−Removed: addition to the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, and this Quarterly
−Removed: Report on Form 10-Q, we have identified the following material risks and uncertainties which reflect our outlook and conditions known
−Removed: to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report.
−Removed: These material risks and uncertainties should be carefully reviewed by our stockholders
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−Removed: Furthermore, any one of
−Removed: these material risks and uncertainties has the potential to cause actual results, performance, achievements or events to be materially
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−Removed: made by us or by persons acting on our behalf.
−Removed: Refer to Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements as disclosed
−Removed: in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021.
−Removed: is no assurance that we will be successful in preventing the material adverse effects that any one or more of the following material
−Removed: risks and uncertainties may cause on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, which may result in a significant
−Removed: decrease in the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: Furthermore, there is no assurance that these material risks and uncertainties represent
−Removed: a complete list of the material risks and uncertainties facing us.
−Removed: There may be additional risks and uncertainties of a material nature
−Removed: that, as of the date of this Quarterly Report, we are unaware of or that we consider immaterial that may become material in the future,
−Removed: any one or more of which may result in a material adverse effect on us.
−Removed: You could lose all or a significant portion of your investment
−Removed: due to any one of these material risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: Related to the Business
−Removed: have a limited operating history and, as a result, our past results may not be indicative of future operating performance.
−Removed: have a limited operating history, which makes it difficult to forecast our future results.
−Removed: You should not rely on our past results of
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−Removed: You should consider and evaluate our prospects in light of the risks and uncertainty
−Removed: frequently encountered by companies like ours.
−Removed: we fail to address the risks and difficulties that we face, including those described elsewhere in this Risk Factors
−Removed: section, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
−Removed: Further, because we have limited historical
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−Removed: We have encountered in the past, and will encounter
−Removed: in the future, risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies with limited operating histories in rapidly changing
−Removed: If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties are incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully,
−Removed: our results of operations could differ materially from our expectations and our business, financial condition and results of operations
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−Removed: have a history of net losses and we may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.
−Removed: all annual periods of our operating history we have experienced net losses.
−Removed: We generated a net loss of approximately $3.4 million during
−Removed: the nine months period ended November 30, 2021 and net losses of approximately $4.3 million, $3.0 million and $2.9 million for the years
−Removed: ended February 28, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: At November 30, 2021 and February 28, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately
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−Removed: Our expenses will likely increase in the future as we develop and launch new offerings and platform
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−Removed: efforts may be more costly than we expect and may not result in increased revenue or growth in our business.
−Removed: If we are unable to generate
−Removed: adequate revenue growth and manage our expenses, we may continue to incur significant losses in the future and may not be able to achieve
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−Removed: we fail to effectively manage our growth, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
−Removed: are currently experiencing growth in our business.
−Removed: This expansion increases the complexity of our business and has placed, and will continue
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−Removed: Our ability to manage our growth effectively and to integrate new employees, technologies and acquisitions
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−Removed: Continued growth could strain our ability to develop and improve our operational, financial
−Removed: and management controls, enhance our reporting systems and procedures, recruit, train and retain highly skilled personnel and maintain
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−Removed: Additionally, if we do not effectively manage the growth of our business and operations, the quality of our offerings
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−Removed: impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the global economy, our operations and consumer demand for consumer goods and
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−Removed: December 2019, a strain of novel coronavirus (now commonly known as COVID-19) was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China.
−Removed: has since spread rapidly throughout many countries, and, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic.
−Removed: In an effort to contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, many countries, including the United States, Canada and China, have imposed
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−Removed: Although our operating subsidiaries and contractually controlled entity report that
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−Removed: It is currently not possible to predict how long the pandemic will last
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−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant financial
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−Removed: A continuation or worsening of the levels of market disruption and volatility
−Removed: seen in the recent past could have an adverse effect on our ability to access capital, on our business, results of operations and financial
−Removed: condition, on the market price of our common shares, and on consumer demand for consumer services, including those offered by our Company.
−Removed: depend on our key personnel and other highly skilled personnel, and if we fail to attract, retain, motivate or integrate our personnel,
+Added: In addition to the
+Added: information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022, and this Quarterly Report on Form
+Added: 10-Q, we have identified the following material risks and uncertainties which reflect our outlook and conditions known to us as of the
+Added: date of this Quarterly Report.
+Added: These material risks and uncertainties should be carefully reviewed by our stockholders and any potential
+Added: investors in evaluating the Company, our business and the market value of our common stock.
+Added: Furthermore, any one of these material risks
+Added: and uncertainties has the potential to cause actual results, performance, achievements or events to be materially different from any future
+Added: results, performance, achievements or events implied, suggested or expressed by any forward-looking statements made by us or by persons
+Added: acting on our behalf.
+Added: Refer to “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements” as disclosed in our Annual Report on
+Added: Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022.
+Added: There is no assurance
+Added: that we will be successful in preventing the material adverse effects that any one or more of the following material risks and uncertainties
+Added: may cause on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, which may result in a significant decrease in the market
+Added: price of our common stock.
+Added: Furthermore, there is no assurance that these material risks and uncertainties represent a complete list of
+Added: the material risks and uncertainties facing us.
+Added: There may be additional risks and uncertainties of a material nature that, as of the date
+Added: of this Quarterly Report, we are unaware of or that we consider immaterial that may become material in the future, any one or more of
+Added: which may result in a material adverse effect on us.
+Added: You could lose all or a significant portion of your investment due to any one of
+Added: these material risks and uncertainties.
+Added: Risks Related to the Business
+Added: We have a limited operating history and, as
+Added: a result, our past results may not be indicative of future operating performance.
+Added: We have a limited operating history, which makes it
+Added: difficult to forecast our future results.
+Added: You should not rely on our past results of operations as indicators of future performance.
+Added: should consider and evaluate our prospects in light of the risks and uncertainty frequently encountered by companies like ours.
+Added: If we fail to address the risks and difficulties that
+Added: we face, including those described elsewhere in this “ Risk Factors ” section, our business, financial condition and
+Added: results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: Further, because we have limited historical financial data and operate in an evolving
+Added: market, any predictions about our future revenue and expenses may not be as accurate as they would be if we had a longer operating history
+Added: or operated in a more predictable market.
+Added: We have encountered in the past, and will encounter in the future, risks and uncertainties frequently
+Added: experienced by growing companies with limited operating histories in rapidly changing industries.
+Added: If our assumptions regarding these risks
+Added: and uncertainties are incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our results of operations could differ materially
+Added: from our expectations and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: We have a history of net losses and we may not
+Added: be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.
+Added: For all annual periods of our operating history we
+Added: have experienced net losses.
+Added: We generated a net loss of approximately $1.44 million during the three-month period ended May 31, 2022 and
+Added: net losses of approximately $4.9 million, $4.3 million and $3.0 million for the years ended February 28, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: At May 31, 2022 and February 28, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $18.6 million and $17.1 million, respectively.
+Added: have not achieved profitability, and we may not realize sufficient revenue to achieve profitability in future periods.
+Added: Our expenses will
+Added: likely increase in the future as we develop and launch new offerings and platform features, expand in existing and new markets, increase
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+Added: These efforts may be more costly than we expect and may not result
+Added: in increased revenue or growth in our business.
+Added: If we are unable to generate adequate revenue growth and manage our expenses, we may continue
+Added: to incur significant losses in the future and may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability.
+Added: If we fail to effectively manage our growth,
our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
−Removed: success depends in part on the continued service of our founders, senior management team, key technical employees and other highly skilled
−Removed: personnel and on our ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate, retain and integrate highly qualified personnel for all areas of our
−Removed: organization.
−Removed: We may not be successful in attracting and retaining qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs.
−Removed: Our competitors
−Removed: may be successful in recruiting and hiring members of our management team or other key employees, and it may be difficult for us to find
−Removed: suitable replacements on a timely basis, on competitive terms or at all.
−Removed: If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary personnel,
−Removed: particularly in critical areas of our business, we may not achieve our strategic goals.
−Removed: concentration of earnings from two telecommunications companies may have a material adverse affect on our financial condition and results
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: currently derive a substantial amount of our total revenue through contracts secured with China Unicom and China Mobile.
−Removed: If we were to
−Removed: lose the business of one or both of these mobile telecommunications companies, if either were to fail to fulfill its obligations to us,
−Removed: if either were to experience difficulty in paying rebates to us on a timely basis, if either negotiated lower pricing terms, or if either
−Removed: increased the number of licensed payment portals it permits to process its payments, it could have a material adverse effect on our competitive
−Removed: position, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
−Removed: Additionally, we cannot guarantee that the volume of revenue
−Removed: we earn from China Unicom and China Mobile will remain consistent going forward.
−Removed: Any substantial change in our relationships with either
−Removed: China Unicom or China Mobile, or both, whether due to actions by our competitors, regulatory authorities, industry factors or otherwise,
−Removed: could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: actual or perceived security or privacy breach could interrupt our operations, harm our brand and adversely affect our reputation, brand,
−Removed: business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: business involves the processing and transmission of our users personal and other sensitive data.
−Removed: Because techniques used to obtain
−Removed: unauthorized access to or to sabotage information systems change frequently and may not be known until launched against us, we may be
−Removed: unable to anticipate or prevent these attacks.
−Removed: Unauthorized parties may in the future gain access to our systems or facilities through
−Removed: various means, including gaining unauthorized access into our systems or facilities or those of our service providers, partners or users
−Removed: on our platform, or attempting to fraudulently induce our employees, service providers, partners, users or others into disclosing names,
−Removed: passwords, payment information or other sensitive information, which may in turn be used to access our information technology systems,
−Removed: or attempting to fraudulently induce our employees, partners or others into manipulating payment information, resulting in the fraudulent
−Removed: transfer of funds to criminal actors.
−Removed: In addition, users on our platform could have vulnerabilities on their own mobile devices that
−Removed: are entirely unrelated to our systems and platform but could mistakenly attribute their own vulnerabilities to us.
−Removed: Further, breaches
−Removed: experienced by other companies may also be leveraged against us.
−Removed: For example, credential stuffing attacks are becoming increasingly common
−Removed: and sophisticated actors can mask their attacks, making them increasingly difficult to identify and prevent.
−Removed: Certain efforts may be state-sponsored
−Removed: or supported by significant financial and technological resources, making them even more difficult to detect.
−Removed: we have developed systems and processes that are designed to protect our users data, prevent data loss and prevent other security
−Removed: breaches, these security measures cannot guarantee security.
−Removed: Our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to cyberattacks
−Removed: or security breaches;
−Removed: also, employee error, malfeasance or other errors in the storage, use or transmission of personal information could
−Removed: result in an actual or perceived privacy or security breach or other security incident.
−Removed: actual or perceived breach of privacy or security could interrupt our operations, result in our platform being unavailable, result in
−Removed: loss or improper disclosure of data, result in fraudulent transfer of funds, harm our reputation and brand, damage our relationships
−Removed: with third-party partners, result in significant legal, regulatory and financial exposure and lead to loss of confidence in, or decreased
−Removed: use of, our platform, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Any breach of
−Removed: privacy or security impacting any entities with which we share or disclose data (including, for example, our third-party providers) could
−Removed: have similar effects.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: defending against claims or litigation based on any security breach or incident, regardless of their merit, could be costly and divert
−Removed: managements attention.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that our insurance coverage will be adequate for data handling or data security liabilities
−Removed: actually incurred, that insurance will continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer
−Removed: will not deny coverage as to any future claim.
−Removed: The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available
−Removed: insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible
−Removed: or co-insurance requirements, could have an adverse effect on our reputation, brand, business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: failures and resulting interruptions in the availability of our platform or offerings could adversely affect our business, financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations.
−Removed: systems, or those of third parties upon which we rely, may experience service interruptions or degradation because of hardware and software
−Removed: defects or malfunctions, distributed denial-of-service and other cyberattacks, human error, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, natural
−Removed: disasters, power losses, disruptions in telecommunications services, fraud, military or political conflicts, terrorist attacks, computer
−Removed: viruses, ransomware, malware or other events.
−Removed: Our systems also may be subject to break-ins, sabotage, theft and intentional acts of vandalism,
−Removed: including by our own employees.
−Removed: Some of our systems are not fully redundant and our disaster recovery planning may not be sufficient
−Removed: for all eventualities.
−Removed: Our business interruption insurance may not be sufficient to cover all of our losses that may result from interruptions
−Removed: in our service as a result of systems failures and similar events.
−Removed: have not experienced any system failures or other events or conditions that have interrupted the availability or reduced or affected
−Removed: the speed or functionality of our offerings.
−Removed: These events, were they to occur in the future, could adversely affect our business, reputation,
−Removed: results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: successful operation of our business depends upon the performance and reliability of Internet, mobile, and other infrastructures that
−Removed: are not under our control.
−Removed: business depends on the performance and reliability of Internet, mobile and other infrastructures that are not under our control.
−Removed: in Internet infrastructure or the failure of telecommunications network operators to provide us with the bandwidth we need to provide
−Removed: our services and offerings could interfere with the speed and availability of our platform.
−Removed: If our platform is unavailable when platform
−Removed: users attempt to access it, or if our platform does not load as quickly as platform users expect, platform users may not return to our
−Removed: platform as often in the future, or at all, and may use our competitors products or offerings more often.
−Removed: In addition, we have
−Removed: no control over the costs of the services provided by national telecommunications operators.
−Removed: If mobile Internet access fees or other
−Removed: charges to Internet users increase, consumer traffic may decrease, which may in turn cause our revenue to significantly decrease.
−Removed: business depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of mobile communications systems.
−Removed: The occurrence of an unanticipated problem,
−Removed: such as a power outage, telecommunications delay or failure, security breach or computer virus could result in delays or interruptions
−Removed: to our services, offerings and platform, as well as business interruptions for us and platform users.
−Removed: Furthermore, foreign governments
−Removed: may leverage their ability to shut down directed services, and local governments may shut down our platform at the routing level.
−Removed: of these events could damage our reputation, significantly disrupt our operations, and subject us to liability, which could adversely
−Removed: affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
−Removed: We have invested significant resources to develop new products to mitigate
−Removed: the impact of potential interruptions to mobile communications systems, which can be used by consumers in territories where mobile communications
−Removed: systems are less efficient.
−Removed: However, these products may ultimately be unsuccessful.
−Removed: may be subject to claims, lawsuits, government investigations and other proceedings that may adversely affect our business, financial
+Added: We are currently experiencing growth in our business.
+Added: This expansion increases the complexity of our business and has placed, and will continue to place, strain on our management, personnel,
+Added: operations, systems, technical performance, financial resources and internal financial control and reporting functions.
+Added: Our ability to
+Added: manage our growth effectively and to integrate new employees, technologies and acquisitions into our existing business will require us
+Added: to continue to expand our operational and financial infrastructure and to continue to retain, attract, train, motivate and manage employees.
+Added: Continued growth could strain our ability to develop and improve our operational, financial and management controls, enhance our reporting
+Added: systems and procedures, recruit, train and retain highly skilled personnel and maintain user satisfaction.
+Added: Additionally, if we do not
+Added: effectively manage the growth of our business and operations, the quality of our offerings could suffer, which could negatively affect
+Added: our reputation and brand, business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: The impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
+Added: pandemic on the global economy, our operations and consumer demand for consumer goods and services remains uncertain, which could have
+Added: a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition and on the market price of our common shares.
+Added: In December 2019, a strain of novel coronavirus (now
+Added: commonly known as COVID-19) was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China.
+Added: COVID-19 has since spread rapidly throughout many countries,
+Added: and, on March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic.
+Added: In an effort to contain and mitigate the spread
+Added: of COVID-19, many countries, including the United States, Canada and China, have imposed unprecedented restrictions on travel, and there
+Added: have been business closures and a substantial reduction in economic activity in countries that have had significant outbreaks of COVID-19.
+Added: Although our operating subsidiaries and contractually controlled entity report that is operation have not been materially affected at
+Added: this point, significant uncertainty remains as to the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and on the global economy
+Added: It is currently not possible to predict how long the pandemic will last or the time that it will take for economic activity
+Added: to return to prior levels.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant financial market volatility and uncertainty in recent weeks.
+Added: A continuation or worsening of the levels of market disruption and volatility seen in the recent past could have an adverse effect on
+Added: our ability to access capital, on our business, results of operations and financial condition, on the market price of our common shares,
+Added: and on consumer demand for consumer services, including those offered by our Company.
+Added: We depend on our key personnel and other highly
+Added: skilled personnel, and if we fail to attract, retain, motivate or integrate our personnel, our business, financial condition and results
+Added: of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: Our success depends in part on the continued service
+Added: of our founders, senior management team, key technical employees and other highly skilled personnel and on our ability to identify, hire,
+Added: develop, motivate, retain and integrate highly qualified personnel for all areas of our organization.
+Added: We may not be successful in attracting
+Added: and retaining qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs.
+Added: Our competitors may be successful in recruiting and hiring members
+Added: of our management team or other key employees, and it may be difficult for us to find suitable replacements on a timely basis, on competitive
+Added: terms or at all.
+Added: If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary personnel, particularly in critical areas of our business, we may
+Added: not achieve our strategic goals.
+Added: Our concentration of earnings from two telecommunications
+Added: companies may have a material adverse affect on our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: We currently derive a substantial amount of our total
+Added: revenue through contracts secured with China Unicom and China Mobile.
+Added: If we were to lose the business of one or both of these mobile telecommunications
+Added: companies, if either were to fail to fulfill its obligations to us, if either were to experience difficulty in paying rebates to us on
+Added: a timely basis, if either negotiated lower pricing terms, or if either increased the number of licensed payment portals it permits to
+Added: process its payments, it could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations
+Added: and cash flows.
+Added: Additionally, we cannot guarantee that the volume of revenue we earn from China Unicom and China Mobile will remain consistent
+Added: going forward.
+Added: Any substantial change in our relationships with either China Unicom or China Mobile, or both, whether due to actions by
+Added: our competitors, regulatory authorities, industry factors or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
−Removed: may be subject to claims, lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, government investigations and other legal and regulatory proceedings as
−Removed: our business grows and as we deploy new offerings, including proceedings related to our products or our acquisitions, securities issuances
−Removed: or business practices.
−Removed: The results of any such claims, lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, government investigations or other legal or
−Removed: regulatory proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty.
−Removed: Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming,
−Removed: result in costly litigation, be harmful to our reputation, require significant management attention and divert significant resources.
−Removed: Determining reserves for litigation is a complex and fact-intensive process that requires significant subjective judgment and speculation.
−Removed: It is possible that such proceedings could result in substantial damages, settlement costs, fines and penalties that could adversely
−Removed: affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: These proceedings could also result in harm to our reputation and
−Removed: brand, sanctions, consent decrees, injunctions or other orders requiring a change in our business practices.
−Removed: Any of these consequences
−Removed: could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Furthermore, under certain circumstances, we have
−Removed: contractual and other legal obligations to indemnify and to incur legal expenses on behalf of our business and commercial partners and
−Removed: current and former directors and officers.
−Removed: may require additional funding to support our business.
−Removed: grow our business, FingerMotion currently looks to take advantage of the immense mobile phone payment market, estimated at a monthly
−Removed: gross transaction volume (GTV) is estimated at US$153 billion in 2019 and is expected to increase to US$165 billion by 2024 (source:
−Removed: https://telecomstechnews.com/news/2019/nov/21/total-mobile-service-revenue-china-hit-165bn-end-2024-reveals-globaldata/ ).
−Removed: the Company to continue to grow, the deposit with the Telecoms needs to increase, as the GTV we process is dependent on the size of the
−Removed: deposit we have with each Telecom.
−Removed: We will likely need to raise additional capital to materially increase the amounts of these deposits.
−Removed: If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, those securities may have rights, preferences
−Removed: or privileges senior to those of our common stock, and our existing stockholders may experience dilution.
−Removed: Any debt financing secured
−Removed: by us in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising activities and other financial and operational
−Removed: matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities.
−Removed: We cannot be certain
−Removed: that additional funding will be available to us on favorable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain adequate funding or funding
−Removed: on terms satisfactory to us, when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges
−Removed: could be significantly limited, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
−Removed: by others that we infringed their proprietary technology or other intellectual property rights could harm our business.
−Removed: in the Internet and technology industries are frequently subject to litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations
−Removed: of intellectual property rights.
−Removed: In addition, certain companies and rights holders seek to enforce and monetize patents or other intellectual
−Removed: property rights they own, have purchased or otherwise obtained.
−Removed: As we gain a public profile and the number of competitors in our market
−Removed: increases, the possibility of intellectual property rights claims against us grows.
−Removed: From time to time, third parties may assert claims
−Removed: of infringement of intellectual property rights against us.
−Removed: Many potential litigants, including some of our competitors and patent-holding
−Removed: companies, have the ability to dedicate substantial resources to assert their intellectual property rights.
−Removed: Any claim of infringement
−Removed: by a third party, even those without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, could distract our
−Removed: management from our business and could require us to cease use of such intellectual property.
−Removed: Furthermore, because of the substantial
−Removed: amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, we risk compromising our confidential information during
−Removed: this type of litigation.
−Removed: We may be required to pay substantial damages, royalties or other fees in connection with a claimant securing
−Removed: a judgment against us, we may be subject to an injunction or other restrictions that prevent us from using or distributing our intellectual
−Removed: property, or we may agree to a settlement that prevents us from distributing our offerings or a portion thereof, which could adversely
−Removed: affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: respect to any intellectual property rights claim, we may have to seek out a license to continue operations found to be in violation
−Removed: of such rights, which may not be available on favorable or commercially reasonable terms and may significantly increase our operating
−Removed: Some licenses may be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us.
−Removed: a third party does not offer us a license to its intellectual property on reasonable terms, or at all, we may be required to develop
−Removed: alternative, non-infringing technology, which could require significant time (during which we would be unable to continue to offer our
−Removed: affected offerings), effort and expense and may ultimately not be successful.
−Removed: Any of these events could adversely affect our business,
+Added: Any actual or perceived security or privacy
+Added: breach could interrupt our operations, harm our brand and adversely affect our reputation, brand, business, financial condition and results
+Added: of operations.
+Added: Our business involves the processing and transmission
+Added: of our users’ personal and other sensitive data.
+Added: Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to or to sabotage information
+Added: systems change frequently and may not be known until launched against us, we may be unable to anticipate or prevent these attacks.
+Added: parties may in the future gain access to our systems or facilities through various means, including gaining unauthorized access into our
+Added: systems or facilities or those of our service providers, partners or users on our platform, or attempting to fraudulently induce our employees,
+Added: service providers, partners, users or others into disclosing names, passwords, payment information or other sensitive information, which
+Added: may in turn be used to access our information technology systems, or attempting to fraudulently induce our employees, partners or others
+Added: into manipulating payment information, resulting in the fraudulent transfer of funds to criminal actors.
+Added: In addition, users on our platform
+Added: could have vulnerabilities on their own mobile devices that are entirely unrelated to our systems and platform but could mistakenly attribute
+Added: their own vulnerabilities to us.
+Added: Further, breaches experienced by other companies may also be leveraged against us.
+Added: For example, credential
+Added: stuffing attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated actors can mask their attacks, making them increasingly difficult
+Added: to identify and prevent.
+Added: Certain efforts may be state-sponsored or supported by significant financial and technological resources, making
+Added: them even more difficult to detect.
+Added: Although we have developed systems and processes that
+Added: are designed to protect our users’ data, prevent data loss and prevent other security breaches, these security measures cannot guarantee
+Added: Our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to cyberattacks or security breaches;
+Added: also, employee error,
+Added: malfeasance or other errors in the storage, use or transmission of personal information could result in an actual or perceived privacy
+Added: or security breach or other security incident.
+Added: Any actual or perceived breach of privacy or security
+Added: could interrupt our operations, result in our platform being unavailable, result in loss or improper disclosure of data, result in fraudulent
+Added: transfer of funds, harm our reputation and brand, damage our relationships with third-party partners, result in significant legal, regulatory
+Added: and financial exposure and lead to loss of confidence in, or decreased use of, our platform, any of which could adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Related to Our Securities
−Removed: stock has limited liquidity.
−Removed: common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 28, 2021, and before that it traded on the OTCQX operated by OTC
−Removed: Markets Group Inc.
−Removed: Trading volume in our shares may be sporadic and the price could experience volatility.
−Removed: If adverse market conditions
−Removed: exist, you may have difficulty selling your shares.
−Removed: market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, including
−Removed: the following:
−Removed: or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;
−Removed: in financial estimates by securities analysts or our failure to perform in line with such estimates;
−Removed: in market valuations of other companies, particularly those that market services such as ours;
−Removed: ● announcements
−Removed: by us or our competitors of significant innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
−Removed: ● introduction
−Removed: of product enhancements that reduce the need for our products;
−Removed: of key personnel.
−Removed: do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: have never declared nor paid cash dividends on our capital stock.
−Removed: We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation
−Removed: and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: As a result, stockholders
−Removed: must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.
−Removed: securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market
−Removed: price and trading volume of our common stock could decline.
−Removed: trading market for our common stock may depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about
−Removed: us, our business, our market or our competition.
−Removed: The analysts estimates are based upon their own opinions and are often different
−Removed: from our estimates or expectations.
−Removed: If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our common stock, provide a more favorable
−Removed: recommendation about our competitors or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of our securities would
−Removed: likely decline.
−Removed: If few securities analysts commence coverage of us, or if one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail
−Removed: to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our securities could decrease, which might cause the price and trading volume of our common
−Removed: stock to decline.
−Removed: continued sale of our equity securities will dilute the ownership percentage of our existing shareholders and may decrease the market
−Removed: price for our common shares.
−Removed: Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorize the issuance of up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock and up to 1,000,000 shares
−Removed: of preferred stock.
−Removed: Our Board of Directors has the authority to issue additional shares of our capital stock to provide additional financing
−Removed: in the future and designate the rights of the preferred shares, which may include voting, dividend, distribution or other rights that
−Removed: are preferential to those held by the common stockholders.
−Removed: The issuance of any such common or preferred shares may result in a reduction
−Removed: of the book value or market price of our outstanding common shares.
−Removed: To grow our business substantially, we will likely have to issue
−Removed: additional equity securities to obtain working capital to deposit with the telecommunications companies for which we process mobile recharge
−Removed: Our efforts to fund our intended business plans will therefore result in dilution to our existing stockholders.
−Removed: If we do issue
−Removed: any such additional common shares, such issuance also will cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all other
−Removed: stockholders.
−Removed: As a result of such dilution, if you acquire common shares your proportionate ownership interest and voting power could
−Removed: be decreased.
−Removed: Furthermore, any such issuances could result in a change of control or a reduction in the market price for our common shares.
−Removed: we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce
−Removed: timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired.
−Removed: a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
−Removed: The Sarbanes-Oxley
−Removed: Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required
−Removed: to be disclosed by us in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
−Removed: specified in SEC rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
−Removed: to our principal executive and financial officers.
+Added: Any breach of privacy or security impacting any entities with which we share or disclose
+Added: data (including, for example, our third-party providers) could have similar effects.
+Added: Additionally, defending against claims or litigation
+Added: based on any security breach or incident, regardless of their merit, could be costly and divert management’s attention.
+Added: be certain that our insurance coverage will be adequate for data handling or data security liabilities actually incurred, that insurance
+Added: will continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer will not deny coverage as to any
+Added: future claim.
+Added: The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence
+Added: of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements,
+Added: could have an adverse effect on our reputation, brand, business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Systems failures and resulting interruptions in the availability
+Added: of our platform or offerings could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Our systems, or those of third parties upon which
+Added: we rely, may experience service interruptions or degradation because of hardware and software defects or malfunctions, distributed denial-of-service
+Added: and other cyberattacks, human error, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, natural disasters, power losses, disruptions in telecommunications
+Added: services, fraud, military or political conflicts, terrorist attacks, computer viruses, ransomware, malware or other events.
+Added: also may be subject to break-ins, sabotage, theft and intentional acts of vandalism, including by our own employees.
+Added: Some of our systems
+Added: are not fully redundant and our disaster recovery planning may not be sufficient for all eventualities.
+Added: Our business interruption insurance
+Added: may not be sufficient to cover all of our losses that may result from interruptions in our service as a result of systems failures and
+Added: similar events.
+Added: We have not experienced any system failures or other
+Added: events or conditions that have interrupted the availability or reduced or affected the speed or functionality of our offerings.
+Added: events, were they to occur in the future, could adversely affect our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: The successful operation of our business depends
+Added: upon the performance and reliability of Internet, mobile, and other infrastructures that are not under our control.
+Added: Our business depends on the performance and reliability
+Added: of Internet, mobile and other infrastructures that are not under our control.
+Added: Disruptions in Internet infrastructure or the failure of
+Added: telecommunications network operators to provide us with the bandwidth we need to provide our services and offerings could interfere with
+Added: the speed and availability of our platform.
+Added: If our platform is unavailable when platform users attempt to access it, or if our platform
+Added: does not load as quickly as platform users expect, platform users may not return to our platform as often in the future, or at all, and
+Added: may use our competitors’ products or offerings more often.
+Added: In addition, we have no control over the costs of the services provided
+Added: by national telecommunications operators.
+Added: If mobile Internet access fees or other charges to Internet users increase, consumer traffic
+Added: may decrease, which may in turn cause our revenue to significantly decrease.
+Added: Our business depends on the efficient and uninterrupted
+Added: operation of mobile communications systems.
+Added: The occurrence of an unanticipated problem, such as a power outage, telecommunications delay
+Added: or failure, security breach or computer virus could result in delays or interruptions to our services, offerings and platform, as well
+Added: as business interruptions for us and platform users.
+Added: Furthermore, foreign governments may leverage their ability to shut down directed
+Added: services, and local governments may shut down our platform at the routing level.
+Added: Any of these events could damage our reputation, significantly
+Added: disrupt our operations, and subject us to liability, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
+Added: We have invested significant resources to develop new products to mitigate the impact of potential interruptions to mobile communications
+Added: systems, which can be used by consumers in territories where mobile communications systems are less efficient.
+Added: However, these products
+Added: may ultimately be unsuccessful.
+Added: We may be subject to claims, lawsuits, government
+Added: investigations and other proceedings that may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations .
+Added: We may be subject to claims, lawsuits, arbitration
+Added: proceedings, government investigations and other legal and regulatory proceedings as our business grows and as we deploy new offerings,
+Added: including proceedings related to our products or our acquisitions, securities issuances or business practices.
+Added: The results of any such
+Added: claims, lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, government investigations or other legal or regulatory proceedings cannot be predicted with
+Added: Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, be harmful to our
+Added: reputation, require significant management attention and divert significant resources.
+Added: Determining reserves for litigation is a complex
+Added: and fact-intensive process that requires significant subjective judgment and speculation.
+Added: It is possible that such proceedings could result
+Added: in substantial damages, settlement costs, fines and penalties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results
+Added: of operations.
+Added: These proceedings could also result in harm to our reputation and brand, sanctions, consent decrees, injunctions or other
+Added: orders requiring a change in our business practices.
+Added: Any of these consequences could adversely affect our business, financial condition
+Added: and results of operations.
+Added: Furthermore, under certain circumstances, we have contractual and other legal obligations to indemnify and
+Added: to incur legal expenses on behalf of our business and commercial partners and current and former directors and officers.
+Added: We may require additional funding to support
+Added: our business.
+Added: To grow our business, FingerMotion currently looks
+Added: to take advantage of the immense growth in the telecommunication industry in China.
+Added: The combined business revenue in the telecom sector
+Added: rose 8% year on year to about USD232.43 billion in 2021, with the growth rate up 4.1 percentage point from 2020.
+Added: https://english.news.cn/20220201/da5fa2c2aa614d948e960e7776f84c76/c.html).
+Added: For the Company to continue to grow, the deposit with the Telecoms needs to increase, as most of the revenue we process is dependent on
+Added: the size of the deposit we have with each Telecom.
+Added: We will likely need to raise additional capital to materially increase the amounts
+Added: of these deposits.
+Added: If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, those securities may
+Added: have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our common stock, and our existing stockholders may experience dilution.
+Added: debt financing secured by us in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising activities and other financial
+Added: and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities.
+Added: cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on favorable terms, or at all.
+Added: If we are unable to obtain adequate funding
+Added: or funding on terms satisfactory to us, when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business
+Added: challenges could be significantly limited, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: Claims by others that we infringed their proprietary
+Added: technology or other intellectual property rights could harm our business.
+Added: Companies in the Internet and technology industries
+Added: are frequently subject to litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights.
+Added: certain companies and rights holders seek to enforce and monetize patents or other intellectual property rights they own, have purchased
+Added: or otherwise obtained.
+Added: As we gain a public profile and the number of competitors in our market increases, the possibility of intellectual
+Added: property rights claims against us grows.
+Added: From time to time, third parties may assert claims of infringement of intellectual property rights
+Added: Many potential litigants, including some of our competitors and patent-holding companies, have the ability to dedicate substantial
+Added: resources to assert their intellectual property rights.
+Added: Any claim of infringement by a third party, even those without merit, could cause
+Added: us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, could distract our management from our business and could require us to cease
+Added: use of such intellectual property.
+Added: Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual
+Added: property litigation, we risk compromising our confidential information during this type of litigation.
+Added: We may be required to pay substantial
+Added: damages, royalties or other fees in connection with a claimant securing a judgment against us, we may be subject to an injunction or other
+Added: restrictions that prevent us from using or distributing our intellectual property, or we may agree to a settlement that prevents us from
+Added: distributing our offerings or a portion thereof, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: With respect to any intellectual property rights claim,
+Added: we may have to seek out a license to continue operations found to be in violation of such rights, which may not be available on favorable
+Added: or commercially reasonable terms and may significantly increase our operating expenses.
+Added: Some licenses may be non-exclusive, and therefore
+Added: our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us.
+Added: If a third party does not offer us a license to its intellectual
+Added: property on reasonable terms, or at all, we may be required to develop alternative, non-infringing technology, which could require significant
+Added: time (during which we would be unable to continue to offer our affected offerings), effort and expense and may ultimately not be successful.
+Added: Any of these events could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Securities
+Added: Our stock has limited liquidity.
+Added: Our common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital
+Added: Market on December 28, 2021, and before that it traded on the OTCQX operated by OTC Markets Group Inc.
+Added: Trading volume in our shares may
+Added: be sporadic and the price could experience volatility.
+Added: If adverse market conditions exist, you may have difficulty selling your shares.
+Added: The market price of our common stock may fluctuate
+Added: significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, including the following:
+Added: actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;
+Added: changes in financial estimates by securities analysts or our failure to perform in line with such estimates;
+Added: changes in market valuations of other companies, particularly those that market services such as ours;
+Added: announcements by us or our competitors of significant innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
+Added: introduction of product enhancements that reduce the need for our products;
+Added: departure of key personnel;
+Added: changes in overall global market sentiments and economy trends
+Added: We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable
+Added: We have never declared nor paid cash dividends on
+Added: our capital stock.
+Added: We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do
+Added: not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: As a result, stockholders must rely on sales of their common stock
+Added: after price appreciation as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.
+Added: If securities or industry analysts do not publish
+Added: research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market price and trading volume of our common stock could
+Added: The trading market for our common stock may depend
+Added: in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us, our business, our market or our competition.
+Added: The analysts’ estimates are based upon their own opinions and are often different from our estimates or expectations.
+Added: more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our common stock, provide a more favorable recommendation about our competitors or publish
+Added: inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of our securities would likely decline.
+Added: If few securities analysts commence
+Added: coverage of us, or if one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our securities
+Added: could decrease, which might cause the price and trading volume of our common stock to decline.
+Added: The continued
+Added: sale of our equity securities will dilute the ownership percentage of our existing shareholders and may decrease the market price for
+Added: our common shares.
+Added: Our Certificate
+Added: of Incorporation, as amended, authorize the issuance of up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock and up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred
+Added: Our Board of Directors has the authority to issue additional shares of our capital stock to provide additional financing in the
+Added: future and designate the rights of the preferred shares, which may include voting, dividend, distribution or other rights that are preferential
+Added: to those held by the common stockholders.
+Added: The issuance of any such common or preferred shares may result in a reduction of the book value
+Added: or market price of our outstanding common shares.
+Added: To grow our business substantially, we will likely have to issue additional equity securities
+Added: to obtain working capital to deposit with the telecommunications companies for which we process mobile recharge payments.
+Added: to fund our intended business plans will therefore result in dilution to our existing stockholders.
+Added: If we do issue any such additional
+Added: common shares, such issuance also will cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all other stockholders.
+Added: a result of such dilution, if you acquire common shares your proportionate ownership interest and voting power could be decreased.
+Added: any such issuances could result in a change of control or a reduction in the market price for our common shares.
+Added: If we fail to maintain an effective system
+Added: of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements
+Added: or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired.
+Added: As a public company, we are subject to the reporting
+Added: requirements of the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
+Added: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain
+Added: effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: We are continuing to develop and refine our
+Added: disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that
+Added: we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and
+Added: that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive
+Added: and financial officers.
We are also continuing to improve our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources in order to maintain and improve the effectiveness
−Removed: of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in the conditions in our business.
−Removed: weaknesses in our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future.
−Removed: Any failure to
−Removed: develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our results
−Removed: of operations or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior
−Removed: Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could also adversely affect the results
−Removed: of periodic management evaluations and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness
−Removed: of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be
−Removed: filed with the SEC.
−Removed: Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors
−Removed: to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information, which would likely adversely affect the market price of our common
−Removed: Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholders ability to buy and
−Removed: sell our shares of common stock, which could depress the price of our shares of common stock.
−Removed: rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for a customer before recommending
−Removed: that investment to the customer.
−Removed: Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers
−Removed: must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customers financial status, tax status, investment objectives, and
−Removed: other information.
−Removed: Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced
−Removed: securities will not be suitable for at least some customers.
−Removed: Thus, if our shares of common stock become speculative low-priced securities,
−Removed: the FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our shares of common stock, which
−Removed: may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares of common stock, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares of common stock,
−Removed: and thereby depress our price per share of common stock.
−Removed: shares of common stock have been thinly traded, and you may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if you need to sell your
−Removed: shares of common stock to raise money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.
−Removed: December 28, 2021, our shares of common stock were quoted on the OTCQB/QX where they were thinly-traded, meaning that the
−Removed: number of persons interested in purchasing our shares of common stock at or near bid prices at any given time was relatively small or
−Removed: non-existent.
−Removed: Since we listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 28, 2021, the volume of our shares of common stock traded has
−Removed: increased, but that volume could decrease until we are thinly-traded again.
−Removed: That could occur due to a number of factors, including that
−Removed: we are relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate
−Removed: or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and might be reluctant
−Removed: to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares of common stock until such time as we
−Removed: became more seasoned.
−Removed: As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares of common stock
−Removed: is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally
−Removed: support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price.
−Removed: Broad or active public trading market for our shares of common stock
−Removed: may not develop or be sustained.
−Removed: Related to the VIE Agreements
−Removed: PRC government may determine that the VIE Agreements are not in compliance with applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations
−Removed: Management manages and operates the mobile data business through JiuGe Technology pursuant to the rights its holds under the VIE Agreements.
−Removed: Almost all economic benefits and risks arising from JiuGe Technologys operations are transferred to JiuGe Management under these
−Removed: are risks involved with the operation of our business in reliance on the VIE Agreements, including the risk that the VIE Agreements may
−Removed: be determined by PRC regulators or courts to be unenforceable.
−Removed: Our PRC counsel has provided a legal opinion that the VIE Agreements are
−Removed: binding and enforceable under PRC law, but has further advised that if the VIE Agreements were for any reason determined to be in breach
−Removed: of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, the relevant regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such
−Removed: breach, including:
−Removed: economic penalties;
−Removed: ● discontinuing
−Removed: or restricting the operations of JiuGe Technology or JiuGe Management;
−Removed: conditions or requirements in respect of the VIE Agreements with which JiuGe Technology or JiuGe Management may not be able to comply;
−Removed: our company to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;
−Removed: other regulatory or enforcement actions that could adversely affect our companys business;
−Removed: the business licenses and/or the licenses or certificates of JiuGe Management, and/or voiding the VIE Agreements.
−Removed: of these actions could adversely affect our ability to manage, operate and gain the financial benefits of JiuGe Technology, which would
−Removed: have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: ability to manage and operate JiuGe Technology under the VIE Agreements may not be as effective as direct ownership.
−Removed: conduct our mobile data business in the PRC and generate virtually all of our revenues through the VIE Agreements.
−Removed: Our plans for future
−Removed: growth are based substantially on growing the operations of JiuGe Technology.
−Removed: However, the VIE Agreements may not be as effective in
−Removed: providing us with control over JiuGe Technology as direct ownership.
−Removed: Under the current VIE arrangements, as a legal matter, if JiuGe
−Removed: Technology fails to perform its obligations under these contractual arrangements, we may have to (i) incur substantial costs and resources
−Removed: to enforce such arrangements, and (ii) rely on legal remedies under PRC law, which we cannot be sure would be effective.
−Removed: Therefore, if
−Removed: we are unable to effectively control JiuGe Technology, it may have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our business objectives
−Removed: and grow our revenues.
−Removed: the VIE Agreements are governed by PRC law, we would be required to rely on PRC law to enforce our rights and remedies under them;
−Removed: law may not provide us with the same rights and remedies as are available in contractual disputes governed by the law of other jurisdictions.
−Removed: VIE Agreements are governed by the PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitral proceedings pursuant to PRC law.
−Removed: If JiuGe Technology or its shareholders fail to perform the obligations under the VIE Agreements, we would be required to resort to legal
−Removed: remedies available under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, or claiming damages.
−Removed: We cannot be sure
−Removed: that such remedies would provide us with effective means of causing JiuGe Technology to meet its obligations or recovering any losses
−Removed: or damages as a result of non-performance.
−Removed: Further, the legal environment in China is not as developed as in other jurisdictions.
−Removed: Uncertainties
−Removed: in the application of various laws, rules, regulations or policies in PRC legal system could limit our liability to enforce the VIE Agreements
−Removed: and protect our interests.
−Removed: payment arrangement under the VIE Agreements may be challenged by the PRC tax authorities.
−Removed: generate our revenues through the payments we receive pursuant to the VIE Agreements.
−Removed: We could face adverse tax consequences if the PRC
−Removed: tax authorities determine that the VIE Agreements were not entered into based on arms length negotiations.
−Removed: For example, PRC tax
−Removed: authorities may adjust our income and expenses for PRC tax purposes which could result in our being subject to higher tax liability or
−Removed: cause other adverse financial consequences.
−Removed: of JiuGe Technology have potential conflicts of interest with our company which may adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Li is the legal representative and general manager, and also a shareholder of JiuGe Technology.
−Removed: There could be conflicts that arise from
−Removed: time to time between our interests and the interests of Ms.
−Removed: There could also be conflicts that arise between us and JiuGe Technology
−Removed: that would require our shareholders and JiuGe Technologys shareholders to vote on corporate actions necessary to resolve the conflict.
−Removed: There can be no assurance in any such circumstances that Ms.
−Removed: Li will vote her shares in our best interest or otherwise act in the best
−Removed: interests of our company.
−Removed: Li fails to act in our best interests, our operating performance and future growth could be adversely
−Removed: rely on the approval certificates and business license held by JiuGe Management and any deterioration of the relationship between JiuGe
−Removed: Management and JiuGe Technology could materially and adversely affect our business operations.
−Removed: operate our mobile data business in China on the basis of the approval certificates, business license and other requisite licenses held
−Removed: by JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology.
−Removed: There is no assurance that JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology will be able to renew their
−Removed: licenses or certificates when their terms expire with substantially similar terms as the ones they currently hold.
−Removed: our relationship with JiuGe Technology is governed by the VIE Agreements that are intended to provide us with effective control over
−Removed: the business operations of JiuGe Technology.
−Removed: However, the VIE Agreements may not be effective in providing control over the application
−Removed: for and maintenance of the licenses required for our business operations.
−Removed: JiuGe Technology could violate the VIE Agreements, go bankrupt,
−Removed: suffer from difficulties in its business or otherwise become unable to perform its obligations under the VIE Agreements and, as a result,
−Removed: our operations, reputations and business could be severely harmed.
−Removed: JiuGe Management exercises the purchase option it holds over JiuGe Technologys share capital pursuant to the VIE Agreements, the
−Removed: payment of the purchase price could materially and adversely affect our financial position.
−Removed: the VIE Agreements, JiuGe Technologys shareholders have granted JiuGe Management an option for the maximum period of time permitted
−Removed: by law to purchase all of the equity interest in JiuGe Technology at a price equal to one dollar or the lowest applicable price allowable
−Removed: by PRC laws and regulations.
−Removed: As JiuGe Technology is already our contractually controlled affiliate, JiuGe Managements exercising
−Removed: of the option would not bring immediate benefits to our company, and payment of the purchase prices could adversely affect our financial
−Removed: Related to Doing Business in China
−Removed: in Chinas political or economic situation could harm us and our operating results.
−Removed: reforms adopted by the Chinese government have had a positive effect on the economic development of the country, but the government could
−Removed: change these economic reforms or any of the legal systems at any time.
+Added: We have expended, and anticipate
+Added: that we will continue to expend, significant resources in order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
+Added: procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Our current controls and any new controls that we
+Added: develop may become inadequate because of changes in the conditions in our business.
+Added: Further, weaknesses in our disclosure controls or
+Added: our internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future.
+Added: Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls,
+Added: or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our results of operations or cause us to fail to meet
+Added: our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods.
+Added: Any failure to implement and
+Added: maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations
+Added: and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over
+Added: financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC.
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our
+Added: reported financial and other information, which would likely adversely affect the market price of our common stock
+Added: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)
+Added: sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our shares of common stock, which could depress
+Added: the price of our shares of common stock.
+Added: FINRA rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable
+Added: grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer.
+Added: Prior to recommending
+Added: speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information
+Added: about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives, and other information.
+Added: Under interpretations of these
+Added: rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers.
+Added: Thus, if our shares of common stock become speculative low-priced securities, the FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers
+Added: to recommend that their customers buy our shares of common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares of common stock,
+Added: have an adverse effect on the market for our shares of common stock, and thereby depress our price per share of common stock.
+Added: Our shares of common
+Added: stock have been thinly traded, and you may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if you need to sell your shares of common
+Added: stock to raise money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.
+Added: Until December 28, 2021,
+Added: our shares of common stock were quoted on the OTCQB/QX where they were “thinly-traded”, meaning that the number of persons
+Added: interested in purchasing our shares of common stock at or near bid prices at any given time was relatively small or non-existent.
+Added: we listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 28, 2021, the volume of our shares of common stock traded has increased, but that volume
+Added: could decrease until we are thinly-traded again.
+Added: That could occur due to a number of factors, including that we are relatively unknown
+Added: to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume,
+Added: and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and might be reluctant to follow an unproven company
+Added: such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares of common stock until such time as we became more seasoned.
+Added: As a consequence,
+Added: there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares of common stock is minimal or non-existent, as compared
+Added: to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse
+Added: effect on share price.
+Added: Broad or active public trading market for our shares of common stock may not develop or be sustained.
+Added: Risks Related to the VIE Agreements
+Added: The PRC government may determine that the VIE
+Added: Agreements are not in compliance with applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations
+Added: JiuGe Management manages and operates the mobile data
+Added: business through JiuGe Technology pursuant to the rights its holds under the VIE Agreements.
+Added: Almost all economic benefits and risks arising
+Added: from JiuGe Technology’s operations are transferred to JiuGe Management under these agreements.
+Added: There are risks involved with the operation of our
+Added: business in reliance on the VIE Agreements, including the risk that the VIE Agreements may be determined by PRC regulators or courts to
+Added: be unenforceable.
+Added: Our PRC counsel has provided a legal opinion that the VIE Agreements are binding and enforceable under PRC law, but
+Added: has further advised that if the VIE Agreements were for any reason determined to be in breach of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations,
+Added: the relevant regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such breach, including:
+Added: imposing economic penalties;
+Added: discontinuing or restricting the operations of JiuGe Technology or JiuGe Management;
+Added: imposing conditions or requirements in respect of the VIE Agreements with which JiuGe Technology or JiuGe Management may not be able to comply;
+Added: requiring our company to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;
+Added: taking other regulatory or enforcement actions that could adversely affect our company’s business;
+Added: revoking the business licenses and/or the licenses or certificates of JiuGe Management, and/or voiding the VIE Agreements.
+Added: Any of these actions could adversely affect our ability
+Added: to manage, operate and gain the financial benefits of JiuGe Technology, which would have a material adverse impact on our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: Our ability to manage and operate JiuGe Technology
+Added: under the VIE Agreements may not be as effective as direct ownership.
+Added: We conduct our mobile data business in the PRC and
+Added: generate virtually all of our revenues through the VIE Agreements.
+Added: Our plans for future growth are based substantially on growing the
+Added: operations of JiuGe Technology.
+Added: However, the VIE Agreements may not be as effective in providing us with control over JiuGe Technology
+Added: as direct ownership.
+Added: Under the current VIE arrangements, as a legal matter, if JiuGe Technology fails to perform its obligations under
+Added: these contractual arrangements, we may have to (i) incur substantial costs and resources to enforce such arrangements, and (ii) rely on
+Added: legal remedies under PRC law, which we cannot be sure would be effective.
+Added: Therefore, if we are unable to effectively control JiuGe Technology,
+Added: it may have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our business objectives and grow our revenues.
+Added: As the VIE Agreements are governed by PRC
+Added: law, we would be required to rely on PRC law to enforce our rights and remedies under them;
+Added: PRC law may not provide us with the same
+Added: rights and remedies as are available in contractual disputes governed by the law of other jurisdictions.
+Added: The VIE Agreements are governed by the PRC law and
+Added: provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitral proceedings pursuant to PRC law.
+Added: If JiuGe Technology or its shareholders fail
+Added: to perform the obligations under the VIE Agreements, we would be required to resort to legal remedies available under PRC law, including
+Added: seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, or claiming damages.
+Added: We cannot be sure that such remedies would provide us with effective
+Added: means of causing JiuGe Technology to meet its obligations or recovering any losses or damages as a result of non-performance.
+Added: the legal environment in China is not as developed as in other jurisdictions.
+Added: Uncertainties in the application of various laws, rules,
+Added: regulations or policies in PRC legal system could limit our liability to enforce the VIE Agreements and protect our interests.
+Added: The payment arrangement under the VIE Agreements
+Added: may be challenged by the PRC tax authorities.
+Added: We generate our revenues through the payments we receive
+Added: pursuant to the VIE Agreements.
+Added: We could face adverse tax consequences if the PRC tax authorities determine that the VIE Agreements were
+Added: not entered into based on arm’s length negotiations.
+Added: For example, PRC tax authorities may adjust our income and expenses for PRC
+Added: tax purposes which could result in our being subject to higher tax liability or cause other adverse financial consequences.
+Added: Shareholders of JiuGe Technology have potential
+Added: conflicts of interest with our company which may adversely affect our business.
+Added: Li Li is the legal representative and general manager,
+Added: and also a shareholder of JiuGe Technology.
+Added: There could be conflicts that arise from time to time between our interests and the interests
+Added: There could also be conflicts that arise between us and JiuGe Technology that would require our shareholders and JiuGe Technology’s
+Added: shareholders to vote on corporate actions necessary to resolve the conflict.
+Added: There can be no assurance in any such circumstances that
+Added: Li will vote her shares in our best interest or otherwise act in the best interests of our company.
+Added: Li fails to act in our
+Added: best interests, our operating performance and future growth could be adversely affected.
+Added: We rely on the approval certificates and business
+Added: license held by JiuGe Management and any deterioration of the relationship between JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology could materially
+Added: and adversely affect our business operations.
+Added: We operate our mobile data business in China on the
+Added: basis of the approval certificates, business license and other requisite licenses held by JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology.
+Added: is no assurance that JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology will be able to renew their licenses or certificates when their terms expire
+Added: with substantially similar terms as the ones they currently hold.
+Added: Further, our relationship with JiuGe Technology is
+Added: governed by the VIE Agreements that are intended to provide us with effective control over the business operations of JiuGe Technology.
+Added: However, the VIE Agreements may not be effective in providing control over the application for and maintenance of the licenses required
+Added: for our business operations.
+Added: JiuGe Technology could violate the VIE Agreements, go bankrupt, suffer from difficulties in its business
+Added: or otherwise become unable to perform its obligations under the VIE Agreements and, as a result, our operations, reputations and business
+Added: could be severely harmed.
+Added: If JiuGe Management exercises the purchase option
+Added: it holds over JiuGe Technology’s share capital pursuant to the VIE Agreements, the payment of the purchase price could materially
+Added: and adversely affect our financial position.
+Added: Under the VIE Agreements, JiuGe Technology’s
+Added: shareholders have granted JiuGe Management an option for the maximum period of time permitted by law to purchase all of the equity interest
+Added: in JiuGe Technology at a price equal to one dollar or the lowest applicable price allowable by PRC laws and regulations.
+Added: As JiuGe Technology
+Added: is already our contractually controlled affiliate, JiuGe Management’s exercising of the option would not bring immediate benefits
+Added: to our company, and payment of the purchase prices could adversely affect our financial position.
+Added: Risks Related to Doing Business in China
+Added: Changes in China’s political or economic
+Added: situation could harm us and our operating results.
+Added: Economic reforms adopted by the Chinese government
+Added: have had a positive effect on the economic development of the country, but the government could change these economic reforms or any of
+Added: the legal systems at any time.
This could either benefit or damage our operations and profitability.
−Removed: Some of the things that could have this effect are:
−Removed: of government involvement in the economy;
−Removed: of foreign exchange;
−Removed: of allocating resources;
−Removed: of payments position;
−Removed: ● International
−Removed: trade restrictions;
−Removed: ● International
−Removed: Chinese economy differs from the economies of most countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
−Removed: or OECD, in many ways.
−Removed: For example, state-owned enterprises still constitute a large portion of the Chinese economy and weak corporate
−Removed: governance and a lack of flexible currency exchange policy still prevail in China.
−Removed: As a result of these differences, we may not develop
−Removed: in the same way or at the same rate as might be expected if the Chinese economy was similar to those of the OECD member countries.
−Removed: Uncertainties
−Removed: with respect to the PRC legal system could limit the legal protections available to you and us.
−Removed: conduct substantially all of our business through our operating subsidiary and affiliate in the PRC.
−Removed: Our principal operating subsidiary
−Removed: and affiliate, JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology, are subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investments in China
−Removed: and, in particular, laws applicable to foreign-invested enterprises.
−Removed: The PRC legal system is based on written statutes, and prior court
−Removed: decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value.
−Removed: Since 1979, a series of new PRC laws and regulations have significantly
−Removed: enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign investments in China.
−Removed: However, since the PRC legal system continues to
−Removed: evolve rapidly, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations
−Removed: and rules involves uncertainties, which may limit legal protections available to you and us.
−Removed: In addition, any litigation in China may
−Removed: be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention.
−Removed: In addition, most of our executive
−Removed: officers and all of our directors are not residents of the United States, and substantially all the assets of these persons are located
−Removed: outside the United States.
−Removed: As a result, it could be difficult for investors to effect service of process in the United States or to enforce
−Removed: a judgment obtained in the United States against our Chinese operations, subsidiary and affiliate.
−Removed: current tensions in international trade and rising political tensions, particularly between the United States and China, may adversely
−Removed: impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: there have been heightened tensions in international economic relations, such as the one between the United States and China.
−Removed: tensions between the United States and China have escalated due to, among other things, trade disputes, the COVID-19 outbreak, sanctions
−Removed: imposed by the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Treasury on certain officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the PRC central government
−Removed: and the executive orders issued by the U.S.
−Removed: government in August 2020 that prohibit certain transactions with certain China-based companies
−Removed: and their respective subsidiaries.
−Removed: Rising political tensions could reduce levels of trade, investments, technological exchanges, and
−Removed: other economic activities between the two major economies.
−Removed: Such tensions between the United States and China, and any escalation thereof,
−Removed: may have a negative impact on the general, economic, political, and social conditions in China and, in turn, adversely impacting our
+Added: Some of the things that could have
+Added: this effect are:
+Added: Level of government involvement in the economy;
+Added: Control of foreign exchange;
+Added: Methods of allocating resources;
+Added: Balance of payments position;
+Added: International trade restrictions;
+Added: International conflict.
+Added: The Chinese economy differs from the economies of
+Added: most countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, in many ways.
+Added: For example, state-owned
+Added: enterprises still constitute a large portion of the Chinese economy and weak corporate governance and a lack of flexible currency exchange
+Added: policy still prevail in China.
+Added: As a result of these differences, we may not develop in the same way or at the same rate as might be expected
+Added: if the Chinese economy was similar to those of the OECD member countries.
+Added: Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal
+Added: system could limit the legal protections available to you and us.
+Added: We conduct substantially all of our business through
+Added: our operating subsidiary and affiliate in the PRC.
+Added: Our principal operating subsidiary and affiliate, JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology,
+Added: are subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investments in China and, in particular, laws applicable to foreign-invested
+Added: The PRC legal system is based on written statutes, and prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited
+Added: precedential value.
+Added: Since 1979, a series of new PRC laws and regulations have significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various
+Added: forms of foreign investments in China.
+Added: However, since the PRC legal system continues to evolve rapidly, the interpretations of many laws,
+Added: regulations and rules are not always uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties, which may limit
+Added: legal protections available to you and us.
+Added: In addition, any litigation in China may be protracted and result in substantial costs and
+Added: diversion of resources and management attention.
+Added: In addition, most of our executive officers and all of our directors are not residents
+Added: of the United States, and substantially all the assets of these persons are located outside the United States.
+Added: As a result, it could be
+Added: difficult for investors to effect service of process in the United States or to enforce a judgment obtained in the United States against
+Added: our Chinese operations, subsidiary and affiliate.
+Added: The current tensions
+Added: in international trade and rising political tensions, particularly between the United States and China, may adversely impact our business,
+Added: financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: Recently there have been heightened tensions in international
+Added: economic relations, such as the one between the United States and China.
+Added: Political tensions between the United States and China have escalated
+Added: due to, among other things, trade disputes, the COVID-19 outbreak, sanctions imposed by the U.S.
+Added: Department of Treasury on certain officials
+Added: of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the PRC central government and the executive orders issued by the U.S.
+Added: government in
+Added: August 2020 that prohibit certain transactions with certain China-based companies and their respective subsidiaries.
+Added: Rising political
+Added: tensions could reduce levels of trade, investments, technological exchanges, and other economic activities between the two major economies.
+Added: Such tensions between the United States and China, and any escalation thereof, may have a negative impact on the general, economic, political,
+Added: and social conditions in China and, in turn, adversely impacting our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: were introduced which includes but not limited to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law which states that overseas securities regulatory
+Added: authorities shall not carry out an investigation and evidence collection activities directly in China without the consent of the securities
+Added: regulatory authority of the State Council and the relevant State Council department(s).
+Added: It further defines that no organization or individual
+Added: shall provide the documents and materials relating to securities business activities to overseas parties arbitrarily.
+Added: With this regulation
+Added: in force, it may result in delays by the Company to fulfill any request to provide relevant documents or materials by the regulatory authorities
+Added: or in the worst-case scenario that the Company would not be able to fulfill the request if the approval from the regulatory authority
+Added: of the State Council and the relevant State Council department(s) were rejected.
+Added: You may have difficulty enforcing judgments
+Added: We are a Delaware holding company, but Finger Motion
+Added: (CN) Limited is a Hong Kong company, and our principal operating affiliate and subsidiary, JiuGe Technology and JiuGe Management, are
+Added: located in the PRC.
+Added: Most of our assets are located outside the United States and most of our current operations are conducted in the PRC.
+Added: In addition, most of our directors and officers are nationals and residents of countries other than the United States.
+Added: A substantial portion
+Added: of the assets of these persons is located outside the United States.
+Added: As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process
+Added: within the United States upon these persons.
+Added: It may also be difficult for you to enforce in U.S.
+Added: courts judgments predicated on the civil
+Added: liability provisions of the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors, most of whom are not residents in
+Added: the United States and the substantial majority of whose assets are located outside the United States.
+Added: In addition, there is uncertainty
+Added: as to whether the courts of the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S.
+Added: The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
+Added: are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law.
+Added: Courts in China may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the
+Added: requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity
+Added: between jurisdictions.
+Added: China does not have any treaties or other arrangements that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement
+Added: of foreign judgments with the United States.
+Added: In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, courts in the PRC will not enforce
+Added: a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates basic principles of PRC law or national
+Added: sovereignty, security or the public interest.
+Added: Therefore, it is uncertain whether a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court
+Added: in the United States.
+Added: The PRC government exerts substantial influence
+Added: over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities.
+Added: The PRC government has exercised and continues to
+Added: exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership.
+Added: Our ability to
+Added: operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs,
+Added: environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters.
+Added: We believe that our operations in China are in material compliance
+Added: with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
+Added: However, the central or local governments of the jurisdictions in which we operate
+Added: may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts
+Added: on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations.
+Added: Accordingly, government actions in the future, including
+Added: any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local
+Added: variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in China or particular regions
+Added: thereof and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties or joint ventures.
+Added: Future inflation in China may inhibit our ability
+Added: to conduct business in China.
+Added: In recent years, the Chinese economy has experienced
+Added: periods of rapid expansion and highly fluctuating rates of inflation.
+Added: During the past ten years, the rate of inflation in China has been
+Added: as high as 20.7% and as low as -2.2%.
+Added: These factors have led to the adoption by the Chinese government, from time to time, of various
+Added: corrective measures designed to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation.
+Added: High inflation may in the
+Added: future cause the Chinese government to impose controls on credit and/or prices, or to take other action, which could inhibit economic
+Added: activity in China, and thereby harm the market for our products and our company.
+Added: Capital outflow policies in the PRC may hamper
+Added: our ability to remit income to the United States.
+Added: The PRC has adopted currency and capital transfer
+Added: These regulations may require that we comply with complex regulations for the movement of capital and as a result we may
+Added: not be able to remit all income earned and proceeds received in connection with our operations or from the sale of one of our operating
+Added: subsidiaries to the U.S.
+Added: or to our shareholders.
+Added: Adverse regulatory developments in China may
+Added: subject us to additional regulatory review, and additional disclosure requirements and regulatory scrutiny to be adopted by the SEC in
+Added: response to risks related to recent regulatory developments in China may impose additional compliance requirements for companies like
+Added: us with significant China-based operations, all of which could increase our compliance costs, subject us to additional disclosure requirements.
+Added: The recent regulatory developments in China, in particular
+Added: with respect to restrictions on China-based companies raising capital offshore, may lead to additional regulatory review in China over
+Added: our financing and capital raising activities in the United States.
+Added: In addition, we may be subject to industry-wide regulations that may
+Added: be adopted by the relevant PRC authorities, which may have the effect of limiting our service offerings, restricting the scope of our
+Added: operations in China, or causing the suspension or termination of our business operations in China entirely, all of which will materially
+Added: and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: We may have to adjust, modify, or completely change
+Added: our business operations in response to adverse regulatory changes or policy developments, and we cannot assure you that any remedial action
+Added: adopted by us can be completed in a timely, cost-efficient, or liability-free manner or at all.
+Added: On July 30, 2021, in response to the recent regulatory
+Added: developments in China and actions adopted by the PRC government, the Chairman of the SEC issued a statement asking the SEC staff to seek
+Added: additional disclosures from offshore issuers associated with China-based operating companies before their registration statements will
+Added: be declared effective.
+Added: On August 1, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission stated in a statement that it had taken note of the
+Added: new disclosure requirements announced by the SEC regarding the listings of Chinese companies and the recent regulatory development in
+Added: China, and that both countries should strengthen communications on regulating China-related issuers.
+Added: We cannot guarantee that we will
+Added: not be subject to tightened regulatory review and we could be exposed to government interference in China.
+Added: Compliance with China’s new Data Security
+Added: Law, Measures on Cybersecurity Review (revised draft for public consultation), Personal Information Protection Law (second draft for consultation),
+Added: regulations and guidelines relating to the multi-level protection scheme and any other future laws and regulations may entail significant
+Added: expenses and could materially affect our business.
+Added: China has implemented or will implement rules and
+Added: is considering a number of additional proposals relating to data protection.
+Added: China’s new Data Security Law promulgated by the Standing
+Added: Committee of the National People’s Congress of China in June 2021, or the Data Security Law, took effect in September 2021.
+Added: Data Security Law provides that the data processing activities must be conducted based on “data classification and hierarchical
+Added: protection system” for the purpose of data protection and prohibits entities in China from transferring data stored in China to
+Added: foreign law enforcement agencies or judicial authorities without prior approval by the Chinese government.
+Added: As a result of the new Data
+Added: Security Law, we may need to make adjustments to our data processing practices to comply with this law.
+Added: Additionally, China’s Cyber Security Law, requires
+Added: companies to take certain organizational, technical and administrative measures and other necessary measures to ensure the security of
+Added: their networks and data stored on their networks.
+Added: Specifically, the Cyber Security Law provides that China adopt a multi-level protection
+Added: scheme (MLPS), under which network operators are required to perform obligations of security protection to ensure that the network is
+Added: free from interference, disruption or unauthorized access, and prevent network data from being disclosed, stolen or tampered.
+Added: MLPS, entities operating information systems must have a thorough assessment of the risks and the conditions of their information and
+Added: network systems to determine the level to which the entity’s information and network systems belong-from the lowest Level 1 to the
+Added: highest Level 5 pursuant to the Measures for the Graded Protection and the Guidelines for Grading of Classified Protection of Cyber Security.
+Added: The grading result will determine the set of security protection obligations that entities must comply with.
+Added: Entities classified as Level
+Added: 2 or above should report the grade to the relevant government authority for examination and approval.
+Added: Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China has
+Added: taken action against several Chinese internet companies in connection with their initial public offerings on U.S.
+Added: securities exchanges,
+Added: for alleged national security risks and improper collection and use of the personal information of Chinese data subjects.
+Added: the official announcement, the action was initiated based on the National Security Law, the Cyber Security Law and the Measures on Cybersecurity
+Added: Review, which are aimed at “preventing national data security risks, maintaining national security and safeguarding public interests.”
+Added: On July 10, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China published a revised draft of the Measures on Cybersecurity Review, expanding
+Added: the cybersecurity review to data processing operators in possession of personal information of over 1 million users if the operators intend
+Added: to list their securities in a foreign country.
+Added: It is unclear at the present time how widespread the
+Added: cybersecurity review requirement and the enforcement action will be and what effect they will have on the telecommunications sector generally
+Added: and the Company in particular.
+Added: China’s regulators may impose penalties for non-compliance ranging from fines or suspension of operations,
+Added: and this could lead to us delisting from the U.S.
+Added: stock market.
+Added: Also, on August 20, 2021, the National People’s
+Added: Congress passed the Personal Information Protection Law, which was implemented on November 1, 2021.
+Added: The law creates a comprehensive set
+Added: of data privacy and protection requirements that apply to the processing of personal information and expands data protection compliance
+Added: obligations to cover the processing of personal information of persons by organizations and individuals in China, and the processing of
+Added: personal information of persons in China outside of China if such processing is for purposes of providing products and services to, or
+Added: analyzing and evaluating the behavior of, persons in China.
+Added: The law also proposes that critical information infrastructure operators and
+Added: personal information processing entities who process personal information meeting a volume threshold to-be-set by Chinese cyberspace regulators
+Added: are also required to store in China personal information generated or collected in China, and to pass a security assessment administered
+Added: by Chinese cyberspace regulators for any export of such personal information.
+Added: Lastly, the draft contains proposals for significant fines
+Added: for serious violations of up to RMB 50 million or 5% of annual revenues from the prior year.
+Added: Interpretation, application and enforcement of these
+Added: laws, rules and regulations evolve from time to time and their scope may continually change, through new legislation, amendments to existing
+Added: legislation and changes in enforcement.
+Added: Compliance with the Cyber Security Law and the Data Security Law could significantly increase
+Added: the cost to us of providing our service offerings, require significant changes to our operations or even prevent us from providing certain
+Added: service offerings in jurisdictions in which we currently operate or in which we may operate in the future.
+Added: Despite our efforts to comply
+Added: with applicable laws, regulations and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection and information security, it is possible
+Added: that our practices, offerings or platform could fail to meet all of the requirements imposed on us by the Cyber Security Law, the Data
+Added: Security Law and/or related implementing regulations.
+Added: Any failure on our part to comply with such law or regulations or any other obligations
+Added: relating to privacy, data protection or information security, or any compromise of security that results in unauthorized access, use or
+Added: release of personally identifiable information or other data, or the perception or allegation that any of the foregoing types of failure
+Added: or compromise has occurred, could damage our reputation, discourage new and existing counterparties from contracting with us or result
+Added: in investigations, fines, suspension or other penalties by Chinese government authorities and private claims or litigation, any of which
+Added: could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Even if our practices are not subject to
+Added: legal challenge, the perception of privacy concerns, whether or not valid, may harm our reputation and brand and adversely affect our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Regulations were introduced which includes but not limited to Article 177 of
−Removed: the PRC Securities Law which states that overseas securities regulatory authorities shall not carry out an investigation and evidence
−Removed: collection activities directly in China without the consent of the securities regulatory authority of the State Council and the relevant
−Removed: State Council department(s).
−Removed: It further defines that no organization or individual shall provide the documents and materials relating
−Removed: to securities business activities to overseas parties arbitrarily.
−Removed: this regulation in force, it may result in delays by the Company to fulfill any request to provide relevant documents or materials by
−Removed: the regulatory authorities or in the worst-case scenario that the Company would not be able to fulfill the request if the approval from
−Removed: the regulatory authority of the State Council and the relevant State Council department(s) were rejected.
−Removed: may have difficulty enforcing judgments against us.
−Removed: are a Delaware holding company, but Finger Motion (CN) Limited is a Hong Kong company, and our principal operating affiliate and subsidiary,
−Removed: JiuGe Technology and JiuGe Management, are located in the PRC.
−Removed: Most of our assets are located outside the United States and most of our
−Removed: current operations are conducted in the PRC.
−Removed: In addition, most of our directors and officers are nationals and residents of countries
−Removed: other than the United States.
−Removed: A substantial portion of the assets of these persons is located outside the United States.
−Removed: it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons.
−Removed: It may also be difficult for you
−Removed: to enforce in U.S.
−Removed: courts judgments predicated on the civil liability provisions of the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities laws against us and our
−Removed: officers and directors, most of whom are not residents in the United States and the substantial majority of whose assets are located
−Removed: outside the United States.
−Removed: In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments
−Removed: The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law.
−Removed: Courts in China
−Removed: may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based on treaties between
−Removed: China and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions.
−Removed: China does not have any treaties or other arrangements
−Removed: that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments with the United States.
−Removed: In addition, according to the
−Removed: PRC Civil Procedures Law, courts in the PRC will not enforce a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide
−Removed: that the judgment violates basic principles of PRC law or national sovereignty, security or the public interest.
−Removed: Therefore, it is uncertain
−Removed: whether a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States.
−Removed: PRC government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities.
−Removed: PRC government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through
−Removed: regulation and state ownership.
−Removed: Our ability to operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those
−Removed: relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters.
−Removed: We believe that
−Removed: our operations in China are in material compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
−Removed: However, the central or local
−Removed: governments of the jurisdictions in which we operate may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations
−Removed: that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations.
−Removed: government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally
−Removed: planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic
−Removed: conditions in China or particular regions thereof and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties
−Removed: or joint ventures.
−Removed: inflation in China may inhibit our ability to conduct business in China.
−Removed: recent years, the Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion and highly fluctuating rates of inflation.
−Removed: During the past
−Removed: ten years, the rate of inflation in China has been as high as 20.7% and as low as -2.2%.
−Removed: These factors have led to the adoption by the
−Removed: Chinese government, from time to time, of various corrective measures designed to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth
−Removed: and contain inflation.
−Removed: High inflation may in the future cause the Chinese government to impose controls on credit and/or prices, or to
−Removed: take other action, which could inhibit economic activity in China, and thereby harm the market for our products and our company.
−Removed: on currency exchange may limit our ability to receive and use our revenues effectively.
−Removed: majority of our revenues will be settled in Chinese Renminbi (RMB), and any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability
−Removed: to use revenue generated in RMB to fund any future business activities outside China or to make dividend or other payments in U.S.
−Removed: Although the Chinese government introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the RMB for current account transactions,
−Removed: significant restrictions still remain, including primarily the restriction that foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell or remit
−Removed: foreign currencies after providing valid commercial documents, at those banks in China authorized to conduct foreign exchange business.
−Removed: In addition, conversion of RMB for capital account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval
−Removed: in China, and companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items.
−Removed: certain that the Chinese regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the RMB.
−Removed: in exchange rates could adversely affect our business and the value of our securities.
−Removed: value of our common stock will be indirectly affected by the foreign exchange rate between U.S.
−Removed: dollars and RMB and between those currencies
−Removed: and other currencies in which our sales may be denominated.
+Added: Moreover, the legal uncertainty created by the Data Security Law and the recent
+Added: Chinese government actions could materially adversely affect our ability, on favorable terms, to raise capital, including engaging in
+Added: follow-on offerings of our securities in the U.S.
+Added: Restrictions on currency exchange may limit
+Added: our ability to receive and use our revenues effectively.
+Added: The majority of our revenues will be settled in Chinese
+Added: Renminbi (RMB), and any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use revenue generated in RMB to fund any future
+Added: business activities outside China or to make dividend or other payments in U.S.
+Added: Although the Chinese government introduced regulations
+Added: in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the RMB for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including
+Added: primarily the restriction that foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies after providing valid commercial
+Added: documents, at those banks in China authorized to conduct foreign exchange business.
+Added: In addition, conversion of RMB for capital account
+Added: items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in China, and companies are required to open and maintain
+Added: separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items.
+Added: We cannot be certain that the Chinese regulatory authorities will not impose
+Added: more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the RMB.
+Added: Fluctuations in exchange rates could adversely affect our business
+Added: and the value of our securities.
+Added: The value of our common stock will be indirectly affected
+Added: by the foreign exchange rate between U.S.
+Added: dollars and RMB and between those currencies and other currencies in which our sales may be
Appreciation or depreciation in the value of the RMB relative to the U.S.
−Removed: dollar would affect our financial results reported in U.S.
−Removed: dollar terms without giving effect to any underlying change in our business
−Removed: or results of operations.
−Removed: Fluctuations in the exchange rate will also affect the relative value of any dividend we issue that will be
−Removed: exchanged into U.S.
−Removed: dollars as well as earnings from, and the value of, any U.S.
+Added: dollar would affect our financial results reported
+Added: dollar terms without giving effect to any underlying change in our business or results of operations.
+Added: Fluctuations in the exchange
+Added: rate will also affect the relative value of any dividend we issue that will be exchanged into U.S.
+Added: dollars as well as earnings from, and
+Added: the value of, any U.S.
dollar-denominated investments we make in the future.
−Removed: July 2005, the RMB is no longer pegged to the U.S.
−Removed: Although the Peoples Bank of China regularly intervenes in the foreign
−Removed: exchange market to prevent significant short-term fluctuations in the exchange rate, the RMB may appreciate or depreciate significantly
−Removed: in value against the U.S.
−Removed: dollar in the medium to long term.
−Removed: Moreover, it is possible that in the future PRC authorities may lift restrictions
−Removed: on fluctuations in the RMB exchange rate and lessen intervention in the foreign exchange market.
−Removed: limited hedging transactions are available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations.
−Removed: To date, we have not entered
−Removed: into any hedging transactions.
−Removed: While we may enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these
−Removed: transactions may be limited, and we may not be able to successfully hedge our exposure at all.
−Removed: In addition, our foreign currency exchange
−Removed: losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into foreign currencies.
−Removed: under PRC law on our PRC subsidiarys ability to make dividends and other distributions could materially and adversely affect our
−Removed: ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could benefit our business, pay dividends to our shareholders, and otherwise fund
−Removed: and conduct our businesses.
−Removed: Substantially
−Removed: all of our revenue is earned by JiuGe Management, our PRC subsidiary.
−Removed: PRC regulations restrict the ability of our PRC subsidiary to make
−Removed: dividends and other payments to its offshore parent company.
−Removed: PRC legal restrictions permit payments of dividends by our PRC subsidiary
−Removed: only out of its accumulated after-tax profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations.
−Removed: subsidiary is also required under PRC laws and regulations to allocate at least 10% of our annual after-tax profits determined in accordance
−Removed: with PRC GAAP to a statutory general reserve fund until the amounts in said fund reaches 50% of our registered capital.
−Removed: Allocations to
−Removed: these statutory reserve funds can only be used for specific purposes and are not transferable to us in the form of loans, advances or
−Removed: cash dividends.
−Removed: Any limitations on the ability of our PRC subsidiary to transfer funds to us could materially and adversely limit our
−Removed: ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends and otherwise fund and conduct
−Removed: our business.
−Removed: to comply with PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC
−Removed: resident shareholders to personal liability, limit our ability to acquire PRC companies or to inject capital into our PRC subsidiary
−Removed: or affiliate, limit our PRC subsidiarys and affiliates ability to distribute profits to us or otherwise materially adversely
−Removed: October 2005, the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange ( SAFE ), issued the Notice on Relevant Issues
−Removed: in the Foreign Exchange Control over Financing and Return Investment Through Special Purpose Companies by Residents Inside China, generally
−Removed: referred to as Circular 75, which required PRC residents to register with the competent local SAFE branch before establishing or acquiring
−Removed: control over an offshore special purpose company, or SPV, for the purpose of engaging in an equity financing outside of China on the
−Removed: strength of domestic PRC assets originally held by those residents.
−Removed: Internal implementing guidelines issued by SAFE, which became public
−Removed: in June 2007 (known as Notice 106), expanded the reach of Circular 75 by (1) purporting to cover the establishment or acquisition of
−Removed: control by PRC residents of offshore entities which merely acquire control over domestic companies or assets, even in the
−Removed: absence of legal ownership;
−Removed: (2) adding requirements relating to the source of the PRC residents funds used to establish or acquire
−Removed: the offshore entity;
−Removed: covering the use of existing offshore entities for offshore financings;
−Removed: (3) purporting to cover situations in which
−Removed: an offshore SPV establishes a new subsidiary in China or acquires an unrelated company or unrelated assets in China;
−Removed: and (4) making the
−Removed: domestic affiliate of the SPV responsible for the accuracy of certain documents which must be filed in connection with any such registration,
−Removed: notably, the business plan which describes the overseas financing and the use of proceeds.
−Removed: Amendments to registrations made under Circular
−Removed: 75 are required in connection with any increase or decrease of capital, transfer of shares, mergers and acquisitions, equity investment
−Removed: or creation of any security interest in any assets located in China to guarantee offshore obligations and Notice 106 makes the offshore
−Removed: SPV jointly responsible for these filings.
−Removed: In the case of an SPV which was established, and which acquired a related domestic company
−Removed: or assets, before the implementation date of Circular 75, a retroactive SAFE registration was required to have been completed before
−Removed: March 31, 2006;
−Removed: this date was subsequently extended indefinitely by Notice 106, which also required that the registrant establish that
−Removed: all foreign exchange transactions undertaken by the SPV and its affiliates were in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
−Removed: to comply with the requirements of Circular 75, as applied by SAFE in accordance with Notice 106, may result in fines and other penalties
−Removed: under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions.
−Removed: Any such failure could also result in the SPVs affiliates
−Removed: being impeded or prevented from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation
−Removed: to the SPV, or from engaging in other transfers of funds into or out of China.
−Removed: have advised our shareholders who are PRC residents, as defined in Circular 75, to register with the relevant branch of SAFE, as currently
−Removed: required, in connection with their equity interests in us and our acquisitions of equity interests in our PRC subsidiary and affiliate.
−Removed: However, we cannot provide any assurances that their existing registrations have fully complied with, and they have made all necessary
−Removed: amendments to their registration to fully comply with, all applicable registrations or approvals required by Circular 75.
−Removed: Moreover, because
−Removed: of uncertainty over how Circular 75 will be interpreted and implemented, and how or whether SAFE will apply it to us, we cannot predict
−Removed: how it will affect our business operations or future strategies.
−Removed: For example, our present and prospective PRC subsidiarys and
−Removed: affiliates ability to conduct foreign exchange activities, such as the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated
−Removed: borrowings, may be subject to compliance with Circular 75 by our PRC resident beneficial holders.
−Removed: In addition, such PRC residents may
−Removed: not always be able to complete the necessary registration procedures required by Circular 75.
−Removed: We also have little control over either
−Removed: our present or prospective direct or indirect shareholders or the outcome of such registration procedures.
−Removed: A failure by our PRC resident
−Removed: beneficial holders or future PRC resident shareholders to comply with Circular 75, if SAFE requires it, could subject these PRC resident
−Removed: beneficial holders to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our subsidiarys
−Removed: and affiliates ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect
−Removed: our business and prospects.
−Removed: the New EIT Law, we may be classified as a resident enterprise of China.
−Removed: Such classification will likely result in unfavorable
−Removed: tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders.
−Removed: the New EIT Law effective on January 1, 2008, an enterprise established outside China with de facto management bodies within
−Removed: China is considered a resident enterprise, meaning that it can be treated in a manner similar to a Chinese enterprise for
−Removed: enterprise income tax purposes.
−Removed: The implementing rules of the New EIT Law define de facto management as substantial and overall
−Removed: management and control over the production and operations, personnel, accounting, and properties of the enterprise.
−Removed: April 22, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued the Notice Concerning Relevant Issues Regarding Cognizance of Chinese Investment
−Removed: Controlled Enterprises Incorporated Offshore as Resident Enterprises pursuant to Criteria of de facto Management Bodies, or the Notice,
−Removed: further interpreting the application of the New EIT Law and its implementation non-Chinese enterprise or group controlled offshore entities.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Notice, an enterprise incorporated in an offshore jurisdiction and controlled by a Chinese enterprise or group will be
−Removed: classified as a non-domestically incorporated resident enterprise if (i) its senior management in charge of daily operations
−Removed: reside or perform their duties mainly in China;
−Removed: (ii) its financial or personnel decisions are made or approved by bodies or persons in
−Removed: (iii) its substantial assets and properties, accounting books, corporate chops, board and shareholder minutes are kept in China;
−Removed: and (iv) at least half of its directors with voting rights or senior management often resident in China.
−Removed: A resident enterprise would
−Removed: be subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 25% on its worldwide income and must pay a withholding tax at a rate of 10% when paying
−Removed: dividends to its non-PRC shareholders.
−Removed: However, it remains unclear as to whether the Notice is applicable to an offshore enterprise incorporated
−Removed: by a Chinese natural person.
−Removed: Nor are detailed measures on imposition of tax from non-domestically incorporated resident enterprises are
−Removed: Therefore, it is unclear how tax authorities will determine tax residency based on the facts of each case.
−Removed: the above conditions, although unlikely, we may be deemed to be a resident enterprise by Chinese tax authorities.
−Removed: If the PRC tax authorities
−Removed: determine that we are a resident enterprise for PRC enterprise income tax purposes, a number of unfavorable PRC tax consequences
−Removed: could follow.
−Removed: First, we may be subject to the enterprise income tax at a rate of 25% on our worldwide taxable income as well as PRC enterprise
−Removed: income tax reporting obligations.
−Removed: In our case, this would mean that income such as interest on financing proceeds and non-China source
−Removed: income would be subject to PRC enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%.
−Removed: Second, although under the New EIT Law and its implementing rules
−Removed: dividends paid to us from our PRC subsidiary would qualify as tax-exempt income, we cannot guarantee that such dividends
−Removed: will not be subject to a 10% withholding tax, as the PRC foreign exchange control authorities, which enforce the withholding tax, have
−Removed: not yet issued guidance with respect to the processing of outbound remittances to entities that are treated as resident enterprises for
−Removed: PRC enterprise income tax purposes.
−Removed: Finally, it is possible that future guidance issued with respect to the new resident enterprise
−Removed: classification could result in a situation in which a 10% withholding tax is imposed on dividends we pay to our non-PRC shareholders
−Removed: and with respect to gains derived by our non-PRC shareholders from transferring our shares.
−Removed: We are actively monitoring the possibility
−Removed: of resident enterprise treatment.
−Removed: we were treated as a resident enterprise by PRC tax authorities, we would be subject to taxation in both the U.S.
−Removed: and our PRC tax may not be creditable against our U.S.
−Removed: may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anti-corruption laws, and any determination that we
−Removed: violated these laws could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign
−Removed: governments and their officials and political parties by U.S.
−Removed: persons and issuers as defined by the statute, for the purpose of obtaining
−Removed: or retaining business.
−Removed: We have operations, agreements with third parties and we earn the majority of our revenue in China.
−Removed: PRC also strictly
−Removed: prohibits bribery of government officials.
−Removed: Our activities in China create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by
−Removed: our executive officers, employees, consultants, sales agents or other representatives of our Company, even though they may not always
−Removed: be subject to our control.
−Removed: It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees.
−Removed: However, our existing
−Removed: safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the executive officers, employees, consultants, sales
−Removed: agents or other representatives of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible.
−Removed: Violations of the FCPA or
−Removed: Chinese anti-corruption laws may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could
−Removed: negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: Since July 2005, the RMB is no longer pegged to the
+Added: Although the People’s Bank of China regularly intervenes in the foreign exchange market to prevent significant short-term
+Added: fluctuations in the exchange rate, the RMB may appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S.
+Added: dollar in the medium to
+Added: Moreover, it is possible that in the future PRC authorities may lift restrictions on fluctuations in the RMB exchange rate
+Added: and lessen intervention in the foreign exchange market.
+Added: Very limited hedging transactions are available in
+Added: China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations.
+Added: To date, we have not entered into any hedging transactions.
+Added: While we may enter
+Added: into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these transactions may be limited, and we may not be able
+Added: to successfully hedge our exposure at all.
+Added: In addition, our foreign currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control
+Added: regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into foreign currencies.
+Added: Restrictions under PRC law on our PRC subsidiary’s
+Added: ability to make dividends and other distributions could materially and adversely affect our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions
+Added: that could benefit our business, pay dividends to our shareholders, and otherwise fund and conduct our businesses.
+Added: Substantially all of our revenue is earned by JiuGe
+Added: Management, our PRC subsidiary.
+Added: PRC regulations restrict the ability of our PRC subsidiary to make dividends and other payments to its
+Added: offshore parent company.
+Added: PRC legal restrictions permit payments of dividends by our PRC subsidiary only out of its accumulated after-tax
+Added: profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations.
+Added: Our PRC subsidiary is also required under PRC
+Added: laws and regulations to allocate at least 10% of our annual after-tax profits determined in accordance with PRC GAAP to a statutory general
+Added: reserve fund until the amounts in said fund reaches 50% of our registered capital.
+Added: Allocations to these statutory reserve funds can only
+Added: be used for specific purposes and are not transferable to us in the form of loans, advances or cash dividends.
+Added: Any limitations on the
+Added: ability of our PRC subsidiary to transfer funds to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions
+Added: that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends and otherwise fund and conduct our business.
+Added: PRC regulation of loans and direct investment
+Added: by offshore holding companies to PRC entities may delay or prevent us from making loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC
+Added: subsidiary and affiliated entities, which could harm our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.
+Added: As an offshore holding company of our PRC subsidiary,
+Added: we may (i) make loans to our PRC subsidiary and affiliated entities, (ii) make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary,
+Added: (iii) establish new PRC subsidiaries and make capital contributions to these new PRC subsidiaries, and (iv) acquire offshore entities
+Added: with business operations in China in an offshore transaction.
+Added: However, most of these uses are subject to PRC regulations and approvals.
+Added: loans by us to our wholly-owned subsidiary in China, which is a foreign-invested enterprise, cannot exceed statutory limits and must be registered with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (the “SAFE”) or its local counterparts;
+Added: loans by us to our affiliated entities, which are domestic PRC entities, over a certain threshold must be approved by the relevant government authorities and must also be registered with SAFE or its local counterparts;
+Added: capital contributions to our wholly-owned subsidiary must file a record with the PRC Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) or its local counterparts and shall also be limited to the difference between the registered capital and the total investment amount.
+Added: We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain
+Added: these government registrations or filings on a timely basis, or at all.
+Added: If we fail to finish such registrations or filings, our ability
+Added: to capitalize our PRC subsidiary’s operations may be adversely affected, which could adversely affect our liquidity and our ability
+Added: to fund and expand our business.
+Added: On March 30, 2015, the SAFE promulgated a notice relating
+Added: to the administration of foreign invested company of its capital contribution in foreign currency into Renminbi (Hui Fa [2015]19) (or
+Added: “Circular 19”).
+Added: Although Circular 19 has fastened the administration relating to the settlement of exchange of foreign-investment,
+Added: allows the foreign-invested company to settle the exchange on a voluntary basis, it still requires that the bank review the authenticity
+Added: and compliance of a foreign-invested company’s settlement of exchange in previous time, and the settled in Renminbi converted from
+Added: foreign currencies shall deposit on the foreign exchange settlement account, and shall not be used for several purposes as listed in the
+Added: “negative list”.
+Added: As a result, the notice may limit our ability to transfer funds to our operations in China through our PRC
+Added: subsidiary, which may affect our ability to expand our business.
+Added: Meanwhile, the foreign exchange policy is unpredictable in China, it
+Added: shall be various with the nationwide economic pattern, the strict foreign exchange policy may have an adverse impact in our capital cash
+Added: and may limit our business expansion.
+Added: Failure to comply with PRC regulations relating
+Added: to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident shareholders to personal liability,
+Added: limit our ability to acquire PRC companies or to inject capital into our PRC subsidiary or affiliate, limit our PRC subsidiary’s
+Added: and affiliate’s ability to distribute profits to us or otherwise materially adversely affect us.
+Added: In October 2005, the Chinese State Administration
+Added: of Foreign Exchange (“ SAFE ”), issued the Notice on Relevant Issues in the Foreign Exchange Control over Financing and
+Added: Return Investment Through Special Purpose Companies by Residents Inside China, generally referred to as Circular 75, which required PRC
+Added: residents to register with the competent local SAFE branch before establishing or acquiring control over an offshore special purpose company,
+Added: or SPV, for the purpose of engaging in an equity financing outside of China on the strength of domestic PRC assets originally held by
+Added: those residents.
+Added: Internal implementing guidelines issued by SAFE, which became public in June 2007 (known as Notice 106), expanded the
+Added: reach of Circular 75 by (1) purporting to cover the establishment or acquisition of control by PRC residents of offshore entities which
+Added: merely acquire “control” over domestic companies or assets, even in the absence of legal ownership;
+Added: (2) adding requirements
+Added: relating to the source of the PRC resident’s funds used to establish or acquire the offshore entity;
+Added: covering the use of existing
+Added: offshore entities for offshore financings;
+Added: (3) purporting to cover situations in which an offshore SPV establishes a new subsidiary in
+Added: China or acquires an unrelated company or unrelated assets in China;
+Added: and (4) making the domestic affiliate of the SPV responsible for
+Added: the accuracy of certain documents which must be filed in connection with any such registration, notably, the business plan which describes
+Added: the overseas financing and the use of proceeds.
+Added: Amendments to registrations made under Circular 75 are required in connection with any
+Added: increase or decrease of capital, transfer of shares, mergers and acquisitions, equity investment or creation of any security interest
+Added: in any assets located in China to guarantee offshore obligations and Notice 106 makes the offshore SPV jointly responsible for these filings.
+Added: In the case of an SPV which was established, and which acquired a related domestic company or assets, before the implementation date of
+Added: Circular 75, a retroactive SAFE registration was required to have been completed before March 31, 2006;
+Added: this date was subsequently extended
+Added: indefinitely by Notice 106, which also required that the registrant establish that all foreign exchange transactions undertaken by the
+Added: SPV and its affiliates were in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
+Added: Failure to comply with the requirements of Circular 75,
+Added: as applied by SAFE in accordance with Notice 106, may result in fines and other penalties under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign
+Added: exchange restrictions.
+Added: Any such failure could also result in the SPV’s affiliates being impeded or prevented from distributing their
+Added: profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to the SPV, or from engaging in other transfers
+Added: of funds into or out of China.
+Added: We have advised our shareholders who are PRC residents,
+Added: as defined in Circular 75, to register with the relevant branch of SAFE, as currently required, in connection with their equity interests
+Added: in us and our acquisitions of equity interests in our PRC subsidiary and affiliate.
+Added: However, we cannot provide any assurances that their
+Added: existing registrations have fully complied with, and they have made all necessary amendments to their registration to fully comply with,
+Added: all applicable registrations or approvals required by Circular 75.
+Added: Moreover, because of uncertainty over how Circular 75 will be interpreted
+Added: and implemented, and how or whether SAFE will apply it to us, we cannot predict how it will affect our business operations or future strategies.
+Added: For example, our present and prospective PRC subsidiary’s and affiliate’s ability to conduct foreign exchange activities,
+Added: such as the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated borrowings, may be subject to compliance with Circular 75 by our
+Added: PRC resident beneficial holders.
+Added: In addition, such PRC residents may not always be able to complete the necessary registration procedures
+Added: required by Circular 75.
+Added: We also have little control over either our present or prospective direct or indirect shareholders or the outcome
+Added: of such registration procedures.
+Added: A failure by our PRC resident beneficial holders or future PRC resident shareholders to comply with Circular
+Added: 75, if SAFE requires it, could subject these PRC resident beneficial holders to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border
+Added: investment activities, limit our subsidiary’s and affiliate’s ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our
+Added: ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.
+Added: We may be subject to fines and legal sanctions
+Added: by SAFE or other PRC government authorities if we or our employees who are PRC citizens fail to comply with PRC regulations relating to
+Added: employee stock options granted by offshore listed companies to PRC citizens.
+Added: On March 28, 2007, SAFE promulgated the Operating
+Added: Procedures for Foreign Exchange Administration of Domestic Individuals Participating in Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Stock Option
+Added: Plans of Offshore Listed Companies, or Circular 78.
+Added: Under Circular 78, Chinese citizens who are granted share options by an offshore listed
+Added: company are required, through a Chinese agent or Chinese subsidiary of the offshore listed company, to register with SAFE and complete
+Added: certain other procedures, including applications for foreign exchange purchase quotas and opening special bank accounts.
+Added: We and our Chinese
+Added: employees who have been granted share options are subject to Circular 78.
+Added: Failure to comply with these regulations may subject us or our
+Added: Chinese employees to fines and legal sanctions imposed by SAFE or other PRC government authorities and may prevent us from further granting
+Added: options under our share incentive plans to our employees.
+Added: Such events could adversely affect our business operations.
+Added: Under the New EIT Law, we may be classified
+Added: as a “resident enterprise” of China.
+Added: Such classification will likely result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our
+Added: non-PRC shareholders.
+Added: Under the New EIT Law effective on January 1, 2008,
+Added: an enterprise established outside China with “de facto management bodies” within China is considered a “resident enterprise,”
+Added: meaning that it can be treated in a manner similar to a Chinese enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes.
+Added: The implementing rules
+Added: of the New EIT Law define de facto management as “substantial and overall management and control over the production and operations,
+Added: personnel, accounting, and properties” of the enterprise.
+Added: On April 22, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation
+Added: issued the Notice Concerning Relevant Issues Regarding Cognizance of Chinese Investment Controlled Enterprises Incorporated Offshore as
+Added: Resident Enterprises pursuant to Criteria of de facto Management Bodies, or the Notice, further interpreting the application of the New
+Added: EIT Law and its implementation non-Chinese enterprise or group controlled offshore entities.
+Added: Pursuant to the Notice, an enterprise incorporated
+Added: in an offshore jurisdiction and controlled by a Chinese enterprise or group will be classified as a “non-domestically incorporated
+Added: resident enterprise” if (i) its senior management in charge of daily operations reside or perform their duties mainly in China;
+Added: (ii) its financial or personnel decisions are made or approved by bodies or persons in China;
+Added: (iii) its substantial assets and properties,
+Added: accounting books, corporate chops, board and shareholder minutes are kept in China;
+Added: and (iv) at least half of its directors with voting
+Added: rights or senior management often resident in China.
+Added: A resident enterprise would be subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 25% on
+Added: its worldwide income and must pay a withholding tax at a rate of 10% when paying dividends to its non-PRC shareholders.
+Added: However, it remains
+Added: unclear as to whether the Notice is applicable to an offshore enterprise incorporated by a Chinese natural person.
+Added: Nor are detailed measures
+Added: on imposition of tax from non-domestically incorporated resident enterprises are available.
+Added: Therefore, it is unclear how tax authorities
+Added: will determine tax residency based on the facts of each case.
+Added: Given the above conditions, although unlikely,
+Added: we may be deemed to be a resident enterprise by Chinese tax authorities.
+Added: If the PRC tax authorities determine that we are a “resident
+Added: enterprise” for PRC enterprise income tax purposes, a number of unfavorable PRC tax consequences could follow.
+Added: First, we may be
+Added: subject to the enterprise income tax at a rate of 25% on our worldwide taxable income as well as PRC enterprise income tax reporting
+Added: In our case, this would mean that income such as interest on financing proceeds and non-China source income would be subject
+Added: to PRC enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%.
+Added: Second, although under the New EIT Law and its implementing rules dividends paid to us
+Added: from our PRC subsidiary would qualify as “tax-exempt income,” we cannot guarantee that such dividends will not be subject
+Added: to a 10% withholding tax, as the PRC foreign exchange control authorities, which enforce the withholding tax, have not yet issued guidance
+Added: with respect to the processing of outbound remittances to entities that are treated as resident enterprises for PRC enterprise income
+Added: tax purposes.
+Added: Finally, it is possible that future guidance issued with respect to the new “resident enterprise” classification
+Added: could result in a situation in which a 10% withholding tax is imposed on dividends we pay to our non-PRC shareholders and with respect
+Added: to gains derived by our non-PRC shareholders from transferring our shares.
+Added: We are actively monitoring the possibility of “resident
+Added: enterprise” treatment.
+Added: If we were treated as a “resident enterprise”
+Added: by PRC tax authorities, we would be subject to taxation in both the U.S.
+Added: and China, and our PRC tax may not be creditable against our
+Added: We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign
+Added: Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anti-corruption laws, and any determination that we violated these laws could have a material adverse
+Added: effect on our business.
+Added: We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act,
+Added: or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political
+Added: parties by U.S.
+Added: persons and issuers as defined by the statute, for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business.
+Added: We have operations,
+Added: agreements with third parties and we earn the majority of our revenue in China.
+Added: PRC also strictly prohibits bribery of government officials.
+Added: Our activities in China create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by our executive officers, employees, consultants,
+Added: sales agents or other representatives of our Company, even though they may not always be subject to our control.
+Added: It is our policy to implement
+Added: safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees.
+Added: However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be
+Added: less than effective, and the executive officers, employees, consultants, sales agents or other representatives of our Company may engage
+Added: in conduct for which we might be held responsible.
+Added: Violations of the FCPA or Chinese anti-corruption laws may result in severe criminal
+Added: or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial
In addition, the U.S.
−Removed: government may seek to hold our Company
−Removed: liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.
−Removed: our business is located in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls, which we are
−Removed: required to do in order to comply with U.S.
+Added: government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies
+Added: in which we invest or that we acquire.
+Added: Because our business is located in the PRC,
+Added: we may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls, which we are required to do in order to comply
securities laws.
−Removed: companies have historically not adopted a Western style of management and financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes
−Removed: strong corporate governance, internal controls and, computer, financial and other control systems.
−Removed: Some of our staff is not educated
−Removed: and trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty hiring new employees in the PRC with such training.
−Removed: As a result of these
−Removed: factors, we may experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing
−Removed: financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet Western standards.
−Removed: we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of
−Removed: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
−Removed: This may result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls, which could
−Removed: impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with Commission rules and regulations and the requirements
−Removed: of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
−Removed: Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse effect on
−Removed: our business.
+Added: PRC companies have historically not adopted a Western
+Added: style of management and financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes strong corporate governance, internal controls and,
+Added: computer, financial and other control systems.
+Added: Some of our staff is not educated and trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty
+Added: hiring new employees in the PRC with such training.
+Added: As a result of these factors, we may experience difficulty in establishing management,
+Added: legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and
+Added: instituting business practices that meet Western standards.
+Added: Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining
+Added: adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
+Added: This may result in significant deficiencies
+Added: or material weaknesses in our internal controls, which could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying
+Added: with Commission rules and regulations and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
+Added: Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack
+Added: of compliance could have a materially adverse effect on our business.
+Added: The disclosures in our reports and other filings with the SEC
+Added: and our other public announcements are not subject to the scrutiny of any regulatory bodies in the PRC.
+Added: Accordingly, our public disclosure
+Added: should be reviewed in light of the fact that no governmental agency that is located in the PRC, where part of our operations and business
+Added: are located, has conducted any due diligence on our operations or reviewed or cleared any of our disclosure.
+Added: We are regulated by the SEC and our reports and other
+Added: filings with the SEC are subject to SEC review in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities
+Added: Act and the Exchange Act.
+Added: Unlike public reporting companies whose operations are located primarily in the United States, however, substantially
+Added: all of our operations are located in the PRC and Hong Kong.
+Added: Since substantially all of our operations and business takes place outside
+Added: of United States, it may be more difficult for the staff of the SEC to overcome the geographic and cultural obstacles that are present
+Added: when reviewing our disclosure.
+Added: These same obstacles are not present for similar companies whose operations or business take place entirely
+Added: or primarily in the United States.
+Added: Furthermore, our SEC reports and other disclosure and public announcements are not subject to the review
+Added: or scrutiny of any PRC regulatory authority.
+Added: For example, the disclosure in our SEC reports and other filings are not subject to the review
+Added: Accordingly, you should review our SEC reports, filings and our other public announcements with the understanding that no
+Added: local regulator has done any due diligence on our Company and with the understanding that none of our SEC reports, other filings or any
+Added: of our other public announcements has been reviewed or otherwise been scrutinized by any local regulator.
+Added: Certain PRC regulations, including those relating
+Added: to mergers and acquisitions and national security, may require a complicated review and approval process which could make it more difficult
+Added: for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China.
+Added: The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic
+Added: Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”), which became effective in September 2006 and were further amended
+Added: in June 2009, requires that if an overseas company is established or controlled by PRC domestic companies or citizens intends to acquire
+Added: equity interests or assets of any other PRC domestic company affiliated with the PRC domestic companies or citizens, such acquisition
+Added: must be submitted to the MOFCOM, rather than local regulators, for approval.
+Added: In addition, the M&A Rules requires that an overseas
+Added: company controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or citizens and holding equity interests of PRC domestic companies needs to
+Added: obtain the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, prior to listing its securities on an overseas stock exchange.
+Added: On September 21, 2006, the CSRC published a notice on its official website specifying the documents and materials required to be submitted
+Added: by overseas special purpose companies seeking CSRC’s approval of their overseas listings.
+Added: The M&A Rules established additional procedures
+Added: and requirements that could make merger and acquisition activities in China by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex.
+Added: example, the MOFCOM must be notified in the event a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise.
+Added: In addition, certain
+Added: acquisitions of domestic companies by offshore companies that are related to or affiliated with the same entities or individuals of the
+Added: domestic companies, are subject to approval by the MOFCOM.
+Added: In addition, the Implementing Rules Concerning Security Review on Mergers and
+Added: Acquisitions by Foreign Investors of Domestic Enterprises, issued by the MOFCOM in August 2011, require that mergers and acquisitions
+Added: by foreign investors in “any industry with national security concerns” be subject to national security review by the MOFCOM.
+Added: In addition, any activities attempting to circumvent such review process, including structuring the transaction through a proxy or contractual
+Added: control arrangement, are strictly prohibited.
+Added: There is significant uncertainty regarding the interpretation
+Added: and implementation of these regulations relating to merger and acquisition activities in China.
+Added: In addition, complying with these requirements
+Added: could be time-consuming, and the required notification, review or approval process may materially delay or affect our ability to complete
+Added: merger and acquisition transactions in China.
+Added: As a result, our ability to seek growth through acquisitions may be materially and adversely
+Added: In addition, if the MOFCOM determines that we should have obtained its approval for our entry into contractual arrangements
+Added: with our affiliated entities, we may be required to file for remedial approvals.
+Added: There is no assurance that we would be able to obtain
+Added: such approval from the MOFCOM.
+Added: If the MOFCOM, the CSRC and/or other PRC regulatory
+Added: agencies subsequently determine that the approvals from the MOFCOM and/or CSRC and/or other PRC regulatory agencies were required, our
+Added: PRC business could be challenged, and we may need to apply for a remedial approval and may be subject to certain administrative punishments
+Added: or other sanctions from PRC regulatory agencies.
+Added: The regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC,
+Added: limit our operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the conversion and remittance of our funds in foreign currencies into the
+Added: PRC, or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation
+Added: and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock.
+Added: The audit report included in our Annual Report
+Added: is prepared by an auditor who is not inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and as such, our investors are deprived
+Added: of the benefits of such inspection.
+Added: We could be delisted if we are unable to timely meet the PCAOB inspection requirements established
+Added: by the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
+Added: As a public company with
+Added: securities listed on Nasdaq Capital Market, we are required to have our financial statements audited by an independent registered public
+Added: accounting firm registered with the PCAOB.
+Added: A requirement of being registered with the PCAOB is that if requested by the SEC or PCAOB,
+Added: such accounting firm is required to make its audits and related audit work papers be subject to regular inspections to assess its compliance
+Added: with the applicable professional standards.
+Added: Since our auditor is located in Hong Kong and PRC, a jurisdiction where the PCAOB has been
+Added: unable to conduct inspections without the approval of the PRC authorities due to various state secrecy laws and the revised Securities
+Added: Law, the PCAOB currently does not have free access to inspect the work of our auditor.
+Added: This lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in
+Added: the PRC prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of our auditor based in the PRC.
+Added: As a result, the
+Added: investors may be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections.
+Added: The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in
+Added: the PRC makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit procedures or quality control procedures
+Added: as compared to auditors outside of the PRC that are subject to the PCAOB inspections.
+Added: On December 18, 2020, the
+Added: Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or HFCAA, was enacted.
+Added: In essence, the act requires the SEC to prohibit securities of any foreign
+Added: companies from being listed on U.S.
+Added: securities exchanges or traded “over-the-counter” if a company retains a foreign accounting
+Added: firm that cannot be inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, beginning in 2021.
+Added: Our independent registered public accounting
+Added: firm is located in and organized under the laws of Hong Kong and the PRC, a jurisdiction where the PCAOB is currently unable to conduct
+Added: inspections without the approval of the PRC authorities, and therefore our auditors are not currently inspected by the PCAOB.
+Added: On March 24, 2021, the SEC
+Added: adopted interim final amendments, which will become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, relating to the implementation
+Added: of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA.
+Added: The interim final amendments will apply to registrants that the SEC
+Added: identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign
+Added: jurisdiction and that the PCAOB has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority
+Added: in that jurisdiction.
+Added: Before any registrant will be required to comply with the interim final amendments, the SEC must implement a process
+Added: for identifying such registrants.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, the SEC is seeking public comment on this identification process.
+Added: Consistent with the HFCAA, the amendments will require any identified registrant to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that
+Added: the registrant is not owned or controlled by a government entity in that jurisdiction, and will also require, among other things, disclosure
+Added: in the registrant’s annual report regarding the audit arrangements of, and government influence on, such registrant.
+Added: On June 22, 2021, the U.S.
+Added: Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act which, if enacted, would decrease the number of non-inspection
+Added: years from three years to two, thus reducing the time period before the Company’s securities may be delisted or prohibited from
+Added: On November 5, 2021, the
+Added: SEC approved PCAOB Rule 6100, Board Determination Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountability Act, effective immediately.
+Added: establishes “a framework for the PCAOB’s determinations under the HFCAA that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate
+Added: completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction.”
+Added: On December 2, 2021, SEC
+Added: has announced the adoption of amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA.
+Added: apply to registrants the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting
+Added: firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate (Commission-Identified Issuers).
+Added: The final amendments require Commission-Identified Issuers to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that, if true, it is not owned
+Added: or controlled by a governmental entity in the public accounting firm’s foreign jurisdiction.
+Added: The amendments also require that a
+Added: Commission-Identified Issuer that is a “foreign issuer,” as defined in Exchange Act Rule 3b-4, provide certain additional
+Added: disclosures in its annual report for itself and any of its consolidated foreign operating entities.
+Added: Further, the adopting release provides
+Added: notice regarding the procedures the SEC has established to identify issuers and to impose trading prohibitions on the securities of certain
+Added: Commission-Identified Issuers, as required by the HFCAA.
+Added: The SEC will identify Commission-Identified Issuers for fiscal years beginning
+Added: after December 18, 2020.
+Added: A Commission-Identified Issuer will be required to comply with the submission and disclosure requirements in
+Added: the annual report for each year in which it was identified.
+Added: If a registrant is identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer based on its
+Added: annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the registrant will be required to comply with the submission or disclosure
+Added: requirements in its annual report filing covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: On December 16, 2021, PCAOB
+Added: issued a report on its determinations that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely PCAOB-registered public accounting firms
+Added: headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities
+Added: in those jurisdictions.
+Added: The PCAOB made these determinations pursuant to PCAOB Rule 6100, which provides a framework for how the PCAOB
+Added: fulfills its responsibilities under the HFCAA.
+Added: The report further listed in its Appendix A and Appendix B, Registered Public Accounting
+Added: Firms Subject to the Mainland China Determination and Registered Public Accounting Firms Subject to the Hong Kong Determination, respectively.
+Added: The audit report included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, was issued by Centurion ZD
+Added: (“ CZD CPA ”), an audit firm headquartered in Hong Kong, a jurisdiction that the PCAOB has determined that
+Added: the PCAOB is unable to conduct inspections or investigate auditors.
+Added: Our auditors CZD CPA is among those listed by the PCAOB Hong Kong
+Added: Determination, a determination announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021 that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely
+Added: registered public accounting firms headquartered in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a
+Added: position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong.
+Added: The lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in PRC prevents the PCAOB from fully
+Added: evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in PRC.
+Added: As a result, the investors may be deprived of the benefits
+Added: of such PCAOB inspections.
+Added: The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in PRC makes it more difficult to evaluate the
+Added: effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of the PRC
+Added: that are subject to the PCAOB inspections.
+Added: In addition, under the HFCAA, our securities may be prohibited from trading on the U.S.
+Added: exchanges or in the over the counter trading market in the U.S.
+Added: if our auditor is not inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years,
+Added: and this ultimately could result in our common stock being delisted.
+Added: Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S.
+Added: Senate passed the Accelerating
+Added: Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“AHFCAA”), which, if enacted, would amend the HFCAA and require the SEC to prohibit
+Added: an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S.
+Added: stock exchanges or in the over the counter trading market in the U.S.
+Added: if its auditor
+Added: is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three.
+Added: In the future, if we do not engage an auditor that is
+Added: subject to regular inspection by the PCAOB, our common stocks may be delisted.
+Added: The SEC may propose additional
+Added: rules or guidance that could impact us if our auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspection.
+Added: For example, on August 6, 2020, the President’s
+Added: Working Group on Financial Markets, or the PWG, issued the Report on Protecting United States Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese
+Added: Companies to the then President of the United States.
+Added: This report recommended that the SEC implement five recommendations to address companies
+Added: from jurisdictions that do not provide the PCAOB with sufficient access to fulfil its statutory mandate.
+Added: Some of the concepts of these
+Added: recommendations were implemented with the enactment of the HFCAA.
+Added: However, some of the recommendations were more stringent than the HFCAA.
+Added: For example, if a company was not subject to PCAOB inspection, the report recommended that the transition period before a company would
+Added: be delisted would end on January 1, 2022.
+Added: The enactment of the HFCAA
+Added: and the implications of any additional rulemaking efforts to increase U.S.
+Added: regulatory access to audit information in PRC could cause investor
+Added: uncertainty for affected SEC registrants, including us, and the market price of our common stock could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: Additionally, whether the PCAOB will be able to conduct inspections of our auditor in the next three years, or at all, is subject to substantial
+Added: uncertainty and depends on a number of factors out of our control.
+Added: If we are unable to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement in time,
+Added: our stock will not be permitted for trading on Nasdaq Capital Market either.
+Added: Such a delisting would substantially impair your ability
+Added: to sell or purchase our stock when you wish to do so, and the risk and uncertainty associated with delisting would have a negative impact
+Added: on the price of our stock.
+Added: Also, such a delisting would significantly affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or
+Added: at all, which would have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and prospects.
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