As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2023
Registration Statement No. 333-272136
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
Intelligent Group Limited
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
British Virgin Islands | 8742 | Not Applicable | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Unit 2803, Level 28, Admiralty Centre,
Tower 1, 18 Harcourt Road,
Admiralty, Hong Kong
(852) 3618 8460
(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
(212) 947-7200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
Lawrence S. Venick, Esq. Loeb & Loeb LLP 2206-19 Jardine House 1 Connaught Place, Central Hong Kong SAR Telephone: +852-3923-1111 |
Bradley A. Haneberg, Esq. Haneberg Hurlbert PLC 1111 East Main St., Suite 2010 Richmond, VA 23219 Telephone: (804) 814-2209 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to 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, as amended, 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. ☐
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: 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 term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
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 U.S. 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 certain exhibits to this registration statement on Form F-1, or the Registration Statement, and to amend 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 exhibit index of the Registration Statement. This Amendment No. 5 does not contain copies of the Public Offering Prospectus and Resale Prospectus included in the Registration Statement, which remains unchanged from the Registration Statement filed on November 21, 2023.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our post-offering Memorandum and Articles of Association, which will become effective immediately upon completion of this offering, will empower us to indemnify our directors and officers against certain liabilities they incur by reason of their being a director or officer of our company.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers in connection with this offering. Under these agreements, we have agreed to indemnify our directors and executive officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being a director or officer of our company.
The underwriting agreement in connection with this offering also provides for indemnification of us and our officers, directors or persons controlling us for certain liabilities.
We intend to obtain directors’ and officer’s liability insurance coverage that will cover certain liabilities of directors and officers of our company arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Set forth below is information regarding Ordinary Shares issued by us during the last three years. None of the below described transactions involved any underwriters, underwriting discounts and commissions or commissions, or any public offering:
On November 7, 2021, we issued and allotted 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.00001 to Wai Lau for a consideration of $112.00.
Item 8. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement:
See the Exhibit Index attached to this registration statement, which is incorporated by reference herein.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or has been included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
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;
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(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
(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.
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(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 underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters 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
** | Filed herewith |
# | Previously Filed |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 November 30, 2023.
INTELLIGENT GROUP LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Wai Lau | |
Name: | Wai Lau | |
Title: | Chief Executive 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.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Wai Lau | Chairlady, Chief Executive Officer | November 30, 2023 | ||
Wai Lau | (Principal executive officer) Chairlady of the Board and Director |
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/s/ Man Siu Hin | Chief Financial Officer | November 30, 2023 | ||
Man Siu Hin | (Principal financial and accounting officer) |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Intelligent Group Limited has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in the City of New York on November 30, 2023.
Authorized US Representative | ||
Cogency Global Inc. | ||
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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Exhibit 5.1
Intelligent Group Limited
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D +852 3656 6054 | |
E nathan.powell@ogier.com | ||
Reference: NMP/JTC/502140.00001 |
30 November 2023
Dear Sirs
Intelligent Group Limited (the Company)
We have acted as British Virgin Islands counsel to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the Registration Statement), as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the United States Securities Act 1933, as amended (the Act). The Registration Statement relates to the offering (the Offering) of:
(i) | up to 2,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each of the Company (the Ordinary Shares) by the Company; and |
(ii) | up to 300,000 ordinary shares additional to the Ordinary Shares (the Over-allotment Shares), within 45 days after the closing of the Offering to the underwriter to cover over-allotments (the Over-allotment Option). |
The Ordinary Shares and the Over-allotment Shares are referred to herein collectively as the Offering Shares.
The Offering Shares and the Over-allotment Option are referred to herein collectively as the Securities.
In addition, there will be a resale (the Resale) by two existing shareholders of the Company as stated in the Registration Statement (the Selling Shareholders) of up to 1,122,750 Ordinary Shares which are presently issued and outstanding (the Resale Shares).
The Securities and the Resale Shares are being sold to the several underwriters named in, and pursuant to, an underwriting agreement to be entered by and among the Company and such underwriters (the Underwriting Agreement).
Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in the Documents. A reference to a Schedule is a reference to a schedule to this opinion and the headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.
Ogier Providing advice on British Virgin Islands,
Floor 11 Central Tower 28 Queen’s Road Central Central Hong Kong
T +852 3656 6000 F +852 3656 6001 ogier.com |
Partners Nicholas Plowman Nathan Powell Anthony Oakes Oliver Payne Kate Hodson David Nelson Michael Snape Justin Davis |
Florence Chan* Lin Han** Cecilia Li** Rachel Huang** Richard Bennett**‡ James Bergstrom‡ Marcus Leese‡ |
* admitted in New Zealand ** admitted in England and Wales ‡ not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong |
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1 | Documents examined |
For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined copies, or drafts of the following documents (the Documents):
(a) | the constitutional documents and public records of the Company obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands (the Registrar) on 25 October 2022 (the Company Registry Records), including: |
(i) | a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 5 July 2018; and |
(ii) | a copy of the memorandum and articles of association of the Company registered with the Registrar on 5 July 2018 (the Memorandum and Articles). |
(b) | the public information revealed from a search of the electronic records of the Civil Division and the Commercial Division of the Registry of the High Court and of the Court of Appeal (Virgin Islands) Register, each from 1 January 2000, as maintained on the Judicial Enforcement Management System (the High Court Database) by the Registry of the High Court of the Virgin Islands on 25 October 2022 (the Court Records). |
(c) | the Company Registry Records and the Court Records each as updated by update searches on 18 May 2023, 22 May 2023, 7 September 2023, 19 October 2023 and 10 November 2023, and 17 November 2023 (the Public Records). |
(d) | a certificate of incumbency dated 22 May 2023 (the Certificate of Incumbency) issued by the registered agent of the Company in respect of the Company; |
(e) | the register of directors of the Company provided to us on 7 August 2023 (the ROD); |
(f) | the register of members of the Company as provided to us on 7 August 2023 (the ROM, and together with the ROD, the Registers); |
(g) | copies of the written resolutions of the sole director of the Company dated 26 October 2022, 22 May 2023, 30 June 2023 and 13 November 2023 approving the Company’s filing of the Registration Statement and issuance of the Securities (the Board Resolutions); |
(h) | a draft copy of the Underwriting Agreement as exhibited to the Registration Statement; |
(i) | a certificate dated 30 November 2023 as to certain matters of fact signed by a director of the Company (the Director’s Certificate); and |
(j) | the Registration Statement. |
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2 | Assumptions |
In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set forth in this paragraph 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of those assumptions:
(a) | all original documents examined by us are authentic and complete; |
(b) | all copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete; |
(c) | all signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine; |
(d) | each of the Certificate of Incumbency, the Registers and the Director’s Certificate is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion; |
(e) | all copies of the Registration Statement are true and correct copies and the Registration Statement conform in every material respect to the latest drafts of the same produced to us and, where the Registration Statement has been provided to us in successive drafts marked-up to indicate changes to such documents, all such changes have been so indicated; |
(f) | the Board Resolutions remain in full force and effect and each of the director(s) of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him or her in approving the Offering and the Resale, and no director has a financial interest in or other relationship to a party of the transactions contemplated by the Documents which has not been properly disclosed in the Board Resolutions; |
(g) | the Underwriting Agreement has been, or will be, authorised and duly executed in the form as exhibited in the Registration Statement and unconditionally delivered by or on behalf of all relevant parties in accordance with all relevant laws and, in respect of the Company, in the manner authorised in the Board Resolutions; |
(h) | upon execution, the Underwriting Agreement will be legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with its terms under the laws of its governing law and all other relevant laws. If an obligation is to be performed in a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands, its performance will not be contrary to an official directive, impossible or illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction; |
(i) | no invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the British Virgin Islands to subscribe for any Security and none of the Securities have been offered or issued to residents of the British Virgin Islands; |
(j) | the Company is, and after the allotment (where applicable) and issuance of any Security will be, able to pay its liabilities as they fall due; |
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(k) | the information and each of the documents disclosed by the Public Records was and is accurate, up-to-date and remains unchanged as at the date hereof and there is no information or document which has been delivered for registration, or which is required by the laws of the British Virgin Islands to be delivered for registration, which was not included and available for inspection in the Public Records; |
(l) | there are no agreements, documents or arrangements (other than the documents expressly referred to in this opinion as having been examined by us) that materially affect or modify the Underwriting Agreement or the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement or restrict the powers and authority of the Company in any way from entering into and performing its obligations under a duly authorised, executed and delivered Underwriting Agreement; |
(m) | there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the British Virgin Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein; and |
(n) | the Company is not a land owning company for the purposes of Section 242 of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the BCA) meaning that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries has an interest in any land in the British Virgin Islands. |
3 | Opinions |
On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in paragraph 4 below, we are of the opinion that:
Corporate status
(a) | The Company is a company duly incorporated with limited liability under the BCA on 5 July 2018 and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. |
Authorised Share capital
(b) | Based solely on the Memorandum and Articles, the Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 500,000,000 shares of a single class each with a par value of US$0.00001. |
Corporate authorisation
(c) | The Company has taken all requisite corporate action to authorise the issuance of the Securities and the Resale of the Resale shares under the Registration Statement. |
Valid Issuance of Ordinary Shares
(d) | The Ordinary Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the Registration Statement and duly passed Board Resolutions and once consideration set forth in the Registration Statement is paid in full, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums will be payable with respect them). Once the register of members has been updated to reflect the issuance, the shareholders recorded in the register of members will be deemed to have legal title to the shares set against their respective name. |
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Valid Issuance of Over-allotment Shares
(e) | The Over-Allotment Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the Registration Statement and duly passed Board Resolutions and once consideration set forth in the Registration Statement is paid in full, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums will be payable with respect them). Once the register of members has been updated to reflect the issuance, the shareholders recorded in the register of members will be deemed to have legal title to the shares set against their respective name. |
Valid Issuance of the Resale Shares
(f) | The Resale Shares being proposed for resale by the Selling Shareholder have been validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums will be payable with respect them). |
Taxation
(g) | No taxes, stamp duties, other duties, fees or charges are payable (by assessment, withholding, deduction or otherwise) to the government of the British Virgin Islands in respect of the Offering and the Resale. |
(h) | There is no withholding tax, capital gains tax, capital transfer tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, succession tax or gift tax in the British Virgin Islands and any dividends, interest, rents, royalties, compensations and other amounts paid by the Company are exempt from any taxation in the British Virgin Islands imposed under the British Virgin Islands Income Tax Ordinance (Cap 206). In particular, section 242 of the BCA provides the Company with a statutory exemption from all forms of taxation in the British Virgin Islands. |
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4 | Limitations and Qualifications |
4.1 | We offer no opinion: |
(a) | as to any laws other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in the Documents to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands; or |
(b) | except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the Registration Statement, the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the Registration Statement and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents. |
4.2 | Under the BCA an annual fee must be paid in respect of the Company to the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands. Failure to pay the annual fees by the relevant due date will render the Company liable to a penalty fee in addition to the amount of the outstanding fees. If the license fee remains unpaid from the due date, the Company will be liable to be struck off the Register of Companies. |
For the purposes of this opinion “in good standing” means only that as of the date of this opinion the Company is up-to-date with the payment of its annual fee to the Registry of Corporate Affairs under the BCA. We have made no enquiries into the Company’s good standing with respect to any filings or payment of fees, or both, that it may be required to make under the laws of the British Virgin Islands other than the BCA.
4.3 | The Public Records and our searches thereof may not reveal the following: |
(a) | in the case of the Company Registry Records, details of matters which have not been lodged for registration or have been lodged for registration but not actually registered at the time of our search; |
(b) | in the case of the Court Records, details of proceedings which have been filed but not actually entered in the High Court Database at the time of our search; |
(c) | whether an application for the appointment of a liquidator or a receiver has been presented to the High Court of the British Virgin Islands or whether a liquidator or a receiver has been appointed out of court, or whether any out of court dissolution, reconstruction or reorganisation of the Company has been commenced; or |
(d) | any originating process (including an application to appoint a liquidator) in respect of the Company in circumstances where the High Court of the British Virgin Islands has prior to the issuance of such process ordered that such process upon issuance be anonymised (whether on a temporary basis or otherwise), |
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and the following points should also be noted:
(e) | the Court Records reflect the information accessible remotely on the High Court Database, we have not conducted a separate search of the underlying Civil Cause Book (the Civil Cause Book) or the Commercial Cause Book (the Commercial Cause Book) at the Registry of the High Court of the British Virgin Islands. Although the High Court Database should reflect the content of the Civil Cause Book and the Commercial Cause Book, neither the High Court Database nor the Civil Cause Book or Commercial Cause Book is updated every day, and for that reason neither facility can be relied upon to reveal whether or not a particular entity is a party to litigation in the British Virgin Islands; |
(f) | the High Court Database is not updated if third parties or noticed parties are added to or removed from the proceedings after their commencement; and |
(g) | while it is a requirement under Section 118 of the Insolvency Act 2003 that notice of the appointment of a receiver be registered with the Registry of Corporate Affairs, however, it should be noted that failure to file a notice of appointment of a receiver does not invalidate the receivership but gives rise to penalties on the part of the receiver. |
5 | Governing law of this opinion |
5.1 | This opinion is: |
(a) | governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the British Virgin Islands; |
(b) | limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and |
(c) | confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the British Virgin Islands at the date of this opinion. |
5.2 | Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific British Virgin Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion. |
6 | Reliance |
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the headings “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” of the Registration Statement.
This opinion may be used only in connection with the Offering and the Resale of the Resale Shares while the Registration Statement is effective.
Yours faithfully
Ogier
Exhibit 23.2
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Intelligent Group Limited on Amendment No. 5 to Form F-1 (File No. 333-272136) of our report dated June 23, 2022, except for Note 2 which is dated October 18, 2022, with respect to our audit of the consolidated financial statements of Intelligent Group Limited as of November 30, 2021 and for the year ended November 30, 2021, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.
We were dismissed as auditors on December 5, 2022 and, accordingly, we have not performed any audit or review procedures with respect to any financial statements appearing in such Prospectus for the periods after the date of our dismissal.
/s/ Friedman LLP
Friedman LLP
New York, New York
November 30, 2023
Exhibit 23.4
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Lawrence Venick Partner
2206-19 Jardine House 1 Connaught Place Central Hong Kong |
Main +852 3923 1188 Email lvenick@loeb.com |
November 30, 2023
Intelligent Group Limited
Unit 2803, Level 28, Admiralty Centre,
Tower 1, 18 Harcourt Road,
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Re: | Intelligent Group Limited |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Intelligent Group Limited (the “Company”), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, in connection with the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) covering (i) an underwritten public offering of up to 2,000,000 ordinary shares by the Company (or 2,300,000 ordinary shares if the underwriter exercises the over-allotment option in full); and (ii) a resale prospectus to be used for resale by the selling shareholders of up to 1,122,750 ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share.
We hereby consent to the use of this consent as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to the use of our name as your U.S. and Hong Kong counsel and to all references made to us in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus forming a part thereof. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours, | |
/s/ Loeb & Loeb LLP | |
Loeb & Loeb LLP |
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Exhibit 99.5
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
In connection with the filing by Intelligent Group limited (the “Company”) of its Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 of the Securities Act, to being named as a nominee to the board of directors of the Company in the Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto. I also consent to the filing of this consent as an exhibit to such Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto.
Dated: November 30, 2023
/s/ Shiu Wing Joseph Chow | |
Shiu Wing Joseph Chow |
Exhibit 99.6
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
In connection with the filing by Intelligent Group limited (the “Company”) of its Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 of the Securities Act, to being named as a nominee to the board of directors of the Company in the Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto. I also consent to the filing of this consent as an exhibit to such Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto.
Dated: November 30, 2023
/s/ Kean Tat Che | |
Kean Tat Che |
Exhibit 99.7
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
In connection with the filing by Intelligent Group limited (the “Company”) of its Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 of the Securities Act, to being named as a nominee to the board of directors of the Company in the Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto. I also consent to the filing of this consent as an exhibit to such Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto.
Dated: November 30, 2023
/s/ Josephine Yan Yeung | |
Josephine Yan Yeung |
Exhibit 99.8
November 30, 2023
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade and Services
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Intelligent Group Limited Registration Statement on Form F-1 Application for Waiver of Requirements of Form 20-F, Item 8.A.4 |
Our client, Intelligent Group Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), has filed its Registration Statement on Form F-1 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of the Company’s ordinary shares. Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission on November 21, 2023 in response to comments from the Commission on the Company’s prior filing of Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement.
The Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness will contain audited U.S. GAAP financial statements for the two years ended November 30, 2022, and unaudited U.S. GAAP financial statements for the six months ended May 31, 2023 and 2022. Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F, which is applicable to the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 4(a) of Form F-1, states that because this is the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”), it must have audited financial statements of a date not older than 12 months from the date of the offering unless a waiver is obtained. See also Division of Corporation Finance, Financial Reporting Manual, Section 6220.3.
Instruction 2 to Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F provides that the Commission will waive the 12-month age of financial statements requirement “in cases where the company is able to represent adequately to us that it is not required to comply with this requirement in any other jurisdiction outside the United States and that complying with this requirement is impracticable or involves undue hardship.” See also the Staff’s 2004 release entitled International Reporting and Disclosure Issues in the Division of Corporation Finance (available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/internatl/cfirdissues1104.htm) at Section III.B.c, in which the Staff notes:
“the instruction indicates that the staff will waive the 12-month requirement where it is not applicable in the registrant’s other filing jurisdictions and is impracticable or involves undue hardship. As a result, we expect that the vast majority of IPOs will be subject only to the 15-month rule. The only times that we anticipate audited financial statements will be filed under the 12-month rule are when the registrant must comply with the rule in another jurisdiction, or when those audited financial statements are otherwise readily available.”
We hereby respectfully request that the Staff of the Commission waive the requirement of Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F. In connection with this request, we, as counsel to the Company, represent to the Commission that:
1. The Company is not currently a public reporting company in any other jurisdiction.
2. The Company is not required by any jurisdiction outside the United States to file any consolidated financial statements, audited under any generally accepted auditing standards.
3. Compliance with Item 8.A.4 is impracticable and involves undue hardship for the Company.
4. The Company does not anticipate that its audited financial statements for the year ended November 30, 2023 will be available until February 29, 2024.
5. In no event will the Company seek effectiveness of the Registration Statement if its audited financial statements are older than 15 months at the time of the offering.
We further respectfully request your expedited attention to this matter. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (310) 728-5129 or to email me at lvenick@loeb.com if you have any questions regarding the foregoing or if I can provide any additional information.
Very truly yours, | |
/s/ Lawrence S. Venick | |
Lawrence S. Venick |
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