Zoomcar Holdings, Inc. Announces Completion of Key Milestone in Financial Restructuring
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Zoomcar (OTCQX: ZCAR) announced it has cleared the principal remaining items needed to advance its financial restructuring toward completion. The restructuring is intended to strengthen the balance sheet and cut debt.
Operational highlights include Q3 FY25-26 Gross Booking Value of $6.60 million, a 58% contribution margin on $1.38 million contribution profit, nine consecutive quarters of positive contribution profit, and significant reductions in fraud incidents, losses, and costs.
Positive
- Cleared principal remaining items to advance financial restructuring toward completion
- Q3 FY25-26 Gross Booking Value of $6.60 million with 58% repeat users
- Host payouts of $12.8 million in 2025 across 18,800 active earning hosts
- Record Q3 contribution profit of $1.38 million at 58% margin
- Contribution profit per booking up 14% YoY to $14.10
- Adjusted EBITDA loss improved 74% YoY to $(0.83) million
- Loss attributable to shareholders narrowed 91% YoY to $(0.72) million
- Fraud and theft incidents cut 38% QoQ, from 94 to 59 cases
- FY25 total costs reduced 55% to $16.08 million
- FY25 operating loss narrowed 40% to $(6.20) million
- FY26 preliminary outlook: net loss down ~70% and Adjusted EBITDA loss down ~54% YoY
Negative
- Restructuring not yet closed and remains subject to customary closing conditions
- Company remains loss-making despite improved Adjusted EBITDA and net loss
- FY26 contribution and loss figures are preliminary, unaudited, and subject to change
- No assurance restructuring will be completed on the anticipated timeline or at all
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Company Advances Toward Restructuring as Operational Turnaround Continues
BENGALURU,
Working in close coordination with its financial and legal advisors, the Company has addressed the outstanding matters that had previously affected the timing of the closing. Zoomcar will provide further updates on the transaction as appropriate and in accordance with applicable disclosure requirements.
Management Commentary
Deepankar Tiwari, CEO of Zoomcar Holdings, Inc., stated:
"Resolving these items is an important step toward completing our financial restructuring. We believe that, once closed, the transaction will strengthen our balance sheet and support the continued execution of the operational improvements our team has pursued over the past year. We remain focused on disciplined growth, improving unit economics, and building long-term value for our shareholders, hosts, and guests."
Corporate Update
Operationally, Zoomcar continues to execute on its strategy as
- Marketplace performance. For its most recent reported quarter (Q3 FY25-26, ended December 31, 2025), Gross Booking Value was
$6.60 million 58% of bookings. For calendar year 2025, host payouts were approximately$12.8 million - Unit economics. In Q3 FY25-26, the Company reported record contribution profit of
$1.38 million 58% margin), marking its ninth consecutive quarter of positive contribution profit. Contribution profit per booking improved14% year-over-year to$14.10 $12.39 74% year-over-year to$(0.83) million 91% year-over-year to$(0.72) million $20 - Product and trust & safety. The Company's AI-powered risk engine, 'Fraud Shield,' reduced fraud and theft incidents by
38% quarter-over-quarter, from 94 in October–December 2025 to 59 in January–March 2026. Fraud Shield uses more than 160 external signals and real-time scoring to flag approximately1% of bookings as high-risk, with nearly 70 bookings proactively blocked prior to vehicle handover in March 2026. Other recent initiatives include the launch of Trip Protection, supported by a leading Indian insurance provider, and the integration of Google Cloud AI to support onboarding and enhance safety signals. - Cost discipline. On a preliminary, unaudited basis for full-year FY26, the Company expects net loss to decline by approximately
70% year-over-year, alongside an estimated54% reduction in Adjusted EBITDA losses, while maintaining a stable topline. These FY26 expectations are preliminary estimates and remain subject to the completion of financial close, audit, and review procedures. For context on the prior year, in FY25 total costs were reduced55% , from$35.90 million $16.08 million 40% , from$(10.40) million $(6.20) million
Financial Restructuring
Upon completion, the restructuring is intended to strengthen Zoomcar's balance sheet and reduce its outstanding debt obligations, to support the Company's objectives, which include:
- Expanding marketplace supply across
India ; - Investing in platform technology and operational efficiency;
- Supporting marketing and customer acquisition; and
- Supporting the Company's previously stated objective of pursuing an uplisting to a
U.S. national securities exchange, subject to applicable listing standards and approvals.
The completion of the restructuring remains subject to customary closing conditions, and there can be no assurance that the transaction will be completed on the anticipated timeline or at all.
About Zoomcar
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Zoomcar is
Financial Disclosure Advisory:
The Company reports its financial results in accordance with
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain non-GAAP financial measures, including contribution profit, are presented in this press release to provide information that may assist investors in understanding the Company's financial and operating results. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are important performance indicators because they exclude items that are unrelated to, and may not be indicative of, the Company's core financial and operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures, as calculated, may not necessarily be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies and may not be appropriate measures for comparing the performance of other companies relative to the Company. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to represent and should not be considered to be more meaningful measures than, or alternatives to, measures of operating performance as determined in accordance with GAAP. To the extent the Company utilizes such non-GAAP financial measures in the future, it expects to calculate them using a consistent method from period to period. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are not provided in this press release because the necessary GAAP information is not yet available due to the preliminary nature of the Company's financial close.
Forward Looking Statement:
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by terminology such as "may," "should," "could," "would," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "continue," "potential," "aim," "project," "target," "seek," "objective," and similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, statements regarding: (i) the Company's previously announced financial restructuring and private placement, including the expected timing of, ability to complete, satisfaction of closing conditions for, anticipated terms of, and anticipated benefits of such transaction, including the intended strengthening of the Company's balance sheet and reduction of its outstanding debt obligations; (ii) the Company's anticipated use of proceeds from the private placement, including expanding marketplace supply across
These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: the risk that the financial restructuring and private placement may not close on the anticipated timeline or at all, may close on terms different from those currently contemplated, or may fail to satisfy customary or other closing conditions; the Company's ability to satisfy its existing obligations to noteholders and other counterparties and to obtain any required consents, waivers, or amendments in connection with the restructuring; the Company's ability to pursue and consummate an uplisting to a
You are encouraged to carefully review the Company's filings with the SEC for a more comprehensive discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by applicable law, Zoomcar undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or otherwise.
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