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Dreamland Limited Class A (TDIC) 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. Dreamland Limited Class A disclosed 62 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Dreamland Limited Class A reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q1, 2026

Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Mar 31, 2026, filed Aug 17, 2026

Risk Distribution
62Risks
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

Dreamland Limited Class A disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks61.756262.2562.562.756363.25Q12025Q12026Showing: Q1, 2026
Risks removedRisks addedRisks changedDreamland Limited Class A Risk Factors
New Risk (2)
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    Future issuances or sales, or the perception of such issuances or sales, of our Class A Ordinary Shares, including pursuant to resale arrangements, could materially and adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and our ability to raise capital.

    We may, from time to time, issue additional equity or equity-linked securities, or our existing shareholders, including certain significant shareholders, may sell substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market, including pursuant to resale registration statements or other available exemptions. Any such issuances or sales, or the perception that they may occur, could increase the supply of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the market and adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, shares held by certain existing shareholders may be eligible for resale in the public market, subject to applicable securities law restrictions, contractual lock-up arrangements or registration rights. The availability of a significant number of Class A Ordinary Shares for resale, including pursuant to any resale prospectus, could create an overhang in the market and may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and investor confidence. Moreover, certain of our existing shareholders may have acquired their securities at prices below the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and may therefore be more likely to sell their shares at or below the prevailing market price. As a result, sales by such shareholders could have a disproportionate impact on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. We may also seek to raise additional capital through future equity or equity-linked offerings. Market conditions or other factors may require us to offer such securities on terms that are less favorable than those in prior offerings, which could result in dilution to existing shareholders and place downward pressure on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. We cannot predict the timing or amount of any such future issuances or sales.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and could result in significant losses and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price at which you purchased them.

    The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including: - actual or anticipated fluctuations in our revenue and other operating results;     - the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections;     - actions of securities analysts who initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our Company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors;     - announcements by us or our competitors of significant products or features, technical innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments;     - price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy as a whole;     - lawsuits threatened or filed against us; and     - other events or factors, including those resulting from war or incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events. In addition, the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares is likely to be volatile and could fluctuate widely due to factors beyond our control. This may happen because of broad market and industry factors, akin to the performance and fluctuation of the market prices of other companies with business operations located mainly in HK or the PRC that have listed their securities in the United States. A number of Chinese companies have listed or are in the process of listing their securities on U.S. stock markets. The securities of some of these companies have experienced significant volatility, including price declines in connection with their initial public offerings. The trading performances of the securities of these Chinese companies after their offerings may affect the general perception and attitude of investors toward Chinese companies listed in the United States. Consequently, these factors may impact the trading performance of our shares, notwithstanding our actual operating performance. In addition to market and industry factors, the price and trading volume for our Class A Ordinary Shares may be highly volatile for factors specific to our own operations, including the following: - variations in our revenues, earnings and cash flow;     - changes in financial estimates by securities analysts;     - additions or departures of key personnel;     - release of lock-up or other transfer restrictions on our outstanding equity securities or sales of additional equity securities; and     - potential litigation or regulatory investigations. Any of these factors may result in large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which our Class A Ordinary Shares will trade. In the past, shareholders of public companies have often brought securities class action suits against companies following periods of instability in the market price of their securities. If we were involved in a class action suit, it could divert a significant amount of our management's attention and other resources from our business and operations and require us to incur significant expenses to defend the suit, which could harm our results of operations. Any such class action suit, whether or not successful, could harm our reputation and restrict our ability to raise capital in the future. In addition, if a claim is successfully made against us, we may be required to pay significant damages, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    The HFCA Act and the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties as Nasdaq may determine to delist our securities if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor.

    On April 21, 2020, former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and former PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III, along with other senior SEC staff, released a joint statement highlighting the risks associated with investing in companies based in or have substantial operations in emerging markets including China. The joint statement emphasized the risks associated with lack of access for the PCAOB to inspect auditors and audit work papers in China and higher risks of fraud in emerging markets. On May 18, 2020, Nasdaq filed three proposals with the SEC to (i) apply minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating in "Restrictive Market", (ii) adopt a new requirement relating to the qualification of management or board of directors for Restrictive Market companies, and (iii) apply additional and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the company's auditors. On December 18, 2020, the "Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act" was signed by President Donald Trump and became law. This legislation requires certain issuers of securities to establish that they are not owned or controlled by a foreign government. Specifically, an issuer must make this certification if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the issuer has retained a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by the PCAOB. Furthermore, if the PCAOB is unable to inspect the issuer's public accounting firm for three (3) consecutive years beginning in 2021, the issuer's securities are banned from trade on a national exchange or through other methods. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the "Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act", which, if passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed into law by the President, would decrease the number of non-inspection years for foreign companies to comply with PCAOB audits from three (3) to two (2) years, thus, reducing the period before their securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or investigate our auditor completely. On November 5, 2021, the SEC approved the PCAOB's Rule 6100, Board Determinations Under the "Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act". Rule 6100 provides a framework for the PCAOB to use to determine whether it is unable to inspect or investigate registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction. On December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The rules apply to registrants the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate. On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report on its determinations that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions. The PCAOB made the Determinations pursuant to PCAOB Rule 6100, which provides a framework for how the PCAOB fulfills its responsibilities under the HFCAA. On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed the SOP Agreements with the CSRC and the MOF governing inspections and investigations, to establish a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB determined that it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and vacated its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB's access in the future, the PCAOB may consider the need to issue a new determination. On December 29, 2022, provisions of the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act were signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, amending the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer's securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three. Any lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, the investors may be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms' audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections, which could cause existing and potential investors to lose confidence in audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of financial statements of China-based companies. Our auditor, TAAD, is headquartered in Diamond Bar, California and registered with the PCAOB. Our auditor is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess an auditor's compliance with the applicable professional standards, and have been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis. As such, as of the date of this Annual Report, our offering is not affected by the HFCAA and related regulations. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor's audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as related to the audit of our financial statements. Furthermore, there is a risk that our auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB in the future. The lack of inspection could cause trading in our securities to be prohibited on a national exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market under the HFCAA and related regulations, and, as a result, Nasdaq may determine to delist our securities, which may cause the value of our securities to decline or become worthless.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    Our major Shareholder has substantial influence over the Company, and her interests may not be aligned with the interests of our other shareholders.

    As of the date of this Annual Report, Ms. Seto, our chief executive officer and director, beneficially owns an aggregate of 1,069,890 Class A Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 31.42% of our issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, Ms. Seto holds 80,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, each of which entitles her to twelve (12) votes on any matter on which shareholders are entitled to vote and is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time. As of the date of this Annual Report, Ms. Seto holds approximately 46.50% of the aggregate voting power of our issued and outstanding shares. As a result of her share ownership, the enhanced voting rights attached to the Class B Ordinary Shares, and her positions as our chief executive officer and director, Ms. Seto may be able to exercise substantial influence over matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors, mergers, consolidations, changes of control and other significant corporate transactions. Ms. Seto may also be able to prevent, delay or influence a change of control or other transaction that other shareholders may consider favorable. The interests of Ms. Seto may differ from, or conflict with, the interests of our other shareholders. This concentration of voting power may limit the ability of our other shareholders to influence corporate matters and may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change of control or other transaction that may otherwise benefit our shareholders. In addition, potential conflicts of interest may arise between Ms. Seto's roles as our chief executive officer, director and major shareholder. The concentration of ownership and voting power may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    U.S. holders of the Company's shares may suffer adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company.

    The rules governing "passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs") can have adverse effects on U.S. Holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Generally, if, for any taxable year, at least 75% of our gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the value of our assets (generally, using a quarterly average) is attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income (including cash, dividends, interest, rents, royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets), we would be characterized as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The determination of whether we are a PFIC, which must be made annually after the close of each taxable year, depends on the particular facts and circumstances and may also be affected by the application of the PFIC rules, which are subject to differing interpretations. Our status as a PFIC will depend on the composition of our income and the composition and value of our assets (including goodwill and other intangible assets), which will be affected by how, and how quickly, we spend any cash that is raised in this offering or in any other subsequent financing transaction. It is possible that, in future taxable years, more than 50% of our assets may be assets which produce passive income. We will make this determination following the end of any particular tax year. We treat our affiliated entities as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we exercise effective control over the operation of such entities but also because we are entitled to substantially all of their economic benefits, and, as a result, we combine their operating results in our consolidated financial statements. For purposes of the PFIC analysis, in general, a non-U.S. corporation is deemed to own its pro rata share of the gross income and assets of any entity in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the equity by value. If we are a PFIC, a U.S. Holder would be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, such as ineligibility for certain preferred tax rates on capital gains or on actual or deemed dividends, interest charges on certain taxes treated as deferred, and additional reporting requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws and regulations. A U.S. Holder may in certain circumstances mitigate adverse tax consequences of the PFIC rules by filing an election to treat the PFIC as a qualified electing fund, or QEF, or, if shares of the PFIC are "marketable stock," which such term includes the Class A Ordinary Shares, for purposes of the PFIC rules, by making a mark-to-market election with respect to the shares of the PFIC. U.S. Holders should be aware that, for each tax year, if any, that we are a PFIC, we can provide no assurances that we will satisfy the record keeping requirements of a PFIC, or that we will make available to U.S. Holders the information such U.S. Holders require to make a QEF election with respect to us, and as a result, a QEF election may not be available to U.S. Holders. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the potential consequences to you if we were or were to become a PFIC, including the availability, and advisability, of, and procedure for making, QEF elections and mark-to-market elections.

  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 6
    Because we may not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future, you may have to rely on price appreciation of our Class A Ordinary Shares for a return on your investment.

    We currently intend to retain all of our available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business. As a result, we may not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, you should not rely on an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares as a source for any future dividend income. Our board of directors has complete discretion as to whether to distribute dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. Even if our board of directors decides to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and form of future dividends, if any, will depend, among other things, on our future results of operations and cash flow, our capital requirements and surplus, the amount of distributions, if any, received by us from our subsidiaries, our financial condition, regulatory restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. Accordingly, the return on your investment in our securities will likely depend entirely upon any future price appreciation of our Class A Ordinary Shares. There is no guarantee that our Class A Ordinary Shares will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which you purchased our Class A Ordinary Shares. You may not realize a return on your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares and you may even lose your entire investment.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 7
    We have transitioned into a new business model which makes it difficult to evaluate our prospects and future financial results, and our past growth rate, revenue and net profit margin may not be indicative of our future growth rate, revenue and net profit margin.

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the in-person events were rescheduled, postponed or cancelled and our business relied on the design and/or sale of merchandise and government subsidies. When things started to normalize after the COVID-19 pandemic, our business primarily focused on event management business again. During the year ended March 31, 2025, we started to be an event organizer and investments for events. Our net revenue increased by approximately 10.7% from approximately HK$45.8 million for the year ended March 31, 2025 to approximately HK$50.7 million for the year ended March 31, 2026, and our net revenue increased by approximately 124.1% from approximately HK$20.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2024 to approximately HK$45.8 million for the year ended March 31, 2025.   We acted as a pure service provider for all the experience events we organized in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. Beginning in April 2024, we have engaged in direct investment deals for experience events where we became the effective investor or co-investor of the experience events that we organized, planned, promoted and managed. We have also engaged in pure investment deals for event where we did not involve in event operations. In the long run, we plan to leverage our industry experience and our connections with IP owners built up over the years to start obtaining IP licenses from IP owners directly. This will move us up the value chain to become an event organizer, and we believe that will help us increase our market share in the events industry in Hong Kong as well as our profitability in the long run. There is no assurance that we will continue to grow at the rate we experienced in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026, either in terms of revenue or profit, and we may not be successful in maintaining or increasing overall profitability or generate positive cash flow going forward. Expansion of our business requires capital commitments and could divert management resources away from our current business. There is no assurance that we can successfully implement our growth strategies or do so without straining our management resources. There is also no assurance that we can capture a larger market or increase our profitability in the future. If we are unable to implement our growth strategies successfully, our results of operations and prospects may be materially and adversely affected. There is an inherent risk in using historical financial information to project or estimate our financial performance in the future, as it only reflects our past performance under particular conditions, especially the fluctuations during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. We may be unable to sustain our historical growth rate, revenue and net profit margin for various reasons, such as deterioration in the market conditions in the countries in which the experience events will be held, intensification of competition among the event organizers for IP licenses and among the event planners for securing event management contracts, inflation, high unemployment and other unforeseen factors which may affect the spending habits of the target audience of the experience events and hence reduce the number of event management contracts awarded to us and/or reduce the fees payable to us under the event management contracts. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve the performance we previously did. Moreover, the transition into a new business model may make it even more difficult to evaluate our prospects and future financial results. Investors should not solely rely on our historical financial information as an indication of our future financial or operating performance.

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Risk Highlights Q1, 2026

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 22 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
62
-1
From last report
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
2Risks added
3Risks removed
9Risks changed
Since Mar 2026
Number of Risk Changed
9
+9
From last report
S&P 500 Average: 1

Risk Word Cloud

the hfca act and the accelerating holding foreign companies accountable act call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-u.s. auditors who are not inspected by the pcaob. these developments could add uncertainties as nasdaq may determine to delist our securities if the pcaob determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor.determine to delist our securitieswe will incur significantly increased costs and devote substantial amount of our management's time as a result of becoming a public company and the eventual listing of our class a ordinary shares on the nasdaq.eventual listing of our classas a company incorporated in the cayman islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from the nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. these practices may afford less protection to shareholders than they would enjoy if we complied fully with the nasdaq corporate governance listing standards.nasdaq corporate governance listing standardsif we fail to implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may be unable to accurately or timely report our results of operations or prevent fraud, and investor confidence and the market price of our class a ordinary shares may be materially and adversely affected.effective system of internal controlsfuture issuances or sales, or the perception of such issuances or sales, of our class a ordinary shares, including pursuant to resale arrangements, could materially and adversely affect the market price of our class a ordinary shares and our ability to raise capital.including pursuant to resale arrangementswe depend on third-party vendors to assist us with the organization, planning, promotion and/or management of events.third-party vendors to assist usthe dual-class structure of our class a ordinary shares may adversely affect the trading market for our class a ordinary shares.dual-class structure of our classthe hfca act and the accelerating holding foreign companies accountable act call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-u.s. auditors who are not inspected by the pcaob. these developments could add uncertainties as nasdaq may determine to delist our securities if the pcaob determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor.applied to emerging market companiesas a company incorporated in the cayman islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from the nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. these practices may afford less protection to shareholders than they would enjoy if we complied fully with the nasdaq corporate governance listing standards.relation to corporate governance matterswe have transitioned into a new business model which makes it difficult to evaluate our prospects and future financial results, and our past growth rate, revenue and net profit margin may not be indicative of our future growth rate, revenue and net profit margin.difficult to evaluate our prospects

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 62

Share Price & Shareholder Rights15 | 24.2%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to United States domestic public companies.

    We are a foreign private issuer and, as a result, we are not subject to the same requirements as U.S. domestic issuers. Under the Exchange Act, we will be subject to reporting obligations that, to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. For example, we are exempt from certain provisions of the securities rules and regulations in the United States that are applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, including: - the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K with the SEC;     - the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act;     - the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and     - the selective disclosure rules by issuers of material non-public information under Regulation FD. However, we will still be subject to the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation rules of the SEC, such as Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act. Since many of the disclosure obligations imposed on us as a foreign private issuer differ from those imposed on U.S. domestic reporting companies, you should not expect to receive the same information about us and at the same time as the information provided by U.S. domestic reporting companies. Moreover, we will be required to file an annual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year. In addition, we intend to publish our financial results on a semi-annual basis through press releases distributed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq. Press releases relating to financial results and material events will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information that would be made available to you if you were investing in a U.S. domestic issuer.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Class A Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.

    We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, most significantly, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for so long as we are an emerging growth company. As a result, if we elect not to comply with such auditor attestation requirements, our investors may not have access to certain information they may deem important. The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an "emerging growth company" can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period, although we have adopted certain new and revised accounting standards based on transition guidance permitted under such standards. As a result of this election, our future financial statements may not be comparable to other public companies that comply with the public company effective dates for these new or revised accounting standards.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law.

    We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability. Our corporate affairs are governed by the memorandum and articles of association of our Company, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against our directors and us, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary duties 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 the English common law, decisions of which are generally of persuasive authority, but are not binding, on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions of the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws than the United States, which provides significantly less protection to investors. In addition, shareholders of Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States. There is no statutory recognition in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of the Cayman Islands will, in certain circumstances, recognize and enforce a non-penal judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits. Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies like us have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records (other than the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, the register of mortgages and charges, and the special resolutions passed by shareholders) or to obtain copies of lists of shareholders of these companies. Our directors are not required under our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association to make our corporate records available for inspection by our shareholders. This may make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder resolution or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest. Certain corporate governance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, differ significantly from requirements for companies incorporated in other jurisdictions, such as the U.S. Currently, we plan to rely on home country practice with respect to any corporate governance matter. Accordingly, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would under rules and regulations applicable to U.S. domestic issuers. As a result of all of the above, shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by our management, members of the board of directors or Controlling Shareholder than they would as public shareholders of a company incorporated in the United States.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    As a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. These practices may afford less protection to shareholders than they would enjoy if we complied fully with the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards.

    As a foreign private issuer whose Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we rely on a provision in the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards that allows us to follow Cayman Islands law with regard to certain aspects of corporate governance. This allows us to follow certain corporate governance practices that differ in significant respects from the corporate governance requirements applicable to U.S. companies listed on the Nasdaq. For example, we are exempt from Nasdaq regulations that require a listed U.S. company to: - have a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors;         - require non-management directors to meet on a regular basis without management present;         - have an independent compensation committee;         - have an independent nominating committee; and         - seek shareholder approval for the implementation of certain equity compensation plans and dilutive issuances of Class A Ordinary Shares, such as transactions, other than a public offering, involving the sale of 20% or more of our Class A Ordinary Shares for less than the greater of book or market value of the shares. As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to follow home country practice in lieu of the above requirements. Our audit committee is required to comply with the provisions of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, which is applicable to U.S. companies listed on the Nasdaq. Therefore, we have a fully independent audit committee, in accordance with Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. However, because we are a foreign private issuer, our audit committee is not subject to additional Nasdaq corporate governance requirements applicable to listed U.S. companies, including the requirements to have a minimum of three members and to affirmatively determine that all members are "independent," using more stringent criteria than those applicable to us as a foreign private issuer. Further, because we are a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we are exempt from certain provisions of the securities rules and regulations in the United States that are applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, including: - the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K with the SEC;         - the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act;         - the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and         - the selective disclosure rules by issuers of material non-public information under Regulation FD. We are required to file an Annual Report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year. In addition, we intend to publish our financial results on a semi-annual basis through press releases distributed pursuant to the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. Press releases relating to financial results and material events will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information that would be made available to you if you were investing in a U.S. domestic issuer

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    Short selling may drive down the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.

    Short selling is the practice of selling shares that the seller does not own but rather has borrowed from a third party with the intention of buying identical shares back at a later date to return to the lender. The short seller hopes to profit from a decline in the value of the shares between the sale of the borrowed shares and the purchase of the replacement shares, as the short seller expects to pay less in that purchase than it received in the sale. Since it is in the short seller's interest for the price of the shares to decline, many short sellers publish, or arrange for the publication of, negative opinions and allegations regarding the relevant issuer and its business prospects in order to create negative market momentum and generate profits for themselves after selling the shares short. These negative opinions have, in the past, led to selling of shares in the market. If we were to become the subject of any unfavorable publicity, whether such allegations are proven to be true or untrue, we could have to expend a significant amount of resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend ourselves. While we would strongly defend against any negative opinions of short sellers, we may be constrained in the manner in which we can proceed against the relevant short seller by principles of freedom of speech, applicable state law or issues of commercial confidentiality. If we become the subject of any unfavorable allegations, whether such allegations are proven to be true or untrue, we will have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend our Company. This situation will be costly and time-consuming and distract our management from developing our growth. If such allegations are not proven to be groundless, we and our business operations will be severely affected, and you could sustain a significant decline in the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    We may not maintain the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq, which could limit investors' ability to make transactions in our Class A Ordinary Shares and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

    We cannot assure you that our Class A Ordinary Shares will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq in the future. If the Nasdaq delists our Class A Ordinary Shares and we are unable to list our Class A Ordinary Shares on another national securities exchange, we will endeavor to have our Class A Ordinary Shares quoted on an over-the-counter market in the United States. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - a limited availability of market quotations for our Class A Ordinary Shares;     - reduced liquidity for our Class A Ordinary Shares;     - a determination that our Class A Ordinary Shares are a "penny stock," which would require brokers trading in our shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares;     - a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and     - a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. As long as our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq, U.S. federal law prevents or preempts states from regulating their sale of those listed Class A Ordinary Shares. However, the law does permit 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 those listed Class A Ordinary Shares. Further, if our Class A Ordinary Shares are no longer listed on the Nasdaq, we would be subject to regulations in each state in which we offer our Class A Ordinary Shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    The dual-class structure of our Class A Ordinary Shares may adversely affect the trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares.

    Certain shareholder advisory firms have announced changes to their eligibility criteria for inclusion of Class A Ordinary Shares of public companies on certain indices, including the S&P 500, that would exclude companies with multiple classes of shares and companies whose public shareholders hold no more than 5% of the total voting power from being added to such indices. In addition, several shareholder advisory firms have announced their opposition to the use of multiple class structures. As a result, the dual-class structure of our Company may prevent the inclusion of our Class A Ordinary Shares in such indices and may cause shareholder advisory firms to publish negative commentary about our corporate governance practices or otherwise seek to cause us to change our capital structure. Any such exclusion from stock indices could result in a less active trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares. Any actions or publications by shareholder advisory firms critical of our corporate governance practices or capital structure could also adversely affect the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8
    Future financing may cause a dilution in your shareholding or place restrictions on our operations.

    We may need to raise additional funds immediately or in the future to finance further expansion of our capacity and business relating to our existing operations, acquisitions or strategic partnerships. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of new equity or equity-linked securities of the Company other than on a pro rata basis to existing shareholder, the percentage ownership of such shareholders in the Company may be reduced, and such new securities may confer rights and privileges that take priority over those conferred by the shares. Alternatively, if we meet such funding requirements by way of additional debt financing, we may have restrictions placed on us through such debt financing arrangements which may: - further limit our ability to pay dividends or require us to seek consents for the payment of dividends;     - increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;     - require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to service our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund capital expenditure, working capital requirements and other general corporate needs; and     - limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9
    We will incur significantly increased costs and devote substantial amount of our management's time as a result of becoming a public company and the eventual listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq.

    As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the listing requirements of the securities exchange on which we list, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Despite recent reforms made possible by the JOBS Act, we will incur additional legal, accounting and other expenses as a public reporting company that we did not incur as a private company, particularly after we cease to qualify as an emerging growth company. For example, we will be required to comply with the additional requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq rules, including applicable corporate governance practices. We expect that compliance with these requirements will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. In addition, we expect that our management and other personnel will need to divert attention from operational and other business matters to devote substantial time to these public company requirements. We cannot predict or estimate the number of additional costs we may incur as a result. In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure create uncertainty for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidelines are provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management's time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may also initiate legal proceedings against us, and our business may be adversely affected.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10Changed
    Future issuances or sales, or the perception of such issuances or sales, of our Class A Ordinary Shares, including pursuant to resale arrangements, could materially and adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and our ability to raise capital.

    We may, from time to time, issue additional equity or equity-linked securities, or our existing shareholders, including certain significant shareholders, may sell substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market, including pursuant to resale registration statements or other available exemptions. Any such issuances or sales, or the perception that they may occur, could increase the supply of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the market and adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, shares held by certain existing shareholders may be eligible for resale in the public market, subject to applicable securities law restrictions, contractual lock-up arrangements or registration rights. The availability of a significant number of Class A Ordinary Shares for resale, including pursuant to any resale prospectus, could create an overhang in the market and may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and investor confidence. Moreover, certain of our existing shareholders may have acquired their securities at prices below the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and may therefore be more likely to sell their shares at or below the prevailing market price. As a result, sales by such shareholders could have a disproportionate impact on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. We may also seek to raise additional capital through future equity or equity-linked offerings. Market conditions or other factors may require us to offer such securities on terms that are less favorable than those in prior offerings, which could result in dilution to existing shareholders and place downward pressure on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. We cannot predict the timing or amount of any such future issuances or sales.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11Changed
    The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and could result in significant losses and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price at which you purchased them.

    The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including: - actual or anticipated fluctuations in our revenue and other operating results;     - the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections;     - actions of securities analysts who initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our Company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors;     - announcements by us or our competitors of significant products or features, technical innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments;     - price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy as a whole;     - lawsuits threatened or filed against us; and     - other events or factors, including those resulting from war or incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events. In addition, the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares is likely to be volatile and could fluctuate widely due to factors beyond our control. This may happen because of broad market and industry factors, akin to the performance and fluctuation of the market prices of other companies with business operations located mainly in HK or the PRC that have listed their securities in the United States. A number of Chinese companies have listed or are in the process of listing their securities on U.S. stock markets. The securities of some of these companies have experienced significant volatility, including price declines in connection with their initial public offerings. The trading performances of the securities of these Chinese companies after their offerings may affect the general perception and attitude of investors toward Chinese companies listed in the United States. Consequently, these factors may impact the trading performance of our shares, notwithstanding our actual operating performance. In addition to market and industry factors, the price and trading volume for our Class A Ordinary Shares may be highly volatile for factors specific to our own operations, including the following: - variations in our revenues, earnings and cash flow;     - changes in financial estimates by securities analysts;     - additions or departures of key personnel;     - release of lock-up or other transfer restrictions on our outstanding equity securities or sales of additional equity securities; and     - potential litigation or regulatory investigations. Any of these factors may result in large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which our Class A Ordinary Shares will trade. In the past, shareholders of public companies have often brought securities class action suits against companies following periods of instability in the market price of their securities. If we were involved in a class action suit, it could divert a significant amount of our management's attention and other resources from our business and operations and require us to incur significant expenses to defend the suit, which could harm our results of operations. Any such class action suit, whether or not successful, could harm our reputation and restrict our ability to raise capital in the future. In addition, if a claim is successfully made against us, we may be required to pay significant damages, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 12Changed
    The HFCA Act and the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties as Nasdaq may determine to delist our securities if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor.

    On April 21, 2020, former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and former PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III, along with other senior SEC staff, released a joint statement highlighting the risks associated with investing in companies based in or have substantial operations in emerging markets including China. The joint statement emphasized the risks associated with lack of access for the PCAOB to inspect auditors and audit work papers in China and higher risks of fraud in emerging markets. On May 18, 2020, Nasdaq filed three proposals with the SEC to (i) apply minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating in "Restrictive Market", (ii) adopt a new requirement relating to the qualification of management or board of directors for Restrictive Market companies, and (iii) apply additional and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the company's auditors. On December 18, 2020, the "Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act" was signed by President Donald Trump and became law. This legislation requires certain issuers of securities to establish that they are not owned or controlled by a foreign government. Specifically, an issuer must make this certification if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the issuer has retained a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by the PCAOB. Furthermore, if the PCAOB is unable to inspect the issuer's public accounting firm for three (3) consecutive years beginning in 2021, the issuer's securities are banned from trade on a national exchange or through other methods. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the "Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act", which, if passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed into law by the President, would decrease the number of non-inspection years for foreign companies to comply with PCAOB audits from three (3) to two (2) years, thus, reducing the period before their securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or investigate our auditor completely. On November 5, 2021, the SEC approved the PCAOB's Rule 6100, Board Determinations Under the "Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act". Rule 6100 provides a framework for the PCAOB to use to determine whether it is unable to inspect or investigate registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction. On December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The rules apply to registrants the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate. On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report on its determinations that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions. The PCAOB made the Determinations pursuant to PCAOB Rule 6100, which provides a framework for how the PCAOB fulfills its responsibilities under the HFCAA. On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed the SOP Agreements with the CSRC and the MOF governing inspections and investigations, to establish a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB determined that it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and vacated its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB's access in the future, the PCAOB may consider the need to issue a new determination. On December 29, 2022, provisions of the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act were signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, amending the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer's securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three. Any lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, the investors may be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms' audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections, which could cause existing and potential investors to lose confidence in audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of financial statements of China-based companies. Our auditor, TAAD, is headquartered in Diamond Bar, California and registered with the PCAOB. Our auditor is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess an auditor's compliance with the applicable professional standards, and have been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis. As such, as of the date of this Annual Report, our offering is not affected by the HFCAA and related regulations. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor's audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as related to the audit of our financial statements. Furthermore, there is a risk that our auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB in the future. The lack of inspection could cause trading in our securities to be prohibited on a national exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market under the HFCAA and related regulations, and, as a result, Nasdaq may determine to delist our securities, which may cause the value of our securities to decline or become worthless.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13Changed
    Our major Shareholder has substantial influence over the Company, and her interests may not be aligned with the interests of our other shareholders.

    As of the date of this Annual Report, Ms. Seto, our chief executive officer and director, beneficially owns an aggregate of 1,069,890 Class A Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 31.42% of our issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, Ms. Seto holds 80,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, each of which entitles her to twelve (12) votes on any matter on which shareholders are entitled to vote and is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time. As of the date of this Annual Report, Ms. Seto holds approximately 46.50% of the aggregate voting power of our issued and outstanding shares. As a result of her share ownership, the enhanced voting rights attached to the Class B Ordinary Shares, and her positions as our chief executive officer and director, Ms. Seto may be able to exercise substantial influence over matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors, mergers, consolidations, changes of control and other significant corporate transactions. Ms. Seto may also be able to prevent, delay or influence a change of control or other transaction that other shareholders may consider favorable. The interests of Ms. Seto may differ from, or conflict with, the interests of our other shareholders. This concentration of voting power may limit the ability of our other shareholders to influence corporate matters and may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change of control or other transaction that may otherwise benefit our shareholders. In addition, potential conflicts of interest may arise between Ms. Seto's roles as our chief executive officer, director and major shareholder. The concentration of ownership and voting power may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 14Changed
    U.S. holders of the Company's shares may suffer adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company.

    The rules governing "passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs") can have adverse effects on U.S. Holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Generally, if, for any taxable year, at least 75% of our gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the value of our assets (generally, using a quarterly average) is attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income (including cash, dividends, interest, rents, royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets), we would be characterized as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The determination of whether we are a PFIC, which must be made annually after the close of each taxable year, depends on the particular facts and circumstances and may also be affected by the application of the PFIC rules, which are subject to differing interpretations. Our status as a PFIC will depend on the composition of our income and the composition and value of our assets (including goodwill and other intangible assets), which will be affected by how, and how quickly, we spend any cash that is raised in this offering or in any other subsequent financing transaction. It is possible that, in future taxable years, more than 50% of our assets may be assets which produce passive income. We will make this determination following the end of any particular tax year. We treat our affiliated entities as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we exercise effective control over the operation of such entities but also because we are entitled to substantially all of their economic benefits, and, as a result, we combine their operating results in our consolidated financial statements. For purposes of the PFIC analysis, in general, a non-U.S. corporation is deemed to own its pro rata share of the gross income and assets of any entity in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the equity by value. If we are a PFIC, a U.S. Holder would be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, such as ineligibility for certain preferred tax rates on capital gains or on actual or deemed dividends, interest charges on certain taxes treated as deferred, and additional reporting requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws and regulations. A U.S. Holder may in certain circumstances mitigate adverse tax consequences of the PFIC rules by filing an election to treat the PFIC as a qualified electing fund, or QEF, or, if shares of the PFIC are "marketable stock," which such term includes the Class A Ordinary Shares, for purposes of the PFIC rules, by making a mark-to-market election with respect to the shares of the PFIC. U.S. Holders should be aware that, for each tax year, if any, that we are a PFIC, we can provide no assurances that we will satisfy the record keeping requirements of a PFIC, or that we will make available to U.S. Holders the information such U.S. Holders require to make a QEF election with respect to us, and as a result, a QEF election may not be available to U.S. Holders. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the potential consequences to you if we were or were to become a PFIC, including the availability, and advisability, of, and procedure for making, QEF elections and mark-to-market elections.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 15Added
    Because we are a foreign private issuer and are exempt from certain Nasdaq corporate governance standards applicable to U.S. issuers, you will have less protection than you would have if we were a domestic issuer.

    As a foreign private issuer, we may rely on home country practice in lieu of certain Nasdaq corporate governance requirements. Nasdaq Listing Rules require listed companies to have, among other things, a majority of their board members be independent. However, we may not be required to, and may not, comply with that requirement, or may do so only if we elect to comply within one year of listing. The corporate governance practice in our home country does not require a majority of our board to consist of independent directors. Thus, although directors must act in the best interests of the Company, it is possible that fewer board members will be exercising independent judgment and the level of board oversight of management may decrease as a result. In addition, Nasdaq Listing Rules generally require a compensation committee and a nominating/corporate governance committee composed entirely of independent directors, and may require shareholder approval for certain equity compensation plans and material revisions to those plans, as well as certain issuances of Class A Ordinary Shares. We are not subject to all of these requirements as a foreign private issuer, and we may elect to follow home country practice in lieu of certain of these Nasdaq corporate governance standards, which may afford less protection to investors. As a result, our shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of U.S. domestic issuers.

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