Longfin Corp - FORM 10-Q - August 13, 2018

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

[X]	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018

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

For the transition period from _________ to _________

Commission File Number 001-38192

LONGFIN CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

81-5312393

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

17 State Street, Suite 4000, New York, NY 10004

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(646)-202-9550

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES [X] NO [ ]

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

Large accelerated filer	[ ]	Accelerated filer	[ ]
Non-accelerated filer	[ ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	[X]
Emerging growth company	[X]

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

Indicate by check mark whether registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES [ ] NO [X]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of Common Stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class of Common Stock		Outstanding Shares as of August 13, 2018
Class A Common Stock, $0.00001 par value		44,540,989
Class B Common Stock, $0.00001 par value		30,000,000
Class C Common Stock, $0.00001 par value		—

LONGFIN CORP.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page No.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017 (audited)	1

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for three and six months ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and June 30, 2017 (unaudited)	2

	Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income / (Loss) for three and six months ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and June 30, 2017 (unaudited)	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and June 30, 2017 (unaudited)	4

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	5

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and the Results of Operations	24

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	32

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	32

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	34

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	34

Item 2.	Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities	34

Item3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	34

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	34

Item 5.	Other Information	34

Item 6.	Exhibits	34

Signatures		35

LONGFIN CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

(in thousands, except share data)

	As at June 30, 2018 $			As at December 31, 2017 $
	(Unaudited)			(Audited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		490			2,189
Accounts receivable		38,587			36,805
Due from related parties		1,702			4,721
Derivatives held for trading		4
Other current assets		1,388			336
Total current assets		42,171			44,051
Property, plant and equipment, net		7,956			8,429
Intangibles, net		32,196			35,305
Goodwill		90,474			90,474
Total assets		172,797			178,259

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		22,926			21,987
Accrued expenses		211			3,369
Due to related parties		1,662			5,843
Derivatives held for trading		1			-

Income taxes		71			305

Other current liabilities		2,392			-
Unsecured Loans
Convertible notes payable		10,096			-
Non-current liabilities
Secured Loan		115
Total current liabilities		37,474			31,504
Income taxes		-			354
Deferred taxes		7,438			7,435
Total liabilities		44,912			39,293

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity
Class A voting common stock, $0.00001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; and 44,540,989 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and 100,000,000 shares authorized; and 46,540,989 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017		1			1
Class B voting common stock, $0.00001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; and 30,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017		-			-
Class C voting common stock, $0.00001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; and no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017		-			-
Additional paid-in capital		165,334			165,334
Non-controlling interest		116			-
Accumulated other comprehensive income		(130	)		-
Accumulated deficit		(37,437	)		(26,369	)
Total equity attributable to parent		127,885			138,966
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		172,797		$	178,259

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

LONGFIN CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts (unaudited)

	Three months ended June 30, 2018 $			Three months ended June 30, 2017 $			Six months ended June 30, 2018 $			For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017 $
Revenue:
Sale of physical commodities (includes sales to related parties of $7,351 for three months ended June 30, 2018 and $ 4,616 for three months ended June 30, 2017) (includes sales to related parties of $18,021 for six months ended June 30, 2018 and $ 4,616 for six months ended June 30, 2017)		39,503			7,403			92,018			7,403
Technology revenue (includes sales to related parties of $221 for three months ended June 30, 2018 and $ Nil for three months ended June 30, 2017) (includes sales to related parties of $619 for six months ended June 30, 2018 and $ Nil for six months ended June 30, 2017)		506			1,171			2,119			1,873
Other revenue		(127	)		1			4			1
Total revenue		39,882			8,575			94,141			9,277

Operating expenses:
Cost of physical commodities revenues (includes purchases from related parties of $3,009 for three months ended June 30, 2018 and $5,846 for three months ended June 30, 2017) (includes purchases from related parties of $30,037 for six months ended June 30, 2018 and $5,846 for six months ended June 30, 2017)		38,899			6,744			89,947			6,744
Cost of technology revenue (includes related party costs of $1 for three months ended June 30, 2018 and $1,014 for three months ended June 30, 2017) (includes related party costs of 1 for six months ended June 30, 2018 and $1,652 for six months ended June 30, 2017)		354			1,016			1,515			1,654
Stock-based compensation		-			19,000			-			19,000
Employee compensation and payroll taxes		326			12			600			12
Operations and administrative		2,001			63			4,004			105
Depreciation and amortization		757			46			1,450			46
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		1,545			187			3,108			187
Total operating expenses		43,882			27,068			100,624			27,748

Profit /(Loss) from operations		(4,000	)		(18,493	)		(6,483	)		(18,471	)

Other income (expenses)
Other income , net		78			-			(4,992	)		-
Total other income, net		78			-			(4,992	)		-
Profit/(Loss) before income taxes		(3,922	)		(18,493	)		(11,475	)		(18,471	)
Income tax (benefit) expense		(267	)		1,400			(521	)		1,403
Net profit/(loss) before minority interest		(3,655	)		(19,893	)		(10,954	)		(19,874	)
Non-controlling interest in earnings of subsidiaries		10			-			109			-
Net profit/( loss) attributable to common stockholders		(3,665	)		(19,893	)		(11,063	)		(19,874	)

Net loss per common share, basic		(0.05	)		(1.14	)		(0.15	)		(1.47	)
Net loss per common share, diluted		(0.05	)		(1.14	)		(0.15	)		(1.47	)

Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic		74,540,989			17,390,110			75,380,768			13,500,000
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted		74,540,989			17,390,110			75,380,768			13,500,000

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

LONGFIN CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME / (LOSS) – June 30, 2018

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

	For the three ended 30 June 2018								For the three ended 30 June 2017
	Longfin Corp.			Non-controlling Interest		Total			Longfin Corp.			Non-controlling Interest		Total
Net income / (loss)		(3,665	)		10		(3,655	)		(19,893	)		-		(19,893	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(37	)		-		(37	)		-			-		-
Comprehensive income (loss)		(3,702	)		10		(3,692	)		(19,893	)		-		(19,893	)

	For the six months ended 30 June 2018								For the six months ended 30 June 2017
	Longfin Corp.			Non-controlling Interest		Total			Longfin Corp.			Non-controlling Interest		Total
Net income / (loss)		(11,063	)		109		(10,954	)		(19,874	)		-		(19,874	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(130	)		-		(130	)		-			-		-
Comprehensive income (loss)		(10,933	)		109		(10,824	)		(19,874	)		-		(19,874	)

LONGFIN CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

	Six months ended June 30, 2018 - $			For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017 - $
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(10,954	)		(19,874	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		4,558			233
Stock compensation		-			19,000
Note issue expenses		1,292			-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(1,782	)		(3,465	)
Due from related parties		3,020			357
Fair value (gain) / loss on trading securities		(4	)		-
Other current assets		(1,052	)		90
Accounts payable		939			1
Accrued expenses		(3,154	)		9
Due to related parties		(4,190	)		4,528
Income taxes		(585	)		1,419
Other current liabilities		7,488			1,756
Net cash provided by operating activities		(4,423	)		4,054

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of computer software		(977	)		(4,025	)
Cash acquired by Longfin Limited (WI) acquisition		1			-
Cash acquired by Stampede acquisition		-			14
Net cash (used in) investing activities		(977	)		(4,011	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Unsecured loan		-			-
Secured Loan		115			-
Proceeds from issuance of stock		-			-
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes		3,708			-
Net cash provided by financing activities		3,823			-
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(125	)		-
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		(1,701	)		43
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		2,189			-
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	490			43

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities for the period ended June 30, 2017:

Investment in Stampede, net of cash acquired
Accounts receivable	$	11,934
Due from related parties	$	1,209
Property, plant and equipment	$	3,454
Intangible assets	$	38,600
Goodwill	$	90,474
Other assets	$	231
Accounts payable	$	(675	)
Accrued expenses	$	(37	)
Due to related parties	$	(3,431	)
Accrued income taxes	$	(208	)
Other current liabilities	$	(16	)
Deferred tax liability	$	(7,149	)
	$	134,386

Class A and B common shares issued for Stampede acquisition	$	134,400
Stock compensation-Non Cash paid in equity	$	19,000

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Note 1: Nature of Business

Longfin Corp. (“Longfin” or the “Company”) specializes in structured trade finance solutions and physical commodities finance solutions for finance houses and trading platforms throughout the North America, South America and Africa regions. Longfin was incorporated in Delaware on February 1, 2017 and Mr. Meenavalli had a 100% ownership interest in Longfin upon formation of the Company. The Company is headquartered in New York, New York.

On June 19, 2017, Longfin acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Longfin Tradex Pte Ltd (“Longfin Tradex”) in exchange for shares of Longfin’s Common Stock. Prior to the acquisition, Longfin Tradex was 55% owned by Stampede Capital Limited (“SCL”), a public company in India, and 45% owned by Mr. Meenavalli. As consideration for the acquisition of Longfin Tradex, Longfin issued 27,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to SCL and 22,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock to Mr. Meenavalli (the “Longfin Tradex Acquisition”). The Company’s plan is to utilize Longfin Tradex’s technology, strategy, infrastructure and its business model across the globe.

On March 20, 2018, the Company amended and restated its Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock from 200,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares, $0.00001 par value per share, comprised of 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, 75,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock shall have the same rights and powers, rank equally (including as to dividends and distributions, and any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation), share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters, except each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock. Holders of Class A and Class B Common Stock will be entitled to one vote for each share held. Holders of Class C Common Stock will have no voting rights.

As at June 30, 2018, Mr. Meenavalli controls the voting interests in Longfin through his ownership of 10,000,000 of Class A common shares and 30,000,000 of Class B common shares.

As of June 30, 2018, the Company had one subsidiary, Longfin Tradex, located in Singapore. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company added four new subsidiaries Longcom India Private Ltd. (formerly Longhash commmodities Private Ltd) in India, Longfin Trading FZC in UAE, Longfin Bullion FZC in UAE, and Longfin Ltd in West Indies. Further, the Company is in process of incorporating two more subsidiaries in Hong Kong and China.

Longcom India Private Ltd, (formerly Longhash Commmodities Private Ltd) a 100% subsidiary of Longfin commenced business operations during the first fiscal quarter of 2018 and focused primarily in structured trade finance and physical commodities finance solutions for finance and trading houses.

Longfin Trading FZC, is a subsidiary of Longfin Tradex of which Longfin Tradex holds 85% and Mr. Meenavalli holds remaining 15% of the equity. Longfin Trading FZC also commenced its business operations during the first fiscal quarter of 2018 and focused primarily in structured trade finance and offering technology and Platform services to clients.

Longfin Bullion FZC was incorporated during the first quarter of 2018 and is also a subsidiary of Longfin Tradex of which Longfin Tradex holds 99% and Mr. Meenavalli holds remaining 1% of the equity. Longfin Bullion FZC has not started its business operations during the current quarter.

Longfin Limited incorporated in West Indies had no business operations during the current quarter. The Company was involved in research and development for creation of smart contracts wherein few Ziddu Smart contracts were executed internally with in the business partners for testing purpose.

The Company operates and is managed as one business. The Company’s operating results are regularly reviewed on a consolidated basis by its Chief Executive Officer, who is also the chief operating decision maker.

Note 2: Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has limited operating history and experienced a net loss of $38 million since its inception. The Company has $0.49 million of cash at June 30, 2018. The Company operates primarily in structured trade finance and provides technology services. The Company’s operating costs are primarily related to the cost of providing those services, employee compensation and administrative expenses.

On January 22, 2018, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) entered into between the Company and an institutional investor (the “Investor”), the Company agreed to sell and issue (1) (i) Senior Convertible Notes to the Investor in the aggregate principal amount of $52,700,000 (each, a “Note” and collectively, the ‘‘Notes”), consisting of a Series A Note in the principal original issuance of discount amount of $10,095,941 and (ii) a Series B Note in the principal amount of $42,604,059, and (2) a warrant to purchase 751,894 shares of Longfin Class A Common Stock, exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price of $38.55 per share (the “Warrant”), for consideration consisting of (i) a cash payment of $5,000,000, and (ii) a secured promissory note payable by the Investor to Longfin (the “Investor Note”) in the principal amount of $42,604,059 (collectively, the “Note Financing”). On February 13, 2018, the Company completed the Note Financing and related sale and issuance of the Notes, the Warrant and a placement agent warrant. The maturity date of the Notes is August 13, 2019 and the Investor Note is February 13, 2048. Till date the Company has received $3.7 million in net proceeds ($5.0 million net of costs of $1.3 million) related to the Note Financing and will not be able to obtain additional monies through the Note Financing until the Company files a Registration Statement to register the common shares underlying the Notes and Warrant and such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission or such shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or the investor elects to convert or exercise such securities notwithstanding the underlying shares have not been so registered or are then so eligible.

On April 6, 2018, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) halted the trading of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, which such suspension from trading continued for a period of at least five (5) consecutive trading days, which constituted an event of default under the Note.

On May 2, 2018, the Company, notified to the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, that it would voluntarily delist its shares of Class A Common Stock from NASDAQ. On May 14, 2018 the Company filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission with the delisting becoming effective 10 days after such filing. From May 25, 2018 the Company’s shares commenced trading on the OTC Pink operated by the OTC Market Group Inc.

The continuance of the trading halt for a period of five trading days constituted an Event of Default under the Notes. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, among other things, at the Investor’s election, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest at a default interest rate of 18%, liquidated damages and other amounts owed through the date of acceleration, shall become, immediately due and payable in either cash or stock pursuant to the terms of the Notes. On April 13, 2018, the Investor notified the Company that it had elected to exercise its remedies with respect to requiring the Company to redeem the Series A Notes (the “Default Notice”). Pursuant to the Default Notice, the Investor has demanded that the Company pay the Event of Default Redemption Price of the Series A Note not later than April 20, 2018, which the Investor has calculated as $33.6 million if paid by such date. The Investor has not exercised its remedies with respect to requiring the Company to redeem the Series B Note, but in the Default Notice has reserved its rights with regard to such remedy regarding the Event of Default under the Series B Note. In addition to other remedies available to the Investor, the Company’s obligation to repay amounts due under the Series B is secured by a first priority security interest in and lien on the Investor Note, and such remedies can be exercised by the Investor without additional notice to the Company.

Following receipt of the Default Notice, the Company has entered into discussions with the Investor regarding the renegotiation of the terms of the Note Financing in light of the trading halt. If the Company is unable to successfully renegotiate the terms of the Note Financing, including receiving one or more waivers with respect to the ongoing default under the Notes, it will negatively impact its business and operations and could also lead to the reduction or suspension of the Company’s operations and ultimately force the Company to cease operations.

The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the ability of the Company to obtain the monies from the Note Financing and the attainment of profitable operations. These factors, which are not within the Company’s control, raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Note 3: Basis of Presentation, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Basis of Preparation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. They may not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year or any other interim period.

Principles of Consolidation

The significant accounting policies adopted by the Company, in respect of these consolidated financial statements, are set out in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. Therefore, the Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and respective notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included in the Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all its subsidiaries that are more than 50% owned and controlled. The Company consolidates the subsidiaries into its consolidated financial statements. Transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Longfin and its subsidiaries, Longfin Tradex, Longcom India Private Ltd, Longfin Trading FZC and Longfin Ltd. The Company has no unconsolidated subsidiaries or investments accounted for under the equity method.

The Company’s current quarterly period ends on June 30, 2018. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this report to “Longfin,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Longfin Corp., together with its subsidiaries, as listed and described in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018. We exclude our investments and minority non-controlling interests, and any information provided by them is not incorporated by reference in this report, and you should not consider it a part of this report. Our filings are available on www.sec.gov. The information contained on our website, www.longfincorp.com is not incorporated by reference in this report, and you should not consider it a part of this report.

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.

The Company’s most significant estimates and judgments include the estimation of the underlying deemed fair value of Common Stock, the valuation of acquired intangible assets and goodwill from business combinations, the recoverability and useful lives (indefinite or finite) of intangible assets, and the assessment of impairment of goodwill.

The Company’s estimates could be affected by external conditions, including those unique to the Company and general economic conditions. It is reasonably possible that these external factors could have an effect on the Company’s estimates and could cause actual results to differ from those estimates and assumptions.

Functional Currency

The functional currency for Longfin is the United States Dollar (“USD”). Transaction gains or losses related to balances denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into USD amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of other assets and liabilities and the related income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into USD on the respective dates of the transactions.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, in addition to the US, the Company operated in India, Dubai and Singapore and a substantial portion of the Company’s sales are denominated in INR, AED and USD. As a result, changes in the relative values of the U.S. dollar and INR, or the AED affect revenues and profits as the results are translated into U.S. dollars in the consolidated and pro forma financial statements. The accompanying financial statements are reported in U.S. dollars. The INR and the AED are the other functional currencies for the Company. The translation of the functional currencies into U.S. dollars is performed for assets and liabilities using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and for revenues, costs and expenses using average exchange rates prevailing during the reporting periods. Adjustments resulting from the translation of functional currency financial statements to reporting currency are accumulated and reported as other comprehensive income/(loss), a separate component of shareholders’ equity.

Foreign Currency Transactions

Gains and losses realized from foreign currency transactions (those transactions denominated in currencies other than the foreign subsidiaries’ functional currency) are included in other income (expense), net. Monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured using foreign currency exchange rates at the end of the period, and non-monetary assets are re-measured based on historical exchange rates.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable and derivative financial instruments. Certain of our cash and cash equivalents are invested in money market accounts with investment banks that are not FDIC insured. We place our cash and cash equivalents in what we believe to be creditworthy financial institutions. We actively monitor the credit risk of our counterparties and customers, including our receivables and payables for physical commodities. Our accounts receivable are concentrated within entities engaged in import/export industry, mainly outside the U.S. We generally have not collected collateral for accounts receivable.

Our counterparties and customers primarily consist of financial institutions and trading companies.

We have concentrations of credit risk with a few of our physical commodity counterparties. We have exposure to trends within the physical commodities import/export industry, including declines in the creditworthiness of our counterparties and customers for our physical commodity transactions. We manage counterparty and customer credit risk and monitor our net exposure with each counterparty or customer on a daily basis. The net exposure is compared against a credit risk threshold which is determined based on each counterparties’ and customer’s credit rating and evaluation of their financial statements. We utilize these thresholds to determine the need for collateral or restriction of activity with the counterparty or customer. We believe that our credit policies adequately monitor our credit risk. Currently, our wholesale counterparties and retail customers are performing and financially settling timely according to their respective agreements.

The Company’s three largest customers accounted for 67% of the total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 89% for the six months ended June 30, 2017. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, these customers accounted for 36%, 17% and 15% of the revenue and 17% of this revenue was from related parties. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, customers accounted for 40%, 29% and 20% of the revenue and 40% of this revenue was from related parties.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

All highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase are considered to be cash equivalents. All of the Company’s cash equivalents have liquid markets and high credit ratings.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows accounting guidance on fair value measurements for financial instruments measured on a recurring basis, as well as for certain assets and liabilities that are initially recorded at their estimated fair values. Fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company uses the following three level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs to value its financial instruments:

Level 1: Observable inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity and that are financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.

Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires us to make judgments and consider factors specific to the asset or liability. The use of different assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on estimated fair values. Accordingly, the fair value estimates disclosed, or initial amounts recorded may not be indicative of the amount that the Company or holders of the instruments could realize in a current market exchange.

Certain of the Company’s financial instruments are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, but are recorded at amounts that approximate their fair value due to their liquid or short-term nature, such as cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Accounts Receivable and Payable

Accounts receivable and payable represent amounts due from customers and owed to vendors, respectively. Accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amounts, net of reserves and allowances, and do not bear interest. The Company assesses the need for an allowance for doubtful accounts by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, the customer’s ability to pay its obligation and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. The Company will write off accounts receivable when the Company determines that they are uncollectible. No allowance for doubtful accounts was required as of June 30, 2018 since the Company has not yet experienced any collection problems.

The Company’s three largest customers accounted for 13%, 17% and 14% of the June 30, 2018 accounts receivable balance.

The Company’s three largest vendors accounted for Nil, 0.4% and 24% of the June 30, 2018 accounts payable balance.

Physical Commodity Purchases

The Company purchases certain physical commodities in the normal course of business that result in physical delivery of the goods and, hence, are excluded from ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property plant and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated over the estimated useful life of the assets. Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the asset’s useful life or the life of the lease term. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.

Software Development Costs

The Company generally capitalizes eligible costs to acquire or develop internal-use software that are incurred during the application development stage once the preliminary project stage is complete, management authorizes and commits to funding the project, and it is probable that the project will be completed, and that the software will be used to perform the function intended. Capitalization ceases at the point the software project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use, and after all substantial testing is completed. Upgrades and enhancements are capitalized if it is probable that those expenditures will result in additional functionality. Amortization is provided for on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of three years of the internal-use software development costs and related upgrades and enhancements. When existing software is replaced with new software, the unamortized costs of the old software are expensed when the new software is ready for its intended use. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post implementation activities are expensed as incurred. There were no capitalized internal use software costs for the period ended June 30, 2018.

Business Combinations

The Company uses estimates and assumptions to assign a fair value to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations as of the acquisition date. These estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed may be recorded, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Goodwill and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill is the excess of purchase price over the fair value of identified net assets of businesses acquired. The Company’s intangible assets with an indefinite life are related to the acquisition of Longfin Tradex. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are measured at their respective fair values as of the acquisition date. The Company does not amortize goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives.

The Company reviews goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually for possible impairment. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for possible impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit or the indefinite-lived intangible assets below their carrying values. The Company tests its goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets each year on December 31. The Company has six reporting units as of June 30, 2018. The company will review the carrying value of goodwill utilizing market capitalization approach which would be based upon the closing price of the company’s stock price. As of June 30, 2018 the fair value of the company’s reporting unit was in excess of carrying value and goodwill was not deemed to be impaired. The Company did not identify any impairment to goodwill during the period ended June 30, 2018.

Finite Lived Intangible Assets

Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the asset’s estimated economic life and are tested for impairment based on undiscounted cash flows and, if impaired, are written down to fair value based on discounted cash flows. The identified intangible assets are amortized over 8 years for developed technology and 3 years for customer relationships.

The Company reviews finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If the sum of the estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of an asset is less than its net book value, an impairment loss is recognized. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of an asset. No impairment was recorded during the period ended June 30, 2018.

Impairment of Non-Financials Assets

The Company monitors the carrying value of long-lived assets for potential impairment and tests the recoverability of such assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If a change in circumstance occurs, the Company performs a test of recoverability by comparing the carrying value of the asset or asset group to its undiscounted expected future cash flows. If cash flows cannot be separately and independently identified for a single asset, the Company will determine whether impairment has occurred for the Company of assets for which the Company can identify the projected cash flows. If the carrying values are in excess of undiscounted expected future cash flows, the Company measures any impairment by comparing the fair value of the asset or asset group to its carrying value. There were no indicators of impairment of long-lived assets during the period ended June 30, 2018.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when the four basic criteria of revenue recognition are met: (1) persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; (3) the fee is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. When the revenue recognition criteria are not met, the Company defers the recognition of revenue by recording deferred revenue on the balance sheet until such time that all criteria are met.

The Company’s revenue consists of the following:

Physical commodity revenue consist of revenue from the sale of physical commodities to our customers. Additionally, we determine whether the financial statement presentation of revenues should be on a gross or net basis. With respect to our physical commodity contracts, we act as a principal and take title of the physical commodities and assume the risks and rewards of ownership. We record settlement of our physical commodity contracts on a gross basis.

Technology services revenue consists of fees paid by third parties for using the Company’s proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology and provision of associated services.

Other revenue consists of incentive income received pursuant to agreements with exchanges that is recognized when earned.

Income Taxes

The Company records income taxes using the asset and liability method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax effects attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases, and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The Company establishes a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be recovered based on an evaluation of objective verifiable evidence. For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company recognizes the largest amount of the benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized. For tax positions that are not more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company does not recognize any portion of the benefit.

The FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), Topic 740, Income Taxes, or ASC 740, also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in material changes to its financial position.

The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such expense as a component of income tax expense. There were no amounts accrued for penalties or interest as of June 30, 2018. Management is currently unaware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviations from its position.

Stock-Based Compensation.

The Company measures all stock-based compensation to using a fair value method.

Prior to the Company’s initial public offering, in determining the fair value of the Company’s common stock the Company considered, among other things, contemporaneous valuations of the Company’s common stock, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, including related industry trends affecting its operations; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering, or IPO, or sale, given prevailing market conditions; the lack of marketability of the Company’s common stock; the market performance of comparable publicly traded companies; and U.S. and global economic and capital market conditions.

Loss per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Common Stockholders are presented in conformity with the “two-class method” in accordance with ASC 260, Loss Per Share. Under the two-class method, basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock and, if dilutive, potential shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. The dilutive effect of potential shares of Common Stock is reflected in diluted loss per share by application of the treasury stock method.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-01, Business Combinations – Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which clarifies the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The standard introduces a screen for determining when assets acquired are not a business and clarifies that a business must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that contribute to an output to be considered a business.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), Restricted Cash (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force). This update attempts to reduce diversity in practice and provides guidance on the presentation of restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force). This update attempts to reduce diversity in practice by providing guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), which introduces a new accounting model, referred to as the current expected credit losses (CECL) model, for estimating credit losses on certain financial instruments and expands the disclosure requirements for estimating such credit losses. Under the new model, an entity is required to estimate the credit losses expected over the life of an exposure (or pool of exposures). The guidance also amends the current impairment model for debt securities classified as available-for-sale securities. The new guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). Under the new provisions, all lessees will report on the balance sheet a right-of-use asset and a liability for the obligation to make payments with the exception of those leases with a term of 12 months or less. The new provisions will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will evaluate the expected impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which amends the guidance relating to the classification and measurement of financial instruments. Changes to the current guidance primarily affect the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The new standard is effective for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017.The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Restricted Cash. The standard requires restricted cash to be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning and ending amounts in the statement of cash flows and also requires disclosures regarding the nature of restrictions on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods and requires retrospective adoption with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The standard eliminates the second step in the goodwill impairment test which requires an entity to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. Instead, an entity should recognize an impairment loss if the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, with the impairment loss not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The standard is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests conducted in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company will evaluate the expected impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. The standard better aligns an entity’s hedging activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results in the financial statements. The standard will prospectively make hedge accounting easier to apply to hedging activities and also enhances disclosure requirements for how hedge transactions are reflected in the financial statements when hedge accounting is elected. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company will evaluate the future effect this standard may have on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (ASU 2014-09) as modified by ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), ASU No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, and ASU No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. The revenue recognition principle in ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, new and enhanced disclosures will be required. Companies may adopt the new standard either using the full retrospective approach, a modified retrospective approach with practical expedients, or a cumulative effect upon adoption approach. The Company will adopt the new standard effective January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, equity or cash flows.

Note 4: Business Combinations

On June 19, 2017, Longfin acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Longfin Tradex in exchange for shares of Longfin’s common stock. The acquisition of Longfin Tradex was determined to be an acquisition of a business and the results of Longfin Tradex’s operations have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. Prior to the acquisition, Longfin Tradex was 55% owned by SCL, a public company in India, and 45% owned by Mr. Meenavalli.

The acquisition-date fair value of the consideration transferred totaled $134.4 million, which consisted of the following:

Fair value of consideration transferred (in thousands):

Longfin Class A common stock (27,500,000 shares)	$	73,920
Longfin Class B common stock (22,500,000 shares)		60,480
Total	$	134,400

The fair value of the consideration of $134,400,000 as on June 19, 2017 was based on a third party valuation report from Scalar in accordance with ASC 805.

The following table summarizes the preliminary estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date (in thousands):

As of June 19, 2017:

	(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	14
Accounts receivable		11,934
Due from related parties		1,209
Property, plant and equipment		3,454
Intangible assets		38,600
Goodwill		90,474
Other assets		231
Total Assets		145,916
Liabilities:
Accounts payable		675
Accrued expenses		37
Due to related parties		3,431
Other current liabilities		16
Accrued income taxes		208
Deferred tax liability		7,149
Total Liabilities		11,516
Net assets acquired	$	134,400

Acquired intangible assets of $38.6 million are finite-lived assets, which include $32.0 million of the Company’s developed technology to be amortized over an 8-year useful life and $6.6 million related to customer relationships to be amortized over a 3-year useful life. Due to the complexity and proprietary nature of the underlying technology, a useful life of 8 years was ascribed by the Company.

Goodwill of $90 million is primarily attributable to the valuation of the Longfin Tradex acquisition and includes a deferred tax liability of $7.1 million related to the acquired intangible assets of $38.6 million. Goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes.

The following represents the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations as if Longfin Tradex had been included in the condensed consolidated results of the Company for the period from February 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017:

Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations (in thousands, except for share and per share amounts):

	June 30, 2017
Revenue	$	18,247
Net loss	$	(19,106	)

Net loss per common share, basic	$	(1.42	)
Net loss per common share, diluted	$	(1.42	)

Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic		13,500,000
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted		13,500,000

These amounts have been calculated after applying the Company’s accounting policies and adjusting the results of Longfin Tradex to reflect the additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets had been applied on June 30, 2017.

Prior to the acquisition, the Company had no prior relationship with Longfin Tradex, except for the ownership interest of Mr. Meenavalli.

On January 9, 2018, the Company has acquired a shell company, Longfin Ltd in West Indies at a nominal price of $2,500.

Note 5: Other Current Assets and Other Current Liabilities

Other Current Assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2018 $		December 31, 2017 $
Prepaid Expenses		418		50
Advance to customers		159		-
Employee advances		4		-
Deposits		676		247
Advance expense		127		-
Others		4		39
Total		1,388		336

Other Current Liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2018 $		December 31, 2017 $
Advance from Customers		3		-
Others		2,389		-
Total		2,392		-

Note 6: Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, Plant and Equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2018 $			December 31, 2017 $
Computer software	$	822			6,283
Computer equipment		11,151			3,454
Vehicles		140			-
		12,113			9,737
Accumulated depreciation		(4,157	)		(1,308	)
Property and equipment, net	$	7,956			8,429

For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the period ending at December 31, 2017 the Company recorded $1.5 million and 1.3 million, respectively, in depreciation expense.

Note 7: Intangible Assets

As of June 30, 2018, the Company has the following amounts related to intangible assets (in thousands):

	June 30, 2018								December 31, 2017
	Useful Lives	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Book Value
Developed technology	8 years	$	32,000	$	(4,132	)	$	27,868		32,000		(2,126	)		29,874
Customer relationships	3 years		6,600		(2,272	)		4,328		6,600		(1,169	)		5,431
		$	38,600	$	(6,404	)	$	32,196		38,600		(3,295	)	$	35,305

The following table represents the total estimated amortization of intangible assets for the five succeeding years (in thousands):

	Estimated
For the year ended	Amortization Expense
2018	$	6,200
2019	$	6,200
2020	$	5,585
2021	$	4,000
2022	$	4,000
Thereafter	$	10,882

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded $3.1 million in amortization expense. For the period ended at December 31, 2017 the Company recorded $3.3 million in amortization expense.

Note 8: Convertible Notes Payable

Till date, the Company has received $3.7 million in net proceeds ($5.0 million net of costs of $1.3 million) related to the Note Financing and will not be able to obtain additional monies through the Note Financing until the Company files a Registration Statement to register the common shares underlying the Notes and Warrant and such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission or such shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or the investor elects to convert or exercise such securities notwithstanding the underlying shares have not been so registered or are then so eligible.

On April 6, 2018, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) halted the trading of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, which such suspension from trading continued for a period of at least five (5) consecutive trading days, which constituted an event of default under the Note.

Note 9: Secured and Unsecured Loans

The company has a Secured Loan for the purchase of vehicle during the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

Note 10: Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consists of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2018 $		December 31, 2017 $
Legal and professional fee		35		3,090
Director fees		32		28
Payroll		137		134
Others		6		117
	$	211		3,369

Note 11: Stockholders’ Equity

As of the date of incorporation, the Company’s authorized capital stock consisted of 200,000,000 shares, par value $0.00001 per share. On February 1, 2017 the Company issued 7,500,000 founder shares to Mr. Meenavalli, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), valued at $75, which was paid for in cash by Mr. Meenavalli.

On June 15, 2017, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation such that the Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share; 75,000,000 of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share and 25,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share. The By-Laws were amended such that (i) the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock will at all times vote together as one class on all matters(including the election of directors) submitted to a vote for the consent of the stockholders of the Company, (ii) Each holder of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held, (iii) Each holder of Class B Common Stock is entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held, and (iv) Each holder of Class C Common Stock is entitled to zero votes for each share of Class C Common Stock held. The Company has been advised that such provisions of its By-Laws are ineffective under Delaware law and accordingly the disparate voting rights have been disregarded for all periods.

On March 20, 2018, the Company amended and restated its Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock from 200,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares, $0.00001 par value per share, comprised of 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, 75,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock shall have the same rights and powers, rank equally (including as to dividends and distributions, and any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation), share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters, except each share of Class B Common Stock convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock. Holders of Class A and Class B Common Stock will be entitled to one vote for each share held. Holders of Class C Common Stock will have no voting rights.

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.

On June 19, 2017, the Company issued shares of its Common Stock related to the acquisition of Longfin Tradex valued at $134.4 million, which is comprised of 27,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued to SCL and 22,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issued to Mr. Meenavalli, Longfin’s CEO. The Company also issued 10,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to Mr. Meenavalli, valued at $19 million for services and recorded compensation expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations in general and administrative expenses. The 10,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock were valued under 409A of the Internal Revenue Code at a price of $1.90 per share based on a third party valuation report from Scalar.

On September 14, 2017, the Company issued 2,025,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock valued at $4.2 million to a third-party marketing platform owned by Adamson Brothers Corp., an entity of which Mr. Andy Altahawi has voting and dispositive control, in exchange for services in connection with the Financing. Such amounts were recorded as deferred offering costs-non cash as of December 31, 2017. Also, in addition to stock compensation paid to Adamson Brothers Corp., the Company also agreed to pay $65,000 in cash for the services obtained in connection with the Public Offering.

On December 11, 2017, the Company acquired the Ziddu.com website from a related party, Meridian Enterprises Pte. Ltd., a Singapore corporation (“Meridian”), in exchange for the issuance of 2.5 million restricted shares of Class A stock. Exemption from registration for the above transaction was claimed by the Company pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act based on the facts and circumstances of the acquisition.

On December 12, 2017, the Company completed the initial public offering of 1,140,989 shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 at a price of $5.00 per share to investors pursuant to Regulation A promulgated under the Securities Act. Net proceeds from the offering totaled $4,948,998, net of cash offering expenses of $755,947. 46,540,989 shares are issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017.

On September 14, 2017, the Company issued 3,375,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock valued at $7.0 million to Mr. Krishanu Singhal, the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer. On March 19, 2018, the Company executed an agreement to cancel 2,000,000 of the 3,375,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and agreed to pay Mr. Singhal $100,000 in cash compensation.

Note 12: Related Party Transactions

Related party transactions for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):

	June 30, 2018 $
	Sale of physical commodities		Technology revenue		Cost of physical commodities revenues		Cost of technology revenue		Purchase of shell company		Rentals
Stampede Enterprises India Pvt. Ltd	$	2,254		-	$	12,008		-		-		-
Meridian Enterprises Pte. Limited	$	15,767		-	$	18,029		-	$	2500		-
Stampede Capital Ltd		-	$	3		-	$	1		-		-
Stampede Technologies Pte Limited		-	$	615		-		-		-		-
Globe 7 Pte Ltd											$	4
	$	18,021	$	618	$	30,038	$	1	$	2500	$	4

	June 30, 2017 $
	Sale of physical commodities		Cost of physical commodities revenues		Cost of technology revenue		Capital Expenditures
Stampede Enterprises India Private Limited	$	3,673	$	-	$	-	$
Meridian Enterprises Pte. Limited		-		4,939		-		-
Meridian Tech HK Limited		944		907		1,652		-

	$	4,617		5,846	$	1,652	$	-

Related party balances for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and ended June 30, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):

Due from related parties:	Relationship	June 30, 2018 $		June 30, 2017 $
Meridian Enterprises Pte Ltd	Common Promoter	$	948		-
Stampede Capital Limited	Common Promoter		78		-
Meridian Tech HK Limited			-		54
Stampede Enterprises India Private Limited	Wholly owned subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited	$	9		798
Stampede Technologies Pte Ltd	Wholly owned subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited	$	666		-
		$	1,701		852
Due to related parties					-
Stampede Capital Limited	Common promoter	$	332		332
Usha Rani Meenavalli	Common promoter	$	2		-
Meridian Enterprises Pte Limited	Common promoter	$	1,317		2,883
Venkat Srinivas Meenavalli	CEO	$	11
Stampede Enterprises India Pvt Ltd.	Wholly owned subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited		-		8
Stampede Technologies Limited	Wholly owned subsidiary of Stampede Capital Limited		-		652
Meridian Tech HK Ltd	Common promoter		-		4,084
			1,662		7,959

A description of the amounts included related party transactions are as follows:

Stampede Enterprises India Private Limited includes revenue related to the sale of physical commodities $2,254 and costs related to the purchase of physical commodities $12,008.

Meridian Enterprises Pte. Limited includes revenue related to the sale of physical commodities $15,767 and costs related to the purchase of physical commodities $18,029. The Company also acquired a shell company, Longfin Ltd in West Indies from Meridian Enterprises Pte. Limited at a nominal price of $2,500.

Stampede Technologies Pte Ltd includes revenue related to the sale of technology $615 and Nil costs related to technology from this vendor.

Note 13: Income Taxes

The Company adopted ASC 740, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. In assessing the recoverability of its deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. The management considers historical and projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

The Company has US deferred tax assets, which have been offset by valuation allowance because of historical and expected losses. As the Company reverses its losses and becomes profitable, we will reassess the likelihood of recovering a portion or all of the deferred tax assets. The remaining balance of deferred tax assets, which appear on the balance sheet, are from foreign based operations in which utilization is highly probable in offsetting future foreign income taxes.

The Company recorded an income tax of $ 521,344 resulting from operational results of its foreign entities for six months period ended June 30, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, there was no significant liability for income tax associated with unrecognized tax benefits. As of June 30, 2018, the Company could not use its net operating losses.

Impact of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Reform Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017 and provides for significant changes to U.S. tax law. Among other provisions, the Tax Reform Act reduces the U.S. corporate income tax rate to 21%, effective in 2018. As a result, the Company has remeasured its U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017 to reflect the lower rate expected to apply when these temporary differences reverse.

The Company estimates that the remeasurement resulted in a nominal reduction in deferred tax assets, which was fully offset by a corresponding change to the Company’s valuation allowance. The impact will likely be subject to ongoing technical guidance and accounting interpretation, which the Company will continue to monitor and assess.

The Tax Reform Act also provides for a transition to a new territorial system of taxation and generally requires companies to include certain untaxed foreign earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries into taxable income in 2017 (“Transition Tax”). The Company estimates that it will incur a $0.6 million Transition Tax and has recorded a provisional liability in this amount.

Additionally, the Securities Exchange Commission staff has issued SAB 118, which allows the Company to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extend beyond one year of the enactment date. On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) was issued to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act. Because the Company is still in the process of analyzing certain provisions of the Tax Act, the Company has determined that the adjustment to its deferred taxes and the Transition Tax are provisional amounts as permitted under SAB 118.

Note 14: Commitments & Contingencies

Legal Matters

The Company is aware of the following litigation matters:

On or about March 5, 2018, the Division of Enforcement of the SEC informed the Company that it is conducting an investigation In the Matter of Trading in the Securities of Longfin Corp. and requested that the Company provide certain documents in connection with its investigation, including documents related to our IPO and other financings and the acquisition of Ziddu.com. The Company is in the process of responding to this document request and will cooperate with the SEC in connection with its investigation. While the SEC is trying to determine whether there have been any violations of the federal securities laws, the investigation does not mean that the SEC has concluded that anyone has violated the law. Also, the investigation does not mean that the SEC has a negative opinion of any person, entity or security of or related to the Company.

At the beginning of April 2018, the SEC filed an action, entitled Securities and Exchange Commission v. Longfin Corp., et al., 18 Civ. 2977 (DLC) (‘the SEC Litigation”) before the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Company and its CEO, Mr. Meenavalli are named as defendants, as are three of the Company’s stockholders who made certain sales of Class A Common Stock. The SEC’s complaint alleges that the defendants violated Section 5 of the Securities Act by either distributing or participating in the distribution of the Company’s securities to the public in unregistered transactions. In connection with the Litigation, the SEC moved for a temporary restraining order and asset freeze relating to the assets of the three defendants who were stockholders who made certain sales of Class A Common Stock. By order dated April 23, 2018, the Disctrict Court vacated the temporary restraining order and asset freeze with respect to the Company and Mr. Meenavalli. By order dated May 1, 2018, the Court granted the SEC’s request for a preliminary injunction regarding the assets of the other three defendants. On May 11, 2018, the Company and Mr. Meenavalli filed a motion to dismiss the SEC’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and the three other defendants answered the complaint and denied the allegations of wrongdoing against them. On May 29, 2018, the SEC filed a first amended complaint, which the Company and Mr. Meenavalli answered on June 8, 2018. The SEC Litigation has now entered the discovery phase. The Company is unable at this time to express any opinion as to the outcome of this matter or any potential remedies that may be sought against the Company or Mr. Meenavalli at this early stage of the proceedings.

In April 2018, five putative securities class action lawsuits were filed in the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York against Longfin Corp and its CEO, Mr. Meenavalli, and (in two cases) its CFO, Mr. Ratakonda. The actions are: Reddy v. LongFin Corp. et al., 18 Civ. 2933 (SDNY); Long Chee Min v. Longfin Corp. et al., 18 Civ. 2973 (SDNY); Chauhan v. Longfin et al., 18 Civ. 2010 (MKB) (EDNY); and Miller v. Longfin et al., 18 Civ. 3121 (SDNY). According to the complaints, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and failed to disclose material adverse facts about Longfin’s business, operations, prospects and performance. Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Longfin had material weaknesses in its operations and internal controls that hindered the Company’s profitability; and (ii) Longfin did not meet the requirements for inclusion in Russell indices. Based on the foregoing, plaintiffs assert causes of action for violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. Plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory damages, fees and costs. By order dated April 26, 2018, the four actions filed in Southern District of New York (bearing docket numbers 18 Civ. 2933, 18 Civ. 2973, 18 Civ. 3121 and 18 Civ. 3462) were consolidated under the docket number of the lead case, 18 Civ. 2933, pending before the Honorable Denise Cote, United States District Judge. On June 4, 2018, an additional putative class action lawsuit was filed in the federal court for the Southern District of New York against the Company and Messrs. Meenavalli and Ratakonda entitled Malik v. Longfin Corp., et al. 18 Civ. 4953 (SDNY). By order dated June 7, 2018, the putative class action filed in Southern District of New York (docket number 18 Civ. 4953) was consolidated under the docket number of the lead case, 18 Civ. 2933, pending before the Honorable Denise Cote, United States District Judge. On June 14, 2018, Plaintiff Dinesh Chauhan filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the putative class action filed in the Eastern District of New York (18 Civ. 2010 (EDNY). On July 27, 2018, appointed Lead Plaintiffs in the consolidated class actions filed an Amended Complaint to which the Company or its officers have not yet responded. The Company is unable at this time to express any opinion as to the outcome of this matter or any potential remedies that may be sought against the Company or Mr. Meenavalli at this early stage of the proceedings.

On May 23, 2018, a shareholder derivative action was filed against certain of the Company’s officers and directors (and the Company as a nominal defendant) entitled Victor Gausepohl, derivatively on behalf of Longfin Corp. v. Meenavalli, et al. before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County (Index No. 652591/2018). On June 26, 2018, a separate shareholder derivative action was filed against certain of the Company’s officers and directors (and the Company as a nominal defendant) entitled Joseph Bents, derivatively on behalf of Longfin Corp. v. Meenavalli, et al. before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County (Index No. 653216/2018). Both derivative actions allege purported breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, waste of corporate assets and/or mismanagement and abuse of control by the named defendants.

In the opinion of management, there were no claims as of June 30, 2018 that would have a material adverse effect on its condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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 statement of operations 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

Defined contribution plan

As required by law, Longfin Tradex makes contributions to a pension plan, the Central Provident Fund (“CPF”), as applicable in a different jurisdiction where the companies operate. Such obligations for contributions are recognized as compensation expense in the statement of operations in the same period as the employment that gives rise to the obligatory contribution.

Note 15. Loss Per Share

Under the two-class method, basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock and, if dilutive, potential shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. The dilutive effect of potential shares of Common Stock is reflected in diluted loss per share by application of the treasury stock method.

The Company has two classes of issued and outstanding Common Stock; Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Holders of Class A Common Stock and holders of Class B Common Stock have substantially identical rights, including rights with respect to voting, any declared dividends or distributions of cash or property, and the right to receive proceeds on liquidation or dissolution of the Company after payment of the Company’s indebtedness. The undistributed losses are allocated based on the contractual participation rights of the Class A and Class B Common Stock as if the losses for the year have been distributed. As the liquidation and dividend rights are identical, the undistributed losses are allocated on a proportionate basis.

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Common Stockholders during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the period from February 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 (in thousands except share and per share amounts):

Warrants issued to purchase 39,834 of common shares were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share.

The Company does not have any dilutive securities as of June 30, 2018.

	For the six months ended June 30, 2018			For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017

Net Profit /(loss)	$	(11,063	)	$	(19,874	)

Weighted average shares outstanding		75,380,768			13,500,000

Basic loss per share:	$	(0.15	)	$	(1.47	)

Diluted loss per share:	$	(0.15	)	$	(1.47	)

Note 16 Geography Revenue

Segment Information

Accounting pronouncements establish standards for the manner in which public companies report information about operating segments in annual and interim financial statements. Operating segments are components of an enterprise that have distinct financial information available and evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”) to decide how to allocate resources and evaluate performance. The Company’s CODM is considered to be the Company’s chief executive officer (“CEO”). The CEO reviews financial information presented on an entity level basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

Therefore, the Company has determined that it operates in a single operating and reportable segment.

The following provides information required by ASC 280-10-50-38 Entity-Wide Information:

The table below shows revenue reported by product and service for the six months ended June 30, 2018:

Product & Service	Amount (in thousands)		% on total revenues
Sale of physical commodities	$	92,018		97.75	%
Technology revenue		2,119		2.25	%
Other revenue		4		0.00	%
Total	$	94,141		100	%

The following table sets revenue by geographic area for the six months ended June 30, 2018:

	Amount (in thousands)
Singapore	$	46,727
India		4,394
United Kingdom		1,595
Other		41,425
	$	94,141

The table below shows the long-term assets other than financial instruments held in the country of domicile and foreign countries (in thousands).

Nature of Assets	USA (Country of Domicile)		Foreign Countries (India, Dubai, Singapore and West Indies)		Total
Goodwill		-		90,474		90,474
Intangible assets				32,196		32,196
Property, Plant and Equipment , Net				7,956		7,956
Total Long Term Assets				130,626		130,626

Note 17 Stock-Based Compensation

Longfin 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

On February 12, 2018, the Company adopted the Longfin 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan authorizing the grant of awards up to 2,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock effective March 20, 2018. No stocks have been granted since the plan became effective in March 2018.

Note 18 Subsequent Events

Change of Directors

On July 27, 2018, Henry Wang, an independent director of the Company and the chairman of Compensation Committee and member of the Audit committee and Nominating and Governance Committee thereof, notified the Company of his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 27, 2018. There were no disagreements between Henry Wang and the Company.

The Board subsequently appointed Dr. Avinash Karingam, as a member of the Board, which appointment occurred on July 27, 2018, immediately following Henry Wang’ resignation. Dr Avinash Karingam will also serve as chairman of Compensation Committee and member of the Audit committee and Nominating and Governance Committee in place of Henry Wang. Avinash Karingam holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (Fluid Dynamics) and research experience in quantitative financial and computational engineering. He has specialized in quantitative models, product management and quantitative risk management. Avinash Karingam has spent considerable time in developing alfa generating High frequency trading (HFT) models on various asset classes such as Indices, Currencies, Commodities and Equities, under the framework of Money Management and Risk Management.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the section titled “Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data” and the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 2, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the SEC on April 19, 2018.

Business Overview

Longfin is a finance and technology company (“FINTECH”) that specializes in structured trade finance (Alternative Finance) solutions and physical commodities finance (Shadow Banking) solutions. On June 19, 2017, Longfin acquired 100% of the global trade finance technology solution provider, Longfin Tradex Pte. Ltd., (“Stampede Tradex Pte Ltd”), - a Singapore incorporated entity and post-acquisition Longfin Tradex has become a subsidiary of Longfin.

As on June 30, 2018, the Company, through Longfin Tradex, has membership agreements with SGX- Singapore, DGCX- Dubai and CME- Chicago. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Longfin and its subsidiaries, Longfin Tradex, Longcom India Private Ltd, and Longfin Trading FZC.

Intellectual Property and Patents

Our success depends in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technologies. To protect our proprietary rights, we rely on a combination of intellectual property rights in the United States and other jurisdictions, including trade secret laws, license agreements, internal procedures, and contractual provisions. Our internal controls restrict access to proprietary technology. As of April 2, 2018, we had one trademark registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We may not be able to obtain protection for our intellectual property, and our existing and future trademark and other intellectual property rights may not provide us with competitive advantages or distinguish our products and services from those of our competitors. Additionally, our current and future trademark and other intellectual property rights may be contested, circumvented, or found unenforceable or invalid, and we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing them. Our internal controls and contractual provisions may not always be effective at preventing unauthorized parties from obtaining our intellectual property and proprietary technologies.

We license technology and other intellectual property from our partners and rely on our license agreements with those partners to use the intellectual property. We also enter into licensing agreements with third parties to receive rights to intellectual property and other know-how. Third parties may assert claims related to intellectual property rights against our partners or us.

Financial Operations Overview

Revenue

The Company’s revenue consists of the following:

Physical Commodity Contracts — we recognize revenue from the sale of physical commodities for sale to our customers. Additionally, we determine whether the financial statement presentation of revenues should be on a gross or net basis. With respect to our physical commodity contracts, we act as a principal and take title of the physical commodities and assume the risks and rewards of ownership. We record settlement of our physical commodity contracts on a gross basis.

Technology services revenue, consist of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology and provision of associated services.

Other revenue consists of incentive income that is received pursuant to agreements with exchanges and recognized when earned.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses consist of expenses directly related to our sale of physical commodities and technology revenue, non-cash stock-based compensation, amortization of our acquired intangibles related to the Longfin Tradex acquisition, depreciation related to our computer equipment, and other general and administrative expenses consisting of legal, accounting and professional fees, employee related expenses, travel, non-income-based taxes and overhead expenses.

We expect to incur additional expenses to support our growth.

Other income (expense), net

Other income (expense), net, consists of gains and losses realized from foreign currency transactions and rebate income from exchanges.

Provision for income taxes

Provision for income taxes consists primarily of U.S. federal and state income taxes and income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct business. For the periods presented, the difference between the U.S. statutory rate and our effective tax rate is primarily due to the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets. Our effective tax rate is also impacted by earnings realized in foreign jurisdictions with statutory tax rates lower than the federal statutory tax rate. We maintain a full valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets for federal, state, and certain foreign jurisdictions as we have concluded that it is not more likely than not that the deferred assets will be realized.

Results of Operations

The following table presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 (in thousands):

	Six months ended June 30, 2018			For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017
Revenue:	$	94,141		$	9,277
Operating expenses		(100,624	)		(27,748	)
Profit /(Loss) from operations		(6,483	)		(18,471	)
Other income, net		(4,992	)		-
Profit/(Loss) before income taxes		(11,475	)		(18,471	)
Income tax (benefit) expense		(521	)		1,403
Net Profit /(Loss)	$	(10,954	)		(19,874	)

Revenue

Revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and during the six months ended June 30, 2017 consists of the following (in thousands):

	Six months ended June 30, 2018		For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017
Sale of physical commodities	$	92,018	$	7,403
Technology revenue		2,119		1,873
Other revenue		4		1
	$	94,141		9,277

Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2018 of $92 million is related to the sale of physical commodities to our customers. Technology revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2018 consists of $2.12 million and is comprised of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology. Other revenue consists of incentive income received from exchanges that is recognized when earned.

Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2017 of 7.4 million is related to the sale of physical commodities to our customers. Technology revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2017 consists of $1.87 million and is comprised of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology. Other revenue consists of incentive income received from exchanges that is recognized when earned.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 consists of the following (in thousands):

	Six months ended June 30, 2018		For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017
Cost of physical commodities revenues (includes purchases from related parties of $30,037 in June 30, 2018 and 5,846 in June 30, 2017)	$	89,947	$	6,744
Cost of technology revenue (includes related party costs of $1 in June 30, 2018 and $1,652 in June 30, 2017)		1,515		1,654
Stock-based compensation		-		19,000
Employee compensation and payroll taxes		600		12
Operations and administrative		4,004		105
Depreciation and amortization		1,450		46
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		3,108		187
Total operating expenses	$	100,624	$	27,748

Operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 primarily consists of $90 million of expenses directly related to our sale of physical commodities, $1.5 million of fees related to our technology revenue, $3.11 million of amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired with the Longfin Tradex acquisition, $1.45 million of depreciation and amortization related to the Company’s computer equipment, $4 million of other operations and administrative expenses including legal and professional fees, and $0.6 million of employee compensation and payroll taxes.

Operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2017 primarily consists of $6.74 million of expenses directly related to our sale of physical commodities, $1.65 million of fees related to our technology revenue, $19 million of amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired with the Longfin Tradex acquisition, $0.05 million of depreciation and amortization related to the Company’s computer equipment, $0.11 million of other operations and administrative expenses including legal and professional fees, and $0.01 million of employee compensation and payroll taxes.

Other income, net

Other income, net, consists of nominal gains recorded from our foreign currency transactions.

Cash Flows for six months ended June 30, 2018 and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 (in thousands):

	Six months ended June 30, 2018 $			For the period from February 1, 2017 (inception) through June 30, 2017 $
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		2,189		$	-
Net Cash provided by operating activities		(4,421	)		(4,054	)
Net cash (used in) investing activities		(977	)		(4,011	)
Net cash (used in) financing activities		3,823			-
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period		490			43

Operating Activities

For the period from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018, net cash used in operating activities was $4.4 million, which primarily consisted of our net loss of $11 million, adjusted for depreciation and amortization expenses of $4.6 million, 1.3 million of note issue expenses and net cash inflow of $0.68 million from operating assets and liabilities. The inflow from operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to $(1.78) million of accounts receivable, a net $1.17 million due to related parties, $(6.43) million of net other current liabilities, $1 million of accounts payable, $(3.15) million of accrued expenses primarily related to customer deposits and $0.6 million for income taxes payable.

Investing Activities

For the period from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018, net cash used in investing activities was $0.98 million, which is primarily related to the purchase of computer software.

Financing Activities

For the period from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018, net cash provided by financing activities was $3.8 millions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

As of June 30, 2018, we had $0.49 million in cash and $38.6 million in accounts receivable and total liabilities of $45 million. To date the Company has received $3.7 million in net proceeds ($5.0 million net of costs of $1.3 million) related to the Note Financing and will not be able to obtain additional monies through the Note Financing until the Company files a Registration Statement to register the common shares underlying the Notes and Warrant and such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company also contemplates raising money through Regulation D offering from the accredited investors

Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through equity issuances and cash generated from our operations.

Our principal uses of cash in recent periods have been funding our operations.

On December 12, 2017, we sold 1,140,989 shares of our Class A Common Stock pursuant to Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933 at a price of $5.00 per share. Net proceeds from the Public Offering totalled $4.9 million, net of cash offering expenses of $0.8 million.

Going Concern

The Company has limited operating history and experienced a net loss of $38 million since its inception. The Company has $0.49 million of cash at June 30, 2018. The Company operates primarily in structured trade finance and providing technology services and our operating costs are primarily related to the cost of providing those services, employee compensation and administrative expenses.

On January 22, 2018, pursuant to the SPA entered into between the Company and the Investor, the Company agreed to sell and issue (1) (i) Senior Convertible Notes to the Investor in the aggregate principal amount of $52,700,000, consisting of a Series A Note in the principal original issuance discount amount of $10,095,941 and (ii) a Series B Note in the principal amount of $42,604,059, and (2) a Warrant to purchase 751,894 shares of Longfin Class A Common Stock, exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price of $38.55 per share, for consideration consisting of (i) a cash payment of $5,000,000, and (ii) a secured promissory note payable by the Investor to Longfin in the principal amount of $42,604,059.

Till date the Company has received $3.7 million in net proceeds ($5.0 million net of costs of $1.3 million) related to the Note Financing and will not be able to obtain additional monies through the Note Financing until the Company files a Registration Statement to register the common shares underlying the Notes and Warrant and such Registration Statement is deemed effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company also contemplates raising money through Regulation D offering from the accredited investors

The continuance of the Trading Halt for a period of five trading days constituted an Event of Default under the Notes. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, among other things, at the Purchaser’s election, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest at a default interest rate of 18%, liquidated damages and other amounts owed through the date of acceleration, shall become, immediately due and payable in either cash or stock pursuant to the terms of the Notes. On April 13, 2018, the Purchaser notified the Company that it had elected to exercise its remedies with respect to requiring the Company to redeem the Series A Notes (the “Default Notice”). Pursuant to the Default Notice, the Purchaser has demanded that the Company pay the Event of Default Redemption Price of the Series A Note not later than Friday, April 20, 2018, which the Purchaser has calculated as $33.6 million if paid by such date. The Purchaser has not exercised its remedies with respect to requiring the Company to redeem the Series B Note, but in the Default Notice has reserved its rights with regard to such remedy regarding the Event of Default under the Series B Note. In addition to other remedies available to the Purchaser, the Company’s obligation to repay amounts due under the Series B is secured by a first priority security interest in and lien on the Investor Note, and such remedies can be exercised by the Purchaser without additional notice to the Company.

Following receipt of the Default Notice, the Company has entered into discussions with the Purchaser regarding the renegotiation of the terms of the Financing in light of the Trading Halt. If the Company is unable to successfully renegotiate the terms of the Financing, including receiving one or more waivers with respect to the ongoing default under the Notes, it will negatively impact its business and operations and could also lead to the reduction or suspension of the Company’s operations and ultimately force the Company to cease operations.

Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including our revenue growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support further infrastructure development, the expansion of sales and marketing and international operation activities, the introduction of new product capabilities and enhancement of our platform, and the continuing market acceptance of our platform. We may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, and technologies, including intellectual property rights. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, results of operations, and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

Contractual Obligations

At June 30, 2018 our principal commitments consisted of obligations under operating leases for office space which is leased on a month to month basis.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in the United States. The preparation of consolidated financial statements also requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows will be affected.

We believe that the accounting policies described below involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenue consists of the following:

	Physical Commodity consists of revenue from the sale of physical commodities to our customers. Additionally, we determine whether the financial statement presentation of revenues should be on a gross or net basis. With respect to our physical commodity contracts, we act as a principal and take title of the physical commodities and assume the risks and rewards of ownership. We record settlement of our physical commodity contracts on a gross basis.

	Technology services revenue, consists of fees paid by third parties for using our proprietary risk management and trading infrastructure technology and provision of associated services.

Other revenue consists of incentive income received pursuant to agreements with exchanges that is recognized when earned.

Common Stock Valuations

The valuation of our common stock was determined based on the guidelines outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting & Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation.

We considered objective and subjective factors to determine our best estimate of the fair value of our common stock including contemporaneous valuations of the Company’s common stock, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, including related industry trends affecting its operations; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering given prevailing market conditions; the lack of marketability of the Company’s common stock; the market performance of comparable publicly traded companies; and U.S. and global economic and capital market conditions.

During 2017, prior to our initial public offering on December 12, 2017, the equity value of our business was determined using the market approach. The market approach estimates the fair value of a company by applying market multiples of comparable publicly traded companies in the same industry or similar lines of business. The selection of our comparable industry peer companies requires us to make significant judgments as to the comparability of these companies to us. We considered several factors including business description, business size, market share, revenue model, development stage and historical operating results.

Business Combinations

Goodwill

The Company reviews goodwill at least annually for possible impairment. Goodwill is reviewed for possible impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the goodwill below its carrying values. The Company tests its goodwill each year on December 31st. The Company reviews the carrying value of goodwill utilizing a market capitalization approach. The Company did not identify any impairment to goodwill during the period ended June 30, 2018.

Finite Lived Intangible Assets

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including the estimation of the underlying deemed fair value of Common Stock (prior to public offering),the valuation of acquired intangible assets and goodwill from business combinations, the recoverability and useful lives (indefinite or finite) of intangible assets, and the assessment of impairment of goodwill.

We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to our financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2018, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

CORPORATE INFORMATION

Longfin Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on February 1, 2017. Our executive offices are located 17 State Street, Suite 4000, New York, NY 10004. Our telephone number is (646)-202-9550, and our email address is info@Longfincorp.com.

We maintain a website with the address www.Longfincorp.com. We make available through our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to these reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish such material to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We are not including the information on our website as a part of, nor incorporating it by reference into, this report. You may read and copy any such reports and amendments thereto at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 on official business days during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the Public Reference Room. Additionally, the SEC maintains a website that contains annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and other information that issuers (including us) file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website address is http://www.sec.gov.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates. We had cash and cash equivalents of $0.49 million as of June 30, 2018. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest rate sensitivity, which is affected by changes in the general level of U.S. interest rates. An immediate 100 basis point change in interest rates would not have a material effect on the fair market value of our portfolio.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a15(e) and 15d-15(e), as of the end of the period covered by this report.

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

No system of controls can prevent errors and fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur. Controls can also be circumvented by individual acts of some people, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with its policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Subject to the limitations above, management believes that the condensed consolidated financial statements and other financial information contained in this report, fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented.

Based on the evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) were not effective as of June 30, 2018 due to the material weaknesses identified below.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, within the meaning of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) Audit Standard No. 5, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management has identified the following material weaknesses which has caused management to conclude that as of June 30, 2018 our Internal Control over Financial Reporting (“ICFR”) were not effective at the reasonable assurance level:

	●	the Company lacks qualified personnel who fully understand GAAP reporting requirements, possess appropriate skills to identify and determine proper accounting for new, complex or unusual transactions or have a proficiency in the SEC reporting environment;

	●	the Company did not maintain sufficient personnel with the technical knowledge and skills to perform accounting functions for complex/non-recurring transactions and financial reporting functions;

	●	the Company exhibited an overall lack of sufficient knowledge, organized and sufficient audit support, documented positions and assessments, and policies/procedures related to the accounting treatment for both complex and non-complex transactions;

	●	due to the size of the Company, certain segregation of duties issues existed (i.e., the same person performs the process and the control in certain areas);

	●	the Company does not have any formal or documented accounting policies and procedures, including with respect to intangible assets and monitoring related parties;

	●	senior financial reporting personnel had the ability to make journal entries; and

	●	there is no formal review process around journal entries recorded.

Neither we nor our independent registered public accounting firm has performed an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In light of the material weaknesses that were identified, we believe that it is possible that additional material weaknesses and control deficiencies may have been identified if such an evaluation had been performed.

The Company is working to remediate the material weaknesses, has taken steps to enhance the internal control environment, and plans to take additional steps to remediate the material weaknesses. Specifically, we are:

	●	seek technically competent staff with appropriate experience applying GAAP accounting guidance and currently utilizing a consultant with US GAAP/SEC experience to assist with financial reporting requirements;

	●	design additional controls around identification, documentation and application of technical accounting guidance;

	●	implement additional internal reporting procedures, including those designed to add depth to the review processes and improve segregation of duties; and

	●	restructure internal controls to eliminate or improve known control issues.

Notwithstanding the existence of the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, the Company’s management believes that the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

To address these material weaknesses, management performed additional analyses and other procedures to ensure that the financial statements included herein fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls. Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected.

Part II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Please see Note 14 and Note 18 to our financial statements for a discussion of the legal proceedings to which we are a participant.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Not required for a smaller reporting company.

Item 2. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

We have not issued any unregistered or restricted shares of Common Stock during the calendar period ended June 30, 2018 that have not already been disclosed in our Current Reports on Form 8-K.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

There were no defaults upon senior securities during the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Document Description
31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS		XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Longfin Corp.

	By:	/s/ Venkata S Meenavalli
	Name:	Venkata S Meenavalli
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

	August 13, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Venkata S. Meenavalli	Chief Executive Officer and Director	August 13, 2018
Venkata S. Meenavalli	(Principal Executive Officer)

/sVivek Kumar Ratakonda	Chief Financial Officer	August 13, 2018
Vivek Kumar Ratakonda	(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Longfin Corp - FORM 10-Q - August 13, 2018

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