HIHO 20-F/A
Highway Holdings Ltd (HIHO)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Amendment No. 1)
OR
For the fiscal year ended
OR
For the transition period from ____________ to ______________
OR
Commission file number
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Sheung Shui
(Address of principal executive offices)
Chief Executive Officer
39 Lung Sum Avenue
Sheung Shui
telephone:
fax: (852) 2343-4976
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s
classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer,
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check
mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
| Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ | |||
| 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on
and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section
404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act,
indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to
previously issued financial statements.
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registration has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☐ | Other ☐ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow: ☐ Item 17 Item 18 ☐
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐
| Auditor Name: | Auditor Location: | Auditor Firm ID: | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Highway Holdings Limited for the year ended March 31, 2023 filed on July 13, 2023 (the “Original Filing”) is being filed solely to amend and restate in its entirety Item 16I, “Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections” in order to provide the documentation required under Item 16I(a) of Form 20-F and to provide the disclosures required under Item 16I(b) of Form 20-F.
Except as noted above, this Amendment does not update or modify any disclosures in the Original Filing or reflect any events occurring after the filing of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing.
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Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
On August 5, 2022, the Company was conclusively identified by the SEC as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA following the filing of the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The Company’s auditor at the time was Centurion, a registered public accounting firm headquartered in Hong Kong, a jurisdiction that the PCAOB determined it was unable to inspect or investigate completely in 2022. Centurion issued the audit report for the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a report that vacated its December 16, 2021 determination and removed mainland China and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms. For this reason, the Company does not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA after it files this annual report on Form 20-F.
Based on an examination of the Company’s register of members and public filings made by its shareholders, including the Schedule 13G filed by Peter J. Abrahamson on February 6, 2023, to the Company’s knowledge, no shareholder other than Roland W. Kohl, Tiko Aharonov, and Peter J. Abrahamson own more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding shares. Mr. Kohl beneficially owns 22.1% of the Company’s outstanding shares as of July 12, 2023, and is a German national residing in Hong Kong. Mr. Aharonov beneficially owns 6.4% of the Company’s outstanding shares as of July 12, 2023, and is an Israeli national. Mr. Abrahamson beneficially owns 9.0% of the Company’s outstanding shares as of July 12, 2023, and is a United States national with a principal place of business in the State of Illinois, based on the Schedule 13G filed by Mr. Abrahamson on February 6, 2023.
Based on the above information and a review of the Company’s list of record shareholders maintained by Computershare, the Company’s transfer agent, the Company believes it is not owned or controlled by any governmental entity in Hong Kong. In addition, the Company is not aware of any governmental entity of Hong Kong that is in possession of, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
As of the date of this annual report, to the Company’s knowledge, (i) no governmental entities in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, China or Myanmar own shares of the Company, (ii) the governmental entities in Hong Kong do not have a controlling financial interest in the Company, (iii) none of the members of the board of directors of the Company or its operating entities is an official of the Chinese Communist Party, and (iv) none of the currently effective memorandum and articles of association of the Company contains any charter of the Chinese Communist Party.
Item 19. Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf.
| HIGHWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| By | /s/ ALAN CHAN | |
| Alan Chan | ||
| Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
| Date: August 18, 2023 |
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