CE Brands Inc

TSXV:CEBICanada

Nov 14, 2024

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• CE Brands Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Operational Update, from 4:10PM ET on Thursday Nov 14, 2024 by Dow Jones

  4:10PM ET on Thursday Nov 14, 2024 by Dow Jones
  Companies Mentioned: CEBI
  -- the Company has limited financial resources, a working capital deficiency and a history of negative cash flow, including negative cash flow from operating activities, and may require additional funds by way of debt or equity financings to continue to fund its operating, investing, and financing activities; -- the Company is at risk of not being able to settle its debt obligations or to extend, replace, or refinance its existing debt obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company, or at all; -- global operations risks including unexpected changes in foreign governmental laws, policies, regulations or project locations concerning the import and export of goods, services and technology, and exposure to global credit and financial factors on consumers in the Company's areas of operations; -- the Company cannot guarantee that it will become cash-flow positive or profitable, and negative cash flow or the failure to become profitable in any future fiscal period could result in an adverse material change to the Company; -- the Company relies on third party manufacturing and from time to time there may be product defects caused by the manufacturing process, assembly, or engineering, particularly when first introduced or when new versions are released -- global manufacturing risks including the risk that products manufactured by the Company may be subject to changing tariffs applied by selling countries to countries of origin with little or no warning due to the Company's use of factories in China, Vietnam, Taiwan, or Malaysia, from time to time; -- the Company's revenues may vary over time and with seasonality; -- the Company may not generate sufficient revenue to sustain operations; -- the Company may not be able to successfully negotiate contracts to source, develop, manufacture, pack, ship, distribute, or sell products economically, if at all; -- the Company relies on major components to be manufactured on an original equipment manufacturer basis, which involves several risks, including the possibility of defective products, a shortage of components, delays in delivery schedules, and increases in component costs; -- demand for international sales may not grow as expected or at all, and there is no assurance that the Company will succeed in expanding into new markets; -- the ability of the Company to successfully enter new markets is subject to uncertainties; -- there can be no assurance that the business and growth strategy of the Company will enable the Company to be profitable; -- the Company relies on licences from third parties, and there can be no assurance that these third-party licences will continue to be available to the Company on commercially reasonable terms, or at all; -- the Company may be required to obtain and maintain certain permits, licences, and approvals in the jurisdictions where its products or technologies are being commercialised or sold, and there can be no assurances that the Company will be able to obtain or maintain any such necessary licences, permits, or approvals; -- the future growth and profitability of the Company may be dependent in part on the effectiveness and efficiency of its sales and marketing expenditures; -- the Company may be exposed to product liability claims in the use of its products; -- the market for the Company's products is characterised by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, and customer requirements, which may cause the introduction of products embodying new technology and the emergence of new industry standards to render the existing technology solutions of the Company obsolete or unmarketable, and may also exert price pressures on the Company's existing solutions; -- the Company may not be able to develop new market relevant products in a timely manner; -- the ability of the Company to generate revenue will largely depend upon the effectiveness of its sales and marketing efforts, both domestically and internationally; -- the success of the Company is largely dependent on the performance of its key directors, officers, and employees; -- the commercial success of the Company is reliant on the ability to develop new or improved technologies, manufacture products, and to successfully obtain patents or other proprietary or statutory protection for these technologies and products in Canada and other jurisdictions; -- the Company could become subject to a wide variety of cyberattacks on its networks and systems; -- the Company is engaged in an industry that is highly competitive and rapidly evolving; -- the new products provided by the competitors of the Company may render the existing products of the Company less competitive; -- the Company uses contract manufacturers to manufacture its products and products under development and its reliance on contract manufacturers subjects it to significant operational risks, many of which would impair its ability to deliver products to its customers should they occur; -- the Company may become party to litigation, mediation, or arbitration from time to time in the ordinary course of business; -- any future acquisitions may result in significant transaction expenses and may present additional risks associated with entering new markets, offering new products, and integrating the acquired companies; -- the business plan of the Company anticipates rapid growth, and the Company may not be able to continue to attract, hire, and retain the highly skilled and motivated officers and employees necessary to manage its growth effectively; -- the computer infrastructure of the Company may potentially be vulnerable to physical or electronic computer break-ins, viruses, and similar disruptive problems and security breaches; -- the Company may not be able to enhance its current products or develop new products at competitive prices or in a timely manner; -- the Company is subject to taxes in Canada and other foreign jurisdictions, and in the ordinary course of business, there may be many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain; -- a customer of the Company or counterparty to a financial instrument of the Company may fail to meet its contractual obligations to the Company; -- the ability of the Company to manage growth effectively will require it to continue to implement and improve its operational and financial systems, which may not always be possible; -- the forecasts and models of the Company could be inaccurate; -- the accounting estimates and judgments of the Company could be incorrect; -- the Company may fail to develop or maintain effective controls over financial reporting; -- there is no assurance that insurance will be consistently available to the Company on economic terms, if at all; and -- the risk factors included in the Company's other continuous disclosure documents available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.