6-K 1 ea178983-6k_metadata.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of May 2023

 

Commission File Number: 001-38430

 

Meta Data Limited

 

Flat H 3/F, Haribest Industrial Building, 45-47 Au Pui Wan Street

Sha Tin New Territories

Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☒        Form 40-F ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

 

 

 

 

 

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Meta Data Limited, a Cayman Islands exempt company (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, April 28, 2022, at Flat H 3/F, Haribest Industrial Building, 45-47 Au Pui Wan Street, Sha Tin New Territories, Hong Kong. Holders of a total of 32,054,543,407 shares (consisting of 32,054,543,407 Class A Ordinary Shares and 0 Class B Ordinary Shares), out of a total of 36,016,269,150 shares (consisting of 36,016,269,150 Class A Ordinary Shares and 0 Class B Ordinary Shares) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting, and that a quorum for the transaction of business is present at the Meeting. Each Class A Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote, and each Class B Ordinary Share is entitled to twenty votes. The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are as follows:

 

1.Re-election of directors

 

The following individuals were re-elected as directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company, to hold office for a one-year term subject to renewal at the Company’s next annual general meeting or until his successor is elected and shall qualify.

 

Director’s Name  For   Against   Abstain   Total 
Xiaoming Li   31,751,095,407    24,541,000    278,907,000    32,054,543,407 
                     
Yanyi Tang   31,743,777,407    24,581,000    286,185,000    32,054,543,407 
                     
Shengcong Ma   31,743,809,407    31,789,000    278,945,000    32,054,543,407 
                     
Mengchu Zhou   31,749,437,407    31,843,000    273,263,000    32,054,543,407 
                     
Robert Angell   31,751,101,407    24,527,000    278,915,000    32,054,543,407 
                     
Abbie Li   31,751,087,407    24,541,000    278,915,000    32,054,543,407 

 

2.To approve a share consolidation or reverse stock split, of each class of the Company’s ordinary shares of par value US$0.000001 each (issued or unissued) in the capital of the Company at a ratio of one-for-five hundred such that each five hundred ordinary shares of the Company shall be consolidated into one share of the same class with a par value of US$0.0005 each (the “Share Consolidation”). After the Share Consolidation, the Company’s authorized share capital will be US$50,000 divided into 100,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, comprising of (i) 75,406,315 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, (ii) 4,593,685 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, and (iii) 20,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each to be designated by the board of directors.

 

The shareholders approved the proposal. 

 

For  Against  Abstain  Total
31,976,550,407  77,591,000  402,000  32,054,543,407

 

3.To approve the increase of the Company’s authorized share capital, immediately following the Share Consolidation, from US$50,000 divided into 100,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, comprising of (i) 75,406,315 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, (ii) 4,593,685 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, and (iii) 20,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each to be designated by the board of directors, into US$100,000 divided into 200,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, comprising of (i) 140,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, (ii) 20,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, and (iii) 40,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each to be designated by the board of directors, by the creation of an additional (i) 64,593,685 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, (ii) 15,406,315 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each, and (iii) 20,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each to be designated by the board of directors, to rank pari passu in all respects with the existing shares (the “Increase of Authorized Shares”).

 

The shareholders approved the proposal. 

 

For  Against  Abstain  Total
31,743,103,407  36,644,000  274,796,000  32,054,543,407

 

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4.To approve and adopt the Company’s 2023 equity incentive plan.

 

The shareholders approved the proposal.

 

For  Against  Abstain  Total
31,748,552,407  29,479,000  276,512,000  32,054,543,407

 

Entry into Material Definitive Agreements

 

Private Placement

 

On May 18, 2023, Meta Data Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with certain “non-U.S. Persons” (the “Purchasers”) as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell an aggregate of 41,806,020 units (the “Units”), each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0005 per share (“Share”) and a warrant to purchase one Share (“Warrant”) with an initial exercise price of $0.7475 per Share, or $1.495 per American depositary share of the Company (“ADS”) at a price of $0.598 per Unit, or $1.196 per ADS, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000 (the “Offering”). The net proceeds of the Offering shall be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

The Warrants are exercisable immediately upon the date of issuance at an initial exercise price of $0.7475 per Share, or $1.495 per ADS, for cash (the “Warrant Shares”). The Warrants may also be exercised cashlessly if at any time after the three-month anniversary of the issuance date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares. The Warrants shall expire five years from its date of issuance. The Warrants are subject to customary anti-dilution provisions reflecting stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions, and full ratchet anti-dilution protection with respect to the issuance of ordinary shares or ordinary share equivalents for consideration per share less than the initial exercise price of the Warrants. The Warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the Warrants if the Company’s Shares trades at or above $0.897 per Share, or $1.794 per ADS, for 20 consecutive trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are registered or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 300,000 Shares per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date.

 

The parties to the SPA have each made customary representations, warranties and covenants, including, among other things, (a) the Purchasers are “non-U.S. Persons” as defined in Regulation S and are acquiring the Shares for the purpose of investment, (d) the absence of any undisclosed material adverse effects, and (e) the absence of legal proceedings that affect the completion of the transaction contemplated by the SPA.

 

The SPA is subject to various conditions to closing, including, among other things, (a) NYSE approval of the supplemental listing application for the Units and (b) accuracy of the parties’ representations and warranties.

 

The forms of the SPA and the Warrant are filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 6-K and such document is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the SPA and Warrant, and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

Exhibits. 

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
99.2   Form of Warrant

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 
  Meta Data Limited
     
  By : /s/ Xiaoming Li
  Name : Xiaoming Li
  Title : Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: May 19, 2023

 

 

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