F-1/A 1 ea180853-f1a5_prestige.htm AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FORM F-1

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2023.

Registration No. 333-267999

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 5

TO

FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Prestige Wealth Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   8900   Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

Suite 5102, 51/F, Cheung Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
+852 2122 8560

(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, NY 10168
+1 800-221-0102

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

 

 

 

With copies to:

 

Ying Li, Esq.

Guillaume de Sampigny, Esq.
Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC

950 Third Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 530-2206

 

Lawrence Venick, Esq.

Loeb & Loeb LLP

2206-19 Jardine House

1 Connaught Place

Central, Hong Kong SAR

852-3923-1111

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Promptly 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, please 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 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) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 5 is being filed solely for the purpose of filing exhibit 1.1, exhibit 10.15 and exhibit 23.1 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 changes have been made to the Registration Statement other than this explanatory note as well as revised versions of the cover page and Part II of the Registration Statement. This Amendment No. 5 does not contain copies of the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, which remains unchanged from Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement filed on May 12, 2023, and consists only of the cover page, this explanatory note and Part II of the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

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 company’s 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 permit indemnification of officers and directors for losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred in their capacities as such unless such losses or damages arise from dishonesty or fraud which may attach to such directors or officers. This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation. In addition, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and senior executive officers that will provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our memorandum and articles of association.

 

Pursuant to indemnification agreements, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Registration Statement, we will agree to indemnify our directors and officers against any and all expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer. Additionally, we will agree to advance all expenses that may be reasonably incurred in advance upon submission of a proper written request.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us under 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. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

 

On October 25, 2018, the Company issued one share to the initial subscriber (which share was in turn transferred to Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited on the same date) and 999,999 Ordinary Shares to Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited for an aggregate consideration of $1,000 in a private transaction.

 

On November 20, 2018, pursuant to a contribution agreement dated of the same day, we issued 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares to Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited as consideration for the Company’s purchase of the 100% issued shares of PPWM.

 

On December 27, 2018, pursuant to a share exchange agreement dated on the even date, we issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares to shareholders of PAI, with 906,582 Ordinary Shares to Prestige Financial Holdings Group Limited, 40,870 Ordinary Shares to Kington International Holdings Limited, 23,355 Ordinary Shares to Ensight Holdings Limited, and 29,193 Ordinary Shares to Pikachu Holdings Limited, as consideration for the Company’s purchase of the 100% issued shares of PAI.

 

Each of the above issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act regarding sales by an issuer in offshore transactions, or pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act regarding transactions not involving a public offering.

 

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.

 

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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

 

(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i)To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4)To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.

 

(5)That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(i)If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

 

(A)Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(B)Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. 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 effective date, 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 effective date; or

 

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(ii)If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, 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.

 

(6)That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary 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;

 

(iii)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

 

(iv)Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

(b)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

(c)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 hereof, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 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.

 

(d)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 pursuant to 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.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Description    
1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement
3.1†   Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant, as currently in effect
3.2†   Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, to be effective upon the closing of this offering
4.1†   Specimen Certificate for Ordinary Shares
5.1†   Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman regarding the validity of the Ordinary Shares being registered and certain Cayman Islands tax matters
8.1†   Opinion of Han Kun Law Offices LLP regarding certain Hong Kong tax matters (included in Exhibit 99.2)
8.2†   Opinion of Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC regarding certain U.S. federal income tax matters
8.3†   Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman regarding certain British Virgin Islands tax matters
8.4†   Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman regarding certain Cayman Islands tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1)
10.1†   Employment Agreement by and between Hongtao Shi and the Registrant
10.2†   Employment Agreement by and between Ngat Wong and the Registrant
10.3†   Form of Indemnification Agreement with the Registrant’s directors and officers
10.4†   Rental Agreement dated July 1, 2021, by and between Prestige Securities Limited and Prestige Asset Management Limited
10.5†   Rental Agreement dated July 1, 2021, by and between Prestige Securities Limited and Prestige Wealth Management Limited
10.6†   Form of Prestige Global Allocation Fund Subscription Agreement
10.7†   Form of Prestige Global Fund SPC Subscription Agreement
10.8†   Private Placement Memorandum of Prestige Global Allocation Fund dated March 27, 2017
10.9†   Private Placement Memorandum of Prestige Global Fund SPC dated November 28, 2016
10.10†   Investment Advisory Agreement dated February 21, 2017, by and between Prestige Global Asset Management Limited and Prestige Asset Management Limited, in respect of Prestige Global Allocation Fund
10.11†   Referral Service Agreement with a licensed insurance broker in Hong Kong
10.12†   Supplemental Deed to the Investment Management Agreement dated April 28, 2020, by and between Prestige Global Asset Management Limited and Shanghai BPS Investment Management Partnership, in respect of HYB-A Fund
10.13†   Investment Management Agreement dated December 1, 2020, entered into by and between PGCI and PGAM, relating to Prestige Capital Markets Fund I L.P.
10.14†   Form of Ongoing Advisory Agreement between Prestige Asset Management Limited and clients
10.15   Form of Indemnification Escrow Agreement
21.1†   Subsidiaries
23.1   Consent of Marcum Asia CPAs LLP
23.2†   Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3†   Consent of Han Kun Law Offices LLP (included in Exhibit 99.2)
23.5†   Consent of Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm (included in Exhibit 99.4)
24.1†   Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1†   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Registrant
99.2†   Opinion of Han Kun Law Offices LLP, Hong Kong counsel to the Registrant, regarding certain Hong Kong law matters
99.3†   Consent of Frost & Sullivan (Beijing) Inc., Shanghai Branch Co.
99.4†   Opinion of Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm regarding certain PRC law matters
107†   Filing Fee Table

 

 

Previously filed.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 June 23, 2023.

 

  Prestige Wealth Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Hongtao Shi
    Hongtao Shi
    Chief Executive Officer,
    Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ Hongtao Shi   Chief Executive Officer, Director   June 23, 2023
Name: Hongtao Shi   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Ngat Wong   Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer   June 23, 2023
Name: Ngat Wong   (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)    
         
*   Director    
Name: Chi Tak Sze        
         
*        
         
/s/ Hongtao Shi       June 23, 2023
Name: Hongtao Shi        
Title: Attorney-in-fact        
         
/s/ Ngat Wong       June 23, 2023
Name: Ngat Wong        
Title: Attorney-in-fact        

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

 

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of America, has signed this registration statement thereto in New York, NY on June 23, 2023.

 

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

 

 

 

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