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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023

 

Registration No. 333-           

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Multi Ways Holdings Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Not applicable

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   3990   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3E Gul Circle

Singapore 629633

+65 6287 5252

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Cogency Global Inc.

122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor

New York, New York 10168

800-221-0102

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

William S. Rosenstadt, Esq.

Mengyi “Jason” Ye, Esq.

Yarona Yieh, Esq.

Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP

366 Madison Avenue

3rd Floor

New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 588 0022

 

Benjamin Tan, Esq.

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor,

New York, NY 11036

Telephone: (212) 930 9700

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

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. ☒ (File No. 333-269641)

 

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 Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

This Registration Statement on Form F-1 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the sole purpose of increasing the aggregate number of ordinary shares offered by Multi Ways Holdings Limited (the “Registrant”) by 800,000 ordinary shares of the Registrant. The additional securities that are being registered for sale are in an amount and at a price that together represent no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table contained in the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-269641) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 8, 2023, which was declared effective by the Commission on March 30, 2023. The information set forth in the Prior Registration Statement and all exhibits thereto are hereby incorporated by reference in this filing.

 

The required opinion and consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

  EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
     
5.1   Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman regarding the validity of securities being registered
     
23.1   Consent of Onestop Assurance PAC
     
23.2   Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibits 5.1)
     
107   Filing Fee Table

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Singapore, on March 31, 2023.

 

  MULTI WAYS HOLDINGS LIMITED
     
  By: /s/ Lim Eng Hock
  Name: Lim Eng Hock
  Title:

Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

     
  By: /s/ Lee Pei Pei
  Name: Lee Pei Pei
  Title:

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

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.

 

Date: March 31, 2023   /s/ Lim Eng Hock
      Lim Eng Hock, Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
       
Date: March 31, 2023   /s/ Lee Pei Pei
      Lee Pei Pei, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer, its controller or principal accounting officer)
       
Date: March 31, 2023   /s/ Lee Noi Geck
      Lee Noi Geck, Executive Director and Chief Administration Officer

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of America, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York, United States of America on March 31, 2023.

 

  COGENCY GLOBAL INC.
     
  By: /s/ Colleen A. De Vries
  Name: Colleen A. De Vries
  Title: Senior Vice-President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.