VAI 10-K & 10-Q changes, risk factors and insider trading
Valor Energy Inc · Nasdaq · Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) · CIK 1711012 · All filings on SEC.gov
At a glance
What changed in the latest 10-K
Risk Factors
New heading “Our operations are entirely concentrated in a single city in China, which exposes us to heightened geographic risk that could have a company-wide adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.”
New heading “We are subject to a mandatory new energy vehicle requirement for newly added vehicles in Changsha beginning in 2027, which may require significant capital expenditure and expose us to supply, operational and transition risks that could adversely affect our business.”
New heading “Our entire continuing business depends on a single PRC operating subsidiary, and any adverse regulatory, legal or operational development affecting Hunan Ruixi specifically would have a total impact on our revenue and business.”
New heading “Escalating tensions between the United States and China, including tariff measures, export controls, and US legislative actions targeting Chinese-linked public companies, could adversely affect our Nasdaq listing, our ability to access US capital markets, and investor sentiment toward our common stock.”
Largest changes
“Escalating tensions between the United States and China, including tariff measures, export controls, and US legislative actions targeting Chinese-linked public companies, could adversely affect our Nasdaq listing, our ability to access US capital markets, and investor sentiment toward our common stock.”see in full comparison
“Our auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm that is headquartered in the United States, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. As of the date of this report, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP was not included in the list of identified firms in the PCAOB Determination issued on December 16, 2021. …”see in full comparison
We cannot assure you that the measures we have taken to date, and actions we intend to take in the future, will be sufficient to remediate material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting or that they will prevent or avoid potential future material weaknesses. In addition, neither our management nor an independent registered public accounting firm has performed an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act because no such evaluation has been required. Had we or our independent registered public accounting firm performed an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, additional material weaknesses may have been identified. These material weaknesses have adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting. In particular, as described elsewhere in this Annual Report, these material weaknesses resulted in the restatement of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025. If we are unable to successfully remediate our existing or any future material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, or identify any additional material weaknesses,see in full comparisonthe accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected, potentially resulting in restatements of our financial statements,we may be unable to maintain compliance with securities law requirements regarding timely filing of periodic reports and applicable Nasdaq listing requirements, investors may lose confidence in our financial reporting, and our share price may decline as a result.
“Any event that adversely affects Hunan Ruixi — including revocation or suspension of its business licenses, a regulatory investigation or sanction, a legal judgment against it, the loss of key management personnel, or an operational failure — would directly and immediately impair our entire business. Unlike companies with multiple operating subsidiaries that provide a measure of diversification and redundancy, we have no operational fallback if Hunan Ruixi is unable to conduct its business. …”see in full comparison
“Our operations are entirely concentrated in a single city in China, which exposes us to heightened geographic risk that could have a company-wide adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.”see in full comparison
“Our current auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, or Marcum Asia, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this annual report, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. …”see in full comparison
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The
online ride-hailing
market in China, especially in our key target markets of Chengdu and Changsha, is intensely competitive and characterized
by rapid changes
in technology, shifting user preferences, and frequent introductions of new services and offerings. Our success in a
given geographic
market significantly depends on our ability to maintain or increase the scale of our network in that geographic market
by attracting
and keeping drivers to engage their ride-hailing business through our Partner Platforms or leasing automobiles provided
by us. We face
intense competition in the Automobile Transaction and Financing Services. We face significant competition from existing, well-established,
well-established, and low-cost alternatives, and in the future we expect to face competition from new market entrants. Our competitors
may have significantly
more resources than we do, including financial, technological, marketing and others and may be able to devote
greater resources to the
development and promotion of their services. As a result, they may have deeper relationships with online ride-hailing
drivers, automobile
dealers, automobile leasing companies and other third-party service providers than we do. This could allow them to
develop new services,
adapt more quickly to changes in technology and to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, which allow them
to derive greater revenue
and profits from their existing user bases, enlarge their user base at lower costs, or respond more quickly
to new and emerging technologies
and trends. As a consequence, our services may be less attractive to consumers and cause us to lose
market share.
We
also cooperate with local
automobile dealers, automobile leasing companies, financial institutions and others to attract online ride-hailing
drivers to run their
business through our Partner Platforms and provide automobile transaction and financing services. Our ability to
acquire customers depends
on our own marketing efforts through online advertising and billboard advertising, as well as the network of
different third partythird-party sales
teams. We intend to strengthen relationships with existing financing partners and develop new relationships
for our automobile transaction
and financing business. If we are not able to attract or retain cooperative automobile dealers, automobile
leasing companies with favorable
term as new business partners on acceptable terms, our business growth will be hindered and our results
of operations and financial condition
will suffer.
The
online ride-hailing
industry is highly regulated in China. According to the guidelines issued by the different local authorities in China,
including our
major operations, Chengdu and Changsha, online reservation taxi operating license, automobile certificate and online reservation taxi
taxi driver’s license are required for a driver to operate the online ride-hailing business. Approximately 43%All of our served
online online
ride-hailing drivers have not obtained the online reservation taxi driver’s certificates as of March 31, 2025.2026. We
cannot assure
you that we will not be subject to further fines, penalties or more severe administrative actions or proceedings in
the future. If we
or drivers or vehicles fail to obtain or maintain any required licenses, permits or approvals or make any
necessary filings in a timely
matter or at all, we may be subject to a variety of penalties, including fines or potentially being
forced to suspend, terminate or significantly
reduce our operations in the city or jurisdiction. Our business and results of
operations will be materially affected if our affiliated
drivers are suspended from providing ride-hailing services or receive
substantial fines.
Pursuant
to the Regulations
of the State Council on Implementing the Management System for Registered Capital Registration in the Company Law
of the People’s
Republic of China issued on July 1, 2024 (the “Registered Capital Registration Implementing Rules”), as Jinkailong
was registered
and established before June 30, 2024, its shareholders should fully pay their unpaid subscribed capital before June 30,
2032. As of March
31, 2025,2026, Hunan Ruixi holds 35% of equity interest of Jinkailong and has not made any payments towards to the investment
amounted to RMB3.5
million (approximately $482,000$507,000). According to the Registered Capital Registration Implementing Rules, Hunan Ruixi
shall pay the subscribed
capital of Jinkailong before June 30, 2032. Furthermore, as a 35% equity holder, we could be required to fund a portion of any capital
shortfall at Jinkailong, or we may lose the value of our equity investment entirely.
In January 2019, we started
to purchase automobiles from automotive dealers for sales. As we shifted our business focus to automobile rental since March 2020, we
lease automobiles mainly for operating lease during the year ended March 31, 2025.2026. We primarily purchase or lease automobile models that
are reliable, affordable and based on the local regulation requirement of the automobiles used for online ride-hailing, feedback from
and market analysis as to perception and demand for such models, and that will appeal to lessees in lower-tier cities. We adopt a stable
pricing formula, considering the historical and future expenditure, remaining available leasing months and market price to determine
our our
rental price for various rental solutions. During the year ended March 31, 2025,2026, our average utilization of the automobiles for operating
lease, including the ones leased to Jinkailong,lease was approximately 89.0%,88.3%, as compared with 79.7%92.3% in the year ended March 31, 2024.2025. However,
the competition in the operating lease
of automobiles is tough in Chengdu and Changsha, and there is no assurance that we will be able
to do so effectively and the utilization
of automobiles held for operating lease is satisfied to generate sufficient profit and cash.
Demand for the automobiles that we purchase
or lease can change significantly between the time the automobiles are purchased and the date
of sale or lease. Demand may be affected
by new automobile launches, changes in the pricing of such automobiles, market conditions for
the online ride-hailing, defects, changes
in consumer preference and other factors, and dealers may not purchase them in the quantities
that we expect. We may also need to adopt
more aggressive pricing strategies for these cars than originally anticipated. We also face
inventory risk in connection with the automobiles
purchased, including the risk of inventory obsolescence, a decline in values, and significant
inventory write-downs or write-offs. If
we were to adopt more aggressive pricing strategies, our profit margin may be negatively affected
as well. We may also face increasing
costs associated with the storage of these automobiles. Any of the above may materially and adversely
affect our financial condition
and results of operations.
Government
policies on automobile
purchases and ownership may have a material effect on our business due to their influence on consumer behaviors.
Since 2009, the PRC
government has changed the purchase tax on automobiles with 1.6 liter or smaller engines several times. In addition,
in August 2014,
several PRC governmental authorities jointly announced that from September 2014 to December 2017, purchases of NEVs designated
on certain
catalogs will be exempted from the purchase taxes. In April 2015, several PRC governmental authorities also jointly announced
that from
2016 to 2020, NEV purchasers designated on certain catalogs will enjoy subsidies. In December 2016, relevant PRC governmental authorities
authorities further adjusted the subsidy policy for NEVs. On March 26, 2019, the PRC governmental authorities updated government subsidy
policy for
NEVs which raises the threshold for the subsidy and reduces the amount of subsidies. On April 23, 2020, relevant PRC governmental authorities
authorities issue a notice, amongst others, that the subsidy policy for NEVs will be extended to the end of 2022, while the amount of
subsidies will
be reduced year by year. According to a notice effective from January 1, 2021, the subsidies will be declined by 20% on 2020’s
2020’s basis. On March 24, 2021, Chengdu Ecological Environment Bureau issued the Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Air
Pollution in Chengdu in 2021, pursuant to which, all the new cars (including the replaced ones) used for online ride-hailing should be
NEVs or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Pursuant to the Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Chengdu in 2022 issued
on March 23, 2022, the whole city shall strive to ensure bus and cars used for online ride-hailing be NEVs. On August 21, 2018, General
Office of Changsha
Municipal People’s Government issued the Provisional Detailed Rules of the Implementation Rules for the Administration
of Online
Booking Taxi Management Services for Changsha, pursuant to which, the company who operates online ride-hailing platform shall
give priority
to the use of NEVs, and the number of NEVs put into operation shall not be less than 30%. On April 7, 2021, General Office
of Changsha
Municipal People’s Government issued the Three-year Action Plan of Blue Sky Defense for Changsha, pursuant to which,
at least 50%
of the new cars used for online ride-hailing should be NEVs or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at the end of calendar year 2023.
As
of March 31, 2025,2026, our
business is available in twoone citiescity in China. As theThe online ride-hailing industry isremains still atin a relativelydeveloping early
stage ofwith development,evolving regulatory frameworks,
and relevant government authorities may periodically promulgate new lawslaws, regulations and regulationsimplementing may be adopted from time to timerules to address newemerging issues that come to the authorities’industry
attention.issues. In addition, considerable uncertainties still exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of existing laws and
and regulations governing our business activities. A large number of proposals are before various regional, and local legislative bodies and
and regulatory entities regarding issues related to our industry or our business model. As of March 31, 2025,2026, we had not been subject
to any
material fines or other penalties under any PRC laws or regulations as to our business operations. However, if the PRC government tightens
tightens regulatory for industries our business been involved in the future, and subject industry participants to new or specific requirements
(including without limitation, capital requirements and licensing requirements), our business, financial condition and prospects would
be materially and adversely affected. Meanwhile, compliance with existing and future rules, laws and regulations can be costly and if
our practice is deemed to violate any existing or future rules, laws and regulations, it may face injunctions, including orders to cease
non-compliant activities, and may be exposed to other penalties as determined by the relevant government authorities as well.
We
had net losses of $3,467,165 $5,268,901
and $3,854,206$1,906,841 offrom our continuing operations in the years ended March 31, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively. We
may continue to incur losses
in the future. We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase in the foreseeable future as we schedule
to attract more customers
and further enhance and develop our current businesses and may seek for other profitable business in the future.
These efforts may prove
more expensive than we currently anticipate, and we may not succeed in increasing our revenue sufficiently to
offset these higher expenses.
Our net revenue growth may slow, our net income margins may decline or we may incur additional net losses
in the future and may not be
able to achieve and maintain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. In addition, our net revenue
growth rate will likely decline
as our net revenue grows to higher levels.
The
material weaknesses that have been identified include: (i) insufficient
personnel with appropriate levels of accounting knowledge and
experience to address complex U.S. GAAP accounting issues and to prepare
and review financial statements and related disclosures under
U.S. GAAPGAAP. Specifically, our control did not operate effectively to ensure
the appropriate and timely analysis of and accounting for unusual and non-routine transactions and certain financial statement accounts,
which resulted in restatement of our unaudited financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025; (ii)
be lacking adequate policies and procedures in internal audit function to ensure that our policies and procedures have
been carried out
as planned; and (iii) had deficiencies in our IT general control regarding to the Logical Access Security, Change Management,
IT Operations
and Cybersecurity of our financial system.
We
have implemented,
and will continue to implement, measures designed to improve our internal control over financial reporting and remediate
the control
deficiencies that led to these material weaknesses. We plan to (i) continuously hire additional accounting staffs with comprehensive
knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements; (ii) set up an internal audit function and continuously ameliorate our
internal audit to assist with assessment of Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance requirements and improvement of internal controls related to
financial reporting; and (iii) improvingimprove our IT environment and
daily management.
We
cannot assure you that
the measures we have taken to date, and actions we intend to take in the future, will be sufficient to remediate
material weaknesses in
our internal control over financial reporting or that they will prevent or avoid potential future material weaknesses.
In addition, neither
our management nor an independent registered public accounting firm has performed an evaluation of our internal
control over financial
reporting in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act because no such evaluation has been required.
Had we or our independent
registered public accounting firm performed an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting
in accordance with the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, additional material weaknesses may have been identified. These material weaknesses have adversely affected,
and may continue to adversely affect, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting. In particular, as described elsewhere in this
Annual Report, these material weaknesses resulted in the restatement of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for
the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025. If we are unable
to successfully remediate our existing or any future material weaknesses
in our internal control over financial reporting, or identify
any additional material weaknesses, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected, potentially resulting
in restatements of our financial statements, we may be unable to maintain compliance
with securities law requirements regarding timely
filing of periodic reports and applicable Nasdaq listing requirements, investors may
lose confidence in our financial reporting, and
our share price may decline as a result.
Our
current auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, or Marcum Asia, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report
included elsewhere in this annual report, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered
with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance
with the applicable professional standards. Marcum Asia is headquartered in New York, New York, and was not included in the list of PCAOB
Identified Firms in the PCAOB Determination Report issued in December 2021. We are required by the HFCAA to have an auditor that is subject
to the inspection by the PCAOB. While our present auditor is located in the United States and the PCAOB is able to conduct inspections
on such auditor, to the extent this status changes in the future and our auditor’s audit documentation related to their audit reports
for our company becomes outside of the inspection by the PCAOB or if the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely our auditor
because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction, trading in our common stock could be prohibited under the HFCAA,
and as a result our common stock could be delisted from Nasdaq.
Our auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm that is headquartered in the United States, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. As of the date of this report, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP was not included in the list of identified firms in the PCAOB Determination issued on December 16, 2021. Therefore, we believe that the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and the related regulations do not currently affect us. Furthermore, any recent developments would add uncertainties to our offering, and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach, or experience as it relates to our audit. If it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely our auditor because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction or any other reasons, the lack of inspection could cause the trading in our securities to be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, and as a result Nasdaq may delist our securities. If our securities are unable to be listed on another securities exchange, such a delisting would substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase our securities when you wish to do so, and the risk and uncertainty associated with a potential delisting would have a negative impact on the price of our Ordinary Shares. Further, new laws and regulations or changes in laws and regulations in both the United States and China could affect our ability to list our Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq, which could materially impair the market for and market price for our securities.
Our operations are entirely concentrated in a single city in China, which exposes us to heightened geographic risk that could have a company-wide adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Following the completion of the Disposition on December 31, 2025, all of our continuing automobile transaction and related services operations are now conducted exclusively in the city of Changsha, Hunan Province, China, through our majority-owned subsidiary Hunan Ruixi. We no longer have any revenue-generating operations outside of Changsha.
This single-city concentration means that any adverse development specific to Changsha — including changes to local transportation regulations, actions by the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Transportation, disruptions to the local economy, local public health events, natural disasters, or a deterioration in online ride-hailing demand in Changsha — would have a disproportionate and potentially total impact on our business. Unlike companies with geographically diversified operations, we have no ability to offset losses in one market against performance in another.
Furthermore, our business depends on the continued availability of suitable automobiles, drivers, and platform partners in Changsha. If any of these local market conditions deteriorate — including increased saturation of the Changsha ride-hailing market, a reduction in driver income levels, or changes in local government policy toward the online ride-hailing industry — our revenue and profitability would be materially and adversely affected. We cannot assure you that we will expand our operations beyond Changsha in the near term, and any failure to do so will perpetuate our dependence on a single geographic market.
We are subject to a mandatory new energy vehicle requirement for newly added vehicles in Changsha beginning in 2027, which may require significant capital expenditure and expose us to supply, operational and transition risks that could adversely affect our business.
Pursuant to regulations issued by the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Transportation, all newly added automobiles used for online ride-hailing services in Changsha must be new energy vehicles ("NEVs") starting from 2027. This mandatory transition applies directly to our core automobile operating lease business, which currently serves approximately 340 ride-hailing drivers with a mix of conventional and NEV vehicles.
Compliance with this requirement will impose a number of risks and costs on our business, including:
Any failure to comply with the NEV transition requirement could result in regulatory sanctions and the inability to add qualifying vehicles to our fleet, which would directly limit our ability to grow or maintain our automobile operating lease business.
Our entire continuing business depends on a single PRC operating subsidiary, and any adverse regulatory, legal or operational development affecting Hunan Ruixi specifically would have a total impact on our revenue and business.
Following the completion of the Disposition on December 31, 2025, Hunan Ruixi Business Operation Management Co., Ltd. is the sole PRC operating entity through which we conduct all of our continuing automobile transaction and related services. All of our revenue, customer relationships, regulatory licenses, automobile assets, and operational staff are concentrated within this single entity.
Any event that adversely affects Hunan Ruixi — including revocation or suspension of its business licenses, a regulatory investigation or sanction, a legal judgment against it, the loss of key management personnel, or an operational failure — would directly and immediately impair our entire business. Unlike companies with multiple operating subsidiaries that provide a measure of diversification and redundancy, we have no operational fallback if Hunan Ruixi is unable to conduct its business. We cannot assure you that Hunan Ruixi will maintain all required licenses and approvals, remain in compliance with all applicable regulations, or avoid legal or regulatory proceedings that could restrict its operations.
We
face uncertainties on
the reporting and consequences on future private equity financing transactions, share exchange or other transactions
involving the transfer
of shares in our company by investors that are non-PRC resident enterprises. The PRC tax authorities may pursue
such non-resident enterprises
with respect to a filing or the transferees with respect to withholding obligation, and request our PRC
subsidiaries subsidiary to assist in the
filing. As a result, we and non-resident enterprises in such transactions may become at risk of being subject
to filing obligations or
being taxed, under Circular 59, SAT Bulletin 7 or SAT Notice 37, and may be required to expend valuable resources
to comply with Circular
59, SAT Bulletin 7 and SAT Notice 37 or to establish that we and our non-resident enterprises should not be taxed
under these circulars,
which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Our business operations conducted
through our PRC Operating Entities
may be adversely affected by the current and future political environment in the PRC. Recently, the
PRC government initiated a series
of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice,
including cracking down on illegal
activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas,
adopting new measures to extend
the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. The Chinese
government exerts substantial
influence and control over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities. Our ability to operate
in China may be adversely
affected by changes in Chinese laws and regulations. Under the current government leadership, the government
of the PRC has been pursuing
reform policies which have adversely affected China-based operating companies whose securities are listed
in the United States, with significant
policies changes being made from time to time without notice. There are substantial uncertainties
regarding the interpretation and application
of PRC laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations governing
our business, or the enforcement and performance
of our contractual arrangements with borrowers in the event of the imposition of statutory
liens, death, bankruptcy or criminal proceedings.
Only after 1979 did the Chinese government begin to promulgate a comprehensive system
of laws that regulate economic affairs in general,
deal with economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate organization and governance,
commerce, taxation and trade, as well as
encourage foreign investment in China. Although the influence of the law has been increasing,
China has not developed a fully integrated
legal system and recently enacted laws and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects
of economic activities in China. Also, because
these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume of published
cases and their lack of force as precedents,
interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve significant uncertainties.
New laws and regulations that affect existing
and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively. In addition, there have
been constant changes and amendments of laws
and regulations over the past 30 years in order to keep up with the rapidly changing society
and economy in China. Because government
agencies and courts provide interpretations of laws and regulations and decide contractual disputes
and issues, their inexperience in
adjudicating new business and new polices or regulations in certain less developed areas causes uncertainty
and may affect our business.
Consequently, we cannot predict the future direction of Chinese legislative activities with respect to either
businesses with foreign
investment or the effectiveness on enforcement of laws and regulations in China. The uncertainties, including
new laws and regulations
and changes of existing laws, as well as judicial interpretation by inexperienced officials in the agencies and
courts in certain areas,
may cause possible problems to foreign investors. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform
policies for more than
two decades, the PRC government continues to exercise significant control over economic growth in the PRC through
the allocation of resources,
controlling payments of foreign currency, setting monetary policy and imposing policies that impact particular
industries in different
ways. We cannot assure you that the PRC government will continue to pursue policies favoring a market oriented market-oriented
economy or that existing
policies will not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political
disruption, or other
circumstances affecting political, economic and social life in the PRC.
Accordingly,
given the PRC government’s significant oversight
and discretion over the conduct of our operating subsidiaries’subsidiary’s business,
it may intervene or influence the operations of
our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary at any time and to exert control over an offering of securities
conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based
issuers, which may cause us to make material changes to the operations of
our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary and could significantly limit or completely
hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors
and cause the value of our securities to significantly decline
or be worthless.
We
conduct all of our business
through our subsidiariessubsidiary in China. Our operations in China are governed by PRC laws and regulations. Our
PRC subsidiariessubsidiary areis generally
subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investments in China and, in particular, laws and
regulations applicable to wholly
foreign-owned enterprises. The PRC legal system is based on statutes. Prior court decisions may be cited
for reference but have limited
precedential value.
Additionally, China’s
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 adopts
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.
We
have made our determinations based on prior discussion with Yuantai
Law Offices, our former PRC counsel, to the extent that the discussion
relates to matters of CSRC, CAC and other government authorities
on our PRC subsidiaries’subsidiary’s operations and concluded that: as of
the date of this Report, we, our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary and equity investee
company, (i) are not required to obtain permissions from the CSRC,
CAC or any other government authorities on our PRC subsidiaries’ subsidiary’s
operations, and (ii) have not received or were denied such permissions
by any PRC government authorities. If the Security Administration
Draft is enacted as proposed, we believe that the operations of our
PRC subsidiariessubsidiary and our listing will not be affected and that we will
not be subject to cybersecurity review by the CAC, given that
our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary possesspossesses personal data of fewer than one million individual
clients and dodoes not collect data that affects or may affect
national security in their business operations as of the date of this Report
and dodoes not anticipate that they will be collecting over
one million users’ personal information or data that affects or may affect
national security in the near future. There remains
uncertainty, however, as to how the Cybersecurity Review Measures and the Security
Administration Draft will be interpreted or implemented
and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, may adopt new laws,
regulations, rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation
related to the Cybersecurity Review Measures and the Security Administration
Draft. If any such new laws, regulations, rules, or implementation
and interpretation come into effect, we will take all reasonable measures
and actions to comply and to minimize the adverse effect of
such laws on us. We cannot guarantee, however, that we will not be subject
to cybersecurity review and network data security review in
the future. During such reviews, we may be required to suspend our operation
or experience other disruptions to our operations. Cybersecurity
review and network data security review could also result in negative
publicity with respect to our Company and diversion of our managerial
and financial resources, which could materially and adversely affect
our business, financial conditions, and results of operations.
As
of the date of this Report,
we have not received any notice from any authorities identifying our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary as CIIOs. However,
given the uncertainties surrounding
the interpretation and implementation of the Cyber Security Law, Data Security Law and relevant regulations, we
cannot rule out
the possibility that we, or certain of our customers or suppliers may be deemed as a CIIO, or an operator processing
“important
data.” First, if we are deemed as a CIIO, our purchase of network products or services, if deemed to be affecting
or may affect
national security, will need to be subject to cybersecurity review, before we can enter into agreements with relevant customers
or suppliers,
and before the conclusion of such procedure, these customers will not be allowed to use our products or services, and we
are not allowed
to purchase products or services from our suppliers. There can be no assurance that we would be able to complete the
applicable cybersecurity
review procedures in a timely manner, or at all, if we are required to follow such procedures. Any failure or
delay in the completion
of the cybersecurity review procedures may prevent us from using certain network products and services, and may
result in fines of up
to ten times the purchase price of such network products and services being imposed upon us, if we are deemed a CIIO using
network products or services without having completed the required cybersecurity review procedures. If the reviewing authority is of
the view that the use of such network products or services by us, or by certain of our customers or suppliers, involves risk of disruption,
is vulnerable to external attacks, or may negatively affect, compromise, or weaken the protection of national security, we may not be
able to provide such products or services to relevant customers, or purchase products or services from relevant suppliers. This could
have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and business prospects. Second, the notion of “important data”
is not clearly defined by the Cyber Security Law or the Data Security Law. In order to comply with the statutory requirements, we will
need to determine whether we possess important data, monitor the important data catalogs that are expected to be published by local governments
and departments, perform risk assessments and ensure we are complying with reporting obligations to applicable regulators. We may also
be required to disclose to regulators business-sensitive or network security-sensitive details regarding our processing of important
data, and may need to pass the government security review or obtain government approval in order to share important data with offshore
recipients, which can include foreign licensors, or share data stored in China with judicial and law enforcement authorities outside
of China. If judicial and law enforcement authorities outside China require us to provide data stored in China, and we are not able to
pass any required government security review or obtain any required government approval to do so, we may not be able to meet the foreign
authorities’ requirements. The potential conflicts in legal obligations could have adverse impact on our operations in and outside
of China.
PRC
regulation of loans to and direct investment
in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion
may delay or prevent us from using the
proceeds of from our public offerings to make loans to or make additional capital contributions
to our PRC subsidiaries,subsidiary, which could
materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.
Under
PRC laws and regulations,
we are permitted to utilize the proceeds from our public offerings to fund our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary by making loans
to or additional capital
contributions to our PRC subsidiaries,subsidiary, subject to applicable government registration and approval requirements.
Any
loans to our PRC subsidiaries, subsidiary,
which areis treated as foreign-invested enterprises under PRC laws, are subject to PRC regulations and foreign
exchange loan registrations.
For example, loans by us to our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary to finance theirits activities cannot exceed statutory limits
and must be registered with
the local counterpart of SAFE. The statutory limit for the total amount of foreign debts of a foreign-invested
company is the difference
between the amount of total investment as approved by the MOFCOM or its local counterpart and the amount of
registered capital of such
foreign-invested company or 2.5 times of the net assets of such foreign-invested company.
We
have financed and expect
to continue to finance our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary by means of capital contributions. These capital contributions must
be approved by the MOFCOM
or its local counterpart. In addition, SAFE issued a circular in September 2008, SAFE Circular 142, regulating
the conversion by a foreign-invested
enterprise of foreign currency registered capital into RMB by restricting how the converted RMB
may be used. SAFE Circular 142 provides
that the RMB capital converted from foreign currency registered capital of a foreign-invested
enterprise may only be used for purposes
within the business scope approved by the applicable government authority and unless otherwise
provided by law, may not be used for equity
investments within the PRC. On July 4, 2014, the SAFE issued the Circular of the SAFE on
Relevant Issues Concerning the Pilot Reform
in Certain Areas of the Administrative Method of the Conversion of Foreign Exchange Funds
by Foreign-invested Enterprises, or SAFE Circular
36, which launched a pilot reform of the administration of the settlement of the foreign
exchange capitals of foreign-invested enterprises
in certain designated areas from August 4, 2014 and some of the restrictions under
SAFE Circular 142 will not apply to the settlement
of the foreign exchange capitals of the foreign-invested enterprises established within
the designate areas and such enterprises are
allowed to use its RMB capital converted from foreign exchange capitals to make equity investment.
On March 30, 2015, SAFE promulgated
Circular 19, to expand the reform nationwide. Circular 19 came into force and replaced both Circular
142 and Circular 36 on June 1, 2015.
Circular 19 allows foreign-invested enterprises to make equity investments by using RMB fund converted
from foreign exchange capital.
However, Circular 19 continues to prohibit foreign-invested enterprises from, among other things, using
RMB fund converted from its foreign
exchange capitals for expenditure beyond its business scope, providing entrusted loans or repaying
loans between non-financial enterprises.
In addition, SAFE strengthened its oversight of the flow and use of the RMB capital converted
from foreign currency registered capital
of a foreign-invested company. The use of such RMB capital may not be altered without SAFE’s
approval, and such RMB capital may
not in any case be used to repay RMB loans if the proceeds of such loans have not been used. On June
9, 2016, SAFE issued the Circular
on Reforming and Regulating Policies on the Control over Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital Accounts
(“Circular 16”),
which became effective simultaneously. Pursuant to Circular 16, enterprises registered in the PRC may also
convert their foreign debts
from foreign currency to RMB on self-discretionary basis. Circular 16 provides an integrated standard for
conversion of foreign exchange
under capital account items (including but not limited to foreign currency capital and foreign debts)
on self-discretionary basis which
applies to all enterprises registered in the PRC. Circular 16 reiterates the principle that RMB converted
from foreign currency-denominated
capital of a company may not be directly or indirectly used for purpose beyond its business scope or
prohibited by PRC Laws or regulations,
while such converted RMB shall not be provide as loans to its non-affiliated entities. SAFE has
not provided detailed guidelines with
respect to its interpretation or implementation, it is uncertain how these rules will be interpreted
and implemented. Violations of these
Circulars could result in severe monetary or other penalties. These circulars may significantly
limit our ability to use RMB converted
from the net proceeds of our public offerings to fund the establishment of new entities in China
by our PRC subsidiaries,subsidiary, to invest in
or acquire any other PRC companies through our PRC subsidiaries.subsidiary.
As March 31, 2025,2026, the Company
has made accumulated capital contributions of $21.1$6.0 million directly to the subsidiaries.subsidiary. The contributions were generated from our historical
offering proceeds. Besides, the Company also loaned accumulated approximately $2.0 million to the equity investee company, Jinkailong,
through our subsidiaries in PRC in prior years. The loans were used for the daily operation of Jinkailong.
In
light of the various
requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies,
we cannot assure
you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvals
on a timely
basis, if at all, with respect to future capital contributions or future loans by us to our PRC subsidiaries.subsidiary. If we fail
to complete
such registrations or obtain such approvals, our ability to use the proceeds we expect to receive from our public offerings
and to capitalize
or otherwise fund our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity
and our ability
to fund and expand our business.
We
rely on dividends and other distributions
on equity paid by our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have,
and any limitation on the ability of
our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability
to conduct our business.
We
are a holding company,
and we rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary for our cash and financing
requirements, including
the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our stockholders and service any debt we
may incur. If our PRC subsidiaries incursubsidiary
incurs debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their
ability to pay dividends or make
other distributions to us.
Under
PRC laws and regulations,
our PRC subsidiaries,subsidiary, as a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in China, may pay dividends only out of their respective
accumulated after-tax
profits as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a wholly foreign-owned
enterprise is
required to set aside at least 10% of its accumulated after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund certain statutory reserve
funds, until
the aggregate amount of such funds reaches 50% of its registered capital. At its discretion, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise
may allocate
a portion of its after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards to staff welfare and bonus funds. These reserve funds
and staff
welfare and bonus funds are not distributable as cash dividends.
Our
PRC subsidiariessubsidiary currently sufferhas suffered accumulated loss and areis unable
to pay us any dividend given their financial condition. If our PRC
subsidiaries’ subsidiary’s financial condition improves, the above discussed
PRC laws will likely limit their ability to pay dividends or make
other distributions to us. Such limitations could materially and adversely
impact our cash flows and limit our ability to grow, make
investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends,
or otherwise fund and conduct our business.
Substantially
all of our
revenues and expenditures are denominated in RMB, whereas our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. As a result, fluctuations
in the
exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and RMB will affect the relative purchasing power in RMB terms of our U.S. dollar assets
and the
proceeds from our public offerings. Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar while the functional currency for our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary
is RMB. Gains and losses from the re-measurement of assets and liabilities that are receivable or payable in RMB are included in our
consolidated statements of operations. The re-measurement has caused the U.S. dollar value of our results of operations to vary with
exchange rate fluctuations, and the U.S. dollar value of our results of operations will continue to vary with exchange rate fluctuations.
A fluctuation in the value of RMB relative to the U.S. dollar could reduce our profits from operations and the translated value of our
net assets when reported in U.S. dollars in our financial statements. This could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition
or results of operations as reported in U.S. dollars. If we decide to convert our RMB into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments
for dividends on our ordinary shares or for other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the RMB would have a negative
effect on the U.S. dollar amount available to us. In addition, fluctuations in currencies relative to the periods in which the earnings
are generated may make it more difficult to perform period-to-period comparisons of our reported results of operations.
The
PRC government imposes
controls on the convertibility of the RMB into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency
out of China. We
receive substantially all of our net revenues in RMB. Under our current corporate structure, we rely on dividend payments
from our PRC subsidiaries
subsidiary to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments
of current
account items, such as profit distributions and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies
currencies without prior approval from SAFE by complying with certain procedural requirements. Therefore, our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary areis able
to pay dividends
in foreign currencies to us without prior approval from SAFE, subject to the condition that the remittance of such dividends outside
outside of the PRC complies with certain procedures under PRC foreign exchange regulation, such as the overseas investment registrations
by the
beneficial owners of our company who are PRC residents. But approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is
is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of
of loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may also at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies
for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to
satisfy our foreign currency demands, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our stockholders.
If
the chops of our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary are
not kept safely, are stolen or are used by unauthorized persons or for unauthorized purposes, the
corporate governance of these entities
could be severely and adversely compromised.
In
China, a company chop
or seal serves as the legal representation of the company towards third parties even when unaccompanied by a signature.
Each legally
registered company in China is required to maintain a company chop, which must be registered with the local Public Security
Bureau. In
addition to this mandatory company chop, companies may have several other chops which can be used for specific purposes. The
chops of
our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary are generally held securely by personnel designated or approved by us in accordance with our internal control procedures.
procedures. To the extent those chops are not kept safely, are stolen or are used by unauthorized persons or for unauthorized purposes,
the corporate
governance of these entities could be severely and adversely compromised and those corporate entities may be bound to abide
by the terms
of any documents so chopped, even if they were chopped by an individual who lacked the requisite power and authority to
do so. In addition,
if the chops are misused by unauthorized persons, we could experience disruption to our normal business operations.
We may have to take
corporate or legal action, which could involve significant time and resources to resolve while distracting management
from our operations.
In
February 2012, SAFE promulgated the Notices on Issues Concerning
the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating
in Stock Incentive Plans of Overseas Publicly-Listed Companies,
replacing earlier rules promulgated in March 2007. Pursuant to these
rules, PRC citizens and non-PRC citizens who reside in China for
a continuous period of not less than one year who participate in any
stock incentive plan of an overseas publicly listed company, subject
to a few exceptions, are required to register with SAFE through
a domestic qualified agent, which could be the PRC subsidiariessubsidiary of such
overseas listed company, and complete certain other procedures.
In addition, an overseas entrusted institution must be retained to handle
matters in connection with the exercise or sale of stock options
and the purchase or sale of shares and interests. We and our executive
officers and other employees who are PRC citizens or who have
resided in the PRC for a continuous period of not less than one year and
who are granted options or other awards under our 2018 Equity
Incentive Plan will be subject to these regulations. Failure to complete
the SAFE registrations may subject them to fines and legal sanctions
and may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital into
our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary and limit our PRC subsidiaries’subsidiary’s ability
to distribute dividends to us. We also face regulatory uncertainties that
could restrict our ability to adopt additional incentive plans
for our directors, executive officers and employees under PRC law.
PRC
regulations relating to offshore investment
activities by PRC residents may limit our PRC subsidiaries’subsidiary’s ability to increase their
registered capital or distribute profits to
us or otherwise expose us or our PRC resident beneficial owners to liability and penalties
under PRC law.
If
our stockholders who
are PRC residents or entities do not complete their registration as required, our PRC subsidiariessubsidiary may be prohibited
from distributing
their profits and proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and we may be restricted
in our ability
to contribute additional capital to our PRC subsidiaries.subsidiary. Moreover, failure to comply with the SAFE registration described
above could
result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions.
In
addition, we may not be informed of the identities of all the PRC
residents or entities holding direct or indirect interest in our company,
nor can we compel our beneficial owners to comply with SAFE
registration requirements. As a result, we cannot assure you that all of
our stockholders or beneficial owners who are PRC residents or
entities have complied with, and will in the future make or obtain any
applicable registrations or approvals required by, SAFE regulations.
Failure by such stockholders or beneficial owners to comply with
SAFE regulations, or failure by us to amend the foreign exchange registrations
of our PRC subsidiaries,subsidiary, could subject us to fines or
legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit
our PRC subsidiaries’subsidiary’s ability to make distributions
or pay dividends to us or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely
affect our business and prospects.
Our common stock is currently listed for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market, and the continued listing of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market is subject to our compliance with a number of listing standards. On August 16, 2021, we received a notice from Nasdaq that because the closing bid price for our common stock had fallen below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, we no longer complied with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Rule 5550(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. On February 15, 2022, we received a letter from Nasdaq informing that trading of the Company’s common stock will be suspended at the opening of business on February 24, 2022, unless the Company requests an appeal of Nasdaq’s determination. The Company has timely requested an appeal and on May 5, 2022, the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) confirmed the Company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price through a reserve stock split effective on April 6, 2022. The Panel has also determined to impose a Panel Monitor for a period of one year from the date of the letter, or until May 5, 2023 to monitor the Company’s continued compliance with all Nasdaq continued listing requirements, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(A). Should the Company fail to meet the minimum bid price requirement for a period of 30 consecutive trading days or any other requirements for continued listing on Nasdaq, the staff will issue a Delist Determination Letter and promptly schedule a new hearing. On May 8, 2023, we received a notice from Nasdaq to inform the Company was in compliance with the applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules. On June 15, 2023, we received a notice from Nasdaq that because the closing bid price for our common stock had fallen below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days, we no longer complied with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Rule 5550(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. On March 26, 2024, we received a letter from the Nasdaq notifying us that we have regained compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market’s minimum bid price requirement and the matter is closed. On July 29, 2025, we received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq informing us that our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, fails to comply with the $1 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) based upon the closing bid price of the common stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the notice and the matter is closed. On December 1, 2025, we received a letter from Nasdaq informing us that, as reported in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2025, because our stockholders’ equity was ($132,073), as of September 30, 2025, we did not meet the alternatives of market value of listed securities or net income from continuing operations, and we no longer complied with the Listing Rule. The Nasdaq notification had no immediate effect on the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
As previously disclosed, on December 31, 2025, the Company entered into certain acquisition agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”) with Hu Mao Sheng Tang Holdings Limited, a non-affiliated Hong Kong company(the “HMST’ or “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to spin off 100% of the equity interests of its subsidiaries Sichuan Senmiao Yicheng Asset Management Co., Ltd.(“Yicheng”), and Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd. and its affiliates (collectively as “Senmiao Consulting”), to the Purchaser (the “Disposition”).
On January 15, 2026, the Company submitted a compliance plan to Nasdaq reporting the completion of the Disposition on December 31, 2025. Following the completion of the Disposition, the Company believes that it has exceeded the minimum shareholders’ equity requirement of $2,500,000, as set forth in Rule 5550(b)(1), thereby remediating the deficiency.
As of the date of this report, the Company believes it has regained compliance with the stockholders’ equity requirement based upon the consummation of the Disposition. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules or will otherwise be in compliance with the other continued listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Pursuant
to the
Purchase Agreements with investors in our offerings in June 2019, May 2021 and2021, November 2021, November 2025 and April 2026 we issued to
the investors a series
of warrants. The issuance of shares of common stock upon the exercise of the warrants would dilute the
percentage ownership interest
of all stockholders, might dilute the book value per share of our common stock and would increase the
number of our publicly traded shares,
which could depress the market price of our common stock. In addition, the so-called
full-ratchet anti-dilution protections and reset
provisions, subject to limited exceptions, would reduce the exercise price of the
warrants in the event that we in the future issue common
stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable to purchase common
stock, at a lower price per share.
Our
business operations depend
rely on the continued services of our senior management, particularlyspecifically the executive officers named in this Report.
While we have
provided different incentives to our management, we cannot assure you that we can continue to retain their services.services If
long-term. Should one or more of our key executives werestep unabledown or unwillingchoose not to continue remain
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In addition, although we have entered into confidentiality and non-competition agreements with our management, there is no assurance
that any member of our management team will not join our competitors or form a competing business. If any dispute arises between our
current or former officers and us, we may have to incur substantial costs and expenses in order to enforce such agreements in China or
we may be unable to enforce them at all.costs.
In addition, although we have entered into confidentiality and non-competition agreements with our management personnel to safeguard our commercial interests. Even so, we cannot rule out the possibility that current or former executives may join competing enterprises or launch rival businesses. If disputes related to such agreements arise in China, we may incur significant legal expenses to pursue enforcement, and there remains uncertainty over the full enforceability of these contractual terms under local laws.
Escalating tensions between the United States and China, including tariff measures, export controls, and US legislative actions targeting Chinese-linked public companies, could adversely affect our Nasdaq listing, our ability to access US capital markets, and investor sentiment toward our common stock.
As a Nasdaq-listed company incorporated in Nevada with substantially all of our operations in China, we are directly affected by developments in the US-China geopolitical and trade relationship. In recent years and continuing into 2025 and 2026, the United States and China have imposed escalating tariff measures on each other's goods, and the United States has enacted or proposed a range of legislative and executive actions specifically targeting Chinese companies and Chinese-linked entities operating in the United States.
Risks arising from this environment that are specific to us include:
We cannot predict the nature, timing, or scope of future US or Chinese government actions arising from the current geopolitical environment. Any of the foregoing developments could have a material adverse effect on our Nasdaq listing, our ability to raise capital in the United States, and the market price of our common stock.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
New heading “Default revenue”
New heading “Other income (expenses), net”
New heading “Excess of warrant fair value over offering proceeds”
New heading “Results of Discontinued Operations for the year ended March 31, 2026 Compared to the year ended March 31, 2025”
New heading “Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals”
New heading “Service fees from NEVs leasing”
New heading “Monthly services commissions”
New heading “Other Service fees”
New heading “Gain on disposal of discontinued operations”
New heading “Recent Developments”
New heading “Private Placement”
Removed heading “Other income, net”
Removed heading “Results of Discontinued Operations for the year ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the year ended March 31, 2024”
Removed heading “Interest Expense”
Largest changes
“For the year ended March 31, 2025, we had other income, net of $211,254, which primarily consist of the (1) a gain of approximately $397,000 from deconsolidation of XXTX; (2) penalty income of approximately $97,000 from the customers; partially offset by (3) a loss of $197,000 from the termination of an automobiles purchase agreement; (4) the expense of approximately $78,000 for processing automobile violation fines; (5) the expense of approximately $25,000 for liquidated damages and compensation fee for litigation; …”see in full comparison
Our business is capitalsee in full comparisonintensive.intensive, andWecertainhavefactorsconsideredshowwhethernegativetheretrendsisinsubstantialitsdoubtliquidityaboutposition,our ability to continue as a going concern due toincluding (1) the net loss of approximately$3.7$5.4 million for the year ended March 31,20252026; (2) accumulated deficit of approximately$45.1 million as of March 31, 2025; (3) the working capital deficit of approximately $3.0$50.4 million as of March 31,2025.2026; (3) $1.1 million of net cash outflows in operating activities from continuing operations for the year ended March 31, 2026, and (4) the net working capital deficit of approximately $3.7 million as of March 31, 2026.
“We generated default revenues of $26,025 and $33,050 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced risk management and contract monitoring practices during the year ended March 31, 2026.”see in full comparison
“Revenue from automobile transactions and related services (discontinued operations) Revenue from our automobile transaction and related services (discontinued operations) mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, monthly services commissions, default revenue and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 75.1%, 16.6%, 4.8%, 2.2% and 1.3%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services from discontinued operations during the year ended March 31, 2026. …”see in full comparison
“Revenue from our automobile transaction and related services mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, monthly services commissions, default revenue, financing revenues, service fees from automobile purchase services, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 82.6%, 5.4%, 4.3%, 3.1%, 2.8%, 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively, of the total revenue during the year ended March 31, 2025. …”see in full comparison
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We are a provider of automobile
transaction and related services, connecting consumers, who are mostly existing and prospective ride-hailing drivers affiliated with different
operators of online ride-hailing platforms in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”). We provide
automobile transaction and related services in Hunan Province of China through our majority owned subsidiaries, Chengdu Jiekai Yunli Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC
limited liability company and its subsidiary (“Jiekai”), andsubsidiary, Hunan Ruixi FinancialBusiness LeasingOperation
Management Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability
company (“Hunan Ruixi”), and our former wholly owned subsidiary, Chengdu Corenel Technology Co., Ltd. a PRC limited liability
company (“Corenel”). Substantially all of our operations are conducted in China.
Prior to December 31, 2025, we provided automobile transaction and related services in Sichuan Province of China through our former majority owned subsidiary, Chengdu Jiekai Yunli Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company and its subsidiary (“Jiekai”) and our former wholly owned subsidiary, Chengdu Corenel Technology Co., Ltd. a PRC limited liability company (“Corenel”). As discussed below under “– Automobile Transactions and Related Services”, we ceased our automobile transactions and related services in Sichuan Province of China on December 31 2025.
From October 2020 to August
2024, we also operated an online ride-hailing platform through Hunan Xixingtianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“XXTX”), a former
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Senmiao Consulting”).
The platform enabled qualified ride-hailing drivers to provide application-based transportation services mainly in Chengdu, Changsha and
other 20 cities in China. As more fully discussed below under “– Our Discontinued Ride-Hailing Platform Services,Services”, we
ceased our online ride-hailing Platform Services on August 20, 2024.
During the year ended March 31, 2026, the Company began evaluating opportunities to expand its business into AI infrastructure. In furtherance of this initiative, the Company appointed David Nichols as a strategic advisor to assist the Company in advancing its strategy across AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure and new energy initiatives, with a particular focus on power infrastructure origination, capital formation and institutional partnerships.
Management is currently evaluating several potential AI data center projects and, with the assistance of its advisors, is conducting commercial, operational and strategic due diligence. The Company expects to select one of these opportunities for further development if it determines that the project is commercially viable and consistent with its long-term strategic objectives. As of the date of this Annual Report, the Company has not entered into any definitive agreement with respect to any AI data center or related infrastructure project, and there can be no assurance that any such opportunity will be consummated or successfully implemented.
Our Automobile Transaction
and Related Services are mainly comprised of (i) automobile operating lease where we provide car rental services to individual customers
to meet their personal needs with lease term no more than twelve months (the “Auto Operating Leasing”); (ii) service fees
from new energy vehicles (“NEVs”) leasing where we charge NEVs lessees for a series of the services provided to them based
on the chosen product solutions (the “Service for NEVs Leasing”); (iii)service fees from automobile purchase for a series
of the services provided to purchasers throughout the purchase process based on the sales price of the automobiles and relevant services
provided (the “ Service for Automobile Purchase”) ;(iv) monthly services where we provide management and related services
to other online ride-hailing platforms we cooperated with (“Partner Platforms”) and other companies and earn commission from
them (the “Auto Commissions”); (v) automobile financing where we provide our customers with auto finance solutions through
financingfinance leases (the “Auto Financing”); (vi) default expensesfees we charges to the lessees for early-termination the contracts
or other violation behaviors to the contracts (the “Default Revenue”); and (vii) other supporting services provided to customers,
including auto management and other related services (the “Auto Management Services”) and automobile sales (the “Auto
Sales”). We started our facilitation and supporting services in November 2018, the sale of automobiles in January 2019, and financial
and operating leasing in March 2019, respectively.
Considering the fierce competition of the online ride-hailing industry and our operating losses in China, in December 2025 the Company entered into a certain Acquisition Agreement (the “Sichuan Acquisition Agreement”) with Hu Mao Sheng Tang Holdings Limited., a non-affiliated Hong Kong company (“HMST”). Pursuant to the Sichuan Acquisition Agreement, the Company sold all of the equity interests in Sichuan Senmiao Yicheng Assets Management Co., Ltd. (“Yicheng”), Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Senmiao Consulting”) and its subsidiaries, which were our former subsidiaries in Sichuan Province of China (“former subsidiaries in Sichuan”), to HMST for nil consideration, while we undertook certain liabilities of $518,388 which were previously assumed by former subsidiaries in Sichuan (the “Disposition”). On December 31, 2025, the Disposition was completed and we ceased our automobile Transactions and Related Services in Sichuan Province of China.
Since
November 22, 2018,
the acquisition date of Hunan Ruixi, and as of March 31, 2025,2026, we have facilitated financing for an aggregate of 312 automobiles with
a total value of approximately $5.4 million, sold an aggregate of 381 automobiles with a total value of approximately $5.3 million, sold an aggregate of 1,516 automobiles with a total value of approximately
$14.5$3.7 million and
delivered 2,116470 automobiles under operating leases and 191197 automobiles under financingfinance leases to customers, the vast
majority of whom are
online ride-hailing drivers.
During
the year ended March
31, 2025,2026, our Auto Operating Leasing, Auto Commissions,Financing, Auto FinancingCommissions, and other services income accounted for approximately 87.2%, 4.4%,
82.6%, 4.3%, 2.8%,1.1%, and 10.3%7.3% of our total revenue from our automobile transactions and related services, respectively, while our Auto
Operating Leasing,
Auto Financing, Auto Commissions, Auto Financing, and other services income accounted for approximately 88.7%,88.9%, 4.5%,4.9%, 1.3%,1.4%, and 5.5%
4.8% for the year ended
March 31, 2024,2025, respectively.
Due to the fierce competition
of the online ride-hailing industry, XXTX had suffered loss in the past. Since December 2023, XXTX had engaged Anhui Lianma Technology
Co., Ltd. (“Anhui Lianma”), a third-party to co-operate the online ride-hailing platform by outsourcing certain daily operation
work to Anhui Lianma in most of cities it operates platform in XXTX and Anhui Lianma will jointly share the operational profits, with
the specific calculation method being defined in the cooperation agreement. However, considering the changes in online ride-hailing industry
and development plan of the Company, on August 8, 2024, we entered into the XXTX Acquisition Agreement with the Purchaser, and certain
other other
parties thereto. Pursuant to the XXTX Acquisition Agreement, the Purchaser acquired all of the equity interests thein XXTX at a total
purchase purchase
price of zero, while taking over certain liabilities of XXTX as defined in the XXTX Acquisition Agreement. On August 20, 2024,
the acquisition
Acquisition was completed and we ceased the online ride-hailing platform services.
Our revenue growth has been
largely driven by the expansion of our automobile lessee base and the corresponding revenue generated from operating and financialfinance leasing.lease.
We acquire customers for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services through the network of third-party sales teams, referral from
online ride-hailing platforms and our own efforts including online advertising and billboard advertising. We also send out fliers and
participate in trade shows to advertise our services. We plan to maintain the number of our customers by marketing our companies to our
existing and prospective automobile lessees in the cities we now operate in. We expect to keep promoting the growth of our automobile
rental business with automobile rental solutions/incentives specifically targeted at drivers using our Partner Platforms. An effective
cross-selling strategies between our automobile leasing business and our Partner Platforms is important to our expansion and revenue growth.
We also plan to strengthen our marketing efforts through the collaboration with certain automobile dealers and through our own team by
employing more experienced staff, sharing market resources with our equity investee company, and improving the quality and variety of
our services. As of March 31, 2025,2026, we had 3one employeesemployee in our own sales department.
Due to the fierce competition
of online ride-hailing industry in those cities we operated in, we have witnessed a high turn-over rate on the short-term car rentals
during the year ended March 31, 2025.2026. To meet the demand in Chengdu and Changsha, we have purchased and leased automobiles from third
parties for our operating lease. The daily
management and timely maintenance of leased automobiles will have a significant effect on the
stability and potential growth of our income
from leasing automobiles in the next twelve months. The effective management, including maintaining
the high turn-over rate of our automobiles
through our proprietary system and experienced auto-management team could provide in-time delivery
and qualified automobiles to potential
lessees, either for personal use or providing online ride-hailing services. As of March 31, 2025,
2026, for parking and management of automobiles
for operating lease, we had one parking lot and 3three employees in Changsha, and we also share the
parking lot with our equity investee company, Jinkailong in Chengdu.Changsha. During the years ended March 31, 20252026 and 2024,2025, the average
utilization utilization
of the automobiles for operating lease was approximately 89.0%88.3% and 79.7%,92.3%, respectively.
Meanwhile,
in order to strengthen
our market position in certain cities, our subsidiaries,position, Hunan Ruixi and Jiekai, havehas built up cooperation relationships
with Partner Platforms, such as Hunan Didi Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu Anma Zhixing Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan Peitu KuaixingChuxing Technology
Co., Ltd. And Chongqing Yiqizhao Technology Co., Ltd. Chengdu Branch,Ltd., whereby the online ride-hailing requests and orders shall be completed
on Partner Platforms utilizing the network of cars and
drivers of us while Hunan Ruixi and Jiekai earned rental income from drivers and
earned commissions from Partner Platforms.
For
receivables from Auto
Operating Leasing, we usually settle the rental income with each online ride-hailing driver monthly based on the
product solutions they
chose. In accordance with the development of the operating lease business, our Partner Platforms, such as Gaode,
Didi, agree to temporarily “lock-up”
the fares of the rides which the driver earned from the platform to ensure the timely collection
of our rental receivables from them.
As of March 31, 2025,2026, we had no accounts receivable of operating lease of approximately $20,000 in
total.lease. Besides, during the year ended March 31, 2025,2026, we settled our
commissions with the Partner Platforms for our online ride-hailing
platform services and automobile rental income on a monthly basis.
We
manage the credit risk
arising from the default of automobile purchasers and lessees by performing credit checks on each automobile purchaser
or lessee based
on the credit reports from People’s Bank of China and third-party credit rating companies, and personal information
including residence,
ethnicity group, driving history and involvement in legal proceeding. Our risk department continuously monitors
the payment by each purchaser
and sends them payment reminders. We also keep monitoring the daily gross fare earned by the online ride-hailing
drivers, who are our
majority customers and run their business through our Partner Platforms during the year ended March 31, 2025.2026. We
do this so that we can
evaluate their financial conditions and provide them with assistance including the transfer of automobile to a
new driver if they are
no longer interested in providing ride-hailing services or are unable to earn enough income to make monthly lease/loan
payments. We also
charge default expensesfees from customers for their behaviors violated to the contracts.
Further, the automobiles
subject to our financingfinance leases are not collateralized by us. As of March 31, 2025,2026, the total value of non-collateralized automobiles was
was close to the amount of finance lease receivables since it was on a straight-line basis. We believe our risk exposure of financing leasing
leasing is immaterial as we have experienced limited default cases and we are able to re-lease those automobiles to drivers under financing
finance leases.
The
demand for our services
depends on overall market conditions of the online ride-hailing industry in China. The continuous growth of the
urban population places
increasing pressure on the urban transportation and the improvement of living standards has increased the market
demand for quality travel
in China. Traditional taxi service is limited, and the emerging online platforms have created good opportunities
for the development of
the online ride-hailing service market. The market value is expected to increase from RMB354.7 billion in 2024
to RMB751.3 billion in
2028, owing to rising consumer demand for economical mobility options and an amplified penetration of shared mobility
services, especially
in lower-tier cities. According to the 55th57th Statistical report on Internet Development in China published in January
2025February 2026 by the China
Internet Network Information Center (the “CNNIC”), the number of online ride-hailing service users had
reached 539 million
by the end of December 2024,2025, and took approximately 48.7%47.9% of the total number of Chinese internet users. In addition,
in recent years,
aggregation platforms have gained rising significance in the shared mobility industry. According to Frost & Sullivan,
the portion
of ride hailing orders fulfilled through aggregation platforms increased from 3.5% in 2018 to 30.0% in 2023, and is expected
to further
increase to 49.0% by 2028. The online ride-hailing industry is also facing increasing competition in China and is attracting
more capital
investment. For example, Dida Inc. and Chenqi Technology Limited and CaoCao Inc. were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2024,2024
and CaoCaoJune Inc.2025, have filed their prospectuses again to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited April 2025.respectively.
However,
the participants
in the online ride-hailing industry are facing increasingly fierce competitions. According to the Ministry of Transportation
(the “MOT”)
of the People’s Republic of China, as of April 30, 2025,2026, approximately 382399 online ride-hailing platforms
have obtained booking taxi
operating licenses, representing an increase of approximately 9% as compared with the one as of April 30,
2024. And the total volume of online ride-hailing orders was approximately 727 million in April 2025 in China, representing a decrease
of approximately 12%4% as compared with the one as of April 30, 2024.2025. And the total volume of
online ride-hailing orders was approximately 727 million in April 30, 2026 in China, representing an increase of approximately 27% as
compared with the one as of April 30, 2025. Meanwhile, approximately 3.21 million online booking taxi transportation
certificates and
approximately 7.48 million online booking taxi driver’s licenses were issued nationwide in China, representing
an increase of approximately 13% and 10% as compared with the onesChina as of MarchDecember 31, 2024, respectively.
Since 2023, the municipal transportation
bureaus in a series of cities in China have released operational dynamics and risk warnings for
the online ride-hailing industry, stating
that the online ride-hailing market has become saturated. They remind enterprises and practitioners
who intend to engage in online ride-hailing
services should have a detailed understanding of relevant regulations, conduct market research,
fully consider changes in operating income
due to factors such as supply and demand, market conditions, fluctuations or continuous declines,
objectively evaluate the actual income
level of industry practitioners, and make rational and prudent career choices.
On
November 5,April 2016,1, 2017, the Municipal Communications CommissionGeneral
Office of ChengduChangsha City andPeople’s a number of municipal departments jointlyGovernment issued the “Implementation
Detailed Rules for the Administration of Online BookingCar-Hailing Taxi ManagementBusiness Services
of forChangsha ChengduCity”, which was abolished and replaced by the updated
version issued on July 26,23, 2021.2018. On August 10,20, 2017,2025, the TransportationChangsha
Municipal CommissionBureau of ChengduTransportation further issued the“Announcement guidelinesof Changsha Municipal Bureau of Transportation on complianceFurther Improving
requirementsthe Issuance of Vocational Qualification Certificates for online ride-hailing businesses, including Working Process for the Online Appointment of Taxi Drivers Qualification Examination
and IssuanceOther andRelated Online Appointment Taxi Transportation Certificate Issuance Process. On November 28, 2016, Guangzhou Municipal People’s
Government promulgated Interim Measures for the Management of Online Ride Hailing Operation and Service in Guangzhou, as amended on November
14, 2019.Matters”. According to these regulations
and guidelines, three licenses /certificates are required for operating the online ride-hailing
business in Chengdu and GuangzhouChangsha: (1) the ride-hailing
service platform should obtain the online booking taxi operating license; (2)
the automobiles used for online ride-hailing should obtain
the online booking taxi transportation certificate (“automobile certificate”);
(3) the drivers should obtain the online booking
taxi driver’s license (“driver’s license”). Besides, all the
newnewly added cars used for online ride-hailing in Chengdu shouldChangsha
shall be NEVs sincestarting Julyfrom 2021.2027.
However,As approximately 43%
of March 31, 2026, all
ride-hailing drivers who leased our automobiles or used our services have not obtained the driver’s license for online ride-hailing
servicesservices, as of March 31, 2025 whileand all of the cars used for online ride-hailing services which we provided management services have the
automobile certificate.
Without requisite automobile certificate or driver’s license, these drivers may be suspended from providing
ride-hailing services,
confiscated their illegal income and subject to fines of up to 10 times of their illegal income. Meanwhile, during
the year ended March 31, 2025, Gaode conducted several rounds of compliance checks in Chengdu and other cities and reduced the number
of orders dispatched platforms that allowed drivers to provide services without appropriate licenses or certificates. We assisted drivers
to obtain the required
certificate and license for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services. However, there was no guarantee that
all of the drivers who
run their online ride-hailing business would be able to obtain all the certificates and licenses. These Partner
Platforms may not allow
unqualified drivers who lease our automobiles to drive through these platforms, or reduce their commission income,
so that they may not
be able to earn enough income from those Partner Platforms to pay our rental fees. Our business and results of operations
shall be materially
and adversely affected if we could not serve qualified drivers or our served drivers are suspended from providing
ride-hailing services.
We started generating revenue
from Automobile Transaction and Related Services from our acquisition of Hunan Ruixi on November 22, 2018. Revenue for the year ended
March 31, 2025 decreased by $930,959, or approximately 21.5%, as compared with the year ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was mainly
due to the decreased number of automobiles for operating lease.
We started generating
revenue from Automobile Transaction and Related Services from our acquisition of Hunan Ruixi on November 22, 2018. As we focus on our
automobile automobile
rental business, we expect revenue from our automobile rental to continuously account for a majority of our revenues. We plan to provide
a series of product solutions to sustain and further increase the number of our automobiles for operating leases.
Revenue from our automobile transaction and related services mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, financing revenues, service fees from NEVs leasing, default revenue, monthly services commissions, service fees from automobile purchase services, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 87.2%, 4.4%, 4.2%, 1.7%, 1.1%, 0.6% and 0.8%, respectively, of the total revenue during the year ended March 31, 2026. Meanwhile, operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, financing revenues, default revenue, monthly services commissions, service fees from automobile purchase services, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 88.9%, 4.9%, 1.7%, 1.4%, 2.0% and 1.1%, respectively, of the total revenue during the year ended March 31, 2025.
Revenue from our automobile
transaction and related services mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, monthly
services commissions, default revenue, financing revenues, service fees from automobile purchase services, and other services fees, which
accounted for approximately 82.6%, 5.4%, 4.3%, 3.1%, 2.8%, 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively, of the total revenue during the year ended March
31, 2025. Meanwhile, operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, monthly services commissions, default
revenue, financing revenues, service fees from automobile purchase services and other services fees, which accounted for approximately
88.7%, 1.0%, 4.5%, 2.3%, 1.3%, 0.8% and 1.4%, respectively, of the total revenue during the year ended March 31, 2024.
We generate revenues from
leasing our own automobiles and sub-leasing automobiles leased from third-parties and related parties or rendered by online ride-hailing
drivers with their authorizationauthorization, forwith athe majority of lease term of no more than twelve 12
months. The decrease in rental income of $1,030,045$336,570 or approximately
26.9% 20.0% during the year ended March 31, 20252026 was mainly due to the decrease
in the number and average monthly rental of the automobiles leased for operating lease
as well as average monthly rental income per automobile.lease. We leased 826approximately 340 automobiles with an average
monthly rental income of approximately
$410 $381 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $2,800,992, including rental income of $46,461 from Jinkailong and other related
parties,$1,348,542 for the year ended March 31, 2025.2026.
While Wewe leasedapproximately over 1,400366 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of approximately $485
$437 per automobile, resulting in a rental
income of $3,831,037, including rental income of $34,742 from Jinkailong,$1,685,112 for the year ended March
31, 2024.2025.
We started our finance lease business in March 2019 and began to generate interest income from providing finance lease services to ride-hailing drivers in April 2019. We also charge the customers of our automobile financing facilitation services interest on their monthly payments which cover purchase price of automobile and our services fees and facilitation fees for terms of 24 or 48 months. We recognized a total interest income of $68,011 from an average monthly number of 46 automobiles and $93,473 from an average monthly number of 46 automobiles during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was due to the decreased outstanding principal finance lease upon periodic rental payments during the year ended March 31, 2026.
We
generated revenues
of $184,625$64,833 and $45,231$0 from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees during the yearyears ended March 31, 20252026 and
2024, 2025, respectively.
The amount of services fees for NEVs leasing were based on our timely product solutions timelywhich adjusted in accordance which adjusted
with different
market conditions.
Default revenue
We generated default revenues of $26,025 and $33,050 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced risk management and contract monitoring practices during the year ended March 31, 2026.
We
generated revenues of $145,227
$17,485 and $196,099$25,799 from the monthly management and related services provided to our Partner Platforms and other
companies during the
years ended March 31, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively. The decrease of $50,872 or approximately 25.9% was due to the decrease
in the number of the automobiles andleased to online
ride-hailing drivers wefor served,operating wholease randuring theirthe businessyear throughended March 31, 2026, which in turn led to lower commission income from the Partner
Platforms Platforms.related to the monthly management and related services.
We generated revenues of $10,046 and $38,696 from the automobile purchase services during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was due to the number of automobiles purchase transactions decreased to 8 during the year ended March 31, 2026 from 28 during the year ended March 31, 2025.
We generate other revenues from other miscellaneous service fees charged to our customers during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Other services fees mainly include the maintenance fees charged to our customers pursuant to certain new product solutions.
Cost of revenues represents the depreciation and rental cost of automobiles, daily maintenance, insurance and other usage costs of automobiles which related to our Auto Operating Leasing. Cost of revenues kept relatively stable, primarily due to total number of our own automobiles used for operating leasing remaining substantially unchanged during the year ended March 31, 2026 as compared with the year ended March 31, 2025.
We had gross profit of $210,200 and $571,724, respectively, during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. The following table sets forth the breakdown of gross profit by major revenue source for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
We had a gross profit of $12,615 from our Auto Operating Leasing during the year ended March 31, 2026, which decreased by $348,050 from a gross profit of $360,665 in the year ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was attributable to the average monthly rental of automobiles leased for operating lease decreased from $437 in the year ended March 31, 2025 to $381 in the year ended March 31, 2026. As the gross margin of the revenues from our operating leasing decreased, our overall gross profit margin decreased to approximately 13.6% for the year ended March 31, 2026 from approximately 30.2% for the year ended March 31, 2025.
For the year ended March 31, 2026, selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of salary and employee benefits, rental expense, travel expenses, and other expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased from $1,864,151 for the year ended March 31, 2025 to $2,426,333 for the year ended March 31, 2026, representing an increase of $562,182, or approximately 30.2%. The increase was mainly due to (1) the increase of $578,703 in professional service fees such as financial, market consulting due to our financing arrangements during the year ended March 31, 2026; (2) an increase of $42,657 in salary and employee benefits mainly due to the higher compensation scales for current executive officers; and partly offset by (3) the decrease of $25,336 in offices rental and charges in the year ended March 31, 2026.
We re-evaluated the possibility of collection of unsettled balances from customers/suppliers of our automobile transactions and related services, and we provided provision for credit losses of $422,064 and $697,165 against receivables from Jinkailong for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
In November 2025, we entered into the Consulting Agreement with the Consultant, pursuant to which we engaged the Consultant to provide consulting services. We issued an aggregate of 200,000 shares of our common stock in November 2025 at $1.25 per share to settle the compensation for the services. We did not have similar transaction during the year ended March 31, 2025.
Other income (expenses), net
For the year ended March 31, 2026, we had other income, net of $312,792, which primarily consist of the (1) a gain of $170,000 for voluntary waiver of compensation by the Company’s former directors; (2) penalty income of approximately $75,000 from the customers; (3) a gain of approximately $43,000 from historical debt forgiveness by service providers; (4) income of approximately $22,000 from the disposal of our own automobiles used for operating leases; (5) the miscellaneous other income of approximately $16,000; partially offset by (6) approximately $13,000 in offering costs allocable to the derivative liabilities for our pre-funded warrants and November 2025 private placement warrants upon closing.
For the year ended March 31, 2025, we had other expenses, net of $121,491, which primarily consist of (1) a loss of $197,000 from the termination of an automobiles purchase agreement; (2) the expense of approximately $20,000 from the termination of our right-of-use assets for an exhibition hall we leased in Changsha; (3) the miscellaneous income, net of approximately $1,000; partially offset by (4) the penalty income of approximately $97,000 from the customers.
Warrants issued in our registered direct offerings that took place in February 2021, May 2021 and November 2025, and the August 2020 underwritten public offering, and the November 2021 and November 2025 private placement were classified as liabilities under the caption “Derivative Liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet and recorded at estimated fair value at each reporting date, computed using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The change in fair value of derivative liabilities for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was a gain of $202,959 and $204,242, respectively. The following table sets forth the breakdown of the gain (loss) in fair value of derivative liabilities for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
Excess of warrant fair value over offering proceeds
In November 2025, we issued common shares, pre-funded warrants and the concurrent private placement warrants, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $2,841,300. We concluded that these warrants qualify as liability instruments. At the issuance date in November 2025, the fair value of the warrants was estimated at $5,737,755 using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the $2,896,455 excess of the warrants’ fair value over the total offering proceeds was recognized as a loss in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
Generally, our subsidiary Hunan Ruixi is subject to enterprise income tax on its taxable income in China at a rate of 25%. And the applicable tax rate of our HK subsidiary, Senmiao HK, for the first HKD$2 million of assessable profits is 8.25% and assessable profits above HKD$2 million will continue to be subject to the rate of 16.5% for corporations in Hong Kong. The enterprise income tax is calculated based on the entity’s global income as determined under PRC tax laws and accounting standards. With the exception of Senmiao HK, which generated profits primarily from tax-exempt interest income on bank deposits, all entities suffered losses. Accordingly, no tax expense was recorded for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from continuing operations for the year ended March 31, 2026 was $5,268,901, representing an increase of $3,362,060 from net loss of $1,906,841 for the year ended March 31, 2025.
Results of Discontinued Operations for the year ended March 31, 2026 Compared to the year ended March 31, 2025
The result of discontinued operations was the financial figures of our former subsidiary, XXTX and former subsidiaries in Sichuan. As of December 31, 2025, we deconsolidated former subsidiaries in Sichuan and its business result was included in our automobile transactions and related services before we deconsolidated its financial figures. As of August 20, 2024, we deconsolidated XXTX and its business result was included in our online ride-hailing platform services before we deconsolidated its financial figures.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of revenues by revenue source for years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
Revenue from automobile transactions and related services (discontinued operations) Revenue from our automobile transaction and related services (discontinued operations) mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, monthly services commissions, default revenue and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 75.1%, 16.6%, 4.8%, 2.2% and 1.3%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services from discontinued operations during the year ended March 31, 2026. Meanwhile, operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, monthly services commissions, default revenue and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 74.7%,12.4%, 8.0%, 4.8% and 0.1%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services from discontinued operations during the year ended March 31, 2025.
Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals
Our former subsidiaries in Sichuan generated revenues from leasing sub-leasing automobiles leased from third-parties and related parties or rendered by online ride-hailing drivers with their authorization for a lease term of no more than twelve months. Our former subsidiaries in Sichuan leased over 410 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of approximately $392 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $1,011,119, including rental income of $79,203 from two related parties, for the year ended March 31, 2026. Our former subsidiaries in Sichuan leased approximately 460 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of approximately $373 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $1,115,880, including rental income of $46,461 from Jinkailong and other related parties for the year ended March 31, 2025.
Service fees from NEVs leasing
Our former subsidiaries in Sichuan generated revenues of $223,775 and $184,625 from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The amount of services fees for NEVs leasing were based on our timely product solutions which adjusted in accordance with different market conditions.
Monthly services commissions
Our former subsidiaries in Sichuan generated revenues of $65,188 and $119,428 from the monthly management and related services provided to Partner Platforms during the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
WeOur former subsidiaries in
Sichuan generated default revenues of $105,025$30,190 and $100,763$71,975 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other
violation behaviors to the contracts during the years ended March 31, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively.
Other Service fees
We
started our financial leasing business in March 2019 and began to generate interest income from providing financial leasing services
to ride-hailing drivers in April 2019. We also charge the customers of our automobile financing facilitation services interest on their
monthly payments which cover purchase price of automobile and our services fees and facilitation fees for terms of 36 or 48 months. We
recognized a total interest income of $93,473 from an average monthly number of 46 automobiles and $57,677 from an average monthly number
of 33 automobiles during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase was due to the monthly payment we charged
to customers and the average number of automobiles served for financial leasing increased during the year ended March 31, 2025.
We generated revenues of
$38,696 and $36,637 from the automobile purchase services during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase was
due to the number of automobiles purchase transactions increased to 28 during the year ended March 31, 2025 from 22 in the same period
in 2024.
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New heading “Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals”
New heading “Service fees from NEVs leasing”
New heading “Default revenue”
New heading “Monthly services commissions”
New heading “Cost of Revenues”
New heading “Selling, General and Administrative Expenses”
New heading “Other (expense) income, net”
New heading “Excess of warrant fair value over offering proceeds”
New heading “Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals”
New heading “Service fees from NEVs leasing”
New heading “Monthly services commissions”
New heading “Default revenue”
New heading “Cost of Revenues”
New heading “Selling, General and Administrative Expenses”
New heading “Other income, net”
Removed heading “Our Discontinued Online Ride-Hailing Platform Services”
Removed heading “Stock-based compensation”
Removed heading “Service fees from automobile purchase services and Other Service fees”
Removed heading “Stock-based compensation”
Removed heading “Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities”
Removed heading “Net loss from continuing operations”
Removed heading “Results of Discontinued Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2025 Compared to the three months ended December 31, 2024”
Removed heading “Other expenses, net”
Removed heading “Interest Expense on Finance Leases”
Removed heading “Gain on disposal of discontinued operations”
Removed heading “Income Tax expense”
Removed heading “Results of Discontinued Operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 Compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2024”
Removed heading “Interest Expense and Interest expense on finance leases”
Removed heading “Gain on disposal of discontinued operations”
Removed heading “Income Tax Benefit”
Removed heading “Net loss from discontinued operations”
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“Recent financing arrangements, however, have materially strengthened our cash position. As of June 30, 2026, we recorded total derivative liabilities of approximately $48.0 million, of which $41.9 million related to warrants issued under the April 2026 Units private placement. Management assessed that these warrants will not be settled in cash upon exercise. Management evaluated and concluded that the factors aforementioned did not raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. …”see in full comparison
“We generated default revenues of $5,831 and $7,711 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts during the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced risk management and contract monitoring practices during the three months ended December 31, 2025.”see in full comparison
“We generated default revenues of $23,320 and $27,294 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts during the nine months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced risk management and contract monitoring practices during the nine months ended December 31, 2025.”see in full comparison
“We generated default revenues of $3,439 and $7,294 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced risk management and contract monitoring practices during three months ended June 30, 2026.”see in full comparison
“Management evaluated our current liquidity and operating forecasts for the twelve months following the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and has concluded that, as a result of the recent financing and improved cash flows, there was no substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the issuance of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2025.”see in full comparison
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Prior to December 31, 2025, we provided automobile transaction and
related services in Sichuan Province of China through our former majority owned subsidiary, Chengdu Jiekai Yunli Technology Co., Ltd.,
a PRC limited liability company and its subsidiary (“Jiekai”) and our former wholly owned subsidiary, Chengdu Corenel Technology
Co., Ltd. a PRC limited liability company (“Corenel”). As discussed below under “–Our Automobile Transactions and
Related Services”, we ceased our automobile transactions and related services in Sichuan Province of China on December 31 2025.
Starting in 2026, we began evaluating opportunities to expand its business into AI infrastructure. In furtherance of this initiative, we appointed David Nichols as a strategic advisor to assist us in advancing our strategy across AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure and new energy initiatives, with a particular focus on power infrastructure origination, capital formation and institutional partnerships.
In July 2026, we signed an operating agreement with Constant Energy Construction Corp. (“CECC”) and jointly established Nebula Matrix AI LLC (“NMA LLC”). Pursuant to the operating agreement, all ownership interests of the NMA LLC, including, without limitation, (i) economic interest and (ii) voting interest, are evidenced by membership units. We hold 90 membership units (constituting 90% of the total 100 membership units), entitling us to 90% economic and voting interests in NMA LLC, while CECC holds the remaining 10 membership units with the corresponding 10% economic and voting interests. NMA LLC will serve as the core platform through which the two companies develop, invest in, construct and operate AI data centers and digital infrastructure projects in the United States. NMA LLC intends to pursue AI data center projects covering site selection, power procurement, engineering-procurement-construction (“EPC”), project financing and long-term operation. As of the filing date of this Report, specific project locations, capital contribution amounts, ownership percentages, project timelines and power capacity metrics have not been finalized. All contemplated projects are subject to completion of due diligence, availability of financing, and satisfaction of applicable regulatory and permitting requirements. There can be no assurance that we will successfully implement or generate operating revenues from such planned data-center initiatives.
From October 2020 to August
2024, we also operated an online ride-hailing platform through Hunan Xixingtianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“XXTX”), a former
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Senmiao Consulting”).
The platform enabled qualified ride-hailing drivers to provide application-based transportation services mainly in Chengdu, Changsha and
other 20 cities in China. As more fully discussed below under “– Our Discontinued Ride-Hailing Platform Services”, we
ceased our online ride-hailing Platform Services on August 20, 2024.
Our Automobileautomobile Transaction
transaction and Relatedrelated Services are mainly comprised of (i) automobile operating lease where we provide car rental services to individual customers
to meet their personal needs with lease term no more than twelve months (the “Auto Operating Leasing”); (ii) service fees
from new energy vehicles (“NEVs”) leasing where we charge NEVs lessees for a series of the services provided to them based
on the chosen product solutions (the “Service for NEVs Leasing”); (iii) service fees from automobile purchase for a series
of the services provided to purchasers throughout the purchase process based on the sales price of the automobiles and relevant services
provided (the “ Service for Automobile Purchase”) ;(iv) monthly services where we provide management and related services to
other online ride-hailing platforms we cooperated with (“Partner Platforms”) and other companies and earn commission from
them (the “Auto Commissions”); (v) automobile financing where we provide our customers with auto finance solutions through
financing finance leases (the “Auto Financing”); (vi) default expensesfees we charges to the lessees for early-termination the contracts
or other violation behaviors to the contracts (the “Default Revenue”); and (vii) other supporting services provided to customers,
including auto management and other related services (the “Auto Management Services”) and automobile sales (the “Auto
Sales”). We started our facilitation and supporting services in November 2018, the sale of automobiles in January 2019, and financial
and operating leasing in March 2019, respectively.
Considering the fierce competition
of the online ride-hailing industry and our operating losses in China, in December 2025 the Company
entered into a certain Acquisition Agreement (the “Sichuan Acquisition Agreement”)
with Hu Mao Sheng Tang Holdings Limited., a non-affiliated Hong Kong company (“HMST”). Pursuant to the Sichuan Acquisition
Agreement, the Company sold all of the equity interests in Sichuan Senmiao Yicheng Assets Management Co., Ltd. (“Yicheng”),
Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Senmiao Consulting”) and its subsidiaries, which were our former subsidiaries
in Sichuan Province of China (“former subsidiaries in Sichuan”), to HMST for
zero considerationnil consideration, while we undertook certain liabilities of $518,388 which were previously assumed by former subsidiaries in Sichuan (the “Disposition”). On December 31, 2025, the Disposition
was completed and we ceased our automobile Transactionstransactions and Relatedrelated Servicesservices in Sichuan Province of China.
Since November 22, 2018,
the acquisition date of Hunan Ruixi, and as of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, we have facilitated financing for an aggregate of 312 automobiles with
a total value of approximately $5.3$5.4 million, sold an aggregate of 1,516381 automobiles with a total value of approximately $14.5$3.7 million
and delivered 2,300470 automobiles under operating leases and 197 automobiles under financingfinance leases to customers, the vast majority of whom
are online ride-hailing drivers.
The table below provides
a breakdown of the number of vehicles sold or delivered under different leasing arrangements or managed by us and corresponding revenue
generated for the three and nine months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively:
During the three months
ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, our Auto Operating Leasing, Auto Commissions,Financing, Auto FinancingCommissions and other services income accounted for approximately
88.4%, 1.0%,86.8%, 4.2%3.3%, 0.3% and 6.4%9.6% of our total revenue from our automobile transactions and related services, respectively, while our Auto Operating
Leasing, Auto Commissions,Financing, Auto Financing,Commissions, and other services income accounted for approximately 90.8%, 0.8%,90.3%, 5.2%, 1.9%, and 3.2%2.6% for the three
months ended December 31, 2024, respectively. During the nine months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025, our Auto Operating Leasing, Auto Commissions,
Auto Financing and other services income accounted for approximately 88.2%, 1.2%, 4.6% and 6.0% of our total revenue from our automobile
transactions and related services, respectively, while our Auto Operating Leasing, Auto Commissions, Auto Financing, and other services
income accounted for approximately 88.9%, 1.1%, 4.9%, and 5.1% for the nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively.
Our Discontinued Online Ride-Hailing Platform Services
From October 2020 to August
2024, we operated our own online ride-hailing platform in China. The platform (called Xixingtianxia) was owned and operated by XXTX, of
which Senmiao Consulting acquired the 100% equity interest pursuant to a series of investment and supplementary agreements. XXTX operated
Xixingtianxia and held a national online reservation taxi operating license, which served online ride-hailing drivers in 22 cities in
China, providing them with a platform to view and take customer orders for rides. XXTX generated revenue from providing services to online
ride-hailing drivers to assist them in providing transportation services to the riders looking for taxi/ride-hailing services. XXTX earned
commissions for each completed order as the difference between an upfront quoted fare and the amount earned by a driver based on actual
time and distance for the ride charged to the rider.
Due to the fierce competition of the online ride-hailing industry,
XXTX had suffered loss in the past. Since December 2023, XXTX had engaged Anhui Lianma Technology Co., Ltd. (“Anhui Lianma”),
a third-party to co-operate the online ride-hailing platform by outsourcing certain daily operation work to Anhui Lianma in most of cities
it operates platform in XXTX and Anhui Lianma will jointly share the operational profits, with the specific calculation method being defined
in the cooperation agreement. However, considering the changes in online ride-hailing industry and development plan of the Company, on
August 8, 2024, we entered into the XXTX Acquisition Agreement with the Purchaser, and certain other parties thereto. Pursuant to the
XXTX Acquisition Agreement, the Purchaser acquired all of the equity interests in XXTX at a total purchase price of zero, while taking
over certain liabilities of XXTX as defined in the XXTX Acquisition Agreement. On August 20, 2024, the Acquisition was completed and we
ceased the online ride-hailing platform services.
Our revenue growth has been
largely driven by the expansion of our automobile lessee base and the corresponding revenue generated from operating and financialfinance leasing.
lease. We acquire customers for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services through the network of third-party sales teams, referral from
online ride-hailing platforms and our own efforts including online advertising and billboard advertising. We also send out fliers and
participate in trade shows to advertise our services. We plan to maintain the number of our customers by marketing our companies to our
existing and prospective automobile lessees in the cities we now operate in. We expect to keep promoting the growth of our automobile
rental business with automobile rental solutions/incentives specifically targeted at drivers using our Partner Platforms. An effective
cross-selling strategies between our automobile leasing business and our Partner Platforms is important to our expansion and revenue growth.
We also plan to strengthen our marketing efforts through the collaboration with certain automobile dealers and through our own team by
employing more experienced staff, sharing market resources with our equity investee company, and improving the quality and variety of
our services. As of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, we had one employee in our own sales department.
Due to the fierce competition
of online ride-hailing industry in those cities we operated in, we have witnessed a high turn-over rate on the short-term car rentals
during the three and nine months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025.2026. To meet the demand in Changsha, we have purchased automobiles for our operating
lease. The daily management and timely maintenance of leased automobiles will have a significant effect on the stability and potential
growth of our income from leasing automobiles in the next twelve months. The effective management, including maintaining the high turn-over
rate of our automobiles through our proprietary system and experienced auto-management team could provide in-time delivery and qualified
automobiles to potential lessees, either for personal use or providing online ride-hailing services. As of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, for parking
and management of automobiles for operating lease, we had one parking lot and three employees in Changsha. During the three months ended
December 31,June 202530, 2026 and 2024,2025, the average utilization of the automobiles for operating lease was approximately 85.7%93.1% and 91.4%,96.0%, respectively.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the average utilization of the automobiles for operating lease was approximately
92.2% and 92.3%, respectively.
Meanwhile, in order to strengthen our market position, Hunan Ruixi has built up cooperation relationships with Partner Platforms, such as Hunan Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd., whereby the online ride-hailing requests and orders shall be completed on Partner Platforms utilizing the network of cars and drivers of us while Hunan Ruixi earned rental income from drivers and earned commissions from Partner Platforms.
For receivables from Auto
Operating Leasing, we usually settle the rental income with each online ride-hailing driver monthly based on the product solutions they
chose. In accordance with the development of the operating lease business, our Partner Platforms, such as Gaode,Didi, agree to temporarily
“lock-up” the fares of the rides which the driver earned from the platform to ensure the timely collection of our rental receivables
from them. As of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, we had no accounts receivable of operating lease of approximately $1,000 in total.lease. Besides, during the
three and nine months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, we settled our commissions with the Partner Platforms for our online ride-hailing platform
services and automobile rental income on a monthly basis.
The efficiency of collection
of the monthly and weekly payments has a material impact on our daily operation. Our risk and asset management department has set up a
series of procedures to monitor the collection from drivers. Our business department has also set up a stable and close relationship with
Partner Platforms to ensure the timely collection of commissions. The accounts receivable and advance payments may increase our liquidity
risk. We have used the majority of the proceeds from our equity offerings and plan to seek equity and/or debt financings to pay for the
expenditure related to the automobile purchase. To pay for the expenditure in advance will enhance the stability of our daily operation
and lower the liquidity risk, and attract more customers.
We manage the credit risk
arising from the default of automobile purchasers and lessees by performing credit checks on each automobile purchaser or lessee based
on the credit reports from People’s Bank of China and third-party credit rating companies, and personal information including residence,
ethnicity group, driving history and involvement in legal proceeding. Our risk department continuously monitors the payment by each purchaser
and sends them payment reminders. We also keep monitoring the daily gross fare earned by the online ride-hailing drivers, who are our
majority customers and run their business through our Partner Platforms during the three and nine months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025.2026. We do
this so that we can evaluate their financial conditions and provide them with assistance including the transfer of automobile to a new
driver if they are no longer interested in providing ride-hailing services or are unable to earn enough income to make monthly lease/loan
payments. We also charge default expensesfees from customers for their behaviors violated to the contracts.
Further, the automobiles
subject to our financingfinance leases are not collateralized by us. As of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, the total value of non-collateralized automobiles
was close to the amount of finance lease receivables since it was on a straight-line basis. We believe our risk exposure of financing
leasing is immaterial as we have experienced limited default cases and we are able to re-lease those automobiles to drivers under financing
finance leases.
The demand for our services
depends on overall market conditions of the online ride-hailing industry in China. The continuous growth of the urban population places
increasing pressure on the urban transportation and the improvement of living standards has increased the market demand for quality travel
in China. Traditional taxi service is limited, and the emerging online platforms have created good opportunities for the development of
the online ride-hailing service market. The market value is expected to increase from RMB354.7 billion in 2024 to RMB751.3 billion in
2028, owing to rising consumer demand for economical mobility options and an amplified penetration of shared mobility services, especially
in lower-tier cities. According to the 56th57th Statistical report on Internet Development in China published in JulyFebruary 20252026 by the China Internet
Network Information Center (the “CNNIC”), the number of online ride-hailing service users had reached 511539 million by the end
of JuneDecember 2025, and took approximately 45.6%47.9% of the total number of Chinese internet users. InWe addition,cooperate with DiDi, the dominant player in recentChina’s years,ride-hailing market. Benefiting from DiDi’s leading market share, massive driver and passenger network, advanced AI intelligent dispatching technology, standardized compliance control system and high user loyalty, our business is well-positioned to capture the incremental growth brought by the rapid expansion of aggregation platforms
haveride-hailing gained rising significanceorders in the sharedcoming mobilityyears. industry.In According to Frost & Sullivan,addition, the portion of ride hailing orders
fulfilled through aggregation platforms increased from 3.5% in 2018 to 30.0% in 2023, and is expected to further increase to 49.0% by
2028. The online ride-hailing industry is also facing increasing competition in China and is attracting more capital investment. For example,
Dida Inc. Chenqi Technology Limited and CaoCao Inc. were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2024 and June 2025, respectively.
However, the participants
in the online ride-hailing industry are facing increasingly fierce competitions.competition and the platforms for passengers and providing services together with online ride-hailing platform companies (“Aggregation Platforms”) have gained rising significance in the shared mobility industry. According to the Ministry of Transportation (the “MOT”)
of the People’s Republic of China, as of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, approximately 395401 online ride-hailing platformsplatform companies have obtained booking
taxi operating licenses, representing an increase of approximately 5%3% as compared with the one as of MarchJune 31,30, 2025. And the total volume
ofTotal online ride-hailing ordersorder volume was approximately 963979 million in DecemberJune 20252026 in China, representing aan decreaseincrease of approximately 28%29% as
compared with the one asin June 2025. Of this volume, orders completed by Aggregation Platforms amounted to 327 million, accounting for approximately 33.4% of Octoberthe 31,industry’s 2024.total orders in June 2026 in China, representing an increase of 17.6% as compared with the one in June 2025. Meanwhile, approximately 3.21 million online booking taxi transportation certificates and
approximately 7.48 million online booking taxi driver’s licenses were issued nationwide in China as of December 31, 2024, respectively.
Since 2023, the municipal transportation bureaus in a series of cities in China have released operational dynamics and risk warnings for
the online ride-hailing industry, stating that the online ride-hailing market has become saturated. They remind enterprises and practitioners
who intend to engage in online ride-hailing services should have a detailed understanding of relevant regulations, conduct market research,
fully consider changes in operating income due to factors such as supply and demand, market conditions, fluctuations or continuous declines,
objectively evaluate the actual income level of industry practitioners, and make rational and prudent career choices.
On NovemberApril 5,1, 2016,2017, the
Municipal CommunicationsGeneral CommissionOffice of ChengduChangsha City andPeople’s a number of municipal departments jointlyGovernment issued the “ImplementationDetailed Rules
for the Administration of Online BookingCar-Hailing Taxi ManagementBusiness Services forof ChengduChangsha City”, which was abolished and replaced by the updated
version issued on July 26,23, 2021.2018. On August 10,20, 2017,2025, the TransportationChangsha CommissionMunicipal Bureau of ChengduTransportation further issued the“Announcement guidelinesof Changsha Municipal Bureau of Transportation on compliance
requirementsFurther for online ride-hailing businesses, including Working Process forImproving the Online AppointmentIssuance of Vocational Qualification Certificates for Taxi Drivers Qualification Examination
and IssuanceOther andRelated Online Appointment Taxi Transportation Certificate Issuance Process. On November 28, 2016, Guangzhou Municipal People’s
Government promulgated Interim Measures for the Management of Online Ride Hailing Operation and Service in Guangzhou, as amended on November
14, 2019.Matters”. According to these regulations and guidelines, three licenses /certificates are required for operating the online ride-hailing
business in Chengdu and GuangzhouChangsha: (1) the ride-hailing service platform should obtain the online booking taxi operating license; (2)
the automobiles used for online ride-hailing should obtain the online booking taxi transportation certificate (“automobile certificate”);
(3) the drivers should obtain the online booking taxi driver’s license (“driver’s license”). Besides, all the
newnewly added cars used for online ride-hailing in ChengduChangsha shouldshall be NEVs sincestarting Julyfrom 2021.2027.
As of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,
2026, all ride-hailing drivers who leased our automobiles or used our services have obtained the driver’s license for online ride-hailing
services, and all of the cars used for online ride-hailing services which we provided management services have the automobile certificate.
Without requisite automobile certificate or driver’s license, these drivers may be suspended from providing ride-hailing services,
confiscated their illegal income and subject to fines of up to 10 times of their illegal income. We assisted drivers to obtain the required
certificate and license for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services. However, there was no guarantee that all of the drivers who
run their online ride-hailing business would be able to obtain all the certificates and licenses. These Partner Platforms may not allow
unqualified drivers who lease our automobiles to drive through these platforms, or reduce their commission income, so that they may not
be able to earn enough income from those Partner Platforms to pay our rental fees. Our business and results of operations shall be materially
and adversely affected if we could not serve qualified drivers or our served drivers are suspended from providing ride-hailing services.
Results of Continuing Operations for the
three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 Compared to the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20242025
Revenues
The following table sets
forth the breakdown of revenues by revenue source for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively:
Revenue from our automobile
transaction and related services mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, financing revenues, service fees from
NEVs leasing,automobile purchase services, default revenue, monthly services commissions, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 88.4%,86.8%, 4.2%,5.9%, 4.1%,
1.6%,3.3%, 1.0%1.3%, 1.0%, 0.3% and 0.7%,1.4%, respectively, of the total revenue during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025.2026. Meanwhile, operating lease revenues
from automobile rentals, financing revenues, service fees from automobile purchase services, default revenue, monthly services commissions, service fees from automobile purchase services
and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 90.8%,90.3%, 5.2%, 0.3%, 1.7%, 0.8%, 0.7%1.9% and 0.8%,0.6%, respectively, of the total revenue
during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024.2025.
Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals
We generate revenues from
leasing our own automobiles by online ride-hailing drivers with their authorizationauthorization, forwith athe majority of lease term of no more than twelve12 months. The
decrease in rental income of $92,578$72,931, or approximately 22.6%18.9% during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 was mainly due to the decrease
in the number and average monthly rental of automobiles leased for operating lease. We leased over 322 automobiles with an average monthly
rental income of approximately $319 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $317,153 for the three months ended December 31, 2025.
We leased approximately 346329 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of approximately $394$344 per automobile, resulting in a rental
income of $409,731$313,335 for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024.2026. While we leased 339 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of approximately $398 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $386,266 for the three months ended June 30, 2025.
Service fees from NEVs leasing
We generated revenues of $21,291 and $0 from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The amount of service fees for NEVs leasing is based on our timely product solutions which are adjusted in accordance with different market conditions. We suspended charging Service fees from NEVs leasing from continuing operations for the period August 2023 through July 2025 and resumed such charges starting August 2025, which resulted in no related service fee revenue recognized from continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2025.
We started our financial
leasingfinance lease business in March 2019 and began to generate interest income from providing financialfinance leasinglease services to ride-hailing drivers
in April 2019. We also charge the customers of our automobile financing facilitation services interest on their monthly payments which
cover purchase price of automobile and our services fees and facilitation fees for terms of 3624 or 48 months. We recognized a total interest
income of $15,117$11,813 from an average monthly number of 4426 automobiles and $23,668$22,331 from an average monthly number of 4952 automobiles during
the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 2024,2025, respectively. The decrease was due to the average number andof monthlyautomobiles paymentserved wefor chargedfinancial to
customersleasing decreased during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025.2026.
We generated revenues of
$14,799 and $0 from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees during the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The amount of services fees for NEVs leasing were based on our timely product solutions in accordance which adjusted with different market
conditions.
We generated default revenues
of $5,831 and $7,711 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts
during the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of
early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced
risk management and contract monitoring practices during the three months ended December 31, 2025.
We generated revenues of
$3,427 and $3,828 from the monthly management and related services provided to our Partner Platforms and other companies during the three
months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease was due to the decrease in the number of automobiles leased to online
ride-hailing drivers for operating lease during the three months ended December 31, 2025, which in turn led to lower commission income
from the Partner Platforms related to the monthly management and related services.
Service fees from automobile purchase services and Other Service
fees
We generated revenues of
$0 $4,670 and $1,270 from the automobile purchase services during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025, andrespectively. The increase was due to the number of $2,959 for two automobiles purchase transactions
from theincreased automobileto purchase services4 during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024.2026 from 1 during the three months ended June 30, 2025.
Default revenue
We generated default revenues of $3,439 and $7,294 from the automobile lessee’s early-termination of the contracts or other violation behaviors to the contracts during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to a lower incidence of early-terminations and contractual breaches by the automobile lessees, driven by improved credit quality of our lessee base, enhanced risk management and contract monitoring practices during three months ended June 30, 2026.
Monthly services commissions
We generated revenues of $1,163 and $8,265 from the monthly management and related services provided to our Partner Platforms and other companies during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease was due to the decrease in the number of automobiles leased to online ride-hailing drivers for operating lease during the three months ended June 30, 2026, which in turn led to lower commission income from the Partner Platforms related to the monthly management and related services.
We generate other revenues
from other miscellaneous service fees charged to our customers during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 2024.2025. Other services
fees mainly include the maintenance fees charged to our customers pursuant to certain new productionproduct solutions.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues represents
the depreciation and rental cost of automobiles, daily maintenancemaintenance, insurance and insuranceother expenseusage costs of automobiles which related to our Auto Operating
Leasing. CostThe decrease of revenues decreased by $36,314$46,634, or approximately 10.5%13.5% was primarily due to decreased in the depreciation of automobiles. Although the total number of our own automobiles used for operating leasing remaining substantially unchanged during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 as compared with
the three months ended December 31, 2024, mainly due to the decrease in the number of the automobiles leased for operating lease from
346 in the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20242025, these automobiles were fully depreciated in or prior to 322 in the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025.2026.
We had gross profit of $49,480$61,692 and $105,929,$81,867, respectively, during the
three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 2024. The decrease of $56,449 was mainly due to the decrease in gross profit from Auto Operating
Leasing.2025. The following table sets forth the breakdown of gross profit by major revenue source for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,
202530, 2026 and 20242025:
We had a gross profit of
$7,949 $14,138 from our Auto Operating Leasing during the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, which decreased by $56,264$26,297 from a gross lossprofit of
$64,213 $40,435 in the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024.2025. The decrease was attributable to the average monthly rental of automobiles leased
for operating lease decreased from 394$389 in the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20242025 to 319$344 in the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2025.
2026. As the gross margin of the revenues from our operating leasing decreased during the three months ended December 31, 2025,decreased, our overall
gross profit margin decreased to approximately 13.8%17.1% from approximately 23.5% duringfor the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024.2026 from approximately 19.1% for the three months ended June 30, 2025.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling,For the three months ended June 30, 2026, selling, general and administrative
expenses primarily consist of salary and employee benefits, office rental expense, travel expenses, and other expenses. Selling, general
and administrative expenses increased from $412,270$500,829 for three months ended June 30, 2025 to $692,472 for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024 to $651,157 for the three months ended
December 31, 2025,2026, representing an increase of $238,887,$191,643, or approximately 57.9%.38.3%. The increase was mainly due to (1) the increase of $227,060
$160,178 in professional service fees such as financial, market consulting fordue to our financing transactionsarrangements during the three months ended December
31,June 2025.30, 2026; (2) an increase of $52,699 in salary and employee benefits mainly due to the higher compensation scales for current executive officers.
Other (expense) income, net
We re-evaluated the possibility
of collection of unsettled balances from customers/suppliers of our automobile transactions and related services, and we provided provision
for credit losses of $244,908 and $104,700 against receivables from Jinkailong for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024,
respectively.
Stock-based compensation
In November 2025, we entered
into a consulting services agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) with a consultant (“the Consultant”), pursuant
to which we engaged the Consultant to provide consulting services. We issued an aggregate of 200,000 shares
of our common stock in November 2025 at $1.25 per share to settle the compensation for the services. We did not have similar transaction
during the three months ended December 31, 2024.
For the three months ended
December 31,June 2025,30, 2026, we had other income,expense, net of $243,272,$737,700, which primarily consist of the (1) a$770,000 gainin offering costs allocable to the derivative liabilities for our June 2026 Units Warrants; partially offset by (2) income of $213,000approximately $15,000 from historical debt forgiveness
by service providers and the company’sdisposal formerof directorsour own automobiles used for operating leases; (23) penalty income of approximately $17,000$12,000 from the customers; and (34)
the miscellaneous other income, netincome of approximately $13,000.$5,000.
For the three months ended
December 31,June 2024,30, 2025, we had other income, net of $32,232,$29,087, which primarily consist of (1) penalty income of approximately $20,000$15,000 from the
customers; and (2) the miscellaneous income,other netincome of approximately $12,000.$14,000.
Excess of warrant fair value over offering proceeds
In June 2026, we issued common shares and warrants in Units Private Placement, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $11.0 million. We concluded that these warrants qualify as liability instruments. At the issuance date in June 2026, the fair value of the warrants was estimated at $45,149,713 using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the $34,149,713 excess of the warrants’ fair value over the total offering proceeds was recognized as a loss in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
Warrants issued in our registered direct offerings that took place
in February 2021, May 2021 and MayNovember 2021,2025, and the August 2020 underwritten public offering, and the November 20212021, November 2025 and June 2026 private placement were classified
as liabilities under the caption “Derivative Liabilities” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet and recorded
at estimated fair value at each reporting date, computed using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The change in fair value of derivative
liabilities for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 20242025 was a gain of $180$2,732,106 and $121,314,$77,182, respectively. The following table sets
forth the breakdown of the gain (loss) in fair value of derivative liabilities for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 20242025:
Generally, our subsidiary Hunan Ruixi and Senmiao HK areis subject to
enterprise income tax on its taxable income in China at a rate of 25%25%. And the applicable tax rate of our HK subsidiary, Senmiao HK, for the first HKD$2 million of assessable profits is 8.25% and assessable profits above HKD$2 million will continue to be subject to the rate of 16.5% for corporations in Hong Kong, China at a rate of 8.25%, respectively.Kong. The enterprise
income tax is calculated based on the entity’s global income as determined under PRC tax laws and accounting standards. AllWith the
subsidiaries exception of Senmiao HK, which generated profits primarily from tax-exempt interest income on bank deposits, all entities suffered losseslosses. andAccordingly, no tax expense was recorded for the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 and 2024.2025.
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from continuing operations for
the three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 was $853,133,$32,786,087, representing an increase in loss of $595,638$32,473,394 from net loss of $257,495$312,693 for the three months
ended DecemberJune 31,30, 2024.2025.
Results of ContinuingDiscontinued Operations for the
nine three months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20252026 Compared to the ninethree months ended DecemberJune 31,30, 20242025
VAI insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Since 2026-04-11, insiders reported open-market purchases in 0 Form 4 filings and open-market sales in 0 filings. Totals add up every open-market (code P and S) line in those filings, using the prices reported in the filings. Awards, option exercises, tax withholding and gifts are listed below but not counted.
No Form 4 stock transactions in this period.
Well-known investors holding VAI (13F)
None of the 59 investors we track reported a position in their latest 13F.