SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Komatsu Shuhei

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

SHIBA KOEN ANNEX 6 F, 1-8,

SHIBA KOEN 3-CHOME, MINATO-KU

(Street)

TOKYO

105-0011

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AERWINS Technologies Inc. [ AWIN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
	Chairman of the Board and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/03/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common stock	02/03/2023		A		14,084,772⁽¹⁾	A	⁽²⁾	14,084,772	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	02/03/2023		A		1,525,196⁽³⁾		05/03/2023⁽⁴⁾	02/03/2033	Common Stock	1,525,196	⁽³⁾	1,525,196	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares acquired by the reporting person on February 3, 2023, upon the closing of a business combination (the "Merger") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 7, 2022, by and among Pono Capital Corp. ("Pono"), Pono Merger Sub, Inc., AERWINS Technologies Inc. ("AERWINS"), Mehana Equity LLC, and Shuhei Komatsu, as previously disclosed in the issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2022 (the "Form 8-K"), and as set forth in Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K. Of this amount, 422,543 shares are held in escrow pending post-closing adjustments to the Merger consideration as provided in the Merger Agreement. Upon consummation of the Merger, the issuer changed its name to "AERWINS Technologies Inc."

2. The stock option has an exercise price of $0.00015 per share.

3. As consideration for the Merger, the reporting person received (i) the indicated number of shares of the issuer's common stock, and (ii) a stock option to purchase the indicated number of shares of the issuer's common stock.

4. The stock option vests as follows: 1/3 on the 3-month anniversary of February 3, 2023 (the "Award Date"), 1/3 on the 15-month anniversary of the Award Date, and 1/3 on the 27-month anniversary of the Award Date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Shuhei Komatsu	02/22/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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