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| Shareholders’ equity | Note 12 – Shareholders’ equity
Class A and B Ordinary shares
The Company is authorized to issue shares of Class A Ordinary Shares of par value $ each and shares of Class B Ordinary Shares of par value $ each.
Holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares will have the same rights except for voting and conversion rights. Except for any resolutions to be passed for the purpose of extending the five-year period from the date of issuance of the relevant Class B ordinary shares (subject to any extension) following which such Class B Ordinary Shares shall be automatically and immediately converted into an equal number of Class A Ordinary shares (“Class B Validity Period”), each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters subject to vote at our general meetings and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to five votes on all matters subject to vote at our general meetings. In relation to any resolutions to be passed for the purpose of extending the Class B Validity Period, each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote.
Class B Ordinary Shares shall be automatically and immediately converted into an equal number of Class A Ordinary Shares upon (i) the expiration of the Class B Validity Period, and (ii) the transfer of Class B Ordinary Shares. Class A Ordinary Shares are not convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares under any circumstances.
No Class B Ordinary Share shall be transferred within the first two years from the date of its issuance unless prior written consent from all the Directors is obtained. Upon any transfer of Class B Ordinary Shares, such Class B Ordinary Shares shall be converted automatically to Class A Ordinary Shares. Class B Ordinary Shares are valid for 5 years from the date of issuance (the “Class B Validity Period”), after which the Class B Ordinary Shares shall automatically be converted into Class A Ordinary Shares. The Class B Validity Period may be extended for periods of 3 years (the “Extension”). Any Extension must be approved by both the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares by way of an ordinary resolution.
In March 2023, the Company completed its equity financing through the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares for approximately US$3.7 million and converted approximately US$8.0 million into Class A Ordinary Shares from its convertible notes.
In November 2023, the Company completed additional equity financing through the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares for approximately US$4.5 million. Further, a total of 317,250 warrants were exercised to subscribe for the Company’s shares for a total consideration of approximately US$0.5 million.
On February 26, 2024, the Company amended its authorized share capital from US$50,000 divided into ordinary shares of par value US$ each, to US$50,000 divided into ordinary shares of par value US$ each of a single class. On September 25, 2024, the authorized share capital of our Company was further amended to US$50,000 divided into ordinary shares of nominal or par value US$ each, comprising Class A Ordinary Shares of par value US$ each and Class B Ordinary Shares of par value US$ each. On September 25, 2024, the Company re-designated the ordinary shares into Class B Ordinary Shares at par value US$ each.
On September 30, 2024, the Company entered into restructuring agreement with the shareholders of KNOREX SG, resulting in the shareholders of KNOREX SG becoming 100% shareholders of the Company and the Company now owns 100% of KNOREX SG. As part of the Reorganization, the Company has a total of Class A Ordinary Shares of par value US$ each and Class B Ordinary Shares of par value US$ each. As a result, since incorporation, the Company’s outstanding shares have increased from share to become ordinary shares.
The Company considered the change in its authorized share capital on February 26, 2024 to be a 1-for-20 split of its ordinary shares. The new issuance of an aggregate of Class A Ordinary Shares of par value US$ each and Class B Ordinary Shares of par value US$ each on September 30, 2024 were part of the Reorganization prior to completion of its initial public offering. The Company believed it is appropriate to reflect the above transactions on a retroactive basis similar to stock split or dividend pursuant to ASC 260. All shares and per share amounts used herein and in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the share split.
On September 30, 2025, the Company closed of its initial public offering of an aggregate of Class A ordinary shares at a public offering price of $ per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $12.0 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses.
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has and Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, respectively.
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has and Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
Warrants
On March 30, 2023, the Company issued a total of 2,328,150 warrants to its ordinary shares investors in connection with an ordinary share equity financing. The Company estimates that the fair value of the warrants on the date of grant is US$7,418,954, using Black-Scholes Model. The fair value of the warrants is estimated using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of % using comparable companies, (2) risk-free interest rate of %, (3) expected life of years, (4) exercise price of US$ and (5) stock price of US$.
On October 30, 2023, the Company issued a total of 2,853,925 warrants to its ordinary shares investors in connection with an ordinary share equity financing. The Company estimates that the fair value of the warrants on the date of grant is US$9,063,846, using Black-Scholes Model. The fair value of the warrants is estimated using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of % using comparable companies, (2) risk-free interest rate of %, (3) expected life of years, (4) exercise price of US$ and (5) stock price of US$.
The Company then applied the relative fair value of the warrants of US$2,455,068 and US$3,006,167 into capital and recognized the same value as a deemed dividend at the time of issuance, respectively.
In November 2023, a total of warrants were exercised to subscribe for the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares for a total consideration of approximately US$0.5 million.
On April 1, 2024, the Company issued a total of 251,608 warrants to the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares investors in connection Class A Ordinary Share equity financing. The Company estimates that the fair value of the warrants on the date of grant is US$277,609, using Black-Scholes Model. The fair value of the warrants is estimated using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of % using comparable companies, (2) risk-free interest rate of %, (3) expected life of years, (4) exercise price of US$ (70% of stock price), and (5) stock price of US$ (the midpoint of the estimated proposed IPO price range of $ and $ per share).
In March 2024, a total of warrants were exercised to subscribe for the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares for a total consideration of approximately US$1.3 million.
On October 9, 2024, one of the Company’s warrant holders forfeited its exercise rights and cancelled its existing 67,850 warrants.
In January 2025, a batch of warrants were cancelled and reissued with expiry dates of between March 4, 2026 and December 19, 2027, and exercise price of between US$ and US$. A second batch of warrants was cancelled and reissued with exercise price of US$ and expiry date of with an additional 170,161 warrants being issued as the previous warrants number were being estimated based upon the estimated IPO price of US$, the midpoint of the estimated proposed IPO price range of $ and $ per share. The Company accounts for these cancellation and reissued warrants as modification of a freestanding equity-classified of warrants as an exchange of the original instrument for a new instrument that is not related to a financing transaction and recognized approximately US$1.2 million of the incremental fair value of the outstanding warrants as a dividend in accordance with ASC 815.
In January 2025, a total of warrants were exercised to subscribe for Class A Ordinary Shares for a total consideration of approximately US$0.2 million.
In June 2025, a total of 100,000 warrants were issued as part of the consideration of the issuance of short-term third-party loans (see Note 8). The total consideration of the fair value of the warrants amounted to approximately US$0.2 million and recognized as debt discount to the short-term third-party loans and credited to additional paid-in capital.
The summary of warrant’s activity is as follows:
The outstanding warrants of KNOREX SG were swapped over to the Company’s warrants upon the effectiveness of the Reorganization as discussed in Note 1.
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