LOTWW Lotus Technology Inc

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-

16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of May 2024

 

Commission File Number: 001-41970

 

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

No. 800 Century Avenue

Pudong District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x     Form 40-F ¨

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release – Lotus Technology Reports Unaudited First Quarter 2024 Financial Result
99.2		Presentation – 1st Quarter 2024 Results

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

	Lotus Technology Inc.
	By	:	/s/ Alexious Kuen Long Lee
	Name	:	Alexious Kuen Long Lee
	Title	:	Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 29, 2024

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Lotus Technology Reports Unaudited First Quarter 2024 Financial Result

 

·

Lotus Tech recorded revenue of $173 million and gross profit margin of 18%

·

Delivered approximately 2,194 vehicles1, with global markets outside China contributing over 75% of total deliveries

·

Revealed luxury customized editions of classic sportscar and BEV lifestyle models

 

New York – May 29, 2024 – Lotus Technology Inc. ("Lotus Tech" or the "Company")(Nasdaq: LOT), a leading global luxury electric vehicle maker, today announced its unaudited financial result for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

 

The Company achieved total revenue of $173 million in the quarter, a year-on-year growth of 811% and a gross profit margin of 18%, powered by an asset-light model and high-margin businesses including R&D services and accessories. The Company successfully launched its Chapman Bespoke service in the first quarter of 2024, providing premium customization to Lotus vehicles.

 

Lotus Tech delivered a total of 2,194 vehicles in the first quarter. The Company began deliveries of Emeya in China, its first electric hyper-grand tourer, and further expanded its product portfolio to four models. In the China market where the Company operates a direct-to-customer sales model, the deliveries in the first quarter had a year-on-year growth of over 100%. Customer deliveries of Emira, the brand’s ICE sports car manufactured in the UK, also commenced in the US at the beginning of this year.

 

Global markets outside China contributed over 75% of the company’s deliveries in the first quarter. With a global sales network of over 200 stores in prime locations around the world, the Company continues to leverage its global distribution footprint for international expansion. After China and Europe, the Company began taking orders for Eletre in more than 10 new markets across the Middle East, Asia and the Americas in the first quarter. Lotus Tech also expects to begin expanding Emeya sales to new markets in the third quarter of the year.

 

"Through our unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence, we are making steady progress on delivering Lotus Tech’s Vision80 plan," said Lotus Tech CEO Qingfeng Feng. "Our global strategy continues to drive growth and success as we expand our presence and sales across key luxury markets worldwide. We are encouraged by the positive feedback received in these new markets and look forward to rolling out new models to new geographies throughout the year."

 

Operational and Financial Summaries

 

The below tables summarize key operational results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

 

Deliveries¹ by model type

 

		1Q 2024				1Q 2023				% Change (YoY)				FY2023
Lifestyle vehicles			1,047				236				344	%			4,361
Sportscars			1,147				28				-				2,609
Total			2,194				264				731	%			6,970

 

¹ Invoiced deliveries, including commissioned deliveries.

 

 

The below table summarizes key preliminary financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
(in millions of U.S. dollars, unaudited)

 

		1Q 2024				1Q 2023				% Change (YoY)				FY2023
Revenue			173				19				811	%			679
Cost of Revenues			143				19				653	%			577
Gross profit			30				0.2				-				102
Gross margin			18	%			1	%			-				15	%
Operating loss			(233	)			(162	)			44	%			(736	)
Net Loss			(258	)			(160	)			61	%			(750	)
Adjusted EBITDA*			(204	)			(154	)			32	%			(693	)

 

*Non-GAAP measure. See Appendix C for details and a reconciliation of adjusted metrics to the nearest GAAP measure.

 

Recent Developments

 

·

Global Premiere of Emeya Blossom Limited Edition: In April, the Company revealed the Chapman Bespoke limited collection Emeya Blossom, a luxuriously customized vehicle integrating Colin Chapman’s charm into its design concept. This collection features rare gradient painting and 42 natural sapphires on the instrument panel, which garnered significant attention from viewers at the Beijing Auto Show.

 

·

Beijing International Automotive Exhibition: The Company showcased limited editions of Lotus vehicles including the Evija Fittipaldi, Eletre Type 79, Emira Tailor Made, Type 66 as well as Emeya Blossom, which received a high level of customer interest during the 10-day exhibition.

 

·

Charging Solutions: Lotus Tech entered into a strategic partnership with NIO on battery charging, granting Lotus Tech vehicles with access to NIO’s network of over 2,000 charging stations across China.

 

·

ESG: In May, the Company published its annual 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, which outlined its achievements in building a green value chain, leading clean mobility, and upholding business integrity through the efforts in information security and privacy protection as well as in community support.

 

Conference Call

 

Lotus Tech management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (14:00 Central European Time / 20:00 China Standard Time on May 29, 2024) to discuss financial results and answer questions from investors and analysts.

 

For participants who wish to join the webcast, please register at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/gwuvrehk

 

Following completion of the call, audio replay will be available on the Company’s investor relations website: https://ir.group-lotus.com/.

 

For participants who wish to join the call by phone, please register at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI205823e15f3a49cdb5ade4789837bb8c

 

– END –

 

About Lotus Technology

 

Lotus Technology Inc. has operations across the UK, the EU and China. The Company is dedicated to delivering luxury lifestyle battery electric vehicles, with a focus on world-class R&D in next-generation automobility technologies such as electrification, digitalisation and more. For more information about Lotus Technology Inc., please visit www.group-lotus.com.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

The Company uses non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted net loss and adjusted EBITDA in evaluating its operating results and for financial and operational decision-making purposes. Adjusted net loss represents net loss excluding share-based compensation expenses, and such adjustment has no impact on income tax. Lotus Tech defines adjusted EBITDA as net loss excluding interest income, interest expense, income tax expenses, depreciation of property, equipment and software, and share-based compensation expenses. The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures help identify underlying trends in its business and enhance the overall understanding of the Company’s past performance and future prospects. The Company also believes that the non-GAAP financial measures allow for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by the Company’s management in its financial and operational decision-making.

 

 

The non-GAAP financial measures are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP methods of accounting and reporting used by other companies. The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and when assessing the Company’s operating performance, investors should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company encourages investors and others to review its financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure. The Company mitigates these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP performance measures, all of which should be considered when evaluating the Company’s performance. For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please see "Appendix C – Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results (Adjusted net loss/Adjusted EBITDA)" set forth at the end of this press release.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "should", "expect", "intend", "will", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "predict", "potential", "forecast", "plan", "seek", "future", "propose" or "continue", or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology although not all forward-looking statements contain such terminology. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including those identified in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and Lotus Tech undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law."

 

Contact Information

For investor inquiries

Demi Zhang

ir@group-lotus.com

 

For media inquiries

Brunswick Group

Lotustechmedia@brunswickgroup.com

 

 

Appendix A

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(All amounts in thousands)

 

		As of
		Mar 31, 2024				Dec 31, 2023
		US$				US$
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash			232,859				418,941
Restricted cash			275,657				7,873
Securities pledged to an investor			187,568				-
Accounts receivable – third parties, net			78,293				76,664
Accounts receivable – related parties, net			67,784				22,430
Inventories			368,514				265,190
Prepayments and other current assets – third parties, net			87,961				63,870
Prepayments and other current assets – related parties, net			34,085				28,744
Total current assets			1,332,721				883,712
Non-current assets
Restricted cash			1,154				321
Investment securities – related parties			2,063				3,326
Securities pledged to an investor			309,613				-
Loans receivable from a related party			202,969				-
Property, equipment and software, net			352,329				354,617
Intangible assets			116,359				116,360
Operating lease right-of-use assets			168,442				173,103
Other non-current assets – third parties			55,146				50,533
Other non-current assets – related parties			2,701				2,706
Total non-current assets			1,210,776				700,966
Total assets			2,543,497				1,584,678

 

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets (cont’d)

 

(All amounts in thousands)

 

		As of
		Mar 31, 2024				Dec 31, 2023
		US$				US$
LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities
Short-term borrowings – third parties			462,801				226,772
Accounts payable – third parties			50,418				20,123
Accounts payable – related parties			394,185				340,419
Contract liabilities – third parties			62,118				44,184
Contract liabilities – related parties			227				-
Operating lease liabilities – third parties			16,186				16,760
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities – third parties			412,910				419,422
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities – related parties			303,669				290,686
Exchangeable notes			-				378,638
Convertible notes			-				20,277
Total current liabilities			1,702,514				1,757,281
Non-current liabilities
Contract liabilities – third parties			6,468				6,245
Operating lease liabilities – third parties			88,268				91,929
Operating lease liabilities – related parties			11,735				12,064
Put option liabilities – third parties			169,808				-
Put option liabilities – related parties			38				11,884
Exchangeable notes			76,371				75,678
Convertible notes			80,692				81,635
Warrant liabilities			7,287				-
Deferred income			270,396				270,097
Other non-current liabilities – third parties			108,560				103,403
Other non-current liabilities – related parties			1,561				1,634
Total non-current liabilities			821,184				654,569
Total liabilities			2,523,698				2,411,850

 

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets (cont’d)

 

(All amounts in thousands)

 

		As of
		Mar 31, 2024				Dec 31, 2023
		US$				US$
MEZZANINE EQUITY
Series Pre-A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares			-				184,509
Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares			-				199,021
Total mezzanine equity			-				383,530
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Ordinary shares			7				21
Additional paid-in capital			1,848,517				358,187
Accumulated other comprehensive income			23,677				25,267
Accumulated deficit			(1,846,642	)			(1,588,773	)
Total shareholders' equity (deficit) attributable to ordinary shareholders			25,559				(1,205,298	)
Noncontrolling interests			(5,760	)			(5,404	)
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)			19,799				(1,210,702	)
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders' equity (deficit)			2,543,497				1,584,678

 

 

Appendix B

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

 

(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		Mar 31, 2024				Mar 31, 2023
		US$				US$
Revenues:
Sales of goods			160,784				16,483
Service revenues			12,298				2,638
Total revenues			173,082				19,121
Cost of revenues:
Cost of goods sold			(139,273	)			(16,551	)
Cost of services			(3,495	)			(2,393	)
Total cost of revenues			(142,768	)			(18,944	)
Gross profit			30,314				177
Operating expenses:
Research and development expenses			(104,692	)			(65,494	)
Selling and marketing expenses			(103,489	)			(51,776	)
General and administrative expenses			(56,970	)			(45,284	)
Government grants			1,519				605
Total operating expenses			(263,632	)			(161,949	)
Operating loss			(233,318	)			(161,772	)
Interest expenses			(3,947	)			(434	)
Interest income			1,665				2,769
Investment loss, net			(1,394	)			(2,163	)
Share of results of equity method investments			201				(465	)
Foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net			(6,667	)			3,062
Changes in fair values of mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interest, exchangeable notes and convertible notes, excluding impact of instrument-specific credit risk			8,404				(2,535	)
Changes in fair values of warrant liabilities			4,853				-
Changes in fair values of put option liabilities			(27,880	)			1,874
Loss before income taxes			(258,083	)			(159,664	)
Income tax (expense) benefit			(142	)			89
Net loss			(258,225	)			(159,575	)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests			(356	)			(1,918	)
Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders			(257,869	)			(157,657	)
Accretion of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares			(2,979	)			(7,248	)
Net loss available to ordinary shareholders			(260,848	)			(164,905	)
Loss per ordinary share
—Basic and diluted			(0.47	)			(0.35	)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding used in computing net loss per ordinary share
—Basic and diluted			558,429,003				474,621,603

 

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (cont’d)

 

(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		Mar 31, 2024				Mar 31, 2023
		US$				US$
Net loss			(258,225	)			(159,575	)
Other comprehensive loss:
Fair value changes of mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interest, exchangeable notes and convertible notes due to instrument-specific credit risk, net of nil income taxes			(175	)			(1,042	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil income taxes			(1,415	)			(7,037	)
Total other comprehensive loss			(1,590	)			(8,079	)
Total comprehensive loss			(259,815	)			(167,654	)
Less: Total comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests			(356	)			(1,918	)
Total comprehensive loss attributable to ordinary shareholders			(259,459	)			(165,736	)

 

 

Appendix C

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP results (Adjusted net loss/Adjusted EBITDA)

 

(All amounts in thousands)

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		Mar 31, 2024				Mar 31, 2023
		US$				US$
Net loss			(258,225	)			(159,575	)
Share-based compensation expenses			35,323				-
Adjusted net loss			(222,902	)			(159,575	)
Net loss			(258,225	)			(159,575	)
Interest expenses			3,947				434
Interest income			(1,665	)			(2,769	)
Income tax expense(benefit)			142				(89	)
Depreciation			16,174				7,604
Share-based compensation expenses			35,323				-
Adjusted EBITDA			(204,304	)			(154,395	)

 

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