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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Sep. 30, 2022
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION    
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

15.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

(a)

Share options

Since 2014, the Company has granted options to certain directors, executive officers and employees. The maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that are authorized to be issued under the Company’s share award plans is 158,726,695 as of June 30, 2022. The share options have a contractual term of ten years.

Share options granted contain service conditions. With respect to the service conditions, there are 3 types of vesting schedule, which are: (i) 25% of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 4 years thereafter; (ii) 50% of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 2 years thereafter; and (iii) immediately vested upon grant.

For share options with service conditions only, those awards are measured at the grant-date fair value and recognized as expenses over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period. For certain share options granted to employees, even though the service condition might have been satisfied, employees are required to provide continued service through the occurrence of an IPO or change of control (“Trigger Event”). Given the vesting of these share options is contingent upon the occurrence of Trigger Event, no share-based compensation expenses were recognized for these share options until the completion of the IPO in June 2021, when cumulative share-based compensation expenses for the awards that have satisfied the service conditions were recorded.

The following table sets forth the activities of share options for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively:

    

    

Weighted

    

Weighted

    

    

    

Weighted

average

average

Aggregate

average

Number of

exercise

remaining

intrinsic

grant-date

options

price

contractual life

value

fair value

 

 

US$

In Years

US$

US$

Outstanding as of January 1, 2021

 

107,133,353

 

1.16

 

6.84

 

226,639

 

0.64

Granted

 

32,701,729

 

4.14

 

  

 

  

 

  

Forfeited

 

(2,463,934)

 

1.85

 

  

 

  

 

  

Outstanding as of June 30, 2021

 

137,371,148

 

1.85

 

7.45

 

2,468,589

 

1.93

Outstanding as of January 1, 2022

 

82,475,968

 

2.71

 

8.05

 

1,214,916

 

2.82

Granted

 

8,424

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Exercised

 

(6,812,174)

 

1.30

 

  

 

  

 

  

Forfeited

 

(1,113,600)

 

2.50

 

  

 

  

 

  

Outstanding as of June 30, 2022

 

74,558,618

 

2.84

 

7.68

 

767,897

 

2.90

Vested and expected to vest as of June 30, 2022

 

74,558,618

 

2.84

 

7.68

 

767,897

 

2.90

Exercisable as of June 30, 2022

 

30,629,972

 

2.12

 

6.93

 

337,665

 

1.79

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the estimated fair value of the underlying ordinary share at each reporting date.

As of June 30, 2022, there were US$146,502 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to share options, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.72 years and may be adjusted for future forfeitures.

15.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)

(a)

Share options (continued)

The Company uses binomial option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the share options as of the grant dates. Key assumptions (or ranges thereof) are set as below:

a

    

For the six months ended

June 30, 2021

Fair value of ordinary shares on the date of option grant

 

6.78 18.09

Risk-free interest rate(1)

 

1.7% – 2.0%

Expected term (in years)

 

10

Expected dividend yield(2)

 

0%

Expected volatility(3)

 

58.8% – 59.8%

Expected early exercise multiple

 

2.2x – 2.8x

(1)The risk-free interest rate of periods within the contractual life of the share option is based on the market yield of U.S. Treasury Strips with a maturity life equal to the expected life to expiration.
(2)The Company has no history or expectation of paying dividends on its ordinary shares.
(3)Expected volatility is estimated based on the average of historical volatilities of the comparable companies in the same industry as at the valuation dates.

(b)

RSUs

After the completion of the Company’s IPO in June 2021, the Company started to grant RSUs to employees. One RSU represents a right relating to one Class A ordinary share of the Company. The RSUs were granted with service conditions. The fair value of the RSUs is estimated based on the market value of the underlying ordinary share of the Company at the grant date.

The following table summarizes activities of the Company’s RSUs for the six months ended June 30, 2022:

    

Number of

    

Weighted average

RSUs

grant-date fair value

US$

Outstanding as of January 1, 2022

3,521,118

19.05

Granted

 

8,118,214

 

  

Vested

 

(257,420)

 

  

Forfeited

 

(242,012)

 

  

Outstanding as of June 30, 2022

 

11,139,900

 

12.81

As of June 30, 2022, there were US$128,950 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to RSUs, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.63 years and may be adjusted for future forfeitures.

15.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)

(c)

Share-based compensation expenses by function

The following table sets forth the amounts of share-based compensation expenses included in each of the relevant financial statement line items:

    

For the six months ended June 30,

2021 

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Cost of revenues

13,137

16,113

Sales and marketing expenses

26,922

63,817

Research and development expenses

 

58,633

 

115,117

General and administrative expenses*

 

1,610,559

 

87,999

Total

 

1,709,251

 

283,046

*

In June 2021, the Company granted 24,745,531 Class B ordinary shares to TECHWOLF LIMITED, and recorded share- based compensation expenses of RMB1,506.4 million in general and administrative expenses upon the grant (Note 13).

14.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

(a)

Share options

Since 2014, the Company has granted options to certain directors, executive officers and employees. The maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that are authorized to be issued under the Company’s share award plans is 158,726,695 as of September 30, 2022. The share options have a contractual term of ten years.

Share options granted contain service conditions. With respect to the service conditions, there are 3 types of vesting schedule, which are: (i) 25% of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 4 years thereafter; (ii) 50% of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 2 years thereafter; and (iii) immediately vested upon grant.

For share options with service conditions only, those awards are measured at the grant-date fair value and recognized as expenses over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period. For certain share options granted to employees, even though the service condition might have been satisfied, employees are required to provide continued service through the occurrence of an IPO or change of control (“Trigger Event”). Given the vesting of these share options is contingent upon the occurrence of Trigger Event, no share-based compensation expenses were recognized for these share options until the completion of the IPO in June 2021, when cumulative share-based compensation expenses for the awards that have satisfied the service conditions were recorded.

The following table sets forth the activities of share options for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively:

    

    

Weighted

    

Weighted

    

    

    

Weighted

average

average

Aggregate

average

Number of

exercise

remaining

intrinsic

grant-date

options

price

contractual life

value

fair value

 

 

US$

In Years

US$

US$

Outstanding as of January 1, 2021

 

107,133,353

 

1.16

 

6.84

 

226,639

 

0.64

Granted

 

32,710,153

 

4.08

 

  

 

 

  

Exercised

(47,697,284)

0.54

Forfeited

 

(2,924,868)

 

1.95

 

  

 

 

  

Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

 

89,221,354

 

2.53

 

8.21

 

1,379,942

 

2.77

Outstanding as of January 1, 2022

 

82,475,968

 

2.71

 

8.05

 

1,214,916

 

2.82

Granted

 

8,424

 

 

  

 

 

  

Exercised

 

(9,071,268)

 

1.45

 

  

 

 

  

Forfeited

 

(1,356,950)

 

2.91

 

  

 

 

  

Outstanding as of September 30, 2022

 

72,056,174

 

2.86

 

7.45

 

410,810

 

2.93

Vested and expected to vest as of September 30, 2022

 

72,056,174

 

2.86

 

7.45

 

410,810

 

2.93

Exercisable as of September 30, 2022

 

32,174,348

 

2.07

 

6.70

 

204,988

 

1.71

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the estimated fair value of the underlying ordinary share at each reporting date.

As of September 30, 2022, there were US$130,916 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to share options, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.48 years and may be adjusted for future forfeitures.

14.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)

(a)

Share options (continued)

The Company uses binomial option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the share options as of the grant dates. Key assumptions (or ranges thereof) are set as below:

    

For the nine months ended

 

September 30, 2021

 

Fair value of ordinary shares on the date of option grant

 

6.78 - 18.09

Risk-free interest rate(1)

 

1.6% - 2.0%

Expected term (in years)

 

10

Expected dividend yield(2)

 

0

Expected volatility(3)

 

58.8% - 59.8%

Expected early exercise multiple

 

2.2x - 2.8x

(1)The risk-free interest rate of periods within the contractual life of the share option is based on the market yield of U.S. Treasury Strips with a maturity life equal to the expected life to expiration.
(2)The Company has no history or expectation of paying dividends on its ordinary shares.
(3)Expected volatility is estimated based on the average of historical volatilities of the comparable companies in the same industry as at the valuation dates.

(b)

RSUs

After the completion of the Company’s IPO in June 2021, the Company started to grant RSUs to employees. One RSU represents a right relating to one Class A ordinary share of the Company. The RSUs were granted with service conditions. The fair value of the RSUs is estimated based on the market value of the underlying ordinary share of the Company at the grant date.

The following table summarizes activities of the Company’s RSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2022:

    

Number of

    

Weighted average

RSUs

grant-date fair value

US$

Outstanding as of January 1, 2021

Granted

202,274

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

202,274

19.40

Outstanding as of January 1, 2022

3,521,118

19.05

Granted

 

11,994,570

 

  

Vested

 

(313,464)

 

  

Forfeited

 

(334,176)

 

  

Outstanding as of September 30, 2022

 

14,868,048

 

12.35

As of September 30, 2022, there were US$161,259 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to RSUs, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.54 years and may be adjusted for future forfeitures.

14.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)

(c)

Share-based compensation expenses by function

The following table sets forth the amounts of share-based compensation expenses included in each of the relevant financial statement line items:

    

For the nine months ended September 30,

2021 

    

2022

RMB

RMB

Cost of revenues

24,568

25,204

Sales and marketing expenses

44,838

106,613

Research and development expenses

 

95,321

 

184,945

General and administrative expenses*

 

1,643,447

 

131,199

Total

 

1,808,174

 

447,961

*

In June 2021, the Company granted 24,745,531 Class B ordinary shares to TECHWOLF LIMITED and recorded share- based compensation expenses of RMB1,506.4 million in general and administrative expenses upon the grant (Note 12).