AUC 10-Q
ATIF Holdings Ltd (AUC)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements. The statements herein which are not historical reflect our current expectations and projections about the Company’s future results, performance, liquidity, financial condition, prospects and opportunities and are based upon information currently available to us and our management and our interpretation of what we believe to be significant factors affecting our business, including many assumptions about future events. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things:
| ● | our ability to produce, market and generate sales of our products and services; |
| ● | our ability to develop and/or introduce new products and services; |
| ● | our projected future sales, profitability and other financial metrics; |
| ● | our future financing plans; |
| ● | our anticipated needs for working capital; |
| ● | the anticipated trends in our industry; |
| ● | our ability to expand our sales and marketing capability; |
| ● | acquisitions of other companies or assets that we might undertake in the future; |
| ● | competition existing today or that will likely arise in the future; and |
| ● | other factors discussed elsewhere herein. |
Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies, and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words “may,” “should,” “will,” “plan,” “could,” “target,” “contemplate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend,” “seek,” or “project” or the negative of these words or other variations on these or similar words. Actual results, performance, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations, prospects and opportunities could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the ability to raise sufficient capital to continue the Company’s operations. These statements may be found under Part I, Item 2-“Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations,” as well as elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q generally. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, matters described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q will in fact occur.
Potential investors should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, there is no undertaking to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.
The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such statements are presented only as a guide about future possibilities and do not represent assured events, and we anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q also contains estimates and other statistical data prepared by independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth and other data about our industry. These estimates and data involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and potential investors are cautioned not to give undue weight to these estimates and data. We have not independently verified the statistical and other industry data generated by independent parties and contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of our future performance and the future performance of the industries in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk.
Potential investors should not make an investment decision based solely on our projections, estimates or expectations.
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PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| October 31, 2024 | July
31, | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts receivable – a related party | ||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||
| Investment in trading securities | ||||||||
| Due from a related party | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Right-of- use assets, net | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| Taxes payable | ||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | ||||||||
| Long-term payable | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Commitments | ||||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Shareholders’ Equity | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
| For the Three Months Ended October 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Revenues | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| Selling expenses | ||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||||
| Interest expenses, net | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other income, net | ||||||||
| Gain (loss) from investment in trading securities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total other income, net | ||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Income tax provision | ||||||||
| Net loss and comprehensive loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Loss per share – basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Weighted Average Shares Outstanding – Basic and diluted | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023
| Ordinary Share | Additional Paid in | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | deficit | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance at July 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at October 31, 2023 (unaudited) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Balance at July 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Capital contribution | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at October 31, 2024 (unaudited) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| For the Three Months Ended October 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | ||||||||
| Expected credit loss allowance | ||||||||
| Gain (loss) from investment in trading securities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts receivable – a related party | ) | |||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||
| Contract liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Lease liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Investment in trading securities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from redemption of investment in trading securities | ||||||||
| Loans made to a related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Collection of borrowings from a related party | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net decrease in cash | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash, beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for income tax | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of Non-cash financing activities | ||||||||
| Capital contribution from a shareholder in the form of trading securities | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
ATIF Holdings Limited (“ATIF” or the “Company”), formerly known as Eternal Fairy International Limited and Asia Times Holdings Limited, was incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) on January 5, 2015, as a holding company to develop business opportunities in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”). The Company adopted its current name on March 7, 2019. The Company is primarily engaged in providing business advisory and financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprise customers.
| Name of Entity | Date of Incorporation | Place of Incorporation | % of Ownership | Principal Activities | ||||
| Parent company: | ||||||||
| ATIF Holdings Limited (“ATIF”) | January 5, 2015 | British Virgin Islands | Parent | Investment holding | ||||
| Wholly owned subsidiaries of ATIF | ||||||||
| ATIF Inc. (“ATIF USA”) | ||||||||
| ATIF Investment LLC (“ATIF Investment”) | ||||||||
| ATIF BD | ||||||||
| ATIF BC | ||||||||
| ATIF BM |
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 – LIQUIDITY and GOING CONCERN
For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and
2023, the Company reported a net loss of approximately $
As of October 31, 2024, the Company had cash of approximately $
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described above.
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).
The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2024 and for the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023 have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and pursuant to Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures, which are normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, have been omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto, included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on November 13, 2024.
In the opinion of the management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of financial results for the interim periods presented. The Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the same accounting policies as used in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended July 31, 2024. The results of operations for the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full years.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Use of Estimates
In preparing the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are based on information as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements. Significant estimates required to be made by management include, but are not limited to, the valuation of accounts receivable, useful lives of property and equipment and intangible assets, the recoverability of long-lived assets, revenue recognition, provision necessary for contingent liabilities and realization of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Accounts Receivable, net
On August 1, 2023, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), using the modified retrospective transition method. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected loss methodology, which will result in more timely recognition of credit losses. Upon adoption, the Company changed the impairment model to utilize a forward-looking current expected credit losses (CECL) model in place of the incurred loss methodology for financial instruments measured at amortized cost and receivables resulting from the application of ASC 606, including contract assets. The adoption of the guidance had no impact on the allowance for credit losses for accounts receivable.
After the adoption of ASU 2016-13, The
Company maintains an allowance for credit losses and records the allowance for credit losses as an offset to accounts receivable and
the estimated credit losses charged to the allowance is classified as “General and administrative expenses” in the
condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company uses loss-rate methods to estimate allowance for
credit loss. The Company assesses collectability by reviewing accounts receivable on an individual basis because the Company had
limited customers and each of them has difference characteristics, primarily based on business line and geographical area. In
determining the amount of the allowance for credit losses, the Company multiplied the loss rate with the amortized cost of accounts
receivable. The loss rate refers to the corporate default rate published by credit rating companies, which considers current
economic conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Delinquent account balances are written-off
against the allowance for credit losses after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not
probable. For the three months ended October 31, 2023, the Company provided allowance for credit losses of $
Investment in Trading Securities
Equity securities not accounted for using the
equity method are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and
comprehensive income (loss), according to ASC 321 “Investments — Equity Securities”. During the three months ended October
31, 2024 and 2023, the Company purchased certain publicly-listed equity securities through various open market transactions and accounted
for such investments as “investment in trading securities” and subsequently measure the investments at fair value. In addition,
during the three months ended October 31, 2024, the Company was also granted ordinary shares of a listed company as capital contribution
from a shareholder. The Company initially accounted for the share as “investment in trading securities” at fair value by reference
to the prevailing market price on shares grant date, and subsequently measure the share awards at fair value. The Company recognized a
gain of $
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC 825-10 requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of financial instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
| ● | Level 1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. | |
| ● | Level 2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted market prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data. | |
| ● | Level 3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable. |
Fair value of investment in trading securities are based on quoted prices in active markets. The carrying amounts of the Company’s other financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable due from a related party, deposits, due from related parties, accounts payable, and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities. For lease liabilities and long-term payable, fair value approximates their carrying value at the year-end as the interest rates used to discount the host contracts approximate market rates. For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, there are no transfers between different levels of inputs used to measure fair value.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”).
To determine revenue recognition for contracts with customers, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, including variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant future reversal will not occur, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the respective performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation.
The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers its goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in such exchange.
For the three months ended October 31, 2023, the Company primarily
generated revenues from consulting services to customers who would like to go public. For the three months ended October 31, 2024, the
Company did not generate revenues. As of October 31, 2024, amount of $
The Company provides various consulting services to its members, especially to those who have the intention to be publicly listed in the stock exchanges in the United States and other countries. The Company categorizes its consulting services into three Phases:
Phase I consulting services primarily include due diligence review, market research and feasibility study, business plan drafting, accounting record review, and business analysis and recommendations. Management estimates that Phase I normally takes about three months to complete based on its past experience.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Revenue Recognition (continued)
Phase II consulting services primarily include reorganization, pre-listing education and tutoring, talent search, legal and audit firm recommendation and coordination, VIE contracts and other public-listing related documents review, merger and acquisition planning, investor referral and pre-listing equity financing source identification and recommendations, and independent directors and audit committee candidate’s recommendation. Management estimates that Phase II normally takes about eight months to complete based on its past experience.
Phase III consulting services primarily include shell company identification and recommendation for customers expecting to become publicly listed through reverse merger transaction; assistance in preparation of customers’ public filings for IPO or reverse merger transactions; and assistance in answering comments and questions received from regulatory agencies. Management believes it is very difficult to estimate the timing of this phase of service as the completion of Phase III services is not within the Company’s control.
Each phase of consulting services is stand-alone and fees associated with each phase are clearly identified in service agreements. Revenue from providing Phase I and Phase II consulting services to customers is recognized ratably over the estimated completion period of each phase as the Company’s performance obligations related to these services are carried out over the whole duration of each Phase. Revenue from providing Phase III consulting services to customers is recognized upon completion of the reverse merger transaction or IPO transaction when the Company’s promised services are rendered and the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied. Revenue that has been billed and not yet recognized is reflected as deferred revenue on the balance sheet.
Depending on the complexity of the underlying service arrangement and related terms and conditions, significant judgments, assumptions, and estimates may be required to determine when substantial delivery of contract elements has occurred, whether any significant ongoing obligations exist subsequent to contract execution, whether amounts due are collectible and the appropriate period or periods in which, or during which, the completion of the earnings process occurs. Depending on the magnitude of specific revenue arrangements, adjustment may be made to the judgments, assumptions, and estimates regarding contracts executed in any specific period.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period including the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
An uncertain tax position is recognized only if it
is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination. The amount recognized is the largest
amount of tax benefit that is greater than
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Segment reporting
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s CODM is Mr. Liu, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO.
The Company’s organizational structure is based
on a number of factors that the CODM uses to evaluate, view and run its business operations which include, but not limited to, customer
base, homogeneity of service and technology. The Company’s operating segments are based on such organizational structure and information
reviewed by the CODM to evaluate the operating segment results. Based on management’s assessment, the management has determined
that the Company now operates in
Risks and Uncertainty
| (a) | Credit risk |
As of October 31, 2024, the Company held cash and
cash equivalents of $
| (b) | Concentration risk |
Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and derived from revenue earned from customers, thereby exposed to credit risk. The risk is mitigated by the Company’s assessment of its customers’ creditworthiness and its ongoing monitoring of outstanding balances.
The Company has a concentration of its revenues and receivables with
specific customers. For the three months ended October 31, 2024, the Company did not generate revenues. For the three months ended October
31, 2023, three customers accounted for
As of October 31, 2024 and July 31, 2024, one and
one related party customer accounted for
For the three months ended October 31, 2023, substantially all of the Company’s revenues was generated from providing going public related consulting services to customers. For the three months ended October 31, 2024, the Company did not generate revenues. The Company plans to mitigate the risks by transitioning its consulting services from the PRC based customers to more international customers.
| (c) | Other risks and uncertainties |
The Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may also be negatively impacted by risks related to natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, health epidemics and other catastrophic incidents, which could significantly disrupt the Company’s operations.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, which is an update to Topic 740, Income Taxes. The amendments in this update related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures improve the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring (1) adding disclosures of pretax income (or loss) and income tax expense (or benefit) to be consistent with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Regulation S-X 210.4-08(h), Rules of General Application — General Notes to Financial Statements: Income Tax Expense, and (2) removing disclosures that no longer are considered cost beneficial or relevant. For public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. For entities other than public business entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The amendments in this update should be applied on a prospective basis. Retrospective application is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-09 on the consolidated financial statements.
In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements — Codification Amendments in Response to SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative which amend the disclosure or presentation requirements of codification subtopic 230-10 Statement of Cash Flows — Overall, 250-10 Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — Overall, 260-10 Earnings Per Share — Overall, 270-10 Interim Reporting — Overall, 440-10 Commitments — Overall, 470-10 Debt — Overall, 505-10 Equity — Overall, 815-10 Derivatives and Hedging — Overall, 860-30 Transfers and Servicing — Secured Borrowing and Collateral, 932-235 Extractive Activities — Oil and Gas — Notes to Financial Statements, 946-20 Financial Services — Investment Companies — Investment Company Activities, and 974-10 Real Estate — Real Estate Investment Trusts — Overall. The amendments represent changes to clarify or improve disclosure and presentation requirements of the above subtopics. Many of the amendments allow users to more easily compare entities subject to the SEC’s existing disclosures with those entities that were not previously subject to the SEC’s requirements. Also, the amendments align the requirements in the codification with the SEC’s regulations. For entities subject to existing SEC disclosure requirements or those that must provide financial statements to the SEC for securities purposes without contractual transfer restrictions, the effective date aligns with the date when the SEC removes the related disclosure from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K. Early adoption is not allowed. For all other entities, the amendments will be effective two years later from the date of the SEC’s removal. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-06 on the consolidated financial statements.
Recently issued ASUs by the FASB, except for the ones mentioned above, have no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated results of operations or financial position.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 4 – PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Prepayment for advertising service fee (a) | $ | $ | ||||||
| Others | ||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
| (a) |
NOTE 5 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Furniture, fixtures and equipment | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||
Depreciation expense was $
NOTE 6 – INVESTMENTS IN TRADING SECURITIES
As of October 31, 2024 and July 31, 2024, the balance of investments
in trading securities represented (i) certain equity securities of listed companies purchased through various open market transactions
by the Company during the relevant periods. The investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently measured at fair value with
the changes in fair value recorded in other income (expenses), net in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive
loss, and (ii)
For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and
2023, the Company recognized an increase in fair value of investments of $
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7 – OPERATING LEASES
As of October 31, 2024, the Company leases offices space under one non-cancelable operating lease with a related party lessor (Note 10).
The Company’s lease agreements do not contain
any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. Rent expenses for the three months ended October 31, 2024 and
2023 were $
The Company elected the package of practical expedients, which allows the Company to not reassess whether any existing contracts contain a lease, to not reassess historical lease classification as operating or finance leases, and to not reassess initial direct costs. The Company has not elected the practical expedient to use hindsight to determine the lease term for its leases at transition. The Company combines the lease and non-lease components in determining the right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and related lease obligation. Adoption of this standard resulted in the recording of operating lease ROU assets and corresponding operating lease liabilities as disclosed below. ROU assets and related lease obligations are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term.
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Right-of- use assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | $ | |||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | ||||||||
| Total operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Remaining lease term and discount rate | ||||||||
| Weighted average remaining lease term (years) | ||||||||
| Weighted average discount rate | % | % | ||||||
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7 – OPERATING LEASES (continued)
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| 2025 | $ | $ | ||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||
| Total lease payments | ||||||||
| Less: imputed interest | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Present value of lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
NOTE 8 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES, AND OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accrued litigation fee, current (a) | $ | $ | ||||||
| Investment securities payable | ||||||||
| Others | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| Other long-term liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accrued litigation fee, noncurrent (a) | $ | $ | ||||||
| (a) |
NOTE 9 – ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL
On October 28, 2024, the Company was granted
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ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 10 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
| 1) | Nature of relationships with related parties |
| Name | Relationship with the Company | |
| Mr. Jun Liu | ||
| Huaya | ||
| Asia International Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. | ||
| Zachary Group LLC (“Zachary Group”) |
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Provision of consulting services to related parties | ||||||||
| Asia International Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. | $ | $ | ||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
In June 2022, the Company entered into an office lease
agreement with Zachary Group. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company would lease the office space for a lease term of
For the three months ended October 31, 2024, the Company did not collected or repaid loans to related parties.
For the three months ended October 31, 2023, the Company repaid loans of
$
| 3) | Balances with related parties |
| October 31, 2024 | July 31, 2024 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable: | ||||||||
| Asia International Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. | $ | $ | ||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| Other receivable: | ||||||||
| Asia International Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (a) | $ | $ | ||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| a) |
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ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 11 – TAXES
The Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is domiciled.
British Virgin Islands
Under the current laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Company and ATIF Investment are not subject to tax on income or capital gains in the British Virgin Islands. Additionally, upon payments of dividends to the shareholders, no British Virgin Islands withholding tax will be imposed.
USA
For the US jurisdiction, ATIF Inc., ATIF BC, ATIF
BM, ATIF BD are subject to federal and state income taxes on its business operations. The federal tax rate is
For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not incur income tax expenses.
The Company’s deferred tax assets primarily
derived from the net operating loss (“NOL”). The Company periodically evaluates the likelihood of the realization of deferred
tax assets, and reduces the carrying amount of the deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance to the extent it believes a portion or
all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company considers many factors when assessing the likelihood of future realization
of the deferred tax assets, including its recent cumulative earnings experience, expectation of future income, the carry forward periods
available for tax reporting purposes, and other relevant factors. As of October 31, 2024 and July 31, 2024, management believes that the
realization of the deferred tax assets appears to be uncertain and may not be realizable in the near future. Therefore, a
Uncertain tax positions
The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes
using a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition
by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit,
including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest
amount that is more than
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ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 12 – CONTIGENCIES
From time to time, the Company is a party to various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues costs associated with these matters when they become probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.
Pending Legal Proceeding with Boustead Securities, LLC (“Boustead”)
On May 14, 2020, Boustead filed a lawsuit against the Company and LGC for breaching the underwriting agreement Boustead had with each of the Company and LGC, in which Boustead was separately engaged as the exclusive financial advisor to provide financial advisory services to the Company and LGC.
Boustead’s Complaint alleges four causes of action against the Company, including breach of contract; breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; tortious interference with business relationships and quantum meruit.
On October 6, 2020, ATIF filed a motion to dismiss Boustead’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(5). On October 9, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York directed Boustead to respond to the motion or amend its Complaint by November 10, 2020. Boustead opted to amend its complaint and filed the amended complaint on November 10, 2020. Boustead’s amended complaint asserts the same four causes of action against ATIF and LGC as its original complaint. The Company filed another motion to dismiss Boustead’s amended complaint on December 8, 2020.
On August 25, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted ATIF’s motion to dismiss Boustead’s first amended complaint. In its order and opinion, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York allowed Boustead to move for leave to amend its causes of action against ATIF as to breach of contract and tortious interference with business relationships, but not breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and quantum meruit. On November 4, 2021, Boustead filed a motion seeking leave to file a second amended complaint to amend its cause of action for Breach of Contract. The Court granted Boustead’s motion for leave and Boustead filed the second amended complaint on December 28, 2021 alleging only breach of contract and dropping all other causes of action alleged in the original complaint. On January 18, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Boustead’s second amended complaint. Boustead filed its opposition on February 1, 2022 and the Company replied on February 8, 2022.
On July 6, 2022, the Court denied our motion to dismiss the second amended complaint. Thereafter, on August 3, 2022, the Company filed a motion to compel arbitration of Boustead’s claims in California. Briefing on the Company’s motion to compel concluded on August 23, 2022. Since the agreement between ATIF and Boustead contains a valid arbitration clause that applies to Boustead’s breach of contract claim, and the parties have not engaged in discovery, on February 14, 2023, the Court ordered that ATIF’s motion to compel arbitration is granted and this case is stayed pending arbitration.
On March 10, 2023, Boustead, filed Demand for Arbitration against ATIF (the Respondent) before JAMS in California and the assigned JAMS case Ref. No. is 5220002783. On May 25, 2023, ATIF filed its answer to deny Boustead’s Demand for Arbitration, which was unsuccessful and the arbitration process was initiated. The arbitrator ordered a motion to be filed by Boustead for a determination of contact interpretation, prior to extensive discovery into issues such as the alleged merits and damages, and to determine whether the contract interpretation should allow the matter to further proceed. Boustead had filed the Motion for Contract Interpretation Determination. ATIF filed its opposition to that Motion on October 16, 2023. The hearing on the motion was held on November 8, 2023, during which the arbitrator extended the hearing to February 29, 2024. The arbitrator also established December 15, 2023, as the deadline for Boustead to submit its reply regarding the contract interpretation issues raised by the Company. Simultaneously, the Company was granted until February 12, 2024, to present its response brief.
On September 24, 2024, the Company and Boustead entered into a settlement
agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall pay a total amount of $
Pending Legal Proceeding with J.P Morgan Securities LLC (“JPMS”)
On December 22, 2023, J.P Morgan Securities LLC (“JPMS”)
filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, bearing Case Number 30-2023-01369978-CU-FR-CJC against ATIF Holdings
Limited (“Holdings”), ATIF Inc., ATIF-1 GP, LLC (ATIF-1 GP”), and two officers of Holdings and ATIF Inc., Jun Liu and
Zhiliang “Ian” Zhou, alleging and asserting that it is entitled to recover $
The parties have agreed to attempt to mediate the dispute before proceeding to litigation. A mediation was held on May 6, 2024, but the parties could not come to a resolution. The Defendants’ time to respond to the lawsuit was May 20, 2024. On May 15, 2024, the Defendants filed a Petition with the Superior Court of California seeking to compel arbitration under the operative agreements and stay the underlying State Court action. On or about August 16, 2024, the parties agreed that JPMS and ATIF-1 GP, LLC would submit any disputes between the two of them only, to FINRA arbitration, and stay the California state court case pending such arbitration. At this time, the management is still in the process of evaluating the claims and defenses.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read together with the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024 and the consolidated financial statements and notes included therein (collectively, the “2024 Annual Report”), as well as the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in this report. Pursuant to Instruction 2 to paragraph (b) of Item 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, in preparing this discussion and analysis, the Company has presumed that readers have access to and have read the disclosure under the same heading contained in the 2024 Annual Report. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements. Please see the cautionary note regarding these statements at the beginning of this report.
Business Overview
We offer financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprise customers in Asia and North America. Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company with clients and offices throughout Asia. Since our inception in 2015, the focus of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies on suitable markets and exchanges.
On January 4, 2021, we established an office in California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation, and launched, in addition to our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services to expand our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth.
Our financial consulting services
We launched our consulting services in 2015. Our aim was to assist Chinese enterprises by filling the gaps and forming a bridge between PRC companies and overseas stock markets and exchanges. We have a team of qualified and experienced personnel with legal, regulatory, and language expertise in several jurisdictions outside the U.S. Our services were designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (“SME”) in China achieve their goal of becoming public companies. In May 2022, we shifted our geographic focus from China to North America emphasizing on helping mid and small companies in North America become public companies on the U.S. capital markets. We would create a going public strategy for each client based on many factors of such client, including our assessment of the client’s financial and operational situations, market conditions, and the client’s business and financing requirements. Since our inception and up to the date of this report, we have successfully helped nine Chinese enterprises to be quoted on the U.S. OTC markets and are currently assisting our other clients in their respective going public efforts. Most of our current and past clients have been Chinese, U.S. and Mexican companies, and we plan to expand our operations to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore with continuing focus on the North American market in the coming years.
For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, we provided consulting services to none and three customers, respectively, which primarily engaged the Company to provide consulting services relating to going public in the US through IPO, reverse merger and acquisition. From April 2022 through the date of this report, the Company entered into consulting agreements with nine customers, among which three are based in the North America.
Our total revenue generated from consulting services amounted to $nil and approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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Key Factors that Affect our Business
We believe the following key factors may affect our consulting services:
Our business success depends on our ability to acquire customers effectively.
Our customer acquisition channels primarily include our sales and marketing campaigns and existing customer referrals. In order to acquire customers, we have made significant efforts in building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with local government, academic institutions, and local business associations. In addition, we also market our consulting services through social media, such as WeChat and Weibo. If any of our current customer acquisition channels becomes less effective, we are unable to continue to use any of these channels or we are not successful in using new channels, we may not be able to attract new customers in a cost-effective manner or convert potential customers into active customers or even lose our existing customers to our competitors. To the extent that our current customer acquisition and retention efforts become less effective, our service revenue may be significantly impacted, which would have a significant adverse effect on our revenues, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our consulting business faces strong market competition.
We are currently facing intense market competition. Some of our current or potential competitors have significantly more financial, technical, marketing, and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, and support of their customer acquisition and retention channels. In light of the low barriers to entry into the financial consulting industry, we expect more players to enter this market and increase the level of competition. Our ability to differentiate our services from other competitors will have a significant impact on our business growth in the future.
Our business depends on our ability to attract and retain key personnel.
We rely heavily on the expertise and leadership of our directors and officers to maintain our core competence. Under their leadership, we have been able to achieve rapid expansion and significant growth since our inception in 2015. As our business scope increases, we expect to continue to invest significant resources in hiring and retaining a deep talent pool of financial consultancy professionals. Our ability to sustain our growth will depend on our ability to attract qualified personnel and retain our current staff.
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Results of Operations
The following table summarizes the results of our operations for the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and provides information regarding the dollar and percentage increase or (decrease) during such periods.
| For the three months ended | Changes | |||||||||||||||
| October 31, 2024 | October 31, 2023 | Amount Increase (Decrease) | Percentage Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | - | $ | 125,000 | $ | (125,000 | ) | (100 | )% | |||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Selling expenses | 72,000 | 72,000 | - | 0 | % | |||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 449,109 | 709,779 | (260,670 | ) | (37 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 521,109 | 781,779 | (260,670 | ) | (33 | )% | ||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (521,109 | ) | (656,779 | ) | (135,670 | ) | (21 | )% | ||||||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expenses, net | (18 | ) | - | 18 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
| Other income, net | 5,895 | 140,720 | (134,825 | ) | (96 | )% | ||||||||||
| Gain (loss) from investment in trading securities | 148,158 | (109,404 | ) | (257,562 | ) | (235 | )% | |||||||||
| Total other income, net | 154,035 | 31,316 | 122,719 | 392 | % | |||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (367,074 | ) | (625,463 | ) | (258,389 | ) | (41 | )% | ||||||||
| Income tax provision | - | - | - | 0 | % | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (367,074 | ) | $ | (625,463 | ) | $ | (258,389 | ) | (41 | )% | |||||
Revenues. Our total revenue decreased by approximately $0.1 million, or 100%, from approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2023, to $nil in for the three months ended October 31, 2024.
For the three months ended October 31, 2024, we did not provided services to customers and did not recognize revenues. For the three months ended October 31, 2023, we provided certain IPO assistance services to three customers and recognized revenues of $0.1 million.
General and administrative expenses. Our general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $0.3 million, or 37%, from approximately $0.7 million for the three months ended October 31, 2023, to approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended October 31, 2024.
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Our general and administrative expenses primarily consisted of salary and welfare expenses of management and administrative team, professional expenses, office expenses, operating lease expenses. The decrease in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to a decrease of approximately $0.2 million in payroll expenses because we adjusted monthly payroll expenses to Mr. Jun Liu from $20,000 to $1 since February 2024, and a decrease of approximately $0.1 million in office expenses.
Gain (loss) from investment in trading securities. Loss from investment in trading securities represented fair value changes from investment in trading securities, which was measured at market price. For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, we recorded an investment gain of approximately $0.1 million and an investment loss of approximately $0.1 million, respectively.
Income taxes. We are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Under the current laws of the British Virgin Islands, we are not subject to tax on income or capital gains in the British Virgin Islands. Additionally, upon payments of dividends to the shareholders, no British Virgin Islands withholding tax will be imposed.
ATIF Inc, ATIF BD, ATIF BC and ATIF BM were established in the U.S and are subject to federal and state income taxes on its business operations. The federal tax rate is 21% and state tax rate is 8.84%. We also evaluated the impact from the recent tax reforms in the United States, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (“HERO Act”), which were both passed in 2020, No material impact on the ATIF US is expected based on our analysis. We will continue to monitor the potential impact going forward.
For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, we did not recognized income tax expenses.
Net income (loss). As a result of foregoing, net loss was approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended October 31, 2024, a decrease of approximately $0.2 million from net loss of $0.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
To date, we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, working capital loans from our major shareholders, proceeds from our initial public offering, and equity financing through public offerings of our securities. We plan to support our future operations primarily from cash generated from our operations and cash on hand. However, the Company may need to raise the cash flow from related parties, and there is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain funds on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
Liquidity and Going concern
For the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company reported a net loss of approximately $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and operating cash outflows approximately $0.8 million and operating cash inflows of approximately $0.2 million. In assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, the Company monitors and analyzes its cash and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure commitments. Because of a history of net losses from operations, cash out from operating activities, and the requirement of additional capital to fund our current operating plan at October 31, 2024, these factors indicate the existence of an uncertainty that raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
As of October 31, 2024, the Company had cash of approximately $0.5 million, short-term investments in trading securities of approximately $4.2 million, due from a related party of $0.9 million and accounts receivables of $0.2 million due from a related party, which were highly liquid. On the other hand, the Company had current liabilities of approximately $0.6 million. The Company’s cash and short-term investments in trading securities could well cover the current liabilities. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on management’s ability to successfully execute its business plan, which includes increasing revenue while controlling operating cost and expenses to generate positive operating cash flows and obtain financing from outside sources.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described above.
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We have not declared nor paid any cash dividends to our shareholders. We do not plan to pay any dividends out of our restricted net assets as of October 31, 2024.
Cash Flow
The following table sets forth summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:
| For the Three Months
Ended October 31, |
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| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (800,628 | ) | 195,353 | |||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 9,016 | (440,150 | ) | |||||
| Net decrease in cash | (791,612 | ) | (244,797 | ) | ||||
| Cash, beginning of period | 1,249,376 | 606,022 | ||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | 457,764 | $ | 361,225 | ||||
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $0.8 million in three months ended October 31, 2024. Net cash used in operating activities was primarily comprised of net loss of approximately $0.4 million, adjusted for gain of approximately $0.1 million from investment in trading securities, and net changes in our operating assets and liabilities, principally comprising of a decrease of approximately $0.4 million in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities because we paid litigation liabilities of approximately $0.3 million.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $0.2 million in the three months ended October 31, 2023. Net cash used in operating activities was primarily comprised of net loss of $0.6 million, adjusted for a loss of $0.1 million from investment in trading securities, and net changes in our operating assets and liabilities, principally comprising of (i) a increase of accounts receivable of $0.6 million due from a related party because we collected outstanding balance from the related party; (ii) a decrease of $57,030 in prepaid expenses and other current assets because we amortized prepaid promotion expenses in the amount of $72,000; (iii) a decrease of $70,000 in deferred revenues because the customers terminated agreements with the Company and the Company would not refund the advances from customers; and (iv) a decrease of $83,842 in accrued expenses and other current liabilities.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities was $9,016 for the three months ended October 31, 2024, primarily consisting of proceeds of $9,016 from redemption of investment in trading securities.
Net cash used in investing activities was $0.4 million in the three months ended October 31, 2023, primarily consisting of payments of $0.4 million as investments in trading securities.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimate
We prepare our audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires our management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. As a result, management is required to routinely make judgments and estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.
Critical accounting policy is both material to the presentation of financial statements and requires management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments that could have a material effect on financial condition or results of operations. Accounting estimates and assumptions may become critical when they are material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change, and that have a material impact on financial condition or operating performance.
Critical accounting estimates are estimates that require us to make assumptions about matters that were highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate were made and if different estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely occur from period to period, have a material impact on the presentation of our financial condition, changes in financial condition or results of operations. Due to the level of activity and lack of complex transactions, we believe there are currently no critical accounting policies and estimates that affect the preparation of our financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
As a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, which is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act, as of October 31, 2024. Based on that evaluation, our management has concluded that, as of October 31, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file and furnish under the Exchange Act was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our conclusion is based on the fact that we do not have sufficient full-time accounting and financial reporting personnel with appropriate levels of accounting knowledge and experience to monitor the daily recording of transactions, to address complex U.S. GAAP accounting issues and the related disclosures under U.S. GAAP. In addition, there was a lack of sufficient documented financial closing procedure and a lack of risk assessment in accordance with COSCO 2013 framework. Our management is currently in the process of evaluating the steps necessary to remediate the ineffectiveness, such as (i) hiring more qualified accounting personnel with relevant U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting experience and qualifications to strengthen the financial reporting function and to set up a financial and system control framework, and (ii) implementing regular and continuous U.S. GAAP accounting and financial reporting training programs for our accounting and financial reporting personnel, and (iii) establishing an internal audit function and standardizing the Company’s semi-annual and year-end closing and financial reporting processes.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Except as disclosed above, there have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during three months ended October 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. Except for the litigation disclosed below, we are not currently a party to any legal or arbitration proceeding the outcome of which, if ‘determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows, or financial condition.
On May 14, 2020, Boustead filed a lawsuit against the Company and Leaping Group Co., Ltd. a limited liability organized under the laws of Cayman Islands (“LGC”) for breaching the underwriting agreement Boustead had with each of the Company and LGC, in which Boustead was separately engaged as the exclusive financial advisor to provide financial advisory services to the Company and LGC.
In April 2020, the Company acquired 51.2% equity interest in LGC after LGC terminated its efforts to launch an IPO on its own. Boustead alleged that the acquisition transaction between the Company and LGC was entered into during the lockup period of the exclusive agreement between Boustead and LGC, and therefore deprived Boustead of compensation that Boustead would otherwise have been entitled to receive under its exclusive agreement with LGC. Therefore, Boustead is attempting to recover from the Company an amount equal to a percentage of the value of the transaction it conducted with LGC.
Boustead’s Complaint alleged four causes of action against the Company, including breach of contract; breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; tortious interference with business relationships and quantum meruit.
On October 6, 2020, we filed a motion to dismiss Boustead’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(5). On October 9, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York directed Boustead to respond to the motion or amend its Complaint by November 10, 2020. Boustead opted to amend its complaint and filed the amended complaint on November 10, 2020. Boustead’s first amended complaint asserted the same four causes of action against LGC and us as its original complaint. We filed another motion to dismiss Boustead’s amended complaint on December 8, 2020.
On August 25, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted ATIF’s motion to dismiss Boustead’s first amended complaint. In its order and opinion, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York allowed Boustead to move for leave to amend its causes of action against us as to breach of contract and tortious interference with business relationships, but not breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and quantum meruit. On November 4, 2021, Boustead filed a motion seeking leave to file a second amended complaint to amend its cause of action for Breach of Contract. The Court granted Boustead’s motion for leave and Boustead filed the second amended complaint on December 28, 2021 alleging only breach of contract and dropping all other causes of action alleged in the original complaint. On January 18, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Boustead’s second amended complaint. Boustead filed its opposition on February 1, 2022 and the Company replied on February 8, 2022.
On July 6, 2022, the Court denied our motion to dismiss the second amended complaint. Thereafter, on August 3, 2022, the Company filed a motion to compel arbitration. Briefing on the Company’s motion to compel concluded on August 23, 2022 Since the agreement between ATIF and Boustead contains a valid arbitration clause that applies to Boustead’s breach of contract claim, and the parties have not engaged in discovery, on February 14, 2023, the Court ordered that ATIF’s motion to compel arbitration is granted and this case is stayed pending arbitration.
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On March 10, 2023, Boustead, filed Demand for Arbitration against ATIF (the Respondent) before JAMS in California and the assigned JAMS case Ref. No. is 5220002783. On May 25, 2023, ATIF filed its answer to deny Boustead’s Demand for Arbitration, which was unsuccessful and the arbitration process was initiated. The arbitrator ordered a motion to be filed by Boustead for a determination of contact interpretation, prior to extensive discovery into issues such as the alleged merits and damages, and to determine whether the contract interpretation should allow the matter to further proceed. Boustead had filed the Motion for Contract Interpretation Determination. ATIF filed its opposition to that Motion on October 16, 2023. The hearing on the motion was held on November 8, 2023, during which the arbitrator extended the hearing to February 29, 2024. The arbitrator also established December 15, 2023, as the deadline for Boustead to submit its reply regarding the contract interpretation issues raised by the Company. Simultaneously, the Company was granted until February 12, 2024, to present its response brief.
On September 24, 2024, the Company and Boustead entered into a settlement agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall pay a total amount of $1,000,000 to Boustead. The payment is made in three instalments, the first instalment of $250,000 is payable upon execution of the settlement agreement, the second instalment of $500,000 is payable before March 1, 2025, and the final instalment of $250,000 is payable before December 31, 2025.
On December 22, 2023, J.P Morgan Securities LLC (“JPMS”) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, bearing Case Number 30-2023-01369978-CU-FR-CJC against ATIF Holdings Limited (“Holdings”), ATIF Inc., ATIF-1 GP, LLC (ATIF-1 GP”), and two officers of Holdings and ATIF Inc., Jun Liu and Zhiliang “Ian” Zhou,alleging and asserting that it is entitled to recover $5,064,160 in damages plus interest and attorneys’ fees relating to a stock transaction by ATIF-1 GP.
The parties have agreed to attempt to mediate the dispute before proceeding to litigation. A mediation was held on May 6, 2024, but the parties could not come to a resolution. The Defendants’ time to respond to the lawsuit was May 20, 2024. On May 15, 2024, the Defendants filed a Petition with the Superior Court of California seeking to compel arbitration under the operative agreements and stay the underlying State Court action. On or about August 16, 2024, the parties agreed that JPMS and ATIF-1 GP, LLC would submit any disputes between the two of them only, to FINRA arbitration, and stay the California state court case pending such arbitration. At this time, the management is still in the process of evaluating the claims and defenses.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
As a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALE OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 3. DEFAULT UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
| Exhibit | ||
| Number | Description of Exhibit | |
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
| 32.1* | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
| 32.2* | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
| * | The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 accompany this quarterly report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||
| December 19, 2024 | By: | /s/ Jun Liu |
| Jun Liu | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||
| December 19, 2024 | By: | /s/ Yue Ming |
| Yue Ming | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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