Form 1-A Issuer Information UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 1-A
REGULATION A OFFERING STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OMB APPROVAL

FORM 1-A

OMB Number: 3235-0286


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1-A: Filer Information

Issuer CIK
0001699683
Issuer CCC
XXXXXXXX
DOS File Number
Offering File Number
024-10684
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Submission Contact Information

Name
Phone
E-Mail Address

1-A: Item 1. Issuer Information

Issuer Infomation

Exact name of issuer as specified in the issuer's charter
Longfin Corp
Jurisdiction of Incorporation / Organization
DELAWARE
Year of Incorporation
2017
CIK
0001699683
Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code
SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
81-5312393
Total number of full-time employees
3
Total number of part-time employees
0

Contact Infomation

Address of Principal Executive Offices

Address 1
205 CHUBB AVE
Address 2
City
LYNDHUSRT
State/Country
NEW JERSEY
Mailing Zip/ Postal Code
07071
Phone
9088640096

Provide the following information for the person the Securities and Exchange Commission's staff should call in connection with any pre-qualification review of the offering statement.

Name
Andy Altahawi/Adamson Brothers
Address 1
Address 2
City
State/Country
Mailing Zip/ Postal Code
Phone

Provide up to two e-mail addresses to which the Securities and Exchange Commission's staff may send any comment letters relating to the offering statement. After qualification of the offering statement, such e-mail addresses are not required to remain active.

Financial Statements

Industry Group (select one) Banking Insurance Other

Use the financial statements for the most recent period contained in this offering statement to provide the following information about the issuer. The following table does not include all of the line items from the financial statements. Long Term Debt would include notes payable, bonds, mortgages, and similar obligations. To determine "Total Revenues" for all companies selecting "Other" for their industry group, refer to Article 5-03(b)(1) of Regulation S-X. For companies selecting "Insurance", refer to Article 7-04 of Regulation S-X for calculation of "Total Revenues" and paragraphs 5 and 7 of Article 7-04 for "Costs and Expenses Applicable to Revenues".

Balance Sheet Information

Cash and Cash Equivalents
$ 75.00
Investment Securities
$ 0.00
Total Investments
$
Accounts and Notes Receivable
$ 298786.00
Loans
$
Property, Plant and Equipment (PP&E):
$ 0.00
Property and Equipment
$
Total Assets
$ 298861.00
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
$ 280952.00
Policy Liabilities and Accruals
$
Deposits
$
Long Term Debt
$ 12000.00
Total Liabilities
$ 293827.00
Total Stockholders' Equity
$ 5034.00
Total Liabilities and Equity
$ 298861.00

Statement of Comprehensive Income Information

Total Revenues
$ 298786.00
Total Interest Income
$
Costs and Expenses Applicable to Revenues
$ 280952.00
Total Interest Expenses
$
Depreciation and Amortization
$ 12000.00
Net Income
$ 17834.00
Earnings Per Share - Basic
$ 0.00
Earnings Per Share - Diluted
$ 0.00
Name of Auditor (if any)
AJSH & Co LLP

Outstanding Securities

Common Equity

Name of Class (if any) Common Equity
Common
Common Equity Units Outstanding
7500000
Common Equity CUSIP (if any):
N/A
Common Equity Units Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any)
N/A

Preferred Equity

Preferred Equity Name of Class (if any)
N/A
Preferred Equity Units Outstanding
0
Preferred Equity CUSIP (if any)
N/A
Preferred Equity Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any)
N/A

Debt Securities

Debt Securities Name of Class (if any)
N/A
Debt Securities Units Outstanding
0
Debt Securities CUSIP (if any):
N/A
Debt Securities Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any)
N/A

1-A: Item 2. Issuer Eligibility

Issuer Eligibility

Check this box to certify that all of the following statements are true for the issuer(s)

1-A: Item 3. Application of Rule 262

Application Rule 262

Check this box to certify that, as of the time of this filing, each person described in Rule 262 of Regulation A is either not disqualified under that rule or is disqualified but has received a waiver of such disqualification.

Check this box if "bad actor" disclosure under Rule 262(d) is provided in Part II of the offering statement.

1-A: Item 4. Summary Information Regarding the Offering and Other Current or Proposed Offerings

Summary Infomation

Check the appropriate box to indicate whether you are conducting a Tier 1 or Tier 2 offering Tier1 Tier2
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the financial statements have been audited Unaudited Audited
Types of Securities Offered in this Offering Statement (select all that apply)
Equity (common or preferred stock)
Does the issuer intend to offer the securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)? Yes No
Does the issuer intend this offering to last more than one year? Yes No
Does the issuer intend to price this offering after qualification pursuant to Rule 253(b)? Yes No
Will the issuer be conducting a best efforts offering? Yes No
Has the issuer used solicitation of interest communications in connection with the proposed offering? Yes No
Does the proposed offering involve the resale of securities by affiliates of the issuer? Yes No
Number of securities offered
20000000
Number of securities of that class outstanding
7500000

The information called for by this item below may be omitted if undetermined at the time of filing or submission, except that if a price range has been included in the offering statement, the midpoint of that range must be used to respond. Please refer to Rule 251(a) for the definition of "aggregate offering price" or "aggregate sales" as used in this item. Please leave the field blank if undetermined at this time and include a zero if a particular item is not applicable to the offering.

Price per security
$ 2.5000
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to securities being offered on behalf of the issuer
$ 50000000.00
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to securities being offered on behalf of selling securityholders
$ 0.00
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to all the securities of the issuer sold pursuant to a qualified offering statement within the 12 months before the qualification of this offering statement
$ 0.00
The estimated portion of aggregate sales attributable to securities that may be sold pursuant to any other qualified offering statement concurrently with securities being sold under this offering statement
$ 0.00
Total (the sum of the aggregate offering price and aggregate sales in the four preceding paragraphs)
$ 50000000.00

Anticipated fees in connection with this offering and names of service providers

Underwriters - Name of Service Provider
Underwriters - Fees
$
Sales Commissions - Name of Service Provider
Sales Commissions - Fee
$
Finders' Fees - Name of Service Provider
Finders' Fees - Fees
$
Audit - Name of Service Provider
Audit - Fees
$
Legal - Name of Service Provider
Legal - Fees
$
Promoters - Name of Service Provider
Promoters - Fees
$
Blue Sky Compliance - Name of Service Provider
Blue Sky Compliance - Fees
$
CRD Number of any broker or dealer listed:
Estimated net proceeds to the issuer
$
Clarification of responses (if necessary)

1-A: Item 5. Jurisdictions in Which Securities are to be Offered

Jurisdictions in Which Securities are to be Offered

Using the list below, select the jurisdictions in which the issuer intends to offer the securities

Selected States and Jurisdictions
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
PUERTO RICO
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING

Using the list below, select the jurisdictions in which the securities are to be offered by underwriters, dealers or sales persons or check the appropriate box

None
Same as the jurisdictions in which the issuer intends to offer the securities
Selected States and Jurisdictions

1-A: Item 6. Unregistered Securities Issued or Sold Within One Year

Unregistered Securities Issued or Sold Within One Year

None

Unregistered Securities Issued

As to any unregistered securities issued by the issuer of any of its predecessors or affiliated issuers within one year before the filing of this Form 1-A, state:

(a)Name of such issuer
Long Fin Corp
(b)(1) Title of securities issued
Common
(2) Total Amount of such securities issued
7500000
(3) Amount of such securities sold by or for the account of any person who at the time was a director, officer, promoter or principal securityholder of the issuer of such securities, or was an underwriter of any securities of such issuer.
0
(c)(1) Aggregate consideration for which the securities were issued and basis for computing the amount thereof.
75
(2) Aggregate consideration for which the securities listed in (b)(3) of this item (if any) were issued and the basis for computing the amount thereof (if different from the basis described in (c)(1)).

Unregistered Securities Act

(e) Indicate the section of the Securities Act or Commission rule or regulation relied upon for exemption from the registration requirements of such Act and state briefly the facts relied upon for such exemption
Section 4(a)(2) - an issuer not involved in any public offering. All securities sold to current directors only.

As submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2017

PICTURE 8
Longfin Corp.

Up to 10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Minimum purchase: 1,000 Shares ($5,000)

We are offering up to 10,000,000 shares of common stock on a “best efforts” basis. Since there is no minimum amount of securities that must be purchased, all investor funds will be available to the company upon commencement of this Offering and no investor funds will be returned if an insufficient number of shares are sold to cover the expenses of this Offering and provide net proceeds to the company.

Generally, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov

Sale of these shares will commence within two calendar days of the qualification date and it will be a continuous Offering pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F).

There is currently no trading market for our common stock.

These are speculative securities. Investing in our shares involves significant risks. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underwriting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

Price to

 

 

discount and

 

 

Proceeds to

 

 

Proceeds to

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Public

 

 

commissions (1)

 

 

issuer (2)

 

 

other persons

 

Per share

 

1

 

$

 5.00

 

$

 0.00

 

$

 5.00

 

$

 0.00

 

Total Maximum

 

10,000,000  

 

$

50,000,000  

 

$

 0.00

 

$

 50,000,000  

 

$

 0.00

 

 

 

(1)

We are not currently using commissioned sales agents or underwriters.

 

 

 

THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

The Offering will terminate at the earlier of: (1) the date at which the maximum offering amount has been subscribed, (2) the date which is one year from this Offering Statement being qualified by the Commission, or (3) the date at which the Offering is earlier terminated by the company in its sole discretion.

We are following the “Offering Circular” format of disclosure under Regulation A.

205 D Chubb Ave, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071
The date of this Offering Circular is May 23, 2017


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1. SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IN OFFERING CIRCULER…………………………….….….3 

 

2. RISK FACTORS………………………………………………………………………………….....5 

 

3. DILUTION…………………………………………………………………………………………….16 

 

4. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS……………………….…18 

 

5. USE OF PROCEEDS TO ISSUER………………………………………………………………...19 

 

6. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS…………………………………………………………………...20 

 

7. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY…………………………………………………………………..40 

 

8. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION  

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS…………………………………………………………….….41

 

9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES………………..54 

 

10. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS…………………….....58 

 

11. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS….59 

 

12. INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS…….....60 

 

13. SECURITIES BEING OFFERED………………………………………………………………..…63 

 

14. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS…………………………………………………………………..…..64 

 

15. INDEX TO EXHIBITS……………………………………………………………………….…….119 

 

16. SIGNATURES……………………………………………………………………………………...120 

 

 

HIS OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE.


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1.      SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IN OFFERING CIRCULAR

The following summary highlights selected information contained in this Offering Circular. This summary does not contain all the information that may be important to you. You should read the more detailed information contained in this Offering Circular., including, but not limited to, the risk factors beginning on page 4. References to “LongFin,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company” mean Longfin Corp.

Our Company

Longfin Corp. was formed in the State of Delaware on 1 February 2017. The Company principal execution office is 205 D Chubb Ave, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071.

Longfin Corp is an independent finance and technology company (“FINTECH”) specializes in structured trade finance solutions and physical commodities finance solutions for finance houses and trading platforms for North America, South America and Africa regions and has entered into a shares swap agreement2 to acquire 100% of the global trade finance technology solution provider, Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd., a Singapore incorporated entity (“Stampede”), post the commission qualifications and pre offering within two calendar days as per the rules, Longfin Corp will issue 50 Million common shares to shareholders of Stampede for 100% of the Stampede, and become the parent company of Stampede. LongFin Corp core business plan is to utilize Stampede’s technology, strategy, infrastructure and its business model for the regions of United States of America, North America, South America and Africa, and to carry the same business as being carried by Stampede for the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe region. Stampede after being subsidiary of LongFin will continue to grow in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe region.

The parent entity after the share swap arrangement has been consummated will be Longfin Corp. and for the Offering Circular has been defined here as “LongFin”.

We are primarily a technology company providing technology solutions for finance houses, exchanges and trading platforms around the world specializing in ART (Alternative Risk Transfer) using global electronic markets. LongFin provides liquidity / technology solutions to all the major global exchanges / global banks / global commodity trading houses across the globe.

This Offering

Securities offered

Maximum of 10,000,000 shares of common stock ($50,000,000)

 

Price per share

 

Offering amount

 

 

$5.00

 

$50,000,000

 

 

 

Common stock outstanding before the

7,500,000 shares

Offering

 

 

 

Common stock outstanding after the

shares swap

57,500,000 shares

 

 

 

Common stock outstanding after the

Offering

 

67,500,000 shares

 

 

Use of proceeds

The use of proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund the expansion and growth of the LongFin.


2 As amended


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Risk factors

Investing in our shares involves a high degree of risk. As an investor you should be able to bear a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Offering Circular.

 


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2.      RISK FACTORS

Investing in our shares involves risk. In evaluating LongFin and its predecessors, and an investment in the shares, careful consideration should be given to the following risk factors, in addition to the other information included in this Offering Circular. Each of these risk factors could materially adversely affect LongFin’s business, operating results or financial condition, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our shares. The following is a summary of the most significant factors that make this offering speculative or substantially risky. The company is still subject to all the same risks that all companies in its industry, and all companies in the economy, are exposed to. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events and technological developments (such as variations of Nano technology). Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently riskier than more developed companies. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

 

We have a limited operating history, which makes it difficult to predict our future operating results.

 

We were founded in 2017 and have a limited operating history. We began offering our technology solutions under our sister company, Stampede in 2014 and launched Stampede products in the same year, although Stampede was incorporated in 2010. As a result of our limited operating history, our ability to forecast our future operating results is limited and subject to a number of uncertainties, including our ability to plan for and model future growth. We have encountered and will encounter risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, such as the risks and uncertainties described herein. If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties (which we use to plan our business) are incorrect or change due to changes in our markets, or if we do not address these risks successfully, our operating and financial results could differ materially from our expectations and our business could suffer.

We are an early stage company and have not yet generated any revenues

LongFin has had minimal net income (approximately USD 5,000) with only one month operating history, and the revenues generated since its inception till end of February 2017 of approximately USD 300,000. Although its sister concern Stampede, to be acquired by way of shares swap post qualification and pre offering within two calendar days as per the rules, Stampede has generated revenue, there is no assurance that LongFin will ever be profitable or generate sufficient revenue. LongFin believes that its ability to generate revenues will be hampered without successfully completing the current funding, which involves substantial risk. As a result, LongFin is dependent upon the proceeds of this Offering and additional fund raises to be able to fulfill its international expansion of operation. If planned operating levels are changed, higher operating costs encountered, lower sales revenue received, more time is needed to implement the plan, or less funding received from Stampede, current operation, more funds than currently anticipated may be required. Additional difficulties may be encountered during this stage of development, such as unanticipated problems relating to the financial industry demand, if additional capital is not available when required, if at all, or is not available on acceptable terms, LongFin may be forced to modify or abandon its business plan.

Failure to manage our growth may adversely affect our business or operations.

 

LongFin is newly established company, however our sister company Stampede is incorporated in 2010 and started operations since 2014, has experienced significant growth in the business, customer base, employee headcount and operations, and we expect to continue to grow our business rapidly over the next several years. This growth places a significant strain on our management team and employees and on our operating and financial systems. To manage our future growth, we must continue to scale our business functions, improve our financial and management controls and our reporting systems and procedures and expand and train our work force. We anticipate that additional investments in sales personnel, technology and research and development spending will be required to:


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 scale our operations and increase productivity; 

 address the needs of our customers; 

 further develop and enhance our existing solutions and offerings; 

 develop new technology; and 

 expand our markets and opportunity under management, including into innovative solutions and geographic areas. 

 

We cannot assure you that our controls, systems and procedures will be adequate to support our future operations or that we will be able to manage our growth effectively. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to expand our market presence in the United States and other current markets or successfully establish our presence in other markets. Failure to effectively manage growth could result in difficulty or delays in deploying customers, declines in quality or customer satisfaction, increases in costs, difficulties in introducing new features or other operational difficulties, and any of these difficulties could adversely impact our business performance and results of operations.

 

To date, we have derived a substantial majority of our revenue from the electronic trading, market making (FX, FX derivatives and commodities) and trade finance technology solutions. Our efforts to increase use of our platform and other applications may not succeed and may reduce our revenue growth rate.

 

To date, we have derived a substantial majority of our revenue from customers using our platform for electronic trading and trade finance solutions provided by us. Our sales and marketing of the current platform and the to be launched trade flow platform which is a B2B market place for bankers, corporate, carry trade companies, treasury houses, commodity desks and asset backed securitized companies is uncertain whether these areas will achieve the level of market acceptance we have achieved in our original platform. Further, the introduction of new solutions beyond these markets may not be successful. Because it is our policy not to view actual customer data unless specifically invited by a customer to do so, we are unable to determine with any certainty how customers are using our platform and may not be able to determine with certainty the extent to which our innovative solutions are being utilized by customers. Any factor adversely affecting sales of our platform or solutions, including release cycles, market acceptance, competition, performance and reliability, reputation and economic and market conditions, could adversely affect our business and operating results.

 

Our solutions face intense competition in the marketplace. If we are unable to compete effectively, our operating results could be adversely affected.

 

The market for our solutions is increasingly competitive, rapidly evolving and fragmented, and is subject to changing technology and shifting customer needs. Although we believe that our platform and the solutions that it offers are unique, many vendors develop and market products and services that compete to varying extents with our offerings, and we expect competition in our market to continue to intensify. Moreover, industry consolidation may increase competition. In addition, many companies have chosen to invest in their own internal reporting solutions and therefore may be reluctant to switch to solutions such as ours.

 

We compete with many types of companies, including diversified enterprise software providers; providers of professional trading services, such as trading platforms or ECNs. Many of our existing competitors, as well as a number of potential new competitors, have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, more established customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities,


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technologies, standards or customer requirements. We could lose customers if our competitors introduce new competitive products and technologies, add new features, acquire competitive products, reduce prices, form strategic alliances with other companies or are acquired by third parties with greater available resources. We also face competition from a variety of vendors of cloud-based and on premise software applications that address only a portion of one of our solutions. We may also face increasing competition from open source software initiatives, in which competitors may provide software and intellectual property for free. In addition, if a prospective customer is currently using a competing solution, the customer may be unwilling to switch to our solutions without access to setup support services. If we are unable to provide those services on terms attractive to the customer, the prospective customer may be unwilling to utilize our solutions. If our competitors’ products, services or technologies become more accepted than our solutions, if they are successful in bringing their products or services to market earlier than ours, or if their products or services are more technologically capable than ours, then our revenue could be adversely affected. In addition, some of our competitors may offer their products and services at a lower price. If we are unable to achieve our target pricing levels, our operating results would be negatively affected. Pricing pressures and increased competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins, losses or a failure to maintain or improve our competitive market position, any of which would adversely affect our business.

 

If we do not keep pace with technological changes, our solutions may become less competitive and our business may suffer.

 

Our market is characterized by rapid technological change, frequent product and service innovation and evolving industry standards. If we are unable to provide enhancements and new features for our existing solutions or new solutions that achieve market acceptance or that keep pace with these technological developments, our business could be adversely affected. The success of enhancements, new features and solutions depends on several factors, including the timely completion, introduction and market acceptance of the enhancements or new features or solutions. Failure in this regard may significantly impair our revenue growth. In addition, because our solutions are designed to operate on a variety of systems, we will need to continuously modify and enhance our solutions to keep pace with changes in internet-related hardware, software, communication, browser and database technologies. We may not be successful in either developing these modifications and enhancements or in bringing them to market in a timely fashion. Furthermore, uncertainties about the timing and nature of new network platforms or technologies, or modifications to existing platforms or technologies, could increase our research and development expenses. Any failure of our solutions to keep pace with technological changes or operate effectively with future network platforms and technologies could reduce the demand for our solutions, result in customer dissatisfaction and adversely affect our business.

 

If we fail to manage our technical operations infrastructure, our existing customers may experience service outages, and our new customers may experience delays in the deployment of our solutions.

 

Stampede has experienced significant growth in the number of users, projects and data that our operations infrastructure supports. We seek to maintain sufficient excess capacity in our operations infrastructure to meet the needs of all of our customers. We also seek to maintain excess capacity to facilitate the rapid provision of new customer deployments and the expansion of existing customer deployments. In addition, we need to properly manage our technological operations infrastructure in order to support changes in hardware and software parameters and the evolution of our solutions, all of which require significant lead time. Our platform interacts with technology provided third-party providers, and our technological infrastructure depends on this technology. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, website disruptions, outages and other performance problems. These problems may be caused by a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors, viruses, security attacks, fraud, spikes in customer usage and denial of service issues. In some instances, we may not be able to identify the cause or causes of these performance problems within an acceptable period. If we do not accurately


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predict our infrastructure requirements, our existing customers may experience service outages that may subject us to financial penalties, financial liabilities and customer losses. If our operations infrastructure fails to keep pace with increased sales, customers may experience delays as we seek to obtain additional capacity, which could adversely affect our reputation and our revenue.

 

As a Fintech solution provider, we rely on the services of third-party data center hosting facilities. Interruptions or delays in those services could impair the delivery of our service and harm our business.

 

Our platform has been developed with, and is based on, cloud computing technology. It is hosted pursuant to service agreements on servers by third-party service providers. We do not control the operation of these providers or their facilities, and the facilities are vulnerable to damage, interruption or misconduct. Unanticipated problems at these facilities could result in lengthy interruptions in our services. If the services of one or more of these providers are terminated, disrupted, interrupted or suspended for any reason, we could experience disruption in our ability to offer our solutions, or we could be required to retain the services of replacement providers, which could increase our operating costs and harm our business and reputation. In addition, as we grow, we may move or transfer our data and our customers’ data to other cloud hosting providers. Despite precautions taken during this process, any unsuccessful data transfers may impair the delivery of our service. Further, any damage to, or failure of, the cloud servers that we use could result in interruptions in our services. Interruptions in our service may damage our reputation, reduce our revenue, cause us to issue credits or pay penalties, cause customers to terminate their subscriptions and adversely affect our renewal rates and our ability to attract new customers. Our business would be harmed if our customers and potential customers believe our service is unreliable.

 

If the market for our technology delivery model and proprietary software develops more slowly than we expect, our business could be harmed.

 

The market for cloud-based software is not as mature as the market for packaged software, and it is uncertain whether these services will sustain high levels of demand and market acceptance. Our success will depend to a substantial extent on the willingness of companies to increase their use of cloud-based services in general, and of our solutions in particular. Many companies have invested substantial personnel and financial resources to integrate traditional software into their businesses, and therefore may be reluctant or unwilling to migrate to a cloud-based service. Furthermore, some companies may be reluctant or unwilling to use cloud-based services because they have concerns regarding the risks associated with security capabilities, among other things, of the technology delivery model associated with these services. If companies do not perceive the benefits of cloud-based software, then the market for our solutions may develop more slowly than we expect, or the market for our new solutions may not develop at all, either of which would significantly adversely affect our operating results. We may not be able to adjust our spending quickly enough if market growth falls short of our expectations or we may make errors in predicting and reacting to relevant business trends, either of which could harm our business. If the market for our cloud solutions does not evolve in the way we anticipate, or if customers do not recognize the benefits of our cloud solutions over traditional on-premise enterprise software products, and as a result we are unable to increase sales of subscriptions to our solutions, then our revenue may not grow or may decline, and our operating results would be harmed.

 

The success of our Fintech based solutions largely depends on our ability to provide reliable solutions to our customers. If a customer were to experience a product defect, a disruption in its ability to use our solutions or a security flaw, demand for our solutions could be diminished, we could be subject to substantial liability and our business could suffer.


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Because our solutions are complex and we continually release new features, our solutions could have errors, defects, viruses or security flaws that could result in unanticipated downtime for our subscribers and harm our reputation and our business. Internet-based software frequently contains undetected errors or security flaws when first introduced or when new versions or enhancements are released. We might from time to time find such defects in our solutions, the detection and correction of which could be time consuming and costly. Since our customers use our solutions for important aspects of their business, any errors, defects, disruptions in access, security flaws, viruses, data corruption or other performance problems with our solutions could hurt our reputation and may damage our customers’ businesses. If that occurs, customers could elect not to renew, could delay or withhold payment to us or may make warranty or other claims against us, which could result in an increase in our provision for doubtful accounts, an increase in collection cycles for accounts receivable or the expense and risk of litigation. We could also lose future sales. In addition, if the public becomes aware of security breaches of our solutions, our future business prospects could be adversely impacted.

 

Any failure or interruptions in the internet infrastructure, bandwidth providers, data center providers, other third parties or our own systems for providing our solutions to customers could negatively impact our business.

 

Our ability to deliver our solutions is dependent on the development and maintenance of the internet and other telecommunications services by third parties. Such services include maintenance of a reliable network backbone with the necessary speed, data capacity and security for providing reliable internet access and services and reliable telecommunications systems that connect our operations. While our solutions are designed to operate without interruption, we may experience interruptions and delays in services and availability from time to time. We rely on systems as well as third-party vendors, including data center, bandwidth, and telecommunications equipment providers, to provide our solutions. We do not maintain redundant systems or facilities for some of these services. In the event of a catastrophic event with respect to one or more of these systems or facilities, we may experience an extended period of system unavailability, which could negatively impact our relationship with our customers.

 

Any failure to offer high-quality technical support services may adversely affect our relationships with our customers and our financial results.

 

Once our solutions are deployed, our customers depend on our customer success organization to resolve technical issues relating to our solutions. We may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for support services. We also may be unable to modify the format of our support services to compete with changes in support services provided by our competitors. Increased customer demand for these services, without corresponding revenue, could increase costs and adversely affect our operating results. In addition, our sales process is highly dependent on our solutions and business reputation and on positive recommendations from our existing customers. Any failure to maintain high-quality technical support, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality support, could adversely affect our reputation, our ability to sell our solutions to existing and prospective customers, and our business, operating results and financial position.

 

Adverse economic conditions or reduced technology spending may adversely impact our business.

 

Our business depends on the overall demand for technology and on the economic health of our current and prospective customers. In general, worldwide economic conditions remain unstable, and these conditions make it difficult for our customers, prospective customers and us to forecast and plan future business activities accurately, and they could cause our customers or prospective customers to reevaluate their decision to purchase our solutions. Weak global economic conditions, or a reduction in technology spending even if economic conditions improve, could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations in a number of ways, including longer sales cycles, lower prices for our solutions, reduced bookings and lower or no growth.


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If we cannot maintain our corporate culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, teamwork, passion and focus on execution that we believe contribute to our success, and our business may be harmed.

 

We believe our corporate culture is a critical component to our success. We have invested substantial time and resources in building our team. As we grow and develop the infrastructure of a public company, we may find it difficult to maintain our corporate culture. Any failure to preserve our culture could negatively affect our future success, including our ability to retain and recruit personnel and effectively focus on and pursue our corporate objectives.

 

We depend on our senior management team and other key employees, and the loss of one or more key employees could adversely affect our business.

 

Our success depends largely upon the continued services of our key executive officers. We also rely on our leadership team and other mission-critical individuals in the areas of research and development, marketing, sales, services and general and administrative functions. From time to time, there may be changes in our management team resulting from the hiring or departure of executives or other key employees, which could disrupt our business. Our senior management and key employees are generally employed on an at-will basis, which means that they could terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of one or more of our executive officers or key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Our ability to attract, train and retain qualified employees is crucial to our results of operations and any future growth.

 

To execute our growth plan, we must attract and retain highly qualified personnel. Competition for these individuals is intense, especially for engineers with high levels of experience in designing and developing software and internet-related services, senior sales executives and professional services personnel with appropriate financial reporting experience. We have, from time to time, experienced, and we expect to continue to experience, difficulty in hiring and retaining employees with appropriate qualifications. Many of the companies with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have. If we hire employees from competitors or other companies, their former employers may attempt to assert that these employees have breached their legal obligations or that we have induced such breaches, resulting in a diversion of our time and resources. If we fail to attract new personnel or fail to retain and motivate our current personnel, our business and future growth prospects could be adversely affected.

 

Changes in laws and regulations related to the internet or changes in the internet infrastructure itself may diminish the demand for our solutions and could have a negative impact on our business.

 

The future success of our business depends upon the continued use of the internet as a primary medium for commerce, communication and business solutions. Federal, state or foreign government bodies or agencies have in the past adopted, and may in the future adopt, laws or regulations affecting the use of the internet as a commercial medium. Changes in these laws or regulations could require us to modify our solutions in order to comply with these changes. In addition, government agencies or private organizations may begin to impose taxes, fees or other charges for accessing the internet or commerce conducted via the internet. These laws or charges could limit the growth of internet-related commerce or communications generally or result in reductions in the demand for internet-based solutions such as ours.


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In addition, the use of the internet as a business tool could be adversely affected due to delays in the development or adoption of new standards and protocols to handle increased demands of internet activity, security, reliability, cost, ease of use, accessibility and quality of service. The performance of the internet and its acceptance as a business tool has been adversely affected by “viruses,” “worms” and similar malicious programs, and the internet has experienced a variety of outages and other delays as a result of damage to portions of its infrastructure. If the use of the internet is adversely affected by these issues, demand for our solutions could suffer.

 

Data security concerns and laws or other domestic or foreign regulations may reduce the effectiveness of our solutions and adversely affect our business.

 

We manage private and confidential information and documentation related to our customers’ finances and transactions, often prior to public dissemination. The use of insider information is highly regulated in the United States and abroad, and violations of securities laws and regulations may result in civil and criminal penalties. Privacy and data security are rapidly evolving areas of regulation, and additional regulation in those areas, some of it potentially difficult and costly for us to accommodate, is frequently proposed and occasionally adopted. Changes in laws restricting or otherwise governing data and transfer thereof could result in increased costs and delay operations.

 

In addition to government activity, the technology industry and other industries are considering various new, additional or different self-regulatory standards that may place additional burdens on us. If the processing of private and confidential information were to be curtailed in this manner, our software solutions may be less effective, which may reduce demand for our solutions and adversely affect our business. Furthermore, government agencies may seek to access sensitive information that our customers upload to our service providers or restrict customers’ access to our service providers. Laws and regulations relating to government access and restrictions are evolving, and compliance with such laws and regulations could limit adoption of our services by customers and create burdens on our business. Moreover, regulatory investigations into our compliance with privacy-related laws and regulations could increase our costs and divert management attention.

 

If we or our service providers fail to keep our customers’ information confidential or otherwise handle their information improperly, our business and reputation could be significantly and adversely affected.

 

If we fail to keep customers’ proprietary information and documentation confidential, we may lose existing customers and potential new customers and may expose them to significant loss of revenue based on the premature release of confidential information. While we have security measures in place to protect customer information and prevent data loss and other security breaches, these measures may be breached as a result of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not identified until they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures.

 

In addition, our service providers (including, without limitation, hosting facilities, disaster recovery providers and software providers) may have access to our customers’ data and could suffer security breaches or data losses that affect our customers’ information.

 

If an actual or perceived security breach or premature release occurs, our reputation could be damaged and we may lose future sales and customers. We may also become subject to civil claims, including indemnity or damage claims in certain customer contracts, or criminal investigations by appropriate authorities, any of which could harm our business and operating results. Furthermore, while our errors and omissions insurance policies include liability coverage for these matters, if we experienced a widespread security breach that impacted a


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significant number of our customers for whom we have these indemnity obligations, we could be subject to indemnity claims that exceed such coverage.

 

Any failure to protect our intellectual property rights could impair our ability to protect our proprietary technology and our brand.

 

Our success substantially depends upon our proprietary methodologies and other intellectual property rights. Unauthorized use of our trade secret by third parties may damage our brand and our reputation. We rely on a trade secret laws, employee and third-party non-disclosure and non-competition agreements and other methods to protect our intellectual property. However, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or obtain and use our technology to develop products with the same functionality as our solutions. We cannot assure you that the steps we take to protect our intellectual property will be adequate to deter misappropriation of our proprietary information or that we will be able to detect unauthorized use and take appropriate steps to protect our intellectual property. United States federal and state intellectual property laws offer limited protection, and the laws of some countries provide even less protection. Moreover, changes in intellectual property laws, such as changes in the law regarding the patentability of software, could also impact our ability to obtain protection for our solutions. In addition, patents may not be issued with respect to our pending or future patent applications. Those patents that are issued may not be upheld as valid, may be contested or circumvented, or may not prevent the development of competitive solutions.

 

We might be required to spend significant resources and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel to monitor and protect our intellectual property. Litigation brought to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could be costly, time-consuming and distracting to management and could result in the impairment or loss of portions of our intellectual property. Furthermore, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with defenses, counterclaims and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights. Any failure to secure, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could seriously adversely affect our brand and adversely impact our business.

 

Assertions by third parties of infringement or other violations by us of their intellectual property rights could result in significant costs and harm our business and operating results.    

 

Our success depends upon our ability to refrain from infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others. Some companies, including some of our competitors, own large numbers of patents, copyrights and trademarks, which they may use to assert claims against us. As we grow and enter new markets, we will face a growing number of competitors. As the number of competitors in our industry grows and the functionality of products in different industry segments overlaps, we expect that software and other solutions in our industry may be subject to such claims by third parties. Third parties may in the future assert claims of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of intellectual property rights against us. We cannot assure you that infringement claims will not be asserted against us in the future, or that, if asserted, any infringement claim will be successfully defended. A successful claim against us could require that we pay substantial damages or ongoing royalty payments, prevent us from offering our services, or require that we comply with other unfavorable terms. We may also be obligated to indemnify our customers or business partners or pay substantial settlement costs, including royalty payments, in connection with any such claim or litigation and to obtain licenses, modify applications or refund fees, which could be costly. Even if we were to prevail in such a dispute, any litigation regarding our intellectual property could be costly and time-consuming and divert the attention of our management and key personnel from our business operations.

 

If we fail to continue to develop our brand, our business may suffer.


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We believe that continuing to develop and maintain awareness of our brand is critical to achieving widespread acceptance of our solution and is an important element in attracting and retaining customers. Efforts to build our brand may involve significant expense and may not generate customer awareness or increase revenue at all, or in an amount sufficient to offset expenses we incur in building our brand.

 

Promotion and enhancement of our name and the brand names of our solutions depends largely on our success in being able to provide high quality, reliable and cost-effective solutions. If customers do not perceive our solutions as meeting their needs, or if we fail to market our solutions effectively, we will likely be unsuccessful in creating the brand awareness that is critical for broad customer adoption of our solutions. That failure could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Demand for our solutions is subject to legislative or regulatory changes and volatility in demand, which could adversely affect our business.

 

The market for our solutions depends in part on the requirements of the SEC and other regulatory bodies. Any legislation or rulemaking substantially affecting the content or method of trading to be filed with these regulatory bodies could have an adverse effect on our business. In addition, evolving market practices in light of regulatory developments could adversely affect the demand for our solutions.

 

We may need to raise additional capital, which may not be available to us.

 

We will require substantial funds to support the implementation of our business plan. Our future liquidity and capital requirements are difficult to predict as they depend upon many factors, including the success of our solutions and competing technological and market developments. In the future, we may require additional capital to respond to business opportunities, challenges, acquisitions, a decline in the level of customer prepayments or unforeseen circumstances and may determine to engage in equity or debt financings or enter into credit facilities for other reasons, and we may not be able to timely secure additional debt or equity financing on favorable terms, or at all. Any debt financing obtained by us in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity, convertible debt securities or other securities convertible into equity, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of holders of common stock. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to grow or support our business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.

 

We operate and offer our services in many jurisdictions and, therefore, may be subject to federal, state, local and foreign taxes that could harm our business.

 

As an organization that operates in many jurisdictions in the United States and around the world, we may be subject to taxation in several jurisdictions with increasingly complex tax laws, the application of which can be uncertain. The authorities in these jurisdictions, including state and local taxing authorities in the United States, could successfully assert that we are obligated to pay additional taxes, interest and penalties. In addition, the amount of taxes we pay could increase substantially as a result of changes in the applicable tax principles, including increased tax rates, new tax laws or revised interpretations of existing tax laws and precedents, which could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operating results. The authorities could also claim that various withholding requirements apply to us or our subsidiaries or assert that benefits of tax treaties are not available to us or our subsidiaries, any of which could have a material impact on us and the results of our operations. In addition,


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we may lose sales or incur significant costs should various tax jurisdictions impose taxes on either a broader range of services or services that we have performed in the past. We may be subject to audits of the taxing authorities in any such jurisdictions that would require us to incur costs in responding to such audits. Imposition of such taxes on our services could result in substantially unplanned costs, would effectively increase the cost of such services to our customers and could adversely affect our ability to retain existing customers or to gain new customers in the areas in which such taxes are imposed.

 

Some of the jurisdictions in which we operate may give us the benefit of either relatively low tax rates, tax holidays or government grants, in each case that are dependent on how we operate or how many jobs we create and employees we retain. We plan on utilizing such tax incentives in the future as opportunities are made available to us. Any failure on our part to operate in conformity with applicable requirements to remain qualified for any such tax incentives or grants may result in an increase in our taxes. In addition, jurisdictions may choose to increase rates at any time due to economic or other factors. Any such rate increase could harm our results of operations.

 

In addition, changes to U.S. tax laws that may be enacted in the future could impact the tax treatment of our foreign earnings. Due to expansion of our international business activities, any changes in the U.S. taxation of such activities could increase our worldwide effective tax rate and adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.  

 

We are subject to general litigation that may materially adversely affect us.

 

From time to time, we may be involved in disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of business. We expect that the number and significance of these potential disputes may increase as our business expands and our company grows larger. While our agreements with customers limit our liability for damages arising from our solutions, we cannot assure you that these contractual provisions will protect us from liability for damages in the event we are sued. Although we may carry general liability insurance coverage, our insurance may not cover all potential claims to which we are exposed or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed. Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time, and result in the diversion of significant operational resources. Because litigation is inherently unpredictable, we cannot assure you that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We are controlled by our Chairman/founders, whose interests may differ from those of the other shareholders.

As of the date of this Offering Circular, Mr. Venkata Srinivas Meenavalli owns the majority of shares of the LongFin’s common stock, and his majority ownership might continue even after the issuance of the shares. Therefore, Mr. Meenavalli is now and could be in the future in a position to elect or change the members of the board of directors and to control LongFin’s business and affairs including certain significant corporate actions, including but not limited to acquisitions, the sale or purchase of assets and the issuance and sale of LongFin’ shares. LongFin also may be prevented from entering into transactions that could be beneficial to the other holders of the shares without Mr. Meenavalli’s consent. Mr. Meenavalli’s interests might differ from the interests of other shareholders.

Market risks and the economy condition might cause significant risks and uncertainties

Downturns in sectors of the economy generally and a lack of availability of credit could adversely impact clients and lower demand for our products, which in turn could cause our revenues and net income to decrease. Our variety of products are used for several financial needs. Amount of spending on financial tools and investments depends significantly on the availability of finances, as well as other factors such as interest rates, client confidence,


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government regulations and economy. Any of these factors could result in a tightening of standards by financial institutions and reduce the need of clients to use our products.

We depend on key personnel

LongFin’s future success depends on the efforts of key personnel, including its senior executive team. LongFin does not currently carry any key man life insurance on its key personnel or its senior executive team. Regardless of such insurance, the loss of services of any of these or other key personnel may have an adverse effect on LongFin. There can be no assurance that LongFin will be successful in attracting and retaining the personnel.

Legal claims could be filed that would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. We may in the future face risks of litigation and liability claims on technological liability and other matters, the extent of such exposure can be difficult or impossible to estimate and which can negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.

Although there is no current pending litigation against Longfin or the acquired company Stampede, in the future, clients or competitors may threaten lawsuit for what they believe to be infractions against themselves.

Our operations are subject to numerous US and Singapore laws and regulations relating to the protection of the public and necessary disclosures in regards to financial services. Liability under these laws involves inherent uncertainties. Violations of financial regulation laws are subject to civil, and, in some cases, criminal sanctions. Although we are not aware of any compliance related issues, we may not have been, or may not be, at all times, in complete compliance with all requirements, and we may incur costs or liabilities in connection with such requirements. We may also incur unexpected interruptions to our operations, administrative injunctions requiring operation stoppages, fines and other penalties. Continued government and public emphasis on financial issues may require increased future investments for service or technology adjustments at new or ongoing operations, which could negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.

There can also be no assurance that any insurance coverage we take will be adequate or that we will prevail in any future cases. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to obtain liability insurance that would protect us from any such lawsuits. We are not currently subject to any claims from our employees or customers; however, we may be subject to such claims in the future. In the event that are not covered by insurance, our management could expend significant time addressing any such issues.

Our results of operations may be adversely affected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates and we may not have adequately hedged against them.

The exchange rates between foreign currencies can change rapidly due to a wide range of economic, political and other conditions. In case Client’s investment is denominated in a currency other than Client’s home currency, the Client is exposed to exchange rate losses in addition to the inherent risk of loss from trading the offered strategy. Future currency exchange rate fluctuations that we have not adequately hedged could adversely affect our profitability.

Fraud risks

There are various types of fraud which may adversely affect our business. Unfortunately, there are some countries which are renowned for harboring fraudsters. We may prove, in some cases, unable to detect fraudulent activities.

There is no current market for the company’s shares

There is no formal marketplace for the resale of LongFin’s common stock. The shares may be traded on the over-the-counter market to the extent any demand exists. However, we do have plans to apply for or otherwise seek trading or quotation of the company’s shares on an over-the-counter or other national exchange market in a later


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stage. Investors should assume that they may not be able to liquidate their investment for some time, or be able to pledge their shares as collateral.


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3.      DILUTION

If you invest in our shares, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of our common stock and the adjusted net tangible book value per share of our capital stock after this Offering. The following table demonstrates the dilution that new investors will experience relative to the LongFin net tangible book value as of 28 February 20173 of $14,996,799. Net tangible book value is the aggregate amount of the LongFin tangible assets, less its total liabilities. The table presents three scenarios: a $12.5 million raise from this Offering, a $25.0 million raise from this Offering and a fully subscribed $50.0, million raise from this Offering.

 

 

$12,500,000 Raise

 

 

$25,000,000 Raise

 

 

$50,000,000 Raise

 

Price per Share

$

5.00

 

$

5.00

 

$

5.00

 

Shares Issued

 

2,500,000

 

 

5,000,000

 

 

10,000,000

 

Capital Raised

$

12,500,000

 

$

25,000,000

 

$

50,000,000

 

Less: Offering Costs

$

(300,000

)

$

(300,000

)

$

(300,000

)

Net Offering Proceeds

$

12,200,000

 

$

24,700,000

 

$

49,700,000

 

Net Tangible Book Value Pre-Financing

$

           14,996,799

 

$

14,996,799

 

$

14,996,799

 

Net Tangible Book Value Post-Financing

$

27,496,799

 

$

39,996,799

 

$

64,996,799

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Issued and Outstanding Pre-Financing

Post-Share Swap, Shares Issued and Outstanding  

 

7,500,000

57,500,000

 

 

7,500,000

57,500,000

 

 

7,500,000

57,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post-Financing and Shares Swap, Shares Issued and Outstanding

 

60,000,000

 

 

62,500,000

 

 

67,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Tangible Book Value per Share Prior to Offering and SEC Qualification

$

0.26

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.26

 

Net Tangible Book Value per Share After Offering

0.46

 

0.64

 

0.96

 

The following table summarizes the differences between the existing shareholders, shareholding post shares swap and the new investors with respect to the number of shares of common stock purchased, the total consideration paid, and the average price per share paid, if the maximum offering price is reached:

Post Share swap with Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Swap

Number

 

 

 

Percent

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Percent

 

 

 

Per Share

Founders

 

7,500,000

 

 

13.04%

 

 

75

 

 

0.001%

 

$

 0.00001

Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd shareholders

 

50,000,000

 

 

86.96%

 

 

14,991,765

 

 

99.999%

 

$

0.29984

Total

 

57,500,000

 

 

100.0%

 

 

14,991,840

 

 

100.00%

 

$

 0.26073

LongFin has entered into shares swap agreement with Stampede, whereby LongFin will issue 50 Million shares to Stampede’s shareholders for 100% ownership of Stampede, the table above illustrates the dilution of founders holding post swap.


3 For the purpose of Dilution, the net tangible book value has been considered based on the combined net tangible book value of both Stampede as at 31 December 2016 (the latest financials) and for LongFin as at 28 February 2017 (the latest audited financials, since the LongFin is incorporated on 1 February 2017)


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Maximum Offering (Post Share Swap):

 

 

Shares Purchased

 

 

Total Consideration

 

 

Average Price

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Percent

 

 

Amount

 

 

Percent

 

 

Per Share

 

Founders and share swap holders

 

57,500,000

 

 

85.19%

 

 

14,991,840

 

 

23.07%

 

$

        0.26073

 

New Investors

 

10,000,000

 

 

14.81%

 

 

50,000,000

 

 

76.93%

 

$

5.00000 

 

Total

 

67,500,000

 

 

100.0%

 

 

64,991,840

 

 

100.0%

 

$

0.96284

 

Another important way of assessing dilution is the dilution that happens due to future actions by the company. The investor’s stake in a company could be diluted due to the company issuing additional shares. In other words, when the company issues more shares, the percentage of the company that you own will go down, even though the value of the company may go up. You will own a smaller piece of a larger company. This increase in number of shares outstanding could result from a stock offering (such as an initial public offering, another crowd funding round, a venture capital round, angel investment), employees exercising stock options, or by conversion of certain instruments (e.g. convertible bonds, preferred shares or warrants) into stock.

If the company decides to issue more shares, an investor could experience value dilution, with each share being worth less than before, and control dilution, with the total percentage an investor owns being less than before. The company has authorized and issued only one class or type of shares, common stock. Therefore, all of the company’s current shareholders and the investors in this Offering will experience the same dilution if the company decides to issue more shares in the future.


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4.      PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

We are offering a maximum of 10,000,000 shares of common stock on a “best efforts” basis. All subscribers will be instructed by the company or its agents to transfer funds by wire or ACH transfer directly to the company account established for this Offering or deliver checks made payable to LongFin Corp.

The Offering will terminate at the earlier of: (1) the date at which the maximum offering amount has been subscribed, (2) the date which is one year from this Offering Statement being qualified by the Commission, or (3) the date at which the Offering is earlier terminated by the company in its sole discretion.

After the Offering Statement has been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company will accept tenders of funds to purchase the shares. The company may close on investments on a “rolling” basis (so not all investors will receive their shares on the same date). The funds tendered by potential investors will be transferred directly to the Company. Each time the company accepts funds directly from the investors is defined as a “Closing”. The company has engaged Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc, as the transfer agent.

We are not currently selling the shares through commissioned sales agents or underwriters; however the company reserves the right to enter into an underwriting agreement when it’s suitable. We will use our platform and third party platforms, to provide notification of the Offering. Persons who desire information may be directed to a website owned and operated by an unaffiliated third party that provides technology support to issuers engaging in Regulation A offerings.

We will be using our website as platform to provide the information about our Offering post qualification at www.longfincorp.com, and we may engage some third-party platforms, if needed.

The company has entered into an agreement with Mr. Andy Altahawi/Adamson Brothers Corp for the provision of filing Reg A tier 2 and structuring for which Adamson Brothers will charge 3% of the issued shares post shares swap and after successful qualification. Mr. Altahawi is not affiliated with the company or its officers and directors in any way.

You will be required to complete a subscription agreement in order to invest. The subscription agreement includes a representation by the investor to the effect that, if you are not an “accredited investor” as defined under securities law, you are investing an amount that does not exceed the greater of 10% of your annual income or 10% of your net worth (excluding your principal residence).


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5.      USE OF PROCEEDS TO ISSUER

We estimate that, at a per share price of $5.00, the net proceeds from the sale of the 10,000,000 shares in this Offering will be approximately $49,700,000, after deducting the estimated offering expenses of up to $300,000.

The net proceeds of this Offering will be used to fund four key areas: (i) hiring additional key members of the management team; (ii) developing (diversified) operation infrastructure; (iii) continuing development of technology and service lineup; and (iv) expanding sales, marketing, and operation capabilities in new markets.

Accordingly, we expect to use the net proceeds, estimated as discussed above, as follows, if we raise the maximum offering amount:

 

 

Maximum Offering

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Capital Expenditure & Infrastructure Development

$

 15,000,000

 

 

30%

 

 

 

Product Development

$

 3,000,000

 

 

6%

 

 

 

Sales & Marketing

$

8,000,000

 

 

16%

 

 

 

Fundraising

$

 1,000,000

 

 

2%

 

 

 

Working Capital (1)

$

23,000,000

 

 

46%

 

 

 

    Total

$

 50,000,000

 

 

100.0%

 

 

 

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(1) A portion of working capital will be used for officers’ salaries.

Please note no proceeds from this Offering is used to pay any officers, directors, founders of LongFin.

Because the Offering is being made on a “best-efforts” basis, without a minimum offering amount, we may close the Offering without sufficient funds for all the intended proceeds set out above.

If the Offering size were to be $12.5 million, the net proceeds will be approximately $12,200,000 after deducting estimated offering expenses of up to $300,000.

In the event of an Offering of that size, we expect to use the net proceeds as follows: Approximately $2,500,000 on Capital Expenditure & Infrastructure Development, approximately $2,000,000 on product development, sale & marketing, approximately $500,000 on additional fundraising efforts, and approximately $7,500,000 for working capital.

If the Offering size were to be $25.0 million, the net proceeds will be approximately $24,200,000 after deducting estimated offering expenses of up to $300,000.

In the event of an Offering of that size, we expect to use the net proceeds as follows: Approximately $6,500,000 on Capital Expenditure & Infrastructure Development, approximately $4,750,000 on product development, sale & marketing, approximately $750,000 on additional fundraising efforts, and approximately $13,000,000 for working capital.

The foregoing information is an estimate based on our current business plan. We may find it necessary or advisable to re-allocate portions of the net proceeds reserved for one category or another, and we will have broad discretion in doing so. Pending these uses, we intend to invest the net proceeds of this Offering in short-term, interest-bearing securities.

The company reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.


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6.       DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Longfin Corp. was formed in the State of Delaware on 1 February 2017. The Company principal execution office is 205 D Chubb Ave, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071.

LongFin Corp. is currently strategically operating its business operations via direct control and coordination from its principal place of business in the state of New Jersey by the Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli, the director/ Global Head Executive Officer, Mr. Yogesh Patel and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Krishanu Singhal.

Longfin is primarily finance and technology company (“FINTECH”) specializes in structured trade finance solutions and physical commodity finance solutions for finance houses and trading platforms for North America, South America and Africa regions.

LongFin business operations does not involve in any activities relating to securities, as defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act. Longfin has no interest in becoming a market maker to effect trading in securities as per US rules and regulations.

Longfin Corp is an independent finance and technology (“Fintech”) company specializes in structured trade finance solutions & physical commodity finance solutions and has entered into a shares swap agreement4 to acquire 100% of the global trade finance technology solution provider, Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd., a Singapore incorporated entity (“Stampede”), post the commission qualifications and pre offering within two calendar days as per the Rules, Longfin Corp will issue 50 Million common shares to shareholders of Stampede for 100% of the Stampede, and become the parent company of Stampede. LongFin Corp core business plan is to utilize Stampede’s technology, strategy, infrastructure and its business model for the regions of United States of America, North America, South America and Africa, and to carry the same business as being carried by Stampede for the Asia Pacific region, Middle East and Europe. Stampede after being subsidiary of LongFin will continue to grow in its core regions. Stampede has been trading on SGX-DT, DGCX, CME, ICE etc on FX derivative and commodities markets and not in the equities or other securities. Stampede specifically focuses on the Asia PAC, Middle East and Europe.

LongFin and Stampede business operations does not involve in any activities relating to securities, as defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act in the US Market.

The parent entity after the shares swap arrangement has been consummated will be Longfin Corp. and for the Offering Circular has been defined here as “LongFin”.

We are primarily finance and technology company providing structured trade finance solutions and physical commodity finance solutions for finance houses and trading platforms around the world specializing in ART (Alternative Risk Transfer). LongFin provides Liquidity / Technology Solutions to all the major Global Banks / Global Commodity Trading Houses across the Globe.

Background

Longfin Corp is a newly incorporated company in the state of Delaware and is an independent finance and technology company specializes in structured trade finance solutions and physical commodity finance solutions and will be leveraging the technology owned by Stampede to expand its business in the regions of United States of America, North America, South America and Africa.

Stampede is a Fintech solution provider for corporate treasuries specializing in trade finance and is powered by artificial intelligence and structured finance. The Company provides technology specializes the ART (Alternative


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Risk Transfer) using global electronic markets and provides Global Market Making (FX, FX derivatives and commodities)/ Liquidity/ Technology Solutions to all major global exchanges, global banks and global commodity trading houses across the globe. Longfin is a new company that is acquiring Stampede and has plans to expand further following stable operations of such acquisition.

PICTURE 13  

 

Stampede is a headed by a visionary team led by Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli who is the founder. Stampede’s team includes Mr. Linga Murthy Gaddi as the CTO, Mr. Emmanuel Dasi as the CIO, Mr. Krishanu Singhal as the CFO, Mr. Vivek Kumar Ratakonda as COO and Dr. Avinash K as the Strategist Advisor. This team is working together to expand Stampede’s original operations to establish a greater global presence and leadership in its market.

Mr. Venkat S Meenavalli has executed a shares swap agreement between LongFin and Stampede, to form and with the objective to grow the Company as a key global player in providing the technology behind liquidity and structured finance solutions and market it under the brand of “LongFin”. LongFin has been successfully tested and certified by proof of the success of Stampede’s history of operations.

To protect against patent infringement and to retain its long-term value proposition for its investors and its brand as it develops and grows its business, the Company has made a conscious decision of keeping its technologies and products as exclusive as possible.

Since inception, LongFin has its operations in US and Stampede has operations in Singapore and is expanding its relationships with new potential clients globally.

Corporate History and Organizational Structure

Stampede the predecessor company have been in the technology, electronic trading and market making (FX, FX derivatives and commodities) business for approximately 8 years. Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd. is a company incorporated in Republic of Singapore and is operating through Singapore for Asia PAC, Middle East and Europe


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region. The company as on the date of circular is held by Stampede Capital Limited5 (the “SCL”) (55%) and Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli (45%).

LongFin has entered into a shares swap agreement6 to acquire 100% of Stampede, post the commission qualifications and pre-offering within two calendar days as per the rules (“Reorganization Transaction”). Pursuant to the Reorganization Transaction, Longfin will issue 50 Million common shares to shareholders of Stampede for acquiring 100% of the Stampede, and become the parent company of Stampede. LongFin core business plan is to utilize Stampede’s technology, strategy, infrastructure and its business model for the regions of United States of America, North America, South America and Africa, and to carry the same business as being carried by Stampede for the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe region. Stampede after being subsidiary of LongFin will continue to grow in its core regions.

LongFin business operations does not involve in any activities relating to securities, as defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act. Longfin has no interest in becoming a market maker to effect trading in securities as per US rules and regulations.

Stampede Capital Limited, India (“SCL”) is a company incorporated in India. SCL together with its subsidiaries is a non-bank liquidity provider dedicated to fixed income, currencies and commodities (“FICC”) products in Asia and Emerging Markets. Stampede Capital is a public listed entity in Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, India. Stampede Capital currently holds 55% interest in Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. and post the shares swap consummation and the pre-offering, SCL shareholders will have 47.8% equity in LongFin. SCL shareholding will be further diluted post offering.

Stampede has the ownership and license rights of all the hardware and proprietary software for technology solutions, electronic trading and market making. Stampede licenses its technology solutions to SCL (“Stampede Capital Limited”).

Key terms of Shares Swap agreement7 between LongFin and Stampede are as below:

a. The current shareholders of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. (”Stampede”), a Singapore incorporated is  

 Stampede Capital Ltd.8 – 55% 

 Mr. Venkata Srinivas Meenavalli – 45% 

b. The current net tangible assets (“NTA”) of Stampede as of the last audited financials for the period ended 31 Dec 2016 is approximately USD 14.99 million 

c. Offering will start post consummation of shares swap agreement 

d. As per the Shares Swap agreement9 terms the shareholders of Stampede will receive 50 million shares of Longfin in the same ratio (55:45) at the cost of NTA per share of Stampede and no cash payment will be made to shareholders of Stampede from the offering. 

e. The consummation of shares swap agreement will be contingent on the qualification of the Offering by the Commission. 


5 Stampede Capital Limited is a listed entity on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, India.  The SCL shareholders voting rights and dispositive power post acquisition over its interest in Longfin (post share swap) will be administered via proxies to SCL shareholders directly according to the rules, there is no natural person or persons who will have or share voting or dispositive power over these shares of Stampede Capital Limited shareholders interest in Longfin.

6 As amended

7 As amended

8 Stampede Capital Limited is a listed entity on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, India.  The SCL shareholders voting rights and dispositive power post acquisition over its interest in Longfin (post share swap) will be administered via proxies to SCL shareholders directly according to the rules, there is no natural person or persons who will have or share voting or dispositive power over these shares of Stampede Capital Limited shareholders interest in Longfin.

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PICTURE 7  

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Note: Reorganization as above will be consummated post commission “Qualification” and is contingent on the Commission qualification.

LongFin Overview

We are primarily a Fintech House specializing in cutting edge treasury solutions combining the power of Structured Finance / Trade Finance with the specializing in ART (Alternative Risk Transfer) for global financial markets.

LongFin is a global Structured Finance Organization pioneered in Trade Financing, Derivative Structured Products and Electronic Treasury Solutions on ultra-low-latency platform across Asia, Europe and America. As per the business plan, our presence in the world’s leading markets will enable to offer clients’ access to nuances of the local markets while providing gateway to the global markets.

LongFin business operations does not and will not involve in any activities relating to securities, as defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act. Longfin has no interest in becoming a market maker to effect trading in securities as per US rules and regulations.


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PICTURE 5  

Executive Summary

The newly established LongFin entered into shares swap agreement10 with Stampede, and after the consummation of shares swap agreement LongFin will become the parent company of Stampede.

Our endeavor is to solve complex problems in the field of “Structured Finance” using ultra-low-latency trading platforms and SDEs [Stochastic Differential Equations] that are not easily solved by contemporary financing techniques.

 We are one of the emerging Financial Technology Houses (Fintech) in the global arena combining the power of Structured Finance, Derivatives, Asset Securitizations, Carry Trade and Trade Finance with the help of High Frequency Trading on an ultra-low-latency network connectivity to multiple Exchanges. 

 We trade across global markets on ultra-low-latency platforms in various asset classes Viz., Currencies, Commodities, Fixed Income and Real Estate.  

 We also handle the real-time risk management notwithstanding the nuances of the market movements. 

 Having the best Statistical and Quantitative financial engineering team at the helm and offices in USA, Singapore, India while expanding foot print into Europe and South America in the fields of Structured Finance, Trade Finance, Real Estate, Electronic Markets and High Frequency Trading. 


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Business Model

PICTURE 4  


Our Clients:

Liquidity Solutions:

PICTURE 5  

 

Structured Trade Finance:

PICTURE 8  

 

Global Trade Finance Market Size: -

The Group estimates that, globally, a flow of some US$ 6.5–8 trillion of bank-intermediated trade finance was provided during 2011, of which around US$ 2.8 trillion was L/Cs.

The global volume of cross-border commercial L/Cs should correspond closely with the volume of L/Cs recorded by SWIFT. On that basis, the global volume of cross border L/Cs was around US$ 2,800 billion in 2011 and 2012.


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To put this in context, in 2014, the Bank for International Settlements estimated the global market for trade finance at between $6.5 trillion and $8 trillion. The global trade finance gap for 2015 is estimated at around $1.6 trillion. About $692 billion of this is in developing Asia (including India and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).  

Global Structured Finance Market Size:-

Structured financing refers to sophisticated, complex transactions that take place across global financial markets. Structured finance includes project financing, securitization, leveraged leasing, and structured risk transfers. The structured financing market has been in continuous tumult as financial markets rise and ebb.

Structured Finance 2016 Global Market Expected to Grow at CAGR 16.49% and Forecast to 2020.

[Sources: IMF; national data]

Structured Trade Finance

LongFin Trade Flow Platform is a unique differentiator, Aggregating Global Trade Flows, Corporate Debt, Fx Swaps and also acts as a conduit for Insurance Discounting, Underwriting and Credit Solutions for Buyers / Sellers. We are launching Trade Flow Platform which is a B2B market place for Bankers, Corporate, Carry Trade Companies, Treasury Houses, Commodity Desks and Asset backed securitization.

Electronic Market Making - Liquidity Trading Platform for Global Exchanges.

Underwriting Trade Finance is a natural extension arm of EMM.

Market Overview

The size of the Indian import and export business is $1 trillion, and FX exchanges are generating $10 billion in volume every day. The BID/ASK spread for small importers, exporters and SME’s are anywhere between 200-300 BPS based on bank quotes. The average NDF market size in overseas markets is approximately $8-10 billion per day, and 90% of the SME and midcap sectors are hedging through NDF markets (Non Deliverable futures) in Singapore, London and Dubai. The pricing of the long term options in NDF markets is sky high. All of this provides a huge opportunity for the Company, and if we capture even 1% of the NDF market size across the globe in USD/INR, the underwriting revenue itself may be around $80-$100 million dollars a year. Banks tend to make around 50% of profit from treasury operations.

Trade finance solutions can be offered to all emerging markets. Same trade finance solutions can be offered to all emerging markets like Russian Ruble, Turkish Lira, Mexican Peso, Indonesian Rupiah etc.

EMM is a part of Automation of Knowledge Work which is ranked second to Mobile Internet by McKinsey report out of 12 disruptive technologies. McKinsey estimates $9trillion size of economic value to be impacted in next 10years.

EMM Industry Size:

 EMM is a part of Automation of Knowledge Work which is ranked second to Mobile Internet by McKinsey report out of 12 disruptive technologies. 

 McKinsey estimates $9trillion size of economic value to be impacted in next 10years. 


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PICTURE 10  

Source: McKinsey Global Institute

Platform Solutions:

Providing Liquidity and Market Making.

Market Making – Internal and External Linkage

PICTURE 11  

LongFin core quantity models powered by electronic treasury solutions will act as a core differentiator to provide Underwriting Solutions across the globe.

Why LongFin is looking at this solution? Why not Virtu and Flow Traders?

Virtu and Flow traders are evolved as Equity and ETF trading Institutions, whereas LongFin is evolved as FX house and Market Maker for USDINR, CNH, Russian Rouble, Turkish Lira, Mexican Peso, Indonesian Rupiah etc., while envisaging it to add multiple currencies and yield curves on a continuous trading basis along with currency options. LongFin designed a complete end-to-end solutions for Corporates and SMEs for Structured Trade Finance solutions. Whereas Virtu and Flow traders are providing Asset Management Solutions through ETFs.


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Business Strategy

Longfin has entered a shares swap agreement11 with Stampede and is continuing to provide the services and products that Stampede has historically provided and will continue the flow of past operations with the plan to continue expanding as much as possible.

PICTURE 30  

LongFin’s concept of business and success of products and services has been successfully tested by way of its predecessor company Stampede’s historical operations. Stampede has ready infrastructure in Singapore that provides significant operation capabilities in the near-term, allowing the company to focus on continuing operation. Our extensive experience and market research has helped us identify our priorities and target clients to grow our business. Stampede is rapidly recognized as a premium technology provider and structured finance solutions provider in its existing global markets. We see that trade finance is a trillion dollar opportunity where the application of EMM is of paramount importance in having a cutting edge advantage. Our platform solutions include FX debt swaps, debt syndication, trade flow management and underwriting FX risk management. The global trade finance markets are all growth markets with increased focus on technology solutions that provide a stable outlook for both sales and profitability. We are focusing on expanding our global presence, increasing sales and revenue, marketing and market share.

We have a multi-fold marketing and growth strategy to increase our client base, revenue and profits.

Stampede designed complete end-to-end solutions for Corporates and SMEs for Trade Finance / Interest Rate Swap Underwriting. Underwriting is nothing but insuring the Importers/Exporters by using derivatives to avert risks.

Stampede’s structured finance platform will aggregate using Smart Order Routing Platform and provides customized solutions to global trade houses. The Company is currently working to build a world class B2B market place for Exporters, Importers, Trade Houses, and more. The global spot FX size is $5 trillion / day and global trade hedging is more than $60 trillion.


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Short –Term Liquidity Solutions

We apply frameworks from market microstructure theory, machine learning and econometric modeling to construct intraday and high frequency strategies that will manage short term liquidity solutions for commodities houses. After 2008, commodity houses such as ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Cofco, Dreyfus virtually became the largest shadow banks mimicking the bank/hedge fund performances using structured finance solutions; most of the commodity houses globally work with a voice driven IDB (inter dealer broker platform). Large commodities generate short term liquidity by way of selling the commodities at site and buying at credit for around 180 days while looking at short term treasury solutions.

Stampede Hosted Solutions include a Guaranteed VWAP - For Increasing profitability and Lead –Lag Arbitrage (Short term Yield Enhancement). Guaranteed VWAP is there to increase profitability, and can procure using iceberging and implementation shortfall technologies solutions which reduces the hedging cost between 50 to 100 basis points in comparison to the market solutions. (100 million USD/INR hedging cost on shore 600 basis points/ off shore 500 basis points). The guaranteed VWAP solutions will help clients reduce their hedging cost and increase profitability. Stampede connected Exchanges / OTC provides low cost routing hedging solutions. To maintain their profitability margins, trade house hedge their payments/ receipts in different currencies and our solutions provide lower hedging cost. Stampede’s lead lag arbitrage on ultra low-latency platform enhances the returns and manages the short-term liquidity through exchange traded products which are settled on a monthly basis, helping commodity houses manage their short term treasury yield enhancement.

Product Overview

We are a primarily research driven global trade platform specialized in data handling (big data, law of large numbers and liquidity), data processing (trade flows & hosted management solutions) and data management. We also provides a platform for liquidity providers and market makers of multiple exchanges such as SGX, CME, DGCX, HKEX and ICE that has been driving millions of dollars of trading volume everyday across the globe in nano seconds. Our mission has been to process standardization and normalization across multi assets while creating a highly scalable global trade platform handling law of large numbers. We have been able to do this by providing a wide range of financial solutions.

Stampede is a Fintech trade platform to global market makers (FX, FX derivatives and commodities) and liquidity providers in FICC Division (i.e. Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities). Our FX platform aggregated global FX flows, binary options, exotic options and acted as a conduit for global trade houses. (Importers, Exporters, Arbitrages, Commodity Traders, Carry Traders, etc). We have worked to build a world class B2B market place for exporters, importers and trade houses. Being a technology provider for market makers, we have recognized trade finance as a trillion-dollar opportunity where the application of EMM is of paramount importance to have a cutting-edge advantage. The company’s platform solutions involved FX debt swaps, debt syndication, trade flow management and underwriting FX risk management. The company has provided essential solutions for the needs of exporters/importers, hedge funds and corporations as they do not possess adequate advanced mathematical skills to process large data; We have been pioneers in servicing those in need of such advanced skills and has utilized tools such as R and SAS to process large data and in order to aggregate multiple data feeds into the FIX platform. We have aggregated the feeds from multiple banks, managed continuous dynamic hedging through our hosted solutions, helped clients to get multiple quotes in order to enable them to make the best decisions, and provided the ability for exporters and importers to manage to insulate the trading risk in an efficient manner with our OTC platform.

Our pricing solutions is based on its core expertise of electronic market making, and its proprietary algorithm is based on statistical probabilities like Bayesian Conditional probabilities. LongFin has aided makers and takers by providing technology able to aggregate the liquidity flows from global banks and helps price the flows in exchanges using yield curve and volatility surfaces.


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PICTURE 23  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have provided individualized services and financial products to different exchanges. Our servers are connected and provide liquidity providers with the help of core engines mentioned below:

 Feed Handlers and Parsers with compatible TCP Binary API and FIX.  

 Proprietary API - IPC Middleware Message Broker for Order Routing.  

 CEP (Complex Event Processing) for Populating Order Book.  

 GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) for pricing the Options on Tick-by-Tick data  

 Feed Handler layer performance with the help of IPC technology 

 

 

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Proprietary Technology

 

Tick-by-Tick Real-time Data: Tick Server is a high-scalable time-series ‘Tick’ engine, which includes an in-memory database for intra-day data to process the large amount of data including Client Order Flow, Market Events including Multi-asset Trades, Quotes and Full Order Book Depth. The functional components include Data Capture, Analytical Engine and a Graph Query Building Tool.

 

PICTURE 223  

 

Scalable Platform on a low-latency

IPC Implemented to achieve the low-latency on a trading environment for the following models:

1. Algorithmic / High Frequency Trading 

2. High Performance Computing 

Algorithmic / High Frequency Trading

The basic input to any trading system is market data feed that consists of real-time pricing data for Options, Foreign exchange or Fixed Income. There are usually separate engines for each trading strategy and other components such as risk management and order routing applications.

High Performance Computing

Deployed a large-scale multi-core machine with shared memory allows the applications to interact more with greater ease and higher throughput resulting in complex tasks being completed more quickly.


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Global Risk Management Products

a) Derivative Pricing Engine

Derivative Pricing & Volatility Skew and Cone

 Statistical Calculator displays the Market Depth of Option Prices and IVs for selected strikes and also displays Future depth and Underlying depth 

 Calculates and displays Implied Volatility, Option Greeks –Delta, Gamma, Theta and Vega 

 Scientific Analytical Tractability and Graphical representation of customizable option strategies on real time feed 

 Probability of an option to be in In-the-Money will be displayed for each Strike 

 We can choose for the options data on Index  

PICTURE 188  

b) Lead-lag Arbitrage

PICTURE 243  

Our model of latency arbitrage consists of multiple contracts traded across different exchanges.


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Product Highlights

 Dynamically configuring the Contracts and Exchanges 

 Engine analyses Mean and Standard Deviation to enable the Basis Points  

 Allocating the Capital Blocks to lock the Basis Points for rotating the Capital to increase the yield 

 Engine captures the required Basis Points to acquire the profits 

c) Big Data Processing – Scalable Container of Multiple Data Structures

Our lending / borrowing model is a fully automated order-routing system that enables real-time execution of chosen strategies. No human intervention is required. With its low latency market data distribution - combined with the most unique and competent algorithms. The software Calculates Entry/Exit Basis Points on depth with block wise in Live and executes cash to future arbitrage for multiple scripts and multiple accounts simultaneously on the basis of predefined parameters, thus eliminating any form of human intervention.

d) Automated Arbitrage Trading Systems

Our Automated Arbitrage Trading platform is an advanced automated trading mechanism that ensures the following protective features to our clients without human intervention.

 FX Lead-lag Arbitrage connects multiple global exchanges in a low-latency platform. LongFin’s servers are co-located with core Algo Engines in order to help liquidity providers. Our model of latency arbitrage consists of multiple contracts traded across different exchanges. The Latency Arbitrageur (LA) in the multiple-market model operates by first obtaining current price quotes in available markets, then checks whether an arbitrage situation exists based on configured Basis Points. The best price available over the exchanges to Buy/Sell is given by Sell at BID = max {BID1, BID2} at Ask = min {ASK1, ASK2}. This product dynamically configures the contracts and exchanges, allocates the Capital Blocks to lock the Basis Points for rotating the capital to increase the yield, and its engine can analyze Mean and Standard Deviation to enable the Basis Points as well as capture the required Basis Points to ensure profits. 

 Multiple Time Frame (MTF) Engine is a fully automated order-routing system that enables real-time execution of chosen strategies, with its low latency market data distribution combined with the most unique and competent algorithms which handles multiple scrips. No human intervention is required. ATS receives buy and sell signals through the multiple quant scanners and executes the trades according to trading algorithms. ATS engine handles trading of multiple scrips with multiple time frames. This engine is used for the trading of higher time frame Buy/Sell signals as well as to further countertrade lower time frame signals that are triggered under the process of higher time frame signals. 


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Automated Low-latency Arbitrage Environment

PICTURE 19  

 

e) Risk Management Engine

Our real-time trading risk management system is built into automatic platform and which is an integral part of our trading life-cycle (i.e. analyzing tick by tick data, guarantee order execution within the pre-configured trading position limits).

Our risk management engine detects and generates the warning message to the risk team whenever it is crossing the pre-defined limits in three levels of the system and also automatically stops the current trading strategy and cancels all the open orders over the exchanges.

Our risk engine evaluates and controls risk exposure in tick-by-tick data and monitors all of the market positions and continuously reconciles internal order transactions against the order execution of the global exchanges.

 Risk Management is at the core of our trading infrastructure. 

 We are intensely focused on risk management and monitor our activities on a continuous basis using our fully integrated technology systems. 


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PICTURE 250  

 

Risk Management is at the core of our trading infrastructure; the Company is intensely focused on risk management and monitors its activities on a continuous basis using its fully integrated technology systems.

The pre-defined Risk Limits in all the three levels viz.:

 Company (Product) Limit - Controls the overall risk at the Company level. 

 Gateway Risk Limit – Controls the risk at the Server level. 

 Trader Limit – Controls the risk at the individual  

 

 

PICTURE 37  


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f) Liquidity Management

Electronic Communication Network - Cross Engine

PICTURE 195  

Our ECN is one of the largest and most technologically advanced liquidity pools in the forex market with an aggregated FX liquidity feed, an aggregated feed through FIX API and low latency API, an aggregated feed with assemble liquidity books, and an aggregated feed from the SGX, CME, NSE, DGCX, MCX-SX and ICE exchanges. This allows the company to provide the access to aggregated liquidity from the multiple sources viz., international exchanges, banks and other ECNs. Such technology can accept traders with any trading style or strategy preferences, including automated and high-frequency trading with an in-built trade risk mitigating mechanism. This also provides the aggregation of multiple liquidity and technology providers which allows access to tight pricing on a wide selection of global markets.

g) A-Li-En: FIX Liquidity Engine

Wide-range Connectivity: Co-located with exchanges and direct streaming from banks make sure our networks with participants in the markets Aggregate/Execute/Distribute the best Liquidity.

Our Solutions provide FIX Market Data and FIX Trading access solutions for automated trading strategies. Our Clients can access the LongFin platform via its trading interface as well as by its automated integration suite, which includes a proprietary API and FIX gateway.

 A-Li-En is a limit order-driven ECN platform. 

 Real-Time Pricing and Matching Engine 

 Business objects level API that significantly simplifies the access to order book information from our ECN 

 Fully supported and maintained FIX Order Routing specific FIX Dialect  

 Non-FIX API Support to FIX Connection 

 Based on high-performance FIX Engine implementations 

 Multithreaded and Message Queuing architecture 

 Low latency, High throughput 

 Available as Screen-trading GUI and API 


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A-Li-En (Alternative Liquidity Engine)

PICTURE 246  

 

Ultra-Low-Latency:  Over 2500 transactions per second and less than 3-4 ms of execution latency.

Smart Machine Learning Algorithm on order management, execution & risk control, auto-calculating for the best fulfillment.

h) LP & OME Engine

LongFin Order Trade Matching Engine has the Scalability and Reliability to Perform on Strict Price/Time Algorithm.

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Order Trade Matching Engine works according to a standard price/time priority algorithm, which means that at first order with better price will be matched. In case orders are at the same price, the one placed earlier will have priority in execution.


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 Execution speed of over 25,000 transactions per second 

 Less than 3-4 milliseconds of execution latency 

 Strict price/time priority matching algorithm 

 Open order book with full market depth (via FIX) 

 Advance type of orders 

Connectivity

Our FX connects to various liquidity providers including exchanges, ECNs, single bank platforms and other aggregators.

Pricing & Distribution

Our FX pricing & Distribution engine controls and distributes streaming prices to the clients with highly scalable and low-latency API.

Assigns custom liquidity profiles to individual clients and distributes via API, FIX API, Tradair Bridge or MetaTrader 4 bridge.

Aggregation & Execution

Our FX packaged aggregation and execution engine provides easy access and taps more liquidity with order routing solutions. Our engines connected to multiple liquidity providers, including Exchanges, Banks and NDFs.  The trading platform comes with smart order routing specifically designed to achieve best prices to have an edge with liquidity providers.

Order Management System

OMS provides integrated, scalable platform for global connectivity, order and trade management, market execution, risk management and transaction cost analysis. Our technology suite is an integrated platform comprising Feed Handlers, Order Routing and Risk Management components that enables High Frequency Trading.

We utilized High-end infrastructure with co-located servers integrated directly with the exchanges on which we provide liquidity providers with the help of our of core engines. Monitor the order book exposure with respect to market proximity.  Back-to-back client executions in the market using the integrated our FX Risk Management & FX Aggregation modules.

i) Stampede Forest

Comprises of Quant Charts and Quant Scanners with live tick data. This was developed as an end-to-end proprietary platform that consists of encompassing Data Capture within the exchange together with ultra-fast Data Normalization and Data Dissemination. Such charting software provides charts for multiple timeframes viz., 1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 30Min, 60Min, Daily and Weekly data. Multiple Technical Indicators (Momentum, Volume and Volatility based) in charts like RSI, Macd, Stochastic, CCI, On Balance Volume, Accumulation Distribution, Money Flow Index, Average True Range, Bollinger Bands, Donchian Channels and Keltner Channels. Chart formats are viewed in candlestick format or Western Line(OHLC) pattern on tick-by-tick data environment.


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Multiple Technical Indicators (Momentum, Volume and Volatility based) available in charts like RSI, Macd, Stochastic, CCI, On Balance Volume, Accumulation Distribution, Money Flow Index, Average True Range, Bollinger Bands, Donchian Channels and Keltner Channels.

Our charts can be displayed in Candlestick pattern or OHLC format on tick-by-tick data environment.

j) Manual Terminal – VPS (Virtual Private Server)

Manual Terminal is a trading tool with low latency data which can trade in multiple exchanges at a time. Key features of the trader terminal are live quotes with low latency, market depth order book, working orders with net positions, and pending orders with traded positions. This allows us to be able to trade on the following exchanges: National Stock Exchange (NSE), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Singapore Exchange (SGX), Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

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7.      DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

The Company’s head office and principal place of business is situated at 205 D Chubb Ave, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071.

Singapore Office:

105 Cecil Street, #11-00, The Octagon, Singapore 069534.


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8.      MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Longfin Corp. was formed in the State of Delaware on 1 February 2017. The Company principal execution office is 205 D Chubb Ave, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071.

LongFin Corp. is currently strategically operating its business operations via direct control and coordination from its principal place of business in the state of New Jersey by the Chairman, Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli, the director/ Global Head – Marketing, Mr. Yogesh Patel and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Krishanu Singhal.

Longfin Corp is an independent finance and technology (“Fintech”) company specializes in structured trade finance solutions and physical commodity finance solutions and has entered into a shares swap agreement12 to acquire 100% of the global trade finance technology solution provider, Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd., a Singapore incorporated entity (“Stampede”), post the commission qualifications and pre offering within two calendar days as per Rules, Longfin Corp will issue 50 Million common shares to shareholders of Stampede for 100% of the Stampede, and become the parent company of Stampede. LongFin Corp core business plan is to utilize Stampede’s technology, strategy, infrastructure and its business model for the regions of United States of America, North America, South America, and Africa, and to carry the same business as being carried by Stampede for the Asia Pacific region, Middle East and Europe. Stampede after being subsidiary of LongFin will continue to grow in its core regions.

We are primarily a technology company providing technology solutions for finance houses and trading platforms around the world specializing in ART (Alternative Risk Transfer) using global electronic markets. LongFin Corp provides Liquidity / Technology Solutions to all the major  Global Banks / Global Commodity Trading Houses across the Globe.

Operating Results

As of February 28, 2017, LongFin have generated minimal revenue of approximately USD 298,000 and incurred expenses of $293,000. Our operating expenses consisted of the costs incurred in cost of sales and other operating expenses. As a result, our net gain for the period from inception through February 28, 2017 was approximately $5,000. Our accumulated surplus as at February 28, 2017 was $5,000.

The transactions underlying Longfin’s revenues and operating expenses in the period ended February 28, 2017 as follow:

a. Revenue income is towards the Technology solutions/ services provided to a United Kingdom based company for USD 298,786 on the hourly usage of various Longfin technology services for the month of 28 February 2017 at the agreed rates. 

b. Operating expense of approximately USD 293,000, includes approximately USD 12,000 towards the general and administrative expenses & approximately USD 281,000 is towards the Data Feed services taken from Meridian Tech HK Limited. Meridian Tech HK Limited is a related party to Longfin (being the Controlling Shareholders for both the companies are same, Mr. Venkata Srinivas Meenavalli). 

Stampede has started business operation in 2014.

The financials performance for Stampede for the latest financial period of nine months ended 31 Dec 2016 against the comparative period in 2015 is as follows:


12 As amended


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1.  The revenue from our different technology service products has increased by approximately 200% from the last comparative financial period; 

2. The net profit increased by approximately 59% from the last comparative financial period. The net profit margin does not increase in the same proportion as the revenue, due to our cost of services increases and varies with products. We are growth company, which requires efforts to develop and market the new innovative products in the market in the fast changing technology space. 

3. The net earnings per share increased from 1.03 in Dec 2015 to 1.23 in Dec 2016 

The financials performance for Stampede for the last audited financial year ended 31 March 2016 against the comparative period in 2015 is as follows:

1. The revenue from our different technology service products has increased from USD 1.17 MN in 2015 to whopping USD 16.1 MN in 2016; 

2. The net profit increased by approximately 400% from the last comparative financial year. The net profit margin does not increase in the same proportion as the revenue, due to our cost of services increases and varies with products. We are growth company and started operations in 2014 only, which requires efforts to develop and market the new innovative products in the market in the fast changing technology space. We also invest heavily in CAPEX to keep pace with the market and thus our net margin decreases due to the non-cash depreciation expense and tax liability. 

To meet our need for cash we are attempting to raise money from this offering. The maximum aggregate amount of this offering will be required to fully implement our business plan. If we are unable to successfully generate revenue we may quickly use up the proceeds from this offering and will need to find alternative sources. If we need additional cash and cannot raise it, we may either have to suspend operations until we do raise the cash, or cease operations entirely.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of February 28, 2017, LongFin had $300,000 in cash & other receivables and total liabilities of $294,000. In management’s opinion, the Company’s cash position is insufficient to maintain its operations at the current level for the next 12 months. Please note that the LongFin is a newly incorporated company and thus does not have sufficient operating business history and thus not reflective of the actual position. We are attempting to raise funds to proceed with our plan of operation. The Company hopes to raise $50,000,000 in this Offering. If we are successful at raising the maximum amount of this offering, we believe that such funds will be sufficient to fund our expenses and growth strategy over the next 5 years.

Although we intend on developing our growth strategy with our proceeds, there is no guarantee that we will be able to execute such a plan within our target time. Developing the project will depend highly on our funds, the availability of those funds, and the size of the fund raised. Upon the qualification of the Form 1-A, the Company plans to pursue its strategy of the business. There can be no assurance of the Company's ability to do so or that additional capital will be available to the Company. If so, the Company's investment objective of developing the business will be adversely affected and the Company may not be able to pursue its project opportunity if it is unable to finance such buildup. The Company currently has no agreements, arrangements or understandings with any person to obtain funds through bank loans, lines of credit or any other sources. Since the Company has no such arrangements or plans currently in effect, its inability to raise funds for the above purposes will have a severe negative impact on its ability to remain a viable company. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to the Company. If we are successful at raising capital by issuing more stock, or securities which are convertible into shares of the Company, your investment will be diluted as a result of such issuance.

We are highly dependent upon the success of this offering, as described herein. Therefore, the failure thereof would result in the need to seek capital from other resources such as taking loans, which would likely not even be possible for the Company. However, if such financing were available, because we are an early stage company with no operations within the Company to date, we would likely have to pay additional costs associated with high risk loans and be subject to an above market interest rate. At such time these funds are required, management would evaluate


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the terms of such debt financing. If the Company cannot raise additional proceeds via a private placement of its equity or debt securities, or secure a loan, the Company may be required to cease business operations. As a result, investors may lose all of their investment.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of February 28, 2017, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

For LongFin, as of February 28, 2017, we had cash of $75 and a working capital surplus of approximately $5,000 as the company is newly incorporated and does not have operating history.  

The sister company Stampede is incorporated in 2010 and has been in business operation since 2014.

Plan of Operations

LongFin has been successfully tested and certified by proof of the success of Stampede’s history of operations. Stampede has ready infrastructure in Singapore that provides significant operation capabilities in the near-term, allowing the Company to focus on its growth strategy.

MISSION

Digitalizing the Real Assets across the globe.

VISION

To be a major global FinTech house extending the power of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Structured Trade Finance, Securitization Markets across the continents.


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Milestones of Stampede/LongFin

We at Stampede (coupled with LongFin) are a R&D team of professionals comprising Quant Developers, Analysts, Engineers, HFT programmers backed by a team of experts in Random Finance for Underwriting Global Financial Markets.

How we started doing business and how we developed the core business?

 

In early stages we developed Arbitrage Strategies, Spread Strategies, Quant Strategies, Proprietary Multi Currency Trading Platform and Derivative Engine for Option Pricing.

 

Ours is basically a Financial Technology centric platform, backed by in-house R&D team and we evolved as:


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 Liquidity Provider for Exchanges 

 Market Maker for Electronically Traded Products (FX, FX derivatives and commodities) 

 Platform Services for Pricing, Historical Data Valuations, Portfolio Management and Trade Services 

 

Our technology suite is an integrated platform comprising Feed Handlers, Order Routing and Risk Management components that enables High Frequency Trading. Our HFT simplifies the process of EMM activity while efficiently handling messages with low-latency across all FX, FX derivatives and commodities.


Stampede evolved as a market maker (FX, FX derivatives and commodities) and provided liquidity to global exchanges. Currently we ‘make markets’ on all major exchanges in SGX-DT, DGCX, CME, ICE and HKEX. We define our market making activities as being “Market-Neutral” strategies. As a Market maker we usually take no directional positions. Our aim is not to have any positions overnight and try to end with flat positions without any long or short positions.

Stampede business operations does not involve in any activities relating to securities, as defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act in the US Market.

How we evolved….


Year wise progress:-

 

2014/15

Stampede created high scalable Financial Technology Platforms for providing Liquidity, Hosted Algo Solutions, Trade Financing Solutions and Techno Wealth Management Solutions.

 Feed Handlers and Parsers with compatible TCP Binary API and FIX. 

 Proprietary API – IPC (Inter Process Communication) Middleware Message Broker for Order Routing. 

 CEP (Complex Event Processing) for Populating Order Book. 

 GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) for pricing the Options on Tick-by-Tick data. 

 We combine the Math power of Partial Differential Equations, Stochastic (Randomness), Jump Process, Brownian Motion, VWAP, Slicing, Iceberg, Own Algos with High Processing Power. We integrated FIX binary framework into our terminals utilizing co-location network space to reduce the latency. 

 

 

2015/16

Stampede improved and scaled up the existing products on a low-latency platform- IPC Implemented to achieve the low-latency on a trading environment for the following models:

 Algorithmic / High Frequency Trading 

 High Performance Computing 

 Implemented Multiple-threading technology used to improve parallelization of computations performed on CPUs 

 High Frequency Trading: GPU-IPC Components  

 FIX / FAST FIX Protocol 

 A-Li-En Liquidity Engine: A-Li-En is a limit order driven ECN platform 

 Liquidity Pricing & Order Matching Engine 

 VPS – Virtual Private Server for global exchanges  

 OTC FX Hedging Solutions 


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2017

Developed Global Risk Management and Global Treasury Management products.

FICC (Fixed Income, Commodities and Currencies) Solutions

 Structured Finance Solutions through proprietary technology 

 

Stampede’s servers are co-located in Data Centers with 10 G Network and provide liquidity with the help of core engines on low-latency platforms. We successfully developed an integrated Electronic Market Making platform comprising Feed Handlers, Algorithmic Trading System, Price Aggregation, Smart Order Routing and Real-time Pricing through which we create huge volumes and liquidity to multiple exchanges across the globe.

Agreements

Stampede had entered into agreements with the following Exchanges and Clients to carry-on trading operations.

S. No.

Exchange

Exchange Profile

Description

1

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SGX – Singapore

Singapore    Exchange    Limited    (SGX)    is    an investment      holding      company      located      in Singapore     and     provides     different     services related to securities and derivatives trading and others.

Admission as a SGX-DT Limited Trading Member (Proprietary)

2

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DGCX – Dubai

The Dubai   Gold   &   Commodities   Exchange(DGCX) is a financial and commodity derivatives exchange   located   in   Dubai, the   United   Arab Emirates.      DGCX      commenced      trading      in November 2005 as the first derivatives exchange in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  The Exchange is owned by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC).

Trade Member of Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange

3

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CME – Chicago

CME Group Inc. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade) is an American financial market company operating the world’s largest options   and   futures   exchange.   It   owns   and operates large derivatives and futures exchanges in    Chicago,    New    York    City,    and    exchange facilities    in    London,    using    online    trading platforms.

International Incentive Program in CME Group

4

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TradAir Solutions

TradAir is a leading provider of front office optimization solutions designed to offer financial institutions the ability to create new revenue layers and reduce costs, while enhancing and creating new client relationships. TradAir provides a comprehensive suite of products utilizing the latest technology.

 

Trading Platform and Access Agreement


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5

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INTL FCStone - USA

INTL FCStone Inc is a Fortune 500 financial services   firm   focused   on   diversified   financial markets.     The     company     serves     mid-sized commercial  clients  and  its  activities  are  divided into  five  functional  areas:  Commodity  Trading and   Risk   Management   Services   for   virtually every     major     Traded     Commodity,     Foreign Exchange,   Securities,   Clearing   and   Execution Services, and Global Payment services.

Client Agreement – Investment Business

6

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LME – London

The   London   Metal   Exchange   (LME)   is   the futures exchange with the world's largest market in options and futures contracts on base and other metals.  As  the  LME  offers  contracts  with daily  expiry  dates  of  up  to  three  months  from trade  date,  weekly  contracts  to  six  months,  and monthly  contracts  up  to   123  months,  it  also allows for cash trading.

LME New Market Participant program


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Trading Statistics - Stampede

Volumes


Trading Volumes in Global Exchanges (USD in millions)

April 2016 to
Dec 2016

April 2015 to
March 2016

November 2014 to March 2015

 

 

Volumes Recorded in SGX-Singapore, DGCX-Dubai, CME-Chicago and HKEX-Hong Kong exchanges.

o 2014/15 – we handled $4.38 billion Fx Transactions 

o 2015/16 – We handled $39.185 billion Fx Transactions 

o 2016/17 – We handled $17.16 billion Fx Transaction (9 months) 


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Revenue Segmentation


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Appreciation & Achievements

[Following are some of the appreciative Emails received by our company]

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Singapore Stock Exchange - SGX

Ranked as #50 in SGX as Market Maker

From: Narendra Hegde <narendra.hegde@sgx.com>

To: 'Venkat@stampedecap.com' <Venkat@stampedecap.com>

Sent: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:56:05 +0100 (BST)

Subject: Stampede on top 50 SGX client list

Venkat,
Stampede has reached top 50 clients of SGX , even though your ranking is 50, its quite an accomplishment to be in the top 50 club

.

Congrats to you and your team.

Thanks & Best Regards
Naren
Associate Director – Singapore & rest of Asia sales

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Inter-Continental Exchange - ICE

From: John Ho <John.Ho@theice.com>
To: Venkat Meenavalli (venkat@stampedecap.com) <venkat@stampedecap.com>, Vasu (vasu@stampedecap.com) <vasu@stampedecap.com>
Sent: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 03:44:25 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Extension of the 5:1 Rebate

Dear Venkat and Vasu 

Happy New Year! 
Thank you for your continued support of ICE Futures Singapore. Further to the previous communications outlining the special period of 5:1 rebates for Mini Brent and Mini Gasoil against the ICE Brent and ICE Gasoil on ICE Futures Europe for the month of December 2015 and to bring in the New Year, ICE Singapore has extended this period until 31st January 2016. After 31st January 2016 the rebate program will revert to the 10:1 deal that was in the original agreement. All other terms and conditions are as per the original signed agreements.

Best Regards,
John Ho - Director
Intercontinental Exchange | ICE

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Hong Kong Exchange - HKEX

From: Rina Ku <RinaKu@HKEX.COM.HK>
To: 'venkat@stampedecap.com' <venkat@stampedecap.com>
Cc: 'Vasu' <vasu@stampedecap.com>, 'emmanuel@stampedecap.com' <emmanuel@stampedecap.com>, Chris Lee <ChrisLee@HKEX.COM.HK>, murthy <murthy@stampedecap.com>
Sent: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 07:18:32 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE: [Stamepede] CNH Futures Active Traders Program Extension

Hi Mr. Venkat,

Thank you so much for your continuous support for our CNH Futures. This year we are planning to launch more currency pairs such as the EUR/CNH, AUD/CNH, INR/CHU and MYR/CNH.

I have attached the draft contract design for your consideration. Let me know if you have any comments on the contract design. Also for Market Making which pairs would you be interested in and what is a realistic spread obligation for you?

Many thanks in advance for your valuable advice.

Many thanks,
Rina | Client Business Development | Global Markets
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

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Future Roadmap

To be a major Global Financial Technology House connecting to all the major exchanges across the world and creating an Ultra-low latency Platform capable of handling billions of transactions of Trade Finance / Asset Securitization. Having the best Statistical and Quantitative financial engineering team at the helm and offices in USA, Singapore, India while expanding foot print into Europe and South America in the fields of Structured Finance, Trade Finance, Real Estate, Electronic Markets and High Frequency Trading.

 

1. Treasury Management Solutions (TMS) - Trade Finance 


Our expertise in Trade Finance includes Carry Trade, Warehouse Financing, Collateralized Financing, Underlying Commodity Risk Management, Cost Reduction / Zero Cost hedging Structures, Managing Long/Short (Buy/Sell) Commodity variance Risk. We also handle Synthetic Securitization and Out-right Securitization for non-banking investors.

 

2. TMS - Real Estate / Mortgage Asset Backed
 

Our complete end-to-end solution insulates Yield Curve Risk, LIBOR Risk, Cross Currency Risk, Distress Consumer Securitization and Future Flow Receivable Securitization against Real Estate Loans, Mortgage Loans, Commercial Mortgage Loans and Residential Mortgage Loans.

 

3. TMS - Derivative and Structured Products 


We are one of the most active firms in trading the underlying risk in electronic markets connected with very ultra-low latency platform that manages tick-by-tick data.


Our Core Areas of specialization:

 

a. Structured finance transactions are embedded with multiple complex derivatives and increase manifold with increasing volumes.  

b. We regularly structure and negotiate complex derivative spreads, Swaps linked to Currencies, Commodities and LIBOR.  

c. Expertise in grading Synthetic Derivatives that manage Skew and Kurtosis.
 

4. TMS - Insolvency Risk Management / Credit Risk 


After 2008, the global fall-out from the credit crisis has led to increase risk mitigation and insolvency credit risk. We work with major Trade Finance / Credit Insurance companies specializing the ART (Alternative Risk Transfer) and create products that can transfer and handle the risk management with Re-insurance companies.

5. TMS - STIR – Short Term Interest Rate Management 


STIRs are very liquid instruments and the contracts used to hedge against borrowing or lending exposure. We focus on Short Term Interest Rate Futures contracts and manage interest rate risk, by locking in fixed interest rate. We also manage the basis risk and yield curve risk which is embedded in options.


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9.      DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES

LONGFIN - DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES

LongFin has assembled an experienced management team including experts and executives in our industry. Venkata S Meenavalli is the Founder and Chairman, director executive officer of LongFin Corp., a global techno entrepreneur and financial wizard. Mr. Yogesh Patel, director and executive officer is entrepreneur with a long history of successful tech startups. Mr. Krishanu Singhal, chief financial officer and a seasoned Chartered Accountant.

Longfin’s principal place of business is in the state of New Jersey and is under direct control and coordination of founder and Chairman, Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli, director/ Global Head – Marketing, Mr. Yogesh Patel from office in New Jersey and Mr. Krishanu Singhal (Chief Financial Officer).

The table below lists LongFin’s directors and executive officers, their ages as of February 28, 2017, and the date of their first appointment to such positions. Each position is currently held with an indefinite term of office.

 

 

Name

Position

Age

Date of First

 

 

 

Appointment

Executive Officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venkat S Meenavalli  

Chairman and Officer, Director

45

February, 2017

Yogesh Patel

Global Head – Officer, Director

55

February, 2017

Krishanu Singhal

Chief Financial Officer

41

February, 2017

Executive Officers and directors

Venkat S Meenavalli - Founder, Chairman and President

Venkat is a global techno entrepreneur, a financial wizard, and is multitalented with his high skill and knowledge when it comes to IT, Finance, Fintech, Trading, Venture Capital, PE / Mezzanine Debt, Real Estate, Advisory and Re-Insurance and established business houses in Singapore, UK, US, India, Dubai and St. Vincent.

Venkat holds an advanced diploma from Maritime Communication Australia, a PG Diploma in International Trade Finance from Middlesex, is a Novell Certified Network Engineer and Microsoft Certified engineer and is a Microsoft Internet Security Engineer. He is a widely read world traveler, an eloquent speaker, dynamic administrator and analytical thinker with business acumen. He is always adopting and applying new concepts that suit contemporary and modern business challenges.

He was one of the key architects and driving forces in defining the early stages of internet rollovers in Wall Street (NASDAQ and Merrill Lynch). He is founder and Chairman of Stampede Capital Limited which is a listed company in India (NSE & BSE) with a market cap of USD 100 million.

Venkat is a true believer in disruptive technologies and believes that every piece of information is worth millions. He is also a true believer in the alchemy of structured trade finance.

Yogesh Patel, Director: Global Head – Marketing

Mr. Yogesh Patel has a vast experience in the field of marketing and advertising of more than 30 years. Mr. Patel has been a pioneer in the marketing in the digital marketing and is an entrepreneur. Mr. Patel has been the founding member and marketing wizard of many innovative businesses across the globe. He has been founder of a company


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in the business of prepaid and dial around calling cards in 1993 in United States of America for which he was featured in business magazines. Mr. Patel, in 1998 founded a renowned Indian portal serving all the major Indian community with 17 verticals for providing the information, act as search engine and advertising portal. Mr. Patel joined Northgate Technologies Limited, (an India listed entity) as Chief Operating Officer and helped company grow in 2004. The company was pioneer in online advertising and VOIP calling services at the very inception stage of online advertising and VOIP calling services globally.

 

Prior to these, Mr. Patel was software catalyst in renowned companies.

 

Mr. Patel is currently in advisory role for financial technology companies and other technology & non-technology companies around the world. Besides the interests in online advertising, financial technology solutions marketing, Mr. Patel has keen interests and understanding of commodities, mining, electronics, construction and development of new and innovative products and services across the globe physically and digitally.


Mr. Yogesh Patel hold a Master’s in Business Administration with majors in Marketing and Advertising from a prestigious institute in India.

Mr. Yogesh Patel is a U.S. Citizen and is resides in state of New Jersey with his family.

Krishanu Singhal - CFO

Mr. Singhal has an overall professional experience of over 16 years and has been the Head of Finance of a leading SGX-ST listed real estate business trust for around 8 years. He was reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and handling the Indian GAAP and IFRS reporting on the financial statements, and was also actively involved in the financial reporting of the other international affiliates of the group.

Mr. Singhal is a qualified Chartered Accountant and he holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce and a Bachelor Degree in Law from Delhi University. He has been a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 2000.

STAMPEDE - DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES

The predecessor, Stampede has assembled an experienced management team including experts and executives in our industry and professionals with decades of experience in the financial industry. Mr. Venkat S Meenavalli is the founder and Chairman of Stampede, a global techno entrepreneur and financial wizard. Mr. Linga Murthy Gaddi is the Chief Technical Officer (“CTO”) of Stampede, Mr. Emmanuel Dasi is the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”), Mr. Krishanu Singhal is the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Mr. Vivek Kumar Ratakonda is the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”).

The table below lists Stampede’s directors and executive officers, their ages as of February 28, 2017. Each position is currently held with an indefinite term of office.

 

 

 

Name

Position

Age

 

 

 

Stampede Executive Officers and directors

 

 

 

 

 

Venkat S Meenavalli  

Chairman and President

45

Linga Murthy Gaddi

CTO

39

Emmanuel Dasi

CIO

56

Krishanu Singhal

CFO

41

Vivek Kumar Ratakonda

COO

54


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Linga Murthy Gaddi - CTO

Mr. Gaddi has a Double Master’s Degree in MSc (Computer Science) and M.Tech (Computer Science) and has worked in Isoftel Telecommunications Singapore, where he was part of a team of researching analysts with very large billing systems that specialized in Radius servers and B2B billing.

Linga was also a key architect in Northgate Technologies Ltd and headed the R&D division and also developed the second largest VoIP product, Globe7, which is globally used by millions of users across 140 countries and worked for many subsidiary companies in UK, Hong Kong & Singapore.

Linga has had hands on involvement in developing the SOR systems, Message Queue Servers, Inter Process Communication Systems and has been involved in functionality, stability and performance improvements in algorithmic trading and exchange connectivity components of the proprietary trading platform and has developed high frequency core algorithmic components by integrating risk frame structured frameworks in global markets. He is one of the prominent key architects in building an ultra-low-latency platform and has implemented a High frequency trading platform.

Emmanuel Dasi - CIO

Mr. Dasi has a triple Master’s degree in MSc. in Mathematics, MSc. in Statistics and MCA Computer Science and has over 20 years of experience in the research that he headed in the Statistical department. He worked at TCS & Ford IT Services and designed and implemented credit modeling.

Currently positioned as a Chief Information and Risk Officer in Pricing Derivatives, Risk Management and is specially trained in Risk Management in London, UK.

He has designed and implemented algorithms for relative value arbitrage based on CAPM and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) for national and international-pairs. Supervising and coordinating trading strategies for the Statistical Arbitrage Models, VWAP and Equity and Derivative Markets.

Vivek Kumar Ratakonda, COO

R. Vivek Kumar is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having nearly three decades of experience in the profession of Chartered Accountants. He has a rich blend of consulting and industry experience.

His experience inter alia includes advising on transaction structuring including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructuring, capital restructuring, foreign investment consulting, contract structuring and negotiations. He has held leadership roles and has been in the forefront in articulating group philosophy and values and believes in a team building approach.

Mr. Vivek holding experience on Global Treasury Management, Structured Finance Management, Securitization Management and Asset Back Securitization Management segments. His expertise in conceptualizing capital structures, knowledge of regulatory framework and advice on direct taxation.


Dr. Avinash K, Strategic Advisor

Avinash has a PhD in Applied Mathematics (Fluid Dynamics) and research experience in quantitative financial and computational engineering. Avinash has specialized in quantitative models, product management and quantitative risk management.

Developed various quantitative models to project the company’s financial potential:


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· Stochastic analysis and processes, stochastic modeling, statistics and Probability models of risks, Partial differential equations, financial mathematics of security markets and data mining, utilizing multi variate analysis, multiple regression models etc.

· Implemented spread trading, option market making and derivatives   trading strategies platforms. 

· Developed Financial Algorithmic Trading Quant Models 

· Developed directional and volatility models such as Dynamic Trend Lines, Divergence, Patterns, Volatility Quant Skew models, GWAP and etc for financial trading platform 

· Developed and implemented HFT and alfa generating   trading models on the option market making, Spread trading of Equity and futures of various asset classes such as Indices, Currencies, Commodities and Equities etc. under the framework of Money Management and Risk Management 

Significant Employees

LongFin currently has 3 personnel working on behalf of the company, and the Stampede has 20 employees.  LongFin anticipates that it will hire a number of key personnel as employees after completion of the Offering.

 


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10.      COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table sets forth information about the annual compensation of each of directors or executive officers. Longfin is a recently incorporated entity and the compensation for the below is NIL for the period under concerned.

 

 

Cash

Other

Total

 

Capacities in which

compensation

compensation

compensation

             Name

compensation was received

($)

($)

($)

Venkat S Meenavalli  

President/Chairman

-0-

-0-

-0-

Yogesh Patel

Director – Global Head - Marketing

-0-

-0-

-0-

Krishanu Singhal

Chief Financial Officer

-0-

-0-

-0-

Compensation of Directors

We do not compensate our directors for attendance at meetings. We reimburse our officers and directors for reasonable expenses incurred during the course of their performance. We have no long-term incentive plans in place at the moment, but reserve the right to put one in place in the future.

Executive Compensation Philosophy

We believe that LongFin is at the beginning of its journey and that for us to be successful we must hire and retain people who can continue to develop our strategy, quickly innovate and develop new business opportunities by leveraging the unique technology we have in hand, and constantly enhancing our business model. To achieve these objectives, we need a highly talented team. We also expect our executive team to possess and demonstrate strong leadership and management capabilities.

 


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11.      SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS

Set forth below is information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock, our only outstanding class of capital stock, as of February 28, 2017 by (i) each person whom we know owned, beneficially, more than 10% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, and (ii) all of the current officers and directors as a group. We believe that, except as noted below, each named beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares listed. Unless otherwise indicated herein, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and includes voting or investment power with respect to shares beneficially owned.

Ownership Pre-Share Swap Consummation

 

 

 

 

 

Amount and

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount and

 

 

nature of

 

 

 

 

 

 

nature of

 

 

beneficial

 

 

Percent

 

 

 

beneficial

 

 

ownership

 

 

of class

 

Name and address of beneficial owner (1)

 

ownership (2)

 

 

acquirable

 

 

(3)

 

Venkat S Meenavalli

 

7,500,000

 

 

-0-

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All directors and officers as a group (1 persons)

 

7,500,000

 

 

-0-

 

 

100%

 

 

Ownership Pre-Offering (post share swap consummation)

 

 

 

 

 

Amount and

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount and

 

 

nature of

 

 

 

 

 

 

nature of

 

 

beneficial

 

 

Percent

 

 

 

beneficial

 

 

ownership

 

 

of class

 

Name and address of beneficial owner (1)

 

ownership (2)

 

 

acquirable

 

 

(3)

 

Venkat S Meenavalli

 

30,000,000

 

 

-0-

 

 

52.2%

 

Stampede Capital Limited13

 

27,500,000

 

 

-0-

 

 

47.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All directors and officers as a group (1 persons)

 

30,000,000

 

 

-0-

 

 

100%

 

 

 

(1)

The address of those listed is c/o LongFin Corp., 250 Chubb Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071.

 

(2)

Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly by the beneficial owner.

 

(3)

Based on 7.5 million shares outstanding pre-share swap consummation and 57.5 million shares outstanding pre-offering and post share swap consummation.

 


13 Stampede Capital Limited is a listed entity on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, India.  The SCL shareholders voting rights and dispositive power post acquisition over its interest in Longfin (post share swap) will be administered via proxies to SCL shareholders directly according to the rules, there is no natural person or persons who will have or share voting or dispositive power over these shares of Stampede Capital Limited shareholders interest in Longfin.


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12.      INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

Since inception, except for the below mentioned major related party business transactions, there have been no transactions, or proposed transactions, which have materially affected or will materially affect us in which any director, executive officer or beneficial holder of more than 5% of the outstanding common, or any of their respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates, has had or will have any direct or material indirect interest. We have no policy regarding entering into transactions with affiliated parties.

Conflicts of Interest and Corporate Opportunities

The officers and directors have acknowledged that under Delaware Corporate law that they must present to the Company any business opportunity presented to them as an individual that met the Delaware's standard for a corporate opportunity:  (1) the corporation is financially able to exploit the opportunity; (2) the opportunity is within the corporation's line of business; (3) the corporation has an interest or expectancy in the opportunity; and (4) by taking the opportunity for his own, the corporate fiduciary will thereby be placed in a position inimical to their duties to the corporation. This is enforceable and binding upon the officers and directors as it is part of the Code of Ethics that every officer and director is required to execute.  However, the Company has not adopted formal written policies or procedures regarding the process for how these corporate opportunities are to be presented to the Board.  It is the Company’s intention to adopt such policies and procedures in the immediate future.

Major Related Party Transactions for the periods under considerations

LongFin

Related Party

Relationship

Nature of Transaction

Meridian Tech HK Limited (“Meridian”)

Meridian is a Hong Kong incorporated entity and is indirectly 99.9% held by Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli. LongFin is 100% directly held by Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli. Mr. Venkata is director also in both companies. Meridian Tech HK Limited (“Meridian”) passes its services to the related parties at cost, without financial benefit to its owners.

Based on these Mr. Venkata being the director and promoter for both Meridian and LongFin, the entities are related entities.

Meridian is in the business of providing data feed services and LongFin for provision of its services to customer need the data feed. LongFin secured the data feed from Meridian during the period under consideration under an agreement to provide the data feed services at the agreed charges.

Data Feed expense for LongFin amounted to USD 280,952 during the period ended 28 February 2017 (reference – Section 14, Note 7: Related Party Transactions to Audited Financials of LongFin for period ended 28 February 2017).

 

 

 

Stampede

Related Party

Relationship

Nature of Transaction


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Meridian Tech HK Limited (“Meridian”)

Meridian is a Hong Kong incorporated entity and is indirectly 99.9% held by Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli. Stampede is 45% directly by Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli and approx. 13.6% indirectly by Mr. Venkata, thus indirect interest of Mr. Venkata is 58.6%. Mr. Venkata is director also in both the companies. Meridian Tech HK Limited (“Meridian”) passes its services to the related parties at cost, without financial benefit to its owners.

Based on these Mr. Venkata being the director and controlling shareholder for both Meridian and Stampede, the entities are related entities.

Meridian is in the business of providing data feed services and Stampede for provision of its services to customer need the data feed. Stampede secured the data feed from Meridian during the period under consideration under the agreement to provide the data feed services at the agreed charges.

Data Feed expense for Stampede amounted to USD 906,829 during the period ended 31 December 2016 and USD 86,520 during the period ended 31 December 2015 (reference – Section 14, Note 9: Related Party Transactions to Unaudited Financials of Stampede for period ended 31 December 2016).

Data Feed expense for Stampede amounted to USD 86,520 during the year ended 31 March 2015 (reference – Section 14, Note 9: Related Party Transactions to Audited Financials of Stampede for year ended 31 March 2016).

Stampede Cloud Services Pvt Ltd. (“StampCloud”)

StampCloud is 100% subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited and Stampede is subsidiary with 55% holding with Stampede Capital Limited.

Based on the above both Stampede and StampCloud are fellow subsidiary with common control under Stampede Capital Limited.

StampCloud provides the IT/ back up services to the group companies at the agreed rates as per the contract.

IT/ back up expenses for Stampede amounted to USD 78,543 during the period ended 31 December 2016 and USD 411,319 during the period ended 31 December 2015 (reference – Section 14, Note 9: Related Party Transactions to Unaudited Financials of Stampede for period ended 31 December 2016).

IT/ back up expenses for Stampede amounted to USD 551,368 during the year ended 31 March 2016 (reference – Section 14, Note 9: Related Party Transactions to Audited Financials of Stampede for year ended 31 March 2016).


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Stampede Technologies Pte. Ltd. (“StampTech”)

StampTech is indirect 100% subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited and Stampede is subsidiary with 55% holding with Stampede Capital Limited.

Based on the above both Stampede and StampTech are fellow subsidiary with common control under Stampede Capital Limited.

StampTech is fellow subsidiary.

The transaction contemplated is for the Professional fee expenses paid by StampTech on behalf of Stampede to vendor for services amounted to USD 242,000 during the period ended 31 December 2015 (reference – Section 14, Note 9: Related Party Transactions to Unaudited Financials of Stampede for period ended 31 December 2016).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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13.      SECURITIES BEING OFFERED

Our authorized capital stock consists of two hundred million (200,000,000) shares of common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the common Stock”). As of February 28, 2017, we had seven million and five hundred thousand (7,500,000) shares of stock outstanding.

The following is a summary of the rights of our capital stock as provided in our certificate of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws. For more detailed information, please see our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.

Common Stock

Voting Rights. (a)Voting Rights. (i)  Except as otherwise provided in the charter or the bylaws or by applicable law, the holders of shares of common Stock shall at all times vote together as one class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote or for the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation. (ii) Each holder of shares of the common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or for the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation. Because of this, the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they should so choose. 

Dividends. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding preferred stock (in the event we create preferred stock), holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably those dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors out of legally available funds.

Liquidation Rights. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities and the satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted to the holders of any then-outstanding shares of preferred stock that may be created in the future.

Other Rights. Holders of common stock have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may create in the future.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

TBD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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14.      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Index to Financial Statements

A. Longfin Corp 

 

As of and for the period ended February 28, 2017

Report of Independent Auditor

 

 

 

Balance Sheet at February 28, 2017

 

 

 

Statement of Income for the period ended February 28, 2017

 

 

 

Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the period ended February 28, 2017

 

 

 

Statement of Cash Flows for the period ended February 28, 2017

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements for the period ended February 28, 2017

 

 

 

B. Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.  

 

As of and for the nine months’ period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

Consolidated (Unaudited and reviewed) Balance Sheets at December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Statements of Income for the nine months period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements for the nine months period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

C. Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. 

 

As of and for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

Report of Independent Auditor

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Statements of Income for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

D. Longfin Corp – Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statement 


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Section A on Financial Statements

Longfin Corp - As of and for the period ended February 28, 2017


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LONGFIN CORP.

(A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE COMPANY)

Independent Auditors’ Report (February 1, 2017 to February 28, 2017)

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

 

To the Board of Directors of

Longfin Corp.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying Balance Sheet and the related Statement of Income, Shareholder’s Equity and Cash Flow present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Longfin Corp at February 28, 2017 and the results of their operation and their cash flow for the period February 1, 2017 (inception) to February 28, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.  We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

AJSH & Co LLP

 

New Delhi, India

May 23, 2017


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LONGFIN CORP.

(A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE COMPANY)

Balance Sheet as at February 28, 2017

As at February 28,

2017

 

(Amounts in USD)

ASSETS

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

Cash

                                   75

Trade receivables

                        298,786

Other current assets

                                      -

 

                        298,861

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

Property, plant and equipment

                                      -

TOTAL ASSETS

                        298,861

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

LIABILITIES

 

Current Liabilities:

 

Trade Payable

                        280,952

Other payable and liabilities

                           12,000

Tax liability

                                 875

 

                        293,827

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Common stock

 

Authorized: 200,000,000 shares

 

Issued and Outstanding: 7,500,000 shares

                                   75

Retained Earnings

                             4,959

 

 

Total Stockholders' Equity

                             5,034

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                        298,861

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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LONGFIN CORP.

(A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE COMPANY)

Statement of Income for the period ended February 28, 2017

For the period February 1 to February 28,

2017

 

(Amounts in USD)

Income

 

Revenue

                      298,786

 

 

Cost of Services

                      280,952

 

 

Gross Profit

                        17,834

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

General and administrative

                        12,000

Total Expenses

                        12,000

 

 

Net income before income tax provision

                           5,834

Provision for income tax

                              875

 

 

Net gain (loss) for the period

                           4,959

 

 

Net earnings (loss) per share:

 

Basic and diluted ($)

                        0.0007

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

Basic and diluted

                  7,500,000

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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LONGFIN CORP.

(A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE COMPANY)

Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the period ended February 28, 2017

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares

Par Value

Accumulated Gain (Loss)

Shareholders' Equity

 

Balance as at February 1, 2017

                             -   

                             -   

                             -   

                             -   

Common Shares issued:

              7,500,000

                            75

                             -   

                            75

Net gain (loss) for the year

 

 

                      4,959

                      4,959

Balance as at March 31, 2016

              7,500,000

                            75

                      4,959

                      5,034

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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LONGFIN CORP.

(A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE COMPANY)

Statement of Cash Flows for the period ended February 28, 2017

For the period February 1 to February 28,

2017

 

(Amounts in USD)

Operating Activities:

 

Net gain (loss)

                4,959

Provision for income tax

                    875

 

                5,834

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

Trade Receivable

         (298,786)

Trade Payables

            280,952

Other Payable and Liabilities

              12,000

Net cash provided by operating activities

                       -   

 

 

Investing Activities:

                       -   

 

 

Financing activities:

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

                      75

Net cash provided by financing activities

                      75

 

 

Net increase in cash

                      75

Cash, beginning of period

                       -   

Cash, end of period

                      75

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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LONGFIN CORP.

(A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE COMPANY)

Notes to Financial Statements for the period ended February 28, 2017

Note 1: Organization and Basis of Presentation

 

Longfin Corp., (“the Company”, “Longfin”) is domiciled and incorporated in the State of Delaware, United States of America on February 1, 2017.

 

The registered address of the Company is:

 

2035 Sunset Lake Rd, Suite B-2, Newark, DE 19702

The Company is an independent fintech company specializes in trade commodity solutions and has entered into a shares swap agreement14 to acquire 100% of the global trade finance technology solution provider, Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd. (“Stampede”), post the commission qualifications and pre-offering within two calendar days as per the Rules, Longfin Corp will issue 50 Million common shares to Stampede’s shareholders for 100% of the company, and become the parent company of Stampede. Longfin core business plan is to utilize Stampede’s technology, strategy, infrastructure and its business model for the United States of America, North America, South America, Europe, Africa and United Kingdom, and to carry the same business as being carried by the Singapore entity for the Asia Pacific region.

Longfin is primarily a technology company providing technology solutions for finance houses, exchanges and trading platforms around the world specializing in ART (Alternative Risk Transfer) using global electronic markets. Longfin provides global market making / liquidity / technology solutions to all the major global exchanges/ global banks / global commodity trading houses across the globe.

 

The Company as on the date of balance sheet is 100% held by Mr. Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas.

 

Note 2: Significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements

 

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these financial statements. There are no comparative financial statements presented for the corresponding period in the last year, as the Company is newly incorporated and has started the operations in February 2017.

 

Basis of Preparation

 

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and are presented in USD. The Financial Statements and related disclosures as on February 28, 2017 are audited pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “Longfin”, “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Longfin Corp.

 

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, 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 period. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.


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Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and highly liquid financial assets with original maturities of less than three months, which are subject to insignificant risk of changes in their fair value, and are used by the company in the management of its short-term commitments. Cash at bank earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates. The cash and bank balances are denominated in United State Dollars (USD).

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

ASC 825, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments. ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements” defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of February 28, 2017.

 

The respective carrying values of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximate their fair values. These financial instruments include cash, accrued liabilities and notes payable. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying values for these financial instruments since they are short term in nature and their carrying amounts approximate fair value.

 

Basic and Diluted Loss per Share

 

The Company computes earnings (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260-10-45 “Earnings per Share”, which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share on the face of the statement of operations. Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive earnings (loss) per share exclude all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. The Company has no potential dilutive instruments and therefore, basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are equal.

 

Revenue Recognition

The Company follows the guidelines of ASC 605-15 for revenue recognition.

Technology services revenue, consist of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology and provision of associated management and hosting services. These fees include both upfront and annual recurring fees. Income from existing arrangements for technology services is recorded with revenue being recognized once persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable.

 

Trade Receivable

We make estimates of the collectability of our accounts receivable by analyzing historical payment patterns, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, and current economic trends.  If the financial condition of a customer deteriorates, additional allowances may be required. Management estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potential losses from customer accounts deemed uncollectible.

 

Management continually evaluates its receivables from customers for collectability and possible write-off. The Company manages the credit risk associated with its receivables from customers through credit limits and continuous monitoring of collateral.


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Regarding our collection policy on trading receivables, receivables from customers of technology platform services provided for trading and they pay a certain percentage of transaction value every month and on the hourly basis of the technology usage.

 

 

Provisions

 

A provision is recognised if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company is a corporation subject to State of Delaware corporate income tax.

 

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. 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 the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC Topic 740.10.30 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740.10.40 provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. We have no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.

 

Financial Assets

 

The Company classifies its financial assets in the following categories: at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity and available-for-sale. The classification depends on the purpose for which the assets were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition. The designation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss is irrevocable. 

 

Financial assets are recognised on the balance sheet only when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument. When financial assets are recognised initially, they are measured at fair value, plus, in the case of financial assets not at fair value through profit or loss, directly attributable transaction costs.

 

Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have been transferred and the Company has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership, On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirely, the difference between the carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and any cumulative gain or loss that has been recognised directly in equity is recognised in the income statement.

 

All regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised or derecognised on the trade date i.e. the date that the Company commits to purchase or sell the asset. Regular way purchases or sales of financial assets require delivery of assets within the period generally established by regulation or convention in the marketplace concerned.

 

(a) Financial assets of fair value through profit or loss 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are financial assets classified as held for trading, and those designated at fair value through profit or loss at inception. Financial assets classified as held for trading are derivatives (including separated embedded derivatives) or are acquired principally for the


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purpose of selling or repurchasing it in the near term. Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss at inception are those that are managed and their performances are evaluated on a value basis, in accordance with a documented Company investment strategy, derivatives are also categorised as held for trading unless they are designated as hedges.

Subsequent to initial recognition, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value. Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value of the financial assets are recognised in the income statement. Net gains or net losses on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include exchange differences, interest and dividend income.

 

(b) Loans and receivables 

Financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as loans and receivables. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognised in the income statement when the loans and receivables are derecognised or impaired, and through the amortisation process.

 

(c) Held-to-maturity investments 

Financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intention and ability to hold the investment to maturity, if the Company were to sell other than an insignificant amount of held-to-maturity financial asset, the whole category would be reclassified as available-for-sale, subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, gains and losses are recognised in the income statement when the held-to-maturity investments are derecognised or impaired, and through the amortisation process.

 

(d) Available-for sale financial assets 

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. After initial recognition, available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value. Any gains or losses from changes in fair value of the financial asset are recognised directly in the fair value adjustment reserve in equity, except that impairment losses, foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary items and interest calculated using the effective interest method are recognised in the income statement. The cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in equity is recognised in the income statement when the financial asset is derecognised. Investments in equity instruments whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are measured at cost less impairment loss.

 

Impairment of Non-Financials Assets

 

The Company assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, or where an annual impairment testing for an asset is required the company makes an estimate of the assets recoverable amount.

 

An asset’s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset or cash generating units’ fair value less cost of disposal and its value in use and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or group of assets. Where carrying amount of an asset or cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and it’s written down to its recoverable amount. 

 

Impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss.

 

A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the assets recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. If that is the case, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount. That increase cannot exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment loss been recognised previously, such reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.  

 

Impairment of Financial Assets


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The Company assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is any objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired.

(a) Assets carried at amortised cost 

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at amortised cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the assets and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of the financial asset. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced by an allowance account. The impairment loss is recognised in the income statement.

When the asset becomes uncollectible, the carrying amount of impaired financial assets is reduced directly or if an amount was charged to the allowance account, the amounts charged to the allowance account are written off against the carrying value of the financial asset.

To determine whether there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets has been incurred, the Company considers factors such as the probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the debtor and default or significant delay in payments.

The allowance for impairment loss account is reduced through the income statement in a subsequent period when the amount of impairment loss decreases and the related decreases can be objectively measured. The carrying amount of the asset previously impaired is increased to the extent that the new carrying amount does not exceed the amortised cost, had no impairment been recognised in the prior periods.

(b) Assets carried at cost 

 

If there is objective evidence, such as adverse changes in the business environment where the issuer operates, probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the issuer, that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment losses are not reversed in subsequent periods.

 

(c) Available-for-sale assets 

Significant or prolonged decline in fair value below cost, significant financial difficulties of the issuer or obligor, and the disappearance of an active trading market are considerations to determine whether to determine there is objective evidence that investment securities classified as available-for-sale financial assets are impaired.

 

If an available-for-sale financial asset is impaired, an amount comprising the difference between its cost (net of any principal payment and amortisation) and its current fair value, less any impairment loss previously recognised in the income statement, is transferred from equity to the income statement. Reversals of impairment losses in respect of equity instruments are not recognised in the income statement. Reversals of impairment losses on debt instruments are recognised in the income statement if the increase in fair value of the debt instrument can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment losses were recognised in the income statement.

Fixed Assets

 

Depreciation on fixed assets is recognised in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each asset.


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Depreciation methods useful lives and residual values are reviewed, and adjusted as appropriate, at each balance sheet date.

 

 

Operating Leases

 

Leases where the lessor effectively retains substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership of the leased asset are classified as operating leases, Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The aggregate benefit of incentives provided by the lessor is recognised as a reduction of rental expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that provides entities guidance for the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted under a modified retrospective approach for certain financial liabilities as specified in this ASU. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have an impact on its Financial Statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease obligation for all leases. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset and liability for leases with a term of twelve months or less. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted under a modified retrospective approach. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU on its Financial Statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its Financial Statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which clarifies the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its Financial Statements

 

Note 3: Legal Matters

 

The Company has no known legal issues pending.

 

Note 4: Common Stock

 

As on the date of incorporation and on the date of balance sheet, the Company has authorized share capital of 200,000,000 at par value USD 0.00001 each. On February 1, 2017 the Company issued 7,500,000 shares at USD0.00001 per share to Mr. Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas amounting to USD 75.

 

The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared and are entitled to one vote per common stock at meetings of the Company. All common stocks rank equally with regards to residual assets of the Company.

 

Note 5: Trade payables

 

 

2017
(USD)

Trade payables

 

        - Third parties

              -


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        - Related party

              280,952

 

          280,952

 

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are generally settled on average of 30 days to 60 days term. They are denominated in USD. The Company trade receivables consist of receivables from related party only.

 

Note 6: Trade receivables

 

The company has a trade receivables amounting to USD 298,786.These receivables are unsecured. Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally between 60 to 90 days. They are recognized at the original invoice amounts which represent their fair value on initial recognition. They are denominated in USD.

 

 

Note 7: Related Party Transactions

 

In addition to the related party information disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements, the following significant transactions between the Company and related parties took place at terms agreed between the parties during the financial period:

 

Name of Parties

Description of transaction

For the period ending February 28, 2017

 

 

 

 

Meridian Tech HK Limited

Data Feed Cost

 

USD 280,952

 

Note 8: Income Taxes

 

The Company showed an income tax expense of USD 875 for the Period ended February 28, 2017.

 

Note 9: Commitments

The Company does not have any commitment and contingencies for the financial period ending February 28, 2017.

Note 10: Functional and presentation currency

These accompanying financial statements are presented in USD. USD is the functional currency for the Company. Assets and liabilities of Longfin are recognised or derecognised on the trade date i.e. the date that the company commits to purchase or sell the asset and income statement accounts are reinstated to USD at spot rates of exchange. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in net income.

Note 11: Financial risk management objectives and policies

Risk management is integral to the whole business of the Company. The Company has a system of controls in place to create an acceptable balance between the cost of risk occurring and the cost of managing the risks. The management continually monitors the risk management process of the Company to ensure that an appropriate balance between risk and control is achieved. The key financial risks of the Company include liquidity risk, foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and credit risk.

(a) Liquidity risk 

There are no undiscounted cash flows for the period ended 28 February 2017, to be disclosed as all the financial instruments of the Company are due to mature within twelve months from the end of the financial period.

 

(b) Foreign currency risk 


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The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk on commitments that are denominated in currencies other than the respective functional currencies of Company entities. The Company and its entities buy and sell the goods in the same currency to hedge its foreign currency exposure. The Company does not have specific policy to manage the risk.

 

(c) Interest rate risk 

The Company does not have any investments in fixed rate debt securities and its fixed-rate borrowings are not exposed to a risk of change in their fair value due to changes in interest rates. The Company does not have any investment in floating rate debt securities or floating rate borrowings. Short-term receivables and payables are not exposed to interest rate risk. Accordingly, no sensitivity analysis is carried out for changes in interest rates.

 

(d) Credit risk 

Credit risk is the risk of loss that may arise on outstanding financial instruments should a counterparty default on its obligations. The Company's exposure to credit risk arises primarily from trade receivables and other current assets. The Company has a credit policy in place, which establishes credit limits for customers and monitors their balances on an on-going basis. Credit evaluations are performed on all customers requiring credit.

Note 12: Subsequent Events

The Company has entered into the shares swap agreement15 with Stampede, a group company incorporated in Singapore, to have effect after qualification from US Securities and Exchange Commission for the Regulation A filing done by the Company, pursuant to which the Company will become the parent company of Stampede and shareholders of Stampede will receive the 50 million shares of common stock in the same ratio as current holding in Stampede.

 


15 As amended


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Section B on Financial Statements

Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. - As of and for the nine months’ period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Consolidated (Unaudited and reviewed) Balance Sheets at December 31, 2016 and 2015

As at December 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

ASSETS

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

Cash

21,967

65,636

Trade receivables

5,183,792

5,633,059

Derivative asset held for trading

-

1,070

Other current assets

163,050

492,575

Loans and advances

8,516,013

-   

 

13,884,822

6,192,340

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

9,023,653

2,564,227

TOTAL ASSETS

                22,908,475

                  8,756,567

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

Trade payable

5,054,698

135,899

Derivatives held for trading

-   

2,938

Other payable and liabilities

27,446

7,875

Deferred tax liability

1,534,021

435,919

Related party balance payable

1,300,545

411,318

 

7,916,710

  993,950

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

Common stock: Issued & Outstanding as at December 31, 2016: 5,511,718 and December 31, 2015: 3,739,020

4,050,700

2,735,000

Money received pending allotment

-   

470,000

Retained earnings

10,941,065

4,557,617

Total Stockholders' Equity

14,991,765

7,762,617

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                22,908,475

                  8,756,567

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Statements of Income for the nine months period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

For the period ending December 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

Income

 

 

Revenue

                27,747,751

                  9,098,560

Other Income

                                 70

                                 54

 

                27,747,821

                  9,098,614

 

 

 

Cost of Services

                18,446,658

                  4,217,397

Gross Profit

                  9,301,163

                  4,881,217

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

General and administrative

                  2,676,730

                      562,414

Other Operating Expenses

                           4,552

                           3,220

Total Expenses

                  2,681,282

                      565,634

 

 

 

Net income before income tax provision

                  6,619,881

                  4,315,583

Provision for income tax

                      489,526

                      471,448

Net gain (loss) for the period

                  6,130,355

                  3,844,135

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

Basic and diluted

                             1.23

                             1.03

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

Basic and diluted

                  4,978,992

                  3,739,020

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

For the period ending December 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

Operating activities:

 

 

Net gain (loss)

                  6,130,355

                  3,844,135

Accumulated Depreciation

                      924,011

                      147,712

Amortisation Cost

                      631,244

                      335,762

Fair value (gain) / loss on trading securities

                      (24,005)

                           2,078

Deferred Tax

                      489,526

                      471,448

 

                  8,151,131

                  4,801,135

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

Trade Receivable

                (2,630,756)

                (4,601,994)

Other Current assets

                      306,490

                    (176,581)

Loans and advances

                (8,516,012)

                                    -

Trade Payables

                  5,298,525

                      228,469

Other Payable and Liabilities

                        17,446

                      (98,203)

Net cash provided by operating activities

                  2,626,824

                      152,826

 

 

 

Investing Activities

 

 

Purchase of property, plant and Equipment

                (3,248,500)

                    (884,054)

Net cash provided by investing activities

                (3,248,500)

                    (884,054)

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

                      470,700

                      470,000

Net cash provided by financing activities

                      470,700

                      470,000

 

 

 

Net increase in cash

                    (150,976)

                    (261,228)

Cash, beginning of period

                      172,943

                      326,864

Cash, end of period

                        21,967

                        65,636

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Notes to Financial Statements for the nine months period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

Note 1: Organization and Basis of Presentation

 

Stampede Tradex Pte.Ltd., formerly known as Stampede Financials Pte Ltd. (“the Company”, “Stampede”) is domiciled and incorporated in the Republic of Singapore since December 08, 2010.

 

The registered address of the Company is:

1 Raffles Place

#41-01 One Raffles Place

Singapore 048616

 

On December 16, 2016, the name of the Company has been changed from “Stampede Financials Pte. Ltd.” to “Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.”

 

Stampede is a global structured finance house powered by technology and provides global trade finance solutions. Stampede is a leading Non-Bank Liquidity and Technology Solutions provider dedicated to Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (“FICC”) products in Asia and emerging markets. We are primarily a research driven global fintech house specialized in data handling (big data, law of Large numbers and liquidity), data processing (trade flow and hosted management solutions) and data management (robo advisory platform).

 

The Company is a trading member of Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (“SGX”), Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (“DGCX”), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME”) Group, Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”), London Metal Exchange (“LME”) in the capital market and trading member in the futures and options market. The Company acts as a market maker where it buys and sells securities and other financial instruments.

 

The Company engages in proprietary transactions and offers a wide range of services to meet client’s needs including distribution of proprietary technology platform for trading. The revenue generation is driven primarily by transaction volume across a broad range of securities and other financial instruments.  The company is also engaged in specializing in Alternative Risk Transfer (“ART”) using global electronic markets and trading in commodities with large commodity trading houses.

 

The Beast Ltd. (“The Beast”) is a company incorporated under the Companies Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands on June 5, 2015. The Beast is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stampede since June 23, 2015. The authorized capital of the Beast is United States Dollar (“USD”) 50,000 divided into 100 management shares of USD 1 par value each and 4,990,000 participating shares of USD 0.01 par value each. The Beast is a shell company and business operations has not started till date.

 

As on year end, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited (“Stampede Capital”), a company incorporated in the Republic of India and on the date of sign off the audit report, the shareholding is as below:

 

 

Stampede Capital

55%

Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas

45%

 

 

Note 2: Significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements

 

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements and have been applied consistently by group entities.


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Basis of Preparation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Group”). The statement of income includes the results of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. and The Beast.

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and are presented in USD. The Financial Statements and related disclosures as on December 31, 2016 are audited pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “Stampede”, “Group”, “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Stampede Tradex Pte.Ltd. along with its subsidiaries.

 

Basis of consolidation

 

(a) Subsidiaries 

The Group consolidates entities which it controls. Control exists when the parent has power over the entity, is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns by using its control over the entity. The controlling right gives the ability to direct relevant activities, those which significantly affect the entity’s returns.

 

The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements using the acquisition method of accounting from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases.

 

(b) Transactions eliminated on consolidation  

Intra-group balances and transactions, and any unrealized income and expenses arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. Unrealized losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

 

(c) Non-controlling interests  

Acquisitions of non-controlling interests are accounted for as transactions with equity holders in their capacity as equity holders; therefore no goodwill is recognized as a result of such transactions.

 

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, 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 period. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and highly liquid financial assets with original maturities of less than three months, which are subject to insignificant risk of changes in their fair value, and are used by the group in the management of its short-term commitments. Cash at bank earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates. The cash and bank balances are denominated in United State Dollars (USD).

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 


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ASC 825, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments. ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements” defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2016.

 

The respective carrying values of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximate their fair values. These financial instruments include cash, accrued liabilities and notes payable. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying values for these financial instruments since they are short term in nature and their carrying amounts approximate fair value.

 

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share

 

The Company computes earnings (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260-10-45 “Earnings per Share”, which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share on the face of the statement of operations. Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive earnings (loss) per share exclude all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. The Company has no potential dilutive instruments and therefore, basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are equal.

 

Revenue Recognition

The Company follows the guidelines of ASC 605-15 for revenue recognition.

Revenue from trading of commodities and services rendered is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of return and trade discount.

 

(a) Trading income, net, consists of trading gains and losses that are recorded on a trade date basis and reported on a net basis. Trading income, net, is comprised of realized gains and losses on equities, fixed income securities, currencies and commodities and rebates from exchanges. 

 

(b) Technology services revenue, consist of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology and provision of associated management and hosting services. These fees include both upfront and annual recurring fees. Income from existing arrangements for technology services is recorded with revenue being recognized once persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable. 

 

(c) Incentive income, is recognized on trade date basis as securities transactions occur. The Group reports incentive income on transactions as revenue on gross basis and reports commissions paid to sub brokers as commission expense. 

 

Accounts Receivable

We make estimates of the collectability of our accounts receivable by analyzing historical payment patterns, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, and current economic trends.  If the financial condition of a customer deteriorates, additional allowances may be required. Management estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potential losses from customer accounts deemed uncollectible.

 

Management continually evaluates its receivables from customers for collectability and possible write-off. The Group manages the credit risk associated with its receivables from customers through credit limits and continuous monitoring of collateral.

 

Regarding our collection policy on trading receivables, there are two types of receivables: (1) receivables in the form of rebates/incentives from stock exchanges, (2) receivables from customers of technology platform services provided for trading. With the first type of receivables: rebates/incentives are received every month from stock


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exchanges as per the agreed contracts. With the second type of receivables, customers pay a certain percentage of transaction value every month and on the hourly basis of the technology usage.

 

Provisions

 

A provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company is a corporation subject to Singapore corporate income tax and non-Singapore income taxes in the jurisdictions in which company or its affiliate operates. The Company records deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and measures them using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when such differences are expected to reverse. The Company evaluates the recoverability of future tax deductions by assessing the adequacy of future expected taxable income from all sources, including reversal of temporary differences and forecasted operating earnings.

 

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. 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 the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC Topic 740.10.30 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740.10.40 provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. We have no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented. Financial Assets

 

The Company classifies its financial assets in the following categories: at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity and available-for-sale. The classification depends on the purpose for which the assets were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition. The designation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss is irrevocable. 

 

Financial assets are recognized on the balance sheet only when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument. When financial assets are recognized initially, they are measured at fair value, plus, in the case of financial assets not at fair value through profit or loss, directly attributable transaction costs.

 

Financial assets are derecognized when the contractual rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have been transferred and the Company has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership, On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirely, the difference between the carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and any cumulative gain or loss that has been recognized directly in equity is recognized in the income statement.

 

All regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized or derecognized on the trade date i.e. the date that the Company commits to purchase or sell the asset. Regular way purchases or sales of financial assets require delivery of assets within the period generally established by regulation or convention in the marketplace concerned.

 

(a) Financial assets of fair value through profit or loss 


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Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are financial assets classified as held for trading, and those designated at fair value through profit or loss at inception. Financial assets classified as held for trading are derivatives (including separated embedded derivatives) or are acquired principally for the purpose of selling or repurchasing it in the near term. Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss at inception are those that are managed and their performances are evaluated on a value basis, in accordance with a documented Company investment strategy, derivatives are also categorized as held for trading unless they are designated as hedges.

 

Subsequent to initial recognition, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value. Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value of the financial assets are recognised in the income statement. Net gains or net losses on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include exchange differences, interest and dividend income.

 

(b) Loans and receivables 

Financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as loans and receivables. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognized in the income statement when the loans and receivables are derecognized or impaired, and through the amortization process.

 

(c) Held-to-maturity investments 

Financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intention and ability to hold the investment to maturity, if the Company were to sell other than an insignificant amount of held-to-maturity financial asset, the whole category would be reclassified as available-for-sale, subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, gains and losses are recognized in the income statement when the held-to-maturity investments are derecognized or impaired, and through the amortization process.

 

(d) Available-for sale financial assets 

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. After initial recognition, available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value. Any gains or losses from changes in fair value of the financial asset are recognized directly in the fair value adjustment reserve in equity, except that impairment losses, foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary items and interest calculated using the effective interest method are recognized in the income statement. The cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in equity is recognized in the income statement when the financial asset is derecognized. Investments in equity instruments whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are measured at cost less impairment loss.

 

Impairment of Non-Financials Assets

 

The Company assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, or where an annual impairment testing for an asset is required the company makes an estimate of the assets recoverable amount.

 

An asset’s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset or cash generating units’ fair value less cost of disposal and its value in use and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or group of assets. Where carrying amount of an asset or cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and its written down to its recoverable amount. 

 

Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss.

 

A previously recognized impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the assets recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. If that is the case, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount. That increase cannot exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment loss been recognized previously, such reversal is recognized in the profit or loss.  


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Impairment of Financial Assets

The Company assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is any objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired.

(a) Assets carried at amortized cost 

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at amortized cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the assets and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of the financial asset. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced by an allowance account. The impairment loss is recognized in the income statement.

When the asset becomes uncollectible, the carrying amount of impaired financial assets is reduced directly or if an amount was charged to the allowance account, the amounts charged to the allowance account are written off against the carrying value of the financial asset.

To determine whether there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets has been incurred, the Company considers factors such as the probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the debtor and default or significant delay in payments.

The allowance for impairment loss account is reduced through the income statement in a subsequent period when the amount of impairment loss decreases and the related decreases can be objectively measured. The carrying amount of the asset previously impaired is increased to the extent that the new carrying amount does not exceed the amortized cost, had no impairment been recognized in the prior periods.

 

(b) Assets carried at cost 

If there is objective evidence, such as adverse changes in the business environment where the issuer operates, probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the issuer, that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment losses are not reversed in subsequent periods.

 

(c) Available-for-sale assets 

Significant or prolonged decline in fair value below cost, significant financial difficulties of the issuer or obligor, and the disappearance of an active trading market are considerations to determine whether to determine there is objective evidence that investment securities classified as available-for-sale financial assets are impaired.

 

If an available-for-sale financial asset is impaired, an amount comprising the difference between its cost (net of any principal payment and amortization) and its current fair value, less any impairment loss previously recognized in the income statement, is transferred from equity to the income statement. Reversals of impairment losses in respect of equity instruments are not recognized in the income statement. Reversals of impairment losses on debt instruments are recognized in the income statement if the increase in fair value of the debt instrument can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment losses were recognized in the income statement.

Fixed Assets


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Depreciation on fixed assets is recognised in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each asset as stated hereunder: -

 

Asset

Useful Life

Computers   

4 Years

Software

4 Years

 

Depreciation methods useful lives and residual values are reviewed, and adjusted as appropriate, at each balance sheet date.

 

Operating Leases

 

Leases where the lessor effectively retains substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership of the leased asset are classified as operating leases, Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The aggregate benefit of incentives provided by the lessor is recognized as a reduction of rental expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis.

 

Employee Benefits

 

(a) Defined contribution plan 

As required by law, the Company makes contributions to the state pension scheme, the Central Provident Fund ("CPF”). Such obligations for contributions are recognized as compensation expense in the income statement in the same period as the employment that gives rise to the obligatory contribution.

 

(b) Short term employee benefit 

Short employee benefit obligations are measured on undiscounted basis and are expensed as the related service is provided. Liability is recognized for the amount expected to be paid if the company has a present legal or constructive obligation to pay this amount as a result of past services provided by the employee, and the obligation can be estimated reliably.

 

Earnings per Share

 

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS 128, "Earnings Per Share", basic earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The Company does not have any dilutive securities and hence the basic and diluted earnings per share are same.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that provides entities guidance for the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted under a modified retrospective approach for certain financial liabilities as specified in this ASU. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have an impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease obligation for all leases. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset and liability for leases with a term of twelve months or less. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted under a modified retrospective approach. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In December 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for reporting periods


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beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which clarifies the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 3: Legal Matters

 

The Company has no known legal issues pending.

 

Note 4: Common Stock

 

As on April 1, 2015, the Company has a paid share capital of SGD 3,739,020. During period ending December 2016, the paid-up share capital of the Company was increased from SGD 4,920,994 to SGD 5,511,718 by the issuance of 590,724 ordinary shares at SGD 1 each to Stampede Capital amounting to USD 435,000.

 

These shares rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company. All shares rank equally with regards to residual assets of the Company.

 

The company has also issued shares to Mr. Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas, the Founder, Director and Chairman of the company under an agreement which has been entered on January 25, 2017. Please refer note on “Subsequent Events” for further details. 

Note 5: Trade payables

 

 

Year ended December 31,

2016
(USD)

2015

(USD)

Trade payables

              5,054,698

            135,899

 

         5,054,698

            135,899

 

 

 

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are generally settled on average of 30 days to 60 days term. They are denominated in USD.

 

Note 6: Other Current Assets

 

As at December 31, 2016, the company has total current assets of USD 163,050 which includes rent deposits and trading deposits. As at December 31, 2015, it amounts to USD 492,575 including rent deposits, trading deposits and loans and advances.

 

Note 7: Trade receivables

 

As at December 31, 2016, the company has a trade receivables amounting to USD 5,183,792 (December 31, 2015: USD 5,633,059). These receivables are unsecured. Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally between 120 to 180 days’ term. They are recognized at the original invoice amounts which represent their fair value on initial recognition. They are denominated in USD. During the period ending December 31, 2016, the company has written off the trade receivables amounting to

USD 765,006 (December 31, 2015: Nil).

 

Note 8: Other payables and liabilities


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As at December 31, 2016, the company has audit fee and salaries payable amounting to USD 27,446 under the head “Other payables and liabilities”. As at December 31, 2015, the outstanding amount under “Other payables and liabilities” is USD 7,875 including audit fee.

 

Note 9: Related Party Transactions

 

In addition to the related party information disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements, the following significant transactions between the Company and related parties took place at terms agreed between the parties during the financial year:

 

Name of Parties

Description of transaction

Transaction during the year (USD)

 

 

Period ending December 2016

Period ending December 2015

Meridian Tech HK Limited

Data feed cost

906,829

86,520

Stampede Cloud Services Pvt Ltd

IT/Back office services

78,543

411,319

Stampede Technologies Pte Ltd

Professional charges

-

242,000

 

 The closing balance of the above mentioned related parties is as under:

 

Year ended December 31,

2016

2015

 

(USD)

(USD)

Stampede Cloud Services Pvt Ltd

                                                                      523,161

                                                                          411,319  

Stampede Technologies Pte Ltd

                                                                        583,955

                                                                          -   

Meridian Tech HK Limited

                                                                                 193,429   

                                                                 -

 

 

Note 10: Fixed Assets

 

Depreciation on fixed assets is recognized in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each asset.

 

 

Server

Software

Total

 

 

 

(USD)

Gross Block

 

 

 

As on April 1, 2015

             486,078               

1,695,893

          2,181,971

As on December 31, 2015

            1,210,131

1,855,893

         3,066,024

As on December 31, 2016

          3,351,331

        8,000,593

         11,351,924

Accumulated Depreciation

 

 

                        

As on April 1, 2015

       12,720                     

5,603                          

                18,323   

As on December 31, 2015

          160,432

341,365

               501,796

As on December 31, 2016

              904,716

         1,423,556

             2,328,272

Net Block

 

 

 

As on April 1, 2015

             473,358   

         1,690,290  

         2,163,648   

As on December 31, 2015

             1,049,699

         1,514,528

         2,564,227

As on December 31, 2016

         2,446,615

         6,577,037

         9,023,652

 

For the period ended December 31, 2016 the company recorded USD 1,555,255 (December 31, 2015:USD 483,474) in depreciation expense.

 

Note 11: Income Taxes


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There is no tax provision for the financial year as the Company does not have any taxable income.

 

The current year income tax expense varied from the amount of income tax expense determined by applying the Singapore income tax rate of 17% to profit before income tax as a result of the following:

 

Year ended December 31,

2016

2015

(USD)

(USD)

Net income before taxes

4,704,358

4,315,793

Enacted tax rates in Singapore

17.00%

17.00%

Computed tax expense

799,741

733,685

Permanent differences - Non Deductible Expense

264,393

82,191

Permanent differences - Capital Allowance

(1,064,134)

(815,875)

Timing differences - Difference in depreciation rates

    489,526

  471,448

Income taxes recognized in the statement of income

489,526

471,448

 

The provisions for income taxes consist of:

 

Year ended December 31,

2016

2015

          (USD)

(USD)

 

 

 

Domestic taxes

 

 

Current

-

-

Deferred

489,526

471,448

Aggregate taxes

489,526

471,448

 

The Company has unabsorbed capital allowances available for offsetting against future taxable income.

The realization of unabsorbed capital allowances from the future taxable income is available for an unlimited future period in accordance with the provisions of Singapore Income Tax Act, if there is no substantial change in composition of the shareholders and the shareholdings in the Company at the relevant dates when the capital allowances are utilized.

 

Note 12: Earnings per share (“EPS”)

 

The following is a reconciliation of the equity shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per equity share:

 

Year ended December 31,

2016
(USD)

2015
(USD)

Weighted average shares outstanding- Basic & Diluted (read along with note no. 4)

4,978,992

3,739,020

 

Income available to common stock holders of the group used in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculation was determined as follows:

 

2016
(USD)

2015
(USD)

Net Income available for calculating basic/ diluted earnings per share

6,130,355

3,844,135


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Basic/Diluted earnings per share

1.23

1.03

Note 13: Commitments

(a) Operating Lease commitments — as lessee 

During the period ending December 31, 2016, the Company has paid a leasing rent for the lease of office premise amounting to USD 6,577 (December 31, 2015: USD 8,393). Future minimum rental payable under non-cancellable operating leases at the end of the reporting period are as follows:

Year ended December 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(USD)

Payable within 1 year

 11,957

    2,183

 

(b) Contingencies 

The Company has no contingencies during the financial year.

Note 14: Functional and presentation currency

These accompanying financial statements are presented in USD. USD is the functional currency for the Group and its affiliates. Assets and liabilities of Stampede are recognized or derecognized on the trade date i.e. the date that the company commits to purchase or sell the asset and income statement accounts are reinstated to USD at spot rates of exchange. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in net income.

Note 15: Derivatives and Risk Management

The Group enters into exchange traded derivative contracts for trading purposes.  The Group generally enters into offsetting contracts to achieve economic hedges at prices that result in a profit spread for the Group. At December 31, 2015 and 2016, the Group had outstanding derivative contracts with notional amounts of USD 1,349,032 and NIL respectively, in futures contracts. The notional amount of a derivative contract does not change hands, it is simply used as a reference to calculate payments. Accordingly, the notional amount of the Group’s derivative contracts outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2016 significantly exceeds the possible losses that could arise from such transactions.

The fair values of outstanding derivative positions are as below:

Year ended December 31,

2016

2015

 

(USD) 

(USD)

 

 

 

Derivative assets

-

1,070

 

-

1,070

 

Year ended December 31,

2016

2015

 

(USD) 

(USD)

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

-

(2,938)

 

-

            (2938)


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Note 16: Financial risk management objectives and policies

Risk management is integral to the whole business of the Company. The Company has a system of controls in place to create an acceptable balance between the cost of risk occurring and the cost of managing the risks. The management continually monitors the risk management process of the Company to ensure that an appropriate balance between risk and control is achieved. The key financial risks of the Company include liquidity risk, foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and credit risk.

(a) Liquidity risk 

There are no undiscounted cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2016 to be disclosed as all the financial instruments of the Company are due to mature within twelve months from the end of the financial year.

 

(b) Foreign currency risk 

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk on commitments that are denominated in currencies other than the respective functional currencies of Company entities. The Company and its entities buys and sells the goods in the same currency to hedge its foreign currency exposure. The Company does not have specific policy to manage the risk.

 

(c) Interest rate risk 

The Company does not have any investments in fixed rate debt securities and its fixed-rate borrowings are not exposed to a risk of change in their fair value due to changes in interest rates. The Company does not have any investment in floating rate debt securities or floating rate borrowings. Short-term receivables and payables are not exposed to interest rate risk. Accordingly, no sensitivity analysis is carried out for changes in interest rates.

 

(d) Credit risk 

Credit risk is the risk of loss that may arise on outstanding financial instruments should a counterparty default on its obligations. The Company's exposure to credit risk arises primarily from trade receivables and other current assets. The Company has a credit policy in place, which establishes credit limits for customers and monitors their balances on an on-going basis. Credit evaluations are performed on all customers requiring credit.

Note 17: Subsequent Events

Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, following are the subsequent events which have a bearing on the understanding of the financial statements:

(a) Founder’s Shares Award Agreement 

The company has entered into a founder share award agreement with Mr. Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas (the “Founder”), pursuant to which company has allotted and issued 4,508,365 ordinary shares in the capital of the company at an agreed subscription price of SGD 1 to the founder on terms and condition set out therein.

 

The above-mentioned Founder’s Share Award Agreement has been entered on January 25, 2017 and the shares were issued on February 1, 2017.

 

(b) Bonus shares issued 

On February 7, 2017, the Company has issued 7,000,000 bonus shares to its shareholders as on date of issue at a price SGD 1 from the retained earnings of the Company.


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Section C on Financial Statements

Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. - As of and for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Report of Independent Auditor

To the Board of Directors of

Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated Balance Sheet and the related Consolidated Statements of Income, shareholder’s equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. at March 31, 2016 and 2015 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2016 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.  We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

AJSH & Co LLP

 

New Delhi, India

May 23, 2017


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at March 31, 2016 and 2015

As at March 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

ASSETS

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

Cash

172,943

326,864

Trade receivables

2,553,036

1,031,065

Derivatives held for trading

-

330

Deferred tax asset

-

35,529

Other current assets

469,540

315,994

 

3,195,519

1,709,782

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

7,330,408

2,163,648

TOTAL ASSETS

10,525,927

3,873,430

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

Trade payable

487,440

318,750

Derivatives held for trading

24,004

120

Other payables and liabilities

10,000

19,558

Deferred tax liability

1,044,495

-

Related party balance payables

569,278

86,520

 

2,135,217

424,948

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

Common stock: Issued & Outstanding as at March 31, 2016: 4,920,994 and March 31, 2015: 3,739,020

3,580,000

2,735,000

Retained Earnings

4,810,709

713,482

Total Stockholders' Equity

8,390,709

3,448,482

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                10,525,926

                  3,873,430

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Statements of Income for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

For the period ending March 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

Income

 

 

Revenue

                16,187,019

                  1,177,379

Other income

                                 75

                                  -   

 

                16,187,094

                  1,177,379

 

 

 

Cost of services

                  8,957,987

                      437,189

Gross Profit

                  7,229,107

                      740,190

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

General and administrative

                  2,050,649

                        62,237

Other operating expenses

                           1,206

                                  -   

Total Expenses

                  2,051,855

                        62,237

 

 

 

Net income before income tax provision

                  5,177,252

                      677,953

Income tax expense/ (income)

                  1,080,024

                      (35,529)

Net gain (loss) for the period

                  4,097,228

                      713,482

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

Basic and diluted

                             1.09

                             8.51

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

Basic and diluted

                  3,745,479

                        83,842

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

Number of shares

Par Value

Accumulated Gain (Loss)

Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as on April 01, 2014

1

1

-

                              1

Common Shares issued

3,739,019

2,734,999

                             -   

              2,734,999

Net gain (loss) for the year

-   

-   

                 713,482

                 713,482

Balance as on March 31, 2015

3,739,020

2,735,000

                 713,482

              3,448,482

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as on April 01, 2015

3,739,020

2,735,000

                 713,482

              3,448,482

Common Shares issued

1,181,974

845,000

                             -   

                 845,000

Net gain (loss) for the year

-   

-   

              4,097,228

              4,097,228

Balance as on March 31, 2016

4,920,994

3,580,000

              4,810,709

              8,390,709

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

For the period ending March 31,

2016

2015

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

Operating activities:

 

 

Net gain (loss)

4,097,228

713,482

Accumulated Depreciation

754,694

18,323

Deferred Tax

1,080,024

(35,529)

Fair value (gain) / loss on trading securities

24,214

(210)

 

5,956,160

696,066

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

Trade Receivable

(1,521,971)

(1,031,065)

Other Current assets

(153,546)

(315,994)

Trade Payables

168,690

318,750

Due to related party (net)

482,758

86,520

Other Payable and Liabilities

(9,558)

19,558

Net cash provided by operating activities

4,922,533

(226,165)

 

 

 

Investing Activities

 

 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(5,921,454)

(2,181,971)

Net cash provided by investing activities

(5,921,454)

(2,181,971)

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

845,000

2,734,999

Net cash provided by financing activities

845,000

2,734,999

 

 

 

Net increase in cash

(153,921)

326,863

Cash at the beginning of period

326,864

1

Cash at the end of period

172,943

326,864


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Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

Notes to Financial Statements for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

Note 1: Organization and Basis of Presentation

 

Stampede Tradex Pte.Ltd., formerly known as Stampede Financials Pte Ltd. (“the Company”, “Stampede”) is domiciled and incorporated in the Republic of Singapore since December 08, 2010.

 

The registered address of the Company is:

1 Raffles Place

#41-01 One Raffles Place

Singapore 048616

 

On December 16, 2016, the name of the Company has been changed from “Stampede Financials Pte. Ltd.” to “Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.”

 

Stampede is a global structured finance house powered by technology and provides global trade finance solutions. Stampede is a leading Non-Bank Liquidity and Technology Solutions provider dedicated to Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (“FICC”) products in Asia and emerging markets. We are primarily a research driven global fintech house specialized in data handling (big data, law of Large numbers and liquidity), data processing (trade flow and hosted management solutions) and data management (robo advisory platform).

 

The Company is a trading member of Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (“SGX”), Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (“DGCX”), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME”) Group, Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”), London Metal Exchange (“LME”) in the capital market and trading member in the futures and options market. The Company acts as a market maker where it buys and sells securities and other financial instruments.

 

The Company engages in proprietary transactions and offers a wide range of services to meet client’s needs including distribution of proprietary technology platform for trading. The revenue generation is driven primarily by transaction volume across a broad range of securities and other financial instruments.  The company is also engaged in specializing in Alternative Risk Transfer (“ART”) using global electronic markets and trading in commodities with large commodity trading houses.

 

The Beast Ltd. (“The Beast”) is a company incorporated under the Companies Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands on June 5, 2015. The Beast is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stampede since June 23, 2015. The authorized capital of the Beast is United States Dollar (“USD”) 50,000 divided into 100 management shares of USD 1 par value each and 4,990,000 participating shares of USD 0.01 par value each. The Beast is  a shell company and business operations has not started till date.

 

As on year end, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited (“Stampede Capital”), a company incorporated in the Republic of India and on the date of sign off the audit report, the shareholding is as below:

 

Stampede Capital

55%

Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas

45%

 

Note 2: Significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements

 

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements and have been applied consistently by group entities.

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The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Group”). The statement of income includes the results of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. and The Beast.

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and are presented in USD. The Financial Statements and related disclosures as on March 31, 2016 are audited pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “Stampede”, “Group”, “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Stampede Tradex Pte.Ltd. along with its subsidiaries.

 

Basis of consolidation

 

(a) Subsidiaries 

The Group consolidates entities which it controls. Control exists when the parent has power over the entity, is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns by using its control over the entity. The controlling right gives the ability to direct relevant activities, those which significantly affect the entity’s returns.

The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements using the acquisition method of accounting from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases.

 

(b) Transactions eliminated on consolidation  

Intra-group balances and transactions, and any unrealized income and expenses arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. Unrealized losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

 

(c) Non-controlling interests  

Acquisitions of non-controlling interests are accounted for as transactions with equity holders in their capacity as equity holders; therefore no goodwill is recognized as a result of such transactions.

 

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, 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 period. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and highly liquid financial assets with original maturities of less than three months, which are subject to insignificant risk of changes in their fair value, and are used by the group in the management of its short-term commitments. Cash at bank earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates. The cash and bank balances are denominated in United State Dollars (USD).

 

 

 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

ASC 825, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments. ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements” defines fair value, establishes a framework for


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measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of March 31, 2016.

 

The respective carrying values of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximate their fair values. These financial instruments include cash, accrued liabilities and notes payable. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying values for these financial instruments since they are short term in nature and their carrying amounts approximate fair value.

 

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share

 

The Company computes earnings (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260-10-45 “Earnings per Share”, which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share on the face of the statement of operations. Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive earnings (loss) per share exclude all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. The Company has no potential dilutive instruments and therefore, basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are equal.

 

Revenue Recognition

The Company follows the guidelines of ASC 605-15 for revenue recognition.

Revenue from trading of commodities and services rendered is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of return and trade discount.

 

(a) Trading income, net, consists of trading gains and losses that are recorded on a trade date basis and reported on a net basis. Trading income, net, is comprised of realized gains and losses on equities, fixed income securities, currencies and commodities and rebates from exchanges. 

 

(b) Technology services revenue, consist of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology and provision of associated management and hosting services. These fees include both upfront and annual recurring fees. Income from existing arrangements for technology services is recorded with revenue being recognized once persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable. 

 

(c) Incentive income, is recognized on trade date basis as securities transactions occur. The Group reports incentive income on transactions as revenue on gross basis and reports commissions paid to sub brokers as commission expense. 

 

Accounts Receivable

We make estimates of the collectability of our accounts receivable by analyzing historical payment patterns, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, and current economic trends.  If the financial condition of a customer deteriorates, additional allowances may be required. Management estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potential losses from customer accounts deemed uncollectible.

 

Management continually evaluates its receivables from customers for collectability and possible write-off. The Group manages the credit risk associated with its receivables from customers through credit limits and continuous monitoring of collateral.

 

Regarding our collection policy on trading receivables, there are two types of receivables: (1) receivables in the form of rebates/incentives from stock exchanges, (2) receivables from customers of technology platform services provided for trading. With the first type of receivables: rebates/incentives are received every month from stock exchanges as per the agreed contracts. With the second type of receivables, customers pay a certain percentage of transaction value every month and on the hourly basis of the technology usage.

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A provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company is a corporation subject to Singapore corporate income tax and non-Singapore income taxes in the jurisdictions in which company or its affiliate operates. The Company records deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and measures them using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when such differences are expected to reverse. The Company evaluates the recoverability of future tax deductions by assessing the adequacy of future expected taxable income from all sources, including reversal of temporary differences and forecasted operating earnings.

 

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. 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 the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC Topic 740.10.30 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740.10.40 provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. We have no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.

 

Financial Assets

 

The Company classifies its financial assets in the following categories: at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity and available-for-sale. The classification depends on the purpose for which the assets were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition. The designation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss is irrevocable. 

 

Financial assets are recognized on the balance sheet only when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument. When financial assets are recognized initially, they are measured at fair value, plus, in the case of financial assets not at fair value through profit or loss, directly attributable transaction costs.

 

Financial assets are derecognized when the contractual rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have been transferred and the Company has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership, On derecognition of a financial asset in its entirely, the difference between the carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and any cumulative gain or loss that has been recognized directly in equity is recognized in the income statement.

 

All regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized or derecognized on the trade date i.e. the date that the Company commits to purchase or sell the asset. Regular way purchases or sales of financial assets require delivery of assets within the period generally established by regulation or convention in the marketplace concerned.

 

(a) Financial assets of fair value through profit or loss 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are financial assets classified as held for trading, and those designated at fair value through profit or loss at inception. Financial assets classified as held for trading are derivatives (including separated embedded derivatives) or are acquired principally for the


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purpose of selling or repurchasing it in the near term. Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss at inception are those that are managed and their performances are evaluated on a value basis, in accordance with a documented Company investment strategy, derivatives are also categorized as held for trading unless they are designated as hedges.

 

Subsequent to initial recognition, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value. Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value of the financial assets are recognized in the income statement. Net gains or net losses on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include exchange differences, interest and dividend income.

 

(b) Loans and receivables 

Financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as loans and receivables. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognized in the income statement when the loans and receivables are derecognized or impaired, and through the amortization process.

 

(c) Held-to-maturity investments 

Financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intention and ability to hold the investment to maturity, if the Company were to sell other than an insignificant amount of held-to-maturity financial asset, the whole category would be reclassified as available-for-sale, subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, gains and losses are recognized in the income statement when the held-to-maturity investments are derecognized or impaired, and through the amortization process.

 

(d) Available-for sale financial assets 

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. After initial recognition, available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value. Any gains or losses from changes in fair value of the financial asset are recognized directly in the fair value adjustment reserve in equity, except that impairment losses, foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary items and interest calculated using the effective interest method are recognized in the income statement. The cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in equity is recognized in the income statement when the financial asset is derecognized. Investments in equity instruments whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are measured at cost less impairment loss.

 

Impairment of Non-Financials Assets

The Company assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, or where an annual impairment testing for an asset is required the company makes an estimate of the assets recoverable amount.

 

An asset’s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset or cash generating units fair value less cost of disposal and its value in use and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or group of assets. Where carrying amount of an asset or cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and its written down to its recoverable amount. 

 

Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss.

 

A previously recognized impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the assets recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. If that is the case, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount. That increase cannot exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment  loss been recognized previously, such reversal is recognized in the profit or loss.  

 

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The Company assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is any objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired.

(a) Assets carried at amortized cost 

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at amortised cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the assets and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of the financial asset. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced by an allowance account. The impairment loss is recognized in the income statement.

When the asset becomes uncollectible, the carrying amount of impaired financial assets is reduced directly or if an amount was charged to the allowance account, the amounts charged to the allowance account are written off against the carrying value of the financial asset.

To determine whether there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets has been incurred, the Company considers factors such as the probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the debtor and default or significant delay in payments.

The allowance for impairment loss account is reduced through the income statement in a subsequent period when the amount of impairment loss decreases and the related decreases can be objectively measured. The carrying amount of the asset previously impaired is increased to the extent that the new carrying amount does not exceed the amortized cost, had no impairment been recognized in the prior periods.

(b) Assets carried at cost 

If there is objective evidence, such as adverse changes in the business environment where the issuer operates, probability of insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the issuer, that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment losses are not reversed in subsequent periods.

 

(c) Available-for-sale assets 

Significant or prolonged decline in fair value below cost, significant financial difficulties of the issuer or obligor, and the disappearance of an active trading market are considerations to determine whether to determine there is objective evidence that investment securities classified as available-for-sale financial assets are impaired.

 

If an available-for-sale financial asset is impaired, an amount comprising the difference between its cost (net of any principal payment and amortization) and its current fair value, less any impairment loss previously recognized in the income statement, is transferred from equity to the income statement. Reversals of impairment losses in respect of equity instruments are not

 

recognized in the income statement. Reversals of impairment losses on debt instruments are recognized in the income statement if the increase in fair value of the debt instrument can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment losses were recognized in the income statement.

Fixed Assets

 

Depreciation on fixed assets is recognized in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each asset as stated hereunder: -


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Asset

Useful Life

Computers   

4 Years

Softwares

4 Years

 

Depreciation methods useful lives and residual values are reviewed, and adjusted as appropriate, at each balance sheet date.

 

Operating Leases

 

Leases where the lessor effectively retains substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership of the leased asset are classified as operating leases, Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The aggregate benefit of incentives provided by the lessor is recognized as a reduction of rental expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis.

 

Employee Benefits

 

(a) Defined contribution plan 

As required by law, the Company makes contributions to the state pension scheme, the Central Provident Fund ("CPF”). Such obligations for contributions are recognised as compensation expense in the income statement in the same period as the employment that gives rise to the obligatory contribution.

 

(b) Short term employee benefit 

Short employee benefit obligations are measured on undiscounted basis and are expensed as the related service is provided. Liability is recognized for the amount expected to be paid if the company has a present legal or constructive obligation to pay this amount as a result of past services provided by the employee, and the obligation can be estimated reliably.

 

Earnings per Share

 

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS 128, "Earnings Per Share", basic earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The Company does not have any dilutive securities and hence the basic and diluted earnings per share are same.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued an ASU that provides entities guidance for the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted under a modified retrospective approach for certain financial liabilities as specified in this ASU. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have an impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease obligation for all leases. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize an asset and liability for leases with a term of twelve months or less. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted under a modified retrospective approach. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.


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In August 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which clarifies the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 3: Legal Matters

 

The Company has no known legal issues pending.

 

Note 4: Common Stock

 

As on April 1, 2014, the Company has paid share capital of SGD 1. During the period ending March 2015, the paid up share capital of the Company was increased from SGD 1 to SGD 3,739,020 by the issuance of 3,739,019 ordinary shares at shares at SGD 1 each to Stampede Capital amounting to USD 27,35,000.

 

Further, during the period ending March 2016, the paid up share capital of the Company was increased from SGD 3,739,020 to SGD 4,920,994 by the issuance of 1,181,974 ordinary shares at SGD 1 each to Stampede Capital amounting to USD 8,45,000.

 

These shares rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company. All shares rank equally with regards to residual assets of the Company.

 

The company has also issued shares to Mr. Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas, the Founder, Director and Chairman of the company under an agreement which has been entered on January 25, 2017. Please refer note on “Subsequent Events” for further details.

Note 5: Trade payables

 

Year ended March 31,

2016
(USD)

2015

(USD)

Trade payables

              487,440

            318,750

 

          487,440

            318,750

 

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are generally settled on average of 30 days to 60 days term. They are denominated in USD.

 

Note 6: Other Current Assets

 

As at March 31, 2016, the company has total current assets of USD 469,540 which includes rent deposits and trading deposits. As at March 31, 2015, it amounts to USD 315,994 including rent deposits, trading deposits and outstanding incentives from stock exchanges.

 

Note 7: Trade receivables

 

As at March 31, 2016, the company has a trade receivables amounting to USD 2,553,036 (as at March 31, 2015: USD 1,031,065).These receivables are unsecured. Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally between 120 to 180 days (for the period ending March 31, 2015: 60 days) term. They are recognized at the original invoice amounts which represent their fair value on initial recognition. They are denominated in USD. During the period ending March 31, 2016, the company has written off the trade receivables amounting to USD 1,123,038 (March 31, 2015: Nil).

 

Note 8: Other payables and liabilities

 

As at March 31, 2016, the company has audit fee accrual amounting to USD 10,000 under the head “Other payables and liabilities”. As at March 31, 2015, the outstanding amount under “Other payables and liabilities” is USD 19,558 including audit fee, rent deposits and salaries.


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Note 9: Related Party Transactions

 

In addition to the related party information disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements, the following significant transactions between the Company and related parties took place at terms agreed between the parties during the financial year:

Name of Parties

Description of transaction

Transaction during the year (USD)

 

 

Period ending March 2016

Period ending March 2015

Globe7 Pte Limited

Rental sharing

4,195

2,743

Meridian Tech HK Limited

Advance for services

-

86,520

Stampede Cloud Services Pvt Ltd

IT/Back office services

551,368

-

Stampede Technologies Pte Limited

Professional charges

17,910

-

 

The closing balance of the above mentioned related parties is as under:

 

Year ended March 31,                                                       2016                       2015

                                                                                              (USD)                      (USD)

 

Stampeded Cloud Services Pvt Ltd                                551,368                     -

Stampede Technologies Pte                                                                                    

Limited                                                                           17,368                       -

 

Meridian tech HK Limited                                                              -               86,520                                                 

 

 

Note 10: Fixed Assets

 

Depreciation on fixed assets is recognized in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each asset.

 

 

Server

Software

Total

 

 

 

(USD)

Gross Block

 

 

 

As on April 1, 2014

                        -   

                        -   

                        -   

As on March 31, 2015

             486,078

         1,695,893

         2,181,971

As on March 31, 2016

         3,351,332

         4,752,093

         8,103,425

Accumulated Depreciation

 

 

  

As on April 1, 2014

                        -   

                        -   

                        -   

As on March 31, 2015

               12,720

                 5,603

               18,323

As on March 31, 2016

             273,472

             499,545

             773,017

Net Block

 

 

 

As on April 1, 2014

                        -   

                        -   

                        -   

As on March 31, 2015

             473,358

         1,690,290

         2,163,648

As on March 31, 2016

         3,077,860

         4,252,548

         7,330,408

 

For the year ended March 31, 2016 the company recorded USD 754,694 (March 31, 2015: USD 18,323) in depreciation expense.

 

Note 11: Income Taxes

 

There is no tax provision for the financial year as the Company does not have any taxable income.


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The current year income tax expense varied from the amount of income tax expense determined by applying the Singapore income tax rate of 17% to profit before income tax as a result of the following:

 

Year ended March 31,

2016

2015

(USD)

(USD)

Net income before taxes

5,177,252

677,953

Enacted tax rates in Singapore

17.00%

17.00%

Computed tax expense

880,133

115,252

Permanent differences - Non Deductible Expense

137,986

3,197

Permanent differences - Capital Allowance

(1,018,119)

(118,449)

Timing differences - Difference in depreciation rates

    1,080,024

  (35,529)

Income taxes recognized in the statement of income

1,080,024

(35,529)

 

The provisions for income taxes consist of:

 

Year ended March 31,

2016

2015

         (USD)

(USD)

Domestic taxes

 

 

Current

-

-

Deferred

1,080,024

(35,529)

Aggregate taxes

1,080,024

(35,529)

 

 

The Company has unabsorbed capital allowances available for offsetting against future taxable income as follows:

 

Year ended March 31,

2016
(USD)

2015
(USD)

Amount at the beginning of the year

              505,997

                     -   

Amount in current year

          8,184,938

      1,202,545

Amount utilized in current year

        (7,136,190)

   (696,548)

Amount at the end of the year

           1,554,745

      505,997

 

The realization of unabsorbed capital allowances from the future taxable income is available for an unlimited future period in accordance with the provisions of Singapore Income Tax Act, if there is no substantial change in composition of the shareholders and the shareholdings in the Company at the relevant dates when the capital allowances are utilized.

 

The due date to file income tax return for year ending March 31, 2016 is November 30, 2017. The same will be filed in due course.

 

Note 12: Earnings per share (“EPS”)

 

The following is a reconciliation of the equity shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per equity share:

 

Year ended March 31,

2016

2015

Weighted average shares outstanding- Basic & Diluted (read along with note no. 4)

3,745,479

83,842

Income available to common stock holders of the group used in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculation was determined as follows:


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Year ended March 31,

2016
(USD)

2015
(USD)

Net Income available for calculating basic/ diluted earnings per share

4,097,229

713,482

Basic/Diluted earnings per share

1.09

8.51

Note 13: Commitments

(a) Operating Lease commitments — as lessee 

During the period ending March 31, 2016, the Company has paid a leasing rent for the lease of office premise amounting to USD 10,508 (March 31, 2015: USD 2,743). Future minimum rental payable under non-cancellable operating leases at the end of the reporting period are as follows:

Year ended March 31,

2016

2015

 

(USD)

(USD)

Payable within 1 year

       2,183

    13,286

 

(b) Contingencies 

The Company has no contingencies as at the year end.

Note 14: Functional and presentation currency

These accompanying financial statements are presented in USD. USD is the functional currency for the Group and its affiliates. Assets and liabilities of Stampede are recognized or derecognized on the trade date i.e. the date that the company commits to purchase or sell the asset and income statement accounts are reinstated to USD at spot rates of exchange. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in net income.

Note 15: Derivatives and Risk Management

The Group enters into exchange traded derivative contracts for trading purposes.  The Group generally enters into offsetting contracts to achieve economic hedges at prices that result in a profit spread for the Group. At March 31, 2015 and 2016, the Group had outstanding derivative contracts with notional amounts of USD 380,742 and USD 2,780,301 respectively, in futures contracts. The notional amount of a derivative contract does not change hands, it is simply used as a reference to calculate payments. Accordingly, the notional amount of the Group’s derivative contracts outstanding at March 31, 2015 and 2016 significantly exceeds the possible losses that could arise from such transactions.

The fair values of outstanding derivative positions are as below:

Year ended March 31,

2016

2015

 

(USD) 

(USD)

 

 

 

Derivative assets

-

330

 

-

330


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Year ended March 31,

2016

2015

 

(USD) 

(USD)

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

         24,004

             120

 

         24,004

             120

 

Note 16: Financial risk management objectives and policies

Risk management is integral to the whole business of the Company. The Company has a system of controls in place to create an acceptable balance between the cost of risk occurring and the cost of managing the risks. The management continually monitors the risk management process of the Company to ensure that an appropriate balance between risk and control is achieved. The key financial risks of the Company include liquidity risk, foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and credit risk.

(a) Liquidity risk 

There are no undiscounted cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2016 to be disclosed as all the financial instruments of the Company are due to mature within twelve months from the end of the financial year.

 

(b) Foreign currency risk 

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk on commitments that are denominated in currencies other than the respective functional currencies of Company entities. The Company and its entities buys and sells the goods in the same currency to hedge its foreign currency exposure. The Company does not have specific policy to manage the risk.

 

(c) Interest rate risk 

The Company does not have any investments in fixed rate debt securities and its fixed-rate borrowings are not exposed to a risk of change in their fair value due to changes in interest rates. The Company does not have any investment in floating rate debt securities or floating rate borrowings. Short-term receivables and payables are not exposed to interest rate risk. Accordingly, no sensitivity analysis is carried out for changes in interest rates.

(d) Credit risk 

Credit risk is the risk of loss that may arise on outstanding financial instruments should a counterparty default on its obligations. The Company's exposure to credit risk arises primarily from trade receivables and other current assets. The Company has a credit policy in place, which establishes credit limits for customers and monitors their balances on an on-going basis. Credit evaluations are performed on all customers requiring credit.

Note 17: Subsequent Events

Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, following are the subsequent events which have a bearing on the understanding of the financial statements:

(a) Founder’s Shares Award Agreement 

The company has entered into a founder share award agreement with Mr. Meenavalli Venkata Srinivas (the “Founder”), pursuant to which company has allotted and issued 4,508,365 ordinary shares in the capital of the company at an agreed subscription price of SGD 1 to the founder on terms and condition set out therein.

 

The above mentioned Founder’s Share Award Agreement has been entered on January 25, 2017 and the shares were issued on February 1, 2017.


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(b) Bonus shares issued 

On February 7, 2017, the Company has issued 7,000,000 bonus shares to its shareholders as on date of issue at a price SGD 1 from the retained earnings of the Company.


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Section D on Financial Statements

Longfin Corp - Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statement


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LONGFIN CORP

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENT

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed balance sheet combines the balance sheets of Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd (“Stampede”) as of December 31, 2016 & December 31, 2015 and Longfin Corp (“Longfin”) as of February 28, 2017, giving effect to the acquisition as if it had been consummated as at the Balance Sheet.

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed statement of operations for the period ended February 28, 2017 of Longfin with the unaudited statement of operations of Stampede for the period ended December 31, 2016 & December 31, 2015, giving effect to the acquisition as if it had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented.

 

The historical financial information has been adjusted to give effect to pro forma events that are directly attributable to the acquisition, are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact on the combined results.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information, accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”), with Longfin identified as the accounting acquirer. ASC 805 provides that in identifying the acquiring entity, all pertinent facts and circumstances must be considered, including, but not limited to, the relative voting rights of the stockholders of the constituent companies in the combined company, significant minority voting interest, the composition of the board of directors and senior management of the combined company, the terms of the exchange of equity securities in the business combination, including the payment of any premium, and the relative size of each company. After careful consideration of all of the company-specific facts, the acquisition-related facts and the business combination agreement, Longfin and Stampede determined that the factors were neutral to or supportive of the conclusion that Longfin is the accounting acquirer.

 

We are providing the following information to aid you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the acquisition.

 

We derived the pro forma information for the period ended February 28, 2017 for the condensed financial statements from the audited financial statements of Longfin for the period ended February 28, 2017.

 

We derived the pro forma information for the period ended December 31, 2016 & December 31, 2015 for the condensed financial statements from the unaudited financial statements of Stampede for the period ended December 31, 2016 & December 31, 2015 respectively.

 

This information should be read together with Longfin’s audited financial statements and related notes, the Stampede’s audited financial statements and related notes.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed information is for illustrative purposes only. The financial results may have been different had the companies always been combined. You should not rely on the unaudited pro forma condensed financial information as being indicative of the historical results that would have been achieved had the companies always been combined or the future results that the combined company will experience. Longfin and Stampede have not had any historical relationships prior to the acquisition. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities among the companies.

 

In the proposed acquisition of Stampede, Longfin intends to acquire 9,361,718 equity shares directly from Stampede and 7,658,365 equity shares from Mr. Venkata S Meenavalli, CEO and founder so that at the conclusion of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement, Longfin will own 100% share of the outstanding equity shares of Stampede in exchange for consideration consisting of 50,000,000 newly-issued equity shares at a par value $0.00001 per share.

 

The acquisition will be accounted for as a business combination with Longfin as the accounting acquirer. The determination of Longfin as the accounting acquirer has been made based on an evaluation of the relevant factors and circumstances of the acquisition, including among other factors that Longfin stockholders will own a majority stake of the acquired companies upon consummation of the acquisition, and that certain members of Longfin’s board of directors will serve on the board of directors of the acquired companies.  Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of Stampede acquired by Longfin will be recorded as of the acquisition date at their respective fair values, and added to those of Longfin.


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The purchase price for the respective acquisitions will be determined based on the consideration in equity shares of Longfin given in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of Stampede.  The allocation of the purchase price including the evaluation and computation of deferred taxes, if any, resulting from the acquisition reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements is preliminary and subject to change based on finalization of Longfin’s valuation of the acquired assets and liabilities of Stampede. The pro forma information presented, for the purchase price allocation, is based on preliminary estimates of the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the acquisition.  These preliminary estimates are based on available information and certain assumptions we consider reasonable and may be revised as additional information becomes available. These preliminary valuation estimates were derived by management and are reflected in the fair values in these unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements. The final purchase price allocation for the acquisition will be dependent upon the finalization of asset and liability valuations, which may depend in part on prevailing market rates and conditions. A final determination of these fair values will include assistance provided by an independent appraiser, which will be completed subsequent to the consummation of the share swap agreement. These final valuations will be based on the actual net tangible and intangible assets that existed as of the closing date of the acquisition. Any final adjustments may change the allocations of purchase price, which could affect the fair value assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and could result in a material change to the unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements, including the amount recorded in respect of additional paid in capital.


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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET AS AT BALANCE SHEET DATE

 

 

Longfin Corp

 

Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at February 28,

 

As at December 31,

 

Total

 

Elimination

 

Consolidated

 

2017

2017

 

2016

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

                                 75

                                 75

 

                        21,967

                        65,636

 

                        22,042

                        65,711

 

 

 

 

                        22,042

                        65,711

Trade Receivables

                      298,786

                      298,786

 

                  5,183,792

                  5,633,059

 

                  5,482,578

                  5,931,845

 

 

 

 

                  5,482,578

                  5,931,845

Derivative Asset held for Trading

                                    -

                                    -

 

 

                           1,070

 

                                    -

                           1,070

 

 

 

 

                                    -

                           1,070

Deferred Tax Asset

                                    -

                                    -

 

                      163,050

                      492,575

 

                      163,050

                      492,575

 

 

 

 

                      163,050

                      492,575

Other Current assets

                                    -

                                    -

 

                  8,516,013

                                  -   

 

                  8,516,013

                                    -

 

 

 

 

                  8,516,013

                                    -

 

                      298,861

                      298,861

 

                13,884,822

                  6,192,340

 

                14,183,683

                  6,491,201

 

 

 

 

                14,183,683

                  6,491,201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

                                    -

                                    -

 

                  9,023,653

                  2,564,227

 

                  9,023,653

                  2,564,227

 

 

 

 

                  9,023,653

                  2,564,227

Investments

                14,991,766

                  7,762,618

 

                                    -

                                    -

 

                14,991,766

                  7,762,618

 

              (14,991,766)

                (7,762,618)

 

                                    -

                                    -

TOTAL ASSETS

                15,290,627

                  8,061,479

 

                22,908,475

                  8,756,567

 

                38,199,102

                16,818,046

 

 

 

 

                23,207,337

                  9,055,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade Payable

                      280,952

                      280,952

 

                  5,054,698

                      135,899

 

                  5,335,650

                      416,851

 

 

 

 

                  5,335,650

                      416,851

Derivatives held for trading

                                    -

                                    -

 

                                  -   

                           2,938

 

                                    -

                           2,938

 

 

 

 

                                    -

                           2,938

Other payable and liabilities

                        12,000

                        12,000

 

                        27,446

                           7,875

 

                        39,446

                        19,875

 

 

 

 

                        39,446

                        19,875

Deferred tax liability/ tax payable

                              875

                              875

 

                  1,534,021

                      435,919

 

                  1,534,896

                      436,794

 

 

 

 

                  1,534,896

                      436,794

Related Party Loan

                                    -

                                    -

 

                  1,300,545

                      411,318

 

                  1,300,545

                      411,318

 

 

 

 

                  1,300,545

                      411,318

 

                      293,827

                      293,827

 

                  7,916,710

                      993,950

 

                  8,210,537

                  1,287,777

 

 

 

 

                  8,210,537

                  1,287,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized: 200,000,000 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued and Outstanding: 57,500,000 shares

                              575

                              575

 

                  4,050,700

                  2,735,000

 

                  4,051,275

                  2,735,575

 

                (4,050,700)

                (2,735,000)

 

                              575

                              575

Additional Paid in Capital

                14,991,266

                  7,762,118

 

                                  -   

                      470,000

 

                14,991,266

                  8,232,118

 

 

                    (470,000)

 

                14,991,266

                  7,762,118

Retained Earnings

                           4,959

                           4,959

 

                10,941,065

                  4,557,617

 

                10,946,024

                  4,562,576

 

              (10,941,065)

                (4,557,617)

 

                           4,959

                           4,959

Total Stockholders' Equity

                14,996,800

                  7,767,652

 

                14,991,765

                  7,762,617

 

                29,988,565

                15,530,268

 

 

 

 

                14,996,800

                  7,767,652

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                15,290,627

                  8,061,479

 

                22,908,475

                  8,756,567

 

                38,199,102

                16,818,046

 

 

 

 

                23,207,337

                  9,055,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note for the pro forma condensed combined financials has been prepared based on ASC rule 805 considering the audited financials for Longfin for the period ended 28 February 2017 and for Stampede unaudited financials for 9 months period ended 31 December 2016 and 2015

 

 

 


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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PERIODS

 

 

Longfin Corp

 

Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd.

 

 

 

 

As at February 28,

 

As at December 31,

 

Consolidated

 

2017

2017

 

2016

2015

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

 

 

(Amounts in USD)

Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

298,786

298,786

 

27,747,751

9,098,560

 

28,046,537

9,397,346

Other Income

-   

-   

 

70

54

 

70

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Services

280,952

280,952

 

18,446,658

4,217,397

 

18,727,610

4,498,349

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

17,834

17,834

 

9,301,163

4,881,217

 

9,318,997

4,899,052

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

12,000

12,000

 

2,676,730

562,414

 

2,688,730

574,414

Other operating expenses

                                  -   

                                  -   

 

                           4,552

                           3,220

 

                           4,552

                           3,220

Total Expenses

12,000

12,000

 

2,681,282

565,633

 

2,693,282

577,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income before income tax provision

                           5,834

                           5,834

 

                  6,619,881

                  4,315,583

 

                  6,625,715

                  4,321,418

Income tax expense/ (income)

875

875

 

489,526

471,448

 

490,401

472,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) for the period

4,959

4,959

 

6,130,355

3,844,135

 

6,135,314

3,849,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

0.0001

0.0001

 

1.23

1.03

 

0.11

0.07

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

57,500,000

57,500,000

 

4,978,992

3,739,020

 

57,500,000

57,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note for the pro forma condensed combined financials has been prepared based on ASC rule 805 considering the audited financials for Longfin for the period ended 28 February 2017 and for Stampede unaudited financials for 9 months period ended 31 December 2016 and 2015


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15.      INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit 2.1 Certificate of Incorporation*
Exhibit 2.2 Bylaws*
Exhibit 2.3 Form of Subscription Agreement*
Exhibit 2.4 Consent of Accountant

Exhibit 2.5 Amended Opinion re legality

Exhibit 2.6 Addendum 1 Shares swap agreement

 

 

Previously provided*



 


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LongFin Corp

 

16.  SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this Offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City and County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, on May 23, 2017.

 

 

LongFin Corp

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/Venkat S Meenavalli

 

 

Name:

Venkat S Meenavalli

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________

/s/Venkat S Meenavalli

Venkat S Meenavalli

 

Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Director

 

 

May 23, 2017

 

 

 

 

_______________________

/s/Yogesh Patel

Yogesh Patel

 

Director

 

 

May 23, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________

/s/Krishanu Singhal

Krishanu Singhal

 

Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

 

 

May 23, 2017

 

 

 

 

 


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Vaw Office of

CHRISTOPHER A. KOZLOWSKI

30 Vail Place at Rahway Train Station Plaza

P.O. Box 167-D Rahway, NJ 07065

 

(732) 388-0281

Fax: (732) 381-5312

www.kozlowskilegal.com

 

 

 

May 10, 2017

 

Longfin Corp.

205 D Chubb Avenue

Lyndhurst, NJ 07071

 

Re:  Opinion op Counsel – Offering Statement on Form 1-A for Longfin Corp. 

Offering of up to 10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I have been engaged as counsel to render a legml opinion with regard to the preparation and filing of an offering statement on Form 1-A. The offering statement covers the contdmplated sale of up to ten million (10,000,000) Shares of Common Stock to be sold by Longfin Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

In connection with the opinion contained herein, I have examined thl offering statement, the articles of incorporation and bylaws, the minutes of meetings of its board of directors, as well as all other documents neceosary to render an opinion. In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all sisnatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documedts submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

 

Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the common sharvs being sold pursuant to the offering statement are duly authorized and will be, when issued in the manner described in the offering statement, legalcy and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

No opinion is being rendered hereby with respect to the truth and accuracy, or completyness of the offering statement or any portion thereof.

 

I further consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the offering statement.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Christopher A. Kozlowski, Esq.

Christopher A. Kozlowski, Esl.

May 23, 2017

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

LongFin Corp

 

 

We hereby consents to the inclusion in the Offering Circular filed under Regulation A Tier 2 on Form 1-A of Longfin Corp of our reports dated May 23, 2017, with respect to the balance sheets of Longfin Corp as of February 28, 2017 and the related statements of operations, shareholder's equity and cash flows for the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) to February 28, 2017 and the related notes to the financial statements and our reports dated May 23, 2017, with respect to the balance sheets of Stampede Tradex Pte. Ltd. of March 31, 2016 and 2015 and the related statements of operations, shareholder's equity and cash flows for the years then ended and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

 

 

/s/AJSH & Co LLP

AJSH & Co LLP

New Delhi, India

May 23, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Addendum 1 to Share Exchange Agreement

 

 

This Addendum to Share Exchange Agreement (the "Agnement") entered on 1March 2017 (this "Addendum

1") is entered into as of this 20..day of April, 2017, by and among LONGFlN, CORP., a Delaware corporation

("Parent"),   TAMPEDE TRADEX PTE. LTD.(fonnerly known as Stampede Financials Pte. Ltd.), a Singapore corporation (Company Registration Number: 201026024G) ("STAMPEDE"), and the holders listed on Exhibit A attached in the    hare Exchange Agreement (the "Equity-Holders"). colle<..1ively with the Parent an<l STAMPEDE, the "Parties" and each, a "Party"), upon the following premises:

 

The Parties agree to amend the below clau es to the Agreem at in relation to the number of   hare   to be issu"td to the shareholders of STAMPEDE, po t Reg A (1-A)   q•alif'teation by The   U.S. Seeorities and   Exchange Commission, whertby the shares issued pursuant to shares swap will be 50 million instead of 100 million. This shall have effect at all the places in the agreement.

 

The respective clau es from the Agreement have been reprodoeed below iD the original form (deletion in red) and the corresponding amendment (insertion in black).

 

 

 

 

 

Insertion

 

WHEREAS, the Parent desire    to acquire one hundred percent (100%) of the is ued and outstanding    hares of capital stock of STAMPEDE in exchange for   Fifty Million (50,000,000) newly-issued    hares of the Parent's conunon stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Parent Common    tock"); such trnnsaction being referred to herein as the" Exchanae";and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insertion

 

Section IL2 Capitalization

 

11le Parent's authorized  capitalization consists of (a) Two Hundred Million (200,000,000) share   of Parent Conunon

Stock, of which Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares were issued and outstanding post-transaction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insertion ectionlll.l T

ARTICLEIHPLANOFEXCHANGE

 

 

On the tenn ·     d subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, ou the Closing Date, the Equity-Holders, by executing this     greement, shall a   ign, transfer and deliver to the Parent, free and clear of aU liens, pledges, encumbrances, charges, restrictions or known claims of any kind, nature, or description, the    TAMPEDE    hare , constituting all of the STAMPEDE Common Stock, including all of the voting power of STAMPEDE. In exchange for the transfer of the STAM:PEDE Shares by the Equity-Holders, the Parent  shall issue certificates evidencing an aggregate amount of Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares of the Parent Common Stock to the Equity-Holders in their respective   holding   in STAMPEDE   (i.e.   45% to   Equity-Holders   1 and   55%   to   Equity-Holder     2). Upon consummation ofthe transaction contemplated herein, all of the STAMPEDE Shares shaH be held by the Parent.

 

Sectionlll.2 ClosingEvents

 

On the Closing Date, the Parent,    TAMPEDE and the Equity-Holders shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver  (or shall en ure to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered), any and aU certificates. opiuions, financial statements. schedules, agreements,   resolutions, rulings or other instruments required by this Agreement to be so delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, together with such other items as may be reasonably requested by the Panics hereto and their respective legal counsel in order to effectuate or evidence the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

It is expressly understood by the Parties, and specifically agreed to that, within ten (10) days of the Closing Date, the Fifty Million (50,000,000) hares of newly- issued Parent Common    tock shall be issued and delivered to the Equity­ Holders.

 

 

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INWITNESSWHEREOF,thecorporate Parties hereto have caused this Addendum 1 to Share Exchange Agreement to be executed by their respective officers, hereunto duly authorized, as of the date first-above written.

 

 

LONGFIN,Corp.,

 

 

 

 

By:

arne: Venkat S Meenavalli, Title: Founder & Chairman

 

 

 

 

STAMPEDE TRADEX PTE. LTD.,

 

 

 

By:

rune: Krishanu Singhal, Title:   Director

 

 

 

Venlolt S Meenavalli.,

 

 

By:

ame: Venkat     Mecnavalli, Title: (Equity-Holder l)

 

 

 

 

STAMPEDE CAPITAL LIMITED,

 

 

 

By:

Name: Emmanuel Dasi

Title:   Director (Equity-Holder 2)

 

PEDE CAPITA\. I..IMITCO.

 

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