VIVIC CORP.
For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Sep 30, 2025.
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FY2025 · Filed Sep 30, 2025
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Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Beginning with a change in our management resulting from a change in control of our Company which occurred at the end of 2018, we have explored and initiated operations in a number of business areas related to the pleasure boat industry. These included yacht sales, marine tourism, development of electric powered yachts, development and operation of yacht marinas in Asia and the development of a yacht rental and time share service. In 2022, we determined to focus our efforts on yacht sales in Taiwan and other selected regions throughout the world, and since that time have disposed of all of our business operations in mainland China. In August 2025, the Company determined to concentrate its operations in the United States and Southeast Asia and to discontinue pursuing the Taiwan market. In connection with this decision, the Company commenced the wind-down and deregistration of Vivic Taiwan, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. Going forward, our business activities will be conducted primarily through our U.S. entity.
We are the exclusive distributor of Monte Fino yachts in Asia and the Middle East pursuant to our agreement with Kha Shing Enterprise Co. (“Kha Shing”). We also distribute Monte Fino yachts in other territories throughout the world other than those, such as the United States, where Kha Shing has granted another company exclusive distribution rights. Our employees located in Taiwan engage in the design, construction, on an outsourced basis, and distribution of power boats, charter boats and eco-friendly new energy boats. In cooperation with Kha Shing we design and offer various yachts models which differ in their sizes, performances, and functions. Currently, we own our own brand name, “VIVIC.”
We are dedicated to catering to the needs of affluent yacht operators in the United States and Southeast Asia, who are interested in outdoor yacht recreational activities. With the increase in disposable incomes, more individuals are looking to participate in outdoor water sports, yacht tourism, recreational activities and social gatherings on the water for business entertainment without the expense and demands of yacht ownership. This growing trend is a major driver in the high-end shipping industry. We recognize that yacht rental and ownership can be an expensive proposition, which is why we and other industry players are promoting the idea of yacht sharing, luxury yacht charters and group travel. Our standardized and rapid production, coupled with the operating efficiencies of our yachts, enables cooperative yacht operators to achieve a better return on investment through more economical use and maintenance of their yachts. This allows multiple families to enjoy a cruise or yacht rental at a time of their choosing.
Our yachts are manufactured by third parties selected by us on the basis of their production capabilities, technical ability and financial wherewithal. Once a customer places an order, we negotiate and sign an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) contract with a selected local manufacturer. Our technical staff closely monitors the progress of construction. Upon completion, we deliver the boat to the location designated by our customer.
Our Market
We market our yachts by participating in boat shows, through a strong channel of agents and operators in various regions. Advantages of the yachts we design include Ease of land transportation reducing logistics costs, standardized designs to facilitate mass production, the use of catamarans as the main hull design to save fuel and provide a large deck for activities, high-end interior decoration and cutting-edge features, eliminating any unnecessary functions and decorations to optimize cost savings and expedite the recycling process and the ability to convert the hull for use on a diesel engine or a renewable energy craft.
Our current primary goal is to become a leading distributor of charter boats globally and thereafter, expand into other areas of high-end boating by, for example, developing a high performance all-electric yacht. This initially will require that we build upon the reputation of Monte Fino yachts, our relationship with Kha Shing and the extensive experience of our management. As we move into other areas, we will require additional personnel, in particular those with design and engineering backgrounds.
We believe the knowledge and experience of our management and our relationship with Kha Shing provides us with a sound basis upon which to grow our business and then expand into other areas related to pleasure crafts. A key to our growth will be the development of relationships with partners in the United States and Southeast Asia.
Sales and Marketing
We are dedicated to catering to the needs of affluent yacht operators in the United States and Southeast Asia, who are interested in outdoor yacht recreational activities. With the increase in disposable incomes, more individuals are looking to participate in outdoor water sports, yacht tourism, recreational activities and social gatherings on the water for business entertainment without the expense and demands of yacht ownership. This growing trend is a major driver in the high-end shipping industry. We recognize that yacht rental and ownership can be an expensive proposition, which is why we and other industry players are promoting the idea of yacht sharing, luxury yacht charters and group travel. Our standardized and rapid production, coupled with the operating efficiencies of our yachts, enables cooperative yacht operators to achieve a better return on investment through more economical use and maintenance of their yachts. This allows multiple families to enjoy a cruise or yacht rental at a time of their choosing.
Not all yacht customers desire the same type of yacht or the same features. There is great divergence among the features customers want. Customers in certain markets focus on the size and speed of the craft, while others focus on high-end accessories. The needs of the short-distance day cruiser are much different than those partaking in long overnight cruises or who choose to spend more time on their yachts even when harbored in a marina. Our ability to offer each consumer a yacht designed to his needs and specifications is one of our strengths.
We market our yachts by participating in boat shows, through a strong channel of agents and operators in various regions. Advantages of the yachts we design include Ease of land transportation reducing logistics costs, standardized designs to facilitate mass production, the use of catamarans as the main hull design to save fuel and provide a large deck for activities, high-end interior decoration and cutting-edge features, eliminating any unnecessary functions and decorations to optimize cost savings and expedite the recycling process. and the ability to convert the hull for use on a diesel engine or a renewable energy craft.
Dedicated Customer Support Team
Our marketing effort does not stop when the customer purchases one of our yachts. After sale activities intended to maintain a positive relationship include follow up calls, review requests, and reminders for scheduled maintenance and maintenance items. We have a dedicated staff of full-time employees including trained technicians to assist with any required maintenance or repair issues that may arise.
Product Warranties
We provide limited warranty coverage for defects in materials and workmanship in our yachts. In addition, we endeavor to ensure that the manufacturers of the engines incorporated into our yachts provide all our customers with warranty and service programs. We offer a two-year warranty on the hulls of our yachts.
Financing Arrangements
We do not directly finance the purchase of our yachts. We do, however, have programs where we introduce our customers to lenders, who depending upon the qualifications of the customer, are willing to provide financing.
Manufacturing and Sourcing
We outsource the manufacture of our yachts to qualified producers, including Kha Shing, who are generally well known to our staff. Production of each yacht is entrusted to a facility based upon the manufacturing skills and capabilities of the facility, its economic wherewithal and the ability to meet delivery dates.
We work with each of our manufactures to ensure that they have the parts and accessories necessary and all of our accessories are sourced from selected global manufacturers with which we or our manufacturers have ongoing relationships. Our in-house sourcing and logistics personnel reach out to possible vendors and suppliers and review their products and background to ensure that their products will meet our standards and that they can meet our needs on a timely basis. We review market trends with our major suppliers to determine whether there is an opportunity to upgrade or accessorize a product to increase its customer appeal, the sales price and our margins.
Orders and Backlog
Since we decided to focus on yacht sales, our business volume has continued to grow. This is evident in our first revenue from yacht sales in the second half of calendar year 2023, which reached $160,000. In calendar year 2024, we received orders for 10 yachts, including orders from our mainland agency region. While this did not increase the Vivic brand’s presence in the US, it did enhance our brand’s visibility in Asia.
Employees
As of September 20, 2025, we employed 14 individuals including outside sales personnel. We believe that our relationships with our employees are generally good.
Competition
The market for traditional high-end yachts is highly competitive and changes rapidly. We position yachts as operational assets and seek to assist yacht operators to use yachts in a variety of ways to meet their customers’ individual needs for water travel, entertainment spaces and for business and social interaction. We believe that this is a niche market in which we do not compete directly against most large well capitalized companies with extensive experience and well-known brand names that offer yachts for use by individuals. Generally speaking, middlemen seek to lease idle private yachts for use by others, including businesses and individuals. The needs of the customers who lease idle yachts have become more specific and are no longer satisfied by traditional high-end yachts. As a result, yacht operators require yachts with standardized configurations, greater open space, flexibles accommodations, greater energy efficiencies, lower acquisition costs and professional support. Our yachts are specifically for these operators, designed, produced and delivered, with follow on support to suit their needs, Currently, very few manufacturers target yachts for yacht operators. We believe we are one of the few yacht manufacturers seeking to serve this new and growing market. Nevertheless, there are few barriers to entry and given the enormity of the boating industry, this market will likely attract new competitors. Our success will be contingent upon our ability to offer yachts that appeal to the ultimate end user with a strong value proposition for the yacht operator.
While seeking to develop the market for sales to tour operators, we will also seek to increase sales of Monte Fino luxury yachts, particularly in the 40 to 70 foot size, the range generally purchased by private yacht owners. Many existing competitors in this market are well-established and enjoy greater resources or other strategic advantages. With the introduction of new technologies and market entrants, we expect the competitive environment to be and remain intense. Many of our current competitors enjoy greater resources, recognized brand names, wide distribution networks and more mature intellectual property portfolios than we currently have. Among our well-known competitors are Azimut and Ferretti.
Intellectual Property and Patents
We rely on, trade secrets, copyrights, know-how, trademarks, license agreements, patents and contractual provisions to establish our intellectual property rights and protect our products, brands and services. These legal means, however, afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention.
We rely on trade secrets and unpatentable know-how that we seek to protect, in part, by confidentiality agreements. We expect that, where applicable, we will require our employees to execute confidentiality agreements in our favor. These agreements will provide that all confidential information developed or made known to the individual during the course of the individual’s relationship with us is to be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties except in specific limited circumstances. The agreements will also provide that all inventions conceived by the individual while rendering services to us shall be assigned to us as the exclusive property of our company. There can be no assurance, however, that all persons we employ will sign such agreements, or if they do, or, if they are breached, that we would have adequate remedies for any breach, or that our trade secrets or unpatentable know-how will not otherwise become known or be independently developed by competitors.
Regulations
We are subject to numerous regulations applicable to businesses generally in Taiwan, including regulations relating to working conditions, employee compensation and the maintenance of welfare plans. Moreover, although we do not manufacture the yachts we sell, our contractors will be subject to numerous regulations related to worker safety intended to protect against occupational exposure to chemicals, including health and safety risks, and the use and disposal of various chemicals. This regulatory framework imposes compliance burdens on our contractors which we must consider when determining who to use to manufacture yachts.
The craft we sell are utilized throughout the world which requires that we design and build our yachts in a manner which will allow our customers to comply with regulations imposed on them by various jurisdictions. The use of traditional diesel engines for cruising and on-board activities produces significant waste resulting in environmental pollution. As is the case with automobiles, governments have been increasing standards related to environmental protection and it is likely they will continue to do so. For example, in 2008, The European Union and International Maritime Organization implemented new marine engine emission standards since 2008. This changing regulatory landscape imposes a significant burden on us to ensure our yachts can be used throughout the world.
Regulation of Ships in Taiwan
Since the lifting of the Taiwan Maritime Ban, Taiwan’s government has actively promoted water leisure activities. The Ministry of Communications revised “The Law of Ships” and added a special chapter for yachts (Chapter 7 of the Law of Ships), which was announced and implemented on December 8, 1999. The Port and Port Bureau of the Ministry of Communications announced on March 25th, 2002, the Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center was to become a yacht verification agency. The ship center provides RINA-Italian ship certification services, CE certification services, MCA business yacht certification services and other certification services.
Regulations on Company Establishment
The establishment, operation and management of companies in Taiwan is governed by the Taiwan Company Act, which was latest amended on December 29, 2021. There are four types of companies in Taiwan: unlimited company, unlimited company with limited liability shareholders, limited company and company limited by shares. Unlimited company and unlimited company with limited liability shareholders are rarely used in practice; a company limited by shares is the most common form of business undertaken for foreign investors in Taiwan. The Taiwan Company Act applies to both Taiwan domestic companies and foreign-invested companies, unless otherwise provided in the relevant foreign investment laws and regulations.
Currently, we do not have any subsidiaries in Taiwan, having chosen to operate as a branch office of our Nevada company, which is in the process of deregistration. Operating as a branch office causes us to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Taiwanese government and the local government where our facilities are located. In August 2025, the Company determined to concentrate its operations in the United States and Southeast Asia.
Foreign Investment
The principal regulations governing foreign investments in Taiwan are the Statute for Investment by Foreign Nationals, the Regulations for Verification of Investment by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals, and the Regulations Governing Investment in Securities by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals. In order to efficiently provide services and manage foreign investments, Taiwan government has established the Investment Commission under the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
All investments made by foreign nationals within the territory of Taiwan must comply with the provisions of the Statute for Investment by Foreign Nationals and receive permission from the Investment Commission. The “Negative List for Investment by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals” issued by the Investment Commission sets forth a list of industries closed to foreign investment because the authorities believe such industries are material to national security and environmental protection. The restricted list generally includes public utilities, power distribution, natural gas, postal service, telecommunications, mass media, and air and sea transportation.
There is no limitation on foreign investment in companies engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of yachts.
Dividend Distribution and Fund Transfer
Except under limited circumstances, a Taiwanese company will not be permitted to distribute dividends or make other distributions to shareholders in any given year in which it did not record net income or retained earnings (excluding reserves). The Taiwan Company Act requires that 10% of annual net income (less prior years’ losses, if any, and applicable income taxes) be set aside as a legal reserve until the accumulated legal reserve equals the paid-in capital of the company. The company will be permitted to make distributions to its shareholders in cash or in the form of common shares from legal reserves if it has no accumulated loss, provided that the distribution payable out of the company’s legal reserve can only come from the amount exceeding 25% of the total paid-in capital.
Foreign Exchange
The principal regulation governing foreign currency exchange in Taiwan is the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, amended on April 29, 2009. Pursuant to the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, Taiwan Dollars amounting under the amount of NTD$500,000 are freely convertible no matter what transaction they are in relation with. On the other hand, the transactions involving NTD$500,000 or more or its equivalent in foreign currency shall fulfill certain obligations as provided in the Regulations Governing the Declaration of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Disbursements or Transactions.
Under the Regulations Governing the Declaration of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Disbursements or Transactions, for those foreign exchange transactions which amounts more than NTD$500,000 and relates to the sales of goods or provision of services, such transaction shall be declared through filing a declaration statement. For those foreign exchange transactions which are not related to the sales of goods or provision of services, ranging from NTD$500,000 to US$100 million (or its equivalent), such transaction shall be declared through filing a declaration statement, and providing supporting documents, such as contracts or letters of approval, to the bank. For those foreign exchange transactions which are not related to the sales of goods or provision of services, amounting more than US$100 million (or its equivalent) (or such other amount as determined by the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from time to time at its discretion in consideration of the economic and financial conditions of Taiwan) in each calendar year, such transaction shall be declared through filing a declaration statement, providing supporting documents to the bank, and obtaining the approval of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Though Taiwan government has promulgated the Regulations Governing Foreign Exchange Control on July 2, 1997, pursuant to the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, the requirements for the government to implement those foreign exchange control measures should be subject to either of the following conditions: (1) When the domestic or foreign economic disorder might endanger the stability of the domestic economy; and (2) When this country suffers a severe balance of payments deficit. From the past, since the Regulations Governing Foreign Exchange Control came into effect, Taiwan government has never implemented those foreign exchange control measures.
Recent Developments
On August 18, 2025, the Board of Directors of VIVIC Corp. (“VIVIC”) adopted a resolution for the dissolution of its representative office, VIVIC Corp. Taiwan Branch (“Vivic Taiwan”), a company formed under the laws of the Republic of China (“Taiwan”). VIVIC Taiwan has been mainly engaged in yacht procurement, sales, and leasing services in Taiwan and other countries.
A Certificate of Dissolution was filed on August 19, 2025, and was approved by the regulatory authorities on August 21, 2025. The reason for the dissolution was due to Taiwan government’s policy of prohibiting importing ships from China, where our main suppliers are. In August 2025, the Company determined to concentrate its operations in the United States and Southeast Asia and to discontinue pursuing the Taiwan market. As required by local procedure, public notices were published on September 26, 2025, September 27, 2025, and September 29, 2025. If no creditor objections are filed within three months following the final publication, the court is expected to issue a certificate of closure, after which the Company intends to close Vivic Taiwan bank account and complete deregistration. Subject to these conditions, the Company currently expects completion by year-end 2025.
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