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Year-over-year tone shift - average net-tone change across Risk Factors and MD&A vs the prior 10-K. This filing is -0.19pp more bearish than last year's.
Why YoY instead of absolute: the LM lexicon has ~6.6× more negative words than positive (legal/risk-disclosure language is heavy on hedging), so every 10-K reads bearish on raw tone. Year-over-year change strips that bias and surfaces the actual shift in management's framing.
Tone shift by section
The two components the gauge averages: how Risk Factors and MD&A each shifted in net tone versus last year's 10-K. The headline above is their average, so a green needle over a soft section just means the other section carried it.
Risk Factors
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Flat
Net-tone change vs last year's 10-K.
MD&A
-0.38pp
Lean -
Net-tone change vs last year's 10-K.
Per-snippet highlights
Sentence-level sentiment highlighting with category and subcategory filters is coming once the snippet-scoring pipeline lands. For now, dig into the actual section text on the Sections tab.
Language change vs prior 10-K
Risk Factors (Item 1A) - words with the biggest YoY frequency increase
Negative rising
adversely+2
failure+2
default+1
countermeasures+1
Positive rising
effective+1
proactively+1
Risk Factors (Item 1A)
14,995 words
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
In addition to the information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have identified the following material risks and uncertainties which reflect our outlook and conditions known to us as of the date of this Annual Report. These material risks and uncertainties should be carefully reviewed by our stockholders and any potential investors in evaluating the Company, our business and the market value of our common stock. Furthermore, any one of these material risks and uncertainties has the potential to cause actual results, performance, achievements or events to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or events implied, suggested or expressed by any forward-looking statements made by us or by persons acting on our behalf. Refer to “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements”.
There is no assurance that we will be successful in preventing the material adverse effects that any one or more of the following material risks and uncertainties may cause on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, which may result in a significant decrease in the market price of our common stock. Furthermore, there is no assurance that these material risks and uncertainties represent a complete list of the material risks and uncertainties facing us. There may be additional risks and uncertainties of a material nature that, as of the date of this Annual Report, we are of or that we consider immaterial that may become material in the future, any one or more of which may result in a material effect on us. You could all or a significant portion of your investment due to any one of these material risks and uncertainties.
Language change vs prior 10-K
MD&A (Item 7) - words with the biggest YoY frequency increase
Negative rising
losses+9
default+4
unpaid+3
disclose+3
loss+2
Positive rising
effective+4
improvements+3
rewards+2
improve+2
enhances+2
MD&A (Item 7)
8,950 words
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following management’s discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, among others, statements regarding our capital needs, business plans and expectations. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks, uncertainties and assumptions set forth in reports and other documents we have filed with or furnished to the SEC and, including, without limitation, this Annual Report on Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes contained herein. These factors, or any one of them, may cause our actual results or actions in the future to differ materially from any forward-looking statement made in this document. Refer to “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements” and Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Introduction
The following discussion summarizes the results of operations for each of our fiscal years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025 and our financial condition as at February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025, with a particular emphasis on fiscal 2026, our most recently completed fiscal year.
Overview
The Company is a mobile services, data, and technology company incorporated in Delaware, USA, with its head office located at 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore 283164. As described elsewhere in this Annual Report, the Company has been organized as a holding company and conducts a significant part of its operations through its subsidiaries and through contractual agreements with JiuGe Technology, the VIE based in China. The Company indirectly owns 100% of the equity of JiuGe Management, a WFOE that has entered into the VIE Agreements which gives the Company operational control over JiuGe Technology and consolidates its financial results.
We have a limited operating history and, as a result, our past results may not be indicative of future operating performance.
We have a limited operating history, which makes it difficult to forecast our future results. You should not rely on our past results of operations as indicators of future performance. You should consider and evaluate our prospects in light of the risks and uncertainty frequently encountered by companies like ours.
If we fail to address the risks and difficulties that we face, including those described elsewhere in this “ Risk Factors ” section, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. Further, because we have limited historical financial data and operate in an evolving 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 or operated in a more predictable market. We have encountered in the past, and will encounter in the future, risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies with limited operating histories in rapidly changing industries. If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties are incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our results of operations could differ materially from our expectations and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
We have a history of net losses and we may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.
For all annual periods of our operating history we have experienced net losses. We generated net losses of approximately $7.0 million, $5.1 million and $3.8 million for the years ended February 28, 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of February 28, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $41.2 million. We have not achievedprofitability, and we may not realize sufficient revenue to achieveprofitability in future periods. Our expenses will likely increase in the future as we develop and launch new offerings and platform features, expand in existing and new markets, increase our sales and marketing efforts and continue to invest in our platform. These efforts may be more costly than we expect and may not result in increased revenue or growth in our business. If we are unable to generate adequate revenue growth and manage our expenses, we may continue to incur significant losses in the future and may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability.
If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
We are currently experiencing growth in our business. This expansion increases the complexity of our business and has placed, and will continue to place, strain on our management, personnel, operations, systems, technical performance, financial resources and internal financial control and reporting functions. Our ability to manage our growth effectively and to integrate new employees, technologies and acquisitions into our existing business will require us to continue to expand our operational and financial infrastructure and to continue to retain, attract, train, motivate and manage employees. Continued growth could strain our ability to develop and improve our operational, financial and management controls, enhance our reporting systems and procedures, recruit, train and retain highly skilled personnel and maintain user satisfaction. Additionally, if we do not effectively manage the growth of our business and operations, the quality of our offerings could suffer, which could negatively affect our reputation and brand, business, financial condition and results of operations.
We depend on our key personnel and other highly skilled personnel, and if we fail to attract, retain, motivate or integrate our personnel, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Our success depends in part on the continued service of our founders, senior management team, key technical employees and other highly skilled personnel and on our ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate, retain and integrate highly qualified personnel for all areas of our organization. We may not be successful in attracting and retaining qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs. Our competitors 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 suitable replacements on a timely basis, on competitive terms or at all. If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary personnel, particularly in critical areas of our business, we may not achieve our strategic goals.
Our concentration of earnings from two telecommunications companies may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We currently derive a substantial amount of our total revenue through contracts secured with China Unicom and China Mobile. If we were to lose the business of one or both of these mobile telecommunications companies, if either were to fail to fulfill its obligations to us, if either were to experience difficulty in paying rebates to us on a timely basis, if either negotiated lower pricing terms, or if either increased the number of licensed payment portals it permits to process its payments, it could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Additionally, we cannot guarantee that the volume of revenue we earn from China Unicom and China Mobile will remain consistent going forward. Any substantial change in our relationships with either China Unicom or China Mobile, or both, whether due to actions by our competitors, regulatory authorities, industry factors or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Any actual or perceived security or privacy breach could interrupt our operations, harm our brand and adversely affect our reputation, brand, business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our business involves the processing and transmission of our users’ personal and other sensitive data. Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to or to sabotage information systems change frequently and may not be known until launched against us, we may be unable to anticipate or prevent these attacks. Unauthorized parties may in the future gain access to our systems or facilities through various means, including gainingunauthorized access into our systems or facilities or those of our service providers, partners or users on our platform, or attempting to fraudulently induce our employees, service providers, partners, users or others into disclosing names, passwords, payment information or other sensitive information, which may in turn be used to access our information technology systems, or attempting to fraudulently induce our employees, partners or others into manipulating payment information, resulting in the fraudulent transfer of funds to criminal actors. In addition, users on our platform could have vulnerabilities on their own mobile devices that are entirely unrelated to our systems and platform but could mistakenly attribute their own vulnerabilities to us. Further, breaches experienced by other companies may also be leveraged against us. For example, credential stuffing attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated actors can mask their attacks, making them increasingly difficult to identify and prevent. Certain efforts may be state-sponsored or supported by significant financial and technological resources, making them even more difficult to detect.
Although we have developed systems and processes that are designed to protect our users’ data, prevent data loss and prevent other security breaches, these security measures cannot guarantee security. Our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to cyberattacks or security breaches; also, employee error, malfeasance or other errors in the storage, use or transmission of personal information could result in an actual or perceived privacy or security breach or other security incident.
Any actual or perceived breach of privacy or security could interrupt our operations, result in our platform being unavailable, result in loss or improper disclosure of data, result in fraudulent transfer of funds, harm our reputation and brand, damage our relationships with third-party partners, result in significant legal, regulatory 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. Any breach of privacy or security impacting any entities with which we share or disclose data (including, for example, our third-party providers) could have similar effects.
Additionally, defendingagainstclaims or litigation based on any security breach or incident, regardless of their merit, could be costly and divert management’s attention. We cannot be certain that our insurance coverage will be adequate for data handling or data security liabilities actually incurred, that insurance 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 future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claimsagainst us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have an adverse effect on our reputation, brand, business, financial condition and results of operations.
Systems failures and resulting interruptions in the availability of our platform or offerings could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our systems, or those of third parties upon which we rely, may experience service interruptions or degradation because of hardware and software defects or malfunctions, distributed denial-of-service and other cyberattacks, human error, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, natural disasters, power losses, disruptions in telecommunications services, fraud, military or political conflicts, terrorist attacks, computer viruses, ransomware, malware or other events. Our systems also may be subject to break-ins, sabotage, theft and intentional acts of vandalism, including by our own employees. Some of our systems are not fully redundant and our disaster recovery planning may not be sufficient for all eventualities. Our business interruption insurance 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 similar events.
We have not experienced any system failures or other events or conditions that have interrupted the availability or reduced or affected the speed or functionality of our offerings. These events, were they to occur in the future, could adversely affect our business, reputation, results of operations and financial condition.
The successful operation of our business depends upon the performance and reliability of Internet, mobile, and other infrastructures that are not under our control.
Our business depends on the performance and reliability of Internet, mobile and other infrastructures that are not under our control. Disruptions in Internet infrastructure or the failure of telecommunications network operators to provide us with the bandwidth we need to provide our services and offerings could interfere with the speed and availability of our platform. If our platform is unavailable when platform 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 platform as often in the future, or at all, and may use our competitors’ products or offerings more often. In addition, we have no control over the costs of the services provided by national telecommunications operators. If mobile Internet access fees or other charges to Internet users increase, consumer traffic may decrease, which may in turn cause our revenue to significantly decrease.
Our business depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of mobile communications systems. The occurrence of an unanticipatedproblem, such as a power outage, telecommunications delay or failure, security breach or computer virus could result in delays or interruptions to our services, offerings and platform, as well as business interruptions for us and platform users. Furthermore, foreign governments may leverage their ability to shut down directed services, and local governments may shut down our platform at the routing level. Any of these events could damage our reputation, significantly disrupt our operations, and subject us to liability, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. We have invested significant resources to develop new products to mitigate the impact of potential interruptions to mobile communications systems, which can be used by consumers in territories where mobile communications systems are less efficient. However, these products may ultimately be unsuccessful.
We may be subject to claims, lawsuits, government investigations and other proceedings that may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations .
We may be subject to claims, lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, government investigations and other legal and regulatory proceedings as our business grows and as we deploy new offerings, including proceedings related to our products or our acquisitions, securities issuances or business practices. The results of any such claims, lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, government investigations or other legal or regulatory proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. Any claimsagainst us, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming, result in costlylitigation, be harmful to our reputation, require significant management attention and divert significant resources. Determining reserves for litigation is a complex and fact-intensive process that requires significant subjective judgment and speculation. It is possible that such proceedings could result in substantial damages, settlement costs, fines and penalties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. These proceedings could also result in harm to our reputation and brand, sanctions, consent decrees, injunctions or other orders requiring a change in our business practices. Any of these consequences could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, we have contractual and other legal obligations to indemnify and to incur legal expenses on behalf of our business and commercial partners and current and former directors and officers.
We may require additional funding to support our business, and any failure to obtain such funding or to comply with the terms of any financing we obtain could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
To grow our business, FingerMotion currently looks to take advantage of the immense growth in the total variety of mobile services provided in China. 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 the size of the deposit we have with each Telecom. We will need to raise additional capital to materially increase the amounts of these deposits with the Telecoms and to support the rollout of our Command & Communications business. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, those securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our common stock, and our existing stockholders may experience dilution. Any debt financing secured by us in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities. A failure to comply with the terms of any financing could result in an event of default, entitling our creditors to exercise various remedies, including increasing interest rates, accelerating repayment of all outstanding amounts, or enforcing security interests over our assets, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on favorable terms, or at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate funding 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 challenges could be significantly limited, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Claims by others that we infringed their proprietary technology or other intellectual property rights could harm our business.
Companies in the Internet and technology industries are frequently subject to litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. In addition, certain companies and rights holders seek to enforce and monetize patents or other intellectual property rights they own, have purchased or otherwise obtained. As we gain a public profile and the number of competitors in our market increases, the possibility of intellectual property rights claimsagainst us grows. From time to time, third parties may assert claims of infringement of intellectual property rights against us. Many potential litigants, including some of our competitors and patent-holding companies, have the ability to dedicate substantial resources to assert their intellectual property rights. Any claim of infringement by a third party, even those without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defendingagainst the claim, could distract our management from our business and could require us to cease use of such intellectual property. Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, we risk compromising our confidential information during this type of litigation. We may be required to pay substantial damages, royalties or other fees in connection with a claimant securing a judgment against us, we may be subject to an injunction or other restrictions that prevent us from using or distributing our intellectual property, or we may agree to a settlement that prevents us from distributing our offerings or a portion thereof, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
With respect to any intellectual property rights claim, 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 or commercially reasonable terms and may significantly increase our operating expenses. Some licenses may be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. If 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 alternative, non-infringing technology, which could require significant time (during which we would be unable to continue to offer our affected offerings), effort and expense and may ultimately not be successful. Any of these events could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Geopolitical Tensions Between the United States and China Could Adversely Affect Our Operations and Business Environment.
Although our services are not directly affected by tariffs, ongoing political and trade tensions between the United States and China could lead to new regulations or restrictions that may impact our operations. These may include changes in laws, data rules, or cross-border business policies that we cannot predict at this time. Any unexpected government action could affect how we operate or grow our business in the future.
Risks Related to Our Securities
Our stock has limited liquidity.
Our common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 28, 2021, and before that it traded on the OTCQX operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. Trading volume in our shares may be sporadic and the price could experience volatility. If adverse market conditions exist, you may have difficulty selling your shares.
The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, including the following:
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;
changes in financial estimates by securities analysts or our failure to perform in line with such estimates;
changes in market valuations of other companies, particularly those that market services such as ours;
announcements by us or our competitors of significant innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
introduction of product enhancements that reduce the need for our products;
departure of key personnel; and
changes in overall global market sentiments and economy trends
We do not intend to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
We have never declared nor paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, stockholders must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market price and trading volume of our common stock could decline.
The trading market for our common stock may depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us, our business, our market or our competition. The analysts’ estimates are based upon their own opinions and are often different from our estimates or expectations. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our common stock, provide a more favorable recommendation about our competitors or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of our securities would likely decline. If few securities analysts commence 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 could decrease, which might cause the price and trading volume of our common stock to decline.
The continued sale of our equity securities will dilute the ownership percentage of our existing shareholders and may decrease the market price for our Common Shares.
Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorize the issuance of up to 200,000,000 Common Shares and up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock (“ Preferred Shares ”). Our Board of Directors has the authority to issue additional shares of our capital stock to provide additional financing in the future and designate the rights of the preferred shares, which may include voting, dividend, distribution or other rights that are preferential to those held by the common stockholders. The issuance of any such common or preferred shares may result in a reduction of the book value or market price of our outstanding common shares. To grow our business substantially, we will likely have to issue additional equity securities to obtain working capital to deposit with the telecommunications companies for which we process mobile recharge payments. Our efforts to fund our intended business plans will therefore result in dilution to our existing stockholders. If we do issue any such additional common shares, such issuance also will cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all other stockholders. As a result of such dilution, if you acquire common shares your proportionate ownership interest and voting power could be decreased. Furthermore, any such issuances could result in a change of control or a reduction in the market price for our common shares.
If we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired.
As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ SOX ”). The SOX requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required 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 specified in SEC rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. We are also continuing to improve our internal control over financial reporting. We have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources in order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in the conditions in our business. Further, weaknesses in our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our results of operations or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC. Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information, which would likely adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our shares of common stock, which could depress the price of our shares of common stock.
FINRA rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives, and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, if our shares of common stock become speculative low-priced securities, the FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers 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, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares of common stock, and thereby depress our price per share of common stock.
Our 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 shares of common stock to raise money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.
Until December 28, 2021, our shares of common stock were quoted on the OTCQB/QX where they were “thinly traded”, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our shares of common stock at or near bid prices at any given time was relatively small or non-existent. Since we listed on Nasdaq on December 28, 2021, the volume of our shares of common stock traded has increased, but that volume could decrease until we are thinly traded again. That could occur due to a number of factors, including that we are relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate 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 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 became more seasoned. As a consequence, 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 to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. Broad or active public trading market for our shares of common stock may not develop or be sustained.
Risks Related to the VIE Agreements
The PRC government may determine that the VIE Agreements are not in compliance with applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations.
JiuGe Management, our WFOE, manages and operates the mobile data business through JiuGe Technology, the VIE, pursuant to the rights its holds under the VIE Agreements. Almost all economic benefits and risks arising from JiuGe Technology’s operations are transferred to JiuGe Management under these agreements.
There are risks involved with the operation of our business in reliance on the VIE Agreements, including the risk that the VIE Agreements may be determined by PRC regulators or courts to be unenforceable. Our PRC counsel has advised us that the VIE Agreements are binding and enforceable under PRC law, but 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, the relevant regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such breach, including:
imposing economic penalties;
discontinuing or restricting the operations of JiuGe Technology or JiuGe Management;
imposing conditions or requirements in respect of the VIE Agreements with which JiuGe Technology or JiuGe Management may not be able to comply;
requiring our company to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;
taking other regulatory or enforcement actions that could adversely affect our company’s business; and
revoking the business licenses and/or the licenses or certificates of JiuGe Management, and/or voiding the VIE Agreements.
Any of these actions could adversely affect our ability to manage, operate and gain the financial benefits of JiuGe Technology, which would have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, if the PRC government determines that the contractual arrangements constituting part of our VIE structure do not comply with PRC regulations, or if regulations change or are interpreted differently in the future, we may be unable to assert our contractual rights over the assets of our VIE, and our Common Shares may decline in value or become worthless.
Our ability to manage and operate JiuGe Technology under the VIE Agreements may not be as effective as direct ownership.
We conduct our mobile data business in the PRC and generate virtually all of our revenues through the VIE Agreements. Our plans for future growth are based substantially on growing the operations of JiuGe Technology. However, the VIE Agreements may not be as effective in providing us with control over JiuGe Technology as direct ownership. Under the current VIE arrangements, as a legal matter, if JiuGe Technology fails to perform its obligations under these contractual arrangements, we may have to (i) incur substantial costs and resources to enforce such arrangements, and (ii) rely on legal remedies under PRC law, which we cannot be sure would be effective. Therefore, if we are unable to effectively control JiuGe Technology, it may have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our business objectives and grow our revenues.
The VIE Agreements have never been challenged or recognized in court for the time being, the PRC government may determine that the VIE Agreements are not in compliance with applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations.
The VIE Agreements are governed by the PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitral proceedings pursuant to PRC law. If JiuGe Technology or its shareholders fail to perform the obligations under the VIE Agreements, we would be required to resort to legal remedies available under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, or claimingdamages. We cannot be sure that such remedies would provide us with effective means of causing JiuGe Technology to meet its obligations or recovering any losses or damages as a result of non-performance. Further, the legal environment in China is not as developed as in other jurisdictions. Uncertainties in the application of various laws, rules, regulations or policies in PRC legal system could limit our liability to enforce the VIE Agreements and protect our interests.
The payment arrangement under the VIE Agreements may be challenged by the PRC tax authorities.
We generate our revenues through the payments we receive pursuant to the VIE Agreements. We could face adverse tax consequences if the PRC tax authorities determine that the VIE Agreements were not entered into based on arm’s length negotiations. For example, PRC tax authorities may adjust our income and expenses for PRC tax purposes which could result in our being subject to higher tax liability or cause other adverse financial consequences.
Shareholders of JiuGe Technology have potential conflicts of interest with our Company which may adversely affect our business.
Li Li is the legal representative and general manager, and also a shareholder of JiuGe Technology. There could be conflicts that arise from time to time between our interests and the interests of Ms. Li. There could also be conflicts that arise between us and JiuGe Technology that would require our shareholders and JiuGe Technology’s shareholder to vote on corporate actions necessary to resolve the conflict. There can be no assurance in any such circumstances that Ms. Li will vote her shares in our best interest or otherwise act in the best interests of our company. If Ms. Li fails to act in our best interests, our operating performance and future growth could be adversely affected.
We rely on the approval certificates and business license held by JiuGe Management and any deterioration of the relationship between JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology could materially and adversely affect our business operations.
We operate our mobile data business in China on the basis of the approval certificates, business license and other requisite licenses held by JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology. There is no assurance that JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology will be able to renew their licenses or certificates when their terms expire with substantially similar terms as the ones they currently hold.
Further, our relationship with JiuGe Technology is governed by the VIE Agreements that are intended to provide us with effective control over the business operations of JiuGe Technology. However, the VIE Agreements may not be effective in providing control over the application for and maintenance of the licenses required for our business operations. JiuGe Technology could violate the VIE Agreements, go bankrupt, suffer from difficulties in its business or otherwise become unable to perform its obligations under the VIE Agreements and, as a result, our operations, reputations and business could be severelyharmed.
If JiuGe Management exercises the purchase option it holds over JiuGe Technology’s share capital pursuant to the VIE Agreements, the payment of the purchase price could materially and adversely affect our financial position.
Under the VIE Agreements, JiuGe Technology’s shareholder has granted JiuGe Management an option for the maximum period of time permitted 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 by PRC laws and regulations. As JiuGe Technology is already our contractually controlled affiliate, JiuGe Management’s exercising of the option would not bring immediate benefits to our company, and payment of the purchase prices could adversely affect our financial position.
Risks Related to Doing Business in China
Changes in China’s political or economic situation could harm us and our operating results.
Economic reforms adopted by the Chinese government have had a positive effect on the economic development of the country, but the government could change these economic reforms or any of the legal systems at any time. This could either benefit or damage our operations and profitability. Some of the things that could have this effect are:
Level of government involvement in the economy;
Control of foreign exchange;
Methods of allocating resources;
Balance of payments position;
International trade restrictions; and
International conflict.
The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “ OECD ”), in many ways. For example, state-owned enterprises still constitute a large portion of the Chinese economy and weak corporate governance and a lack of flexible currency exchange policy still prevail in China. As a result of these differences, we may not develop 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.
Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could limit the legal protections available to you and us.
We conduct substantially all of our business through our operating subsidiary and affiliate in the PRC. Our principal operating subsidiary and affiliate, JiuGe Management and JiuGe Technology, are subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investments in China and, in particular, laws applicable to foreign-invested enterprises. The PRC legal system is based on written statutes, and prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value. Since 1979, a series of new PRC laws and regulations have significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign investments in China. However, since the PRC legal system continues to evolve rapidly, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties, which may limit legal protections available to you and us. In addition, any litigation in China may be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention. In addition, most of our executive officers and all of our directors are not residents of the United States, and substantially all the assets of these persons are located outside the United States. As a result, it could be difficult for investors to effect service of process in the United States or to enforce a judgment obtained in the United States against our Chinese operations, subsidiary and affiliate.
The current tensions in international trade and rising political tensions, particularly between the United States and China, may adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Recently there have been heightened tensions in international economic relations, such as the one between the United States and China. Political tensions between the United States and China have escalated due to, among other things, trade disputes, the COVID-19 outbreak, sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury on certain officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the PRC central government, export control restrictions imposed by U.S. Department of Commerce on Chinese entities and the executive orders issued by the U.S. government in November 2020 that prohibit certain transactions with certain China-based companies and their respective subsidiaries. Responding to the restrictions aforementioned, the PRC central government also issued several countermeasures, including but not limited to counter-sanctions and export control rules of China. Rising political tensions could reduce levels of trade, investments, technological exchanges, and other economic activities between the two major economies. Such tensions between the United States and China, and any escalation thereof, may have a negative impact on the general, economic, political, and social conditions in China and, in turn, adversely impacting our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Regulations were introduced which includes but not limited to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law which states that overseas securities regulatory authorities shall not carry out an investigation and evidence collection activities directly in China without the consent of the securities regulatory authority of the State Council and the relevant State Council department(s). It further defines that no organization or individual shall provide the documents and materials relating to securities business activities to overseas parties arbitrarily. With this regulation in force, it may result in delays by the Company to fulfill any request to provide relevant documents or materials by the regulatory authorities or in the worst-case scenario that the Company would not be able to fulfill the request if the approval from the regulatory authority of the State Council and the relevant State Council department(s) were rejected.
You may have difficulty enforcing judgments against us.
We are a Delaware holding company, but Finger Motion (CN) Limited is a Hong Kong company, and our principal operating affiliate and subsidiary, JiuGe Technology and JiuGe Management, are located in the PRC. Most of our assets are located outside the United States and most of our current operations are conducted in the PRC. In addition, all of our directors and officers are nationals and residents of countries other than the United States. A substantial portion of the assets of these persons is located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons. It may also be difficult for you to enforce in U.S. courts judgments predicated on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors, all of whom are not residents in the United States and the substantial majority of whose assets are located outside the United States. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts. The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law. Courts in China may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions. China does not have any treaties or other arrangements that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments with the United States. In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, courts in the PRC will not enforce a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates basic principles of PRC law or national sovereignty, security or the public interest. Therefore, it is uncertain whether a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States.
The PRC government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities.
The PRC government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. Our ability to operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters. We believe that our operations in China are in material compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. However, the central or local governments of the jurisdictions in which we operate may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations.
Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in China or particular regions thereof and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties or joint ventures.
The PRC government may exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers.
Recent statements by the PRC government indicate an intent to take actions to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers. On February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “ Overseas Listing Trial Measures ”) and five guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures have introduced a filing-based regulatory regime that regulates both direct and indirect overseas offerings and listings of PRC domestic companies’ securities. Under the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, if the issuer meets both of the following conditions, any overseas securities offering or listing conducted by such issuer will constitute an indirect overseas offering that is subject to the prescribed filing procedures: (i) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year is accounted for by domestic companies; and (ii) the main parts of the issuer’s business activities are conducted in mainland China, or its main places of business are located in mainland China, or the senior managers in charge of its business operations and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in mainland China. Any such issuer that submits an application for an initial public offering to competent overseas regulators, must make the required filing with the CSRC within three business days following the date of the application. Where a domestic company fails to comply with filing requirements or is otherwise determined to be in violation of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, the CSRC may order rectification, issue a warning, and impose a fine ranging from RMB1,000,000 to RMB10,000,000. Controlling persons (including directors and officers) of the domestic company that are determined to be responsible for such filing delinquencies or violations can also be sanctioned.
On February 17, 2023, the CSRC held a press conference in connection with the release of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures and issued the Notice on Administration for the Filing of Overseas Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, which, among other things, clarified that domestic companies that had been listed overseas on or before the effective date of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures (March 31, 2023) shall be deemed to be “stock enterprises”. Stock enterprises were exempted from having to immediately comply with the filing procedures, with their first filings being deferred to when they undertook a further overseas offering or listing. Generally, we understand that, for these purposes, the filing requirement would apply in respect of securities that are offered in a public overseas offering, and likely to securities that, having been offered in a private overseas offering, become eligible for resale to the public.
Specifics of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, and the administrative rules, policies and practices of the CSRC, are somewhat unclear, and it remains uncertain what potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our ability to conduct our business, accept investments or list or maintain a listing on a U.S. or foreign exchange. If we are found to be delinquent in our filing obligations under, or are otherwise found to be in violation of, the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, this could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Future inflation in China may inhibit our ability to conduct business in China.
In recent years, the Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion and highly fluctuating rates of inflation. During the past ten years, the rate of inflation in China has been as high as 4.5% and as low as 0.2%. These factors have led to the adoption by the Chinese government, from time to time, of various corrective measures designed to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation. High inflation may in the future cause the Chinese government to impose controls on credit and/or prices, or to take other action, which could inhibit economic activity in China, and thereby harm the market for our products and our company.
Capital outflow policies in the PRC may hamper our ability to remit income to the United States.
The PRC has adopted currency and capital transfer regulations. These regulations may require that we comply with complex regulations for the movement of capital and as a result we may 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 subsidiaries to the U.S. or to our shareholders.
Adverse regulatory developments in China may subject us to additional regulatory review, and additional disclosure requirements and regulatory scrutiny to be adopted by the SEC in response to risks related to recent regulatory developments in China may impose additional compliance requirements for companies like us with significant China-based operations, all of which could increase our compliance costs, subject us to additional disclosure requirements.
The recent regulatory developments in China, in particular with respect to restrictions on China-based companies raising capital offshore, may lead to additional regulatory review in China over our financing and capital raising activities in the United States. In addition, we may be subject to industry-wide regulations that may be adopted by the relevant PRC authorities, which may have the effect of limiting our service offerings, restricting the scope of our operations in China, or causing the suspension or termination of our business operations in China entirely, all of which will materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may have to adjust, modify, or completely change our business operations in response to adverse regulatory changes or policy developments, and we cannot assure you that any remedial action adopted by us can be completed in a timely, cost-efficient, or liability-free manner or at all.
On July 30, 2021, in response to the recent regulatory developments in China and actions adopted by the PRC government, the Chairman of the SEC issued a statement asking the SEC staff to seek additional disclosures from offshore issuers associated with China-based operating companies before their registration statements will be declared effective. On August 1, 2021, the CSRC stated in a statement that it had taken note of the new disclosure requirements announced by the SEC regarding the listings of Chinese companies and the recent regulatory development in China, and that both countries should strengthen communications on regulating China-related issuers. We cannot guarantee that we will not be subject to tightened regulatory review and we could be exposed to government interference in China.
Compliance with China’s new Data Security Law, Measures on Cybersecurity Review (revised draft for public consultation), Personal Information Protection Law (second draft for consultation), regulations and guidelines relating to the multi-level protection scheme and any other future laws and regulations may entail significant expenses and could materially affect our business.
China has implemented or will implement rules and is considering a number of additional proposals relating to data protection. China’s new Data Security Law promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China in June 2021, or the Data Security Law, took effect in September 2021. The Data Security Law provides that the data processing activities must be conducted based on “data classification and hierarchical protection system” for the purpose of data protection and prohibits entities in China from transferring data stored in China to foreign law enforcement agencies or judicial authorities without prior approval by the Chinese government. As a result of the new Data Security Law, we may need to make adjustments to our data processing practices to comply with this law.
Additionally, China’s Cyber Security Law, requires companies to take certain organizational, technical and administrative measures and other necessary measures to ensure the security of their networks and data stored on their networks. Specifically, the Cyber Security Law provides that China adopt a multi-level protection scheme (MLPS), under which network operators are required to perform obligations of security protection to ensure that the network is free from interference, disruption or unauthorized access, and prevent network data from being disclosed, stolen or tampered. Under the MLPS, entities operating information systems must have a thorough assessment of the risks and the conditions of their information and network systems to determine the level to which the entity’s information and network systems belong-from the lowest Level 1 to the highest Level 5 pursuant to the Measures for the Graded Protection and the Guidelines for Grading of Classified Protection of Cyber Security. The grading result will determine the set of security protection obligations that entities must comply with. Entities classified as Level 2 or above should report the grade to the relevant government authority for examination and approval.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (the “ CAC ”) has taken action against several Chinese internet companies in connection with their initial public offerings on U.S. securities exchanges, for alleged national security risks and improper collection and use of the personal information of Chinese data subjects. According to the official announcement, the action was initiated based on the National Security Law, the Cyber Security Law and the Measures on Cybersecurity Review, which are aimed at “preventing national data security risks, maintaining national security and safeguarding public interests.” On July 10, 2021, the CAC published a revised draft of the Measures on Cybersecurity Review, expanding the cybersecurity review to data processing operators in possession of personal information of over 1 million users if the operators intend to list their securities in a foreign country.
It is unclear at the present time how widespread the cybersecurity review requirement and the enforcement action will be and what effect they will have on the telecommunications sector generally and the Company in particular. China’s regulators may impose penalties for non-compliance ranging from fines or suspension of operations, and this could lead to us delisting from the U.S. stock market.
Also, on November 20, 2021, the National People’s Congress passed the Personal Information Protection Law, which was implemented on November 1, 2021. The law creates a comprehensive set of data privacy and protection requirements that apply to the processing of personal information and expands data protection compliance obligations to cover the processing of personal information of persons by organizations and individuals in China, and the processing of personal information of persons in China outside of China if such processing is for purposes of providing products and services to, or analyzing and evaluating the behavior of, persons in China. The law also proposes that critical information infrastructure operators and personal information processing entities who process personal information meeting a volume threshold to-be-set by Chinese cyberspace regulators are also required to store in China personal information generated or collected in China, and to pass a security assessment administered by Chinese cyberspace regulators for any export of such personal information. Lastly, the draft contains proposals for significant fines for seriousviolations of up to RMB 50 million or 5% of annual revenues from the prior year.
Interpretation, application and enforcement of these laws, rules and regulations evolve from time to time and their scope may continually change, through new legislation, amendments to existing legislation and changes in enforcement. Compliance with the Cyber Security Law and the Data Security Law could significantly increase the cost to us of providing our service offerings, require significant changes to our operations or even prevent us from providing certain service offerings in jurisdictions in which we currently operate or in which we may operate in the future. Despite our efforts to comply with applicable laws, regulations and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection and information security, it is possible that our practices, offerings or platform could fail to meet all of the requirements imposed on us by the Cyber Security Law, the Data Security Law and/or related implementing regulations. Any failure on our part to comply with such law or regulations or any other obligations relating to privacy, data protection or information security, or any compromise of security that results in unauthorized access, use or release of personally identifiable information or other data, or the perception or allegation that any of the foregoing types of failure or compromise has occurred, could damage our reputation, discourage new and existing counterparties from contracting with us or result in investigations, fines, suspension or other penalties by Chinese government authorities and private claims or litigation, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Even if our practices are not subject to 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. Moreover, the legal uncertainty created by the Data Security Law and the recent Chinese government actions could materially adversely affect our ability, on favorable terms, to raise capital, including engaging in follow-on offerings of our securities in the U.S. market.
Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to receive and use our revenues effectively.
The majority of our revenues will be settled in Chinese Renminbi (RMB), and any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use revenue generated in RMB to fund any future business activities outside China or to make dividend or other payments in U.S. dollars. Although the Chinese government introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the RMB for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including primarily the restriction that foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies after providing valid commercial documents, at those banks in China authorized to conduct foreign exchange business. In addition, conversion of RMB for capital account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in China, and companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. We cannot be certain that the Chinese regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the RMB.
Fluctuations in exchange rates could adversely affect our business and the value of our securities.
The value of our common stock will be indirectly affected by the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollars and RMB and between those currencies and other currencies in which our sales may be denominated. Appreciation or depreciation in the value of the RMB relative to the U.S. dollar would affect our financial results reported in U.S. dollar terms without giving effect to any underlying change in our business or results of operations. Fluctuations in the exchange rate will also affect the relative value of any dividend we issue that will be exchanged into U.S. dollars as well as earnings from, and the value of, any U.S. dollar-denominated investments we make in the future.
Since July 2005, the RMB is no longer pegged to the U.S. dollar. Although the People’s Bank of China regularly intervenes in the foreign exchange market to prevent significant short-term fluctuations in the exchange rate, the RMB may appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar in the medium to long term. Moreover, it is possible that in the future PRC authorities may lift restrictions on fluctuations in the RMB exchange rate and lessen intervention in the foreign exchange market.
Very limited hedging transactions are available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. To date, we have not entered into any hedging transactions. While we may enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these transactions may be limited, and we may not be able to successfully hedge our exposure at all. In addition, our foreign currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into foreign currencies.
Restrictions under PRC law on our PRC subsidiary’s ability to make dividends and other distributions could materially and adversely affect our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could benefit our business, pay dividends to our shareholders, and otherwise fund and conduct our businesses.
Substantially all of our revenue is earned by JiuGe Management, our PRC subsidiary. PRC regulations restrict the ability of our PRC subsidiary to make dividends and other payments to its offshore parent company. PRC legal restrictions permit payments of dividends by our PRC subsidiary only out of its accumulated after-tax profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Our PRC subsidiary is also required under PRC laws and regulations to allocate at least 10% of our annual after-tax profits determined in accordance with PRC GAAP to a statutory general reserve fund until the amount in said fund reaches 50% of our registered capital. Allocations to these statutory reserve funds can only be used for specific purposes and are not transferable to us in the form of loans, advances or cash dividends. Any limitations on the ability of our PRC subsidiary to transfer funds to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends and otherwise fund and conduct our business.
PRC regulation of loans and direct investment by offshore holding companies to PRC entities may delay or prevent us from making loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary and affiliated entities, which could harm our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.
As an offshore holding company of our PRC subsidiary, we may (i) make loans to our PRC subsidiary and affiliated entities, (ii) make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary, (iii) establish new PRC subsidiaries and make capital contributions to these new PRC subsidiaries, and (iv) acquire offshore entities with business operations in China in an offshore transaction. However, most of these uses are subject to PRC regulations and approvals. For example:
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;
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 the SAFE or its local counterparts; and
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.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain these government registrations or filings on a timely basis, or at all. If we fail to finish such registrations or filings, our ability to capitalize our PRC subsidiary’s operations may be adversely affected, which could adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.
On March 30, 2015, the SAFE promulgated a notice relating to the administration of foreign invested company of its capital contribution in foreign currency into RMB (Hui Fa [2015]19) (“ Circular 19 ”). Although Circular 19 has fastened the administration relating to the settlement of exchange of foreign-investment, allows the foreign-invested company to settle the exchange on a voluntary basis, it still requires that the bank review the authenticity and compliance of a foreign-invested company’s settlement of exchange in previous time, and the settled in RMB converted from foreign currencies shall deposit on the foreign exchange settlement account, and shall not be used for several purposes as listed in the “negative list”. As a result, the notice may limit our ability to transfer funds to our operations in China through our PRC subsidiary, which may affect our ability to expand our business. Meanwhile, the foreign exchange policy is unpredictable in China, it shall be various with the nationwide economic pattern, the strict foreign exchange policy may have an adverse impact in our capital cash and may limit our business expansion.
Failure to comply with PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident shareholders to personal liability, limit our ability to acquire PRC companies or to inject capital into our PRC subsidiary or affiliate, limit our PRC subsidiary’s and affiliate’s ability to distribute profits to us or otherwise materially adversely affect us.
In October 2005, the SAFE, issued the Notice on Relevant Issues in the Foreign Exchange Control over Financing and Return Investment Through Special Purpose Companies by Residents Inside China, generally referred to as Circular 75, which required PRC residents to register with the competent local SAFE branch before establishing or acquiring control over an offshore special purpose company (“ SPV ”), for the purpose of engaging in an equity financing outside of China on the strength of domestic PRC assets originally held by those residents. Internal implementing guidelines issued by the SAFE, which became public in June 2007 (“ Notice 106 ”), expanded the reach of Circular 75 by (1) purporting to cover the establishment or acquisition of control by PRC residents of offshore entities which merely acquire “control” over domestic companies or assets, even in the absence of legal ownership; (2) adding requirements relating to the source of the PRC resident’s funds used to establish or acquire the offshore entity; covering the use of existing offshore entities for offshore financings; (3) purporting to cover situations in which an offshore SPV establishes a new subsidiary in China or acquires an unrelated company or unrelated assets in China; and (4) making the domestic affiliate of the SPV responsible for the accuracy of certain documents which must be filed in connection with any such registration, notably, the business plan which describes the overseas financing and the use of proceeds. Amendments to registrations made under Circular 75 are required in connection with any increase or decrease of capital, transfer of shares, mergers and acquisitions, equity investment or creation of any security interest in any assets located in China to guarantee offshore obligations and Notice 106 makes the offshore SPV jointly responsible for these filings. In the case of an SPV which was established, and which acquired a related domestic company or assets, before the implementation date of Circular 75, a retroactive SAFE registration was required to have been completed before March 30, 2006; this date was subsequently extended indefinitely by Notice 106, which also required that the registrant establish that all foreign exchange transactions undertaken by the SPV and its affiliates were in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Failure to comply with the requirements of Circular 75, as applied by the SAFE in accordance with Notice 106, may result in fines and other penalties under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions. Any such failure could also result in the SPV’s affiliates being impeded or prevented from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to the SPV, or from engaging in other transfers of funds into or out of China.
We have advised our shareholders who are PRC residents, as defined in Circular 75, to register with the relevant branch of SAFE, as currently required, in connection with their equity interests in us and our acquisitions of equity interests in our PRC subsidiary and affiliate. However, we cannot provide any assurances that their existing registrations have fully complied with, and they have made all necessary amendments to their registration to fully comply with, all applicable registrations or approvals required by Circular 75. Moreover, because of uncertainty over how Circular 75 will be interpreted and implemented, and how or whether the SAFE will apply it to us, we cannot predict how it will affect our business operations or future strategies. For example, our present and prospective PRC subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ ability to conduct foreign exchange activities, such as the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated borrowings, may be subject to compliance with Circular 75 by our PRC resident beneficial holders. In addition, such PRC residents may not always be able to complete the necessary registration procedures required by Circular 75. We also have little control over either our present or prospective direct or indirect shareholders or the outcome of such registration procedures. A failure by our PRC resident beneficial holders or future PRC resident shareholders to comply with Circular 75, if the SAFE requires it, could subject these PRC resident beneficial holders to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our subsidiary’s and affiliate’s ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.
We may be subject to fines and legal sanctions by the SAFE or other PRC government authorities if we or our employees who are PRC citizens fail to comply with PRC regulations relating to employee stock options granted by offshore listed companies to PRC citizens.
On March 28, 2007, the SAFE promulgated the Operating Procedures for Foreign Exchange Administration of Domestic Individuals Participating in Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Stock Option Plans of Offshore Listed Companies (“ Circular 78 ”). Under Circular 78, Chinese citizens who are granted share options by an offshore listed company are required, through a Chinese agent or Chinese subsidiary of the offshore listed company, to register with SAFE and complete certain other procedures, including applications for foreign exchange purchase quotas and opening special bank accounts. We and our Chinese employees who have been granted share options are subject to Circular 78. Failure to comply with these regulations may subject us or our Chinese employees to fines and legal sanctions imposed by the SAFE or other PRC government authorities and may prevent us from further granting options under our share incentive plans to our employees. Such events could adversely affect our business operations.
Under the New EIT Law, we may be classified as a “resident enterprise” of China. Such classification will likely result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders.
Under the New EIT Law effective on January 1, 2008, an enterprise established outside China with “de facto management bodies” within China is considered a “resident enterprise,” meaning that it can be treated in a manner similar to a Chinese enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes. The implementing rules of the New EIT Law define de facto management as “substantial and overall management and control over the production and operations, personnel, accounting, and properties” of the enterprise.
On April 22, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation issued the Notice Concerning Relevant Issues Regarding Cognizance of Chinese Investment Controlled Enterprises Incorporated Offshore as Resident Enterprises pursuant to Criteria of de facto Management Bodies (the “ Notice ”), further interpreting the application of the New EIT Law and its implementation non-Chinese enterprise or group controlled offshore entities. Pursuant to the Notice, an enterprise incorporated in an offshore jurisdiction and controlled by a Chinese enterprise or group will be classified as a “non-domestically incorporated resident enterprise” if (i) its senior management in charge of daily operations reside or perform their duties mainly in China; (ii) its financial or personnel decisions are made or approved by bodies or persons in China; (iii) its substantial assets and properties, accounting books, corporate chops, board and shareholder minutes are kept in China; and (iv) at least half of its directors with voting rights or senior management often resident in China. A resident enterprise would 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 dividends to its non-PRC shareholders. However, it remains unclear as to whether the Notice is applicable to an offshore enterprise incorporated by a Chinese natural person. Nor are detailed measures on imposition of tax from non-domestically incorporated resident enterprises are available. Therefore, it is unclear how tax authorities will determine tax residency based on the facts of each case.
Given the above conditions, although unlikely, we may be deemed to be a resident enterprise by Chinese tax authorities. If the PRC tax authorities determine that we are a “resident enterprise” for PRC enterprise income tax purposes, a number of unfavorable PRC tax consequences could follow. 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 income tax reporting obligations. In our case, this would mean that income such as interest on financing proceeds and non-China source income would be subject to PRC enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%. Second, although under the New EIT Law and its implementing rules dividends paid to us from our PRC subsidiary would qualify as “tax-exempt income,” we cannot guarantee that such dividends will not be subject to a 10% withholding tax, as the PRC foreign exchange control authorities, which enforce the withholding tax, have not yet issued guidance with respect to the processing of outbound remittances to entities that are treated as resident enterprises for PRC enterprise income tax purposes. Finally, it is possible that future guidance issued with respect to the new “resident enterprise” classification 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 to gains derived by our non-PRC shareholders from transferring our shares. We are actively monitoring the possibility of “resident enterprise” treatment.
If we were treated as a “resident enterprise” by PRC tax authorities, we would be subject to taxation in both the U.S. and China, and our PRC tax may not be creditable against our U.S. tax.
We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and Chinese anti-corruption laws, and any determination that we violated these laws could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to the FCPA and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute, for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We have operations, agreements with third parties and we earn the majority of our revenue in China. PRC also strictly prohibits bribery of government officials. Our activities in China create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by our executive officers, employees, consultants, sales agents or other representatives of our Company, even though they may not always be subject to our control. It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the executive officers, employees, consultants, sales agents or other representatives of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA or Chinese anti-corruption laws may result in severecriminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the U.S. government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.
Because our business is located in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls, which we are required to do in order to comply with U.S. securities laws.
PRC companies have historically not adopted a Western style of management and financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes strong corporate governance, internal controls and computer, financial and other control systems. Some of our staff is not educated and trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty hiring new employees in the PRC with such training. As a result of these factors, we may experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet Western standards. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the SOX. This may result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls, which could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with Commission rules and regulations and the requirements of the SOX. Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse effect on our business.
The disclosures in our reports and other filings with the SEC and our other public announcements are not subject to the scrutiny of any regulatory bodies in the PRC. Accordingly, our public disclosure 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 are located, has conducted any due diligence on our operations or reviewed or cleared any of our disclosure.
We are regulated by the SEC and our reports and other filings with the SEC are subject to SEC review in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Unlike public reporting companies whose operations are located primarily in the United States, however, substantially all of our operations are located in the PRC and Hong Kong. Since substantially all of our operations and business takes place outside of United States, it may be more difficult for the staff of the SEC to overcome the geographic and cultural obstacles that are present when reviewing our disclosure. These same obstacles are not present for similar companies whose operations or business take place entirely or primarily in the United States. Furthermore, our SEC reports and other disclosure and public announcements are not subject to the review or scrutiny of any PRC regulatory authority. For example, the disclosure in our SEC reports and other filings are not subject to the review of the CSRC. Accordingly, you should review our SEC reports, filings and our other public announcements with the understanding that no local regulator has done any due diligence on our Company and with the understanding that none of our SEC reports, other filings or any of our other public announcements has been reviewed or otherwise been scrutinized by any local regulator.
Certain PRC regulations, including those relating to mergers and acquisitions and national security, may require a complicated review and approval process which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China.
The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “ M&A Rules ”), which became effective in September 2006 and were further amended in June 2009, requires that if an overseas company is established or controlled by PRC domestic companies or citizens intends to acquire equity interests or assets of any other PRC domestic company affiliated with the PRC domestic companies or citizens, such acquisition must be submitted to the MOFCOM, rather than local regulators, for approval. In addition, the M&A Rules requires that an overseas company controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or citizens and holding equity interests of PRC domestic companies needs to obtain the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, prior to listing its securities on an overseas stock exchange. On September 21, 2006, the CSRC published a notice on its official website specifying the documents and materials required to be submitted by overseas special purpose companies seeking the CSRC’s approval of their overseas listings.
The M&A Rules established additional procedures and requirements that could make merger and acquisition activities in China by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex. For example, the MOFCOM must be notified in the event a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. In addition, certain acquisitions of domestic companies by offshore companies that are related to or affiliated with the same entities or individuals of the domestic companies, are subject to approval by the MOFCOM. In addition, the Implementing Rules Concerning Security Review on Mergers and Acquisitions by Foreign Investors of Domestic Enterprises, issued by the MOFCOM in November 2011, require that mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors in “any industry with national security concerns” be subject to national security review by the MOFCOM. In addition, any activities attempting to circumvent such review process, including structuring the transaction through a proxy or contractual control arrangement, are strictly prohibited.
The Regulations on Foreign Investment Security Assessment (the “ Security Assessment Rules ”) which became effective in January 2021, requires that if foreign investors intend to directly or indirectly invest in the PRC in key industries and obtaining actual control over the invested enterprise, including important agricultural products, important energy and resources, major equipment manufacturing, important infrastructure, important transport services, important cultural products and services, important information technology and internet products and services, important financial services, key technologies, and other important areas, they shall proactively apply for approval to the working mechanism office (the “ Security Assessment Office ”) before their implementation.
There is significant uncertainty regarding the interpretation and implementation of these regulations relating to merger and acquisition activities in China. In addition, complying with these requirements could be time-consuming, and the required notification, review or approval process may materially delay or affect our ability to complete merger and acquisition transactions in China. As a result, our ability to seek growth through acquisitions may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, if the MOFCOM or Security Assessment Office determines that we should have obtained its approval for our entry into contractual arrangements with our affiliated entities, we may be required to file for remedial approvals. There is no assurance that we would be able to obtain such approval from the MOFCOM or Security Assessment Office.
If the MOFCOM, the CSRC and/or other PRC regulatory agencies subsequently determine that the approvals from the MOFCOM and/or CSRC and/or other PRC regulatory agencies were required, our PRC business could be challenged, and we may need to apply for a remedial approval and may be subject to certain administrative punishments or other sanctions from PRC regulatory agencies. The regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the conversion and remittance of our funds in foreign currencies into the PRC, or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock.
As substantially all of our operations are conducted through the VIE in China, our ability to pay dividends is primarily dependent on receiving distributions of funds from the VIE. However, the PRC government might exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which would likely result in a material change in our operations, even significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities or dividends to investors, and the value of our common stock may depreciate significantly or become worthless.
On July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Strictly Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities in Accordance with the Law (the “ Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities Opinions ”). The Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities and the supervision over overseas listings by China-based companies, and proposed to take measures, including promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems to control the risks and deal with the incidents faced by China-based overseas-listed companies.
In addition, on December 24, 2021, the CSRC issued the draft Administration Provisions of the State Council on the Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “ Draft Administration Provisions ”) and the draft Administrative Measures for the Filing of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “ Draft Administrative Measures ”), for public comments. The Draft Administration Provisions and the Draft Administrative Measures regulate overseas securities offering and listing by domestic companies in direct or indirect form. The Draft Administration Provisions specify the responsibilities of the CSRC to regulate the activities of overseas securities offering and listing by domestic companies and establish a filing-based regime. As a supporting measure to the Draft Administration Provisions, the Draft Administrative Measures, detail the determination criteria for indirect overseas listing in overseas markets. Specifically, an offering and listing shall be considered as an indirect overseas offering and listing by a domestic company if the issuer meets the following conditions: (i) the operating income, gross profit, total assets, or net assets of the domestic enterprise in the most recent fiscal year was more than 50% of the relevant line item in the issuer’s audited consolidated financial statement for that year; and (ii) senior management personnel responsible for business operations and management are mostly PRC citizens or are ordinarily resident in the PRC, or the main place of business is in the PRC or carried out in the PRC. In accordance with the Draft Administrative Measures, the issuer or its designated material domestic company, shall file with the CSRC and report the relevant information for its initial public offering.
On February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated the Overseas Listing Trial Measures and five relevant guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures regulate both direct and indirect overseas offering and listing of PRC domestic companies’ securities by adopting a filing-based regulatory regime. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, if the issuer meets both the following conditions, the overseas securities offering and listing conducted by such issuer will be determined as indirect overseas offering, which shall be subject to the filing procedure set forth under the Overseas Listing Trial Measures: (i) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year is accounted for by domestic companies; and (ii) the main parts of the issuer’s business activities are conducted in mainland China, or its main places of business are located in mainland China, or the senior managers in charge of its business operations and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in mainland China. Where an abovementioned issuer submits an application for an initial public offering to competent overseas regulators, such issuer shall file with the CSRC within three business days after such application is submitted. Where a domestic company fails to fulfill filing procedure or in violation of the provisions as stipulated above, in respect of its overseas offering and listing, the CSRC shall order rectification, issue warnings to such domestic company, and impose a fine ranging from RMB1,000,000 to RMB10,000,000. Also, the directly liable persons and actual controllers of the domestic company that organize or instruct the aforementioned violations shall be warned and/or imposed fines.
Also on February 17, 2023, the CSRC also held a press conference for the release of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures and issued the Notice on Administration for the Filing of Overseas Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, which, among others, clarifies that the domestic companies that have already been listed overseas on or before the effective date of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures (March 31, 2023) shall be deemed as “stock enterprises”. Stock enterprises are not required to complete the filling procedures immediately, and they shall be required to file with the CSRC when subsequent matters such as refinancing are involved.
Due to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, we will be required to file with the CSRC with respect to an offering of new securities, which may subject us to additional compliance requirements in the future and we cannot assure you that we will be able to get the clearance from the CSRC for any offering of new securities on a timely manner. Any failure of us to comply with the new Overseas Listing Trial Measures may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities, cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severelydamage our reputation.
Furthermore, it is uncertain when and whether we will be able to obtain permission or approval from the CSRC or the PRC government to offer securities to list on U.S. exchanges or the execution of a VIE Agreement in the future. However, our operations are conducted through the VIE in PRC, and our ability to pay dividends is primarily dependent on receiving distributions of funds from the VIE, if we do not obtain or maintain any of the permissions or approvals which may be required in the future by the PRC government for the operation of the VIE or the execution of VIE Agreements, our operations and financial conditions could be adversely effected, even significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities or dividends to investors and cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or become worthless.
The Company operates its business across four primary segments:
telecommunications products and services;
marketplace platform and digital commerce infrastructure solutions;
data and analytics platform solutions; and
advanced technology and platform solutions.
The telecommunications products and services segment includes the distribution of telecommunications-related products and the provision of communication services, such as SMS, MMS, and related messaging solutions. The marketplace platform and digital commerce infrastructure segment includes the Company’s mobile-first, online-to-offline (“ O2O ”) marketplace platforms. The data and analytics platform solutions segment includes the Company’s Sapientus platform, which provides data-driven analytics solutions to enterprise customers, particularly in the insurance and financial services sectors. The advanced technology and platform solutions segment includes the Company’s C2 Platform, designed to support real-time communication, coordination, and operational management across enterprise and industry applications.
Historically, the Company’s revenue has primarily derived from its telecommunications products and services segment. However, the Company is increasingly focused on expanding its higher-margin, technology-driven platform businesses, including enterprise communications, data analytics, and platform solutions. The newer platform segments are in various stages of development and commercialization, and their future contributions to revenue and profitability will depend on market adoption, technological advancements, and regulatory conditions.
Business Segments
The Company operates its business across four primary segments:
Telecommunications Products and Services
The Company’s telecommunications products and services segment represents its core operating business, encompassing mobile recharge and top-up services, data plans, subscription plans, mobile devices, and related value-added telecommunications services for consumers and enterprise customers in the PRC. These services are primarily delivered through strategic arrangements and integrations with major telecommunications operators, including China Mobile and China Unicom.
Marketplace Platform And Digital Commerce Infrastructure Solutions
The Company’s marketplace platform and digital commerce infrastructure segment comprises mobile-first, O2O marketplace and procurement platform solutions designed to facilitate digital commerce transactions and service integration across various industry verticals. This segment includes the DaGe Platform, which connects automotive owners with providers of vehicle-related products and services, and the JiuGe Procurement Platform, an enterprise procurement solution that supports supplier coordination and procurement workflows. The Company continues to invest in platform development, scalability, data analytics integration, and user experience enhancements to support long-term growth and monetization through transaction-based fees, subscription services, advertising, and other value-added offerings.
Data And Analytics Platform Solutions
The Company’s data and analytics platform solutions segment operates under the Sapientus brand, offering AI-powered data analytics and enterprise intelligence solutions for the telecommunications and insurance industries. The platform leverages telecommunications and behavioural data to enhance precision marketing, customer acquisition, risk assessment, product personalization, and analytics-driven business decision-making.
Advanced Technology And Platform Solutions
The Company’s advanced technology and platform solutions segment includes its C2 Platform, which integrates satellite communications, 5G networks, IoT systems, and AI-driven analytics for emergency response vehicles and specialized commercial applications. The platform is designed to support mission-critical communications, operational coordination, and real-time data transmission in public safety, emergency response, transportation, and related infrastructure environments.
Technology and Platform Strategy
The Company’s operations are supported by proprietary and third-party technology platforms, including messaging infrastructure, digital commerce systems, and data analytics capabilities. The Company continues to invest in enhancing these platforms to improve scalability, reliability, and performance across its operating subsidiaries.
Customers and Markets
The Company serves enterprise customers, telecommunications operators, and platform users primarily in the PRC. The Company’s solutions are designed to support high-volume transactional environments and data-driven enterprise use cases.
Key Business Developments
During fiscal 2026, the Company continued its strategic transformation from a telecommunications-focused operating business to a diversified technology and platform enterprise. Management’s initiatives during the fiscal year were focused on expanding platform-based capabilities, enhancing technology infrastructure, strengthening strategic positioning across multiple business segments, and pursuing scalable growth opportunities.
Expansion of Marketplace Platform and Digital Commerce Infrastructure Solutions
During fiscal 2026, the Company expanded its marketplace platform and digital commerce infrastructure solutions segment through the acquisition of intellectual property assets related to the DaGe Platform.
The DaGe Platform is an integrated digital marketplace ecosystem that connects vehicle owners with automotive service providers, electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, and accessory vendors through mobile applications and mini-program platforms. As of February 28, 2026, the platform had integrated approximately 86,000 charging stations and approximately 12,500 vendors and service providers.
Management believes the acquisition enhances the Company’s position within the intelligent mobility and digital commerce ecosystem and supports the Company’s strategy of developing scalable platform-based revenue models and diversified enterprise service capabilities.
In addition, the Company launched the JiuGe Procurement Platform during fiscal 2026, the enterprise procurement and supplier management platform is designed to support employee benefits programs, customer rewards initiatives, and promotional campaign management for enterprise customers. As of February 28, 2026, the platform was being piloted with select regional operations of China Mobile and Juneyao Airlines.
Management believes the procurement platform may facilitate future expansion of enterprise-focused digital commerce infrastructure services and contribute to the diversification of the Company’s marketplace-related revenue streams.
Advancement of Advanced Technology and Platform Solutions
During fiscal 2026, the Company continued its development and commercialization activities related to the Advanced Mobile Integrated C2 Platform through JiuGe Technology.
The C2 Platform integrates satellite communications, 5G networks, IoT systems, high-definition video transmission, intelligent conferencing systems, and AI-driven analytics specifically designed for emergency response vehicles and specialized operational environments.
Throughout the fiscal year, JiuGe Technology secured contracts from government emergency response agencies in multiple Chinese cities through competitive public tender processes. As of February 28, 2026, ten vehicles equipped with the C2 Platform had been deployed for beta testing and operational use.
Management believes that the advanced technology and platform solutions segment may represent a long-term, higher-margin growth opportunity, expanding the Company’s exposure beyond traditional telecommunications-related services into mission-critical communications and infrastructure solutions.
Development of Data and Analytics Platform Solutions
The Company continued to invest in its Sapientus platform, which provides AI-powered data analytics and enterprise intelligence solutions for the telecommunications and insurance industries.
The platform leverages telecommunications-related and behavioural data to facilitate precision marketing, analytics-driven customer acquisition, risk assessment, product personalization, and enhanced enterprise decision-making capabilities. Although the current revenue contribution from this segment remains limited, management views the platform as a strategic long-term initiative that may support future growth opportunities in both domestic and regional markets.
JiuGe Procurement Platform Launch
On December 1, 2025, the Company launched the JiuGe Procurement Platform, an enterprise procurement solution operated by JiuGe Technology and included within the Company’s Marketplace Platform and Digital Commerce Infrastructure segment. The platform is designed to support JiuGe Technology’s mobile recharge business by centralizing supplier product catalogues and facilitating procurement workflows for employee benefits, customer rewards, and promotional campaign distribution.
As of February 28, 2026, the platform was being piloted with certain regional operations of China Mobile in Shanghai and Jiangxi, as well as with Juneyao Airlines. The Company intends to continue evaluating opportunities to expand the platform’s adoption and geographic reach as part of its strategy to broaden its enterprise service offerings and diversify revenue sources.
Recent Financing
May 2026 Note Offering
On May 13, 2026 (the “ Closing Date ”), we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “ May 2026 Note Purchase Agreement ”) with an institutional investor (the “ Note Investor ”), pursuant to which we issued to the Note Investor a senior secured convertible note (the “ Note ”) with an original principal amount of $5,000,000 and an original issue discount of $700,000. The Note bears no interest (except upon an event of default) and, unless earlier converted or redeemed, will mature on the first anniversary of the Closing Date. At closing, the Company received $3,300,000, with the remaining $1,000,000 of the $4,300,000 aggregate subscription amount to be released to the Company upon the SEC declaring effective a resale registration statement covering the resale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 200% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Note (constituting the “ Registrable Securities ” as more fully defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed as an exhibit hereto).
The Note is convertible, at any time at the Note Investor’s option, into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ” and such shares issuable upon conversion, the “ Conversion Shares ”), at an initial fixed conversion price of $0.94 per share (the “ Fixed Conversion Price ”), which is subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations, and other customary events. In addition, during each monthly period specified in the Note (each, a “ Monthly Redemption Conversion Period ”), the Note Investor may convert up to $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Note (plus all accrued and unpaid amounts thereon) at a “Redemption Conversion Price” equal to the lower of (i) the Fixed Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) 90% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock during the seven consecutive trading days ending on and including the applicable date of conversion or the first trading day of the applicable Monthly Redemption Conversion Period, in each case subject to a floor price (the “ Floor Price ”) initially set at 20% of the Nasdaq Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635) on the trading day prior to the date of the May 2026 Note Purchase Agreement, which resets automatically every six months. If the Company is unable to issue Conversion Shares due to the exchange cap described below or if a Floor Price condition exists, the Note Investor may require the Company to satisfy the applicable monthly conversion amount in cash at a 7.5% premium.
If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Note shall become due and payable, at the Note Investor’s election, in cash at an amount equal to 125% of all the outstanding principal amount of the Note, accrued and unpaid interest, and any other unpaid amounts (collectively, the “ Outstanding Value ”). Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, default interest shall accrue at an annual rate of 12%.
The Note also contains additional conversion, redemption, and put mechanics, including (i) an optional redemption right in favor of the Company, exercisable after 40 trading days following the effective date of the initial resale registration statement, at a price equal to 115% of the Outstanding Value of the Note, (ii) a change of control put right entitling the Note Investor to require redemption of the Outstanding Value under the Note at a premium upon the occurrence of a change of control transaction, and (iii) a subsequent placement redemption right entitling the Note Investor to require the Company to apply up to 30% of the gross proceeds of such subsequent placement to redeem at a price equal to 115% of the Outstanding Value being redeemed, in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Note.
The May 2026 Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and agreements of the Company and the Note Investor, and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. The Company has agreed to seek stockholder approval for the issuance of Conversion Shares in excess of 19.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the date of the May 2026 Note Purchase Agreement. Absent such approval (or an opinion of outside counsel that stockholder approval is not required), the Company may not issue Conversion Shares in excess of 12,256,260 shares in the aggregate (the “ Exchange Cap ”). Conversions are also subject to a 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation.
In connection with the May 2026 Note Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the Note Investor. The Company also entered into a security agreement with the Note Investor (the “ Security Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company granted to the Note Investor, acting as collateral agent, a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the Company’s personal property assets, subject to customary permitted liens and excluded assets, as set forth in the Security Agreement.
Results of Operations
Year Ended February 28, 2026 Compared to Year Ended February 28, 2025
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Revenue
Cost of revenue
Total operating expenses
Total other income (expenses)
Net Loss attributable to the Company’s stockholders
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Comprehensive loss attributable to the Company
Basic Loss Per Share attributable to the Company
Diluted Loss Per Share attributable to the Company
Revenue
The following table sets forth the Company’s revenue from its three lines of business for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Change (%)
Telecommunication Products & Services
Marketplace Platform & Digital Commerce Infrastructure Solutions
Advanced Technology & Platform Solutions
Data & Analytics Platform Solutions
Total Revenue
We recorded $24,132,261 in revenue for the year ended February 28, 2026, a decrease of $11,475,353 or 32%, compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. This decrease was primarily attributable to a decline of $11,459,097 in revenue from our Telecommunication Products & Services segment. Within this segment, revenue from sales of mobile devices amounted to $7,410,130 for the year ended February 28, 2026, compared to $17,964,650 for the year ended February 28, 2025, representing a decrease of $10,554,520. The overall decrease was also attributable to decreases of $55,555 from Marketplace Platform and Digital Commerce Infrastructure Solutions, mainly the DaGe Platform and $46,690 from Advanced Technology and Platform Solutions, primarily the C2 Platform. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $85,989 in revenue from Data and Analytics Platform Solutions, mainly the Sapientus Platform.
We principally earn revenue by providing mobile payment and recharge services to customers of telecommunications companies in China. Specifically, we earn a negotiated rebate amount from the telecommunications companies for all monies paid by consumers to those companies that we process. This operating model requires working capital to support transaction volumes. During the year ended February 28, 2026, our revenue remained primarily driven by our Telecommunication Products & Services segment, which contributed $23.94 million, representing 99.2% of total revenue.
The DaGe Platform, launched in 2024, generated $25,037 in revenue compared to $80,592 in the prior year. Revenue remained limited during the year as operational and promotional activities were constrained by available working capital.
The Advanced Technology and Platform Solutions segment generated $141,886 in revenue for the year ended February 28, 2026, compared to $188,576 in the prior year. Revenue contributions remained limited, and activity during the year primarily reflected project-based work, with the scope and pace of deployment constrained by available working capital.
The Data and Analytics Platform Solutions segment generated revenue of $27,780 for the year ended February 28, 2026. Activity in this segment remains limited during the year.
Cost of Revenue
The following table sets forth the Company’s cost of revenue for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Telecommunication Products & Services
Marketplace Platform & Digital Commerce Infrastructure Solutions
Advanced Technology & Platform Solutions
Data & Analytics Platform Solutions
Total Cost of Revenue
We recorded $23,438,416 in costs of revenue for the year ended February 28, 2026, a decrease of $9,405,491 or 29%, compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. As previously mentioned, we principally earn revenue by providing mobile payment and recharge services to customers of telecommunications companies, subscription plans and mobile phone sales in China. To earn this revenue, we incur cost of the product, certain customer acquisition costs, including discounts, promotion and marketing initiatives aimed at user growth and partner engagement, particularly in our emerging segments, which are reflected in our cost of revenue.
Gross Profit
Our gross profit for the year ended February 28, 2026 was $693,845, a decrease of $2,069,862 or 75%, compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. Cost of revenue primarily consists of product costs and transaction-related costs incurred in connection with mobile payment and recharge services provided to customers of telecommunications companies in China. As transaction activity declined during the year due to working capital constraints, the associated variable costs declined proportionately.
Amortization & Depreciation
We recorded amortization & depreciation of $351,204 for intangible assets & fixed assets for the year ended February 28, 2026, an increase of $194,707 or 124%, compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. The increase resulted from the purchase of software IP.
General and Administrative Expenses
The following table sets forth the Company’s general and administrative expenses for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Accounting
Consulting
Entertainment
Rent
Salaries & Wages
Technical Fee
Travelling
Others
Total G&A Expenses
We recorded $5,049,420 in general and administrative expenses for the year ended February 28, 2026, a decrease of $1,396,351 or 22%, compared to the year ended February 28, 2025 The decrease was primarily due to lower salaries & wages, traveling, entertainment, accounting, consulting and other miscellaneous expenses compared to the prior year. General and administrative expenses consist of personnel-related costs, professional and accounting services, and general office and operational expenses necessary to support regulatory compliance. These expenses include ongoing costs associated with corporate governance, audit and regulatory filings, consulting and advisory services, as well as operational support across our business segments .
Marketing Costs
The following table sets forth the Company’s marketing costs for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Marketing Costs
We recorded $83,197 in marketing costs for the year ended February 28, 2026, a decrease of $193,061 or 70% compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. The decrease was primarily attributable to reduced marketing and promotional activities during the year, reflecting cost control measures implemented in response to liquidity constraints.
Research & Development
The following table sets forth the Company’s research & development for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Research & Development
We recorded $411,925 in research & development for the year ended February 28, 2026, a decrease of $220,842 or 35% compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. Research and development expenses primarily consist of personnel-related costs. Activities during the year remained limited in scope, with expenditures aligned to our available working capital.
Credit ImpairmentLoss
The following table sets forth the Company’s credit impairmentloss for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Credit impairmentloss
We recorded $1,207,516 in credit impairmentloss for the year ended February 28, 2026, an increase of $767,903 or 175% compared to the year ended February 28, 2025. The increase was mainly attributable to a higher allowance recognized on trade receivables following management’s assessment of expected credit losses, including the aging of outstanding balances, collection experience, current business conditions and expected timing of recoveries. The provision reflects a prudent assessment of expected credit risk, while management continues to monitor collections and credit exposure on an ongoing basis.
Share Compensation Expenses
The following table sets forth the Company’s share compensation expenses for the periods indicated:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Share compensation expenses
We incurred fees of $530,620 in share issuance for consultants in consideration of services and stock option compensation expenses for the year ended February 28, 2026 as compared to $761,802 for the year ended February 28, 2025. The decrease of $231,182 or 30% was due to the reduced engagement of consultants to the Company that were compensated with shares of our common stock, which highlights our effort to minimize equity issuances as part of our broader financial strategy to optimize equity issuances. However, we will continue to employ equity compensation for consultants selectively, aligning with our strategic and financial objectives.
Operating Expenses
We recorded $7,633,882 in operating expenses for the year ended February 28, 2026 as compared to $8,712,708 in operating expenses for the year ended February 28, 2025. The decrease of $1,078,826 or 12% for the year ended February 28, 2026 is as set forth above.
Net Loss attributable to the Company’s stockholders
The net loss attributable to the Company’s stockholders was $6,997,770 for the year ended February 28, 2026 and $5,112,804 for the year ended February 28, 2025. The increase in net loss attributable to the Company’s stockholders of $1,884,966 or 37% is as set forth above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table sets out our cash and working capital as of February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025:
As at February 28, 2026
As at February 28, 2025
Cash reserves
Working capital
At February 28, 2026, we had cash and cash equivalents of $68,596 as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $1,128,135 at February 28, 2025.
Our business model, particularly in mobile payment, requires periodic fund deposits with our telecommunication companies to obtain access to the mobile data and talk time we make available to consumers on our portal. During the period, liquidity constraints limited our ability to fund certain operations, which contributed to reduced activity levels. Management continues to monitor cash flows and align expenditures with available resources. In addition, the Company is pursuing financing initiatives, including equity and debt financing arrangements, to support ongoing operations, satisfy certain obligations, and advance its strategic initiatives. The Company continues to focus on improving collection cycles, optimizing payment terms, and enhancing operational efficiency. The Company’s ability to support its operations and execute its business strategy will depend on a combination of operational cash flows, effective working capital management, and access to additional financing. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
Statement of Cashflows
The following table provides a summary of cash flows for the periods presented:
Year Ended
February 28, 2026
Year Ended
February 28, 2025
Net cash used in operating activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities
Effect of exchange rates on cash & cash equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash Flow used in Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities decreased by $4,274,110 in the year ended February 28, 2026 compared to the year ended February 28, 2025, primarily due to increase in accounts receivable of ($10,974,384) (2025: ($24,860,498)), increase in other receivable of ($621,761) (2025: 1,399,140), increase in inventories of ($109,386) (2025: ($137,354)) and decrease in lease liability of ($8,487) (2025: ($100,668)) offset by, decrease in prepayment and deposit of $2,124,453 (2025: ($1,365,105)), increase in accounts payable of $8,016,055 (2025: $19,665,662) and increase in accrual and other payables of $2,620,191 (2025: $7,788,318).
Cash Flow used in Investing Activities
During the year ended February 28, 2026, investing activities increased by $16,101 compared to the year ended February 28, 2025 due to the purchase of equipment.
Cash Flow provided by Financing Activities
During the year ended February 28, 2026, net cash provided by financing activities was $2,863,503 compared to net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended February 28, 2025 of $7,776,249. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower net borrowings during the year, including repayments of loans made earlier in the fiscal year. During the year ended February 28, 2026, we also raised additional capital through sales of common stock under our at-the-market (“ ATM ”) offering program. Proceeds from these issuances were used primarily for general working capital purposes. Notwithstanding these proceeds, we continue to experience working capital constraints, and our liquidity remains dependent on operating performance, the timing of customer collections, and access to additional financing.
During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2026, we issued 64,083 shares of our common stock under the sales agreement pursuant to the ATM offering program for gross cash proceeds of $98,942. The total issuance costs were $2,474, all of which were related to compensation paid to the sales agent.
Our ATM offering is being conducted pursuant to an at-the-market issuance sales agreement (the “ Sales Agreement ”) with R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. (the “ Sales Agent ”), under which we may issue and sell from time to time shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of not more than $50,000,000 through the Sales Agent. Sales of the common stock, if any, will be made by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, including sales made directly through the Nasdaq Capital Market, the existing trading market for our common stock, sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or otherwise, in negotiated transactions at market prices, and/or any other method permitted by law. The Sales Agent will offer our common stock at prevailing market prices subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement as agreed upon by us and the Sales Agent. The shares have been registered under our shelf registration statement Form S-3 under the Securities Act (the “ Registration Statement ”), filed with the SEC on September 11, 2023 (SEC File Nol 333-274456), and declared effective by the SEC on September 29, 2023, and are being offered pursuant to a prospectus supplement (the “ ATM Prospectus Supplement ”) filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act on October 23, 2025, and the accompanying base prospectus dated September 29, 2023 (the “ Base Prospectus ”).
Upon filing with the SEC, this Annual Report is deemed to update the Base Prospectus and ATM Prospectus Supplement for the purposes of section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act. As of the date of this Annual Report, the aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates of our Company is less than $75 million. Accordingly, our Company no longer qualifies for General Instruction I.B.I of Form S-3 and is instead subject to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 which limits the amounts that we may sell under a registration statement prepared on that form. However, the Company is relying on administrative guidance published by the Corporation Finance Division of the SEC (Corporation Finance Interpretation No. 116.26) to the effect that staff at the SEC will not object if a registrant continues offering and selling the full amount of securities covered by a previously-filed prospectus supplement in these circumstances. At the time of filing the ATM Prospectus Supplement, our Company qualified for General Instruction I.B.I of Form S-3, and the Sales Agreement contemplated an at-the-market offering of up to an aggregate of $50,000,000 of shares of common stock, being an amount of securities that we reasonably expected to offer and sell. Accordingly, the Registration Statement of which the Prospectus and the ATM Prospectus Supplement collectively form a part continues to be available to sell such aggregate amount of our common stock under the Sales Agreement.
Capital Allocation Strategy
Our capital allocation strategy focuses on:
Supporting Core Business Operations – Maintaining adequate working capital to support the telecommunications products and services business at sustainable transaction volumes while optimizing capital efficiency.
Selective Platform Investments – Allocating capital to platform-based initiatives (C2 Platform, DaGe Platform, JiuGe Procurement Platform, Sapientus solutions) based on commercial traction, market opportunity, and potential return on investment.
Strategic Acquisitions – Pursuing selective acquisition opportunities that provide complementary technology capabilities, expand market access, enhance operational scale, or accelerate platform development..
Regional Expansion – Investing in market entry and business development activities in Southeast Asian markets, such as Indonesia and Thailand, for the C2 Platform and Sapientus solutions.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
There are no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Subsequent Events
On March 4, 2026, Finger Motion Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a further extension agreement with Dr. Liew Yow Mingin respect of the remaining outstanding balance of SGD$500,000 under the loan agreement dated July 18, 2024, extending the repayment date from March 4, 2026 to September 4, 2026. The loan had previously been extended on September 4, 2025, when the repayment date was extended from September 4, 2025 to March 4, 2026 and the interest rate was revised to 24.5% per annum. All other material terms remained unchanged.
On May 13, 2026, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an institutional investor and issued the Note with an original principal amount of $5,000,000 and an original issue discount of $700,000. The Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial fixed conversion price of $0.94 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Note. The Note and the shares issuable upon conversion were issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D thereunder. See “—Recent Financing — May 2026 Note Offering” for a more detailed description.
In connection with the issuance of the Note, pursuant to the adjustment provisions to the exercise price contained within the common stock purchase warrants (the “Common Warrants”) and the placement agent warrant (the “Placement Agent Warrant”) issued in the registered direct offering that closed on December 23, 2024, the number of warrants remaining under the Common Warrants has been increased by 2,293,771 and the number of warrants remaining under the Placement Agent Warrant have increased by 74,666, with the remaining number of warrants thereunder entitling the holders of the Common Warrants and the Placement Agent to purchase an aggregate of 6,344,031 shares of common stock at a price of $0.94 per share.
Outstanding Share Data
At May 26, 2026, we have 61,281,308 issued and outstanding shares of common stock.
Critical Accounting Policies
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ U.S. GAAP ”). The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts, transactions, and profits have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Variable interest entity
Pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (“ FASB ”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ ASC ”) Section 810, “Consolidation” (“ ASC 810 ”), the Company is required to include in its consolidated financial statements, the financial statements of its variable interest entities (“ VIEs ”). ASC 810 requires a VIE to be consolidated if that company is subject to a majority of the risk of loss for the VIE or is entitled to receive a majority of the VIE’s residual returns. VIEs are those entities in which a company, through contractual arrangements, bears the risk of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the entity, and therefore the company is the primary beneficiary of the entity.
Under ASC 810, a reporting entity has a controlling financial interest in a VIE, and must consolidate that VIE, if the reporting entity has both of the following characteristics: (a) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance; and (b) the obligation to absorb losses, or the right to receive benefits, that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The reporting entity’s determination of whether it has this power is not affected by the existence of kick-out rights or participating rights, unless a single enterprise, including its related parties and de - facto agents, have the unilateral ability to exercise those rights. JiuGe Technology’s actual stockholders do not hold any kick-out rights that affect the consolidation determination.
Through the VIE agreements disclosed in Note 1 – Nature of Business and basis of Presentation of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as presented under Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company is deemed the primary beneficiary of JiuGe Technology. Accordingly, the results of JiuGe Technology have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. JiuGe Technology has no assets that are collateral for or restricted solely to settle their obligations. The creditors of JiuGe Technology do not have recourse to the Company’s general credit.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes its best estimate of the ultimate outcome for these items based on historical trends and other information available when the financial statements are prepared. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Certain Risks and Uncertainties
The Company relies on cloud-based hosting through a global accredited hosting provider. Management believes that alternate sources are available; however, disruption or termination of this relationship could adversely affect our operating results in the near term.
Segment reporting
ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in consolidated financial statements for detailing the Company’s business segments. Based on the criteria established by ASC 280, The Company uses the management approach to determine reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s CODM, specifically the Company’s CEO and CFO, for making decisions, allocating resources and assessing performance. The Company does not distinguish revenues, costs and expenses between segments in its internal reporting, but instead reports costs and expenses by nature as a whole. Based on the management’s assessment, the Company determines that it has only one operating segment and therefore one reportable segment as defined by ASC 280. Furthermore, the whole of the Group’s revenue is derived in or from China with all operation being carried out in China, and the Company’s long-lived assets are located in China, no geographical segments are presented. As such, all financial segment information required by the authoritative guidance can be found in these consolidated financial statements.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
The Company’s reporting currency is the US dollar. The functional currencies of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are their respective local currencies (China Renminbi, Singapore dollar and Hong Kong dollar), which are the monetary unit of account of the principal economic environment in which the Company’s foreign subsidiaries operate. Assets and liabilities of the foreign subsidiaries are translated into US dollars at exchange rates in effect at each period end. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates in effect during the period. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of stockholders’ equity.
Translation of amounts from RMB into USD has been made at the following exchange rates for the respective periods:
Balance sheet items, except for equity accounts
February 28, 2026
RMB6.8590 to $1.00
February 28, 2025
RMB7.2830 to $1.00
Income statement and cash flows items
For the year ended February 28, 2026
RMB7.1315 to $1.00
For the year ended February 28, 2025
RMB7.2123 to $1.00
Identifiable Intangible Assets
Identifiable intangible assets are recorded at cost and are amortized over 3-10 years. Similar to tangible property and equipment, the Company periodically evaluates identifiable intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company classifies its long-lived assets into: (i) computer and office equipment; (ii) furniture and fixtures, (iii) leasehold improvements, and (iv) finite–lived intangible assets.
Long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology, economy, or other industry changes. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, relief from royalty income approach, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.
The Company makes various assumptions and estimates regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors in determining the fair values of the respective assets. The assumptions and estimates used to determine future values and the remaining useful lives of long-lived assets are complex and subjective. They can be affected by various factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as the Company’s business strategy and its forecasts for specific market expansion.
Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable is stated at the amount the Company expects to collect. The Company maintains allowances for credit losses for estimated losses. Management considers the following factors when determining the collectability of specific accounts: historical experience, creditworthiness of the clients, aging of the receivables and other specific circumstances related to the accounts. Allowance for credit losses is made and recorded into administrative expenses based on the aging of accounts receivable and on any specifically identified receivables that may become uncollectible. Accounts receivable which are deemed to be uncollectible are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. Our assessment considered the estimates of expected credit and collectability trends. Volatility in market conditions and evolving credit trends are difficult to predict and may cause variability and volatility that may have an impact on our allowance for credit losses in future periods. Refer to Note 8 – Accounts Receivable, net of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as presented under Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, for allowances for credit losses recognized in profit or loss by the Company during the year ended February 28, 2026 and February 28, 2025.
Concentration of Credit Risks
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and other receivable. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are placed with high-credit-quality financial institutions, and at times exceed federally insured limits. To date, the Company has not experienced any credit loss relating to its cash and cash equivalents.
For the year ended February 28, 2026, two customers each accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue, with individual contributions of 57% and 23%. As at February 28, 2026, amounts due from these customers represented approximately 62% of the Company’s total accounts receivable.
For the year ended February 28, 2025, three customers each accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue, with individual contributions of 47%, 24% and 20%. As at February 28, 2025, amounts due from these customers represented approximately 92% of the Company’s total accounts receivable.
For the year ended February 28, 2026, two suppliers each accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total purchase, with individual contributions of 57% and 23%. As at February 28, 2026, amounts due to these suppliers represented approximately 54% of the Company’s total accounts payable.
For the year ended February 28, 2025, three suppliers each accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total purchase, with individual contributions of 45%, 25% and 23%. As at February 28, 2025, amounts due to these suppliers represented approximately 83% of the Company’s total accounts payable.
Lease
Operating and finance lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term. When the rate implicit to the lease cannot be readily determined, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of the future lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is derived from information available at the lease commencement date and represents the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term and amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. The right-of-use asset includes any lease payments made and lease incentives received prior to the commencement date. Operating lease right-of-use assets also include any cumulative prepaid or accrued rent when the lease payments are uneven throughout the lease term. The right-of-use assets and lease liabilities may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand, demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments placed with banks, which have original maturities of three months or less and are readily convertible to known amounts of cash.
Equipment
Equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation of equipment is provided using the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes at rates based on the estimated useful lives of the assets. Estimated useful lives range from three to seven years. Land is classified as held for sale when management has the ability and intent to sell, in accordance with ASC Topic 360-45.
Earnings Per Share
Basic (loss) earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period while the effects of potential common shares outstanding during the period are included in diluted earnings per share.
FASB Accounting Standard Codification Topic 260 (“ ASC 260 ”), “Earnings Per Share,” requires that employee equity share options, non-vested shares and similar equity instruments granted to employees be treated as potential common shares in computing diluted earnings per share. Diluted earnings per share should be based on the actual number of options or shares granted and not yet forfeited, unless doing so would be anti-dilutive. The Company uses the “treasury stock” method for equity instruments granted in share-based payment transactions provided in ASC 260 to determine diluted earnings per share. Antidilutive securities represent potentially dilutive securities which are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings or loss per share as their impact was antidilutive.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, when control of promised goods or services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. It generates revenue primarily from telecommunications mobile recharge and top-up services, data plans, subscription plan, mobile devices and related services provided to consumer and enterprise customers.
Telecommunication Services
The Company provides mobile recharge and top-up services, data plans, subscription plans, and other related telecommunication services to third-party businesses and online marketplaces through its digital platform. Revenue is recognized when the related services are delivered, activated, or otherwise made available to the customer, which is the point at which control of the promised services is transferred to the customer in accordance with the terms of the underlying arrangements.
Telecommunication Products
Telecommunication products revenue primarily relates to sales of mobile devices. Telecommunication products are generally considered separate performance obligations because customers can benefit from the devices independently. Revenue associated with mobile devices sales is recognized at a point in time when control transfers to the customer, generally upon picked up by the customer.
Other Segments
The Company recognizes revenue from providing online-to-offline integration services (DaGe platform), communication and coordination solutions, and data and analytics services to its customers. The Company recognizes revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the service has been provided to the customer or the equipment has been accepted by the customer; (3) the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable; and (4) the collection of fees is probable. We account for our multi-element arrangements in data and analytics services, such as instances where we design a custom website and separately offer other services, which are recognized over the period for when services are performed.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of telecommunication products and services, and SMS & MMS business for operators or other suppliers, and the purchase cost of emergency equipment for command and communication.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses for Sapientus include compensation, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, materials and components purchased for research and development. During the year ended February 28, 2026, the Company also commenced product development efforts under a new strategic collaboration to integrate its Mobile Integrated Command and Communication Platform into emergency response vehicles.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses include compensation, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, professional service fees, allocation of facility costs, depreciation, and amortization associated with general selling and administrative overhead activities.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ ASC ”) 740, “Income Taxes” (“ ASC 740 ”). Under this method, income tax expense is recognized as the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of available evidence it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Non-controlling interest
Non-controlling interests held 1% of the shares of three of our subsidiaries, 30% of the shares of Zhejiang ChangXin Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. and 20% of the shares of Shanghai XiaoYi Bin Tong Technology Co., Ltd., are recorded as a component of our equity, separate from the Company’s equity. Purchase or sales of equity interests that do not result in a change of control are accounted for as equity transactions. Results of operations attributable to the non-controlling interest are included in our consolidated results of operations and, upon loss of control, the interest sold, as well as interest retained, if any, will be reported at fair value with any gain or loss recognized in earnings. The cumulative results of operations attributable to noncontrolling interests are also recorded as noncontrolling interests in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
(i) Recently adopted accounting pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments address more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The ASU also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in this ASU are effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis through retrospective application is permitted. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 for the year beginning on March 1, 2025 on a retrospective basis and the adoption does not have a material impact on its disclosures.
(ii) Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). This ASU requires disclosure, in the notes to financial statements, of specified information about certain costs and expenses. A reporting entity is required to 1) disclose the amounts of (a) purchases of inventory, (b) employee compensation, (c) depreciation, (d) intangible asset amortization, and (e) depreciation, depletion, and amortization recognized as part of oil and gas-producing activities (DD&A) (or other amounts of depletion expense) included in each relevant expense caption. A relevant expense caption is an expense caption presented on the face of the income statement within continuing operations that contains any of the expense categories listed in (a)–(e); 2) include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current generally accepted accounting principles in the same disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements; 3) disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and 4) disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, “Income Statement — Reporting Comprehensive Income — Expense Disaggregation Disclosures.” The amendment in ASU 2025-01 amends the effective date of ASC 2024-03 to clarify that all public business entities are required to adopt the guidance in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption of is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (ASU 2025-05), which amends guidance on the measurement of credit losses for accounts receivable and contract assets. ASU 2025-05 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“ FASB ”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ ASU ”) 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Improvements to Interim Disclosure Requirements. The standard clarifies disclosure requirements for interim financial statements and is effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2026. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
