Pinduoduo 3Q 2021 Results

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3Q 2021 Highlights

LTM(1) Active Buyers(2)

Average MAUs(3)

867.3 mn

741.5 mn

19% YoY Growth

15% YoY Growth

Revenues(4)

Non-GAAP Net Income(5)

RMB 21,505.8 mn

RMB 3,150.2 mn

51% YoY Growth

15% of Revenues

Notes:

  1. "LTM", Last Twelve Months, references to the twelve-month period that ends on the last day of the month or quarter indicated.
  2. "Active buyers" in a given period references to the number of user accounts that placed one or more orders (i) on the Pinduoduo mobile app, and (ii) through social networks and access points in that period, regardless of whether the products and services are actually sold, delivered or returned.
  3. "MAUs", Monthly Active Users, refers to the number of user accounts that visited the Pinduoduo mobile app during a given month, which does not include those that accessed the platform through social networks and access points.
  4. Revenues excluding merchandise sales would be RMB21,423.6 mn, up 55% yoy.
  5. Our Non-GAAP financial measures exclude share-based compensation expenses, fair value change of long-term investments, and interest expenses related to the convertible bonds' amortization to face value and gain or

loss on extinguishment. Please refer to our earnings press release for more details.

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User Base Growth

19% YoY

788.4

823.8

849.9

867.3

731.3

683.2

628.1

Active Buyers

536.3

585.2

(LTM, in millions)

LTM Sep-19

LTM Dec-19

LTM Mar-20

LTM Jun-20

LTM Sep-20

LTM Dec-20

LTM Mar-21

LTM Jun-21

LTM Sep-21

Net Add:

48.9

42.9

55.1

48.1

57.1

35.4

26.1

17.4

15% YoY

643.4

719.9

724.6

738.5

741.5

568.8

487.4

MAUs

429.6

481.5

(Average, in millions)

3Q19

4Q19

1Q20

2Q20

3Q20

4Q20

1Q21

2Q21

3Q21

Net Add:

51.9

5.9

81.4

74.6

76.5

4.7

13.9

3.0

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Revenues and Non-GAAP Gross Profit

Revenues

(RMB in millions)

55% YoY,

excl. Merchandise

Sales

Merchandise Sales

Revenues excl. Merchandise Sales

5,357.8

1,958.2

82.1

5,124.1

21,189.9

21,423.6

21,088.1

17,043.0

Non-GAAP(1) Gross Profit

(RMB in millions)

% of Total

76%

81%

72%

78%

77%

57%

52%

66%

70%

Revenues

15,031.5

15,155.8 14,956.2

10,792.7

392.8

12,193.3 13,817.0

8,762.5

10,954.1 11,425.4

9,540.7

7,513.9

6,541.1

5,689.2

4,719.3

3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 3Q213Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 3Q21

Notes:

(1) Our Non-GAAP financial measures exclude share-based compensation expenses, fair value change of long-term investments, and interest expenses related to the convertible bonds' amortization to face value and

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gain or loss on extinguishment. Please refer to our earnings press release for more details.

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