Securities Registration (foreign Private Issuer) (f-1/a)

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our ordinary shares carries a significant degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risks and other information in this prospectus, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before you decide to purchase our ordinary shares. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are not presently aware or that we currently deem immaterial could also affect our business operations and financial condition. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially affected. As a result, the trading price of our ordinary shares could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business and Operations

Reebonz’s independent registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph relating to Reebonz’s ability to continue as a going concern in its report on Reebonz’s audited consolidated financial statements included in this registration statement.

Reebonz’s audited consolidated financial statements were prepared assuming that it will continue as a going concern. However, the report of Reebonz’s independent registered public accounting firm included elsewhere in this prospectus contains an explanatory paragraph on our consolidated financial statements stating there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, meaning that we may not be able to continue in operation for the foreseeable future or be able to realise assets and discharge liabilities in the ordinary course of operations. Such an opinion could materially limit our ability to raise additional funds through the issuance of new debt or equity securities or otherwise. There is no assurance that sufficient financing will be available when needed to allow us to continue as a going concern. The perception that we may not be able to continue as a going concern may also make it more difficult to raise additional funds or operate our business due to concerns about our ability to meet our contractual obligations.

Based on current operating plans, assuming successful completion of this public offering, we believes that we have resources to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months, but will require further funds to finance our activities thereafter. Reebonz may also consider potential financing options with banks or other third parties. In the event this public offering is not completed as expected we will need to consider alternative arrangements and such arrangements could have a potentially significant negative impact on our ability to continue our operations.

Any harm to our brand or reputation may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Brand recognition and reputation are invaluable assets in the luxury goods market. We believe that the recognition and reputation of our Reebonz brand among buyers of luxury goods, our suppliers, marketplace merchants and individual sellers have contributed significantly to the growth and success of our business. Maintaining and enhancing such brand recognition and reputation are critical to our business and competitiveness. Many factors, including those beyond our control, are important to maintaining and enhancing our brand. These factors include our ability to:

Any public perception (i) that counterfeit goods, pre-owned goods that are in a worse-than-described condition or unauthorized or stolen goods are sold on our website, (ii) that we, or our third-party service providers, do not provide satisfactory customer service or (iii) that we infringe upon any brand owners’ intellectual property rights could damage our reputation, diminish our brand value, undermine our credibility and adversely impact our business. If we are unable to maintain our reputation, enhance our brand recognition or increase positive awareness of our website, products and services, we may be difficult to maintain and grow our customer base, and our business and growth prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

We operate in a competitive environment and may lose market share and customers if we fail to compete effectively.

The online luxury goods industry in the Asia Pacific region is competitive. We compete for customers, third-party merchants and individual sellers. Our current and potential competitors include other specialist online luxury retailers, general online retailers, fashion online retailers, luxury brand owners’ online stores, luxury department retailers’ online stores, as well as physical stores that sell luxury goods, including retail stores owned and operated by the brands that we carry. See “Our Business— Competition.” In addition, new technologies may increase or even transform the competitive landscape in the online luxury goods industry. New competitive business models may appear, such as business models based on new forms of social media, and we may not adapt quickly enough, or at all, to changing industry trends.

Increased competition may reduce our margins, market share and brand recognition, or result in significant losses. For example, when we set prices, we consider how competitors have set prices for the same or similar products. When they cut prices or offer additional incentives to compete with it, we may have to lower our own prices or offer comparable incentives or risk losing market share. When we have products that do not sell, we often reduce prices to clear inventory. Competitive price reduction on certain luxury items lowers prices and benefits buyers, but in the longer term may hurt the perceived prestige of those luxury goods and dampen consumer interest. In addition, third-party merchants are crucial in broadening our product listings, and we compete with other companies for these sellers.

We also compete on the basis of non-price terms. For example, in our B2C Merchandise Business, we offer free international shipping for orders above a certain minimum value and aim to make deliveries within three to seven business days depending on the country of delivery. We plan to employ a variety of strategies to shorten delivery times, such as increased monitoring of third-party courier performance and implementation of a “local sourcing and local sale” model. If these strategies do not succeed, and one or more of our significant competitors manage to shorten delivery times, we may lose any competitive advantage.

Some of our current or future competitors may have longer operating histories, greater brand recognition, better supplier relationships and sourcing expertise, including direct relationships with brand owners, larger customer bases or greater financial, technical or marketing resources than we do. Those smaller companies or new entrants may be acquired by, receive investment from or enter into strategic relationships with well-established and well-financed companies or investors which would help enhance their competitive positions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors, and competitive pressures may have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are unable to manage our growth or execute our strategies effectively, our business and prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

Our business has grown substantially since its inception in 2009. We continue to introduce new lines of business and plan to continue to grow our business. Specifically, we launched our Reebonz Closets, a C2C marketplace, in February 2015, our Merchant’s Marketplace, a B2C marketplace, in May 2015, and introduced the “Sell Back” feature in May 2017. In addition, in the past few years, we have expanded into new markets and increased our product offerings. Expanding our business has entailed and will continue to entail significant risks as we work with new suppliers, expands into new markets and offers new products. As the business grows and our product offerings increase, we will need to continue to work with a large number of merchants and an even larger number of individual sellers efficiently and establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with them. We will also need to perform sufficient due diligence and other checks to prevent the sale of counterfeit or unauthorized goods on our platform. To support our growth, we also plan to implement a variety of new and upgraded managerial, operating, financial and human resource systems, procedures and controls. All of these efforts will require significant financial, managerial and human resources. In addition, our number of employees has increased since our inception, and may continue to increase in the future. We cannot assure you that we will be able to effectively manage our growth or to implement desired systems, procedures and controls successfully, particularly as the size of our organization grows, or that our system will perform as expected or that our new business initiatives will be successful. If we are not able to manage our growth or execute our strategies effectively, our growth may be interrupted and our business and prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

Our limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects, and we may not be able to sustain our historical growth rates.

We commenced our Reebonz business in May 2009 and have a limited operating history. Since our inception, we have experienced rapid growth in our business. Our revenue was S$149.6 million (US$109.5 million) in 2017. We have incurred operating losses every year since inception. Our business has undergone significant changes each year since its inception, including through acquisitions and the introduction of new products and services, and therefore our historical growth rate may not be indicative of future performance. We cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve similar results or grow at a similar rate as we have in the past. Growth may slow, revenue may decline and losses may increase for a number of possible reasons, some of which are beyond Reebonz’s control, including decreased consumer spending, greater competition, slower growth of the luxury goods market in the Asia Pacific region, negative perceptions about product quality or authenticity, fulfillment bottlenecks, sourcing difficulties, emergence of alternative business models, changes in government policies, tax policies or general economic conditions. It is difficult to evaluate our prospects, as we may not have sufficient experience in addressing the risks to which companies operating in rapidly evolving markets may be exposed. If our growth rate declines, investors’ perceptions of our business and business prospects may be adversely affected and the market price of our securities could decline. You should consider our prospects in light of the risks and uncertainties that fast-growing companies with a limited operating history may encounter.

We have limited control over sellers in our Reebonz Closets and B2C Merchant’s Marketplace platform.

In 2015, we started Reebonz Closets, a C2C marketplace, and B2C Merchant’s Marketplace in Singapore. In our Marketplace Business, we do not source goods ourselves and instead provide a platform for sellers and buyers to directly buy and sell goods using our platform. We have limited control over the actions of sellers in our marketplaces and their interactions with buyers. Many of the buyers in our Marketplace Business are our existing customers and any negative experience buying through our marketplaces could adversely impact their trust in our Reebonz brand. For example, sometimes sellers advertising a product on our platform may no longer have the product available for sale. A significant percentage of sellers using our Reebonz marketplace platform may identify buyers and then transact with them outside our platform, thereby avoiding the payment of commissions, which would result in lower revenue and GMV.

Furthermore, if any seller on our platform does not control the quality of the goods that we sell, does not deliver the goods on time or at all, delivers goods that are materially different from our description of them, sells counterfeit, unlicensed or stolen goods on our platforms, or sells certain goods in violation of relevant laws and regulations or in violation of brand owners’ distribution restrictions, the reputation of our Marketplace Business and our brand may be materially and adversely affected, and we could face claims that we should be held liable for any losses. Any perception that counterfeit goods are sold on our platform could severely harm our brand and reputation. Third-party sellers may offer certain goods that are the same as, or similar to, the products that we directly offer for sale, thereby competing with our B2C Merchandise Business. In addition, expanding into these new businesses has required, and will continue to require, significant management attention and other resources. In order for our online marketplace to be successful, we must also continue to identify and attract third-party sellers, and we may not be successful in this regard. While every item sold through our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace is authenticated by our ateliers, we may still fail to detect some counterfeit goods and we are generally unable to detect stolen goods as there is typically no way to ascertain this.

We have a history of losses, operating losses and negative cash flow from operating activities, and we may continue to incur losses and operating losses, and experience negative cash flow from operating activities, in the future.

We have incurred significant losses and negative cash flow from operating activities since our inception. In 2016 and 2017, we had negative cash flow from operating activities of S$19.5 million and S$11.4 million (US$8.4 million), respectively. Our profit for the year in 2017 included a gain of S$97.3 million (US$71.4 million), resulting from changes in fair value of convertible preferences shares due to the decrease in the fair value of Series A, B, C and D convertible preference shares. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate profits, operating profits or positive cash flow from operating activities in the future or that we will be able to continue to obtain financing (and in particular trust receipt financing, which is our primary source of financing for inventory purchases) on acceptable terms or at all. Our ability to achieve profitability and positive cash flow from operating activities will depend on a mix of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including our ability to grow and retain our buyer and seller base, our ability to secure favorable commercial terms from suppliers, our ability to spot trends in the luxury goods market and manage our product mix accordingly and our ability to expand our new lines of business and offer value-added services with higher profit margins. In addition, we intend to continue to invest heavily in the foreseeable future in order to grow our business in the Asia Pacific online luxury goods market. As a result, we believe that we may continue to incur losses for some time in the future.

We do not have direct contractual or business relationships with luxury brand owners except in limited circumstances, and as a result we may face legal risks from potential liability for goods sold by us, or individuals or merchants in our marketplaces, outside brand owners’ authorized distribution channels and potential claims related to “parallel import” activities, and we may also face commercial risks from actions by luxury brand owners.

We do not have direct contractual or business relationships with luxury brand owners except in limited circumstances. Instead, we source new luxury goods in our B2C Merchandise Business primarily from authorized distributors and luxury wholesalers in various countries. The contractual arrangements between some luxury brand owners and certain of our suppliers could contain restrictions on the price, geographic region and manner in which goods may be resold. We also source luxury goods through distribution channels outside the control of brand owners, which are often referred to as “parallel imports.” We believe that the import and sale of parallel import goods is generally permitted under the laws and regulations of the primary jurisdictions in which we operate, subject to certain exceptions. If our sourcing from any supplier is in violation of contractual arrangements with brand owners or legal restrictions on parallel import activities, we could be subject to claims of intellectual property rights infringement, tortious interference or inducement of contract breach, among others, and face significant liabilities. Any such perception that we are a parallel importer may undermine our reputation among buyers and sellers of luxury goods.

We are also subject to the commercial risks that brand owners may instruct our suppliers not to sell goods to us or may cease selling goods to our suppliers completely or in sufficient quantities to meet our sourcing needs. In particular, brand owners may object to our pricing practices, especially the discounts to the retail prices fixed or suggested by brand owners. If we are successful in increasing the scale of our business and becomes more prominent in the luxury goods industry, the risk that brand owners may take legal or commercial action against us or our suppliers may increase. Any such actions could harm our reputation and adversely impact our product offerings, which could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations and growth prospects.

Authorized distributors and luxury wholesalers have entered into framework supply agreements with us, which contain representations that they are not restricted from selling such goods us and indemnities for losses we suffer or costs we incur in connection with the agreement. We are actively seeking to enter into such agreements with all of our suppliers from which we source new luxury items, but there can be no assurance that such suppliers will agree to the proposed terms. In addition, there can be no assurance that the representations made by our suppliers are accurate, and we may not be able to successfully enforce our contractual rights, including any indemnities, and may need to initiate costly and lengthy legal proceedings to protect our rights. Enforcing our contractual rights under those agreements may require us to incur significant costs and effort, and may divert our management’s attention from day-to-day operations. With our other suppliers that have not entered into any framework supply agreements, we place spot purchase orders, and any contractual rights or other recourse we may have against them in the event their sales to it are in violation of the rights of brand owners are highly limited and unlikely to provide sufficient compensation for any losses we suffer or costs we incur.

With respect to our online Marketplace Business, although we plan to implement standard terms and conditions requiring individual sellers and merchants to confirm to us that, among other things, their sale of luxury goods on our platforms is not in violation of any distribution agreements and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of brand owners, there can be no assurance that these confirmations will be accurate, and we may not be able to successfully enforce any contractual rights or other recourse we may have against them in the event such confirmations are not accurate.

We have in the past received and may continue to receive claims alleging that sales of luxury goods by us, or individuals or merchants in our marketplaces, are not through brand owners’ authorized distribution channels. In March 2013, November 2015 and in March 2016, we received letters from a brand owner demanding that we cease selling our products and claiming we are not part of its authorized distribution network. Although such allegations and claims have not had a material adverse impact on our business, we might be required to allocate significant resources and incur material expenses to address such claims in the future. Irrespective of the validity of such claims, we could incur significant costs and effort in either defending or settling such claims, which could divert our management’s attention from day-to-day operations. If a successful claim is made against us, we might be required to pay substantial damages or refrain from further sale of the relevant products. Regardless of whether we successfully defend against such claims, we could suffer negative publicity, our reputation could be severely damaged and our product offerings could be significantly reduced. Any of these events could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

If we fail to manage and expand our relationships with suppliers of luxury goods, or otherwise fail to procure products on favorable terms, our business and growth prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

For our B2C Merchandise Business, we source substantially all new luxury items from authorized distributors and luxury wholesalers, and we source pre-owned items from individuals, pre-owned luxury goods dealers and auction houses. Maintaining strong relationships with these suppliers is important to the growth of our business. In particular, we depend on our ability to procure products from authorized distributors and luxury wholesalers and, to a lesser extent, brand owners, on favorable pricing terms. In the past, we typically entered into spot purchase orders and did not have long-term arrangements for the supply of products. We are actively seeking to enter into framework supply agreements with all of the authorized distributors and wholesalers that we source new luxury items from. In addition, there is no assurance that all of our relevant suppliers will enter into our standard supply agreements with us or that our efforts to enter into such agreements will not adversely affect our relationships with our suppliers. We may also choose to discontinue our relationship with a supplier that declines to enter into such agreements, which would reduce the pool of suppliers that we source luxury goods from and could materially and adversely affect our business and growth prospects. We cannot assure you that our current suppliers will continue to sell products to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Even if we maintain good relations with our suppliers, their ability to supply products to us in sufficient quantity and at competitive prices may be adversely affected by changes in their relationship with brand owners, economic conditions, labor unrest, regulatory or legal decisions, natural disasters or other contingencies. In addition, it is possible that our Marketplace Business will not be able to retain existing sellers or to attract sufficient new sellers in the future. In the event that we are not able to source luxury goods at favorable prices, our revenue and cost of revenue may be materially and adversely affected. If we are unable to develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers that would allow us to obtain a sufficient amount and variety of luxury merchandise on commercially acceptable terms, it may inhibit our ability to offer sufficient products sought by luxury goods buyers, or to offer these products at competitive prices. Any adverse developments in our relationships with our suppliers, as well as with merchants and individual sellers on our marketplaces, could materially and adversely affect our business and growth prospects.

If counterfeit products are inadvertently sold by us or through our platform, we may be subject to legal claims from brand owners, and our reputation and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

We are subject to the risk that counterfeit goods could be sold through our platform. Although we conduct due diligence on most of our suppliers and have quality control procedures in place to ensure that new luxury goods sold through our B2C Merchandise Business are authentic, we do not authenticate each item that we take in our inventory and sell and therefore rely on suppliers to sell us authentic luxury goods. Although we authenticate pre-owned luxury goods sold by us or through our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace (consisting of Reebonz Closets and our White Glove Service), our authentication procedures may not be effective in all circumstances. In addition, we do not authenticate products sold through our B2C Merchant’s Marketplace. Any sale of counterfeit goods through our platform could significantly harm our reputation and could result in brand owners making legal claims against us for infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights. From time to time in the ordinary course of our business, buyers, brand owners or other third parties have alleged and may allege that counterfeit products have been sold by us or through our platform. Any perception that our platform may contain counterfeit goods, even without merit, could have a material and adverse impact on our reputation.

When we receive complaints or allegations regarding infringement or counterfeit goods, we typically verify the nature of the complaint and the relevant facts. Our procedures could result in delays in de-listing products. In the event that alleged counterfeit or infringing products are listed or sold through our platform, we could face claims relating thereto for alleged failure to act in a timely or effective manner or to otherwise restrict or limit such sales or infringement. We may implement further measures in an effort to strengthen our protection against these potential liabilities, which could require us to spend substantial resources or discontinue certain service offerings. In addition, these changes may reduce the attractiveness of our marketplaces and other services to buyers, sellers or other users. A seller whose content is removed or whose services are suspended or terminated by us, regardless of its compliance with the applicable laws, rules and regulations, may dispute our actions and commence action against us for damages based on breach of contract or other causes of action or make public complaints or allegations. Any costs incurred as a result of liability or asserted liability relating to the sale of unlawful goods or other infringement could harm our business.

Companies that operate merchandise sales and online marketplace businesses, particularly those in the Asia Pacific region, have been subject to claims regarding counterfeit goods, and we could be subject to such claims in the future. For example, in January 2015, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce accused a major e-commerce company of failing to implement adequate procedures to prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on its platforms, and in May 2015, Kering, owner of Gucci and other luxury brands, filed a claim in U.S. federal court against this major e-commerce company alleging that it profited from the sale of counterfeit goods on its online marketplaces. Manufacturers and distributors of counterfeit goods are also increasingly sophisticated, making their products increasingly difficult to detect as counterfeits. If we were to be held to have sold or facilitated the sale of counterfeit goods, potential legal sanctions may include injunctions to cease infringing activities, rectification, compensation, administrative penalties and even criminal liability, depending on the governing law and the seriousness of the misconduct.

We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, especially claims alleging unauthorized use of brand names or trademarks, which may be expensive to defend and may disrupt our business and operations.

We cannot be certain that our operations or any aspects of our business do not, or will not, infringe upon or otherwise violate trademarks, patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties. We may be subject to legal proceedings and claims relating to the intellectual property rights of others, especially those relating to luxury brand owners’ brand names, logos and trademarks. Although our practice is not to display those brand names, logos and trademarks on our website (except in product photos), we have received complaints in the past that we have displayed certain brand names and trademarks without authorization or in a misleading manner, including from brand owners whose goods have accounted for a significant percentage of our revenues.

For example, we received a letter of complaint in June 2012 from the legal counsel of a luxury brand, alleging that we had displayed certain trademarks on our website without authorization and demanding that we cease the sale of its products. We also received a letter of complaint in February 2013 from the legal counsel of a luxury brand alleging that one of our promotional events used certain trademarks without authorization and conveyed a false impression that such event had its endorsement. Based on advice from our intellectual property law counsel, we generally believe that our actions referred to in those letters have not infringed on the brand owners’ rights, and we have responded as such to those letters through our legal counsel. We also have intellectual property rights policies and take-down procedures in place to deal with claims that we believe have merit. However, we cannot assure you that our policies and practices will be successful in averting similar complaints in the future, or that our legal interpretation or other defenses against claims that we believe are without merit will be upheld in a court of law or otherwise successful. Even if none of the claims are successful, defending our rights against such claims could involve significant costs and effort and divert our management’s attention from day-to-day operations. Actively defending against such claims could also lead brand owners to take commercial or other actions against us, such as instructing our suppliers not to sell goods to us or ceasing to sell goods to our suppliers completely or in sufficient quantities to meet our sourcing needs.

In addition, other third-party intellectual property may be infringed by our products, services or other aspects of our business. Holders of patents purportedly relating to some aspect of our technology platform or business, if any such holders exist, may seek to enforce such patents against us in the United States or any other jurisdictions. Further, the application and interpretation of patent laws and the procedures and standards for granting patents in certain jurisdictions in which we operate are still evolving and are uncertain, and we cannot assure you that the courts or regulatory authorities would agree with our analysis.

If we are found to have violated the intellectual property rights of others, we may be subject to liability for our infringement activities or may be prohibited from using such intellectual property, and we may incur licensing fees or be forced to develop alternatives of our own. For instance, we were alerted in September 2012 by Getty Images, the copyright licensee of certain images we had used on our website, that those images were used without proper licensing and we subsequently paid licensing fees to Getty Images. In addition, we may incur significant expenses, and may be forced to divert management’s time and other resources from our business and operations to defend against these third-party infringement claims. Any ensuing negative publicity may severely damage our brand and reputation, regardless of the merits of the claims. Successful infringement or licensing claims made against us may result in significant monetary liabilities and may materially disrupt our business and operations by restricting or prohibiting our use of the intellectual property in question.

Finally, we use open source software in connection with our products and services. Some open source software licenses require users who distribute open source software as part of their software to publicly disclose all or part of the source code to such software and make available any derivative works of the open source code on unfavorable terms or at no cost. Any requirement to disclose our source code or pay damages for breach of contract could be harmful to our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be able to secure trademark registrations, which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business.

We file trademark applications with the proper authorities in each country in which we operate and will continue to do so if and when we expand into other jurisdictions. Trademark applications where we may file may not be allowed registration, and we may not be able to maintain or enforce our registered trademarks. If there are trademark registration proceedings, we may receive rejections. Although trademark applicants are given an opportunity to respond to those rejections, we may be unable to overcome such rejections. In addition, third parties are given an opportunity to oppose pending trademark applications and to seek to cancel registered trademarks. Opposition or cancellation proceedings may be filed against our applications and/or registrations, and our applications and/or registrations may not survive such proceedings. For example, we received a notice of opposition to our U.S. trademark application number 79189277 relating to the registration of “Reebonz” for, inter alia, business organization and business management of sales of products and services via a global computer network in the field of luxury fashion. The opponent alleges that our registration would result in likelihood of confusion and dilution of the “Reebok” mark. Based on advice from our intellectual property law counsel, we generally believe that such allegations are unfounded and are working with the opponent, through our legal counsel, to address the opponent’s concerns so that our mark can be registered in the U.S. for the aforementioned goods and services. Failure to secure such trademark registrations could adversely affect our ability to operate our business in a specific jurisdiction.

Failure to safeguard private and confidential information of our buyers and sellers and protect our network against security breaches could damage our reputation and brand and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

An important challenge to the online retail industry in general, and the online luxury retail market in particular, is the safekeeping and secure transmission of private and confidential information. Through third-party cloud computing service providers, we maintain a large database of confidential and private information as a result of buyers of luxury goods placing orders and inputting payment and contact information online, and sellers listing products and accepting payments, all through our website and our mobile application. In addition, we accept a variety of payment methods such as major credit cards networks, bank transfers and third party payment service providers, and online payments are settled through third-party online payment services. We also share certain personal information about our customers with contracted third-party couriers, such as their names, addresses, phone numbers and transaction records in order to facilitate pickups and deliveries. Maintaining complete security for the storage and transmission of confidential information in our system presents us with significant challenges.

Given the high monetary value of the luxury goods we carry and the relatively high average net worth of our buyers, safeguarding consumer privacy is essential to maintaining customer confidence. Advances in technology and the sophistication of cyber-attackers, new discoveries in cryptography or other developments could result in a compromise or breach of the technology that we use to protect confidential information, which could lead to third parties illegally obtaining private and confidential information we hold as a result of our customers’ visits to our website and use of our mobile application, which could significantly affect consumer confidence in our platform and harm our business. In a Facebook post in November 2014, a satirical group, SMRT Ltd (Feedback), claimed that the personal data of 400,000 customers from Zalora, 440,000 customers from us and 650,000 records from deal.com.sg, were being peddled. Although we and other retailers have refuted this claim, such report or any similar reports in the future, whether factual or not, could negatively impact consumer perceptions of the safety and security of our platform or online shopping generally as well as our relationships with third parties, such as payment platforms. In addition to external threats, leaks of private and confidential information may result from operational errors. For instance, there have been instances where our staff have inadvertently sent e-mails with information regarding particular customers to the wrong customer. There can be no assurance that similar instances will not occur in the future.

In addition, we have limited control or influence over the security policies or measures adopted by third-party providers of online payment services through which our customers may elect to make or accept payments. Any negative publicity on our website’s or mobile application’s safety or privacy protection mechanisms and policies, and any claims asserted against us or fines imposed upon it as a result of actual or perceived failures, could have a material and adverse effect on our public image, reputation, financial condition and results of operations. Any compromise of our information security, or the information security measures of our contracted third-party couriers or third-party online payment service providers, could have a material and adverse effect on our reputation, business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Practices regarding the collection, use, storage and transmission of personal information by companies operating over the internet and mobile platforms have recently come under increased public scrutiny in the various jurisdictions in which we and our subsidiaries operate. In addition to already existing stringent laws and regulations in such jurisdictions applicable to the solicitation, collection, processing, sharing or use of personal or consumer information, we may become subject to newly enacted laws and regulations that could affect how we store, process and share data with our customers, suppliers and third-party sellers. Compliance with any additional laws could be expensive, and may place restrictions on the conduct of our business and the manner in which we interact with our customers. Any failure to comply with applicable regulations could also result in regulatory enforcement actions against us.

Significant capital, managerial resources and other resources may be required to protect against information security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches or to comply with our privacy policies or privacy-related legal obligations. The resources required may increase over time as the methods used by cyber-attackers and others engaged in online criminal activities are increasingly sophisticated and constantly evolving. Any failure or perceived failure by us to prevent information security breaches or to comply with privacy policies or privacy-related legal obligations, or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personally identifiable information or other customer data, could cause our customers to lose trust in us and could expose us to legal claims. Any perception by the public that e-commerce or the privacy of customer information is becoming increasingly unsafe or vulnerable to attacks could inhibit the growth of online luxury retail and other online services generally, which could have a material and adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

If we fail to manage our inventory effectively, our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity may be materially and adversely affected.

We take inventory risk in our B2C Merchandise Business, which requires us to effectively manage a large volume of high-value inventory. We depend on our demand forecasts for various kinds of luxury items and the subjective judgments of our merchandising team regarding fashion and style trends to make sourcing decisions and to manage our inventory. Demand, however, can change unexpectedly between the time inventory is ordered and the time by which we intend to sell it. Demand may be affected by changes in consumer tastes, new product launches, changes in product cycles and pricing, product defects and many other factors, and luxury goods buyers may not order products in the quantities that we expect. In such circumstances, given that we do not typically have the right to return unsold items to our suppliers, we may decide to clear our inventory by reducing prices and making sales at a loss. In addition, when we begin selling a new product, it may be difficult to establish supplier relationships, determine appropriate product selection and accurately forecast demand. The acquisition of certain types of inventory may require significant lead time and prepayment that is typically nonrefundable. We are also subject to the risk that our inventory may be lost or damaged in storage or in transit, to the extent that such loss or damage is outside the coverage of our insurance.

If we fail to manage our inventory effectively, we may face inventory obsolescence, a decline in inventory value and significant inventory write-downs or write-offs. Such decline in inventory value may be substantial, especially given the high monetary value of the luxury goods we sell. We may be required to lower sale prices or conduct additional marketing activities in order to reduce inventory levels, which may lead to lower margins. High inventory levels may also tie up substantial capital resources, preventing us from using that capital for other purposes. On the other hand, if we underestimate demand for our products, or if our suppliers fail to supply quality products in a timely manner, we may experience inventory shortages and as a result, lost sales and damage to our reputation. Any of the above may materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

If we are unable to provide a high level of customer service, our business and reputation may be materially and adversely affected.

Our ability to ensure an enjoyable, efficient and user-friendly buying and selling experience for customers is crucial to our success. The quality of our customer service depends on a variety of factors, including our ability to continue to offer a wide range of authentic luxury goods at affordable prices, source products to respond to ever-changing buyer demands and preferences, maintain the quality of our products and services, provide a secure and user-friendly website interface and mobile application for our buyers and sellers, and provide timely delivery and pick up and satisfactory after-sales service. If our customers are not satisfied with any aspect of our goods or services, or the prices we offer, or if our internet platform is interrupted or otherwise fails to meet our customers’ requests, our reputation and customer loyalty could be materially and adversely affected.

We depend on our customer service center and online customer service representatives to provide live assistance to our buyers and sellers. Each member of our loyalty programs with Reebonz Black or Reebonz Solitaire status, which are the two statuses achievable by members of our loyalty program being earned either by spending beyond certain thresholds, has access to our team of relationship managers and customer service representatives whom he or she can contact for any of his or her customer service needs. If our customer service representatives, including relationship managers, fail to provide satisfactory service, our brand and customer loyalty may be adversely affected. In addition, any negative publicity or poor feedback regarding our customer service may harm our brand and reputation and in turn cause us to lose customers and market share.

We also rely on contracted third-party delivery service providers, including global logistics providers and smaller local logistics providers, to pick up and deliver various high-value luxury goods. We also rely on these and other third parties to act as collection locations for our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace. If product pick up or delivery is not on time, or if the product is damaged in transit or while held at a collection location, customers’ confidence in our fulfillment capabilities could be diminished, particularly given the high monetary value of the goods sold on our platform. Furthermore, the personnel of contracted third-party delivery service providers act on our behalf and interact with our customers personally. Any failure to provide high-quality services to our customers may negatively impact the experience of our customers, damage our reputation and cause us to lose customers.

As a result, if we are unable to continue to maintain our customer experience and provide high-quality customer service, we may not be able to retain existing customers or attract new customers, which will have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We use third-party couriers to deliver orders, and rely heavily on them for our fulfillment services we provide to sellers and buyers in our online marketplace. Any failure on the part of these couriers to provide reliable services may materially and adversely affect our business and reputation.

We maintain arrangements with 16 third-party logistics providers, including multinational delivery companies and local couriers. We use our services to deliver our products to buyers and pick up goods from individual sellers. In addition, our Reebonz marketplaces, including both the B2C Merchant’s Marketplace and the C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace, requires us to build and maintain a compelling platform, on which it provides fulfillment services to sellers and buyers. We rely heavily on the third-party couriers to provide pick-up and delivery services, which form an integral part of our fulfillment services.

Interruptions to, or failures of the delivery or collection services, could prevent the timely and successful pick-up and delivery of products. We may not be in a position to forestall or minimize the impact of these interruptions or failures, given that we are not in direct control of the third-party couriers. In addition, these interruptions or failures may be due to unforeseen events that are beyond our control or the control of the couriers, such as inclement weather, natural disasters or labor unrest.

We also encountered situations in the past where shipments were lost or stolen in transit and in certain cases we may choose not to utilize insurance coverage (such as where we believe paying the claim directly may be more beneficial than paying the deductible and electing to use insurance coverage) to cover losses or such losses may not be covered by insurance. Given the high monetary value of the luxury merchandise we handle, the reliability of third-party courier services and the quality of services they provide are crucial factors that merchants and individual sellers consider when determining whether to do business on our platform, and any mistake or interruption on the part of those couriers could severely dampen their confidence in our services and the Reebonz brand. Relatively small local couriers may be less reliable than long-established multinational delivery companies. For example, if our third-party couriers, especially those relatively small local couriers, fail to comply with applicable rules and regulations in their respective jurisdictions, our fulfillment services may be materially and adversely affected. We may not be able to find alternative delivery companies to provide pick-up and delivery services in a timely and reliable manner, if at all. Delivery of our products could also be affected or interrupted by merger, acquisition, insolvency or shut-down of the delivery companies it engages, especially those local companies with relatively small business scales. If our products are not delivered in proper condition or on a timely basis, or if our fulfillment services are disrupted by service failure of the third-party couriers, our business and reputation could be materially and adversely affected.

Our delivery, return and warranty policies and those of luxury brand owners may adversely affect our results of operations.

We generally provide free three- to seven-business day shipping for luxury items we directly sells to buyers. We also have adopted buyer-friendly return policies that make it convenient for buyers to return the purchase and obtain a refund. We may also be required by law to adopt new or amend existing return and exchange policies from time to time. Our return policy is even more generous for members of our loyalty programs, Reebonz Black and Reebonz Solitaire. In addition, luxury watches purchased from us come with a one-year warranty. These return, exchange and warranty policies could subject us to additional costs and expenses which may not be offset by increased revenue. Our ability to handle a large volume of returns is unproven. If our return and exchange policy is abused by a significant number of buyers, our costs may increase significantly and our results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. If we revise these policies to reduce our costs and expenses, our customers may be dissatisfied, which may result in loss of existing customers or failure to acquire new customers at a desirable pace, which may materially and adversely affect our results of operations. Some of the new and pre-owned luxury goods we sell may not be covered by the relevant manufacturer’s or brand owner’s original warranty, and such manufacturers or brand owners may refuse to provide replacement, repair, cleaning or other services for goods purchased on our platform. Although we intend to improve our disclosure of this risk to our buyers, we may be subject to consumer claims under applicable consumer protection or other laws and regulations in connection with limitations on manufacturer’s or brand owner’s warranties.

If we fail to implement and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, our security holders could lose confidence in our financial and other public reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our securities.

Until consummation of the Business Combination, Reebonz was not a publicly listed company and we had limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls and procedures. Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for it to provide reliable financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, are designed to prevent fraud. Effective internal controls can be particularly important to preparing consolidated financial results for the company since we operate in multiple markets with varying financial reporting rules and standards, such that it may have to make adjustments to our subsidiaries’ financial results as part of the consolidation process. If in subsequent years we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have a material adverse effect on the price of our securities.

Reebonz’s internal controls relating to financial reporting have not kept pace with the expansion of our business. Reebonz’s financial reporting function and system of internal controls are less developed in certain respects than those of similar companies that operate in fewer or more developed markets and may not provide our management with as much or as accurate or timely information. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, has defined a material weakness as “deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.”

In connection with the preparation and external audit of Reebonz’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, Reebonz and KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, noted a material weakness in Reebonz’s internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness identified was Reebonz’s insufficient accounting resources and processes necessary to comply with reporting and compliance requirements of IFRS and the SEC. As a result of the identification of this material weakness, we plan to take measures to remedy this control deficiency. However, we can give no assurance that our planned remediation will be properly implemented or will be sufficient to eliminate such material weakness or that material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting will not be identified in the future. Our failure to implement and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could result in errors in our financial statements that could result in a restatement of our financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which may result in volatility in and a decline in the market price of our securities.

Our independent registered public accounting firm did not undertake an audit of the effectiveness of Reebonz’s internal controls over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 until our annual report on Form 20-F following the date on which we cease to qualify as an “emerging growth company,” which may be up to five full fiscal years following consummation of our Business Combination on December 19, 2018. The process of assessing the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting may require the investment of substantial time and resources, including by members of our senior management. As a result, this process may divert internal resources and take a significant amount of time and effort to complete. In addition, we cannot predict the outcome of this determination and whether we will need to implement remedial actions in order to implement effective control over financial reporting. If in subsequent years we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our auditors express an opinion that our internal control over financial reporting is ineffective, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have a material adverse effect on the price of our securities. We will be implementing a number of measures to address the material weakness including: (i) hiring a number of financial reporting and internal control with IFRS and SEC financial reporting expertise, (ii) conducting training for our personnel with respect to IFRS and SEC financial reporting requirements. We intend to remediate material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting by the end of the second full year after the completion of this transaction.

We are an “emerging growth company” and as a result of the reduced disclosure and governance requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our ordinary shares may be less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our ordinary shares less attractive because Reebonz will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find Reebonz’s ordinary shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our ordinary shares and our stock price may be more volatile. We may take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our Business Combination on December 19, 2018, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinary shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which it has issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.

We rely on online sale of luxury handbags for a major portion of our revenue.

Online sales of luxury handbags have historically accounted for a majority of our revenue. Substantially all of these handbags are designed for and marketed to women, which limits our demographic reach. Our business depends, to a certain extent, on the fashion trends and desirability of luxury handbags. We expect that sales of these products will continue to represent a significant portion of our revenue in the near future. We have increased our offerings to include other product categories, such as a wide array of luxury watches, small leather goods and shoes. We expect to continue to expand our product offerings to diversify our revenue sources in the future. However, our sales of these new products may not reach a level that would substantially reduce our dependence on the sales of handbags. Sales of luxury handbags accounted for more than 70% of our revenue in each of 2017 and 2018. Any event that results in a reduction in our sales of luxury handbags could materially and adversely affect our ability to maintain or increase our current level of revenue and maintain or improve our business prospects.

A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from luxury goods manufactured by three luxury conglomerates.

In 2017 and 2018, we derived an aggregate of 50% to 60% of our revenue from brands owned by three major luxury conglomerates. Each conglomerate consists of multiple brand owners, and these three conglomerates in aggregate account for more than forty brands. We source luxury goods made by these brand owners primarily from luxury wholesalers and authorized distributors in Europe. We do not have direct relationships with any of these brand owners and therefore do not have explicit permission from these conglomerates or their brand owners to resell their goods. Although none of these conglomerates have taken any action at the conglomerate or parent company level seeking to stop us from selling their products, certain of the individual brand owners within these conglomerates have issued letters alleging intellectual property infringement or asking us to stop selling their products. For example, in March 2013, November 2015, and March 2016 we received letters from a brand owner demanding that we cease selling its products. Although we believe these letters have not affected our ability to source these brands from luxury wholesalers and authorized distributors, if for any reason we were to experience reduced supply of luxury goods produced by the brand owners which are part of these three major conglomerates, or if any of such conglomerates or their brand owners were to take any action to prevent us from acquiring or selling their products, or if demand for the brands produced by these brand owners falls, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.

Fluctuations in exchange rates between and among the Singapore dollar, the Australian dollar, the Euro, the Hong Kong dollar, the Malaysian ringgit, the Indonesian rupiah, the Korean won, the New Taiwan dollar, the Thai baht and the U.S. dollar, as well as other currencies in which we do business, may adversely affect our operating results.

We operate in various countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, among other countries. We make inventory purchases primarily in Euros and U.S. dollars, incurs employee compensation expenses and administrative expenses primarily in Singapore dollars, and incur certain other expenses in various other currencies. We derive a significant portion of our revenue from sales denominated in Singapore dollars as well as in various local currencies other than the Singapore dollar.

Recently, currency exchange rates in Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia in particular have experienced volatility, including as a result of volatility in the Chinese Renminbi. For example, the exchange rate for the Chinese Renminbi to the U.S. dollar as of December 31, 2018 was 6.878, and was 6.506 as of December 31, 2017. The Singapore dollar has generally weakened compared to the U.S. dollar in recent years, and in particular in 2015 and 2016. The exchange rate for the Singapore dollar to the U.S. dollar as of December 31, 2016 was 1.447, as of December 31, 2017 was 1.337, and as of December 31 2018 was 1.347.

Our margins may be affected and we may otherwise be affected by foreign exchange differences in connection with fluctuations in the value of currencies against the Singapore dollar and managing multiple currency exposures. For example, we must pay fees to convert proceeds in foreign currencies to Singapore dollars. In addition, foreign exchange controls may restrict us from repatriating income earned in certain foreign countries to Singapore. Any such delay in revenue repatriation may cause us to incur losses due to the volatility of these currencies compared to the Singapore dollar. Because we report our results in Singapore dollars, the difference in exchange rates in one period compared to another directly impacts period-to-period comparisons of our operating results. Because currency exchange rates have been especially volatile in the recent past, these currency fluctuations may make it difficult for us to predict our results.

Currently, we have not implemented any comprehensive strategy to mitigate risks related to the impact of fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Implementing hedging strategies can prove costly. Even if we were to implement hedging strategies, not every exposure is or can be hedged, and, where hedges are put in place based on expected foreign exchange exposure, they are based on forecasts which may vary or which may later prove to have been inaccurate. Failure to hedge successfully or anticipate fluctuations in the value of currencies and other currency risks accurately could adversely affect our operating results.

As we expand our business internationally, we will face additional business, political, regulatory, operational, financial and economic risks, any of which could increase our costs and hinder our growth.

We expect to continue to devote significant resources to international expansion in the Asia Pacific region through organic growth. Expanding our business internationally will require considerable management attention and resources and is subject to the particular challenges of operating a rapidly growing business in an environment of multiple languages, cultures, customs and legal and regulatory systems. Entering new international markets or expanding our operations in existing international markets will involve substantial cost, and our ability to gain market acceptance in any particular market is uncertain. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully grow our business internationally. For example, we may become subject to risks that it has not faced before or an increase in the risks that we currently face, including risks associated with:

Any failure to meet the challenges associated with international expansion could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are unable to maintain a strong buyer base by offering luxury goods that attract new buyers and repeat purchases from existing buyers, or if we are unable to build and sustain an integrated ecosystem for luxury goods, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Our future growth depends on our ability to continue to attract new buyers as well as new purchases from existing buyers. More importantly, our future growth also depends on our ability to leverage our platform and build an integrated ecosystem for luxury goods where customers are able to become both buyers and sellers. Ever-changing consumer preferences have affected and will continue to affect the online luxury goods market. We must stay abreast of emerging consumer preferences and anticipate upcoming trends. In addition, maintaining effective marketing is important for our business. We increasingly plan to use technology to enable our systems to make recommendations to buyers based on past purchases or on goods viewed but not purchased. Our ability to make individually tailored recommendations is dependent on our business intelligence system, which tracks, collects and analyzes our customers’ browsing and purchasing behavior, to provide accurate and reliable information. We believe that buyers choose to purchase authentic and quality luxury goods on our platform because we offer a wide selection of goods, and they may choose to shop elsewhere if we cannot match the range of goods or the prices offered by other websites or by physical stores. If buyers cannot find their desired luxury goods on our websites or through our mobile application, they may lose interest in us and visit us less frequently or stop visiting us altogether. Likewise, if our buyer base diminishes, fewer buyers could potentially be converted to sellers on our platform, hindering the growth of our Marketplace Business. It could also cause existing luxury goods sellers in our marketplace to perceive our platform as less valuable and leave our platform. In addition, potential merchants and individual sellers could be deterred from joining us. Sellers may also regard us as less valuable for various other reasons, such as the perceived ineffectiveness of our marketing efforts or the emergence of alternative platforms that charge lower commissions and fees. Any of the above scenarios in turn may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are unable to conduct our marketing activities in a successful and cost-effective manner, our results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

We believe that consistent marketing communication supports our level of sales and brand identity as a trusted name for buying and selling luxury goods. As a result, we have incurred significant expenses on a variety of marketing and brand promotion campaigns, both broad-based and targeted, that are designed to enhance our brand recognition and increase sales. Our brand promotion and marketing activities may not be well received by customers and may not result in the levels of product sales that we anticipate. We incurred S$13.4 million and S$10.5 million of marketing expenses in 2016 and 2017, respectively. We expect that we could incur higher amounts of expenses in the foreseeable future, as our customer acquisition cost increases over time as a result of greater competition and market saturation. Marketing approaches and tools in the luxury goods market in the Asia Pacific region are evolving. This further requires us to enhance our marketing approaches and experiment with new marketing methods to keep pace with industry developments and consumer preferences. Failure to refine our existing marketing approaches, failure to introduce new marketing approaches in a successful and cost-effective manner, or failure of our innovative marketing initiatives, such as Reebonz Mobil (a truck that features a mobile luxury goods boutique), to bring about desired results could reduce our market share, cause our revenue to decline and negatively impact our profitability.

If our senior management is unable to work together effectively or efficiently, or if we lose their service, our business may be severely disrupted.

Our success depends heavily upon the continued services of our management. In particular, we rely on the expertise and experience of Mr. Samuel Lim, our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and other executive officers. If our senior management cannot work together effectively or efficiently, our business may be severely disrupted. If one or more members of our senior management were unable or unwilling to serve in their current positions, we might not be able to locate an appropriate replacement, if at all, and our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. If any member of our senior management joins a competitor or forms a competing business, we may lose customers, suppliers, know-how and key professionals and staff. Our senior management has entered into employment agreements with us, which contain confidentiality and non-competition provisions. There can be no assurance that any such non-competition provision will be enforceable in the Singapore courts. In addition, under these agreements, members of our senior management team can resign by giving us prior notice or through forfeiture of compensation during the notice period in lieu of giving prior notice. We currently do not maintain any insurance coverage for loss of key management personnel. If any dispute arises between our senior management and us, especially one that results in any resignation, we may suffer negative publicity and erosion of investor confidence, and we may have to incur substantial costs and expenses in order to enforce such agreements, or we may be unable to enforce them at all.

We depend on talented, experienced and committed personnel to grow and operate our business, and if we are unable to recruit, train, motivate and retain qualified personnel or sufficient workforce while controlling our labor costs, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

A fundamental driver of our continued success is our ability to recruit, train and retain qualified personnel with deep experience in the luxury retail industry, particularly in areas of technology, authentication, marketing and operations. For example, we face difficulty recruiting experienced technology personnel, whose responsibility is to design and maintain user-friendly websites and mobile applications.

Our senior management and mid-level managers are instrumental in implementing our business strategies, executing our business plans and supporting our business operations and growth. The effective operation of our managerial and operating systems, fulfillment services, customer service centers and other back office functions also depends on the knowledge and diligence of our management and employees. Since the online luxury retail industry is characterized by high demand and intense competition for talent, we can provide no assurance that we will be able to attract or retain qualified staff or other highly skilled employees that we will need to achieve our strategic objectives. We plan to hire additional employees both in our technology department, in order to enhance user experience for all our online touch points, and in our finance department. We have observed an overall tightening of the labor market and an emerging trend of shortage of labor supply and this requires us to be more creative and pro-active in our talent sourcing rather than only depending on traditional recruitment channels. Failure to obtain experienced and dedicated employees may lead to underperformance of these functions and cause disruption to our business. Labor costs in the countries in which we operate have increased with the economic development in the Asia Pacific region. In addition, our ability to train and integrate new employees into our operations may also be limited and may not meet the demand for our business growth in a timely fashion, if at all, and rapid expansion may impair our ability to maintain a dynamic corporate culture. Furthermore, additional employees that we plan to hire may be located at our offices and facilities outside Singapore. As a result, we may have less control over these employees, and we may experience increased difficulty in integrating them into our corporate culture.

We depend on our Reebonz ateliers, our in-house team of trained experts, to ensure the authenticity of the luxury goods we carry on our platform. If Reebonz ateliers fail to identify counterfeit goods or we are unable to recruit and train qualified professionals for the atelier team, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

We believe that an important measure to maintain buyer confidence in the Reebonz brand is to provide buyers with the assurance that the items they purchase are authentic. Reebonz ateliers, which consist of our in-house team of appraisers, trained gemologists and watch technicians, authenticate all pre-owned luxury goods sold by us or through our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace. Each pre-owned item sold through our B2C Merchandise Business and our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace is authenticated, appraised, valued and graded by an atelier. Our ateliers also support other areas of our business by, for example, providing authentication services to sellers and buyers using our B2C Merchant’s Marketplace in the event of a dispute.

There can be no assurance that Reebonz ateliers will identify all counterfeit goods and not certify such goods as genuine. Any failure by Reebonz ateliers to identify counterfeit goods could significantly harm our reputation and could result in brand owners making legal claims for infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, which in turn could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and prospects. In the event counterfeit goods are sold in our marketplaces, the authentication services we provide may also expose us to a heightened risk of contributory liability compared to other online marketplace operators that do not offer such services. In addition, our atelier team authenticates products sold through our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace, consisting of Reebonz Closets and our White Glove Service, which could lead to a backlog if we are unable to increase the size and efficiency of our atelier team as our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace grows. In our B2C Merchant’s Marketplace, we do not, except in certain circumstances, authenticate products sold by merchants to buyers, which increases the possibility that counterfeit products could be sold through our platform.

Our team of ateliers currently consists of 11 professionals located across our collection spokes. As our business grows, we may need to retain additional ateliers, and we could experience a backlog if we are unable to increase the size and efficiency of our atelier team as our C2C Individual Seller’s Marketplace grows. The market competition for experienced luxury goods authentication professionals is intense, and there is no assurance that we will be able to hire and retain a sufficient number of professionals with the required experience on acceptable terms or that our training programs for new ateliers will be effective. Furthermore, counterfeiters and the products they produce are increasingly sophisticated, such that there can be no assurance that our ateliers will be able to consistently differentiate between authentic and counterfeit goods. If we are unable to grow our team of ateliers at the rate, and with the degree of sophistication, that we expect to require as our business grows, our authentication capabilities could be impacted, which could result in counterfeit or defective products being sold on our platform. Any of the foregoing could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations and prospects.

Customer behavior on mobile devices is rapidly evolving, and if we fail to successfully adapt to these changes, our competitiveness and market position may suffer.

In line with the significant growth in smartphone usage and the global shift in online activity towards mobile devices, a significant portion of our sales are made through mobile devices. In addition, our Reebonz Closets, which we launched in February 2015, is significantly dependent on our mobile application for a number of its functions, including uploading items for sale and interaction among customers. Use of mobile devices and platforms is relatively new and developing rapidly, and we may not be able to continue to increase the level of mobile access to, and engagement on, our business. The variety of technical and other configurations across different mobile devices and platforms increases the challenges associated with this environment. our ability to successfully expand the use of mobile devices to access our platform is affected by the following factors:

If we are unable to attract significant numbers of new mobile buyers and increase levels of mobile engagement, our ability to maintain or grow our business would be materially and adversely affected.

The proper functioning of our information technology platform is essential to our business. Any failure to maintain the satisfactory performance of our website, mobile application and systems could materially and adversely affect our business and reputation.

The satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of our technology platform are critical to our success and our ability to attract and retain buyers and sellers of luxury goods and provide superior customer service. Substantially, all of our sales of products are made online through our websites and mobile application, and the fulfillment services we provide to merchants and individual sellers is related to sales of their products through our website and mobile applications. Any system interruptions caused by telecommunications failures, computer viruses, software errors, third party services, cloud computing providers, cyberattack or other attempts to harm our systems that result in the unavailability or slowdown of our websites or mobile application or reduced orders and fulfillment performance could reduce the volume of products sold and the attractiveness of product offerings on our website. Our cloud servers may also be vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions, which could lead to system interruptions, websites or mobile application slowdown or shutdown, delays or errors in transaction processing, loss of valuable data or the inability to accept and fulfill orders. In December 2014, we were the victim of a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, which overloaded our servers and resulted in approximately three hours of downtime. While we have implemented security measures for DDOS prevention and full-time security monitoring, there can be no assurance that our websites will not be victimized by such attacks in the future. Security breaches, computer viruses, software errors and cyberattacks have become more prevalent in our industry. Because of our brand recognition in the online luxury retail industry in our Core Asia Pacific Market, we believe it is a particularly attractive target for such attacks. We have experienced in the past, and may experience in the future, such attacks and unexpected interruptions. We can provide no assurance that our current security mechanisms will be sufficient to protect our information technology systems from any third-party intrusions, viruses or cyberattacks, information or data theft or other similar activities. Any such future occurrences could reduce customer satisfaction, damage our reputation and result in a material decrease in our revenue. Additionally, we must continue to upgrade and improve our technology platform to support our business growth, and failure to do so could impede our growth. However, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in executing these system upgrades, improvement strategies or updates by our third party technology service providers. In particular, our systems may experience windows of down time during upgrades, and the new technologies or infrastructures may not be fully integrated with the existing systems on a timely and reliable basis, if at all. In October 2012, a system administrator erroneously made a configuration change at the database level, which resulted in approximately 25 hours of downtime for our websites. While we have implemented standard operating procedures to prevent such incidents, there can be no assurance that human error will not result in website downtime or any other technological problems in the future. In addition, we experience surges in online traffic associated with promotional activities and holiday seasons, which could strain our technology platform. During a certain sales event in 2011, our server was unable to handle the volume of traffic to our websites and we experienced three days of downtime as our websites were moved to a dedicated hosting site. While we have implemented procedures to add server capacity prior to such events, there can be no assurance that our servers will not be overloaded in the future due to the popularity of sales events or for any other reason. If our existing or future technology platform does not function properly, it could cause system disruptions and slow response times, affecting data transmission, which in turn could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The costs of fulfillment services that we incur may increase, and we may not be able to pass the increased costs on to our buyers and sellers.

We provide fulfillment services both in our B2C Merchandise business and in our Marketplace Business. We incur significant costs in providing fulfillment services, such as logistics center labor costs and third-party courier costs. We cannot assure you that these costs will stay at the current level in the future, and if they increase, we may not be able to pass the increased costs on to our buyers and sellers. For example, shipping costs are currently borne by the buyer in our Reebonz Closets and B2C Merchant’s Marketplace, and if one or more of our third-party couriers decide to charge it increased shipping fees, we may decide to absorb the increased cost ourselves in order to stay competitive and retain customers. This may have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Uncertainties relating to the growth and profitability of the online luxury goods industry in the Asia Pacific region could adversely affect our revenues and business prospects.

We generate substantially all of our revenues from online sales of new and pre-owned luxury goods. While the online retail business has existed in the Asia Pacific region since the 1990s and has flourished in recent years, the long-term viability and prospects of various online B2C and C2C luxury retail business models in the Asia Pacific region remain relatively untested. Reebonz’s future results of operations will depend on numerous factors affecting the development of the online luxury retail industry in the Asia Pacific region, which may be beyond our control. These factors include:

A decline in the popularity of online shopping in general, or any failure by us to adapt our websites and improve the online customer experience in response to trends and consumer requirements, may adversely affect our revenue and business prospects.

The accessories, footwear and apparel industries are heavily influenced by general macroeconomic cycles that affect consumer spending and a prolonged period of depressed consumer spending could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The accessories, footwear and apparel industries have historically been subject to cyclical variations, recessions in the general economy and uncertainties regarding future economic prospects that can affect consumer spending habits. Purchases of discretionary luxury items, such as our products, tend to decline during recessionary periods when disposable income is lower. The success of our operations depends on a number of factors impacting discretionary consumer spending, including general economic conditions, consumer confidence, wages and unemployment, housing prices, consumer debt, interest and tax rates, fuel and energy costs, taxation and political conditions. A worsening of the economy may negatively affect consumer and wholesale purchases of our products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Any deficiencies in the internet infrastructure of any particular country in which we operate or any disruption in our arrangements with third-party providers of communications and storage capacity could impair our ability to sell products over our website and mobile applications, which could cause us to lose customers and harm our operating results.

The majority of our sales of products are made online through our websites and mobile application, and the fulfillment services we provide to merchants and individual sellers are related to sales of their products through our websites and mobile application. Our business depends on the performance and reliability of the internet infrastructure in the Asia Pacific countries in which we operate. The availability of our websites depends on telecommunications carriers and other third-party providers of communications and storage capacity, including bandwidth and server storage, among other things. If we are unable to enter into and renew agreements with these providers on acceptable terms, or if any of our existing agreements with such providers are terminated as a result of our breach or otherwise, our ability to provide our services to our customers could be adversely affected. For example, on July 8, 2015 our website in Hong Kong experienced an outage which lasted approximately two hours, due to communication breakdown between its telecommunications provider and our internet service provider. Service interruptions prevent our buyers and sellers from accessing our websites and mobile application, and frequent interruptions could frustrate them and discourage them from attempting to place orders, which could cause us to lose customers and harm our operating results.

If we fail to adopt new technologies or adapt our websites, mobile application and systems to changing customer requirements or emerging industry standards, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the responsiveness, functionality and features of our websites and mobile application. The internet and the online retail industry are characterized by rapid technological evolution, changes in customer requirements and preferences, frequent introductions of new products and services embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards and practices, any of which could render our existing technologies and systems obsolete. Our success will depend, in part, on its ability to identify, develop, acquire or license leading technologies useful in our business, and respond to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices, such as mobile internet, in a cost-effective and timely manner. The development of websites, mobile applications and other proprietary technology entails significant technical and business risks. We cannot assure you that we will be able to use new technologies effectively or adapt our websites, mobile application, proprietary technologies and systems to meet customer requirements or emerging industry standards. If we are unable to adapt in a cost-effective and timely manner in response to changing market conditions or customer requirements, whether for technical, legal, financial or other reasons, our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Customer growth and activity on mobile devices depends upon effective use of mobile operating systems, networks and standards that we do not control.

We have seen an increase in the use of mobile devices by buyers to place orders and by sellers to showcase their products (through, for example, our Reebonz Closets), and we expect this trend to continue. To optimize the mobile shopping experience, we guide our customers to download our mobile application to their devices as opposed to accessing our sites from an internet browser on their mobile device. As new mobile devices and platforms are released, it is difficult to predict the problems we may encounter in developing applications for these alternative devices and platforms, and we may need to devote significant resources to the development, support and maintenance of such applications. In addition, our future growth and our results of operations could suffer if we experience difficulties in the future in integrating our mobile application into mobile devices or if problems arise with our relationships with providers of mobile operating systems or mobile application download stores, if our applications receive unfavorable treatment compared to competing applications on the download stores, or if we face increased costs to distribute or have customers use our mobile application. We are further dependent on the interoperability of our sites with popular mobile operating systems that we do not control, such as iOS and Android, and any changes in such systems that degrade the functionality of our sites or give preferential treatment to competitive products could adversely affect the usage of our sites on mobile devices. In the event that it is more difficult for our customers to access and use our websites or application on their mobile devices, or if our customers choose not to access or to use our websites or application on their mobile devices or to use mobile products that do not offer access to our websites or application, our customer growth could be harmed and our business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected.

The wide variety of payment methods that we accept subjects us to third-party payment processing-related risks.

We accept payments using a variety of methods, including major credit card networks, bank transfers and payment gateways such as Adyen, Alipay and PayPal. For certain payment methods, including credit cards, we pay transaction fees, which may increase over time and increase our operating costs and lower our profit margins. We may also be subject to fraud and other illegal activities in connection with the various payment methods we offer. We also rely on third parties to provide payment processing services. If these service providers fail to provide adequate services or if our relationships with them were to terminate, we and our third party merchants’ ability to accept payments could be adversely affected, and our business could be harmed. One of our payment service providers has experienced a network failure in the past, and we cannot assure you that similar incidents will not occur in the future. We are also subject to various rules, regulations and requirements, regulatory or otherwise, governing electronic funds transfers, which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply. If we fail to comply with these rules or requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees and lose our ability to accept credit card payments from our customers, process electronic funds transfers or facilitate other types of online payments, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our results of operations are subject to seasonal fluctuations.

We experience seasonality in our business, reflecting a combination of traditional retail seasonality patterns and new patterns associated with online luxury retail in particular. Our sales have historically been higher during festive periods, especially the December holiday season, as our business tends to benefit from consumers’ increased leisure time and discretionary spending (as a result of, for example, year-end bonuses). Our sales during the fourth quarter tend to be higher than the other quarters. In addition, certain luxury brand owners and their authorized distributors tend to reduce the retail prices of their luxury goods during end-of-season sales events, and we may be forced to reduce our prices of these goods in order to remain competitive. As a result, our profit margin during such periods may be impacted. Our financial condition and results of operations for future periods may continue to fluctuate. As a result, the trading price of the ordinary shares may fluctuate from time to time due to seasonality.

Future strategic alliances, joint ventures, investments or acquisitions may have a material and adverse effect on our business, reputation and results of operations.

We have in the past and may in the future enter into strategic alliances or joint ventures with various third parties from time to time to further our business purposes. Strategic alliances or joint ventures with third parties could subject us to a number of risks, including risks associated with sharing proprietary information, non-performance by the counterparty, and an increase in expenses incurred in establishing new strategic alliances or joint ventures, any of which may materially and adversely affect our business. We may have little ability to control or monitor our partners’ actions. To the extent our partners suffer negative publicity or harm to their reputations from events relating to their business, we may also suffer negative publicity or harm to our reputation by virtue of our association with such third parties.

In addition, if we are presented with appropriate opportunities, we may invest in or acquire additional assets, technologies or businesses that are complementary to our existing business. Future investments or acquisitions and the subsequent integration of new assets and businesses into our own would require significant attention from our management and could result in a diversion of resources from our existing business, which in turn could have an adverse effect on our business operations. The costs of identifying and consummating investments and acquisitions may be significant. we may also incur significant expenses in obtaining necessary approvals from relevant government authorities. Acquired assets or businesses may not generate the financial results we expect. In addition, investments and acquisitions could result in the use of substantial amounts of cash, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, the occurrence of significant goodwill impairment charges, amortization expenses for other intangible assets and exposure to potential unknown liabilities of the acquired business. The cost and duration of integrating newly acquired businesses could also materially exceed our expectations. Any such negative developments could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may need additional capital, and financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

We may, from time to time, require additional cash resources. For example, we use trust receipt loans to fund a portion of our ongoing liquidity requirements. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition — Liquidity and Capital Resources.” In the future, to fund our liquidity requirements, acquisitions, marketing efforts or other corporate actions, we may seek to obtain additional credit facilities or offer additional equity or debt securities for sale. The sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution of our existing shareholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. It is uncertain whether financing, if required, will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all, in the future. Any non-compliance with the terms of our financing agreements in the future could trigger the acceleration of other indebtedness and could make it more difficult and costly to obtain additional financing.

Our major shareholders will have the ability to significantly influence the outcome of shareholder actions.

Our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Samuel Lim, beneficially owns approximately 20.5% of our ordinary shares and voting power. Furthermore, several of our shareholders are entities affiliated with the Singapore Government, namely Vertex Asia Growth Ltd., Vertex Asia Investments Pte. Ltd, MediaCorp Pte. Ltd. and SGInnovate, collectively beneficially own approximately 27.6% of our ordinary shares. Their voting power gives those shareholders the ability to significantly influence actions that require shareholder approval under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the Articles of Association or NASDAQ requirements, including the election of our board of directors, significant mergers and acquisitions and other business combinations, amendments to the Articles of Association, and amendments to our equity incentive plans.

Such concentration of voting control may cause transactions to occur that might not be beneficial to you, and may prevent transactions that would be beneficial to you. For example, such significant shareholders may prevent a transaction involving a change of control of the company, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your securities over the then current market price. In addition, our major shareholders are not prohibited from selling a controlling interest in us to a third party and may do so without your approval and without providing for a purchase of your securities.

We own less than 100% of the shares in certain of our subsidiaries.

We operate our businesses in Korea and Thailand through subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by us. We own, directly or indirectly, 58.4% of Reebonz Korea Co., Ltd. and a legal interest of 49% in Reebonz (Thailand) Limited. Pursuant to a shareholders agreement, we are entitled to appoint the majority of the directors of Reebonz Korea Co., Ltd. Revenues from Korea accounted for 19.6% of our revenue of 2017. The remaining 51% interest in Reebonz (Thailand) Limited is legally owned by local Thai shareholders who we have entered into loan agreements with and who have assigned their power to direct relevant activities and the right to variable returns to us. Revenues from Thailand accounted for 1.2% of our revenue in 2017. However, to the extent there are disagreements between us and the other holders of equity interests in our subsidiaries regarding the business and operations of these companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to resolve them in a manner that will be in our best interests. Our partners in our subsidiaries may be unable or unwilling to fulfill our obligations, whether of a financial nature or otherwise; have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with us; take actions contrary to our instructions or requests, or contrary to our policies and objectives; take actions that are not acceptable to regulatory authorities; or experience financial difficulties. Furthermore, there are restrictions on foreign ownership in Thai companies and it is possible that regulatory authorities may challenge our ownership structure for Reebonz (Thailand) Limited and may deem such structure as non-compliant with applicable law. Any dispute or regulatory action that results in our inability to control these entities could result in us having to de-consolidate these entities in our results of operations. Any of the foregoing could have an adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we may operate our business in other countries using similar arrangements in the future, which could impact our business and expose us to additional risks.

We may not be able to prevent others from unauthorized use of our intellectual property, which could harm our business and competitive position.

We regard our trademarks, copyrights, domain names, know-how, proprietary technologies, and similar intellectual property as critical to our success, and we rely on a combination of intellectual property laws and contractual arrangements, including confidentiality, invention assignment and non-compete agreements with our employees and others, to protect our proprietary rights. Although we are not aware of any copycat websites that attempt to cause confusion or divert traffic from us at the moment, we may become an attractive target to such schemes in the future because of our brand recognition in the online luxury retail industry in the Asia Pacific region. Despite these measures, any of our intellectual property rights could be challenged, invalidated, circumvented or misappropriated, or such intellectual property may not be sufficient to provide us with competitive advantages. Further, because of the rapid pace of technological change in our industry, parts of our business rely on technologies developed or licensed by third parties, and we may not be able to obtain, or continue to obtain, licenses and technologies from these third parties at all or on reasonable terms. It may be difficult to register, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights in the jurisdictions in which we have operations. Statutory laws and regulations are subject to judicial interpretation and enforcement and may not be applied consistently due to the lack of clear guidance on statutory interpretation. Confidentiality, invention assignment and non-compete agreements may be breached by counterparties, and there may not be adequate remedies available to us for any such breach. Accordingly, we may not be able to effectively protect our intellectual property rights or to enforce our contractual rights. Policing any unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly and the steps we take may be inadequate to prevent the infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property. In the event that we resort to litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights, such litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our managerial and financial resources, and could put our intellectual property at risk of being invalidated or narrowed in scope. We can provide no assurance that we will prevail in such litigation, and even if we do prevail, we may not obtain a meaningful recovery. In addition, our trade secrets may be leaked or otherwise become available to, or be independently discovered by, our competitors. Any failure in maintaining, protecting or enforcing our intellectual property rights could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We do not have, and may be unable to obtain, sufficient insurance to insure against certain business risks. As a result, we may be exposed to significant costs and business disruption.

The insurance industry in certain jurisdictions where we operate is not yet fully developed, and many forms of insurance protection common in more developed countries are not available on comparable or commercially acceptable terms, if at all. We do not currently maintain insurance coverage for business interruption, product liability, or loss of key management personnel. We do not hold insurance policies to cover for any losses resulting from counterparty and credit risks and fraudulent transactions, nor for losses from cyberattacks, software failures and data loss. Our lack of insurance coverage or reserves with respect to business-related risks may expose us to substantial losses. As to those risks for which we have insurance coverage, the insurance payouts we are entitled to in case of an insured event are subject to deductibles and other customary conditions and limitations. For instance, we store a large volume of luxury goods in our seven logistics centers throughout the Asia Pacific region, and cannot rule out the possibility that natural disasters, fire or theft would destroy valuable inventory in one or more logistics centers, in which case the damages we suffer may exceed the insurance payouts to which we would be entitled. This, and various other scenarios, if materialized, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be the subject of anti-competitive, harassing, or other detrimental conduct by third parties including complaints to regulatory agencies, negative blog postings, negative comments on social media and the public dissemination of malicious assessments of our business that could harm our reputation and cause us to lose market share, customers and revenues and adversely affect the price of our ordinary shares

In the future we may be the target of anti-competitive, harassing, or other detrimental conduct by third parties. Such conduct includes complaints, anonymous or otherwise, to regulatory agencies. We may be subject to government or regulatory investigation as a result of such third-party conduct and may be required to expend significant time and incur substantial costs to address such third-party conduct, and there is no assurance that we will be able to conclusively refute each of the allegations within a reasonable period of time, or at all. Additionally, allegations, directly or indirectly against us, may be posted in internet chat-rooms or on blogs or websites by anyone, whether or not related to us, on an anonymous basis. Consumers value readily available information concerning retailers, manufacturers, and their goods and services and often act on such information without further investigation or verification and without regard to its accuracy. The availability of information on social media platforms and devices is virtually immediate, as is its impact. Social media platforms and devices immediately publish the content their subscribers and participants post, often without filters or checks on the accuracy of the content posted. Information posted may be inaccurate and adverse to us, and it may harm our financial performance, prospects or business. Given that the comments and posts on social media also tend to spread broadly and quickly, the harm may be immediate without affording us an opportunity for redress or correction. our reputation may be negatively affected as a result of the public dissemination of anonymous allegations or malicious statements about our business, which in turn may cause us to lose market share, customers and revenues and adversely affect the price of our securities.

Any natural or other disasters, including outbreaks of health epidemics, and other extraordinary events could severely disrupt our business operations.

Our operations are vulnerable to interruption and damage from natural and other types of disasters, including earthquakes, fire, typhoons, floods, environmental accidents, power loss, communication failures and similar events. If any natural disaster or other extraordinary events were to occur in the area where we operate, our ability to operate our business could be seriously impaired. Our business could be materially and adversely affected by any outbreak of H7N9 bird flu, H1N1 swine influenza, avian influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, Ebola virus disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, or another epidemic. Any prolonged occurrence of these adverse public health developments in the Asia Pacific region could severely disrupt our business operations and adversely affect our results of operations. Our operations could also be severely disrupted if our suppliers, buyers and sellers, or business partners are affected by such natural disasters or health epidemics.

We may be (or become) classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which could subject United States investors in our ordinary shares to significant adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

We will be classified as a “passive foreign investment company,” or “PFIC” if, in the case of any particular taxable year, either (a) 75% or more of our gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income or (b) 50% or more of the average quarterly value of our assets (as determined on the basis of fair market value) held during such year produce or are held for the production of passive income (the “asset test”). No determination has been made as to whether we were a PFIC for a prior taxable period. It is possible that we may become a PFIC for the current taxable year. Because the value of our assets for purposes of the asset test will generally be determined by reference to the market price of our ordinary shares, fluctuations in the market price of our ordinary shares may cause us to become a PFIC for the current taxable year or subsequent taxable years. The determination of whether we will be or become a PFIC will also depend, in part, on the composition of our income and assets, which will be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquid assets and the cash raised in this offering. Under circumstances where we determine not to deploy significant amounts of cash for active purposes, our risk of being classified as a PFIC may substantially increase. For this purpose, we will be treated as owning our proportionate share of the assets and earning our proportionate share of the income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more (by value) of the stock. Because there are uncertainties in the application of the relevant rules and PFIC status is a factual determination made annually after the close of each taxable year, there can be no assurance that we will not be a PFIC for the current taxable year or any future taxable year.

If we are classified as a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder (as defined in “Taxation — Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations to U.S. Holders”) may incur significantly increased U.S. income tax on gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of our ordinary shares and on the receipt of distributions on the shares to the extent such gain or distribution is treated as an “excess distribution” under the U.S. federal income tax rules and such holders may be subject to burdensome reporting requirements. Further, if we are classified as a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ordinary shares, we generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds our ordinary shares. For more information see “Taxation — Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations to U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations.”

The IRS may not agree with the conclusion that we should not be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation generally is considered a U.S. corporation if it is created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any state thereof or the District of Columbia. Entities treated as U.S. corporations are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax on their worldwide income, and U.S. reporting and withholding tax rules may apply to dividends that they pay. Because we were formed and organized under the law of the Cayman Islands, we would ordinarily not be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a U.S. corporation. Section 7874 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), however, contains special rules that could result in a non-U.S. corporation being taxed as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes where the corporation, directly or indirectly, re-domiciles from the U.S. to another country.

Section 7874 of the Code is generally implicated when a non-U.S. corporation acquires all of the stock of a U.S. corporation. If, immediately after such an acquisition, former shareholders of the U.S. corporation are considered to hold, for purposes of Section 7874 of the Code, 80% or more (by vote or value) of the stock of the acquiring non-U.S. corporation, and certain other circumstances exist, the acquiring non-U.S. corporation will be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The determination of the percentage of stock of the acquiring non-U.S. corporation treated as held by former shareholders of the U.S. corporation for purposes of Section 7874 of the Code, or the “Section 7874 ownership percentage,” is subject to various adjustments and exceptions, and when they apply, generally operate to increase the Section 7874 ownership percentage (and the likelihood that the acquiring non-U.S. corporation will be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes).

In the Business Combination, we acquired DOTA, a U.S. corporation, and Reebonz, a non-U.S. corporation, pursuant to which the shareholders of DOTA received less than 50% of our shares. We believe that the Business Combination does not implicate Section 7874 of the Code. Accordingly, we expect that we will not be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the determination of the Section 7874 percentage and the application of the various exceptions are complex and subject to factual and legal uncertainties. Moreover, changes to Section 7874 of the Code or the Regulations promulgated thereunder (or other relevant provisions of U.S. federal income tax law), which could be given prospective or retroactive effect, could adversely affect the analysis under Section 7874 of the Code with respect to our status as a non-U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with the position that we should not be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The discussion in “Taxation — Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations to U.S. Holders” assumes that we will not be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

We could face uncertain tax liabilities in various jurisdictions where it operates, and suffer adverse financial consequences as a result.

We believe we are in compliance with all applicable tax laws in the various jurisdictions where we are subject to tax, but our tax liabilities, including any arising from restructuring transactions, could be uncertain, and we could suffer adverse tax and other financial consequences if tax authorities do not agree with our interpretation of the applicable tax laws. Although we are domiciled in Singapore, we and our subsidiaries collectively operate in multiple tax jurisdictions and pay income taxes according to the tax laws of these jurisdictions. Various factors, some of which are beyond our control, determine our effective tax rate and/or the amount we are required to pay, including changes in or interpretations of tax laws in any given jurisdiction and changes in geographical allocation of income. We accrue income tax liabilities and tax contingencies based upon our best estimate of the taxes ultimately expected to be paid after considering our knowledge of all relevant facts and circumstances, existing tax laws, our experience with previous audits and settlements, the status of current tax examinations and how the tax authorities view certain issues. Such amounts are included in income taxes payable or deferred income tax liabilities, as appropriate, and are updated over time as more information becomes available. We believe that we are filing tax returns and paying taxes in each jurisdiction where we are required to do so under the laws of such jurisdiction. However, it is possible that the relevant tax authorities in the jurisdictions where we do not file returns may assert that we are required to file tax returns and pay taxes in such jurisdictions. There can be no assurance that our subsidiaries will not be taxed in multiple jurisdictions in the future, and any such taxation in multiple jurisdictions could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we may, from time to time, be subject to inquiries from tax authorities of the relevant jurisdictions on various tax matters, including challenges to positions asserted on income and withholding tax returns. We cannot be certain that the tax authorities will agree with our interpretations of the applicable tax laws, or that the tax authorities will resolve any inquiries in our favor. To the extent the relevant tax authorities do not agree with our interpretation, we may seek to enter into settlements with the tax authorities which may require significant payments and may adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition. We may also appeal against the tax authorities’ determinations to the appropriate governmental authorities, but we cannot be sure we will prevail. If we do not prevail, we may have to make significant payments or otherwise record charges (or reduce tax assets) that could adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. Similarly, any adverse or unfavorable determinations by tax authorities on pending inquiries could lead to increased taxation on us that may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to extensive government regulation in the countries where we operate, including regulations with respect to e-commerce, intellectual property rights, consumer protection and fair trade.

We are subject to extensive government regulation in the countries where we operate that cover many aspects of our sales practice. In particular, we are subject to laws relating to e-commerce, intellectual property rights, consumer protection and fair trade in jurisdictions such as Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. We may be subject to regulatory investigations by governmental agencies and may be subject to fines or sanctions by those governmental agencies or other claims from third parties in the event of non-compliance with relevant statutory or regulatory requirements. Any such claims or sanctions, including the costs of settling claims and operational impacts, could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations. Our business may also be materially and adversely affected by changes in laws or regulations that may be introduced concerning various aspects of our sale practices, including in relation to online content, e-commerce, foreign ownership of internet or retail companies operating in a particular jurisdiction, liability for third-party activities and user privacy.

Our business and results of operations are also affected by taxation legislation and other fiscal policies adopted by the governments in the countries where we operate. For example, the sales of stock, financing and administration or management service arrangements between us and our Australian subsidiary must be consistent with the relevant provisions of Australian taxation laws relating to transfer pricing. Future changes in taxation laws or changes in the way in which taxation laws may be interpreted may adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations.

Our only significant asset is our ownership of Reebonz and affiliates and such ownership may not be sufficient to pay dividends or make distributions or loans to enable us to pay any dividends on our ordinary shares or satisfy other financial obligations.

We are a holding company and do not directly own any operating assets other than our ownership of interests in Reebonz. We depend on Reebonz for distributions, loans and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations, including our expenses as a publicly traded company and to pay any dividends. The earnings from, or other available assets of, Reebonz may not be sufficient to make distributions or pay dividends, pay expenses or satisfy our other financial obligations.

Fluctuations in operating results, quarter to quarter earnings and other factors, including incidents involving Reebonz’s customers and negative media coverage, may result in significant decreases in the price of our securities.

The stock markets experience volatility that is often unrelated to operating performance. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our ordinary shares and, as a result, there may be significant volatility in the market price of our ordinary shares. If Reebonz is unable to operate profitably as investors expect, the market price of our ordinary shares will likely decline when it becomes apparent that the market expectations may not be realised. In addition to operating results, many economic and seasonal factors outside of our or Reebonz’s control could have an adverse effect on the price of our ordinary shares and increase fluctuations in our quarterly earnings. These factors include certain of the risks discussed herein, operating results of other companies in the same industry, changes in financial estimates or recommendations of securities analysts, speculation in the press or investment community, negative media coverage or risk of proceedings or government investigation, the possible effects of war, terrorist and other hostilities, adverse weather conditions, changes in general conditions in the economy or the financial markets or other developments affecting the luxury goods retail industry.

We will incur higher costs as a result of being a public company.

We will incur significant legal, accounting, insurance and other expenses, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We will incur higher costs associated with complying with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), and related rules implemented by the SEC and NASDAQ. The expenses incurred by public companies generally for reporting and corporate governance purposes have been increasing. We expect these laws and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to render some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. We may need to hire more employees or engage outside consultants to comply with these requirements, which will increase our post-Business Combination costs and expenses. These laws and regulations could make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, board committees or as executive officers. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our ordinary shares, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.

The earnout provisions of our Business Combination Agreement and the Management Performance Plan may affect management decisions and incentives.

Under the Business Combination Agreement and the Management Performance Plan, the Sellers thereunder and our management will receive up to an additional 2.5 million ordinary shares upon achieving certain consolidated revenue targets and share price targets for the calendar years 2019 and 2020 (with a share price lookback in each subsequent year). As a result, our management may focus on increasing consolidated revenue for us and our subsidiaries for such years rather than on the net income during such period, and may be incentivized to incur additional expenses to increase revenues without increasing net income during such periods. Additionally, the share price target can be achieved at any time during the applicable year, and the share price targets could be achieved early in the year and the revenues targets could be achieved, but the share price could fall later in the applicable year and the earnout shares would still be required to be delivered.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

We intend to retain future earnings, if any, for use in the business or for other corporate purposes and do not anticipate that cash dividends with respect to our ordinary shares will be paid in the foreseeable future. Any decision as to the future payment of dividends will depend on our results of operations, financial position and such other factors as our board of directors, in its discretion, deems relevant. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our ordinary shares will be a shareholder’s sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

A market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.

The price of our securities may vary significantly due to general market or economic conditions. Furthermore, an active trading market for our ordinary shares may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

The price of our ordinary shares may be volatile.

The price of our ordinary shares may fluctuate due to a variety of factors, including:

These market and industry factors may materially reduce the market price of our ordinary shares, regardless of our operating performance.

Reports published by analysts, including projections in those reports that differ from our actual results, could adversely affect the price and trading volume of our common shares.

We currently expect that securities research analysts will establish and publish their own periodic projections for our business. These projections may vary widely and may not accurately predict the results we actually achieve. Our share price may decline if our actual results do not match the projections of these securities research analysts. Similarly, if one or more of the analysts who write reports on us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our share price could decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, our share price or trading volume could decline. While we expect research analyst coverage, if no analysts commence coverage of us, the trading price and volume for our common shares could be adversely affected.

We may issue additional ordinary shares or other equity securities without your approval, which would dilute your ownership interests and may depress the market price of Holdco’s ordinary shares.

We may issue additional ordinary shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future in connection with, among other things, future vessel acquisitions, repayment of outstanding indebtedness or our equity incentive plan, without shareholder approval, in a number of circumstances.

Our issuance of additional ordinary shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank would have the following effects:

We are a Cayman Islands exempted company and, because judicial precedent regarding the rights of shareholders is more limited under Cayman Islands law than under U.S. law, you could have less protection of your shareholder rights than you would under U.S. law.

Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Cayman Islands Companies Law, and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by noncontrolling shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, which has persuasive, but not binding, authority on a court in the Cayman Islands. Your rights as a shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws from the United States and may provide significantly less protection to investors. In addition, some U.S. states, such as Delaware, have different bodies of corporate law than the Cayman Islands.

We have been advised by our Cayman Islands legal counsel, Dentons, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognise or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any State and (ii) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any State, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognise and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, and or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere. There is recent Privy Council authority (which is binding on the Cayman Islands Court) in the context of a reorganization plan approved by the New York Bankruptcy Court which suggests that due to the universal nature of bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings, foreign money judgments obtained in foreign bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings may be enforced without applying the principles outlined above. However, a more recent English Supreme Court authority (which is highly persuasive but not binding on the Cayman Islands Court), has expressly rejected that approach in the context of a default judgment obtained in an adversary proceeding brought in the New York Bankruptcy Court by the receivers of the bankruptcy debtor against a third party, and which would not have been enforceable upon the application of the traditional common law principles summarized above and held that foreign money judgments obtained in bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings should be enforced by applying the principles set out above, and not by the simple exercise of the Courts’ discretion. Those cases have now been considered by the Cayman Islands Court. The Cayman Islands Court was not asked to consider the specific question of whether a judgment of a bankruptcy court in an adversary proceeding would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands, but it did endorse the need for active assistance of overseas bankruptcy proceedings. Holdco understands that the Cayman Islands Court’s decision in that case has been appealed and it remains the case that the law regarding the enforcement of bankruptcy/insolvency related judgments is still in a state of uncertainty.

You will have limited ability to bring an action against us or against our directors and officers, or to enforce a judgment against us or them, because we are incorporated in the Cayman Islands, because we conduct a majority of our operations in Singapore and because a majority of our directors and officers reside outside the United States .

We are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and conduct a majority of our operations through our subsidiary, Reebonz, in Singapore. All of our assets are located outside the United States. A majority of our officers and directors reside outside the United States and a substantial portion of the assets of those persons are located outside of the United States. As a result, it could be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the Cayman Islands or in Singapore in the event that you believe that your rights have been infringed under the applicable securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and of Singapore could render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.

Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies such as us have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records and accounts or to obtain copies of lists of shareholders of these companies. Our directors have discretion under Cayman Islands law to determine whether or not, and under what conditions, our corporate records could be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders. This could make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.

As a result of all of the above, public shareholders might have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a U.S. company.

There can be no assurance that our securities, including our ordinary shares, will continue to be listed on Nasdaq or, if listed, that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of Nasdaq, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

Our ordinary shares are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “RBZ.” On December 20, 2018, we received a notice from the Staff of the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, based upon the Staff’s determination, the Company has not evidenced compliance with the initial listing standards that require stockholders’ equity of at least $4 million under Listing Rule 5505(b). Additionally, the Company has not demonstrated that the ordinary shares have at least 300 Round Lot Holders as required by Listing Rule 5505(a)(3), and that the warrant has at least 400 Round Lot Holders as required by Listing Rule 5515(a)(4). In addition, for initial listing of a warrant, Listing Rule 5515(a)(2) requires that the underlying security be listed on Nasdaq. On February 25, 2019, the Nasdaq Hearing Panel determined to grant our request for continued listing subject to us meeting the Nasdaq’s listing requirements for common equity. The Panel determined to delist our warrants, effective at the open of trading on February 27, 2019. In the interim, the Company’s ordinary shares will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “RBZ”. The warrants trade on the over-the-counter market under the symbol “RBZW.”

We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet Nasdaq’s continued listing requirement or maintain other listing standards. If our ordinary shares or warrants are delisted by Nasdaq, and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, then we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” If our ordinary shares remain listed on NASDAQ, our ordinary shares will be covered securities. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. If our securities were no longer listed on Nasdaq and therefore not “covered securities”, we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our securities and could entrench management.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that our shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. Among other provisions, the staggered board of directors may make it more difficult for our shareholders to remove incumbent management and accordingly discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities. Other anti-takeover provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association include the ability of our board of directors to issue preferred shares with preferences and voting rights determined by the board without shareholder approval, the indemnification of our officers and directors, the requirement that directors may only be removed from our board of directors for cause and the requirement for the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power to amend provisions therein that affect shareholder rights. These provisions could also make it difficult for our shareholders to take certain actions and limit the price investors might be willing to pay for our securities.

As a “foreign private issuer” under the rules and regulations of the SEC, we are permitted to, and will, file less or different information with the SEC than a company incorporated in the United States or otherwise subject to these rules, and will follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain Nasdaq requirements applicable to U.S. issuers.

We are considered a “foreign private issuer” under the Exchange Act and is therefore exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act, including the proxy rules, which impose certain disclosure and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations for U.S. and other issuers. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or within the same time frames as U.S. companies with securities registered under the Exchange Act. We currently prepare our financial statements in accordance with IFRS. We are not required to file financial statements prepared in accordance with or reconciled to U.S. GAAP so long as our financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. We are not required to comply with Regulation FD, which imposes restrictions on the selective disclosure of material information to shareholders. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules under the Exchange Act with respect to their purchases and sales of our securities. Accordingly, you may receive less or different information about us than you currently receive about us.

In addition, as a “foreign private issuer” whose ordinary shares are listed on the NASDAQ, we are permitted to follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain NASDAQ requirements. A foreign private issuer must disclose in its Annual Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, each NASDAQ requirement with which it does not comply followed by a description of its applicable home country practice. We currently intend to follow the corporate governance requirements of NASDAQ. However, we cannot make any assurances that we will continue to follow such corporate governance requirements in the future, and may therefore in the future, rely on available NASDAQ exemptions that would allow us to follow our home country practice. Unlike the requirements of the NASDAQ, the corporate governance practice and requirements in the Cayman Islands do not require us to have a majority of our board of directors to be independent; do not require us to establish a nominations committee; and do not require us to hold regular executive sessions where only independent directors shall be present. Such Cayman Islands home country practices may afford less protection to holders of our Ordinary Shares.

We could lose our status as a “foreign private issuer” under current SEC rules and regulations if more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities become directly or indirectly held of record by U.S. holders and one of the following is true: (i) the majority of our directors or executive officers are U.S. citizens or residents; (ii) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States; or (iii) our business is administered principally in the United States. If we lose our status as a foreign private issuer in the future, we will no longer be exempt from the rules described above and, among other things, will be required to file periodic reports and annual and quarterly financial statements as if it were a company incorporated in the United States. If this were to happen, we would likely incur substantial costs in fulfilling these additional regulatory requirements and members of our management would likely have to divert time and resources from other responsibilities to ensuring these additional regulatory requirements are fulfilled.

Risks Related to Doing Business in Countries in Which We Operate

Developments in the social, political, regulatory and economic environment in Singapore, or other countries where we operate, may have a material and adverse impact on it.

Our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by social, political, regulatory and economic developments in countries in which it operates. Such political and economic uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks of war, terrorism, nationalism, nullification of contract, changes in interest rates, imposition of capital controls and methods of taxation. For example, we derive a substantial portion of our revenue from the Singapore market, and negative developments in Singapore’s socio-political environment may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Although the overall economic environment in Singapore and other countries where we operate appears to be positive, there can be no assurance that this will continue to prevail in the future.

Disruptions in the international trading environment may seriously decrease our international sales.

The success and profitability of our international activities depend on certain factors beyond our control, such as general economic conditions, labor conditions, political stability, macro-economic regulating measures, tax laws, import and export duties, transportation difficulties, fluctuation of local currency and foreign exchange controls of the countries in which we sell our products, as well as the political and economic relationships among the jurisdictions where we source products and jurisdictions where our customers are located. As a result, our services will continue to be vulnerable to disruptions in the international trading environment, including adverse changes in foreign government regulations, political unrest and international economic downturns. For example, certain countries in which we sell our products may require that our customers or freight forwarders obtain import licenses, and there can be no assurance that, where required, our customers or freight forwarders will be aware of or obtain such licenses. If licenses are not obtained by our customers or freight forwarders, this may subject our sales transactions to greater scrutiny and could result in more stringent regulations being applied to it in the future. It may also subject us to additional costs and expenses in the event it experiences returns and may cause us to lose existing customers or discontinue or re-design some of our fulfilment processes in some or all of our business lines in certain countries, all of which may materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Any disruptions in the international trading environment may affect the demand for our products, which could impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.