In line with the industry practice, to commence sales activities of seller stores in a shorter time to facilitate the tailored product listings under diverse product categories and conduct tailored sales and marketing efforts, normally we used to register online seller stores under designated subsidiaries registered with the information concerning certain individuals who are our employees, and, in a few cases, their relatives or friends.
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As of December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, such revenue-generating seller stores were registered under 115, 142 and 21 designated subsidiaries with information concerning 115, 142 and 21 employees, and, in a few cases, their relatives or friends, respectively.
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As of April 30, 2024, all of these designated subsidiaries holding our seller stores in operation were registered under our Group.
In April 2024, as approved at our Board meeting held on April 21, 2024, our Company declared a dividend of RMB2.5 billion to our existing Shareholders prior to the Listing based on our consolidated retained profits as of December 31, 2023, which is conditional upon the Global Offering being completed (the “Dividend”).
Summary · p. 22
As of December 31, 2023, our balance of cash and cash equivalents and fixed bank deposits was RMB5.9 billion.
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We intend to use our cash resources (other than the proceeds from the Global Offering) to pay the Dividend.
Through our comprehensive customer support, we achieved high retention rates of 91.2%, 94.7% and 87.3% of our core customers in 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Summary · p. 6
The customer retention rates decreased in 2023 primarily due to the temporary market headwind that affected R&D activities of pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
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In the future, we plan to continue to increase our customer retention, especially retention of our core customers, through our one-stop solutions that allow our customers to focus on developing and growing their business with the quality and efficiency that meet evolving patient needs.
For FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, 6M2023 and 6M2024, the direct labour costs among our cost of sales were RMB5.6 million, RMB5.6 million, RMB7.7 million, RMB3.4 million and RMB4.1 million, respectively, accounting for 58.2%, 66.3%, 65.5%, 61.6% and 61.5% of our total cost of sales for the same years/periods, respectively.
Financial Information · p. 292
Our results of operations, financial condition and profitability may be materially and adversely affected if we cannot effectively manage our direct labour costs.
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Fluctuations are assumed to be 5% and 10% for each of FY2021, FY2022, FY2023 and 6M2024, which reflected the approximate historical fluctuations.
A total of 537 fielded SR22 and SR22T aircraft were affected by the airworthiness directive.
Summary · p. 25
For undelivered aircraft, we estimate that delivery of a total of 40 SR22 and SR22T airplanes was delayed on average by three to four weeks.
Summary · p. 26
In connection with implementing the relevant service bulletin inspections and procedures as well as product enhancements in field, we (i) had, as of the Latest Practicable Date, incurred an aggregate of approximately US$141,000, and (ii) are expected to incur approximately US$1.1 million of additional expenses, primarily related to the implementation of a service bulletin issued on December 1, 2023 comprising a product enhancement to restore functionality disabled by the airworthiness directive.
Accordingly, the Group’s projects were non-recurring in nature and upon completion of these projects on hand, there is no guarantee that the Group’s existing customers will award any further projects to the Group.
Financial Information · p. 318
Given the non-recurring nature of the Group’s projects, in order for the Group to maintain its level of revenue or achieve revenue growth, the Group would have to obtain new projects.
During the Track Record Period, the Group has undertaken an Integrated Solution Services project for which a payment term of up to five years has been granted.
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As confirmed by the Directors, such prolonged payment term was provided at the special request of the customer, because the project was part of an upgrading and renovation project in respect of a public hospital, the payment of which would therefore be subject to receipt of payment by the customer from the local government.
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The Group’s interest income from financing component is an income arising from the agreement that provides a significant financing benefit to its customer for more than 12 months.
For our boutiques in Hong Kong and Macau, we procured gold from Yuen Kee Bullion, a private company incorporated in Hong Kong, in order to produce the gold products for sale at our boutiques outside the mainland China.
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During the Track Record Period, we procured gold from Yuen Kee Bullion through our overseas subsidiaries and all the gold procured from Yuen Kee Bullion were transported to the mainland China for processing at the Yueyang Factory and/or external manufacturers.
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However, if the gold is procured from an enterprise incorporated outside the mainland China and then moved to mainland China for production by a domestic enterprise, with the resulting gold products being moved back to regions outside the mainland China for sale and the weight of gold inbound and outbound being checked by the PRC customs as consistent, the entire procedure may be considered as "processing with supplied materials" (來料加工) and is exempt for the aforesaid approval from the PBOC under applicable PRC laws and regulations.
In 2021, 2022 and 2023, the total amount of subsidies to private car owners and user incentives for carpooling riders we incurred was RMB0.1 billion, RMB0.1 billion and RMB0.2 billion, respectively, accounting for 1.8%, 1.9% and 1.8% of the GTV of our carpooling marketplace in the same year, respectively.
Summary · p. 3
Given that private car owners are customers of our carpooling marketplace services, and that taxi drivers are customers of our smart taxi services, the subsidies paid to them are consideration payable to customers under IFRS 15.
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In general, we do not need to pay significant subsidies to attract users for our carpooling platform due to its collaborative and cost-sharing mobility mode as compared to ride-hailing.
Our Directors believe, and the Sole Sponsor concurs that, the risk of disintermediation whereby state-owned telecommunication suppliers will directly transact with our Internet company and cloud computing service provider clients, is unlikely to cause any material adverse impact on our Group’s operation.
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For example, during the Track Record Period, there was an occasion where it came to our knowledge that Client B directly sourced bandwidth service and cabinet resources from the Wuxi branch of Supplier A and subsequently turned to us for cabinet resources.
Business · p. 189
The implication of the One-off Arrangement does not defeat our Group’s value in resolving the pain points faced by our suppliers and clients, instead, it reinforced and strengthened the incentive of our clients to procure data centre resources through us rather than engaging the state-owned telecommunication carriers directly in the sense that our suppliers are not as efficient as us to provide timely solutions in response to emergent needs of clients since we are able to coordinate data centre resources from various sources.
As such, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, our transaction success rate amounted to approximately 73%, 51% and 46%, respectively, reflecting the faster increase in the supply of used vehicles put up for auctions and that our upstream sellers were more inclined to utilize transaction platforms for the disposal of their used vehicles, while our downstream buyers remained relatively conservative in purchasing used vehicles.
Summary · p. 2
According to CIC, in China, for used vehicle transaction service providers with relatively large used vehicle transaction volume, their transaction success rate typically ranges between 30% and 50% in 2023.
As of December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, our outstanding balance of assistant funds to these dealership groups amounted to RMB299.0 million, RMB294.8 million and RMB61.9 million, respectively.
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As such, we believe that these dealership groups do not rely on us for receiving such financial assistance in carrying out their used vehicle business.
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We believe that the settlement for the assistant funds to business partners would not bring material adverse impact on our business operations and financial conditions, considering that (i) our market position as the largest used vehicle transaction service provider in China in terms of transaction volume in 2022, (ii) the relevant dealership groups consider us as a good and trustworthy business partner primarily due to our market position, and (iii) during interviews with the relevant dealership groups conducted in June 2022, they indicated that the settlement of such assistant funds will not affect their business relationship with us, and as of the Latest Practicable Date, these dealership groups remained cooperating with us.
In FY2020, our results of operations were positively affected by the gain arising from the changes in fair value less cost to sell of biological assets of approximately RMB3.2 million.
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In applying valuation methods (including market and cost approaches), Savills has relied on a number of assumptions, related to, among others, quantity held, sales volume and market price of our potted vegetable produce and cost to sell.
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In FY2022, our changes in fair value of biological assets included the unsold vegetable produce of approximately RMB4.6 million as a result of the temporary suspension of our facilities due to the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic from March 2022 to April 2022.
For item (2), our Group has already set aside the required security deposit of CZK150 million (equivalent to HK$54 million) to obtain the gaming licences, which is one-off in nature and non-recurring.
Summary · p. 13
As at the Latest Practicable Date, our Group has entered into an agreement with a bank to obtain a guarantee with a maximum amount of CZK120 million (equivalent to HK$43.2 million) for the security deposit.
Summary · p. 13
Based on the above, our Directors consider and the Sole Sponsor concurs that, save as the one-off in nature security deposit, the potential financial and operational impact brought by the new Czech Gambling Act to our Group is not material.
If the corporate income tax rate and live games tax rate were implemented since the beginning of the Track Record Period, the decrease in net profit due to the increase in live games tax rate and corporate income tax rate would be HK$1.6 million, HK$4.8 million, HK$7.1 million and HK$3.5 million, respectively, for the three years ended 31 March 2023 and the six months ended 30 September 2023.
Summary · p. 14
On the other hand, the increase in value-added tax rate on hotel accommodation would be transferred to the hotel customers subsequently, which is in line with the market practice.
According to CIC, the average inflation rate in the three countries where our hotels and casinos are located (the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria) was 3.3% and 10.8% for the years 2021 and 2022, respectively, and is expected to be 8.7% in 2023.
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For the three years ended 31 March 2023 and the six months ended 30 September 2022 and 2023, we recorded employee benefits expenses of HK$109.3 million, HK$127.0 million, HK$170.2 million, HK$74.9 million and HK$95.8 million, respectively, demonstrating an increasing trend which is consistent with our business growth and the inflation rate during the same periods.
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For illustrative purpose only, the following sensitivity analysis illustrates the impact of hypothetical fluctuations of our employee benefits expenses on our profit before tax during the Track Record Period.
Our casinos and hotel in the Czech Republic were ordered by the government to close for intermittent periods of seven months during the year ended 31 March 2021 and two months during the year ended 31 March 2022.
Summary · p. 1
Our revenue increased from HK$145.8 million for the year ended 31 March 2021 to HK$351.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2022, and further increased to HK$529.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2023, representing 140.9% and 50.6% year-on-year increase, respectively.
Summary · p. 1
Such comparison should not be viewed to suggest that there has been a significant growth in our business and financial performance during the years.
During the years ended 31 December 2020, 2021 and 2022 and the six months ended 30 June 2023, trade receivables of approximately RMB83.8 million, RMB147.5 million, RMB48.6 million and RMB44.0 million, respectively, were transferred to such factoring providers in accordance with the relevant non-recourse factoring agreements.
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Our Directors considered that the substantial risks and rewards associated with the trade receivables have been transferred to the respective factoring providers. As such, trade receivables which are factored of approximately RMB83.8 million, RMB147.5 million, RMB48.6 million and RMB44.0 million, respectively, are not recognised as trade receivables in our accounts and, thus, are not on our balance sheet as at 31 December 2020, 2021 and 2022 and 30 June 2023.
For FY2020, FY2021, FY2022 and 6M2023, employee benefit expenses accounted for approximately 34.3%, 27.6%, 10.6% and 10.0%, respectively, of our total operating expenses (being the aggregate of our employee benefit expenses, subcontracting charges, material, supplies and other project costs, depreciation and amortisation, net impairment losses of contract assets and trade receivables, and other operating expenses, ''Total Operating Expenses''), while subcontracting charges accounted for approximately 42.6%, 51.5%, 64.1% and 69.2%, respectively, of our Total Operating Expenses.
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The following sensitivity analysis only illustrates the impact of hypothetical fluctuations of our labour costs and subcontracting charges on our profit during the Track Record Period, assuming all other variables, including our revenue, remained constant.
During the Track Record Period, as part of our strategy to promote new products, we offered trade-in rights to certain customers.
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We offered such trade-in rights to 55, 79, 28 and 37 customers in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and the six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and recognized revenue amounting to RMB8.6 million, RMB5.2 million, RMB2.8 million and RMB1.9 million in relation to the trade-in rights in the respective periods.