On the afternoon of April 28th, Jingke Energy announced that around 3:00 pm on April 26th, a fire broke out on the roof of the first phase slicing battery workshop of Shanxi Jingke Energy No.2 Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, causing a fire accident. With the firefighting efforts of local fire emergency departments, the relevant fire situation has been controlled and extinguished.
According to the announcement, the company's accident did not cause any casualties, and the factory, equipment, and inventory at the accident site were damaged to a certain extent. The specific loss situation is being verified and evaluated, and it is preliminarily expected to have a certain impact on the annual performance of 2024. The damaged assets of the company have been insured with property insurance and have been reported to the insurance company. The relevant insurance loss assessment and claims work is being carried out in an orderly manner. At the same time, the production and subsequent ramp up progress of the first phase of the Shanxi base will be affected to a certain extent due to this accident. The company is actively planning and arranging, adjusting production processes and order allocation, and making every effort to reduce or eliminate the impact on customer order delivery.
As of the announcement date, the production and operation of other subsidiary companies of the company are normal. The company will fully cooperate with relevant departments to investigate the accident, carefully identify the cause of the accident, and urge its subsidiaries and production bases to strengthen their own and supplier safety management to prevent similar accidents from happening again.