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Youxin Technology Limited Class A (YAAS) 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. Youxin Technology Limited Class A disclosed 91 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Youxin Technology Limited Class A reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q3, 2025

Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Sep 30, 2025, filed Jan 28, 2026

Risk Distribution
91Risks
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

Youxin Technology Limited Class A disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks91Q3Showing: Q3, 2025
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No changes from previous report

Risk Highlights Q3, 2025

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 35 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
91
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
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Since Sep 2025
Number of Risk Changed
0
S&P 500 Average: 1

Risk Word Cloud

adverse changes in political and economic policies of the prc government could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of china, which could reduce the demand for our services and materially and adversely affect our competitive position.adversely affect our competitive positionwe are subject to liability risks stemming from our foreign status, which could make it more difficult for investors to sue or enforce judgments against our company.subject to liability risks stemmingas a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to rely on exemptions from certain nasdaq corporate governance standards applicable to u.s. issuers, including the requirement that a majority of an issuer's directors consist of independent directors. if we opt to rely on such exemptions in the future, such decision might afford less protection to holders of our ordinary shares.directors consist of independent directorsany interruptions or delays in services from third parties, including data center hosting facilities, cloud computing platform providers and other hardware and software vendors, or from our inability to adequately plan for and manage service interruptions or infrastructure capacity requirements, could impair the delivery of our services and harm the business.our inability to adequately planfailing to register lease agreements with the relevant prc government authorities as required by prc law may expose us to potential fines.failing to register lease agreementsany failure in our delivery of high-quality professional and technical support services may adversely affect our relationships with our clients and our financial results.our delivery of high-quality professionalour dual-class ordinary shares structure may negatively impact the market price of its ordinary shares.our dual-class ordinary shares structurebecause we generally recognize revenue over the term of our customer agreements, downturns or upturns in new business may not be immediately reflected in our operating results.term of our customer agreementswe have incurred significant losses since our inception, and we intend to continue to invest in our business. as a result, we may continue to experience losses in the future.intend to continue to investany interruptions or delays in services from third parties, including data center hosting facilities, cloud computing platform providers and other hardware and software vendors, or from our inability to adequately plan for and manage service interruptions or infrastructure capacity requirements, could impair the delivery of our services and harm the business.including data center hosting facilities

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 91

Share Price & Shareholder Rights15 | 16.5%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    If we are unable to continue to meet the listing requirements of Nasdaq, our Class A Shares will be delisted.

    On August 13, 2025, we received two deficiency letters from the Nasdaq notifying the Company (i) that the Company did not meet the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and (ii) that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2). Staff subsequently determined that as of September 19, 2025, the Company's securities had a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days. Accordingly, the Company is subject to the provisions contemplated under Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii). As a result, the Company received a delisting notice from The Nasdaq Capital Market. On September 29, 2025, the Company appealed the Staff's determination to a Hearings Panel. As previously noted, the filing of the appeal stays the delisting, and the Company's shares continue to trade on Nasdaq. On October 2, 2025, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating that, based on evidence that stockholders' equity increased to more than $2.5 million, Staff determined that the Company is in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b) and the deficiency pursuant to Nasdaq listing Rule 5550(b)(2) is closed. On October 3, 2025, we disclosed receipt of a notice of delisting from the Nasdaq, as a result of its Class A Shares having a closing price of less than $0.10 per share for ten consecutive trading days and failing to satisfied the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Company appealed this determination on September 29, 2025. On October 17, 2025, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating that the Company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement in Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and that the delisting hearing is therefore mooted. The Company's securities will continue to be listed and trade on The Nasdaq Stock Market. If we are unable to achieve and maintain compliance with such listing standards or other Nasdaq listing requirements in the future, our Class A Shares could be delisted from Nasdaq. A delisting of our Class A Shares and our inability to list on another national securities market could negatively impact us by: (i) reducing the liquidity and market price of our Class A Shares; (ii) reducing the number of investors willing to hold or acquire our Class A Shares, which could negatively impact our ability to raise equity financing; (iii) limiting our ability to use certain registration statements to offer and sell freely tradable securities, thereby limiting our ability to access the public capital markets; and (iv) impairing our ability to provide equity incentives to our employees.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    There may be difficulties in protecting your interests under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

    Our corporate affairs are governed by, among other things, our Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, the Cayman Islands Companies Act and common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against our directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, which has persuasive, but not binding, authority on a court in the Cayman Islands. The laws of the Cayman Islands relating to the protection of the interests of minority shareholders differ in some respects from those in other jurisdictions. Such differences may mean that the remedies available to the minority shareholders may be different from those they would have under the laws of other jurisdictions.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    You may be unable to present proposals before general meetings or extraordinary general meetings not called by shareholders.

    Cayman Islands law provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company's articles of association. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association allow our shareholders holding shares representing in aggregate not less than 10% of our voting share capital in issue, to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, in which case our directors are obliged to call such meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. Our Articles of Association do not provide our shareholders with any right to put any proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings not called by such shareholders. Advance notice of at least five (5) clear days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders' meeting and any other general meeting of our shareholders. A quorum required for a meeting of shareholders consists of at least one or more shareholders present in person or by proxy, representing not less than one-third of the outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at such general meeting. In the event we do not have quorum within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, or if at any time during the meeting it becomes inquorate, then: (a) if the meeting was requisitioned by the shareholders, it shall be cancelled; (b) in any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same time and place seven days hence, or to such other time or place as is determined by the directors. If a quorum is not present within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the adjourned meeting, then the shareholders present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    Our Board of Directors may decline to register transfers of ordinary shares in certain circumstances.

    Our Board of Directors may refuse to register the transfer of our company's ordinary shares to any person. They may do so in their absolute discretion, without giving any reason for their refusal, and irrespective of whether the share is fully paid or our company has no lien over it. If our directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal. The registration of transfers may be suspended and the register closed at such times and for such periods as our Board of Directors may from time to time determine, provided, however, that the registration of transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than 30 days in any calendar year.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    We are subject to liability risks stemming from our foreign status, which could make it more difficult for investors to sue or enforce judgments against our company.

    Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States. The circumstances in which any such action may be brought, and the procedures and defenses that may be available in respect to any such action, may result in the rights of shareholders of a Cayman Islands company being more limited than those of shareholders of a company organized in the United States. Accordingly, shareholders may have fewer alternatives available to them if they believe that corporate wrongdoing has occurred. The Cayman Islands courts are also unlikely to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts in the United States based on certain liability provisions of U.S. securities law; and to impose liabilities against us, in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, based on certain liability provisions of U.S. securities laws that are penal in nature. There is no statutory recognition in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of the Cayman Islands will generally recognize and enforce the non-penal judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits. This means that even if shareholders were to sue us successfully, they may not be able to recover anything to make up for the losses suffered. Lastly, under the law of the Cayman Islands, there is little statutory law for the protection of minority shareholders. The principal protection under statutory law is that shareholders may bring an action to enforce the constituent documents of the corporation, our Memorandum and Articles of Association. Shareholders are entitled to have the affairs of the company conducted in accordance with the general law and the Memorandum and Articles of Association. There are common law rights for the protection of shareholders that may be invoked, largely dependent on English company law since the common law of the Cayman Islands for business companies is limited. Under the general rule pursuant to English company law known as the rule in Foss v. Harbottle, a court will generally refuse to interfere with the management of a company at the insistence of a minority of its shareholders who express dissatisfaction with the conduct of the company's affairs by the majority or the board of directors. However, every shareholder is entitled to have the affairs of the company conducted properly according to law and the constituent documents of the corporation. As such, if those who control the company have persistently disregarded the requirements of company law or the provisions of the company's Memorandum and Articles of Association, then the courts will grant relief. Generally, the areas in which the courts will intervene are the following: (1) an act complained of which is outside the scope of the authorized business or is illegal or not capable of ratification by the majority; (2) acts that constitute fraud on the minority where the wrongdoers control the company; (3) acts that infringe on the personal rights of the shareholders, such as the right to vote; and (4) where the company has not complied with provisions requiring approval of a special or extraordinary majority of shareholders, which are more limited than the rights afforded minority shareholders under the laws of many states in the United States.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares, as the future sale of a substantial amount of outstanding ordinary shares in the public marketplace could reduce the price of our ordinary shares.

    The market price of our shares could decline as a result of sales of substantial amounts of our shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur. In addition, these factors could make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of our ordinary shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    There may not be an active, liquid trading market for our ordinary shares.

    An active trading market for our ordinary shares may not develop or be sustained following the initial public offering. You may not be able to sell your shares at the market price, if at all, if trading in our shares is not active.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8
    The market price of our ordinary shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the initial public offering price.

    If you purchase our ordinary shares in our initial public offering, you may not be able to resell those Shares at or above the initial public offering price. We cannot assure you that the initial public offering price of our ordinary shares, or the market price following our initial public offering, will equal or exceed prices in privately negotiated transactions of our shares that have occurred from time to time prior to our initial public offering. The market price of our 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 stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. Stock prices of many companies have fluctuated in a manner unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. In the past, stockholders have filed securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us to substantial costs, divert resources and the attention of management from our business, and adversely affect our business.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9
    We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain whether the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our ordinary shares less attractive to investors.

    We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner if our revenues reach $1.235 billion, if we issue $1.0 billion or more in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any December 31 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following June 30. We cannot predict if investors will find our ordinary shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our ordinary shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our ordinary shares and our share price may be more volatile. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10
    Our dual-class ordinary shares structure may negatively impact the market price of its ordinary shares.

    We cannot predict whether the dual-class ordinary shares structure of our company, combined with the concentrated voting power of a voting trust known as the Youxin BM Trust, with Kastle Limited as the Trustee, owning at least 50% of the voting power of our Company. Additionally, our founding shareholder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Shaozhang Lin, beneficially owned 57.03% of our total voting power through his beneficial ownership of 3,942,945 Class A Shares and 5,605,727 Class B Shares; and all of which has been transferred to Youxin BM Trust, will result in a lower or more volatile market price of our company's Class A Shares, or other adverse consequences. For example, certain stock index providers, such as S&P Dow Jones, exclude companies with multiple classes capital structure from being included in certain stock indices, including the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P SmallCap 600. In addition, several stockholder advisory firms and large institutional investors oppose the use of multiple class structures. As a result, the dual class structure of the ordinary shares of our company may prevent the inclusion of our company's Class A Shares in such indices, may cause stockholder advisory firms to publish negative commentary about our company's corporate governance practices or otherwise seek to cause our company to change its capital structure, and may result in large institutional investors not purchasing our Class A Shares. Any exclusion from stock indices could result in a less active trading market for our Class A Shares. Any actions or publications by stockholder advisory firms or institutional investors critical of our company's corporate governance practices or capital structure could also adversely affect the value of our Class A Shares. The holders of Class A Shares are entitled to 1 vote per share and the holders of the Class B Shares are entitled to 20 votes per share. Each Class B Share is convertible into one Class A Share under certain circumstances. The difference in the voting rights between Class A Shares and Class B Shares could also harm the value of our Class A Shares to the extent that any investor or potential future purchaser of our company's Class A Shares ascribes value to the right of holders of its Class B Shares to twenty votes per share of Class B Shares, or could potentially result in the Class B Shares receiving higher consideration in a sale of such company than that paid to holders of our Class A Shares. The existence of two classes of ordinary shares could also result in less liquidity for our Class B Shares than if there were only one class of ordinary shares. See "Description of Share Capital" for more information on our securities.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11
    As a "controlled company" under the rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market, we may choose to exempt our company from certain corporate governance requirements that could have an adverse effect on our public Class A shareholders.

    Our founding shareholder and Chief Executive Officer, Shaozhang Lin, beneficially owns 61.89% of our total voting power through his ownership of 49,287 Class A Shares and 5,605,727 Class B Shares, with Class B Shares having 20 votes per share, compared to 1 vote per share for Class A Shares. Upon the closing of this offering, Mr. Lin will continue to own a controlling interest in our company, and we will meet the definition of a "controlled company" under the corporate governance standards for Nasdaq listed companies. As such, we are eligible to utilize certain exemptions from the corporate governance requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market. We are a "controlled company" within the meaning of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5615(c). As a controlled company, we qualify for, and our Board of Directors, the composition of which is and will be controlled by this shareholder, may rely upon exemptions from several of Nasdaq's corporate governance requirements, including requirements that: - a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors;         - compensation of officers be determined or recommended to the board of directors by a majority of its independent directors or by a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; and - director nominees be selected or recommended to the board of directors by a majority of its independent directors or by a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors. As long as our officers and directors, either individually or in the aggregate, own at least 50% of the voting power of our company, we are a "controlled company" as defined under Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Accordingly, to the extent that we may choose to rely on one or more of these exemptions, our shareholders would not be afforded the same protections generally as shareholders of other Nasdaq-listed companies for so long as these shareholders are collectively able to control the composition of our Board and our Board determines to rely upon one or more of such exemptions. Purchasers of our Class A Shares will be unable to elect any directors of our company or participate in our corporate governance. We do not intend to rely on the "controlled company" exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules for at least 1 year following completion of this offering. However, we may elect to avail ourselves of these exemptions in the future.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 12
    As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to rely on exemptions from certain Nasdaq corporate governance standards applicable to U.S. issuers, including the requirement that a majority of an issuer's directors consist of independent directors. If we opt to rely on such exemptions in the future, such decision might afford less protection to holders of our ordinary shares.

    Section 5605(b)(1) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules requires listed companies to have, among other things, a majority of its board members to be independent, and Section 5605(d) and 5605(e) require listed companies to have independent director oversight of executive compensation and nomination of directors. As a foreign private issuer, however, we are permitted to follow home country practice in lieu of the above requirements. Our Board of Directors could make such a decision to depart from such requirements by ordinary resolution. The corporate governance practice in our home country, the Cayman Islands, does not require a majority of our Board to consist of independent directors or the implementation of a nominating and corporate governance committee. Since a majority of our Board of Directors would not consist of independent directors if we relied on the foreign private issuer exemption, fewer Board members would be exercising independent judgment and the level of Board oversight on the management of our company might decrease as a result. In addition, we could opt to follow Cayman Islands law instead of the Nasdaq requirements that mandate that we obtain shareholder approval for certain dilutive events, such as an issuance that will result in a change of control, certain transactions other than a public offering involving issuances of 20% or greater interests in the company and certain acquisitions of the shares or assets of another company.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13
    There is no assurance that future audit reports will be prepared by auditors able to be inspected or investigated completely by the PCAOB, and if they are not, our ordinary shares may be prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the HFCAA. The delisting of our ordinary shares, or the threat of being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

    Auditors of companies that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and traded publicly in the United States, including our independent registered public accounting firm, must be registered with the PCAOB, and are subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess their compliance with the relevant professional standards. On April 21, 2020, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and 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 director 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 May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act ("HFCAA") requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable to inspect the company's auditors for three consecutive years, the issuer's securities are prohibited to trade on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the U.S. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. On December 18, 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act was signed into law. On March 24, 2021, the SEC announced that it had adopted interim final amendments to implement congressionally mandated submission and disclosure requirements of the Act. The interim final amendments will apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report on Forms 10-K, 20-F, 40-F or N-CSR with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction. The SEC will implement a process for identifying such a registrant and any such identified registrant will be required to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that it is not owned or controlled by a governmental entity in that foreign jurisdiction, and will also require disclosure in the registrant's annual report regarding the audit arrangements of, and governmental influence on, such a registrant. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act ("AHFCAA"), and the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the AHFCAA on December 14, 2021 and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. The AHFCAA was enacted on December 29, 2022 and reduced the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the HFCAA from three years to two and, thus, would reduce the time before our securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. On December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The rules apply to registrants that 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 PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions. On December 16, 2021, PCAOB announced the PCAOB Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act determinations (the "PCAOB determinations") relating to the PCAOB's inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in Mainland China of the PRC or Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or Hong Kong. On August 26, 2022, the SEC announced that the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the CRSC and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, which sets out specific arrangements on conducting inspections and investigations by both sides over relevant audit firms within the jurisdiction of both sides, including the audit firms based in Mainland China and Hong Kong. This agreement marks an important step towards resolving the audit oversight issue that concern mutual interests, and sets forth arrangements for both sides to cooperate in conducting inspections and investigations of relevant audit firms, and specifies the purpose, scope and approach of cooperation, as well as the use of information and protection of specific types of data. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it has secured complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate the previous 2021 determination report to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the future, if there is any regulatory change or step taken by PRC regulators that does not permit our auditor to provide audit documentations located in China to the PCAOB for inspection or investigation, investors may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection. Any audit reports not issued by auditors that are completely inspected by the PCAOB, or a lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work undertaken in mainland China that prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating our auditors' audits and their quality control procedures, could result in a lack of assurance that our financial statements and disclosures are adequate and accurate, then such lack of inspection could cause our ordinary shares to be delisted from the stock exchange. On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law. The Consolidated Appropriations Act contains, among other things, an identical provision to AHFCAA, which reduces the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the HFCAA from three years to two. Our auditor is registered with the PCAOB and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis. Our auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP ("Marcum Asia"), is headquartered in New York City, New York, and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis. Our auditor is not headquartered in Mainland China or Hong Kong. Marcum Asia was not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the future, if there is any regulatory change or step taken by PRC regulators that does not permit Marcum Asia to provide audit documentation located in Mainland China or Hong Kong to the PCAOB for inspection or investigation, you may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection which could result in limitation or restriction to our access to the U.S. capital markets and trading of our securities, including trading on a national securities exchange and quotations by "over-the-counter" markets, may be prohibited under the HFCAA Act. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties to our offering 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 it relates to the audit of our financial statements. It remains unclear what further actions the SEC, the PCAOB or Nasdaq will take to address these issues and what impact those actions will have on U.S. companies that have significant operations in the PRC and have securities listed on a U.S. stock exchange (including a national security exchange or over-the-counter stock market). In addition, any additional actions, proceedings, or new rules resulting from these efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could create some uncertainty for investors, the market price of our ordinary shares could be adversely affected, and we could be delisted if we and our auditor are unable to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement or being required to engage a new audit firm, which would require significant expense and management time.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 14
    You may experience difficulties in effecting service of process or enforcing foreign judgments against us, our respective executive officers and directors residing in China.

    Substantially all of our assets are located in China and all of our directors and senior management reside in China. Therefore, it may not be possible to effect service of process or elsewhere outside of China upon us, our respective directors or senior management. Moreover, China has not entered into treaties for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of court judgments with Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and many other countries. As a result, recognition and enforcement in China of a court judgment obtained in other jurisdictions may be difficult or impossible.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 15
    If we are unable to complete the filing with the CSRC in a timely manner, the securities to be offered may substantially decline in value and become worthless.

    According to the Trial Measures and the five supporting guidelines (collectively, the "New Overseas Listing Rules"), a domestic enterprise in the PRC that seeks to offer and list securities in overseas markets shall fulfill the filing procedures with the CSRC in accordance with the Trial Administrative Measures. Where a domestic enterprise seeks to directly offer and list securities in overseas markets, the issuer shall file with the CSRC. Where a domestic enterprise seeks to indirectly offer and list securities in overseas markets, the issuer shall designate a major domestic operating entity, which shall, as the domestic responsible entity, file with the CSRC. Initial public offerings or listings in overseas markets shall be filed with the CSRC within three working days after the relevant application is submitted overseas. If an issuer offers securities in the same overseas market where it has previously offered and listed securities, filings shall be made with the CSRC within three working days after the offering is completed. Upon occurrence of any material event, such as change of control, investigations or sanctions imposed by overseas securities regulatory agencies or other relevant competent authorities, change of listing status or transfer of listing segment, or voluntary or mandatory delisting, after an issuer has offered and listed securities in an overseas market, the issuer shall submit a report thereof to the CSRC within three working days after the occurrence and public disclosure of such event. Pursuant to the Trial Administrative Measures, if the issuer meets both the following criteria, the overseas securities offering and listing conducted by such issuer will be deemed an indirect overseas offering by PRC domestic companies: (i) 50% or more of any of the issuer's operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year is attributed to domestic companies; and (ii) the main parts of the issuer's business activities are conducted in the PRC, or its main place(s) of business are located in the PRC, or the majority of senior management staff in charge of its business operations and management are PRC citizens or have their usual place(s) of residence located in the PRC. According to the Notice on the Administrative Arrangements for the Filing of the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies from the CSRC, or the CSRC Notice, the domestic companies that have already been listed overseas before the effective date of the Overseas Listing Trail Measures (i.e. March 31, 2023) shall be deemed as the Existing Issuers. Although Existing Issuers are not required to complete the filing procedures immediately, Existing Issuers shall be required to file with the CSRC for any subsequent offerings. Since we did not obtain approval from the SEC for the overseas offering and listing of our Class A Shares on or before March 31, 2023, our PRC counsel advised us that we are required to complete the filing procedures with the CSRC in connection with our initial public offering and listing. We submitted the required filing materials to the CSRC on June 7, 2023. As of the date of this report, the CSRC has accepted the filing application documents and has provided its comments on July 11, 2023. We have submitted the response to those comments on July 25, 2023. On February 7, 2024, we have received from the CSRC a filing notice which indicated that we had completed the required filing application procedures for this offering. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures issued by the CSRC, which became effective on March 31, 2023, the CSRC will conclude the filing procedures and publish the filing results on the CSRC website within twenty working days after receiving the filing documents if the filing documents are complete and comply with the stipulated documents. However, during the filing process, the CSRC may request us to comply with additional documents or may consult with competent authorities, the time for which will not be counted in the twenty working days. Any failure on our part to fully comply with new regulatory requirements may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Shares, which will cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and cause our Class A Shares to significantly decline in value or become worthless. We submitted the required filing materials to the CSRC on June 7, 2023 and we have received the filing notice dated February 7, 2024 from the CSRC in relation to our overseas offering and listing, which indicated that we had completed the required filing application procedures for this offering

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Risk factors are any situations or occurrences that could make investing in a company risky. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that publicly traded companies disclose their most significant risk factors. This is so that potential investors can consider any risks before they make an investment. They also offer companies protection, as a company can use risk factors as liability protection. This could happen if a company underperforms and investors take legal action as a result. It is worth noting that smaller companies, that is those with a public float of under $75 million on the last business day, do not have to include risk factors in their 10-K and 10-Q forms, although some may choose to do so.
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.