EX-99.2 3 tv523665_ex99-2.htm EXHIBIT 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 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019 in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the same period included in this offering memorandum, and the section titled “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” in the 2018 Annual Report, which is incorporated by reference in this offering memorandum. 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, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” or in other parts of this offering memorandum.

 

Overview

YY is a leading global social media platform, offering users around the world a uniquely engaging and immersive experience across various video-based content categories, such as live streaming, short-form videos and video communication. Our global average mobile MAUs surpassed 400 million in the first quarter of 2019, of which over 75% came from overseas markets. With over 190 million average mobile MAUs engaged with our live streaming, short-form video and other services, and over 210 million average mobile MAUs on our IMO video communication platform, we have truly fostered a virtuous self-reinforcing ecosystem on a global scale.

 

With our pioneering business model in China, we have accumulated deep expertise in building and operating a vibrant video content ecosystem since our inception in 2005. Foreseeing the massive global opportunities, we began to expand overseas first by investing in Bigo Inc, or Bigo, in 2014, followed by the internationalization of YY Live and Huya, and lately by acquiring Bigo in March 2019. Our business model is not only successful in China, but has also been tested and replicated effectively on a global basis.

 

We pioneered the live streaming business model that has become widely adopted by leading industry players today, according to the Frost & Sullivan Report. Our business model optimizes the seamless integration of traffic generation, user engagement and monetization. While the basic use of our platforms is currently free to attract traffic, we monetize our user base mainly through virtual tips for live streaming. We believe that we will be able to capitalize on our large and highly engaged user base around the world by enriching our live streaming content categories, exploring additional monetization opportunities and diversifying our main revenue sources, such as advertising.

 

Our net revenues increased by 47.1% to RMB4,780.6 million (US$712.3 million) in the first quarter of 2019, from RMB3,248.9 million in the first quarter of 2018. Between 2017 and 2018, our net revenues increased by 36.0% from RMB11,594.8 million to RMB15,763.6 million (US$2,292.7 million). Net income attributable to common shareholders of YY Inc. was RMB3,104.3 million (US$462.6 million) in the first quarter of 2019, compared with RMB444.1 million in the first quarter of 2018. Net income attributable to common shareholders of YY Inc. was RMB2,493.2 million in 2017 and RMB1,642.0 million (US$238.8 million) in 2018.

 

Discussion of Selected Statements of Operations Items

 

Revenues

 

Starting from the first quarter of 2018, we re-classified our revenues from live streaming, online games, revenues from memberships, and other revenues (which mainly represented revenues from our online advertising revenues) to the categories of live streaming and other revenues. The revenue presentation for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2017 has been retrospectively adjusted. Our live streaming revenues primarily comprised of revenues from YY Live, Huya and Bigo Live. Other revenues primarily include advertising revenues, and to a lesser extent revenues from online games, membership, online education, and financing income.

 

The following table sets forth the principal components of our total net revenues by amount and as a percentage of our total net revenues for the periods presented. Our revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2019 include revenues generated by Bigo from March 4, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

 

   For the year ended December 31,   For the three months ended March 31, 
   2016   2017   2018   2018   2019 
   RMB   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   % 
   (in thousands, except percentages) 
Live streaming   7,027,227    85.7    10,670,954    92.0    14,877,667    2,163,867    94.4    3,032,035    93.3    4,485,020    668,289    93.8 
Others   1,176,823    14.3    923,838    8.0    885,890    128,847    5.6    216,896    6.7    295,564    44,040    6.2 
Total net revenues(1)   8,204,050    100.0    11,594,792    100.0    15,763,557    2,292,714    100.0    3,248,931    100.0    4,780,584    712,329    100.0 

 

 
(1)Revenues are presented net of rebates and discounts.

 

Live streaming revenues. We generate live streaming revenues from the sales of in-channel virtual items used on our live streaming platforms, primarily including YY Live, Huya and Bigo Live. Users access content on our platforms free of charge, but are charged for purchases of virtual items.

 

The most significant factors that directly affect our live streaming revenues include the increase in the number of our paying users and ARPU:

 

·The number of paying users. Excluding the impact of Bigo, we had 6.9 million and 9.5 million paying users in the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively, for our live streaming services. We calculate the number of paying users during a given period as the cumulative number of registered user accounts that have purchased virtual items or other products and services on our live streaming platform at least once during the relevant period. We were able to achieve an increase in the number of paying users primarily due to a larger active user base and a higher conversion ratio of active users to paying users, and we expect that the number of our paying users will continue to grow in the future as we expand our services and products offerings and further monetize our existing platform.

 

·ARPU. Excluding the impact of Bigo, our ARPU for live streaming was RMB439.4 and RMB435.4 in the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The slight decrease resulted from our rapidly expanding paying user base and the higher contribution of revenues from Huya, which generally had a lower ARPU compared to the YY segment. ARPU is calculated by dividing our total revenues from live streaming during a given period by the number of paying users for our live streaming services for that period. As we begin to generate revenues from an increasing variety of live streaming services, our ARPU may fluctuate from period to period depending on the mix of live streaming services purchased by our paying users.

 

 

 

 

Other significant factors that directly or indirectly affect our live streaming revenues include:

 

·our ability to increase our popularity by offering new and attractive content, products and services that allow us to monetize our live streaming platform;

 

·our ability to attract and retain a large and engaged user base; and

 

·our ability to attract and retain certain popular performers, guilds, professional game playing team and commentators.

 

We create and offer to users virtual items that can be used on various channels. Users can purchase consumable virtual items from us to show support for their favorite performers or time-based virtual items that provide users with recognized status, such as priority speaking rights or special symbols on the music and entertainment channels.

 

Other revenues. We generate other revenues mainly from advertising services, and to a lesser extent, our online game business, memberships and other services.

 

(i) Advertising revenues. Advertising revenues were generated from sales of various forms of advertising and provision of promotion campaigns on our live streaming platforms.

 

(ii) Online games revenues. We generate online games revenues from the sales of in-game virtual items used for games developed by us or by third parties under revenue-sharing arrangements on our platforms. Users play online games free of charge, but are charged for purchases of virtual items. The online games we currently offer are primarily web games that can be run from an internet browser and require an internet connection to play.

 

(iii) Membership revenues. We generated membership revenues from the membership subscription fees paid by our users. In our membership program, users pay a flat monthly subscription fee in order to become members, and in exchange, we give them access to various privileges and enhanced features on our channels, including additional video usage, priority entrance to certain live performances, and exclusive rights to access VIP avatars, VIP ring-tones, VIP fonts and VIP emoticons.

 

(iv) Others. We generated other revenues from our online education and financing business. Online education service consists of vocational training, language training and K-12 afterschool education courses and we generated revenue from course fee. We also generated revenues from financing businesses.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues consists primarily of (i) revenue sharing fees and content costs including payments to various channel owners and performers, and content providers, (ii) bandwidth costs, (iii) salary and welfare, (iv) depreciation and amortization expense for servers, other equipment and intangibles directly related to operating the platform, (v) payment handling costs, (vi) share-based compensation, (vii) other taxes and surcharges, and (viii) other costs. We expect that our cost of revenues will increase in absolute amount as we further grow our user base and expand our revenue-generating services.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Our operating expenses consist of (i) research and development expenses, (ii) sales and marketing expenses, (iii) general and administrative expenses, and (iv) goodwill impairment. The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses for the years indicated, both in absolute amounts and as percentages of our total net revenues. We expect our operating expenses to generally increase in absolute amount in the near future.

 

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   For the Year Ended December 31,   For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
   2016   2017   2018   2018   2019 
   RMB   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   % 
   (in thousands, except percentages) 
Operating expenses:                                                            
Research and development   675,230    8.2    781,886    6.7    1,192,052    173,377    7.6    249,465    7.7    404,736    60,308    8.4 
Sales and marketing   387,268    4.7    691,281    6.0    1,149,316    167,161    7.3    235,658    7.3    534,236    79,604    11.2 
General and administrative   482,437    5.9    544,641    4.7    883,225    128,460    5.6    163,976    5.0    276,424    41,188    5.8 
Goodwill impairment   17,665    0.2    2,527    0.0                                 
Total operating expenses   1,562,600    19.0    2,020,335    17.4    3,224,593    468,998    20.5    649,099    20.0    1,215,396    181,100    25.4 

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits and share-based compensation expenses for research and development personnel, rental expenses and depreciation of office premises and servers utilized by the research and development personnel. Research and development expenses generally increased in the past three years ended December 31, 2018 and between the three months March 31, 2018 and 2019, due to the need for additional research and development personnel to accommodate the growth of our business, especially the increase in AI-focused research personnel supporting the build-up of our AI capabilities. We expect our research and development expenses to increase in absolute amount since AI technology improvement has become one of our key strategies and we intend to retain existing research and development personnel and also hire new ones to, among other things, develop new series of applications for our platforms, improve technology infrastructure to further enhance user experience, and further develop enhanced features for mobile devices to reach more users. However, we also expect to be able to leverage the expertise of our established research and development team to achieve better efficiency.

 

Sales and Marketing Expenses

 

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of (i) advertising and promotion expenses, and (ii) salary and welfare for sales and marketing personnel. Our sales and marketing expenses generally increased over the past three years ended December 31, 2018 and between the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019, primarily reflecting increased marketing and promotional activities. We expect that our sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute amount as we expect to increase our spending on promotional activities, particularly relating to the user acquisition for our multi-platform global expansion.

 

General and administrative expenses

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of (i) salary and welfare for general and administrative personnel, (ii) share-based compensation for management and administrative personnel, and (iii) professional service fees. Our general and administrative expenses generally increased over the past three years ended December 31, 2018 and between the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019 as our business expanded, primarily due to an increase in the share-based compensation. We expect our general and administrative expenses will generally increase in absolute amount in the near future as our business grows.

 

Goodwill Impairment

 

We have noted further impairment indicator for 100 Online as well as impairment indicator for Bilin Online in 2016. Based on the result of the impairment assessment, impairment charges of RMB17.7 million were recognized in 2016. In December 2017, we have identified impairment indicator for a subsidiary. Based on the results of the impairment assessment, an impairment charge of RMB2.5 million for the subsidiary was recognized.

 

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Share-based Compensation Expenses

 

Our operating expenses include share-based compensation expenses as follows:

 

   For the Year ended December 31,   For the Three Months ended March 31, 
   2016   2017   2018   2018   2019 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$   RMB   RMB   US$ 
   (in thousands) 
Research and development expenses   78,816    122,348    225,173    32,750    54,467    70,607    10,521 
Sales and marketing expenses   3,107    4,417    5,723    832    1,869    1,976    294 
General and administrative expenses   59,469    88,137    342,790    49,857    36,563    94,877    14,137 
Total   141,392    214,902    573,686    83,439    92,899    167,460    24,952 

 

We grant stock-based award such as, but not limited to, share options, restricted shares, restricted share units and warrants to eligible employees, officers, directors, and non-employee consultants. Awards granted to employees, officers, and directors are initially accounted for as equity-classified awards, which are measured at the grant date fair value of the award and are recognized using the graded vesting method, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. Awards granted to non-employees are initially measured at fair value on the grant date and periodically re-measured thereafter until the earlier of the performance commitment date or the date the service is completed and recognized over the period in which the service is provided.

 

Operating Income

 

Gain on deconsolidation and disposal of subsidiaries

 

In June 2016, we disposed 60% of the equity interest in Shanghai Beifu for a consideration of RMB3.5 million, and recognized a loss of RMB23.5 million. After the disposal, we retained 10% of the equity interest in Shanghai Beifu. In December 2016, we disposed 33.86% of the equity interest in Beijing Xingxue for a consideration of RMB118.5 million, and recognized an income of RMB127.4 million. After the disposal, we retained 31.14% of the equity interest in Beijing Xingxue. In February 2017, we disposed 46% the equity interest in Beijing Yunke Online, and recognized an income of RMB38.0 million.

 

Other income

 

Other income primarily consists of government grants in connection with our contributions to technology development, tax refund and investments in local business districts. These grants may not be recurring in nature.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated statements of operations for the periods indicated, both in absolute amounts and as percentages of our net revenues:

 

   For the Year ended December 31,   For the Three Months ended March 31, 
   2016   2017   2018   2018   2019 
   RMB   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   % 
   (in thousands, except for percentages) 
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income data:                                                
Net revenues:(1)(2)                                                            
Live streaming   7,027,227    85.7    10,670,954    92.0    14,877,667    2,163,867    94.4    3,032,035    93.3    4,485,020    668,289    93.8 
Others   1,176,823    14.3    923,838    8.0    885,890    128,847    5.6    216,896    6.7    295,564    44,040    6.2 
Total net revenues   8,204,050    100.0    11,594,792    100.0    15,763,557    2,292,714    100.0    3,248,931    100.0    4,780,584    712,329    100.0 
Cost of revenues   (5,103,430)   (62.2)   (7,026,402)   (60.6)   (10,017,134)   (1,456,932)   (63.5)   (2,015,797)   (62.0)   (3,160,325)   (470,903)   (66.1)
Gross profit   3,100,620    37.8    4,568,390    39.4    5,746,423    835,782    36.5    1,233,134    38.0    1,620,259    241,426    33.9 
Operating expenses                                                            
Research and development   (675,230)   (8.2)   (781,886)   (6.7)   (1,192,052)   (173,377)   (7.6)   (249,465)   (7.7)   (404,736)   (60,308)   (8.4)
Sales and marketing   (387,268)   (4.7)   (691,281)   (6.0)   (1,149,316)   (167,161)   (7.3)   (235,658)   (7.3)   (534,236)   (79,604)   (11.2)
General and administrative   (482,437)   (5.9)   (544,641)   (4.7)   (883,225)   (128,460)   (5.6)   (163,976)   (5.0)   (276,424)   (41,188)   (5.8)
Goodwill impairment   (17,665)   (0.2)   (2,527)   (0.0)                                
Total operating expenses   (1,562,600)   (19.0)   (2,020,335)   (17.4)   (3,224,593)   (468,998)   (20.5)   (649,099)   (20.0)   (1,215,396)   (181,100)   (25.4)
Gain on deconsolidation and disposal of subsidiaries   103,960    1.3    37,989    0.3                                 
Other income   129,504    1.6    113,187    1.0    117,860    17,142    0.7    12,374    0.4    68,688    10,235    1.4 
Operating income   1,771,484    21.6    2,699,231    23.3    2,639,690    383,926    16.7    596,409    18.4    473,551    70,561    9.9 
Gain on deemed disposal and disposal of investments   25,061    0.3    45,861    0.4    16,178    2,353    0.1                     
Fair value loss on derivative liabilities                   (2,285,223)   (332,372)   (14.5)   (11,868)   (0.4)            
Gain on fair value changes of investments                   1,689,404    245,714    10.7    426,547    13.1    2,649,843    394,839    55.4 
Foreign currency exchange (losses)/gains, net   1,158    0.0    (2,176)   (0.0)   (514)   (75)   (0.0)   6,719    0.2    1,333    199    0.0 
Interest expense   (81,085)   (1.0)   (32,122)   (0.3)   (8,616)   (1,253)   (0.1)   (2,019)   (0.1)   (6,219)   (927)   (0.1)
Interest income and investment income   67,193    0.8    180,384    1.6    485,552    70,621    3.1    92,191    2.8    148,289    22,096    3.1 
Other non-operating expense                   (2,000)   (291)   (0.0)                    
Income before income tax expenses   1,783,811    21.7    2,891,178    24.9    2,534,471    368,623    16.1    1,107,979    34.1    3,266,797    486,768    68.3 
Income tax expenses   (280,514)   (3.4)   (415,811)   (3.6)   (477,707)   (69,480)   (3.0)   (148,245)   (4.6)   (123,971)   (18,472)   (2.6)
Income before share of income in equity method investments, net of income taxes   1,503,297    18.3    2,475,367    21.3    2,056,764    299,143    13.0    959,734    29.5    3,142,826    468,296    65.7 
Share of income in equity method investments, net of income taxes   8,279    0.1    33,024    0.3    58,933    8,571    0.4    9,179    0.3    7,156    1,066    0.1 
Net income   1,511,576    18.4    2,508,391    21.6    2,115,697    307,714    13.4    968,913    29.8    3,149,982    469,362    65.9 
Less: Net (loss) income attributable to the non-controlling interest shareholders and the mezzanine classified non-controlling interest shareholders   (12,342)   (0.2)   (4,532)   (0.0)   (93,310)   (13,571)   (0.6)   5,384    0.2    29,549    4,403    0.6 
Net income attributable to controlling interest of YY Inc.   1,523,918    18.6    2,512,923    21.7    2,209,007    321,285    14.0    963,529    29.7    3,120,433    464,959    65.3 
Less: Accretion of subsidiaries’ redeemable convertible preferred shares to redemption value           19,688    0.2    73,159    10,641    0.5    30,107    0.9    9,365    1,395    0.2 
Cumulative dividend on subsidiary’s Series A preferred shares                   4,606    669    0.0            6,730    1,003    0.1 
Deemed dividend to subsidiary’s Series A preferred shareholders                   489,284    71,163    3.1    489,284    15.1             
Net income attributable to common shareholders of YY Inc.   1,523,918    18.6    2,493,235    21.5    1,641,958    238,812    10.4    444,138    13.7    3,104,338    462,561    64.9 

 

 
(1)Net of rebates and discounts.

 

(2)From January 1, 2018, revenue presentation has been changed to live streaming and others. We also have retrospectively changed the revenue presentation for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017.

 

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 

Net revenues

 

Net revenues increased by 47.1% to RMB4,780.6 million (US$712.3 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019 from RMB3,248.9 million in the corresponding period of 2018, primarily driven by an increase in live streaming revenues, and the contribution from the consolidation of Bigo segment.

 

Live streaming. Live streaming revenues increased by 47.9% to RMB4,485.0 million (US$668.3 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019 from RMB3,032.0 million in the corresponding period of 2018, primarily attributable to the continued live streaming revenues growth in YY and Huya segments and, to a lesser extent, the consolidation of the live streaming revenues of Bigo for most of the month of March 2019.

 

Other revenues. Other revenues increased by 36.3% to RMB295.6 million (US$44.0 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019 from RMB216.9 million in the corresponding period of 2018, primarily driven by the increase in advertising revenues from Huya and Bigo segments.

 

Cost of revenues

 

Cost of revenues increased by 56.8% to RMB3,160.3 million (US$470.9 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019 from RMB2,015.8 million in the corresponding period of 2018, mainly attributable to an increase in revenue-sharing fees and content costs to RMB2,524.7 million(US$376.2 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019 from RMB1,621.0 million in the corresponding period of 2018. The increase in revenue-sharing fees and content costs paid to performers, guilds and content providers was in line with the increase in live streaming revenues for both YY and Huya segments, respectively. Bandwidth costs increased to RMB297.4 million (US$44.3 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019 from RMB225.4 million in the corresponding period of 2018, primarily reflecting the increase in demands for bandwidth that came with the continued overseas user base expansion.

 

Operating expenses

 

Operating expenses were RMB1,215.4 million (US$181.1 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019, as compared to RMB649.1 million in the corresponding period of 2018.

 

Research and development. Our research and development expenses increased by 62.2% from RMB249.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 to RMB404.7 million (US$60.3 million) in the corresponding period of 2019. This increase was primarily due to increase in staff related expenses for AI research and development personnel.

 

Sales and marketing. Our sales and marketing expenses increased by 126.7% from RMB235.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 to RMB534.2 million (US$79.6 million) in the corresponding period of 2019. This increase was primarily due to increased efforts in sales and marketing activities in overseas markets.

 

General and administrative. Our general and administrative expenses increased by 68.6% from RMB164.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 to RMB276.4 million (US$41.2 million) in the corresponding period of 2019. This increase was primarily due to the increase in staff related expenses for general and administrative personnel.

 

Other income

 

Other income increased from RMB12.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 to RMB68.7 million (US$10.2 million) in the corresponding period of 2019. Other income primarily consisted of government grants in connection with our contributions to technological research and development, as well as tax refund due to investments in local business districts.

 

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Interest income and investment income

 

Interest income and investment income increased from RMB92.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 to RMB148.3 million (US$22.1 million) in the corresponding period of 2019, primarily because of the issuance of the Series B-2 Preferred Shares and initial public offering of HUYA Inc. in 2018.

 

Gain on fair value change of investments

 

Gain on fair value change of investments increased from RMB426.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 to RMB2,649.8 million (US$394.8 million) in the corresponding period of 2019, primarily due to remeasurement gain of our previously held interests in Bigo.

 

Income tax expense

 

We recorded income tax expenses of RMB124.0 million (US$18.5 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to RMB148.2 million in the corresponding period of 2018. The effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2019 was significantly impacted by the gain on fair value change of investment in Bigo, as it was non-taxable for income tax purpose.

 

Net income

 

As a result of the foregoing, we had a net income attributable to common shareholders of YY Inc. of RMB3,104.3 million (US$462.6 million) in the first quarter of 2019 as compared to a net income attributable to common shareholders of YY Inc. of RMB444.1 million in the corresponding period of 2018.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

In recent years, we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, the proceeds from our initial public offering in November 2012, the proceeds from our convertible senior notes offering in March 2014 and the proceeds from our follow-on offering in August 2017. We expect to require cash to fund our ongoing operational needs, particularly our revenue sharing fees and content costs, salaries and benefits, bandwidth costs and potential acquisitions or strategic investments. We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents and the anticipated cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated working capital requirements and capital expenditures needs for the next 12 months. However, we may require additional cash resources due to changing business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to selectively pursue. If our existing cash resources are insufficient to meet our requirements, we may seek to sell equity or equity-linked securities, debt securities or borrow from banks.

 

In March 2014, we issued an aggregate of US$400.0 million 2.25% convertible senior notes due in 2019. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes were US$390.8 million. The notes bore interest at a rate of 2.25% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, and such notes matured on April 1, 2019. On April 1, 2017, we repurchased for cash the notes of an aggregate principal amount of US$399.0 million. As of the date of this offering memorandum, no principal amount of the notes remain outstanding.

 

On January 19, 2017, we entered into a loan agreement with a bank, pursuant to which we borrowed a loan with a principal amount of US$30 million. The annualized interest rate of the loan is 3-month LIBOR plus 1.5%, accruing from draw-down. The draw-down of US$30 million took place on March 8, 2017 and have been repaid on March 1, 2018. Term deposit of RMB500 million was pledged as collateral for the loan until March 13, 2018.

 

On February 17, 2017, we entered into a loan agreement with a bank, pursuant to which we borrowed a loan with a total principal amount of US$60 million. The annualized interest rate of the loan is 3-month LIBOR, accruing from draw-down. The first draw-down of US$45 million took place on March 21, 2017 and the second draw-down of US$15 million took place on March 30, 2017. The loan shall be repaid before February 9, 2018. Term deposit of RMB500 million was pledged as collateral for the loan until February 23, 2018. On February 9, 2018, we repaid the loan with a total amount of US$60 million.

 

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On February 28, 2019, we entered into a facility agreement with Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, or Goldman Sachs. Subject to the terms of this agreement, Goldman Sachs agreed to make available to us a U.S. dollar term loan facility in an aggregate amount of up to US$100.25 million. In March 2019, we borrowed a loan amounting to US$100.25 million under this facility agreement. In April 2019, we have fully repaid such loan.

 

On May 16, 2017, HUYA Inc. entered into a series A preferred shares subscription agreement with its series A investors and pursuant to which, HUYA Inc. issued 22,058,823 series A preferred shares of HUYA Inc. at a price of US$3.4 per share for an aggregate consideration of US$75 million (equivalent to RMB509.7 million as of the issuance date). The issuance of the series A preferred shares was completed on July 10, 2017.

 

On August 21, 2017, we completed a secondary offering and received US$442.2 million in net proceeds, after deducting commissions and offering expenses.

 

On March 8, 2018, HUYA Inc. issued 64,488,235 shares of Series B-2 redeemable convertible preferred shares at a price of US$7.16 per share for cash consideration of US$461.6 million to Linen Investment Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited.

 

In May 2018, HUYA Inc., our majority-controlled subsidiary, successfully completed its initial public offering of 17,250,000 ADSs at a price of US$12.0 per ADS, including 2,250,000 ADSs offered pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment options. Each HUYA Inc. ADS represents one Class A ordinary share of HUYA Inc. HUYA Inc. received net proceeds of US$190.1 million.

 

In June 2018, we invested US$272 million in the Series D round of financing of Bigo as the lead investor. We were then an existing shareholder of Bigo and had become its largest shareholder after the Series D financing.

 

In March 2019, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 68.3% of equity interest in Bigo from the other shareholders of Bigo, including Mr. David Xueling Li, our chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer. Pursuant to the agreement, we paid US$343.1 million in cash and issued 38,326,579 Class B common shares and 305,127,046 Class A common shares to the selling shareholders of Bigo.

 

In April 2019, HUYA Inc. successfully completed a follow-on public offering, issuing 13,600,000 ADSs at a price of US$24.00 per ADS. We, as a selling shareholder, participated in the follow-on public offering and offered 4,800,000 ADSs. HUYA and we raised from such public offering approximately US$313.8 million in net proceeds after deducting underwriting commissions and the offering expenses payable.

 

As of December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and March 31, 2019, we had RMB1,579.7 million, RMB3,617.4 million, RMB6,004.2 million (US$873.3 million) and RMB9,837.3 million (US$1,465.8 million), respectively, in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.

 

As of March 31, 2019, our subsidiaries, VIEs, and VIE’s subsidiaries located in the PRC held cash and cash equivalents in the amount of RMB6,458.0 million (US$962.3 million). Aggregate undistributed earnings and reserves of our subsidiaries, VIEs, and VIE’s subsidiaries located in the PRC that are available for distribution to our company as of March 31, 2019 was RMB12,635.7 million (US$1,882.8 million). We would need to accrue and pay withholding taxes if we were to distribute funds from our subsidiaries in the PRC to our offshore subsidiaries. We do not intend to repatriate such funds in the foreseeable future, as we plan to use existing cash balance in the PRC for general corporate purposes.

 

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

 

   For the Year Ended December 31,   For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
   2016   2017   2018   2018   2019 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$   RMB   RMB   US$ 
   (in thousands) 
Net cash provided by operating activities   2,421,135    3,718,452    4,464,814    649,379    780,276    966,079    143,949 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   (2,172,359)   (3,037,516)   (6,295,386)   (915,626)   (2,943,377)   1,502,650    223,903 
Net cash provided by financing activities   10,651    1,392,525    4,167,270    606,105    2,695,180    1,379,037    205,482 
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash   259,427    2,073,461    2,336,698    339,858    532,079    3,847,766    573,334 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period   1,318,155    1,579,743    3,617,432    526,134    3,617,432    6,004,231    894,658 
Effect of exchange rates change on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash   2,161    (35,772)   50,101    7,287    (62,994)   (14,729)   (2,193)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period   1,579,743    3,617,432    6,004,231    873,279    4,086,517    9,837,268    1,465,799 

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in or generated from operating activities consists primarily of our net income mitigated by non-cash adjustments, such as share-based compensation, depreciation of property and equipment and deferred taxes, and adjusted by changes in operating assets and liabilities, such as accounts receivable, prepayments and other assets, account payables, accrued liabilities and deferred revenue.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to RMB966.1 million (US$143.9 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2019. In the three months ended March 31, 2019, the difference between our net cash provided by operating activities and our net income of RMB3,150.0 million (US$469.4 million) was primarily due to a non-cash item adjustment in fair value change of long-term investments of RMB2,649.8 million (US$394.8 million) and a decrease in accrued liabilities and other payables of RMB167.5 million (US$25.0 million), partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue of RMB227.5 million (US$33.9 million), a non-cash item adjustment in share-based compensation of RMB181.8 million (US$27.1 million), a decrease in prepayments and other current assets of RMB117.6 million (US$17.5 million) and a non-cash item adjustment in amortization of acquired intangible assets and land use rights of RMB82.9 million (US$12.4 million).

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities largely reflects placements of short-term deposits, purchases of property and equipment and other non-current assets in connection with the expansion and upgrade of our technology infrastructure, and our acquisitions of and investments in certain companies.

 

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Net cash provided by investing activities amounted to RMB1,502.7 million (US$223.9 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019. Net cash provided by investing activities primarily resulted from maturities of short-term deposit of RMB6,065.3 million (US$903.8 million), partially offset by placements of short-term deposits of RMB2,760.2 million (US$411.3 million) and acquisition of businesses, net of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash acquired, of RMB1,387.8 million (US$206.8 million). The increase in cash provided by investing activities was mainly due to the maturities of short-term deposits.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was RMB1,379.0 million (US$205.5 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily attributable to proceeds from bank borrowings.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

We made capital expenditures of RMB86.6 million (US$12.9 million) in the three months ended March 31, 2019. Our capital expenditures are primarily used to purchase office space, computers, servers, office furniture, operating rights, domain names and other assets.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

The following sets forth our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2019:

 

   Payments due by period 
   Total   Less than
1 year
   1 - 2 years   3 - 5 years   More than
5 years
 
   (in thousands) 
Operating lease obligations(1) (in RMB)   348,777    126,096    104,421    118,260     
Capital commitments(2) (in RMB)   94,815    57,845    26,890    10,077    3 
Convertible senior notes(3) (in US$)   1,011    1,011             

 

 

(1)Operating lease obligations refer to the lease of offices under operating lease agreements, where a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor. Payments made under operating leases are charged to the consolidated statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease, including any free lease periods. Operating lease obligations presented in this table reflected undiscounted cash payments of both leases recognised as lease liabilities on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet and lease commitments not recognised as lease liabilities.

 

(2)Capital commitment refers to capital expenditures related to properties and additional investments in equity investments.

 

(3)The convertible senior notes were redeemable at the holders’ option on April 1, 2017. US$399,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes were redeemed on April 1, 2017. We has accepted the repurchase and has forwarded cash in payment of the repurchase price to the paying agent for distribution to the holders who had exercised the option. Following the repurchase, US$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes remained outstanding and has been fully repaid as of the date of this offering memorandum.

 

Other than the obligations set forth above, we did not have any other long-term debt obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities as of March 31, 2019.

 

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