NetEase said on Nov 6, 2025 it would announce its third-quarter results on Nov 20, after a board meeting on Nov 19
The board was to approve, among other matters, unaudited results for the three months ended Sep 30, 2025 and the third-quarter dividend, and management was to take questions on a call at 8:00 p.m. Beijing and Hong Kong time.
On Nov 6, 2025, NetEase, Inc. said its board would meet on Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025 (Beijing/Hong Kong time) to approve, among other matters, its unaudited results for the three months ended Sep 30, 2025 and the quarterly dividend for the third quarter of 2025. The company made the announcement in a Form 6-K, the report a foreign private issuer files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and attached the notice to it as an exhibit. NetEase said it would publish the results at or around 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 (Beijing/Hong Kong time) on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Management would discuss the results and answer questions on an earnings call with a simultaneous webcast at 8:00 p.m. the same day.1,2,3,4,5,6,7
The exhibit opens with a statement that Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange take no responsibility for the announcement's contents, and it gives NetEase's Hong Kong stock code, 9999, with the note that the company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands. NetEase is also listed as NASDAQ: NTES. William Lei Ding signed the 6-K as chief executive officer, and the notice lists the board as Ding, as director, and the independent directors Grace Tang, Alice Cheng, Joseph Tong, Michael Leung and Johnny Chan.8,9,10,11,12
NetEase develops and publishes Marvel Rivals, and it develops Diablo Immortal with Blizzard Entertainment, which publishes it. In its Form 20-F filed Apr 15, 2026, NetEase put its revenue at $16.11 billion and its operating income at $5.12 billion for the year ended Dec 31, 2025. The Form 20-F it filed on Apr 15, 2025 had put revenue at $14.43 billion and operating income at $4.05 billion for 2024. NetEase filed another 6-K on Nov 20, 2025, the day the notice named for the announcement of the results, and this account does not draw on it.13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,6
This account rests on the notice of Nov 6, 2025, which sets dates and a call, and the annual figures above come from NetEase's Form 20-F reports for 2024 and 2025, each as its own filing states it, not from the quarter the notice concerns.1,18,15
How each figure was checked
- the 6-K was filed on Nov 6, 2025Nov 6, 2025
- the board would hold a meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 to approve the unaudited results for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and the quarterly dividend for the third quarter of 2025November 19, 2025; three months ended September 30, 2025; third quarter of 2025NetEase, Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025: announcement of the date of the board meeting and of the third quarter 2025 earnings announcement ↗
- the filing is a Form 6-K6-K
- a 6-K is a report of a foreign private issuerreport of foreign private issuerNetEase, Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025 (SEC EDGAR) ↗
- the notice is attached to the 6-K as an exhibit titled Announcement, Date of Board Meeting and Date of Publication of Third Quarter 2025 Earnings AnnouncementThird Quarter 2025 Earnings AnnouncementNetEase, Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025 (SEC EDGAR) ↗
- the company would announce the results at or around 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2025 on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange6:00 p.m., November 20, 2025NetEase, Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025: announcement of the date of the board meeting and of the third quarter 2025 earnings announcement ↗
- an earnings call with simultaneous webcast at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2025, with management to discuss the results and answer questions8:00 p.m., November 20, 2025NetEase, Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025: announcement of the date of the board meeting and of the third quarter 2025 earnings announcement ↗
- the Hong Kong Stock Exchange takes no responsibility for the contents of the announcementHong Kong Stock ExchangeNetEase, Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025: announcement of the date of the board meeting and of the third quarter 2025 earnings announcement ↗
- NetEase is incorporated in the Cayman Islands with the Hong Kong stock code 9999Stock Code: 9999NetEase, Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025: announcement of the date of the board meeting and of the third quarter 2025 earnings announcement ↗
- NetEase is listed as NASDAQ: NTESNASDAQ: NTES
- William Lei Ding signed the report as Chief Executive Officer, dated November 6, 2025Chief Executive OfficerNetEase, Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025 (SEC EDGAR) ↗
- the board comprises William Lei Ding as the director and five named independent directorsboard of directorsNetEase, Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K filed Nov 6, 2025: announcement of the date of the board meeting and of the third quarter 2025 earnings announcement ↗
- Marvel Rivals: NetEase is developer and publisherNetEase (developer); NetEase (publisher)
- Diablo Immortal: Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase develop it, Blizzard publishes itBlizzard Entertainment (developer); NetEase (developer); Blizzard Entertainment (publisher)
- NetEase revenue for the year ended Dec 31, 2025$16.11 billion for the year from Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
- NetEase operating income for the year ended Dec 31, 2025$5.12 billion for the year from Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
- the 20-F was filed on Apr 15, 2026Apr 15, 2026
- NetEase revenue for the year ended Dec 31, 2024$14.43 billion for the year from Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- NetEase operating income for the year ended Dec 31, 2024$4.05 billion for the year from Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- the 20-F was filed on Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025
- NetEase filed another 6-K6-K
- that 6-K was filed on Nov 20, 2025Nov 20, 2025
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- NetEase (CIK 1110646)
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- 6-K
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- 0001104659-25-107274
- Filed
- Nov 6, 2025
- Period of report
- Nov 6, 2025
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