ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Stock Code: 301330 Abbreviation of Securities: ZKTECO Announcement No.: 2023-075 ZKTECO CO., LTD. 2023 3 rd 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 3rd quarter report has been audited □ Yes No 1 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 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 Accounting policy change Increase/dec YoY rease in this change reporting From the during period The same period last year beginning of The same period last year Current the compared to 2023 to the reporting reportin the same end of the period g period period last reporting year period After Before After Before After After adjustm adjustment adjustment adjustment adjustment adjustment ent Operating revenue 502,800,942.03 478,423,074.51 478,423,074.51 5.10% 1,439,983,612.03 1,403,538,024.67 1,403,538,024.67 2.60% (RM B) Net profit attributable to shareholders 49,889,198.20 63,927,831.56 64,035,685.03 -22.09% 138,643,533.82 134,193,053.52 134,267,346.46 3.26% of listed companies (RM B) Net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies 50,126,505.67 60,059,763.70 60,167,617.17 -16.69% 144,602,982.17 134,062,594.86 134,136,887.80 7.80% after deducting non-recurring profits and losses (RM B) Net cash flows from operating - - - - 183,302,835.87 -1,672,945.85 -1,672,945.85 11,056.89% activities (RM B) Basic earnings per share 0.2100 0.5166 0.3805 -44.81% 0.7182 1.1619 0.8390 -14.40% (RM B/share) Diluted earnings per 0.2097 0.5166 0.3805 -44.89% 0.7141 1.1619 0.8390 -14.89% share (RM B/share) Weighted average return 1.58% 3.22% 3.23% -1.65% 4.44% 8.30% 8.30% -3.86% on net assets At the end of this reporting Increase or decrease at the At the end of the previous year period end of this reporting period 2 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report compared to the end of the previous year Before adjustment After adjustment After adjustment Total assets 3,800,739,623.17 3,655,960,456.30 3,662,519,973.00 3.77% (RM B) Owner's equity attributable to shareholders 3,187,091,264.83 3,057,467,189.68 3,057,720,783.95 4.23% of the listed company (RM B) Reasons for changes in accounting policies and situations of correction of accounting errors On November 30, 2022, the M inistry of Finance issued and implemented the "Interpretation No. 16 of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises", which stipulates that "deferred income tax related to asset s 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 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: RM B Amount from the beginning Amount during this reporting Item of 2023 to the end of the Remarks period reporting period Losses and gains from disposal of non-current assets (including the offsetting -197,525.38 -631,161.14 portion of the provision for asset impairment) Government subsidies included in current profits and losses (except those closely related to the normal business of the Company, which are in 1,594,646.45 4,607,003.37 line with national policies and regulations and continue to be enjoyed in accordance with certain standards or quotas) Capital occupancy fees charged to non-financial 12,920.94 39,527.94 enterprises included in current profits and losses In addition to the effective M ainly due to investment hedging business related to gains and losses and changes 1,139,553.13 -6,670,356.22 the normal business of the in fair value generated by Company, the profits and partial forward exchange 3 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report losses from fair value changes settlement to hedge against arising from the holding of exchange rate fluctuations trading financial assets and risk 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 expenses other than the -2,517,579.47 -2,647,690.57 above items Less: income tax impact 268,332.89 725,943.44 M inority interest impact 990.25 -69,171.71 (after tax) Total -237,307.47 -5,959,448.35 - 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 During the reporting period, the operating revenue and gross profit increased by RM B 24.3779 million and RM B 34.0113 million respectively compared to the same period last year, an increase of 5.10% and 16.16%, respectively. However, the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company decreased by RM B 14.1465 million or 22.09% compared to the same period last year, mainly due to the following reasons: (1) The recognized share-based payment amount generated by equity incentives during this reporting period is RM B 10.7791 million, which was not included in the same period last year; (2) During this reporting period, the Company further increased its R&D investment, with R&D expenses (excluding share-based payment) increasing by 13.40% compared to the same period last year; (3) During this reporting period, the sales department's advertising and promotional expenses, exhibition expenses, and personnel compensation expenses for expanding the market increased significantly, with sales expenses (excluding share-based payment) increasing by 8.26% compared to the same period last year; (4) The USD to RM B exchange rate increased significantly during the same period last year, resulting in significant exchange gains. However, during this reporting period, the fluctuation of USD to RM B exchange rate was relatively small, and there were certain exchange losses. Balance Sheet Items September 30, 2023 January 1, 2023 Change ratio Reasons M ainly due to the redemption of Trading financial asset 81,448,599.23 204,318,406.05 -60.14% structured wealth management products upon maturity Construction in 121,456,375.48 57,041,298.90 112.93% M ainly due to the Company's 4 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report progress construction of a multimodal biometrics digitalization industrial base project, resulting in an increase in investment in this period M ainly due to a small number of payable bills issued at the end of 2022 Notes payable 141,733,753.49 68,293,818.22 107.54% and an increase in procurement volume in 2023 Income Statement January - September January - September 2022 Change ratio Reasons Items 2023 M ainly due to the increase in interest Financial expenses -44,978,271.11 -34,685,171.83 -29.68% income from current fund deposits M ainly due to the lack of relevant Other income 8,430,892.85 12,226,993.76 -31.05% subsidies for the subsidy projects for the same period last year in this period M ainly due to losses generated by Income from changes partial forward exchange settlement to -1,955,731.23 -722,849.81 170.56% in fair value hedge against exchange rate fluctuations risk M ainly due to an increase in accounts Losses from credit -4,162,381.02 -2,775,855.38 49.95% receivable leading to an increase in bad impairment debt reserves Cash Flow Statement January - September January - September 2022 Change ratio Reasons Items 2023 M ainly due to an increase in cash received from selling goods and Net cash flows from 183,302,835.87 -1,672,945.85 11056.89% providing services in the current period operating activities and a decrease in cash paid for purchasing goods and receiving services M ainly due to the increase in cash paid for purchasing wealth management Net cash flows from -182,299,863.94 -12,040,820.80 -1414.02% products, investment in ongoing operating activities projects, and external investment payments in this period M ainly due to the receipt of funds raised Net cash flows from -86,869,563.26 1,433,962,592.96 -106.06% from the listing during the same period financing activities last year M ainly due to a decrease in net cash Net increase in cash -83,173,247.43 1,453,069,177.47 -105.72% flow from investing activities and and cash equivalents financing activities in the current period 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 preferred shareholders whose voting Total number of common shareholders at the 18,034 rights have been recovered at the end of the reporting 0 end of the reporting period period (if any) Particulars about the top 10 shareholders Number of Pledged, marked or frozen Nature of Shareholding Total shares held shares with Name of shareholder shareholder percentage at the period-end trading Share status Amount restrictions Domestic non Shenzhen ZKTeco Times state-owned 30.30% 58,500,000 58,500,000 Investment Co., Ltd. legal persons 5 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Domestic Che Quanhong 17.62% 34,022,300 34,022,300 individual Shenzhen JYSJ Investment Domestic non Enterprise (Limited state-owned 7.31% 14,107,600 10,580,700 Partnership) legal persons Shenzhen JYHY Investment Domestic non Enterprise (Limited state-owned 7.21% 13,921,050 10,440,787 Partnership) legal persons Dongguan LX Investment Domestic non Partnership (Limited state-owned 5.12% 9,880,000 9,880,000 Partnership) legal persons Shenzhen JYLX Consulting Domestic non Enterprise (Limited state-owned 2.46% 4,748,380 3,561,285 Partnership) legal persons Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital M anagement Co., Ltd. - Qingdao Walden Other 1.76% 3,396,302 0 Zhongxiang Investment Centre (Limited Partnership) Shenzhen Fuhai Juanyong I Domestic non Venture Investment Fund state-owned 1.35% 2,612,540 0 (Limited Partnership) legal persons Shenzhen JYQL Investment Domestic non and Consulting Enterprise state-owned 0.91% 1,762,800 1,322,100 (Limited Partnership) legal persons Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital M anagement Co., Ltd. - Other 0.66% 1,267,067 0 Yiwu Walden Yuanjing Venture Capital Centre (Limited Partnership) 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 Number RM B Shenzhen JYSJ Investment Enterprise (Limited 3,526,900 denominated 3,526,900 Partnership) ordinary shares RM B Shenzhen JYHY Investment Enterprise 3,480,263 denominated 3,480,263 (Limited Partnership) ordinary shares Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital RM B M anagement Co., Ltd. - Qingdao Walden 3,396,302 denominated 3,396,302 Zhongxiang Investment Centre (Limited ordinary shares Partnership) RM B Shenzhen Fuhai Juanyong I Venture Investment 2,612,540 denominated 2,612,540 Fund (Limited Partnership) ordinary shares Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital RM B M anagement Co., Ltd. - Yiwu Walden Yuanjing 1,267,067 denominated 1,267,067 Venture Capital Centre (Limited Partnership) ordinary shares RM B Shenzhen JYLX Consulting Enterprise 1,187,095 denominated 1,187,095 (Limited Partnership) ordinary shares Changjiang Wealth Asset M anagement - Bank 1,098,092 RM B 1,098,092 6 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report of Nanjing - Changjiang Wealth - ZKTeco denominated Employee Strategic Placement No.1 Collective ordinary shares Asset M anagement Plan RM B Shenzhen Gohedge Fund M anagement Co., 799,630 denominated 799,630 Ltd. - Gohedge Pearl No.1 Private Equity Fund ordinary shares RM B Zhu Yongjian 779,713 denominated 779,713 ordinary shares RM B Liang Qiming 700,000 denominated 700,000 ordinary shares Shareholder Che Quanhong is elder brother of shareholder Che Quanzhong from Shenzhen ZKTeco Times Investment Co., Ltd., and son of Che Jun, partner of Dongguan LX Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership). The shareholder Che Quanhong holds 76.02% of the equity of Shenzhen ZKTeco Times Investment Co., Ltd., being the controlling shareholder of Shenzhen ZKTeco Times Investment Co., Ltd. M eanwhile, Che Quanhong holds 1.18% of the property share of shareholder Dongguan LX Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership). Explanation on associated relationship and concerted actions Che Quanzhong, the younger brother of shareholder Che Quanhong, among above shareholders holds a 23.98% stake in Shenzhen ZKTeco Times Investment Co., Ltd. Che Jun, the father of shareholder Che Quanhong, holds 98.68% of the property share of Dongguan LX Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership). The fund managers of shareholders Qingdao Walden Zhongxiang Equity Investment Center (Limited Partnership) and Yiwu Walden Yuanjing Venture Capital Center (Limited Partnership) are both Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital M anagement Co., Ltd. In addition, there is no affiliated relationship between the other shareholders of the Company. The shareholder Shenzhen Gohedge Fund M anagement Co., Ltd. - Gohedge Pearl No.1 Private Equity Fund holds 674,570 shares of the Information on Top 10 shareholders of participating in margin Company through ordinary securities account, and 125,060 shares of trading and short selling business (if any) the Company through a margin account of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd., totaling 799,630 shares of the Company. (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 restricted Reason for releasing from Name of shareholder shares at the from trading shares at the shares in restrictions trading beginning of restrictions in end of the this period restrictions the period this period period Shenzhen ZKTeco Restricted February 17, 45,000,000 0 13,500,000 58,500,000 Times Investment shares before 2026 7 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Co., Ltd. IPO Restricted February 17, Che Quanhong 26,171,000 0 7,851,300 34,022,300 shares before 2026 IPO One quarter of the shares will be unlocked Shenzhen JYSJ Restricted from August Investment Enterprise 10,852,000 3,526,900 3,255,600 10,580,700 shares before 17, 2023, until (Limited Partnership) IPO all shares are unlocked on August 17, 2026 One quarter of the shares will be unlocked Shenzhen JYHY Restricted from August Investment Enterprise 10,708,500 3,480,263 3,212,550 10,440,787 shares before 17, 2023, until (Limited Partnership) IPO all shares are unlocked on August 17, 2026 Dongguan LX Restricted Investment August 17, 7,600,000 0 2,280,000 9,880,000 shares before Partnership (Limited 2025 IPO Partnership) One quarter of the shares will be unlocked Shenzhen JYLX Restricted from August Consulting Enterprise 3,652,600 1,187,095 1,095,780 3,561,285 shares before 17, 2023, until (Limited Partnership) IPO all shares are unlocked on August 17, 2026 Shenzhen Fuhai Restricted Juanyong I Venture August 22, 2,009,646 2,612,540 602,894 0 shares before Investment Fund 2023 IPO (Limited Partnership) Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital M anagement Co., Restricted August 22, Ltd. - Yiwu Walden 1,406,752 1,828,777 422,025 0 shares before 2023 Yuanjing Venture IPO Capital Centre (Limited Partnership) Huaxin Yuanchuang (Qingdao) Capital M anagement Co., Restricted August 22, Ltd. - Qingdao 2,612,540 3,396,302 783,762 0 shares before 2023 Walden Zhongxiang IPO Investment Centre (Limited Partnership) Shenzhen JYQL One quarter of Restricted Investment and the shares will 1,356,000 440,700 406,800 1,322,100 shares before Consulting Enterprise be unlocked IPO (Limited Partnership) from August 8 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report 17, 2023, until all shares are unlocked on August 17, 2026 Changjiang Wealth Asset M anagement - Bank of Nanjing - Changjiang Wealth - Restricted August 22, 1,733,148 2,253,092 519,944 0 ZKTeco Employee shares after IPO 2023 Strategic Placement No.1 Collective Asset M anagement Plan Changjiang Wealth Asset M anagement - Bank of Nanjing - Changjiang Wealth - Restricted August 22, 272,022 353,629 81,607 0 ZKTeco Employee shares after IPO 2023 Strategic Placement No.2 Collective Asset M anagement Plan Offline issuance Restricted February 17, 1,865,168 1,865,168 0 0 restricted shares shares after IPO 2023 Total 115,239,376 20,944,466 34,012,262 128,307,172 - - III. Other Important Events Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Listing and circulation of some shares already issued before the initial public offering and strategic placement shares in the initial public offering Some of the shares already issued before the Company's initial public offering and the strategic placement shares in the init ial public offering were lifted from restrictions and listed for circulation on August 22, 2023. The specific situation is as follows: there are a total of 9 shareholders for which the restrictions were lifted, and the number of restricted shares listed for circulation is 19,079,298, accounting for 9.8836% of the Company's total share capital. Among them, there are 7 shareholders for which the restrictions have been lifted on shares issued before the initial public offering, and the number of shares is 16,472,577, accounting for 8.5333% of the Company's total share capital. There 2 shareholders for which the restrictions on the initial public offering of strategic placement shares have been lifted, and the number of shares is 2,606,721, accounting for 1.3504% of the Company's total share capital. 2. Bank Credit On September 19, 2023, Dongguan Tangxia Sub-branch of Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. issued a "Credit Statement", granting the Company a credit line of RM B 280 million, with a validity period from September 19, 2023 to September 18, 2024. Among them, RM B 60 million is other exclusive credit lines, occupied by bank accept ance and guarantee deposits; RM B 40 million is a low risk credit line, and 100% deposit is required for low risk businesses; RM B 180 million is a general credit line, RM B 5 million is used for handling capital business on behalf of customers in branches, and the remaining RM B 175 million is used for handling bank acceptance bills, short-term working capital loans and trade financing business. Among them, RM B 80 million is used for credit, and the guarantee way of the other RM B 100 million is pending. The sp ecific use of credit shall be implemented in accordance with the management measures for individual business, and the loan interest rate shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant regulations of Agricultural Bank of China. The proportion of deposit for handling bank acceptance bills and letter of guarantee business shall not be less than 30%, with the bank acceptance bill handling fee within three months being 0.025% of the total invoicing amount. 9 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report IV. Quarterly Financial Statements (I) Financial Statements 1. Consolidated Balance Sheet Prepared by: ZKTECO CO., LTD. September 30, 2023 Unit: RM B Item September 30, 2023 January 1, 2023 Current assets: M onetary funds 2,005,821,024.37 1,912,945,031.97 Deposit reservation for balance Lendings to banks and other financial institutions Trading financial asset 81,448,599.23 204,318,406.05 Derivative financial assets Notes receivable Accounts receivable 456,433,009.21 403,497,924.27 Receivable financing Prepayment 42,184,932.00 30,954,685.58 Premiums receivable Reinsurance accounts receivable Reserves for reinsurance contract receivable Other receivables 38,499,739.75 34,207,287.53 Including: interest receivable Dividends receivable Buying back the sale of financial assets Inventories 338,300,015.56 348,280,641.59 Contract assets 301,199.94 306,799.94 Held-for-sale assets Non-current assets due within one year 10,025,638.89 Other current assets 15,077,688.43 17,861,354.81 Total current assets 2,978,066,208.49 2,962,397,770.63 Non-current assets: Loans and advances to customers Debt investment 41,892,027.22 12,331,160.29 Other debt investment Long-term receivables Long-term equity investment 7,050,362.49 7,151,332.70 Other equity instrument investments Other non-current financial assets 24,000,000.00 Investment real estate 23,555,781.87 Fixed assets 433,815,082.69 446,857,509.06 Construction in progress 121,456,375.48 57,041,298.90 Productive biological assets Oil and gas assets Right-of-use asset 40,432,996.08 50,640,675.59 Intangible assets 66,003,240.17 68,110,512.79 Development expenditures Goodwill 511,724.31 496,386.40 Long-term deferred expenses 2,235,140.03 3,056,310.34 Deferred income tax assets 59,853,160.31 53,309,238.98 10 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Other non-current assets 1,867,524.03 1,127,777.32 Total non-current assets 822,673,414.68 700,122,202.37 Total assets 3,800,739,623.17 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 2,099,555.02 Derivative financial liabilities Notes payable 141,733,753.49 68,293,818.22 Accounts payable 186,666,309.76 226,000,476.96 Advances from customer Contract liabilities 57,507,108.82 58,838,840.39 Financial assets sold for repurchase Deposit from customers and interbank Acting trading securities Acting underwriting securities Payroll payable 39,601,916.38 58,940,852.80 Taxes and dues payable 32,058,524.43 22,621,805.04 Other payables 39,112,651.09 31,429,478.43 Including: interest payable 8,315.00 Dividends payable Handling charges and commissions payable Reinsurance accounts receivable Liabilities held for sale Non-current liabilities due within one 22,194,903.29 23,718,225.39 year Other current liabilities 14,216,429.01 21,173,620.79 Total current liabilities 545,046,151.29 520,872,118.02 Non-current liabilities: Reserves for insurance contracts Long-term loan 8,406,776.30 141,757.54 Bonds payable Including: preferred stock Perpetual bonds Lease liabilities 19,131,141.53 28,256,717.44 Long-term payables Long-term payroll payable Estimated liabilities 600,000.00 600,000.00 Deferred income 1,900,087.84 2,039,702.49 Deferred tax liability 8,873,615.06 9,833,050.63 Other non-current liabilities 210,000.00 Total non-current liabilities 39,121,620.73 40,871,228.10 Total liabilities 584,167,772.02 561,743,346.12 Owner's equity: Share capital 193,039,666.00 148,492,051.00 Other equity instruments Including: preferred stock Perpetual bonds Capital reserve 2,047,020,545.38 2,061,172,912.28 Less: treasury stock Other comprehensive income 17,558,092.62 5,254,175.81 Special reserve Surplus reserves 53,975,085.77 53,975,085.77 General risk reserves 11 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Undistributed profits 875,497,875.06 788,826,559.09 Total owner's equity attributable to the 3,187,091,264.83 3,057,720,783.95 parent company M inority interests 29,480,586.32 43,055,842.93 Total owner's equity 3,216,571,851.15 3,100,776,626.88 Total liabilities and owner's equity 3,800,739,623.17 3,662,519,973.00 Legal Representative: Jin Hairong Person in charge of accounting work: Wang Youwu Person in charge of accounting institution: Fang Li 2. Consolidated income statement Unit: RM B Item 2023 Q3 2022 Q3 I. Total operating revenue 1,439,983,612.03 1,403,538,024.67 Including: operating revenue 1,439,983,612.03 1,403,538,024.67 Interest income Premium earned Revenue from handling charges and commissions II. Total operating cost 1,262,912,308.23 1,251,733,742.80 Including: operating cost 747,237,863.64 797,056,661.33 Interest expense Expenses from handling charges and commissions Surrender value Net payments for insurance claims Net provisions for reserves in insurance liability contracts Policy dividend expenses Reinsurance expenses Taxes and surcharges 14,487,429.74 12,086,514.72 Selling expense 296,766,809.25 257,199,618.38 Administrative expense 93,319,512.60 82,753,203.33 R&D expenses 156,078,964.11 137,322,916.87 Financial expenses -44,978,271.11 -34,685,171.83 Including: interest expenses 2,461,347.10 2,310,259.45 Interest income 45,417,933.63 12,765,104.45 Plus: other income 8,430,892.85 12,226,993.76 Investment income (loss -1,725,758.54 -2,851,452.46 expressed with "-") Including: income from investment in associates and joint 1,812,820.04 1,887,556.49 ventures Gains from derecognition of financial assets measured at amortized cost Gains from foreign exchange (loss expressed with "-") 12 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Gains from net exposure hedging (loss expressed with "-") Gains from changes in fair value -1,955,731.23 -722,849.81 (loss expressed with "-") Losses from credit impairment -4,162,381.02 -2,775,855.38 (loss expressed with "-") Losses from impairment of assets -3,428,778.18 -5,030,757.26 (loss expressed with "-") Gains from disposal of assets -234,164.39 14,745.57 (loss expressed with "-") III. Operating profit (loss expressed with 173,995,383.29 152,665,106.29 "-") Plus: non-operating revenue 780,799.31 748,112.04 Less: non-operating expenditure 3,823,995.51 1,877,488.95 IV Total profit (loss expressed with "-") 170,952,187.09 151,535,729.38 Less: income tax expenses 16,266,701.41 5,533,749.41 V Net profit (loss expressed with "-") 154,685,485.68 146,001,979.97 (I) Classification by business continuity 1. Net profit from continuing 154,685,485.68 146,001,979.97 operations (net loss expressed with "-") 2. Net profit from discontinued operations (net loss expressed with "-") (II) Classification by ownership 1. Net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company (net 138,643,533.82 134,267,346.46 loss expressed with "-") 2. M inority shareholders' profit and 16,041,951.86 11,734,633.51 loss (net loss expressed with "-") VI. Other comprehensive income - after 1,168,896.86 32,538,347.92 tax Net of tax of other comprehensive income attributable to the owner of the 12,303,916.81 31,704,946.32 parent company (I) Other comprehensive income that 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 (II) Other comprehensive income 12,303,916.81 31,704,946.32 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. Change in fair value of other debt investments 3. Amount of financial assets reclassified into other comprehensive income 13 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report 4. Provision for credit impairment of other debt investments 5. Cash flow hedging reserve 6. Translation difference of 12,303,916.81 31,704,946.32 foreign currency financial statements 7. Others After-tax net amount of other comprehensive income attributable to the -11,135,019.95 833,401.60 minority shareholders VII. Total comprehensive income 155,854,382.54 178,540,327.89 (I) Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the parent 150,947,450.63 165,972,292.78 company (II) Total comprehensive income 4,906,931.91 12,568,035.11 attributable to minority shareholders VIII. Earnings per share: (I) Basic earnings per share 0.7182 0.8390 (II) Diluted earnings per share 0.7141 0.8390 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 RM B 0.00, and the net profit realized by the combined party in the previous period is RM B 0.00. Legal Representative: Jin Hairong Person in charge of accounting work: Wang Youwu Person in charge of accounting institution: Fang Li 3. Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Unit: RM B Item 2023 Q3 2022 Q3 I. Cash flows from operating activities: Cash received from sale of goods and 1,487,266,012.39 1,429,208,395.73 rendering of services Net increase in deposits from customers and deposits in banks and other financial institutions Net increase in borrowings from the Central Bank Net increase in borrowings from banks and other financial institutions Cash received from receiving insurance premiums of original insurance contracts Net cash received from reinsurance business Net increase in deposits and investments from policyholders Cash received from interest, handling fees and commissions Net increase in borrowings from banks and other financial institutions Net capital increase in repurchase business Net cash received from vicariously traded securities Refund of taxes and surcharges 48,522,171.18 40,371,738.83 14 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Cash received from other operating 34,026,186.26 59,468,312.19 activities Subtotal of cash inflows from operating 1,569,814,369.83 1,529,048,446.75 activities Cash paid for purchase of goods and 729,304,911.13 905,799,976.85 rendering of services Net increase in loans and advances to customers Net increase in deposits in Central Bank and other banks and financial institutions Cash paid for original insurance contract claims Net increase in lendings to banks and other financial institutions Cash paid for interest, handling fees and commissions Cash paid for policy dividends Cash paid to and for employees 412,108,352.14 376,666,397.24 Payments of all types of taxes 54,586,811.26 62,007,657.83 Other cash payments relating to 190,511,459.43 186,247,360.68 operating activities Subtotal of cash outflows from operating 1,386,511,533.96 1,530,721,392.60 activities Net cash flows from operating activities 183,302,835.87 -1,672,945.85 II. Cash flows from investing activities: Cash received from disinvestment 549,376,181.66 84,671,435.32 Cash received from investment 2,499,098.17 1,333,253.66 income Net cash received from disposal of fixed assets, intangible assets and other 343,862.87 381,494.14 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 552,219,142.70 86,386,183.12 activities Cash paid to acquire and construct fixed assets, intangible assets and other 108,652,539.76 60,109,142.96 long-term assets Cash paid for investments 619,025,771.88 31,829,460.96 Net increase in pledge loans Net cash paid to acquire subsidiaries and other business units Cash paid for other investing activities 6,840,695.00 6,488,400.00 Subtotal of cash outflows from investing 734,519,006.64 98,427,003.92 activities Net cash flows from operating activities -182,299,863.94 -12,040,820.80 III. Cash flows from financing activities: Cash received from investors 2,445,378.21 1,486,667,165.16 Including: cash received by subsidiaries from the absorption of 2,445,378.21 minority shareholders' investments Cash received from borrowings 8,500,000.00 15 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report Cash received from other financing 0.00 activities Subtotal of cash inflows from financing 10,945,378.21 1,486,667,165.16 activities Cash paid for debt repayments 224,246.01 152,016.85 Cash paid for distribution of dividends 73,168,224.18 6,423,466.51 and profits or payment of interest Including: dividends and profits paid to minority shareholders by 21,116,705.95 6,403,557.60 subsidiaries Cash paid for other financing activities 24,422,471.28 46,129,088.84 Subtotal of cash outflows from financing 97,814,941.47 52,704,572.20 activities Net cash flows from financing activities -86,869,563.26 1,433,962,592.96 IV Effect of exchange rate changes on 2,693,343.90 32,820,351.16 cash and cash equivalents V Net increase in cash and cash -83,173,247.43 1,453,069,177.47 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 994,435,010.67 1,969,357,603.23 equivalents (II) Implementation of new accounting standards adjustment for the first time starting from 2023. Relevant project information on financial statements at the beginning of the year Applicable □ Not applicable Adjustment description According to the relevant provisions of the "Interpretation No. 16 of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises", the Company has made the following adjustments to the beginning balance of 2023 for certain accounts in the consolidated balance sheet: Adjustment of some accounts involved in the consolidated balance sheet Unit: RMB Item December 31, 2022 January 1, 2023 Adjustments Deferred income tax assets 46,749,722.28 53,309,238.98 6,559,516.70 Deferred tax liability 3,557,844.83 9,833,050.63 6,275,205.80 Other comprehensive income 5,255,222.65 5,254,175.81 -1,046.84 Undistributed profits 788,571,917.98 788,826,559.09 254,641.11 M inority interests 43,025,126.30 43,055,842.93 30,716.63 (III) Audit Report Whether the 3rd Quarter Report has been audited □ Yes No The Company's Q3 Report has not been audited. 16 ZKTeco 2023 Q3 Report ZKTECO CO., LTD. Board of Directors October 27, 2023 17