Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form Type: F-1
Source: 0001213900-25-102214
Chunk: 50

Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form: F-1
Chunk 50
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 condition. We may require additional financing to service debt and achieve our goals, and a failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, may force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product manufacturing and development, and other operations. We believe that we will continue to expend substantial resources for the foreseeable future as we expand into additional markets that we may choose to pursue. These expenditures are expected to include costs associated with research and development, the acquisition or expansion of manufacturing and supply capabilities, as well as marketing and selling existing and new products. In addition, other unanticipated costs may arise. Our operating plan may change because of factors currently unknown to us, and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned, including through public equity or debt financings or other sources, such as strategic collaborations. Such financing may result in dilution to shareholders, imposition of debt covenants and repayment obligations, or other restrictions that may adversely affect our business. In addition, we may seek additional capital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations. Our future capital requirements depend on many factors, including: •our ability to restructure our outstanding debt; •the number and characteristics of any additional products or manufacturing processes we develop or acquires to serve new or existing markets; •the expenses associated with our marketing initiatives; •the costs required to fund domestic and international growth, including acquisitions; •the scope, progress, results and costs of researching and developing future products or improvements to existing products; •any lawsuits related to our products or commenced against us; •the expenses needed to attract and retain skilled personnel; •the costs associated with being a public company; and •the timing, receipt and amount of sales of future products. Additional funds may not be available when we need them, on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available on a timely basis, we may be required to: •delay, limit, reduce or terminate our research and development activities or growth and expansion plans; and •delay, limit, reduce or terminate the expansion of sales and marketing capabilities or other activities that may be necessary to generate revenue and increase profitability. 29 Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure We may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our PRC subsidiaries to fund cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our PRC subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business. We are a Cayman Islands holding