UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of November 2023

 

Commission file number: 001-39278

 

 

 

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Building D, Xiaomi Science and Technology Park, No. 33 Xierqi Middle Road,

Haidian District

Beijing, 100085, the 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 Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                      Form 40-F ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  Description
99.1  Earnings Release

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited
     
Date: November 21, 2023 By: /s/ Haijian He
    Name: Haijian He
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Director

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Kingsoft Cloud Announces Unaudited Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

 

BEIJING, November 21, 2023 – Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited (“Kingsoft Cloud” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KC and HKEX: 3896), a leading independent cloud service provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.

  

Mr. Tao Zou, Chief Executive Officer of Kingsoft Cloud, commented, “This quarter, we are excited to see our strategy of embracing AI bearing fruit, as AI business revenue grew rapidly, generating healthy, sustainable margin and securing a strong pipeline. We also remained steadfast in the strategic adjustment of CDN business, as we see revenue contribution from the largest CDN customer further decreasing to 12% as compared with 16% in the previous quarter. We expect to deepen our strategic planning and engagement with Xiaomi and Kingsoft in their comprehensive AI cloud demand to capture market opportunities, maintain the healthy trajectory of continued profitability improvement, and generate value for our shareholders.”

 

Mr. Henry He, Chief Financial Officer of Kingsoft Cloud, added, “We are pleased to deliver another quarter of steady profitability improvement. Our adjusted gross margin continued to grow for the fifth consecutive quarter and achieved record high of 12.1%, rising by a significant 5.8 percentage points year-over-year. Our normalized adjusted EBITDA significantly narrowed from negative RMB202.0 million in the same period last year to negative RMB44.1 million this quarter. We also recorded operating cash inflow for the second consecutive quarter, amounted to RMB20.4 million in this quarter. Our results over the past few quarters demonstrate our revenue mix and quality improvement as well as profitability trajectory.”

 

 

 

  

Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

 

Total Revenues reached RMB1,625.2 million (US$222.81 million), representing a decrease of 17.5% from RMB1,968.8 million in the same period of 2022. The decrease was mainly due to our proactive scale-down of services for content delivery network (CDN) customers, and phasing-out of loss-making clients.

 

Revenues from public cloud services decreased by 24.5% to RMB1,016.6 million (US$139.3 million), compared with RMB1,346.0 million in the same quarter of 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to the above-mentioned scale-down of our CDN services.

  

Revenues from enterprise cloud services were RMB608.5 million (US$83.4 million), representing a decrease of 2.2% from RMB622.0 million in the same quarter of 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly driven by our focus on selected verticals and high-quality projects.

 

Other revenues were RMB0.1 million (US$0.02 million).

 

Cost of revenues was RMB1,429.0 million (US$195.9 million), representing a decrease of 22.6% from RMB1,846.4 million in the same quarter of 2022. We continue to enhance our cost control measures. Internet Data Center (IDC) costs decreased significantly by 31.6% year-over-year from RMB1,078.3 million to RMB737.7 million this quarter. Depreciation and amortization costs decreased by 21.0% from RMB253.7 million to RMB200.4 million. Solution development and services costs decreased by 4.0% from RMB443.1 million to RMB425.3 million this quarter. Fulfillment costs and other costs were RMB25.7 million and RMB39.9 million this quarter, which is in line with our enterprise cloud projects’ quality control strategy.

 

Gross profit was RMB196.2 million (US$26.9 million), representing a significant increase of 60.3% from RMB122.4 million in the same period in 2022. Gross margin was 12.1%, compared with 6.2% in the same period in 2022. Non-GAAP gross profit2 was RMB196.3 million (US$26.9 million), compared with RMB124.7 million in the same period in 2022. Non-GAAP gross margin2 was 12.1%, compared with 6.3% in the same period in 2022. The significant improvements in our gross profit and margin were mainly due to our strategic adjustment of revenue mix, optimized enterprise cloud project selection and efficient cost control measures, showing our strong commitment to improving our profitability and delivering high-quality and sustainable development.

 

 

1This announcement contains translations of certain Renminbi (RMB) amounts into U.S. dollars (US$) at a specified rate solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, the translation of RMB into US$ has been made at RMB7.2960 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on September 29, 2023 as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

2Non-GAAP gross profit is defined as gross profit excluding share-based compensation allocated in the cost of revenues and we define Non-GAAP gross margin as Non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of revenues. See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” set forth at the end of this press release.

 

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Within that, gross profit of public cloud services was RMB48.1 million (US$6.6 million), which was significantly improved from the gross loss of RMB22.1 million in the same period last year. Gross margin of public cloud services was 4.7%, which improved significantly from negative 1.6% in the same period last year. The improvement was mainly due to our expansion in AI business, proactive scale-down of CDN services and adjustment of our clients’ structure. Gross profit of enterprise cloud services was RMB147.3 million (US$20.2 million), compared with RMB143.8 million in the same period last year. Gross margin of enterprise cloud services was 24.2%, improved from 23.1% in the same period last year. The improvement was mainly due to our more stringent enterprise cloud project selection.

  

Total operating expenses were RMB1,001.1 million (US$137.2 million), compared with RMB569.7 million last quarter and RMB626.6 million in the same period in 2022. Among which:

 

Selling and marketing expenses were RMB116.4 million (US$16.0 million), compared with RMB129.3 million last quarter and RMB143.4 million in the same period in 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to our strict expense control as well as decrease in share-based compensation.

  

General and administrative expenses were RMB215.7 million (US$29.6 million), further decreased from RMB246.5 million last quarter and RMB235.1 million in the same period in 2022. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was mainly attributable to our continued expense control this quarter.

  

Research and development expenses were RMB200.4 million (US$27.5 million), slightly increased from RMB193.9 million last quarter, but decreased when comparing with RMB248.1 million in the same period in 2022. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to the enhanced research and development efficiency and the region re-allocation of personnel in Beijing and Wuhan.

  

Impairment of long-lived assets was RMB468.5 million (US$64.2 million), mainly attributable to impairment loss of public cloud asset group.

 

Operating loss was RMB804.8 million (US$110.3 million), compared with operating loss of RMB363.1 million last quarter and RMB504.2 million in the same quarter of 2022.

 

Net loss was RMB789.7 million (US$108.2 million), compared with net loss of RMB498.3 million last quarter and RMB801.4 million in the same quarter of 2022.

 

Non-GAAP net loss3 was RMB313.3 million (US$42.9 million), narrowed from net loss of RMB315.0 million last quarter and RMB530.7 million in the same quarter of 2022.

 

 

3Non-GAAP net loss is defined as net loss excluding share-based compensation, foreign exchange loss (gain) and impairment of long-lived assets, and we define Non-GAAP net loss margin as adjusted net loss as a percentage of revenues. See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” set forth at the end of this press release.

 

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Non-GAAP EBITDA4 was RMB-45.4 million (US$-6.2 million), compared with RMB-61.4 million last quarter and RMB-202.0 million in the same quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP EBITDA margin was -2.8% this quarter, compared with -3.3% last quarter and -10.3% in the same quarter last year. Excluding loss on disposal of property and equipment, normalized Non-GAAP EBITDA was RMB-44.1 million (US$-6.0 million) this quarter, improved from RMB-59.9 million last quarter and RMB-202.0 million in the same period last year. Normalized Non-GAAP EBITDA margin was -2.7%, compared with -3.3% last quarter and -10.3% in the same quarter of 2022.

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share was RMB0.22 (US$0.03), compared with RMB0.14 last quarter and RMB0.22 in the same quarter of 2022.

 

Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were RMB2,612.1 million (US$358.0 million) as of September 30, 2023.

 

Outstanding ordinary shares were 3,542,133,556 as of September 30, 2023, equivalent to about 236,142,237 ADSs.

 

Conference Call Information

 

Kingsoft Cloud’s management will host an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:15 A.M., U.S. Eastern Time (8:15 P.M., Beijing/Hong Kong Time on the same day).

 

Participants can register for the conference call by navigating to https://register.vevent.com/register/BI7699077da6174c888cfdf768162a07cb. Once preregistration has been completed, participants will receive dial-in numbers, direct event passcode, and a unique access PIN.

 

To join the conference, simply dial the number in the calendar invite you receive after preregistering, enter the passcode followed by your PIN, and you will join the conference instantly.

 

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.ksyun.com.

 

 

4Non-GAAP EBITDA is defined as Non-GAAP net loss excluding interest income, interest expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization, and we define Non-GAAP EBITDA margin as Non-GAAP EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” set forth at the end of this press release.

  

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information is prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). In evaluating our business, we consider and use certain non-GAAP measures, Non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP gross margin, Non-GAAP EBITDA, Non-GAAP EBITDA margin, Non-GAAP net loss and Non-GAAP net loss margin, as supplemental measures to review and assess our operating performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We define Non-GAAP gross profit as gross profit excluding share-based compensation allocated in the cost of revenues, and we define Non-GAAP gross margin as Non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of revenues. We define Non-GAAP net loss as net loss excluding share-based compensation, foreign exchange loss (gain) and impairment of long-lived assets, and we define Non-GAAP net loss margin as adjusted net loss as a percentage of revenues. We define Non-GAAP EBITDA as Non-GAAP net loss excluding interest income, interest expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization, and we define Non-GAAP EBITDA margin as Non-GAAP EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. We present these non-GAAP financial measures because they are used by our management to evaluate our operating performance and formulate business plans. We also believe that the use of these non-GAAP measures facilitates investors’ assessment of our operating performance.

  

These non-GAAP financial measures are not defined under U.S. GAAP and are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools. One of the key limitations of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that they do not reflect all items of income and expense that affect our operations. Further, these non-GAAP measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore their comparability may be limited.

 

We compensate for these limitations by reconciling these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest U.S. GAAP performance measure, all of which should be considered when evaluating our performance. We encourage you to review our financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

 

Exchange Rate Information

 

This press release contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of readers. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars, in this press release, were made at a rate of RMB7.2960 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on September 29, 2023 as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  

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Safe Harbor Statement

 

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Among other things, the Business Outlook, and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Kingsoft Cloud’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Kingsoft Cloud may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about Kingsoft Cloud’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Kingsoft Cloud’s goals and strategies; Kingsoft Cloud’s future business development, results of operations and financial condition; relevant government policies and regulations relating to Kingsoft Cloud’s business and industry; the expected growth of the cloud service market in China; the expectation regarding the rate at which to gain customers, especially Premium Customers; Kingsoft Cloud’s ability to monetize the customer base; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China; the impact of the COVID-19 to Kingsoft Cloud’s business operations and the economy in China and elsewhere generally; China’s political or social conditions and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Kingsoft Cloud’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Kingsoft Cloud does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

  

About Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited

 

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: KC and HKEX:3896) is a leading independent cloud service provider in China. With extensive cloud infrastructure, cutting-edge cloud-native products based on vigorous cloud technology research and development capabilities, well-architected industry-specific solutions and end-to-end fulfillment and deployment, Kingsoft Cloud offers comprehensive, reliable and trusted cloud service to customers in strategically selected verticals.

 

For more information, please visit: http://ir.ksyun.com.

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

 

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited 

Nicole Shan 

Tel: +86 (10) 6292-7777 Ext. 6300 

Email: ksc-ir@kingsoft.com

   

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(All amounts in thousands)

 

   Dec 31,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
 
   RMB   RMB   US$ 
ASSETS               
Current assets:               
Cash and cash equivalents   3,419,166    2,612,058    358,012 
Restricted cash   114,560    119,570    16,388 
Accounts receivable, net   2,402,430    1,759,571    241,169 
Short-term investments   1,253,670    -    - 
Prepayments and other assets   1,612,022    1,747,811    239,557 
Amounts due from related parties   246,505    329,581    45,173 
Total current assets   9,048,353    6,568,591    900,299 
Non-current assets:               
Property and equipment, net   2,132,994    1,342,524    184,008 
Intangible assets, net   1,008,020    889,608    121,931 
Prepayments and other assets   21,263    255,493    35,018 
Equity investments   273,580    277,662    38,057 
Goodwill   4,605,724    4,605,724    631,267 
Amounts due from related parties   5,758    6,389    876 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   220,539    164,383    22,531 
Total non-current assets   8,267,878    7,541,783    1,033,688 
Total assets   17,316,231    14,110,374    1,933,987 
                
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY               
Current liabilities:               
Short-term bank loans   909,500    926,683    127,012 
Accounts payable   2,301,958    2,161,558    296,266 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   2,830,826    2,320,306    318,025 
Income tax payable   51,892    65,339    8,955 
Amounts due to related parties   427,727    80,270    11,002 
Current operating lease liabilities   136,723    56,040    7,681 
Total current liabilities   6,658,626    5,610,196    768,941 
                
Non-current liabilities:               
Deferred tax liabilities   167,052    150,063    20,568 
Amounts due to related parties   413,464    -    - 
Other liabilities   370,531    764,115    104,731 
Non-current operating lease liabilities   123,059    96,941    13,287 
Total non-current liabilities   1,074,106    1,011,119    138,586 
Total liabilities   7,732,732    6,621,315    907,527 
Shareholders’ equity:               
Ordinary shares   25,062    25,302    3,468 
Treasury stock   (208,385)   (208,385)   (28,562)
Additional paid-in capital   18,648,205    18,705,939    2,563,862 
Statutory reserves funds   (14,700)   (14,700)   (2,015)
Accumulated deficit   (10,102,236)   (11,994,428)   (1,643,973)
Accumulated other comprehensive income   453,074    623,004    85,390 
Total Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited shareholders’ equity   8,801,020    7,136,732    978,170 
Noncontrolling interests   782,479    352,327    48,290 
Total equity   9,583,499    7,489,059    1,026,460 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   17,316,231    14,110,374    1,933,987 

 

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
 

 

   Three Months Ended    Nine Months Ended 
   Sep 30,
2022
   Mar 31,
2023
   Jun 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$   RMB   RMB   US$ 
Revenues:                                        
Public cloud services   1,346,038    1,153,674    1,159,509    1,016,592    139,336    4,015,989    3,329,775    456,384 
Enterprise cloud services   621,975    709,976    675,176    608,510    83,403    2,031,058    1,993,662    273,254 
Others   774    750    718    106    15    2,047    1,574    216 
Total revenues   1,968,787    1,864,400    1,835,403    1,625,208    222,754    6,049,094    5,325,011    729,854 
Cost of revenues   (1,846,368)   (1,670,215)   (1,628,797)   (1,428,968)   (195,856)   (5,781,513)   (4,727,980)   (648,024)
Gross profit   122,419    194,185    206,606    196,240    26,898    267,581    597,031    81,830 
Operating expenses:                                        
Selling and marketing expenses   (143,363)   (88,053)   (129,253)   (116,438)   (15,959)   (433,978)   (333,744)   (45,743)
General and administrative expenses   (235,077)   (303,493)   (246,549)   (215,740)   (29,570)   (706,913)   (765,782)   (104,959)
Research and development expenses   (248,149)   (215,370)   (193,920)   (200,362)   (27,462)   (715,728)   (609,652)   (83,560)
Impairment of long-lived assets   -    (185,135)   -    (468,535)   (64,218)   -    (653,670)   (89,593)
Total operating expenses   (626,589)   (792,051)   (569,722)   (1,001,075)   (137,209)   (1,856,619)   (2,362,848)   (323,855)
Operating loss   (504,170)   (597,866)   (363,116)   (804,835)   (110,311)   (1,589,038)   (1,765,817)   (242,025)
Interest income   20,408    14,068    25,568    26,332    3,609    59,055    65,968    9,042 
Interest expense   (37,845)   (27,927)   (30,307)   (40,800)   (5,592)   (106,118)   (99,034)   (13,574)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain   (218,941)   93    (151,515)   20,200    2,769    (466,919)   (131,222)   (17,985)
Other (loss) gain, net   (42,243)   (7,946)   (11,841)   3,855    528    (70,209)   (15,932)   (2,184)
Other (expense) income, net   (1,079)   12,286    37,781    16,520    2,264    18,922    66,587    9,127 
Loss before income taxes   (783,870)   (607,292)   (493,430)   (778,728)   (106,733)   (2,154,307)   (1,879,450)   (257,599)
Income tax expense   (17,577)   (1,529)   (4,842)   (10,990)   (1,506)   (12,424)   (17,361)   (2,380)
Net loss   (801,447)   (608,821)   (498,272)   (789,718)   (108,239)   (2,166,731)   (1,896,811)   (259,979)
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (8,387)   (1,833)   1,073    (3,859)   (529)   (17,425)   (4,619)   (633)
Net loss attributable to Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited   (793,060)   (606,988)   (499,345)   (785,859)   (107,710)   (2,149,306)   (1,892,192)   (259,346)
                                         
Net loss per share:                                        
Basic and diluted   (0.22)   (0.17)   (0.14)   (0.22)   (0.03)   (0.59)   (0.53)   (0.07)
Shares used in the net loss per share computation:                                        
Basic and diluted   3,660,755,177    3,546,512,621    3,554,529,097    3,564,635,578    3,564,635,578    3,654,601,335    3,551,616,821    3,551,616,821 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax of nil:                                        
Foreign currency translation adjustments   414,142    (29,833)   238,614    (38,904)   (5,332)   796,767    169,877    23,284 
Comprehensive loss   (387,305)   (638,654)   (259,658)   (828,622)   (113,571)   (1,369,964)   (1,726,934)   (236,695)
Less: Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests   (8,390)   (1,834)   1,059    (3,897)   (534)   (17,781)   (4,672)   (640)
Comprehensive loss attributable to Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited shareholders   (378,915)   (636,820)   (260,717)   (824,725)   (113,037)   (1,352,183)   (1,722,262)   (236,055)

 

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS
(All amounts in thousands, except for percentage)

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   Sep 30,
2022
   Mar 31,
2023
   Jun 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$   RMB   RMB   US$ 
Gross profit   122,419    194,185    206,606    196,240    26,898    267,581    597,031    81,830 
Adjustments:                                        
– Share-based compensation expenses   2,233    224    169    34    5    9,061    427    59 
Adjusted gross profit   124,652    194,409    206,775    196,274    26,903    276,642    597,458    81,889 

 

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS
(All amounts in thousands, except for percentage)

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   Sep 30,
2022
   Mar 31,
2023
   Jun 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
 
Gross margin   6.2%   10.4%   11.3%   12.1%   4.4%   11.2%
Adjusted gross margin   6.3%   10.4%   11.3%   12.1%   4.6%   11.2%

 

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS
(All amounts in thousands, except for percentage)

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   Sep 30,
2022
   Mar 31,
2023
   Jun 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$   RMB   RMB   US$ 
Net Loss   (801,447)   (608,821)   (498,272)   (789,718)   (108,239)   (2,166,731)   (1,896,811)   (259,979)
Adjustments:                                        
– Share-based compensation expenses   51,826    11,309    31,797    28,102    3,852    258,565    71,208    9,760 
– Foreign exchange loss (gain)   218,941    (93)   151,515    (20,200)   (2,769)   466,919    131,222    17,985 
– Impairment of long-lived assets   -    185,135    -    468,535    64,218    -    653,670    89,593 
Adjusted net loss   (530,680)   (412,470)   (314,960)   (313,281)   (42,938)   (1,441,247)   (1,040,711)   (142,641)
Adjustments:                                        
– Interest income   (20,408)   (14,068)   (25,568)   (26,332)   (3,609)   (59,055)   (65,968)   (9,042)
– Interest expense   37,845    27,927    30,307    40,800    5,592    106,118    99,034    13,574 
– Income tax expense   17,577    1,529    4,842    10,990    1,506    12,424    17,361    2,380 
– Depreciation and amortization   293,672    266,535    243,984    242,421    33,227    871,909    752,940    103,199 
Adjusted EBITDA   (201,994)   (130,547)   (61,395)   (45,402)   (6,222)   (509,851)   (237,344)   (32,530)
– Loss on disposal of property and equipment   -    20,216    1,456    1,324    181    -    22,996    3,152 
Excluding loss on disposal of property and equipment, normalized Adjusted EBITDA   (201,994)   (110,331)   (59,939)   (44,078)   (6,041)   (509,851)   (214,348)   (29,378)

 

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS
(All amounts in thousands, except for percentage)

 

   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   Sep 30,
2022
   Mar 31,
2023
   Jun 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
 
Net loss margin   -40.7%   -32.7%   -27.1%   -48.6%   -35.8%   -35.6%
Adjusted net loss margin   -27.0%   -22.1%   -17.2%   -19.3%   -23.8%   -19.5%
Adjusted EBITDA Margin   -10.3%   -7.0%   -3.3%   -2.8%   -8.4%   -4.5%
Normalized Adjusted EBITDA   -10.3%   -5.9%   -3.3%   -2.7%   -8.4%   -4.0%

 

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KINGSOFT CLOUD HOLDINGS LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(All amounts in thousands)

 

   Three Months Ended 
   Sep 30,
2022
   Sep 30,
2023
   Sep 30,
2023
 
   RMB   RMB   US$ 
Net cash generated from operating activities   100,929    20,372    2,792 
Net cash generated from investing activities   323,754    165,089   22,627
Net cash used in financing activities   (130,694)   (1,263,894)   (173,231)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash   135,595    (13,026)   (1,786)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash   293,989    (1,078,433)   (147,812)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period   2,776,770    3,823,087    523,998 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period   3,206,354    2,731,628    374,400 

 

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