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Born2Global Centre to Accelerate Cultivation of Innovative Mobility Startups for Self-driving Era

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2020Born2Global Centre (Born2Global) revealed the four innovative mobility startups it is intensively incubating in anticipation of the coming prevalence of autonomous driving.

Born2Global jointly hosted an online global mobility business meet-and-greet with Sejong Technopark. The event was held in support of Born2Global’s National Innovation Cluster project (conducted in cooperation with Sejong Technopark) and served as an arena for companies to network online with global eco mobility system representatives, while forging commercial relations and securing business partners. Born2Global has operated the National Innovation Cluster project with Sejong Technopark since 2018.

Born2Global jointly hosted an online global mobility business meet-and-greet with Sejong Technopark.
Born2Global jointly hosted an online global mobility business meet-and-greet with Sejong Technopark.

MORAI, Autonomous a2z, Quantum Gate, and BlueSignal were among the four companies at the event named by Born2Global. The business meet-and-greet was held as an interactive online broadcast, allowing viewers to view and comment on videos featuring Korean and foreign investors, accelerators, and incubators as well multinational corporations and startups in the auto tech sector. Based on the demand produced by the November 27 event, Born2Global will conduct one-on-one follow-up meetings with each of the four companies by early 2021.

The mixer included an informational session on mobility/smart city trends by country, including the United States, Finland and Singapore.

GIM Robotics, a Finnish self-driving robotics company, presented on the "GACHA," a self-driving shuttle bus. KILSA Global, a Singapore-based incubator that helps startups to expand internationally, surveyed strategies for targeting Singapore’s smart nation/mobility markets. Osceola County’s (Florida, USA) Korea office introduced NeoCity, a technology district currently under construction adjacent to Osceola Heritage Park.

Jongkap Kim, Chief Executive Director of Born2Global, said, "The rise of the contactless era because of COVID-19 has brought about changes and created new demands in the mobility market. It seems that self-driving cars will be commercialized sooner than anticipated due to the acceleration of preparations. Moving forward, we will focus on cultivating innovative firms and technologies for self-driving mobility and working to establish a platform for mobility innovation and growth so that Korean companies can achieve tangible success in the global market."

For more detailed information on Born2Global Centre, visit www.born2global.com.

About Born2Global Centre

Born2Global Centre (www.born2global.com) is a full-cycle service platform for global expansion. Since inception in 2013, Born2Global has been setting the standard for successful startup ecosystem as the main Korean government agency under the Ministry of Science and ICT. Born2Global has expanded and transformed startups to be engaged, equipped and be connected with the global market.

Media contact
Born2Global Centre: jlee@born2global.com

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Gubagoo Releases Revolutionary Automotive Digital Retailing Platform


Powering Asbury Automotive’s new eCommerce offering ‘Clicklane’, Virtual Retailing 2.0 is now available to dealers nationwide.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 3, 2020 — Gubagoo – the leading provider of digital retailing, conversational commerce, chat, and messaging solutions for Automotive Dealerships – announced a powerful new release of its industry-leading Virtual Retailing platform.

With online car sales soaring across the nation, there has never been a more compelling time for automotive dealers to embrace digital retailing. The industry is quickly moving from early adopters to the tipping point of wide adoption, with the pandemic having accelerated dealerships’ demand for online eCommerce tools.

Built on a conversational commerce platform, Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing has been a market leader since its introduction in 2019. The platform allows customers to purchase a vehicle online, and arrange delivery to their door.

The new release provides real-time, data-driven trade-in values, VIN-specific F&I products personalized to the driver, and is the only retail platform offering an automotive loan marketplace with more than 30 lenders including online contracting and signature.

"The entire process of purchasing a vehicle can be completed in the same amount of time as it takes to purchase groceries, online," said Brad Title, CEO of Gubagoo. "With an integrated, seamless transition between online and in-store, any dealer, anywhere in the country, can now offer the ultimate frictionless car-buying experience for their customers."

Asbury Automotive Group, one of the nation’s largest dealership groups, has launched Clicklane, their full eCommerce solution, powered by Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing 2.0 platform. Close collaboration between Asbury and Gubagoo was key to the innovation leaps made in this new release.

"Gubagoo’s new release of Virtual Retailing was the only solution that could meet our demanding standards for the end-to-end eCommerce experience we envisioned for Clicklane," said David Hult, CEO of Asbury. "Their execution and support have been flawless, and their product is positively a game-changer."

Asbury Automotive’s press event can be viewed online: https://www.asburyauto.com/clicklane/watch

From the beginning, Gubagoo’s approach to automotive eCommerce has been to ensure that consumers enjoy a fast, fun, and easy purchasing experience.

Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing and messaging tools empower dealers to monitor, engage, and connect with consumers in real-time, through chat, text, Messenger, or video conferencing. Providing guided assistance online and offline is key to staying connected to consumers through the buying journey.

"Websites by-and-large are cold and lonely," said Title. "Consumers need guided assistance without the sales pressure."

Virtual Retailing 2.0 was previewed to dealerships at the Automotive Analytics and Attribution Summit, hosted by author, speaker, and automotive influencer Brian Pasch. In a recent podcast, Pasch emphasized the importance of being able to serve customers in real-time, rather than "chasing leads" after customers leave the website, as critical to seeing success from digital retailing.

"Our data shows that when you engage and serve customers while they’re in your online showroom, you will sell more cars at a lower cost," said Pasch.

Many dealerships who have adopted Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing, or switched from another digital retailing provider, have seen exciting results.

"Our results from Virtual Retailing have been very strong," shared Nate Sato, Director of Digital Marketing at Ken Garff Automotive Group. "There’s no question – our customers love the experience, and our team is thrilled."

"Creating a comfortable, enjoyable experience is the key to winning the hearts of consumers," added Title. "We are very excited to partner with dealerships across the country to help future-proof their online strategy. With Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing 2.0, dealers’ can expect a significant increase in their online sales."

For a demo of the new release of Virtual Retailing, have a chat with the team at Gubagoo.com, or email hello@gubagoo.com.

About Gubagoo

Gubagoo is the leading provider of conversational commerce and retail solutions for both automotive dealerships and OEMs. Used by more than 7,000 dealerships worldwide, and over 90% of the top 150 dealer groups in America, Gubagoo’s messaging platform instantly connects consumers to dealerships through live chat, text, video, Facebook Messenger, and other digital messaging channels, converting high quality leads, appointments, and sales for dealerships.

Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing platform provides an end-to-end buying experience on dealership websites. Customers are able to buy a car online with real-time support from dealership personnel, and have the vehicle delivered at the dealership or their door. For more information, visit gubagoo.com.

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Autohome Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results on November 30, 2020

BEIJING, Nov. 23, 2020 — Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM) ("Autohome" or the "Company"), a leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, before U.S. markets open on November 30, 2020.

Autohome’s management team will host an earnings conference call at 7:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Monday, November 30, 2020 (8:00 PM Beijing Time on the same day).

Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:

United States:

+1-855-824-5644

Hong Kong, China :

+852-3027-6500

Mainland China:

8009-880-563 / 400-821-0637

United Kingdom:

0800-026-1542

International:

+1-646-722-4977

Passcode:

48337130#

Please dial in ten minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.

A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following numbers until December 6, 2020:

United States:

+1-646-982-0473

International:

+61-2-8325-2405

Passcode:

319338479#

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.autohome.com.cn.

About Autohome Inc.

Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM) is the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China. Its mission is to enhance the car-buying and ownership experience for auto consumers in China. Autohome provides original generated content, professionally generated content, user-generated content, AI-generated content, a comprehensive automobile library, and extensive automobile listing information to automobile consumers, covering the entire car purchase and ownership cycle. The ability to reach a large and engaged user base of automobile consumers has made Autohome a preferred platform for automakers and dealers to conduct their advertising campaigns. Further, the Company’s dealer subscription and advertising services allow dealers to market their inventory and services through Autohome’s platform, extending the reach of their physical showrooms to potentially millions of internet users in China and generating sales leads for them. The Company offers sales leads, data analysis, and marketing services to assist automakers and dealers with improving their efficiency and facilitating transactions. Autohome operates its "Autohome Mall," a full-service online transaction platform, to facilitate transactions for automakers and dealers. Further, through its websites and mobile applications, it also provides other value-added services, including auto financing, auto insurance, used car transactions, and aftermarket services. For further information, please visit www.autohome.com.cn.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Autohome Inc.
Investor Relations
Anita Chen
Tel: +86-10-5985-7483
E-mail: ir@autohome.com.cn

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
E-mail: autohome@tpg-ir.com

In the United States:

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: autohome@tpg-ir.com

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Senmiao Technology Reports Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Financial Results

CHENGDU, China, Nov. 20, 2020 — Senmiao Technology Limited ("Senmiao") (Nasdaq: AIHS), a provider of automobile transaction and related services targeting the online ride-hailing industry in China as well as its own online ride-hailing platform, today announced financial results for the fiscal 2021 second quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Xi Wen, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Senmiao, "We were pleased that the proactive measures taken by our team in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic began to gain traction as we progressed through the third quarter. While the negative year-over-year impact on our operations is apparent, we saw considerable improvement in demand for our services during the second quarter and into the current fiscal third quarter. We transitioned many of the vehicles tendered to us by ride-hailing drivers who exited the business in the first quarter into rental vehicles during the past few months, which became a source of revenue as sales options diminished in the first half of the year.  We are now starting to see the market recover, and believe we can offer excellent optionality to drivers through sales, leasing, and rental selections."

Mr. Wen continued, "Our goal has been to become a total solution provider for ride-sharing drivers, beginning in our two core markets, Chengdu and Changsha. In recent weeks, we have strengthened this value proposition through cooperation with BYD to offer electric vehicles with financing and leasing options to drivers in our core markets; and a collaboration with Luxingtong for the provision of a wide array of telematics and safety solutions for our drivers. In addition, we recently launched our own ride-hailing platform in Chengdu and have seen the number of riders utilizing the service accelerating daily as we build greater brand recognition."

Mr. Wen concluded, "The impact of COVID-19 on our business model was stark and rapid. We were forced into situations where we needed to ensure the strength of our balance sheet and be adaptable to a new and changing paradigm in the Chinese ride-sharing market. While undertaking these changes was difficult in the short-term, we are now starting to see the benefits of the hard decisions we made. Our focus in the near term will be to improve our online ride-hailing platform with further enhancements for both drivers and riders, while seeking partnerships that can strengthen our value proposition for new drivers. Ultimately, we believe that our efforts will continue to position Senmiao well in Chengdu and Changsha, and position us for potential growth in new markets next year."

Revenues

Total revenues were $1,390,396 for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $5,885,287 in the same period last year and $1,146,916 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. The decline from the prior year was largely due to the impact of COVID-19 which resulted in a significant decrease in the number of facilitated new automobile purchases and a significant number of ride-hailing drivers exiting the ride-hailing business and tendering their vehicles to Senmiao for sublease and sale.

As the ride-hailing markets in Chengdu and Changsha gradually recovered from the impact of COVID-19 beginning in April 2020, Senmiao also experienced a decrease in the number of automobiles tendered to it by the ride-hailing drivers exiting the business during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared with prior quarters.

Senmiao also reported an increase in the monthly installments collected from automobile sale and leasing customers in the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared with the three months ended June 30, 2020. Earlier in 2020, a higher number of ride-hailing drivers delayed their monthly installment payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Company has seen a gradual improvement in collections throughout the year.

Senmiao strategically shifted its business focus to include automobile rental options for ride-hailing drivers as a measure of creating additional revenue. The automobile rental business generated an income of $787,955 for the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

As a result of the gradual recovery of the ride-hailing industry, coupled with Senmiao’s recent partnerships and proactive measures to address the changing market conditions, Senmiao expects revenue to increase in the third and fourth quarters of its fiscal year 2021.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues were $994,515 for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as compared with $4,709,184 during the same period last year. The decline was primarily due to the decrease in the number of automobiles sold.

Gross Profit

Gross profit was $395,881, or approximately 28.5% gross margin, for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $1,176,103, or approximately 20.0% gross margin, in the prior year period. 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $2,749,209 for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared with $1,137,801 during the same period last year. The increase mainly consists of an increase of $560,274 in amortization of automobiles which were tendered to Senmiao but have not been sub-leased or sold, an increase of $336,158 in salary and employee benefits as Senmiao’s employees increased from 158 to 203, an increase of $599,170 in professional service fees such as financial, legal and market consulting, and an increase of $115,806 in advertising and promotion,  rental and other office expenses.

Net Loss

Net loss from Senmiao’s continuing operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 was $2,607,165, compared to net income of $1,862,365 for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, , which mainly resulted from the decrease in revenue, decrease in gross profit and increase in selling, general and administrative expenses as stated in prior section as well as gain in the change of the fair values of derivative liabilities recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Loss per Share

Loss per share for continuing operations was $0.06 based on a weighted average number of basic and diluted common stock of 37,802,840, as compared to earnings per share of $0.06 based on a weighted average number of basic and diluted common stock of 28,237,430.

Financial Position

As of September 30, 2020, Senmiao had cash and cash equivalents of $4,394,019 as compared with $833,888 as of March 31, 2020 for its continuing operations. Total stockholders’ equity was $2,782,424 as of September 30, 2020, compared to $1,472,357 as of March 31, 2020.

Impact of COVID-19

The COVID-19 outbreak continued to materially adversely affect Senmiao’s business operations, financial condition and operating results in the quarter ended September 30, 2020, including but not limited to, decrease in revenues, slower collection of accounts receivable and additional allowance for doubtful accounts. However, as the ride-hailing markets in Chengdu and Changsha are gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19, Senmiao expects its business to improve during the remainder of its current fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

Further information regarding Senmiao’s results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 can be found in Senmiao’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Senmiao Technology Limited

Headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Senmiao provides automobile transaction and related services including sales of automobiles, facilitation and services for automobile purchase and financing, management, operating lease, guarantee and other automobile transaction services aimed principally at the growing ride-sharing market in Senmiao’s areas of operation in China.  Senmiao also operates Xixingtianxia, its own proprietary online ride-hailing platform.  For more information about Senmiao, please visit: http://www.senmiaotech.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements (including statements concerning the development of Senmiao’s automobile transaction, financing, rental and related services and online ride-hailing platform, the Chinese ride-sharing and automobile financial leasing markets, Senmiao’s plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and performance, and the impact of COVID-19 on Senmiao’s business), as well as the assumptions such statements and other statements that are not statements of historical facts are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those detailed from time to time in the Senmiao’s filings with the SEC, and represent Senmiao’s views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing Senmiao’s views as of any subsequent date. Senmiao undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in events or circumstances. 

For more information, please contact:

At the Company:

Yiye Zhou

Email: edom333@ihongsen.com 

Phone: +86 28 6155 4399

 

Investor Relations:

The Equity Group Inc.                                                                      

In China

Adam Prior, Senior Vice President                                                 

Lucy Ma, Associate

(212) 836-9606                                                                                

+86 10 5661 7012

aprior@equityny.com                                                                     

lma@equityny.com

© 2020 Senmiao Technology Ltd.  All rights reserved.

 

 

 

SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)

September 30,

March 31,

2020

2020

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

4,394,019

$

833,888

Accounts receivable, net, current portion

867,576

660,645

Inventories

812,748

1,000,675

Finance lease receivables, net, current portion

510,044

459,110

Prepayments, other receivables and other assets, net

2,834,601

2,798,780

Due from related parties

96,075

26,461

Current assets – discontinued operations

588,068

826,580

Total current assets

10,103,131

6,606,139

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment, net

721,723

469,201

Property and equipment, net – discontinued operations

7,412

11,206

Total property and equipment, net

729,135

480,407

Other assets

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

418,355

473,661

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net, related parties

378,166

236,305

Financing lease right-of-use assets, net

6,304,657

5,440,362

Intangible assets, net

737,008

777,621

Accounts receivable, net, non-current

598,675

882,078

Finance lease receivables, net, non-current

728,995

734,145

Total other assets

9,165,856

8,544,172

Total assets

$

19,998,122

$

15,630,718

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current liabilities

Borrowings from financial institutions

$

594,974

$

226,753

Accounts payable

1,045

4,065

Advances from customers

106,459

90,349

Income tax payable

17,461

16,267

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

3,604,738

2,008,391

Due to related parties and affiliates

299,366

152,679

Operating lease liabilities

169,174

149,582

Operating lease liabilities – related parties

162,215

151,655

Financing lease liabilities

4,715,471

3,473,967

Derivative liabilities

940,728

342,530

Current liabilities – discontinued operations

3,077,506

4,516,292

Total current liabilities

13,689,137

11,132,530

Other liabilities

Borrowings from financial institutions, noncurrent

62,420

64,221

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

197,343

297,167

Operating lease liabilities, non-current – related parties

207,786

88,349

Financing lease liabilities, non-current

3,059,012

2,576,094

Total other liabilities

3,526,561

3,025,831

Total liabilities

17,215,698

14,158,361

 

 

 

SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(CONTINUED)

(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)

September 30,

March 31,

2020

2020

(Unaudited)

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity

Common stock (par value $0.0001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 43,358,818 and
29,008,818 shares issued and outstanding at September 30 and March 31, 2020, respectively)

4,336

2,901

Additional paid-in capital

33,444,742

27,013,137

Accumulated deficit

(27,866,092)

(23,704,863)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(682,398)

(507,478)

Total Senmiao Technology Limited stockholders’ equity

4,900,588

2,803,697

Non-controlling interests

(2,118,164)

(1,331,340)

Total equity

2,782,424

1,472,357

Total liabilities and equity

$

19,998,122

$

15,630,718

 

 

 

SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

For the Six Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Revenues

$

1,390,396

$

5,885,287

$

2,537,312

$

10,897,850

Cost of revenues

(994,515)

(4,709,184)

(1,794,771)

(8,731,496)

Gross profit

395,881

1,176,103

742,541

2,166,354

Operating expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses

(2,749,209)

(1,137,801)

(4,709,634)

(2,013,234)

Bad debts expenses (recovery)

47,540

(115,476)

(81,072)

(128,214)

Impairments of financing lease right-of-use

(80,223)

(80,223)

assets

Total operating expenses

(2,781,892)

(1,253,277)

(4,870,929)

(2,141,448)

Income (loss) from operations

(2,386,011)

(77,174)

(4,128,388)

24,906

Other income (expense)

Other income (expense), net

135,457

(28,900)

129,381

(15,733)

Interest expense

(14,892)

(25,306)

(35,540)

(62,345)

Interest expense on finance leases

(211,053)

(437,230)

Change in fair value of derivative liabilities

(129,961)

1,998,202

(412,941)

1,994,806

Total other income (expense), net

(220,449)

1,943,996

(756,330)

1,916,728

Income (loss) before income taxes

(2,606,460)

1,866,822

(4,884,718)

1,941,634

Income tax expense

(705)

(4,457)

(6,977)

(105,598)

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

(2,607,165)

1,862,365

(4,891,695)

1,836,036

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations,
    net of applicable income taxes

7,875

(721,007)

(77,779)

(1,200,110)

Net income (loss)

(2,599,290)

1,141,358

(4,969,474)

635,926

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling
     interests from continuing operations

418,546

(51,105)

808,245

(124,033)

Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders

$

(2,180,744)

$

1,090,253

$

(4,161,229)

$

511,893

Net income (loss)

$

(2,599,290)

$

1,141,358

$

(4,969,474)

$

635,926

Other comprehensive loss

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(165,216)

(374,191)

(153,499)

(460,414)

Comprehensive income (loss)

(2,764,506)

767,167

(5,122,973)

175,512

Total comprehensive loss attributable to
noncontrolling interests

(399,438)

(46,200)

(786,824)

(1,548)

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable
to stockholders

$

(2,365,068)

$

813,367

$

(4,336,149)

$

177,060

 

 

 

SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(CONTINUED)

(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

For the Six Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Weighted average number of common stock

Basic and diluted

37,802,840

28,237,430

33,429,856

27,185,205

Earnings (loss) per share – basic and diluted

Continuing operations

$

(0.06)

$

0.06

$

(0.12)

$

0.06

Discontinued operations

$

0.00

$

(0.03)

$

0.00

$

(0.04)

 

 

 

SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares) 

For the Six Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

Net income (loss)

$

(4,969,474)

$

635,926

Net loss from discontinued operations

(77,779)

(1,200,110)

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

(4,891,695)

1,836,036

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment

106,608

50,396

Stock compensation expense

445,000

Amortization of right-of-use assets

2,123,901

40,730

Amortization of intangible assets

41,670

98

Bad debts expense

81,072

129,230

Impairment loss of financing lease right-of-use assets

80,223

Gain (loss) on disposal of equipment

(412)

4,621

Change in fair value of derivative liabilities

412,941

(1,994,806)

Change in operating assets and liabilities

Accounts receivable

124,198

(2,580,766)

Inventories

278,161

(804,853)

Prepayments, other receivables and other assets

(248,889)

(1,280,566)

Finance lease receivables

(46,913)

(1,109,277)

Accounts payable

(3,097)

167,472

Advances from customers

11,864

60,385

Income tax payable

480

87,469

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

1,355,339

351,653

Operating lease liabilities

(96,436)

(74,875)

Operating lease liabilities – related parties

61,575

Net cash used in operating activities from continuing operations

(164,410)

(5,117,053)

Net cash used in operating activities from discontinued operations

(1,131,564)

(947,351)

Net Cash used in Operating Activities

(1,295,974)

(6,064,404)

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

Purchases of property and equipment

(19,572)

(384,695)

Prepayment of intangible assets

(470,000)

Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations

(19,572)

(854,695)

Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations

(71)

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

(19,643)

(854,695)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants in a registered direct offering

5,142,124

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants in an underwritten public offering

6,098,297

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants

75,000

96

Borrowings from an insurance company

488,932

Repayments to stockholders

(28,569)

Repayments to third parties

(462,370)

Loan to related party

(66,427)

Borrowings from related parties and affiliates

1,121,435

Repayments to related parties and affiliates

(205,900)

(838,949)

Repayments of current borrowings from financial institutions

(150,999)

(97,306)

Release of escrow receivable

600,000

Principal payments of finance lease liabilities

(1,449,554)

Net cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations

4,760,780

5,465,030

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from discontinued operations

28,569

(814,033)

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

4,789,349

4,650,997

 

 

 

SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(CONTINUED)

(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)

For the Six Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

76,259

(213,741)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

3,549,991

(2,481,843)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

844,028

5,020,510

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

4,394,019

2,538,667

Less: Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations

(293,766)

Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations, end of period

$

4,394,019

$

2,244,901

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Cash paid for interest expense

$

35,540

$

62,345

Cash paid for income tax

$

$

Non-cash Transaction in Investing and Financing Activities

Prepayment in exchange of intangible assets

$

$

40,457

Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities

$

2,976,966

$

960,908

Acquisition of equipment through prepayment and financing lease

$

312,864

$

Allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities for issuance of common stock
proceeds

$

241,919

$

3,150,006

Allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities to additional paid in capital upon
warrants exercised

$

56,662

$

961,631

Stock issued on deferred stock compensation

$

445,000

$

 

 

 

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German companies bullish on Chinese market

JINAN, China, Nov. 20, 2020 — Many German companies have expressed confidence in the Chinese market at a conference in east China’s Shandong Province, according to Jinan High-tech Industrial Development Zone Management Committee.

Project Signing Ceremony
Project Signing Ceremony

"Feel free to try out our application. Chinese and foreign companies can communicate on it and reach agreements online," Sebastian Valcic from Germany who works at the Jinan Innovation Zone, introduced the application designed for the 2020 Sino-German (Europe) SME Cooperation and Communication Conference.

The conference took place on Thursday in Jinan, the provincial capital, with 11 Chinese and foreign cooperation projects signed worth 10.13 billion yuan (1.54 billion U.S. dollars) in investment.

"We have always stayed bullish on China’s development," said An Yu, executive vice president Asia-Pacific of VOSS Automotive, a German company. "Thanks to China’s economic recovery policies, our business in China has grown by 40 percent this year, prompting the Asia-Pacific region revenue to become the fastest-growing revenue segment of our company."

Joachim Denzel, a project consultant with Festo, said that China’s economy keeps growing despite a gloom over other economies worldwide. He expects business in China to outgrow other areas in the world in the future.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, since 2012, China has set up nine Sino-German SME cooperation zones, giving strong support to the investment of Germany’s medium- and small-sized companies in China with policies and intellectual property protection.

"Our app is still in the testing stage, but more than 150 foreign companies have already registered, and more than half of them are German companies," said Sebastian Valcic.

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Nine of the Top Global Car Manufacturers Turbocharge CX with Bright Pattern


Leading car manufacturers in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America have deployed Bright Pattern’s cloud omnichannel contact center software to power and improve customer service, sales, and marketing

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 18, 2020 — Bright Pattern, a leading provider of AI-powered cloud contact center software, has been deployed by nine multinational car manufacturers, including the largest and second largest car manufacturers worldwide, the largest seller of luxury vehicles, and the global market leader in hybrid vehicles.

Bright Pattern contact center software has been chosen by automobile manufacturers because of its ease of use, enterprise functionality, scalability, reliability, variety of traditional and digital channels, plug-and-play integrations, and AI-powered functionality for easy deployment and management of virtual or remote agents. Two auto companies selected Bright Pattern in the last quarter, bringing the total of global auto companies now using Bright Pattern up to nine. Bright Pattern was first selected by a global luxury auto manufacturer but is now being used by brands covering much of the automotive market.

"Bright Pattern powers customer service, sales, and marketing functions for several of the leading automobile brands," said Michael McCloskey, CEO of Bright Pattern. "Whether these brands are supporting luxury buyers or more cost-conscious buyers, all customers expect the best when it comes to basic customer support or concierge services. Bright Pattern provides innovative, personalized, omnichannel communications these companies need with the easiest to use and highest ROI cloud contact center platform." 

Companies of all sizes select Bright Pattern to support their customer care organizations because of its simplified – yet robust – omnichannel platform, offering traditional channels; emerging channels like Facebook Messenger; in-app customer support; enterprise functionality; cloud-first architecture; and the ability to modify without the use of outside services. Bright Pattern was recently recognized by Ovum as a Market Challenger, by Omdia for best platform functionality, by Frost & Sullivan as a top-performing vendor, and by Gartner as a leader in the Call Center FrontRunners Quadrant.

About Bright Pattern
Bright Pattern provides the simplest and most powerful AI-powered omnichannel contact center software for innovative midsize and enterprise companies. With the purpose of making customer service brighter, easier, and faster than ever before, Bright Pattern offers the only true omnichannel cloud platform with embedded AI that can be deployed quickly and nimbly by business users—without costly professional services. Bright Pattern allows companies to offer an effortless and personal customer experience across channels like voice, text, chat, email, video, messengers, and bots. Bright Pattern also allows companies to measure and act on every interaction on every channel with embedded AI omnichannel quality management. The company was founded by a team of industry veterans who pioneered the leading contact center solutions and are now delivering an architecture for the future with an advanced cloud-first approach. Bright Pattern’s cloud contact center solution is used globally in over 26 countries and 12 languages.

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Autohome Wins Seven Awards from Prestigious Publisher Institutional Investor’s 2020 All-Asia Executive Team Ranking

BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2020 — Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM) ("Autohome" or the "Company"), the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, today announced that the Company has won seven awards from Institutional Investor’s "2020 All-Asia Executive Team" rankings, including "Honored Company," "Best CEO," and "Best CFO."

Recently, the global authoritative financial magazine Institutional Investor released the final results from its "2020 All-Asia Executive Team." After nearly six months of voting, Autohome finally emerged from the fierce competition, which included more than 1,000 outstanding listed companies being considered for excellence in corporate governance, executive leadership, and investor relations professionalism.

In the 2020’s rankings, Autohome was selected on the "Honored Companies" list by distinguishing itself with top rankings in the following categories/sub-categories: Min Lu was recognized as Best CEO, Jun Zou was recognized as Best CFO, and Autohome has also gained top 3 ranking in Best IR Professionals, Best IR Team, Best IR Program and Best ESG, respectively.

For 52 years, Institutional Investor has consistently distinguished itself among the world’s foremost media companies with groundbreaking journalism and incisive writing that provides essential intelligence for a global audience. In addition, Institutional Investor offers highly-respected proprietary benchmark research and rankings, including independent sell-side and corporate performance research and rankings, aiming to be the first-choice and independent validation source of qualitative market intelligence for all three sides of the investment community. Institutional Investor Research has a global presence, spanning Europe, All-Asia, the US and Latin America. Every year, Institutional Investor Research asks buy-side analysts, money managers and sell-side researchers at securities firms and financial institutions that cover the region to identify up to four companies that excel in investor relations in five specific categories – Best CEO, Best CFO, Best IR Professional, Best IR Company and Best ESG.

This year, a total of 1,921 portfolio managers and buy-side analysts, as well as 611 sell-side analysts, participated in the 2020 All-Asia Executive Team Honored Companies survey. This year, 1,472 companies, nominated across 18 sectors, were rated on nine core areas. The title of "Honored Company" goes to businesses earning a top-three position in one of the five categories. With its broad influence, the research is known for its strictness, objectivity, and professionalism and is deemed as the most valuable survey amongst the investment community every year. The seven awards Autohome had received from Institutional Investor demonstrates its wide recognition by the global capital markets.

In recent years, Autohome has made continuous efforts to strengthen its corporate governance. By leveraging its dominant leadership in digital analytics, Autohome has continued its first-mover advantage under the guidance of its "4+1" business strategy. The Company has been facilitating automakers to deepen the digital transformation with great value add to the auto industrial internet vertical, aiming to build a smart auto ecosystem. Winning multiple awards from the prestigious Institutional Investor is a testament to Autohome’s increasingly effective and prominent strategic transformation, as the Company’s operational capabilities, market competitiveness, and investment value have been highly recognized by global media and investment community. At the same time, it has also demonstrated Autohome’s progress and outstanding performance in corporate governance, executive leadership, information disclosure and investor communication with the capital markets community.

Mr. Min Lu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Autohome, said, "In the future, Autohome will continue to strengthen fundamental advantages of its core business, capitalize on growth opportunities in new areas, and achieve steady and sustainable development."

Mr. Jun Zou, Chief Financial Officer of Autohome, added, "With the strong support of institutional investor groups, Autohome will remain focused on delivering long-term value to our customers, partners and investors."

About Autohome Inc.

Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM) is the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China. Its mission is to enhance the car-buying and ownership experience for auto consumers in China. Autohome provides original generated content, professionally generated content, user-generated content, AI-generated content, a comprehensive automobile library, and extensive automobile listing information to automobile consumers, covering the entire car purchase and ownership cycle. The ability to reach a large and engaged user base of automobile consumers has made Autohome a preferred platform for automakers and dealers to conduct their advertising campaigns. Further, the Company’s dealer subscription and advertising services allow dealers to market their inventory and services through Autohome’s platform, extending the reach of their physical showrooms to potentially millions of internet users in China and generating sales leads for them. The Company offers sales leads, data analysis, and marketing services to assist automakers and dealers with improving their efficiency and facilitating transactions. Autohome operates its "Autohome Mall," a full-service online transaction platform, to facilitate transactions for automakers and dealers. Further, through its websites and mobile applications, it also provides other value-added services, including auto financing, auto insurance, used car transactions, and aftermarket services. For further information, please visit www.autohome.com.cn.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Autohome Inc.
Investor Relations
Anita Chen
Tel: +86-10-5985-7483
Email: ir@autohome.com.cn

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
E-mail: autohome@tpg-ir.com

In the United States:

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: autohome@tpg-ir.com

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Renovo Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for Edge-centric Automotive Software Platform

Renovo’s comprehensive vehicle data & workload management platform enables automakers to learn from their ADAS fleets in realtime

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the edge-centric automotive data management software market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Renovo.auto with the 2020 North American Enabling Technology Leadership Award. Renovo has created a remarkable, first-of-its-kind edge-centric advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) data management software platform that offers fast, reliable, and advanced automotive data solutions. By accelerating the development of vehicle data pipelines and real-time data filtering, Renovo is helping automakers improve feature-development, increase customer satisfaction and develop new revenue streams.

Renovo
Renovo

"Today’s car manufacturers have major software-centric challenges — self-driving, electrification, over-the-air updates — that require continuous iteration driven by a perpetual supply of real-world data, and yet no way exists to move these massive data sets from the vehicles to the cloud," said Melek Ozturk, Industry Analyst. "Renovo’s platform leverages the vehicle’s built-in edge computing power to refine the raw data into compact and economical insights that can be moved efficiently on a real-time basis across an entire fleet of vehicles."

Renovo offers clients two main advantages: reducing data costs, by decreasing their reliance on expensive cloud storage and compute; and time, by allowing them to collect data at the source and process it on the edge before sending only the most insightful data to the development teams. These teams can then build and deploy updates that improve vehicle safety, increase feature reliability, and enhance the overall customer experience. In addition to ADAS development teams, a company’s powertrain, reliability, manufacturing, warranty, sales, and marketing teams can use the real-world vehicle data in decision-making.

"At Renovo, we provide our automotive customers with solutions that refine and fully utilize the tremendous amount of data being produced by today’s connected vehicles," said Robin Nijor, Chief Commercial Officer at Renovo. "We are humbled to receive Frost & Sullivan’s award that recognizes the hard work of our team. We want to thank our customers and industry partners who have helped us scale our award-winning platform over the past ten years."

In just one example of how automakers have creatively used Renovo: Currently, many new vehicle designs integrate face recognition features based on specific algorithms and big data input from human features and facial geometry. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has created a population of drivers wearing face masks, which affects the software’s ability to perform. Renovo can easily and quickly resolve this challenge to ensure its customers keep pace with and benefit from the changes happening in the real world. Furthermore, with ADAS and autonomous vehicle features becoming standard offerings, Renovo’s robust, secure software platform will help automotive customers remain agile and adjust to the learning curve.

"Renovo has forged strategic relationships to fortify its platform’s operation. Through its collaboration with Verizon, Renovo has created a strong support mechanism in new technology integration and in providing scalable access to network service for customers," noted Ozturk. "With support from telecom, edge-computing, and storage ecosystem giants, Renovo is ensuring its customers gain low-latency computing and scalable operating capacity across the board, from a single car to a globally distributed fleet."

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to a company that has developed a pioneering technology that not only enhances current products but also enables the development of new products and applications. The award recognizes the high market acceptance potential of the recipient’s technology.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

About Frost & Sullivan

For over five decades, Frost & Sullivan has become world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion.

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About Renovo Motors, Inc.

Renovo is an award-winning automotive software company and creator of the first commercially available data-management platform that enables automakers to continuously learn from their production vehicles. Renovo’s "Complete Loop" approach allows those automakers to delight their customers with vehicles that get smarter, become safer, increase in performance, and grow in reliability through every day of ownership. From ADAS and infotainment feature improvements to resolving critical safety and potential warranty issues, Renovo makes every mile a vehicle drives 10X more valuable as every mile is used to make the product, your organization, and its teams better. Learn more at www.renovo.auto

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Semicon Light, a company possessing the original technology of silver free-flip chip LED, will actively respond to patents

YOUNGIN-SI, South Korea, Nov. 12, 2020 — Semicon Light plans to actively respond to the patents to protect the original technology, "Silver- Free Flip Chip LED".

Logo of SEMICON LIGHT Co., Ltd
Logo of SEMICON LIGHT Co., Ltd

Semicon Light, a company specializing in manufacturing flip-chip LEDs, developed the silver-free flip-chip technology for the first time and holds original patents related to the flip-chip LEDs’ reflective layer. It is a Korean LED chip manufacturer listed on the KOSDAQ market in 2015, and has about 250 flip chip LED-related patents registered in Korea and other countries such as the United States and China.

Semicon Light’s silver-free flip chip is a new type of flip chip instead of the existing horizontal LED chip, and adopts a method of inverting the LED chip and directly fusing it onto the substrate without separate wire bonding. It is a technology that can realize ultra-high reflectance and high reliability through the oxide matirials(DBR, Distributed Bragg Reflector). In addition, it can significantly improve the performance of the elements by being easily applied to ultra-small LEDs such as Mini or Micro LEDs, which are rapidly forming the market recently.

The industry predicts that the display market based on mini LEDs will be formed in earnest from next year prior to realizing the display using micro LED, which is the final and ultimate display technology. In fact, according to a report by the market research firm, Trend Force, it is predicted that mini LED TVs will compete equally with W-OLED (White Organic Light-Emitting Diode) TVs in the premium TV market next year.

With such changes in the display markets, flip-chip LED has become an essential technology, not an option. It is expected that Semicon Light’s ‘Silver Free Flip Chip’ technology, which can make LED chips small while maintaining high performance and high reliability, will emerge as an important element technology. It is found that several large LED chip manufacturers in Taiwan and mainland China are adopting the related technologies.

In this context, Semicon Light intends to materialize the patent strategies and will make every effort to secure the competitiveness of our own technologies by actively responding to patent infringement.

According to company officials, "Semicon Light has world-class LED technologies. In particular, we plan to proactively assert our rights against indiscriminate infringement of intellectual property by establishing a dedicated organization to protect our original technologies.

Bitauto Announces Completion of Merger

BEIJING, Nov. 6, 2020 — Bitauto Holdings Limited ("Bitauto" or the "Company") (NYSE: BITA), a leading provider of internet content & marketing services, and transaction services for China’s automotive industry, today announced the completion of the merger with Yiche Mergersub Limited ("Merger Sub"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Yiche Holding Limited ("Parent"), pursuant to the previously announced agreement and plan of merger, dated as of June 12, 2020 (the "Merger Agreement"), by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub. As a result of the merger, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and will cease to be a publicly traded company.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting on October 23, 2020, each ordinary share of the Company (each a "Share") issued and outstanding  immediately prior to the effective time of the merger (the "Effective Time") has been cancelled and ceased to exist in exchange for the right to receive US$16 in cash without interest, and each outstanding American depositary share of the Company (each, an "ADS," representing one Share) represents the right to receive US$16 in cash without interest (the "Merger Consideration"), except for (a) certain Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) owned by affiliates of Tencent Holdings Limited, an affiliate of JD.com, Inc., and Mr. Bin Li, chairman of the board of directors of the Company, which have been cancelled in exchange for newly issued shares of Parent, (b) Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) owned by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, (c) Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) held by Citibank, N.A., the ADS depositary and reserved for issuance, settlement and allocation upon exercise or vesting of Company’s options and/or restricted share unit awards, and (d) Shares held by shareholders who have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to dissent from the merger pursuant to Section 238 of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands, which have been cancelled and ceased to exist in exchange for the right to receive the payment of fair value of those dissenting shares in accordance with Section 238 of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands.

Each registered shareholder immediately prior to the Effective Time who are entitled to the Merger Consideration will receive from the paying agent a letter of transmittal and instructions on how to surrender their Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration in respect of each Share held thereby, and should wait to receive the letter of transmittal before surrendering their Shares. Payment of the Merger Consideration (less an ADS cash distribution fee of US$0.05 per ADS), without interest and net of any applicable withholding taxes, will be made to holders of ADSs in respect of each ADS held thereby as soon as practicable after Citibank, N.A., the ADS depositary, receives the aggregate Merger Consideration payable to holders of ADSs from the paying agent.

The Company requested that trading of its ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") be suspended as of 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on November 5, 2020. The Company requested that the NYSE file a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") notifying the SEC of the delisting of its ADSs on the NYSE and the deregistration of the Company’s registered securities. The Company intends to suspend its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by promptly filing a Form 15 with the SEC. The Company’s obligation to file with the SEC certain reports and forms, including Form 20-F and Form 6-K, will be suspended immediately as of the filing date of the Form 15 and will cease once the deregistration becomes effective.

In connection with the merger, Duff & Phelps, LLC and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC are serving as financial advisor to the special committee of the board of directors of the Company (the "Special Committee"). Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as U.S. legal counsel to the Special Committee.

BofA Securities is serving as financial advisor to the investor consortium. Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis are serving as U.S. legal counsel and Hong Kong legal counsel to the investor consortium, respectively.

About Bitauto Holdings Limited

Bitauto Holdings Limited (NYSE: BITA) is a leading provider of internet content & marketing services, and transaction services for China’s automotive industry. Bitauto’s business consists of three segments: advertising and subscription business, transaction services business and digital marketing solutions business.

Bitauto’s advertising and subscription business provides a variety of advertising services to automakers through the bitauto.com website and corresponding mobile apps which provide consumers with up-to-date automobile pricing and promotional information, specifications, reviews and consumer feedback. Bitauto also provides transaction-focused online advertisements and services for promotional activities to its business partners, including automakers, automobile dealers, auto finance partners and insurance companies. Bitauto offers subscription services via its SaaS platform, which provides web-based and mobile-based integrated digital marketing solutions to new car automobile dealers in China. The SaaS platform enables automobile dealer subscribers to create their own online showrooms, list pricing and promotional information, provide automobile dealer contact information, place advertisements and manage customer relationships to help them reach a broad set of purchase-minded customers and effectively market their automobiles to consumers online.

Bitauto’s transaction services business is primarily conducted by its controlled subsidiary, Yixin Group Limited (SEHK: 2858), a leading online automobile finance transaction platform in China, which provides transaction platform services as well as self-operated financing services.

Bitauto’s digital marketing solutions business provides automakers with one-stop digital marketing solutions, including website creation and maintenance, online public relations, online marketing campaigns, advertising agent services, big data applications and digital image creation.

For more information, please visit ir.bitauto.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains statements that express the Company’s current opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "if," "will," "expected" and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include: uncertainties as to how the Company’s shareholders will vote at the meeting of shareholders; the possibility that competing offers will be made; the possibility that financing may not be available; the possibility that various closing conditions for the transaction may not be satisfied or waived; and other risks and uncertainties discussed in documents filed with the SEC by the Company, as well as the Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement and the proxy statement filed by the Company. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations as of the date of this press release. You should not rely upon these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

For more information, please contact:
Suki Li
Bitauto Holdings Limited
Phone: +86-10-6849-2145
ir@bitauto.com

Philip Lisio
Foote Group
Phone: +86-10-8429-9544
bitauto@thefootegroup.com

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