Scienjoy Holding Corp 20-F/A, filed Jul 25, 2023
Scienjoy Holding Corp (SJ)
About this 20-F/A
Scienjoy Holding Corp filed this 20-F/A on July 25, 2023, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 3 on Form 20-F/A (the “Amendment No. 3”) is being filed by Scienjoy Holding Corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) to amend the Introduction and Item 15 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, originally filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 28, 2023 (the “Original Filing”), as amended on May 8, 2023 (the “Amendment No. 1”) and May 12, 2023 (the “Amendment No. 2”). The Company is filing this Amendment No. 3 in response to SEC comments.
This Amendment No. 3 consists solely of the cover page, this explanatory note, and Introduction of the Annual Report on Form 20-F, amended Item 15, and certifications by our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. This Amendment No. 3 does not affect any other parts of, or any other exhibits to, the Original Filing, Amendment No. 1, or Amendment No. 2 nor does it reflect events occurring after the date of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 3 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing, Amendment No. 1, and Amendment No. 2 and with our filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission subsequent to the Original Filing.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Item 15. | Controls and Procedures | 2 |
| Item 19. | Exhibits | 3 |
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INTRODUCTION
On May 7, 2020, Scienjoy Holding Corporation, formerly known as Wealthbridge Acquisition Limited (“Wealthbridge”), consummated the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”), dated as of October 28, 2019, by and among SHC, Scienjoy, Lavacano Holdings Limited (“Lavacano”), and WBY Entertainment Holdings Ltd. (“WBY”, together with Lavacano, the “Sellers”), pursuant to which SHC acquired 100% the issued and outstanding equity interests of Scienjoy from the Sellers and changed its name to Scienjoy Holding Corporation.
Scienjoy Holding Corporation is not a Chinese operating company but a British Virgin Islands holding company with operations conducted by its subsidiaries and through contractual arrangements with the variable interest entities, or “VIEs,” based in China. Scienjoy Holding Corporatiorin currently operates majority of the businesses in China through Zhihui Qiyuan (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd. (“Zhihui Qiyuan”), Sixiang Qiyuan (Hangzhou) Culture Technology Co., Ltd. (“Sixiang Qiyuan”) and their respective subsidiaries. Zhihui Qiyuan and its subsidiaries are referred to as Zhihui Qiyuan VIEs in this annual report. Sixiang Qiyuan and its subsidiaries are referred to as Sixiang Qiyuan VIEs in this annual report. Zhihui Qiyuan VIEs and Sixiang Qiyuan VIEs are collectively referred to as the “VIEs” in this annual report.
The VIE structure is used to provide investors with exposure to foreign investment in China-based companies where PRC law prohibits direct foreign investment in the operating companies in China. This structure involves unique risks to investors. There are contractual arrangements among our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs and their nominee shareholders. We have evaluated the guidance in FASB ASC 810 and concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of the VIEs because of these contractual arrangements. Accordingly, under U.S. GAAP, the financial statements of the VIEs are consolidated as part of our financial statements.
Investors in our Class A Ordinary Shares thus are not purchasing equity interest in our operating entities in China but instead are purchasing equity interest in a British Virgin Islands holding company. As used in this annual report, “SHC” refers to SCIENJOY HOLDING CORPORATION; “we,” “us,” “our company,” “our,” or “the Company” refer to SCIENJOY HOLDING CORPORATION and its subsidiaries; “our PRC subsidiaries” refer to our wholly foreign owned entities (the “WFOEs”), Sixiang Infinite (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“WXBJ”), Sixiang Infinite (Zhejiang) Culture Technology Co., Ltd. (“WXZJ”), Scienjoy International Limited, and Scienjoy BeeLive Limited and their respective subsidiaries. The “VIEs” refer to the PRC variable interest entities, including Zhihui Qiyuan VIEs and Sixiang Qiyuan VIEs. Zhihui Qiyuan VIEs include Zhihui Qiyuan (Beijing) Technology, Co. Ltd. (智汇启源(北京)科技有限公司) or Zhihui Qiyuan, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and Zhihui Qiyuan’s subsidiaries, including Hai Xiu (Beijing) Technology Company Co. Ltd., Beijing Le Hai Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing Sixiang Shiguang Technology Co. Ltd., Sixiang Mifeng (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd (formerly known as Tianjin Guangju Dingfei Technology Co., Ltd.), Changxiang Infinite Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., ZhiHui QiYuan (HaiNan) Investment Co., Ltd., HuaYuHeFeng (Qingdao) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Weiliantong Technology Co., Ltd. Chuangda Zhihui (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd (“CDZH”), and Beijing Huayi Dongchen Technology Co., Ltd. (“HYDC”), each such company formed under PRC Law. Sixiang Qiyuan VIEs include Sixiang Qiyuan (Hangzhou) Culture Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, including Xiuli (Zhejiang) Culture Technology Co., Ltd., Leku (Zhejiang) Culture Technology Co., Xiangfeng (Zhejiang) Culture Technology Co., Ltd., and Hongren (Zhejiang) Culture Technology Co., Ltd., each such company formed under PRC Law.
Our corporate structure is subject to risks associated with our contractual arrangements with the VIEs. The Company and its investors may never directly hold equity interests in the businesses that are conducted by the VIEs. Uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements, and these contractual arrangements have not been tested in a court of law. Because we do not hold equity interests in the VIEs, we are subject to risks due to the uncertainty of the interpretation and application of the PRC laws and regulations regarding VIEs and the VIE structure, including but not limited to regulatory review of overseas listing of PRC companies through a special purpose vehicle, and the validity and enforcement of the contractual arrangements with the VIEs. We are also subject to the risk that the PRC government could disallow the VIE structure, which would likely result in a material change in our operations and as a result the value of our securities may depreciate significantly or become worthless. See “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure” in “Item 3. Key Information—3.D. Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed on April 28, 2023, as amended.
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ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2022. Based upon this evaluation, in light of the material weakness of our internal controls over financial reporting identified below, our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the U.S. Exchange Act. As required by Rule 13a-15(c) of the U.S. Exchange Act.
Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of our company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our company’s assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
As required by Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act, our management conducted an evaluation of our company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022 based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2022. The identified weaknesses include our lack of sufficient financial reporting and accounting personnel with appropriate knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements to properly address complex U.S. GAAP accounting issues and related disclosures to fulfill U.S. GAAP and SEC financial reporting requirements.
We have implemented and planned to implement a number of measures to address the material weaknesses. We have engaged an international consulting firm to assist us to improve our internal control over financial reporting. We have allocated additional resources, including staff or external consultants with relevant U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting experience, to improve financial oversight function, to introduce formal business performance review process, and to prepare and review the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements. In addition, we intend to conduct regular and continuous U.S. GAAP accounting and financial reporting training programs.
However, we cannot assure you that all these measures will be sufficient to remediate our significant deficiencies in time, or at all. As we were a privately owned company prior to listing, neither we nor our independent registered public accounting firm undertook a comprehensive assessment of our internal control over financial reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for purposes of identifying and reporting any material weakness or significant deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting. Had we performed a formal assessment of our internal control over financial reporting or had our independent registered public accounting firm performed an audit of our internal control over financial reporting, additional control deficiencies may have been identified. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Failure to achieve and maintain effective internal and disclosure controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could have a material adverse effect on our business and share price.”
As a company with less than US$1.235 billion in revenue for our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the period covered by this report, other than as described above, there have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
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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/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
| Scienjoy Holding Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Xiaowu He | |
| Name: | Xiaowu He | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: July 25, 2023
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Exhibit 12.1
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 Of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002
I, Xiaowu He, Chief Executive Officer of Scienjoy Holding Corporation, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F, as amended, of Scienjoy Holding Corporation; |
| 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(s) 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(s) 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: July 25, 2023
| By: | /s/ Xiaowu He | |
| Name: | Xiaowu He | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 12.2
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 Of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002
I, Denny Tang, Chief Financial Officer of Scienjoy Holding Corporation, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F, as amended, of Scienjoy Holding Corporation; |
| 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(s) 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(s) 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: July 25, 2023
| By: | /s/ Denny Tang | |
| Name: | Denny Tang | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |