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SharonAI Holdings (SHAZ) Risk Analysis

Public companies are required to disclose risks that can affect the business and impact the stock. These disclosures are known as “Risk Factors”. Companies disclose these risks in their yearly (Form 10-K), quarterly earnings (Form 10-Q), or “foreign private issuer” reports (Form 20-F). Risk factors show the challenges a company faces. Investors can consider the worst-case scenarios before making an investment. TipRanks’ Risk Analysis categorizes risks based on proprietary classification algorithms and machine learning. SharonAI Holdings disclosed 101 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. SharonAI Holdings reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q2, 2026

Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 06, 2026

Risk Distribution
101Risks
Sector Avg.Finance & CorporateTech & InnovationLegal & RegulatoryProductionAbility to SellMacro & Political
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

Risk Change Over Time

SharonAI Holdings disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks859095100105Q3Q4Q12023Q2Q3Q4Q12024Q2Q3Q12026Q2Showing: Q2, 2026
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Risk Changed (1)
  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 1
    The Declining GPU Per-Hour Rate Structure in our Agreement with a Significant Customer Will Result in Materially Lower Revenues Over the Term of the Agreement, and Our Ability to Generate Sufficient Revenue From Third Party Sales to Offset This Decline Is Uncertain.

    The customer price for GPU services in our agreement with a significant customer declines predictably over the six-year contract term - The business model contemplates that we will sell all or part of this compute to Third Parties, generating a revenue share with such customer on the spread. However, the Third Party market for GPU compute is highly competitive and subject to rapid price changes driven by evolving AI hardware generations, competing hyperscaler offerings, and fluctuating AI workload demand. There is no assurance that we can sustain Third Party revenues, and failure to do so will result in a material decline in revenues and profitability during the contract term.

  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 2
    Our Revenue Model with Regards to our Agreement with A Significant Customer Is Dependent on Uncertain Third Party Customer Demand, and the Revenue-Sharing Mechanics May Result in Revenues Materially Lower Than Expected.

    Our customer contract with a significant customer contemplates that such customer will have little to no access to or use of the services unless they are not fully utilized Third Parties. Our ability to earn revenue above the price such customer has agreed to pay - which is the basis for a Shareable Revenue split - is entirely dependent on our ability to attract Third Party customers at pricing above the price such customer has agreed to pay. Revenue share is only earned on the spread between what a Third Party pays and what such customer would have paid, and all revenue is reduced by any service credits provided to customers. At the same time, the varying contract price over the contract term means that the contract price that the Company is entitled to also varies.. We must simultaneously manage Third Party relationships, negotiate pricing, maintain SLAs for those customers, and comply with all notice obligations to NVIDIA in respect of sold services. The net revenue profile of the business is therefore highly sensitive to Third Party market conditions that we do not control, and investors should not rely on the revenue share as a predictable or stable revenue stream.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 3
    We Face Significant Execution and Delivery Risk in Deploying a Large-Scale, Multi-Phase GPU Clusters on a Compressed Timeline, and Failure to Meet Agreed Delivery Milestones May Result in Automatic Reductions to the Applicable Service Period and May Give our Customer the Right to Terminate.

    We have committed to delivering a specified numbers of GPUs as of specific dates pursuant to our various customer contracts. For each day of delay beyond the handover date, the total service period may be reduced, directly reducing lifetime revenue for that customer contract. If cluster acceptance testing cannot be completed by specified deadlines, the customer may have the right to terminate the contract. Clusters of this scale involve complex hardware procurement and multi-phase acceptance testing. Supply chain disruptions, construction delays, hardware shortages, or technical failures during testing are all realistic risks. Investors should understand that execution risk is extremely high in the critical 2026–2027 period, and that any delay directly reduces the aggregate revenue that can be generated over the life of the various customer contracts.

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Risk Highlights Q2, 2026

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 40 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
101
+4
From last report
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
5Risks added
0Risks removed
1Risks changed
Since Jun 2026
Number of Risk Changed
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S&P 500 Average: 1

Risk Word Cloud

public float of our classpublic float of our classan investment in our securities may result in uncertain or adverse u.s. federal income tax consequences.federal income tax consequencesif, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy, winding-up or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy, winding-up or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy or insolvency court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.fiduciary duties to our creditorswe may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers, directors or existing holders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.raise potential conflicts of interestwe may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our initial business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.give rise to increased costsour ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. the loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.profitability of our post-combination businessour management identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. if we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.effective system of internal controlthe requirement that we complete our initial business combination by october 29, 2024, may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.give potential target businesses leverageour ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. the loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.efforts of our key personnelif we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the investment company act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities would be severely restricted. as a result, in such circumstances, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we may abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead liquidate the company.abandon our efforts to complete

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 101

Share Price & Shareholder Rights17 | 16.8%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    We are a "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" under the U.S. federal securities laws, and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies could make the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock less attractive to investors.

    We are a "smaller reporting company" and an "emerging growth company" under U.S. federal securities laws. For as long as we continue to be a smaller reporting company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not smaller reporting companies, including reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. Furthermore, as an emerging growth company, we intend to take advantage of exemptions from certain reporting requirements including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non- binding advisory vote on executive compensation. Investors may not find the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock attractive because we may rely on these exemptions and reduced disclosures. If some investors find the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock and our stock price may be more volatile. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the closing of Roth CH's IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.23 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common equity that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the prior fiscal year's second fiscal quarter; and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    The Warrant Agreement will designate the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of the warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes.

    The Warrant Agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the Warrant Agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the Warrant Agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a "foreign action") in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an "enforcement action"), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder's counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder. This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes, which may discourage such lawsuits and result in increased costs to warrant holders to bring a lawsuit. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our Warrant Agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    Public Warrant holders will only be able to exercise their Public Warrants on a "cashless basis" under certain circumstances, and if they do so, they will receive fewer shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock from such exercise than if such warrants were exercised for cash.

    The Public Warrants generally may not be exercised on a "cashless basis", except as described below. In contrast, the Private Placement Warrants, for so long as they are held by the Sponsor and certain permitted transferees, may be exercised on a "cashless basis". The reason that Roth CH agreed that the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees is because it was not known at the time of Roth CH's IPO whether the Sponsor would be affiliated with us following a business combination. If the Sponsor remains affiliated with us, its ability to sell our securities in the open market will be significantly limited. We expect to have policies in place that prohibit insiders from selling securities except during specific periods of time. Even during such periods of time when insiders will be permitted to sell our securities, an insider cannot trade in our securities if he or she is in possession of material non-public information. Accordingly, unlike Public Shareholders who could exercise their Public Warrants and sell the shares received upon such exercise freely in the open market in order to recoup the cost of such exercise, the Insiders could be significantly restricted from selling such securities. The Warrant Agreement provides that in the following circumstances holders of Public Warrants who seek to exercise their Public Warrants will not be permitted to do for cash and will, instead, be required to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act: (i) if the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement; (ii) if we have so elected and the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of "covered securities" under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act; and (iii) if we have so elected and we call the Public Warrants for redemption. If you exercise your Public Warrants on a cashless basis, you would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock underlying the Public Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the "fair market value" of the shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock (as defined in the next sentence) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The "fair market value" is the average reported closing price of the shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent or on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, as applicable. As a result, a holder of Public Warrants would receive fewer shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock from such exercise than if such warrants were exercised for cash.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    We may redeem your Public Warrants prior to their exercise which may result in warrant holders receiving little or no value for their warrants thereby making your Public Warrants worthless.

    We have the ability to redeem outstanding Public Warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of the shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock equals or exceeds $900.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30) trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give proper notice of such redemption to the warrants holders and provided certain other conditions are met. We will not redeem the Public Warrants unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current report relating to those shares is available throughout the thirty (30)-day redemption period, except if we elect to require the warrants to be exercised on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act. If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. If we elect to redeem the outstanding Public Warrants, holders would be forced to either exercise their warrants and pay the exercise price at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so, sell the warrants at the then-current market price, or accept the nominal redemptional price. Any such redemption could occur at a time when the warrants are worthless. None of the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by the Sponsor or any of its permitted transferees. As of the date of this report, the Company's Class A Common Stock has never traded above $95.00 per share, therefore neither current nor recent share prices meet or exceed the threshold that would allow us to redeem Public Warrants. In addition, we have the ability to redeem the outstanding Public Warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days' prior written notice of redemption if the closing price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock equals or exceeds $500.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30) day trading-day period ending on the third day prior to proper notice of such redemption provided that if the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Common Stock is less than $900 per share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof), the Private Placement Warrants are also concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants and provided that certain other conditions are met. The value received upon exercise of the warrants may be less than the value the holders would have received if they had been able to exercise their warrants at a later time at which the underlying share price is higher and (2) may not compensate the holders for the value of the warrants, including because the number of ordinary shares received is capped at 0.00722 shares per warrant (subject to adjustment) irrespective of the remaining life of the warrants. In addition, such redemptions may occur at a time when our Warrants are "out-of-the-money," in which case holders thereof would lose any potential embedded value from a subsequent increase in the value of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock had such Public Warrants remained outstanding. If the price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock is less than $900.00 and we seek redemption of the Public Warrants, we must call the Private Placement Warrants for redemption on the same terms. In the event that we determine to redeem the Public Warrants when the closing price of the shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock equals or exceeds $900.00 per share, pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement, respectively, we will fix a date for the redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by us not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date to the registered holders of the Public Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided will be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the registered holder received such notice.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    The warrants may never be in the money, and they may expire worthless and the terms of the warrants may be amended in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding Private Warrants and Public Warrants, respectively approve of such amendment to their respective warrants.

    The exercise price for the outstanding warrants is $575.00 per share of Class A Ordinary Common Stock. There can be no assurance that the warrants will be in the money following the time they become exercisable and prior to their expiration and as such, the warrants may expire worthless. The Public Warrants were issued in registered form under a Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and the Company's predecessor. The Warrant Agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding Public Warrants to make any change that increases the exercise price or shortens the exercise period of the Public Warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the Public Warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding Public Warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the Public Warrants with the consent of at least 50% of the then outstanding Public Warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    The Warrants are exercisable for the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock, which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our shareholders.

    As of February 6, 2026, we had outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 444,982 shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock, including Public Warrants to purchase up to 230,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Common Stock and Private Warrants to purchase up to 214,982 shares of Class A Ordinary Common Stock are exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement governing those securities. These warrants became exercisable on December 16, 2025. The exercise price of these warrants is $575.00 per share. However, there is no guarantee that our warrants will ever be "in the money" prior to their expiration, and, as such, our Warrants may expire worthless. See "- The Warrants may never be in the money, and they may expire worthless and the terms of the warrants may be amended in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding Private Warrants and Public Warrants, respectively, approve of such amendment for their respective warrants." To the extent our warrants are exercised, additional shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of shares issued upon the exercise of our warrants in the public market or the potential that such warrants may be exercised could also adversely affect the market price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    Future sales and issuances of our securities could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our share price to fall.

    We expect that significant additional capital will be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including research and development, increased marketing, hiring new personnel, commercializing our products, and continuing activities as an operating public company. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may sell Class A Ordinary Common Stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner we determine from time to time. If we sell Class A Ordinary Common Stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in more than one transaction, investors may be materially diluted by subsequent sales. Such sales may also result in material dilution to our existing stockholders, and new investors could gain rights superior to our existing stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8
    A decline in the price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock could affect the Company's ability to raise working capital and adversely impact the Company's ability to continue operations.

    A prolonged decline in the price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock could result in a reduction in the liquidity of the common stock and a reduction in our ability to raise capital. A decline in the price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock could be especially detrimental to our liquidity, operations and strategic plans. Such reductions may force us to reallocate funds from other planned uses and may have a significant negative effect on our business plan and operations, including our ability to develop new products and services and continue current operations. If the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock's price declines, we can offer no assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital or generate funds from operations sufficient to meet our obligations. If we are unable to raise sufficient capital in the future, we may not be able to have the resources to continue our normal operations.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9
    Sales of a substantial number of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, including up to an additional 8,500,000 shares that may be issued in future potential offerings and commercial transactions or upon conversion of convertible instruments, may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock and the issuance of additional shares will dilute all other stockholders.

    Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock in the public market or otherwise, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock. $103 million of convertible notes issued in December 2025 (the "December 2025 Convertible Notes") can convert into up to 8,251,027 shares of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, and we may issue up to an additional 8,500,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Common Stock in the future pursuant to potential offerings and commercial transactions, which could further increase the number of outstanding shares. In addition, our Certificate of Incorporation permits the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Common Stock. Thus, we could issue substantial amounts of Class A Ordinary Common Stock in the future, which would dilute the percentage ownership of our stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10
    Our Stock could be delisted from Nasdaq should we fail to maintain compliance with the listing standards of Nasdaq

    Even though our Class A Ordinary Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, there can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the Nasdaq continued listing standards, a failure of which could result in a de-listing of our securities. In order to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, Nasdaq requires that we satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders' equity, and certain corporate governance requirements. If we are unable to satisfy these requirements or standards, we could be subject to delisting, which would have a negative effect on the price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase our Class A Ordinary Common Stock when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, we would expect to take actions to restore our compliance with the listing requirements, but we can provide no assurance that any such action taken by us would allow our Class A Ordinary Common Stock to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, or prevent future non-compliance with the listing requirements. If, for any reason, we should fail to maintain compliance with these listing standards and Nasdaq should delist our securities from trading on its exchange and we are unable to obtain listing on another national securities exchange, a reduction in some or all of the following may occur, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our stockholders: the liquidity of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock; the market price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock; our ability to obtain financing for the continuation of our operations; the number of investors that will consider investing in our Class A Ordinary Common Stock; the number of market makers in our Class A Ordinary Common Stock; the availability of information concerning the trading prices and volume of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock; and the number of broker-dealers willing to execute trades in shares of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11
    There is no assurance that an investment in our securities will earn any positive return.

    There is no assurance that an investment in our securities will earn any positive return. An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk and should be undertaken only by investors whose financial resources are sufficient to enable them to assume such risks and who have no need for immediate liquidity in their investment. An investment in our securities is appropriate only for investors who have the capacity to absorb a loss of some or all of their investment.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 12
    The Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock s thinly traded, and investors may be unable to sell some or all of their shares at the price they would like, or at all, and sales of large blocks of shares may depress the price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock.

    The Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock has historically been sporadically or "thinly-traded," meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock at prevailing prices at any given time may be relatively small or nonexistent. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer that has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. This could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. Investors may be unable to sell their common stock at or above their purchase price, which may result in substantial losses. Also, as a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our stockholders may disproportionately influence the price of shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock in either direction. The price of shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock could, for example, decline precipitously in the event a large number of share of our common shares are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer that could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13
    There is currently a limited U.S. public market for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, the stock price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance and you may not be able to resell your Class A Ordinary Common Stock at or above the price you acquired such Class A Ordinary Common Stock.

    Since there is a limited U.S. public market for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, the stock price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance. Due to the limited U.S. public market for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock you may not be able to resell your Class A Ordinary Common Stock at or above the price you acquired such Class A Ordinary Common Stock. Further, having a limited trading market in the United States may also impair our ability to raise capital by selling our Class A Ordinary Common Stock and may impair our ability to enter into strategic collaborations or acquire companies or products by using our Class A Ordinary Common Stock as consideration.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 14
    The price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock may be volatile.

    If a public trading market does develop for the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock, its market price is likely to be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including the following: - the concentration of the ownership of our shares by a limited number of affiliated stockholders may limit interest in our securities;- limited "public float" with a small number of persons whose sales or lack of sales could result in positive or negative pricing pressure on the market price for the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock;- additions or departures of key personnel;- loss of a strategic relationship;- variations in operating results from the expectations of securities analysts or investors;- announcements of new products or services by us or our competitors;- reductions in the market share of our products;- announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;- investor perception of our industry or prospects;     - insider selling or buying;- investors entering into short sale contracts;- regulatory developments affecting our industry;- changes in our industry;- competitive pricing pressures;- our ability to obtain working capital financing;- sales of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock;- our ability to execute our business plan;- operating results that fall below expectations;- revisions in securities analysts' estimates or reductions in security analysts' coverage;- and economic and other external factors. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock, regardless of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock will be at any time, including as to whether the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock will sustain current market prices, or as to what effect that the sale of shares or the availability of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price. In addition, the securities markets have from time-to-time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Common Stock.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 15
    Our dual-class capital structure, including the disproportionate voting power conferred by the Class B Super Common Stock, may deter institutional investors from purchasing or holding our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, which could adversely affect the liquidity and market price of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock.

    Our capital structure includes Class B Super Common Stock, each share of which carries one hundred and sixty (160) votes per share compared to one (1) vote per share for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock. As a result, the holders of our Class B Super Common Stock collectively exercise voting control over the Company disproportionate to their economic interest. Many institutional investors, including certain index funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and other large asset managers, have adopted policies that restrict or prohibit investment in companies with dual-class or multi-class share structures that provide disproportionate voting rights to certain stockholders. In addition, certain proxy advisory firms and governance organizations have adopted policies that recommend voting against or withholding support from directors of companies with such structures. As a result of these policies and practices, our dual-class capital structure may cause institutional investors to decline to purchase, or to sell, shares of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, which could reduce demand for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, impair the development of an active and liquid trading market for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock, and result in a lower market price for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock than might otherwise prevail. Furthermore, reduced institutional ownership may limit our ability to raise capital through future equity offerings on favorable terms, if at all, and may reduce analyst coverage of our Class A Ordinary Common Stock. There can be no assurance that the trading market for our Class A Ordinary Common Stock will be sufficiently liquid to allow stockholders to sell their shares at the time and price they desire.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 16
    The holders of shares of Class B Super Common Stock will own a significant voting percentage of our stock and will be able to exert significant control over matters subject to stockholder approval.

    All 136,341 shares of our Class B Super Common Stock are held by three stockholders. Each share of Class B Super Common Stock has one hundred and sixty (160) votes on any matter brought before the stockholders for a vote, which means that the three stockholders who own all of the Class B Super Common Stock will have, collectively, 21,814,560 votes on any matter subject to stockholder approval. There are currently 15,998,830 shares of Class A Ordinary Common Stock outstanding, and each such share only has one (1) vote on any matter brought before the stockholders for a vote. Thus, the three holders of shares of Class B Super Common Stock may together be able to determine all matters requiring stockholder approval. For example, these three stockholders may be able to control elections of directors, amendments of our organizational documents, or approval of any merger, sale of assets, or other major corporate transaction. This may prevent or discourage unsolicited acquisition proposals or offers for the Company's stock that you may feel are in your best interest as one of our stockholders. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation only authorizes 100,000,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Common Stock, which means that even if every authorized share of authorized Class A Ordinary Common Stock was issued and outstanding, the three holders of shares of Class B Super Common Stock would have significant voting capacity. Further information is available in the Security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management section on page 134.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 17
    The presence of a minority shareholder may increase administrative complexity and reduce structural flexibility in relation to DSS. Any such constraints could, in certain circumstances, affect the Company's ability to implement corporate or operational initiatives involving DSS as efficiently as if DSS were wholly owned, which may have an adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

    Certain key supplier agreements and assets are held through DSS, a subsidiary of the Company that is not wholly owned. A minority shareholder holds approximately 0.5% of the issued capital of DSS. As DSS is not wholly owned, the Company must manage certain matters relating to DSS in accordance with applicable corporate governance requirements and shareholder rights under law and DSS's constituent documents. This may affect the manner and timing in which certain corporate actions, restructurings or transactions involving DSS are implemented. The presence of a minority shareholder may increase administrative complexity and reduce structural flexibility in relation to DSS. Any such constraints could, in certain circumstances, affect the Company's ability to implement corporate or operational initiatives involving DSS as efficiently as if DSS were wholly owned, which may have an adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

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How do companies disclose their risk factors?
Publicly traded companies initially disclose their risk factors to the SEC through their S-1 filings as part of the IPO process. Additionally, companies must provide a complete list of risk factors in their Annual Reports (Form 10-K) or (Form 20-F) for “foreign private issuers”. Quarterly Reports also include a section on risk factors (Form 10-Q) where companies are only required to update any changes since the previous report. According to the SEC, risk factors should be reported concisely, logically and in “plain English” so investors can understand them.
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What are all the risk factor categories?
TipRanks has identified 6 major categories of risk factors and a number of subcategories for each. You can see how these categories are broken down in the list below. 1. Financial & Corporate Accounting & Financial Operations - risks related to accounting loss, value of intangible assets, financial statements, value of intangible assets, financial reporting, estimates, guidance, company profitability, dividends, fluctuating results. Share Price & Shareholder Rights – risks related to things that impact share prices and the rights of shareholders, including analyst ratings, major shareholder activity, trade volatility, liquidity of shares, anti-takeover provisions, international listing, dual listing. Debt & Financing – risks related to debt, funding, financing and interest rates, financial investments. Corporate Activity and Growth – risks related to restructuring, M&As, joint ventures, execution of corporate strategy, strategic alliances. 2. Legal & Regulatory Litigation and Legal Liabilities – risks related to litigation/ lawsuits against the company. Regulation – risks related to compliance, GDPR, and new legislation. Environmental / Social – risks related to environmental regulation and to data privacy. Taxation & Government Incentives – risks related to taxation and changes in government incentives. 3. Production Costs – risks related to costs of production including commodity prices, future contracts, inventory. Supply Chain – risks related to the company’s suppliers. Manufacturing – risks related to the company’s manufacturing process including product quality and product recalls. Human Capital – risks related to recruitment, training and retention of key employees, employee relationships & unions labor disputes, pension, and post retirement benefits, medical, health and welfare benefits, employee misconduct, employee litigation. 4. Technology & Innovation Innovation / R&D – risks related to innovation and new product development. Technology – risks related to the company’s reliance on technology. Cyber Security – risks related to securing the company’s digital assets and from cyber attacks. Trade Secrets & Patents – risks related to the company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to infringement claims against the company as well as piracy and unlicensed copying. 5. Ability to Sell Demand – risks related to the demand of the company’s goods and services including seasonality, reliance on key customers. Competition – risks related to the company’s competition including substitutes. Sales & Marketing – risks related to sales, marketing, and distribution channels, pricing, and market penetration. Brand & Reputation – risks related to the company’s brand and reputation. 6. Macro & Political Economy & Political Environment – risks related to changes in economic and political conditions. Natural and Human Disruptions – risks related to catastrophes, floods, storms, terror, earthquakes, coronavirus pandemic/COVID-19. International Operations – risks related to the global nature of the company. Capital Markets – risks related to exchange rates and trade, cryptocurrency.