Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd F-1/A, filed Sep 26, 2025
Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd (KAZR)
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2025
Registration No. 333-290172
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Skyline Builders
Group Holding Limited
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
| Cayman Islands | 1700 | Not Applicable | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Office A, 15/F, Tower A, Capital Tower,
No. 38 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
+852-2811-9688
(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
+1-800-221-0102
(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
Telephone: +1 310-728-5129
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the 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, check the following box: ☒
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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 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 said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
| PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS | Subject to Completion, Dated September [__], 2025 |
Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited
74,995,887 Class A Ordinary Shares
This prospectus relates to the resale, from time to time, by the selling shareholders (“Selling Shareholders”) identified in this prospectus of up to 74,995,887 of our Class A Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”). The Class A Ordinary Shares registered for resale consist of: (i) 1,359,314 Class A Ordinary Shares issued in the private placement that closed on August 29, 2025; (ii) 22,990,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of prefunded warrants (“Prefunded Warrants”); (iii) 24,349,314 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrant As (“A Warrants”); (iv) 24,349,314 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrant Bs (“B Warrants”); and (iv) 1,947,945 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of placement agent warrants (“Placement Agent Warrants”), all of which were issued or are issuable pursuant to that private placement. For purposes of this prospectus, the term “Securities” collectively refers to the Class A Ordinary Shares, the Prefunded Warrants, the A Warrants, the B Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrants described above, in addition to the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Prefunded Warrants, the A Warrants, the B Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrants.
Each Prefunded Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each A Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.60 per share. Each B Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.65 per share. Each Placement Agent Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.73 per share. The exercise prices of the Prefunded Warrants, A Warrants, B Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants registered for resale in this prospectus are subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of such warrants, including, but not limited to, adjustments in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications, certain dilutive issuances or variable rate transactions, pro rata distributions, fundamental transactions (such as mergers and sales), or at the discretion of our board of directors. The number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants may also be subject to adjustment under similar circumstances. For a summary of the circumstances under which such adjustments may occur, see “Selling Shareholders.”
Our registration of the Class A Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus does not mean that the Selling Shareholders will offer or sell any of such Class A Ordinary Shares. The Selling Shareholders named in this prospectus, or their donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest, may resell the Class A Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. For additional information on the possible methods of sale that may be used by the Selling Shareholders, you should refer to the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution.”
We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Class A Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholders named in this prospectus. All net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus will go to the Selling Shareholders.
All Securities subject to resale hereunder, including the Class A Ordinary Shares, Prefunded Warrants, A Warrants, B Warrants, Placement Agent Warrants, and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants, have been issued by us and acquired by the Selling Shareholders in a private placement that closed on August 29, 2025 (the “Private Placement”). The Securities were issued directly by the Company pursuant to securities purchase agreements and transaction documents entered into with the Selling Shareholders in connection with such private placement. No underwriter or other person has been engaged by the Selling Shareholders or the Company to facilitate the sale of the Securities in this offering. The Company will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the Class A Ordinary Shares and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Selling Shareholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to their respective sales of the Class A Ordinary Shares and warrant shares.
Our Class A Ordinary Shares are traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SKBL”. On 9, 2025, the reported sales price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market was $1.80 per share.
We have a dual class ordinary share structure. Our Ordinary Shares are divided into Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to twenty (20) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company. In no event shall Class A Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares. In no event shall Class B Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares. See “Description of Share Capital - Ordinary Shares” for more details regarding our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares.
On August 27, 2025, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited (“SD”), the Company’s previous controlling shareholder and a company beneficially owned by Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, our Chief Executive Officer, entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with Quantum Leap Energy LLC (“QLE”) pursuant to which SD transferred and sold to QLE all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company. Each Class B Ordinary Share entitles the holder to 20 votes per share and votes together with the Class A Ordinary Shares on all matters submitted to shareholders. The Company also used approximately $7,000,000 of the gross proceeds from the Private Placement to retire 18,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares owned by SD (the “Share Retirement”).
Immediately after giving effect to the Private Placement, Share Retirement, and the transfer of the Class B Ordinary Shares, QLE became the sole holder of all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, comprising 79.14% of the aggregate voting power represented by all outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, and thereby gaining control over the Company. Following these transactions, Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, through SD, continued to own approximately 0.62% of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares but will no longer hold any Class B Ordinary Shares or exercise majority voting power in the Company.
We will remain a “controlled company” within the meaning of rule 5615(c) of Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq Listing Rules”). See section titled “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being a Controlled Company”.
As of the date of this prospectus, 11,089,314 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. A shareholder must keep more than 1,703,250 Class B Ordinary Shares to control 50% of the voting right of the Company and control the outcome of matters submitted to shareholders for approval.
Provided that such transfer complies with applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules, our shareholders may freely transfer shares (including Class B Ordinary Shares) to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by the Nasdaq Listing Rules or in any other form approved by our directors, executed where the Shares are Fully Paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder; and where the Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder and the transferee. Where the shares of any class in question are not listed on any stock exchange or subject to the rules of any stock exchange, our directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer of such shares which are not fully paid up or on which our Company has a lien. There is no restriction for potential future issuances of Class B Ordinary Shares. If such occurred, Class A shareholders’ shareholding will be diluted. There is no sunset provisions to limit the lifespan of the Class B Ordinary Shares and death of a Class B shareholder or intra-family transfers of Class B Ordinary Shares would not require conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares.
Investing in the Class A Ordinary Shares involves a high degree of risk. See section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 18 of this prospectus.
We are both an “emerging growth company” and a “foreign private issuer” under applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and will be eligible for reduced public company disclosure requirements. See section titled “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being an ‘Emerging Growth Company’ and a ‘Foreign Private Issuer’” for additional information.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
We do not have any operations in mainland China and currently do not have or intend to have any operating subsidiary established in mainland China or any contractual arrangement to establish a variable interest entity (“VIE”) structure with any entity in mainland China, but because all of our operations are conducted in Hong Kong through our wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, and Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China, the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene in or influence our operations at any time, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
In the event that the PRC regulatory authorities disallow our business structure, any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in Hong Kong and our ability and to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. See “Risk Factors — If the Chinese government chooses to extend oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in mainland China-based issuers to Hong Kong-based issuers, such action may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer Class A Ordinary Shares to investors and cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or be worthless.” for further details.
We may be subject to unique risks due to uncertainty of the interpretation and the application of the PRC laws and regulations. We are also subject to the risks of uncertainty about any future actions of the Chinese government or authorities in Hong Kong in this regard. Should the Chinese government choose to exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business, they may intervene in or influence our operations. Such governmental actions:
| ● | could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to continue our operations; |
| ● | could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors; and |
| ● | may cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or be worthless. |
Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong, which is a part of the PRC. We are aware that recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using a VIE structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding its efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon the legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any. It is also highly uncertain what the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our Hong Kong Operating Subsidiary’s daily business operations, their ability to accept foreign investments and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. These actions could result in a material change in our operations and/or to the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares and could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors. See “Risk Factors — Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong. However, due to the long arm provisions under the current PRC laws and regulations, the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of such business and may influence such operations at any time, which could result in a material change in the operations of the Operating Subsidiary and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The PRC government may also impose restrictions on our ability to transfer money out of Hong Kong to distribute earnings and pay dividends or to reinvest in our business outside of Hong Kong. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the Chinese government may also occur quickly and our assertions and beliefs of the risk imposed by the PRC legal and regulatory system cannot be certain. There are uncertainties regarding the enforcement of PRC laws, and rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice. The Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of the securities we are registering for sale.” for further information.
Recent statements by the PRC government have indicated an intent to exert more exert oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in China based issuers. On July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued a document to crack down on illegal activities in the securities markets and promote the high-quality development of the capital markets, which, among other things, requires the relevant governmental authorities to strengthen cross-border oversight of law-enforcement and judicial cooperation, to enhance supervision over China-based companies listed overseas, and to establish and improve the system of extraterritorial application of the PRC securities laws.
On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) released the Draft Administrative Provisions and the Draft Filing Measures, both of which had a comment period that expired on January 23, 2022. The Draft Administrative Provisions and Draft Filing Measures regulate the administrative system, record-filing management, and other related rules in respect of the direct or indirect overseas issuance of listed and traded securities by “domestic enterprises”. The Draft Administrative Provisions specify that the CSRC has regulatory authority over the “overseas securities offering and listing by domestic enterprises”, and requires “domestic enterprises” to complete filing procedures with the CSRC if they wish to list overseas. On February 17, 2023, the CSRC released the Trial Measures and five supporting guidelines, which came into effect on March 31, 2023. According to the Trial Measures, domestic companies that seek to offer or list securities overseas, both directly and indirectly, should fulfill the filing procedures and report relevant information to the CSRC; any failure to comply with such filling procedures may result in administrative penalties, such as an order to rectify, warnings, and fines. On April 2, 2022, the CSRC published the Draft Archives Rules, for public comment. These rules state that in the overseas listing activities of domestic companies, domestic companies, as well as securities companies and securities service institutions providing relevant securities services thereof, should establish a sound system of confidentiality and archival work, shall not disclose state secrets, or harm the state and public interests.
Under the Trial Measures and the Guidance Rules and Notice, Chinese domestic companies conducting overseas securities offering and listing activities, either in direct or indirect form, shall complete filing procedures with the CSRC pursuant to the requirements of the Trial Measures within three working days following their submission of initial public offerings or listing application. The companies that have already been listed on overseas stock exchanges or have obtained the approval from overseas supervision administrations or stock exchanges for its offering and listing and will complete their overseas offering and listing prior to September 30, 2023 are not required to make immediate filings for its listing, yet need to make filings for subsequent offerings in accordance with the Trial Measures. Companies that have already submitted an application for an initial public offering to overseas supervision administrations prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures but have not yet obtained the approval from overseas supervision administrations or stock exchanges for the offering and listing, shall arrange for the filing within a reasonable time period and shall complete the filing procedure before such companies’ overseas issuance and listing.
The Management understands that as of the date of this prospectus, the Group has no operations in China and is not required to complete filing procedures with the CSRC pursuant to the requirements of the Trial Measures. While the Group has no current operations in China, should we have any future operations in China and should we (i) fail to receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and require us to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future, we may face sanctions by the CSRC, the CAC or other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may also impose fines and penalties on our potential operations in China, as well as limit our ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit our operations in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into China or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business as well as the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
We may be required to restructure our operations to comply with such regulations or potentially cease operations in the PRC entirely. The CSRC, the CAC or other PRC regulatory agencies also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt this offering before settlement and delivery of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, if the CSRC, the CAC or other regulatory PRC agencies later promulgate new rules requiring that we obtain their approvals for this offering, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in the PRC and our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Furthermore, on July 10, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) issued a revised draft of the Measures for Cybersecurity Review for public comment, which required that, among others, in addition to any “operator of critical information infrastructure”, any “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users which seeks to list in a foreign stock exchange should also be subject to cybersecurity review, and further elaborated the factors to be considered when assessing the national security risks of the relevant activities. On December 28, 2021, the CAC, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), and several other administrations jointly issued the revised Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which became effective and replaced the existing Measures for Cybersecurity Review on February 15, 2022. According to the Revised Review Measures, if an “online platform operator” that is in possession of personal data of more than one million users intends to list in a foreign country, it must apply for a cybersecurity review. Based on a set of Q&A published on the official website of the State Cipher Code Administration in connection with the issuance of the Revised Review Measures, an official of the said administration indicated that an online platform operator should apply for a cybersecurity review prior to the submission of its listing application with non-PRC securities regulators. Moreover, the CAC released the draft of the Regulations on Network Data Security Management in November 2021 for public consultation, which among other things, stipulates that a data processor listed overseas must conduct an annual data security review by itself or by engaging a data security service provider and submit the annual data security review report for a given year to the municipal cybersecurity department before January 31 of the following year. Given the recency of the issuance of the Revised Review Measures and their pending effectiveness, there is a general lack of guidance and substantial uncertainties exist with respect to their interpretation and implementation. It remains unclear whether a Hong Kong company which collects personal information from PRC individuals shall be subject to the Revised Review Measures. We do not currently expect the Revised Review Measures to have an impact on our business, our operations or this offering as we do not believe that our Operating Subsidiary would be deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, that would be required to file for cybersecurity review before listing in the U.S. If the Revised Review Measures are adopted into law in the future and if our Operating Subsidiary is deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, our operation and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. could be subject to CAC’s cybersecurity review.
We have been advised by David Fong & Co., our Hong Kong counsel, that based on their understanding of the current Hong Kong laws, as of the date of this prospectus, the Company and its Operating Subsidiary, are not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from Hong Kong authorities for the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. and issuing our Class A Ordinary Shares to foreign investors. No such permissions or approvals have been applied for by the Company and/or its subsidiaries or denied by any relevant authorities. Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong, which is a part of the PRC. As of the date of this prospectus, the Operating Subsidiary received all requisite permissions or approvals from the Hong Kong authorities to operate their businesses in Hong Kong, including but not limited to their business registration certificates. However, we have been advised by David Fong & Co. that uncertainties still exist, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in Hong Kong could change rapidly in the future.
Based on management’s internal assessment that the Company and its subsidiary currently have no material operations in the PRC, management understands that as of the date of this prospectus, the Company is not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from PRC authorities for the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. and to issue our Class A Ordinary Shares to foreign investors, including the CAC or the CSRC. We also understand that our Operating Subsidiary is not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from any Chinese authorities to operate their businesses as of the date of this prospectus. No permissions or approvals have been applied for by the Company or denied by any relevant authority. However, uncertainties still exist, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future.
As of the date of this prospectus, Hong Kong does not have similar regulations as of the PRC to extend oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas. Hong Kong does not have similar regulation as of the Trial Measures and the Guidance Rules and Notice, and Measures for Cybersecurity Review of the PRC. In the event that (i) the PRC government expands the categories of industries and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC or the CAC or if applicable laws, regulations or interpretations change and we are required to obtain such permissions or approvals, (ii) we inadvertently conclude that relevant permissions or approvals were not required or (iii) we did not receive or maintain relevant permissions or approvals required, any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in Hong Kong and our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
We also may face risks relating to the lack of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) inspection on our auditor, which may cause our securities to be delisted from a U.S. stock exchange or prohibited from being traded over-the-counter in the future under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) determines that we have filed annual report containing an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that the PCAOB has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely for three consecutive years beginning in 2021. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and on December 29, 2022, a legislation entitled “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023” (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”) was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and amended the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time before our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from trading or delisted. The delisting or the cessation of trading of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted or prohibited from being traded, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.
On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a determination report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the PRC; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022. Our current auditor, SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation, is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified by the PCAOB in its report on December 16, 2021 as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022.
On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol, or SOP, Agreement with the CSRC and China’s Ministry of Finance. The SOP, together with two protocol agreements governing inspections and investigation, establishes a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely in 2022. The PCAOB vacated its previous 2021 determinations that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. However, whether the PCAOB will continue to be able to satisfactorily conduct inspections of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong is subject to uncertainty and depends on a number of factors out of our, and our auditor’s, control. The PCAOB is continuing to demand complete access in mainland China and Hong Kong moving forward and is already making plans to resume regular inspections in the second half of 2023 and beyond, as well as to continue pursuing ongoing investigations and initiate new investigations as needed. The PCAOB has indicated that it will act immediately to consider the need to issue new determinations with the HFCAA if needed. If the PCAOB in the future again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the companies audited by those auditors would be subject to a trading prohibition on U.S. markets pursuant to the HFCAA.
If the PCAOB in the future again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China would prevent the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, investors could be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections, if the PCAOB again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China would make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit procedures or quality control procedures, which could cause existing and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements. Although our auditor was not identified by the PCAOB in its report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022, should the PCAOB be unable to fully conduct inspection of our auditor’s work papers in China, this could adversely affect us and our securities for the reasons noted above.
Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the U.S. and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the U.S. pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess our auditor’s compliance with the applicable professional standards. Our auditor is headquartered in East Amherst, New York, and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis with the last inspection in 2023. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties to our Offering and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements.
The date of this prospectus is September [ ], 2025
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The definitions of certain capitalized terms used in this prospectus can be found in the section titled “Prospectus Summary — Conventions Which Apply to this Prospectus” beginning on page 14 of this prospectus.
For investors outside the United States: neither we nor the Selling Shareholders have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction, other than the United States, where action for that purpose is required. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the Class A Ordinary Shares and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus, or on any free writing prospectus, that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. Neither we nor the Selling Shareholders have authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus, or in any free writing prospectus we have prepared, and neither we nor the Selling Shareholders take responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information others may give you. Neither we nor the Selling Shareholders are making an offer to sell, or seeking offers to buy, these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the cover page of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since the date on the cover page of this prospectus.
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This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our Class A Ordinary Shares. For a more complete understanding of us and this Offering, you should read and carefully consider the entire prospectus, including the more detailed information set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. Some of the statements in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. See section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” In this prospectus, unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “our Group” or the “Company” refer to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited together with its subsidiaries.
Our Business
Overview
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on June 25, 2024, as a holding company. We operate our business primarily through our indirectly wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited. We operate in a single segment that represents the Company’s core business as an Approved Public Works Contractor undertaking roads and drainage to its customers in Hong Kong. Our construction activities mainly include public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works, in Hong Kong. We mostly undertake civil engineering works in the role of subcontractor, while we are also fully qualified to undertake such works in the capacity of main contractor.
Kin Chiu Engineering Limited was founded in 2012. In our operating history of over 12 years, we have focused on providing civil engineering services in the role of subcontractor and built up our expertise and track record in civil engineering works. We take pride in our project portfolio in civil engineering works. In 2022, we were awarded with a public project for road and drainage works and landscape works with an initial contract sum of over HK$290 million (US$37.1 million). In 2024, we were awarded with a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$180 million (US$23.0 million) and a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$80 million (US$10.2 million).
We, through our Operating Subsidiary, are mainly engaged in public sector projects in Hong Kong. To a lesser extent, we also participate in private sector projects. Our public sector projects mainly involve infrastructure developments while private sector projects mainly involved residential and commercial developments.
In March 2020, we have successfully registered in the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong in the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)), enabling us to directly tender for public works contracts in the capacity of main contractor. In addition, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited is a Registered Subcontractor in foundation and piling (sheet piles), general civil works (roadworks, road drainage and sewer and waterworks), other finishing trades and components (signage and graphics) and hoarding of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council of Hong Kong.
We, through our Operating Subsidiary, have achieved sustained growth in our business. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our total revenue derived from civil engineering services was approximately US$46.0 million, US$48.8 million and US$44.6 million, respectively. The number of customers with revenue contribution to us was 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and 12 for the fisal year ended March 31, 2023.
According to Migo, the gross value of civil engineering works performed by main contractors in the civil engineering industry of Hong Kong recorded an overall incline from approximately HK$119.4 billion in 2018 to HK$151.4 billion in 2023, representing a CAGR of approximately 4.9%. The rollout and commencement of projects such as Kwu Tung North and Fanling North of New Development Area, Kau Yi Chau Artificial Island under the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, Tung Chung New Town Extension in the coming few years, shall sustain demand for civil engineering works. Driven by (i) continuous government funding support to promote productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety and enhancing environmental performance; (ii) the Government’s continuous effort in enhancing rail connectivity, which requires extensive civil engineering works; (iii) rapid advancement in technology to optimize productivity and reduce costs such as the building information management and industrialized building system, it is expected that the Hong Kong civil engineering industry will continue to grow.
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Our Competitive Strengths
We believe that the following strengths have contributed to our success and differentiate us from our peers:
| ● | Established track record |
| ● | Stable relationship with customers |
| ● | Experienced and dedicated management team |
| ● | Stringent quality control |
Our Growth Strategies
Our principal growth strategies include further strengthening our market position and increasing our market share in the Hong Kong civil engineering industry. We intend on achieving this growth by actively seeking new opportunities from our existing customer base as well as new potential customers. To achieve these goals, we plan on implementing the following strategies:
| ● | Enhance competitiveness and expanding our market share |
| ● | Acquire machinery to enhance our capacity |
| ● | Enhancing our brand |
Corporate History and Structure
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on June 25, 2024, as a holding company. We operate our business primarily through our indirectly wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited.
Kin Chiu Engineering Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on April 24, 2012. Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam has been a shareholder and director of Kin Chiu Engineering Limited since its incorporation.
Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited was incorporated on June 27, 2024 under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as an intermediate holding company.
On July 24, 2024, Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited acquired 7,450,000 shares, being the entire issued share capital, of Kin Chiu Engineering Limited from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam at the consideration of HK$1. Subsequent to the transfer, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
On July 24, 2024, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited proposed to surrender 4,973,495,000 ordinary shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on the same day. Subsequent to the surrender, the Company is wholly owned as to 26,505,000 ordinary shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited.
On July 24, 2024, the Company passed board resolutions and shareholder resolutions to re-designate (a) 4,923,495,000 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each into 4,923,495,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.00001 each; and (b) 50,000,000 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each into 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.00001 each, and re-designate a total of 26,505,000 issued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 owned by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited) each into 26,505,000 Class A ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each. Subsequent to the re-designation, the Company is owned as to 26,505,000 Class A Ordinary Shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited. Simultaneously, the Company issued 1,995,000 Class B ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each to Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited. On the same day, the Company also adopted an amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
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On July 30, 2024, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited entered into Sale and Purchase Agreements with Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively. Pursuant to the Sales and Purchase Agreements, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited is to sell, and Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited are to acquire, 4.90%, 4.90%, 4.90%, 4.80%, 4.80% and 4.70% of the issued Class A equity interests in Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, at the consideration of US$292,456, US$292,456, US$292,456, US$286,488, US$286,488 and US$280,519, respectively. On the same date, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited executed the instrument of transfers whereby Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited have transferred 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,272,240, 1,272,240 and 1,245,735 Class A Ordinary Shares, out of its 26,505,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, to Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively. Subsequent to the transfers, Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited is owned as to (i) 18,818,550 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited; and (ii) 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,272,240, 1,272,240 and 1,245,735 Class A Ordinary Shares by Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively.
On October 9, 2024, the Company adopted a second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
On January 23, 2025, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Dominari Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriter”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting public offering (the “Offering”) an aggregate of 1,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share, at a public offering price of US$4.00 per share. The Company has also granted the Underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 225,000 Class A Ordinary Shares to cover over-allotment, if any. The Class A Ordinary Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-282720), filed with the SEC, which was declared effective by the SEC on December 31, 2024.
On January 24, 2025, the Company closed its initial public offering of 1,500,000 of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company sold a total of 1,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at an offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share for gross proceeds of US$6.0 million. A final prospectus relating to the Offering was filed with the SEC on January 24, 2025.
On February 6, 2025, Dominari Securities LLC, as the representative of the underwriters in the initial public offering of the Company, exercised its option to purchase an additional 225,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company at a price of US$4.00 per share, before deducting underwriting discounts. The closing for the sale of the over-allotment shares took place on February 10, 2025. The gross proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering, including the proceeds from the sale of the over-allotment shares, totaled approximately US$6.9 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses.
On August 27, 2025, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited (“SD”), the Company’s previous controlling shareholder and a company beneficially owned by Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, our Chief Executive Officer, entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with Quantum Leap Energy LLC (“QLE”) pursuant to which SD transferred and sold to QLE all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company. Each Class B Ordinary Share entitles the holder to 20 votes per share and votes together with the Class A Ordinary Shares on all matters submitted to shareholders. The Company also used approximately $7,000,000 of the gross proceeds from the Private Placement to retire 18,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares owned by SD (the “Share Retirement”).
Immediately after giving effect to the Private Placement, Share Retirement, and the transfer of the Class B Ordinary Shares, QLE became the sole holder of all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, comprising 79.14% of the aggregate voting power represented by all outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, and thereby gaining control over the Company. Following these transactions, Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, through SD, continued to own approximately 0.62% of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares but will no longer hold any Class B Ordinary Shares or exercise majority voting power in the Company.
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Corporate Structure
The chart below illustrates our corporate structure and identifies our subsidiaries:
Transfers of Cash to and from our Subsidiaries
Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited is a holding company with no operations of its own. It conducts its operation in Hong Kong through its Operating Subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited. Our Company relies on dividends or payments to be paid by its Operating Subsidiary to fund its cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders and U.S. investors, to service any debt we may incur and to pay our operating expenses.
Our Company is permitted under the laws of the Cayman Islands to provide funding to its Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong through loans and/or capital contributions without restrictions on the amount of the funds. Kin Chiu Engineering Limited is also permitted under the laws of Hong Kong to provide funding to our Company, through dividend distributions or payments, without restrictions on the amount of the funds. There are no restrictions or limitation on our ability to distribute earnings by dividends from our subsidiaries, to our Company and our shareholders and U.S. investors, provided that the entity remains solvent after such distribution. Subject to the BCA and our Amended Memorandum and Articles, our board of directors may, by resolution of directors, authorize and declare a dividend to shareholders at such time and in such amount as they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that immediately following our Company will be able to pay our debts as they become due in the ordinary course of business. According to the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong), a Hong Kong company may only make a distribution out of profits available for distribution. We did not adopt or maintain any cash management policies and procedures as of the date of this prospectus. There is no further Cayman Islands or Hong Kong statutory restriction on the amount of funds which may be distributed by us by dividend. Under the current practice of the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong, no withholding tax is payable in Hong Kong in respect of dividends paid by our Hong Kong subsidiaries to us.
Our Company is a Cayman Islands company, and our Operating Subsidiary is a Hong Kong company. There are no restrictions on foreign exchange and there are no limitations on the abilities of our Company to transfer cash to or from our Operating Subsidiary, or to investors under Hong Kong law. There are no restrictions or limitations under the laws of Hong Kong imposed on the conversion of HK dollar into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of Hong Kong, nor there is any restriction on foreign exchange to transfer cash between our Company and its subsidiaries, across borders and to U.S investors, nor there is any restrictions and limitations to distribute earnings from our business and subsidiaries to our Company and U.S. investors and amounts owed. Since the only transfer of cash among our Company and our Operating Subsidiary were in the form of dividends and there are no limitations on the abilities of the Company to transfer cash to or from its subsidiaries or to investors under Hong Kong law, our Company has not established cash management policies that dictate how funds are transferred.
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We do not have any present plan to declare or pay any dividends on our Class A or Class B Ordinary Shares in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, for the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors after considering our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual requirements, business prospects and other factors the board of directors deems relevant, and subject to the restrictions contained in any future financing instruments. See “Risk Factors — Risks related to our Corporate Structure — We will in the future rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by the Operating Subsidiary to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of the Operating Subsidiary to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business. In the future, funds or assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of Hong Kong, due to the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash.” on page 18, and the audited combined financial statements and the accompanying footnotes beginning on F-2 of this prospectus, for more information.
Risk Factors Summary
We face risks and uncertainties relating to our business and operation, including, but not limited to the following:
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
| ● | Our performance depends on market conditions and trends in the civil engineering industry and if there is any slowdown in the development of infrastructure in Hong Kong, the availability of civil engineering projects in Hong Kong may decrease significantly. |
| ● | Our revenue is mainly derived from projects which are non-recurrent in nature and there is no guarantee that our customers will provide us with new businesses. |
| ● | Our cost of revenue has historically fluctuated. If we experience any significant increase in cost of revenue, our gross profit margin might decrease and our business operations and financial position might be materially and adversely affected. |
| ● | The total actual value of work done may differ from the original estimated contract sum stated in our contracts with customers. |
| ● | Any material inaccurate cost estimation or cost overruns may adversely affect our financial results. |
| ● | If we do not comply with certain laws, we could be suspended or debarred contracting, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. |
| ● | Unsatisfactory performance by our subcontractors or unavailability of subcontractors may adversely affect our operation and profitability. |
| ● | We depend on third parties for supply of materials to operate our business. |
| ● | We may not be able to compete favourably in our highly competitive industry. |
| ● | During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our five largest customers accounted for a significant portion of our total revenue. |
| ● | Environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and any changes to, or liabilities arising under, such laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. |
| ● | We may not be able to implement our business plans effectively to achieve future growth. |
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| ● | Our continued success requires us to hire, train and retain qualified personnel and subcontractors in a competitive industry. |
| ● | Failure to complete our projects on a reliable and timely basis could materially affect our reputation, our financial performance or may subject us to claim. |
| ● | Our operations are subject to special hazards that may cause personal injury or property damage, subjecting us to liabilities and possible losses which may not be covered by insurance. |
| ● | Certain data and information in this prospectus were obtained from third-party sources and were not independently verified by us. |
| ● | We may need to raise additional capital in the future for working capital, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, and we may not be able to do so on favourable terms or at all, which would impair our ability to operate our business or achieve our growth objectives. |
| ● | Our lack of effective internal controls over financial reporting may affect our ability to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud which may affect the market for and price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | We are subject to credit risk in relation to the collectability of our trade receivables and contract assets. |
| ● | We are a holding company whose principal source of operating cash is the income received from our Operating Subsidiary. |
| ● | Our significant shareholder has considerable influence over our corporate matters. |
| ● | Our significant shareholder may have potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition. |
| ● | If we fail to promote and maintain our brand effectively and cost-efficiently, our business and results of operations may be harmed. |
| ● | We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which may be expensive to defend and may disrupt our business and operations. |
| ● | Events such as epidemics, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, political unrest and terrorist attacks could significantly delay, or even prevent us from completing, our projects. |
| ● | Failure to maintain safe construction sites and/or implement our safety management system may lead to the occurrence of personal injuries, property damages, fatal accidents or suspension or non-renewal of our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council. |
| ● | There is no assurance that we will be able to renew our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council. |
| ● | We may be a party to legal proceedings from time to time and we cannot assure you that such legal proceedings will not have a material adverse impact on our business. In particular, there may be potential employees’ compensation claims and personal injury claims. |
| ● | Our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover potential liabilities. |
| ● | Possible difficulty in recruiting sufficient labour or significant increase in labour costs may hinder our future business strategies. |
| ● | Fluctuations in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the price of the Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | Our business is susceptible to government policies and macroeconomic conditions. |
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| ● | We are exposed to risks of general economic downturn and deteriorating market conditions, such as Sino-U.S. trade conflicts. |
| ● | Cybersecurity incidents could disrupt our business operations, which could result in the loss of critical and confidential information, and harm our business. |
| ● | Certain economic and business factors and their impacts on the construction industry and other general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment, energy prices and interest rates that are largely beyond our control may adversely affect business and our results of operations. |
Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong
| ● | Hong Kong’s legal system is evolving and has inherent uncertainties that could limit the legal protection available to you. |
| ● | The enactment of Law of the PRC on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Hong Kong National Security Law”) could impact our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong. |
| ● | Nasdaq may apply additional and more stringent criteria for our continued listing. |
| ● | If we fail to meet applicable listing requirements, Nasdaq may delist our Class A Ordinary Shares from trading, in which case the liquidity and market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could decline. |
| ● | The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, and the HFCAA all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to our Offering. |
Risks Related to this Offering and Ownership of Our Class A Ordinary Shares
| ● | The sale of a substantial amount of Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | We are a “foreign private issuer,” and our disclosure obligations differ from those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. As a result, we may not provide you the same information as U.S. domestic reporting companies or we may provide information at different times, which may make it more difficult for you to evaluate our performance and prospects. |
| ● | The dual-class share structure may adversely affect the trading market for the Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | We are an “emerging growth company,” and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Class A Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors. |
| ● | We are a “controlled company” defined under the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. Although we do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future and you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements. |
| ● | Class A Ordinary Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares, as the future sale of a substantial amount of outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares in the public marketplace could reduce the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | Future sales, or the perception of future sales, by us or our shareholder in the public market following this Offering could cause the market price for our Class A Ordinary Shares to decline. |
| ● | The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price you paid. |
| ● | We may experience extreme stock price volatility unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. |
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| ● | Future issuances or sales, or perceived issuances or sales, of substantial amounts of Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could materially and adversely affect the prevailing market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares and our ability to raise capital in the future. |
| ● | Future financing may cause a dilution in your shareholding or place restrictions on our operations. |
| ● | We may lose our foreign private issuer status in the future, which could result in significant additional costs and expenses. |
| ● | You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in the Cayman Islands or Hong Kong based on U.S. or other foreign laws against us, our management or the experts named in the prospectus. |
| ● | You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law. |
| ● | It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of U.S. courts for civil liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws against us, our directors or officers in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. |
| ● | We employ a mail forwarding service, which may delay or disrupt our ability to receive mail in a timely manner. |
| ● | There can be no assurance that we will not be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any taxable year, which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future after this Offering. You must rely on price appreciation of the Class A Ordinary Shares for return on your investment. |
| ● | New climate-related disclosure obligations in proposed SEC rule amendments could have uncertain impacts on our business, impose additional reporting obligations on us, and increase our costs. |
| ● | We are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance. |
Licenses
As of the date of this prospectus, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited is (i) an Approved Contractor under the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)) of the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong; and (ii) a Registered Subcontractor under foundation and piling (sheet piles), general civil works (roadworks, road drainage and sewer and waterworks), other finishing trades and components (signage and graphics) and hoarding of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council of Hong Kong. We have obtained all licenses required for carrying on our business activities as of the date of this Offering.
Regulatory Development in the PRC
We do not have any operations in mainland China and currently do not have or intend to have any operating subsidiary established in mainland China or any contractual arrangement to establish a variable interest entity (“VIE”) structure with any entity in mainland China, but because all of our operations are conducted in Hong Kong through our wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, and Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China, the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene in or influence our operations at any time, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
In the event that the PRC regulatory authorities disallow our business structure, any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in Hong Kong and our ability and to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. See “Risk Factors — If the Chinese government chooses to extend oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in mainland China-based issuers to Hong Kong-based issuers, such action may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer Class A Ordinary Shares to investors and cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or be worthless.” for further details.
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We may be subject to unique risks due to uncertainty of the interpretation and the application of the PRC laws and regulations. We are also subject to the risks of uncertainty about any future actions of the Chinese government or authorities in Hong Kong in this regard. Should the Chinese government choose to exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business, they may intervene in or influence our operations. Such governmental actions:
| ● | could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to continue our operations; |
| ● | could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors; and |
| ● | may cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or be worthless. |
Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong, which is a part of the PRC. We are aware that recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using a VIE structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding its efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon the legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any. It is also highly uncertain what the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our Hong Kong Operating Subsidiary’s daily business operations, their ability to accept foreign investments and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. These actions could result in a material change in our operations and/or to the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares and could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors. See “Risk Factors — Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong. However, due to the long arm provisions under the current PRC laws and regulations, the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of such business and may influence such operations at any time, which could result in a material change in the operations of the Operating Subsidiary and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The PRC government may also impose restrictions on our ability to transfer money out of Hong Kong to distribute earnings and pay dividends or to reinvest in our business outside of Hong Kong. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the Chinese government may also occur quickly and our assertions and beliefs of the risk imposed by the PRC legal and regulatory system cannot be certain. There are uncertainties regarding the enforcement of PRC laws, and rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice. The Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of the securities we are registering for sale.” for further information.
Recent statements by the PRC government have indicated an intent to exert more exert oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in China based issuers. On July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued a document to crack down on illegal activities in the securities markets and promote the high-quality development of the capital markets, which, among other things, requires the relevant governmental authorities to strengthen cross-border oversight of law-enforcement and judicial cooperation, to enhance supervision over China-based companies listed overseas, and to establish and improve the system of extraterritorial application of the PRC securities laws.
On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) released the Draft Administrative Provisions and the Draft Filing Measures, both of which had a comment period that expired on January 23, 2022. The Draft Administrative Provisions and Draft Filing Measures regulate the administrative system, record-filing management, and other related rules in respect of the direct or indirect overseas issuance of listed and traded securities by “domestic enterprises”. The Draft Administrative Provisions specify that the CSRC has regulatory authority over the “overseas securities offering and listing by domestic enterprises”, and requires “domestic enterprises” to complete filing procedures with the CSRC if they wish to list overseas. On February 17, 2023, the CSRC released the Trial Measures and five supporting guidelines, which came into effect on March 31, 2023. According to the Trial Measures, domestic companies that seek to offer or list securities overseas, both directly and indirectly, should fulfill the filing procedures and report relevant information to the CSRC; any failure to comply with such filling procedures may result in administrative penalties, such as an order to rectify, warnings, and fines. On April 2, 2022, the CSRC published the Draft Archives Rules, for public comment. These rules state that in the overseas listing activities of domestic companies, domestic companies, as well as securities companies and securities service institutions providing relevant securities services thereof, should establish a sound system of confidentiality and archival work, shall not disclose state secrets, or harm the state and public interests.
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Under the Trial Measures and the Guidance Rules and Notice, Chinese domestic companies conducting overseas securities offering and listing activities, either in direct or indirect form, shall complete filing procedures with the CSRC pursuant to the requirements of the Trial Measures within three working days following their submission of initial public offerings or listing application. The companies that have already been listed on overseas stock exchanges or have obtained the approval from overseas supervision administrations or stock exchanges for its offering and listing and will complete their overseas offering and listing prior to September 30, 2023 are not required to make immediate filings for its listing, yet need to make filings for subsequent offerings in accordance with the Trial Measures. Companies that have already submitted an application for an initial public offering to overseas supervision administrations prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures but have not yet obtained the approval from overseas supervision administrations or stock exchanges for the offering and listing, shall arrange for the filing within a reasonable time period and shall complete the filing procedure before such companies’ overseas issuance and listing.
The Management understands that as of the date of this prospectus, the Group has no operations in China and is not required to complete filing procedures with the CSRC pursuant to the requirements of the Trial Measures. While the Group has no current operations in China, should we have any future operations in China and should we (i) fail to receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and require us to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future, we may face sanctions by the CSRC, the CAC or other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may also impose fines and penalties on our potential operations in China, as well as limit our ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit our operations in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into China or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business as well as the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
We may be required to restructure our operations to comply with such regulations or potentially cease operations in the PRC entirely. The CSRC, the CAC or other PRC regulatory agencies also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt this offering before settlement and delivery of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, if the CSRC, the CAC or other regulatory PRC agencies later promulgate new rules requiring that we obtain their approvals for this offering, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in the PRC and our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Furthermore, on July 10, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) issued a revised draft of the Measures for Cybersecurity Review for public comment, which required that, among others, in addition to any “operator of critical information infrastructure”, any “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users which seeks to list in a foreign stock exchange should also be subject to cybersecurity review, and further elaborated the factors to be considered when assessing the national security risks of the relevant activities. On December 28, 2021, the CAC, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), and several other administrations jointly issued the revised Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which became effective and replaced the existing Measures for Cybersecurity Review on February 15, 2022. According to the Revised Review Measures, if an “online platform operator” that is in possession of personal data of more than one million users intends to list in a foreign country, it must apply for a cybersecurity review. Based on a set of Q&A published on the official website of the State Cipher Code Administration in connection with the issuance of the Revised Review Measures, an official of the said administration indicated that an online platform operator should apply for a cybersecurity review prior to the submission of its listing application with non-PRC securities regulators. Moreover, the CAC released the draft of the Regulations on Network Data Security Management in November 2021 for public consultation, which among other things, stipulates that a data processor listed overseas must conduct an annual data security review by itself or by engaging a data security service provider and submit the annual data security review report for a given year to the municipal cybersecurity department before January 31 of the following year. Given the recency of the issuance of the Revised Review Measures and their pending effectiveness, there is a general lack of guidance and substantial uncertainties exist with respect to their interpretation and implementation. It remains unclear whether a Hong Kong company which collects personal information from PRC individuals shall be subject to the Revised Review Measures. We do not currently expect the Revised Review Measures to have an impact on our business, our operations or this offering as we do not believe that our Operating Subsidiary would be deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, that would be required to file for cybersecurity review before listing in the U.S. If the Revised Review Measures are adopted into law in the future and if our Operating Subsidiary is deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, our operation and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. could be subject to CAC’s cybersecurity review.
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We have been advised by David Fong & Co., our Hong Kong counsel, that based on their understanding of the current Hong Kong laws, as of the date of this prospectus, the Company and its Operating Subsidiary, are not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from Hong Kong authorities for the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. and issuing our Class A Ordinary Shares to foreign investors. No such permissions or approvals have been applied for by the Company and/or its subsidiaries or denied by any relevant authorities. Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong, which is a part of the PRC. As of the date of this prospectus, the Operating Subsidiary received all requisite permissions or approvals from the Hong Kong authorities to operate their businesses in Hong Kong, including but not limited to their business registration certificates. However, we have been advised by David Fong & Co. that uncertainties still exist, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in Hong Kong could change rapidly in the future.
Based on management’s internal assessment that the Company and its subsidiary currently have no material operations in the PRC, management understands that as of the date of this prospectus, the Company is not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from PRC authorities for the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. and to issue our Class A Ordinary Shares to foreign investors, including the CAC or the CSRC. We also understand that our Operating Subsidiary is not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from any Chinese authorities to operate their businesses as of the date of this prospectus. No permissions or approvals have been applied for by the Company or denied by any relevant authority. However, uncertainties still exist, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future.
As of the date of this prospectus, Hong Kong does not have similar regulations as of the PRC to extend oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas. Hong Kong does not have similar regulation as of the Trial Measures and the Guidance Rules and Notice, and Measures for Cybersecurity Review of the PRC. In the event that (i) the PRC government expands the categories of industries and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC or the CAC or if applicable laws, regulations or interpretations change and we are required to obtain such permissions or approvals, (ii) we inadvertently conclude that relevant permissions or approvals were not required or (iii) we did not receive or maintain relevant permissions or approvals required, any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in Hong Kong and our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
We also may face risks relating to the lack of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) inspection on our auditor, which may cause our securities to be delisted from a U.S. stock exchange or prohibited from being traded over-the-counter in the future under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) determines that we have filed annual report containing an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that the PCAOB has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely for three consecutive years beginning in 2021. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and on December 29, 2022, a legislation entitled “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023” (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”) was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and amended the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time before our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from trading or delisted. The delisting or the cessation of trading of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted or prohibited from being traded, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.
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On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a determination report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the PRC; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022. Our current auditor, SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation, is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified by the PCAOB in its report on December 16, 2021 as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022.
On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol, or SOP, Agreement with the CSRC and China’s Ministry of Finance. The SOP, together with two protocol agreements governing inspections and investigation, establishes a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely in 2022. The PCAOB vacated its previous 2021 determinations that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. However, whether the PCAOB will continue to be able to satisfactorily conduct inspections of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong is subject to uncertainty and depends on a number of factors out of our, and our auditor’s, control. The PCAOB is continuing to demand complete access in mainland China and Hong Kong moving forward and is already making plans to resume regular inspections in the second half of 2023 and beyond, as well as to continue pursuing ongoing investigations and initiate new investigations as needed. The PCAOB has indicated that it will act immediately to consider the need to issue new determinations with the HFCAA if needed. If the PCAOB in the future again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the companies audited by those auditors would be subject to a trading prohibition on U.S. markets pursuant to the HFCAA.
If the PCAOB in the future again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China would prevent the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, investors could be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections, if the PCAOB again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China would make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit procedures or quality control procedures, which could cause existing and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements. Although our auditor was not identified by the PCAOB in its report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022, should the PCAOB be unable to fully conduct inspection of our auditor’s work papers in China, this could adversely affect us and our securities for the reasons noted above.
Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the U.S. and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the U.S. pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess our auditor’s compliance with the applicable professional standards. Our auditor is headquartered in East Amherst, New York, and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis with the last inspection in 2023. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties to our Offering and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements.
Corporate Information
Our registered office is Osiris International Cayman Limited, Suite #4-210, Governors Square, 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue, PO Box 32311, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands and our principal office is Office A, 15/F, Tower A, Capital Tower, No. 38 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. The telephone number of our principal office is +852-2811-9688. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168. Our corporate website is http://kinchiu.com/. Information contained on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.
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Implications of Being an “Emerging Growth Company” and a “Foreign Private Issuer”
As a company with less than US$1.235 billion in revenue during our most recently completed fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure and requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to U.S. public companies that are not emerging growth companies. These provisions include:
| ● | the option to include in an initial public offering registration statement only two years of audited financial statements and selected financial data and only two years of related disclosure; |
| ● | reduced executive compensation disclosure; and |
| ● | an exemption from the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) in the assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting. |
The JOBS Act also permits an emerging growth company, such as us, to delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards are applicable to private companies. We have not elected to “opt out” of this provision, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we will have the discretion to adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard and our discretion will remain until such time that we either (i) irrevocably elect to “opt out” of such extended transition period or (ii) no longer qualify as an emerging growth company.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of:
| ● | the last day of our fiscal year during which we have total annual revenue of at least US$1.235 billion; |
| ● | the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the closing of the initial public offering; |
| ● | the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than US$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities; or |
| ● | the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” under the Exchange Act, which, among other things, would occur if the market value of our Class A Ordinary Shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds US$700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter. |
We have taken advantage of reduced reporting requirements in this prospectus. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies.
In addition, we will report under the Exchange Act as a “foreign private issuer.” As a foreign private issuer, we may take advantage of certain provisions under the Nasdaq rules that allow us to follow Cayman Islands law for certain corporate governance matters. Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, as long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we will be exempt from certain provisions of the Exchange Act that are applicable to U.S. domestic public companies, including:
| ● | the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act; |
| ● | the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; |
| ● | the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing unaudited financial and other specified information, or current reports on Form 8-K, upon the occurrence of specified significant events; and |
| ● | Regulation Fair Disclosure (“Regulation FD”), which regulates selective disclosures of material information by issuers. |
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We are also a foreign private issuer. Foreign private issuers, like emerging growth companies, are also exempt from certain more stringent executive compensation disclosure rules. Thus, if we remain a foreign private issuer, even if we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we will continue to be exempt from the more stringent compensation disclosures required of public companies that are neither an emerging growth company nor a foreign private issuer.
We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time as we are no longer a foreign private issuer. We are required to determine our status as a foreign private issuer on an annual basis at the end of our second fiscal quarter. We would cease to be a foreign private issuer at such time as more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents and any of the following three circumstances apply:
| ● | the majority of our executive officers or directors are U.S. citizens or residents; |
| ● | more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States; or |
| ● | our business is administered principally in the United States. |
In determining whether more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents, we will examine the record ownership of brokers, dealers, banks, or nominees holding securities for the accounts of their customers and any beneficial ownership reports or other information available to us in the U.S. and Cayman Islands (our home jurisdiction). If more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities (i.e. sum of outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, each counting as one share) are held by U.S. residents and any of the above three circumstances apply, we would cease to be a foreign private issuer.
Implications of Being a Controlled Company
We are a “controlled company” as defined under the Nasdaq Listing Rules because QLE, as the sole holder of all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, represents approximately 79.14% of the aggregate voting power of our issued and outstanding share capital. For so long as we remain a “controlled company,” we are permitted to elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements. If we rely on these exemptions, you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.
Even if we cease to be a controlled company, we may still rely on exemptions available to foreign private issuers.
Conventions Which Apply to this Prospectus
Throughout this prospectus, we use a number of key terms and provide a number of key performance indicators used by management. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout where the context so admits:
| ● | “Amended Memorandum and Articles” refers to our second amended and restated memorandum of association and articles of association adopted by special resolution passed on October 9, 2024; |
| ● | “Audit Committee” refers to the audit committee of our Board of Directors; |
| ● | “Board” or “Board of Directors” refer to the board of Directors of our Company; |
| ● | “Class A Ordinary Shares” refers to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited’s Class A ordinary shares with par value of US$0.00001 each; |
| ● | “Class B Ordinary Shares” refers to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited’s Class B ordinary shares with par value of US$0.00001 each; |
| ● | “China” or the “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong and Macau. For reference to specific laws and regulations adopted by the PRC, the definition of “China” or the “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau; |
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| ● | “Companies Act” refers to the Companies Act (as revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; |
| ● | “Directors” refers to the directors of our Company; |
| ● | “Executive Officers” refers to the executive officers of our Company; |
| ● | “Government” refers to the government of Hong Kong; |
| ● | “Hong Kong” refers to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China; |
| ● | “Migo” refers to Migo Corporation Limited, an independent market research agency, which is an independent third party; |
| ● | “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” refers to the nominating corporate governance committee of our Board of Directors |
| ● | “Offering” refers to the initial public offering of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited; |
| ● | “Operating Subsidiary” refers to Kin Chiu Engineering Limited; |
| ● | “our Group” or “the Group” refers to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries; |
| ● | “SEC” refers to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; |
| ● | “we”, “us”, “our Company”, “our” or “the Company” refers to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and in the context of describing its operation and business, its subsidiaries; |
| ● | “H.K. dollar”, “H.K. dollars”, or “HK$” refers to the legal currency of Hong Kong; |
| ● | “U.S. dollar”, “U.S. dollars”, “dollars”, “USD”, “US$” or “$” refers to the legal currency of the United States. |
The expressions “associated company,” “related corporation” and “subsidiary” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Companies Act, as the case may be.
Any discrepancies in tables included herein between the total sum of amounts listed and the totals thereof are due to rounding. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them.
Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to “we,” “our,” “us,” “our Group” or the “Company” or their other grammatical variations is a reference to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Certain of our customers and suppliers are referred to in this prospectus by their trade names. Our contracts with these customers and suppliers are typically with an entity or entities in the relevant customer or supplier’s group of companies.
Internet site addresses in this prospectus are included for reference only and the information contained in any website, including our website, is not incorporated by reference into, and does not form part of, this prospectus.
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Market and Industry Data
We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus we prepare or authorize. This prospectus includes statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties, as well estimates by our management based on such data. The market data and estimates used in this prospectus involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such data and estimates. While we believe that the information from these industry publications, surveys and studies is reliable, the industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of important factors, including those described in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by the independent parties and by us.
Presentation of Financial and Other Information
Unless otherwise indicated, all financial information contained in this prospectus is prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
All references in this prospectus to “U.S. dollars,” “US$,” “$” and “USD” refer to United States dollar(s), the legal currency of the United States of America, and all references to “HKD,” or “Hong Kong Dollar” refer to Hong Kong dollar(s), the legal currency of Hong Kong. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to currency amounts in this prospectus are in USD. The Company is a holding company with operations exclusively conducted in Hong Kong through its Hong Kong operating subsidiary, of whose reporting currency is Hong Kong Dollar. This prospectus contains translations of certain foreign currency amounts into U.S. dollars for the convenience of the reader.
The following table outlines the currency exchange rates that were used in preparing the consolidated financial statements:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Year-end spot rate | $1 = HK$7.7800 | $1 = HK$7.8250 | ||||||
| Average rate | $1 = HK$7.7923 | $1 = HK$7.8263 |
No representation is made that the HKD amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into US$ at such rate, or at any other rate.
We have made rounding adjustments to some of the figures contained in this prospectus. Accordingly, numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be exact arithmetic aggregations of the figures that preceded them.
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The Offering
| Class A Ordinary Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders: |
Up to 74,995,887 Class A Ordinary Shares | |
| Shares outstanding before this Offering: | 13,084,314 Ordinary Shares, consisting of 11,089,314 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. | |
| Use of proceeds: | All net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus will go to the Selling Shareholders, and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares. See “Plan of Distribution” of this prospectus for additional information | |
| Nasdaq Capital Market Symbol | SKBL | |
| Risk factors: | See section titled “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in the Class A Ordinary Shares. | |
| Transfer Agent: | VStock Transfer, LLC |
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An investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares involves various risks. Prospective investors should carefully consider and evaluate each of the following considerations and all other information set forth in this prospectus before deciding to invest in our Class A Ordinary Shares. The following section describes the significant risks that could directly or indirectly affect us and the value or trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The risk factors that are material to investors in making an informed judgment have been set out below. If any of the following considerations and uncertainties develops into actual events, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In such cases, the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could decline and investors may lose all or part of their investment in our Shares. Prospective investors are advised to apprise themselves of all factors involving the risks of investing in our Class A Ordinary Shares from their professional advisers before making any decision to invest in our Class A Ordinary Shares.
This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements having direct and/or indirect implications on our future performance. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks and uncertainties faced by us described below and elsewhere in this prospectus. See section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
We will in the future rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by the Operating Subsidiary to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of the Operating Subsidiary to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business. In the future, funds or assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of Hong Kong, due to the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash.
Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited is a holding company, and we will in the future rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by the Operating Subsidiary for our cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders and service any debt we may incur. We do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate we will retain any earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. If the Operating Subsidiary incurs debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. Please refer to the section titled “Dividend Policy” for more information.
According to the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (as amended), a British Virgin Islands company may make dividends distribution to the extent that immediately after the distribution, such company’s liabilities do not exceed its assets and that such company is able to pay its debts as they fall due. According to the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong, a Hong Kong company may only make a distribution out of profits available for distribution. Under the current practice of the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong, no tax is payable in Hong Kong in respect of dividends paid by us. Any limitation on the ability of our Hong Kong subsidiary to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business.
Under the current practice of the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong, no tax is payable in Hong Kong in respect of dividends paid by us. See “Taxation — Hong Kong taxation.” The PRC laws and regulations do not currently have any material impact on transfers of cash from Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited to our Operating Subsidiary or our Operating Subsidiary to Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, our shareholders and U.S. investors. However, the Chinese government may, in the future, impose restrictions or limitations on our ability to transfer money out of Hong Kong, to distribute earnings and pay dividends to and from the other entities within our organization, or to reinvest in our business outside of Hong Kong. Such restrictions and limitations, if imposed in the future, may delay or hinder the expansion of our business to outside of Hong Kong and may affect our ability to receive funds from our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong. The promulgation of new laws or regulations, or the new interpretation of existing laws and regulations, in each case, that restrict or otherwise unfavorably impact the ability or way we conduct our business, could require us to change certain aspects of our business to ensure compliance, which could decrease demand for our services, reduce revenues, increase costs, require us to obtain more licenses, permits, approvals or certificates, or subject us to additional liabilities. To the extent any new or more stringent measures are required to be implemented, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected and such measured could materially decrease the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares, potentially rendering them worthless.
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Recently in 2023, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in mainland China, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over mainland China-based companies listed overseas using the variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. In the future, we may be subject to PRC laws and regulations related to the current business operations of our Operating Subsidiary and any changes in such laws and regulations and interpretations may impair its ability to operate profitably, which could result in a material negative impact on its operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Although we have direct ownership of our operating entities in Hong Kong and currently do not have or intend to have any subsidiary or any contractual arrangement to establish a VIE structure with any entity in mainland China, we are still subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with our Operating Subsidiary, being based in Hong Kong and having all of its operations to date in Hong Kong. Additionally, the legal and operational risks associated in mainland China may also apply to operations in Hong Kong, and we face the risks and uncertainties associated with the complex and evolving PRC laws and regulations and as to whether and how the recent PRC government statements and regulatory developments, such as those relating to data and cyberspace security and anti-monopoly concerns, would be applicable to a company such as our Operating Subsidiary and Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, given the substantial operations of our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong and the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight over the conduct of business in Hong Kong. In the event we or our Operating Subsidiary were to become subject to PRC laws and regulations, we could incur material costs to ensure compliance, and we or our Operating Subsidiary might be subject to fines, experienced evaluation of securities or delisting, no longer be permitted to conduct offerings to foreign investors, and/or no longer be permitted to continue business operations as presently conducted. Our organizational structure involves risks to the investors, and Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow this structure, which would likely result in a material change in our Operating Subsidiary’s operations and/or a material change in the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares, including the risk that such event could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless. Moreover, there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations related to our business and the enforcement and performance of our arrangements with customers in certain circumstances. The laws and regulations may be subject to future changes, and their official interpretation and enforcement may involve substantial uncertainty. The effectiveness and interpretation of newly enacted laws or regulations, including amendments to existing laws and regulations, may be delayed, and our business may be affected if we rely on laws and regulations which are subsequently adopted or interpreted in a manner different from our understanding of these laws and regulations. We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our business.
We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding M&A Rules, the Trial Measures and data security, and any failure to comply with applicable laws and obligations could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies on August 8, 2006, and amended on June 22, 2009, requires an overseas special purpose vehicle formed for listing purposes through acquisitions of domestic companies in mainland China and controlled by companies or individuals of mainland China to obtain the approval of the CSRC, prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. In addition, on December 24, 2021, the CSRC released the Administrative Regulations of the State Council Concerning the Oversea Issuance of Security and Listing by Domestic Enterprise (Draft for Comments) (the “Draft Administrative Regulations”) and the Measures for the Overseas Issuance of Securities and Listing Record-Filings by Domestic Enterprises (Draft for Comments) (the “Draft Filing Measures”), collectively the “Draft Rules on Overseas Listing”, for public opinion.
Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited is a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with one operating subsidiary based in Hong Kong, as of the date of this prospectus, we have no subsidiary, VIE structure or any direct operations in mainland China, nor do we intend to have any subsidiary or VIE structure or to acquire any equity interests in any domestic companies in mainland China, and we are not controlled by any companies or individuals of mainland China. Further, we are headquartered in Hong Kong and our chief executive officer, chief financial officer and all members of the board of directors of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited are based in Hong Kong are not mainland China citizens and all of our revenues and profits are generated by our subsidiary in Hong Kong and we have not generated any revenues or profits in mainland China. Additionally, we do not intend to operate in mainland China in the foreseeable future. As such, we do not believe we would be subject to the M&A Rules, or would be required to file with the CSRC under the Trial
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Measures. Moreover, pursuant to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or the Basic Law, PRC laws and regulations shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law (which is confined to laws relating to national defense, foreign affairs and other matters that are not within the scope of autonomy).Therefore, we believe, as of the date of this prospectus, the CSRC’s approval or review is not required for the listing and trading of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. exchange as provided under the M&A Rules and the Trial Measures.
Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong, which is a part of the PRC. We are aware that recently, in 2023, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using a VIE structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding its efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon the legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any. It is also highly uncertain what the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our Hong Kong subsidiary’s daily business operations, their ability to accept foreign investments and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. These actions could result in a material change in our operations and/or to the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares and could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors.
In addition, on December 28, 2021, the Measures were published and became effective February 15, 2022, and require that, among other things, and in addition to any “operator of critical information infrastructure”, any “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users which seeks to list in a foreign stock exchange should also be subject to cybersecurity review, and which further elaborate on the factors to be considered when assessing the national security risks of the relevant activities. The publication of the Measures indicates greater oversight by the CAC over data security, which may impact our business and this Offering in the future. As of the date of this prospectus, our Operating Subsidiary does not have any mainland China individuals as clients. However, our Operating Subsidiary may collect and store certain data (including certain personal information) from its customers for “Know Your Customers” purposes, which may include mainland China individuals in the future. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not expect the Measures to have an impact on our business, operations or this Offering to subject us or our Operating Subsidiary to permission requirements from the CAC or any other government agency that is required to approve our subsidiary’s operations, as we do not believe we will be deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, that are required to file for cybersecurity review before listing in the U.S. However, there remains significant uncertainty in the interpretation and enforcement of relevant PRC cybersecurity laws and regulations. If we were deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, or if other regulations promulgated in relation to the Measures are deemed to apply to us, our subsidiary’s business operations and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. could be subject to CAC’s cybersecurity review or we and our subsidiary might be covered by permission from the CAC or any other government agency that is required to approve our subsidiary’s operations in the future. Nevertheless, since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon the legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any. It also remains uncertain what the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our subsidiary’s daily business operations, its ability to accept foreign investments and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a U.S. or other foreign exchanges. If any or all of the foregoing were to occur, it may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to complete this Offering or cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or become worthless. As of the date of this prospectus, there are no commensurate laws or regulations in Hong Kong which result in similar significant oversight over data security for companies seeking to offer securities on a foreign exchange. However, we cannot guarantee that, if, in the future, such laws or regulations were issued in Hong Kong, we would be compliant with such laws or regulations in a timely manner or at all. In addition, we may have to spend significant time and costs to become compliant. If we are unable to do so, on commercially reasonable terms, in a timely manner or otherwise, we may become subject to sanctions imposed by the relevant regulatory authorities, and our ability to conduct our business, or offer securities on a U.S. or other international securities exchange may be restricted. As a result of the foregoing, our business, reputation, financial condition, and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
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Recent statements by the PRC government have indicated an intent to exert more exert oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in China based issuers. On July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued a document to crack down on illegal activities in the securities markets and promote the high-quality development of the capital markets, which, among other things, requires the relevant governmental authorities to strengthen cross-border oversight of law-enforcement and judicial cooperation, to enhance supervision over China-based companies listed overseas, and to establish and improve the system of extraterritorial application of the PRC securities laws.
On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) released the Draft Administrative Provisions and the Draft Filing Measures, both of which had a comment period that expired on January 23, 2022. The Draft Administrative Provisions and Draft Filing Measures regulate the administrative system, record-filing management, and other related rules in respect of the direct or indirect overseas issuance of listed and traded securities by “domestic enterprises”. The Draft Administrative Provisions specify that the CSRC has regulatory authority over the “overseas securities offering and listing by domestic enterprises”, and requires “domestic enterprises” to complete filing procedures with the CSRC if they wish to list overseas. On February 17, 2023, the CSRC released the Trial Measures and five supporting guidelines, which came into effect on March 31, 2023. According to the Trial Measures, domestic companies that seek to offer or list securities overseas, both directly and indirectly, should fulfill the filing procedures and report relevant information to the CSRC; any failure to comply with such filling procedures may result in administrative penalties, such as an order to rectify, warnings, and fines. On April 2, 2022, the CSRC published the Draft Archives Rules, for public comment. These rules state that in the overseas listing activities of domestic companies, domestic companies, as well as securities companies and securities service institutions providing relevant securities services thereof, should establish a sound system of confidentiality and archival work, shall not disclose state secrets, or harm the state and public interests.
Under the Trial Measures and the Guidance Rules and Notice, Chinese domestic companies conducting overseas securities offering and listing activities, either in direct or indirect form, shall complete filing procedures with the CSRC pursuant to the requirements of the Trial Measures within three working days following their submission of initial public offerings or listing application. The companies that have already been listed on overseas stock exchanges or have obtained the approval from overseas supervision administrations or stock exchanges for its offering and listing and will complete their overseas offering and listing prior to September 30, 2023 are not required to make immediate filings for its listing, yet need to make filings for subsequent offerings in accordance with the Trial Measures. Companies that have already submitted an application for an initial public offering to overseas supervision administrations prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures but have not yet obtained the approval from overseas supervision administrations or stock exchanges for the offering and listing, shall arrange for the filing within a reasonable time period and shall complete the filing procedure before such companies’ overseas issuance and listing.
The Management understands that as of the date of this prospectus, the Group has no operations in China and is not required to complete filing procedures with the CSRC pursuant to the requirements of the Trial Measures. While the Group has no current operations in China, should we have any future operations in China and should we (i) fail to receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and require us to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future, we may face sanctions by the CSRC, the CAC or other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may also impose fines and penalties on our potential operations in China, as well as limit our ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit our operations in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into China or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business as well as the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. We may be required to restructure our operations to comply with such regulations or potentially cease operations in the PRC entirely. The CSRC, the CAC or other PRC regulatory agencies also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt this offering before settlement and delivery of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, if the CSRC, the CAC or other regulatory PRC agencies later promulgate new rules requiring that we obtain their approvals for this offering, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in the PRC and our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
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Furthermore, on July 10, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) issued a revised draft of the Measures for Cybersecurity Review for public comment, which required that, among others, in addition to any “operator of critical information infrastructure”, any “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users which seeks to list in a foreign stock exchange should also be subject to cybersecurity review, and further elaborated the factors to be considered when assessing the national security risks of the relevant activities. On December 28, 2021, the CAC, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), and several other administrations jointly issued the revised Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which became effective and replaced the existing Measures for Cybersecurity Review on February 15, 2022. According to the Revised Review Measures, if an “online platform operator” that is in possession of personal data of more than one million users intends to list in a foreign country, it must apply for a cybersecurity review. Based on a set of Q&A published on the official website of the State Cipher Code Administration in connection with the issuance of the Revised Review Measures, an official of the said administration indicated that an online platform operator should apply for a cybersecurity review prior to the submission of its listing application with non-PRC securities regulators. Moreover, the CAC released the draft of the Regulations on Network Data Security Management in November 2021 for public consultation, which among other things, stipulates that a data processor listed overseas must conduct an annual data security review by itself or by engaging a data security service provider and submit the annual data security review report for a given year to the municipal cybersecurity department before January 31 of the following year. Given the recency of the issuance of the Revised Review Measures and their pending effectiveness, there is a general lack of guidance and substantial uncertainties exist with respect to their interpretation and implementation. It remains unclear whether a Hong Kong company which collects personal information from PRC individuals shall be subject to the Revised Review Measures. We do not currently expect the Revised Review Measures to have an impact on our business, our operations or this offering as we do not believe that our Operating Subsidiary would be deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, that would be required to file for cybersecurity review before listing in the U.S. However, there remains significant uncertainty in the interpretation and enforcement of relevant PRC cybersecurity laws and regulations. If the Revised Review Measures are adopted into law in the future and if our Operating Subsidiary is deemed to be an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or a “data processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users, our operation and the listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. could be subject to CAC’s cybersecurity review.
We have been advised by David Fong & Co., our Hong Kong counsel, that based on their understanding of the current Hong Kong laws, as of the date of this prospectus, the Company and its subsidiary, our Operating Subsidiary, are not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from Hong Kong authorities for the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. and issuing our Class A Ordinary Shares to foreign investors. No such permissions or approvals have been applied for by the Company and/or its subsidiary or denied by any relevant authorities. Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong, which is a part of the PRC. As of the date of this prospectus, our Operating Subsidiary have received all requisite permissions or approvals from the Hong Kong authorities to operate their businesses in Hong Kong, including but not limited to their business registration certificates. However, we have been advised by David Fong & Co. that uncertainties still exist, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in Hong Kong could change rapidly in the future.
Based on management’s internal assessment that the Company and its subsidiary currently have no material operations in the PRC, management understands that as of the date of this prospectus, the Company is not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from PRC authorities for the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. and to issue our Class A Ordinary Shares to foreign investors, including the CAC or the CSRC. We also understand that our Operating Subsidiary is not required to obtain any permissions or approvals from any Chinese authorities to operate their businesses as of the date of this prospectus. No permissions or approvals have been applied for by the Company or denied by any relevant authority. However, uncertainties still exist, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future.
As of the date of this prospectus, Hong Kong does not have similar regulations as of the PRC to extend oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas. Hong Kong does not have similar regulation as of the Trial Measures and the Guidance Rules and Notice, and Measures for Cybersecurity Review of the PRC. In the event that (i) the PRC government expands the categories of industries and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC or the CAC or if applicable laws, regulations or interpretations change and we are required to obtain such permissions or approvals, (ii) we inadvertently conclude that relevant permissions or approvals were not required or (iii) we did not receive or maintain relevant permissions or approvals required, any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in Hong Kong and our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
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Most of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are conducted in Hong Kong. However, due to the long arm provisions under the current PRC laws and regulations, the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of such business and may influence such operations at any time, which could result in a material change in the operations of the Operating Subsidiary and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The PRC government may also impose restrictions on our ability to transfer money out of Hong Kong to distribute earnings and pay dividends or to reinvest in our business outside of Hong Kong. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the Chinese government may also occur quickly and our assertions and beliefs of the risk imposed by the PRC legal and regulatory system cannot be certain. There are uncertainties regarding the enforcement of PRC laws, and rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice. The Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of the securities we are registering for sale.
Recently in 2023, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in mainland China, including a cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over mainland China-based companies listed overseas using the VIE structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. Given the recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in mainland China-based issuers, any such action could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Additionally, any further control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment impacting our subsidiary in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government could result in a material change in our Operating Subsidiary’s operations, financial performance and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares or impair our ability to raise money.
There are uncertainties regarding the enforcement of PRC laws, and rules and regulations in China can change with little advance notice. For example, the Chinese cybersecurity regulator announced on July 2, 2021 that it began an investigation of Didi Global Inc. (NYSE: DIDI) and two days later ordered that company’s app be removed from smartphone app stores. The Chinese government has exercised, and continues to exercise, substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. The Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of the securities we are registering for sale. Furthermore, given the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas, although we are currently not required to obtain permission from any of the PRC federal or local government and has not received any denial to list on the U.S. exchange, it is uncertain whether or when we might be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to list on U.S. exchanges in the future, and even if such permission is obtained, whether it will be later denied or rescinded, which could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities to investors and cause the value of our shares to significantly decline or be worthless.
If the Chinese government chooses to extend oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in mainland China-based issuers to Hong Kong-based issuers, such action may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer Class A Ordinary Shares to investors and cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or be worthless.
Recent statements, laws and regulations by the Chinese government in 2022 and 2023, including the Measures, the PRC Personal Information Protection Law and the Trial Measures have already indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in mainland China-based issuers. We could be subject to approval or review by Chinese regulatory authorities to pursue this offering. We do not have any operations in mainland China and currently do not have or intend to have any operating subsidiary established in mainland China or any contractual arrangement to establish a VIE structure with any entity in mainland China, but because all of our operations are conducted in Hong Kong through our wholly-owned subsidiary, and Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China, the Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene in or influence our operations at any time, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
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In the event that the PRC regulatory authorities disallow our business structure, any action taken by the PRC government could significantly limit or completely hinder our operations in Hong Kong and our ability and to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
Our performance depends on market conditions and trends in the civil engineering industry and if there is any slowdown in the development of infrastructure in Hong Kong, the availability of civil engineering projects in Hong Kong may decrease significantly.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the majority of our revenue was derived from civil engineering projects in Hong Kong. The future development of the civil engineering industry and the availability of civil engineering projects in Hong Kong largely depend on the continued development of infrastructure by the Government of Hong Kong. The nature, extent and timing of available civil engineering projects will be determined by an interplay of a variety of factors, including the Government’s policies on the infrastructure development in Hong Kong, its land supply and public housing policy, the investment and budget of the Government of Hong Kong and the general conditions and prospects of Hong Kong’s economy. These factors may affect the availability of civil engineering projects in Hong Kong.
If there is any slowdown in the development of infrastructure by the Government in Hong Kong, there is no assurance that the availability of civil engineering projects in Hong Kong would not decrease significantly and our business and financial position and prospect may be adversely and materially affected.
Our revenue is mainly derived from projects which are non-recurrent in nature and there is no guarantee that our customers will provide us with new businesses.
Our revenue is typically derived from projects which are non-recurrent in nature and our customers are under no obligation to award projects to us. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, we secured new businesses mainly through invitation for tender by customers or through submitting tenders directly to the Government of Hong Kong responsible for the projects. There is no assurance that we will be able to secure new contracts in the future. Accordingly, the number and scale of projects and the amount of revenue we are able to derive therefrom may vary significantly from period to period, and it may be difficult to forecast the volume of future business. In the event that we fail to secure new contracts or there is a significant decrease in the number of tender invitations or contracts available for bidding in the future, our business, financial position and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
Our cost of revenue has historically fluctuated. If we experience any significant increase in cost of revenue, our gross profit margin might decrease and our business operations and financial position might be materially and adversely affected.
Our revenue is typically derived from projects, with each contract sum being determined with reference to tender price that are formulated based on a certain mark-up over our estimated costs. Pricing of our services is determined on a case-by-case basis and is dependent on various factors, which generally include (i) the scope of services; (ii) the price trend for the types of subcontracting services as well as the materials required; (iii) the complexity and the location of the project; (iv) the estimated quantity and type of equipment required; (v) the completion time requested by our customers; and (vi) the availability of human and financial resources. We will review the cost budget from time to time. If the actual cost is higher than originally budgeted, it may reduce our profit margin and affect our financial performance. If we fail to keep the costs within the initial budget, our business operation and financial results may be adversely affected.
The total actual value of work done may differ from the original estimated contract sum stated in our contracts with customers.
Our customers may request additional, reduction or alteration of works beyond the scope of the contract during project implementation by placing variation orders with us. The aggregate amount of revenue that we are able to derive from a project may be different from the original estimated contract sum specified in the relevant contract due to variation orders placed by our customers. As such, there is no assurance that the amount of fees and charges as finally agreed with our customers would be sufficient to recover our costs incurred or provide us with a reasonable profit margin or the amount of revenue derived from our projects will not be substantially different from the original estimated contract sum as specified in the relevant contracts and our financial condition may be adversely affected by any decrease in our revenue as a result of variation orders. As a result, there is no assurance that our revenue and profit margin in the future will remain at a level comparable to those recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
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Any material inaccurate cost estimation or cost overruns may adversely affect our financial results.
When determining our tender price, our management would estimate the time and costs involved in a project taking into account (i) the scope of services; (ii) the price trend for the types of subcontracting services as well as the materials required; (iii) the complexity and the location of the project; (iv) the estimated quantity and type of equipment required; (v) the completion time requested by our customers; and (vi) the availability of human and financial resources.
There is no assurance that the actual amount of time and costs incurred during the performance of our projects would not exceed our estimation. The actual amount of time and costs incurred in completing a project may be adversely affected by many factors, including unforeseen site conditions, adverse weather conditions, accidents, non-performance by our subcontractors, unexpected significant increase in costs of materials agreed to be borne by us, unexpected increase in the amount of rectification works requested by our customers and other unforeseen problems and circumstances. Any material inaccurate estimation in the time and costs involved in a project may give rise to delays in completion of works and/or cost overruns, which in turn may materially and adversely affect our financial condition, profitability and liquidity. We typically bear the risk of delays and cost overruns in our projects and we are generally unable to pass these costs to our customers.
If we do not comply with certain laws, we could be suspended or debarred contracting, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Various statutes to which our operations are subject, such as Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59 of the Laws of Hong Kong), Construction Site (Safety) Regulations (Cap. 59I of the Laws of Hong Kong), Factory and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Officers and Safety Supervisors) Regulations (Cap. 59Z of the Laws of Hong Kong), Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulations (Cap. 59AF of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Cap. 509 of the Laws of Hong Kong), which deal with the health and safety during the construction process and various other statutes provide for discretionary suspension and/or debarment in certain circumstances.
The scope and duration of any suspension or debarment may vary depending upon the facts of a particular case and the statutory or regulatory grounds for debarment. Any suspension or debarment from contracting will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
Unsatisfactory performance by our subcontractors or unavailability of subcontractors may adversely affect our operation and profitability.
We engage subcontractors from time to time to perform a part of the site work under our supervision. In order to control and ensure the quality and progress of the works of our subcontractors, we select subcontractors based on quality of their service, their qualifications and experience relevant to the project, skills and technique required for the project, the prevailing market price, the delivery time, their availability and fee quotations. There is no assurance that the work quality of our subcontractors can always meet our requirements. We may be affected by the non-performance, inappropriate or poor quality of works rendered by our subcontractors. Such events could impact upon our profitability, financial performance and reputation. In addition, there is no assurance that we will always be able to secure services from suitable subcontractors when required, or be able to negotiate acceptable fees and terms of service with subcontractors. In such event, our operation and financial position may be adversely affected.
In the event that our subcontractors fail to follow the safety guidelines and other requirements imposed by our customers, we may be liable to pay to our customers the expenses and penalties incurred by them. Although we are entitled to be compensated by our subcontractors in relation to such penalties under the subcontracting agreement, we may not be able to claim from such subcontractors in order to maintain a stable relationship with our major subcontractors. In such event, we may be subject to additional costs and penalties incurred by our subcontractors in relation to their failure to comply with the safety procedures and other requirements imposed by our customers.
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We depend on third parties for supply of materials to operate our business.
We purchase materials from our suppliers for the provision of our services. The major types of materials sourced from our suppliers included concrete, steel and consumables. We cannot assure you that our favorable working relationships with our suppliers will continue in the future. In addition, there have historically been periods of supply shortages in our industry.
The inability to purchase materials could severely impact our business. If our suppliers experience price increases or disruptions to their business, such as labor disputes, supply shortages or distribution problems, our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
We may not be able to compete favorably in our highly competitive industry.
Some of our competitors may have certain advantages, including but not limited to having long operating history, better financing capabilities and well-developed technical expertise. New participants may wish to enter the industry provided that they have the appropriate skills, local experience, necessary equipment, capital and they are granted the requisite licenses or approvals by the relevant regulatory bodies. Any significant increase in competition may result in lower operating margins and loss of market share, which may adversely affect our profitability and operating results.
During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our five largest customers accounted for a significant portion of our total revenue.
A significant portion of our revenue was derived from a limited number of customers. Our five largest customers for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 accounted for approximately 82.7%, 84.9% and 84.2% of our revenue in the corresponding periods, respectively. In particular, one of our top customers contributed approximately 10.8%, 33.4% and 39.8% of our total revenue for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023. We were engaged by our customers on a project-by-project basis. There is no assurance that we will continue to obtain contracts from our major customers in the future. If there is a significant decrease in the number of projects awarded by our major customers, and we are unable to secure suitable projects of a comparable size and quantity as replacements from other customers, our financial condition and operating results would be materially and adversely affected.
Environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and any changes to, or liabilities arising under, such laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.
Our operations are subject to stringent and complex laws and regulations governing the discharge of materials into the environment, health and safety aspects of our operations or otherwise relating to environmental protection. These laws and regulations may impose numerous obligations applicable to our operations, including: the acquisition of a permit or other approval before conducting regulated activities; the restriction of the types, quantities and concentration of materials that can be released into the environment; the limitation or prohibition of activities on certain lands lying within wilderness, wetlands, and other protected areas; the application of specific health and safety criteria addressing worker protection; and the imposition of substantial liabilities for pollution resulting from our operations.
A number of government authorities have the power to enforce compliance with these laws and regulations and the permits issued under them. Such enforcement actions often involve difficult and costly compliance measures or corrective actions. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may result in the assessment of sanctions, including administrative, civil, or criminal penalties, natural resource damages, the imposition of investigatory or remedial obligations, and the issuance of orders limiting or prohibiting some or all of our operations. In addition, we may experience delays in obtaining, or be unable to obtain, required permits, which may delay or interrupt our operations and limit our growth and revenue.
Certain environmental laws impose strict liability (i.e., no showing of “fault” is required) or joint and several liability for costs required to remediate and restore sites where hazardous substances, hydrocarbons or solid wastes have been stored or released. We may be required to remediate contaminated properties currently or formerly owned or operated by us or third-party facilities that received waste generated by our operations regardless of whether such contamination resulted from the conduct of others or from the consequences of our own actions that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time those actions were taken. Furthermore, the existence of contamination at properties we own, lease or operate could result in increased operational costs or restrictions on our ability to use those properties as intended.
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In certain instances, citizen groups also have the ability to bring legal proceedings against us if we do not comply with environmental laws or challenge our ability to receive environmental permits that we need to operate. In addition, claims for damages to persons or property, including natural resources, may result from our operations’ environmental, health, and safety impacts. Our insurance may not cover all environmental risks and costs or may not provide sufficient coverage if an environmental claim is made against us. Moreover, public interest in protecting the environment has increased dramatically in recent years. The trend of more expansive and stringent environmental legislation and regulations applied to our industry could continue, resulting in increased costs of doing business and consequently affecting profitability.
We may not be able to implement our business plans effectively to achieve future growth.
Our expansion plan is based upon a forward-looking assessment of market prospects of the civil engineering industry in Hong Kong and there is no assurance that such assessment will always turn out to be correct or that it will be able to grow our business as planned. Expansion plans may be affected by a number of factors beyond our control. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in economic conditions in Hong Kong, changes in supply and demand for our civil engineering services and government regulations in relation to the civil engineering industry. Our future growth depends on our ability to improve our administrative, technical and operational infrastructure. As the business expands, we may encounter a range of difficulties in managing our business, such as difficulties (i) generating sufficient liquidity internally or obtaining external financing for capital needs, and (ii) allocating its resources and managing its relationships with a growing number of customers, suppliers and other business partners. There can be no assurance that future growth will materialize or that we will be able to manage future growth effectively, and failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.
Our continued success requires us to hire, train and retain qualified personnel and subcontractors in a competitive industry.
The success of our business depends upon our ability to attract, train and retain qualified, reliable personnel, including, but not limited to, our executive officers and key management personnel, such as Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mr. Chun Man Lo. Additionally, the successful operation of our business depends upon project management personnel, other employees and qualified subcontractors who possess the necessary and required experience and expertise and who will perform their respective services at a reasonable and competitive rate. Competition for these and other experienced personnel is intense. As a result, it may be difficult to attract and retain qualified individuals with the requisite expertise and in the timeframe demanded by our clients.
In addition, the cost of providing our services, including the extent to which we utilize our workforce, affects our profitability. For example, the uncertainty of contract award timing can present difficulties matching our workforce size with our contracts. If an expected contract award is delayed or not received, we could incur costs resulting from excess staff or redundancy of facilities that could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.
Failure to complete our projects on a reliable and timely basis could materially affect our reputation, our financial performance or may subject us to claim.
The contracts with our customers generally contain a liquidated damages clause under which we are liable to pay liquidated damages to our customers if we are unable to deliver or perform the contractual works within the time specified in the contract. Liquidated damages are generally determined on the basis of a fixed sum per day.
Delay in a project may occur from time to time due to various unforeseen factors such as shortage of manpower, delays by subcontractors, industrial accidents, and delay in delivery of materials. If there is any delay on our part in completion of a project, we may be liable to pay liquidated damages under the contract. There is no assurance that there will not be any delay in our existing and future projects resulting in claims in relation to liquidated damages, which in turn will have adverse impact on our reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our operations are subject to special hazards that may cause personal injury or property damage, subjecting us to liabilities and possible losses which may not be covered by insurance.
Operating hazards inherent in our business, some of which may be outside our control, can cause personal injury and loss of life, damage to or destruction of property, plant and equipment and environmental damage. We maintain insurance coverage in amounts and against the risks we believe are consistent with industry practice, but this insurance may be inadequate or unavailable to cover all losses or liabilities we may incur in our operations.
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Our insurance policies are subject to varying levels of deductibles. Losses up to our deductible amounts are accrued based upon our estimates of the ultimate liability for claims incurred and an estimate of claims incurred but not reported. However, liabilities subject to insurance are difficult to estimate due to unknown factors, including the severity of an injury, the determination of our liability in proportion to other parties, the number of unreported incidents, and our safety programs’ effectiveness. If we were to experience insurance claims or costs above our estimates, we may be required to use working capital to satisfy these claims rather than using working capital to maintain or expand our operations.
Certain data and information in this prospectus were obtained from third-party sources and were not independently verified by us.
We have engaged Migo to prepare a commissioned industry report that analyzes the Hong Kong construction industry. Information and data relating to the Hong Kong construction industry have been derived from Migo’s industry report. Statistical data included in the Migo report also include projections based on a number of assumptions. The construction industry may not grow at the rate projected by market data, or at all. Any failure of the Hong Kong construction industry to grow at the projected rate may have a material adverse effect on our business and the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Furthermore, if any one or more of the assumptions underlying the market data is later found to be incorrect, actual results may differ from the projections based on these assumptions.
We have not independently verified the data and information contained in the Migo report or any third-party publications and reports Migo has relied on in preparing its report. Data and information contained in such third-party publications and reports may be collected using third-party methodologies, which may differ from the data collection methods used by us. In addition, these industry publications and reports generally indicate that the information contained therein is believed to be reliable, but do not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of such information.
We may need to raise additional capital in the future for working capital, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, and we may not be able to do so on favorable terms or at all, which would impair our ability to operate our business or achieve our growth objectives.
Our ongoing ability to generate cash is important for funding our continuing operations, making acquisitions and servicing our indebtedness. To the extent that existing cash balances and cash flow from operations, together with borrowing capacity are insufficient to make investments or acquisitions or provide needed working capital, we may require additional financing from other sources. Our ability to obtain such additional financing in the future will depend in part upon prevailing capital market conditions and conditions in our business and our operating results. Those factors may affect our efforts to arrange additional financing on terms acceptable to us.
Furthermore, if global economic, political or other market conditions adversely affect the financial institutions that provide credit to us, it is possible that our ability to draw upon credit facilities may be impacted. If adequate funds are not available, or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to make future investments, take advantage of acquisitions or other opportunities, or respond to competitive challenges, resulting in loss of market share, each of which could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity.
Our lack of effective internal controls over financial reporting may affect our ability to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud which may affect the market for and price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
To implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to include a report of management on the company’s internal control over financial reporting. Prior to filing the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, we were a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources for addressing our internal control over financial reporting. Our management has not completed an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and our independent registered public accounting firm has not conducted an audit of our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm did not conduct an audit of our internal control over financial reporting. However, in connection with the audits of our consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2024, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified a few material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting PCAOB of the United States, a “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses identified related to (1) our lack of sufficient full-time personnel with appropriate levels of accounting knowledge and experience to monitor the daily recording of transactions, address complex U.S. GAAP accounting issues and to prepare and review financial statements and related disclosures under U.S. GAAP; and (2) our lack of a functional internal audit department or personnel that monitors the consistencies of the preventive internal control procedures as well as adequate policies and procedures in internal audit function to ensure that our policies and procedures have been carried out as planned.
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We have implemented measures designed to improve our internal control over financial reporting to address the underlying causes of these material weaknesses, including i) hired more qualified staff to fill up the key roles in the operations; and ii) appointed independent directors, established an audit committee and strengthening corporate governance. Our management consider our internal controls over financial reporting is effective as of March 31, 2025.
We will be subject to the requirement that we maintain internal controls and that management perform periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal controls. Effective internal control over financial reporting is important to prevent fraud. As a result, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, as well as the market for and trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares, may be materially and adversely affected if we do not have effective internal controls. We may not discover any problems in a timely manner and current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The absence of internal controls over financial reporting may inhibit investors from purchasing our Class A Ordinary Shares and may make it more difficult for us to raise funds in a debt or equity financing.
Additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies may be identified in the future. If we identify such issues or if we are unable to produce accurate and timely financial statements, our Class A Ordinary Share price may decline and we may be unable to maintain compliance with the NASDAQ Listing Rules.
We are subject to credit risk in relation to the collectability of our trade receivables and contract assets.
A contract asset represents our right to consideration from customers in exchange for the provision of civil engineering works that we have transferred to the customers that is not yet unconditional. Contract assets arise when we have provided the civil engineering works under the relevant contracts but the works have yet to be certified by architects, quantity surveyors or other representatives appointed by the customers and/or our right to payment is still conditional on factors other than passage of time. Any amount previously recognized as a contract asset is reclassified to trade receivables at the point when our right to payment becomes unconditional other than passage of time.
There is no assurance that we will be able to bill all or any part of contract assets for our services completed according to the payment terms of the contracts and there is no assurance that the retention monies will be released by our customers to us on a timely basis and in full accordingly. Further, there can be no assurance that our customers will settle our invoices on time and in full. In the event that we are unable to collect a substantial portion of our trade receivables within the payment terms or at all, our cash flows and financial positions will be adversely affected. Any difficulty in collecting a substantial portion of our trade receivables and contract assets could materially and adversely affect our cash flows and financial positions.
We are a holding company whose principal source of operating cash is the income received from our Operating Subsidiary.
We are dependent on the income generated by our Operating Subsidiary in order to make distributions and dividends on the shares. The amount of distributions and dividends, if any, which may be paid to us from our Operating Subsidiary will depend on many factors, including such subsidiary’s results of operations and financial condition, limits on dividends under applicable law, its constitutional documents, documents governing any indebtedness, and other factors which may be outside our control. If our Operating Subsidiary do not generate sufficient cash flow, we may be unable to make distributions and dividends on the shares.
Our significant shareholder has considerable influence over our corporate matters.
Our authorized and issued ordinary shares are divided into Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to twenty (20) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company. In no event shall Class A Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares. In no event shall Class B Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares. Provided that such transfer complies with applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules, our shareholders may freely transfer shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by the Nasdaq Listing Rules or in any other form approved by our directors, executed where she Shares are Fully Paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder; and where the Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder and the transferee. Where the shares of any class in question are not listed on any stock exchange or subject to the rules of any stock exchange, our directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer of such shares which are not fully paid up or on which our Company has a lien.
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QLE, through its acquisition of all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, beneficially owns and controls 454,794 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 79.14% of the aggregate voting power of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. As a result of the dual-class share structure and the concentration of ownership, QLE will hold considerable influence over corporate matters requiring shareholder approval and will independently control the operations of the Company, including without limitation, electing directors and approving material mergers, acquisitions or other business combination transactions. This concentrated control will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could also discourage others from pursuing any potential merger, takeover or other change of control transactions, which could have the effect of depriving the holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares of the opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over the prevailing market price.
Our significant shareholder may have potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.
Because our significant shareholder has, considerable influence over our corporate matters, its interests may differ from the interests of our company as a whole. The shareholder could, for example, appoint directors and management without the requisite experience, relations or knowledge to steer our company properly because of their affiliations or loyalty, and such actions may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition. Currently, we do not have any arrangements to address potential conflicts of interest between the shareholder and our company. If we cannot resolve any conflict of interest or dispute between us and the shareholders, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which could disrupt our business and subject us to substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings.
If we fail to promote and maintain our brand effectively and cost-efficiently, our business and results of operations may be harmed.
We believe that developing and maintaining awareness of our brand effectively is critical to attracting new and retaining existing customers. Successful promotion of our brand and our ability to attract customers depend largely on the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and the success of the channels we use to promote our services. Our future marketing efforts will likely require us to incur additional expenses. These efforts may not result in increased revenue in the immediate future or at all and, even if they do, any increase in revenue may not offset the expenses incurred. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand while incurring substantial expenses, our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected, which may impair our ability to grow our business.
We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which may be expensive to defend and may disrupt our business and operations.
We cannot be certain that our operations or any aspects of our business do not or will not infringe upon or otherwise violate trademarks, patents, copyrights, know-how or other intellectual property rights held by third parties. We may be from time to time in the future subject to legal proceedings and claims relating to the intellectual property rights of others. In addition, there may be third-party trademarks, patents, copyrights, know-how or other intellectual property rights that are infringed by our products, services or other aspects of our business without our awareness. Holders of such intellectual property rights may seek to enforce such intellectual property rights against us in Hong Kong, the United States or other jurisdictions. If any third-party infringement claims are brought against us, we may be forced to divert management’s time and other resources from our business and operations to defend against these claims, regardless of their merits.
Events such as epidemics, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, political unrest and terrorist attacks could significantly delay, or even prevent us from completing, our projects.
Our operations are subject to uncertainties and contingencies beyond our control that could result in material disruptions in our operations and adversely affect our business. These include epidemics, natural disasters, fire, adverse weather conditions, political unrest, wars and terrorist attacks. Any such events could cause us to reduce or halt our operation, adversely affect our business operation, increase our costs and/or prevent us from completing our projects, any one of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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In such an event, our business operations may also be severely disrupted due to a negative impact on investor confidence and risk appetites, the fund-raising activities of issuers and proposed listing applicants, the macroeconomic conditions as well as the financial conditions in Hong Kong. Our business operations, financial condition as well as our fund-raising activities as contemplated by this prospectus may be materially and adversely affected as a result.
Failure to maintain safe construction sites and/or implement our safety management system may lead to the occurrence of personal injuries, property damages, fatal accidents or suspension or non-renewal of our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council.
Due to the nature of works in construction sites, risks of accidents or injuries to workers are inherent. Notwithstanding our occupational health and safety measures that are required to be followed by our employees and employees of our subcontractors, accidents leading to personal injuries, property damages and/or fatal accidents remain an inherent risk at work sites. There is no assurance that there will not be any violation of our safety measures or other related rules and regulations by our employees or employees of our subcontractors. Any such violation may lead to higher probability of occurrences, and/or increased seriousness, of personal injuries, property damages and/or fatal accidents at work sites, which may materially and adversely affect our business operations as well as our financial position to the extent not covered by insurance policies. Also, failure to maintain safe construction sites and/or to implement safety management measures resulting in the occurrence of serious personal injuries or fatal accidents may lead to negative publicity and/or suspension or non-renewal of our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council, which in turn adversely affect our reputation, financial position and results of operation.
In addition, any personal injuries and/or fatal accidents to our employees and employees of our subcontractors may lead to claims or other legal proceedings against us. Any such claims or legal proceedings could adversely and materially affect our financial position to the extent not covered by insurance policies. Also, notwithstanding the merits of any such claims or legal proceedings, we need to divert management resources and incur extra costs to handle these matters. Any such claims or legal proceedings could therefore have a material and adverse impact on our business operations.
Although the risks of accidents or injuries to workers are inherent due to the nature of works in the construction industry, such accident record may adversely affect our industry reputation, which may in turn affect our prospect of receiving tender invitations from potential new customers or being awarded with future tenders from both our existing and potential new customers. Furthermore, we may have to incur additional costs to strengthen our safety management measures, such as recruiting additional safety supervision staff, which may have an adverse impact on our profitability.
There is no assurance that we will be able to renew our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council.
Subcontractors engaged under public sector projects initiated by the Government are generally required to possess registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council. Renewal of registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme is required every three or five years and is generally subject to certain technical and relevant industry experience requirements. There is no assurance that we will be able to renew such registration every time in the future. In the event of non-renewal of such registration, our reputation, our ability to obtain future businesses, and our business and financial position and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
We may be a party to legal proceedings from time to time and we cannot assure you that such legal proceedings will not have a material adverse impact on our business. In particular, there may be potential employees’ compensation claims and personal injury claims.
We may be involved in claims and litigations in respect of various matters from our customers, subcontractors, workers and other parties concerned with our works from time to time. Such claims may include in particular employees’ compensation claims and personal injury claims in relation to personal injuries suffered by workers as a result of accidents arising out of and in the course of employment of the injured workers. There is no assurance that we will not be involved in any claims or legal proceedings, nor can we assure you that any such claims or legal proceedings would not have a material adverse impact on our business. Should any claims against us fall outside the scope and/or limit of insurance coverage, our financial position may be adversely affected. Regardless of the merits of any outstanding and potential claims, we need to divert management resources and incur extra costs to handle these claims, which could affect our corporate image and reputation if they were published by the press. If the aforesaid claims were successfully made against us and are not covered by insurance policies, we may need to pay damages and legal costs, which in turn could adversely affect our results of operations and financial position.
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Our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover potential liabilities.
Certain risks disclosed elsewhere in this section such as risks in relation to customer concentration, our ability to obtain new contracts, our ability to retain and attract personnel, availability and performance of subcontractors, project and cost management, our ability to maintain and renew our registrations, credit risk and liquidity risk, are generally not covered by insurance because they are either uninsurable or it is not cost justifiable to insure against such risks. Insurance policies covering losses from acts of war, terrorism, or natural catastrophes are also either unavailable or cost prohibitive.
Further, we may be subject to liabilities against which we are not insured adequately or at all or liabilities against which cannot be insured. Should any significant liabilities arise due to accidents, natural disasters, or other events which are not covered or are inadequately covered by our insurance, our business may be adversely affected, potentially lead to a loss of assets, lawsuits, employee compensation obligations, or other forms of economic loss.
We cannot guarantee that our current levels of insurance are sufficient to cover all potential risks and losses. In addition, we cannot guarantee that we can renew our policies or can renew our policies on similar or other acceptable terms. If we suffer from severe unexpected losses or losses that far exceed the policy limits, it could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and prospect.
Possible difficulty in recruiting sufficient labor or significant increase in labor costs may hinder our future business strategies.
The civil engineering industry in Hong Kong has been facing the problem of labor shortage and ageing workforce. The supply and cost of labor in Hong Kong are affected by the availability of labor in the market as well as economic factors in Hong Kong including the inflation rate and standard of living. There is no guarantee that the supply of labor and labor costs will be stable. In addition, the Minimum Wage Ordinance (Chapter 608 of the Laws of Hong Kong) requires that an employee is entitled to be paid wages in respect of any wage period of not less than the minimum wage, which shall be derived by reference to the prescribed minimum hourly wage rate (currently set at HK$42.1 per hour (effective from May 1, 2025)). There is no assurance that the statutory minimum wage will not increase in the future. In the event that we or our subcontractors fail to retain existing labor and/or recruit sufficient labor in a timely manner to cope with the demand of our existing or future jobs and/or there is a significant increase in the costs of labor, we may not be able to complete our jobs on schedule and/or within budget and our operations and profitability may be adversely affected.
Civil engineering works is often labor-intensive and we cannot be certain that there will be sufficient workers for projects when needed. Any unpredicted rise in labor cost might be borne by us and may reduce our profit margin. Moreover, potential customers may be hesitant to engage us if the quotation price has to increase to fully consider any expected future increase in labor cost.
Fluctuations in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the price of the Class A Ordinary Shares.
Our revenues and expenses will be denominated predominantly in Hong Kong dollars. The value of the Hong Kong dollar against the U.S. dollar may fluctuate and may be affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions. Although the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar to the U.S. dollar has been pegged since 1983, we cannot assure you that the Hong Kong dollar will remain pegged to the U.S. dollar.
Our business is conducted in Hong Kong, our books and records are maintained in H.K. dollar, which is the currency of Hong Kong, and the financial statements that we file with the SEC and provide to our shareholders are presented in United States dollars. Changes in the exchange rate between H.K. dollar and United States dollar affect the value of our assets and the results of our operations, when presented in United States dollars. Any significant fluctuations in the exchange rates between Hong Kong dollars to U.S. dollars may have a material adverse effect on our revenue and financial condition. We have not used any forward contracts, futures, swaps or currency borrowings to hedge our exposure to foreign currency risk.
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Our business is susceptible to government policies and macroeconomic conditions.
The market growth of construction industry in Hong Kong highly correlates to government policies and macroeconomic environment. Particularly, during economic downturns, due to limited financial budgets, property developers and tenants are more conservative to invest capital resources to renovate their living spaces and the Government of Hong Kong may slow down the development of land and infrastructure development. On the other hand, government policies, such as urban renewal and development program and land sales, may affect the availability of land for property developers to construct and subsequently the demand for civil engineering projects in Hong Kong may deteriorate. As a result, the issue of overreliance on government policies and cyclical nature of construction works may adversely impact the development of civil engineering works market in Hong Kong.
We are exposed to risks of general economic downturn and deteriorating market conditions, such as Sino-U.S. trade conflicts.
As our business and operations are based in Hong Kong, our business growth is primarily dependent upon the economy and market condition in Hong Kong and the PRC. The market conditions are directly affected by, among other things, the global and local political and economic environments, such as uncertainties about the Sino-U.S. trade conflicts. Any sudden downturn in the general economic environment or change to political environment in Hong Kong and the PRC beyond our control may adversely affect the financial market sentiment in general. Severe fluctuations in market and economic sentiments may also lead to a prolonged period of sluggish performance of the real estate and construction industries. As such, our revenue and profitability may fluctuate and we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our historical financial performance in times of difficult or unstable economic conditions.
Cybersecurity incidents could disrupt our business operations, which could result in the loss of critical and confidential information, and harm our business.
Global cybersecurity threats and incidents directed at us or any of our third-party service providers we engage can range from uncoordinated individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to information technology systems to sophisticated and targeted measures known as advanced persistent threats. In the ordinary course of our business, we and our third-party service providers collect and store sensitive data, including our proprietary business information and intellectual property, and that of our customers, including personally identifiable information. Additionally, we rely increasingly on third-party providers to store and process data, and to communicate and work collaboratively. The secure processing, maintenance, and transmission of information are critical to our operations and we rely on the security procedures of these third-party providers. Although we employ comprehensive measures designed to prevent, detect, address, and mitigate these threats (including access controls, data encryption, vulnerability assessments, and maintenance of backup and protective systems), cybersecurity incidents, depending on their nature and scope, could potentially result in the misappropriation, destruction, corruption, or unavailability of critical data and confidential or proprietary information (our own or that of third parties, including personally identifiable information of our customers) and the disruption of business operations. Any such compromises to our security, or that of our third-party providers, could cause customers to lose trust and confidence in us, and stop using our website and mobile application in their entirety. In addition, we may incur significant costs for remediation that may include liability for stolen assets or information, repair of system damage, and compensation to customers and business partners. We may also be subject to legal claims, government investigation, and additional state and federal statutory requirements.
Certain economic and business factors and their impacts on the construction industry and other general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment, material prices and interest rates that are largely beyond our control may adversely affect business and our results of operations.
Our business results depend on a number of industry-specific and general economic factors, many of which are beyond our control, and may adversely affect consumer behavior and our results of operations. The construction industry may affected by economic downturns, supply chain disruptions, logistics challenge, political instability, trade disputes, and changes in government regulation. These events can lead to disruptions in the construction industry, fluctuations in demand for our services, and increased operational costs.
General economic conditions, including slow global recovery from economic downturns, geopolitical conditions and uncertainty about the strength or pace of economic recovery may adversely affect our results of operations. Economic recession, a protracted economic slowdown, a worsening economy, increased unemployment, increased inflation, increased energy prices, rising interest rates, a downgrade of the U.S. government’s long-term credit rating, imposition of retaliatory tariffs on important U.S. imports and exports or other industry-wide cost pressures have affected and can continue to affect consumer behavior in the industry and consequently could reduce the demand for our services.
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Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s legal system is evolving and has inherent uncertainties that could limit the legal protection available to you.
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our revenue mainly derived from civil engineering services in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong legal system embodies uncertainties which could limit the legal protections available to you and us.
As one of the conditions for the handover of the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the PRC, the PRC had to accept some conditions such as Hong Kong’s Basic Law before its return. The Basic Law ensured Hong Kong will retain its own currency (the Hong Kong Dollar), legal system, parliamentary system and people’s rights and freedom for 50 years from 1997. This agreement gave Hong Kong the freedom to function in a high degree of autonomy. The Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong is responsible for its own domestic affairs including, but not limited to, the judiciary and courts of last resort, immigration and customs, public finance, currencies and extradition. Hong Kong continues using the English common law system.
Some international observers and human rights organizations have expressed doubts about the future of the relative political freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong and the PRC’s pledge to allow a high degree of autonomy in Hong Kong. On July 14, 2020, the U.S. signed an executive order to end the special status enjoyed by Hong Kong post-1997. As the autonomy currently enjoyed may be compromised, it could potentially impact Hong Kong’s common law legal system and may, in turn, bring about uncertainty in, for example, the enforcement of our contractual rights. If the PRC were to, in fact, renege on its agreement to allow Hong Kong to function autonomously, this could potentially impact Hong Kong’s common law legal system and may in turn bring about uncertainty in, for example, the enforcement of our contractual rights. This could, in turn, materially and adversely affect our business and operations. Additionally, intellectual property rights and confidentiality protections in Hong Kong may not be as effective as in the U.S. or other countries. Accordingly, we cannot predict the effect of future developments in the Hong Kong legal system, including the promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, or the preemption of local regulations by national laws. These uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to us, including our ability to enforce our agreements with our customers.
The enactment of Law of the PRC on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Hong Kong National Security Law”) could impact our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong.
On June 30, 2020, the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress adopted the Hong Kong National Security Law. This law defines the duties and government bodies of the Hong Kong National Security Law for safeguarding national security and four categories of offences — secession, subversion, terrorist activities, and collusion with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security — and their corresponding penalties. On July 14, 2020, the former U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, or HKAA, into law, authorizing the U.S. administration to impose blocking sanctions against individuals and entities which are determined to have materially contributed to the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy. On August 7, 2020 the U.S. government imposed HKAA — authorized sanctions on eleven individuals, including former HKSAR chief executive Carrie Lam. On October 14, 2020, the U.S. State Department submitted to relevant committees of Congress the report required under HKAA, identifying persons materially contributing to “the failure of the Government of China to meet its obligations under the Joint Declaration or the Basic Law.” The HKAA further authorizes secondary sanctions, including the imposition of blocking sanctions, against foreign financial institutions that knowingly conduct a significant transaction with foreign persons sanctioned under this authority. The imposition of sanctions may directly affect the foreign financial institutions as well as any third parties or customers dealing with any foreign financial institution that is targeted. It is difficult to predict the full impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law and HKAA on Hong Kong and companies located in Hong Kong. If our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong are determined to be in violation of the Hong Kong National Security Law or the HKAA by competent authorities, our business operations, financial position and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
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Nasdaq may apply additional and more stringent criteria for our continued listing.
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5101 provides Nasdaq with broad discretionary authority over the initial and continued listing of securities in Nasdaq and Nasdaq may use such discretion to deny initial listing, apply additional or more stringent criteria for the initial or continued listing of particular securities, or suspend or delist particular securities based on any event, condition, or circumstance that exists or occurs that makes initial or continued listing of the securities on Nasdaq inadvisable or unwarranted in the opinion of Nasdaq, even though the securities meet all enumerated criteria for initial or continued listing on Nasdaq. In addition, Nasdaq has used its discretion to deny initial or continued listing or to apply additional and more stringent criteria in the instances, including but not limited to (i) where the company engaged an auditor that has not been subject to an inspection by PCAOB, an auditor that PCAOB cannot inspect, or an auditor that has not demonstrated sufficient resources, geographic reach, or experience to adequately perform the company’s audit; (ii) where a company planned a small public offering, which would result in insiders holding a large portion of the company’s listed securities. Nasdaq was concerned that an offering size was insufficient to establish the company’s initial valuation, and there would not be sufficient liquidity to support a public market for the company; and (iii) where the company did not demonstrate sufficient nexus to the U.S. capital market, including having no U.S. shareholders, operations, or members of the board of directors or management. In respect of any of the aforementioned concerns, we may be subject to additional and more stringent criteria of Nasdaq for our continued listing, which might cause delay or even denial of our listing application for Purchaser Common Stock.
If we fail to meet applicable listing requirements, Nasdaq may delist our Class A Ordinary Shares from trading, in which case the liquidity and market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could decline.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the continued listing standards of Nasdaq in the future. If we fail to comply with the applicable listing standards and Nasdaq delists our Class A Ordinary Shares, we and our shareholders could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
| ● | a limited availability of market quotations for our Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | reduced liquidity for our Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | a determination that our Class A Ordinary Shares are “penny stock”, which would require brokers trading in our Class A Ordinary Shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | a limited amount of news about us and analyst coverage of us; and |
| ● | a decreased ability for us to issue additional equity securities or obtain additional equity or debt financing in the future. |
The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, and the HFCAA all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to our Offering.
On April 21, 2020, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III, along with other senior SEC staff, released a joint statement highlighting the risks associated with investing in companies based in or have substantial operations in emerging markets including China. The joint statement emphasized the risks associated with lack of access for the PCAOB to inspect auditors and audit work papers in China and higher risks of fraud in emerging markets.
On May 18, 2020, Nasdaq filed three proposals with the SEC to (i) apply minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating in “Restrictive Market”, (ii) adopt a new requirement relating to the qualification of management or board of director for Restrictive Market companies, and (iii) apply additional and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the company’s auditors.
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On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the HFCAA requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable to inspect the company’s auditors for three consecutive years, the issuer’s securities are prohibited to trade on a national exchange. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the HFCAA. On December 18, 2020, the HFCAA was signed into law. Additionally, in July 2020, the U.S. President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued recommendations for actions that can be taken by the executive branch, the SEC, the PCAOB or other federal agencies and department with respect to Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges and their audit firms, in an effort to protect investors in the U.S.. In response, on November 23, 2020, the SEC issued guidance highlighting certain risks, and their implications to U.S. investors, associated with investments in China-based issuers and summarizing enhanced disclosures the SEC recommends China-based issuers make regarding such risks.
On December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted final amendments to its rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA, which took effect on January 10, 2022. We will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies us as having a “non-inspection” year, as defined in the rules, under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. The SEC is assessing how to implement other requirements of the HFCAA, including the listing and trading prohibition requirements described above. Under the HFCAA, our securities may be prohibited from trading on the Nasdaq or other U.S. stock exchanges if our auditor is not inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, and this ultimately could result in our shares being delisted. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the AHFCAA, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA and requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years, shortening the timeline for the application of the HPCAA’s delisting and trading prohibition from three years to two, and thus, would reduce the time before securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. On September 22, 2021, the PCAOB adopted a final rule implementing the HFCAA, which provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction.
On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a determination report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the PRC; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022. Our current auditor, SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation, is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified by the PCAOB in its report on December 16, 2021 as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022.
On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol, or SOP, Agreement with the CSRC and China’s Ministry of Finance. The SOP, together with two protocol agreements governing inspections and investigation, establishes a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely in 2022. The PCAOB vacated its previous 2021 determinations that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. However, whether the PCAOB will continue to be able to satisfactorily conduct inspections of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong is subject to uncertainty and depends on a number of factors out of our, and our auditor’s, control. The PCAOB is continuing to demand complete access in mainland China and Hong Kong moving forward and is already making plans to resume regular inspections in the second half of 2023 and beyond, as well as to continue pursuing ongoing investigations and initiate new investigations as needed. The PCAOB has indicated that it will act immediately to consider the need to issue new determinations with the HFCAA if needed. If the PCAOB in the future again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the companies audited by those auditors would be subject to a trading prohibition on U.S. markets pursuant to the HFCAA.
If the PCAOB in the future again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China would prevent the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, investors could be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections, if the PCAOB again determines it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China would make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit procedures or quality control procedures, which could cause existing and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements. Although our auditor was not identified by the PCAOB in its report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022, should the PCAOB be unable to fully conduct inspection of our auditor’s work papers in China, this could adversely affect us and our securities for the reasons noted above.
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Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the U.S. and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the U.S. pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess our auditor’s compliance with the applicable professional standards. Our auditor is headquartered in East Amherst, New York, and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis with the last inspection in 2023. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties to our Offering and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements.
Risks Related to this Offering and Ownership of Our Class A Ordinary Shares
The sale of a substantial amount of Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
We are registering for resale an aggregate of up to 74,995,887 Class A Ordinary Shares, which includes (i) 1,359,314 Class A Ordinary Shares already outstanding and issued in the private placement, and (ii) up to 73,636,573 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of Prefunded Warrants, A Warrants, B Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrants. The aggregate amount of Class A Ordinary Shares covered by this registration statement represents approximately 676.29% of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. Sales of substantial amounts of our securities in the public market, or the perception that such sales might occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares, and the market value of our other securities. We cannot predict if and when the Selling Shareholders may sell such shares in the public markets. Furthermore, in the future, we may issue additional Class A Ordinary Shares or other equity or debt securities convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares. Any such issuance could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders and could cause our share price to decline.
We are a “foreign private issuer,” and our disclosure obligations differ from those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. As a result, we may not provide you the same information as U.S. domestic reporting companies or we may provide information at different times, which may make it more difficult for you to evaluate our performance and prospects.
We are a foreign private issuer and, as a result, we are not subject to the same requirements as U.S. domestic issuers. Under the Exchange Act, we will be subject to reporting obligations that, to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. For example, we will not be required to issue quarterly reports or proxy statements. In addition, we will not be required to disclose detailed individual executive compensation information. Furthermore, our directors and executive officers will not be required to report equity holdings under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and will not be subject to the insider short swing profit disclosure and recovery regime.
As a foreign private issuer, we will also be exempt from the requirements of Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) which, generally, are meant to ensure that select groups of investors are not privy to specific information about an issuer before other investors. However, we will still be subject to the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation rules of the SEC, such as Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act. Since many of the disclosure obligations imposed on us as a foreign private issuer differ from those imposed on U.S. domestic reporting companies, you should not expect to receive the same information about us and at the same time as the information provided by U.S. domestic reporting companies.
The information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely as compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers.
As a Cayman Islands company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we are subject to the Nasdaq Capital Market corporate governance listing standards. However, Nasdaq Capital Market rules permit a foreign private issuer like us to follow the corporate governance practices of its home country. Certain corporate governance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, may differ significantly from the Nasdaq Capital Market corporate governance listing standards. If we choose to follow home country practice in the future, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would under the Nasdaq Capital Market corporate governance listing standards applicable to U.S. domestic issuers.
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The dual-class share structure may adversely affect the trading market for the Class A Ordinary Shares.
Certain shareholder advisory firms have announced changes to their eligibility criteria for inclusion of shares of public companies on certain indices, including the S&P 500, to exclude companies with multiple classes of shares and companies whose public shareholders hold no more than 5% of total voting power from being added to such indices. In addition, several shareholder advisory firms have announced their opposition to the use of multiple class structures. As a result, the dual-class share structure may prevent the inclusion of the Class A Ordinary Shares in such indices and may cause shareholder advisory firms to publish negative commentary about our corporate governance practices or otherwise seek to cause us to change our capital structure. Any such exclusion from indices could result in a less active trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares. Any actions or publications by shareholder advisory firms critical of our corporate governance practices or capital structure could also adversely affect the value of the Class A Ordinary Shares.
We are an “emerging growth company,” and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Class A Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). We elected to avail ourselves of the extended transition period for implementing new or revised financial accounting standards. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner (1) if our revenue exceed US$1.235 billion, (2) if we issue more than US$1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three-year period, or (3) if the market value of our shares held by non-affiliates exceeds US$700 million as of any March 31 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following March 31. We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A Ordinary Shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our shares and our stock price may be more volatile.
Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. As a result, the information we provide to our stockholders may be different than you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests and our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company.
We are a “controlled company” defined under the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. Although we do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future and you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.
QLE, through its acquisition of all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, holds sole voting control over the Company, representing approximately 79.14% of the aggregate total voting power of our issued and outstanding share capital. We are and will continue to be a controlled company pursuant to “controlled company” defined under the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. For so long as we are a controlled company under that definition, we are permitted to elect to rely, and may rely, on certain exemptions from corporate governance rules, including:
| ● | an exemption from the rule that a majority of our board of directors must be independent directors; |
| ● | an exemption from the rule that the compensation of our chief executive officer must be determined or recommended solely by independent directors; and |
| ● | an exemption from the rule that our director nominees must be selected or recommended solely by independent directors. |
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As a result, you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.
Although we do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future. If we elected to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, a majority of the members of our board of directors might not be independent directors and our nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees might not consist entirely of independent directors. Our status as a controlled company could cause our Class A Ordinary Shares to look less attractive to certain investors or otherwise harm our trading price. As a result, the investors will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements. Please refer to the paragraph titled “Risk Factors — Our significant shareholder has considerable influence over our corporate matters.”
Class A Ordinary Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares, as the future sale of a substantial amount of outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares in the public marketplace could reduce the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could decline as a result of sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur. In addition, these factors could make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of our Class A Ordinary Shares. An aggregate of 11,089,314 Class A Ordinary Shares is outstanding. All of the Class A Ordinary Shares sold in the Offering will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. The remaining Class A Ordinary Shares will be “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144. These shares may be sold in the future without registration under the Securities Act to the extent permitted by Rule 144 or other exemptions under the Securities Act.
Future sales, or the perception of future sales, by us or our shareholder in the public market following this Offering could cause the market price for our Class A Ordinary Shares to decline.
The sale of substantial amounts of Securities in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could harm the prevailing market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. The 1,359,314 outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares sold in the Private Placement, and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of 22,990,000 Prefunded Warrants, 24,349,314 A Warrants, 24,349,314 B Warrants, and 1,947,945 Placement Agent Warrants sold in the Private Placement, will be, freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act. If holders of shares or warrants sell a substantial amount of Securities, the prevailing market price for our Class A Ordinary Shares and other Securities could be adversely affected. As restrictions on resale end, the market price of our Class A Ordinary could drop significantly if holders of our restricted Securities sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional funds through future offerings of our Class A Ordinary Shares, other equity securities, or warrants.
The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention.
As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the listing requirements of the securities exchange on which we list, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Despite recent reforms made possible by the JOBS Act, compliance with these rules and regulations will nonetheless increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.
As a result of disclosure of information in this prospectus and in filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition will become more visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If such claims are successful, our business and operating results could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management and adversely affect our business, brand and reputation and results of operations.
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We also expect that being a newly listed public company and these new rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.
The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price you paid.
The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:
| ● | actual or anticipated fluctuations in our revenue and other operating results; |
| ● | the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections; |
| ● | actions of securities analysts who initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our Company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors; |
| ● | announcements by us or our competitors of significant products or features, technical innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments; |
| ● | price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy as a whole; |
| ● | lawsuits threatened or filed against us; and |
| ● | other events or factors, including those resulting from war or incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events. |
We may experience extreme stock price volatility unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Recently, there have been instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines and strong stock price volatility with recent IPOs, especially among those with relatively smaller public floats. As a relatively small-capitalization company with relatively small public float, we may experience greater stock price volatility, extreme price run-ups, lower trading volume and less liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In particular, our Class A Ordinary Shares may be subject to rapid and substantial price volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices. Such volatility, including any stock-run up, may be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
In addition, if the trading volumes of our Class A Ordinary Shares are low, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our Class A Ordinary Shares. This low volume of trades could also cause the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares. A decline in the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional Class A Ordinary Shares or other securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future. No assurance can be given that an active market in our Class A Ordinary Shares will develop or be sustained. If an active market does not develop, holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be unable to readily sell the Class A Ordinary Shares they hold or may not be able to sell their Class A Ordinary Shares at all.
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Future issuances or sales, or perceived issuances or sales, of substantial amounts of Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could materially and adversely affect the prevailing market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares and our ability to raise capital in the future.
The market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could decline as a result of future sales of substantial amounts of shares or other securities relating to the shares in the public market, including by the Company’s significant shareholder, or the issuance of new shares by the Company, or the perception that such sales or issuances may occur. Future sales, or perceived sales, of substantial amounts of the shares could also materially and adversely affect our ability to raise capital in the future at a time and at a price favorable to us, and our shareholders will experience dilution in their holdings upon our issuance or sale of additional securities in the future. In addition, these factors could make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of our Class A Ordinary Shares. A few shareholders hold a significant portion of our Class A Ordinary Shares and these are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144. These Class A Ordinary Shares may be sold in the future without registration under the Securities Act to the extent permitted by Rule 144 or other exemptions under the Securities Act.
Future financing may cause a dilution in your shareholding or place restrictions on our operations.
We may need to raise additional funds to finance further expansion of our capacity and business for our existing operations, acquisitions or strategic partnerships. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of new equity or equity-linked securities of the Company other than on a pro rata basis to existing shareholders, the percentage ownership of such shareholders in the Company may be reduced, and such new securities may confer rights and privileges that take priority over those conferred by the shares. Alternatively, if we meet such funding requirements by way of additional debt financing, we may have restrictions placed on us through such debt financing arrangements which may:
| ● | further limit our ability to pay dividends or require us to seek consents for the payment of dividends; |
| ● | increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; |
| ● | require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to service our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund capital expenditure, working capital requirements and other general corporate needs; and |
| ● | limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry. |
We may lose our foreign private issuer status in the future, which could result in significant additional costs and expenses.
As discussed above, we are a foreign private issuer, and therefore, not required to comply with all the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. The determination of foreign private issuer status is made annually on the last business day of an issuer’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. We would lose our foreign private issuer status if, for example, more than 50% of our Class A Ordinary Shares are directly or indirectly held by residents of the U.S. and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to maintain our foreign private issuer status. If we lose our foreign private issuer status on this date, we will be required to file with the SEC periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. We will also have to mandatorily comply with U.S. federal proxy requirements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will become subject to the short-swing profit disclosure and recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements under the Nasdaq listing rules. As a U.S. listed public company that is not a foreign private issuer, we will incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that we will not incur as a foreign private issuer, and accounting, reporting and other expenses in order to maintain a listing on a U.S. securities exchange.
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You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in the Cayman Islands or Hong Kong based on U.S. or other foreign laws against us, our management or the experts named in the prospectus.
Although we are a Cayman Islands incorporated company, we conduct substantially all of our operations in Hong Kong and substantially all of our assets are located in Hong Kong. In addition, a majority of our directors and executive officers reside within Hong Kong, and most of the assets of these persons are located within Hong Kong. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the U.S. upon us or these individuals, or to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the U.S. in the event that you believe your rights have been infringed under the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and of the Hong Kong may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. A foreign judgment can be registered and enforced in Hong Kong either under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 319) (the “Ordinance”) or at common law. Registration of a foreign judgment under the Ordinance can be made by an ex parte application with the local court but this avenue is limited to judgments entered in designated jurisdictions, which currently include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and Singapore and Sri Lanka. An action to enforce a foreign judgment at common law is a comparatively cumbersome process. It is in essence an independent suit in Hong Kong and the judgment creditor must follow normally applicable service procedures. Judgments entered in the U.S. and the United Kingdom can be enforced in Hong Kong only at common law. To be eligible for common-law recognition, the judgment must (1) be for a definite sum of money; (2) be final and conclusive; and (3) have been entered by a court with competent jurisdiction over the defendant. With respect to finality, a Hong Kong court will generally refrain from enforcing a judgment during the pendency of an appeal. This raises the possibility of undue delay and asset dissipation. With respect to the requirement of competent jurisdiction of the foreign judgment seeking to be enforced in Hong Kong, it is governed by private international law as interpreted in Hong Kong, not the law of the foreign forum. Jurisdiction can generally be asserted on the basis of the defendant’s physical presence in the foreign forum, appearance in the underlying legal proceeding or prior contractual consent to jurisdiction. Under the common law and the Ordinance, only limited defenses on the grounds such as fraud, due process and Hong Kong public policy can be raised against a duly registered foreign judgment. There is no mechanism for reconsideration of the merits of the underlying foreign litigation.
You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law.
We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and conduct substantially all of our operations in Hong Kong through our wholly-owned Hong Kong Operating Subsidiary. Most of our directors and substantially all of our executive officers reside outside the U.S. and a substantial portion of their assets are located outside of the U.S.. As a result, it may be difficult for our shareholders to effect service on these persons or bring an action against us or against these individuals in the Cayman Islands or in Hong Kong in the event that they believe that their rights have been infringed under the securities laws of the U.S. or otherwise. Even if shareholders are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong may render them unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.
Our corporate affairs are governed by our Amended Memorandum and Articles, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take legal action against our directors, actions by our minority shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding, on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states (such as Delaware) have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law than the Cayman Islands. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have the standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States.
Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies like us have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records (other than the memorandum and articles of association and any special resolutions passed by such companies, and the register of mortgage and charges of such companies) or to obtain copies of lists of shareholders of these companies. Our directors have discretion under our Amended Memorandum and Articles to determine whether or not, and under what conditions, our corporate records may be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders. This may make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.
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Certain corporate governance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, differ significantly from requirements for companies incorporated in other jurisdictions such as the United States. To the extent we choose to follow home country practice with respect to corporate governance matters, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would under rules and regulations applicable to U.S. domestic issuers.
As a result of all of the above, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a company incorporated in the United States. For a discussion of significant differences between the provisions the Companies Act and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders, please refer to the section titled “Description of Ordinary Shares — Material Differences in Cayman Islands Law and our Memorandum and Articles of Association and Delaware Law”.
It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of U.S. courts for civil liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws against us, our directors or officers in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
As of the date of this prospectus, our chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, chief financial officer, Mr. Chun Man Lo, and members of the board of directors of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, including Mr. Chun Kit Yu, are based in Hong Kong. We have been advised by our Cayman Islands legal counsel that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would:
| ● | recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the U.S. based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; and |
| ● | entertain original actions brought in the Cayman Islands against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the U.S. or any state in the U.S.. |
There is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the U.S., however, the courts of the Cayman Islands will in certain circumstances recognize and enforce a foreign judgment without any re-examination or re-litigation of matters adjudicated upon, provided such judgment:
| ● | is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; |
| ● | imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given; |
| ● | is final; |
| ● | is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; |
| ● | was not obtained by fraud; and |
| ● | is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands. |
Subject to the above limitations, in appropriate circumstances, a Cayman Islands court may give effect in the Cayman Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.
David Fong & Co., our counsel to Hong Kong law, have advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Hong Kong would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in Hong Kong against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
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Our Hong Kong counsel also advised us that in Hong Kong, foreign judgments can be enforced under statute under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance or under common law. The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance is a registration scheme for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments based on reciprocity but the United States is not a designated country under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance. As a result, a judgment rendered by a court in the United States, including as a result of administrative actions brought by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC, and other actions, will not be enforced by the Hong Kong courts under the statutory regime. In addition, the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC and the Government of Hong Kong have entered into the “Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region pursuant to Choice of Court Agreements between Parties Concerned,” or the Arrangement. The Mainland Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance gave effect to the Arrangement and is a registration scheme for recognition and enforcement of PRC judgements based on reciprocity. Other than the Arrangement, Hong Kong has not entered into any multilateral convention or bilateral treaty regarding the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Accordingly, any judgments rendered by a court in the United States will need to be enforced under common law. In order to enforce a foreign judgment under common law in Hong Kong, the judgment must meet certain criteria before it can be enforced, such as the judgment being final and conclusive.
We employ a mail forwarding service, which may delay or disrupt our ability to receive mail in a timely manner.
Mail addressed to the Company and received at its registered office will be forwarded unopened to the forwarding address supplied by Company to be dealt with. None of the Company, its directors, officers, advisors or service providers (including the organization which provides registered office services in the Cayman Islands) will bear any responsibility for any delay howsoever caused in mail reaching the forwarding address. If such mail is delayed, it may impair your ability to communicate with us.
There can be no assurance that we will not be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any taxable year, which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
In general, we will be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year in which either (1) at least 75% of our gross income (looking through certain 25% or more-owned subsidiaries) is passive income or (2) at least 50% of the average value of our assets (looking through certain 25% or more-owned subsidiaries) is attributable to assets that produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. Passive income generally includes, without limitation, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, and gains from the disposition of passive assets. If we are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder (as defined in the Section of this prospectus captioned “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”) of our securities, the U.S. Holder may be subject to increased U.S. federal income tax liability and may be subject to additional reporting requirements. The determination of whether we are a PFIC is a fact-intensive determination made on an annual basis applying principles and methodologies that in some circumstances are unclear and subject to varying interpretation. Our actual PFIC status for any taxable year will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. Accordingly, there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year. We urge U.S. Holders to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the PFIC rules in light of their individual circumstances.
We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future after this Offering. You must rely on price appreciation of the Class A Ordinary Shares for return on your investment.
We currently intend to retain most, if not all, of our available funds and any future earnings after this offering to fund the development and growth of our business. As a result, we do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Please refer to the section titled “Dividend Policy.” Therefore, you should not rely on an investment in the Class A Ordinary Shares as a source for any future dividend income.
Our board of directors (“BOD”) has complete discretion as to whether to distribute dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. In addition, our shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our board of directors. Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend out of either profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our Company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. Even if we decide to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and form of future dividends, if any, will depend on, among other things, our future results of operations and cash flow, our capital requirements and surplus, the amount of distributions, if any, received by us from our subsidiary, our financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. Accordingly, the return on your investment in the Class A Ordinary Shares will likely depend entirely upon any future price appreciation of the Class A Ordinary Shares. There is no guarantee that the Class A Ordinary Shares will appreciate in value after this offering or even maintain the price at which you purchased the Class A Ordinary Shares. You may not realize a return on your investment in the Class A Ordinary Shares and you may even lose your entire investment in the Class A Ordinary Shares.
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New climate-related disclosure obligations in proposed SEC rule amendments could have uncertain impacts on our business, impose additional reporting obligations on us, and increase our costs.
Following from 2022, the SEC proposed rule amendments that would implement a framework for the reporting of climate-related risks and create a wide range of new climate-related disclosure obligations for all registrants, including us. The proposed rules would require us to include certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports, including (i) climate-related risks and their actual or likely material impacts on our business, strategy, and outlook; (ii) our governance of climate-related risks and relevant risk management processes; (iii) information on our greenhouse gas emissions; (iv) certain climate-related financial statement metrics and related disclosures in a note to our audited financial statements; and (v) information about our climate-related targets, goals, and transition plans.
The proposed rules remain open to public comment and may be subject to challenges and litigation. Thus, the ultimate scope and impact of the proposed rules on our business remain uncertain. To the extent new rules, if finalized, impose additional reporting obligations on us, we could face substantial increased costs. Separately, the SEC also announced it is scrutinizing climate-change related disclosures in public filings, increasing the potential for enforcement if the SEC were to allege that our existing climate disclosures are misleading or deficient.
We are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.
We are subject to rules and regulations by various governing bodies, including, for example, the SEC, which are charged with the protection of investors and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded, and to new and evolving regulatory measures under applicable law, including the laws of the Cayman Islands. Our efforts to comply with new and changing laws and regulations have resulted in and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure and governance practices. If we fail to address and comply with these regulations and any subsequent changes, we may be subject to penalty and our business may be harmed.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of current or historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, among others, those listed under the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business,” “Regulations,” and other sections in this prospectus, that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “potential,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “likely to” or other similar expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements include statements about:
| ● | changes in political, social and economic conditions, the regulatory environment, laws and regulations and interpretation thereof in the jurisdictions where we conduct business or expect to conduct business; |
| ● | the risk that we may be unable to realize our anticipated growth strategies and expected internal growth; |
| ● | changes in the availability and cost of professional staff which we require to operate our business; |
| ● | changes in customers’ preferences and needs; |
| ● | changes in competitive conditions and our ability to compete under such conditions; |
| ● | changes in our future capital needs and the availability of financing and capital to fund such needs; |
| ● | changes in currency exchange rates or interest rates; |
| ● | projections of revenue, profits, earnings, capital structure and other financial items; |
| ● | changes in our plan to enter into certain new business sectors; and |
| ● | other factors beyond our control. |
You should read this prospectus and the documents that we refer to in this prospectus with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. Other sections of this prospectus include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we refer to in this prospectus and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
This prospectus also contains statistical data and estimates that we obtained from industry publications and reports generated by government or third-party providers of market intelligence. Although we have not independently verified the data, we believe that the publications and reports are reliable.
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All Class A Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus are being registered for the accounts of the Selling Shareholders and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares.
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We do not have a formal dividend policy. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business and to repay any indebtedness and, therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Additionally, our ability to pay dividends on our Shares is limited by various factors such as our future financial performance and bank covenants. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to compliance with covenants in current and future agreements governing our and our subsidiaries’ indebtedness, and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend on its shares out of either profit or share premium, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if following such payment the Company would be unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.
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This prospectus relates to the resale by the Selling Shareholders of up to 74,995,887 Class A Ordinary Shares. The Class A Ordinary Shares registered for resale consist of (i) 1,359,314 outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares issued in the Private Placement, (ii) 22,990,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of Prefunded Warrants, (iii) 24,349,314 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of A Warrants, (iv) 24,349,314 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of B Warrants, and (v) 1,947,945 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of Placement Agent Warrants, in each case sold or issuable in connection with the Private Placement. The Selling Shareholders may offer and sell, from time to time, any or all of the Class A Ordinary Shares being offered for resale by this prospectus. However, we cannot advise you as to whether the Selling Shareholders will, in fact, sell any or all of such Class A Ordinary Shares. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution.”
When we refer to “Selling Shareholders” in this prospectus, we refer to the persons listed in the tables below, and the pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees, successors, and others who later come to hold any of the Selling Shareholders’ interest in our securities after the date of this prospectus. Except for Dominari Securities LLC and Revere Securities LLC, which participated in our initial public offering, to our knowledge, none of the Selling Shareholders have had any material relationship with us within the past three years, aside from their ownership of our Class A Ordinary Shares, A Warrants, B Warrants, Prefunded Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrants being registered for resale under this registration statement.
The table below provides, as of the date of this prospectus, information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Securities of the Selling Shareholders, the number of Class A Ordinary Shares and warrants that may be sold by the Selling Shareholders under this prospectus, and the Securities that the Selling Shareholders will beneficially own after this offering. We have based percentage ownership on 11,089,314 Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.
The Class A Ordinary Shares being registered for resale in connection with this offering, including shares issuable upon exercise of Prefunded Warrants, A Warrants, B Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrants, will constitute a considerable percentage of our “public float” (defined as the number of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates). The Selling Shareholders named herein beneficially own 1,359,314 outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, as well as 22,990,000 Prefunded Warrants, 24,349,314 A Warrants, 24,349,314 B Warrants, and 1,947,945 Placement Agent Warrants, all of which, when exercised, will result in the issuance of additional Class A Ordinary Shares being registered for resale. The aggregate number of Class A Ordinary Shares registered for resale pursuant to this prospectus is up to 74,995,887, which is equal to approximately 676.29% of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares as of the date of this prospectus. The Selling Shareholders will be able to sell their Securities for so long as the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is available for use.
Each Prefunded Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each A Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.60 per share. Each B Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.65 per share. Each Placement Agent Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.73 per share.
The exercise price and the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Prefunded Warrants, A Warrants, B Warrants, Placement Agent Warrants are subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of such securities. Material adjustment events under the terms of the warrants and convertible securities include below.
Stock Dividends and Splits: If the Company effects any stock or share dividend, subdivision (stock split), combination (reverse stock split), or reclassification of its Class A Ordinary Shares, the exercise price and the number of shares issuable upon exercise/convertible into will be proportionally adjusted so that holders are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by the event and the aggregate exercise price shall remain unchanged.
Subsequent Equity Sales: If the Company issues or sells additional Class A Ordinary Shares or share equivalents at an effective price per share less than the then-current exercise or conversion price, the exercise or conversion price of the relevant warrants or convertible securities will be reduced to such lower price. For transactions in which shares, options, or other equivalents may later be issued at variable pricing (“variable rate transactions”), the exercise/conversion price may be reset to the lowest price permitted under such instruments. In the case of variable rate transactions, the affected holders may be entitled to additional shares based on the lowest possible issuance price.
Shareholder Rights Offerings and Pro Rata Distributions: If the Company grants, issues, or sells any rights, options, warrants, securities, or other property pro rata to all holders of its Class A Ordinary Shares, warrant and convertible security holders will generally be entitled to acquire or participate in such rights or distributions, as if their securities had been fully exercised or converted prior to the record date.
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Fundamental Transactions (such as mergers, consolidations, asset sales, or share exchanges): If the Company undergoes any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all assets, reorganization, recapitalization, compulsory share exchange, or other similar fundamental transaction, holders of warrants and convertible securities will have the right to receive in lieu of Class A Ordinary Shares such alternate consideration or adjusted securities of the Company or its successor entity that would provide them with equivalent economic value and anti-dilution protection.
Voluntary Adjustment: The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its discretion and subject to market rules, reduce the exercise or conversion price of the warrants or convertible securities at any time and for any period the Board deems appropriate.
These adjustment features may result in an increase or decrease to both the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion, and/or changes to the applicable exercise or conversion price, depending on the nature of the adjustment event. The intention of these terms is to protect holders from dilution or loss of value resulting from actions such as stock dividends, splits, future below-market issuances, fundamental transactions, or any changes in the Company's capital structure. As a result, the actual number of Class A Ordinary Shares that may be issued (and subsequently resold) by any Selling Shareholder may be greater or less than the amounts set forth in the table below, depending on the occurrence of any adjustment events under the applicable securities.
Because the Selling Shareholders may dispose of all, none or some portion of their Securities, we cannot advise you as to whether the Selling Shareholders will in fact sell any or all of such Securities. No estimate can be given as to the number of Securities that will be beneficially owned by the Selling Shareholders upon termination of this offering. The Selling Shareholders may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, at any time and from time to time, our securities in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act after the date on which the information in the table is presented.
| Name of Selling Shareholder | Class A Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering | Prefunded Warrants Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering | A Warrants
| B Warrants Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering | Placement Agent Warrants Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering | Maximum Number of Class A Ordinary Shares to be Offered Pursuant to This Prospectus* | Class A Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned After the Offering** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Quantum Leap Energy LLC(1) | 454,794 | 1,600,000 | 2,054,794 | 2,054,794 | 0 | 6,164,382 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Mann(2) | 454,657 | 2,970,000 | 3,424,657 | 3,424,657 | 0 | 10,273,971 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American Ventures LLC, Series XIX SKBL(3) | 449,863 | 18,420,000 | 18,869,863 | 18,869,863 | 0 | 56,609,589 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominari Securities LLC(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 973,973 | 973,973 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Revere Securities LLC(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 486,986 | 486,986 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Century Securities, LLC(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 486,986 | 486,986 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,359,314 | 22,990,000 | 24,349,314 | 24,349,314 | 1,947,945 | 74,995,887 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| * | This column includes Class A Ordinary Shares registered for resale upon exercise of any warrants, as applicable. |
| ** | Assumes the sale of all shares being offered pursuant to this prospectus. |
| (1) | Includes 454,794 Class A ordinary shares, 1,600,000 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Prefunded warrants, 2,054,794 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the A Warrants, and 2,054,794 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the B Warrants. Paul Mann, in his capacity as manager to Quantum Leap Energy LLC, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by Quantum Leap Energy LLC and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. The address of Quantum Leap Energy LLC is 601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW South Building, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20004. |
| (2) | Includes 454,794 Class A ordinary shares, 2,970,000 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Prefunded warrants, 3,424,657 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the A Warrants, and 3,424,657 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the B Warrants. The address of selling shareholder is 601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW South Building, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20004. |
| (3) | Includes 449,863 Class A ordinary shares, 18,420,000 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Prefunded warrants, 18,869,863 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the A Warrants, and 18,869,863 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the B Warrants. Eric Newman, in his capacity as manager to American Ventures LLC, Series XIX SKBL, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by American Ventures LLC, Series XIX SKBL and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. The address of American Ventures LLC, Series XIX SKBL is 110 Front St, Suite 300, Jupiter, Florida 33477. |
| (4) | Includes 973,973 Class A ordinary Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants. Kyle Wool, in his capacity as manager to Dominari Securities LLC has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by Dominari Securities LLC and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. The address of Dominari Securities LLC is 725 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York NY 10022. |
| (5) | Includes 486,986 Class A ordinary Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants. William Moreno, in his capacity as manager to Revere Securities LLC has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by Revere Securities LLC and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. The address of Revere Securities LLC is 560 Lexington Avenue, Suite 16B, New York, NY 10022. |
| (6) | Includes 486,986 Class A ordinary Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants. Francis Ong, in his capacity as manager to Pacific Century Securities, LLC has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by Pacific Century Securities, LLC and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. The address of Pacific Century Securities, LLC is 6020 Woodside Avenue, STE 211, Queens, NY 11377. |
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Each Selling Shareholder of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal Trading Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Shareholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
| ● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| ● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| ● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| ● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| ● | privately negotiated transactions; |
| ● | settlement of short sales; |
| ● | in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security; |
| ● | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| ● | a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| ● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The Selling Shareholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in the sale of the Securities (as defined in this prospectus), including Class A Ordinary Shares, warrants (including Prefunded Warrants, A Warrants, B Warrants, and Placement Agent Warrants), and Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of such warrants. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of Securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.
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In connection with the sale of the Securities or interests therein, the Selling Shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also sell Securities short and deliver these Securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these Securities . The Selling Shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of Securities offered by this prospectus, which Securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the Securities . The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Securities may be resold by the Selling Shareholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the Securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale Securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state Securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale Securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale Securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the Class A Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Shareholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
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MANANGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes thereto and other financial information, which are included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to various factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Further, a result of these factors, risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events may not occur. Relevant factors, risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section entitled “Business”, “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s beliefs and opinions as of the date of this registration statement. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Overview
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on June 25, 2024, as a holding company. We operate our business primarily through our indirectly wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited. We operate in a single segment that represents the Company’s core business as an Approved Public Works Contractor undertaking roads and drainage to its customers in Hong Kong. Our construction activities mainly include public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works, in Hong Kong. We mostly undertake civil engineering works in the role of subcontractor, while we are also fully qualified to undertake such works in the capacity of main contractor.
Kin Chiu Engineering Limited was founded in 2012. In our operating history of over 12 years, we have focused on providing civil engineering services in the role of subcontractor and built up our expertise and track record in civil engineering works. We take pride in our project portfolio in civil engineering works. In 2024, we were awarded with a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$180 million (US$23.0 million) and a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$80 million (US$10.2 million).
We, through our Operating Subsidiary, are mainly engaged in public sector projects in Hong Kong. To a lesser extent, we also participate in private sector projects. Our public sector projects mainly involve infrastructure developments while private sector projects mainly involved residential and commercial developments.
In March 2020, we have successfully registered in the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong in the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)), enabling us to directly tender for public works contracts in the capacity of main contractor. In addition, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited is a Registered Subcontractor in foundation and piling (sheet piles), general civil works (roadworks, road drainage and sewer and waterworks), other finishing trades and components (signage and graphics) and hoarding of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council of Hong Kong.
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We, through our Operating Subsidiary, have achieved sustained growth in our business. For each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our total revenue derived from civil engineering services was approximately US$46.0 million, US$48.8 million and US$44.6 million, respectively. The number of customers with revenue contribution to us was 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, and 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
The rollout and commencement of projects such as Kwun Tung North and Fanling North of New Development Area, Kau Yi Chau Artificial Island under the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, Tung Chung New Town Extension in the coming few years, shall sustain demand for civil engineering works. Driven by (i) continuous government funding support to promote productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety and enhancing environmental performance; (ii) the Government’s continuous effort in enhancing rail connectivity, which requires extensive civil engineering works; (iii) rapid advancement in technology to optimize productivity and reduce costs such as the building information management and industrialized building system, it is expected that the Hong Kong civil engineering industry will continue to grow.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Skyline Group and its subsidiaries resulting from Reorganization has always been under the common control of the same controlling shareholder before and after the Reorganization. The consolidation of Skyline Group and its subsidiaries has been accounted for at historical cost and prepared on the basis as if the transactions had become effective as of the beginning of the first period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Results of operations for the periods presented comprise those of the previously separate entities combined from the beginning of the period to the end of the period, eliminating the effects of intra-entity transactions.
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Skyline Group and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances among Skyline Group and its subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.
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Summary of Results of Operations
Comparison of Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.
| 2025 | 2024 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | 46,009,519 | 48,821,619 | (2,812,100 | ) | (5.8 | )% | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | (43,090,207 | ) | (45,928,093 | ) | 2,837,886 | (6.2 | )% | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 2,919,312 | 2,893,526 | 25,786 | 0.9 | % | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | (1,360,051 | ) | (1,040,245 | ) | 319,806 | 30.7 | % | |||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | (5,315 | ) | (197,527 | ) | 192,212 | 97.3 | % | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | (1,365,366 | ) | (1,237,772 | ) | 127,594 | 10.3 | % | |||||||||
| Income from operations | 1,553,946 | 1,655,754 | (101,808 | ) | (6.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Other (expense)/income | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (891,379 | ) | (733,220 | ) | 158,159 | 21.6 | % | |||||||||
| Other income, net | 238,677 | 191,892 | 46,785 | 24.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Total other (expense)/income, net | (652,702 | ) | (541,328 | ) | 111,374 | 20.6 | % | |||||||||
| Income before income taxes and equity in net profits of affiliates | 901,244 | 1,114,426 | (213,182 | ) | (19.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Income tax expense | (179,325 | ) | (150,734 | ) | (28,591 | ) | (19.0 | )% | ||||||||
| Income before equity in net profit of affiliates | 721,919 | 963,692 | (241,773 | ) | (25.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Equity in net profits/(losses) of affiliates | 5,528 | (33,780 | ) | 39,308 | 116.4 | % | ||||||||||
| Net income | 727,447 | 929,912 | (202,465 | ) | (21.8 | )% | ||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | ||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 15,599 | 9,138 | 6,461 | 70.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Comprehensive income | 743,046 | 939,050 | (196,004 | ) | (20.9 | )% | ||||||||||
Revenue
Our revenue was US$46,009,519 for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$48,821,619 for the year ended March 31, 2024, representing a decrease of approximately US$2,812,100 or approximately 5.8%. The decrease in our revenue was mainly driven by (i) the substantial completion of certain sizeable public sector projects, partially offset by increase in revenue from ongoing high-value projects and newly awarded projects; and (ii) the absence of new private projects during the year ended March 31, 2025.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by sector for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 respectively:
| 2025 | 2024 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| USD | USD | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
| Public | 46,009,519 | 48,298,181 | (2,288,662 | ) | (4.7 | )% | ||||||||||
| Private | - | 523,438 | (523,438 | ) | (100.0 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total revenue | 46,009,519 | 48,821,619 | (2,812,100 | ) | (5.8 | )% | ||||||||||
Our revenue from public sector projects was US$46,009,519 for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$48,298,181 for the year ended March 31, 2024, representing a decrease of approximately US$2,288,662 or approximately 4.7%. This decrease was mainly due to (i) the lower volume of work performed by our Group on sizeable projects as a result of the substantial completion during the year ended March 31, 2025 and most of the revenue has already been recognised in prior years; and (ii) was partially offset by the increase in revenue from ongoing sizeable public projects and from newly awarded public projects during the year ended March 31, 2025.
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Our revenue from private sector projects was US$nil for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$523,438 for the year ended March 31, 2024, representing a decrease of approximately US$523,438 or approximately 100.0%. The decrease in revenue from private sector projects was primarily due to the completion of smaller projects during the year ended March 31, 2024, with the absence of new private projects awarded during the year ended March 31, 2025.
Cost of revenue
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our cost of revenue for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| 2025 | 2024 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | ||||||||||||||||
| Subcontracting charges | 26,069,561 | 21,897,573 | 4,171,988 | 19.1 | % | |||||||||||
| Material and consumables | 5,780,719 | 6,986,461 | (1,205,742 | ) | (17.3 | )% | ||||||||||
| Direct labor costs | 8,942,955 | 13,102,868 | (4,159,913 | ) | (31.7 | )% | ||||||||||
| Overhead costs | 2,296,972 | 3,941,191 | (1,644,219 | ) | (41.7 | )% | ||||||||||
| 43,090,207 | 45,928,093 | (2,837,886 | ) | (6.2 | )% | |||||||||||
Our cost of revenue primarily consists of subcontracting charges, material and consumables costs, direct labor costs, and overhead costs such as depreciation of plant and equipment that are directly attributable to services provided. We incurred a cost of revenue of US$43,090,207 for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$45,928,093 for the year ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of US$2,837,886 or 6.2%. The decrease was generally in line with the decrease in revenue while the increase in subcontracting charges for the year ended March 31, 2025 was mainly attributable to optimization of resource allocation and it was more cost-effective to subcontract certain works which included reinforcement structured works to our subcontractors to meet project demand.
Gross profit and gross profit margin
Our total gross profit was US$2,919,312 for the year ended March 31, 2025, compared to US$2,893,526 for the year ended March 31, 2024, an increase of US$25,786 or 0.9%. Our total gross profit margin rose slightly from 5.9% for the year ended March 31, 2024, to 6.3% for the year ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to benefits from competitive subcontractor pricing and strict cost control management which improved cost efficiency.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses mainly consist of administrative staff costs, consultancy fees, bank charges, legal and professional fee, auditor’s remuneration, and other miscellaneous administrative expenses. We incurred general and administrative expenses of US$1,360,051 for the year ended March 31, 2025, compared to US$1,040,245 for the year ended March 31, 2024, an increase of US$319,806 or 30.7%. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to several significant changes. Staff costs (including directors’ remuneration) rose by 35.7% from US$506,890 for the year ended March 31, 2024 to US$687,695 for the year ended March 31, 2025 due to increase in directors’ emoluments. In addition, legal and professional fee increased from US$Nil for the year ended March 31, 2024 to US$176,996 for the year ended March 31, 2025, mainly because of one-off expenses in relation to Reorganization and post-Listing fee for compliance purpose.
Other income, net
Other income, net mainly represents various income streams including bank interest income, imputed interest income, consultancy fee income, change in cash value of life insurance policy, remeasurement of provision for long service payment and sundry income. The overall increase in other income, net by 24.4%, from US$191,892 for the year ended March 31, 2024 to US$238,677 for the year ended March 31, 2025, is primarily driven by remeasurement of provision for long service payments of US$86,072 during the year ended March 31, 2025.
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Interest expense
We incurred an interest expense of US$891,379 for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$733,220 for the year ended March 31, 2024, an increase of US$158,159 or 21.6%. Despite the increase in the balance of our bank and other borrowings to US$12,044,435 as of March 31, 2025, from US$10,928,069 as of March 31, 2024, the increase in interest expense was primarily due to the higher average balance of outstanding bank and other borrowings, reflecting increased financing requirements for ongoing projects during the year ended March 31, 2025.
Income tax expense
Our company, Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited, was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Pursuant to the current rules and regulations, the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands currently levy no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains, or appreciations and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. Therefore, the Company is not subject to any income tax in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands.
Our indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited, is subject to income tax within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000 (US$256,664) and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000 (US$256,664). For the years ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, our Group had assessable profits in Hong Kong and a provision for paying the Hong Kong profits tax has been made accordingly.
We incurred income tax expenses of US$179,325 for the year ended March 31, 2025, compared to US$150,734 for the year ended March 31, 2024, a increase of US$28,591 or 19.0%. Our effective tax rate was approximately 19.9% for the year ended March 31, 2025, and approximately 13.5% for the year ended March 31, 2024.
Net income and total comprehensive income
As a result of the foregoing, we reported a net profit for the year of US$727,447 for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$929,912 for the year ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of US$202,465 or 21.8%.
Total comprehensive income for the year was US$743,046 for the year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to US$939,050 for the year ended March 31, 2024, and a decrease of US$196,004 or 20.9%.
The increase in other comprehensive income was attributed to positive adjustments in foreign exchange translations.
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Comparison of Years Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.
| 2024 | 2023 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | 48,821,619 | 44,555,081 | 4,266,538 | 9.6 | % | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | (45,928,093 | ) | (43,332,532 | ) | (2,595,561 | ) | 6.0 | % | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 2,893,526 | 1,222,549 | 1,670,977 | 136.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | (1,040,245 | ) | (785,244 | ) | (255,001 | ) | 32.5 | % | ||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | (197,527 | ) | 418,922 | (616,449 | ) | (147.2 | )% | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | (1,237,772 | ) | (366,322 | ) | (871,450 | ) | 237.9 | % | ||||||||
| Income from operations | 1,655,754 | 856,227 | 799,527 | 93.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Other income/(expense) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (733,220 | ) | (354,125 | ) | (379,095 | ) | 107.1 | % | ||||||||
| Other income, net | 191,892 | 610,036 | (418,144 | ) | (68.5 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total other income/(expense), net | (541,328 | ) | 255,911 | (797,239 | ) | (311.5 | )% | |||||||||
| Income before income taxes and equity in net losses of affiliates | 1,114,426 | 1,112,138 | 2,288 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense | (150,734 | ) | (116,641 | ) | (34,093 | ) | 29.2 | % | ||||||||
| Income before equity in net losses of affiliates | 963,692 | 995,497 | (31,805 | ) | (3.2 | )% | ||||||||||
| Equity in net losses of affiliates | (33,780 | ) | (115,943 | ) | 82,163 | (70.9 | )% | |||||||||
| Net income | 929,912 | 879,554 | 50,358 | 5.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) | ||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 9,138 | (5,798 | ) | 14,936 | (257.6 | )% | ||||||||||
| Comprehensive income | 939,050 | 873,756 | 65,294 | 7.5 | % | |||||||||||
Revenue
Our revenue was US$48,821,619 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$44,555,081 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of approximately US$4,266,538 or approximately 9.6%. The increase in our revenue was mainly driven by the number of our projects contributing revenue, which increased from 15 for the year ended March 31, 2023, to 16 for the year ended March 31, 2024. The number of our high value projects contributing revenue of over US$3,000,000 during the year increased from 4 for the year ended March 31, 2023, to 6 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
We secured our new business through direct invitations for tenders from customers and we receive from time to time invitations to submit tenders from construction contractors. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, we submitted 3 and 5 tenders to our potential customers, respectively, and our tender success rate was approximately 67% and 60% for the respective year. We believe that our proven track record of quality works, our expertise in wet trades operations, and our ability to deliver work on time are the crucial factors that enable us to gain our customers’ trust and give us a competitive edge when tendering for projects. Our stable tender success rate demonstrates our competitiveness in the public civil engineering works and the satisfaction of our customers with our services.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by sector for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 respectively:
| 2024 | 2023 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| USD | USD | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
| Public | 48,298,181 | 43,341,572 | 4,956,609 | 11.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Private | 523,438 | 1,213,509 | (690,071 | ) | (56.9 | )% | ||||||||||
| Total revenue | 48,821,619 | 44,555,081 | 4,266,538 | 9.6 | % | |||||||||||
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Our revenue from public sector projects was US$48,298,181 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$43,341,572 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of approximately US$4,956,609 or approximately 11.4%. This increase was mainly due to the increase in number of projects and the higher volume of work performed by our Group on ongoing sizable public projects that commenced in the previous year.
Our revenue from private sector projects was US$523,438 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$1,213,509 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing a decrease of approximately US$690,071 or approximately -56.9%. The decrease in revenue from private sector projects was primarily due to the completion of sizable projects in 2023 and the new projects awarded as of March 31, 2024 are smaller in size.
Cost of revenue
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our cost of revenue for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
| 2024 | 2023 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | ||||||||||||||||
| Subcontracting charges | 21,897,573 | 18,125,465 | 3,772,108 | 20.8 | % | |||||||||||
| Material and consumables | 6,986,461 | 9,703,165 | (2,716,704 | ) | (28.0 | )% | ||||||||||
| Direct labor costs | 13,102,868 | 11,391,278 | 1,711,590 | 15.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Overhead costs | 3,941,191 | 4,112,624 | (171,433 | ) | (4.2 | )% | ||||||||||
| 45,928,093 | 43,332,532 | 2,595,561 | 6.0 | % | ||||||||||||
Our cost of revenue primarily consists of subcontracting charges, material and consumables costs, direct labor costs, and overhead costs such as depreciation of equipment that are directly attributable to services provided. We incurred a cost of revenue of US$45,928,093 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$43,332,532 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$2,595,561 or 6.0%. The increase was generally in line with the increase in revenue while the decrease in material and consumables costs for the year ended March 31, 2024, was mainly attributable to more efficient use of materials and the completion of certain material-intensive projects in the previous year.
Gross profit and gross profit margin
Our total gross profit was US$2,893,526 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$1,222,549 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$1,670,977 or 136.7%. The increase in total gross profit was mainly attributable to the increase in revenue for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the year ended March 31, 2023, as discussed above. Additionally, this improvement in gross profit can be attributed to the project’s transition from the early stages, characterized by preliminary planning and design costs, site preparation costs, high initial material costs and a higher proportion of overhead costs, to the middle stages. In the middle stages, we benefited from more efficient revenue recognition, economies of scale, and reduced cost per unit. Consequently, our total gross profit margin improved from 2.7% for the year ended March 31, 2023, to 5.9% for the year ended March 31, 2024.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses mainly consist of administrative staff costs, consultancy fees, bank charges, depreciation, and other miscellaneous administrative expenses. We incurred general and administrative expenses of US$1,040,245 for the year ended March 31, 2024, compared to US$785,244 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$255,001 or 32.5%. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to several significant changes. Consultancy fees increased from US$7,588 in 2023 to US$218,877 in 2024 related to the supporting services of the bank financing. Bank charges increased by 209.9% from US$29,950 in 2023 to US$92,800 in 2024, attributed to higher transaction volumes and new banking arrangements. Staff costs rose by 14.1% from US$402,692 for the year ended March 31, 2023 to US$459,404 for the year ended March 31, 2024 due to the addition of new full-time staff in the surveyors department and administration and finance department.
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Other income
Other income mainly represents various income streams including bank interest income, imputed interest income, government subsidies, consultancy fee income, and sundry income. The overall decrease in other income by 68.5%, from US$610,036 for the year ended March 31, 2023 to US$191,892 for the year ended March 31, 2024, is primarily driven by the absence of substantial government subsidies from Covid-19 Anti-epidemic fund, which dropped from US$371,830 to US$0. The subsidy aimed to provide financial support to employers to pay staff wages and maintain employment during Covid-19.
Interest expense
We incurred an interest expense of US$733,220 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$354,125 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$379,095 or 107.1%. Despite the increase in the balance of our bank borrowings to US$10,928,069 as of March 31, 2024, from US$5,289,497 as of March 31, 2023, the increase in interest expense was primarily due to the higher average balance of bank borrowings during the year ended March 31, 2024. This increase in average balance resulted in a significant rise in interest on bank loans from US$276,097 for the year ended March 31, 2023 to US$640,572 for the year ended March 31, 2024, a difference of US$364,475 or 132.0%. Additionally, there were notable increases in interest on lease liabilities and other finance costs.
Income tax expense
Our company, Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited, was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Pursuant to the current rules and regulations, the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands currently levy no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains, or appreciations and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. Therefore, the Company is not subject to any income tax in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands.
Our indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited, is subject to income tax within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000 (US$256,410) and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000 (US$256,410). For the years ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, our Group had assessable profits in Hong Kong and a provision for paying the Hong Kong profits tax has been made accordingly.
We incurred income tax expenses of US$150,734 for the year ended March 31, 2024, compared to US$116,641 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$34,093 or 29.2%. Our effective tax rate was approximately 13.9% for the year ended March 31, 2024, and approximately 11.7% for the year ended March 31, 2023. The increase in effective tax rate in 2024 because the government subsidy income of US$371,830 in 2023 was not subjected to profit tax, while in 2024, most of the income is subjected to profit tax.
Net income and total comprehensive income
As a result of the foregoing, we reported a net profit for the year of US$929,912 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$879,554 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$50,358 or 5.7%.
Total comprehensive income for the year was US$939,050 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$873,756 for the year ended March 31, 2023, and increase of US$65,294 or 7.5%.
The increase in other comprehensive income was attributed to higher profits and positive adjustments in foreign exchange translations.
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Discussion of Certain Balance Sheet Items
The following table sets forth selected information from our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and 2024. This information should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
| 2025 | 2024 | variance | variance | |||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | % | |||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 718,625 | 323,595 | 395,030 | 122.1 | % | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 10,032,305 | 3,815,714 | 6,216,591 | 162.9 | % | |||||||||||
| Contract assets, current portion | 4,636,670 | 8,719,395 | (4,082,725 | ) | (46.8 | )% | ||||||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets | 7,020,687 | 3,259,382 | 3,761,305 | 115.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Total current assets | 22,408,287 | 16,118,086 | 6,290,201 | 39.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Non-current assets: | ||||||||||||||||
| Equity method investments | 1,324,129 | 1,311,010 | 13,119 | 1.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 241,809 | 595,169 | (353,360 | ) | (59.4 | )% | ||||||||||
| Finance lease right-of-use assets, net | 87,385 | 270,712 | (183,327 | ) | (67.7 | )% | ||||||||||
| Operating right-of-use assets, net | 162,886 | 423,157 | (260,271 | ) | (61.5 | )% | ||||||||||
| Life insurance policy, cash surrender value | 1,390,388 | 429,842 | 960,546 | 223.5 | % | |||||||||||
| Contract assets, net of current portion | 1,029,078 | 1,350,413 | (321,335 | ) | (23.8 | )% | ||||||||||
| Deposits for acquisition of plant and equipment | 1,784,389 | - | 1,784,389 | - | ||||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 65,241 | 13,813 | 51,428 | 372.3 | % | |||||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 28,493,592 | 20,512,202 | 7,981,390 | 38.9 | % | |||||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | 1,797,735 | 2,032,246 | (234,511 | ) | (11.5 | )% | ||||||||||
| Contract liabilities | 2,322,911 | 1,144,047 | 1,178,864 | 103.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Bank borrowings | 12,044,435 | 10,928,069 | 1,116,366 | 10.2 | % | |||||||||||
| Finance lease liabilities, current portion | 56,795 | 184,280 | (127,485 | ) | (69.2 | )% | ||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 115,372 | 240,871 | (125,499 | ) | (52.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Due to related parties | 1,360,024 | 857,015 | 503,009 | 58.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,770,319 | 1,429,223 | 341,096 | 23.9 | % | |||||||||||
| Income tax payable | 372,816 | 317,402 | 55,414 | 17.5 | % | |||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 19,840,407 | 17,133,153 | 2,707,254 | 15.8 | % | |||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
| Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion | - | 56,469 | (56,469 | ) | (100.0 | )% | ||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 26,700 | 141,254 | (114,554 | ) | (81.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities, net of current portion | 34,362 | 139,571 | (105,209 | ) | (75.4 | )% | ||||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 19,901,469 | 17,470,447 | 2,431,022 | 13.9 | % | |||||||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares, 4,950,000,000 shares authorized, par value US$0.00001 each, 26,505,000 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and 2024 | 282 | 265 | 17 | 6.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Ordinary shares, 50,000,000 shares authorized, par value US$0.00001 each, 1,995,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and 2024 | 20 | 20 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 5,764,699 | 957,394 | 4,807,305 | 502.1 | % | |||||||||||
| Retained earnings | 2,821,784 | 2,094,337 | 727,447 | 34.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) | 5,338 | (10,261 | ) | 15,599 | 152.0 | % | ||||||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | 8,592,123 | 3,041,755 | 5,550,368 | 182.5 | % | |||||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | 28,493,592 | 20,512,202 | 7,981,390 | 38.9 | % | |||||||||||
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
Our cash and cash equivalents increased from US$323,595 as of March 31, 2024, to US$718,625 as of March 31, 2025. The fluctuation was mainly a result of our business operations, proceeds from Listing as well as the repayments and proceeds from bank borrowings.
Accounts Receivable
Our accounts receivable increased from US$3,815,714 as of March 31, 2024, to US$10,032,305 as of March 31, 2025, primarily as a result of the increase in the amount of work performed in several ongoing projects and new projects awarded near the year end as of March 31, 2025.
Contract Assets
Our contract assets decreased significantly from US$10,069,808 as of March 31, 2024, to US$5,665,748 as of March 31, 2025, representing a 43.7% decrease. The decrease is mainly due to (i) the decrease of unbilled revenue of construction contracts from US$8,384,456 as of March 31, 2024 to US$4,157,343 as of March 31, 2025; primarily due to improved processing time of certification by independent surveyors and the decrease in the number of projects near year end pending from independent surveyor certification as of March 31, 2025 and (ii) the decrease of retention receivable from US$1,961,870 as of March 31, 2024 to US$1,605,163 as of March 31, 2025 as a result of release of retention receivables of completed projects during the year ended March 31, 2025.
Prepayments and other current assets
Prepayments and other current assets mainly comprised the prepayment for insurance, rental, utilities and other deposits, and advance payment to subcontractors. Our other receivables increased from US$3,259,382 as of March 31, 2024 to US$7,020,687 as of March 31, 2025 mainly attributed to (i) US$1,000,000 of prepayment relating to marketing activities for investor relation and training which will be recognized during the year ending March 31, 2026; (ii) the increase in advances to a subcontractor which was primarily due to projects that necessitated substantial cash flows for the procurement of materials required to achieve a key milestone and a setup of new work stages that start after March 2025. It is anticipated that cost of revenue will be recognized subsequently upon the completion of these milestone and work stage.
Right-of-Use (“ROU”) Assets
Our Right-of-Use (“ROU”) assets consists of finance lease right-of-use assets and operating right-of-use assets, which experienced a notable decrease in value from US$693,869 as of March 31, 2024, to US$250,271 as of March 31, 2025. The finance lease right-of-use assets decreased by US$183,327, representing a 67.7% reduction. Similarly, the operating right-of-use assets decreased by US$260,271, equating to a 61.5% reduction. This reduction was attributed to the amortization of the assets recognized and the completion of lease contracts during the year ended March 31, 2025. No additional ROU assets were recorded as of March 31, 2025.
Accounts Payable
Our accounts payable mainly comprised trade payables to subcontractors and suppliers of materials. Our accounts payable decreased from US$2,032,246 as of March 31, 2024, to US$1,797,735 as of March 31, 2025, primarily due to improvement in payment control over credit terms with suppliers and subcontractor as reflected by the alignment of the accounts payable turnover days from 24.6 days to 22.7 days, which align with the average credit terms offered by our suppliers and subcontractors.
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Our accrued expenses and other current liabilities mainly comprise accrued salaries, accrued interest and other payables. Our accrued expenses and other current liabilities increased from US$1,429,223 as of March 31, 2024 to US$1,770,319 as of March 31, 2025 mainly due to accrued post-Listing fee as of March 31, 2025.
Contract Liabilities
Our contract liabilities increased from US$1,144,047 as of March 31, 2024 to US$2,322,911 as of March 31, 2025, which was mainly because one of the customer advanced payments required to achieve a key milestone. It is anticipated that revenue will be recognized subsequently upon the completion of the work done.
Due to related parties
Our amounts due to related parties comprised amount due to a director and amount due to joint ventures. Amount due to a director rose from US$203,990 as of March 31,2024 to US$617,944 as of March 31, 2025, marking an increase of US$413,954. This increase was primarily due to advance from a director for operational use. Conversely, the amounts due to joint ventures increased from US$653,025 as of March 31,2024 to US$742,080 as of March 31, 2025, to cope with the business growth.
Bank and Other Borrowings
As of March 31, 2024, and 2025, we had outstanding bank and other borrowings balances of US$10,928,069 and US$12,044,435, respectively. The increase in the outstanding bank and other borrowings balances was mainly due to the business funding needs in respect of maintaining our business scale.
Lease Liabilities
Lease liabilities comprised finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities. As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, we had lease liabilities of US$198,867 and US$622,874, respectively. The decrease in our lease liabilities was mainly due to the amortization of lease liabilities and the completion of lease contracts during the year ended March 31, 2025.
5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of funds have historically been our equity capital, cash generated from our operations, financial support from controlling shareholder and bank and other borrowings. Our primary liquidity requirements are to finance our working capital needs, fund our capital expenditures, and support the growth of our operations. Going forward, we expect these sources to continue to be our principal sources of liquidity, and we may use a portion of the proceeds from the initial public offering to finance a portion of our liquidity requirements.
Since inception, there have been periods where we maintained a working capital deficit and negative operating cashflows. As of March 31, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents amounted to US$718,625. Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended March 31, 2025 amounted to US$3,005,991 and a net income for the year ended March 31, 2025 amounted to US$727,447. Our working capital requirements and operating cashflows are influenced by the size of our operations, the contract sum of our work contracts, the progress of execution on our work contracts, the timeliness related to the survey certification process by the customers which are determined by the operation scales of our customers, the geographical dispersion, and the complexity of the projects, the timing for collecting accounts receivable and repayment of accounts payable. The disproportionate fluctuations in the contract assets impact the Company’s liquidity and capital resources, which lead to the mismatch between cashflow and operation expenditures. The Company may need to rely more on external financing, such as bank loans or lines of credits to maintain the operational and strategic flexibility.
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As of March 31, 2025, we had the total outstanding bank and other borrowings of US$12,044,435 which was repayable on demand and according to respective payment schedules and US$10,891,674 is available for revolving. The unutilised amount was US$257 as of March 31, 2025. There was no material covenant stated in the indebtedness incurred as of March 31, 2025. We are not committed to draw down the unutilized amount.
Components and details of available and utilized bank and other borrowings as of March 31, 2025 are as follows:
| Repayment terms(4) | Interest rate % | Available | As of March 31, 2025 Utilised | Unutilised | Maturity Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 1 | (1) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 138,622 | - | 13/4/2031 | ||||||||||
| (5) | - | 111 | - | 23/4/2025 | |||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 2 | (1) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 94,186 | - | 23/10/2031 | ||||||||||
| (6) | - | 234 | - | 12/5/2025 | |||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 3 | (1) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 107,128 | - | 2/4/2032 | ||||||||||
| (6) | - | 361 | - | 13/5/2025 | |||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 4 | (1) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 351,120 | - | 14/6/2033 | ||||||||||
| (7) | - | 643 | - | 14/5/2025 | |||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Post-Shipment Buyer Loans | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over 1-month HIBOR | Limit up to US$5,141,388 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 |
300,771 | Limit up to US$2,574 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 | 2/5/2025 | ||||||||||
| 167,095 | 6/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 268,638 | 6/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 89,974 | 30/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 98,972 | 6/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 77,121 | 8/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 366,324 | 8/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 307,198 | 9/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 192,802 | 7/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 186,375 | 11/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 246,787 | 21/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 547,558 | 24/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 268,638 | 25/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 190,231 | 28/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21,594 | 11/8/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 293,058 | 15/8/2025 |
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| Repayment terms(4) | Interest rate % | Available | As of March 31, 2025 Utilised | Unutilised | Maturity Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Advance to Manufacturer (“MA”) Loan 1 | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over 1-month HIBOR | Limit up to US$5,141,388 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 |
257,069 | Limit up to US$2,574 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 | 23/4/2025 | ||||||||||
| 231,362 | 24/4/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 186,375 | 28/4/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 52,699 | 29/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 231,363 | 29/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 179,949 | 23/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 379,178 | 26/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Funds from Factoring | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2% per annum over 1-month HIBOR | Limit up to US$2,570,694 in aggregate for Funds from Factoring | 106,535 | - | 27/5/2025 | ||||||||||
| 21,765 | 9/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 293,121 | 15/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 200,246 | 12/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 274,522 | 15/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 242,931 | 18/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 247,943 | 21/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 547,401 | 22/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 267,738 | 25/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 56,694 | 27/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 303,480 | 7/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8,318 | 6/5/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - MA Loan 2 | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over 1-day HIBOR | Limit up to US$2,313,625 in aggregate for MA Loan 2 & Post Shipment Buyer Loan | 435,733 | Limit up to US$1,287 in aggregate for MA Loan 2 & Post Shipment Buyer Loan | 23/6/2025 | ||||||||||
| 334,190 | 24/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 321,337 | 25/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 194,087 | 30/6/2025 |
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| Repayment terms(4) | Interest rate % | Available | As of March 31, 2025 Utilised | Unutilised | Maturity Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Post Shipment Buyer Loan | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over 1-day HIBOR | Limit up to US$2,313,625 in aggregate for MA Loan 2 & Post Shipment Buyer Loan | 132,391 | Limit up to US$1,287 in aggregate for MA Loan 2 & Post Shipment Buyer Loan | 26/6/2025 | ||||||||||
| 95,116 | 7/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 111,825 | 7/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 366,324 | 14/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 244,216 | 18/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 78,406 | 21/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited -Universal Life Insurance (ULI) Loan (I) | (9) | Repay upon maturity | 1% per annum over HIBOR | Limit up to US$647,544 in aggregate for Funds from Factoring | 616,709 | 28/2/2030 | |||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Universal Life Insurance (ULI) Loan (II) | (9) | Repay upon maturity | 1% per annum over HIBOR | Limit up to US$205,520 in aggregate for Funds from Factoring | 195,733 | 28/3/2030 | |||||||||||
| AR Horizon Limited | (8) | Repay upon maturity | 12% | - | 514,138 | - | 8/4/2025 | ||||||||||
| Total | 10,891,674 | 12,044,435 | 257 |
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Components and details of available and utilized bank borrowings as of March 31, 2024 are as follows:
| Repayment terms(4) | Interest rate % | Available | As of March 31, 2024 Utilised | Unutilised | Maturity Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 1 | (1),(5) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 143,422 | - | 13/4/2031 | ||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 2 | (1),(6) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 96,007 | - | 23/10/2031 | ||||||||||
| Hang Seng Bank - Term Loan | (2) | Monthly repay | 2% per annum over 3 - month HIBOR | - | 269,805 | - | 28/03/2028 | ||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 3 | (1),(6) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 110,141 | - | 2/4/2032 | ||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Guarantee Loan 4 | (1),(7) | Monthly repay | HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% | - | 359,054 | - | 14/6/2033 | ||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Post-Shipment Buyer Loans | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over HIBOR | Limit up to US$5,111,821 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 | 190,415 | Limit up to US$16,550 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 | 15/4/2024 | ||||||||||
| 16,677 | 15/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 191,693 | 20/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 214,696 | 13/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 230,032 | 13/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 200,639 | 19/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 217,252 | 19/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 178,914 | 27/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 204,473 | 28/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 284,984 | 24/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 178,914 | 5/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 191,693 | 5/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 166,134 | 5/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 287,540 | 12/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 146,965 | 19/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 191,693 | 19/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 146,965 | 22/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 157,189 | 23/8/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 213,419 | 23/8/2024 |
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| Repayment terms(4) | Interest rate % | Available | As of March 31, 2024 Utilised | Unutilised | Maturity Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Advance to Manufacturer (“MA”) Loan 1 | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over HIBOR | Limit up to US$5,111,821 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 | 207,029 | Limit up to US$16,550 in aggregate for Post-Shipment Buyer Loans and MA Loan 1 | 16/4/2024 | ||||||||||
| 198,083 | 6/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 255,591 | 6/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 72,844 | 8/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 191,693 | 28/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 191,693 | 5/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 138,019 | 11/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 230,032 | 26/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Funds from Factoring | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2% per annum over 1 - month HIBOR | Limit up to US$2,555,910 in aggregate for Funds from Factoring | 182,286 | Limit up to US$1,861 in aggregate for Funds from Factoring | 2/5/2024 | ||||||||||
| 73,548 | 7/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1,291 | 29/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22,285 | 18/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 475 | 19/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 157,758 | 20/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31,596 | 26/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 214,383 | 22/3/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12,381 | 30/3/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 358,385 | 9/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33,448 | 14/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 142,847 | 15/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 202,438 | 25/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15,517 | 26/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12,340 | 30/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 439,955 | 2/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11,918 | 29/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 256,676 | 9/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 710 | 17/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 170,160 | 18/6/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 213,652 | 25/6/2024 |
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| Repayment terms(4) | Interest rate % | Available | As of March 31, 2024 Utilised | Unutilised | Maturity Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - MA Loan 2 | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over HIBOR | Limit up to US$2,300,320 in aggregate for MA Loan 2 & Post-Shipment Buyer Loan | 255,591 | - | 24/4/2024 | ||||||||||
| 255,591 | 24/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 255,591 | 25/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 319,489 | 25/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 191,694 | 7/5/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - Post-Shipment Buyer Loan | (3) | Repay upon maturity | 2.5% per annum over HIBOR | Limit up to US$2,300,320 in aggregate for MA Loan 2 & Post-Shipment Buyer Loan | 383,387 | - | 28/4/2024 | ||||||||||
| 332,268 | 29/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 306,709 | 29/4/2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 9,968,051 | 10,928,069 | 18,411 |
| (1) | The loan is secured by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. There is no material covenant stated in this borrowing. |
| (2) | The loans are secured by the personal guarantees from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mr. Wong Chak Lam. There is no material covenant stated in this borrowing. Loans are redrawn once the repayment is made in accordance with the maturity dates, subject to the aggregate amount outstanding of such facilities shall at no time exceed the stated combined limit and sub-limits. |
| (3) | The loans contain a repayment on demand clause. |
| (4) | The loan tenor and the guarantee period of the loan was extended under the Partial Principal Repayment Arrangement with effective from June 13,2024. |
| (5) | The loan tenor and the guarantee period of the loan was extended under the Partial Principal Repayment Arrangement with effective from May 23,2024. |
| (6) | The loan tenor and the guarantee period of the loan was extended under the Partial Principal Repayment Arrangement with effective from June 2,2024. |
| (7) | The loan tenor and the guarantee period of the loan was extended under the Partial Principal Repayment Arrangement with effective from June 14,2024. |
| (8) | The loan is secured by the assignment of receivables of a project. There is no material covenant stated in this borrowing. |
| (9) | The loans are secured by the life insurance policy from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mrs Po Lok Sze. The loan contains a repayment on demand clause. |
As of March 31, 2025, we had outstanding bank and other borrowings of US$12,044,435. As of March 31, 2025, USD41,641,140 was repaid according to our monthly repayment schedule and upon loan maturity. The funds for these repayments were sourced mainly from cash flows generated from our operations. After the repayments, we re-drew from our banking facilities of Post-Shipment buyer loans, MA loans and Factoring, resulting in an outstanding balance of US$12,044,435 as of March 31, 2025.
As of March 31, 2025, we have cash requirements for bank and other borrowings, leases, long-serviced payment obligations, and other liabilities. For lease-related information, see Note 8 of our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. For bank and other borrowings-related information, see Note 11 of our consolidated financial statements.
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As of March 31, 2025, we have the following obligations:
| ● | Short-term: Other liabilities of US$19,840,407 are comprised of various payables, including accounts payable, amounts due to related parties and accrued expenses payables expected to be settled based on contractual terms. |
| ● | Long-term: Long-serviced payment obligations of US$34,362 are expected to be paid out based on individual plan participants, although cash outflows cannot be estimated reliably. Additionally, operating lease liabilities of US$26,700 are expected to be paid out based on lease terms. |
We believe that our current cash balance, cash generated from our operations, bank and other borrowings, and the net proceeds from this Offering will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs for the next 12 months from the date the audited financial statements are issued. If we experience an adverse operating environment or incur unanticipated capital expenditure requirements, or if we accelerate our growth, then additional financing may be required. No assurance can be given, however, that additional financing, if required, would be available at all or on favorable terms. Such financing may include the use of additional debt or the sale of additional equity securities. Any financing which involves the sale of equity securities or instruments that are convertible into equity securities could result in immediate and possibly significant dilution to our existing shareholders.
Cash Flows
The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows information for the years indicated:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| US$ | US$ | |||||||
| Cash provided by (used in) | ||||||||
| Operating activities | (3,005,991 | ) | (6,507,832 | ) | ||||
| Investing activities | (1,612,158 | ) | (59,717 | ) | ||||
| Financing activities | 5,011,152 | 5,323,832 | ||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 2,027 | 5,083 | ||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 395,030 | (1,238,634 | ) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | 323,595 | 1,562,229 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | 718,625 | 323,595 | ||||||
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Operating Activities
Our operating cash inflows are primarily derived from our revenue from public civil engineering works such as road and drainage works, in Hong Kong, whereas our operating cash outflows mainly include subcontracting costs, direct labor costs, the purchase of materials, as well as other working capital needs.
Cash used in operating activities amounted to US$3,005,991 for the year ended March 31, 2025, mainly derived from (i) net income of US$727,447 for the year ended March 31, 2025; (ii) the increase in accounts receivable, net by US$2,220,351; (iii) the decrease in contract assets by US$485,554; (iv) a decrease in accounts payable by US$245,877; (v) an increase in contract liabilities by US$1,170,396; and (vi) an increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities by US$311,462.
Cash provided by operating activities amounted to US$6,507,832 for the year ended March 31, 2024, mainly derived (i) net income of US$929,912 for the year ended March 31, 2024; (ii) the increase in accounts receivable net by US$1,794,055 as a result of the increase in works performed by us during the year; (iii) the increase in contract assets by US$5,048,269; (iv) an increase in accounts payable by US$324,198; (v) an increase in contract liabilities by US$217,410; and (vi) the decrease in amount due to related parties by US$2,446,978.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities amounted to US$1,612,158 for the year ended March 31, 2025, mainly derived from deposits paid for acquisition of plant and equipment of US$1,781,573, and proceeds from the redemption of the life insurance policy of US$159,251.
Cash used in investing activities amounted to US$59,717 for the year ended March 31, 2024, mainly derived from the purchase of property, plant, and equipment.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities amounted to US$5,011,152 for the year ended March 31, 2025, which was mainly attributable to (i) proceeds from new bank borrowings of US$42,102,242; (ii) the repayment of bank borrowings of US$41,641,140; (iii) repayments of lease liabilities of US$141,913; and (iv) net proceeds from Listing of US$4,807,322.
Cash provided by financing activities amounted to US$5,323,832 for the year ended March 31, 2024, which was mainly attributable to (i) proceeds from new bank borrowings of US$42,901,267; (ii) the repayment of bank borrowings of US$37,281,541; and (iii) repayments of lease liabilities of US$221,255.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
For the periods presented, we did not have, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, including entities sometimes referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or for some other contractually narrow or limited purpose.
Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, we are subject to contingencies, such as legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business, which cover a wide range of matters. Liabilities for contingencies are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss is incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is accrued in our financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2025:
| Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Contractual obligations | Total | Less than 1 year | 1 - 2 years | 3 - 5 years | More than 5 years | |||||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||||
| Bank and Other Borrowings(1) | 12,044,435 | 10,777,850 | 252,934 | 775,644 | 238,007 | |||||||||||||||
| Finance lease liabilities(2) | 56,795 | 56,795 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease payments(3) | 142,072 | 115,372 | 26,700 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| 12,243,302 | 10,950,017 | 279,634 | 775,644 | 238,007 | ||||||||||||||||
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The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2024:
| Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Contractual obligations | Total | Less than 1 year | 1 - 2 years | 3 - 5 years | More than 5 years | |||||||||||||||
| US$ | US$ | US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||||
| Bank Borrowings(4) | 10,928,069 | 10,099,619 | 155,008 | 424,501 | 248,941 | |||||||||||||||
| Finance lease liabilities(5) | 240,749 | 184,280 | 56,469 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease payments(6) | 382,125 | 240,871 | 114,708 | 26,546 | - | |||||||||||||||
| 11,550,943 | 10,524,770 | 326,185 | 451,047 | 248,941 | ||||||||||||||||
| (1) | As of March 31, 2025, our contractual obligation to repay outstanding bank and other borrowings totalled US$12,044,435. |
| (2) | As of March 31, 2025, our contractual obligation to repay outstanding finance leases totalled US$56,795. |
| (3) | We leased our offices which are classified as operating lease in accordance with Topic 842. As of March 31, 2025, our future lease payments totalled US$142,072. |
| (4) | As of March 31, 2024, our contractual obligation to repay outstanding bank borrowings totalled US$10,928,069. |
| (5) | As of March 31, 2024, our contractual obligation to repay outstanding finance leases totalled US$240,749. |
| (6) | We leased our offices which are classified as operating lease in accordance with Topic 842. As of March 31, 2024, our future lease payments totalled US$382,125. |
Capital Expenditures
For the year ended March 31, 2025, we did not incur any capital expenditure. As of the date of this prospectus, we did not purchase any material equipment for operational use. We do not have any other material commitments to capital expenditures as of the date of this prospectus.
Trend Information
Other than as disclosed in “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our net revenues, income from continuing operations, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause reported financial information not necessarily to be indicative of future operating results or financial condition for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
Seasonality
The nature of our business is not affected by seasonal variations.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
Concentration Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to the concentration of credit risks consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and contract assets. The maximum exposures of such assets to credit risk are their carrying amounts as of the balance sheet dates. The Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions located in Hong Kong. As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, US$718,625, and US$323,595 were deposited with financial institutions located in Hong Kong. The Deposit Protection Scheme introduced by the Hong Kong Government insured each depositor at one bank for a maximum amount of US$102,828 (HK$800,000). Otherwise, these balances are not covered by insurance. The Company believes that no significant credit risk exists as these financial institutions have high credit quality and the Company has not incurred any losses related to such deposits.
For the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, all of the Company’s assets were located in Hong Kong and all of the Company’s revenue was derived from its subsidiaries located in Hong Kong. The Company has a concentration of its revenue and accounts receivable with specific customers.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, (i) there were five customers that generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that year, and (ii) there were two subcontractors that accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that year.
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During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, (i) there were four customers that generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that year, and (ii) there was one subcontractor that accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that year.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, (i) there were two customers that generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that year; and (ii) there were two subcontactors that accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that year.
As of March 31, 2025, (i) there were five customers which accounted for over 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable; and (ii) there were two suppliers which accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts payable.
As of March 31, 2024, (i) there were three customers which accounted for over 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable; and (ii) there was one supplier which accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts payable.
Credit Risk
For the credit risk related to accounts receivable, our Group performs periodic credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral. Our Group establishes an allowance for credit losses based upon estimates, factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, and other information. The allowance amounts were immaterial for all periods presented. Our management believes that its contract acceptance, billing, and collection policies are adequate to minimize material credit risk. Application for progress payment of contract works is made on a regular basis. Our Company seeks to maintain strict control over its outstanding receivables. Overdue balances are reviewed regularly by the Directors.
Interest Rate Risk
Fluctuations in market interest rates may negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations. We are exposed to floating interest rate risk on cash deposits and floating rate bank and other borrowings. Our Group has not used any derivative financial instruments to manage the interest risk exposure. In respect of the exposure to cash flow interest rate risk arising from floating rate non-derivative instruments held by our Group at the end of the reporting period, the impact on our profit after tax is estimated as an annualized impact on interest expense or income of such a change in interest rates.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that our Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with our financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. We will make the maximum effort to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet our liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to our reputation.
Typically, we have sufficient cash on demand to meet expected operational expenses for a period of 90 days, including the servicing of financial obligations; this excludes the potential impact of extreme circumstances that cannot reasonably be predicted, such as natural disasters.
Labor Price Risk
Our business requires a substantial number of personnel. Any failure to retain stable and dedicated labor by us may lead to disruption to our business operations. Although we have not experienced any labor shortage to date, we have observed an overall tightening and increasingly competitive labor market. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, increases in labor costs due to increases in salary, social benefits, and employee headcount. We compete with other companies in our industry and other labor-intensive industries for labor, and we may not be able to offer competitive remuneration and benefits compared to them. If we are unable to manage and control our labor costs, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
Inflation Risk
Our Company monitors changes in price levels. Historically inflation has not materially affected our business or the results of our operations. However, significant increases in the price of raw materials and labor that cannot be passed to our customers could adversely impact our results of operations.
Currency Risk
Our Group’s operating activities are transacted in HK$. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions and recognized assets and liabilities. Our Group considers the foreign exchange risk in relation to transactions denominated in HK$ with respect to USD is not significant as HK$ is pegged to US$.
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OUR CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY
Corporate Structure
We are a holding company with no material operations of our own. We conduct our operations through our wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary. This is an offering of the Class A Ordinary Shares of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability, instead of the shares of in our primary subsidiaries.
Because we are incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands, you may encounter difficulty protecting your interests as a shareholder, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. federal court system may be limited. Please refer to the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities” for more information.
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on June 25, 2024, as a holding company. We operate our business primarily through our indirectly wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited.
Kin Chiu Engineering Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on April 24, 2012. Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam has been a shareholder and director of Kin Chiu Engineering Limited since its incorporation.
Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited was incorporated on June 27, 2024 under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as an intermediate holding company.
On July 24, 2024, Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited acquired 7,450,000 shares, being the entire issued share capital, of Kin Chiu Engineering Limited from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam at the consideration of HK$1. Subsequent to the transfer, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
On July 24, 2024, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited proposed to surrender 4,973,495,000 ordinary shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on the same day. Subsequent to the surrender, the Company is wholly owned as to 26,505,000 ordinary shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited.
On July 24, 2024, the Company passed board resolutions and shareholder resolutions to re-designate (a) 4,923,495,000 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each into 4,923,495,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.00001 each; and (b) 50,000,000 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each into 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.00001 each, and re-designate a total of 26,505,000 issued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 owned by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited) each into 26,505,000 Class A ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each. Subsequent to the re-designation, the Company is owned as to 26,505,000 Class A Ordinary Shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited. Simultaneously, the Company issued 1,995,000 Class B ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each to Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited.
On July 30, 2024, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited entered into Sale and Purchase Agreements with Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively. Pursuant to the Sales and Purchase Agreements, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited is to sell, and Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited are to acquire, 4.90%, 4.90%, 4.90%, 4.80%, 4.80% and 4.70% of the issued Class A equity interests in Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, at the consideration of US$292,456, US$292,456, US$292,456, US$286,488, US$286,488 and US$280,519, respectively. On the same date, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited executed the instrument of transfers whereby Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited have transferred 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,272,240, 1,272,240 and 1,245,735 Class A Ordinary Shares, out of its 26,505,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, to Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively. Subsequent to the transfers, Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited is owned as to (i) 18,818,550 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited; and (ii) 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,272,240, 1,272,240 and 1,245,735 Class A Ordinary Shares by Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively.
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On October 9, 2024, the Company adopted a second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
On January 23, 2025, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Dominari Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriter”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting public offering (the “Offering”) an aggregate of 1,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share, at a public offering price of US$4.00 per share. The Company has also granted the Underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 225,000 Class A Ordinary Shares to cover over-allotment, if any. The Class A Ordinary Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-282720), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the (“Commission”), which was declared effective by the SEC on December 31, 2024.
On January 24, 2025, the Company closed its initial public offering of 1,500,000 of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company sold a total of 1,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at an offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share for gross proceeds of US$6.0 million. A final prospectus relating to the Offering was filed with the SEC on January 24, 2025.
On February 6, 2025, Dominari Securities LLC, as the representative of the underwriters in the initial public offering of the Company, fully exercised its over-allotment option to purchase an additional 225,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company at a price of US$4.00 per share, before deducting underwriting discounts. The closing for the sale of the over-allotment shares took place on February 10, 2025. The gross proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering, including the proceeds from the sale of the over-allotment shares, totaled approximately US$6.9 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses.
The chart below illustrates our corporate structure and identifies our subsidiaries:
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The information contained in this section and elsewhere in the prospectus have been derived from various official government and other publications generally believed to be reliable and the market research report prepared by Migo and commissioned by Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited. All information and data presented in this section is derived from Migo’s industry report, unless otherwise noted. The following discussion includes projections for future growth, which may not occur at the rates that are projected or at all.
OVERVIEW OF MARCOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG
According to the data from Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong (C&SD), the GDP has recorded a steady growth from approximately HK$2,835 billion in 2018 to approximately HK$2,982 billion in 2023, representing a CAGR of 1.02%. The growth was primarily attributable to domestic demand rebounded strongly in 2023, following the removal of anti-epidemic measures and supported by improved labor market conditions and the Government’s various support initiatives. In the first quarter of 2024, Hong Kong’s GDP increased by 2.7% in real terms from a year earlier. For 2023 as a whole, the GDP grew by 6.1% in from the preceding year. Moreover, the government forecasts a growth of 2.5% to 3.5% in real terms for 2024. The following chart shows the GDP and growth rate in Hong Kong from December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2024.
Noted: As of March 31, 2024 (1Q 2024)
Source: Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong (C&SD), Migo
OVERVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG
Four major stakeholders are usually involved in the supply chain of the construction industry in Hong Kong. Construction projects are managed by the main contractors once the projects have been awarded by the government departments or private developers. Main contractors are the lead coordinators for the entire duration of the construction project and may outsource certain part of the expertise obligations and task under a contract to another party known as a subcontractor.
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As per market practice, main contractors often delegate certain responsibilities to the specialized service providers to leverage the expertise and resources by subcontractors. The practice can minimize their project costs and enhance efficiency. As the size of the project increases, it is more likely for main contractors to decide to subcontract more tasks to subcontractors. Construction workers are usually hired by the subcontractors to perform the construction works.
Source: Migo
Market Size of Construction Sites in Hong Kong
According to the data from C&SD, the gross value of construction works performed by main contractors in Hong Kong by broad trade group increased from approximately HK$252.2 billion in 2018 to approximately HK$270.9 billion in 2023, representing a CAGR of 1.4%. The growth was primarily driven by the increase in construction activities for key infrastructure and property development projects. The gross value of construction works performed by main contractors in Hong Kong by broad trade group showed steadily a YoY growth of 8.7% from March 31, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The following chart shows the gross value of construction works performed by main contractors by broad trade group in Hong Kong from December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2024.
Source: C&SD, Migo
According to the data from C&SD, the gross value of construction works performed by main contractors in Hong Kong by broad trade group increased from approximately HK$151.4 billion in 2018 to approximately HK$178.1 billion in 2023, representing a CAGR of 3.3%. The gross value of construction works performed by main contractors in Hong Kong by broad trade group showed a YoY growth of 14.5% from March 31, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The following chart shows the gross value of construction works performed by main contractors by end-user group under public and private sites in Hong Kong from December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2024.
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Source: C&SD, Migo
Government expenditure on infrastructure
The government budget 2024-2025 of expenditure on infrastructure spending is set to increase by 19.8% to HK$106.1 billion. In the next few years, annual capital works expenditure is expected to reach HK$100 billion, and the annual total construction output will increase to around HK$300 billion.
Government’s Initiatives to Implement Policies
| ● | Developing the Infrastructure for Economic Growth |
The government outlines the plan to develop the northern part of Hong Kong into a metropolitan area for people to live, work and travel in the next 20 years. Through the formation of a spatial framework of “Twin Cities, Three Circles”, social and economic collaboration between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in economic development, infrastructure, innovation and technology and ecological conservation can be further improved. The Northern Metropolis is a new engine for Hong Kong to scale new heights. Spanning about 300 square kilometers, the Northern Metropolis will create space to enhance capacity for Hong Kong.
| ● | Lantau Tomorrow Vision |
Among the largest in scale providing land supply, the artificial islands in the Central Waters, the studies of which commenced in 2021, optimise the transport network of Hong Kong and boost the commercial development potential of North Lantau.
| ● | Railway Projects — railway network expansion up to 2031 |
Being the backbone of public transport system, new railway projects under the Railway Development Strategy 2014 include Tung Chung Line Extension, Tuen Mun South Extension, Northern Link and Hung Shui Kiu Station at HK$110 billion.
| ● | Hong Kong International Airport Expansion — undergoing HK$40 billion upgrade up to 2030 |
Together with the Three-runway System, the premium logistics center and future development of, the “Airport City” transformed under the Hong Kong Port Island development includes the 350,000 square meters “SKYCITY”, automated car parks, autonomous transportation system, air cargo logistics and related supporting facilities, etc.
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| ● | Energizing Kowloon East |
The initiative sets out to facilitate transformation of the old industrial areas and the former Kai Tak Airport into Hong Kong’s second core business district and a desirable place to work, live and enjoy a high-quality lifestyle including the Kai Tak Sports Park, East Kowloon Cultural Centre, and multi-modal Linkage System.
OVERVIEW OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG
Civil engineering works encompass a wide variety of works that include the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure, namely roads, bridges, tunnel, dams and power plants. According to the Development Bureau, civil engineering works are generally classified into four segments, namely (1) ports works, (2) roads and drainage, (3) site formation, and (4) waterworks. (1a) Port works refer to design, construction, improvement and maintenance of marine facilities, including public piers, ferry piers, dolphins, reclamations, seawalls, breakwaters, pumphouses and beaches. (2a) Roads works are usually grouped into two types, namely (2b) construction of new roads, such as expressways, trunk roads, primary distributor roads, district distributor roads and local distributor roads, and (2c) maintenance of existing roads. Drainage works refer to construction, improvement and maintenance of sewage treatment facilities, and storm water drainage facilities. (3a) Site formation works include excavations on sloping land, earth filling and compaction, landslip preventive works and ground water drainage works. These works are necessary to prepare a piece of land for foundation works and the subsequent construction of buildings and other structures through preparation of land with required orientation, shape or levels that can accommodate particularly buildings and facilities. (4a) Waterworks cover system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications such as water and liquid supply, as well as vessel or conduit to funnel and discharge waste liquid. Generally, service scope of water works includes installation of systems and components such as pipes and vessels, testing, inspection and maintenance.
Subcontracting is a common practice in civil engineering works industry whereby main contractors subcontract the large-scale projects to other contractors with specialist licenses or capabilities in certain areas, including road and drainage works, port works and site formation, based on the track records, business relationship and capital requirements. In public sector, leading main contractors tender for the projects from government and government related organizations, which are then assigned to one or more subcontractors. Generally, main contractors with eligibility for undertaking public works are registered under respective works categories and tender group in the List of Approved Contractors of the Development Bureau of Hong Kong. Joint venture, which refers to a business form that two or more person or entity engaged in a single defined project, is generally adopted by contractors for sizable civil engineering works. Key benefits of joint venture include enhancement of resources (e.g. capital and equipment) and technical expertise, as well as share the risk and costs involved. Establishment of joint venture is required for some large-scaled infrastructure projects by public owners.
Market size of Civil Engineering Works in Hong Kong
According to the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong, the gross value of civil engineering works performed by main contractors in Hong Kong recorded an overall incline from approximately HK$119.4 billion in 2018 to HK$151.4 billion in 2023, representing a CAGR of approximately 4.9%. The rollout and commencement of projects such as Kwun Tung North (“KTN”) and Fanling North (“FLN”) of New Development Area (“NDA”), Kau Yi Chau Artificial Island under the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, Tung Chung New Town Extension in the coming few years, shall sustain demand for civil engineering works. The gross value of civil engineering works in Hong Kong significantly increased at a YoY of 49.6% from March 31, 2023 to March 31, 2024. Our Group principally engages in roads and drainage works and had undertaken several key projects which included government Contract no. ND/2019/06 Civil Engineering, Building, E&M Associated works in the first phase of the KTN and FLN of NDA. The following chart shows the gross value of civil engineering works in nominal terms performed by main contractors at construction sites in Hong Kong from December 31 2018 to March 31, 2024.
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Source: C&SD, Migo
With reference to the Development Bureau of Hong Kong, as of the end 2023, there are about 123,649 workers engaged at construction sites, of which about 30,710 workers work in civil engineering projects. According to the data from C&SD, the price index of wage slightly increased at a CAGR 0.3% from 2018 to 2023. On the other hand, the major raw materials in civil engineering works were included bitumen, Portland cement, and steel reinforcement, which recorded increasing at a CAGR of 5.6%, 6.6% and 4.3% respectively. The following table illustrates the index numbers of the costs of labor and materials used in public sector construction projects from 2018 to 2023.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 1Q 2024 | CAGR (2018 – 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wage | 167.2 | 161.3 | 159.2 | 160.1 | 165.3 | 170.0 | 175.9 | 0.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bitumen | 185.9 | 197.9 | 189.8 | 213.7 | 249.3 | 243.6 | 248.7 | 5.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland cement | 137.6 | 141.9 | 145.7 | 156.7 | 187.9 | 189.5 | 188.3 | 6.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steel reinforcement | 201.0 | 192.3 | 185.2 | 295.9 | 295.9 | 247.9 | 225.5 | 4.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note:
| 1. | The index numbers of the costs of labor are compiled based on data contained in GF527 (Rev. 1/2003). |
| 2. | C&SD currently releases two sets of index numbers each month using April 2003 as the base period respectively. |
Source: C&SD, Migo
Growth Drivers of Civil Engineering Works in Hong Kong
| ● | Government Funding Support |
To encourage wider adoption of innovative constructive methods and new technologies in the construction industry, the Government has set up a HK$1 billion Construction Innovation and Technology Fund to promote productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety and enhancing environmental performance.
| ● | Enhancing rail connectivity with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (“GBA”) |
To further promote the connectivity of infrastructure within the GBA, the government will continue to work with the Shenzhen authorities through the Task Force for Hong Kong-Shenzhen Co-operation on Cross-Boundary Railway Infrastructure. In December 2023, the government promulgated the Hong Kong Major Transport Infrastructure Development Blueprint, with a view to meeting the city’s long-term transport and logistics needs up to 2046 and beyond. In terms of specifics, the blueprint includes proposals for enhancements to the “Three Railways & Three Major Roads” initiative, and new projects as part of “Two Railways & One Major Road”. “Three Railways & Three Major Roads” involves three strategic railway proposals, namely the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Rail Link connecting Hung Shui Kiu and Qianhai, the Central Rail Link, and the Tseung Kwan O Line Southern Extension, as well as three major road proposals, namely the Northern Metropolis Highway, the Shatin Bypass and the Tseung Kwan O-Yau Tong Tunnel. “Two Railways & One Major Road” comprises the Northern Link Eastern Extension, the Northeast New Territories Line, and the Northern Metropolis Highway (New Territories North New Town Section).
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| ● | Investment in advanced technology |
The industry landscape is rapidly evolving as engineering firms, contractors, and participants across the value chain realize the benefits of, and increasingly deploy, connected construction technologies. Adopting advanced technologies can help bring all working parties onto one platform, work smarter, optimize productivity, reduce costs in order to achieve sustainability goals into operations. The latest technologies include building information management (BIM), Industrialized Building System (IBS), digital supply networks, prefabrication and modular construction, asset tracking, and autonomous drones, among many others. However, the required capital investment in advanced technology in the construction industry is very high and it demands a long-term investment period before generating profits. Long-term high investment cost leads to the situation that many construction enterprises are reluctant to invest in technological innovation.
Entry Barriers of Civil Engineering Works in Hong Kong
| ● | Financial capability |
Being one of the major selection criteria taken by the customers, solid financial strength is essential for contractors to ensure that the construction projects go smoothly. To commence a construction project, it is a common practice in the industry for the customer of the construction project to request the awarded main contractor to provide a performance bond, which is 5% of the total contract sum, backed by a bank or an insurance company in favor of the customer. Additionally, contractors need to be backed by sufficient startup cost because contractors will undertake cost related to construction material procurement, engagement with subcontractors and the leasing of necessary machinery and equipment upfront, which require large capital commitment. Furthermore, contractors will only receive their progress payment in the later stage of the project after work progress is certified. Therefore, new entrants who lack strong financial backing will find it onerous to compete with current players and to win large-scale projects.
| ● | Solid track records |
Experienced contractors who have accumulated solid track records can enjoy edges in securing projects, deterring new industry players from entering the market. In the construction sector, the proven track record of construction works is viewed as one of the key criteria in shortlisting contractors. New industry players who are short of solid job references and years of experience accumulation can hardly compete with well-established players. In addition, new industry players without a mature network may not be invited for the potential business opportunities. Their competitiveness will be substantially weakened as they may experience difficulties in finding capable subcontractors and skilled labor force in the absence of a mature network with suppliers.
| ● | Technical knowledge |
Technical knowledge is one of the key barriers for new market entrants of piling systems installation as contractors and specialists generally have a strong understanding towards structural, chemical and electrical engineering in order to successfully install piling system, in particular impressed current protection, in the structure with long protection function and minimum negative impact on structural properties.
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We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on June 25, 2024, as a holding company. We operate our business primarily through our indirectly wholly-owned Operating Subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited. We operate in a single segment that represents the Company’s core business as an Approved Public Works Contractor undertaking roads and drainage to its customers in Hong Kong. Our construction activities mainly include public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works, in Hong Kong. We mostly undertake civil engineering works in the role of subcontractor, while we are also fully qualified to undertake such works in the capacity of main contractor.
Kin Chiu Engineering Limited was founded in 2012. In our operating history of over 12 years, we have focused on providing civil engineering services in the role of subcontractor and built up our expertise and track record in civil engineering works. We take pride in our project portfolio in civil engineering works. In 2022, we were awarded with a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$290 million (US$37.1 million). In July 2024, we were awarded with a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$180 million (US$23.0 million) and a public project with an initial contract sum of over HK$80 million (US$10.2 million).
We, through our Operating Subsidiary, are mainly engaged in public sector projects in Hong Kong. To a lesser extent, we also participate in private sector projects. Our public sector projects mainly involve infrastructure developments while private sector projects mainly involved residential and commercial developments.
In March 2020, we have successfully registered in the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong in the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)), enabling us to directly tender for public works contracts in the capacity of main contractor. In addition, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited is a Registered Subcontractor in foundation and piling (sheet piles), general civil works (roadworks, road drainage and sewer and waterworks), other finishing trades and components (signage and graphics) and hoarding of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council of Hong Kong.
We, through our Operating Subsidiary, have achieved sustained growth in our business. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our total revenue derived from civil engineering services was approximately US$46.0 million, US$48.8 million and US$44.6 million, respectively. The number of customers with revenue contribution to us was 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and 12 for the fisal year ended March 31, 2023.
Our Mission
Our mission is to become a leading civil engineering services provider in Hong Kong. We strive to provide quality services that comply with our customers’ quality standards, requirements and specifications.
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Our Competitive Strengths
We believe that the following strengths have contributed to our success and differentiate us from our peers:
Established track record
In our operating history of over 12 years, we have focused on providing civil engineering services in the role of subcontractor and built up our expertise and track record in civil engineering works.
In March 2020, we have successfully registered in the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong in the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)), enabling us to directly tender for public works contracts in the capacity of main contractor. Our status as an Approved Contractor has broadened the source of our projects. Since then, we have been successfully awarded with multiple civil engineering projects in the capacity of main contractor, including a public project with an initial contract sum of more than HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) in 2020 and a public project with an initial contract sum of approximately HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) in 2022
We believe our proven track record for providing quality work, our expertise in civil engineering works, our Approved Contractor status and our ability to deliver work on time are the crucial factors that enable us to gain trust from our existing customers and give us a competitive edge when tendering for projects.
Stable relationship with customers
We have established stable business relationship with our major customers. Our customers may either be the project owner, main contractor or subcontractor of the relevant projects. We had over three years business relationship with most of our major customers. We believe that our relationship with our major customers reinforce their confidence which would be taken into account by them in their future referrals of business opportunities or consideration of our tenders.
In March 2020, we have diversified our business and successfully registered in the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong in the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)), enabling us to directly tender for public works contracts in the role of main contractor. As such, we are able to tender for public works contracts either as main contractor or subcontractor. We believe that this dual capacity in effect diversifies our income generating capacity and enlarges our customer base.
Experienced and dedicated management team
Our management team has extensive knowledge of and project experience in civil engineering industry in Hong Kong. Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has over 25 years of experience in civil engineering industry. Mr. Lam is primarily responsible for the general corporate strategy, overall management of our operations and business expansion. Mr. Chun Man Lo, our Chief Financial Officer, has over 20 years of experience in the accounting, financing and auditing industry. Mr. Lo is primarily responsible for the financial management of the Company. We are supported by our strong team of employees, who possess the practical skills and experience required to handle our projects.
Stringent quality control
We have established a safety management and quality management system. Through systematic and effective control on our staff and labor together with supervision procedures, we uphold our standard of quality and reduce issues related to quality or non-conformity with specification and standards. We were accredited with ISO9001:2015 for construction of civil engineering works (roads and drainage). We believe that our stringent quality assurance system and strong commitment to environmental management will allow us to be better positioned to deliver quality work on time and within the budget required, thereby strengthening our position in the civil engineering industry in Hong Kong.
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Our Growth Strategies
Our principal growth strategies include further strengthening our market position and increasing our market share in the Hong Kong civil engineering industry. We intend on achieving this growth by actively seeking new opportunities from our existing customer base as well as new potential customers. To achieve these goals, we plan on implementing the following strategies:
Enhance competitiveness and expanding our market share
We plan to further strengthen our market position in the civil engineering industry. We believe that we should focus on deploying our resources towards competing for addition and more sizeable civil engineering projects in Hong Kong. For the time being, our capacity is constrained by our available resources, including availability of our manpower and working capital. We plan to enhance our competitiveness by strengthening our manpower and working capital in order to capture the potential opportunities in the growing civil engineering market.
In March 2020, we have successfully registered in the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong in the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)), enabling us to directly tender for public works contracts in the role of main contractor. By having the probationary status, we are only eligible to tender for public projects of aggregated value up to HK$400 million. We intend to apply for confirmed status, which would enable us to tender for any number of contracts provided the contract value of each contract does not exceed HK$400 million. Leveraging on our established track record of undertaking large scale civil engineering projects, we believe we can further strengthen our market position by undertaking more civil engineering projects in the role of main contractor.
Acquire machinery to enhance our capacity
We rely on the use of different types of machinery for our projects. As at March 31, 2025, we possessed 14 excavators, 3 generators, 1 truck and 1 crane. We believe that it is crucial for us to enhance our set of machinery in order to best equip our employees and our subcontractors to carry out their work. We believe that a larger fleet of machinery will allow us to (i) improve our overall work efficiency and technical capability; (ii) lower machinery rental expenses; and (iii) enhance our flexibility to deploy our resources more efficiently.
Enhancing our brand
We secured our new business through tender invitations from our customers. We believe we can broaden our customer base, attract more invitations from potential customers and improve our reputation by increasing our marketing efforts to promote our brand and market presence in the civil engineering industry in Hong Kong.
We plan to (i) further enhance our web pages for advertising our services; (ii) placing advertisements in newspaper and industry publications; (iii) sponsoring business events organized by construction contractors and participating events organized by industry players; (iv) updating our promotional booklets yearly and sending promotional materials for advertising our services; and (v) approaching potential customers more actively to secure new business opportunities.
Our Services
We, through our Operating Subsidiary, are mainly engaged in public sector projects in Hong Kong. To a lesser extent, we also participate in private sector projects. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our total revenue derived from civil engineering services was approximately US$46.0 million, US$48.8 million and US$44.6 million.
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We mainly engaged in public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works. Road and drainage works mainly include construction of footway, drain, ducts and pipelines. In the performance of road and drainage works, we may be required to (i) clear the construction site and make demolition of existing structures; (ii) install concrete and reinforcing steel bars; (iii) conduct excavation, deposition, disposal and compaction of fill material; and (iv) plant trees, plants, irrigation system and general establishment works.
The following tables set forth the breakdown of our revenue by project sectors for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
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| Revenue US$ | % of Total Revenue | Revenue US$ | % of Total Revenue | Revenue US$ | % of Total Revenue | |||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 46,009,519 | 100.0 | 48,298,181 | 98.9 | 43,341,572 | 97.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Private | - | - | 523,438 | 1.1 | 1,213,509 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 46,009,519 | 100.0 | 48,821,619 | 100.0 | 44,555,081 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Operation Workflow
We identify potential projects mainly through invitation for tender from customers. Our quantity inspectors and management are primarily responsible for submitting the tender. We may conduct site visits to better assess the complexity of the work involved. Our tender submission generally includes a schedule of rates. We estimate the costs to be incurred based on our past experience, the recent price trends for the subcontracting services, the types of materials required for the project, duration, site constraints and locations, our capacity and complexity of the project. In general, it takes approximately one week to two months to identify potential projects and to submit the tender.
After we have submitted our tender, our customers or their consultants may require us to attend interviews to have a better understanding of our personnel, management, expertise and experience in civil engineering. We may be required to answer queries in relation to our tender submission and make amendments to the pricing or scope of service. Our customers generally confirm our engagement by issuing a letter of award or entering into a formal contract with us.
We usually form a project management team, consisting of project manager, site agent, quantity surveyor, site foreman and safety supervisor. Our project management team is generally responsible for (i) supervising the project’s progress, the budget and quality of services rendered; and (ii) ensuring the work performed complies with our customers’ requirements, completed on schedule, within the budget determined and in compliance with all applicable statutory requirements. In general, we determine the manpower required based on the timeline, scale and complexity of the projects as well as the existing workload of our staff.
Depending on the contract terms and specification, we may procure construction materials from suppliers directly and enter into contracts with them. We generally engage our suppliers on a project-by-project basis and the materials are generally delivered directly to the project sites. We may engage subcontractors to perform a part of the site work under our supervision and our project management team will hold regular meetings with our subcontractors to ensure quality works are provided.
In general, we submit monthly progress reports to our customers and our customers make progress payments to us on a monthly basis. We report to our customers with reference to works done in the previous month and our customers or their consultants will certify the payment application with our value of works done.
Once the work is complete, our customers or their consultants inspect the work to ensure that it meets their requirement and standard. Generally it takes approximately six months to four years for us to complete the project, depending on the scale and complexity of the project and the customers’ timeline.
Our contracts generally include a defects liability period of 12 months following completion of works. During the period, we are typically required to rectify any defect at our own cost if the defect is due to our failure to comply with the contractual obligation.
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Pricing strategy
We believe that accurately estimating the cost of project is essential to our overall profitability. Our tender price is generally determined by adding certain mark-ups over our estimated costs. Pricing of our services is determined on a case-by-case basis and is dependent on various factors, which generally include (i) the scope of services; (ii) the price trend for the types of subcontracting services as well as the materials required; (iii) the complexity and the location of the project; (iv) the estimated quantity and type of equipment required; (v) the completion time requested by our customers; and (vi) the availability of human and financial resources.
In consideration the percentage of mark-up for each project, we generally consider (i) the size, complexity and duration of the project; (ii) our business relationship with the customer; (iii) the customer’s payment history and financial background; (iv) the prospect of obtaining future projects from the customer; (v) the possibility of establishing our reputation in the industry; and (vi) the prevailing market conditions.
Environment
The nature of our business does not impose any serious threats with respect to social responsibility and/or environmental protection matters. We ensure our operations comply with environmental requirements pursuant to the laws in Hong Kong, including primarily those in relation to air pollution control, waste disposal and compliance with the Air Pollution Control (Non-road Mobile Machinery) (Emission) Regulation (Chapter 311Z of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Customers
Our customers may either be the project owner, main contractor or subcontractor of the relevant projects. The number of customers with revenue contribution to us was 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and 12 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. The total revenue attributable to our five largest customers in aggregate accounted for approximately 82.7%, 84.9% and 84.2% of the total revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 5 of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our annual revenue, all being construction contractors in Hong Kong, for 31.1%, 18.6%, 12.0%, 10.8% and 10.2%, respectively. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, 4 of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our annual revenue, all being construction contractors in Hong Kong, for 33.4%, 14.7%, 14.0% and 13.9%, respectively. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, 2 of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our annual revenue, all being construction contractors in Hong Kong, for 39.8% and 20.1%, respectively. We undertake civil engineering projects on a project-by-project basis and do not enter into any long-term contracts with any one customer.
Suppliers
We purchase materials from our suppliers for the provision of our services. The major types of materials sourced from our suppliers include concrete, steel and consumables. We engage our suppliers for the provision of materials on a project-by-project basis and have not entered into any long-term agreement with them. We have also not committed to a minimum purchase amount with any of our suppliers. We have generally not experienced any material difficulties in procuring materials, historically.
We engage subcontractors from time to time to perform a part of the site work under our supervision. We have not entered into any long-term agreement with our subcontractors and have generally not experienced any material difficulties in procuring subcontracting services, historically. We evaluate who to engage with as our subcontractors by taking into account the quality of their service, their qualifications and experience relevant to the project, skills and technique required for the project, the prevailing market price, the delivery time, their availability and fee quotations. We typically obtain quotations from different suitable subcontractors for comparison’s sake and select our subcontractors based on the factors listed above.
Our five largest suppliers accounted for approximately 69.3%, 79.8% and 54.3% of our total purchase from suppliers for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
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Machinery
We rely on the use of different types of machinery for our projects. As at March 31, 2025, we possessed 14 excavators, 3 generators, 1 truck and 1 crane. We generally deploy these machinery for the use of our employees and our subcontractors in our projects. Depending on the service capacity and availability of our equipment, we may also lease certain equipment from rental service providers.
Market and Competition
The rollout and commencement of projects such as Kwu Tung North and Fanling North of New Development Area, Kau Yi Chau Artificial Island under the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, Tung Chung New Town Extension in the coming few years, shall sustain demand for civil engineering works. Driven by (i) continuous government funding support to promote productivity, uplifting built quality, improving site safety and enhancing environmental performance; (ii) the Government’s continuous effort in enhancing rail connectivity, which requires extensive civil engineering works; (iii) rapid advancement in technology to optimize productivity and reduce costs such as the building information management and industrialized building system, it is expected that the Hong Kong civil engineering industry will continue to grow.
Seasonality
We do not experience any seasonality in our business.
Insurance
We mainly undertook projects in the role of subcontractors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023. For projects that we act as subcontractor, the main contractors are responsible for maintaining employees’ compensation insurance, third party liability insurance and contractor’s all risk insurance for the entirety of the project team, which cover the liability to make payment in the case of death, injury or disability, under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law, for injuries sustained at work for full-time and part-time employees. Such insurance policies cover and protect (i) all employees of the main contractors and subcontractors of all tiers, including us; (ii) as well as the work performed on the construction site. For projects that we act as main contractor, we are responsible for maintaining the above insurance.
We also maintain employees’ compensation insurance for our directors and employees at our office and business insurance with China BOCOM Insurance Co., Ltd.. We believe that our current insurance policies are sufficient for our operations.
Licenses
As of the date of this report, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited is (i) an Approved Contractor under the category of Roads and Drainage (Group B (Probation)) of the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong; and (ii) a Registered Subcontractor under foundation and piling (sheet piles), general civil works (roadworks, road drainage and sewer and waterworks), other finishing trades and components (signage and graphics) and hoarding of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council of Hong Kong. We have obtained all licenses required for carrying on our business activities as at the date of this report.
Legal Proceedings
We may from time to time become a party to various legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. As of the date hereof, neither we nor any of our subsidiaries have been involved in any litigation, claim, administrative action or arbitration which had a material adverse effect on the operations or financial condition of the Company.
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Intellectual Property
As of the date of this report, we have not registered any patent or trademark. We have registered our domain name and website. You can find our website at http://kinchiu.com/.
Properties
As of the date of this report, we entered into the following lease agreements:
| Location | Term of lease | Usage | ||
| Office A, 15/F, Tower A, Capital Tower, No. 38 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong | October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026 |
Office | ||
| Private Car Parking Space No. P156 & P157 on Lower G/F, Unit 7 & 8 on 15th Floor of Tower One, Ever Gain Plaza, No. 88 Container Port Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories | November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025 |
Office and Car Parking Space |
Employees
As of March 31, 2025, we employed a total of 127 employees, located in Hong Kong. The following table sets forth a breakdown of our employees by function:
| Functional Area | Number of Employees | |||
| Management | 5 | |||
| Project supervision | 26 | |||
| Safety supervision | 3 | |||
| Quantity surveyors | 14 | |||
| Finance and administration | 5 | |||
| Site workers | 74 | |||
| Total | 127 | |||
We consider that we have maintained a good relationship with our employees and have not experienced any significant disputes with our employees or any disruption to our operations due to any labor disputes. In addition, we have not experienced any difficulties in the recruitment and retention of experienced core staff or skilled personnel.
Our remuneration package includes salary and discretionary bonuses. In general, we determine employees’ salaries based on their qualifications, position and seniority. In order to attract and retain valuable employees, we review the performance of our employees annually which will be taken into account in annual salary review and promotion appraisal. We provide a defined contribution to the Mandatory Provident Fund as required under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Chapter 485 of the Laws of Hong Kong) for our eligible employees in Hong Kong.
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The section sets forth a summary of the material laws and regulations applicable to our business operations in Hong Kong.
LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED FOR OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING BUSINESS
Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau
In order to tender for public sector projects, a contractor should be accepted on the Approved Contractors List maintained by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong. The Approved Contractors List comprises contractors who are approved for carrying out public works in one or more of the five major categories of building and civil engineering works; i.e. (1) ‘‘Buildings’’, (2) ‘‘Port Works’’, (3) ‘‘Roads and Drainage’’, (4) ‘‘Site Formation’’ and (5) ‘‘Waterworks’’. Although approvals granted by the Development Bureau are not subject to renewal, approved contractors are required to meet the financial, technical, management, personnel and safety criteria applicable to their respective category to maintain their status on the approved lists and for the award of public works contracts. The Development Bureau may take regulatory actions, such as removal, suspension and downgrading, against approved contractors under certain circumstances.
Audited accounts of the approved contractors are submitted to the Development Bureau annually (a Group C contractor is also required to submit half-yearly management accounts), and may be produced to relevant Government works departments prior to the contract award in order to review the financial position of the approved contractors to ensure that they meet the capital requirements set out by the Development Bureau. If an approved contractor fails to meet the capital requirements in a particular category, it will not be eligible for tendering or awarding any contract in that category. In the event the approved contractor fails to submit the accounts or rectify any shortfall in the required capital requirements within the prescribed period, regulatory actions, such as suspension of tendering, may be taken by the Development Bureau against such approved contractor.
Generally, there are three groups in each of the five major categories of building and civil engineering works (arranged in ascending order): Group A (except that there is no Group A in the port works and site formation categories), Group B and Group C. Each group has its particular tendering limits. The following table sets out the value of works for which contractors in the respective categories and statuses may tender in the capacity of a main contractor:
| Category | Authorized contract value | |
| Group A (probationary status) | Any number of Group A contracts in the same category, provided the total value of works in the Group A contracts that he already holds and the Group A contract being procured under the same category does not exceed HK$150 million | |
| Group A (confirmed status) | Contracts of value up to HK$150 million | |
| Group B (probationary status) | (i) any number of Group A contracts in the same category; and (ii) any number of Group B contracts in the same category, provided the total value of works in the Group B contracts that he already holds and the Group B contract being procured under the same category does not exceed HK$400 million | |
| Group B (confirmed status) | Contracts of value up to HK$400 million | |
| Group C (probationary status) | the total number of Group C contracts that the contractor already holds and the Group C contract being procured under the same category does not exceed two and that the total value of works in the Group C contracts that he already holds and the Group C contract being procured under the same category does not exceed HK$1,500 million | |
| Group C (confirmed status) | Contracts of any values exceeding HK$400 million |
Note: Group C contractors will normally not be allowed to tender for contracts in Group A and Group B
A probationary contractor on the Approved Contractors List may apply to the Development Bureau for confirmation at any time provided that it has satisfactorily completed works appropriate to its probationary status in accordance with the criteria for confirmation under Appendix 2A of the Contractor Management Handbook.
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For confirmation to Group B and Group C under the Roads and Drainage category, a probationary contractor is required to have, at the time of application, a record of satisfactory completion or execution (whichever is earlier) for two years as the main contractor of one roads and drainage works contract executed in Hong Kong within the past five years of a value over 50% of the limit for the applicable group.
Confirmation will also be subject to the contractor’s ability to meet the prescribed requirements for financial criteria applicable to confirmed status, having the appropriate technical and management capabilities and all other ways being considered suitable for confirmation.
Contractors are required to meet the financial, technical, management, personnel and safety criteria applicable to their respective category and group for admission and retention on the approved lists and for the award of public works contracts. Audited accounts of the approved contractors are required to be submitted to the Development Bureau annually, which may be produced to relevant Government works departments prior to the contract award in order to review the financial position of the approved contractors to ensure that they meet the capital requirements as set out by the Development Bureau. If any approved contractor fails to meet the capital requirements as set out in a particular category, it will not be eligible to tender for any contract in that category. In the event that the approved contractor fails to submit the accounts or fails to cover any shortfall in the required capital requirements within the prescribed period, regulatory actions such as suspension of tendering rights may be taken by the Development Bureau against such approved contractor.
Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme
Subcontractors which are involved in, among others, civil engineering in Hong Kong may apply for registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme managed by the Construction Industry Council, a body corporate established under the Construction Industry Council Ordinance (Chapter 587 of the Laws of Hong Kong) in February 2007.
The Subcontractor Registration Scheme (substituted by the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme on April 1, 2019) was formerly known as the Voluntary Subcontractor Registration Scheme (the “VSRS”), which was introduced by the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board (the “PCICB”). The PCICB was formed in September 2001 to spearhead industry reform and to pave way for the early formation of the statutory industry coordinating body.
A technical circular issued by the Works Branch of the Development Bureau (then the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau) (“WBDB”) on June 14, 2004 (now subsumed into the Project Administration Handbook for Civil Engineering Works by the Civil Engineering and Development Department) requires that all public works contractors with tenders to be invited on or after August 15, 2004 to employ all subcontractors (whether nominated, specialist or domestic) registered from the respective trades available under the VSRS.
After the Construction Industry Council took over the work of the PCICB in February 2007 and the VSRS in January 2010, the Construction Industry Council launched stage two of the VSRS in January 2013. VSRS was also then renamed Subcontractor Registration Scheme. All subcontractors registered under the VSRS have automatically become registered subcontractors under the Subcontractor Registration Scheme.
With effect from April 1, 2019, the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme replaced the Subcontractor Registration Scheme. The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme comprises of two registers: the Register of Specialist Trade Contractors (“RSTC”) and the Register of Subcontractors (“RS”). All subcontractors who are registered under the seven trades namely demolition, concreting formwork, reinforcement bar fixing, concreting, scaffolding, curtain wall and erection of concrete precast component of the Subcontractor Registration Scheme have automatically become Registered Specialist Trade Contractors and no application is required. All subcontractors who are registered under the remaining trades of the Subcontractor Registration Scheme have been retained as registered subcontractors and no application is required. With effect from 1 January 2021, plastering trade was upgraded as the eighth designated trade. All registered subcontractors who are registered under the plastering trade have automatically become Registered Specialist Trade Contractors under the plastering trade (Group 1) and no application is required.
Registered Specialist Trade Contractors within each designated trade are further divided into Group 1 (“Group 1”) or Group 2 (“Group 2”) according to the relevant registration requirements under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme fulfilled by them. The tender limits (the “Tender Limits”) for tenders to be invited for
subcontractors vary among the different designated trade categories for Group 1. For the designated trade of plastering, the Tender Limits of contracts/subcontracts value up to HK$10 million for Group 1, will be imposed for projects to be invited for tenders on or after January 1, 2022. There are no Tender Limits imposed for Group 2.
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Categories of registration
Subcontractors may apply for registration on the Subcontractor Registration Scheme in one or more of 52 trades covering common structural, civil, finishing, electrical and mechanical works and supporting services. The 52 trades further branch out into around 94 specialties, including general demolition, and others (concrete coring and saw cutting) etc. Since April 1, 2019, subcontractors may apply for registration on the RSTC in one or more of the seven designated trades including demolition, reinforcement bar fixing, erection of concrete precast component, concreting formwork, concreting, scaffolding and curtain wall and on the RS in other common civil, building, electrical and mechanical trades. Since January 1, 2021, subcontractors may apply for registration on the RSTC in the designated trade of plastering.
Where a contractor is to subcontract/sub-let part of the public works involving trades available under the Primary Register (a list of companies registered in accordance with the Rules and Procedures for the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme) of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme, it shall engage all subcontractors (whether nominated, specialist or domestic) who are registered under the relevant trades in the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme. Should the subcontractors further subcontract (irrespective of any tier) any part of the public works subcontracted to them involving trades available under the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme, the contractor shall ensure that all subcontractors (irrespective of any tier) are registered under the relevant trades in the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme.
Requirements for registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme
Applications for registration under the RS are subject to the following entry requirements:
| (a) | completion of at least one job within the last five years as a main contractor/subcontractor in the trades and specialties for which registration is applied or to have acquired comparable experience by itself/its proprietors, partners or directors within the last five years; |
| (b) | listings on one or more government registration schemes operated by policy bureaus or departments of the Government relevant to the trades and specialties for which registration is sought; and |
| (c) | the proprietor, partner or director having been employed by a registered subcontractor for at least five years with experience in the trade/specialty applying for and having completed all the modules of the Project Management Training Series for Subcontractors (or equivalent) conducted by the Construction Industry Council; or the company’s proprietor, partner or director having registered as Registered Skilled Worker under the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance for the relevant trade/specialty with at least five years’ experience in the trade/specialty applying for and having completed the Senior Construction Workers Trade Management Course (or equivalent) conducted by the Construction Industry Council. |
Applications for registration under the RSTC are subject to a number of requirements based on the relevant trade category and tender limits as detailed in Schedule 2 of the Rules and Procedures for the Register of Specialist Trade Contractors issued by the Construction Industry Council in May 2024.
Validity period of registration and renewal of registration
A registered subcontractor shall apply for renewal within three months before the expiry date of its registration whereas a registered specialist trade contractor shall apply for renewal not earlier than six months but not later than three months before the expiry date of its registration by submitting an application to the Construction Industry Council in a specified format providing information and supporting documents as required to show compliance with the entry requirements. An application for renewal shall be subject to approval by the committee on Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme which oversees the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (the “Committee”). If some of the entry requirements covered in an application can no longer be satisfied, the Committee of the Construction Industry Council may give approval for renewal based on those trades and specialties where the requirements are met.
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An approved renewal as a registered subcontractor shall be valid for three or five years from the expiry of the current registration whereas the approved renewal for a registered specialist trade contractor shall be valid for not less than 36 months after the decision date for that application for renewal.
Codes of Conduct
A registered subcontractor and a registered specialist trade contractor shall observe the Codes of Conduct for Registered Subcontractor (Schedule 8 of the Rules and Procedures for the Primary Register of the Subcontractor Registration Scheme) (the “Codes of Conduct”). Failure to comply with the Codes of Conduct may result in regulatory actions taken by the Committee.
The circumstances pertaining to a registered subcontractor that may call for regulatory actions include, but are not limited to:
| (a) | supply of false information when making an application for registration, renewal of registration or inclusion of additional trades; |
| (b) | failure to give timely notification of changes to the registration particulars; |
| (c) | serious violations of the registration rules and procedures; |
| (d) | convictions of senior management staff (including but not limited to proprietors, partners or directors) for bribery or corruption under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Chapter 201 of the Laws of Hong Kong); |
| (e) | convictions for failure to pay wages on time to workers in accordance with the relevant provisions contained in the Employment Ordinance; |
| (f) | wilful misconducts that may bring the Subcontractor Registration Scheme (and since April 1, 2019, the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme) into serious disrepute; |
| (g) | civil awards/judgments in connection with the violation of or convictions under the relevant sections of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance; |
| (h) | convictions under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance or Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance in relation to serious construction site safety incidents resulting in one or more of the following consequence: (i) loss of life; or (ii) serious bodily injury resulting in loss or amputation of a limb or had caused or was likely to cause permanent total disability; |
| (i) | conviction of five or more offences under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and/or Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance each arising out of separate incidents in any six months period (according to the date of committing the offence but not the date of conviction), committed by the Registered Subcontractor at each of a construction site under a contract; |
| (j) | convictions for employment of illegal worker under the Immigration Ordinance; or |
| (k) | late payment of workers’ wages and/or late payment of contribution under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance over ten days with solid proof of such late payment of wages and/or contribution. |
The circumstances that may lead to regulatory actions be taken against a registered specialist trade contractor include, but are not limited to (a) a petition for winding-up or bankruptcy has been filed against the registered specialist trade contractor or other financial problems; (b) registered specialist trade contractor’s failure to answer queries or provide information relevant to the registration within the prescribed time specified by the committee of the Construction Industry Council; (c) misconduct or suspected misconduct of the registered specialist trade contractor; (d) court conviction or violation of any law by the registered specialist trade contractor, including but not limited to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, Employment Ordinance, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance, Immigration Ordinance, Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, Construction Industry Council Ordinance, Construction Workers Registration Ordinance; (e) matters of public interest; (f) causing or contributing to the occurrence of a serious incident taking place in any public or private construction site; (g) serious or suspected serious poor performance or other serious causes in any public or private sector works contract; and (h) the registered specialist trade contractor’s failure to comply with any provisions of the Rules and Procedures for the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme.
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Regulatory actions
The Committee may instigate regulatory actions against a registered subcontractor by directing that: (a) written strong direction and/or warning be given to a registered subcontractor; (b) a registered subcontractor to submit an improvement plan with the contents as specified and within a specified period; (c) a registered subcontractor be suspended from registration for a specified duration; or (d) the registration of a registered subcontractor be revoked.
The Committee may instigate regulatory actions against a registered specialist trade contractor by directing that: (a) written warning be given to the registered specialist trade contractor; (b) the registered specialist trade contractor be suspended from registration for a specified period; (c) the grouping of a registered specialist trade contractor be changed; or (d) the registration of the registered specialist trade contractor be revoked.
LABOR, HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Construction Workers Registration Ordinance (Chapter 583 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
Construction Workers Registration Ordinance requires construction workers to be registered for carrying out construction work on a construction site.
Under the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance, “construction work” means, among other things, any building operation involved in preparing for any operation such as the addition, renewal, alteration, repair, dismantling or demolition of any specified structure that involves the structure of the specified structure or any other specified structure. “Construction site” means, subject to certain exceptions, a place where construction work is, or is to be, carried out. Under section 40 of the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance, no person shall be registered as a registered construction worker unless the Registrar of Construction Workers is satisfied, among other things, that the person has attended the relevant construction work-related safety training course. Further, under section 44 of the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance, the Registrar of Construction Workers shall not renew the registration of a person unless the Registrar of Construction Workers is satisfied that, among other things, (i) the person has attended the relevant construction work-related safety training course; and (ii) if the registration will, on the date of expiry, have been in effect for not less than two years, the person has attended and completed, during the period of one year immediately before the date of application for renewal of the registration, such development courses applicable to his registration as the Construction Industry Council may specify.
The Construction Workers Registration Ordinance also contains a “designated workers for designated skills” provision, which provides that only registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of designated trade divisions are permitted to carry out construction works on construction sites relating to those trade divisions independently. Unregistered skilled or semi-skilled workers are only allowed to carry out construction works of designated trade divisions (i) under the instruction and supervision of registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of relevant designated trade division(s); (ii) in proposed emergency works (i.e. construction works which are made or maintained consequential upon the occurrence of emergency incidents); or (iii) in small-scale construction works (e.g. value of works not exceeding HK$100,000).
The Construction Workers Registration Ordinance also contains a “designated workers for designated skills” provision, which provides that only registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of designated trade divisions are permitted to carry out construction works on construction sites relating to those trade divisions independently. Unregistered skilled or semi-skilled workers are only allowed to carry out construction works of designated trade divisions (i) under the instruction and supervision of registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of relevant designated trade division(s); (ii) in proposed emergency works (i.e. construction works which are made or maintained consequential upon the occurrence of emergency incidents); or (iii) in small-scale construction works (e.g. value of works not exceeding HK$100,000).
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Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Chapter 59 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance provides for the safety and health protection to workers in an industrial undertaking. Under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, it is the duty of a proprietor of an industrial undertaking to take care of, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of all persons employed by him at the industrial undertaking. The duties of a proprietor extend to include:
| ● | providing and maintaining plant and work systems that do not endanger safety or health; |
| ● | making arrangements for ensuring safety and health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances; |
| ● | providing all necessary information, instructions, training and supervision for ensuring safety and health; |
| ● | providing and maintaining safe access to and egress from the workplaces; and |
| ● | providing and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment. |
A proprietor who contravenes any of these duties commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$3,000,000 to 10,000,000. A proprietor who contravenes any of these requirements willfully and without reasonable excuse commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$3,000,000 to 10,000,000 and to imprisonment for up to 6 months to 2 years.
Matters regulated under the subsidiary regulations of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, including the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (Chapter 59I of the Laws of Hong Kong), include (i) the prohibition of employment of persons under 18 years of age (save for certain exceptions); (ii) the maintenance and operation of hoists; (iii) the duty to ensure safety of places of work; (iv) prevention of falls; (v) safety of excavations; (vi) the duty to comply with miscellaneous safety requirements; and (vii) provision of first aid facilities. Non-compliance with any of these rules is an offence and different levels of penalty will be imposed and a contractor guilty of the relevant offence could be liable to a fine up to HK$400,000 and imprisonment up to 12 months.
In addition, under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation (Chapter 59AF of the Laws of Hong Kong), any contractor (i) in relation to construction work with a contract value of HK$100 million or more; or (ii) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 100 or more workers in a day working in a single construction site; or (iii) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 100 or more workers in a day working in two or more construction sites is obliged to appoint a safety auditor to conduct a safety audit to collect, assess and verify information on the efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of its safety management system and consider improvements to the system at least once in every six months. Further, any contractor (i) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 50 or more but less than 100 workers in a day working in a single construction site; or (ii) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 50 or more but less than 100 workers in a day working in two or more construction sites is obliged to appoint a person, being a person who is capable of competently carrying out a safety review, to be the safety review officer to conduct a safety review to review the effectiveness of its safety management system and consider improvements to the effectiveness of the system at least once in every six months. Any person who contravenes these requirements commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$400,000 and to imprisonment of six months.
According to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation, the safety auditor shall (i) be a registered safety officer under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Officers and Safety Supervisors) Regulations (Chapter 59Z of the Laws of Hong Kong); (ii) have not less than three years’ full-time experience, in the five years period immediately preceding the application for registration with the Labor Department, in a managerial post responsible for industrial safety and health matters in respect of an industrial undertaking; (iii) occupy, at the time of the application for registration with the Labor Department, the managerial post or a like post; (iv) have successfully completed a scheme conducted by a registered scheme operator; and (v) understand the requirements under legislation in Hong Kong relating to industrial safety and health matters. Pursuant to the Code of Practice on Safety Management issued by the Labor Department, a safety auditor should (i) understand his task and be competent to carry it out; (ii) be familiar with the industry and the processes being carried out in the relevant industrial undertaking; (iii) have a good knowledge of the safety management practices in the industry; and (iv) have the necessary experience and knowledge to enable him to evaluate performance and identify deficiencies effectively, while a safety review officer should (i) have a good understanding of the operation of the relevant industrial undertaking in respect of which he conducts the safety review; (ii) have a good understanding of the legal requirements in force in Hong Kong relating to industrial safety and health; and (iii) have received appropriate training in how to review the effectiveness of a safety management system with a view to improving it.
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Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Loadshifting Machinery) Regulation (Chapter 59AG of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Loadshifting Machinery Regulations”)
Under regulation 3 of the Loadshifting Machinery Regulations, the responsible person of a loadshifting machine shall ensure that the machine is only operated by a person who (i) has attained the age of 18 years; and (ii) holds a valid certificate applicable to the type of loadshifting machine to which that machine belongs. Under the Loadshifting Machinery Regulations, loadshifting machines used in industrial undertakings refer to forklift trucks.
Under regulation 8 of the Loadshifting Machinery Regulations, a responsible person who without reasonable excuse contravenes regulation 3 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$100,000.
Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Chapter 509 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance provides for the safety and health protection to employees in workplaces, both industrial and non-industrial.
Employers must as far as reasonably practicable ensure the safety and health in their workplaces by:
| ● | providing and maintaining plant and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health; |
| ● | making arrangements for ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage or transport of plant or substances; |
| ● | as regards any workplace under the employer’s control: maintenance of the workplace in a condition that is safe and without risks to health; and provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from the workplace that are safe and without any such risks; |
| ● | providing all necessary information, instructions, training and supervision for ensuring safety and health; and |
| ● | providing and maintaining a working environment for the employer’s employees that is safe and without risks to health. |
Failure to comply with any of the above provisions constitutes an offence and the employer is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$3,000,000 to 10,000,000. An employer who fails to do so intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$3,000,000 to 10,000,000 and to imprisonment for up to six months to 2 years.
The Commissioner for Labor may also issue an improvement notice against non-compliance of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance or the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance or suspension notice against activity or condition of workplace which may create imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury. Failure to comply with such notice without reasonable excuse constitutes an offence punishable by a fine of HK$400,000 and HK$1,000,000 respectively and imprisonment of up to 12 months.
Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Chapter 282 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Employees’ Compensation Ordinance establishes a no-fault and non-contributory employee compensation system for work injuries and lays down the rights and obligations of employers and employees in respect of injuries or death caused by accidents arising out of and in the course of employment, or by prescribed occupational diseases.
Under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, if an employee sustains an injury or dies as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, his employer is in general liable to pay compensation even if the employee might have committed acts of faults or negligence when the accident occurred. Similarly, an employee who suffers incapacity arising from an occupational disease is entitled to receive the same compensation as that payable to employees injured in occupational accidents.
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According to section 15(1A) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, employer shall report work injuries of its employee to the Commissioner of Labor not later than 14 days after the accident, irrespective of whether the accident gives rise to any liability to pay compensation.
According to section 24 of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, a principal contractor shall be liable to pay compensation to subcontractors’ employees who are injured in the course of their employment to the subcontractor. The principal contractor is, nonetheless, entitled to be indemnified by the subcontractor who would have been liable to pay compensation to the injured employee. The employees in question are required to serve a notice in writing on the principal contractor before making any claim or application against such principal contractor.
Pursuant to section 40 of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, all employers (including contractors and subcontractors) are required to take out insurance policies to cover their liabilities both under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law for injuries at work in respect of all their employees (including full-time and part-time employees). Under section 40(1B) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, where a principal contractor has undertaken to perform any construction work, it may take out an insurance policy for an amount not less than HK$200 million per event to cover his liability and that of his subcontractor(s) under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law. Where a principal contractor has taken out a policy of insurance under section 40(1B) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, the principal contractor and a subcontractor insured under the policy shall be regarded as having complied with section 40(1) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance.
An employer who fails to comply with the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance to secure an insurance cover is liable on conviction upon indictment to a fine at level 6 (currently at HK$100,000) and to imprisonment for two years.
Limitation Ordinance (Chapter 347 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
Under the Limitation Ordinance, the time limit for an applicant to commence common law claims for personal injuries is three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.
Employment Ordinance (Chapter 57 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
A principal contractor shall be subject to the provisions on subcontractor’s employees’ wages in the Employment Ordinance. According to section 43C of the Employment Ordinance, a principal contractor or a principal contractor and every superior subcontractor jointly and severally is/are liable to pay any wages that become due to an employee who is employed by a subcontractor on any work which the subcontractor has contracted to perform, and such wages are not paid within the period specified in the Employment Ordinance. The liability of a principal contractor and superior subcontractor (where applicable) shall be limited to (a) the wages of an employee whose employment relates wholly to the work which the principal contractor has contracted to perform and whose place of employment is wholly on the site of the building works; and (b) the wages due to such an employee for two months (such months shall be the first two months of the period in respect of which the wages are due).
An employee who has outstanding wage payments from subcontractor must serve a notice in writing on the principal contractor within 60 days after the wage due date. A principal contractor and superior subcontractor (where applicable) shall not be liable to pay any wages to the employee of the subcontractor if that employee fails to serve a notice on the principal contractor.
Upon receipt of such notice from the relevant employee, a principal contractor shall, within 14 days after receipt of the notice, serve a copy of the notice on every superior subcontractor to that subcontractor (where applicable) of whom he is aware. A principal contractor who without reasonable excuse fails to serve notice on the superior subcontractor(s) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 (currently at HK$50,000).
Pursuant to section 43F of the Employment Ordinance, if a principal contractor or superior subcontractor pays to an employee any wages under section 43C of the Employment Ordinance, the wages so paid shall be a debt due by the employer of that employee to the principal contractor or superior subcontractor, as the case may be. The principal contractor or superior subcontractor who pays an employee any wages under section 43C of the Employment Ordinance may either (i) claim contribution from every superior subcontractor to the employee’s employer or from the principal contractor and every other such superior subcontractor as the case may be, or (ii) deduct by way of set-off the amount paid by him from any sum due or may become due to the subcontractor in respect of the work that he has subcontracted.
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Occupiers Liability Ordinance (Chapter 314 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Occupiers Liability Ordinance regulates the obligations of a person occupying or having control of premises on injury resulting to persons or damage caused to goods or other property on the land.
The Occupiers Liability Ordinance imposes a common duty of care on an occupier of premises to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is invited or permitted by the occupier to be there.
Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
According to section 38A of the Immigration Ordinance, a construction site controller (i.e. the principal or main contractor and includes a subcontractor, owner, occupier or other person who has control over or is in charge of a construction site) shall take all practicable steps to (i) prevent having illegal immigrants from being on site or (ii) prevent illegal workers who are not lawfully employable from taking employment on site.
Where it is proved that (i) an illegal immigrant was on a construction site or (ii) such illegal worker who is not lawfully employable took employment on a construction site, the construction site controller commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$350,000.
Minimum Wage Ordinance (Chapter 608 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Minimum Wage Ordinance provides for a prescribed minimum hourly wage rate (set at HK$40 per hour as at the date of this prospectus) during the wage period for every employee engaged under a contract of employment under the Employment Ordinance. Any provision of the employment contract which purports to extinguish or reduce the right, benefit or protection conferred on the employee by the Minimum Wage Ordinance is void.
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Chapter 485 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“MPF Schemes Ordinance”)
Employers are required to enroll their regular employees (except for certain exempt persons) aged between at least 18 but under 65 years of age and employed for 60 days or more in a Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) scheme within the first 60 days of employment.
For both employees and employers, it is mandatory to make regular contributions into a MPF scheme. For an employee, subject to the maximum and minimum levels of income (set at HK$30,000 and HK$7,100 per month, respectively, as at the date of this prospectus), an employer will deduct 5% of the relevant income on behalf of an employee as mandatory contributions to a registered MPF scheme with a ceiling (set at HK$1,500 as at the date of this prospectus). Employer will also be required to contribute an amount equivalent to 5% of an employee’s relevant income to the MPF scheme, subject only to the maximum level of income (set at HK$30,000 as at the date of this prospectus).
Industry Schemes
Industry Schemes were established under the MPF system for employers in the construction and catering industries in view of the high labor mobility in these two industries, and the fact that most employees in these industries are “casual employees” whose employment is on a day-to-day basis or for a fixed period of less than 60 days.
For the purpose of the Industry Schemes, the construction industry covers the following eight major categories: (1) foundation and associated works; (2) civil engineering and associated works; (3) demolition and structural alteration works; (4) refurbishment and maintenance works; (5) general building construction works; (6) fire services, mechanical, electrical and associated works; (7) gas, plumbing, drainage and associated works; and (8) interior fitting-out works.
Casual employees do not have to switch schemes when they change jobs within the same industry, so long as their previous and new employers are registered with the same Industry Scheme. This is convenient for scheme members and saves administrative costs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Chapter 311 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Air Pollution Control Ordinance is the principal legislation in Hong Kong for controlling emission of air pollutants and noxious odor from construction, industrial and commercial activities and other polluting sources. Subsidiary regulations of the Air Pollution Control Ordinance impose control on air pollutant emissions from certain operations through the issue of licenses and permits.
A contractor shall observe and comply with the Air Pollution Control Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, including without limitation the Air Pollution Control (Open Burning) Regulation (Chapter 311O of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation (Chapter 311R of the Laws of Hong Kong) and the Air Pollution Control (Smoke) Regulations (Chapter 311C of the Laws of Hong Kong). The contractor responsible for a construction site shall devise, arrange methods of working and carry out the works in such a manner so as to minimize dust impacts on the surrounding environment, and shall provide experienced personnel with suitable training to ensure that these methods are implemented. Asbestos control provisions in the Air Pollution Control Ordinance require that building works involving asbestos must be conducted only by registered asbestos contractors and under the supervision of a registered consultant.
Air Pollution Control (Non-road Mobile Machinery) (Emission) Regulation (Chapter 311Z of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The NRMM Regulation came into effect on June 1, 2015 to introduce regulatory control on the emissions of NRMMs, including non-road vehicles and regulated machines that are subject to the NRMM Regulations (the “Regulated Machines”). Unless exempted, NRMMs which are regulated under this provision are required to comply with the emission standards prescribed under this regulation. Under section 5 of the NRMM Regulation, starting from December 1, 2015, only approved or exempted NRMMs with a proper label are allowed to be used in specified activities and locations including construction sites. However, existing NRMMs which are already in Hong Kong on or before November 30, 2015 will be exempted from complying with the emission requirements pursuant to section 11 of the NRMM Regulation. Under Section 5 of the NRMM Regulation, any person who uses or causes to be used a Regulated Machine in specified activities or locations without (i) exemption or approval by the Environmental Protection Department is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000 and to imprisonment for six months, and (ii) a proper label is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$50,000 and to imprisonment for up to three months.
Pursuant to the Technical Circular issued by the Work Branch of the Development Bureau on February 8, 2015, an implementation plan to phase out the use of exempted NRMMs for four types of exempted NRMMs (namely generators, air compressors, excavators and crawler cranes) has been included in the Technical Circular, under which, all new capital works contracts of public works including design and build contracts with an estimated contract value exceeding HK$200 million and tenders invited on or after 1 June 2015 shall require the contractor to allow no exempted generator and air compressor to be used after June 1, 2015 and the number of exempted excavators and crawler cranes not to exceed 50%, 20% and 0% of the total units of exempted NRMMs from June 1, 2015, June 1, 2017 and June 1, 2019 respectively.
Noise Control Ordinance (Chapter 400 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Noise Control Ordinance controls, among others, the noise from construction, industrial and commercial activities. A contractor shall comply with the Noise Control Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations in carrying out construction works. For construction activities that are to be carried out during the restricted hours and for percussive piling during the daytime, not being a general holiday, construction noise permits are required from the Director of the Environmental Protection Department in advance.
Under the Noise Control Ordinance, construction works that produce noises and the use of powered mechanical equipment (other than percussive piling) are not allowed between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time on general holidays, unless prior approval has been granted by the Director of the Environmental Protection Department through the construction noise permit system. The use of certain equipment is also subject to restrictions. Hand-held percussive breakers and air compressors must comply with noise emissions standards and be issued with a noise emission label from the Director of the Environmental Protection Department.
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Any person who carries out any construction work except as permitted is liable on first conviction to a fine of HK$100,000 and on subsequent convictions to a fine of HK$200,000, and in any case to a fine of HK$20,000 for each day during which the offence continues.
Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Chapter 358 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Water Pollution Control Ordinance controls the effluent discharged from all types of industrial, commercial, institutional and construction activities into public sewers and public drain. For any industry/trade generating wastewater discharge (except domestic sewage or unpolluted water that are discharged into communal sewer or communal drain), they are subject to licensing control by the Director of the Environmental Protection Department.
All discharges, other than domestic sewage or unpolluted water to communal sewer or communal drain, must be covered by an effluent discharge license. The license specifies the permitted maximum allowable quantity and effluent standards of the effluent. The general guidelines are that the effluent does not damage sewers or pollute inland or inshore marine waters.
According to the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, unless being licensed under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, a person who discharges any waste or polluting matter into the waters of Hong Kong in a water control zone or discharges any matter, other than domestic sewage and unpolluted water, into a communal sewer or communal drain in a water control zone commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for six months and (a) for a first offence, a fine of HK$200,000; (b) for a second or subsequent offence, a fine of HK$400,000, and (c) in addition, if the offence is a continuing offence, a fine of HK$10,000 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.
Waste Disposal Ordinance (Chapter 354 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Waste Disposal Ordinance controls the production, storage, collection and disposal including treatment, reprocessing and recycling of wastes. At present, livestock waste and chemical waste are subject to specific controls whilst unlawful deposition of waste is prohibited. Import and export of waste is generally controlled through a permit system.
A contractor shall observe and comply with the Waste Disposal Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, including without limitation the Waste Disposal (Charges for Disposal of Construction Waste) Regulation (Chapter 354N of the Laws of Hong Kong) and the Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation (Chapter 354C of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Under the Waste Disposal (Charges for Disposal of Construction Waste) Regulation, construction waste can only be disposed at designated prescribed facilities and a main contractor who undertakes construction work with a value of HK$1 million or above will be required, within 21 days after being awarded the contract, to establish a billing account in respect of that particular contract with the Director of the Environmental Protection Department to pay any disposal charges for the construction waste generated from the construction work under that contract.
Under the Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation, a person who produces chemical waste or causes it to be produced has to register as a chemical waste producer. Any chemical waste produced must be packaged, labeled and stored properly before disposal. Only a licensed waste collector can transport the waste to a licensed chemical waste disposal site for disposal. Chemical waste producers also need to keep records of their chemical waste disposal for inspection by the Environmental Protection Department.
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Proposed Security of Payment Legislation (“SOPL”)
The Government has conducted a public consultation on the SOPL for the construction industry to promote fair payment and help main contractors, subcontractors, consultants, sub-consultants and suppliers to receive payment on time for work done and services provided, so as to improve payment practices and provide rapid dispute resolution.
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The SOPL will, among others:
| ● | prohibit “pay when paid” and similar terms in contracts, which refer to provisions in contracts that make payment contingent or conditional on the operation of other contracts or agreements, meaning that payment is conditional on the payer receiving payment from a third party; |
| ● | prohibit payment periods of more than 60 calendar days for interim payments and 120 calendar days for final payments; |
| ● | enable parties who are entitled to progress payments under the terms of a contract covered by the SOPL to claim such payments as statutory payment claims, upon receipt of which the payer has 30 calendar days to serve a payment response, and parties who are entitled to payments under statutory payment claims will be entitled to pursue adjudication if the statutory payment claims are disputed or ignored; and |
| ● | grant parties the right to suspend or reduce the rate of progress of works after either non-payment of an adjudicator’s decision or non-payment of amounts admitted as due. |
All contracts and sub-contracts, whether in written or oral form, for (i) government works, under which the Government and specified public entities procure construction and maintenance activities or related services, materials or plant; and (ii) private sector works, under which private entities procure construction activities for new buildings (as defined in the Buildings Ordinance) with a main contract value of over HK$5 million or procure related services, material or plant or supply-only contracts with a contract value of over HK$500,000, will be governed by the SOPL. Where the main contract is covered by the SOPL, all subcontracts (irrespective of tier) will be covered by the SOPL regardless of value. The legislation will not apply to private sector construction works relating to new buildings with a main contract value of less than HK$5 million or related services, material or plant supply-only contracts with a contract value of less than HK$500,000.
The proposed legislation will not apply retrospectively but will apply only to contracts entered on or after a date to be set by or pursuant to the legislation.
The SOPL is designed to assist contractors throughout the contractual chain to ensure cash-flow and access to a swift dispute resolution process. However, there are still uncertainties on the final legislative framework to be submitted to the Legislative Council for consideration and approval.
The Government released a Technical Circular on the Implementation of the Spirit of Security of Payment Legislation in Public Works Contracts (the “Technical Circular”) in October 2021. The Technical Circular sets out the policy on the implementation of the spirit of the SOPL in public works contracts with a view to facilitating timely processing of contract payments and providing an interim mechanism for speedy resolution of payment disputes before the enactment of the SOPL. The scope of contracts covered by the Technical Circular includes public works contracts, term contracts and related subcontracts tendered (i) on or after December 31, 2021, for tenders to be invited from Group B or Group C contractors on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works; and (ii) on or after April 1, 2022, for tenders to be invited from other contractors on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works or the List of Approved Suppliers of Materials and Specialist Contractors for Public Works.
The proposed SOPL bill was published by the Development Bureau of Hong Kong on May 16, 2024 and gazette on May 17, 2024. The legislation was introduced to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong on May 29, 2024. Subject to passing of legislation by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, the Government of Hong Kong proposed the operation of the SOPL will commence on the expiry of 8 months after the date on which the legislation is published in the gazette of Hong Kong.
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Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth information concerning our directors and executive officers, including their ages as of the date of this prospectus:
| Name | Age | Position | ||
| Ngo Chiu, LAM | 47 | Director, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board | ||
| Chun Man, LO | 44 | Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Chun Kit, YU | 35 | Independent Director | ||
| Ryno Pretorius | 39 | Independent Director | ||
| Jacob Rowe | 26 | Independent Director |
Ngo Chiu, LAM is a Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the board of the Company is responsible for the general corporate strategy, overall management of our operations and business expansion. Mr. Lam has over 25 years of experience in civil engineering industry. Mr. Lam founded Kin Chiu Engineering Limited in April 2012 and has been its director ever since. Prior to founding Kin Chiu Engineering Limited, Mr. Lam worked at a number of construction companies as foreman.
Chun Man, LO is the chief financial officer of the Company. Mr. Lo has over 20 years of experience in the accounting, financing and auditing industry. Mr. Lo has been an associate director of Win Win Way Construction Co., Ltd. since January 2024. Mr. Lo was the financial controller and company secretary of CT Vision S.L. (International) Holdings Limited (HKEx: 994), a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, from July 2019 to November 2023. Mr. Lo was the deputy general manager of the finance department of China Aerospace International Holdings Limited (HKEx: 31), a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, from April 2016 to June 2019. He also has over 5 years working experience in Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, with his last position as a senior. Mr. Lo obtained a master of science in professional accountancy from the University of London in 2019 and a degree of bachelor of arts (honours) in accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2003. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Chun Kit, YU is a Director of the Company. Mr. Yu has over 10 years of experience in auditing, accounting and financial management. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Yu worked at various international accounting firms, namely, BDO Limited from October 2011 to October 2013 with his last position as senior associate, KPMG from July 2014 to August 2015 with his last position as assistant manager. From February 2016 to November 2016, he worked at Bowker Asia Limited, which is a subsidiary of Win Hanverky Holdings Limited (HKEx: 3322), a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, with his last position as assistant internal audit manager. Mr. Yu was an assistant manager of a subsidiary of Kingston Financial Group Limited (HKEx: 1031), a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, from December 2016 to December 2017. Since January 2018, Mr. Yu has been the financial controller and company secretary of Boltek Holdings Limited (HKEx: 8601), a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Since September 2019, Mr. Yu has been the company secretary of Global Uin Intelligence Holdings Limited (HKEx: 8496), a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Since April 2022 and February 2024, Mr. Yu has been an independent non-executive director of Sinohope Technology Holdings Limited (HKEx: 1611) and WK Group (Holdings) Limited (HKEx: 2535), both companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Since August 2024, Mr. Yu has been an executive director of Junee Limited (NASDAQ: JUNE), a company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Mr. Yu obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) in Accounting & Finance from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in October 2011. He was admitted as a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in July 2015.
Ryno Pretorius, Ph.D., is an independent director of the Company. Dr. Pretorius has over 15 years of experience in process engineering and project management across the minerals, metals, and energy sectors. Since June 2025, Dr. Pretorius has served as Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Leap Energy LLC, leading energy isotope production and supply chain development. From November 2024 to March 2025, Dr. Pretorius was a Pilot Plant Project Engineer and Hydrometallurgy Department Manager at Brimstone Inc., managing the construction and operation of a pilot plant for cement and alumina production. From January 2023 to November 2024, he was Director of Engineering at Magrathea Metals Inc., where he was responsible for engineering projects for magnesium metal production. From 2015 to 2022, Dr. Pretorius served as Technical Director and Chief Executive Officer of Free Radical Process Design, overseeing technology commercialization and modular plant projects. From February 2016 to October 2020, he was Senior Process Engineer at Themtron Scientific, focusing on fluorochemical plant design and project management. From 2011 to 2015, he was Junior Research Engineer at NECSA, working on inorganic fluorine chemical processes and pilot plant operations. Dr. Pretorius obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pretoria.
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Jacob Rowe is an independent director of the Company. Mr. Rowe has experience in business development and engineering management. Since 2025, Mr. Rowe has served as Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations at ASP Isotopes Inc., the parent company of Quantum Leap Energy LLC, where he leads efforts to expand U.S. operations, secure strategic partnerships, and develop domestic facilities for isotope enrichment and production. From 2021 to 2025, Mr. Rowe was a Mechanical Engineer for the United States Department of Defense, focusing on helicopter rotor systems for the H-53K King Stallion and H-53E Sea Stallion, and implementing cost-saving repairs and engineering solutions on key components. Mr. Rowe holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Quantitative Economics from East Carolina University.
Family Relationships
As at the date of this prospectus, There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.
Corporate Governance Practices
Foreign Private Issuer
We qualify as a “foreign private issuer” under the SEC rules and Nasdaq rules. As a foreign private issuer, we will be exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors, and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Also, we are not required to comply with Regulation FD, which restricts the selective disclosure of material information. However, we will file with the SEC, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, or such applicable time as required by the SEC, an annual report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, and we will submit to the SEC from time to time, on Form 6-K, reports of information that would likely be material to an investment decision in our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Furthermore, Nasdaq Rule 5615(a)(3) provides that a foreign private issuer, such as us, may rely on our home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain of the rules in the Nasdaq Rule 5600 Series and Rule 5250(d), except that we must comply with Nasdaq’s Notification of Noncompliance requirement (Rule 5625), the Voting Rights requirement (Rule 5640), and that we have an audit committee that satisfies Rule 5605(c)(3), including having committee members that meet the independence requirements of Rule 5605(c)(2)(A)(ii). The exemptions are subject to our disclosure of which requirements we are not following and the equivalent Cayman Islands requirements. Below are some of the exemptions afforded to foreign private issuers under the Nasdaq rules:
| ● | Exemption from the requirement that we disclose within four business days of any determination to grant a waiver of the code of business conduct and ethics to directors and officers. |
| ● | Exemption from the requirement that our board of directors be composed of independent directors. |
| ● | Exemption from the requirement that our audit committee have a minimum of three members. |
| ● | Exemption from the requirement that we hold annual shareholders’ meetings. |
| ● | Exemption from the requirement that our board of directors have a remuneration committee composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. |
| ● | Exemption from the requirement that director nominees are selected, or recommended for selection by our board of directors, either by (i) independent directors constituting a majority of our board of directors’ independent directors in a vote in which only independent directors participate, or (ii) a committee comprised solely of independent directors and governed by a formal written charter or board resolution, as applicable, addressing the nomination process as adopted. |
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We may use the foreign private issuer exemption with respect to some or all of the other Nasdaq corporate governance rules. We intend to comply with Cayman Islands corporate governance requirements under the Companies Act applicable to us at the same time. If we rely on our home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain of the rules of Nasdaq, our shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq. We may utilize these exemptions for as long as we continue to qualify as a foreign private issuer.
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics, which is applicable to all of our directors, executive officers and employees and is publicly available.
Board of Directors
Our board of directors consist of four directors. A director who is, directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction with our company shall declare the nature of his or her interest at a meeting of our directors. Subject to the Nasdaq Listing Rules and disqualification by the chairman of the relevant board meeting, a director may vote in respect of any contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction notwithstanding that he or she may be interested therein provided the director discloses to his fellow directors the nature and extent of any material interests in respect of any contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction and if he or she does so his or her vote shall be counted and he or she may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of our directors at which any such contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction is considered. Our directors may exercise all the powers of our Company to issue debentures, debenture stock, bonds, and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of our company or of any third party. None of our non-executive directors have a service contract with us that provides for benefits upon termination of service.
We recognize the importance and benefit of having a board of directors composed of highly talented and experienced individuals having regard to the need to foster and promote diversity among board members with respect to attributes such as gender, ethnicity and other factors. In support of this goal, we will consider criteria that promote diversity, including with regard to gender, ethnicity, and other dimensions; and consider the level of representation of women on our board of directors along with other markers of diversity.
Committees of the Board of Directors
A company of which more than 50% of the voting power held by a single entity is considered a “controlled company” under the Nasdaq rules. A controlled company is not required to comply with the Nasdaq corporate governance rules requiring a board of directors to have a majority of independent directors to have independent audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees. We are a “controlled company” as defined under the Nasdaq rules.
We established three committees under the board of directors: an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee. We adopted a charter for each of the three committees. Each committee’s members and functions are described below.
Audit Committee. Our audit committee consist of Mr. Chun Kit Yu, Dr. Ryno Pretorius, and Mr. Jacob Rowe. Mr. Chun Kit Yu is the chairperson of our audit committee. We have determined that each of our audit committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(c)(2) of the Nasdaq rules and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. We have determined that Mr. Chun Kit Yu as a person who has the following attributes: understanding of GAAP and financial statements, ability to assess the application of GAAP for accounting estimates, accruals and reserves, experience with financial statements, understanding of internal controls and knowledge of audit committee functions that qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC rules and possesses financial sophistication within the meaning of the Nasdaq rules. 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:
| ● | appointing the independent auditors and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing services permitted to be performed by the independent auditors; |
| ● | reviewing with the independent auditors any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response; |
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| ● | discussing the annual audited financial statements with management and the independent auditors; |
| ● | reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our accounting and internal control policies and procedures and any steps taken to monitor and control major financial risk exposures; |
| ● | reviewing and approving all proposed related-party transactions; |
| ● | meeting separately and periodically with management and the independent auditors; and |
| ● | monitoring compliance with our code of business conduct and ethics, including reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our procedures to ensure proper compliance. |
Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee consist of Mr. Chun Kit Yu, Dr. Ryno Pretorius, and Mr. Jacob Rowe. Dr. Ryno Pretorius is the chairman of our compensation committee. We have determined that each of our compensation committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq rules. The compensation committee will assist the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation, relating to our directors and executive officers. Our chief executive officer may not be present at any committee meeting during which his compensation is deliberated. The compensation committee will be responsible for, among other things:
| ● | reviewing and approving, or recommending to the board for its approval, the compensation for our chief executive officer and other executive officers; |
| ● | reviewing and recommending to the board for determination with respect to the compensation of our non-employee directors; |
| ● | reviewing periodically and approving any incentive compensation or equity plans, programs, or similar arrangements; and |
| ● | selecting compensation consultant, legal counsel, or other adviser only after taking into consideration all factors relevant to that person’s independence from management. |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our nominating and corporate governance committee consist of Mr. Chun Kit Yu, Dr. Ryno Pretorius, and Mr. Jacob Rowe. Mr. Jacob Rowe is the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee. We have determined that each of our nominating and corporate governance committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq rules. The nominating and corporate governance committee will assist the board of directors in selecting individuals qualified to become our directors and in determining the composition of the board and its committees. The nominating and corporate governance committee will be responsible for, among other things:
| ● | selecting and recommending to the board nominees for election by the shareholders or appointment by the board; |
| ● | reviewing annually with the board the current composition of the board in regard to characteristics such as independence, knowledge, skills, experience, and diversity; |
| ● | making recommendations on the frequency and structure of board meetings and monitoring the functioning of the committees of the board; and |
| ● | advising the board periodically in regard to significant developments in the law and practice of corporate governance, as well as our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and making recommendations to the board on all matters of corporate governance and on any remedial action to be taken. |
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Duties of Directors
Under Cayman Islands law, our directors owe fiduciary duties to our company. These include, among others (i) duty to act in good faith in what the director believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole; (ii) duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose; (iii) directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion; (iv) duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and (v) duty to exercise independent judgment. In addition to the above, our directors also owe a duty to act with skill, care and diligence. This duty has been defined as a requirement to act as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and the general knowledge skill and experience which that director has. However, English and Commonwealth courts have moved towards an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed in the Cayman Islands. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our Amended Memorandum and Articles, as amended from time to time. Our Company has the right to seek damages if a duty owed by any of our directors is breached. In limited exceptional circumstances, a shareholder may have the right to seek damages in our name if a duty owed by our directors is breached.
As set out above, our directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of their position. However, in some instances what would otherwise be a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advance by the shareholders provided that there is full disclosure by the directors. This can be done by way of permission granted in the Amended Memorandum and Articles, as amended from time to time or alternatively by shareholder approval at general meetings.
Our board of directors has all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, our business affairs. The functions and powers of our board of directors include, among others:
| ● | convening shareholders’ annual and extraordinary general meetings and reporting its work to shareholders at such meetings; |
| ● | declaring dividends and distributions; |
| ● | appointing officers and determining the term of office of the officers; |
| ● | exercising the borrowing powers of our company and mortgaging the property of our company; and |
| ● | approving the transfer of shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares) in our company, including the registration of such shares in our share register. |
Terms of Directors and Officers
Our directors may be elected by a resolution of our board of directors or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. Our directors are not subject to a term of office and hold office until such time as they are removed from office by ordinary resolution of our shareholders, unless the director is appointed on such express terms that he or she shall automatically retire from office (unless he has sooner vacated office) at the next or a subsequent annual general meeting or upon any specified event or after any specified period. A director will cease to be a director automatically if, among other things, the director (i) becomes bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or suspends payment or compounds with his creditors generally, (ii) dies or is found by our company to be or becomes of unsound mind, (iii) resigns his or her office by notice in writing to our company, or (iv)is removed from office pursuant to our articles of association.
Our officers are selected by and serve at the discretion of our board of directors.
Employment Agreements with Executive Officers
We have entered into employment agreements with each of our executive officers. Under these agreements, each of our executive officers is employed for a specific time period. We may terminate employment for cause for certain acts of executive officers, such as commission of any serious or persistent breach or non-observance of the terms and conditions of the employment, conviction of a criminal offense, willful disobedience of a lawful and reasonable order, fraud or dishonesty, receipt of bribery, or severe neglect of his or her duties. We may also terminate an executive officer’s employment without cause upon a three-month advance written notice. An executive officer may resign anytime with a three-month advance written notice.
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Each executive officer has agreed to hold, during his or her employment and after the termination or expiry of his or her employment agreement, in strict confidence and not to use, except as required in the performance of his or her duties in connection with the employment or pursuant to applicable law, any of our confidential information or trade secrets, any confidential information or trade secrets of our customers or prospective customers, or the confidential or proprietary information of any third-party received by us and for which we have confidential obligations.
We entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Under these agreements, we will agree to indemnify our directors and executive officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such person in connection with claims made by reason of their being a director or officer of our company.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past 10 years, been involved in any legal proceedings described in subparagraph (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K.
Board Diversity
We seek to achieve board diversity through the consideration of a number of factors when selecting the candidates to our Board, including but not limited to gender, skills, age, professional experience, knowledge, cultural, education background, ethnicity and length of service. The ultimate decision of the appointment will be based on merit and the contribution which the selected candidates will bring to our board.
Our directors have a balanced mix of knowledge and skills. We have three independent directors with different industry backgrounds, representing a majority of the members of our board. We also achieved gender diversity by having one female director out of the total of five directors (including independent directors). Our board is well balanced and diversified in alignment with the business development and strategy of the Company.
Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers
For so long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer, we are not required to comply with the proxy rules applicable to U.S. domestic companies, including the requirement applicable to emerging growth companies to disclose the compensation of our executive officers on an individual, rather than an aggregate, basis. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, we paid an aggregate compensation of HK$1,716,329 (approximately US$220,260), HK$686,000 (approximately US$87,654) and HK$978,000 (approximately US$124,726), respectively, to our executive officers and directors. We have not set aside any amount to provide pension, retirement or other similar benefits to our executive officers and directors. We have also not made any agreements with our directors or executive officers to provide benefits upon termination of employment.
Equity Incentive Plans
We have not adopted any equity compensation plans.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, we had no outstanding equity awards.
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The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Shares as of the date of this prospectus by our officers, Directors and 5% or greater beneficial owners of our Shares. There is no other person or group of affiliated persons known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our Shares. The following table assumes that none of our officers, Directors or 5% or greater beneficial owners of our Shares will purchase shares in this Offering. Holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares are entitled to one (1) vote per share and holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares are entitled to twenty (20) votes per share. In no event shall Class A Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares. In no event shall Class B Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares.
We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. These rules generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to persons who possess sole or shared voting power or investment power with respect to those securities. The person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, the person identified in this table has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by him, subject to applicable community property laws.
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Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned(3) | Class B
Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned(3) | Approximate percentage of Voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||
| Name of Beneficial Owners | Number | % | Number | % | % | |||||||||||||||
| Directors and Executive Officers: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ngo Chiu, LAM | 318,550 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | 0.62 | |||||||||||||||
| Chun Man, LO | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Chun Kit, YU | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Ryno Pretorius | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Jacob Rowe | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| All directors and executive officers as a group | 318,550 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | 0.62 | |||||||||||||||
| 5% shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quantum Leap Energy LLC(1) | 454,794 | 4.1 | 1,995,000 | 100 | 79.14 | |||||||||||||||
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The following is a summary of transactions for and the three years ended March 31, 2025 and up to the date of this report to which we have been a party and in which any members of our Board of Directors, any Executive Officers, or Controlling Shareholders had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than compensation arrangements which are described under the section of this prospectus captioned “Management”.
The following is a list of related parties which the Company has transactions with:
| (a) | Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, a director of the Company. |
| (b) | Kin Chiu Development Company Limited, controlled by Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam |
| (c) | KC-CRFG JV, a joint venture |
| (d) | KC-Glory JV, a joint venture |
| (e) | KC-Geotech JV, a joint venture |
a. Due to (from) related parties
As of March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the balances of due to (from) related parties were as follows:
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Due to (from) related parties | ||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam (a) | (1) | $ | 617,944 | $ | 203,990 | $ | 2,129,097 | |||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | (1) | 184,019 | 91,719 | 155,627 | ||||||||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | (1) | 320,278 | 318,436 | 318,125 | ||||||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | (1) | 237,783 | 242,870 | 142,732 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 1,360,024 | $ | 857,015 | $ | 2,745,581 | |||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Due to (from) related parties | ||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam (a) | (1) | $ | 617,944 | $ | 203,990 | $ | 2,129,097 | |||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | (1) | 184,019 | 91,719 | 155,627 | ||||||||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | (1) | 320,278 | 318,436 | 318,125 | ||||||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | (1) | 237,783 | 242,870 | 142,732 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 1,360,024 | $ | 857,015 | $ | 2,745,581 | |||||||||||
| (1) | The balance represented the advances from/to the director, a related company and joint ventures. The amounts were unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. |
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b. Accounts receivable, net
As of March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the balances of accounts receivable, net from joint venture were as follows:
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | $ | 1,363,542 | $ | 1,493,591 | $ | 355,693 | ||||||
| $ | 1,363,542 | $ | 1,493,591 | $ | 355,693 | |||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | $ | 1,363,542 | $ | 1,493,591 | $ | 355,693 | ||||||
| $ | 1,363,542 | $ | 1,493,591 | $ | 355,693 | |||||||
c. Contract assets, net
As of March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the balances of contract assets, net from joint ventures were as follows:
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Contract assets, net | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 303,585 | $ | 257,698 | $ | 202,553 | ||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | 177,965 | 194,943 | 1,002,982 | |||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 42,600 | 41,480 | 50,911 | |||||||||
| $ | 524,150 | $ | 494,121 | $ | 1,256,446 | |||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Contract assets, net | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 303,585 | $ | 257,698 | $ | 202,553 | ||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | 177,965 | 194,943 | 1,002,982 | |||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 42,600 | 41,480 | 50,911 | |||||||||
| $ | 524,150 | $ | 494,121 | $ | 1,256,446 | |||||||
d. Contract liabilities
As of March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the balances of contract liabilities from joint ventures were as follows:
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Contract liabilities | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 359,629 | $ | 536,341 | $ | 658,339 | ||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | - | - | 18,130 | |||||||||
| $ | 359,629 | $ | 536,341 | $ | 676,469 | |||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Contract liabilities | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 359,629 | $ | 536,341 | $ | 658,339 | ||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | - | - | 18,130 | |||||||||
| $ | 359,629 | $ | 536,341 | $ | 676,469 | |||||||
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e. Related party transactions
The Company’s related party transactions are measured at the exchange amount which is the amount of consideration established and agreed to by the related parties.
| Year ended March 31, 2025 | Year ended March 31, 2024 | Year ended March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Provision of construction services | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 4,695,289 | $ | 6,884,950 | $ | 8,937,204 | ||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | - | 338,800 | 2,888,169 | |||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 622 | 2,301,097 | 3,939,946 | |||||||||
| $ | 4,695,911 | $ | 9,524,847 | $ | 15,765,319 | |||||||
| Year ended March 31, 2025 | Year ended March 31, 2024 | Year ended March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Consultancy fee income | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 10 | $ | 35,736 | $ | 60,452 | ||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 44,399 | 63,658 | 78,910 | |||||||||
| $ | 44,409 | $ | 99,394 | $ | 139,362 | |||||||
f. Transfer of insurance plan
On March 20, 2025, a life insurance policy of US$1,381,153 was transferred from Kin Chiu Development Company Limited to the Company.
g. Assignment of borrowing
On December 20, 2024, HSBC issued banking facilities as working capital for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$854,309 (HK$6,638,838). As of March 31, 2025, the outstanding of the loan is approximately US$812,442. There is no material covenant stated in this borrowing. The interest rate for the SME financing guarantee scheme is HIBOR (Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate) + 1% per annum. The loan is secured by the life insurance policy from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Ms. Po Lok Sze. The loan contains a repayment on demand clause.
Policies and Procedures for Related Party Transactions
Our Board of Directors established an audit committee in connection with the consummation of this Offering, which will be tasked with review and approval of all related party transactions.
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We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and our affairs are governed by our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended from time to time, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands.
The share capital of the Company consists of Ordinary Shares. As of the date hereof, our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value US$0.00001 each, comprising of (i) 4,950,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, and (ii) 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of nominal or par value US$0.00001 each. As of the date of this prospectus, 11,089,314 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding.
The following are summaries of material provisions of our second amended and restated and restated memorandum and articles of association (each the “amended memorandum” and the “amended articles”) and the Companies Act insofar as they relate to the material terms of our Ordinary Shares.
Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
Objects of our Company. Under our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the objects of our Company are unrestricted and we have the full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands.
Ordinary Shares. Our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value US$0.00001 each, comprising of (i) 4,950,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, and (ii) 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of nominal or par value US$0.00001 each. All of our outstanding Ordinary Shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Certificates representing the Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form.
Conversion. Class B Ordinary Shares cannot be converted into Class A Ordinary Shares under any circumstances and Class A Ordinary Shares cannot be converted into Class B Ordinary Shares under any circumstances.
Dividends. The holders of our Ordinary Shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of our funds which are lawfully available for that purpose. In addition, our Shareholders may declare dividends by ordinary resolution, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by our directors. Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, our Company may pay a dividend out of either profit or the credit standing in our Company’s share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our Company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business immediately following the date on which the distribution or dividend is paid.
Voting Rights. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall, at all times, vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by the members at any general meeting of the Company.
Holders of our Ordinary Shares may vote on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders, except as may otherwise be required by law. Subject to any rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any shares, on a poll every shareholder present in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy) shall have one vote for each Class A Ordinary Share and 20 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share of which he or the person represented by proxy is the holder.
Voting at any meeting of shareholders is by a poll. A poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman of the meeting directs. He may appoint scrutineers (who need not be shareholders) and fix a place and time for declaring the result of the poll. If, through the aid of technology, the meeting is held as a virtual meeting or in more than one place, the chairman may appoint scrutineers virtually and in more than one place; but if he considers that the poll cannot be effectively monitored at that meeting, the chairman shall adjourn the holding of the poll to a date, place and time when that can occur.
Any ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by a simple majority of the votes by the shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting of our Company and includes a written resolution signed by the required majority of shareholders according to the amended articles. Any special resolution is a resolution of a general meeting or a resolution of a meeting of the holders of any class of ordinary shares in a class meeting duly constituted in accordance with the amended articles in each case passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes by the shareholders as being entitled to do so vote in person or by proxy at that meeting. The expression includes a unanimous written resolution signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.
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A special resolution will be required for important matters such as amending our memorandum and articles of association or changing the name of the Company.
There are no limitations on non-residents or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the Ordinary Shares imposed by foreign law or by the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or other constituent document of our company. However, no person will be entitled to vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of the Ordinary Shares unless the person is registered as of the record date for such meeting and unless all calls or other sums presently payable by the person in respect of Ordinary Shares in the Company have been paid.
General Meetings of Shareholders. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by the Companies Act to call shareholders’ annual general meetings. Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we may (but are not obliged to, unless required by the Nasdaq Listing Rules), in each year hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting, which, if held, shall be convened by the board of directors, in accordance with the amended articles. Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall be an extraordinary general meeting.
Advance notice of at least five clear days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders’ meeting (if any) and any other general meeting of our Shareholders. A quorum required for a meeting of shareholders consists of at least one holder of Shares being not less than an aggregate of one-third of all votes attaching to all Shares in issue and entitled to vote in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative.
A majority of our directors may call general meetings and they shall on a shareholders’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of our Company. A shareholders’ requisition is a request of one or more shareholders holding as at the date of deposit of the request in aggregate not less than ten percent of the voting rights (on a one vote per share basis) in the share capital of the Company. The requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by or on behalf of each requisitioner and delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of our second amended and restated articles of association. If our directors do not within 21 clear days from the receipt of the requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting, the requisitioners, or any of them may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened must be called no later than three months after the expiration of the said 21 calendar day period.
Winding Up; Liquidation. If we are wound up the shareholders may, subject to the amended articles and any other sanction required by the Companies Act, pass a special resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following:
| (a) | to divide in specie among the shareholders the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and, for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried out as between the shareholders or different classes of shareholders; and/or |
| (b) | to vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of shareholders and those liable to contribute to the winding up. |
Calls on Ordinary Shares and Forfeiture of Ordinary Shares. Subject to the terms of the allotment, our directors may from time to time make calls upon our shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least 14 clear days in advance specifying the time and place for payment. Any Ordinary Shares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.
Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares. Subject to the terms of the Companies Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, we may by our directors: (i) issue shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at the option of us or the shareholders holding those redeemable shares, on the terms and in the manner our directors determine before the issue of those shares; (ii) with the consent by special resolution of the shareholders holding shares of a particular class, vary the rights attaching to that class of shares so as to provide that those shares are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of us on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such variation; and (iii) purchase all or any of our own shares of any class including any redeemable shares on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such purchase. . Under the Companies Act, the redemption or repurchase of any share may be paid out of our Company’s profits or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for the purpose of such redemption or repurchase, or out of capital (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve) if our Company can, immediately following such payment, pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. In addition, under the Companies Act no such share may be redeemed or repurchased (a) unless it is fully paid up, (b) if such redemption or repurchase would result in there being no shares issued and outstanding or (c) if the company has commenced liquidation. In addition, our Company may accept the surrender of any fully paid share for no consideration.
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Transfer of Ordinary Shares.
Provided that such transfer complies with applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules, our shareholders may freely transfer shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by the Nasdaq Listing Rules or in any other form approved by our directors, executed where the shares are fully paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder; and where the shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder and the transferee.
Where the shares of any class in question are not listed on any stock exchange or subject to the rules of any stock exchange, our directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer of such shares which are not fully paid up or on which our Company has a lien.
Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of any share unless:
| ● | the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; |
| ● | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of shares; |
| ● | the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; |
| ● | the shares transferred are fully paid up and free of any lien in favor of the Company; |
| ● | in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the share is to be transferred does not exceed four; and |
| ● | a fee of such maximum sum as the Nasdaq Capital Market may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as our directors may from time to time require is paid to us in respect thereof. |
If our directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within one month after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.
The registration of transfers may, after compliance with any notice required of Nasdaq and on 14 clear days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the register closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine; provided, however, that the registration of transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than 30 clear days in any year.
Variations of Rights of Shares. If at any time our share capital is divided into different classes of shares, unless the terms on which a class of shares was issued state otherwise, the rights attached to any such class may only be varied with: (a) the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or (b) with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation, allotment or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with them.
Inspection of Books and Records. Holders of our Ordinary Shares have no general right under our amended articles to inspect or obtain copies of our list of shareholders or our corporate records. However, we will provide our shareholders with annual audited financial statements. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”
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Issuance of Additional Shares. Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorize our Board of Directors to issue additional Ordinary Shares from time to time as our Board of Directors shall determine, to the extent of available authorized but unissued shares.
Issuance of additional Ordinary Shares may dilute the voting power of holders of Ordinary Shares.
Anti-Takeover Provisions. Some provisions of our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable. Our authorized, but unissued Ordinary Shares are available for future issuance without shareholders’ approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise addition capital, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved Ordinary Shares could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Exempted Company. We are an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act. The Companies Act distinguishes between ordinary resident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside of the Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the same as for an ordinary company except that an exempted company:
| ● | does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Registrar of Companies; |
| ● | is not required to open its register of members for inspection; |
| ● | does not have to hold an annual general meeting; |
| ● | may not issue negotiable or bearer shares, but may issue shares with no par value; |
| ● | may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance); |
| ● | may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; |
| ● | may register as a limited duration company; and |
| ● | may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
“Limited liability” means that the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount unpaid by the shareholder on the shares of the company.
Nomination and Removal of Directors and Filling Vacancies on Board. At any time or from time to time, the Board shall have the power to appoint any person as a Director either to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an additional Director to the existing Board subject to any maximum number of Directors, if any, as may be determined by the members in general meeting.
Each Director shall hold office for the term, if any, fixed by the terms of his appointment or until his office is vacated pursuant to the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
A Director is not required to hold any shares in the company by way of qualification nor is there any specified upper or lower age limit for Directors either for accession to or retirement from the Board.
A Director may be removed by an ordinary resolution of the company before the expiration of his term of office (if any).
The office of a Director shall be vacated if he:
| (i) | is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a director; or |
| (ii) | is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
| (iii) | resigns his office by notice to the Company; or |
| (iv) | only held office as a director for a fixed term and such term expires; or |
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| (v) | in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director; or |
| (vi) | is given notice by the majority of the other directors (not being less than two in number) to vacate office (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any agreement relating to the provision of the services of such director); or |
| (vii) | is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order or otherwise; or |
| (viii) | without the consent of the other directors, he is absent from meetings of directors for a continuous period of six months. |
From time to time the Board may appoint one or more of its body to be managing director, joint managing director or deputy managing director or to hold any other employment or executive office with the company for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine, and the Board may revoke or terminate any of such appointments. The Board may also delegate any of its powers to committees consisting of such Director(s) or other person(s) as the Board thinks fit, and from time to time it may also revoke such delegation or revoke the appointment of and discharge any such committees either wholly or in part, and either as to persons or purposes, but every committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may from time to time be imposed upon it by the Board.
Anti-Money Laundering — Cayman Islands
If any person resident in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting that another person is engaged in criminal conduct or is involved with terrorism or terrorist property and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of their business in the regulated sector, or other trade, profession, business or employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) a nominated officer (appointed in accordance with the Proceeds of Crime Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands) or the Financial Reporting Authority of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act (Revised), if the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering or (ii) to the Financial Reporting Authority or a police constable or a nominated officer (pursuant to the Terrorism Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands) or the Financial Reporting Authority, pursuant to the Terrorism Act (Revised), if the disclosure relates to involvement with terrorism or terrorist financing and terrorist property. Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.
By subscribing for shares, the subscriber consents to the disclosure of any information about them to regulators and others upon request in connection with money laundering and similar matters both in the Cayman Islands and in other jurisdictions.
In order to comply with legislation or regulations aimed at the prevention of money laundering, we are required to adopt and maintain anti-money laundering procedures, and may require subscribers to provide evidence to verify their identity and source of funds. Where permitted, and subject to certain conditions, we may also delegate the maintenance of our anti-money laundering procedures (including the acquisition of due diligence information) to a suitable person.
We reserve the right to request such information as is necessary to verify the identity of a subscriber. In some cases the directors may be satisfied that no further information is required since an exemption applies under the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended and revised from time to time (the “Regulations”) or any other applicable law. Depending on the circumstances of each application, a detailed verification of identity might not be required where:
| (a) | the subscriber makes the payment for their investment from an account held in the subscriber’s name at a recognized financial institution; or |
| (b) | the subscriber is regulated by a recognized regulatory authority and is based or incorporated in, or formed under the law of, a recognized jurisdiction; or |
| (c) | the application is made through an intermediary which is regulated by a recognized regulatory authority and is based in or incorporated in, or formed under the law of a recognized jurisdiction and an assurance is provided in relation to the procedures undertaken on the underlying investors. |
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For the purposes of these exceptions, recognition of a financial institution, regulatory authority or jurisdiction will be determined in accordance with the Regulations by reference to those jurisdictions recognized by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as having equivalent anti-money laundering regulations.
In the event of delay or failure on the part of the subscriber in producing any information required for verification purposes, we may refuse to accept the application, in which case any funds received will be returned without interest to the account from which they were originally debited.
We also reserve the right to refuse to make any payment to a shareholder if our Directors or officers suspect or are advised that the payment to such shareholder might result in a breach of applicable anti-money laundering or other laws or regulations by any person in any relevant jurisdiction, or if such refusal is considered necessary or appropriate to ensure our compliance with any such laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction.
If any person in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting that another person is engaged in criminal conduct or money laundering or is involved with terrorism or terrorist financing and property and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of business in the regulated sector, or other trade, profession, business or employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) the Financial Reporting Authority (“FRA”) of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands if the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering, or (ii) a police officer of the rank of constable or higher, or the FRA, pursuant to the Terrorism Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, if the disclosure relates to involvement with terrorism or terrorist financing and property. Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.
Data Protection in the Cayman Islands — Privacy Notice
This privacy notice explains the manner in which the Company collects, processes and maintains personal data about investors of the company pursuant to the Data Protection Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time and any regulations, codes of practice or orders promulgated pursuant thereto (“DPA”).
The Company is committed to processing personal data in accordance with the DPA. In its use of personal data, the Company will be characterized under the DPA as a “data controller”, while certain of the Company’s service providers, affiliates and delegates may act as “data processors” under the DPA. These service providers may process personal information for their own lawful purposes in connection with services provided to the Company.
This privacy notice puts our shareholders on notice that, by virtue of making an investment in the company, the Company and certain of the Company’s service providers may collect, record, store, transfer and otherwise process personal data by which individuals may be directly or indirectly identified.
Your personal data will be processed fairly and for lawful purposes, including (a) where the processing is necessary for the Company to perform a contract to which you are a party or for taking pre-contractual steps at your request (b) where the processing is necessary for compliance with any legal, tax or regulatory obligation to which the Company is subject or (c) where the processing is for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the Company or by a service provider to whom the data are disclosed. As a data controller, we will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will contact you.
We anticipate that we will share your personal data with the Company’s service providers for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. We may also share relevant personal data where it is lawful to do so and necessary to comply with our contractual obligations or your instructions or where it is necessary or desirable to do so in connection with any regulatory reporting obligations. In exceptional circumstances, we will share your personal data with regulatory, prosecuting and other governmental agencies or departments, and parties to litigation (whether pending or threatened), in any country or territory including to any other person where we have a public or legal duty to do so (e.g. to assist with detecting and preventing fraud, tax evasion and financial crime or compliance with a court order).
Your personal data shall not be held by the Company for longer than necessary with regard to the purposes of the data processing.
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We will not sell your personal data. Any transfer of personal data outside of the Cayman Islands shall be in accordance with the requirements of the DPA. Where necessary, we will ensure that separate and appropriate legal agreements are put in place with the recipient of that data.
The Company will only transfer personal data in accordance with the requirements of the DPA, and will apply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of the personal data and against the accidental loss, destruction or damage to the personal data.
If you are a natural person, this will affect you directly. If you are a corporate investor (including, for these purposes, legal arrangements such as trusts or exempted limited partnerships) that provides us with personal data on individuals connected to you for any reason in relation to your investment into the Company, this will be relevant for those individuals and you should inform such individuals of the content.
You have certain rights under the DPA, including (a) the right to be informed as to how we collect and use your personal data (and this privacy notice fulfills the Company’s obligation in this respect); (b) the right to obtain a copy of your personal data; (c) the right to require us to stop direct marketing; (d) the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected; (e) the right to withdraw your consent and require us to stop processing or restrict the processing, or not begin the processing of your personal data; (f) the right to be notified of a data breach (unless the breach is unlikely to be prejudicial); (g) the right to obtain information as to any countries or territories outside the Cayman Islands to which we, whether directly or indirectly, transfer, intend to transfer or wish to transfer your personal data, general measures we take to ensure the security of personal data and any information available to us as to the source of your personal data; (h) the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman of the Cayman Islands; and (i) the right to require us to delete your personal data in some limited circumstances.
If you consider that your personal data has not been handled correctly, or you are not satisfied with the Company’s responses to any requests you have made regarding the use of your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Cayman Islands’ Ombudsman. The Ombudsman can be contacted by accessing their website here: ombudsman.ky.
Differences in Corporate Law
The Companies Act is modeled, to a large extent, after the older Companies Acts of England but does not follow recent English statutory enactments and, accordingly, there are significant differences between the Companies Act and the current Companies Act of England. In addition, the Companies Act differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of some of the significant differences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the State of Delaware.
Mergers and Similar Arrangements. The Companies Act permits merger and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies provided that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such merger or consolidation. For these purposes, a “merger” means the merging of two or more constituent companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company, and a “consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company and the vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company.
In order to effect a merger or consolidation, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then be authorized by a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. A merger between a Cayman Islands parent company and its Cayman Islands subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders of that Cayman Islands subsidiary if a copy of the plan of merger is given to every member of that Cayman Islands subsidiary to be merged unless that member agrees otherwise. For this purpose, a subsidiary is a company of which at least ninety percent (90%) of the issued shares entitled to vote are owned by the parent company.
The plan of merger or consolidation must be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands together with a declaration as to the solvency of the consolidated or surviving company, a list of the assets and liabilities of each constituent company and an undertaking that a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidation will be given to the members and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the merger and consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Dissenting shareholders have the right to be paid the fair value of their shares if they follow the required procedures under the Companies Act subject to certain exceptions. The fair value of the shares will be determined by the Cayman Islands court if it cannot be agreed among the parties. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation effected in compliance with these statutory procedures. The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest over a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waived by a court in the Cayman Islands.
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Save in certain limited circumstances, a shareholder of a Cayman Islands constituent company who dissents from the merger or consolidation is entitled to payment of the fair value of his or her shares (which, if not agreed between the parties, will be determined by the Cayman Islands court) upon dissenting to the merger or consolidation, provided the dissenting shareholder complies strictly with the procedures set out in the Companies Act. The exercise of dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights to which he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.
In addition, there are statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies, provided that the arrangement is approved by seventy-five per cent in value of the members or class of members or creditors,, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:
| ● | the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met; |
| ● | the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class; |
| ● | the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest person of that class acting in respect of his or her interest; and |
| ● | the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act. |
The Companies Act also contains a statutory power of compulsory acquisition that may facilitate the “squeeze out” of dissentient minority shareholders upon a takeover offer. When a takeover offer is made and accepted by holders of not less than 90.0% of the shares within four months after the making of the offer, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four month period, give notice to require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands by a dissenting shareholder within one month from the date on which the notice was given, but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer that has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.
If an arrangement and reconstruction is thus approved, the dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares.
Shareholders’ Suits. In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff to sue for a wrong done to us as a company, and as a general rule, a derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands court can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles (namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted to commence a class action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge actions where:
| ● | a company acts or proposes to act illegally or ultra vires and is therefore incapable of ratification by the shareholders; |
| ● | the act complained of, although not ultra vires, could only be effected duly if authorized by more than a simple majority vote that has not been obtained; and |
| ● | those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.” |
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In the case of a company (not being a bank) having its share capital divided into shares, the Grand Court may, on the application of members holding not less than one fifth of the shares of the company in issue, appoint an inspector to examine the affairs of the company and to report thereon in such manner as the Grand Court shall direct.
Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitation of Liability. Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of directors and officers, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against the consequences of committing a crime, or against the indemnified person’s own fraud or dishonesty.
Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that to the extent permitted by law, we shall indemnify each existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary and other officer of us (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against:
| (a) | all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer in or about the conduct of our business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of the existing or former director’s (including alternate director’s), secretary’s or officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and |
| (b) | without limitation to paragraph (a), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning us or our affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
No such existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his own dishonesty.
To the extent permitted by the Companies Act, we may make a payment, or agree to make a payment, whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer of the Company in respect of any matter identified in above on condition that the director (including alternate director), secretary or officer must repay the amount paid by us to the extent that we are ultimately found not liable to indemnify the director (including alternate director), secretary or officer for those legal costs. This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers, or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Directors’ Fiduciary Duties. Under Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and its shareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. The duty of loyalty requires that a director acts in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He must not use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the best interest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director, the director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.
Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. Cayman Islands law and our second amended and restated articles of association provide that our Shareholders may approve corporate matters by way of a unanimous written resolution signed by or on behalf of each shareholder who would have been entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting without a meeting being held.
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Under Cayman Islands law, the fiduciary duties owed by a director and officer include (a) a duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole, (b) a duty to exercise their powers for the purposes for which they were conferred and not for a collateral purpose, (c) a duty to avoid improperly fettering the exercise of future discretion, (d) a duty to avoid any conflict of interest between the director’s duty to the company and the director’s personal interests, and (e) a duty to exercise independent judgment. In addition to the above, directors also owe a duty of care which is not fiduciary in nature. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his duties a greater degree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealth courts have moved towards an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed in the Cayman Islands.
Shareholder Action by Written Consent. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. The Companies Act and our second amended and restated articles of association provide that shareholders may approve corporate matters by way of a unanimous written resolution signed by or on behalf of each shareholder who would have been entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting without a meeting being held.
Shareholder Proposals. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting of shareholders, provided it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. An extraordinary general meeting may be called by the board of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from calling extraordinary general meetings.
The Companies Act does not provide shareholders with any rights to requisition a general meeting, or to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our second amended and restated articles of association allow our Shareholders holding in aggregate not less than ten percent of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding shares of our Company entitled to vote at general meetings to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of our Shareholders, in which case our board is obliged to convene an extraordinary general meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. Other than this right to requisition a shareholders’ meeting, our second amended and restated articles of association do not provide our Shareholders with any other right to put proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings. As an exempted Cayman Islands company, we may but are not obliged by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings.
Cumulative Voting. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’s certificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority shareholders on a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder is entitled on a single director, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director. There are no prohibitions in relation to cumulative voting under the Companies Act but our second amended and restated articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting. As a result, our Shareholders are not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue than shareholders of a Delaware corporation.
Removal of Directors. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed only for cause with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our second amended and restated articles of association, directors may be removed with or without cause, by an ordinary resolution of our Shareholders. In addition, a director’s office shall be vacated if the director (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; (ii) is found to be or becomes of unsound mind or dies; (iii) resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the company; (iv) without special leave of absence from our board, is absent from meetings of our board for a continuous period of six months; or (v) is removed from office pursuant to any other provisions of our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
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Transactions with Interested Shareholders. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delaware corporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificate of incorporation, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for three years following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or a group who or which owns or owned 15% or more of the target’s outstanding voting share within the past three years. This has the effect of limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors.
The Cayman Islands has no comparable statute. As a result, we cannot avail ourselves of the types of protections afforded by the Delaware business combination statute. However, although Cayman Islands law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders, it does provide that such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company and for a proper corporate purpose and not with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.
Dissolution; Winding up. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiated by the board.
Under the Companies Act, a company may be wound up by either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands, by a special resolution of its members or, if the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, by an ordinary resolution of its members. The court has authority to order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to do so. Under the Companies Act and our second amended and restated articles of association, our Company may be dissolved, liquidated or wound up by a special resolution of our shareholders.
Variation of Rights of Shares. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under the Companies Act and our second amended and restated articles of association, if our share capital is divided into more than one class of shares, we may vary the rights attached to any class with the written consent of not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation, allotment or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with them.
Amendment of Governing Documents. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. As permitted by the Companies Act, our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution of our shareholders.
Rights of Non-resident or Foreign Shareholders. There are no limitations imposed by our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.
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The following are material Cayman Islands tax, Hong Kong tax and U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares. This discussion does not address all of the tax consequences that may be relevant in light of the investor’s particular circumstances. Potential investors should consult their tax advisers regarding Hong Kong, U.S. federal, state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences of owning and disposing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in their particular circumstances.
Cayman Islands Taxation
The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains, or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to us levied by the Government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, or, after execution, brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. No stamp duty is payable in the Cayman Islands on the issue of shares by, or any transfers of shares of, Cayman Islands companies (except those which hold interests in land in the Cayman Islands). There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.
Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our Class A Ordinary Shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of our Class A Ordinary Shares, nor will gains derived from the disposal of our Class A Ordinary Shares be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax.
No stamp duty is payable in the Cayman Islands in respect of the issue of our Class A Ordinary Shares or on an instrument of transfer in respect of our Class A Ordinary Shares so long as the instrument of transfer is not executed in, brought to, or produced before a court of the Cayman Islands.
Hong Kong Taxation
Profits Tax
No tax is imposed in Hong Kong in respect of capital gains from the sale of property, such as our Ordinary Shares. Generally, gains arising from disposal of the Class A Ordinary Shares which are held more than two years are considered capital in nature. However, trading gains from the sale of property by persons carrying on a trade, profession or business in Hong Kong where such gains are derived from or arise in Hong Kong from such trade, profession or business will be chargeable to Hong Kong profit tax. Liability for Hong Kong profits tax would therefore arise in respect of trading gains from the sale of Ordinary Shares realized by persons in the course of carrying on a business of trading or dealing in securities in Hong Kong where the purchase or sale contracts are effected (being negotiated, concluded and/or executed) in Hong Kong. Effective from April 1, 2018, profits tax is levied on a two-tiered profits tax rate basis, with the first HK$2 million of profits being taxed at 8.25% for corporations and 7.5% for unincorporated businesses, and profits exceeding the first HK$2 million being taxed at 16.5% for corporations and 15% for unincorporated businesses. In addition, Hong Kong does not impose withholding tax on gains derived from the sale of stock in Hong Kong companies and does not impose withholding tax on dividends paid outside of Hong Kong by Hong Kong companies. Accordingly, investors will not be subject to Hong Kong withholding tax with respect to a disposition of their Ordinary Shares or with respect to the receipt of dividends on their Ordinary Shares, if any. No income tax treaty relevant to the acquiring, withholding or dealing in the Class A Ordinary Shares exists between Hong Kong and the United States.
Stamp duty
Hong Kong stamp duty is generally payable on the transfer of “Hong Kong stocks”. The term “stocks” refers to shares in companies incorporated in Hong Kong, as widely defined under the Stamp Duty Ordinance (Cap. 117 of the laws of Hong Kong), or SDO, and includes shares. However, our Class A Ordinary Shares are not considered “Hong Kong stocks” under the SDO since the transfer of the Class A Ordinary Shares are not required to be registered in Hong Kong given that the books for the transfer of Class A Ordinary Shares are located in the United States. The transfer of Ordinary Shares is therefore not subject to stamp duty in Hong Kong. If Hong Kong stamp duty applies, both the purchaser and the seller are liable for the stamp duty charged on each of the sold note and bought note at the ad valorem rate of 0.1% on the higher of the consideration stated on the contract notes or the fair market value of the shares transferred. In addition, a fixed duty, currently of HK$5.00, is payable on an instrument of transfer.
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Estate Duty
The Revenue (Abolition of Estate Duty) Ordinance 2005 came into effect on February 11, 2006 in Hong Kong. No Hong Kong estate duty is payable and no estate duty clearance papers are needed for an application for a grant of representation in respect of holders of Ordinary Shares whose death occurs on or after February 11, 2006.
Certain Mainland China Tax Laws and Regulations Consideration
The Arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (“Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement”)
The National People’s Congress of the PRC enacted the Enterprise Income Tax Law, which became effective on January 1, 2008 and last amended on December 29, 2018. According to Enterprise Income Tax Law and the Regulation on the Implementation of the Enterprise Income Tax Law, or the Implementing Rules, which became effective on January 1, 2008 and further amended on April 23, 2019, dividends generated after January 1, 2008 and payable by a foreign-invested enterprise in Mainland China to its foreign enterprise investors are subject to a 10% withholding tax, unless any such foreign enterprise investor’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with the PRC that provides for a preferential withholding arrangement. According to the Notice of the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) on Negotiated Reduction of Dividends and Interest Rates issued on January 29, 2008, revised on February 29, 2008, and the Arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, or Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement, the withholding tax rate in respect of the payment of dividends by a Mainland China enterprise to a Hong Kong enterprise may be reduced to 5% from a standard rate of 10% if the Hong Kong enterprise directly holds at least 25% of the Mainland China enterprise and certain other conditions are met, including: (i) the Hong Kong enterprise must directly own the required percentage of equity interests and voting rights in the Mainland China resident enterprise; and (ii) the Hong Kong enterprise must have directly owned such required percentage in the Mainland China resident enterprise throughout the 12 months prior to receiving the dividends. However, based on the Circular on Certain Issues with Respect to the Enforcement of Dividend Provisions in Tax Treaties issued on February 20, 2009 by the SAT, if the relevant PRC tax authorities determine, in their discretion, that a company benefits from such reduced income tax rate due to a structure or arrangement that is primarily tax-driven, such Mainland China tax authorities may adjust the preferential tax treatment; and based on the Announcement on Certain Issues with Respect to the “Beneficial Owner” in Tax Treaties issued by the SAT on February 3, 2018 and effective from April 1, 2018, if an applicant’s business activities do not constitute substantive business activities, it could result in the negative determination of the applicant’s status as a “beneficial owner”, and consequently, the applicant could be precluded from enjoying the above-mentioned reduced income tax rate of 5% under the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement.
We are a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with all our operations conducted and all revenue generated by our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong. We do not have, nor do we currently intend to establish, any subsidiary in Mainland China or set up any establishment in Mainland China. We do not plan to enter into any contractual arrangements to establish a VIE structure with any entity in Mainland China, and none of our subsidiaries directly or indirectly holds any interests in any enterprises in Mainland China. We believe neither the Company, nor its subsidiaries, are subject to Enterprise Income Tax Law, Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement or any Mainland Chinese taxation law and regulations, nor these law and regulations have any impact on our business, operations or this Offering.
Enterprise Income Tax Law
The Enterprise Income Tax Law and the Implementing Rules impose a uniform 25% enterprise income tax rate to both foreign invested enterprises and domestic enterprises in Mainland China, except where tax incentives are granted to special industries and projects. Under the Enterprise Income Tax Law, an enterprise established outside PRC with “de facto management bodies” within Mainland China is considered a “resident enterprise” for Mainland China enterprise income tax purposes and is generally subject to a uniform 25% enterprise income tax rate on its worldwide income. The Notice Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Offshore Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on the Basis of De Facto Management Bodies promulgated by the SAT and last amended on December 29, 2017 and the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues concerning the Determination of Resident Enterprises Based on the Standards of Actual Management Institutions promulgated by the SAT on January 29, 2014 set out the standards used to classify certain Chinese invested enterprises controlled by Mainland China enterprises or Mainland China enterprise groups and established outside of China as “resident enterprises”, which also clarified that dividends and other income paid by such Mainland China “resident enterprises” will be considered Mainland China source income and subject to Mainland China withholding tax, currently at a rate of 10%, when paid to non-Mainland China enterprise shareholders. This notice also subjects such Mainland China “resident enterprises” to various reporting requirements with the Mainland China tax authorities. Under the Implementing Rules, a “de facto management body” is defined as a body that has material and overall management and control over the manufacturing and business operations, personnel and human resources, finances and properties of an enterprise.
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On October 17, 2017, the SAT issued the Bulletin on Issues Concerning the Withholding of Non-PRC Resident Enterprise Income Tax at Source, or Bulletin 37, which replaced the Notice on Strengthening Administration of Enterprise Income Tax for Share Transfers by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises, issued by the SAT, on December 10, 2009, and partially replaced and supplemented by the rules under the Bulletin on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises, or Bulletin 7, issued by the SAT, on February 3, 2015. Under Bulletin 7, an “indirect transfer” of assets, including equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise, by non-PRC resident enterprises may be re-characterized and treated as a direct transfer of PRC taxable assets, if such arrangement does not have a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of avoiding payment of PRC enterprise income tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax. In respect of an indirect offshore transfer of assets of a Mainland China establishment, the relevant gain is to be regarded as effectively connected with the Mainland China establishment and therefore included in its enterprise income tax filing, and would consequently be subject to enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%. Where the underlying transfer relates to the immoveable properties in China or to equity investments in a PRC resident enterprise, which is not effectively connected to a Mainland China establishment of a non-resident enterprise, a PRC enterprise income tax at 10% would apply, subject to available preferential tax treatment under applicable tax treaties or similar arrangements, and the party who is obligated to make the transfer payments bears the withholding obligation. Pursuant to Bulletin 37, the withholding party shall declare and pay the withheld tax to the competent tax authority in the place where such withholding party is located within 7 days from the date of occurrence of the withholding obligation. Both Bulletin 37 and Bulletin 7 do not apply to transactions of sale of shares by investors through a public stock exchange where such shares were acquired from a transaction through a public stock exchange.
We are a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with all our operations conducted and all revenue generated by our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong. We do not have, nor do we currently intend to establish, any subsidiary in Mainland China or set up any establishment in Mainland China. We do not plan to enter into any contractual arrangements to establish a VIE structure with any entity in Mainland China, and none of our subsidiaries directly or indirectly holds any interests in any enterprises in Mainland China. We believe neither the Company, nor its subsidiaries, are subject to Enterprise Income Tax Law, Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement or any Mainland Chinese taxation law and regulations, nor these law and regulations have any impact on our business, operations or this Offering.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following discussion is a summary of U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of the ownership and disposition of our Class A Ordinary Shares. This summary applies only to U.S. Holders that hold our Class A Ordinary Shares as capital assets (generally, property held for investment) and that have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. This summary is based on U.S. federal tax laws in effect as of the date of this prospectus, on U.S. Treasury regulations in effect or, in some cases, proposed as of the date of this prospectus, and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof available on or before such date. All of the foregoing authorities are subject to change, which could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below. No ruling has been sought from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with respect to any U.S. federal income tax considerations described below, and there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will not take a contrary position. Moreover, this summary does not address the U.S. federal estate, gift, backup withholding, and alternative minimum tax considerations, or any state, local, and non-U.S. tax considerations, relating to the ownership and disposition of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The following summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be important to particular investors in light of their individual circumstances or to persons in special tax situations such as:
| ● | financial institutions or financial services entities; |
| ● | underwriters; |
| ● | insurance companies; |
| ● | pension plans; |
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| ● | cooperatives; |
| ● | regulated investment companies; |
| ● | real estate investment trusts; |
| ● | grantor trusts; |
| ● | broker-dealers; |
| ● | traders that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting; |
| ● | governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
| ● | certain former U.S. citizens or long-term residents; |
| ● | tax-exempt entities (including private foundations); |
| ● | persons liable for alternative minimum tax; |
| ● | persons holding stock as part of a straddle, hedging, conversion or other integrated transaction; |
| ● | persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; |
| ● | passive foreign investment companies; |
| ● | controlled foreign corporations; |
| ● | the Company’s officers or directors; |
| ● | holders who are not U.S. Holders; |
| ● | persons that actually or constructively own 5% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock; or |
| ● | partnerships or other entities taxable as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or persons holding Class A Ordinary Shares through such entities. |
For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our Class A Ordinary Shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
| ● | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; |
| ● | a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
| ● | an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
| ● | a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more U.S. persons for all substantial decisions, or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
If a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of our Class A Ordinary Shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding our Class A Ordinary Shares and their partners are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Persons considering an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares should consult their own tax advisors as to the particular tax consequences applicable to them relating to the purchase, ownership and disposition of our Class A Ordinary Shares including the applicability of U.S. federal, state and local tax laws and non-U.S. tax laws.
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Taxation of Dividends and Other Distributions on Our Class A Ordinary Shares
As discussed under “Dividend Policy” above, we do not anticipate that any dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future. Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” any cash distributions (including the amount of any PRC tax withheld) paid on our Class A Ordinary Shares out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, will generally be includible in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as dividend income on the day actually or constructively received by the U.S. Holder. Because we do not intend to determine our earnings and profits on the basis of U.S. federal income tax principles, any distribution we pay will generally be treated as a “dividend” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A non-corporate U.S. Holder will be subject to tax on dividend income from a “qualified foreign corporation” at a lower applicable capital gains rate rather than the marginal tax rates generally applicable to ordinary income provided that certain holding period requirements are met. A non-U.S. corporation (other than a corporation that is classified as a PFIC for the taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year) will generally be considered to be a qualified foreign corporation (i) if it is eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive tax treaty with the United States that the U.S. Secretary of Treasury determines is satisfactory for purposes of this provision and includes an exchange of information program, or (ii) with respect to any dividend it pays on stock that is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, including Nasdaq. It is unclear whether dividends that we pay on our Class A Ordinary Shares will meet the conditions required for the reduced tax rate. However, in the event that we are deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, we may be eligible for the benefits of the United States-PRC income tax treaty. If we are eligible for such benefits, dividends we pay on our Class A Ordinary Shares would be eligible for the reduced rates of taxation described in this paragraph. You are urged to consult your tax advisor regarding the availability of the lower rate for dividends paid with respect to our Class A Ordinary Shares. Dividends received on our Class A Ordinary Shares will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations.
Dividends will generally be treated as income from foreign sources for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes and will generally constitute passive category income. Depending on the U.S. Holder’s individual facts and circumstances, a U.S. Holder may be eligible, subject to a number of complex limitations, to claim a foreign tax credit not in excess of any applicable treaty rate in respect of any foreign withholding taxes imposed on dividends received on our Class A Ordinary Shares. A U.S. Holder who does not elect to claim a foreign tax credit for foreign tax withheld may instead claim a deduction, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in respect of such withholding, but only for a year in which such U.S. Holder elects to do so for all creditable foreign income taxes. The rules governing the foreign tax credit are complex and their outcome depends in large part on the U.S. Holder’s individual facts and circumstances. Accordingly, U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.
Taxation of Sale or Other Disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares
Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” a U.S. Holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss upon the sale or other disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the disposition and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such Class A Ordinary Shares. Any capital gain or loss will be long term if the Class A Ordinary Shares have been held for more than one year and will generally be U.S.-source gain or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Long-term capital gains of non-corporate taxpayers are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation. In the event that gain from the disposition of the Class A Ordinary Shares is subject to tax in the PRC, such gain may be treated as PRC-source gain under the United States-PRC income tax treaty. The deductibility of a capital loss may be subject to limitations. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences if a foreign tax is imposed on a disposition of our Class A Ordinary Shares, including the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules
A non-U.S. corporation, such as our company, will be classified as a PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any taxable year, if either (i) 75% or more of its gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income or (ii) 50% or more of the value of its assets (determined on the basis of a quarterly average) during such year is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. For this purpose, cash and cash equivalents are categorized as passive assets and the company’s goodwill and other unbooked intangibles are taken into account as non-passive assets. Passive income generally includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, and gains from the disposition of passive assets. We will be treated as owning a proportionate share of the assets and earning a proportionate share of the income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, more than 25% (by value) of the stock.
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No assurance can be given as to whether we may be or may become a PFIC, as this is a factual determination made annually that will depend, in part, upon the composition of our income and assets. Furthermore, the composition of our income and assets may also be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquid assets and the cash raised in this Offering. Under circumstances where our revenue from activities that produce passive income significantly increase relative to our revenue from activities that produce non-passive income, or where we determine not to deploy significant amounts of cash for active purposes, our risk of becoming classified as a PFIC may substantially increase. In addition, because there are uncertainties in the application of the relevant rules, it is possible that the Internal Revenue Service may challenge our classification of certain income and assets as non-passive or our valuation of our tangible and intangible assets, each of which may result in our becoming a PFIC for the current or subsequent taxable years. If we were classified as a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder held our Class A Ordinary Shares, we generally would continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder held our Class A Ordinary Shares even if we cease to be a PFIC in subsequent years, unless certain elections are made. Our U.S. counsel expresses no opinion with respect to our PFIC status for any taxable year.
If we are classified as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our Class A Ordinary Shares, and unless the U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election (as described below), the U.S. Holder will generally be subject to special tax rules that have a penalizing effect, regardless of whether we remain a PFIC, on (i) any excess distribution that we make to the U.S. Holder (which generally means any distribution paid during a taxable year to a U.S. Holder that is greater than 125 percent of the average annual distributions paid in the three preceding taxable years or, if shorter, the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A Ordinary Shares), and (ii) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares. Under these rules,
| ● | the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable years in the U.S. Holder’s holding period prior to the first taxable year in which we are classified as a PFIC (each, a “pre-PFIC year”), will be taxable as ordinary income; |
| ● | the amount allocated to each prior taxable year, other than a pre-PFIC year, will be subject to tax at the highest tax rate in effect for individuals or corporations, as appropriate, for that year; and |
| ● | an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed in respect of the tax attributable to each prior taxable year, other than a pre-PFIC year, of the U.S. Holder. |
If we are treated as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our Class A Ordinary Shares, or if any of our subsidiaries is also a PFIC, such U.S. Holder would be treated as owning a proportionate amount (by value) of the shares of any lower-tier PFICs for purposes of the application of these rules. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to any of our subsidiaries.
As an alternative to the foregoing rules, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election with respect to such stock, provided that such stock is “regularly traded” within the meaning of applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. If our Class A Ordinary Shares qualify as being regularly traded, and an election is made, the U.S. Holder will generally (i) include as ordinary income for each taxable year that we are a PFIC the excess, if any, of the fair market value of Class A Ordinary Shares held at the end of the taxable year over the adjusted tax basis of such Class A Ordinary Shares and (ii) deduct as an ordinary loss the excess, if any, of the adjusted tax basis of the Class A Ordinary Shares over the fair market value of such Class A Ordinary Shares held at the end of the taxable year, but such deduction will only be allowed to the extent of the amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. The U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Class A Ordinary Shares would be adjusted to reflect any income or loss resulting from the mark-to-market election. If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election in respect of a corporation classified as a PFIC and such corporation ceases to be classified as a PFIC, the U.S. Holder will not be required to take into account the gain or loss described above during any period that such corporation is not classified as a PFIC. If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election, any gain such U.S. Holder recognizes upon the sale or other disposition of our Class A Ordinary Shares in a year when we are a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as ordinary loss, but such loss will only be treated as ordinary loss to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election.
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Because a mark-to-market election cannot be made for any lower-tier PFICs that we may own, a U.S. Holder may continue to be subject to the PFIC rules with respect to such U.S. Holder’s indirect interest in any investments held by us that are treated as an equity interest in a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Furthermore, as an alternative to the foregoing rules, a U.S. Holder that owns stock of a PFIC generally may make a “qualified electing fund” election regarding such corporation to elect out of the PFIC rules described above regarding excess distributions and recognized gains. However, we do not intend to provide information necessary for U.S. Holders to make qualified electing fund elections which, if available, would result in tax treatment different from the general tax treatment for PFICs described above.
If a U.S. Holder owns our Class A Ordinary Shares during any taxable year that we are a PFIC, the U.S. Holder must generally file an annual Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 and provide such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department, whether or not a mark-to-market election is or has been made. If we are or become a PFIC, you should consult your tax advisor regarding any reporting requirements that may apply to you.
You should consult your tax advisors regarding how the PFIC rules apply to your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Certain U.S. Holders are required to report information to the Internal Revenue Service relating to an interest in “specified foreign financial assets,” including shares issued by a non-United States corporation, for any year in which the aggregate value of all specified foreign financial assets exceeds US$50,000 (or a higher dollar amount prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service), subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for shares held in custodial accounts maintained with a U.S. financial institution). These rules also impose penalties if a U.S. Holder is required to submit such information to the Internal Revenue Service and fails to do so.
In addition, dividend payments with respect to our Class A Ordinary Shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be subject to additional information reporting to the IRS and possible U.S. backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes any other required certification on IRS Form W-9 or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding. U.S. Holders who are required to establish their exempt status generally must provide such certification on IRS Form W-9. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. information reporting and backup withholding rules.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, and you may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information. We do not intend to withhold taxes for individual Shareholders. However, transactions effected through certain brokers or other intermediaries may be subject to withholding taxes (including backup withholding), and such brokers or intermediaries may be required by law to withhold such taxes.
EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, HOLDING AND DISPOSING OF OUR CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES, INCLUDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAWS.
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Set forth below is an itemization of the total expenses, which are expected to be incurred in connection with the sale of Class A Ordinary Shares in this Offering. The Selling Shareholders will not bear any portion of such expenses. With the exception of the registration fee payable to the SEC, all amounts are estimates.
| SEC registration fee | $ | [*] | ||
| Legal fees and expenses | [*] | |||
| Accounting fees and expenses | [*] | |||
| Miscellaneous | [*] | |||
| Total | $ | [*] |
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The validity of the Class A Ordinary Shares offered in this Offering and certain other legal matters as to Cayman Islands law will be passed upon for us by Ogier, our Cayman Islands counsel. Certain legal matters as to Hong Kong law will be passed upon for us by David Fong & Co., our Hong Kong counsel. Certain legal matters as to United States Federal and New York State law in connection with this Offering will be passed upon for us by Loeb & Loeb LLP.
The consolidated financial statements of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, and for the years then ended, have been audited by SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation, located at East Amherst, New York, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, as set forth in their report elsewhere herein. Such consolidated financial statements have been so included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Service of process upon us and upon our directors and officers, many of whom reside outside of the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Furthermore, because substantially all of our assets and substantially all of our directors and officers are located outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or any of our directors and officers may be difficult to collect within the United States.
We have irrevocably appointed Cogency Global Inc. as our agent to receive service of process in any action against us in any U.S. federal or state court arising out of this Offering or any purchase or sale of securities in connection with this Offering. The address of our agent is 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168.
Ogier, our counsel as to Cayman Islands law, has advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would (1) recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers that are predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or the securities laws of any state in the United States, or (2) entertain original actions brought in the Cayman Islands against us or our directors or officers that are predicated upon the federal securities laws of the United States or the securities laws of any state in the United States.
Ogier has informed us that although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the federal or state courts of the United States (and the Cayman Islands are not a party to any treaties for the reciprocal enforcement or recognition of such judgments), a judgment obtained in such jurisdiction may be recognized and enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands in certain circumstances without any re-examination or re-litigation of matters adjudicated upon, provided such judgement: (i) is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given; (iii) is final; (iv) is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; and (v) was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands. However, the Cayman Islands courts are unlikely to enforce a judgment obtained from the U.S. courts under civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities law if such judgment is determined by the courts of the Cayman Islands to give rise to obligations to make payments that are penal or punitive in nature. Because such a determination has not yet been made by a court of the Cayman Islands, it is uncertain whether such civil liability judgments from U.S. courts would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands. Subject to the above limitations, in appropriate circumstances, a Cayman Islands court may give effect in the Cayman Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.
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Also, our principal executive offices and substantially all of our assets are located in Hong Kong. In addition, most of our directors and officers are nationals or residents of Hong Kong and all or a substantial portion of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or these persons, or to enforce against us or them judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
An investor may or may not be able to commence an original action against us or our directors or officers, or any person, before the courts outside the United States to enforce liabilities under United States federal securities laws, depending on the nature of the action.
David Fong & Co., our counsel with respect to Hong Kong law, have advised us that judgment of United States courts will not be directly enforced in Hong Kong. There are currently no treaties or other arrangements providing for reciprocal enforcement of foreign judgments between Hong Kong and the United States. However, the common law permits an action to be brought upon a foreign judgment. That is to say, a foreign judgment itself may form the basis of a cause of action since the judgment may be regarded as creating a debt between the parties to it. In a common law action for enforcement of a foreign judgment in Hong Kong, the enforcement is subject to various conditions, including but not limited to, that the foreign judgment is a final judgment conclusive upon the merits of the claim, the judgment is for a liquidated amount in a civil matter and not in respect of taxes, fines, penalties, or similar charges, the proceedings in which the judgment was obtained were not contrary to natural justice, and the enforcement of the judgment is not contrary to public policy of Hong Kong. Such a judgment must be for a fixed sum and must also come from a “competent” court as determined by the private international law rules applied by the Hong Kong courts. The defenses that are available to a defendant in a common law action brought on the basis of a foreign judgment include lack of jurisdiction, breach of natural justice, fraud, and contrary to public policy. However, a separate legal action for debt must be commenced in Hong Kong in order to recover such debt from the judgment debtor.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act, including amendments and relevant exhibits and schedules, covering the Class A Ordinary Shares to be sold in this Offering. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement on Form F-1, does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. You should read our registration statement and its exhibits and schedules thereto for further information with respect to us and the Class A Ordinary Shares. For further information about us and the Class A Ordinary Shares that we propose to sell in this Offering, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits, schedules, financial statements and notes filed as a part of the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are not necessarily complete. If a contract or document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, we refer you to the copy of the contract or document that has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. Each statement in this prospectus relating to a contract or document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit. The exhibits to the registration statement should be referenced for the complete contents of these contracts and documents.
Our SEC filings, including the Registration Statement on Form F-1, are also available to you on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
As a result of this Offering, we will become subject to the reporting, proxy and information requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable to foreign private issuers, and as a result will be required to file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These periodic reports, proxy statements and other information will be available for inspection and copying at the SEC’s public reference room and the website of the SEC referred to above, as well as on our website, without charge, at http://kinchiu.com/. You may access our annual reports on Form 20-F and other reports filed with the SEC, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The contents of our website are not part of this prospectus, and you should not consider the contents of our website in making an investment decision with respect to our Class A Ordinary Shares.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at March 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
| We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024. | /s/ SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation | |
| Amherst, NY | SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation | |
| August 7, 2025 | CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS |
F-2
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| As of March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 718,625 | 323,595 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net (Note 3) | 10,032,305 | 3,815,714 | ||||||
| Contract assets, current portion (Note 4) | 4,636,670 | 8,719,395 | ||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets (Note 5) | 7,020,687 | 3,259,382 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 22,408,287 | 16,118,086 | ||||||
| Non-current assets: | ||||||||
| Equity method investments (Note 6) | 1,324,129 | 1,311,010 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net (Note 7) | 241,809 | 595,169 | ||||||
| Finance lease right-of-use assets, net (Note 8) | 87,385 | 270,712 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net (Note 8) | 162,886 | 423,157 | ||||||
| Life insurance policy, cash surrender value (Note 9, 11, 13(g)) | 1,390,388 | 429,842 | ||||||
| Contract assets, net of current portion (Note 4) | 1,029,078 | 1,350,413 | ||||||
| Deposits for acquisition of plant and equipment (Note 5) | 1,784,389 | - | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets (Note 12) | 65,241 | 13,813 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 28,493,592 | $ | 20,512,202 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | 1,797,735 | 2,032,246 | ||||||
| Contract liabilities (Note 4) | 2,322,911 | 1,144,047 | ||||||
| Bank and other borrowings (Note 11) | 12,044,435 | 10,928,069 | ||||||
| Finance lease liabilities, current portion (Note 8) | 56,795 | 184,280 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current portion (Note 8) | 115,372 | 240,871 | ||||||
| Due to related parties (Note 13) | 1,360,024 | 857,015 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (Note 10, 15) | 1,770,319 | 1,429,223 | ||||||
| Income tax payable (Note 12) | 372,816 | 317,402 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 19,840,407 | 17,133,153 | ||||||
| Non-current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion (Note 8) | - | 56,469 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion (Note 8) | 26,700 | 141,254 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities, net of current portion (Note 15) | 34,362 | 139,571 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 19,901,469 | 17,470,447 | ||||||
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets - (continued)
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| As of March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Class A Ordinary shares, 4,950,000,000 shares authorized, par value US$0.00001 each, 28,230,000 and 26,505,000 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively (Note 14) | 282 | 265 | ||||||
| Class B Ordinary shares, 50,000,000 shares authorized, par value US$0.00001 each, 1,995,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and 2024 (Note 14) | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 5,764,699 | 957,394 | ||||||
| Retained earnings | 2,821,784 | 2,094,337 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) | 5,338 | (10,261 | ) | |||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | 8,592,123 | 3,041,755 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | 28,493,592 | $ | 20,512,202 | ||||
| Commitments (Note 16) | ||||||||
| Contingencies (Note 16) | ||||||||
| Subsequent Events (Note 18) | ||||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| Years Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Revenues (Note 13(e)) | $ | 46,009,519 | $ | 48,821,619 | $ | 44,555,081 | ||||||
| Cost of revenue | (43,090,207 | ) | (45,928,093 | ) | (43,332,532 | ) | ||||||
| Gross profit | 2,919,312 | 2,893,526 | 1,222,549 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | (1,360,051 | ) | (1,040,245 | ) | (785,244 | ) | ||||||
| Allowance for expected credit losses | (5,315 | ) | (197,527 | ) | 418,922 | |||||||
| Total operating expenses | (1,365,366 | ) | (1,237,772 | ) | (366,322 | ) | ||||||
| Income from operations | 1,553,946 | 1,655,754 | 856,227 | |||||||||
| Other (expense)/income | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (891,379 | ) | (733,220 | ) | (354,125 | ) | ||||||
| Other income, net (Note 13(e)) | 238,677 | 191,892 | 610,036 | |||||||||
| Total other (expense)/ income, net | (652,702 | ) | (541,328 | ) | 255,911 | |||||||
| Income before income taxes and equity in net income/(losses) of affiliates | 901,244 | 1,114,426 | 1,112,138 | |||||||||
| Income tax expense (Note 12) | (179,325 | ) | (150,734 | ) | (116,641 | ) | ||||||
| Income before equity in net income/(losses) of affiliates | 721,919 | 963,692 | 995,497 | |||||||||
| Equity in net income/(losses) of affiliates (Note 6) | 5,528 | (33,780 | ) | (115,943 | ) | |||||||
| Net income | $ | 727,447 | $ | 929,912 | $ | 879,554 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income | ||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 15,599 | 9,138 | (5,798 | ) | ||||||||
| Comprehensive income | $ | 743,046 | $ | 939,050 | $ | 873,756 | ||||||
| Earnings per share - Basic and Diluted | $ | 0.025 | $ | 0.033 | $ | 0.031 | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic and Diluted | 28,812,740 | 28,500,000 | 28,500,000 | |||||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-5
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| Class A Ordinary Shares | Class B Ordinary Shares | Additional | Accumulated other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of shares | Amount | No. of shares | Amount | paid-in- capital | comprehensive (loss) income | Retained earnings | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of April 1, 2022 | 26,505,000 | $ | 265 | 1,995,000 | $ | 20 | $ | 957,394 | $ | (13,601 | ) | $ | 834,392 | $ | 1,778,470 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | - | - | - | - | 879,554 | 879,554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | - | (5,798 | ) | - | (5,798 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2023 | 26,505,000 | $ | 265 | 1,995,000 | 20 | 957,394 | $ | (19,399 | ) | 1,713,946 | $ | 2,652,226 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | - | - | - | - | 929,912 | 929,912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | - | 9,138 | - | 9,138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend declared (Note 14) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (549,521 | ) | (549,521 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2024 | 26,505,000 | $ | 265 | 1,995,000 | $ | 20 | $ | 957,394 | $ | (10,261 | ) | 2,094,337 | $ | 3,041,755 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | - | - | - | - | 727,447 | 727,447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | - | 15,599 | - | 15,599 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue of shares pursuant to IPO, net of offering costs (Note 14) | 1,725,000 | 17 | - | - | 4,807,305 | - | - | 4,807,322 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2025 | 28,230,000 | $ | 282 | 1,995,000 | $ | 20 | $ | 5,764,699 | $ | 5,338 | $ | 2,821,784 | $ | 8,592,123 | ||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-6
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| Years Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||
| Net income | 727,447 | 929,912 | 879,554 | |||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation | 802,930 | 1,122,490 | 1,068,682 | |||||||||
| (Loss)/gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment | (9,950 | ) | 2,555 | 36,479 | ||||||||
| (Allowance for)/Reversal of expected credit losses | 5,315 | 197,527 | (418,922 | ) | ||||||||
| Change in cash surrender of life insurance policy | (8,186 | ) | (13,626 | ) | (13,689 | ) | ||||||
| Equity in net (income)/losses of affiliates | (5,528 | ) | 33,780 | 115,943 | ||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | (51,267 | ) | (116,475 | ) | 53,844 | |||||||
| Change in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | (2,220,351 | ) | (1,794,055 | ) | 597,483 | |||||||
| Contract assets | 485,554 | (5,048,269 | ) | 6,896,717 | ||||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets | (3,736,545 | ) | 467,095 | 450,574 | ||||||||
| Income tax payable | 53,494 | 404,508 | 62,797 | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | (245,877 | ) | 324,198 | (4,637,021 | ) | |||||||
| Contract liabilities | 1,170,396 | 217,410 | (4,185,152 | ) | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 311,462 | (417,736 | ) | (166,469 | ) | |||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | (283,956 | ) | (387,848 | ) | (358,506 | ) | ||||||
| Due to related parties | 85,143 | (2,446,978 | ) | 1,670,567 | ||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | (86,072 | ) | 17,680 | 51,538 | ||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (3,005,991 | ) | (6,507,832 | ) | 2,104,419 | |||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds on disposal of life insurance policy | 159,251 | - | - | |||||||||
| Sales proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment | 10,164 | - | - | |||||||||
| Deposits paid for acquisition of plant and equipment | (1,781,573 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | - | (59,717 | ) | (195,709 | ) | |||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (1,612,158 | ) | (59,717 | ) | (195,709 | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||
| Advanced to a director | (115,359 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
| Repayment of bank borrowings | (41,641,140 | ) | (37,281,541 | ) | (14,639,651 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from bank borrowings | 42,102,242 | 42,901,267 | 13,974,230 | |||||||||
| Proceeds from bank overdrafts | - | - | 74,497 | |||||||||
| Repayment of bank overdrafts | - | (74,639 | ) | - | ||||||||
| Repayment of finance lease liabilities | (141,913 | ) | (221,255 | ) | (445,302 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of shares pursuant to IPO | 6,900,017 | - | - | |||||||||
| Payment for offering costs related to IPO | (2,092,695 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 5,011,152 | 5,323,832 | (1,036,226 | ) | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 2,027 | 5,083 | (2,953 | ) | ||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 395,030 | (1,238,634 | ) | 869,531 | ||||||||
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR | 323,595 | 1,562,229 | 692,698 | |||||||||
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR | 718,625 | 323,595 | 1,562,229 | |||||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||||||
| Interest paid | (891,379 | ) | (733,220 | ) | (116,642 | ) | ||||||
| Income taxes (paid)/refund | (177,098 | ) | 135,417 | - | ||||||||
| Non-Cash Transactions: | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds on disposal of life insurance policy in exchange for repayment of bank borrowings | 271,586 | - | - | |||||||||
| Bank loans assumed on behalf of a related company (Note 13g) | 851,718 | - | - | |||||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-7
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
1. Organization and Business Description
Organization and Nature of Operations
Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited (“Skyline Group”) was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability on June 25, 2024. It is a holding company with no business operation.
The Company conducts its primary operations through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Kin Chiu Engineering Limited (“Kin Chiu”), which is incorporated and domiciled in Hong Kong SAR; Kin Chiu principally engage in public civil engineering works, such as road and drainage works, in Hong Kong. It is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited which was incorporated and is domiciled in British Virgin Islands (collectively, the “Company”).
The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of the Company and the following entities:
| Parent and subsidiaries | Date of Incorporation |
Jurisdiction of Formation |
Percentage of direct/indirect Economic Ownership |
Principal Activities | ||||||||
| Skyline Group | June 25, 2024 | Cayman Islands | Parent | Investment holding | ||||||||
| Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited | June 27, 2024 | British Virgin Islands | 100% | Investment holding | ||||||||
| Kin Chiu | April 24, 2012 | Hong Kong | 100% | Undertaking civil engineering works | ||||||||
The Company completed its initial public offering on the NASDAQ on January 23, 2025, issuing 1,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of US$4.00 per share. In addition, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with the underwriter on January 23, 2025, which granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 225,000 ordinary shares at the public offering price of US$4.00 per share, less underwriting discounts, to cover any over-allotment. Subsequently, on February 6, 2025, the underwriter exercised the over-allotment option in full, purchasing an additional 225,000 ordinary shares at the public offering price of US$4.00 per share. The initial public offering and the exercise of the over-allotment option closed on February 6, 2025, with gross proceeds totaling US$6,900,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. The ordinary shares began trading on January 23, 2025 on The Nasdaq Capital Market and commenced trading under the ticker symbol “SKBL”.
Reorganization and Share Issuance
Skyline Group was an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on June 25, 2024. The authorized share capital of Skyline Group is US$50,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.00001. Upon inception, the sole shareholder of Skyline Group, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited, held 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares of Skyline Group.
Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited was incorporated on June 27, 2024 under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as an intermediate holding company. The sole shareholder of Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited, Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, holds 50,000 ordinary shares.
On July 24, 2024, Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited acquired 7,450,000 shares, being the entire issued share capital, of Kin Chiu from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam at the consideration of HK$1. Subsequent to the transfer, Kin Chiu became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skyline Group.
On July 24, 2024, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited proposed to surrender 4,973,495,000 ordinary shares to Skyline Group for cancellation, and Skyline Group approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on the same day. Subsequent to the surrender, Skyline Group was wholly owned as to 26,505,000 ordinary shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited.
On July 24, 2024, Skyline Group passed board resolutions and shareholder resolutions to re-designate (a) 4,923,495,000 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each into 4,923,495,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.00001 each; and (b) 50,000,000 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each into 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.00001 each, and re-designated a total of 26,505,000 issued ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 owned by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited) each into 26,505,000 Class A ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each. Subsequent to the re-designation, Skyline Group was owned as to 26,505,000 Class A Ordinary Shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited. Simultaneously, Skyline Group issued 1,995,000 Class B ordinary shares of par value of US$0.00001 each to Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited. On the same day, Skyline Group also adopted an amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
F-8
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
1. Organization and Business Description (cont.)
On July 30, 2024, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited entered into Sale and Purchase Agreements with Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively. Pursuant to the Sales and Purchase Agreements, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited was to sell, and Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited were to acquire, 4.90%, 4.90%, 4.90%, 4.80%, 4.80% and 4.70% of the issued Class A equity interests in Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, at the consideration of US$292,456, US$292,456, US$292,456, US$286,488, US$286,488 and US$280,519, respectively. On the same date, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited executed the instrument of transfers whereby Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited had transferred 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,272,240, 1,272,240 and 1,245,735 Class A Ordinary Shares, out of its 26,505,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, to Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively. Subsequent to the transfers, Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited is owned as to (i) 18,818,550 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited; and (ii) 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,298,745, 1,272,240, 1,272,240 and 1,245,735 Class A Ordinary Shares by Greet Harmony Global Limited, Ever Glory (BVI) Holdings Limited, Tight Core Limited, Mitsui Holding Co. Limited, Great Sage International Limited and Omen Wealth Limited, respectively.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Skyline Group and its subsidiaries resulting from Reorganization has always been under the common control of the same controlling shareholder before and after the Reorganization. The consolidation of Skyline Group and its subsidiaries has been accounted for at historical cost and prepared on the basis as if the transactions had become effective as of the beginning of the first period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Results of operations for the periods presented comprise those of the previously separate entities combined from the beginning of the period to the end of the period, eliminating the effects of intra-entity transactions.
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Skyline Group and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances among Skyline Group and its subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Use of Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and judgments are based on historical information, information that is currently available to the Company and on various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Significant estimates required to be made by management, include, but are not limited to, the expected credit loss provision, the determination of the useful lives of property, plant and equipment, impairment of long-lived assets, allowance for deferred tax assets, discount rate used in calculation in right-of-use assets, net, operating lease liabilities, finance lease liabilities and contingencies. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis and revises estimates as circumstances change. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, anticipated results, trends, and other various assumptions that it believes are reasonable.
F-9
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND
ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Foreign Currency Translation and transaction
The Company’s principal country of operations is Hong Kong. The consolidated financial position and results of its operations are determined using Hong Kong Dollars (“HK$”), the local currency, as the functional currency of Skyline Group, Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited and Kin Chiu. The Company’s consolidated financial statements are reported using the U.S. Dollars (“US$” or “$”). The results of operations and the consolidated statements of cash flows denominated in foreign currency are translated at the average rate of exchange during the reporting period. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the consolidated balance sheet date are translated at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. The equity denominated in the functional currency is translated at the historical rate of exchange at the time of capital contribution. Because cash flows are translated based on the average translation rate, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated balance sheets. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income included in consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
The following table outlines the currency exchange rates that were used in preparing the consolidated financial statements:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Year-end spot rate | $1 = HK$7.7800 | $1 = HK$7.8250 | ||||
| Average rate | $1 = HK$7.7923 | $1 = HK$7.8263 |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of a financial instrument is defined as the exchange price that would be received from an asset or paid to transfer a liability (as exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities, such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable, bank and other borrowings, due to related parties and accrued expenses and other current liabilities, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments and market rates of interest.
ASC 825-10 requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of financial instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
| Level 1 | - | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. | |
| Level 2 | - | Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. | |
| Level 3 | - | Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs. |
Categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable, bank and other borrowings, due to related parties and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximated their fair values as of March 31, 2025 and 2024 due to their short-term nature.
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies are classified as Level 2. The fair value of the life insurance policies was determined by the underwriting insurance company’s valuation models and represents the guaranteed value the Company would receive upon surrender of these policies as of the reporting date.
F-10
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Investment Under the Equity Method
A joint venture is a contractual arrangement whereby the Company and other parties undertake an economic activity through a jointly controlled entity. Joint control exists when strategic, financial and operating policy decisions relating to the activities require the unanimous consent of the parties sharing control. Joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method.
Under the equity method of accounting, the investment is initially recorded at cost, including transaction costs incurred to acquire the investment, and thereafter adjusted for additional investments, distributions, and the proportionate share of earnings or losses of the affiliates. The Company’s equity method investment is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that an other-than-temporary decline in value may have occurred. If it is determined that a loss in value of the equity method investment is other than temporary, an impairment loss is measured based on the excess of the carrying amount of an investment over its estimated fair value. Impairment analyses are based on current plans, intended holding periods, and available information at the time the analysis is prepared.
Cash and cash equivalents
All highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less are prepared on the consolidated financial statements as cash equivalents. The Company maintains a centralized cash management system whereby our excess cash balances are invested in high quality short-term money market instruments, which are considered cash equivalents. The cash balances are maintained in certain Hong Kong based domestic bank accounts that exceed federally insured limits. As of March 31, 2025, and 2024, the cash equivalents amounted to US$nil and US$nil, respectively.
Accounts Receivable, net
Accounts receivable from public civil engineering work are recognized and carried at the original invoiced amount, net of expected credit losses. Payment is typically received between 14 and 90 days after invoicing.
The Company established the provision at differing rates and are based upon the age of the trade receivable, the Company’s historical collection experience in each customer and management’s best estimate of specific losses on individual exposures, where appropriate. Specific customer provisions are made when a review of significant outstanding amounts, utilizing information about customer creditworthiness and current economic trends, indicates that collection is doubtful. The Company regularly reviews the adequacy and appropriateness of the allowance for expected credit losses. The receivables are written off after all collection efforts have ceased. As of March 31, 2025, and 2024, there were US$303,925 and US$116,567 allowances for expected losses recognized related to accounts receivable, respectively.
Prepayments
Prepayments represent advance payments made to the service providers for future services. Prepayments are short-term in nature and are reviewed periodically to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers the assets to be impaired if the realizability of the prepayments becomes doubtful. As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, no allowance of impairment was recorded as the Company considers all of the prepayments realizable.
Investment in key management insurance policy
The Company invests in a key management insurance policy which is a life insurance policy. The key management insurance policy is initially recognized at the amount of premium paid, and subsequently measured at the end of each reporting period at the cash surrender value that could be realized under the insurance policy, which is primarily based on the guaranteed cash value stated on the annual statement from the insurance company. Changes to the cash surrender value at the end of each reporting period will be recognized in other income or other expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. Any gain or loss on the derecognition of the investment in the event of death of the insured person, the surrender of the policy, or upon the maturity of the policy, will be recognized in other income or other expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
F-11
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Property, plant and Equipment, net
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided for on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows:
| Furniture and fixture | 4-5 years | |
| Machineries | 4-10 years | |
| Motor vehicles | 5 years | |
| Leasehold improvements | Over the lease terms |
Expenditures for maintenance and repairs, which do not materially extend the useful lives of the assets, are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments which substantially extend the useful life of assets are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets retired or sold are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income in other income or expenses.
The Company also re-evaluates the periods of depreciation to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets, such as property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions that will impact the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may no longer be recoverable. When these events occur, the Company measures impairment by comparing the carrying value of the long-lived assets to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flow is less than the carrying amount of the assets, the Company would recognize an impairment loss, which is the excess of carrying amount over the fair value of the assets, using the expected future discounted cash flows. There were no impairment losses on long-lived assets for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Lease
The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 842, Leases which requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company determines whether a contract is or contains a lease at inception of the contract and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. The Company determines whether an arrangement is or contain a lease at inception. A lease for which substantially all the benefits and risks incidental to ownership remain with the lessor is classified by the lessee as an operating lease. A lease is classified as a finance lease when the lease meets any of the following criteria at lease commencement:
| (a) | The lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the lessee by the end of the lease term. |
| (b) | The lease grants the lessee an option to purchase the underlying asset that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise. |
| (c) | The lease term is for the major part of the remaining economic life of the underlying asset. However, if the commencement date falls at or near the end of the economic life of the underlying asset, this criterion shall not be used for purposes of classifying the lease. |
| (d) | The present value of the sum of the lease payments and any residual value guaranteed by the lessee that is not already reflected in the lease payments equals or exceeds substantially all of the fair value of the underlying asset. |
| (e) | The underlying asset is of such a specialized nature that it is expected to have no alternative use to the lessor at the end of the lease term. |
When available, the Company uses the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value; however, most of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, the Company must discount lease payments based on an estimate of its incremental borrowing rate.
Right-of-use Assets
The Company’s right-of-use assets consist of leased assets recognized in accordance with ASC 842, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a corresponding lease asset for virtually all lease contracts. Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liability represents the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease, both of which are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. The Company determines the lease term by agreement with lessor. In cases where the lease does not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses the Company’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of future payments.
F-12
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:
Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
Step 3: Determine the transaction price
Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
Step 5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation.
The Company enters into agreements with clients that create enforceable rights and obligations and for which it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration to which it will be entitled as services transfer to the customer. It is customary practice for the Company to have the agreements with its customers in writing, orally, or in accordance with other customary business practices. The Company recognizes revenue when (or as) a performance obligation is satisfied, i.e. when “control” of the goods or services underlying the particular performance obligation is transferred to customers.
Control of the good or service may be transferred over time or at a point in time. Control of the good or service is transferred over time if one of the following criteria is met:
| ● | the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Company’s performance as the Company performs; |
| ● | the Company’s performance creates and enhances an asset that the customer controls as the Company performs; or |
| ● | the Company’s performance does not create an asset with an alternative use to the Company and the Company has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. |
If the control of the good or service transfers over time, revenue is recognized over the period of the contract by reference to the progress towards complete satisfaction of the relevant performance obligation. Otherwise, revenue is recognized at a point in time when customer obtains control of the distinct good or service.
Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer. The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers control of service to a customer.
The Company performs public civil engineering works, including road and drainage works, under master construction agreements and other contracts with customer-specified requirements. These construction services are provided solely for the benefit of our customers, as the assets being created or maintained are controlled by them, and the services we provide have no alternative use to us. The performance obligation is satisfied when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customer over time, aligning with the ongoing services provided, with customers simultaneously receiving and benefiting from the Company’s work.
Contracts which include construction services are generally accounted for as a single deliverable (a single performance obligation) and are no longer segmented between types of services. The Company has not bundled any goods or services that are not considered distinct.
Revenue from public civil engineering works is recognized over time, using the output method based on surveys of completed work. These surveys are certified by architects, surveyors, or other customer-appointed representatives, or are estimated with reference to the progress payment applications submitted by the Company to the customer.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
The certification formalizes the progress of work transferred to the customer, based on the transfer of control during construction, as the customer continuously receives and controls the work-in-progress. Management believes the output method accurately reflects the Company’s performance in fulfilling these obligations.
For contracts that contain variable consideration (variation order of construction work), the Company estimates the amount of consideration to which it will be entitled using the expected value method, which better predicts the amount of consideration to which the Company will be entitled. The estimated amount of variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is highly probable that such an inclusion will not result in a significant revenue reversal in the future when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
Based on the Company’s historical warranty experience and the limited warranty period offered, management concluded that the warranty obligation is not significant. The typical contract length of the Company entered from the date of original contract ranges from 3 months to 73 months.
Contracted but not yet recognized revenue was approximately US$56,361,136 and US$47,889,729 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations (unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied) as at March 31, 2025 and 2024 and the expected timing of recognizing revenue are as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Within one year | $ | 37,935,694 | $ | 37,435,203 | ||||
| More than one year but not more than two years | 15,308,438 | 8,664,731 | ||||||
| More than two years | 3,117,004 | 1,789,795 | ||||||
| $ | 56,361,136 | $ | 47,889,729 | |||||
At the end of each reporting period, the Company updates the estimated transaction price (including updating its assessment of whether an estimate of variable consideration is constrained) to represent faithfully the circumstances present at the end of the reporting period and the changes in circumstances during the reporting period.
The Company recognizes claims against vendors, sub-consultants, subcontractors and others as a reduction in costs when the contract establishes enforceability, and the amounts of recovery are reasonably estimable and probable. Reduction in costs are recognized at the lesser of the amount management expects to recover or costs incurred.
Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
The Company has enforceable rights to consideration from customers for the provision of roads and drainage services. Contract assets arise when the Company completed the public civil engineering works under relevant contracts but yet to be certified by independent surveyors appointed by customers.
The Company’s contract assets are converted to account receivables on an ongoing basis, upon being certified by independent surveyor's appointed by customers.
Retention receivables, included in contract assets, represent the amounts withheld from billings pursuant to provisions in the contracts and may not be paid until the completion of specific tasks or the completion of the project. Retention receivables may also be subject to restrictive conditions such as performance guarantees.
A contract liability represents the Company’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the Company has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the customer.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Cost of Revenue
The Company’s cost of revenue is primarily comprised of the subcontracting costs, staff costs and materials costs. These costs are expensed as incurred.
Employee Benefit Plan
Employees of the Company located in Hong Kong participate in a compulsory saving scheme (pension fund) for the retirement of residents in Hong Kong. Employees are required to contribute monthly to mandatory provident fund schemes provided by approved private organizations, according to their salaries and the period of employment.
For defined benefit plans, the Company recognizes the funded status of the plan in the consolidated balance sheet and records changes in the funded status through other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur.
Net periodic pension cost includes service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of prior service cost, and actuarial gains or losses. Service cost is presented in operating expenses, while other components are included in other income (expense).
Assumptions used in the measurement of pension obligations include discount rates, expected return on plan assets, and rate of compensation increases. These assumptions are reviewed annually and updated as appropriate. Changes in estimates are accounted for prospectively in accordance with ASC 250.
The Company is required to contribute to the plan based on certain percentages of the employees’ salaries, up to a maximum amount specified by the local government. Total expenses for the plan were US$279,926, US$415,011 and US$386,119 for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period including the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company believes there were no uncertain tax positions at March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company does not expect that its assessment regarding unrecognized tax positions will materially change over the next 12 months. The Company is not currently under examination by an income tax authority, nor has been notified that an examination is contemplated.
Earnings Per Share
The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS are computed by dividing income available to ordinary shareholders of the Company by the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue ordinary shares were exercised and converted into ordinary shares. As of March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, there were no dilutive shares.
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income consists of two components, net income and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income refers to revenue, expenses, gains and losses that under U.S. GAAP are recorded as an element of shareholders’ equity but are excluded from net income. Other comprehensive income consists of foreign currency translation adjustment resulting from the Company translating its consolidated financial statements from functional currency into reporting currency.
F-15
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to contingencies, such as legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business, which cover a wide range of matters. Liabilities for contingencies are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.
If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss is incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is accrued in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the nature of the guarantee would be disclosed.
Related parties
Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence, such as a family member or relative, shareholder, or a related corporation.
Financial Instruments Risks
Currency Risk
The Company’s operating activities are transacted in HK$. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions, recognized assets and liabilities and net investments in foreign operations. The Company considers the foreign exchange risk in relation to transactions denominated in HK$ with respect to US$ is not significant as HK$ is pegged to US$.
Concentration and Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to the concentration of credit risks consist of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The maximum exposures of such assets to credit risk are their carrying amounts as of the balance sheet dates. The Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions located in Hong Kong. As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, US$718,625 and US$323,595 were deposited with financial institutions located in Hong Kong. The Deposit Protection Scheme introduced by the Hong Kong Government insured each depositor at one bank for a maximum amount of US$102,828 (HK$800,000) and US$63,898 (HK$500,000) as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Otherwise, the balances of US$512,597 and US$257,219 are not covered by insurance as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company believes that no significant credit risk exists as these financial institutions have high credit quality and the Company has not incurred any losses related to such deposits.
For the credit risk related to accounts receivable and contract assets, the Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral. The Company establishes an allowance for credit losses based upon estimates, factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers and other information. The management believes that its contract acceptance, billing, and collection policies are adequate to minimize material credit risk. Application for progress payment of contract works is made on a regular basis. The Company seeks to maintain strict control over its outstanding receivables. Overdue balances are reviewed regularly by management.
For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, all of the Company’s assets were located in Hong Kong and all of the Company’s revenue were derived from its operation in Hong Kong. The Company has a concentration of its revenue and accounts receivable with specific customers.
For the year ended March 31, 2025, five customers accounted for approximately 31.1%, 18.6%, 12.0%, 10.8% and 10.2% of the Company’s total revenue. For the year ended March 31, 2024, four customers accounted for approximately 33.4%, 14.7%, 14.1% and 13.9% of the Company’s total revenue. For the year ended March 31, 2023, two customers accounted for approximately 39.8% and 20.1% of the Company’s total revenue.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
As of March 31, 2025, five customers’ accounts receivable accounted for 27.7%, 19.9%, 17.0% , 13.6% and 12.8% of the total accounts receivable, net. As of March 31, 2024, three customers’ accounts receivable accounted for 39.1%, 33.3% and 23.8% of the total accounts receivable, net.
As of March 31, 2025, five customers’ contract assets accounted for 21.3%, 18.5%, 14.9%, 12.5% and 10.1% of the total contract assets, net. As of March 31, 2024, three customers’ contract assets accounted for 29.2%, 28.6% and 23.1% of the total contract assets, net.
For the year ended March 31, 2025, three suppliers accounted for approximately 31.8%, 16.8% and 11.1% of the Company’s total cost of revenue. For the year ended March 31, 2024, two suppliers accounted for approximately 38.1% and 12.6% of the Company’s total cost of revenue. For the year ended March 31, 2023, three suppliers accounted for approximately 15.8%, 13.1% and 11.5% of the Company’s total cost of revenue.
As of March 31, 2025, two supplier’s accounts payable accounted for approximately 31.7% and 14.3% of the total accounts payable. As of March 31, 2024, one supplier’s accounts payable accounted for approximately 21.1% of the total accounts payable.
Interest rate risk
The following table details the interest rate profile of the Company’s borrowings of March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Fixed rate borrowings: | ||||||||
| Bank and other borrowings | $ | 514,138 | $ | - | ||||
| Finance lease liabilities, current | 56,795 | 184,280 | ||||||
| Finance lease liabilities, non-current | - | 56,469 | ||||||
| Floating rate borrowings: | ||||||||
| Bank and other borrowings | 11,530,297 | 10,928,069 | ||||||
Fluctuations in market interest rates may negatively affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company is exposed to floating interest rate on floating rate bank borrowings and bank overdrafts. The Company has not used any derivative financial instruments to manage the interest rate exposure.
At March 31, 2025 and 2024, it is estimated that a general increase/decrease of 100 basis points in interest rates, with all other variables held constant, would have decreased/increased the Company’s profit after tax by US$96,278 and US$91,249 respectively.
The sensitivity analysis above indicates the instantaneous change in the Company’s profit after tax that would arise assuming that the change in interest rates had occurred at the end of the reporting period and had been applied to re-measure those financial instruments held by the Company which expose the Company to fair value interest rate risk at the end of the reporting period. In respect of the exposure to cash flow interest rate risk arising from floating rate non-derivative instruments held by the Company at the end of the reporting period, the impact on the group’s profit after tax is estimated as an annualized impact on interest expense or income of such a change in interest rates.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company’s reputation.
Typically, the Company ensures that it has sufficient cash on demand to meet expected operational expenses for a period of 90 days, including the servicing of financial obligations; this excludes the potential impact of extreme circumstances that cannot reasonably be predicted, such as natural disasters.
F-17
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
Labor price risk
Our business requires a substantial number of personnel. Any failure to retain stable and dedicated labor by us may lead to disruption to our business operations. Although we have not experienced any labor shortage to date, we have observed an overall tightening and increasingly competitive labor market. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, increases in labor costs due to increases in salary, social benefits and employee headcount. We compete with other companies in our industry and other labor-intensive industries for labor, and we may not be able to offer competitive remuneration and benefits compared to them. If we are unable to manage and control our labor costs, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
Recently Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Identification of the Accounting Acquirer When the Legal Acquiree Is a Variable Interest Entity. The ASU revises the guidance in ASC 805 on identifying the accounting acquirer in a business combination in which the legal acquiree is a variable interest entity (VIE), with the objective of improving comparability between business combinations that involve VIEs and those that do not. ASU 2025-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard to determine the impact of adoption on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The ASU requires companies to disaggregate operating expenses into specific categories such as employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization, by relevant expense caption on the statement of operations. Additionally, in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, to clarify the effective date of ASU 2024-03. ASU 2025-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, on a retrospective or prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard to determine the impact of adoption on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, which is an update to Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The amendments in this Update improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis for all public entities to enable investors to develop more decision-useful financial analyses. The amendments in this update: (1) require that a public entity disclose, on an annual and interim basis, significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM) and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss (collectively referred to as the “significant expense principle”), (2) Require that a public entity disclose, on an annual and interim basis, an amount for other segment items by reportable segment and a description of its composition. The other segment items category is the difference between segment revenue less the segment expenses disclosed under the significant expense principle and each reported measure of segment profit or loss, (3) Require that a public entity provide all annual disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and (4) Clarify that if the CODM uses more than one measure of a segment’s profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources, a public entity may report one or more of those additional measures of segment profit. However, at least one of the reported segment profit or loss measures (or the single reported measure, if only one is disclosed) should be the measure that is most consistent with the measurement principles used in measuring the corresponding amounts in the public entity’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. In other words, in addition to the measure that is most consistent with the measurement principles under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), a public entity is not precluded from reporting additional measures of a segment’s profit or loss that are used by the CODM in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources, (5) Require that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources, and (6) Require that a public entity that has a single reportable segment provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this Update and all existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. The amendments in this Update also do not change how a public entity identifies its operating segments, aggregates those operating segments, or applies the quantitative thresholds to determine its reportable segments. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. A public entity should apply the amendments in this Update retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Upon transition, the segment expense categories and amounts disclosed in the prior periods should be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. We have evaluated the effect of this guidance and determined the impact to be insignificant.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, an update to Topic 740, Income Taxes. The amendments in this update related to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures enhance transparency in income tax disclosures by requiring (1) increased disclosure of pretax income (or loss) and income tax expense (or benefit) to align with SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 210.4-08(h), General Rules of Application-General Notes to Financial Statements: Income Tax Expense, and (2) removal of disclosures no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively. Retrospective application is permitted.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (cont.)
In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements-Amendments to the Codification in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative, which amends the disclosure or presentation requirements in Topic 230-10, Statement of Cash Flows-Overall, Topic 250-10, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections-Overall, Topic 260-10, Earnings Per Share-Overall, Topic 270-10, Interim Reporting-Overall, Topic 440-10, Commitments-Overall, Topic 470-10, Debt-Overall, Topic 505-10, Equity-Overall, Topic 815-10, Derivatives and Hedging-Overall, Topic 860-30, Transfers and Servicing-Secured Borrowing and Collateral, Topic 932-235, Extractive Activities-Oil and Gas-Notes to Financial Statements, Topic 946-20, Financial Services-Investment Companies-Investment Company Activities, and Topic 974-10, Real Estate-Real Estate Investment Trusts-Overall. These amendments represent changes designed to clarify or improve disclosures and presentations.
3. Accounts Receivable, net
Our accounts receivable balance primarily includes balances from construction customers. The allowance for credit losses is our best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in our existing accounts receivable. We determine the allowance for credit losses based primarily on current trends and estimates. The Company provided for a percentage of trade receivable balance based on collection history and current economic trends that the Company expects will impact the level of credit losses over the life of the receivables. These reserves are re-evaluated on a regular basis and adjusted as needed. Once a receivable is deemed to be uncollectable, such balance is charged against the provision.
Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following at March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Accounts receivable (note a) | $ | 10,336,230 | $ | 3,932,281 | ||||
| Less: allowance for credit losses (note b) | (303,925 | ) | (116,567 | ) | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | $ | 10,032,305 | $ | 3,815,714 | ||||
Activity in the allowance for credit losses consists of the following for the years ended March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Balance at beginning of the year | $ | 116,567 | $ | 55,649 | ||||
| Net provision for allowance for credit losses | 303,362 | 104,045 | ||||||
| Recoveries | (116,972 | ) | (43,325 | ) | ||||
| Exchange difference | 968 | 198 | ||||||
| Balance at end of the year | $ | 303,925 | $ | 116,567 | ||||
Note:
| (a) | Net accounts receivable from joint ventures was approximately US$1,363,517 and US$1,493,591 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |
| (b) | Allowance for credit losses recognized for accounts receivable from joint ventures was approximately US$190,322 and US$51,312 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |
F-19
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
3. Accounts Receivable, net (cont.)
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, accounts receivable, net amounted to US$1,586,814 and US$1,530,806 were past due for more than 90 days, respectively.
4. Contract Assets and Liabilities
Contract assets consisted of the following at March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Retention receivables of construction contracts (note a) | $ | 1,605,163 | $ | 1,961,870 | ||||
| Unbilled revenue of construction contracts (note b) | 4,157,343 | 8,384,456 | ||||||
| 5,762,506 | 10,346,326 | |||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses | (96,758 | ) | (276,518 | ) | ||||
| Total | $ | 5,665,748 | $ | 10,069,808 | ||||
| Less: Portion classified as non-current | (1,029,078 | ) | (1,350,413 | ) | ||||
| Current portion | $ | 4,636,670 | $ | 8,719,395 | ||||
Notes:
| (a) | Retention receivables included in contract assets represent the Company’s right to receive consideration for work performed and not yet billed because the rights are conditional on the satisfaction of the service quality by the customers over a certain period as stipulated in the contracts. Retention receivables, net from joint ventures was approximately US$524,150 and US$494,121 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company will be entitled to receive after 12 months, upon satisfaction of the service quality by the customers, retention receivables amounted to US$1,029,078 and US$1,350,413 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These amounts are classified as non-current. |
| (b) | Unbilled revenue included in contract assets represents the Company’s right to receive consideration for work completed but not yet billed because the rights are conditional upon the satisfaction by the customers on the construction work completed by the Company and the work is pending for the certification by the customers. The contract assets are transferred to the accounts receivable when the rights become unconditional, which is typically at the time the Company obtains the certification of the completed construction work from the customers. Unbilled revenue, net from joint ventures was both US$nil as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. All unbilled revenue is subsequently certified as of the date of this report. |
Activity in the allowance for credit losses consists of the following for the years ended March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Balance at beginning of the year | $ | 276,518 | $ | 139,218 | ||||
| Net provision for allowance for credit losses | 60,732 | 229,672 | ||||||
| Recoveries | (241,807 | ) | (92,865 | ) | ||||
| Exchange difference | 1,315 | 493 | ||||||
| Balance at end of the year | $ | 96,758 | $ | 276,518 | ||||
Contract liabilities consisted of the following at March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Billings in advance of performance obligation under contracts (note a) | $ | 2,322,911 | $ | 1,144,047 | ||||
Note:
| (a) | Net contract liabilities from joint ventures were US$359,629 and US$536,341 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |
Contract liabilities represent when the Company receives advances from customers before the construction commences, this will give rise to contract liabilities. Advances from customers of construction contracts are normally recognized as revenue according to the schedules of construction contracts.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
4. Contract Assets and Liabilities (cont.)
The movement in contract liabilities for the years ended March 31 is as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Balance at beginning of the year | $ | 1,144,047 | $ | 923,474 | ||||
| Decrease in contract liabilities as a result of recognizing revenue during the year which was included in the contract liabilities at the beginning of the year | (1,148,848 | ) | (926,447 | ) | ||||
| Increase in contract liabilities as a result of billings in advance of performance obligation under contracts | 2,319,244 | 1,143,857 | ||||||
| Exchange difference | 8,468 | 3,163 | ||||||
| Balance at end of the year | $ | 2,322,911 | $ | 1,144,047 | ||||
5. Prepayments and Other Current Assets
Prepayments and other current assets consisted of the following at March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Deposit for acquisition of property and equipment (note a) | $ | 1,784,389 | $ | - | ||||
| Advance to sub-contractors | 5,749,229 | 2,808,946 | ||||||
| Prepayments | 1,186,567 | 312,511 | ||||||
| Other Deposits | 84,891 | 137,925 | ||||||
| $ | 8,805,076 | $ | 3,259,382 | |||||
| Less: amount classified as non-current assets | (1,784,389 | ) | - | |||||
| Amount classified as current assets (note b) | $ | 7,020,687 | $ | 3,259,382 | ||||
| Note: |
| (a) | A deposit of US$1,784,389 was made to acquire the machineries for project use during the year ended March 31, 2025. |
| (b) | Prepayments and deposits expected to be utilized or recovered within 12 months after the balance sheet date are classified as current. |
6. Equity Method Investments
On November 13, 2019, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Glory E&C Limited, a Hong Kong company, and formed a joint venture, Kin Chiu-Glory Joint Venture (“KC-Glory JV”) to execute the construction project (Contract No. ND/2019/06). On November 25, 2020, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Geotech Engineering Limited, a Hong Kong company, and formed a joint venture, Kin Chiu-Geotech Joint Venture (“KC-Geotech JV”) to execute the construction project (Contract No. TW/2019/01). On August 29, 2020, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with China Railway First Group Co., Ltd, a Hong Kong company, and formed a joint venture, Kin Chiu-China Railway First Group Joint Venture (“KC-CRFG JV”) to execute several government construction projects.
The Company’s exposure to loss is limited to its investment in each joint venture. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has no additional capital commitments or guarantees related to these ventures.
No dividends or capital contributions were made or received during the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 or 2023.
Equity Method Accounting Treatment
The Company’s 51% ownership of KC-Glory JV, 51% ownership of KC-Geotech JV and 35% ownership of KC-CRFG JV allowed the Company to have joint control over the operations and decision-making at joint ventures. Accordingly, the Company accounted for the transaction under the equity method and recorded the carrying value of the Company’s investment in joint ventures’ common shares at cost, including the transaction costs incurred to obtain the equity method investment, in the consolidated balance sheets.
F-21
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
6. Equity Method Investments (cont.)
The following table provides summarized balance sheet and income statement information for Joint Ventures:
| KC-Glory JV | KC-Geotech JV | KC-CRFG JV | Total | |||||||||||||
| As of March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | $ | 1,748,391 | $ | 247,932 | $ | 1,188,208 | $ | 3,184,531 | ||||||||
| Non-current assets | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | 1,436,946 | 271,864 | 370,751 | 2,079,561 | ||||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Equity (Deficit) | $ | 311,445 | $ | (23,932 | ) | $ | 817,457 | $ | 1,104,970 | |||||||
| Year ended March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | - | $ | 641 | $ | 4,828,815 | $ | 4,829,456 | ||||||||
| Net (loss)/profit | $ | (64 | ) | $ | 7,168 | $ | 5,443 | $ | 12,547 | |||||||
| KC-Glory JV | KC-Geotech JV | KC-CRFG JV | Total | |||||||||||||
| As of March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | $ | 1,738,383 | $ | 308,899 | $ | 1,360,265 | $ | 3,407,547 | ||||||||
| Non-current assets | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | 1,428,665 | 339,831 | 552,929 | 2,321,425 | ||||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Equity (Deficit) | $ | 309,718 | $ | (30,932 | ) | $ | 807,336 | $ | 1,086,122 | |||||||
| Year ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 338,797 | $ | 2,372,250 | $ | 7,070,849 | $ | 9,781,896 | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (174 | ) | $ | (68,814 | ) | $ | 4,011 | $ | (64,977 | ) | |||||
The following table summarizes the activity of the Company’s equity method investment in joint ventures:
| Total | ||||
| Balance at March 31, 2023 | $ | 1,340,257 | ||
| Company’s share in net loss recognized during the year | (33,780 | ) | ||
| Exchange difference | 4,533 | |||
| Balance at March 31, 2024 | 1,311,010 | |||
| Company’s share in net profit recognized during the year | 5,528 | |||
| Exchange difference | 7,591 | |||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | $ | 1,324,129 | ||
7. Property, Plant and Equipment, net
Property, plant and equipment, stated at cost less accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following as of March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Furniture and fixtures | $ | 891,366 | $ | 886,239 | ||||
| Machineries | 771,769 | 767,330 | ||||||
| Motor vehicles | 246,311 | 257,675 | ||||||
| Leasehold improvements | 184,740 | 183,678 | ||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | (1,852,377 | ) | (1,499,753 | ) | ||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 241,809 | $ | 595,169 | ||||
F-22
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
7. Property, Plant and Equipment, net (cont.)
Depreciation expenses of property, plant and equipment totaled US$356,025, US$448,986 and US$1,068,682 for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively and included in cost of revenue and general and administrative expenses.
8. Leases
Operating leases as lessee
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had property operating leases recorded on its consolidated balance sheets. The Company does not have options to extend or cancel the existing lease agreements for its existing facilities prior to their respective expiration dates. When determining the lease term, at lease commence date, the Company considers options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that it will exercise or not exercise that option. The Company’s leases do not contain restrictions or covenants that restrict the Company from incurring other financial obligations. The Company’s lease arrangements may contain both lease and non-lease components. The Company has separately accounted for lease and non-lease components based on their nature. Payments under the Company’s lease arrangement are fixed.
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) | 1.13 | 1.62 | ||||||
| Weighted average discount rate (%) | 5.875 | % | 5.875 | % | ||||
During the year ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the addition to operating lease right-of-use assets was US$nil, US$nil and US$378,016, respectively. The operating lease expense was US$262,304, US$409,866 and US$367,228 for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and included in the cost of revenue and general and administrative expenses. Cash paid for operating leases was US$283,956, US$387,848 and US$358,506 for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
F-23
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
8. Leases (cont.)
Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:
| For the year ending March 31, | ||||
| 2026 | $ | 144,959 | ||
| 2027 | 37,489 | |||
| Total lease payments | $ | 182,448 | ||
| Less: imputed interest | (40,376 | ) | ||
| Operating lease obligation, net | $ | 142,072 | ||
Finance leases
The Company leases certain equipment under lease contracts that are accounted for as finance leases. If the contracts meet the criteria for a finance lease, the related equipment underlying the lease contract is capitalized and amortized over its estimated useful life.
Information relating to finance lease activities during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Finance lease right-of-use assets | $ | 87,385 | $ | 270,712 | ||||
| Finance lease liabilities, current portion | $ | 56,795 | $ | 184,280 | ||||
| Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion | $ | - | $ | 56,469 | ||||
| Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets | $ | (184,601 | ) | $ | (263,638 | ) | ||
| Repayment and interest accretion of finance lease liabilities | $ | (185,053 | ) | $ | (221,255 | ) | ||
| Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) | 0.73 | 1.48 | ||||||
| Weighted average discount rate (%) | 5.36 | % | 6.99 | % | ||||
During the year ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, there was no addition to finance lease right-of-use assets. The amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets was US$184,601 and US$263,638 for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and included in the cost of revenue. Cash paid for finance lease was US$141,913, US$221,255 and US$445,302 for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The interest of finance lease liabilities was US$11,433, US$24,133 and US$36,970 for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and included in the interest expense.
Future minimum finance lease payments are as follows:
| For the year ending March 31, | ||||
| 2026 | $ | 58,535 | ||
| Total lease payments | $ | 58,535 | ||
| Less: imputed interest | (1,740 | ) | ||
| Finance lease obligation, net | 56,795 | |||
F-24
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
9. Life insurance policy, cash surrender value
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Life insurance policy, cash surrender value | $ | 1,390,388 | $ | 429,842 | ||||
On March 20, 2025, a life insurance policy of US$1,381,153, at cash surrender value, was transferred from Kin Chiu Development Company Limited to Kin Chiu. The respective related party transactions have been disclosed in Note 13g.
10. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities are as follows as of March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Accruals for operating expenses | $ | 1,704,763 | $ | 1,384,800 | ||||
| Provision for reinstatement cost | 39,089 | - | ||||||
| Provision for long service payment (Note 15) | 26,467 | 44,423 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 1,770,319 | $ | 1,429,223 | ||||
11. Bank and Other Borrowings
| Interest rate (per annum) | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (“HSBC”) - Guarantee loan 1 | 3.00%/3.625% | (1) | $ | 138,733 | $ | 143,422 | ||||||||
| HSBC - Guarantee loan 2 | 3.00%/3.625% | (2) | 94,420 | 96,007 | ||||||||||
| Hang Seng Bank (“HASE”) - Term loan | N/A/3.625% | (3) | - | 269,805 | ||||||||||
| HSBC - Guarantee loan 3 | 3.00%/2.875% | (4) | 107,489 | 110,141 | ||||||||||
| HSBC - Guarantee loan 4 | 3.00%/3.625% | (5) | 351,763 | 359,054 | ||||||||||
| HSBC - Post-Shipment Buyer loans | 6.77%/7.220% | (6) | 3,623,136 | 3,610,287 | ||||||||||
| HSBC - Post-Shipment MA loan 1 | 6.513%/7.220% | (6) | 1,517,995 | 1,484,984 | ||||||||||
| HSBC - Funds from factoring | 5.728%/6.8% | (7) | 2,570,694 | 2,554,049 | ||||||||||
| HSBC - MA Loan 2 and CIL Loan | 6.394%/8.020% | (8) | 2,313,625 | 2,300,320 | ||||||||||
| AR Horizon Limited - Export Invoice Finance Facility | 12.00%/N/A | (9) | 514,138 | - | ||||||||||
| Universal Life Insurance (ULI) Loan (I) and Loan (II) | 4.737%/N/A | (10) | 812,442 | - | ||||||||||
| $ | 12,044,435 | $ | 10,928,069 | |||||||||||
| Less: current portion of long-term bank and other borrowings | (12,044,435 | ) | (10,928,069 | ) | ||||||||||
| Non-current portion of long-term bank and other borrowings | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
There is no material covenant stated for all the borrowings. All the borrowings contain a repayment on demand clause.
| (1) | On May 26, 2020, the Company borrowed HK$4,000,000 (equivalently to US$514,138 as at March 31, 2025) as working capital for 3 years (the 2020 Loan Agreement - HK$4 million) at an annual interest rate of HSBC Prime Lending Rate (“BLR”) minus 2.25% under the loan agreement with HSBC. The loan is secured by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. On November 1, 2022, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2020 Loan Agreement - HK$4 million (the First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding of the loan was modified to 91 equal payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On June 1, 2024, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2020 Loan Agreement - HK$4 million (the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding loan was modified to 83 payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. |
| (2) | On November 14, 2020, the Company borrowed HK$1,000,000 (equivalently to US$128,535 as at March 31, 2025) as working capital for 5 years (the 2020 Loan agreement - HK$1 million) at an annual interest rate of BLR minus 2.25% under the loan agreement with HSBC. The loan is secured by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. On October 18, 2022, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2020 Loan Agreement - HK$1 million (the First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding of the loan was modified to 98 equal payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On May 22, 2024, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2020 Loan Agreement - HK$1 million (the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding of the loan was modified to 90 payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. |
F-25
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
11. Bank and Other Borrowings (cont.)
| (3) | On February 2, 2021, HASE issued Banking Facilities for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed HK$22,608,000 (equivalently to US$2,905,913 as at March 31, 2025), which can be drawn over a total of two advances from HASE up to US$2,563,700 and US$334,300, respectively. The loan was repayable 12 months from the date of drawdown. On March 7, 2023, the Company and HASE revised the banking facilities and the loan repayment date is modified to 60 months from the date of drawdown. On May 20, 2024, the Company redeemed its life insurance policy in exchange for repayment of bank borrowings of US$271,586. The interest rate for the banking facilities is 2% per annum over 3-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (HIBOR) or the Bank’s Cost of Funds. The loan was secured by the life insurance policy and personal guarantees from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mr. Wong Chak Lam. |
| (4) | On May 6, 2021, the Company borrowed HK$1,000,000 (equivalently to US$128,535 as at March 31, 2025) as working capital for 8 years (the 2021 Loan agreement) at an annual interest rate of BLR minus 2.25% under the loan agreement with HSBC. The loan is secured by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. On October 18, 2022, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2021 Loan Agreement (the First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding of the loan was modified to 103 equal payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On June 1, 2024, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2021 Loan Agreement (the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding of the loan was modified to 95 payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. |
| (5) | On July 27, 2022, the Company borrowed HK$3,000,000 (equivalently to US$385,604 as at March 31, 2025) as working capital for 10 years at an annual interest rate of BLR minus 2.25% under the loan agreement with HSBC. The loan is secured by The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. On June 12, 2024, the Company and HSBC amended and restated the 2022 Loan Agreement (the First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement), the payment schedule of the outstanding of the loan was modified to 109 payments of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. |
| (6) | On February 23, 2023, HSBC issued banking facilities for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed HK$40,000,000 (equivalently to US$5,141,388 as at March 31, 2025), which may include working capital identified in HSBC’s various agreements. The interest rate for the banking facilities is 2.5% per annum over 1-month HIBOR on such day. The loan is secured by personal guarantees from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mr. Wong Chak Lam. |
| (7) | On February 23, 2023, HSBC issued discounting/factoring agreement for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed HK$20,000,000 (equivalently to US$2,570,694 as at March 31, 2025), which may include working capital identified in HSBC’s various agreements. On November 3, 2023, the Company renewed the discounting/factoring agreement with the same terms. The interest rate for the discounting/factoring agreement is 2% per annum over 1-month HIBOR on such day. The loan is repayable 90 days from the date of drawdown and secured by personal guarantees from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mr. Wong Chak Lam. |
| (8) | On November 3, 2023, HSBC issued banking facilities for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed HK$18,000,000 (equivalently to US$2,313,625 as at March 31, 2025), which may include working capital identified in HSBC’s various agreements. The interest rate for the bank facilities is 2.5% per annum over 1-day HIBOR. The loan is secured by personal guarantee from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam. |
| (9) | On September 12, 2024, AR Horizon Limited issued Export Invoice Finance Facility for the granting of export loan with respect to commercial invoices issued by the borrowers to the employers in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$514,138 (HK$4,000,000). The loan is secured by an assignment of receivables. The interest rate for the Export Invoice Finance Facility is 12% per annum. The loan is repayable 9 months from the date of drawdown. |
| (10) | On December 20, 2024, HSBC issued banking facilities as working capital for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed HK$6,638,838 (equivalently to US$853,321 as at March 31, 2025). The interest rate for the SME financing guarantee scheme is HIBOR + 1% per annum. The loan is secured by the entire life insurance policy from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Mrs. Po Lok Sze. The loan contains a repayment on demand clause. The cash surrender value is US$1,381,153 as of date of transfer. Should the realized market value of this collateral upon enforcement be insufficient to cover the full outstanding loan balance of US$812,442 as of March 31, 2025, Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam has undertaken to personally settle any resulting shortfall. |
F-26
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
11. Bank and Other Borrowings (cont.)
Interest expense pertaining to the above bank and other borrowings for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 amounted to US$835,015, US$640,576 and US$276,096, respectively.
Maturities of the principal and interest payments of bank and other borrowings based on scheduled repayments were as follows:
| For the year ending March 31, | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| 2025 | - | 10,130,802 | ||||||
| 2026 | 10,791,869 | 181,163 | ||||||
| 2027 | 269,101 | 181,164 | ||||||
| 2028 | 274,277 | 181,164 | ||||||
| 2029 | 274,277 | 109,681 | ||||||
| 2030 | 271,014 | 109,681 | ||||||
| 2031 | 111,788 | 82,612 | ||||||
| 2032 | 88,322 | 52,898 | ||||||
| 2033 | 63,797 | 16,660 | ||||||
| 2034 | 16,324 | - | ||||||
| Total bank and other borrowings repayments | $ | 12,160,769 | $ | 11,045,825 | ||||
| Less: imputed interest | (116,334 | ) | (117,756 | ) | ||||
| Total bank and other borrowings recognized in the consolidated balance sheet | $ | 12,044,435 | $ | 10,928,069 | ||||
As of the date of this report, a total of US$10,279,828 of the bank and other borrowings as of March 31, 2025 has been repaid.
12. Income Taxes
Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands
The Company is incorporated in Cayman Islands and Skyline Builders (BVI) Holding Limited is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and are not subject to tax on income or capital gains under current Cayman Islands law and British Virgin Islands law, respectively. In addition, upon payments of dividends by these entities to their shareholders, no withholding tax will be imposed.
Hong Kong
In accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of Hong Kong, a company registered in Hong Kong is subject to income taxes within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to US$256,664 (HK$2,000,000), and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over US$256,664 (HK$2,000,000).
The components of the income tax expense are as follows:
| Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Current | ||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | $ | 230,592 | $ | 267,209 | $ | 62,797 | ||||||
| Deferred | ||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | (51,267 | ) | (116,475 | ) | 53,844 | |||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | 179,325 | $ | 150,734 | $ | 116,641 | ||||||
F-27
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
12. Income Taxes (cont.)
The following table reconciles Hong Kong statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax:
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Profit before income taxes | $ | 906,772 | $ | 1,080,646 | $ | 996,195 | ||||||
| Hong Kong Profits Tax rate | 16.5 | % | 16.5 | % | 16.5 | % | ||||||
| Income taxes computed at Hong Kong Profits Tax rate | 149,617 | 178,307 | 164,372 | |||||||||
| Reconciling items: | ||||||||||||
| Tax allowance at the statutory tax rates## | 48,709 | - | - | |||||||||
| Tax effect of income that is not taxable* | (4,493 | ) | (2,753 | ) | (63,702 | ) | ||||||
| Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible** | 7,763 | 5,866 | 22,988 | |||||||||
| Temporary difference | (903 | ) | (9,220 | ) | 14,791 | |||||||
| Statutory tax deduction# | (193 | ) | (383 | ) | (765 | ) | ||||||
| Effect of two-tier tax rate | (21,175 | ) | (21,083 | ) | (21,043 | ) | ||||||
| Income tax expense | $ | 179,325 | $ | 150,734 | $ | 116,641 | ||||||
| * | Income that is not taxable mainly consisted of the government subsidies, bank interest income and change in cash value of life insurance policy, which are non-taxable under Hong Kong income tax law. |
| ** | Expenses that are not deductible mainly consisted of interest on bank overdraft, stamp duty and equity in net losses of affiliates, which are non-deductible under Hong Kong income tax law. |
| # | It represents a reduction granted by the Hong Kong SAR Government of 100% of the tax payable subject to a maximum reduction of HK$1,500 and HK$3,000 for each business during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |
| ## | It represents tax allowance at the statutory tax rates for companies incorporated in Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands. |
The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the difference between carrying amount of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases at the applicable tax rates. Components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows as of March 31:
| As of March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Deferred tax assets (liabilities): | ||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 3,554 | $ | (47,001 | ) | |||
| Finance lease right-of-use assets, net | (11,734 | ) | (23,329 | ) | ||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | (26,170 | ) | (67,889 | ) | ||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 23,442 | 63,051 | ||||||
| Provision for allowance of credit losses | 66,112 | 64,859 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 10,037 | 24,122 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net | $ | 65,241 | $ | 13,813 | ||||
Income tax payable consist of the following as of March 31:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Income tax payable | $ | (372,816 | ) | $ | (317,402 | ) | ||
Uncertain tax positions
The Company evaluates each uncertain tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and measures the unrecognized benefits associated with the tax positions. As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions. The Company did not incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income taxes for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company also does not anticipate any significant increases or decreases in unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months from March 31, 2025.
F-28
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
13. Related Party Balance and Transactions
The following is a list of related parties which the Company has transactions with:
| (a) | Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, a director of the Company. |
| (b) | Kin Chiu Development Company Limited, controlled by Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam |
| (c) | KC-CRFG JV, a joint venture |
| (d) | KC-Glory JV, a joint venture |
| (e) | KC-Geotech JV, a joint venture |
a. Due to related parties
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the balances of due to related parties were as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||
| Due to related parties | ||||||||||||
| Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam (a) | (1) | $ | 617,944 | $ | 203,990 | |||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | (1) | 184,019 | 91,719 | |||||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | (1) | 320,278 | 318,436 | |||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | (1) | 237,783 | 242,870 | |||||||||
| $ | 1,360,024 | $ | 857,015 | |||||||||
| (1) | The balance represented the advances from the director. Amounts due to joint ventures are for operation purpose. All amounts were unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. |
b. Accounts receivable, net
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the balances of accounts receivable, net from joint venture were as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | $ | 1,363,517 | $ | 1,493,591 | ||||
| $ | 1,363,517 | $ | 1,493,591 | |||||
c. Contract assets, net
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the balances of contract assets, net from joint ventures were as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Contract assets, net | ||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 303,585 | $ | 257,698 | ||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | 177,965 | 194,943 | ||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 42,600 | 41,480 | ||||||
| $ | 524,150 | $ | 494,121 | |||||
d. Contract liabilities
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the balances of contract liabilities from joint ventures were as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Contract liabilities | ||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 359,629 | $ | 536,341 | ||||
| $ | 359,629 | $ | 536,341 | |||||
F-29
SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
13. Related Party Balance and Transactions (cont.)
e. Related party transactions
The Company’s related party transactions are measured at the exchange amount which is the amount of consideration established and agreed to by the related parties.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Provision of construction services | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 4,695,289 | $ | 6,884,950 | $ | 8,937,204 | ||||||
| KC-Glory JV (d) | - | 338,800 | 2,888,169 | |||||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 622 | 2,301,097 | 3,939,946 | |||||||||
| $ | 4,695,911 | $ | 9,524,847 | $ | 15,765,319 | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Consultancy fee income | ||||||||||||
| KC-CRFG JV (c) | $ | 10 | $ | 35,736 | $ | 60,452 | ||||||
| KC-Geotech JV (e) | 44,399 | 63,658 | 78,910 | |||||||||
| $ | 44,409 | $ | 99,394 | $ | 139,362 | |||||||
f. Financial guarantee
On December 20, 2024, the Company was released from a financial guarantee to Kin Chiu Development Company Limited for US$1,137,380, related to payment obligations under a bank loan issued to Kin Chiu Development Company Limited. This release followed the transfer of the bank loan, with an outstanding balance of US$812,442 as of March 31, 2025, to Kin Chiu. No amounts were claimed under the guarantee for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
g. Assignment of borrowing and transfer of insurance plan
On December 20, 2024, HSBC issued banking facilities as working capital for Kin Chiu’s account in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$848,158 (HK$6,638,838). There was addition of bank borrowing $851,718 transferred to the Company with the respective transfer of life insurance policy.
Two life insurance policies were purchased by Kin Chiu Development Company Limited for Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam (position with a director and CEO of the Company) and Mrs. Po Lok Sze (Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam’s wife). On March 20, 2025, total life insurance policies of US$1,381,153, at cash surrender value, were transferred from Kin Chiu Development Company Limited to the Company. Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam has undertaken to personally settle the shortfall of US$568,711 between cash surrender value of life insurance policy and the outstanding loan balance as of the date of transfer.
As of March 31, 2025, the outstanding of the loan, Universal Life Insurance (ULI) Loan (I) and Loan (II), is approximately US$812,442, as stated in Note 11. There is no material covenant stated in this borrowing. The interest rate for the SME financing guarantee scheme is HIBOR + 1% per annum. The loan is secured by the entire life insurance policy from Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam and Ms. Po Lok Sze. The loan contains a repayment on demand clause.
14. Shareholders’ Equity
Ordinary shares
As discussed in the Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements regarding reorganization, the ordinary shares issuance and outstanding are summarized below.
a. Ordinary shares before re-designation
| Date | Events | Number of shares | Par value | Amount | ||||||||||
| June 27, 2024 | Share issued upon incorporation | 5,000,000,000 | 0.00001 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| July 24, 2024 | Share surrender and cancellation by sole shareholder | (4,973,495,000 | ) | 0.00001 | (49,735 | ) | ||||||||
| July 24, 2024 | Re-designate shares into Class A Ordinary Shares | (26,505,000 | ) | 0.00001 | (265 | ) | ||||||||
| July 24, 2024 | Re-designate shares into Class B Ordinary Shares | (1,995,000 | ) | 0.00001 | (20 | ) | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares before re-designation issued and outstanding after reorganization | - | 0.00001 | - | |||||||||||
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
14. Shareholders’ Equity (cont.)
b. Class A Ordinary Shares
| Date | Events | Number of shares | Par value | Amount | ||||||||||
| July 24, 2024 | Re-designate shares into Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding after reorganization | 26,505,000 | 0.00001 | 265 | ||||||||||
| January 23, 2025 | Issue of shares pursuant to IPO* | 1,500,000 | 0.00001 | 15 | ||||||||||
| February 6, 2025 | Issue of shares pursuant to IPO* | 225,000 | 0.00001 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 | 28,230,000 | 0.00001 | 282 | |||||||||||
| * | On January 23, 2025, the Company completed its initial public offering on NASDAQ, under the ticker symbol “SKBL”. Under this offering, 1,500,000 ordinary shares were issued at a price of $4.00 per share. In addition, the Company granted a 45-day option to the underwriter to purchase up to an additional 225,000 ordinary shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts, to cover over-allotment, if any. On February 6, 2025, the underwriter exercised the over-allotment option in full to purchase an additional 225,000 ordinary shares. On January 23, 2025, the Company closed its initial public offering and the exercise of the over-allotment option, received net proceeds of US$4,807,322 from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses of US$2,092,678 from the gross proceeds of US$6,900,000. |
c. Class B Ordinary Shares
| Date | Events | Number of shares | Par value | Amount | ||||||||||
| July 24, 2024 | Re-designate shares into Class B Ordinary Shares | 1,995,000 | 0.00001 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding after reorganization and as of March 31, 2025 | 1,995,000 | 0.00001 | 20 | |||||||||||
Dividends
The holders of our Ordinary Shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of our funds which are lawfully available for that purpose. In addition, our Shareholders may declare dividends by ordinary resolution, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by our directors. Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, our Company may pay a dividend out of either profit or the credit standing in the Company’s share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our Company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business immediately following the date on which the distribution or dividend is paid.
Voting rights
Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall, at all times, vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by the members at any general meeting of the Company.
Holders of our Ordinary Shares may vote on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders, except as may otherwise be required by law. Subject to any rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any shares, (i) on a show of hands every shareholder present in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy) shall, at a general meeting of our Company, have one vote for each Class A Ordinary Share and 20 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share in each case of which he is the holder; and (ii) on a poll every shareholder present in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy) shall have one vote for each Class A Ordinary Share and 20 votes for each Class B Ordinary Share of which he or the person represented by proxy is the holder.
Voting at any meeting of shareholders is by show of hands unless a poll (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) is demanded. A poll may be demanded by the chairperson of such meeting or any one or more shareholders who together hold not less than 10% of the votes attaching to the total shares that are present in person or by proxy.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
14. Shareholders’ Equity (cont.)
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless voting by poll is demanded by the chairman of the meeting or any one or more shareholders who together hold not less than 10 percent of the votes attaching to the total shares that are present in person or by proxy.
Any ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by a simple majority of the shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting of our Company and includes a unanimous written resolution.
A special resolution will be required for important matters such as amending our memorandum and articles of association or changing the name of the Company.
There are no limitations on non-residents or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the Ordinary Shares imposed by foreign law or by the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or other constituent document of our company. However, no person will be entitled to vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of the Ordinary Shares unless the person is registered as of the record date for such meeting and unless all calls or other sums presently payable by the person in respect of Ordinary Shares in the Company have been paid.
Cash dividend
No dividend was paid, proposed or declared for the ordinary shareholders of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2025 (2024: US$549,521).
15. Employee Benefit Plans
Employees of the Company located in Hong Kong participate in a compulsory saving scheme (pension fund) for the retirement of residents in Hong Kong. Employees are required to contribute monthly to mandatory provident fund schemes provided by approved private organizations, according to their salaries and the period of employment. The Group has a defined contribution pension scheme for its qualifying employees. The scheme assets are held under a provident fund managed by an independent fund manager. The Company and its employees are each required to make contributions to the scheme calculated at 5% of the employees’ basic salaries on monthly basis.
Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Employment Ordinance of the Laws of Hong Kong requires employers to assure the liability of severance payment if an employee who has been working for the employer for not less than 24 months under a continuous contract is, due to redundancy, dismissed, laid off, or upon expiry of a fixed-term employment contract. The ordinance also requires employers to assure the liability of long service payment if an employee who has been working for the employer for not less than 5 years under a continuous contract is dismissed, dies, resigns on ground of ill health or on or after 65 years old, or upon expiry of a fixed-term employment contract. There were 127, 236 and 304 employees as of March 31,2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The following table sets forth a summary of net periodic benefit cost for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
| Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Interest cost | $ | 1,390 | $ | 4,004 | 1,835 | |||||||
| Current service cost | 17,416 | 39,295 | 25,770 | |||||||||
| Gain on settlement | (81,046 | ) | (18,150 | ) | (3,253 | ) | ||||||
| Recognized net actuarial (gains) losses | (23,832 | ) | 12,715 | 27,186 | ||||||||
| Net periodic benefit cost | $ | (86,072 | ) | $ | 37,864 | 51,538 | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Actuarial assumptions used to determine net cost: | ||||||||||||
| Discount rate | 2.88% - 3.64% | 3.48% - 4.30% | 3.00% - 3.71% | |||||||||
| Expected return on assets | 3.00% - 3.64% | 3.48% - 4.30% | 3.00% - 3.71% | |||||||||
| Rate of increase in salary | 2.50 | % | 2.50 | % | 2.50 | % | ||||||
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
15. Employee Benefit Plans (cont.)
Undiscounted future benefit payments under the plans for the next ten years are estimated as follows:
| For the year ending March 31, | ||||
| 2026 | $ | 61,914 | ||
| 2027 | 9,319 | |||
| 2028 | 9,319 | |||
| 2029 | 24,582 | |||
| 2030 | 28,438 | |||
| 2031 - 2035 | 238,177 | |||
| Total | $ | 371,749 | ||
The following tables provide a reconciliation of the changes in the benefit obligations during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and a summary of the funded status as of March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Change in Benefit Obligations, (net) | ||||||||||||
| Balance at beginning of year | $ | 146,191 | $ | 107,956 | $ | 56,633 | ||||||
| Interest cost | 1,390 | 4,004 | 1,835 | |||||||||
| Current service cost | 17,416 | 39,295 | 25,770 | |||||||||
| Gain on settlement | (81,046 | ) | (18,150 | ) | (3,253 | ) | ||||||
| Actuarial (gain) loss | (23,832 | ) | 12,715 | 27,186 | ||||||||
| Exchange difference | 710 | 371 | (215 | ) | ||||||||
| Balance at end of year | $ | 60,829 | $ | 146,191 | $ | 107,956 | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Gross long service payment obligation | $ | (96,934 | ) | $ | (247,509 | ) | ||
| Add: Attributed contributions | 36,105 | 101,318 | ||||||
| Total net unfunded amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets | $ | (60,829 | ) | $ | (146,191 | ) | ||
| Net unfunded amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheets consist of: | ||||||||
| Current liabilities included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | (26,467 | ) | $ | (44,423 | ) | ||
| Long-term liabilities included in other long-term liabilities, net of current portion | (34,362 | ) | (101,768 | ) | ||||
| Total net unfunded amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets | $ | (60,829 | ) | $ | (146,191 | ) | ||
16. Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
As at March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not have any significant capital and other commitments.
Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved in several legal proceedings in which damages and claims have been asserted against it. The Company’s management and legal counsel believe that it has a number of valid defenses to such proceedings and claims and intend to vigorously defend itself. The Company do not believe that any such matters will have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations, or liquidity as many of these employee related claims are covered under the Company’s insurance covers. The Company record a loss contingency if the potential loss from a proceeding or claim is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated or a range of loss can be determined. The Company provide disclosure when it is reasonably possible that a loss will be incurred in excess of any recorded provision. Significant judgment is required in these determinations. As additional information becomes available, the Company reassess prior determinations and may change our estimates. Additional claims may be asserted against the Company in the future. Litigation is subject to many uncertainties, and the outcome of litigation is not predictable with assurance. It is possible that a litigation matter for which liabilities have not been recorded could be decided unfavorably to the Company, and that any such unfavorable decision could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or liquidity.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
17. Segment Reporting
ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in financial statements for details on the Company’s business segments.
The Company uses the management approach to determine reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam (a director of the Company), for making decisions, allocating resources and assessing performance.
The CODM reviews financial information on a consolidated basis and uses the consolidated net income, as reported on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, to assess performance of the Company and to allocate resources as part of the annual reporting process and to assess the performance of the Company’s single reportable segment, primarily by monitoring actual results versus the plan.
The significant expenses reviewed by the CODM are consolidated operating expenses, as presented in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income. Consolidated operating expenses include general and administrative expenses and reversal of / (allowance for) expected credit losses. General and administrative expenses include staff costs (including directors’ remuneration) US$687,695 and $506,890 for the year ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively and depreciation and amortization expense, which are disclosed in Note 7, “Property, Plant and Equipment, net” and Note 8, “Leases”. Other segment items consist of interest expense and other income, as presented in the consolidated statement of operations
Other segment items for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, expenses totaled US$652,702, US$541,328 and income totaled US$255,911, respectively, and consisted of:
| - | Interest expense of US$891,379, US$733,220 and US$354,125, respectively |
| - | Other income, net of $238,677, $191,892 and US$610,036, respectively, primarily related to consultancy fee income from joint ventures, gain from benefit obligations of the employee benefit plans and government subsidies. |
The CODM does not utilize consolidated balance sheet information when evaluating performance or allocating resources.
Based on the management’s assessment, the Company determined that it has only one operating segment and therefore one reportable segment as defined by ASC 280. For the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, revenue and assets within Hong Kong contributed 100% of the Company’s total revenue and assets. Therefore, no geographical segments are presented. The single segment represents the Company’s core business as an Approved Public Works Contractor undertaking roads and drainage to its customers in Hong Kong.
The following table presents revenue by sector for the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively:
| Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Revenue | ||||||||||||
| Public | $ | 46,009,519 | $ | 48,298,181 | $ | 43,341,572 | ||||||
| Private | - | 523,438 | 1,213,509 | |||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 46,009,519 | $ | 48,821,619 | $ | 44,555,081 | ||||||
18. Subsequent Events
The Company has assessed all events from March 31, 2025, up through the date that these consolidated financial statements are available to be issued, and there are no material subsequent events that require recognition or disclosure in these consolidated financial statements.
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SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
74,995,887
Class A Ordinary Shares
__________________________
PROSPECTUS
__________________________
September [ ], 2025
Part II — Information Not Required in the Prospectus
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to the public interest, such as providing indemnification against wilful default, fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our second amended and restated articles of association provide that to the extent permitted by law, we shall indemnify each existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary and other officer of us (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against:
| (a) | all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer in or about the conduct of our business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of the existing or former director’s (including alternate director’s), secretary’s or officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and |
| (b) | without limitation to paragraph (a), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning us or our affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. |
No such existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his own dishonesty.
To the extent permitted by the Companies Act, we may make a payment, or agree to make a payment, whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer of the Company in respect of any matter identified in above on condition that the director (including alternate director), secretary or officer must repay the amount paid by us to the extent that we are ultimately found not liable to indemnify the director (including alternate director), secretary or officer for those legal costs.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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Item 7. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
Set forth below is information regarding securities issued by us during the last three years which were not registered under the Securities Act. None of the below described transactions involved any underwriters, underwriting discounts and commissions or commissions, or any public offering.
On August 29, 2025, the Company closed its private placement (the “Offering”) pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 27, 2025, among the Company and certain accredited investors. Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued and sold (i) 1,359,314 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share, (ii) 22,990,000 prefunded warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares, (iii) Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrant As to purchase up to 24,349,314 Class A Ordinary Shares, (iv) Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrant Bs to purchase up to 24,349,314 Class A Ordinary Shares, and (v) 1,947,945 Placement Agent Warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares issued to the Placement Agents as compensation.
The purchase price for a combination of one Class A Ordinary Share, one A Warrant, and one B Warrant was $0.73, and the purchase price for a combination of one Prefunded Warrant, one A Warrant, and one B Warrant was $0.7299. Each Prefunded Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. Each A Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.60 per share, and each B Warrant is immediately exercisable and entitles the holder to acquire one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $0.65 per share, each of which exercise prices is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances, including stock splits or dividends, dilutive issuances or variable rate transactions, combinations or reclassifications, pro rata distributions, fundamental transactions, or at the discretion of our board of directors, as described herein and in the relevant warrant agreements. Each Warrant is exercisable for a period of five years following the closing of the Private Placement.
On the Closing Date, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $17,775,000 from the Offering, before deducting fees and offering expenses. Approximately $7,000,000 of the proceeds was used to retire 18,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares owned by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited, a company beneficially owned by Mr. Ngo Chiu Lam, Chief Executive Officer. The remaining net proceeds were, or will be, used for general working capital and other corporate purposes.
In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement dated August 27, 2025, with Revere Securities LLC, Pacific Century Securities, LLC, and Dominari Securities LLC (collectively, the “Placement Agents”). The Placement Agents acted as co-placement agents and received a cash success fee equal to eight percent (8%) of the aggregate gross proceeds from the Private Placement, as well as non-callable Placement Agent Warrants to purchase 1,947,945 Class A Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $0.73 per share.
On August 27, 2025, Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited and Quantum Leap Energy LLC entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement pursuant to which Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited transferred and sold all 1,995,000 issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company to Quantum Leap Energy LLC. Each Class B Ordinary Share carries 20 votes and votes together with the Class A Ordinary Shares on all matters submitted to the Company’s shareholders. After giving effect to the Sale, the Private Placement, and the Share Retirement, the Company will have 11,089,314 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, and Quantum Leap Energy LLC will hold 79.14% of the aggregate voting power represented by all outstanding Class A and Class B Ordinary Shares and will have control over the Company.
We believe that the offers, sales and issuances of the securities described in the preceding paragraphs were exempt from registration either (a) under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in that the transactions were between an issuer and sophisticated investors or members of its senior executive management and did not involve any public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2), (b) under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act in that offers, sales and issuances were not made to persons in the United States and no directed selling efforts were made in the United States, or (c) under Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act in that the transactions were underwritten compensatory benefit plans or written compensatory contracts.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
(a) Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement:
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| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | To be filed by amendment. |
| *** | Previously filed. |
| (b) | Financial Statement Schedules |
None.
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Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
| (a) | 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 section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); |
| 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 set forth 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 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
| 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; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange 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 registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration state |
| (b) | to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser; |
| (c) | insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue; |
| (d) | for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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; and |
| (e) | for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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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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 Hong Kong, on September 26, 2025.
| Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited | ||
| By: | /s/ Ngo Chiu Lam | |
| Name: | Ngo Chiu, LAM | |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ngo Chiu Lam his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (1) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (2) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (3) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this Registration Statement or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (4) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact or any of his or her substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
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.
| Name | Position | Date | ||
| /s/ Ngo Chiu Lam | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
September 26, 2025 | ||
| Ngo Chiu, LAM | (Principal executive officer) | |||
| /s/ Chun Man Lo | Chief Financial Officer | September 26, 2025 | ||
| Chun Man, LO | (Principal financial and accounting officer) | |||
| /s/ Chun Kit Yu | Independent Director | September 26, 2025 | ||
| Chun Kit, YU | ||||
| /s/ Ryno Pretorius | Independent Director | September 26, 2025 | ||
| Ryno Pretorius | ||||
| /s/ Jacob Rowe | Independent Director | September 26, 2025 | ||
| Jacob Rowe |
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Authorized U.S. Representative
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited, has signed this registration statement in New York, on September 26, 2025.
| Authorized U.S. 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 10.9
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into and made effective as of August 27, 2025, by and among Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act, contained in Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“Applicable Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).
“BHCA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(ll).
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the first (1st) Trading Day following the date hereof (or the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on a Trading Day).
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company Counsel” means Loeb & Loeb, LLP, with offices located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.
“Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Purchasers, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Purchasers.
“Disqualification Event” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(qq).
“Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Escrow Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, with offices located at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
“Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement entered into as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Placement Agents, and the Escrow Agent, pursuant to which the Purchasers shall deposit Subscription Amounts.
“Escrow Release Date” means the date when the Securities purchased hereunder are released pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s). “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares or options, including the shares of Ordinary Shares underlying the restricted stock units or options, to employees, officers, consultants or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan or arrangement duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, provided, however, securities issued to consultants that are not natural persons shall be issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.11(a), (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued to a Strategic Party or pursuant to mergers, acquisitions or strategic transactions, including license and co-development agreements with third parties, approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.11(a) herein, except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
“FCPA” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FDA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“FDCA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“Federal Reserve” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(ll).
“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Hazardous Materials” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).
“Irrevocable Instructions” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a)(vi).
“Issuer Covered Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(qq).
“IT Systems and Data” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(jj).
“Initial Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right, or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
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“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(mm).
“OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(jj).
”Ordinary A Warrants” means, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrants delivered to the Purchasers at each Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(ix) hereof and in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Ordinary A Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Ordinary A Warrants.
“Ordinary B Warrants” means, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrants delivered to the Purchasers at each Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(x) hereof and in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
“Ordinary B Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Ordinary B Warrants.
“Ordinary Shares” means the Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Ordinary Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Ordinary Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant, or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Ordinary Shares.
“PA Warrants” means the warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares delivered to the Placement Agents pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement.
“PA Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the PA Warrants.
“Per Share Purchase Price” equals $0.73 per share, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, and other similar transactions of Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement, provided the purchase price per Prefunded Warrant shall be the Per Share Purchase Price minus the Prefunded Warrant exercise price of $0.0001.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof), or other entity of any kind.
“Placement Agents” means Revere Securities LLC (“Revere”), Pacific Century Securities, LLC (“Pacific”), and Dominari Securities LLC (“Dominari”) (each a “Placement Agent”).
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“Prefunded Warrants” means, collectively, the pre-funded Class A ordinary share purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(viii) hereof, which Prefunded Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and shall expire when exercised in full, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
“Prefunded Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Prefunded Warrants.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation, or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Public Information Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).
”Public Information Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(b).
“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement between the Company, the Placement Agents, and the Purchasers, entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
“Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means the Ordinary Shares of the Company, no par value, issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing Ordinary Shares).
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“Standard Settlement Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Strategic Party” means a Person (or the equityholders of a Person) that, itself or through its parents, subsidiaries, or other Affiliates, engages in the a similar field as the Company or is otherwise in a business synergistic with the business of the Company.
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Prefunded Warrants in lieu of Shares, if any, and Ordinary A Warrants and Ordinary B Warrants, purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” as indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds (minus, if applicable, a Purchaser’s aggregate exercise price of the Prefunded Warrants, which amounts shall be paid as and when such Prefunded Warrants are exercised).
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, The Nasdaq Capital Market, The Nasdaq Global Market, The Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB, or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Ordinary A Warrants, the Ordinary B Warrants, the Prefunded Warrants, the Irrevocable Consent, the Placement Agency Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto, and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means VStock Transfer, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, New York 11598 and a phone number of (212) 828-8436, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
“Warrants” means the Ordinary A Warrants, Ordinary B Warrants, PA Warrants, and Prefunded Warrants.
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
(a) On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $17,775,000 of Shares, Ordinary A Warrants, and Ordinary B Warrants; provided, however, that, to the extent that a Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion, that such Purchaser (together with such Purchaser’s Affiliates, and any Person acting as a group together with such Purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or as such Purchaser may otherwise choose, in lieu of purchasing Shares, such Purchaser may elect to purchase Prefunded Warrants in lieu of Shares in such manner to result in the same aggregate purchase price being paid by such Purchaser to the Company The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, at the election of the Purchaser at Closing, 9.99%) of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities on the Closing Date; provided, however, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not apply to Quantum Leap Energy LLC. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Securities, and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall take place remotely by electronic transfer of the Closing documentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise (as defined in the Prefunded Warrants) delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of this Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Prefunded Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date and the Closing Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date (as defined in the Prefunded Warrants) for purposes hereunder.
(b) The Irrevocable Instructions and the Securities will be issued at Closing and delivered to the Escrow Agent, and the Subscription Amounts will be delivered to the Escrow Agent, to be held in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall hold the Securities and Subscription Amounts during the applicable period commencing on the date hereof and until delivery of a Release Notice to the Escrow Agent, pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. Upon delivery of the Release Notice the Escrow Agent shall (i) release to the Company each Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (ii) deliver the Irrevocable Instructions to the Transfer Agent, and (iii) release to each Purchaser the Warrants for which each Purchaser subscribed, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date (except as indicated below), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser (including, where noted below, to the Escrow Agent for the benefit of the Purchaser) and the Placement Agents, as applicable the following:
(i) This Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) the Registration Rights agreement duly executed by the Company;
(iii) the Escrow Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(iv) [reserved];
(v) the Company’s wire instructions, on Company letterhead and executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;
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(vi) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver via a certificate or book entry statement evidencing the number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, less the number of Prefunded Warrants purchased by such Purchaser, registered in the name of such Purchaser (the “Irrevocable Instructions“);
(vii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers;
(viii) Prefunded Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the portion of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount applicable to Prefunded Warrants divided by the Per Share Purchase Price minus $0.0001, with an exercise price equal to $0.0001 per share, subject to adjustment therein;
(ix) Ordinary A Warrants to purchase one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate number of Purchaser’s Shares and Prefunded Warrants purchased by such Purchaser, with an exercise price equal to $0.60 per share, subject to adjustments therein;
(x) Ordinary B Warrants to purchase one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate number of Purchaser’s Shares and Prefunded Warrants purchased by such Purchaser, with an exercise price equal to $0.65 per share, subject to adjustments therein;
(xi) A duly executed and delivered Certificate of an officer of the Company in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, the Placement Agents and any of their counsel;
(xii) To the Placement Agents, Class A Ordinary Share Purchase Warrants to purchase eight percent (8%) of the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement;
(xiii) a duly executed and delivered Certificate of the Secretary of the Company, in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, the Placement Agents and any of their counsel; and
(xiv) a duly executed and delivered Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in customary form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, the Placement Agents and any of their counsel
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company (including, where noted below, to the Escrow Agent for the benefit of the Company), the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iii) to the Escrow Agent, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount.
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2.3 Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(iv) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such date);
(v) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material respects; and
(vi) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Ordinary Shares shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”), and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) notices and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Shares and the Warrant Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than the restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Warrants are duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with this Agreement, will be validly issued, free and clear of all Liens other than the restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
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(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of Ordinary Shares owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of Ordinary Shares to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Ordinary Share Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Ordinary Shares or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except for the Required Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(j), there is no action, arbitration, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, an “Action”). None of the Actions set forth on Schedule 3.1(j), (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval except where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(p) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except where such expiration, termination or abandonment would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
(r) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(q), none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date“). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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(t) Certain Fees. Except for fees payable by the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(t), no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agents, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.1(t) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights. Except as set forth in this Agreement or in Schedule 3.1(v), no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(w), the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Ordinary Shares are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Ordinary Shares are currently eligible for electronic transfer through The Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to The Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(x) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
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(y) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information which is not otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do and the SEC Reports, are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable stockholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(aa) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(aa) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
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(bb) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(cc) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.
(dd) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is SRCO, CPA. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
(ee) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, to the knowledge of the Company, each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that, to the knowledge of the Company, no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
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(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g) and 4.13 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or ”derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Ordinary Shares, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
(gg) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agents in connection with the placement of the Securities.
(hh) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(ii) Cybersecurity. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) there has been no material security breach of or relating to any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of its respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of it), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”), (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security breach to its IT Systems and Data, (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and Data, and (v) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology.
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(jj) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(kk) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
(ll) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(mm) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
(oo) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(pp) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to each Purchaser as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
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(qq) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to each Purchaser a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(rr) Other Covered Persons. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(rr), the Company is not aware of any Person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of the Purchasers in connection with the sale of any Securities.
(ss) Notice of Disqualification Event. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, reasonably be expected to become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person, in each case of which it is aware.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser (i) understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law; (ii) is acquiring the Securities as principal for its, his or her own account; and (iii) has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring such Securities as principal for his, her or its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
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(c) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
(d) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9), (a)(12), or (a)(13) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
(e) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agents nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agents have provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agents nor any Affiliate have made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities and the Placement Agents and any Affiliate may have acquired nonpublic information with respect to the Company which such Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agents nor any of their Affiliates have acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.
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(g) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material pricing terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
(h) Independent Advice. Each Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice.
(i) No Intent to Effect a Change of Control; Ownership. Such Purchaser (other than Quantum Leap Energy LLC) has no present intent to effect a “change of control” of the Company as such term is understood under the rules promulgated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and under the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
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ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.
(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAS NOT/HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
In addition, the Securities may contain a legend regarding affiliate status of the Purchaser, if applicable.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder.
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(c) Subject to receipt from the applicable Purchaser by the Company and the Transfer Agent of customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent (where applicable) in connection therewith, certificates evidencing the Securities shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), or (iii) if such Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively. If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant Shares, or if such Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 and the Company is then in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), or if the Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Warrant Shares, or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), the Company will, no later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days, and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Warrant Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a book entry statement representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Warrant Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend.
(d) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
(e) In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares or Warrant Shares (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after the Legend Removal Date) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Ordinary Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares, or a sale of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Ordinary Shares so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Shares or Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the Ordinary Shares on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).
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4.2 Furnishing of Information; Public Information.
(a) Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the Warrants have expired or been exercised in full, the Company covenants to use its reasonable best efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
(b) At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the applicable Securities, an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the Applicable Amount on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to transfer the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. “Applicable Amount” means the sum of (A) the Subscription Amount paid by such Holder for the Holder’s Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants purchased by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and held by the Holder on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day after such day of a Public Information Failure and (B) the aggregate amount equal to the product of (a) the difference, if any, of the VWAP (as defined in the Warrant) of the Ordinary Shares on the Trading Day immediately preceding the day of a Public Information Failure minus the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) multiplied by (b) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares then issuable to the Holder upon the exercise of the Warrants held by the Holder on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day after such day of a Public Information Failure. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
4.3 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
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4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 6-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, nonpublic information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agents, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agents, on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b) and reasonably cooperate with such Purchaser regarding such disclosure.
4.5 Stockholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “acquiring person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.6 Nonpublic Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material nonpublic information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented in writing to the receipt of such information and agreed in writing with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, nonpublic information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agents, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents, including, without limitation, the Placement Agents, not to trade on the basis of, such material, nonpublic information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously with the delivery of such notice file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
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4.7 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7 attached hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder as follows: (a) the Company shall use approximately $7,000,000 from the proceeds to retire the 18,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company owned by Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited; and (b) the Company shall use the remaining proceeds for general working capital and other general corporate purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) except as provided in clause (a) above, for the redemption of any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.8 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such shareholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and, the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ one separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by a Purchaser Party in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred; provided that, if any Purchaser Party is finally judicially determined not to be entitled to indemnification or payment under this Section 4.8, such Purchaser Party shall promptly reimburse the Company for any payments that are advanced pursuant to this provision. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.9 Reservation of Ordinary Shares. As of each Closing, the Company will have reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants.
4.10 Listing of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Ordinary Shares on the Trading Market on which they are currently listed, and concurrently with each Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Ordinary Shares traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Ordinary Shares on a Trading Market and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. For so long as the Company maintains a listing or quotation of the Ordinary Shares, the Company agrees to use best efforts to maintain the eligibility of the Ordinary Shares for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.
4.11 [Reserved].
4.12 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of this Agreement) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
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4.13 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules (other than as disclosed to its legal and other representatives). Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, or agent, including, without limitation, the Placement Agents, after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
4.14 Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Prefunded Warrants set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the Prefunded Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Prefunded Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the Prefunded Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Prefunded Warrants and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
4.15 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at each Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
4.16 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.
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ARTICLE V.
ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).
6.2 [Reserved].
6.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
6.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
6.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 67% in interest of the Shares and Prefunded Warrants based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (or, prior to the Closing, the Company and each Purchaser), provided, however, that the foregoing does not limit the ability of an individual Purchaser to waive compliance of a provision by the Company solely with respect to such Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, no amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement effected without the consent of a Purchaser shall be effective against such Purchaser unless such amendment, termination, or waiver applies to all Purchasers in the same fashion. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 6.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.
6.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
6.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
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6.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agents shall be the third party beneficiaries of the representations, warranties, and covenants of the Company in this Agreement and the representations, warranties, and covenants of the Purchasers in this Agreement. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8 and this Section 6.8.
6.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.8, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.
6.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closings and the delivery of the Securities.
6.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a ”.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
6.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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6.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that, in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any Ordinary Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
6.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
6.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
6.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
6.17 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
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5.18 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
6.18 Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
6.19 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and Ordinary Shares in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions relating to Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement.
6.20 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
| Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd. | Address for Notice: | |||
| Unit A, 12th Floor, China Overseas | ||||
| Building, 139 Hennessy Road, | ||||
| Wanchai, Hong Kong | ||||
| By: | /s/ Ngo Chiu Lam | E-Mail: | ||
| Name: | Ngo Chiu Lam | |||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
| With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): | ||||
| Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP | ||||
| 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor | ||||
| New York, New York 10036 | ||||
| Attention: Ross D. Carmel, Esq | ||||
| Email: rcarmel@srfc.law | ||||
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Quantum Leap Energy
| Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s Paul Mann |
Name of Authorized Signatory: Paul Mann
Title of Authorized Signatory: Mr.________________________________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser: ________________________________________________
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
_________________________________________
Subscription Amount: $1,500,000
Shares: 454,794
Pre-Funded Warrant Shares: 1,600,000 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99%
Ordinary A Warrant Shares: 2,054,794 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99% or o 9.99%
Ordinary B Warrant Shares: 2,054,794 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99% or o 9.99%
| ☐ | To be paid in immediately available funds |
EIN Number: ____________________
☐ Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Paul Mann
| Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s Paul Mann |
Name of Authorized Signatory: Paul Mann
Title of Authorized Signatory: Mr.______________________________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser: _______________________________________________
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
_________________________________________
Subscription Amount: $2,500,000
Shares: 454,657
Pre-Funded Warrant Shares: 2,970,000 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99%
Ordinary A Warrant Shares: 3,424,657 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99% or o 9.99%
Ordinary B Warrant Shares: 3,424,657 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99% or o 9.99%
| ☐ | To be paid in immediately available funds |
EIN Number: ____________________
☐ Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: American Ventures LLC, Series XIX SKBL
| Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: | /s/ Eric Newman |
Name of Authorized Signatory: Eric Newman
Title of Authorized Signatory: Fund Manager
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser: _________________________________________
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
_________________________________________
Subscription Amount: $13,775,000
Shares: 449,863
Pre-Funded Warrant Shares: 18,420,000 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99%
Ordinary A Warrant Shares: 18,869,863 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99% or o 9.99%
Ordinary B Warrant Shares: 18,869,863 Beneficial Ownership Blocker o 4.99% or o 9.99%
| ☐ | To be paid in immediately available funds |
EIN Number: ____________________
☐ Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.
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SCHEDULE 3.1(g)
Capitalization
As of the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement:
| (i) | There are 30,225,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding, consisting of 28,230,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 1,995,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. |
| (ii) | there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Ordinary Shares or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary; |
| (iii) | the Company does not have any stock option plans or employee stock purchase plans, nor are there any outstanding employee stock options; |
| (iv) | Other than the Purchasers, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person; |
| (v) | there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary; and |
| (vi) | there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders. |
| Name of Beneficial Owner | Ordinary Shares | |||
| 5% or Greater Shareholders | ||||
| Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited (1) | 18,818,550 Class A (66.66%) | 1,995,000 Class B (100%) | ||
| Executive Officers and Directors | ||||
| Ngo Chiu, Lam (1) | 18,818,550 Class A (66.66%) | 1,995,000 Class B (100%) | ||
| Chun Man, Lo | - | - | ||
| Chun Kit, Yu | - | - | ||
| Hiu Wah, Li | - | - | ||
| Ho Wa, Cha | - | - | ||
| All directors and executive officers as a group | 18,818,550 Class A (66.66%) | 1,995,000 Class B (100%) | ||
| (1) | Supreme Development (BVI) Holdings Limited is wholly owned and beneficially owned by Mr. Ngo Chiu, Lam the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board. |
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Exhibit 23.1
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the use in this amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 of our report dated August 7, 2025 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries comprising the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and 2024 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2025 and related notes.
We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement.
/s/ SRCO, C.P.A., Professional Corporation
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Amherst, NY
September 26, 2025