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Niu Technologies (NIU)

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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 August 2022

Commission File Number: 001-38696

NIU TECHNOLOGIES

No.1 Building, No. 195 Huilongguan East Road,

Changping District, Beijing 102208

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

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      ¨

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit 99.1—Press Release

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.

NIU TECHNOLOGIES
By : /s/ Fion Zhou
Name : Fion Zhou
Title : Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 15, 2022

Exhibit 99.1

Niu Technologies Announces Second Quarter 2022Financial Results

-- Second Quarter Total Volume of e-scootersales down 17.4% year over year

-- Second Quarter Revenues of RMB 827.6 million,down 12.4% year over year

-- Second Quarter Net income of RMB 14.4 million,compared with net income of RMB 91.8 million in the same period of last year

BEIJING, China, August 15, 2022 – Niu Technologies (“NIU”, or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: NIU), the world’s leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.

Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights

Revenues were RMB 827.6 million, a decrease of 12.4% year over year
Gross margin was 20.3%, compared with 22.7% in the second quarter of last year
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Net income was RMB 14.4 million, compared with net income of RMB 91.8 million in the second<br> quarter of last year
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Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)^1^ was RMB 31.2 million,<br> compared with adjusted net income of RMB 104.0 million in the second quarter of last year
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Second Quarter 2022 Operating Highlights

The<br> number of e-scooters sold was 208,857, down 17.4% year over year
The<br> number of e-scooters sold in China was 180,299, down 26.7% year over year
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The<br> number of e-scooters sold in the international markets was 28,558, up 309.1% year over year
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The<br> number of franchised stores in China was 3,329 as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 81<br> from March 31, 2022
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International<br> sales network expanded to 53 distributors covering 52 countries as of June 30, 2022
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Other Highlights

On August 15, 2022, the<br> Company released its Inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report (https://ir.niu.com/environmental-social-and-governance-report-0),<br> highlighting the Company’s ESG policies and sustainability initiatives.

Dr. Yan Li, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented: “We delivered mixed results for the second quarter. In China market, our sales were heavily hit and our product development was disrupted by the Covid-19 lockdowns. However, average sales price (ASP) and gross margin both rose due to increase of retail sales prices starting from April 1 and improvement of product mix. In the overseas market, our kick-scooter series continued to receive positive feedback, and the sales volume reached over 20,000 units, another record high since its debut last year.”

^1^ Adjusted net income/loss (non-GAAP) is defined as net income/loss excluding share-based compensation expense

Facing the second half of this year, Dr Li said, "with the coming of peak season, we will make every effort to get back on the growth track. We just released our brand new series SQi and new version of the most popular series UQi+ earlier this month in China market, and will commence deliveries of our BQi e-bike series later this month in the overseas markets. We expect these new products will help us recover from the previous hit. For the rest of this year, since uncertainty remains over the pace of an economic recovery, we here adjust our full year sales volume guidance to 1-1.2 million.”

Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Revenues were RMB 827.6 million, a decrease of 12.4% year over year, due to 17.4% decrease in sales volume, partially offset by increased revenues per e-scooter of 6.1%. The following table shows the revenues breakdown and revenues per e-scooter in the periods presented:

Revenues<br> <br>(in RMB million) 2022<br> <br>Q2 2021<br> <br>Q2 % change<br><br> YoY
E-scooter sales from China market 596.6 757.5 -21.2 %
E-scooter sales from international markets 146.3 57.7 +153.8 %
E-scooter sales, sub-total 742.9 815.2 -8.9 %
Accessories, spare parts and services 84.7 129.5 -34.6 %
Total 827.6 944.7 -12.4 %
Revenues per e-scooter<br> <br>(in RMB) 2022<br> <br>Q2 2021<br> <br>Q2 % change<br> <br>YoY
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E-scooter<br> sales from China market^2^ 3,309 3,079 +7.5 %
E-scooter<br> sales from international markets^2^ 5,122 8,259 -38.0 %
E-scooter sales 3,557 3,222 +10.4 %
Accessories,<br> spare parts and services^3^ 406 512 -20.7 %
Revenues per e-scooter 3,963 3,734 +6.1 %
§ E-scooter<br> sales revenues from China market were RMB 596.6 million, a decrease of 21.2%, and represented<br> 80.3% of total e-scooter revenues. The decrease was mainly driven by the sales volume decreases<br> by 26.7% in China.
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§ E-scooter<br> sales revenues from international markets were RMB 146.3 million, an increase of 153.8%,<br> and represented 19.7% of total e-scooter revenues. The increase was mainly driven by the<br> increase in sales of kick-scooter, and the increase in sales volume and unit price of electric<br> motorcycle.
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§ Accessories,<br> spare parts sales and services revenues were RMB 84.7 million, a decrease of 34.6% and represented<br> 10.2% of total revenues. The decrease was mainly due to the overseas battery pack sales reduction.
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§ The<br> increase of revenues per e-scooter was mainly due to the increase in unit price of e-scooter,<br> and a better product mix in China market.
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^2^ Revenues per e-scooter on e-scooter sales from China or international markets is defined as e-scooter sales revenues from China or international markets divided by the number of e-scooters sold in China or international market in a specific period

^3^ Revenues per e-scooter on accessories, spare parts and services is defined as accessories, spare parts and services revenues divided by the total number of e-scooters sold in a specific period

Costof revenues was RMB 660.0 million, a decrease of 9.6% year over year, mainly due to lower e-scooter sales volume. The cost per e-scooter, defined as cost of revenues divided by the number of e-scooters sold in a specified period, was RMB 3,160, up 9.5% from RMB 2,885 in the second quarter 2021 due to higher raw material costs and product mix change.

Gross margin was 20.3%, compared with 22.7% in the same period of 2021. The decrease of gross margin was due to continuous cost pressure, the increase in sales of overseas kick-scooters, which have lower margin, and the decrease in sales of accessories, spare parts and services, which generally have higher gross margin.

Operating expenses were RMB 173.0 million, an increase of 26.4% from the same period of 2021. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenues was 20.9%, compared with 14.5% in the second quarter of 2021.

§ Selling and marketing expenses were RMB 92.5 million (including RMB 4.4 million of share-based<br> compensation), an increase of 34.3% from RMB 68.9 million in the second quarter of 2021.<br> The increase was mainly due to the increase in depreciation and amortization expense of RMB<br> 12.0 million as a result of opening of new franchised stores, the increase in advertising<br> and promotion expense of RMB 7.4 million, and the increase in staff cost of RMB 3.9 million.<br> Selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues was 11.2% compared with 7.3% in<br> the second quarter of 2021.
§ Research and development expenses were RMB 44.5 million (including RMB 7.0 million of share-based<br> compensation), an increase of 44.1% from RMB 30.8 million in the second quarter of 2021,<br> mainly due to the increase in staff cost of RMB 7.4 million, the increase in design and testing<br> expense of RMB 3.1 million, and the increase in share-based compensation expenses of RMB<br> 2.7 million. Research and development expenses as a percentage of revenues was 5.4%, compared<br> with 3.3% in the second quarter of 2021.
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§ General and administrative expenses were RMB 36.0 million (including RMB 5.1 million of share-based<br> compensation), a decrease of 3.1% from RMB 37.2 million in the second quarter of 2021, mainly<br> due to the foreign currency exchange gain of RMB 11.0 million as compared to the foreign<br> currency exchange loss of RMB 1.4 million in the second quarter of 2021, partially offset<br> by the increase in provision for credit losses of<br> RMB 6.2 million, and the increase in staff cost of<br> RMB 4.3 million. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues was 4.4%,<br> compared with 3.9% in the second quarter of 2021.
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Operating expenses excluding share-basedcompensation were RMB 156.5 million, increased by 25.3% year over year, and represented 18.9% of revenues, compared with 13.2% in the second quarter of 2021.

§ Selling and marketing expenses excluding share-based compensation were RMB 88.1 million, an increase<br> of 33.7% year over year, and represented 10.6% of revenues, compared with 7.0% in the second<br> quarter of 2021.
§ Research and development expenses excluding share-based compensation were RMB 37.5 million, an<br> increase of 41.0% year over year, and represented 4.5% of revenues, compared with 2.8% in<br> the second quarter of 2021.
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§ General and administrative expenses excluding share-based compensation were RMB 30.9 million,<br> a decrease of 4.8% year over year, and represented 3.7% of revenues, compared with 3.4% in<br> the second quarter of 2021.
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Government grants were RMB 0.3 million, decreased by RMB 21.2 million from the same period of 2021.

Share-based compensation was RMB 16.8 million, compared with RMB 12.1 million in the same period of 2021.

Income tax benefit was RMB 16.8 million, compared with income tax expense of RMB 11.5 million in the same period of 2021.

Net income was RMB 14.4 million, compared with RMB 91.8 million in the second quarter of 2021. The net income margin was 1.7%, compared with 9.7% in the same period of 2021.

Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) was RMB 31.2 million, compared with RMB 104.0 million in the second quarter of 2021. The adjusted net income margin^4^was 3.8%, compared with 11.0% in the same period of 2021.

Basic and diluted net income perADS were RMB 0.19 (US$ 0.03) and RMB 0.18 (US$ 0.03), respectively.

Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had cash, term deposits andshort-term investments of RMB 861.0 million in aggregate. The Company had restricted cash of RMB 189.2 million and short-term bank borrowings of RMB 180.0 million.

Business Outlook

In light of the current market conditions, including the on-going COVID resurgence in China, NIU expects its revenues for the third quarter of 2022 to be in the range of RMB 1,165 million (representing a year-over-year decrease of 5%) to RMB 1,349 million (representing a year-over-year increase of 10%). In addition, NIU adjusts its 2022 full year sales volume guidance to 1-1.2 million.

This outlook is based on information available as of the date of this press release and reflects the Company’s current and preliminary expectation, which is subject to change due to uncertainties relating to a various factors, such as the pace of COVID-19 pandemic recovery, among others.

^4^ Adjusted net income/loss margin is defined as adjusted net income/loss (non-GAAP) as a percentage of the revenues

Conference Call

The Company will host an earnings conference call on Monday, Aug 15, 2022 at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time (8:00 PM Beijing/Hong Kong Time) to discuss its second quarter 2022 financial and business results and provide a corporate update.

To join via phone, participants need to register in advance of the conference call using the link provided below. Upon registration, participants will receive dial-in numbers and an event passcode(PIN), which will be used to join the conference call.

Event: Niu Technologies Second Quarter<br> 2022 Earnings Conference Call
Registration Link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI5679fea7c16f492ba50c567ffd3f4ad1

A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations website at https://ir.niu.com/news-and-events/webcasts-and-presentations.

About NIU

As the world’s leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, NIU designs, manufactures and sells high-performance electric motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles and kick-scooters. NIU has a diversified product portfolio that caters to the various demands of our users and addresses different urban travel scenarios. NIU’s product portfolio comprises its (i) four electric scooter and motorcycle series, NQi, MQi, UQi and Gova, (ii) one kick-scooter series, KQi, (iii) one high performance motorcycle series, RQi, (iv) one hybrid motorcycle series, YQi and (v) one e-bike series, BQi. NIU has adopted an omnichannel retail model, integrating the offline and online channels, to offer the products and services. For more information, please visit www.niu.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement NIU’s consolidated financial results presented in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), NIU uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: adjusted net income and adjusted net income margin. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. NIU believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance and liquidity by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its operating results. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management’s internal comparisons to NIU’s historical performance. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that these non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant component in the Company’s results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to the Company’s data.

Adjusted net income is defined as net income excluding share-based compensation expenses. Adjusted net income margin is defined as adjusted net income as a percentage of the revenues.

For more information on non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned “Reconciliation of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results”.

Exchange Rate

This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars (“US$”) at specified rates solely for the convenience of the readers. Unless otherwise stated, all translations from RMB to US$ were made at the rate of RMB 6.6981 to US$ 1.00, the exchange rate in effect as of June 30, 2022, as set forth in the H.10 Statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Company makes no representation that the RMB or US$ amounts referred could be converted into US$ or RMB, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “aims,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “likely to” and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as NIU’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. NIU may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to first parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about NIU’s beliefs, plans and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: NIU’s strategies; NIU’s future business development, financial condition and results of operations; NIU’s ability to maintain and enhance its “NIU” brand; its ability to innovate and successfully launch new products and services; its ability to maintain and expand its offline distribution network; its ability to satisfy the mandated safety standards relating to e-scooters; its ability to secure supply of components and raw materials used in e-scooters; its ability to manufacture, launch and sell smart e-scooters meeting customer expectations; its ability to grow collaboration with operation partners; its ability to control costs associated with its operations; general economic and business conditions in China and globally; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in NIU’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and NIU does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

Investor Relations Contact:

Niu Technologies

E-mail: [email protected]

NIUTECHNOLOGIES

UNAUDITEDCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of
December 31, June 30, June 30,
2021 2022 2022
RMB RMB US
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash 208,373,759 367,164,224
Term deposits-current 95,635,500 218,120,500
Restricted cash 223,971,197 189,213,375
Short-term investments 773,678,455 255,748,785
Notes receivable - 2,889,538
Accounts receivable, net 268,557,176 267,053,157
Inventories 269,637,042 471,976,698
Prepayments<br> and other current assets 56,061,263 131,613,097
Total current<br> assets 1,895,914,392 1,903,779,374
Non-current assets
Term deposits-non-current 35,939,250 20,000,000
Property, plant and equipment, net 397,215,911 413,954,582
Intangible assets, net 3,668,189 2,812,960
Operating lease right-of-use assets 94,201,263 90,496,335
Deferred income tax assets 11,907,344 10,773,996
Other non-current<br> assets 2,367,064 11,516,028
Total non-current<br> assets 545,299,021 549,553,901
Total<br> assets 2,441,213,413 2,453,333,275
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Short-term bank borrowings 180,000,000 180,000,000
Notes payable 143,622,874 175,612,699
Accounts payable 538,930,163 514,086,844
Income taxes payable 17,601,525 2,405,109
Advances from customers 17,266,994 29,413,170
Deferred revenue-current 32,757,740 33,761,838
Accrued expenses<br> and other current liabilities 198,904,558 177,420,561
Total current<br> liabilities 1,129,083,854 1,112,700,221
Deferred revenue-non-current 10,693,692 10,530,020
Deferred income tax liabilities 1,992,388 1,441,686
Operating lease liabilities 13,921,859 10,802,360
Other non-current<br> liabilities 20,967,430 17,532,325
Total non-current<br> liabilities 47,575,369 40,306,391
Total<br> liabilities 1,176,659,223 1,153,006,612
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Class A ordinary shares 89,038 89,295
Class B ordinary shares 10,316 10,316
Additional paid-in capital 1,855,403,759 1,887,444,914
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (51,121,030 ) (32,176,060 ) )
Accumulated deficit (539,827,893 ) (555,041,802 ) )
Total shareholders’<br> equity 1,264,554,190 1,300,326,663
Total liabilities<br> and shareholders’ equity 2,441,213,413 2,453,333,275

All values are in US Dollars.

NIUTECHNOLOGIES

UNAUDITEDCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Three<br> Months Ended June 30, Six Months<br> Ended June 30,
2021 2022 2021 2022
RMB RMB US RMB RMB US
Revenues 944,745,010 827,619,915 1,492,081,575 1,403,097,817
Cost<br> of revenues^(a)^ (730,010,232 ) (659,994,763 ) ) (1,147,012,501 ) (1,125,788,331 ) )
Gross profit 214,734,778 167,625,152 345,069,074 277,309,486
Operating expenses:
Selling<br> and marketing expenses^(a)^ (68,873,391 ) (92,531,147 ) ) (142,391,875 ) (162,578,383 ) )
Research<br> and development expenses^(a)^ (30,847,683 ) (44,450,826 ) ) (56,456,917 ) (86,299,410 ) )
General<br> and administrative expenses^(a)^ (37,185,424 ) (36,024,525 ) ) (68,499,223 ) (67,084,960 ) )
Total operating expenses (136,906,498 ) (173,006,498 ) ) (267,348,015 ) (315,962,753 ) )
Government grants 21,504,500 254,668 21,856,842 523,038
Operating income (loss) 99,332,780 (5,126,678 ) ) 99,577,901 (38,130,229 ) )
Interest expenses (1,641,648 ) (1,464,438 ) ) (3,374,348 ) (2,918,902 ) )
Interest income 1,630,287 925,854 2,846,865 2,109,777
Investment income 4,042,059 3,248,458 8,170,999 8,295,350
Income (loss) before income taxes 103,363,478 (2,416,804 ) ) 107,221,417 (30,644,004 ) )
Income tax benefit<br> (expense) (11,528,628 ) 16,779,140 (20,760,134 ) 15,430,095
Net income<br> (loss) 91,834,850 14,362,336 86,461,283 (15,213,909 ) )
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustment,<br> net of nil income taxes (7,208,765 ) 23,106,426 (4,305,029 ) 21,412,240
Unrealized gain/(reclassification<br> adjustment for gains) on available for sale securities, net 897,660 (87,078 ) ) 1,097,840 (2,467,270 ) )
Comprehensive<br> income 85,523,745 37,381,684 83,254,094 3,731,061
Net income (loss) per ordinary<br> share
—Basic 0.60 0.09 0.56 (0.10 ) )
—Diluted 0.57 0.09 0.54 (0.10 ) )
Net income (loss) per ADS
—Basic 1.20 0.19 1.13 (0.20 ) )
—Diluted 1.14 0.18 1.08 (0.20 ) )
Weighted average number of ordinary shares and ordinary shares equivalents outstanding used in computing net income (loss) per ordinary<br>share
—Basic 153,528,657 155,223,662 153,177,159 154,887,972
—Diluted 160,860,781 157,998,918 160,751,121 154,887,972
Weighted average number of ADS outstanding used in computing net income (loss) per ADS
—Basic 76,764,329 77,611,831 76,588,580 77,443,986
—Diluted 80,430,391 78,999,459 80,375,561 77,443,986

All values are in US Dollars.

Note:

(a) Includes share-based compensation expense as follows:

Three<br> Months Ended June 30,
2021 2022 2022
RMB RMB US RMB RMB US$
Cost of revenues 183,165 307,095 45,848 366,502 593,072 88,543
Selling and marketing expenses 2,977,457 4,421,095 660,052 6,009,319 8,338,551 1,244,913
Research and development expenses 4,283,976 6,988,758 1,043,394 8,285,463 11,906,652 1,777,616
General and administrative<br> expenses 4,685,866 5,076,711 757,933 9,523,418 9,199,001 1,373,375
Total share-based compensation<br> expense 12,130,464 16,793,659 2,507,227 24,184,702 30,037,276 4,484,447

All values are in US Dollars.

NIUTECHNOLOGIES

RECONCILIATIONOF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS

Three<br> Months Ended June 30, Six Months<br> Ended June 30,
2021 2022 2021 2022
RMB RMB US RMB RMB US
Net Income (loss) 91,834,850 14,362,336 86,461,283 (15,213,909 ) )
Add:
Share-based compensation<br> expense 12,130,464 16,793,659 24,184,702 30,037,276
Adjusted net income 103,965,314 31,155,995 110,645,985 14,823,367

All values are in US Dollars.