UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
 
 
FORM
6-K
 
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE
13a-16
OR
15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2023 
Commission File Number:
001-38429
 
 
Bilibili Inc.
 
 
Building 3, Guozheng Center, No. 485 Zhengli Road
Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form
20-F
or Form
40-F.
Form
20-F  ☒            Form
40-F  ☐
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6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation
S-T
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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number
   Description
  99.1    Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
  99.2    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
101.INS    Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BILIBILI INC.
By :   /s/ Xin Fan
Name :   Xin Fan
Title :   Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 9, 2023

EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
INDEX TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share data)
 
                         
    
December 31,
2021
    
September 30,

2022
    
September 30,

2022
 
    
RMB
    
RMB
    
US$
Note 2(d)
 
Assets
                          
Current assets:
                          
Cash and cash equivalents
    
7,523,108
      
5,466,115
      
768,414
 
Time deposits
    
7,632,334
      
11,946,427
      
1,679,402
 
Accounts receivable, net
    
1,382,328
      
1,298,075
      
182,480
 
Amount due from related parties
    
2,041,316
      
1,728,527
      
242,992
 
Prepayments and other current assets
    
2,807,048
      
2,382,487
      
334,926
 
Short-term
investments
    
15,060,722
      
6,528,634
      
917,781
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total current assets
  
 
36,446,856
 
  
 
29,350,265
 
  
 
4,125,995
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Non-current
assets:
                          
Property and equipment, net
    
1,350,256
      
1,383,123
      
194,436
 
Production cost, net
    
1,083,772
      
1,758,955
      
247,270
 
Intangible assets, net
    
3,835,600
      
4,584,414
      
644,467
 
Deferred tax assets
    
36,355
      
36,355
      
5,111
 
Goodwill
    
2,338,303
      
2,725,130
      
383,093
 
Long-term
investments, net
    
5,502,524
      
5,907,854
      
830,513
 
Other long-term assets
    
1,459,485
      
1,854,357
      
260,681
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
non-current
assets
  
 
15,606,295
 
  
 
18,250,188
 
  
 
2,565,571
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total assets
  
 
52,053,151
 
  
 
47,600,453
 
  
 
6,691,566
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Liabilities
                          
Current liabilities:
                          
Accounts payable
    
4,360,906
      
4,730,920
      
665,062
 
Salary and welfare payable
    
995,451
      
991,170
      
139,336
 
Taxes payable
    
203,770
      
253,289
      
35,607
 
Short-term loan and current portion of long-term debt
    
1,232,106
      
6,953,943
      
977,570
 
Deferred revenue
    
2,645,389
      
2,853,111
      
401,084
 
Accrued liabilities and other payables
    
2,416,955
      
2,052,393
      
288,522
 
Amount due to related parties
    
216,434
      
94,661
      
13,307
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total current liabilities
  
 
12,071,011
 
  
 
17,929,487
 
  
 
2,520,488
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Non-current
liabilities:
                          
Long-term debt
    
17,784,092
      
12,301,692
      
1,729,344
 
Other long-term liabilities
    
481,982
      
825,754
      
116,083
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
non-current
liabilities
  
 
18,266,074
 
  
 
13,127,446
 
  
 
1,845,427
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total liabilities
  
 
30,337,085
 
  
 
31,056,933
 
  
 
4,365,915
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(All amounts in thousands, except for share data)
 
                         
    
December 31,
2021
   
September 30,

2022
   
September 30,

2022
 
    
RMB
   
RMB
   
US$
Note 2(d)
 
Shareholders’ equity
                        
Ordinary shares:
                        
Class Y Ordinary Shares (US$
0.0001
par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 83,715,114 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021; US$0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 83,715,114 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022)
    
52
     
52
     
7
 
Class Z Ordinary Shares (US$0.0001 par value; 9,800,000,000 shares authorized, 309,656,738 shares issued, 306,889,473 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2021; US$0.0001 par value; 9,800,000,000 shares authorized, 316,201,738 shares issued, 310,103,538 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2022)
    
199
     
200
     
28
 
Additional
paid-in
capital
    
35,929,961
     
36,368,270
     
5,112,570
 
Statutory reserves
    
24,621
     
24,621
     
3,461
 
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) /income
    
(279,862
   
119,899
     
16,855
 
Accumulated deficit
    
(13,971,304
   
(19,973,663
   
(2,807,853
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total Bilibili Inc.’s shareholders’ equity
    
21,703,667
     
16,539,379
     
2,325,068
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Noncontrolling interests
    
12,399
     
4,141
     
583
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total shareholders’ equity
  
 
21,716,066
 
 
 
16,543,520
 
 
 
2,325,651
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  
 
52,053,151
 
 
 
47,600,453
 
 
 
6,691,566
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
 
                         
    
For the Nine Months Ended September 30
 
    
2021
   
2022
   
2022
 
  
RMB
   
RMB
   
US$
Note 2(d)
 
Net revenues
                        
Mobile games
    
3,795,576
     
3,875,385
     
544,793
 
Value-added services
    
5,040,368
     
6,365,361
     
894,828
 
Advertising
    
2,935,805
     
3,553,856
     
499,593
 
E-commerce
and others
    
1,831,152
     
1,962,079
     
275,825
 
Total net revenues
  
 
13,602,901
 
 
 
15,756,681
 
 
 
2,215,039
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cost of revenues
  
 
(10,657,556
   
(13,156,939
   
(1,849,573
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Gross profit
  
 
2,945,345
 
 
 
2,599,742
 
 
 
365,466
 
Operating expenses:
                        
Sales and marketing expenses
    
(4,033,248
   
(3,654,596
   
(513,755
General and administrative expenses
    
(1,299,386
   
(1,704,327
   
(239,590
Research and development expenses
    
(2,042,245
   
(3,271,561
   
(459,909
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total operating expenses
  
 
(7,374,879
 
 
(8,630,484
 
 
(1,213,254
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Loss from operations
  
 
(4,429,534
 
 
(6,030,742
 
 
(847,788
Other (expense)/income:
                        
Investment loss, net (including impairments)
    
(100,852
   
(365,670
   
(51,405
Interest income
    
43,784
     
172,745
     
24,284
 
Interest expense
    
(105,370
   
(187,365
   
(26,339
Exchange losses
    
(19,560
   
(84,393
   
(11,864
Others, net
    
(38,938
   
568,492
     
79,917
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total other (expense)/income, net
  
 
(220,936
 
 
103,809
 
 
 
14,593
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Loss before tax
  
 
(4,650,470
 
 
(5,926,933
 
 
(833,195
Income tax
    
(62,502
   
(83,684
   
(11,764
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss
  
 
(4,712,972
 
 
(6,010,617
 
 
(844,959
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    
11,758
     
8,258
     
1,161
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to the Bilibili Inc.’s shareholders
  
 
(4,701,214
 
 
(6,002,359
 
 
(843,798
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss
  
 
(4,712,972
 
 
(6,010,617
 
 
(844,959
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Other comprehensive (loss)/income:
                        
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    
(174,120
   
399,761
     
56,197
 
Total other comprehensive loss
  
 
(174,120
 
 
399,761
 
 
 
56,197
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total comprehensive loss
  
 
(4,887,092
 
 
(5,610,856
 
 
(788,762
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    
11,758
     
8,258
     
1,161
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Comprehensive loss attributable to the Bilibili Inc.’s shareholders
  
 
(4,875,334
 
 
(5,602,598
 
 
(787,601
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net loss per share, basic
    
(12.50
   
(15.22
   
(2.14
Net loss per share, diluted
    
(12.50
   
(15.22
   
(2.14
Net loss per ADS, basic
    
(12.50
   
(15.22
   
(2.14
Net loss per ADS, diluted
    
(12.50
   
(15.22
   
(2.14
Weighted average number of ordinary shares, basic
    
376,073,065
     
394,452,475
     
394,452,475
 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares, diluted
    
376,073,065
     
394,452,475
     
394,452,475
 
Weighted average number of ADS, basic
    
376,073,065
     
394,452,475
     
394,452,475
 
Weighted average number of ADS, diluted
    
376,073,065
     
394,452,475
     
394,452,475
 
Share-based compensation expenses included in:
                        
Cost of revenues
    
50,069
     
54,188
     
7,618
 
Sales and marketing expenses
    
38,195
     
41,226
     
5,795
 
General and administrative expenses
    
387,857
     
418,295
     
58,803
 
Research and development expenses
    
216,226
     
272,179
     
38,262
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(All amounts in thousands, except for share data)
 
    
Ordinary shares
                                       
    
Class Y Ordinary
Shares
    
Class Z Ordinary
Shares
    
Additional
paid-in

capital
   
Statutory
reserves
    
Accumulated other
comprehensive
income/(loss)
   
Accumulated
deficit
   
Noncontrolling
interests
   
Total
shareholders’
equity
 
    
Shares
    
Amount
    
Shares
    
Amount
 
           
RMB
           
RMB
    
RMB
   
RMB
    
RMB
   
RMB
   
RMB
   
RMB
 
Balance at December 31, 2020
  
 
83,715,114
 
  
 
52
 
  
 
268,204,838
 
  
 
172
 
  
 
14,616,302
 
 
 
17,884
 
  
 
141,129
 
 
 
(7,175,339
 
 
182,004
 
 
 
7,782,204
 
Net loss
     —          —          —          —          —         —          —         (4,701,214     (11,758     (4,712,972
Share-based compensation
     —          —          —          —          692,347       —          —         —         —         692,347  
Share issuance from exercise of share options
     —          —          2,533,229        2        —         —          —         —         —         2  
Share issuance upon secondary public offering (“HK IPO”), net of issuance costs of HKD 337,143
     —          —          28,750,000        18        19,266,792       —          —         —         —         19,266,810  
Issuance ordinary shares related to long-term investment
     —          —          1,045,700        1        (1     —          —         —         —         —    
Share issuance upon the conversion of convertible 
senior notes
     —          —          2,854,277        3        449,908       —          —         —         —         449,911  
Capital injection in subsidiaries by noncontrolling interests
     —          —          —          —          —         —          —         —         2,040       2,040  
Acquisition of subsidiaries
     —          —          484,183        1        265,060       —          —         —         (14,749     250,312  
Purchase of noncontrolling interests
     —          —          —          —          (12,613     —          —         —         (120,680     (133,293
Foreign currency translation adjustment
     —          —          —          —          —         —          (174,120     —         —         (174,120
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance at September 30, 2021
  
 
83,715,114
 
  
 
52
 
  
 
303,872,227
 
  
 
197
 
  
 
35,277,795
 
 
 
17,884
 
  
 
(32,991
 
 
(11,876,553
 
 
36,857
 
 
 
23,423,241
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
(All amounts in thousands, except for share data)
 
 
  
Ordinary shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Class Y Ordinary
Shares
 
  
Class Z Ordinary
Shares
 
 
Additional
paid-in

capital
 
 
Statutory
reserves
 
  
Accumulated other
comprehensive
(loss)/income
 
 
Accumulated
deficit
 
 
Noncontrolling
interests
 
 
Total
shareholders’
equity
 
 
  
Shares
 
  
Amount
 
  
Shares
 
 
Amount
 
 
  
 
 
  
RMB
 
  
 
 
 
RMB
 
 
RMB
 
 
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
 
RMB
 
 
RMB
 
 
RMB
 
Balance at December 31, 2021
  
 
83,715,114
 
  
 
52
 
  
 
306,889,473
 
  
 
199
 
 
 
35,929,961
   
 
24,621
 
  
 
(279,862
 
 
(13,971,304
 
 
12,399
 
 
 
21,716,066
 
Net loss
     —          —          —          —         —         —          —         (6,002,359     (8,258     (6,010,617
Share-based compensation
     —          —          —          —         785,888       —          —         —         —         785,888  
Issuance of Class Z ordinary shares
upon exercise of stock options
     —          —          3,169,065        3       —         —          —         —         —         3  
Repurchase of shares
     —          —          (2,640,832 )      (2 )     (347,579 )     —          —         —         —         (347,581
Purchase of noncontrolling interests
     —          —          45,000        —         —         —          —         —         —         —    
Foreign currency translation adjustment
     —          —          —          —         —         —          399,761       —         —         399,761  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance at September 30, 2022
  
 
83,715,114
 
  
 
52
 
  
 
307,462,706
 
  
 
200
 
 
 
36,368,270
   
 
24,621
 
  
 
119,899
 
 
 
(19,973,663
 
 
4,141
 
 
 
16,543,520
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying
note
s are an
integral
part
o
f
these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(All amounts in thousands)
 
 
  
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
  
2021
 
 
2022
 
 
2022
 
 
  
RMB
 
 
RMB
 
 
US$
Note 2(d)
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
  
     
 
     
 
     
Net loss
     (4,712,972     (6,010,617 )     (844,959 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
                        
Depreciation of property and equipment
     371,172       556,788       78,272  
Amortization of intangible assets
     1,348,504       1,936,404       272,215  
Amortization of right-of-use assets
     117,451       177,641       24,972  
Amortization of debt issuance costs
     16,621       34,816       4,894  
Share-based compensation expenses
     692,347       785,888       110,478  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
     103,408       110,483       15,531  
Inventory provision
     12,269       138,633       19,489  
Deferred income taxes
     (4,541     (23,634 )     (3,322 )
Unrealized exchange (gains)/ losses
     (1,282     3,004       422  
Unrealized fair value changes of investments
     88,155       (24,214 )     (3,404 )
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
     611       362       51  
Gain on disposal of long-term investments and subsidiaries
     —         (49,146     (6,909
Loss from equity method investments
     19,548       113,245       15,920  
Revaluation of previously held equity interests
     12,562       (152,153 )     (21,389 )
Impairments of long-term investments
     65,432       306,916       43,146  
Gain of convertible senior notes repurchase

     —         (475,790 )     (66,885 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                        
Accounts receivable
     (356,950     (762 )     (107 )
Amount due from related parties
     (9,098     (41,453 )     (5,827 )
Prepayments and other assets
     (1,230,303     (506,422 )     (71,192 )
Other long-term assets
     (134,362     (462,231 )     (64,979 )
Accounts payable
     697,953       412,886       58,043  
Salary and welfare payable
     164,397       (14,243 )     (2,002 )
Taxes payable
     21,916       67,729       9,521  
Deferred revenue
     509,174       207,722       29,201  
Accrued liabilities and other payables
     189,396       (549,178 )     (77,202 )
Amount due to related parties
     —         (34,856     (4,900
Other long-term liabilities
     (5,686     288,068       40,497  
Net cash used in operating activities
  
 
(2,024,278
 
 
(3,204,114
)  
 
(450,425
)
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
                        
Purchase of property and equipment
     (603,001     (716,372 )     (100,706 )
Purchase of intangible assets
     (2,015,992     (1,502,941 )     (211,280 )
Purchase of
short-term
investments
     (45,832,390     (63,493,711 )     (8,925,805 )
Maturities of
short-term
investments
     40,173,128       73,086,219       10,274,298  
Cash consideration paid for purchase of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
     (230,770     (1,128,353 )     (158,621 )
Cash paid for
long-term
investments including loans
     (4,310,998     (1,420,927 )     (199,751 )
Repayment of loans from investees
     534,125       555,586       78,103  
Cash received from disposal/return of investments
     45,842       293,888       41,314  
Placements of time deposits
     (6,582,567     (9,548,566 )     (1,342,316 )
Maturities of time deposits
     6,728,120       6,262,530       880,373  
Impact to cash resulting from deconsolidation of subsidiaries
     —         (125 )     (18 )
Net cash (used in)/ provided by investing activities
  
 
(12,094,503
 
 
2,387,228
   
 
335,591
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                        
Proceeds of short-term loans
     1,034,797       1,261,371       177,321  
Repayment of
short-term
loans
     (214,882     (1,152,651 )     (162,037 )
Purchase of noncontrolling interests
     (58,488     (56,741 )     (7,977 )
Capital injections from noncontrolling interests
     2,040       —         —    
Proceeds from exercise of employees’ share options
     2       3       *  
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares, net of issuance costs of HKD 337,143
     19,288,423       —         —    
Repurchase of convertible 
senior notes
     —         (1,270,953 )     (178,668 )
Repurchase of shares
     —        
(347,581
 
 
(48,862
Net cash provided by/ (used in) financing activities
  
 
20,051,892
 
 
 
(1,566,552
)  
 
(220,223
)
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents held in foreign currencies
     (140,983     326,445       45,889  
Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
     5,792,128       (2,056,993 )     (289,168 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
    
4,678,109
 
 
 
7,523,108
 
 
 
1,057,582
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
  
 
10,470,237
 
   
5,466,115
 
 
 
768,414
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
(All amounts in thousands)
 
 
  
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
  
2021
 
  
2022
 
  
2022
 
 
  
RMB
 
  
RMB
 
  
US$
Note 2(d)
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flows information:
  
  
  
Cash paid for income taxes, net of tax refund
     56,237        57,340        8,061  
Cash paid for interest expense
     77,667        128,152        18,015  
Supplemental schedule of
non-cash
investing and financing activities:
                          
Property and equipment purchase financed by accounts payable
     393,431        47,180        6,633  
Acquisitions and investments financed by payables
     281,889        250,860        35,265  
Intangible assets purchases financed by payables
     801,547        898,165        126,262  
Issuance of ordinary shares in the business combination, purchase of noncontrolling interests and investment
addition
     829,748                      
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with debt conversion
     449,911                      
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1.
Operations
Bilibili Inc. (the “Company” or “Bilibili”) is an online entertainment platform for young generations. Incorporated as a limited liability company in the Cayman Islands in December 2013, the Company, through its consolidated subsidiaries, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and subsidiaries of the VIEs (collectively referred to as the “Group”), is primarily engaged in the operation of providing online entertainment services to users in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”).
In April 2018, the Company completed its IPO on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. In March 2021, the Company successfully listed its Class Z ordinary shares on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Company issued a total 28,750,000 Class Z ordinary shares in the global offering, including the fully exercised over-allotment option of 3,750,000 Class Z ordinary shares. Net proceeds from the global offering, including the over-allotment option, after deducting underwriting fees and other offering expenses, were approximately HKD22.9 billion (RMB19.3 billion).
On October 3, 2022, the Company’s voluntary conversion of its
secondary
listing status to
primary
listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange became effective. The Company became a dual-primary listed company on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong and the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States.
As of September 30, 2022, the Company’s major
subsidiaries
, VIEs and subsidiaries of the VIEs are as
follows
:
 
Major Subsidiaries
  
Place and Year of

Incorporation
  
Percentage of
Direct or Indirect

Economic
Ownership
 
  
Principal Activities
Bilibili HK Limited
   Hong Kong, 2014      100      Investment holding
Hode HK Limited
   Hong Kong, 2014      100      Investment holding
Chaodian HK Limited
   Hong Kong, 2019      100      Investment holding
Bilibili Co., Ltd.
   Japan, 2014      100      Business development
Hode Shanghai Limited (“Hode Shanghai”)
   PRC, 2014      100      Technology development
Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd.
   PRC, 2016      100      Technology development
Chaodian (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.
   PRC, 2019      100      E-commerce and advertising
 
Major VIEs and VIEs’ subsidiaries
  
Place and

Year of

Incorporation

Acquisition
 
  
Percentage of

Direct or Indirect

Economic

Ownership
 
  
Principal Activities
Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hode Information
Technology”)
     PRC, 2013        100      Mobile game operation
Shanghai Kuanyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Kuanyu”)
     PRC, 2014        100      Video distribution and game
distribution
Sharejoy Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Sharejoy Network”)
     PRC, 2014        100      Game distribution
Shanghai Hehehe Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Hehehe”)
     PRC, 2014        100      Comics distribution
Shanghai Anime Tamashi Cultural Media Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Anime
Tamashi”)
     PRC, 2015        100      E-commerce platform
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
1.
Operations (Continued)
 
The following combined financial information of the Group’s VIEs as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Group was as follows:
 
 
  
December 31

2021
 
 
September 30

2022
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  
 
377,114
 
 
 
1,194,334
 
Time deposits
  
 
6,997
 
 
 
4,251
 
Accounts receivable, net
  
 
524,311
 
 
 
686,362
 
Amounts due from Group companies
  
 
391,951
 
 
 
490,723
 
Amount due from related parties
  
 
101,983
 
 
 
160,130
 
Prepayments and other current assets
  
 
1,806,185
 
 
 
1,231,955
 
Short-term investments
  
 
927,124
 
 
 
710,278
 
Long-term investments, net
  
 
1,745,466
 
 
 
1,965,835
 
Other
non-current
assets
  
 
4,926,989
 
 
 
6,096,639
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
  
 
10,808,120
 
 
 
12,540,507
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
  
 
3,164,301
 
 
 
3,709,339
 
Salary and welfare payables
  
 
343,008
 
 
 
255,228
 
Taxes payable
  
 
128,817
 
 
 
168,576
 
Short-term loans
  
 
400,000
 
 
 
404,928
 
Deferred revenue
  
 
2,192,460
 
 
 
2,241,761
 
Accrued liabilities and other payables
  
 
1,184,523
 
 
 
983,903
 
Amounts due to the Group companies
  
 
7,214,146
 
 
 
11,694,322
 
Amounts due to related parties
  
 
117,901
 
 
 
12,251
 
Other long-term payable
  
 
222,719
 
 
 
261,002
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities
  
 
14,967,875
 
 
 
19,731,310
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Bilibili Inc’s shareholders’ deficit
  
 
(4,170,459
 
 
(7,194,530
Noncontrolling interests
  
 
10,704
 
 
 
3,727
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total shareholders’ deficit
  
 
(4,159,755
 
 
(7,190,803
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
  
 
10,808,120
 
 
 
12,540,507
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
1.
Operations (Continued)
 
 
  
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
  
2021
 
 
2022
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
Third-party revenues
     9,289,751       10,797,212  
Inter-company revenues
     594,290    
 
677,915
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total revenues
  
 
9,884,041
 
 
 
11,475,127
 
Net loss
  
 
(2,498,479
 
 
(3,086,200
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
  
2021
 
 
2022
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  
 
156,350
 
 
 
352,823
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash
used in
 investing activities
  
 
(2,257,450
 
 
(1,695,391
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash
provided by 
financing activities
  
 
  2,207,639
 
 
 
  2,186,996
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
1.
Operations (Continued)
 
Liquidity
The Group incurred net losses of RMB4,713.0 million and RMB6,010.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Net cash used in operating activities was RMB2,024.3 million and RMB3,204.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Accumulated deficit was RMB13,971.3 million and RMB19,973.7 million as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively. The Group assesses its liquidity by its ability to generate cash from operating activities and attract investors’ investments. Historically, the Group has relied principally on both operational sources of cash and
non-operational
sources of financing from investors to fund its operations and business development. The Group’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on management’s ability to successfully execute its business plan, which includes increasing revenues while controlling operating expenses, as well as, generating operational cash flows and continuing to gain support from outside sources of financing. In the past, the Group has been continuously receiving financing support from outside investors. In 2021, the Company successfully listed its Class Z ordinary shares on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising HKD22.9 billion (RMB19.3 billion), after deducting commissions and offering expenses, and the Company completed an offering of convertible senior notes due December 2026 (the “December 2026 Notes”), raising US$1,576.6 million (RMB10.1 billion
), after deducting commissions and offering expenses. Moreover, the Group can adjust the pace of its operation expansion and control the operating expenses. Based on the above considerations, the Group believes the cash and cash equivalents and the operating cash flows are sufficient to meet the cash requirements to fund planned operations and other commitments for at least the next twelve months from the date of the issuance of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. The Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
2.
Significant Accounting Policies
 
a)
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for a complete set of financial statements. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted consistent with Article 10 of Regulation
S-X.
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements and include all adjustments as necessary for the fair statement of the Group’s financial position as of September 30, 2022, and the results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures have been prepared with the presumption that users of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have read or have access to the audited consolidated financial statements for the preceding fiscal years. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or for any future period.

 
b)
Principles of consolidation
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary.
Subsidiaries are those entities in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting power, has the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors, or to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of the board of directors, or has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders.
A consolidated VIE is an entity in which the Company’s subsidiary, through contractual arrangements, has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, bears the risks of and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the entity, and therefore the Company’s subsidiary is the primary beneficiary of the entity.
All transactions and balances among the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.
There is no VIE in the Group where the Company or any subsidiary has a variable interest but is not the primary beneficiary.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
2.
Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
 
c)
Use of estimates
The preparation of the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with the U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent liabilities at the balance sheet date and reported revenues and expenses during the reported periods in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates include, but are not limited to, determination of the average playing period for paying players, and assessment for the impairment of long-term investments accounted for using the measurement alternative.
 
d)
Convenience Translation
Translations of balances on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets, unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows from RMB into US$ as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are solely for the convenience of the reader and were calculated at the rate of US$1.00 = RMB7.1135
, representing 
the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of RMB as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on September 30, 2022. No representation is made that the RMB amounts represent or could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into US$ at that rate on September 30, 2022, or at any other
rate.
 
e)
Contract Balances
Due to the generally short-term duration of the relevant contracts, the majority of the performance obligations are satisfied within one year. The amount of revenue recognized that was included in the receipts in advance balance at the beginning of the year was RMB1,947.2 million and RMB2,503.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
 
f)
Receivables, net
The following table sets out movements of the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:
 
 
  
For the Nine Months Ended

September 30,
 
 
  
2021
 
  
2022
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
Beginning balance
  
 
121,003
 
  
 
292,473
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Provisions
  
 
103,408
 
  
 
110,483
 
Write-offs
  
 
  
 
  
 
(6,854
Ending balance
  
 
224,411
 
  
 
396,102
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
 
3.
Concentrations and Risks
 
a)
Telecommunications service provider
The Group relied on telecommunications service providers and their affiliates for servers and bandwidth services to support its operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 was as follows:
 
    
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    
2021
   
2022
 
Total number of telecommunications service providers
     120       144  
Number of service providers providing 10% or more of the Group’s servers and bandwidth expenditure
     3       3  
Total percentage of the Group’s servers and bandwidth expenditure provided by 10% or greater service providers
     57     47
 
b)
Foreign currency exchange rate risk
The functional currency and the reporting currency of the Company are U.S. dollars and RMB, respectively. The Group’s exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk primarily relates to cash and cash equivalents, time deposits, short-term and long-term investments, and long-term debt denominated in the U.S. dollars. Most of the Group’s revenues, costs and expenses are denominated in RMB, while the long-term debt and a portion of cash and cash equivalents, time deposits, short-term and long-term investments are denominated in U.S. dollars. Any significant fluctuation of RMB against U.S. dollars may materially and adversely affect the Company’s cash flows, revenues, earnings and financial positions.
 
c)
Credit risk
The Group’s financial instruments potentially subject to significant concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, time deposits, accounts receivable, and money market funds (recorded in the short-term investments) and financial products (recorded in the short-term and long-term investments) with variable interest rates referenced to performance of underlying assets issued by commercial banks and other financial institutions. As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, substantially all of the Group’s cash and cash equivalents and time deposits were held in major financial institutions located in the United States of America and China, which management consider being of high credit quality. Accounts receivable is typically unsecured and is primarily derived from revenue earned from mobile game services (mainly relates to remittances due from payment channels and distribution channels) and advertising services. There was no individual payment channel that had receivable balance exceeding 10% of the Group’s accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2021 and September
 30, 2022.
One
distribution channel had receivable balance exceeding 10% of the Group’s accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2021. There was
no
distribution channel that had receivable balance exceeding 10% of the Group’s accounts receivable balance as of September 30, 2022.
 
RMB in thousands
  
December 31,
2021
    
September 30,
2022
 
Distribution channel A
     171,680        N/A  
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
3.
Concentrations and Risks (Continued)
 
d)
Major customers and supplying channels
No single customer represented 10% or more of the Group’s net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
The Group relied on a distribution channel to publish and generate the iOS version of its mobile games. There is no single distribution channel of mobile games generated 10% or more of the Group’s net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 , respectively.
 
e)
Mobile games
Mobile game revenues accounted for 28% and 25% of the Group’s total net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
No mobile games individually contributed more than
10
% of the Group’s total net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
 
4.
Prepayments and Other Current Assets
The following is a summary of prepayments and other current assets:
 
 
  
December 31,
2021
 
  
September 30,
2022
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
Prepayments for revenue sharing cost*
     1,117,431        872,959  
Inventories, net
     455,767        533,561  
Prepayments for sales tax
     523,282        412,345  
Prepayments of marketing and other operational expenses
     181,764        134,064  
Prepayments to inventory suppliers
     94,746        93,097  
Interest income receivable
     10,927        80,221  
Loans to investees or ongoing investments
     68,681        55,284  
Prepayments for content cost
     73,496        53,099  
Deposits
     106,555        29,723  
Prepayments/receivables relating to jointly invested content
     36,246        27,011  
Others
     138,153        91,123  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
2,807,048
 
  
 
2,382,487
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
*
App stores retain commissions on each purchase made by the users through the App stores. The Group is also obligated to pay ongoing licensing fees in form of royalties to the third-party game developers. Licensing fees consist of fees that the Group pays to content owners for the use of licensed content, including trademarks and copyrights, in the development of games. Licensing fees are either paid in advance and recorded on the balance sheets as prepayments or accrued as incurred and subsequently paid. Additionally, the Group defers the revenue from licensed mobile games over the estimated average playing period of paying players given that there is an implied obligation to provide
on-going
services to
end-users.
The related direct and incremental platform commissions are deferred and reported in “Prepayments and Other Current Assets” on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
 
5.
Short-term Investments
The following is a summary of short-term investments:
 
    
December 31,
2021
    
September 30,
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Financial products
     13,583,580        4,535,682  
Investments in publicly traded companies
     1,426,946        1,992,952  
Money market funds
     50,196        —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
15,060,722
 
  
 
6,528,634
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The Group recorded investment income of RMB194.3 million and RMB421.4 million related to short-term investments on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
 
6.
Property and Equipment, Net
The following is a summary of property and equipment, net:
 
    
December 31,

2021
    
September 30,

2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Leasehold improvements
     221,280        280,427  
Servers and computers
     2,277,947        2,794,207  
Others
     59,871        61,426  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
2,559,098
 
  
 
3,136,060
 
Less: accumulated depreciation
     (1,208,842      (1,752,937
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Net book value
  
 
1,350,256
 
  
 
1,383,123
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Depreciation expenses were RMB371.2 million and RMB556.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. No impairment charge was recognized for any of periods presented.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
7.
Intangible Assets, Net
The following is a summary of intangible assets, net:
 
    
As of December 31, 2021
 
    
Gross
carrying value
    
Accumulated
amortization
    
Net
carrying value
 
                      
    
RMB in thousands
 
Licensed copyrights of content
     5,567,213        (3,245,622      2,321,591  
License rights of mobile games
     455,687        (229,559      226,128  
Intellectual property and others
     1,674,232        (386,351      1,287,881  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
7,697,132
 
  
 
(3,861,532
  
 
3,835,600
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
   
    
As of September 30, 2022
 
    
Gross
carrying value
    
Accumulated
amortization
    
Net
carrying value
 
                      
    
RMB in thousands
 
Licensed copyrights of content
     7,035,303        (4,331,825      2,703,478  
License rights of mobile games
     423,268        (286,043      137,225  
Intellectual property and others
     2,332,959        (589,248      1,743,711  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
9,791,530
 
  
 
(5,207,116
  
 
4,584,414
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Amortization expenses were RMB1,348.5 million and RMB 1,936.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. No impairment charge was recognized for any of periods presented.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
8.
Long-term Investments, Net
The Group’s long-term investments primarily consist of equity investments accounted for using the measurement alternative, equity investments accounted for using the equity method and other investments accounted for at fair value.
 
    
December 31,
2021
    
September 30,
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Equity investments using the measurement alternative
     3,344,465        3,141,885  
Equity investments accounted for using the equity method
     1,235,289        1,976,323  
Investments accounted for at fair value
     922,770        789,646  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
5,502,524
 
  
 
5,907,854
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Equity investments using the measurement alternative
The Group did not disclose the fair value of alternative measure method investments if it is not practicable to estimate the fair value of its alternative measure method investments for which a quoted market price is not available due to both excessive cost as well as lack of available information on fair value of such investments. Specifically, many of the investees are
start-up
companies in China and operate in emerging industries for which the Group has not been able to estimate their fair values. For those equity investments having observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar investments of the same issuers, the Group would disclose the fair value of the alternative measure method investments.
A loss of RMB12.6 million and a gain of RMB 152.2 million
re-measurement
 of equity investments accounted for using the measurement alternative was recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
The Group recorded impairment charges for long-term investments of RMB65.4 million and RMB306.9 
million as “Investment loss, net (including impairments)” for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively, as the investees’ unsatisfied financial performance with no obvious upturn or potential financing solutions in the foreseeable future, and the Group determined the fair value of these investments was less than their carrying value.
Equity investments accounted for using the equity method
RMB19.5 million and RMB113.2 million of the Group’s proportionate share of equity investee’s net loss, was recognized in “Investment loss, net (including impairments)” for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Investments accounted for at fair value
Investments accounted for at fair value primarily include financial products with variable interest rates referenced to performance of underlying assets and with original maturities great than one year and investments in publicly traded companies with an intention of holding greater than one year. A loss of RMB175.7 million and RMB299.9 million resulted from the change in fair value was recognized in “Investment loss, net (including impairments)” for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
9.
Taxation
Composition of income tax
The following table presents the composition of income tax expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:
 
    
For the nine months ended

September 30
 
    
2021
    
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Current income tax expenses
     54,341        97,994  
Withholding income tax expenses
     12,702        9,324  
Deferred tax benefits
     (4,541      (23,634
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
62,502
 
  
 
83,684
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The Group’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 was
-1.3%
and
-1.4%,
respectively. The effective tax rate is based on expected income and statutory tax rates. For interim financial reporting, the Group estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with the guidance on accounting for income taxes in an interim period. The Group did not incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income tax expenses.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
10.
Taxes Payable
The following is a summary of taxes payable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:
 
    
December 31,
2021
    
September 30,
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
EIT payable
     69,773        106,184  
Withholding income tax payable
     29,242        46,071  
Withholding individual income taxes for employees
     44,968        43,842  
VAT payable
     52,614        23,352  
Others
     7,173        33,840  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
203,770
 
  
 
253,289
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
11.
Short-term loan and current portion of long-term debt
 
 
  
Balance at December 31, 2021,
 
  
Balance at September 30, 2022
 
 
  
Interest Rate
Range
 
Maturity Date
 
  
Amount
 
  
Interest Rate
Range
 
Maturity Date
 
  
Amount
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
Unsecured bank loans
   3.60%~3.70%     Within
12 months
 
 
     943,658      3.10%~3.70%     Within
12 months
 
 
     1,100,018  
Unsecured borrowing
   3.95%     Within
12 months
 
 
     288,448      3.79%     Within
12 months
 
 
     240,906  
2027 Notes(Note 13)
   N/A     N/A  
 
     —        1.25%     Within
12 months
 
 
     5,613,019  
                 
 
 
                 
 
 
 
Total
               
 
1,232,106
 
               
 
6,953,943
 
                 
 
 
                 
 
 
 
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
12.
Accrued Liabilities and Other Payables
The following is a
summary
of ac
cru
ed liabilities and other payables as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:
 
    
December 31,
2021
    
September 30,
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Accrued marketing expenses
     1,321,776        752,416  
Payables to producers and licensors
     139,951        608,100  
Leasing liabilities-current portion
     206,758        256,312  
Consideration payable for acquisitions and investments
     526,453        159,360  
Professional fees
     64,510        62,422  
Deposit
     40,445        47,004  
Interest payable
     26,469        40,158  
Other staff related cost
     5,325        22,849  
Advances from/payables to third parties
     14,386        18,016  
Others
     70,882        85,756  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
2,416,955
 
  
 
2,052,393
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
13.
Convertible
senior notes
April 2026 Notes
In April 2019, the Group issued US$500.0 million of 2026 Notes with an interest rate of 1.375% per annum. The net proceeds to the Company from the issuance of the 2026 Notes were US$488.2 million (RMB3,356.1 million), net of issuance costs of US$11.8 million (RMB81.1 million). The 2026 Notes may be converted, at an initial conversion rate of 40.4040 ADSs per US$1,000 principal amount (which represents an initial conversion price of US$24.75 per ADS) at each holder’s option at any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date of April 1, 2026.
Holders of the April 2026 Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or part of their April 2026 Notes in cash on April 1, 2024 or in the event of certain fundamental changes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
The issuance costs of the 2026 Notes were amortized to interest expense over the contractual life to the maturity date (i.e., April 1, 2026). For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, the 2026 Notes related interest expense was US$6.3 million (RMB40.5 million) and US$5.7 million (RMB37.5 million), respectively.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
13.
Convertible 
senior notes
 
(Continued)
 
2027 Notes
In June 2020, the Group issued US$800.0 million of 2027 Notes with an interest rate of 1.25% per annum. The net proceeds to the Company from the issuance of the 2027 Notes were US$786.1 million (RMB5,594.8 million), net of issuance costs of US$13.9 million (RMB98.6 million). The 2027 Notes may be converted, at an initial conversion rate of 24.5516 ADSs per US$1,000 principal amount (which represents an initial conversion price of US$40.73 per ADS) at each holder’s option at any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date of June 15, 2027.
Holders of the 2027 Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or part of their 2027 Notes in cash on June 15, 2023 and June 15, 2025, or in the event of certain fundamental changes at a repurchase price equal to 100%
of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
The issuance costs of the 2027 Notes were amortized to interest expense over the contractual life to the maturity date (i.e., June 15, 2027). For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, the 2027 Notes related interest expense was US$8.9 million (RMB57.8 million) and US$9.0 million (RMB59.0 million), respectively.
As of September 30, 2022, RMB5,613.0 million (US$ 789.1 million) of 2027 Notes are short-term in nature because the 2027 Notes holder had a non-contingent option to require the Group to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their 2027 Notes within one year.
December 2026 Notes
In November 2021, the Group issued US$1,600 million of December 2026 Notes with an interest rate of 0.50% per annum. The net proceeds to the Company from the issuance of the December 2026 Notes were US$ 1,576.6 million (RMB 10.1 billion), net of issuance costs of US$23.4 million (RMB 149.6 million). The December 2026 Notes may be converted, at an initial conversion rate of 10.6419 ADSs per US$1,000 principal amount (which represents an initial conversion price of US$93.97 per ADS) at each holder’s option at any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date of December 1, 2026. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, ADSs or a combination of cash and ADSs, at the Company’s election. Holders of the Notes may elect to receive Class Z ordinary shares in lieu of any ADSs deliverable upon conversion.
Holders of the December 2026 Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or part of their December 2026 Notes in cash on December 1, 2024, or in the event of certain fundamental changes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
The issuance costs of the December 2026 Notes were amortized to interest expense over the contractual life to the maturity date (i.e., December 1, 2026). For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the December 2026 Notes related interest expense was US$8.3 million (RMB54.9 million), respectively.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
13.
Convertible
 
senior notes
 
(Continued)
 
As of December 31, 2021, and September 30, 2022, the principal amount of April 2026 Notes was RMB2,737.5 million and RMB3,048.3 million, respectively. The unamortized debt issuance costs were RMB39.8 million and RMB36.6 million as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively.
As of December 31, 2021, and September 30,2022, the principal amount of 2027 Notes was RMB5,100.6 million and RMB5,679.8 million, respectively. The unamortized debt issuance costs were RMB69.2 million and RMB66.8 million as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively.
As of December 31, 2021, and September 30, 2022, the principal amount of December 2026 Notes was RMB10,201.1 million and RMB 9,404.4 million, respectively. The unamortized debt issuance costs were RMB146.0 million and RMB114.4 million as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively.
During the year ended 2021, US$70.6 million in aggregate principal amount of April 2026 Notes were converted, pursuant to which the Company issued 2,854,253 ADSs to the holders of such Notes. Accordingly, the balance of the notes converted were derecognized and recorded as ordinary shares and additional
paid-in
capital. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, no April 2026 Notes were converted.
During the year ended 2021, US$1,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2027 Notes were converted, pursuant to which the Company issued 24 ADSs to the holders of such Notes. Accordingly, the balance of the notes converted were derecognized and recorded as ordinary shares and additional
paid-in
capital. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, no 2027 Notes were converted.
As of September 30, 2022, the Company repurchased an aggregate principal amount of US$
275.4
 
million (RMB1.8 billion) of December 2026 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$
197.7 million (RMB1.3
billion), with the gain of US$ 74.0 million (RMB475.8 million).
The following table provides a summary of the Company’s unsecured senior notes as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:
 
 
  
December 31,
 
  
September 30,
 
  
Effective

interest
rate
 
 
  
2021
 
  
2022
 
 
  
    Amounts    
 
  
    Amounts    
 
 
  
RMB in thousands
 
  
 
 
April 2026 Notes
  
 
2,697,698
 
  
 
3,011,738
 
  
 
1.74
2027 Notes
  
 
5,031,312
 
  
 
—  
 
  
 
1.52
December 2026 Notes
  
 
10,055,082
 
  
 
9,289,954
 
  
 
0.80
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
     
Carrying value
  
 
17,784,092
 
  
 
12,301,692
 
  
     
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs
  
 
255,033
 
  
 
151,051
 
  
     
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
     
Total principal amounts of unsecured
senior
notes
  
 
18,039,125
 
  
 
12,452,743
 
  
     
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
     
 

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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
14.
Share-based Compensation
As of September 30, 2022, total unrecognized compensation expenses related to unvested awards granted under the Global Share Plan and the 2018 Plan, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, was RMB3,900.8 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.7 years and may be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures.
The following table presents a summary of the Group’s share options activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022:
 
    
Total Number of
shares
    
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
    
(In thousands)
    
US$
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2022
     22,510        2.0010  
Granted
     5,830        0.0036  
Exercised
     (3,169      0.0001  
Forfeited
     (1,642      0.3455  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2022
     23,529        1.8944  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Exercisable at September 30, 2022
     4,037        3.3579  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
The weighted average grant date fair value of share options granted for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was RMB126.8 (US$18.5) per share, respectively.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
15.
Net Loss per Share
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, the Company had potential ordinary shares, including share options granted and ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of the April 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and December 2026 Notes, where applicable. As the Group incurred losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, these potential ordinary shares were anti-dilutive and excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the numbers of share options and the number of ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of the April 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes, which were anti-dilutive and excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, were 13,143,917 shares, 19,164,376 shares and 19,641,280 shares, respectively.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the numbers of share options and the number of ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of the April 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and December 2026 Notes, which were anti-dilutive and excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, were 2,581,321 shares, 17,347,747 shares, 19,641,256 shares and 15,013,771 shares, respectively.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:
 
    
For the Nine

Months Ended September 30,
 
    
2021
    
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands, except for
share and per share data
 
Numerator:
                 
Net loss
     (4,712,972      (6,010,617
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
     11,758        8,258  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to Bilibili Inc.’s shareholders for basic/dilutive net loss per share calculation
     (4,701,214      (6,002,359
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Denominator:
                 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding, basic
     376,073,065        394,452,475  
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding, diluted
     376,073,065        394,452,475  
Net loss per share, basic
     (12.50      (15.22
Net loss per share, diluted
     (12.50      (15.22
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
16.
Related Party Transactions and Balances
The Group entered into the following significant related party transactions for the periods presented:
 
    
For the Nine Months Ended

September 30,
 
    
2021
    
2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Purchases of goods and services
     56,494        150,298  
Transfer of long-term investments
1
     —          275,000  
Sales of goods and services
     11,078        13,082  
Investment income and interest income
     3,109        67,162  
The Group had the following significant related party balances as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively:
 
    
December 31, 2021
    
September 30, 2022
 
               
    
RMB in thousands
 
Amount due from related parties
        
Due from an investment fund
     48,135        176,188  
Due from an entity (“Entity”
2
)
     1,709,689        1,299,473  
Due from other investees
     283,492        252,866  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
  
 
2,041,316
 
  
 
1,728,527
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Amount due to related parties
     216,434        94,661  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
1.
In September 2022, the Company transferred several equity investments of the Group to an investment fund, of which the Company is as a limited partner. Pro forma results of operations for the disposed investments have not been presented because they were not material to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, either individually or in aggregate.
2.
The Company established the Entity with an independent third party and two entities controlled by Mr. Rui Chen and Ms. Ni Li, respectively, to acquire the land use rights for a parcel of land in Shanghai for future construction. The Company made capital contribution of RMB1,530.5 million and provided interest-bearing guaranteed loans of RMB 1,254.8 million to the Entity for its operation. The balance as of September 30, 2022 represents interest-bearing loans and interest expenses related to the Entity, which are non-trade in nature. The annual interest rates of the loans were 3.3%.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
17.
Acquisitions
Transactions with one animation content production company (“Anime Business”)
Prior to 2021, the Group held 8.1% equity share of Anime Business through several investments with preferred rights, which was accounted for as long-term investments using alternative measure method. In January 2021, the Group acquired remaining equity with the total consideration of RMB612.3 million, including the cash consideration of RMB369.1 million and 400,000 restricted Class Z ordinary shares. Upon the completion of this transaction in January 2021, the Group held 100% of equity interests in the Anime Business, which became a consolidated subsidiary of the Group.
The consideration of acquisition of Anime Business was allocated based on their fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as follows:
 
    
Amount
    
Amortization
Period
 
    
RMB in thousands
        
Net assets acquired
     189,763           
Intangible assets
                 
—Brand
     85,000        8 years  
—Vendor relationship
     75,000        10 years  
—Non-compete
clause
     54,000        6 years  
Goodwill
     283,402           
    
 
 
          
Total
  
 
687,165
 
        
    
 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total purchase price comprised of:
                 
     
    
Amount
        
    
RMB in thousands
        
Cash consideration
     369,124           
Share consideration
     243,203           
Fair value of previously held equity interests
     74,838           
    
 
 
          
Total
  
 
687,165
 
        
    
 
 
          
Goodwill arising from this acquisition was attributable to the synergies between ability of animation content production and the Group’s strategy to expand its content library.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
17.
Acquisitions (Continued)
 
Transactions with one Comics distribution company (“Comics Business”)
In November 2021, the Company signed an agreement to acquire all of the equity interests in Comics Business with a total cash consideration of RMB600.0 million. Upon the completion of this transaction, the Group held 100 % of equity interests in the Comics Business, which became a consolidated subsidiary of the Group.
The consideration of acquisition of Comics Business was allocated based on their fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as follows:
 

    
Amount
    
Amortization
Period
 
    
RMB in thousands
        
Net assets acquired
     48,764           
Intangible assets
                 
—Brand
     23,000        10 years  
—User base
     11,000        3 years  
—Copyrights
     269,000        8 years  
—Technology
     4,000        3 years  
—Non-compete
clause
     5,000        2 years  
Deferred tax liabilities
     (42,133         
Goodwill
     281,369           
    
 
 
          
Total
  
 
600,000
 
        
    
 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total purchase price comprised of:
                 
     
    
Amount
        
    
RMB in thousands
        
Cash consideration
     600,000           
Goodwill arising from this acquisition was attributable to the synergies between ability of comics distribution and the Group’s strategy to expand its content library.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
17.
Acquisitions (Continued)
 
Transactions with one game development company (“Game Business”)
In February 2022, the Company signed an agreement to acquire all of the equity interests in Game Business with a total cash consideration of RMB800.0 million. Upon the completion of this transaction, the Group held 100% of equity interests in the Game Business, which became a consolidated subsidiary of the Group.
The consideration of acquisition of Game Business was allocated based on their fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as follows:
 
    
Amount
    
Amortization Period
 
    
RMB in thousands
        
Net assets acquired
     333,830           
Intangible assets
                 
—Non-compete
clause
     111,000        6 years  
—Others
     50,965        5 years  
Deferred tax liabilities
     (40,491         
Goodwill
     344,696           
    
 
 
          
Total
  
 
800,000
 
        
    
 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total purchase price comprised of:
                 
     
    
Amount
        
    
RMB in thousands
        
Cash consideration
     800,000           
Goodwill arising from this acquisition was attributable to the Group’s strategy to expand its self-developed capacity in game development.
 
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BILIBILI INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
 
17.
Acquisitions (Continued)
 
Other acquisitions
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Group completed several other acquisitions, to complement its existing businesses and achieve synergies. The acquired entities individually and in aggregate were insignificant. The Group’s other acquisitions are summarized in the following table:
 
    
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2021
    
For the nine months
ended September 30,

2022
        
                      
    
Amount
    
Amortization
Period
 
    
RMB in thousands
 
Net assets acquired
     28,320        85,369           
Intangible assets
                          
—Brand
     66,000        —          5 years  
—Customer relationship
     83,000        —          5 years  
—Non-compete
clause
     28,000        9,000        6 years  
—Others
     71,100        61,000        1 to 10 years  
Deferred tax liabilities
     —          (17,500         
Goodwill
     477,746        42,131           
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Total
  
 
754,166
 
  
 
180,000
 
        
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total purchase price comprised of:
                          
     
    
Amount
        
    
RMB in thousands
        
Cash consideration
     244,949        150,000           
Share consideration
     391,244        —             
Fair value of previously held equity interests
     117,973        30,000           
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Total
  
 
754,166
 
  
 
180,000
 
        
    
 
 
    
 
 
          
Pro forma results of operations for all the acquisitions have not been presented because they were not material to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, either individually or in aggregate.
 
18.
Subsequent Events
On top of the repurchase shares with the amount of
US$
53.6 million (RMB347.6
million) during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, in the fo
u
rth quarter 2022, the Company repurchased an aggregate principal amount of
US$
54.0
 million (RMB385.7 million) of 2027 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$
49.3
 million (RMB352.0
million) and an aggregate principal amount of US$492.9 million (RMB3.4 billion) of December 2026 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$370.9 million (RMB2.6 billion).
 
F-32
EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes for the same periods included in Exhibit 99.1 to our current report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on January 9, 2023 and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” in our 2021 Annual Report. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.

Key Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

User growth and engagement

Our business depends on our ability to grow our user base and maintain and increase user engagement. We have experienced rapid user growth since our inception. The following table sets forth our average DAUs and MAUs for each of the quarters indicated:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     June
30,
2020
     September
30,
2020
     December
31,
2020
     March
31,
2021
     June
30,
2021
     September
30,
2021
     December
31,
2021
     March
31,
2022
     June
30,
2022
     September
30,
2022
 
                                                                       
     (In millions)  

Average DAUs(1)

     50.5        53.3        54.0        60.1        62.7        72.1        72.2        79.4        83.5        90.3  

Average MAUs(1)

     171.6        197.2        202.0        223.3        237.1        267.2        271.7        293.6        305.7        332.6  

 

Note:

(1)

Starting from the second quarter of 2022, we count our active users as the sum of active users on mobile apps and PC ends during a given period. We calculate active users on mobile apps based on the number of mobile devices (including smart TV and other smart devices) that have launched our mobile apps during a given period. Active users on the PC ends refer to the sum of valid logged-in users who visit our PC website at www.bilibili.com and engage in PC application during a given period, after eliminating duplicates.

Our active users generally view and consume a multitude of content offered on our platform, including videos, live broadcasting, mobile games and other content. The number of our users and the level of their engagement on our platform affect our revenues. Revenue from our mobile game services has been an important contributor to our total net revenues in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022. The mobile game user base growth and engagement are primarily driven by the launch of new games and the release of updates of our existing games. We witnessed strong growth in the revenues generated from VAS due to the increasing number of active viewers of our live broadcasting and subscribers of our premium membership program. We also generate advertising revenues from advertisers driven by the size of our user base, the engagement of our users and our brand equity.

We will continue to implement our strategy to grow our DAU base and increase penetration in Generation Z+ and attract users from wider demographics. We will continue to support our content creators, enrich video content, strengthen our brand recognition and invest in high quality user growth.

Our provision and commercialization of diversified product and service offerings

Our revenues and results of operations depend on our ability to convert more users to paying users and to increase their spending on our platform, which is driven by our provision of diversified product and service offerings appealing to our users. Paying users on our platform refer to users who make payments for various products and services on our platform, including purchases in games and payments for VAS (excluding purchases on our e-commerce platform). A user who makes payments across different products and services offered on our platform using the same registered account is counted as one paying user and we add the number of paying users of Maoer toward our total paying users without eliminating duplicates. Starting from the second quarter of 2022, we add the number of paying users of smart TVs toward our total paying users without eliminating duplicates.

 

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The following table sets forth our average DAUs, MAUs, our average monthly paying users, and average monthly revenue per paying user for each of the quarters indicated:

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     June
30,
2020
     September
30,
2020
     December
31,
2020
     March
31,
2021
     June
30,
2021
     September
30,
2021
     December
31,
2021
     March
31,
2022
     June
30,
2022
     September
30,
2022
 
                                                                       
     (In millions)  

Average DAUs

     50.5        53.3        54.0        60.1        62.7        72.1        72.2        79.4        83.5        90.3  

Average MAUs

     171.6        197.2        202.0        223.3        237.1        267.2        271.7        293.6        305.7        332.6  

Average monthly paying users

     12.9        15.0        17.9        20.5        20.9        23.9        24.5        27.2        27.5        28.5  
     (In RMB)  

Average monthly revenue per paying user

     53.8        50.1        44.2        43.4        45.8        46.0        43.4        41.7        38.2        43.1  

The number of average monthly paying users has generally been increasing primarily attributable to the popularity of our premium membership program driven by the high-quality content that we offer, the expansion of our mobile games operations, and diversification of other value-added services offerings. The decrease of our average monthly revenue per paying user was mainly due to a substantial increase in the number of paying users attributable to our premium membership program, who on average make lower payments than other paying users such as those for the mobile games. Paying users who subscribe to our premium membership program are likely to consume derivative products of their interested OGV on our platform. For example, while enjoying an anime in our content library, such paying users are also likely to pay for the games developed based on that anime offered on our platform, the same theme of comic books, audio dramas, and figure toys of the characters in the anime. We therefore see large commercial potentials in the derivative content consumptions.

We are continuing to diversify our product and service offerings and refine our commercialization avenues without compromising user experience. We will continue our efforts to enrich our content library and product offerings to convert more users to paying users. We plan to launch more high-quality games to satisfy our users’ evolving needs. In addition, we expect to have increased revenues from advertising, as advertisers across different industries are turning to Bilibili to tap into the coveted Generation Z+ in China. We will also continue to develop our live broadcasting and other VAS. Our revenue growth will be affected by our ability to effectively execute our commercialization strategies and expand our paying user base.

Our brand recognition and market leadership

Our brand recognition as a leading video community among the Generation Z+ in China is crucial for us to attract and retain users, content creators and our business partners, and increase our revenues. We will continue to promote our brand name among broader young generations and increase our appeal to mass market.

Our ability to manage our costs and expenses

Our results of operations depend on our ability to manage our costs and expenses. Our cost of revenues consists primarily of revenue-sharing costs, content costs, server and bandwidth service costs and e-commerce and other costs. We expect our revenue-sharing costs to increase in absolute amount due to our business expansion in mobile games, live broadcasting and advertising businesses. We expect our content costs to increase in absolute amount as we continue to produce and procure high-quality content for our users. We will implement additional cost control measures to operate more efficiently, including rationalizing headcount planning and further controlling sales and marketing expenses.

 

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Investment in technology and talents

Our technology is critical for us to better understand our users, improve user experience, maintain a vibrant community, and execute our commercialization strategy. Our current research and development efforts in technology are primarily focused on enhancing our artificial intelligence technology, big data analytics capabilities and cloud technology, which we believe are crucial for us to develop user insights so as to provide more relevant and engaging content to our users and to improve our operating efficiency. In addition, there is a strong demand in China’s internet industry for talented and experienced personnel. We must recruit, retain and motivate talented employees while controlling our personnel-related expenses, including share-based compensation expenses.

Impact of COVID-19 on Our Operations and Financial Performance

A substantial majority of our revenues and workforce are concentrated in China. To contain the spread of COVID-19, the Chinese government has taken certain emergency measures, including implementation of travel bans, blockade of certain roads and closure of factories and businesses, encouragement of remote working arrangements and cancellation of public activities. Due to recurrence of COVID-19 outbreaks driven by various COVID-19 variants in certain provinces of China in 2022, including Shanghai, the Chinese government implemented similar emergency measures to contain further spread of COVID-19. However, starting from November 2022, the PRC government has gradually lifted its precautionary measures to curb COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic and the preventative measures implemented by authorities from time to time to help limit the spread of illness had the following impacts on our business operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, among other things, (i) lock-downs disrupted our supply chain, delayed our ability to timely fulfill our e-commerce orders and led to higher fulfilment expenses, (ii) increased the volatility of our customers’ demand for our advertising services and their advertising expenditure patterns from period-to-period, (iii) increased the volatility of the size and engagement of our active user base, and caused us to incur higher bandwidth costs, and (iv) led to delays in production and uncertainty in scheduling of content of our licensed content providers, which in turn had a negative impact on our premium membership subscription and the amount of advertising sponsorship received by us.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have prioritized the health and safety of our employees by (i) adopting remote working arrangements for our employees in affected regions, (ii) upgrading our telecommuting system, (iii) monitoring our employees’ health, and (iv) optimizing our technology system to support potential growth in user traffic. However, the remote working arrangement could reduce the capacity and efficiency of our operations and negatively impact the normal business operations.

We continue to monitor the evolving situation and guidance from government and public health authorities and may take additional actions based on their recommendations. There remains uncertainty around the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken, or may be taken, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will depend on numerous factors, including, among others, the emergence of new cases of COVID-19 and its variants, hospitalization and mortality rates, and the availability and distribution of safe and effective treatments and vaccines. Accordingly, we cannot reasonably estimate the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition and results of operations at this time, which may be material. See also “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We face risks related to natural disasters, health epidemics and other outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which could significantly disrupt our operations” in our 2021 Form 20-F.

As of September 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and short-term investments of RMB23.9 billion (US$3.4 billion). Our principal sources of liquidity have been cash generated from operating activities, as well as the proceeds we received from our public offerings of ordinary shares and other financing activities. We believe this level of liquidity is sufficient to successfully navigate an extended period of uncertainty.

 

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Key Components of Results of Operations

Net revenues

The following table sets forth the components of our net revenues by amounts and percentages of our total net revenues for the periods presented:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
    December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
    September
30,
2021
    September
30,
2022
 
     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      US$      %  
                                                                          
     (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Net revenues:

                            

Mobile games

     3,597,809        53.1     4,803,382        40.0     5,090,926        26.3     3,795,576        27.9     3,875,385        544,793        24.6

VAS

     1,641,043        24.2     3,845,663        32.0     6,934,886        35.8     5,040,368        37.1     6,365,361        894,828        40.4

Advertising

     817,016        12.1     1,842,772        15.4     4,523,421        23.3     2,935,805        21.6     3,553,856        499,593        22.6

E-commerce and others

     722,054        10.6     1,507,159        12.6     2,834,451        14.6     1,831,152        13.4     1,962,079        275,825        12.4
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenues

     6,777,922        100.0     11,998,976        100.0     19,383,684        100.0     13,602,901        100.0     15,756,681        2,215,039        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mobile games. We primarily offer exclusively distributed mobile games and jointly operated mobile games developed by third-party game developers. For exclusively distributed mobile games, we are responsible for game launch, hosting and maintenance of game servers, game promotions and customer services. We also develop localized versions for games licensed from overseas developers. For jointly operated mobile game services, we provide our mobile game platform for mobile games developed by third-party developers. We earn game distribution service revenue within the applicable contract periods by providing payment solutions and game promotion services, while game developers are responsible for providing game products, hosting and maintaining game servers and determining the pricing of in-game virtual items. As of September 30, 2022, we operated multiple exclusively distributed mobile games, self-developed games, and hundreds of jointly operated mobile games. Our revenues from mobile games depend on the number of paying users, and ultimately are determined by our ability to select, procure and offer engaging games tailored to our platform and our user preferences. We expect revenues from mobile games to fluctuate but remain as an important stream of revenues. At the same time, we expect greater contribution by revenues from other streams of business as we take initiatives to grow our other revenue streams.

VAS. We primarily generate VAS revenues from (i) subscription fees of our premium membership program, which offers paying members benefits including an exclusive or advance access to certain high-quality OGV, and (ii) sales of in-channel virtual items for use in our live broadcasting so that users can send them to hosts to show their support, which comprise of either consumable items, such as gifts and items that create special visual effects, or time-based items, such as privileges and titles. Meanwhile, we also generate revenues from other VAS including sales of paid content and virtual items on our video, audio and comic platforms. We expect revenues from VAS to continue to grow driven by the increasing popularity of our premium membership programs and live broadcasting.

Advertising. We generate advertising revenues primarily from brand advertising, performance-based feed advertisements and native advertisements. Brand advertisements primarily appear on the app opening page, the top banner, the website home page banner and the inline video feed alongside organic feeds. Brand advertisements can also be customized according to advertisers’ need and appeared in Bilibili-produced OGV or events. Performance-based advertisements primarily appear as video, picture or text-based feeds alongside with organic feeds, the banner underneath the video-playing frame and in the Story Mode. This format allows us to push personalized feed advertisements to users throughout our platform. Native advertisings are customized according to advertisers’ needs, produced by our content creators and embedded naturally in their video creations. As the native advertisements are usually cohesive with the content of our platform, assimilated into the design and consistent with the form of content presentation on our platform, our users tend to view them as regular video content. We expect our advertising revenues to increase in the foreseeable future as we continue to introduce new advertising and marketing solutions and attract more advertisers.

 

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E-commerce and others. Our e-commerce and others primarily consist of sales of products on our e-commerce platform. We expect revenues from e-commerce and others to fluctuate in the foreseeable future but represent as a meaningful stream of revenues.

Cost of revenues

The following table sets forth the components of our cost of revenues by amounts and percentages of cost of revenues for the periods presented:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
    December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
    September
30,
2021
    September
30,
2022
 
     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      US$      %  
                                                                          
     (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Cost of revenues:

                            

Revenue-sharing costs

     2,494,416        44.6     4,366,490        47.7     7,733,330        50.4     5,304,845        49.8     6,597,991        927,531        50.1

Content costs

     1,001,600        17.9     1,875,546        20.5     2,694,839        17.6     1,868,595        17.5     2,470,806        347,340        18.8

Server and bandwidth costs

     919,753        16.5     1,141,257        12.5     1,565,923        10.2     1,098,202        10.3     1,313,571        184,659        10.0

E-commerce and others

     1,171,904        21.0     1,775,507        19.3     3,346,445        21.8     2,385,914        22.4     2,774,571        390,043        21.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost of revenues

     5,587,673        100     9,158,800        100.0     15,340,537        100.0     10,657,556        100.0     13,156,939        1,849,573        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Revenue-sharing costs consist of fees paid to game developers, distribution channels (app stores) and payment channels, and fees we share with hosts of our live broadcasting and content creators in accordance with our revenue-sharing arrangements. Content costs mainly consist of amortized costs of purchased licensed content from copyright owners or content distributors and our production costs. Server and bandwidth costs are the fees we pay to telecommunication carriers and other service providers for telecommunication services, hosting our servers at their internet data centers, and providing content delivery network and application services. E-commerce and others consist of cost of goods sold associated with our e-commerce business, staff cost, depreciation and others.

Operating expenses

The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses by amounts and percentages of operating expenses for the periods presented:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
    December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
    September
30,
2021
    September
30,
2022
 
     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      %     RMB      US$      %  
                                                                          
     (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Operating expenses:

                            

Sales and marketing expenses

     1,198,516        44.6     3,492,091        58.4     5,794,853        55.3     4,033,248        54.7     3,654,596        513,755        42.3

General and administrative expenses

     592,497        22.1     976,082        16.3     1,837,506        17.6     1,299,386        17.6     1,704,327        239,590        19.8

Research and development expenses

     894,411        33.3     1,512,966        25.3     2,839,862        27.1     2,042,245        27.7     3,271,561        459,909        37.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     2,685,424        100     5,981,139        100.0     10,472,221        100.0     7,374,879        100.0     8,630,484        1,213,254        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5


Sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of marketing and promotional expenses, salaries and other compensation-related expenses for our sales and marketing personnel. We will keep implementing our cost control strategy, including to control our sales and marketing expenses more effectively, so as to improve our cost efficiency.

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other compensation-related expenses for our general and administrative personnel, professional fees, rental expenses and allowance for doubtful accounts. We will keep implementing our cost control strategy, including to rationalize our headcount, to improve our cost efficiency.

Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits, including share-based compensation expenses, for research and development personnel dedicated to the development and enhancement of our app/websites and development of online games. We will continue to invest in our research and development, enhance our artificial intelligence technology, big data analytics capabilities, cloud technology and game development capacity, and develop new features and functionalities on our platform. Meanwhile, we will keep implementing our cost control strategy, including to rationalize our headcount, to improve our cost efficiency.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the periods presented, both in absolute amount and as a percentage of our revenues for the periods presented. This information should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes in our 2021 Annual Report and our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in Exhibit 99.1 to our current report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on January 9, 2023. The results of operations in any period are not necessarily indicative of our future trends.

 

    For the Year Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    December
31,
2019
    December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
    September
30,
2021
    September
30,
2022
 
    RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     US$     %  
                                                                   
    (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Net revenues

    6,777,922       100.0     11,998,976       100.0     19,383,684       100     13,602,901       100.0     15,756,681       2,215,039       100.0

Cost of revenues(1)

    (5,587,673     (82.4 )%      (9,158,800     (76.3 )%      (15,340,537     (79.1 )%      (10,657,556     (78.3 %)      (13,156,939     (1,849,573     (83.5 %) 

Gross profit

    1,190,249       17.6     2,840,176       23.7     4,043,147       20.9     2,945,345       21.7     2,599,742       365,466       16.5

Operating expenses:

                     

Sales and marketing expenses(1)

    (1,198,516     (17.7 )%      (3,492,091     (29.1 )%      (5,794,853     (29.9 )%      (4,033,248     (29.6 )%      (3,654,596     (513,755     (23.2 )% 

General and administrative expenses(1)

    (592,497     (8.7 )%      (976,082     (8.1 )%      (1,837,506     (9.5 )%      (1,299,386     (9.6 )%      (1,704,327     (239,590     (10.8 )% 

Research and development expenses(1)

    (894,411     (13.2 )%      (1,512,966     (12.6 )%      (2,839,862     (14.7 )%      (2,042,245     (15.0 )%      (3,271,561     (459,909     (20.8 )% 

Total operating expenses

    (2,685,424     (39.6 )%      (5,981,139     (49.8 )%      (10,472,221     (54.1 )%      (7,374,879     (54.2 )%      (8,630,484     (1,213,254     (54.8 )% 

Loss from operations

    (1,495,175     (22.0 )%      (3,140,963     (26.1 )%      (6,429,074     (33.2 )%      (4,429,534     (32.5 )%      (6,030,742     (847,788     (38.3 )% 

Other income/ (expenses):

                     

Investment income/ (losses), net (including impairments)

    96,610       1.4     28,203       0.2     (194,183     (1.0 )%      (100,852     (0.7 )%      (365,670     (51,405     (2.3 )% 

Interest income

    162,782       2.4     83,301       0.7     70,367       0.4     43,784       0.3     172,745       24,284       1.1

Interest expense

    (46,543     (0.7 )%      (108,547     (0.9 )%      (155,467     (0.8 )%      (105,370     (0.8 )%      (187,365     (26,339     (1.2 )% 

Exchange (losses)/gains

    (11,789     (0.2 )%      41,717       0.3     (15,504     (0.1 )%      (19,560     (0.1 )%      (84,393     (11,864     (0.5 )% 

Others, net

    26,412       0.4     95,641       0.8     10,411       0.1     (38,938     (0.3 )%      568,492       79,917       3.6

 

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     For the Year Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
    December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
    September
30,
2021
    September
30,
2022
 
     RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     US$     %  
                                                                    
     (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Loss before tax

     (1,267,703     (18.7 )%      (3,000,648     (25.0 )%      (6,713,450     (34.6 )%      (4,650,470     (34.1 )%      (5,926,933     (833,195     (37.6 )% 

Income tax

     (35,867     (0.5 )%      (53,369     (0.4 )%      (95,289     (0.5 )%      (62,502     (0.5 )%      (83,684     (11,764     (0.5 )% 

Net loss

     (1,303,570     (19.2 )%      (3,054,017     (25.4 )%      (6,808,739     (35.1 )%      (4,712,972     (34.6 )%      (6,010,617     (844,959     (38.1 )% 

 

Note:

 

(1)

Share-based compensation expenses were allocated as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended      For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
     December
31,
2020
     December
31,
2021
     September
30,
2021
     September
30,
2022
 
     RMB      RMB      RMB      RMB      RMB      US$  
                                           
     (in thousands)  

Cost of revenues

     23,281        37,087        76,232        50,069        54,188        7,618  

Sales and marketing expenses

     14,269        40,808        53,452        38,195        41,226        5,795  

General and administrative expenses

     68,497        181,753        553,526        387,857        418,295        58,803  

Research and development expenses

     66,503        126,250        316,607        216,226        272,179        38,262  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     172,550        385,898        999,817        692,347        785,888        110,478  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to nine months ended September 30, 2022

Net revenues

Our net revenues increased by 15.8% from RMB13,602.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB15,756.7 million (US$2,215.0 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Our paying ratio, being the product of dividing average monthly paying user by average MAUs, was 9.0% and 8.9% in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Mobile games. Our net revenues from mobile games increased by 2.1% from RMB3,795.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB3,875.4 million (US$544.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This was mainly due to the newly launched mobile games.

VAS. Our net revenues from VAS increased by 26.3% from RMB5,040.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB6,365.4 million (US$894.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, mainly attributable to our enhanced monetization efforts, led by increases in the number of paying users for our value-added services including the premium membership program, live broadcasting services and other value-added services.

Advertising. Our net revenues from advertising increased by 21.1% from RMB2,935.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB3,553.9 million (US$499.6 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase was primarily attributable to further recognition of Bilibili’s brand name in China’s online advertising market, as well as our improved advertising efficiency.

E-commerce and Others. We had RMB1,831.2 million and RMB1,962.1 million (US$275.8 million) of e-commerce and other net revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively. The increase was primarily attributable to the increase in sales of products on our e-commerce platform.

Cost of revenues

Our cost of revenues increased by 23.5% from RMB10,657.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB13,156.9 million (US$1,849.6 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as all components of cost of revenues increased due to our business growth and the expansion of our user base.

 

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Revenue-sharing costs increased by 24.4% from RMB5,304.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB6,598.0 million (US$927.5 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily due to an increase in payments made to developers of exclusively distributed games, an increase in payments made to hosts of live broadcasting programs and content creators on our platform, and an increase in payments made to distribution channels.

Content costs increased by 32.2% from RMB1,868.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB2,470.8 million (US$347.3 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 as we continued to expand and diversify our content offerings. We procured selected anime, documentaries, TV shows, movies and variety shows to enrich our content library. Our investment in content costs has contributed to the growth in our user base and the number of average monthly paying user for VAS.

Server and bandwidth costs increased by 19.6% from RMB1,098.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB1,313.6 million (US$184.7 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily due to an increase in server and bandwidth capacity to keep pace with the expansion of our user base and the increase in active users, so as to support a massive and continuously increasing volume of data generated and video views on our platform every day.

E-commerce and others increased by 16.3% from RMB2,385.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB2,774.6 million (US$390.0 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily due to an increase in cost of goods sold associated with our e-commerce business. As our user base increased and more users became engaged in interest-based sub-communities, the demand for interest related merchandise also grew, which drove the increase in our revenues from e-commerce. We endeavored to enlarge the types of goods available on our e-commerce platform.

Gross profit

As a result of the foregoing, we had gross profit of RMB2,599.7 million (US$365.5 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to gross profit of RMB2,945.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Operating expenses

Our total operating expenses increased by 17.0% from RMB7,374.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB8,630.5 million (US$1,213.3 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as general and administrative expenses, as well as research and development expenses increased due to our business growth and the expansion of our user base, partially offset by the decrease in the sales and marketing expenses.

Sales and marketing expenses. Our sales and marketing expenses decreased by 9.4% from RMB4,033.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB3,654.6 million (US$513.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease was primarily attributable to reduced promotional spending.

General and administrative expenses. Our general and administrative expenses increased by 31.2% from RMB1,299.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB1,704.3 million (US$239.6 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The increase was primarily attributable to increased headcount in general and administrative personnel and higher rental expenses.

Research and development expenses. Our research and development expenses increased by 60.2% from RMB2,042.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to RMB3,271.6 million (US$459.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily due to increased headcount in research and development personnel and depreciation expenses of server and equipment.

Loss from operations

As a result of the foregoing, we incurred loss from operations of RMB6,030.7 million (US$847.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to loss from operations of RMB4,429.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

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Other income/(expenses)

Investment income/(losses), net (including impairments). Net investment income/(losses), net (including impairments) primarily includes return earned on financial products issued by banks and other financial institutions, return from investments in money market funds, and the fair value change of investments. We had net investment loss of RMB100.9 million and RMB365.7 million (US$51.4 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Interest income. Interest income primarily represents interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and time deposits. We had interest income of RMB43.8 million and RMB172.7 million (US$24.3 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Interest expense. Interest expense primarily represents interest payment and amortized issuance costs related to long-term debt. We had interest expense of RMB187.4 million (US$26.3 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily attributable to our 0.50% convertible senior notes due December 2026 (the “December 2026 Notes”) issued in November 2021, our 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) issued in June 2020 and our 1.375% convertible senior notes due April 2026 (the “April 2026 Notes”) issued in April 2019. We had interest expense of RMB105.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021, primarily attributable to interest expense related to our 2027 Notes issued and our April 2026 Notes.

Others, net. Others, net was RMB568.5 million (US$79.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared with a negative RMB38.9 million in the same period of 2021. The increase was primarily attributable to gains of RMB475.8 million resulted from the repurchase of convertible senior notes.

Income tax

We recorded income tax of RMB83.7 million (US$11.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to RMB62.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Net loss

As a result of the foregoing, we incurred net loss of RMB6,010.6 million (US$845.0 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to net loss of RMB4,713.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
    December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
    September
30,
2021
    September
30,
2022
 
     RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB     US$  
                                      
     (in thousands)  

Summary Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:

            

Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities

     194,551       753,103       (2,647,008     (2,024,278     (3,204,114     (450,425

Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities

     (3,958,277     (8,906,821     (24,578,111     (12,094,503     2,387,228       335,591  

Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities

     5,078,842       8,335,419       30,389,152       20,051,892       (1,566,552     (220,223

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents held in foreign currencies

     107,513       (466,252     (319,034     (140,983     326,445       45,889  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     For the Year Ended      For the Nine Months Ended  
     December
31,
2019
     December
31,
2020
    December
31,
2021
     September
30,
2021
     September
30,
2022
 
     RMB      RMB     RMB      RMB      RMB     US$  
                                         
     (in thousands)  

Summary Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:

               

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     1,422,629        (284,551     2,844,999        5,792,128        (2,056,993     (289,168

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year/period

     3,540,031        4,962,660       4,678,109        4,678,109        7,523,108       1,057,582  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year/period

     4,962,660        4,678,109       7,523,108        10,470,237        5,466,115       768,414  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2019, 2020 and 2021, our cash and cash equivalents were RMB4,962.7 million, RMB4,678.1 million and RMB7,523.1 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2022, our cash and cash equivalents were RMB5,466.1 million (US$768.4 million). Our cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of cash on hand, demand deposits placed with large reputable banks in the United States and China, and highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and with original terms of three months or less. We entered into several one-year revolving loan facilities provided by certain financial institutions with an aggregate principal amount of RMB1,410.0 million (US$198.2 million) as of September 30, 2022. We have utilized RMB892.5 million (US$125.5 million) of such loan facilities as of September 30, 2022.

Our principal sources of liquidity had been cash generated from operating activities (from 2019 to 2020), as well as the proceeds we received from our public offerings of ordinary shares, our offerings of convertible senior notes and other financing activities in the past three years and during the nine months ended September 30,2022.

 

   

In April 2019, we concurrently issued the April 2026 Notes and completed a registered offering of 14,173,813 ADSs at a price of US$18.00 per ADS. We raised from foregoing concurrent offerings a total of US$733.9 million in net proceeds after deducting commissions and offering expenses.

 

   

In April 2020, we issued 17,310,696 Class Z ordinary shares to Sony Corporation of America for its investment of US$399.4 million in cash after deducting transaction expenses.

 

   

In June 2020, we issued the 2027 Notes, from which we raised US$786.1 million after deducting commissions and offering expenses.

 

   

In March and April 2021, in connection with our Hong Kong secondary listing, we issued 28,750,000 Class Z ordinary shares (including over-allotment of an aggregate of 3,750,000 Class Z ordinary shares in April 2021), consisting of an international offering of 28,000,000 Class Z ordinary shares and a Hong Kong public offering of 750,000 Class Z ordinary shares. We raised from such global offering approximately HK$22.9 billion, after deducting underwriting expenses and other offering expenses.

 

   

In November 2021, we issued the December 2026 Notes, from which we raised US$1,576.6 million after deducting commissions and offering expenses.

 

   

As of September 30, 2022, we repurchased an aggregate principal amount of US$275.4 million (RMB1.8 billion) of December 2026 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$197.7 million (RMB1.3 billion). In the fourth quarter of 2022, we repurchased an aggregate principal amount of US$54.0 million (RMB385.7 million) of 2027 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$49.3 million (RMB352.0 million) and an aggregate principal amount of US$492.9 million (RMB3.4 billion) of December 2026 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$370.9 million (RMB2.6 billion).

 

   

As of the date hereof, an aggregate principal amount of US$429.3 million, US$831.7 million and US$746.0 million of our April 2026 Notes, December 2026 Notes, and 2027 Notes, respectively, remained outstanding.

 

   

As of September 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and short-term investments of RMB23.9 billion (US$3.4 billion).

 

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We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents and our anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated working capital requirements and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. However, we may enhance our liquidity position or increase our cash reserve for future investments through additional capital and finance funding. The issuance and sale of additional equity would result in further dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could result in operating covenants that would restrict our operations. We cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

Operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was RMB3,204.1 million (US$450.4 million), as compared to net loss of RMB6,010.6 million (US$845.0 million) in the same period. The difference was primarily due to an increase of RMB506.4 million (US$71.2 million) in prepayments and other assets, an increase of RMB462.2 million(US$65.0 million) in other long-term assets and a decrease of RMB549.2 million (US$77.2 million) in accrued liabilities and other payables, partially offset by an increase of RMB 412.9 million (US$58.0 million) in accounts payable, an increase of RMB207.7 million (US$29.2 million) in deferred revenue and an increase of RMB288.1 million (US$40.5 million) in other long-term liabilities. The changes in working capital were attributable to our business expansion, particularly, the expansion of VAS offerings and advertising operations. The principal non-cash items affecting the difference between our net loss and our net cash used in operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were RMB2,493.2 million (US$350.5 million) in depreciation and amortization of property and equipment and intangible assets, and RMB785.9 million (US$110.5 million) in share-based compensation expenses.

Investing activities

Net cash provided by investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was RMB2,387.2 million (US$335.6 million), primarily due to proceeds from maturities of short term investments of RMB73.1 billion (US$10.3 billion) and maturity of time deposits of RMB6.3 billion (US$880.4 million), partially offset by purchase of short-term investments of RMB63.5 billion (US$8.9 billion), placements of time deposits of RMB9.5 billion (US$1.3 billion), purchase of intangible assets of RMB1.5 billion (US$211.3 million), which primarily consist of licensed copyrights of video content, cash paid for long-term investments including loans of RMB1.4 billion (US$199.8 million), and cash consideration paid for purchase of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired of RMB1.1 billion (US$158.6 million).

Financing activities

Net cash used in financing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was RMB1,566.6 million (US$220.2 million), primarily attributable to repurchase of convertible senior notes of RMB1.3 billion (US$178.7 million) and repurchase of our ADSs of RMB347.6 million (US$48.9 million).

Material cash requirements

Our material cash requirements as of September 30, 2022 primarily include our capital expenditures, operating lease commitments, convertible senior notes obligations, and purchase obligations.

We intend to fund our existing and future material cash requirements with our existing cash balance and other financing alternatives. We will continue to make cash commitments, including capital expenditures, to support the growth of our business.

Capital expenditures

Our capital expenditures are primarily incurred for purchases of intangible assets and property and equipment. Our capital expenditures were RMB2,219.3 million (US$312.0 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Purchases of intangible assets, which primarily consist of licensed copyrights of video content, accounted for 67.7% of our total capital expenditures in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Operating lease commitments

Our operating lease commitments consist of the commitments under the lease agreements for our office premises. As of September 30, 2022, the amount of total future lease payments under operating leases, whose weighted average remaining lease term is 3.6 years, was RMB830.7 million (US$116.8 million), of which RMB258.6 million (US$36.4 million) is short-term.

 

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Convertible senior notes obligations

Our convertible senior notes obligations consist of the principal amount and cash interests in connection with our April 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and December 2026 Notes.

In 2021, holders of April 2026 Notes converted in aggregate of US$70.6 million principal amount, and we issued 2,854,253 ADSs to the relevant holders accordingly. In 2021, holders of 2027 Notes converted in aggregate of US$1,000 principal amount, and we issued 24 ADSs to the relevant holders accordingly. In December 2022, holders of April 2026 Notes converted in aggregate of US$14 thousand principal amount, and we issued 565 ADSs to the relevant holders accordingly. The balance of the notes converted were derecognized and recorded as ordinary shares and additional paid-in capital.

As of September 30, 2022, we repurchased an aggregate principal amount of US$275.4 million (RMB1.8 billion) of December 2026 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$197.7 million (RMB1.3 billion) and in the fourth quarter of 2022, we repurchased an aggregate principal amount of US$54.0 million (RMB385.7 million) of 2027 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$49.3 million (RMB352.0 million) and an aggregate principal amount of US$492.9 million (RMB3.4 billion) of December 2026 Notes for a total cash consideration of US$370.9 million (RMB2.6 billion).

As of September 30, 2022, the principal amount of April 2026 Notes was RMB3,048.3 million (US$429.4 million), the principal amount of 2027 Notes was RMB5,679.8 million (US$800.0 million), and the principal amount of December 2026 Notes was RMB9,404.4 million (US$1,324.6 million). The effective interest rates of April 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and December 2026 Notes were 1.74%, 1.52% and 0.80%, respectively.

As of September 30, 2022, RMB18.6 billion (US$2.6 billion) in aggregate principal amount and interest expenses related to April 2026 Notes, 2027 Notes and December 2026 Notes are expected to be repaid, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.

Purchase obligation

Our purchase obligation consists of the commitment under the contract signed in September 2020 to purchase the three-year license for live broadcasting the League of Legends World Championship in China starting from 2020 at an aggregate purchase price of RMB800 million (US$112.5 million). The unpaid purchase price was RMB105.0 million (US$14.8 million) as of September 30, 2022.

We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We do not have retained or contingent interests in assets transferred. We have not entered into contractual arrangements that support the credit, liquidity or market risk for transferred assets. We do not have obligations that arise or could arise from variable interests held in an unconsolidated entity, or obligations related to derivative instruments that are both indexed to and classified in our own equity, or not reflected in the statement of financial position.

Other than as discussed above, we did not have any significant capital and other commitments, long-term obligations or guarantees as of September 30, 2022.

 

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