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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25 , 2023

Registration No. 333-271604

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO

FORM F-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

WEBUY GLOBAL LTD

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands

 

7389

 

Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(IRS. Employer

Identification Number)

 

35 Tampines Street 92 Singapore 528880

+65 8859 9762

(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)

 

With a Copy to:

 

William S. Rosenstadt, Esq.

Mengyi “Jason” Ye, Esq.

Yarona L. Yieh, Esq.

Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP

366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10017

212-588-0022

Ying Li, Esq.

Guillaume de Sampigny, Esq.

Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC

950 Third Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

212-530-2210

 

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 US 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.

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 5 to Form F-1 (Amendment No. 5) is being filed solely for the purpose of filing 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 exhibit index of the Registration Statement. This Amendment No. 5 does not contain copies of the public offering prospectus or resale prospectus included in the Registration Statement which remains unchanged from the Registration Statement, filed on August 3, 2023. This Amendment No. 5 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, the signature pages to the Registration Statement, the exhibit index and the filed exhibits.

 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

1.1*

 

Form of Underwriting Agreement

3.1*

 

Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association

5.1*

 

Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Pte. Ltd.regarding the validity of the ordinary shares being registered

10.1*

 

Form of Employment Agreement

10.2*

 

Form of Director Offer Letter

10.3*

 

Form of Independent Director Offer Letter

10.4*

 

Form of Group Leader Contract

10.5*

 

Form of Supplier Sales Contract

10.6*

 

Share Swap Agreement by and among New Retail and Shareholders dated August 29, 2022

10.7*

 

Form of Collaboration Agreement between PT Webuy Social Indonesia and Indonesian Local Stores

21.1*

 

List of Subsidiaries

23.1 * *

 

Consent of OneStop Assurance PAC

23.2*

 

Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Pte. Ltd. (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.4*

 

Consent of Frost & Sullivan

99.1*

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Registrant

99.2*

 

Audit Committee Charter

99.3*

 

Nominating Committee Charter

99.4*

 

Compensation Committee Charter

99.5*

 

Consent of William Tat-Nin Chang

99.6*

 

Consent of Lixia Tu

99.7*

 

Consent of Lizhi Qiao

107*

 

Filing Fee table

 

*

Previously filed

**

Filed herewith

 

 
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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 Singapore on September 25 , 2023.

 

 

WEBUY GLOBAL LTD

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bin Xue

 

 

 

Bin Xue 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bin Xue as attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or desirable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the ordinary shares of the registrant, including, without limitation, the power and authority to sign the name of each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such Shares, to any and all amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, whether such amendments or supplements are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statement, to any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or any and all amendments thereto, whether such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statement; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Bin Xue

 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Director

 

September 25 , 2023

Name: Bin Xue

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ai Lian Phang 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

September 25 , 2023

Name: Ai Lian Phang

 

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /s/ Lei Liu 

 

Chief Technology Officer

 

September 25 , 2023

Name: Lei Liu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michelle Ting Ting Tan 

 

Director

 

September 25 , 2023

Name: Michelle Ting Ting Tan

 

 

 

 

 

 
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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  September 25 , 2023.

 

 

By:

/s/ Colleen A. De Vries 

 

 

 

Name: Colleen A. De Vries

 

 

 

Title:   Senior Vice President

 

 

 
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