UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________ to _____________

Commission File Number: 01-41423

CONNEXA SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

61-1789640

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

74 E. Glenwood Ave. # 320

Smyrna, DE 19977

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(443) 407-7564

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value		YYAI		Nasdaq Capital Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒	Smaller reporting company ☒
	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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The aggregate market value of the common equity voting shares of the registrant held by non-affiliates on October 31, 2024 was approximately $22,438,339.44.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, as of August 7, 2025, was 14,563,019.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “will,” “plan,” “future,” “continue,” and other expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and trends and that do not relate to historical matters identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations or forecasts of future events, can be affected by inaccurate assumptions, and are subject to various business risks and known and unknown uncertainties, a number of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this document, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A wide variety of factors could cause or contribute to such differences and could adversely impact revenue, profitability, cash flows and capital needs. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this document will, in fact, transpire or prove to be accurate. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors” that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements.

Important factors that may cause the actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements, projections or other expectations include, but are not limited to, the following:

	●	risk that we will not be able to remediate identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures;

	●	risk that we fail to meet the requirements of the agreements under which we acquired our business interests, including any cash payments to the business operations, which could result in the loss of our right to continue to operate or develop the specific businesses described in the agreements;

	●	risk that we will be unable to secure additional financing in the near future in order to commence and sustain our planned development and growth plans;

	●	risk that we cannot attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, particularly employees, consultants and contractors for our operations;

	●	risks and uncertainties relating to the various industries and operations we are currently engaged in;

	●	risks related to the inherent uncertainty of business operations including profit, cost of goods, production costs and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses;

	●	risks related to commodity price fluctuations;

	●	the uncertainty of profitability based upon our history of losses;

	●	risks related to failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and on acceptable terms for our planned development projects;

	●	risks related to environmental regulation and liability;

	●	risks related to tax assessments;

	●	other risks and uncertainties related to our prospects, properties and business strategy.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we do not undertake to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

As used in this report, the “Connexa,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Connexa Sports Technologies Inc., unless otherwise indicated.

CONNEXA SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(FORMERLY KNOWN AS SLINGER BAG INC.)

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PART I
Item 1	Business	1
Item 1A	Risk Factors	8
Item 1B	Unresolved Staff Comments	28
Item 1C	Cyber Security	28
Item 2	Properties	29
Item 3	Legal Proceedings	29
Item 4	Mine Safety Disclosures	29

PART II
Item 5	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	30
Item 6	Selected Financial Data	30
Item 7	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation	31
Item 7A	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	34
Item 8	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.	34
Item 9	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	35
Item 9A	Controls and Procedures	35
Item 9B	Other Information	36
Item 9C	Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspection	36

PART III
Item 10	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	37
Item 11	Executive Compensation	41
Item 12	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	44
Item 13	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence	45
Item 14	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	45

PART IV
Item 15	Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules	46

CONNEXA SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the

Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2025

The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K, as well as the risk factors included in this Form 10-K.

PART I

ITEM 1. Business

The Acquisition

On March 18, 2024, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a share exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) to acquire 70% of Yuanyu Enterprise Management Co., Limited (“YYEM”) from Mr. Hongyu Zhou, the sole shareholder of YYEM (“YYEM Seller”) for a combined $56 million (the “Acquisition”). $16.5 million of this amount was paid in cash on March 20, 2024, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement to acquire 20% of YYEM.

On November 21, 2024, following The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”) approval of the new listing application submitted to it in connection with the Acquisition, the Company completed the purchase of 5,000 ordinary shares of YYEM, representing 50% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of YYEM, for 8,127,572 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) to the YYEM Seller, representing 55.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the date of the closing (the “Share Exchange Transaction”). As an inducement to the Company to complete the Acquisition, YYEM agreed, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, to make several installment payments to the Company totaling $5,000,000 in aggregate. As part of the transaction, the Company agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary, Slinger Bag Americas Inc., to a newly established Florida limited liability company called J&M Sports LLC (“J&M”), which is owned by Yonah Kalfa, former Chief Innovation Officer and director of the Company; Mike Ballardie, former President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and director of the Company; Juda Honickman, former Chief Marketing Officer of the Company; and Mark Radom, former general counsel and Secretary of the Company. On November 21, 2024, the Company entered into a separation and assignment agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) with J&M to sell, transfer, and assign all or substantially all of its legacy business, assets, and liabilities related to or necessary for the operations of its “Slinger Bag” business or products (the “Legacy Business”) to J&M, in consideration for $1.00. Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, J&M obtained the sole right to and assumed all the obligations of the Legacy Business and is liable to the Company for any losses from third-party claims against the Company that arise from liabilities related to the Legacy Business (the “Separation”). As a result of the completion of the Acquisition, on November 21, 2024, the Company’s directors and officers resigned from their positions on November 21, 2024. On November 19, 2024, prior to the resignation of all of the directors of the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed five new directors, with such appointment taking effect on November 21, 2024 upon the closing of the Acquisition. YYEM became the Company’s sole operating subsidiary.

Technology Licensing

Established in November 2021, YYEM is based in Hong Kong and operates in the emerging love and marriage market sector. YYEM’s mission is to empower global connections through innovative matchmaking technology. Through YYEM, we own advanced patents and other proprietary technology which we license out, and we are using this intellectual property to develop an AI-powered matchmaking platform to license to partners worldwide, enabling them to create localized matchmaking experiences tailored to their specific markets and cultures. We believe our pioneering technology has the power to transform the matchmaking industry, leading to greater success for our licensees and their clients, and ultimately leading to more people finding successful life partnerships.

Our YYEM company was founded on the principle that love is universal but dating and marriage customs vary widely across cultures. By providing highly relevant patents, and a flexible, customizable matchmaking app framework, we aim to enable our partners to develop matchmaking services that resonate with local users while benefiting from our advanced matching algorithms, safety features, and engagement tools.

We possess six technologies related to the metaverse and five AI matchmaking patents, which together enable access to both Augmented Reality (AR) and eXtended Reality (XR), enhancing our future revenue growth potential in the online matchmaking segment. Our AI technology is also designed to integrate with existing Big Data models and other larger AI models, such as Huawei Pangu, Baidu 6 Wenxinyiyan, Alibaba Tongyi, and Tencent Hunyuan. Through interrogating and analyzing available Big Data, our intellectual property aims to support the identification of our licensees’ target subscriber base, while providing subscriber profile analysis and connecting to our AI matchmaker platform, all with the goal of helping our licensees deliver effective matchmaking services both online and in person and helping their clients find successful life partnerships.

Our revenue model is based on licensing fees with our partners, which we intend to bolster through the development or acquisition of additional patents.

We aim to pioneer a new approach to matchmaking. Our strategy is built on three core pillars:

	1.	Technological Innovation: We will invest in R&D, predominantly through our relationships with our trusted outsourcing companies, to become a leading supplier of matchmaking technology. Our AI-powered matching algorithms, advanced safety features, and engagement tools will be designed to create meaningful connections while prioritizing user safety and authenticity.

	2.	Cultural Adaptability: Our platform is being built with flexibility in mind, allowing partners to easily customize the user experience and features to align with local cultural norms and preferences. This approach will better ensure that each app feels native to its market while benefiting from our global expertise.

	3.	Partner Empowerment: We plan to offer our partners support, including technical integration, marketing strategies, and ongoing optimization. Our success will be tied to the success of our partners, creating a symbiotic relationship that will help to drive innovation and growth.

We believe that by enabling our partners to customize our AI-powered platform for local preferences and practices, each app can present a unique value proposition to its respective target user base.

Key features of our technology, offered now or in development, include:

	●	AI-driven matching algorithms that learn and improve based on user behavior and feedback;

	●	Metaverse capabilities for more natural meetings in cyberspace;

	●	Customizable safety features, including photo verification, message filtering, and real-time moderation;

	●	Engagement tools such as virtual events and video chat integration;

	●	Flexible monetization options to suit different market needs; and

	●	Robust analytics and reporting to help partners optimize their apps.

Our team has a strong track record in both matchmaking technology and international business. We intend to leverage this expertise not only to improve our core technology but also to offer our partners help in navigating the complexities of launching and growing matchmaking apps in diverse markets.

Looking ahead, we see promising opportunities for growth as more people around the world embrace technological assistance with matchmaking, particularly AI-driven assistance. By empowering local entrepreneurs and established companies to create culturally relevant matchmaking apps, we believe we will expand our reach and impact far beyond what we could achieve with a single, global app.

We generated royalties of $12.8 million in our financial year ended April 30, 2025.

Social Networking

Our operating subsidiary, YYEM, is also developing a social networking vertical to create and sell content to TikTok for its users in the Middle East and North Africa (the “MENA region”), which we anticipate will provide an independent revenue stream capitalizing on TikTok’s strength in the MENA region relative to the uncertainty the app faces in the United States. Under a Multi-Channel Network (MCN) agency services agreement signed with TikTok in February 2025, YYEM will procure the production of content to be live-streamed or served as videos to TikTok’s multitude of users in the MENA region. This is expected to include engaging broadcasts across various categories, such as sports, gaming, and lifestyle topics, produced by popular Twitch hosts and other influencers within the network that YYEM is developing. We anticipate that YYEM’s new vertical will also include live-streaming, voice chat rooms, gaming, and influencer-driven user-generated content. The fees generated by this arrangement with TikTok will depend on the rate of conversion by TikTok end-users.

Market Overview

Technology Licensing

The global online dating market is worth multiple billions of dollars annually, with most estimates of dating app revenue being between $6 billion and $9 billion in each of 2023 and 2024. Global growth is forecast to be between 6% and 9% per year through the rest of the decade. A disproportionate amount of this revenue is generated by a few public companies in the United States (most notably Match Group), where the market is mature, technology is well integrated in people’s lives, and penetration rates are high.

Connexa, through YYEM, has focused its efforts on building relationships with clients focused on markets outside North America, where the competition is more dispersed, penetration rates are lower, and the room for growth is greater. We are not aware of any competitor technology companies that specialize in providing technology to online dating companies as we do.

Across the Asia Pacific region (in this case, Japan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia), there is a wide diversity of opportunity. Highly urbanized hubs in Japan and Singapore, as well as parts of Thailand and the Philippines, have relatively high app adoption among young adults. Japan’s cultural dynamics, with ritualized dating norms, relatively late marriages, and heavy smartphone use, help to create a sizable paying user base. Hong Kong is a high-connectivity market, as well, with near-universal internet and mobile usage, which supports app adoption, although the absolute market is small due to the population size of the territory. At the same time, Southeast Asia also has many less-urbanized areas with lower smartphone usage and fewer opportunities for monetization per user. These areas, however, have strong growth potential because the population will generally connect to the internet almost exclusively through their phones rather than through computers, fostering mobile-first social behavior and increasing comfort with apps of all kinds, and because the proportion of youth in its population is typically higher.

Europe (including the UK) is a mature market with broad app awareness. Culturally, Europe is generally more similar to the United States than Asia is, enabling the major U.S.-based players to gain market share more easily. The penetration rate among urban 18- to 34-year-olds is high, comfortably exceeding 10% in numerous jurisdictions, which provides a solid base for monetization but translates into lower projected growth rates. Online dating companies must contend with strict data privacy regulation in Europe, which requires greater expenditure but arguably bolsters the long-term prospects of the market, given the trust it engenders.

Sub-Saharan Africa is far smaller in scale than either Asia Pacific or Europe, but its growth prospects are promising. South Africa’s online dating app market generated just over $200 million in revenue in 2023, but generally monetization is harder elsewhere in the region, with low average revenue per user. Mobile internet access and smartphone ownership are rising fast but still are substantially lower than global averages, which constrains absolute penetration of dating apps despite strong potential interest in urban youth segments of the societies. Given the low established base, growth prospects are significant, with important factors being localization (with cultural and religious conservatism impacting product design) and low cost (given the economic challenges associated with operating in developing economies).

The cultural and religious conservatism prevalent in parts of Sub-Sharan Africa stands in contrast with the more secular traditions of much of Europe. Europe’s culture of individualism stands in contrast with Asia Pacific’s emphasis on societal values. The need for advanced features to gain traction in a mature market such as Europe stands in contrast with the need for the more basic, low-cost model needed for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Strengths and Strategies

Competitive Strengths

Our Directors believe that our success is attributable to, among other things, the following competitive strengths:

	●	Patented proprietary technology: Underpinning our business is a portfolio of patented proprietary technology that incorporates artificial intelligence and metaverse technology. Our AI technology helps our licensees to identify potential customers, match customers with potential partners, and screen out malicious actors, while our metaverse technology brings our licensees closer to the next stage of connectivity: dating in cyberspace.

	●	Cultural adaptability: Our business is focused on enabling our partners to easily customize the user experience and features of their customer-facing products to align with local cultural norms and preferences, which we believe provides our partners, and by extension us, a competitive advantage over large international players, who may have greater resources and larger scale but often deploy a one-size-fits-all approach that fails to respect local sensitivities and resonate with different populations.

	●	Local partnerships: Our business is built to serve local partners who understand local markets. While we strive to ensure the long-term success of these partners, our license agreements provide for fixed payments, which provides greater predictability of financial results by insulating us from the vagaries of the consumer-facing market.

Strategies

Our goal is to become a leading provider of technology to online dating companies around the world. To this end, we plan to carry out, or are in the process of carrying out, the following strategies:

	●	Development of core technologies: Continue iterative development of the Company’s core technology offering, refining existing technology, extending the capabilities of the technology, and acquiring or developing new patents and other IP to add to the Company’s technology offering.

	●	Geographic expansion: Consider expansion to Mainland China, where the penetration rate of online dating apps is reported to be roughly a third of that in the United States, presenting a strong growth opportunity in a familiar market.

	●	Web3 expansion: Capitalize on the next version of the worldwide web, known as Web3. The Company believes its technology, with its AI component and its focus on the metaverse, is particularly well suited to the coming Web3 era, which will also involve blockchain technology and so-called tokenomics, areas that the Company intends to leverage either itself or through tools provided to customers.

	●	Diversification of revenue streams: The Company has recently launched a new vertical centered on social networking applications to diversify its revenue streams. We intend to build out this vertical while considering additional sources of revenue to further diversify our revenue streams.

Customers and Marketing

YYEM is a business-to-business, or B-to-B, player, licensing its technology to companies who understand the retail market in their respective regions. Currently, our Company, through YYEM, has three main licensees covering distinct geographic regions: one based in Hong Kong for rights to use the IP in Japan and South Korea among other locations; one in the UK for rights to use the IP in the UK and Europe; and one in the USA for rights to use the IP in Sub-Saharan Africa. Each of these licenses is incorporating or has incorporated the Company’s technology into its own product offerings. We rely principally on YYEM’s reputation in business circles, particularly in the online dating ecosystem, and do not actively market YYEM’s brand or technology to retail customers.

The YYEM Approach

At this stage of our development, we are primarily a technology company that facilitates matchmaking, while our licensees are generally matchmaking companies that leverage technology. We believe this combination enables each company to focus on the aspect of the business in which it is strongest. At the same time, we consider ourselves more than a technology company — through our licensees, we are facilitating connections, sparking romances, and bringing people together across the globe. In the process, we aim to redefine the future of matchmaking.

We are sensitive to cultural norms and recognize that, as we expand to new jurisdictions, our approach needs to be adjusted to suit prevailing local preferences. For this reason, we prefer to partner with local players as we enter new markets, and we build our products and services with a view to customization based on local culture and practices. By respecting cultural nuances, licensees can create services that resonate deeply with their clientele.

At YYEM, we are dedicated to supporting our licensees in delivering exceptional online matchmaking services. Through our advanced patent portfolio, pioneering AI-powered technology platform, and cultural adaptation of our offerings, we believe we can empower our partners to create meaningful and lasting connections for their clients. Our commitment to innovation and excellence will help ensure that we are a trusted name in the matchmaking industry, providing considerable value to our global network and, ultimately, to individuals looking for love and marriage.

Permission or Approvals Required from the PRC Authorities with respect to the Operations of YYEM

Business operations

YYEM conducts business in Hong Kong and is required to obtain, and has obtained, a business license issued by the Hong Kong Companies Registry. As a special administrative region of the PRC, Hong Kong enjoys separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of “one country, two systems.” YYEM, as a Hong Kong-based company without operations in mainland China, is not directly subject to PRC laws and regulations regarding the general conduct of its business or regarding overseas listings. As of the date of this Annual Report, YYEM has not been denied any requisite permissions by any PRC authority, nor has YYEM received any notice of, or been subject to, any penalty or other disciplinary action from any PRC authority for the failure to obtain or the insufficiency of any approval or permit in connection with the conduct or service of its business operations.

However, YYEM may be subject to additional licensing requirements, and our conclusion on the status of YYEM’s licensing compliance may prove to be mistaken, due to uncertainties around the interpretation and implementation of relevant laws and regulations and the enforcement practice by relevant governmental authorities, the PRC government’s ability to intervene in or influence YYEM’s operations, and the rapid evolvement of PRC laws, regulations, and rules, sometimes with little or no advance notice. We cannot assure you that YYEM is or will be in compliance with all licensing requirements applicable to it or will not be subject to any penalty in the future due to the lack or insufficiency of approvals or permits. The failure of YYEM to obtain or to thereafter maintain any permit or license required for its operations may result in the suspension or termination of, or otherwise give rise to a material adverse change to, its businesses, which would materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and cause our Common Stock to significantly decline in value. For more detailed information, see “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong.”

Securities offering

We believe that, as of the date of this Annual Report, YYEM is not required to obtain any permission from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”), or any other PRC authority in connection with an offering of securities. As a result, it has never submitted an application to any such authority for the approval of any offering. As of the date of this Annual Report, it has not received any inquiry, notice, warning, or official objection in relation to any offering from the CSRC, the CAC, or any other PRC authority. However, there remains uncertainty as to the enactment, interpretation, and implementation of regulatory requirements related to overseas securities offerings and other capital markets activities. We believe that YYEM has received all requisite permissions and approvals to issue securities. If YYEM does not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals or has inadvertently concluded that the approvals of the CSRC, the CAC, or any other regulatory authority are not required for an offering, or if applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and YYEM is required to obtain approvals in the future, seeking such approvals could cause the value of our securities, including the Common Stock, to significantly decline or be worthless. Any uncertainties or negative publicity regarding such an approval requirement could have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our securities. In addition, these regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on YYEM, limit its ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit its operations in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from an offering into China, or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, as well as the trading price of our securities. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt a securities offering before settlement and delivery of our Common Stock. Consequently, if you engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery of securities, you do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not occur. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong — Changes in the PRC’s economic, political, or social conditions or governmental policies could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.”

Audit inspections

On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB reported that it was unable to completely inspect or investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong because of a position taken by one or more authorities in each of those jurisdictions. However, following the signing of a Statement of Protocol with the CSRC and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC in August 2022, the PCAOB on December 15, 2022 vacated its previous determination and confirmed that it was now able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in those jurisdictions. Nevertheless, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB may issue a new determination.

Our former auditor, Olayinka Oyebola & Co. (“OOC”), an independent public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB, and an auditor of publicly traded companies in the United States, is subject to U.S. laws pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with applicable professional standards. Our former auditor has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis, with the last inspection in November 2023. Our former auditor is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified as an accounting firm subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. Nevertheless, should our former auditor in the future have any work papers in China or Hong Kong that the PCAOB is unable to fully inspect, it would be difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our former auditor’s audit procedures or equity control procedures. Investors could consequently lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures or the quality of our financial statements, which would adversely affect us and our securities.

Our current auditor, Enrome LLP (“Enrome”), an independent public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB, and an auditor of publicly traded companies in the United States, is subject to U.S. laws pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with current professional standards, with the last inspection in April 2025. Our current auditor is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified as an accounting firm subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. Nevertheless, should our current auditor in the future have any work papers in China or Hong Kong that the PCAOB is unable to fully inspect, it would be difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures or equity control procedures. Investors could consequently lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures or the quality of our financial statements, which would adversely affect us and our securities.

Moreover, if trading in our securities is prohibited under the HFCAA in the future because the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor at such future time, an exchange would in all likelihood delist our securities. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the AHFCAA, and on December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to the AHFCAA and amended the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time period for triggering a delisting of our Company and the prohibition of trading in our securities if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our accounting firm at such future time.

Capital controls

SEC Form 10-K filed by Connexa Sports Technologies Inc.