Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. CAR Inc. 神州租車有限公司 (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Stock code: 0699) VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLICATION OF AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2017 AND THE LIST OF TOP FIVE CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS This announcement is made by CAR Inc. (the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) on a voluntary basis. UCAR lnc. (“UCAR”), a company listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (the “NEEQ”) and also a connected person of the Company, proposed to acquire certain shares of the Company owned by UCAR Technology lnc. through its wholly-owned subsidiary. Such acquisition constitutes a restructuring of material assets of UCAR under the NEEQ regulations. In order to facilitate UCAR’s compliance with the requirements under the NEEQ, the Company has provided the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2017 and the list of top five customers and suppliers of the Group for the years ended 31 December 2015 and 2016 respectively and the six months ended 30 June 2017 to the NEEQ on 18 December 2017 for its approval of UCAR’s restructuring. The consolidated financial statements of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2017 have been audited by Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP, certified public accountants. — 1 — The top five customers of the Group for the years ended 31 December 2015 and 2016 respectively and the six months ended 30 June 2017 were as follows: For the year ended 31 December 2015 Sales amount (in RMB % of total Top five customers thousands) revenue Customer 1 1,633,173 32.65% Customer 2 58,887 1.18% Customer 3 42,598 0.85% Customer 4 19,929 0.40% Customer 5 17,371 0.35% Total 1,771,958 35.42% For the year ended 31 December 2016 Sales amount (in RMB % of total Top five customers thousands) revenue Customer 1 2,580,297 39.98% Customer 2 175,384 2.72% Customer 3 80,161 1.24% Customer 4 34,211 0.53% Customer 5 28,181 0.44% Total 2,898,234 44.91% For the six months ended 30 June 2017 Sales amount (in RMB % of total Top five customers thousands) revenue Customer 1 1,399,050 38.74% Customer 2 77,901 2.16% Customer 3 64,084 1.77% Customer 4 16,433 0.46% Customer 5 6,512 0.18% Total 1,563,980 43.31% — 2 — The top five suppliers of the Group for the years ended 31 December 2015 and 2016 respectively and the six months ended 30 June 2017 were as follows: For the year ended 31 December 2015 Purchase amount % of total (in RMB purchase Top five suppliers thousands) amount Supplier 1 1,454,339 27.15% Supplier 2 578,730 10.81% Supplier 3 366,835 6.85% Supplier 4 332,720 6.21% Supplier 5 324,065 6.05% Total 3,056,689 57.07% For the year ended 31 December 2016 Purchase amount % of total (in RMB purchase Top five suppliers thousands) amount Supplier 1 968,912 33.08% Supplier 2 501,564 17.12% Supplier 3 336,853 11.50% Supplier 4 274,645 9.38% Supplier 5 272,639 9.31% Total 2,354,613 80.39% For the six months ended 30 June 2017 Purchase amount % of total (in RMB purchase Top five suppliers thousands) amount Supplier 1 1,416,355 49.66% Supplier 2 324,061 11.36% Supplier 3 215,239 7.55% Supplier 4 208,786 7.32% Supplier 5 181,110 6.35% Total 2,345,551 82.24% — 3 — Please also refer to Appendix I to this announcement in relation to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2017, which have been published by UCAR on the website of NEEQ (http://www.neeq.com.cn/disclosure/announcement.html) on 18 December 2017. By Order of the Board CAR Inc. Charles Zhengyao LU Chairman Hong Kong, 18 December 2017 As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises Ms. Yifan Song as Executive Director; Mr. Charles Zhengyao Lu, Mr. Linan Zhu, Ms. Xiaogeng Li and Mr. Zhen Wei as Non-executive Directors; Mr. Sam Hanhui Sun, Mr. Wei Ding, Mr. Lei Lin and Mr. Joseph Chow as Independent Non-executive Directors. — 4 — Appendix I: CAR Inc. (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the Six Months ended 30 June 2017 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT To the shareholders of CAR Inc. (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) Opinion We have audited the consolidated financial statements of CAR Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the six months ended 30 June 2017 (the “Reporting Period”) set out on pages 7 to 110, which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2017, and the consolidated statement of profit or loss, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the six-month period then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of the Group as at 30 June 2017, and of its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the six-month period then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (“ISAs”) issued by the International Accounting and Auditing Standards Board (“IAASB”). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the “IESBA Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Other matter Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to the fact that the financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2016 (the “Comparative Information”) is unaudited. – 1 – Key audit matters Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Key audit matter How our audit addressed the key audit matter Lease classification for car rental arrangement The Group’s principal business is the Our procedures included understanding provision of car rental services through and testing management’s controls on the arrangements with customers in the form of recognition and classification of leases by leases. The Group uses a lease management the lease management system. For finance system to determine the classification and leases, we assessed the appropriateness of ongoing accounting of its leases. the discount rates by comparing them with historical data, and industry benchmarks. The Group applies judgement at the initial We also reviewed and tested other aspects inception of the leases to determine whether of the lease accounting on a sample basis, they should be classified as either operating such as the formula used in the accounting leases or finance leases in accordance with models, the calculation of the minimum IAS 17 “Leases”, depending on the lease lease payments, and the calculation of the terms. Classification of finance leases also rental income. requires determining the appropriate discount rate which implicit in the lease to discount the We also assessed the adequacy of the minimum lease payments, which in turn also related disclosures in the notes to the affects the allocation of the rental income over financial statements. the period of the lease. Related disclosures are included in Note 5 “Revenue, other income and expenses, net” and Note 13 “Finance lease receivables” to the financial statements. – 2 – Key audit matter How our audit addressed the key audit matter Accounting for investments in equity shares and redeemable preference shares The Group holds equity share and redeemable Our procedures included agreeing the preference share investments in respect registration form and relevant documents of three entities operating in the online and ensuring that the investments in equity businesses for the trade-in of used cars and shares and redeemable preference shares chauffeured car services. The investments were properly classified in accordance with were classified as financial assets at fair value IAS 39. We also evaluated the methodology through profit or loss. The equity share and adopted by the Group to determine the fair redeemable preference share investments are value of the equity shares and redeemable recorded as “Investments in equity shares preference shares investments at 30 June and redeemable preference shares” on the 2017 and tested the key assumptions statement of financial position. and estimations used in the valuation by testing the observable data to third party The investments in equity shares and derived data sources and corroborating the redeemable preference shares are carried at reasonableness of unobservable inputs by fair value determined at the balance sheet comparing to available data sources. We date in accordance with IAS 39 “Financial employed EY internal valuation specialists Instruments: Recognition and Measurement”. to assist us with our audit of the valuation. The investments were stated at RMB3,041.28 million at 30 June 2017 and the Company We also assessed the adequacy of the recognised a net loss on fair value of related disclosures in the notes to the RMB32.43 million for the six-month period financial statements. then ended, which was recorded as “Other income and expenses, net” in the statement of profit or loss. The investments are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The determination of the fair values involves the use of significant assumptions and estimations including the use of observable and unobservable inputs to the valuation model. Related disclosures are included in Note 3 “Significant accounting judgements and estimations”, Note 5 “Revenue, other income and expenses, net ” and Note 19 “Investments in equity shares and redeemable preference shares” to the financial statements. – 3 – Key audit matter How our audit addressed the key audit matter Residual values of rental vehicles acquired outside of repurchase programs The net book amount of rental vehicles We evaluated the design and tested the acquired outside of repurchase programs at operating effectiveness of controls over 30 June 2017 was RMB9,172.52 million. As the periodical review of the residual values rental vehicles constitute a significant portion of the rental vehicles acquired outside of the Group’s assets and its business requires of repurchase programs. In addition, we the Group to constantly replenish its fleet, the assessed the key factors (primarily the Group faces significant risks related to the available market information) applied estimated residual values of its rental vehicles by the Group to determine the estimated acquired outside of repurchase programs. The residual values and for a sample of Group estimates the residual values as at the disposals during the year, evaluated the expected time of disposal and the vehicles are reasonableness of the estimated residual depreciated over the estimated holding period values by comparing them to the disposal on a straight-line basis, taking into account of proceeds. the residual values. The Group periodically reviews and makes adjustments, if necessary, to the depreciation rates of rental vehicles acquired outside of repurchase programs in response to the latest market conditions and their effect on residual values as well as the estimated time of disposal. Significant estimation and judgement are required in determining the residual values of the Group’s rental vehicles acquired outside of repurchase programs. Related disclosures are included in Note 3 “Significant accounting judgements and estimates” to the financial statements. – 4 – Responsibilities of the directors for the consolidated financial statements The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with IFRSs issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the directors of the Company are responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors of the Company either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations or have no realistic alternative but to do so. The directors of the Company are assisted by the Audit and Compliance Committee in discharging their responsibilities for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process. Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Our report is made solely to you, as a body, and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability to any other person for the contents of this report. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements. As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: • Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. • Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control. • Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors. – 5 –
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