FWP 1 d943653dfwp.htm FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS Free Writing Prospectus

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-256322

June 17, 2021

AMTD Digital Inc.

AMTD Digital Inc., or the Company, has filed a registration statement on Form F-1, including a prospectus, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, for the offering to which this free writing prospectus relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. Investors should rely upon the prospectus and any relevant free writing prospectus for complete details of this offering. You may obtain these documents and other documents that the Company has filed for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any underwriter, or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting AMTD Global Markets Limited, at 23/F Nexxus Building, 41 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Attention: ECM Department, by calling +852 3163-3288, or via email: ibd.project.genesis3@amtdglobalmarkets.com, Loop Capital Markets LLC, at 111 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1901, Chicago, IL 60604, U.S.A., Attention: ECM Department, by calling +1 (312) 913-4900, or via email: LoopECM@loopcapital.com, Maxim Group LLC, at 300 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022, U.S.A., Attention: Clifford A. Teller, by calling +1 (212) 895-3745, or via email: ecitarrella@maximgrp.com, or Livermore Holdings Limited, at Unit 1214A, 12/F, Tower II Cheung Sha Wan Plaza, 833 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Attention: ECM Department, by calling +852 3704-9511, or via email: project@livermore.com.hk. You may also access the Company’s most recent prospectus dated June 16, 2021, which was included in Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, as filed with the SEC via EDGAR on June 16, 2021, or Amendment No. 2, by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001809691/000119312521192265/d943653df1a.htm.

This free writing prospectus reflects the following amendments that were made in Amendment No. 2. All references to page numbers are to page numbers in Amendment No. 2.

(1) Amend the risk factor under the heading “The deposit agreement provides that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, the state courts in New York County, New York) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating in any way to the ADSs or the deposit agreement, which could limit the ability of owners and holders of the ADSs or other securities to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us, our directors and officers, the depositary, and potentially others.” on page 45-46 to read as follows:

The deposit agreement provides that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, the state courts in New York County, New York) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any suit, action or proceeding against or involving us or the depositary, arising out of or relating in any way to the deposit agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or by virtue of owning the ADSs. The enforceability of similar federal court choice of forum provisions has been challenged in legal proceedings in the United States, and it is possible that a court could find this type of provision to be inapplicable or unenforceable. If a court were to find the federal choice of forum provision contained in the deposit agreement to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions. If upheld, the forum selection provision in the deposit agreement may limit a security-holder’s ability to bring a claim against us, our directors and officers, the depositary, and potentially others in his or her preferred judicial forum, and this limitation may result in increased costs for investors to bring lawsuits and discourage such lawsuits. Owners and holders of the ADSs will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder pursuant to the exclusive forum provision in the deposit agreement. In addition, the forum selection provision of the deposit agreement does not affect the right of an ADS holder or the depositary to require any claim against us, including a federal securities law claim, to be submitted to arbitration or to commence an action in any court in aid of that arbitration provision, or to enter judgment upon or enforce any arbitration award.

(2) Amend the second paragraph of the risk factor under the heading “The voting rights of holders of the ADSs are limited by the terms of the deposit agreement, and you may not be able to exercise your right to direct how the ordinary shares represented by your ADSs are voted.” on page 46 to read as follows:

When a general meeting is convened, you may not receive sufficient advance notice of the meeting to withdraw the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs and become the registered holder of such shares to allow you to vote directly with respect to any specific matter or resolution to be considered and voted upon at the general meeting. In addition, under our currently effective memorandum and articles of association, for the purposes of determining those shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at any general meeting, our directors may close our register of members and fix in advance a record date for such meeting, and such closure of our register of members or the setting of such a record date may prevent you from withdrawing the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs and becoming the registered holder of such shares prior to the record date, so that you would not be able to attend the general meeting or to vote directly. If we ask for your instructions, the depositary will notify you of the upcoming vote and will arrange to deliver our voting materials to you. We have agreed to give the depositary at least 40 days’ prior notice of shareholder meetings. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that you will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the depositary to vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs. In addition, the depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions or for their manner of carrying out your voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exercise your right to direct how the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs are voted and you may have no legal remedy if the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs are not voted as you requested. Except in limited circumstances, the depositary for the ADSs will give us a discretionary proxy to vote the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs if you do not vote at shareholders’ meetings, which could adversely affect your interests.

 

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(3) Add a new risk factor under the heading “The depositary for the ADSs will give us a discretionary proxy to vote our Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs if you do not vote at shareholders’ meetings, except in limited circumstances, which could adversely affect your interests.” on page 52 to read as follows:

Under the deposit agreement for the ADSs, if you do not vote, the depositary will give us a discretionary proxy to vote our Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs at shareholders’ meetings if:

 

 

we have instructed the depositary that we wish a discretionary proxy to be given;

 

 

we reasonably do not know of any substantial opposition to the matter to be voted on at the meeting; and

 

 

the matter to be voted on at the meeting is not materially adverse to the interests of shareholders.

The effect of this discretionary proxy is that if you do not vote at shareholders’ meetings, you cannot prevent our Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs from being voted, except under the circumstances described above. This may make it more difficult for shareholders to influence the management of our company. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares are not subject to this discretionary proxy.

(4) Amend the first paragraph on page 181 to read as follows:

Audit Committee. Our audit committee consists of Dr. Frederic Lau and Nimil Rajnikant Parekh, and is chaired by Mr. Parekh. Mr. Parekh satisfies the “independence” requirements of Section 303A of the Corporate Governance Rules of the New York Stock Exchange and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. We have determined that Dr. Lau qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert.” The audit committee will oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company. The audit committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

(5)

Amend the second paragraph under the heading “Voting Rights—How do you vote?” on page 202 to read as follows:

Except by instructing the depositary as described above, you won’t be able to exercise voting rights unless you surrender your ADSs and withdraw the shares. However, you may not know about the meeting enough in advance to withdraw the shares. In any event, the depositary will not exercise any discretion in voting deposited securities and it will only vote or attempt to vote as instructed, or as described in the following sentence. If (i) we asked the depositary to solicit your voting instructions to be received by a specified date before the meeting date, (ii) the depositary does not receive voting instructions from you by the specified date, and (iii) we confirm to the depositary that:

 

 

we wish to receive a proxy to vote uninstructed shares;

 

 

we reasonably do not know of any substantial shareholder opposition to a particular question; and

 

 

the particular question is not materially adverse to the interests of shareholders,

the depositary will consider you to have authorized and directed it to give, and it will give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us to vote the number of deposited securities represented by your ADSs as to that question.

 

(6)

Amend the first paragraph under the heading “Jurisdiction and Arbitration” on page 208 to read as follows:

The deposit agreement provides that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, state courts in New York County, New York) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute arising from or relating in any way to the ADSs or the deposit agreement, including without limitation claims against us under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. In addition, the deposit agreement provides that any controversy, claim, or cause of action brought by any party to the deposit agreement against us arising out of or relating to, among other things, the ADSs or the deposit agreement, if elected by the claimant, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration provisions apply to actions arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. However, the arbitration provisions of the deposit agreement do not preclude you from pursuing any claims, including claims under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or New York state courts in New York County, New York if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction). Accepting or consenting to the arbitration provisions does not constitute a waiver by investors of our or the depositary’s compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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