容百科技：2023年年度报告简版（英文版）

StockCode:688005CompanyAbbreviation:RonbayTechnology NingboRonbayNewEnergyTechnologyCo.,Ltd.AnnualReport2023(AbridgedEnglishVersion) Contents SectionIImportantNotes3 SectionIIDefinitions4 SectionIIIBasicInformationandMainFinancialDataoftheCompany6 SectionIVManagementDiscussionandAnalysis7 SectionVCorporateGovernance31 SectionVIChangesinSharesandShareholders40 SectionIImportantNotes 1Thesummaryofthisannualreportisderivedfromthefulltextoftheannualreport.TofullyunderstandtheCompany'soperationalresults,financialcondition,andfuturedevelopmentplans,investorsshouldcarefullyreadthefulltextoftheannualreportavailableatwww.sse.com.cn. 2TheBoardofDirectors,theBoardofSupervisors,thedirectors,supervisorsandseniormanagementoftheCompanyguaranteethetruthfulness,accuracyandcompletenessofthecontentsoftheAnnualReportwhichisfreeofanyfalserecords,misleadingstatementsormajoromissions,andshallbearjointandseveralliability. 3AlldirectorsoftheCompanyhaveattendedtheBoardofDirectorsmeetings. 4Pan-ChinaCertifiedPublicAccountants(SpecialGeneralPartnership)hasissuedastandardunqualifiedauditreportfortheCompany. 5TheBoardofDirectorshasapprovedtheprofitdistributionplanortheplanforconvertingfundtoincreasecapitalstockduringthereportingperiod. AsauditedbyPan-ChinaCertifiedPublicAccountants(SpecialGeneralPartnership),asofDecember31,2023,theprofitavailablefordistributionoftheparentcompanyattheendoftheperiodhadreachedRMB362,149,625.26.AsdecidedbytheBoardofDirectors,forthefiscalyear2023,basedontheexistingtotalsharecapitalof484,223,588shares,excludingtherepurchasedsharesintherepurchasespecificsecuritiesaccounttotaling5,788,628shares,leavingabaseof478,434,960sharesforprofitdistribution,itisproposedtodistributeacashdividendofRMB3.03per10shares(includingtax)toallshareholders,totalingRMB144,965,792.88(includingtax),representing24.96%ofthenetprofitattributabletoshareholdersofthelistedcompanyfortheconsolidatedstatementofthefiscalyear2023.TheCompanywillnotissuebonussharesnorwillitconvertcapitalreserveintosharecapital. Iftherearechangesinthetotalsharecapitalfromthedateofthisannouncementuntiltheequitydistributionrecorddateduetoeventssuchasconvertiblebondsconversion/sharerepurchase/shareincentivegrantsharerepurchasecancellation/majorassetreorganizationsharerepurchasecancellation,theCompanyplanstomaintainthesamepersharedistributionratioandadjustthetotaldistributionamountaccordingly.Shouldtherebesubsequentchangesinthetotalsharecapital,specificadjustmentswillbeannouncedseparately. Theprofitdistributionplanforthefiscalyear2023hasbeendeliberatedandapprovedbythethirty-secondmeetingofthesecondBoardofDirectorsandissubjecttothereviewoftheshareholders'meeting. SectionIIDefinitions DefinitionofcommonwordsCompany,TheCompanyandRonbayTechnology shall mean NingboRonbayNewEnergyTechnologyCo.,Ltd. CATL shallmean ContemporaryAmperexTechnologyCo.,LimitedanditscontrolledcompaniesJiangsuContemporaryAmperexTechnologyLimited,FudingContemporaryAmperexTechnology,SichuanContemporaryAmperexTechnologyandCATL-SAICPowerBatteryCo.,Ltd. EVE shall mean EVEEnergyCo.,Ltd.anditssubsidiariesEVEBatteryCo.,Ltd.,EVEJinengCo.,Ltd.andEVEPowerCo.,Ltd. GEM shall mean GEMCo.,Ltd.,JingmenGEMNewMaterialsCo.,Ltd.,andGEM(Wuxi)EnergyMaterialsCo.,Ltd. Lygend shall mean LygendResourceTechnologyCo.,Ltd. TianqiLithium shall mean ChengduTianqiLithiumCo.,Ltd. Albemarle shall mean AlbemarleManagement(Shanghai)Co.,Ltd. GGII shallmean AnindustryresearchconsultancyfocusedonChina’sstrategicemergingindustries,consistingoflithium,electricvehicles,LED,robotics,newmaterialsandintelligentvehicleinstitutes. Lithiumbattery shallmean Aclassofbatteriesconsistingoflithiummetalorlithiumalloyascathodematerialsandusinganon-aqueouselectrolytesolution.Lithiumbatteriescanbedividedintolithium-metalbatteriesandlithium-ionbatteries.Allreferencesto“lithiumbatteries”inthisReportarelithium-ionbatteries Lithium-ionbattery shallmean Asecondarybattery(rechargeablebattery)thatoperatesprimarilybymovinglithiumionsbetweenthecathodeandanode.Intheprocessofcharginganddischarging,Li+isembeddedanddeembeddedbetweenthetwoelectrodes.Duringcharging,Li+isdeembeddedfromthecathodeandembeddedintotheanodethroughtheelectrolyte,andtheanodeisinalithium-richstate.Theoppositeistrueforelectricaldischarge. Sodium-ionbattery shallmean Asecondarybattery(rechargeablebattery)thatoperatesprimarilybymovingsodiumionsbetweenthecathodeandanode.Intheprocessofcharginganddischarging,Na+isembeddedanddeembeddedbetweenthetwoelectrodes.During Unlessthecontextotherwiserequires,thefollowingwordsshallhavethefollowingmeaningsinthisReport: charging,Na+isdeembeddedfromthecathodeandembeddedintotheanodethroughtheelectrolyte,andtheanodeisinasodium-richstate.Theoppositeistrueforelectricaldischarge. Cathodematerial shallmean Oneofthemaincomponentsoflithiumbattery,theperformanceofwhichdirectlyaffectstheperformanceindexoflithiumbattery. Precursor shallmean Theintermediateproductofhighlyuniformdistributionofvariouselementspreparedbysolutionprocess,whichcanbeconvertedintothefinishedproductby