As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2022
Registration No. 333-256322
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 15
TO
FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMTD Digital Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrants Name into English)
Cayman Islands | 6199 | Not Applicable | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial 25/F Nexxus Building 41 Connaught Road Central Hong Kong +852 3163 3298 |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19711
+1 (302) 738-6680
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Brian V. Breheny, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. United States 1 202-371-7000 |
Shu Du, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark 15 Queens Road Central Hong Kong +852 3740-4700 |
David Zhang, Esq. Steve Lin, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis International LLP c/o 26/F, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark 15 Queens Road Central Hong Kong +852 3761-3300 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: as soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
| The term new or revised financial accounting standard refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 15 is being filed solely for the purpose of filing exhibit 107, the filing fee table, to this registration statement on Form F-1, or the Registration Statement, and to amend and restate the exhibit index set forth in Part II of the Registration Statement. No other changes have been made to the Registration Statement or its cover page. This Amendment No. 15 does not contain a copy of the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, which remains unchanged from Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement filed on June 23, 2022.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 6. | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. |
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a companys articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime.
Our memorandum and articles of association provide that we shall indemnify our officers and directors against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such directors or officer, other than by reason of such persons dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our companys business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.
Pursuant to the form of indemnification agreements filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this registration statement, we will agree to indemnify our directors and executive officers against certain liabilities and expenses that they incur in connection with claims made by reason of their being a director or officer of our company.
The underwriting agreement, the form of which will be filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this registration statement, will also provide for indemnification by the underwriters of us and our directors and officers for certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act, but only to the extent that such liabilities are caused by information relating to the underwriters furnished to us in writing expressly for use in this registration statement and certain other disclosure documents.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
ITEM 7. | SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. |
Upon our incorporation in September 2019, we issued one ordinary share to our Controlling Shareholder. In December 2019, we effected a 1-to-10,000 share split, following which our one issued ordinary share was subdivided into 10,000 ordinary shares and re-designated as Class B ordinary share. Later in December 2019, we issued 36,790,000 Class B ordinary shares to our Controlling Shareholder.
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Subsequently, we have issued the following securities. We believe that each of the following issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Regulation D under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act regarding transactions not involving a public offering or in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act regarding sales by an issuer in offshore transactions. No underwriters were involved in these issuances of securities.
Securities/Purchaser |
Date of Issuance |
Number of Securities |
Consideration | |||||
Class A ordinary shares | ||||||||
Value Partners Greater China High Yield Income Fund |
December 31, 2019 | 5,500,000 | US$55,000,000 | |||||
Maoyan Entertainment |
December 31, 2019 | 300,000 | US$3,000,000 | |||||
EverGlory Strategic Investment Limited |
January 31, 2020 | 2,200,000 | US$22,000,000 | |||||
Value Partners Greater China High Yield Income Fund |
March 10, 2020 | 1,226,667 | US$10,000,000 | |||||
Poly Platinum Enterprises Limited |
March 13, 2020 | 1,500,000 | US$15,000,000 | |||||
Chestnut Business Limited |
May 13, 2020 | 300,000 | US$3,000,000 | |||||
Shareholders of PolicyPal Pte. Ltd. |
August 3, 2020 | 702,765 | 51% of PolicyPal Pte. Ltd.s equity interest minus US$3,000,000 | |||||
Osman Ershad Faiz |
August 3, 2020 | 38,710 | | |||||
NGSP Holdings Limited |
August 3, 2020 | 50,000 | US$500,000 | |||||
AMTD Assets Alpha Group |
March 8, 2021 | 8,500,000 | US$85,000,000 | |||||
AMTD Education Group |
March 8, 2021 | 8,500,000 | US$85,000,000 | |||||
Class B ordinary shares | ||||||||
Infinity Power Investments Limited |
January 31, 2020 | 2,000,000 | US$20,000,000 |
ITEM 8. | EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES. |
(a) | Exhibits |
See Exhibit Index beginning on page II-4 of this registration statement.
(b) | Financial Statement Schedules |
Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.
ITEM 9. | UNDERTAKINGS. |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
1. | For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant under Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. |
2. | For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
3. | For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
4. | For the purpose of determining any liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in an offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(i) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(ii) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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AMTD Digital Inc.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| Previously filed. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hong Kong, on July 6, 2022.
AMTD Digital Inc. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark Chi Hang Lo | |||
Name: |
Mark Chi Hang Lo | |||
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ Mark Chi Hang Lo Name: Mark Chi Hang Lo |
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director |
July 6, 2022 | ||
/s/ Xavier Ho Sum Zee Name: Xavier Ho Sum Zee |
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) |
July 6, 2022 | ||
* Name: Frederic Lau |
President and Director |
July 6, 2022 | ||
* Name: Timothy Wai Cheung Tong |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Independent Director |
July 6, 2022 | ||
* Name: Nimil Rajnikant Parekh |
Independent Director |
July 6, 2022 |
By: | /s/ Mark Chi Hang Lo | |
Name: Mark Chi Hang Lo | ||
Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of AMTD Digital Inc., has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in Newark, Delaware, United States on July 6, 2022.
Authorized U.S. Representative | ||||
By: | /s/ Donald J. Puglisi | |||
Name: |
Donald J. Puglisi | |||
Title: |
Managing Director |
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Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
Form F-1
(Form Type)
AMTD Digital Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule |
Amount Registered |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee |
Carry Forward Form Type |
Carry Forward File Number |
Carry Forward Initial effective date |
Filing Fee Previously Paid In Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward | |||||||||||||||
Newly Registered Securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fees to Be Paid |
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Fees Previously Paid |
Equity | Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share(1) | Rule 457(a) | 7,360,000(2)(3) | US$20.50(3) | US$150,880,000(2)(3) | US$ | 0.0001091 | US$16,461(4) | |||||||||||||||||
Carry Forward Securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carry Forward Securities |
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Total Offering Amounts | US$150,880,000 | US$16,461 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Fees Previously Paid | US$16,461 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Fee Offsets | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Fee Due | |
(1) | American depositary shares issuable upon deposit of Class A ordinary shares registered hereby will be registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (Registration No.333-256847). Every five American depositary shares represent two Class A ordinary shares. |
(2) | Includes Class A ordinary shares that are issuable upon the exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional ADSs. Also includes Class A ordinary shares initially offered and sold outside the United States that may be resold from time to time in the United States either as part of their distribution or within 40 days after the later of the effective date of this registration statement and the date the shares are first bona fide offered to the public. These Class A ordinary shares are not being registered for the purpose of sales outside the United States. |
(3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(4) | Previously paid. |