NIO Inc 20-F/A, filed Mar 15, 2024
NIO Inc. (NIO)
About this 20-F/A
NIO Inc filed this 20-F/A on March 15, 2024, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Amendment No. 1)
(Mark One)
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended
OR
| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to .
OR
| SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of event requiring this shell company report.
Commission file number:
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
Jiading
District,
People’s
Republic of
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Jiading District,
People’s
Republic of
Telephone: +
Email:
(Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each Class |
Trading Symbol |
Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered |
| 9866 | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | |
| Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00025 per share | NIO | The Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:
As of December 31, 2022, there were (i) Class A ordinary shares outstanding, par value US$0.00025 per share, and (ii) Class C ordinary shares outstanding, par value US$0.00025 per share.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. x
If
this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ¨ Yes x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to
Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
the registrant was required to submit such files). x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| x | Accelerated filer ¨ | ||
| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Emerging growth company | |
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards † provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial
reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. § 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting
firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
If
securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of
the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ¨
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
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¨ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board | ¨ Other |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. ¨ Item 17 ¨ Item 18
If
this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. ¨ Yes ¨ No
| Auditor Name: | Location: | Auditor Firm ID: | ||
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| EXPLANATORY NOTE | 1 |
| PART II. | 2 |
| ITEM 16I. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS | 2 |
| PART III. | 4 |
| ITEM 19. EXHIBITS | 4 |
| SIGNATURES | 5 |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
NIO Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A (this “Amendment No. 1”) to amend its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 28, 2023 (the “Original Filing”), to address certain comments from the Staff of the SEC in relation to the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 is being filed solely to amend and restate in its entirety “Part II – Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections” of the Original Filing.
This Amendment No. 1 speaks as of the filing date of the Original Filing, or April 28, 2023. No attempt has been made in this Amendment No. 1 to modify or update in any way the financial statements or any other items or disclosures in the Original Filing. Except as specifically noted herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, update or restate any of the information previously included in the Original Filing, nor does this Amendment No. 1 reflect any event that has occurred after the date of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company’s other filings with the SEC subsequent to April 28, 2023.
As required by Rule 12b-15 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company is also filing or furnishing the certifications required under Section 302 and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as exhibits to this Amendment No. 1.
PART II.
ITEM 16I. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report to notify the SEC of its determination that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong, and our auditor was subject to that determination. In May 2022, NIO Inc. was conclusively listed by the SEC as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA following the filing of our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB removed mainland China and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms. As a result, we do not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA after we file this annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
As of the date of this annual report:
(i) To our knowledge, except for NIO Holding Co., Ltd. (“NIO China”), no governmental entities in the Cayman Islands, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Germany, the United States, or the Netherlands owns shares of NIO Inc. or its principal consolidated foreign operating entities, including the VIEs.
NIO China is a PRC entity in which we hold 92.114% controlling equity interests. The other shareholders of NIO China are (a) Hefei Jianheng New Energy Automobile Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) (“Jianheng New Energy Fund”), a limited liability partnership designated by Hefei City Construction and Investment Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. (“Hefei Construction Co.”), a PRC state-owned enterprise; (b) Advanced Manufacturing Industry Investment Fund II (Limited Partnership) (“Advanced Manufacturing Industry Investment Fund”), a limited liability partnership designated by CMG-SDIC Capital Co., Ltd., a PRC state-owned enterprise; (c) Anhui Provincial Sanzhong Yichuang Industry Development Fund Co., Ltd. (“Anhui Sanzhong Yichuang”), a limited liability company designated by Anhui Provincial Emerging Industry Investment Co., Ltd., a PRC state-owned enterprise; and (d) Anhui Jintong New Energy Automobile II Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) (“New Energy Automobile Fund”), a limited liability partnership designated by Anhui Provincial Emerging Industry Investment Co., Ltd., a PRC state-owned enterprise. Jianheng New Energy Fund, Advanced Manufacturing Industry Investment Fund, Anhui Sanzhong Yichuang and New Energy Automobile Fund (collectively, the “Hefei Strategic Investors”), which in aggregate hold the remaining 7.886% equity interest in NIO China.
NIO Inc. maintains effective control over NIO China through its significant shareholdings and corresponding voting rights in NIO China. NIO Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “NIO Parties”) beneficially own 92.114% equity interests in NIO China. Consequently, the NIO Parties hold a controlling interest and corresponding voting rights in NIO China and have the power to approve all corporate matters that are required to be approved by NIO China’s shareholders.
NIO Inc. also has effective control over the board of directors of NIO China through the majority representation and corresponding voting rights on its board. The current board of directors of NIO China consists of seven members (the “NIO China Directors”), five of whom are designated by the NIO Parties and serve as directors or executive officers of the NIO Parties (the “NIO Parties Directors”). The remaining two NIO China Directors are designated by Jianheng New Energy Fund and Advanced Manufacturing Industry Investment Fund (the “Investor Directors”). Each Investor Director independently exercises voting rights on board matters without any act-in-concert arrangements between them or among the Hefei Strategic Investors. The Investor Directors do not participate in the daily operations and management of NIO China outside of their board meeting participation. Moreover, if the aggregate equity holding of the Hefei Strategic Investors in NIO China is lower than 5%, the Hefei Strategic Investors shall not be entitled to nominate any directors.
In addition, the affirmative votes of a majority of the NIO China Directors are sufficient to approve most corporate matters, such as the annual budget, the annual final accounts, and the appointment or removal of the CEO and CFO, in accordance with the Hefei Shareholders Agreement. A limited scope of significant corporate matters, such as changes in NIO China’s corporate structure, changes to its core business, and amendment to its articles of association, require the affirmative votes of three-fourths (3/4) of the NIO China Directors for fundamental investor protection purposes.
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(ii) To our knowledge, no governmental entity has a controlling financial interest in NIO Inc. and its consolidated foreign operating entities, including the VIEs.
(iii) To our knowledge, as of the date of this annual report, none of the members of the board of directors of NIO Inc. or our consolidated foreign operating entities, including the VIEs, is an official of the Chinese Communist Party, except for Ms. Xiaobei Chen, who is an external director of NIO China designated by Jianheng New Energy Fund, an entity holding 4.079% equity interests in NIO China, and Jianheng New Energy Fund is designated by Hefei Construction Co., a PRC state-owned enterprise. Ms. Chen also serves as the deputy general manager and a member of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of Hefei Construction Co., where she is responsible for the investment management and legal affairs.
(iv) None of the currently effective memorandum and articles of association (or equivalent organizing document) of NIO Inc. and its consolidated foreign operating entities, including the VIEs, contains any charter of the Chinese Communist Party.
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PART III.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
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| * | Previously filed with the Original Filing |
| ** | Filed herewith. |
| *** | Furnished herewith. |
| † | Confidential treatment has been requested for certain portions of this exhibit pursuant to Rule 406 under the Securities Act and Division of Corporation Finance Staff Legal Bulletin No. 1. In accordance with Rule 406 and Staff Legal Bulletin No. 1, these confidential portions have been omitted and filed separately with the SEC. |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing its annual report on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
| NIO Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Bin Li |
| Name: | Bin Li |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: March 15, 2024
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EXHIBIT 12.1
Certification by the Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Bin Li, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, of NIO Inc. (the “Company”); |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have: |
| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: March 15, 2024 | ||
| By: | /s/ Bin Li | |
| Name: | Bin Li | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
EXHIBIT 12.2
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Wei Feng, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, of NIO Inc. (the “Company”); |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have: |
| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: March 15, 2024 | ||
| By: | /s/ Wei Feng | |
| Name: | Wei Feng | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
EXHIBIT 13.1
Certification by the Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of NIO Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto (the “Report”), I, Bin Li, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
| (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
| (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
| Date: March 15, 2024 | ||
| By: | /s/ Bin Li | |
| Name: | Bin Li | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
EXHIBIT 13.2
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of NIO Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto (the “Report”), I, Wei Feng, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
| (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
| (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
| Date: March 15, 2024 | ||
| By: | /s/ Wei Feng | |
| Name: | Wei Feng | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |