The company recently announced that it has purchased 6.02 million shares for the employee stock ownership plan. The company plans to issue 31.13 million shares in early April. For the remaining 25 million shares, will it continue to increase its holdings through the secondary market or directly issue them to employees? If it is a private placement to employees, will the price be the exercise price of 19.71 or other prices?

Changdian Technology: Dear investors, hello. The company's incentive plan is divided into two parts, namely the stock option incentive plan and the employee stock ownership plan. The company's equity incentive is to issue the company's common stock to the incentive targets in a targeted manner, with an exercise price of 19.71 yuan per share and a registered number of 31.088 million stock options. The company's employee stock ownership plan is to entrust an asset management institution to establish an asset management plan and repurchase the company's shares through secondary market purchases or other methods permitted by laws and administrative regulations. As of September 17, 2022, the company's 2022 employee stock ownership plan has completed stock purchases through centralized bidding transactions, and has purchased a total of 6,022,437 shares of the company's stock, accounting for 0.34% of the company's total share capital, with an average transaction price of approximately 24.67 yuan per share and a total transaction amount of approximately 148.5692 million yuan. Thank you for your attention and support to the company.