NetEase said it would announce its fourth-quarter and 2024 results on Feb 20, 2025

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NetEase announced on Feb 6, 2025 that its board of directors would meet on Feb 19, 2025 to approve, among other matters, its unaudited results for the three months and the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2024, and the quarterly dividend for the fourth quarter of 2024. It said it would publish the results at or around 6:00 p.m. Beijing and Hong Kong time on Feb 20, 2025, on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and that management would discuss them and answer questions on a call and webcast at 8:00 p.m. Beijing and Hong Kong time that day.1^,2^,3^,4^,5

The notice reached the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a Form 6-K, the report that a foreign private issuer files with it. The attached announcement carries the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's disclaimer and gives 9999 as the stock code. William Lei Ding signed the filing as chief executive officer. As of the announcement, the board comprised William Lei Ding as the director, with Grace Tang, Alice Cheng, Joseph Tong and Michael Leung as the independent directors.6^,7^,8^,9^,10^,11

Among the games NetEase develops or publishes are Marvel Rivals, which it both develops and publishes, and Diablo Immortal, which it develops alongside Blizzard Entertainment, the game's other developer and its publisher.12^,13

NetEase filed its next 6-K on Feb 20, 2025, the day the notice had given for the results. Its annual report on Form 20-F, the yearly report a foreign company files, later gave revenue of $14.43 billion and operating income of $4.05 billion for the year ended Dec 31, 2024, in US dollars.14^,4^,15^,16