Reebonz Holding (RBZHF) Risk Analysis

Our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Samuel Lim, beneficially owns approximately 20.5% of our ordinary shares and voting power. Furthermore, several of our shareholders are entities affiliated with the Singapore Government, namely Vertex Asia Growth Ltd., Vertex Asia Investments Pte. Ltd, MediaCorp Pte. Ltd. and SGInnovate, collectively beneficially own approximately 27.6% of our ordinary shares. Their voting power gives those shareholders the ability to significantly influence actions that require shareholder approval under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the Articles of Association or NASDAQ requirements, including the election of our board of directors, significant mergers and acquisitions and other business combinations, amendments to the Articles of Association, and amendments to our equity incentive plans. Such concentration of voting control may cause transactions to occur that might not be beneficial to you, and may prevent transactions that would be beneficial to you. For example, such significant shareholders may prevent a transaction involving a change of control of the company, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your securities over the then current market price. In addition, our major shareholders are not prohibited from selling a controlling interest in us to a third party and may do so without your approval and without providing for a purchase of your securities.

We operate our businesses in Korea and Thailand through subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by us. We own, directly or indirectly, 58.4% of Reebonz Korea Co., Ltd. and a legal interest of 49% in Reebonz (Thailand) Limited. Pursuant to a shareholders agreement, we are entitled to appoint the majority of the directors of Reebonz Korea Co., Ltd. Revenues from Korea accounted for 24.7% of our revenue in 2018 (FY 2017 :19.6%). The remaining 51% interest in Reebonz (Thailand) Limited is legally owned by local Thai shareholders who we have entered into loan agreements with and who have assigned their power to direct relevant activities and the right to variable returns to us. Revenues from Thailand accounted for 1.4% of our revenue in 2018 (FY2017: 1.2%). However, to the extent there are disagreements between us and the other holders of equity interests in our subsidiaries regarding the business and operations of these companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to resolve them in a manner that will be in our best interests. Our partners in our subsidiaries may be unable or unwilling to fulfill our obligations, whether of a financial nature or otherwise; have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with us; take actions contrary to our instructions or requests, or contrary to our policies and objectives; take actions that are not acceptable to regulatory authorities; or experience financial difficulties. Furthermore, there are restrictions on foreign ownership in Thai companies and it is possible that regulatory authorities may challenge our ownership structure for Reebonz (Thailand) Limited and may deem such structure as non-compliant with applicable law. Any dispute or regulatory action that results in our inability to control these entities could result in us having to de-consolidate these entities in our results of operations. Any of the foregoing could have an adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we may operate our business in other countries using similar arrangements in the future, which could impact our business and expose us to additional risks.

The price of our securities may vary significantly due to general market or economic conditions. Furthermore, an active trading market for our ordinary shares may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

The price of our ordinary shares may fluctuate due to a variety of factors, including: - actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly and annual results and those of other public companies in industry;- mergers and strategic alliances in the e-commerce and luxury retail industries;- market prices and conditions in the e-commerce and luxury retail markets;- changes in government regulation;- potential or actual military conflicts or acts of terrorism;- the failure of securities analysts to publish research about us, or shortfalls in our operating results compared to levels forecast by securities analysts;- announcements concerning us or our competitors; and - the general state of the securities markets. These market and industry factors may materially reduce the market price of our ordinary shares, regardless of our operating performance.

We may issue additional ordinary shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future in connection with, among other things, future vessel acquisitions, repayment of outstanding indebtedness or our equity incentive plan, without shareholder approval, in a number of circumstances. Our issuance of additional ordinary shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank would have the following effects: - our existing shareholders' proportionate ownership interest in us will decrease;- the amount of cash available per share, including for payment of dividends in the future, may decrease;- the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding common share may be diminished; and - the market price of our common shares may decline.

Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Cayman Islands Companies Law, and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by noncontrolling shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, which has persuasive, but not binding, authority on a court in the Cayman Islands. Your rights as a shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws from the United States and may provide significantly less protection to investors. In addition, some U.S. states, such as Delaware, have different bodies of corporate law than the Cayman Islands. We have been advised by our Cayman Islands legal counsel, Dentons, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognise or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any State and (ii) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any State, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognise and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, and or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere. There is recent Privy Council authority (which is binding on the Cayman Islands Court) in the context of a reorganization plan approved by the New York Bankruptcy Court which suggests that due to the universal nature of bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings, foreign money judgments obtained in foreign bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings may be enforced without applying the principles outlined above. However, a more recent English Supreme Court authority (which is highly persuasive but not binding on the Cayman Islands Court), has expressly rejected that approach in the context of a default judgment obtained in an adversary proceeding brought in the New York Bankruptcy Court by the receivers of the bankruptcy debtor against a third party, and which would not have been enforceable upon the application of the traditional common law principles summarized above and held that foreign money judgments obtained in bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings should be enforced by applying the principles set out above, and not by the simple exercise of the Courts' discretion. Those cases have now been considered by the Cayman Islands Court. The Cayman Islands Court was not asked to consider the specific question of whether a judgment of a bankruptcy court in an adversary proceeding would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands, but it did endorse the need for active assistance of overseas bankruptcy proceedings. Holdco understands that the Cayman Islands Court's decision in that case has been appealed and it remains the case that the law regarding the enforcement of bankruptcy/insolvency related judgments is still in a state of uncertainty.

Our ordinary shares are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "RBZ." On December 20, 2018, we received a notice from the Staff of the Listing Qualifications Department (the "Staff") of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") indicating that, based upon the Staff's determination, the Company has not evidenced compliance with the initial listing standards that require stockholders' equity of at least $4 million under Listing Rule 5505(b). Additionally, the Company has not demonstrated that the ordinary shares have at least 300 Round Lot Holders as required by Listing Rule 5505(a)(3), and that the warrant has at least 400 Round Lot Holders as required by Listing Rule 5515(a)(4). In addition, for initial listing of a warrant, Listing Rule 5515(a)(2) requires that the underlying security be listed on Nasdaq. On February 25, 2019, the Nasdaq Hearing Panel determined to grant our request for continued listing subject to us meeting the Nasdaq's listing requirements for common equity. The Panel determined to delist our warrants, effective at the open of trading on February 27, 2019. In the interim, the Company's ordinary shares will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol "RBZ". The warrants trade on the over-the-counter market under the symbol "RBZW." As part of the compliance plan that we proposed to the Nasdaq Hearing Panel, by March 31, 2019, we are required to meet the listing requirements of the Total Assets/Total Revenue Standard of the Nasdaq Global Market, which requires us to have $75 million of total assets and total revenue, at least 1.1 million publicly held shares, a public float of at least $20 million, a minimum bid price of $4 per share, and 400 round lot shareholders. The filing of this Annual Report on Form 20-F will demonstrate that we have achieved $75 million of total asset and revenue as of the year ending December 31, 2018. We are planning to conduct a public offering of our securities in order to meet the listing requirements of a public float of at least $20 million and 400 round lot shareholders. While we do not expect to consummate a public offering prior to March 31, 2019, we intend to complete a public offering in April 2019. We intend to seek an extension from the Nasdaq Hearing Panel to extend the deadline to meet the above listing requirement. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet Nasdaq's continued listing requirement or maintain other listing standards. If our ordinary shares are delisted by Nasdaq, and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, then we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - less liquid trading market for our securities;         - more limited market quotations for our securities;         - determination that our ordinary shares and/or warrants are a "penny stock" that requires brokers to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;         - more limited research coverage by stock analysts;         - loss of reputation; and         - more difficult and more expensive equity financings in the future. The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as "covered securities." If our ordinary shares remain listed on NASDAQ, our ordinary shares will be covered securities. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. If our securities were no longer listed on Nasdaq and therefore not "covered securities", we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.