-current assets 711,963,349.57 700,122,202.37 Total assets 3,675,155,941.36 3,662,519,973.00 Current liabilities: Short-term loan 9,855,000.00 9,855,000.00 Borrowings from the Central Bank Borrowings from banks and other financial institutions Trading financial liabilities Derivative financial liabilities Notes payable 129,274,492.93 68,293,818.22 Accounts payable 160,708,067.88 226,000,476.96 Advances from customer Contract liabilities 52,569,505.97 58,838,840.39 Financial assets sold for repurchase Deposit from customers and interbank 11 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Acting trading securities Acting underwriting securities Payroll payable 53,067,064.84 58,940,852.80 Taxes and dues payable 26,263,892.33 22,621,805.04 Other payables 30,663,110.03 31,429,478.43 Including: interest payable Dividends payable Handling charges and commissions payable Reinsurance accounts receivable Liabilities held for sale Non-current liabilities due within one 21,279,647.91 23,718,225.39 year Other current liabilities 19,981,038.10 21,173,620.79 Total current liabilities 503,661,819.99 520,872,118.02 Non-current liabilities: Reserves for insurance contracts Long-term loan 120,021.80 141,757.54 Bonds payable Including: preferred stock Perpetual bonds Lease liabilities 28,034,876.93 28,256,717.44 Long-term payables Long-term payroll payable Estimated liabilities 600,000.00 600,000.00 Deferred income 1,993,164.27 2,039,702.49 Deferred tax liability 9,428,115.92 9,833,050.63 Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities 40,176,178.92 40,871,228.10 Total liabilities 543,837,998.91 561,743,346.12 Owner's equity: Share capital 148,492,051.00 148,492,051.00 Other equity instruments Including: preferred stock Perpetual bonds Capital reserve 2,071,464,420.86 2,061,172,912.28 Less: treasury stock Other comprehensive income 437,545.51 5,254,175.81 Special reserve Surplus reserves 53,975,085.77 53,975,085.77 General risk reserves Undistributed profits 820,517,101.31 788,826,559.09 Total owner's equity attributable to the 3,094,886,204.45 3,057,720,783.95 parent company Minority interests 36,431,738.00 43,055,842.93 Total owner's equity 3,131,317,942.45 3,100,776,626.88 Total liabilities and owner's equity 3,675,155,941.36 3,662,519,973.00 Legal Representative: Jin Hairong. Person in charge of accounting work: Wang Youwu . Person in charge of accounting department: Fang Li 2. Consolidated Income Statement Unit: RMB Item 2023 Q1 2022 Q1 I. Total operating revenue 403,022,827.48 432,406,206.03 12 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Including: operating revenue 403,022,827.48 432,406,206.03 Interest income Premium earned Revenue from handling charges and commissions II. Total operating cost 366,431,964.03 401,456,417.15 Including: operating cost 206,936,533.66 246,039,041.25 Interest expense Expenses from handling charges and commissions Surrender value Net payments for insurance claims Net provisions for policy reserves Policy dividend expenses Reinsurance expenses Taxes and surcharges 2,815,533.99 4,775,517.36 Selling expenses 89,773,070.43 82,244,779.64 Administrative expenses 27,990,999.21 25,847,105.52 R&D expenses 47,376,880.92 43,985,792.98 Financial expenses -8,461,054.18 -1,435,819.60 Including: interest expenses 770,609.19 786,239.36 Interest income 15,105,655.30 1,816,778.36 Plus: other income 3,354,811.90 2,370,527.35 Investment income ( loss 1,975,900.37 2,840,616.00 expressed with "-") Including: income from investment in associates and joint 806,641.55 671,953.22 ventures Gains from derecognition of financial assets measured atamortized cost Gains from foreign exchange (loss expressed with "-") Gains from net exposure hedging (loss expressed with "-") Gains from changes in fair value -182,854.54 (loss expressed with "-") Losses from credit impairment 818,545.26 266,734.44 (loss expressed with "-") Losses from impairment of assets -3,282,698.64 -2,898,435.54 (loss expressed with "-") Gains from disposal assets (loss -203,207.68 17,120.23 expressed with "-") III. Operating profit (loss expressed with 39,254,214.66 33,363,496.82 "-") Plus: non-operating revenue 96,744.56 523,752.02 Less: non-operating expenditure 304,657.32 242,237.53 IV. Total profit (loss expressed with "-") 39,046,301.90 33,645,011.31 13 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report Less: income tax expenses 1,529,528.60 2,291,976.82 V. Net profit (loss expressed with "-") 37,516,773.30 31,353,034.49 (I) Classification by business continuity 1. Net profit from continuing 37,516,773.30 31,353,034.49 operations (net loss expressed with "-") 2. Net profit from discontinued operations (net loss expressed with "-") (II) Classification by ownership 1. Net profits attributable to owners 31,690,542.22 29,376,601.09 of parent company 2. Minority shareholders' profit and 5,826,231.08 1,976,433.40 loss VI. Other comprehensive income - Net -4,779,705.56 -2,502,725.26 of Income Tax Net of tax of other comprehensive income attributable to the owner of the -4,816,630.30 -1,684,259.02 parent company Other comprehensive income that 0.00 0.00 cannot be transferred to profit or loss 1. Changes in re-measurement of the defined benefit plan 2. Other comprehensive income that cannot be transferred to profit or loss under the equity method 3. Changes in fair value of other equity instrument investments 4. Changes in the fair value of the Company's own credit risk 5. Other (2) Other comprehensive income -4,816,630.30 -1,684,259.02 that will be reclassified into profit or loss 1. Other comprehensive income that can be transferred to profit or loss under the equity method 2. Changes in fair value of other debt investments 3. Amount of financial assets reclassified into other comprehensive income 4. Provision for credit impairment of other debt investments 5. Cash flow hedging reserve 6. Translation difference of -4,816,630.30 -1,684,259.02 foreign currency financial statements 7. Others After-tax net amount of other comprehensive income attributable to the 36,924.74 -818,466.24 minority shareholders VII. Total comprehensive income 32,737,067.74 28,850,309.23 Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the parent 26,873,911.92 27,692,342.07 company Total comprehensive income 5,863,155.82 1,157,967.16 attributable to minority shareholders VIII. Earnings per share (EPS): (I) Basic earnings per share 0.2098 0.2638 14 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report (II) Diluted earnings per share 0.2121 0.2638 In the event of a merger of enterprise under the same control in the current period, the net profit realized by the combined party before the merger is RMB, and the net profit realized by the combined party in the previous period is RMB. Legal Representative: Jin Hairong Person in charge of accounting work: Wang Youwu Person in charge of accounting department: Fang Li 3. Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Unit: RMB Item 2023 Q1 2022 Q1 I. Cash flows from operating activities: Cash received from sale of goods and 453,759,458.45 470,499,725.02 rendering of services Net increase in deposits from customers and deposits in banks and 0.00 other financial institutions Net increase in borrowings from the 0.00 Central Bank Net increase in borrowings from banks 0.00 and other financial institutions Cash received from receiving insurance premiums of original insurance 0.00 contracts Net cash received from reinsurance 0.00 business Net increase in deposits and 0.00 investments from policyholders Cash received from interest, handling 0.00 fees and commissions Net increase in borrowings from banks 0.00 and other financial institutions Net capital increase in repurchase 0.00 business Net cash received from vicariously 0.00 traded securities Refund of taxes and surcharges 21,026,770.27 11,677,723.19 Cash received from other operating 14,989,016.60 17,614,509.66 activities Subtotal of cash inflows from operating 489,775,245.32 499,791,957.87 activities Cash paid for purchase of goods and 207,708,632.71 295,303,603.46 rendering of services Net increase in loans and advances to 0.00 customers Net increase in deposits in Central Bank and other banks and financial 0.00 institutions Cash paid for original insurance 0.00 contract claims Net increase in lendings to banks and 0.00 other financial institutions Cash paid for interest, handling fees 0.00 15 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report and commissions Cash paid for policy dividends 0.00 Cash paid to and for employees 125,445,116.49 124,338,394.76 Payments of all types of taxes 13,491,315.70 20,902,263.66 Other cash payments relating to 78,760,281.87 76,626,970.57 operating activities Subtotal of cash outflows from operating 425,405,346.77 517,171,232.45 activities Net cash flows from operating activities 64,369,898.55 -17,379,274.58 II. Cash flows from investing activities: Cash received from disinvestment 485,364,529.75 32,341,973.53 Cash received from investment 756,078.92 2,137,798.66 income Net cash received from disposal of fixed assets, intangible assets and other 178,690.17 890.02 long-term assets Net cash received from disposal of 0.00 subsidiaries and other business units Cash received from other investing 0.00 activities Subtotal of cash inflows from investing 486,299,298.84 34,480,662.21 activities Cash paid to acquire and construct fixed assets, intangible assets and other 18,760,852.38 26,446,518.18 long-term assets Cash paid for investments 458,834,140.83 19,883,228.88 Net increase in pledge loans 0.00 Net cash paid to acquire subsidiaries 0.00 and other business units Cash paid for other investing activities 0.00 Subtotal of cash outflows from investing 477,594,993.21 46,329,747.06 activities Net cash flows from operating activities 8,704,305.63 -11,849,084.85 III. Cash flows from financing activities: Cash received from investors 0.00 Including: cash received by subsidiaries from the absorption of 0.00 minority shareholders' investments Cash received from borrowings 0.00 Cash received from other financing 0.00 activities Subtotal of cash inflows from financing 0.00 activities Cash paid for debt repayments 0.00 52,970.04 Cash paid for distribution of dividends 12,487,260.75 328,543.44 and profits or payment of interest Including: dividends and profits paid to minority shareholders by 12,487,260.75 320,642.28 subsidiaries Cash paid for other financing activities 7,840,509.20 7,604,980.75 Subtotal of cash outflows from financing 20,327,769.95 7,986,494.23 activities Net cash flows from financing activities -20,327,769.95 -7,986,494.23 IV. Effect of exchange rate changes on -3,672,657.75 -1,008,437.54 cash and cash equivalents 16 ZKTeco 2023 Q1 Report V. Net increase in cash and cash 49,073,776.48 -38,223,291.20 equivalents Plus: beginning balance of cash and 1,077,608,258.10 516,288,425.76 cash equivalents VI. Closing balance of cash and cash 1,126,682,034.58 478,065,134.56 equivalents (II) Audit Report Whether the 2023 1 st Quarter Report been audited □ Yes No The Company's Q1 Report has not been audited. ZKTECO CO., LTD. Board of Directors April 28, 2023 17