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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 24, 2024, HWH International Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Credit Facility Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Alset Inc., a Texas corporation and the Company’s indirect, majority stockholder (“Alset Inc.”), pursuant to which Alset Inc. has provided the Company a line of credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) which provides a maximum, aggregate credit line of up to US $1,000,000.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company may request an advance (each, an “Advance”) on the Credit Facility. Each advance shall bear a simple interest rate of three percent (3%) per annum. Each Advance and all accrued but unpaid interest shall be due and payable at the first (1st) anniversary of the effective date of the Agreement. HWH may at any time during the term of the Agreement prepay a portion or all amounts of its indebtedness without penalty. Each advance shall not be secured by a lien or other encumbrance on any HWH assets, but shall be solely a general unsecured debt obligation of HWH.
The foregoing description is only a summary of the material provisions of the Credit Facility and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Credit Facility Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03 – Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On April 23, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors dismissed MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”) as its independent registered public accounting firm at the recommendation of the Company’s Audit Committee.
The reports of MaloneBailey on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2022 and 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. In connection with the audits of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2022 and 2023, and subsequently, there were no disagreements with MaloneBailey on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope and procedures which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of MaloneBailey, would have caused MaloneBailey to make reference to the matter in their report. There were no reportable events (as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K) during the two fiscal years ended November 30, 2022 and 2023, or subsequently.
The Company has provided a copy of the foregoing disclosures to MaloneBailey and requested that MaloneBailey furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether MaloneBailey agrees with the above statements. A copy of MaloneBailey’s letter, dated April 23, 2024, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.
On April 23, 2024, the Company engaged Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. (“Grassi”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The decision to engage Grassi was recommended by the Company’s Audit Committee and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
During the two most recent fiscal years and through the Engagement Date, the Company has not consulted with Grassi regarding either:
1. The application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided that Grassi concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or
2. Any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event (as described in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K).
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Credit Facility Agreement, between Alset Inc. and HWH International Inc., dated April 24, 2024. | |
| 16.1 | Letter from MaloneBailey, LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated April 23, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document). |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 25, 2024 | HWH INTERNATIONAL INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Rongguo Wei | |
| Name: | Rongguo Wei | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |