Wellchange Holdings Co Ltd F-1, filed Dec 2, 2025
Wellchange Holdings Co Ltd (WCT)
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2025
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form
F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WELLCHANGE HOLDINGS
COMPANY LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | 7372 | Not Applicable | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Unit E, 11/F, Billion Plaza II, 10 Cheung Yue
Street
Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(+852) 9815-6485
(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
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a Copy to:
William S. Rosenstadt, Esq.
Mengyi “Jason” Ye, Esq.
Yarona Yieh, Esq.
Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
+1 (212) 588-0022
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Promptly after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☒
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
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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 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. |
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 such Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We will not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
| PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS | SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 2, 2025 |
Wellchange Holdings Company Limited
Resale of Up to 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares
by the Selling Shareholders
This prospectus relates to the offer and resale, from time to time, by the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus (the “Selling Shareholders”), of up to 100,000,000 class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) of Wellchange Holdings Company Limited (the “Resale Shares”), a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability. Our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “WCT.” On November 26, 2025, the last reported sale price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $0.2407 per share, and as of the date of this prospectus, we had 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares including 100,000,000 Resale Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
We are registering the Resale Shares on behalf of the Selling Shareholders, to be offered and sold by them from time to time. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Resale Shares by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this prospectus.
We are registering the Resale Shares pursuant to the Selling Shareholder’s registration rights under the securities purchase agreement the Company entered with certain investors on September 9, 2025 (“2025 September SPA”). Our registration of the Resale Shares does not mean that the Selling Shareholder will sell any of the securities offered hereby. The Selling Shareholder may offer and sell the Resale Shares in a number of different ways and at varying prices. We provide more information about how the Resale Shares may be sold in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.”
Our issued and outstanding share capital is a dual class structure consisting of Class A Ordinary Shares and class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00005 each (the “Class B Ordinary Share”). 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 shareholders at any general meeting of the Company. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of our company and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to thirty-five (35) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of our Company. Also, each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one (1) Class A Ordinary Share at any time at the option of the holder thereof, but Class A Ordinary Shares are not convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares under any circumstances.
Investors are cautioned that you are buying shares of a Cayman Islands holding company with operations in Hong Kong by its operating subsidiary.
Wellchange Holdings Company Limited, or Wellchange, is a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with no material operations of its own, and we conduct all our operations in Hong Kong through Wching Tech Ltd Co. Limited or Wching HK. References to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” in the prospectus are to Wellchange Holdings Company Limited, the Cayman Islands entity that will issue the Class A Ordinary Shares being offered, and its subsidiaries. References to “Wching HK” or “Operating Subsidiary” are to our sole operating subsidiary as of the date of this prospectus. This is an offering of the Class A Ordinary Shares of Wellchange Holdings Company Limited, the holding company in the Cayman Islands, instead of the shares of Wching HK. Investors in this offering may never directly hold any equity interests in Wching HK.
Investing in our Class A Ordinary Shares involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of losing your entire investment. See “Item 3.D. Risk Factors” which is incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 16, 2025 (File No. 001-42294) (“2024 Annual Report”).
All of our operations are conducted by our indirect wholly owned Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”), with its own governmental and legal system that is independent from Mainland China, including having its own distinct laws and regulations. We do not have any operation or maintain office or personnel in Mainland China, Furthermore, none of our customers and suppliers are located in Mainland China. We currently do not have or intend to set up any subsidiary in Mainland China, and do not foresee the need to enter into any contractual arrangements with a variable interest entity (“VIE”) to establish a VIE structure in Mainland China. As of the date of this prospectus, as advised by Khoo & Co., our counsel as to the laws of Hong Kong, we are not subject to the PRC government’s direct influence or discretion over the manner in which we conduct our business activities outside of the PRC.
However, due to long-arm provisions under the current PRC laws and regulations, there remains regulatory uncertainty with respect to the implementation and interpretation of laws in China. Should the PRC 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 securities; |
| ● | 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 securities to investors; and |
| ● | may cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless. |
We are aware that recently, the PRC government has initiated a series of regulatory actions and new policies to regulate business operations in certain areas in China, 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 the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. It is also highly uncertain what the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operations, its ability to accept foreign investments and the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on U.S. or other foreign exchanges. The PRC government may intervene or influence Wching HK’s operations at any time and may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and foreign investment in Hong Kong-based issuers. The PRC government may also intervene or impose restrictions on our ability to move out of Hong Kong to distribute earnings and pay dividends or to reinvest in our business outside of Hong Kong. Furthermore, PRC regulatory authorities may in the future promulgate laws, regulations or implementing rules that require our Operating Subsidiary or us to obtain regulatory approval from PRC authorities before this offering. These actions could result in a material change in our operations and could 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 advised by Khoo & Co., our counsel as to the laws of Hong Kong, pursuant to the Basic Law of Hong Kong, or the Basic Law, which is a national law of the PRC and the constitutional document for Hong Kong, national laws of the PRC shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law (which shall be confined to laws relating to defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the autonomy of Hong Kong). Whilst the National People’s Congress of the PRC, or the NPC, has the power to amend the Basic Law, the Basic Law also expressly provides that no amendment to the Basic Law shall contravene the established basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong. As a result, national laws of the PRC not listed in Annex III of the Basic Law, including rules and regulations established by the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), do not apply to our businesses in Hong Kong.
Uncertainties still exist, however, due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future. In the event that (i) the PRC government expanded the categories of industries and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC or the CAC and that we are required to obtain such permissions or approvals, or (ii) we inadvertently concluded that relevant permissions or approvals were not required or that 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 our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless and even delisting if our Class A Ordinary Shares. The delisting of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment in the future.
Furthermore, as more stringent criteria, including the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA”), have been imposed by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”), recently, our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from trading if our auditor cannot be fully inspected. Our previous auditor, WWC, P.C., the independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit report included in this prospectus, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess WWC, P.C.’s compliance with applicable professional standards. WWC, P.C. is headquartered in San Mateo, CA, and can be inspected by the PCAOB. As of the date of this prospectus, WWC, P.C is not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021, relating to the PCAOB’s inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in Mainland China or Hong Kong because of a position taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or Hong Kong. Our current auditor, SR CPA & CO., is also an independent registered public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and subject to PCAOB inspections. SR CPA & CO. is headquartered in Hong Kong and, as of the date of this prospectus, is not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021, relating to the PCAOB’s inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in Mainland China or Hong Kong due to positions taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or Hong Kong.
On August 26, 2022, the SEC issued a statement announcing that the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the CSRC and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, governing inspections and investigations of audit firms based in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Pursuant to the Statement of Protocol, the PCAOB has independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and has unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. However, uncertainties still exist whether this new framework will be fully complied with. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB Board determined that the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in Mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB Board will consider the need to issue a new determination. On December 29, 2022, the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act was enacted, which amended the HFCAA 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. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares and This Offering — Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors. The delisting of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA to require 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” on page 27. We cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or other regulatory authorities will apply additional or more stringent criteria to us. Such uncertainty could cause the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares to be materially and adversely affected.
Our management monitors the cash position of Wching HK regularly and prepares budgets on a monthly basis to ensure it has the necessary funds to fulfill its obligations for the foreseeable future and to ensure adequate liquidity. In the event that there is a need for cash or a potential liquidity issue, it will be reported to our chief financial officer and subject to approval by our board of directors.
No regulatory approval is required for Wellchange Cayman to transfer cash to its subsidiaries: Wellchange Cayman is permitted under the laws of the Cayman Islands and its memorandum and articles of association (as amended from time to time) to provide funding to our subsidiaries incorporated in the BVI and Hong Kong through loans or capital contributions. Wellchange Cayman’s subsidiary formed under the laws of the BVI is permitted under the laws of the BVI to provide funding to our Hong Kong operating subsidiary Wching HK subject to certain restrictions laid down in the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (As Revised) and memorandum and articles of association of the relevant Wellchange Cayman’s subsidiary incorporated under the laws of the BVI. As a holding company, Wellchange Cayman may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by its subsidiaries for its cash and financing requirements. According to the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (As Revised), a BVI company may make dividends distribution to the extent that immediately after the distribution, the value of the company’s assets exceeds its liabilities and that such a 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. If any of Wellchange Cayman’s subsidiaries incur debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing such debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends to Wellchange Cayman. Additionally, as of the date of this prospectus, there are no further BVI or Hong Kong statutory restrictions on the amount of funds which may be distributed by us by dividend. However, in the future, funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of Hong Kong, due to interventions in, or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or on our HK subsidiary’s ability by the PRC government to transfer cash. Any limitation on the ability of our HK subsidiary to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and might materially decrease the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares or cause them to be worthless. For a more detailed discussion of how the cash is transferred within our organization, see “Item 3. Key Information — Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries” in the 2024 Annual Report incorporated by reference in this prospectus and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares and This Offering — We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. In the future, funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of Hong Kong, due to interventions in, or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our HK subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and might materially decrease the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares or cause them to be worthless” on page 30 of this prospectus.
As of the date of this prospectus, neither Wellchange Cayman, Victory Hero Capital Limited (“Victory Hero”), nor Wching HK has declared or made any dividend or other distribution to their shareholders, including U.S. investors, in the past, nor have any dividends or distributions been made by subsidiaries to our Cayman Islands holding company. Wellchange Cayman and its subsidiaries do not have any plans to distribute earnings in the foreseeable future. For a more detailed discussion of how cash is transferred among Wellchange Cayman and its subsidiaries, see “Item 3. Key Information — Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries” in the 2024 Annual Report, incorporated by reference in this prospectus and “Dividend Policy” on page 35.
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. As of the date of this prospectus, there are no restrictions or limitation under the laws of Hong Kong imposed on the conversion of HK$ into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of Hong Kong or across borders and to U.S. investors. The laws and regulations of the PRC do not currently have any material impact on transfer of cash from Wellchange Cayman to Wching HK or from Wching HK to Wellchange Cayman, our shareholders and U.S. investors. However, the PRC government may, in the future, impose restrictions or limitations on our ability to transfer money out of Hong Kong, distribute earnings and pay dividends to and from the other entities within our organization, or 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 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. For a more detailed discussion of this risk, see “Item 3. Key Information - Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries” in the 2024 Annual Report incorporated by reference in this prospectus and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares and This Offering — We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. In the future, funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of Hong Kong, due to interventions in, or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our HK subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and might materially decrease the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares or cause them to be worthless” on page 30 of this prospectus.
We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. See “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company” and “Risk Factors” on pages 8 and 15, respectively.
We are a “foreign private issuer” as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this and future filings. See “Risk Factors” and “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer” on pages 15 and 9 respectively.
We are a “controlled company” as defined under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, because Shek Kin Pong, our controlling shareholder who beneficially owns approximately 69.32% of the aggregate voting power of our issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, will continue to own more than a majority of the voting power of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. As a result, Shek Kin Pong can control the outcome of matters submitted to the shareholders for approval. Additionally, we may elect to take advantage of certain exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that could adversely affect our public shareholders. For a more detailed discussion of the risk of the Company being a controlled company, see “Risk Factors — The dual class structure of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares has the effect of concentrating voting control with our CEO and Chairman of the Board and his affiliates” on page 23 of this prospectus and “Prospectus Summary — Implication of Being a Controlled Company” on page 9 of this prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
You should not assume that the information contained in the registration statement to which this prospectus is a part is accurate as of any date other than the date hereof, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares being registered in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
No dealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give any information or make any representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in this prospectus and, if given or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the securities offered by this prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.
The date of this prospectus is December 2, 2025.
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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We do not take any responsibility for, and cannot provide any assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not making an offer to sell the securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale thereof is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the respective date of such information, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale or offer to sell hereunder. You should not assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since that date.
To the extent this prospectus contains summaries of the documents referred to herein, you are directed to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed, or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and you may obtain copies of such documents as described below in the section titled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-1 that we file with the SEC using a continuous offering process. Under this continuous offering process, the Selling Shareholders may, from time to time, offer and sell up to an aggregate of 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Share as described in the section titled “Plan of Distribution.”
Except as otherwise set forth in this prospectus, we have not taken any action to permit a public offering of these securities outside the United States or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. 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 these securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.
For investors outside of the United States of America (the “United States” or the “U.S.”): We have not 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 of the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of our Class A Ordinary Shares and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the United States.
Wellchange’s reporting currency is the United States dollar. The functional currency of the Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong is the local currency Hong Kong dollar (HK$).
Unless otherwise noted, (i) all industry and market data in this prospectus is presented in U.S. dollars or Hong Kong dollar, (ii) all financial and other data related to our Company in this prospectus is presented in U.S. dollars, (iii) all references to “$” or “USD” in this prospectus (other than in our financial statements) refer to U.S. dollars, and (iv) all references to “HK$” in this prospectus refer to Hong Kong dollar.
Our fiscal year end is December 31. References to a particular “fiscal year” are to our fiscal year ended December 31 of that calendar year. Our audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
We obtained the industry, market, and competitive position data in this prospectus from our own internal estimates, surveys, and research as well as from publicly available information, industry and general publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications, research, surveys, studies, and forecasts generally state that the information they contain has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of such information is not guaranteed. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and uncertainties as the other forward-looking statements in this prospectus, and to risks due to a variety of factors, including those described under “Item 3.D. Risk Factors” in our 2024 Annual Report. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in these forecasts and other forward-looking information.
This prospectus may be supplemented from time to time to add, update, or change information in this prospectus. Any statement contained in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in a prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified will be deemed to constitute a part of this prospectus only as so modified, and any statement so superseded will be deemed not to constitute a part of this prospectus.
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CONVENTIONS THAT APPLY TO THIS PROSPECTUS
Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise in this prospectus, references to
| ● | “$,” “dollars,” “US$,” or “U.S. dollars” are to the legal currency of the United States; |
| ● | “BVI Act” are to the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (As Revised); |
| ● | “BVI” are to the British Virgin Islands; |
| ● | “China” or “PRC” are to the People’s Republic of China, including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau for the purposes of this prospectus only; |
| ● | “Class A Ordinary Shares” refers to the Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00005 per share; |
| ● | “Class B Ordinary Shares” refers to the Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00005 per share; |
| ● | “HK$” and “HK Dollar” are to the legal currency of Hong Kong; |
| ● | “Hong Kong” or “HK” are to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China for the purposes of this prospectus only; |
| ● | “Mainland China” are to the Mainland China of the PRC, excluding Taiwan, the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau for the purposes of this prospectus only; |
| ● | “Chinese government” or “PRC government” are to the government of Mainland China for the purposes of this prospectus only; |
| ● | “Operating Subsidiary” are to Wching Tech Ltd Co. Limited; |
| ● | “PRC laws and regulations” or “PRC laws” are to the laws and regulations of Mainland China; |
| ● | “Securities Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
| ● | “SMBs” are to small and medium-sized businesses, referring to manufacturing companies with less than 100 employees and non-manufacturing companies with less than 50 employees; |
| ● | “U.S. GAAP” are to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States; and |
| ● | “U.S. dollars,” “$,” “US$,” and “dollars” refer to the legal currency of the United States. |
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You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” before you invest in any of the securities offered by this prospectus. We urge you to read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in our Class A Ordinary Shares, discussed under “Risk Factors” incorporated by reference from the Company’s 2024 Annual Report, “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” and the financial statements and related notes and other information that we incorporate by reference herein, including, but not limited to, our 2024 Annual Report and other SEC reports before deciding whether to buy our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Overview
We are an enterprise software solution services provider headquartered in Hong Kong. We conduct operations through our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong, Wching HK. We provide customized software solutions, cloud-based software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platforms, and “white-label” software design and development services. Our mission is to empower our customers and users, in particular, small and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs,” as defined below), to accelerate their digital transformation, optimize productivity, improve customer experiences, and enable resource-efficient growth with our low-cost, user-friendly, reliable and integrated all-in-one Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) software solutions. In Hong Kong, SMBs refer to manufacturing companies with less than 100 employees and non-manufacturing companies with less than 50 employees1.
We believe that SMBs are, and will continue to be, a vital component of the economy. However, we have observed that most SMBs rely on antiquated, laborious, inefficient processes or software systems to manage and execute most of their back-office and front-office operational functions. To compete effectively, we believe SMBs require modern integrated software solutions that can automate and streamline operational functions to reduce costs and allow them to focus on higher value-added activities. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic also accelerated technology adoption by SMBs as they were required to respond to new challenges, such as facilitating remote work and finding new methods to engage with customers. At the same time, SMBs also have distinctive technology needs when adopting and transforming to software technologies — we believe SMBs prefer low-cost solutions that are easy to implement, onboard, and integrate and require little ongoing maintenance.
We focused on innovation, agility, and reliability, enabling us to adapt to our customers’ needs, deliver user-friendly software solutions and services and develop a comprehensive portfolio of integrated solutions. Our ERP solutions, together with our proprietary software technology, are engineered to enable SMBs of different business models, scales of operations, and needs, in their day-to-day business activities, to support back-office and front-office functions, such as finance and accounting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, order management, warehouse management, supply chain management, Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”), professional services automation, project and file management, human resources management, e-commerce, and marketing automation. Our portfolio of software and applications modules also allows our customers and users to scale up and customize to meet specific business and operation needs.
Our total revenue increased by approximately US$136,486 or 12.9% to approximately US$1,197,566 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 from approximately US$1,061,080 for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Our net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was US$2,965,109. Our net income for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was US$381,153.
Our total revenue decreased by approximately US$180,777 or 7.3% to approximately US2,309,218 for the year ended December 31, 2024 from approximately US2,489,995 for the year ended December 31, 2023. Our net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 was 431,544. Our net income for the year ended December 31, 2023.
| 1 | Source: Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department. See https://www.success.tid.gov.hk/tc_chi/aboutus/what_are_sme.html. |
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Summary of Risk Factors
Investing in our Class A Ordinary Shares involves significant risks. Our business is subject to multiple risks and uncertainties, as more fully described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. We urge you to read “Risk Factors” in “Item 3. Key Information—Risk factors” in the 2024 Annual Report incorporated by reference in this prospectus and this prospectus in full. Our principal risks may be summarized as follows:
Risks Related to our Business and Industry
We may require additional financing to support our future capital requirements. Our ability to timely raise capital in the future may be limited, or may be unavailable on acceptable terms, if at all. Our failure to raise capital when needed could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Debt or equity issued to raise additional capital may reduce the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. See “Risk Factors —Risks Related to our Business and Industry — We may require additional financing to support our future capital requirements. Our ability to timely raise capital in the future may be limited, or may be unavailable on acceptable terms, if at all. Our failure to raise capital when needed could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Debt or equity issued to raise additional capital may reduce the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares” on page 15.
Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong
| ● | All of our operations are in Hong Kong. However, due to the long-arm application of the current PRC laws and regulations, the PRC government may exercise significant direct oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene or influence our operations, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong may be subject to the laws and regulations of Mainland China, which may impact our ability to operate profitably and result in a material negative impact on our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Furthermore, the changes in the policies, laws, regulations, rules, and enforcement of laws of Mainland China may also occur quickly with little advance notice and our assertions and beliefs of the risk imposed by the Mainland China legal and regulatory system cannot be certain. See “Risk Factors —Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong — All of our operations are in Hong Kong. However, due to the long-arm application of the current PRC laws and regulations, the PRC government may exercise significant direct oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene or influence our operations, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong may be subject to the laws and regulations of Mainland China, which may impact our ability to operate profitably and result in a material negative impact on our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Furthermore, the changes in the policies, laws, regulations, rules, and enforcement of laws of Mainland China may also occur quickly with little advance notice and our assertions and beliefs of the risk imposed by the Mainland China legal and regulatory system cannot be certain” on page 16. |
| ● | There remain significant uncertainties as to whether we will be required to obtain approvals from Chinese authorities to offer and continue to offer securities on U.S. exchanges, and if required, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such approval. We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding data security in relation to offerings that are conducted overseas, 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 and may 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. See “Risk Factors —Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong — There remain significant uncertainties as to whether we will be required to obtain approvals from Chinese authorities to offer and continue to offer securities on U.S. exchanges, and if required, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such approval. We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding data security in relation to offerings that are conducted overseas, 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 and may 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” on page 18. |
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Risks Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares
| ● | The dual class structure of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares has the effect of concentrating voting control with our CEO and Chairman of the Board and his affiliates. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — The dual class structure of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares has the effect of concentrating voting control with our CEO and Chairman of the Board and his affiliates” on page 23. |
| ● | The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares could adversely affect their market price. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares could adversely affect their market price” on page 23. |
| ● | In the event that our Class A Ordinary Shares are delisted from Nasdaq, U.S. broker-dealers may be discouraged from effecting transactions in our Class A Ordinary Shares because they may be considered penny stocks and thus be subject to the penny stock rules. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — In the event that our Class A Ordinary Shares are delisted from Nasdaq, U.S. broker-dealers may be discouraged from effecting transactions in our Class A Ordinary Shares because they may be considered penny stocks and thus be subject to the penny stock rules” on page 23. |
| ● | The trading price of the Class A Ordinary Shares is likely to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — The trading price of the Class A Ordinary Shares is likely to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors” on page 24. |
| ● | We may experience extreme stock price volatility, including any stock-run up, 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. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — We may experience extreme stock price volatility, including any stock-run up, 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” on page 25. |
| ● | An active trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares may not be maintained and the trading price for our Class A Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — An active trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares may not be maintained and the trading price for our Class A Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly” on page 25. |
| ● | Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors. The delisting of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA to require 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. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors. The delisting of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA to require 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” on page 27. |
| ● | 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. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — 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” on page 29. |
| ● | We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. In the future, funds may not be available to fund operations or for other uses outside of Hong Kong, due to interventions in, or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our HK subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and might materially decrease the value of Class A Ordinary Shares or cause them to be worthless. See “Risk Factors — Risk Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares — We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. In the future, funds may not be available to fund operations or for other uses outside of Hong Kong, due to interventions in, or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our HK subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and might materially decrease the value of Class A Ordinary Shares or cause them to be worthless” on page 30. |
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Recent Regulatory Development in the PRC
We are a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, with all the operations conducted by an operating entity in Hong Kong. We and our subsidiaries are not based in Mainland China and do not have operations in Mainland China. Furthermore, none of our customers and suppliers are located in Mainland China. We currently do not have or intend to set up any subsidiary in Mainland China or do not foresee the need to enter any contractual arrangements with a VIE to establish a VIE structure in Mainland China. As of the date of this prospectus, we and our Hong Kong subsidiary have received all requisite licenses, permissions, or approvals from Hong Kong and the Cayman authorities needed to engage in the businesses currently conducted in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands, and no permission or approval has been denied.
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the PRC and the basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong are reflected in the Basic Law, which serves as Hong Kong’s constitution. Pursuant to the Basic Law, which is a national law of the PRC and the constitutional document for Hong Kong, national laws of the PRC shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law and applied locally by promulgation or local legislation. The Basic Law expressly provides that the national laws of the PRC, which may be listed in Annex III of the Basic Law shall be confined to those relating to defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the autonomy of Hong Kong. The basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong as a special administrative region of the PRC are reflected in the Basic Law, providing Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy and executive, legislative and independent judicial powers, including that of final adjudication under the principle of “one country, two systems.”
In light of China’s recent expansion of authority in Hong Kong, there are risks and uncertainties which we cannot foresee for the time being, and rules, regulations and the enforcement of laws in China can change quickly with little or no advance notice. If there is a significant change to current political arrangements between Mainland China and Hong Kong, we may be subject to uncertainty about any future actions of the PRC government or authorities in Hong Kong, and it is possible that all the legal and operational risks associated with being based in and having operations in the PRC may also apply to operations in Hong Kong in the future. There is no assurance that there will not be any changes in the economic, political and legal environment in Hong Kong in the future. The PRC government may intervene or influence our current and future operations in Hong Kong at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in issuers like ourselves. Such governmental actions, if and when occur: (i) could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to continue our operations; (ii) could significantly limit or hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors; and (iii) may cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or be worthless.
We are aware that, recently, 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 a variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. For example, on June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress enacted the PRC Data Security Law, which took effect on September 1, 2021. The law requires data collection to be conducted in a legitimate and proper manner, and stipulates that, for the purpose of data protection, data processing activities must be conducted based on data classification and a hierarchical protection system for data security. 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 market and promote the high-quality development of the capital market, which, among other things, requires the relevant governmental authorities to strengthen cross-border oversight of law-enforcement and judicial cooperation, to enhance supervision over Mainland China-based companies listed overseas, and to establish and improve the system of extraterritorial application of the PRC securities laws.
On August 20, 2021, the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress voted and passed the “Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China,” or “PRC Personal Information Protection Law,” which became effective on November 1, 2021. The PRC Personal Information Protection Law applies to the processing of personal information of natural persons within the territory of Mainland China that is carried out outside of Mainland China where (1) such processing is for the purpose of providing products or services for natural persons within Mainland China, (2) such processing is to analyze or evaluate the behavior of natural persons within Mainland China, or (3) there are any other circumstances stipulated by related laws and administrative regulations.
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On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), together with other relevant government authorities in Mainland China, issued the Provisions of the State Council on the Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) and the Measures for the Filing of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) (collectively to be referred as the “Draft Overseas Listing Regulations”). The Draft Overseas Listing Regulations require that a Mainland China domestic enterprise seeking to issue and list its shares overseas shall complete the filing procedures of and submit the relevant information to CSRC. The Overseas Issuance and Listing include direct and indirect issuance and listing. Where an enterprise whose principal business activities are conducted in Mainland China seeks to issue and list its shares in the name of an overseas enterprise (“Overseas Issuer”) on the basis of the equity, assets, income or other similar rights and interests of the relevant Mainland China domestic enterprise, such activities shall be deemed an indirect overseas issuance and listing (“Indirect Overseas Issuance and Listing”) under the Draft Overseas Listing Regulations. On December 28, 2021, the CAC, jointly with the relevant authorities, formally published the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021), which took effect on February 15, 2022 and replaced the former Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2020) issued on July 10, 2021. The Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021) provide that operators of critical information infrastructure purchasing network products and services and online platform operators (together with the operators of critical information infrastructure, the “Operators”) carrying out data processing activities that affect or may affect national security, shall conduct a cybersecurity review, any online platform operator who controls more than one million users’ personal information must go through a cybersecurity review by the cybersecurity review office if it seeks to be listed in a foreign country.
On February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “Trial Administrative Measures”), which took effect on March 31, 2023. The Trial Administrative Measures further clarified and emphasized that the comprehensive determination of the “indirect overseas offering and listing by PRC domestic companies” shall comply with the principle of “substance over form,” and particularly, an issuer will be required to go through the filing procedures under the Trial Administrative Measures if the following criteria are met at the same time: a) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profits, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year are accounted for by PRC domestic companies, and b) the main parts of the issuer’s business activities are conducted in Mainland China, or its main places of business are located in Mainland China, or the senior managers in charge of its business operation and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in Mainland China. Furthermore, the Trial Administrative Measures and its supporting guidelines provide a negative list of types of issuers banned from listing overseas, the issuers’ obligation to comply with national security measures and personal data protection laws, and certain other matters such as the requirements that an issuer (i) file with the CSRC within three business days after it submits an application for initial public offering to the competent overseas regulator and (ii) file subsequent reports with the CSRC on material events, including change of control and voluntary or forced delisting, after its overseas offering and listing.
Wellchange Cayman is a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with an operating entity solely based in Hong Kong, and it does not have any subsidiary or VIE in Mainland China or intend to acquire any equity interest in any domestic companies within Mainland China, nor is it controlled by any companies or individuals of Mainland China. Further, we are headquartered in Hong Kong with our officers, and all members of the board of directors based in Hong Kong who are not Mainland China citizens and all of our revenues and profits are generated by our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong and we have not generated revenues or profits from Mainland China in the most recent accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the corresponding figure in our audited consolidated financial statements for the same period. As such, we do not believe we would be subject to PRC law and regulations or be required to file with the CSRC under the Trial Administrative Measures.
We do not currently expect the Trial Administrative Measures to have an impact on our business, operations or this Offering, nor do we anticipate the we or our Hong Kong subsidiary are covered by permission requirements from the CAC that is required to approve our Hong Kong subsidiary’s operations, as we do not believe that we may 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., because (i) all of our operations are conducted by our Hong Kong subsidiary which currently solely serve the Hong Kong local market, we currently have no operations in Mainland China; (ii) we do not have or intend to have any subsidiary, nor do we have or intend to establish a VIE structure with any entity in Mainland China, nor we are controlled by any Mainland Chinese company or individual directly or indirectly; (iii) as of the date of this prospectus, Wching HK did not collect or store any personal information of individual customers of Mainland China; (v) we do not place any reliance on collection and processing of any personal information to maintain our business operation; (vi) data processed in our business should not have a bearing on national security nor affect or may affect national security; (vii) all of the data our Operating Subsidiary have collected is stored in servers located in Hong Kong; and (viii) as of the date of this prospectus, Wching HK has not been informed by any PRC governmental authority of any requirement that it file for a cybersecurity review. 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).
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However, there remains uncertainty as to how the Trial Administrative Measures will be interpreted or implemented, and the relevant PRC governmental authority may not take a view that is consistent with our Hong Kong counsel. Also, significant uncertainty exists in relation to 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 the personal information of no less than one million users under the Measures, or if other regulations promulgated in relation to the Measures are deemed to apply to us, our business operations and the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. could be subject to cybersecurity review by the Cyberspace Administration of China, or the CAC, in the future.
As confirmed by our Hong Kong counsel, pursuant to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or the Basic Law, which is a national law of the PRC and the constitutional document for Hong Kong, national laws of the PRC shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law (which shall be confined to laws relating to defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the autonomy of Hong Kong).Whilst the National People’s Congress of the PRC, or the NPC, has the power to amend the Basic Law, the Basic Law also expressly provides that no amendment to the Basic Law shall contravene the established basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong. As a result, national laws of the PRC not listed in Annex III of the Basic Law, including the PRC Data Security Law, The Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021 Version) and the Regulations on Network Data Security Protection (Draft for Comments) do not apply to our businesses in Hong Kong.
However, since these laws, regulations 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 Operating Subsidiary’s daily business operation and the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a United States or other foreign exchanges. Since the Trial Measures was newly promulgated, its interpretation, application and enforcement remain unclear and there also remains significant uncertainty as to the enactment, interpretation and implementation of other regulatory requirements related to overseas securities offerings and other capital markets activities. If the Trial Administrative Measures become applicable to us or our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong, if our Operating Subsidiary is deemed to be an “Operator,” or if the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021) or the PRC Personal Information Protection Law become applicable to the Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong, the business operation of the Operating Subsidiary and the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the United States could be subject to the CAC’s cybersecurity review or the CSRC Overseas Issuance and Listing review in the future. While we do not believe we are covered by the permission requirements from CSRC or CAC, investors of our company and our business may face potential uncertainty from actions taken by the PRC government affecting our business. If the applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and our Operating Subsidiary become subject to the CAC or CSRC review, we cannot assure you that our Operating Subsidiary will be able to comply with the regulatory requirements in all respects and our current practice of collecting and processing personal information may be ordered to be rectified or terminated by regulatory authorities.
Moreover, if there is a significant change to the current political arrangements between Mainland China and Hong Kong, or the applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change, and/or if we were required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future in connection with the continued listing of our securities on a stock exchange outside of the PRC, it is uncertain how long it will take for us to obtain such approval, and, even if we obtain such approval, the approval could be rescinded. Any failure to obtain or a delay in obtaining the necessary permissions from the PRC authorities to conduct offerings or list outside of the PRC may subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC, CAC, or other PRC regulatory authorities. It could include fines and penalties, proceedings against us, and other forms of sanctions, and our ability to conduct our business, invest in Mainland China as foreign investments or accept foreign investments, ability to offer or continue to offer Class A Ordinary Shares to investors or continue to list on the U.S. or other overseas exchange may be restricted, and the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares may significantly decline or be worthless, our business, reputation, financial condition, and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. 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. Consequently, if you engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery, you do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not occur. 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 uncertainties and/or negative publicity regarding such an approval requirement could have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our securities. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong — If the PRC government chooses to extend the 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” On page 22, and “There remain significant uncertainties as to whether we will be required to obtain approvals from Chinese authorities to offer and continue to offer securities on U.S exchanges, and if required, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such approval. We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding data security in relation to offerings that are conducted overseas, 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 and may 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” on page 18.
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Recent PCAOB Developments
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, was enacted on December 18, 2020. The HFCAA states if the SEC determines that we have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspection by the PCAOB for three consecutive years beginning in 2021, the SEC shall prohibit our shares from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA. A company will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a “non-inspection” year 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. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, 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 exchange if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years. 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 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions. 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 (i) China, and (ii) Hong Kong.
On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced and signed a Statement of Protocol (the “Protocol”) with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC. The Protocol provides the PCAOB with (1) sole discretion to select the firms, audit engagements and potential violations it inspects and investigates, without any involvement of Chinese authorities; (2) procedures for PCAOB inspectors and investigators to view complete audit work papers with all information included and for the PCAOB to retain information as needed; (3) direct access to interview and take testimony from all personnel associated with the audits the PCAOB inspects or investigates.
On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a new Determination Report which: (1) vacated the December 16, 2021 Determination Report; and (2) concluded that the PCAOB has been able to conduct inspections and investigations completely in the PRC in 2022. The December 15, 2022 Determination Report cautions, however, that authorities in the PRC might take positions at any time that would prevent the PCAOB from continuing to inspect or investigate completely. As required by the HFCAA, if in the future the PCAOB determines it can no longer inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the PRC, the PCAOB will act expeditiously to consider whether it should issue a new determination.
Our previous auditor, WWC, P.C., the independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as a firm headquartered in California and registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess our auditor’s compliance with the applicable professional standards with the last inspection in November 2021. Our current auditor, SR CPA & Co., is also an independent registered public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and subject to PCAOB inspections with the applicable professional standards. SR CPA & Co. has not undergone a PCAOB inspection as of the date of this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, neither WWC, P.C. nor SR CPA & Co. is subject to or affected by the PCAOB’s December 2021 Determination Report. However, in the event it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely WWC, P.C. or SR CPA & Co. because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction, such as the PRC authorities, then such lack of inspection could cause trading in the Company’s securities to be prohibited under the HFCAA, and ultimately result in a determination by a securities exchange to delist the Company’s securities. Furthermore, as more stringent criteria have been imposed by the SEC and the PCAOB, recently, which 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. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to our Class A Ordinary Shares and this Offering — Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors. The delisting of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA to require 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” on page 27.
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Implications of Being an “Emerging Growth Company”
As a company with less than $1.235 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An “emerging growth company” may take advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company, we:
| ● | may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A; |
| ● | are not required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives, and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives, which is commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”; |
| ● | are not required to obtain an attestation and report from our independent registered accounting firm on our management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; |
| ● | are not required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our shareholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on frequency,” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes); |
| ● | are exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and CEO pay ratio disclosure; |
| ● | are eligible to claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act; and |
| ● | will not be required to conduct an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting for two years. |
We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under §107 of the JOBS Act.
Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, herein referred to as the Securities Act, or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of: (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenue exceeds $1.235 billion; (ii) the last day of the fiscal year during which the fifth anniversary of the date of this Offering occurs; (iii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our Class A Ordinary Shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter; or (iv) the date on which we have issued more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt securities during any three-year period.
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Implication of Being a Foreign Private Issuer
We are reporting under the Exchange Act as a non-U.S. company with foreign private issuer status. Even after we may no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, as long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act we are 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 stock ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and |
| ● | the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing unaudited financial and other specific information, or current reports on Form 8-K, upon the occurrence of specified significant events. |
Both foreign private issuers and emerging growth companies are also exempt from certain more stringent executive compensation disclosure rules. Thus, even if we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company but remain a foreign private issuer, we will continue to be exempt from the more stringent compensation disclosures required of companies that are neither an emerging growth company nor a foreign private issuer.
Implications of Being a “Controlled Company”
We are a “controlled company” as defined under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, because Shek Kin Pong, our controlling shareholder who beneficially owns approximately 69.32% of the aggregate voting power of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, will continue to own more than a majority of the voting power of our outstanding ordinary shares. As a result, Shek Kin Pong can control the outcome of matters submitted to the shareholders for approval. Additionally, we may elect to take advantage of certain exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that could adversely affect our public shareholders. For a more detailed discussion of the risk of the Company being a controlled company, see “Risk Factors — The dual class structure of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares has the effect of concentrating voting control with our CEO and Chairman of the Board and his affiliates” on page 23 of this prospectus.
Corporate Information
Our principal executive office is located at Unit E, 11/F, Billion Plaza II, 10 Cheung Yue Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Our telephone number at this address is +852 9815 6458. Our registered office in the Cayman Islands is located at the offices of Ogier Global (Cayman) Limited, 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, KY1-9009, Cayman Islands. 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.
Investors should contact us for any inquiries through the address and telephone number of our principal executive offices. Our website is https://wellchange.co/. The information contained on our website is not a part of this prospectus.
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Our Corporate History and Structure
The following diagram illustrates our corporate legal structure and identifies our subsidiaries as of the date of this prospectus.
Wellchange Cayman was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as a limited company on July 13, 2023 as a holding company, for purposes of effectuating this Offering. On the date of its incorporation, one (1) Ordinary Share was issued to Mapcal Limited. On the same day, Mapcal Limited transferred one (1) Ordinary Share to Mr. Shek Kin Pong for a consideration of $1.00.
Prior to the Reorganization as described below, our Company historically conducted our business through Wching HK, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong.
Wching HK was incorporated under the law of Hong Kong on April 20, 2012. Since its inception, Wching HK has been specializing in offering custom software solutions, cloud-based software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platforms, and white-label software design and development services.
Pursuant to the Reorganization in August 2023 as described below, Wellchange Cayman became the holding company of Wching HK, through the intermediate holding company, Victory Hero. Upon the completion of the Reorganization on August 30, 2023, Wellchange Cayman became the holding company of its subsidiaries.
As of the date of this prospectus, details of Wellchange Cayman’s subsidiaries are as follows:
| Name | Background | Ownership | Principal activities | |||
| Victory Hero Capital Limited (“Victory Hero”) | — A BVI company — Incorporated on August 14, 2023 — Issued share capital of US$1 |
Wholly-owned by the Company |
Investment holding | |||
| Wching Tech Ltd Co. Limited (“Wching HK”) | — A Hong Kong company — Incorporated on April 20, 2012 — Issued share capital of HK$10,000 |
Wholly-owned by Victory Hero |
Provision of tailor-made software solutions, cloud-based software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) services, and white-labelled software design and development servic |
The Reorganization
In this prospectus, we refer to the following events as the “Reorganization.”
As part of the Reorganization, on August 14, 2023, Victory Hero was incorporated under the laws of the BVI. On the date of its incorporation, one (1) ordinary share was allotted and issued to Wellchange Cayman, and Victory Hero became wholly owned by Wellchange Cayman.
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On August 23, 2023, Mr. Shek Kin Pong transferred (1) one Ordinary Share of Wellchange Cayman to Power Smart International Limited (“Power Smart”), which is wholly owned by Mr. Shek Kin Pong, for a consideration of $1.00, and Wellchange Cayman became wholly owned by Power Smart.
On August 28, 2023, Wellchange Cayman entered into a reorganization agreement with Mr. Shek Kin Pong, Victory Hero, Wching HK, and Power Smart, pursuant to which Mr. Shek Kin Pong sold his entire equity interest in Wching HK to Victory Hero, in exchange for an allotment and issuance of 889 Ordinary Shares of Wellchange Cayman to Power Smart.
After completing the Reorganization, Wching HK became indirectly wholly owned Wellchange Cayman, through the intermediate holding company, Victory Hero.
Pre-IPO Investment
On August 30, 2023, pursuant to a subscription agreement, Wellchange Cayman allotted and issued to Ocean Serene Holdings Limited (“Ocean Serene”), Paramount Fortune Capital Limited (“Paramount Fortune”), and Prestige Leader Success Limited (“Prestige Leader”), respectively:
| (i) | 45 Ordinary Shares to Ocean Serene, representing 4.5% of the total issued share capital of Wellchange Cayman, for a consideration of HK$777,273 (US$99,724); |
| (ii) | 35 Ordinary Shares to Paramount Fortune, representing 3.5% of the total issued share capital of Wellchange Cayman, for a consideration of HK$604,545 (US$77,563); and |
| (iii) | 30 Ordinary Shares to Prestige Leader, representing 3.0% of the total issued share capital of Wellchange Cayman, for a consideration of HK$518,182 (US$66,483). |
The allotment and issuance of the respective Ordinary Shares were completed on August 30, 2023.
Forward Split of our Ordinary Shares
On January 26, 2024, we undertook a 4,000-for-1 forward split of our ordinary shares approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors. As a result, our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00025, and the ordinary shares issued and outstanding increased from 1,000 to 4,000,000. Wellchange Cayman was 89% (representing 3,560,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding) owned by Power Smart, 4.5% (representing 180,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Ocean Serene, 3.5% (representing 140,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Paramount Fortune, and 3.0% (representing 120,000 Ordinary Shares of the issued and outstanding) owned by Prestige Leader, respectively.
On February 8, 2024, the Company undertook a 5-for-1 forward split of our ordinary shares, approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors. As a result, the Company’s authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005, and the ordinary shares issued and outstanding increased from 4,000,000 to 20,000,000. Wellchange Cayman was 89% (representing 17,800,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Power Smart, 4.5% (representing 900,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Ocean Serene, 3.5% (representing 700,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Paramount Fortune, and 3.0% (representing 600,000 Ordinary Shares of the issued and outstanding) owned by Prestige Leader Paramount Fortune, respectively.
Initial Public Offering
On October 3, 2024, the Company completed its initial public offering of 1,100,000 Ordinary Shares at the public offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share on Nasdaq, as a result of which the Company had 21,100,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. In connection with the closing of the initial public offering, the Company also issued to Dominari Securities LLC, the representative of the underwriters in the initial public offering, warrants to purchase up to 38,500 Ordinary Shares.
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Over-allotment Option Exercise
Subsequent to the initial public offering, on October 15, 2024, the representative of the underwriters in the Company’s initial public offering, Dominari Securities LLC, fully exercised its over-allotment option to purchase an additional 165,000 Ordinary Shares. In connection with the over-allotment option exercise, on October 17, 2024, the Company issued Dominari Securities LLC warrants to purchase up to 5,775 Ordinary Shares.
Secondary Public Offering
On January 17, 2025, the Company completed its secondary public offering of 25,000,000 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $0.40 per Ordinary Share.
2025 Equity Incentive Plan
On June 1, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company approved and adopted an equity incentive plan, which authorized 7,000,000 Ordinary Shares to be issued to the directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and its affiliates. As of June 23, 2025, the 7,000,000 Ordinary Shares have been issued to certain advisors.
Share Re-classification
On August 7, 2025, we undertook a share reclassification (the “Share Re-classification”) approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors to establish a dual-class share capital structure. As a result, our authorized share capital of US$50,000, previously divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 each, was redesignated into 900,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. in connection with implementing the dual-class share structure, (i) all issued and outstanding ordinary shares held by our then-existing shareholders, other than 5,000,000 ordinary shares held by Mr. Shek Kin Pong and 3,000,000 ordinary shares held by Power Smart International Limited, were re-designated on a one-for-one basis into Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) the 5,000,000 ordinary shares held by Mr. Shek Kin Pong and the 3,000,000 ordinary shares held by Power Smart International Limited were re-designated on a one-for-one basis into Class B Ordinary Shares, and (iii) the remaining authorized but unissued 854,735,000 Ordinary Shares be re-designated into Class A Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis, and the remaining authorized but unissued 92,000,000 Ordinary Shares be re-designated into Class B Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis.
2025 Private Placement
On September 9, 2025, the Company entered into the 2025 September SPA with several investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell a total of 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the price of $0.04 per Class A Ordinary Share for gross proceeds of $4,000,000. The Offering was closed on September 19, 2025.
As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (including 100,000,000 Resale Shares) and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
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Impact of COVID-19
Since late December 2019, the outbreak of COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout China and later to the rest of the world. On January 30, 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (“PHEIC”), and later on March 11, 2020, a global pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has led governments across the globe to impose a series of measures intended to contain its spread, including border closures, travel bans, quarantine measures, social distancing, and restrictions on business operations and large gatherings. From 2020 to the middle of 2021, COVID-19 vaccination programs were greatly promoted around the globe. However, several types of COVID-19 variants emerged in different parts of the world.
Our business may be adversely affected if concerns relating to COVID-19 continue to restrict travel or result in the Company’s personnel, vendors, and services providers being unavailable to pursue their business objectives free of COVID-19-related restrictions. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our business in the future will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19 or other matters of global concerns continue for an extended period of time, our ability to pursue our business objectives may be materially adversely affected. In addition, our ability to raise equity and debt financing, which may be adversely impacted by COVID-19 and other events, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity, and third-party financing became unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all.
By mid-2023, the global situation had stabilized to some degree, with most countries having lifted the majority of COVID-19 restrictions. However, the pandemic has left an indelible mark, both in terms of the lives lost and the profound economic and social disruption it has caused. Businesses across many industries, including our own, have had to adapt to the challenges posed by lockdowns, supply chain disruptions, changing consumer behavior, and ongoing uncertainty.
Any future impact on our results of operations will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may emerge regarding the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken by government authorities and other entities to contain the spread or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control. Given the general slowdown in economic conditions globally and volatility in the capital markets, as well as the general negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the apparel industry, we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain the growth rate we have experienced or projected. We will continue to closely monitor the situation throughout 2023 and beyond.
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THE OFFERING
| Issuer | Wellchange Holdings Company Limited | |
| Securities offered from time to time by Selling Shareholders: | Up to 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares | |
| Terms of the offering | The Selling Shareholders will determine when and how they will dispose of the Class A Ordinary Shares registered under this prospectus for resale | |
| Ordinary Shares outstanding prior to this offering | 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares | |
| Ordinary Shares outstanding after this offering | 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, assuming the sales of all of the 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares the Selling Shareholders are offering | |
| Use of proceeds | We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholders. All net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus will go to the Selling Shareholders. | |
| Listing | Our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “WCT.” | |
| Risk factors | Any investment in the Class A Ordinary Shares offered hereby is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the information set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15 of this prospectus. |
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An investment in our securities involves significant risk. Before making an investment in our securities, you should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in our 2024 Annual Report on file with the SEC, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as well as the following risk factors, which augment the risk factors set forth in our 2024 Annual Report. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition and could result in a complete loss of your investment.
The following disclosure is intended to highlight, update or supplement previously disclosed risk factors facing the Company set forth in the Company’s public filings. These risk factors should be carefully considered along with any other risk factors identified in the Company’s other filings with the SEC.
The Summary of Risk Factors can be found on page 2 of this registration statement on Form F-1.
Such risks are not exhaustive. We may face additional risks that are presently unknown to us or that we believe to be immaterial as of the date of this prospectus. Known and unknown risks and uncertainties may significantly impact and impair our business operations primarily through our subsidiaries in Hong Kong.
Risks Related to our Business and Industry
We may require additional financing to support our future capital requirements. Our ability to timely raise capital in the future may be limited, or may be unavailable on acceptable terms, if at all. Our failure to raise capital when needed could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Debt or equity issued to raise additional capital may reduce the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
We have funded our operations since inception primarily through equity and debt financings and payments by our customers for the use of our platform and related services. We cannot be certain when or if our operations will generate sufficient cash to fund our ongoing operations or the growth of our business.
We intend to continue to make investments to support our business and may require additional funds. In particular, we may seek additional funds to develop new products and enhance our platform and existing products, expand our operations, including our sales and marketing organizations and our presence outside of Hong Kong, improve our infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses, technologies, services, products and other assets. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. Additional financing may not be available on favorable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to invest in future growth opportunities, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. If we incur additional debt, the debt holders could have rights senior to holders of Class A Ordinary Shares to make claims on our assets. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our shareholders may experience dilution, and the new equity securities could have rights senior to those of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Because our decision to issue securities in the future offering will depend on numerous considerations, including factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of any future issuances of debt or equity securities. As a result, our shareholders bear the risk of future issuances of debt or equity securities reducing the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares and diluting their interest.
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Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong
All of our operations are in Hong Kong. However, due to the long-arm application of the current PRC laws and regulations, the PRC government may exercise significant direct oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene or influence our operations, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Our Class A Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong may be subject to the laws and regulations of Mainland China, which may impact our ability to operate profitably and result in a material negative impact on our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Furthermore, the changes in the policies, laws, regulations, rules, and enforcement of laws of Mainland China may also occur quickly with little advance notice and our assertions and beliefs of the risk imposed by the Mainland China legal and regulatory system cannot be certain.
Wellchange Cayman is a holding company, and we conduct our operations in Hong Kong through Wching HK, our wholly owned Operating Subsidiary, formed in Hong Kong. Substantially all our operations are located in Hong Kong and none of our customers or suppliers are located in Mainland China. Our Operating Subsidiary does not have operations in Mainland China or is not regulated by any regulator in Mainland China. Pursuant to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Basic Law”), national laws of Mainland China do not apply in Hong Kong unless they are listed in Annex III of the Basic Law and applied locally by promulgation or local legislation. National laws that may be listed in Annex III are currently limited under the Basic Law to those which fall within the scope of defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the limits of the autonomy of Hong Kong. National laws and regulations relating to data protection, cybersecurity and anti-monopoly have not been listed in Annex III and so do not apply directly to Hong Kong.
However, due to long-arm provisions under the current PRC laws and regulations, there remains regulatory and legal uncertainty with respect to the implementation of laws and regulations of Mainland China to Hong Kong. As a result, there is no guarantee that the PRC government may not choose to implement the laws of Mainland China to Hong Kong and exercise significant direct influence and discretion over the operation of our Operating Subsidiary in the future, and it will not have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations, due to changes in laws, political arrangement, or other unforeseeable reasons.
In the event that our Hong Kong Operating Subsidiary is to become subject to the laws and regulations of Mainland China, the legal and operational risks associated with Mainland China may also apply to our operations in Hong Kong, and we face the risks and uncertainties associated with the legal system in the Mainland China, complex and evolving PRC laws and regulation, 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 companies like our Operating Subsidiary and us, 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.
The laws and regulations in Mainland China are evolving, and their enactment timetable, interpretation, enforcement, and implementation involve significant uncertainties and may change quickly with little advance notice, along with the risk that the PRC government may intervene or influence our Operating Subsidiary’s operations at any time could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our securities. Moreover, there may be 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 are sometimes vague and 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. New laws and regulations that affect existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively. We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our business.
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The laws, regulations, and other government directives in Mainland China may also be costly to comply with, and such compliance or any associated inquiries or investigations or any other government actions may:
| ● | delay or impede our development; |
| ● | result in negative publicity or increase our operating costs; |
| ● | require significant management time and attention; |
| ● | cause a devaluation of our securities or delisting; and, |
| ● | subject us to remedies, administrative penalties and even criminal liabilities that may harm our business, including fines assessed for our current or historical operations, or demands or orders that we modify or even cease our business operations. |
We are aware that recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in Mainland China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over Mainland China-based companies listed overseas using a variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. We have no operations in Mainland China. Our Operating Subsidiary is located and operates in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the PRC. As advised by Khoo & Co., our counsel as to the laws of Hong Kong, pursuant to the Basic Law of Hong Kong, or the Basic Law, which is a national law of the PRC and the constitutional document for Hong Kong, national laws of the PRC shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law (which shall be confined to laws relating to defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the autonomy of Hong Kong). Whilst the National People’s Congress of the PRC, or the NPC, has the power to amend the Basic Law, the Basic Law also expressly provides that no amendment to the Basic Law shall contravene the established basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong. As a result, national laws of the PRC not listed in Annex III of the Basic Law, including rules and regulations established by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) do not apply to our businesses in Hong Kong. Therefore, we are not currently required to obtain permission from the PRC government to continue to list on a U.S. securities exchange and consummate this Offering. However, there is no guarantee that this will continue to be the case in the future in relation to the continued listing of our securities on a securities exchange outside of the PRC, or even when such permission is obtained, it will not be subsequently denied or rescinded.
The PRC government may intervene or influence our operations or may exert control over offerings conducted overseas and foreign investment in Hong Kong-based issuers, which may result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares. For example, there is currently no restriction or limitation under the laws of Hong Kong on the conversion of HK dollar into foreign currencies and the transfer of currencies out of Hong Kong and the laws and regulations of the PRC on currency conversion control do not currently have any material impact on the transfer of cash between the ultimate holding company and the Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong. However, the Chinese government may, in the future, impose restrictions or limitations on our ability to move 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 it worthless.
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There remain significant uncertainties as to whether we will be required to obtain approvals from Chinese authorities to offer and continue to offer securities on U.S exchanges, and if required, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such approval. We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding data security in relation to offerings that are conducted overseas, 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 and may 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.
Recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in Mainland China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over mainland-China-based companies listed overseas using variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. For example, 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 market and promote the high-quality development of the capital market, which, among other things, requires the relevant governmental authorities to strengthen cross-border oversight of law-enforcement and judicial cooperation, to enhance supervision over mainland-China-based companies listed overseas, and to establish and improve the system of extraterritorial application of the PRC securities laws.
On August 20, 2021, the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress voted and passed the “Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China,” or “PRC Personal Information Protection Law,” or the “PIPL,” which became effective on November 1, 2021. The PRC Personal Information Protection Law applies to the processing of personal information of natural persons within the territory of China that is carried out outside of China where (1) such processing is for the purpose of providing products or services for natural persons within China, (2) such processing is to analyze or evaluate the behavior of natural persons within China, or (3) there are any other circumstances stipulated by related laws and administrative regulations. Pursuant to the PIPL, personal data processors (“data processors”) shall meet one of the conditions in order to transmit personal information overseas for their business operations: (i) passing the security evaluation organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”); (ii) acquiring personal information protection certification from the professional organizations regulated by the CAC; (iii) adopting the standard contract forms stipulated by the CAC when entering into contracts with overseas information receivers, setting forth the rights and obligations of the parties; and (iv) other conditions regulated by laws, regulations and the CAC. Prior to the cross-border provision of personal information of the natural persons, personal information processors shall obtain the approval of the corresponding natural persons and advise them of the overseas receiver’s name, contact information, processing purpose and methods, classification of personal information and information reception procedures, etc.
On December 28, 2021, the CAC, jointly with the relevant authorities, formally published Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021) which took effect on February 15, 2022 and replaced the former Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2020) issued on July 10, 2021. Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021) stipulates that in addition to “operator of critical information infrastructure,” any “data processor” carrying out data processing activities that affect or may affect national security 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, including, among others, (i) the risk of core data, important data or a large amount of personal information being stolen, leaked, destroyed, and illegally used or transferred outside the country; and (ii) the risk of critical information infrastructure, core data, important data or a large amount of personal information being affected, controlled, or maliciously used by foreign governments after listing abroad. CAC has said that under the proposed rules, companies holding data on more than one million users must apply for cybersecurity approval when seeking listings in other nations because of the risk that such data and personal information could be “affected, controlled, and maliciously exploited by foreign governments.” The cybersecurity review will also investigate the potential national security risks from overseas IPOs. Due to the lack of further interpretations, the exact scope of what constitutes an “operator of critical information infrastructure” remains unclear. Further, the PRC government authorities may have wide discretion in the interpretation and enforcement of these laws. In addition, the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021) stipulates that any online platform operators holding more than one million users/users’ individual information shall be subject to cybersecurity review before listing abroad. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not received any notice from any authorities identifying us as an “operator of critical information infrastructure” or “data processor” or requiring us to undertake a cybersecurity review by the CAC. Further, as of the date of this prospectus, we have not been subject to any penalties, fines, suspensions, or investigations from any competent authorities for violation of the regulations or policies that have been issued by the CAC.
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As advised by our Hong Kong counsel, Khoo & Co., pursuant to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or the Basic Law, which is a national law of the PRC and the constitutional document for Hong Kong, national laws of the PRC shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law (which shall be confined to laws relating to defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the autonomy of Hong Kong).Whilst the National People’s Congress of the PRC, or the NPC, has the power to amend the Basic Law, the Basic Law also expressly provides that no amendment to the Basic Law shall contravene the established basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong. As a result, national laws of the PRC not listed in Annex III of the Basic Law, including the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021), PIPL, or other relevant Mainland China data privacy, cybersecurity laws and other regulations do not apply to our businesses in Hong Kong.
On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), together with other relevant government authorities in China, issued the Provisions of the State Council on the Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments), and the Measures for the Filing of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) (“Draft Overseas Listing Regulations”). The Draft Overseas Listing Regulations requires that a PRC domestic enterprise seeking to issue and list its shares overseas (“Overseas Issuance and Listing”) shall complete the filing procedures and submit the relevant information to CSRC. The Overseas Issuance and Listing includes direct and indirect issuance and listing. Where an enterprise whose principal business activities are conducted in PRC seeks to issue and list its shares in the name of an overseas enterprise (“Overseas Issuer”) on the basis of the equity, assets, income or other similar rights and interests of the relevant PRC domestic enterprise, such activities shall be deemed an indirect overseas issuance and listing (“Indirect Overseas Issuance and Listing”) under the Draft Overseas Listing Regulations.
On February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “Trial Administrative Measures”), which took effect on March 31, 2023. Compared to the Draft Overseas Listing Regulations, the Trial Administrative Measures further clarified and emphasized that the comprehensive determination of the “indirect overseas offering and listing by PRC domestic companies” shall comply with the principle of “substance over form” and particularly, an issuer will be required to go through the filing procedures under the Trial Administrative Measures if the following criteria are met at the same time: a) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profits, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year are accounted for by PRC domestic companies, and b) the main parts of the issuer’s business activities are conducted in Mainland China, or its main places of business are located in Mainland China, or the senior managers in charge of its business operation and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in Mainland China. On the same day, the CSRC held a press conference for the release of the Trial Administrative Measures and issued the Notice on Administration for the Filing of Overseas Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, which, among others, provided the exemption from immediate filings for issuers that a) have been listed or have been registered but not yet listed in foreign securities markets, including U.S. markets, prior to the effective date of the Trial Administrative Measures, b) are not required to re-perform the regulatory procedures with the relevant overseas regulatory authority or the overseas stock exchange, and c) will complete the overseas securities offering and listing before September 30, 2023. Nonetheless, such issuers shall carry out the filing procedures as required if they subsequently conduct refinancing or are involved in other circumstances that require filings with the CSRC. Furthermore, the Trial Administrative Measures and its supporting guidelines provide a negative list of types of issuers banned from listing overseas, the issuers’ obligation to comply with national security measures and personal data protection laws, and certain other matters such as the requirements that an issuer (i) file with the CSRC within three business days after it submits an application for initial public offering to the competent overseas regulator and (ii) file subsequent reports with the CSRC on material events, including change of control and voluntary or forced delisting, after its overseas offering and listing.
As the Trial Administrative Measures are newly issued, there remains uncertainty as to how it will be interpreted or implemented. Therefore, we cannot assure you when or whether we will be subject to such filing requirements or whether we will be able to get clearance from the CSRC in a timely manner or at all, even though we believe that none of the situations that would clearly prohibit overseas offering applies to us. As advised by our Hong Kong counsel, Khoo & Co., we are not required to obtain regulatory approval from the CSRC or go through the filing procedures under the Trial Administrative Measures before offering or continuing to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares in the U.S. because pursuant to 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).
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However, given the uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of the PRC laws and regulations and the significant authority of the PRC government to intervene or influence the offshore holding company headquartered in Hong Kong, there remains significant uncertainty in the interpretation and enforcement of the Trial Administrative Measures, PIPL, relevant Mainland China data privacy, cybersecurity laws and other regulations. 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 the daily business operations of our Operating Subsidiary and the offering and continuing to offer of our Class A Ordinary Shares on the U.S. or other foreign exchanges. As the Trial Administrative Measures are newly issued, there remains uncertainty as to how it will be interpreted or implemented. Therefore, we cannot assure you that when and whether we will be subject to such filing requirements or will be able to get clearance from the CSRC in a timely manner, or at all, even though we believe that none of the situations that would clearly prohibit overseas offering applies to us.
Since these proposed rules, 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. Any failure of us to fully comply with new regulatory requirements may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer the Class A Ordinary Shares, cause significant disruption to our business operations, severely damage our reputation, materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations, and cause the Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline in value or become worthless.
Although we are currently not required to obtain approvals from the PRC authorities to operate our business or list on the U.S. exchanges and offer securities, specifically, we are currently not required to obtain any permission or approval from the CSRC, the CAC or any other PRC governmental authority to operate our business or to continue to list our securities on a U.S. securities exchange or issue securities to foreign investors. We cannot assure you that PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, would take the same view as we do, and there is no assurance that we can fully or timely comply with such laws. In the event that we are subject to any mandatory cybersecurity review and other specific actions required by the CAC, we face uncertainty as to whether any clearance or other required actions can be completed in a timely fashion or at all. Given such uncertainty, we may be further required to suspend our relevant business, shut down our website, or face other penalties which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Furthermore, if the Trial Administrative Measures, Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021), the PIPL, become applicable to us or our Operating Subsidiary in Hong Kong, our operation and the continued listing of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the United States could be subject to the CAC’s cybersecurity review or the CSRC review in the future. If the applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and our Operating Subsidiaries become subject to the CAC or CSRC review, we cannot assure you that our Operating Subsidiary will be able to comply with the regulatory requirements in all respects and our current practice of collecting and processing personal information may be ordered to be rectified or terminated by regulatory authorities. Compliance with these laws and regulations could significantly increase the cost to us of providing our service offerings, require significant changes to our operations or even prevent us from providing certain service offerings in jurisdictions in which we currently operate or in which we may operate in the future. If there is a significant change to the current political arrangements between Mainland China and Hong Kong, or the applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change, and/or if we were required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future in connection with the listing or continued listing of our securities on a stock exchange outside of the PRC, it is uncertain how long it will take for us to obtain such approval, and, even if we obtain such approval, the approval could be rescinded. Any failure to obtain or a delay in obtaining the necessary permissions from the PRC authorities to conduct offerings or list outside of the PRC may subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC, CAC, or other PRC regulatory authorities. It could include fines and penalties, proceedings against us, and other forms of sanctions, and our ability to conduct our business, invest in Mainland China as foreign investments or accept foreign investments, ability to offer or continue to offer Class A Ordinary Shares to investors or list on the U.S. or other overseas exchange may be restricted, and the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares may significantly decline or be worthless, our business, reputation, financial condition, and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. 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 uncertainties and/or negative publicity regarding such an approval requirement could have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our securities.
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Although we and our subsidiaries are not based in Mainland China and we have no operations in Mainland China, the PRC government may intervene or influence our current and future operations in Hong Kong at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in issuers like ourselves. It may result in a material adverse change in our operations, significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or become worthless, which would materially affect the interests of the investors.
As one of the conditions for the handover of the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China, China accepted conditions such as Hong Kong’s Basic Law, which is a national law of the PRC and the constitutional document for Hong Kong. The Basic Law ensured Hong Kong would retain its own currency (the Hong Kong Dollar), legal system, parliamentary system and people’s rights and freedom for fifty years from 1997. This agreement has given Hong Kong the freedom to function with 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. Furthermore, pursuant to the Basic Law, national laws of the PRC shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law and applied locally by promulgation or local legislation. The Basic Law expressly provides that the national laws of the PRC, which may be listed in Annex III of the Basic Law shall be confined to those relating to defense and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the autonomy of Hong Kong. The basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong as a special administrative region of the PRC are reflected in the Basic Law, providing Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy and executive, legislative and independent judicial powers, including that of final adjudication under the principle of “one country, two systems.”
We and our subsidiaries are not based in Mainland China and do not have operations in Mainland China. Furthermore, none of our customers and suppliers are located in Mainland China. We currently do not have or intend to set up any subsidiary in Mainland China, or do not foresee the need to enter into any contractual arrangements with a VIE to establish a VIE structure in Mainland China. However, in light of the PRC government’s recent expansion of authority in Hong Kong, we may be subject to uncertainty about any future actions of the PRC government or authorities in Hong Kong, and it is possible that all the legal and operational risks associated with being based in and having operations in the Mainland China may also apply to operations in Hong Kong in the future.
There is no assurance that there will not be any changes in the economic, political and legal environment in Hong Kong. The PRC government may intervene or influence our current and future operations in Hong Kong at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in issuers like ourselves. Such governmental actions, if and when they occur: (i) could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to continue our operations; (ii) could significantly limit or hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares to investors; and (iii) may cause the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or become worthless.
Furthermore, if the PRC attempts to alter 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 Operating Subsidiary’s business and operations. The uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and the fact that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice, along with the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence our Operating Subsidiary’s operations at any time could result in a material change in our Operating Subsidiary’s operations and/or the value of the securities we are registering. Additionally, intellectual property rights and confidentiality protections in Hong Kong may not be as effective as in the United States 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 the ability to enforce agreements with the customers.
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If the PRC government chooses to extend the 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 PRC government, including the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021), the PRC Personal Information Protection Law and the Trial Administrative Measures published by CSRC on February 17, 2023, which took effect on March 31, 2023, also have indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in Mainland China-based issuers. It remains uncertain as to the enactment, interpretation and implementation of regulatory requirements related to overseas securities offering and other capital markets activities and due to the possibility that laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future.
It remains uncertain whether the PRC government will adopt additional requirements or extend the existing requirements to apply to our Operating Subsidiary located in Hong Kong. It is also uncertain whether the Hong Kong government will be mandated by the PRC government, despite the constitutional constraints of the Basic Law, to control offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment of entities in Hong Kong, including our Operating Subsidiary. Any actions by the PRC government to exert more oversight and control over offerings (including of businesses whose primary operations are in Hong Kong) that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in Hong Kong-based issuers could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors. If there is a significant change to current political arrangements between Mainland China and Hong Kong, or the applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change, and, in such event, if we are required to obtain such approvals in the future, and we do not receive or maintain the approvals or is denied permission from Mainland China or Hong Kong authorities, we will not be able to continue to list our Class A Ordinary Shares on a U.S. exchange, or continue to offer securities to investors, which would materially affect the interests of the investors and cause significant the value of our Class A Ordinary Shares significantly decline or be worthless.
There are some political risks associated with conducting business in Hong Kong.
Our operations are based in Hong Kong. Accordingly, the political and legal developments in Hong Kong will affect our Operating Subsidiary’s business operations and financial conditions. During the period covered by the financial information incorporated by reference into and included in this prospectus, we derive all of our revenue from operations in Hong Kong. Any adverse economic, social and/or political conditions, material social unrest, strike, riot, civil disturbance or disobedience, as well as significant natural disasters, may affect the market and may adversely affect the business operations of Wching HK, our Operating Subsidiary. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the PRC and the basic policies of the PRC regarding Hong Kong are reflected in the Basic Law, namely, Hong Kong’s constitutional document, which provides Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy and executive, legislative and independent judicial powers, including that of final adjudication under the principle of “one country, two systems.” However, there is no assurance that there will not be any changes in the economic, political and legal environment in Hong Kong in the future. Since all of our Operating Subsidiary’s operations are based in Hong Kong, any change of such political arrangements may pose an immediate threat to the stability of the economy in Hong Kong, thereby directly and adversely affecting our results of operations and financial positions.
Under the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong is exclusively in charge of its internal affairs and external relations, while the government of the PRC is responsible for its foreign affairs and defense. As a separate customs territory, Hong Kong maintains and develops relations with foreign states and regions. Based on certain recent development, including the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued by the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress in June 2020, the U.S. State Department has indicated that the United States no longer considers Hong Kong to have significant autonomy from China and President Trump signed an executive order and Hong Kong Autonomy Act, or HKAA, to remove Hong Kong’s preferential trade status and to authorize the U.S. administration to impose blocking sanctions against individuals and entities who are determined to have materially contributed to the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy. The United States may impose the same tariffs and other trade restrictions on exports from Hong Kong that it places on goods from Mainland China. These and other recent actions may represent an escalation in political and trade tensions involving the U.S., China and Hong Kong, which could potentially harm our business.
Our revenue is susceptible to ongoing incidents or factors which affect the stability of the social, economic and political conditions in Hong Kong. Any drastic events may adversely affect our Operating Subsidiary’s business operations. Such adverse events may include changes in economic conditions and regulatory environment, social and/or political conditions, civil disturbance, or disobedience, as well as significant natural disasters. Given the relatively small geographical size of Hong Kong, any of such incidents may have a widespread effect on our Operating Subsidiary’s business operations, which could in turn, adversely and materially affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. It is difficult to predict the full impact of the HKAA on Hong Kong and companies with operations in Hong Kong like us. Furthermore, legislative or administrative actions in respect of China-U.S. relations could cause investor uncertainty for affected issuers, including us, and the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could be adversely affected.
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If we become subject to the recent scrutiny, criticism, and negative publicity involving U.S.-listed China-based companies, we may have to expend significant resources to investigate and/or defend the matter, which could harm our business operations, this offering, and our reputation and could result in a loss of your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares, in particular, if such matter cannot be addressed and resolved favorably.
During the last several years, U.S.-listed companies that have substantially all of their operations in China have been the subject of intense scrutiny by investors, financial commentators, and regulatory agencies. Much of the scrutiny has centered on financial and accounting irregularities and mistakes, lack of effective internal controls over financial reporting, and, in many cases, allegations of fraud. As a result of the scrutiny, the stocks of many U.S.-listed Chinese companies that have been the subject of such scrutiny have sharply decreased in value. Many of these companies are now subject to shareholder lawsuits and/or SEC enforcement actions that are conducting internal and/or external investigations into the allegations.
If we become the subject of any such scrutiny, whether any allegations are true or not, we may have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend the Company. Such investigations or allegations would be costly and time-consuming and likely would distract our management from our normal business and could result in our reputation being harmed. Our stock price could decline because of such allegations, even if the allegations are false.
Risks Related to Our Class A Ordinary Shares
The dual class structure of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares has the effect of concentrating voting control with our CEO and Chairman of the Board and his affiliates.
As of the date of this report, the authorized share capital of the Company is $50,000 divided into 900,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.00005 per share and 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.00005 per share, of which 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares are outstanding. 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 shareholders. Each Class A Ordinary Share has one (1) vote, and each Class B Ordinary Share has thirty-five (35) votes. The Class B Ordinary Shares can be convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares or any other equity securities authorized to be issued by the Company. The currently Class B Ordinary Shares outstanding are beneficially owned by Mr. Shek Kin Pong, the Chairman of our Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer and represents 69.32% of the aggregate voting power of our currently outstanding ordinary shares as of the date hereof. Because of the thirty-five-to-one voting ratio between our Class B and Class A Ordinary Shares, the holder of our Class B Ordinary Shares will continue to control a majority of the combined voting power of our Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares and therefore be able to control all matters submitted to our shareholders for approval so long as the shares of Class B Ordinary Shares represent at least a majority of the voting power of all outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. This concentrated control will limit the ability of holders of Class A Ordinary Shares to influence corporate matters for the foreseeable future.
The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares could adversely affect their market price.
Sales of substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and could materially impair our ability to raise capital through equity offerings in the future. Shares held by our existing shareholders may be sold in the public market in the future subject to the restrictions in Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act and the applicable lock-up agreements, if any. We cannot predict what effect, if any, market sales of securities held by our significant shareholders or any other shareholder or the availability of these securities for future sale will have on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
In the event that our Class A Ordinary Shares are delisted from Nasdaq, U.S. broker-dealers may be discouraged from effecting transactions in our Class A Ordinary Shares because they may be considered penny stocks and thus be subject to the penny stock rules.
The SEC has adopted a number of rules to regulate “penny stock” that restricts transactions involving stock which is deemed to be penny stock. Such rules include Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2, 15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under the Exchange Act. These rules may have the effect of reducing the liquidity of penny stocks. “Penny stocks” generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on Nasdaq if current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system). Our Class A Ordinary Shares could be considered to be a “penny stock” within the meaning of the rules. The additional sales practice and disclosure requirements imposed upon U.S. broker-dealers may discourage such broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our Class A Ordinary Shares, which could severely limit the market liquidity of such Class A Ordinary Shares and impede their sale in the secondary market.
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A U.S. broker-dealer selling a penny stock to anyone other than an established customer or “accredited investor” (generally, an individual with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or an annual income exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with his or her spouse) must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. In addition, the “penny stock” regulations require the U.S. broker-dealer to deliver, prior to any transaction involving a “penny stock”, a disclosure schedule prepared in accordance with SEC standards relating to the “penny stock” market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. A U.S. broker-dealer is also required to disclose commissions payable to the U.S. broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, a U.S. broker-dealer is required to submit monthly statements disclosing recent price information with respect to the “penny stock” held in a customer’s account and information with respect to the limited market in “penny stocks”.
The market for “penny stocks” has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) “boiler room” practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, resulting in investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.
The trading price of the Class A Ordinary Shares is likely to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors.
Recently, there have been instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines and strong stock price volatility with a number of recent initial public offerings, especially among companies with relatively smaller public floats. As a relatively small-capitalized company with relatively small public float after this offering, we may experience greater stock price volatility, lower trading volume and less liquidity than large-capitalized companies. In particular, our Class A Ordinary Shares may be subject to rapid and substantial price volatility, low volumes of trade and large spreads in bid and ask prices due to factors beyond our control. 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. This may happen because of broad market and industry factors, including the performance and fluctuation of the market prices of other companies with business operations located mainly in China that have listed their securities in the United States. In addition to market and industry factors, the price and trading volume for the Class A Ordinary Shares may be highly volatile for factors specific to our own operations, including the following:
| ● | variations in our revenues, earnings, cash flow; |
| ● | fluctuations in operating metrics; |
| ● | announcements of new investments, acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures by us or our competitors; |
| ● | announcements of new solutions and services and expansions by us or our competitors; |
| ● | termination or non-renewal of contracts or any other material adverse change in our relationship with our key customers or strategic investors; |
| ● | changes in financial estimates by securities analysts; |
| ● | detrimental negative publicity about us, our competitors or our industry; |
| ● | additions or departures of key personnel; |
| ● | release of lockup or other transfer restrictions on our outstanding equity securities or sales of additional equity securities; |
| ● | regulatory developments affecting us or our industry; and |
| ● | potential litigation or regulatory investigations. |
Any of these factors may result in large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which the Class A Ordinary Shares will trade. Furthermore, the stock market in general experiences price and volume fluctuations that are often unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies like us. These broad market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Volatility or a lack of positive performance in our Class A Ordinary Shares price may also adversely affect our ability to retain key employees, most of whom have been granted share incentives.
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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. If high spreads between the bid and ask prices of our Class A Ordinary Shares exist at the time of a purchase, the stock would have to appreciate substantially on a relative percentage basis for an investor to recoup their investment. 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 of our 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 shares they hold or may not be able to sell their shares at all.
In the past, shareholders of public companies have often brought securities class action suits against companies following periods of instability in the market price of their securities. If we were involved in a class action suit, it could divert a significant amount of our management’s attention and other resources from our business and operations and require us to incur significant expenses to defend the suit, which could harm our results of operations. Any such class action suit, whether or not successful, could harm our reputation and restrict our ability to raise capital in the future. In addition, if a claim is successfully made against us, we may be required to pay significant damages, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We may experience extreme stock price volatility, including any stock-run up, 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.
In addition to the risks addressed above in “The trading price of the Class A Ordinary Shares is likely to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors,” our Class A Ordinary Shares may be subject to extreme volatility that is seemingly unrelated to the underlying performance of our business. 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, given that we will have relatively small public floats after this offering. Such volatility, including any stock-run up, may be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects.
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. Furthermore, the potential extreme volatility may confuse the public investors of the value of our stock, distort the market perception of our stock price and our company’s financial performance and public image, negatively affect the long-term liquidity of our Class A Ordinary Shares, regardless of our actual or expected operating performance. If we encounter such volatility, including any rapid stock price increases and declines seemingly unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, it will likely make it difficult and confusing for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Class A Ordinary Shares and understand the value thereof
An active trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares may not be maintained and the trading price for our Class A Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly.
We cannot assure you that a liquid public market for our Class A Ordinary Shares will be maintained. If an active public market for our Class A Ordinary Shares is not maintained, the market price and liquidity of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be materially and adversely affected. As a result, investors in our Class A Ordinary Shares may experience a significant decrease in the value of their shares.
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If we cannot satisfy, or continue to satisfy, the continued listing requirements and other rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, specifically, Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), our securities may be delisted, which could negatively impact the price of our securities and your ability to sell them.
Our securities are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. In order to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we are required to comply with certain rules, including those regarding minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, minimum market value of publicly held shares, and various additional requirements. Even if we initially meet the listing requirements and other applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, we may not be able to continue to satisfy these requirements and applicable rules. If we are unable to satisfy the criteria for maintaining our listing, our securities could be subject to delisting.
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”), and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the Minimum Bid Price Requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the closing bid price of our Class A Ordinary Shares for the 33 consecutive business days from March 11, 2025, to April 25, 2025, the Company no longer meets the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. On April 28, 2025, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC notifying the Company that it failed to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 over the previous 33 consecutive business days. If we do not comply with the Nasdaq rules in the future, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares will be subject to delisting. The Rules provide the Company a compliance period of 180 calendar days in which to regain compliance. If at any time during this 180 day period the closing bid price of the Company’s security is at least $1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, the Staff will provide written confirmation of compliance. On October 28, 2025, the Company received a written notice from Nasdaq (the “October 2025 Notice”) stating that, although the Company had not regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by October 27, 2025, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company is eligible for an additional 180 calendar day period, or until April 27, 2026, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during this 180-day period. The October 2025 Notice has no immediate impact on the listing of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, which will continue to be listed and traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to the Company’s compliance with the other listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market. Although the Company will use all reasonable efforts to achieve compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2), there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with that rule or will otherwise be in compliance with other Nasdaq listing criteria.
If our securities are subsequently delisted from trading, we could face significant consequences, including:
| ● | a limited availability for market quotations for our securities; |
| ● | reduced liquidity with respect to our securities; |
| ● | a determination that our Class A Ordinary Shares is a “penny stock,” which will 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; |
| ● | limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
| ● | a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
Our Board of Directors may refuse or delay the registration of the transfer of Class A Ordinary Shares in certain circumstances.
Except in connection with the settlement of trades or transactions entered into through the facilities of a stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed or traded from time to time, our Board of Directors may resolve to refuse or delay the registration of the transfer of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Where our directors do so, they must specify the reason(s) for this refusal or delay in a resolution of the board of directors. Our directors may also refuse or delay the registration of any transfer of Class A Ordinary Shares if the transferor has failed to pay an amount due in respect to those Class A Ordinary Shares. If our directors refuse to register a transfer, they shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, send the transferor and the transferee a notice of the refusal or delay in the approved form.
This, however, will not affect market transactions of the Class A Ordinary Shares purchased by investors in a public offering. Where the Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on a stock exchange, the Class A Ordinary Shares may be transferred without the need for a written instrument of transfer, if the transfer is carried out in accordance with the rules of the stock exchange and other requirements applicable to the Class A Ordinary Shares listed on the stock exchange.
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The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could adversely affect their market price.
Sales of substantial amounts of our Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and could materially impair our ability to raise capital through equity offerings in the future. On February 8, 2024, we filed the registration statement on Form F-1 with the SEC (File No. 333-276946) (as amended, the “Resale Prospectus”), which was declared effective on September 30, 2024, for one (1) existing shareholder of the Company to register its existing shareholding of 900,000 Class A Ordinary Shares. These shares, which were sold together with the 1,100,000 Class A Ordinary Shares in our initial public offering, are freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). On January 15, 2025, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with several investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a best effort offering, a total of 25,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the price of $0.40 per Class A Ordinary Share for gross proceeds of $10,000,000. The Class A Ordinary Shares were offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-284034), originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2024. On September 9, 2025, the Company entered into the 2025 September SPA with several investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell a total of 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the price of $0.04 per Class A Ordinary Share for gross proceeds of $4,000,000. The 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares are registered for resale by the Selling Shareholder through this prospectus.
The Class A Ordinary Shares held by our other existing shareholders may also be sold in the public market in the future, subject to the restrictions in Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act and the applicable lock-up agreements. We cannot predict what effect, if any, market sales of securities held by our significant shareholders or any other shareholder or the availability of these securities for future sale will have on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditors. The delisting of our Class A Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA to require 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.
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, was enacted on December 18, 2020. The HFCAA states if the SEC determines that we have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspection by the PCAOB for three consecutive years beginning in 2021, the SEC shall prohibit our shares from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA. A company will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a “non-inspection” year 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. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, 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 exchange if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years. 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 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions. 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 (i) China and (ii) Hong Kong.
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On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced and signed a Statement of Protocol (the “Protocol”) with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC. The Protocol provides the PCAOB with (1) sole discretion to select the firms, audit engagements, and potential violations it inspects and investigates, without any involvement of Chinese authorities; (2) procedures for PCAOB inspectors and investigators to view complete audit work papers with all information included and for the PCAOB to retain information as needed; (3) direct access to interview and take testimony from all personnel associated with the audits the PCAOB inspects or investigates.
On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a new Determination Report which: (1) vacated the December 16, 2021 Determination Report; and (2) concluded that the PCAOB has been able to conduct inspections and investigations completely in the PRC in 2022. The December 15, 2022 Determination Report cautions, however, that authorities in the PRC might take positions at any time that would prevent the PCAOB from continuing to inspect or investigate completely. As required by the HFCAA, if in the future the PCAOB determines it can no longer inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the PRC, the PCAOB will act expeditiously to consider whether it should issue a new determination.
Our previous auditor, WWC, P.C., the independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as a firm headquartered in California and registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess our auditor’s compliance with the applicable professional standards with the last inspection in November 2021, and as of the date of this prospectus, WWC, P.C. is not subject to and not affected by to the PCAOB’s December 2021 Determination Report. Our current auditor, SR CPA & CO., is also an independent registered public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and subject to PCAOB inspections with the applicable professional standards. SR CPA & Co. has not undergone a PCAOB inspection as of the date of this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, SR CPA & CO. is not subject to and not affected by to the PCAOB’s December 2021 Determination Report. However, in the event it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate WWC, P.C. or SR CPA & CO. completely because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction, such as the PRC authorities, then such lack of inspection could cause trading in the Company’s securities to be prohibited under the HFCAA, and ultimately result in a determination by a securities exchange to delist the Company’s securities.
The SEC may propose additional rules or guidance that could impact us if our auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspection. For example, on August 6, 2020, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, or the PWG, issued the Report on Protecting United States Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies to the then President of the United States. This report recommended the SEC implement five recommendations to address companies from jurisdictions that do not provide the PCAOB with sufficient access to fulfill its statutory mandate. Some of the concepts of these recommendations were implemented with the enactment of the HFCAA. However, some of the recommendations were more stringent than the HFCAA. For example, if a company’s auditor was not subject to PCAOB inspection, the report recommended that the transition period before a company would be delisted would end on January 1, 2022. The SEC has announced that the SEC staff is preparing a consolidated proposal for the rules regarding the implementation of the HFCAA and to address the recommendations in the PWG report. It is unclear when the SEC will complete its rulemaking and when such rules will become effective and what, if any, of the PWG recommendations will be adopted. The implications of this possible regulation in addition to the requirements of the HFCAA are uncertain. Such uncertainty could cause the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares to be materially and adversely affected, and our securities could be delisted or prohibited from being traded on the national securities exchange earlier than would be required by the HFCAA. If our Class A Ordinary Shares are unable to be listed on another securities exchange by then, such a delisting would substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase our Class A Ordinary Shares when you wish to do so, and the risk and uncertainty associated with a potential delisting would have a negative impact on the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Further, new laws and regulations or changes in laws and regulations in both the United States and the PRC could affect our ability to continue to list our Class A Ordinary Shares, which could materially impair the market for and market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
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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.
From the closing of our initial public offering on October 3, 2024 to the date of this prospectus, the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares has ranged from $0.12 to $9.36 per Class A Ordinary Share. The trading prices of our Class A Ordinary Shares are likely to be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely due to factors beyond our control. This may happen due to broad market and industry factors, such as performance and fluctuation in the market prices or underperformance or deteriorating financial results of other listed companies based in Hong Kong and China. The securities of some of these companies have experienced significant volatility since their initial public offerings, including, in some cases, substantial price declines in the trading prices of their securities. The trading performances of other Hong Kong and Chinese companies’ securities after their offerings may affect the attitudes of investors towards Hong Kong-based U.S. - listed companies, which consequently may affect the trading performance of our Class A Ordinary Shares, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, any negative news or perceptions about inadequate corporate governance practices or fraudulent accounting, corporate structure or matters of other Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese companies may also negatively affect the attitudes of investors towards Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese companies in general, including us, regardless of whether we have conducted any inappropriate activities. Furthermore, securities markets may, from time-to-time experience significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to our operating performance, which may have a material and adverse effect on the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
In addition to the above factors, the price and trading volume of our Class A Ordinary Shares may be highly volatile due to multiple factors, including the following:
| ● | regulatory developments affecting us or our industry; |
| ● | variations in our revenues, profit, and cash flow; |
| ● | the general market reactions and financial market fluctuation due to the continuous Russo-Ukraine conflicts; |
| ● | new product and service introductions by our competitors; |
| ● | technical difficulties, defects, or interruptions in our service; |
| ● | general economic, political, and social conditions in Hong Kong that may adversely affect either our existing customers’ ability or willingness to renew their subscription, purchase additional subscriptions or upgrade their service, delay a prospective customer’s purchasing decision, or reduce the value of new subscription; |
| ● | actual or anticipated fluctuations in our results of operations and changes or revisions of our expected results; |
| ● | fluctuations of exchange rates among Hong Kong dollar, Renminbi, and the U.S. dollar; |
| ● | changes in financial estimates by securities research analysts; |
| ● | detrimental negative publicity about us, our services, our officers, directors, controlling shareholder, other beneficial owners, professional parties we partner with, or our industry; |
| ● | announcements by us or our competitors of new service offerings, acquisitions, strategic relationships, joint ventures, capital raisings or capital commitments; |
| ● | additions to or departures of our senior management; |
| ● | litigation or regulatory proceedings involving us, our officers, directors, or controlling shareholder; |
| ● | release or expiry of lock-up or other transfer restrictions on our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares; and |
| ● | sales or perceived potential sales of additional Class A Ordinary Shares. |
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Many of these factors are outside of our control, and any of these factors may result in large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which our Class A Ordinary Shares will trade.
Recently, there have been instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines and strong stock price volatility with a number of recent initial public offerings, especially among companies with relatively smaller public floats. As a small-capitalization company with a 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, 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 prices occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares may also have difficult liquidating 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 shares of 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 shares they hold or sell their shares at all.
Volatility in our Class A Ordinary Shares price may subject us to securities litigation.
The market for our Class A Ordinary Shares may have, when compared to seasoned issuers, significant price volatility and we expect that our share price may continue to be more volatile than that of a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management’s attention and resources.
We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. In the future, funds may not be available to fund operations or for other uses outside of Hong Kong, due to interventions in, or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on, our ability or our HK subsidiary by the PRC government to transfer cash. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and might materially decrease the value of Class A Ordinary Shares or cause them to be worthless.
Wellchange Cayman is a holding company, and we rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries for our cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders and to service any debt we may incur. We do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will retain any earnings to support operations and finance the growth and development of our business. If any of our subsidiaries incur 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.
According to the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (As Revised), a BVI company may make dividends distribution to the extent that immediately after the distribution, the value of the company’s assets exceeds its liabilities and that such a 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 to dividends paid by us. The PRC laws and regulations do not currently have any material impact on transfers of cash from Wellchange Cayman to Wching HK or from Wching HK to Wellchange Cayman, 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. Further, any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries 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.
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Because the amount, timing, and whether or not we distribute dividends at all is entirely at the discretion of our board of directors, you must rely on the price appreciation of our Class A Ordinary Shares for returns on your investment.
Our board of directors has complete discretion as to whether to distribute dividends. In addition, our shareholders may, by ordinary resolution, declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our board of directors. In either case, all dividends are subject to certain restrictions under the Cayman Islands law, namely, the Company may only pay dividends if we are solvent immediately after the dividend payment in the sense that the value of our assets will exceed our liabilities and we will be able to pay our debts as they become due.
We currently intend to retain all remaining funds and future earnings, if any, for the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any further 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 will be subject to the restrictions contained in any future financing instruments.
Even if our board of directors decides 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 subsidiaries, our financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. Accordingly, the return on your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares will likely depend entirely upon any future price appreciation of our Class A Ordinary Shares. We cannot assure you that our Class A Ordinary Shares will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which you purchased the Class A Ordinary Shares. You may not realize a return on your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares, and you may even lose your entire investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares. See “Dividend Policy” section for more information.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our Class A Ordinary Shares, the market price for our Class A Ordinary Shares and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If research analysts do not establish and maintain adequate research coverage or if one or more analysts who cover us downgrades our Class A Ordinary Shares or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market price for our Class A Ordinary Shares would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of the Company or fail to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which, in turn, could cause the market price or trading volume for our Class A Ordinary Shares to decline.
We may lose our foreign private issuer status in the future, which could result in significant additional costs and expenses.
We are a foreign private issuer, and therefore, we are not required to comply with all of 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 United States 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 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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As an “emerging growth company” under applicable law, we are subject to lessened disclosure requirements. Such reduced disclosure may make our Class A Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.
For as long as we remain an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, we will elect to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, 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. Because of these lessened regulatory requirements, our shareholders would be left without information or rights available to shareholders of more mature companies. If some investors find our Class A Ordinary Shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A Ordinary Shares, and our Class A Ordinary Share price may be more volatile.
Because our business is conducted in Hong Kong dollars and the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares is quoted in United States dollars, changes in currency conversion rates may affect the value of your investments.
Our business is conducted in Hong Kong, our books and records are maintained in Hong Kong dollars, 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 the Hong Kong dollar and U.S. dollar affect the value of our assets and the results of our operations in United States dollars. The value of the Hong Kong dollar against the United States dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in Hong Kong’s political and economic conditions and perceived changes in the economy of Hong Kong and the United States. Any significant revaluation of the Hong Kong dollar may materially and adversely affect our cash flows, revenue and financial condition. Further, as our Class A Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus are denominated in United States dollars, we will need to convert the net proceeds we receive into Hong Kong dollar in order to use the funds for our business. Changes in the conversion rate between the United States dollar and the Hong Kong dollar will affect the amount of proceeds we will have available for our business.
We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, you may only receive a return on your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares if the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares increases. Our board of directors 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 directors.
There can be no assurance that we will not be deemed 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.
A non-U.S. corporation will be a PFIC for any taxable year if either (1) at least 75% of its gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income; or (2) at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets) during such year is attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income, or the asset test. Based on our current and expected income and assets, we do not presently expect to be a PFIC for the current taxable year or the foreseeable future. However, no assurance can be given in this regard because the determination of whether we are or will become a PFIC is a fact-intensive inquiry made on an annual basis that depends, in part, upon the composition of our income and assets. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, will agree with our conclusion or that the IRS would not successfully challenge our position. Fluctuations in the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares may cause us to become a PFIC for the current or subsequent taxable years because the value of our assets for the purpose of the asset test may be determined by reference to the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. The composition of our income and assets may also be affected by how and how quickly we use our liquid assets and cash. If we were to be or become a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our Class A Ordinary Shares, certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could apply to such U.S. Holder and such U.S. Holder may be subject to additional reporting requirements. For a more detailed discussion of the application of the PFIC rules to us and the consequences to U.S. taxpayers if we were or are determined to be a PFI.
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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 Share.
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 this prospectus, 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 December 31, 2024 and 2023, 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; (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; (3) our lack of proper procedures developed and implemented for system security and access as well as segregation of duties in relation to the system; (4) our lack of proper procedures developed for system development, program change management policies and critical change management control processes and procedures; and (5) our lack of proper procedures developed and implemented for IT policy and procedure as well as operating system security management control.
We intend to implement measures designed to improve our internal control over financial reporting to address the underlying causes of these material weaknesses, including i) hiring more qualified staff to fill up the key roles in the operations; ii) setting up a financial and system control framework with formal documentation of policies and controls in place; and iii) appointing independent directors, establishing an audit committee and strengthening corporate governance.
We will be subject to the requirement that we maintain internal controls and that management perform periodic evaluations 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. Before our initial public offering, we were a private company with limited resources. As a result, 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 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.
Securities analysts may not publish favorable research or reports about our business or may publish no information at all, which could cause our Class A Ordinary Share price or trading volume to decline.
If a trading market for our shares develops, the trading market will be influenced to some extent by the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us and our business. We do not control these analysts. As a new public company, we may be slow to attract research coverage and the analysts who publish information about our Class A Ordinary Shares will have had relatively little experience with us or our industry, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and could make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, if any of the analysts who cover us provide inaccurate or unfavorable research or issue an adverse opinion regarding our share price, our share price could decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports covering us regularly, we could lose visibility in the market, which in turn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline and result in the loss of all or a part of your investment in us.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “objective,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” and “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements and opinions contained in this prospectus are based upon information available to us as of the date of this prospectus and, while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
| ● | future financial and operating results, including revenues, income, expenditures, cash balances and other financial items; |
| ● | our ability to execute our growth, expansion and acquisition strategies, including our ability to meet our growth strategies; |
| ● | current and future economic and political conditions; |
| ● | expected changes in our revenues, costs or expenditures; |
| ● | our expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of our services; |
| ● | our expectations regarding our client base; |
| ● | our ability to obtain, maintain or procure all necessary government certifications, approvals, and/or licenses to conduct our business, and in the relevant jurisdictions in which we operate; |
| ● | competition in our industry; |
| ● | relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry; |
| ● | our capital requirements and our ability to raise any additional financing which we may require; |
| ● | our ability to hire and retain qualified management personnel and key employees in order to enable us to develop our business; |
| ● | overall industry, economic and market performance; |
| ● | the spread of the COVID-19 virus and its new variants, the impact it may have on our operations, the demand for our services, and economic activity in general; and |
| ● | other assumptions described in this prospectus underlying or relating to any forward-looking statements. |
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All of the Class A Ordinary Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders pursuant to this prospectus will be sold by the Selling Shareholders for their respective accounts. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from these sales.
We have not made any dividends or distributions to U.S. investors as of the date of this prospectus. During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, no dividends or distribution have been made to date by our subsidiaries.
We anticipate that we will retain any earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Our board of directors has complete discretion on whether to distribute dividends, subject to applicable laws. In addition, our shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend. Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend either out of profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if the dividend payment would result in the company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. Even if our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency, and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions, and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant. Cash dividends on our Class A Ordinary Shares, if any, will be paid in U.S. dollars.
Cash dividends, if any, on our Class A Ordinary Shares will be paid in U.S. dollars.
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.
Wellchange Cayman is a holding company with operations conducted in Hong Kong through its Operating Subsidiary, using Hong Kong dollars. The reporting currency is U.S. dollars. The following table sets forth information concerning exchange rates between HKD and the U.S. dollar for the periods indicated.
This prospectus contains translations of Hong Kong dollars into U.S. dollars solely for the convenience of the reader. The conversion of Hong Kong dollars into U.S. dollars are based on the exchange rates set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from Hong Kong dollars to U.S. dollars and from U.S. dollars to Hong Kong dollars in this prospectus were made at the following rates:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| USD to HK$ Average Rate | 7.7924 | 7.8193 | ||||||
| USD to HK$ Year End | 7.8493 | 7.8064 | ||||||
| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| USD to HK$ Average Rate | 7.8029 | 7.88287 | ||||||
| USD to HK$ Year End | 7.7700 | 7.8125 | ||||||
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CORPORATE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE
The following diagram illustrates our corporate legal structure and identifies our subsidiaries as of the date of this prospectus.
Wellchange Cayman was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as a limited company on July 13, 2023 as a holding company, for purposes of effectuating this Offering. On the date of its incorporation, one (1) Ordinary Share was issued to Mapcal Limited. On the same day, Mapcal Limited transferred one (1) Ordinary Share to Mr. Shek Kin Pong for a consideration of $1.00.
Prior to the Reorganization as described below, our Company historically conducted our business through Wching HK, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong.
Wching HK was incorporated under the law of Hong Kong on April 20, 2012. Since its inception, Wching HK has been specializing in offering custom software solutions, cloud-based software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platforms, and white-label software design and development services.
Pursuant to the Reorganization in August 2023 as described below, Wellchange Cayman became the holding company of Wching HK, through the intermediate holding company, Victory Hero. Upon the completion of the Reorganization on August 30, 2023, Wellchange Cayman became the holding company of its subsidiaries.
As of the date of this prospectus, details of Wellchange Cayman’s subsidiaries are as follows:
| Name | Background | Ownership | Principal activities | |||
| Victory Hero Capital Limited (“Victory Hero”) | — A BVI company — Incorporated on August 14, 2023 — Issued share capital of US$1 |
Wholly-owned by the Company |
Investment holding | |||
| Wching Tech Ltd Co. Limited (“Wching HK”) | — A Hong Kong company — Incorporated on April 20, 2012 — Issued share capital of HK$10,000 |
Wholly-owned by Victory Hero |
Provision of tailor-made software solutions, cloud-based software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) services, and white-labelled software design and development servic |
The Reorganization
In this prospectus, we refer to the following events as the “Reorganization.”
As part of the Reorganization, on August 14, 2023, Victory Hero was incorporated under the laws of the BVI. On the date of its incorporation, one (1) ordinary share was allotted and issued to Wellchange Cayman, and Victory Hero became wholly owned by Wellchange Cayman.
On August 23, 2023, Mr. Shek Kin Pong transferred (1) one Ordinary Share of Wellchange Cayman to Power Smart International Limited (“Power Smart”), which is wholly owned by Mr. Shek Kin Pong, for a consideration of $1.00, and Wellchange Cayman became wholly owned by Power Smart.
On August 28, 2023, Wellchange Cayman entered into a reorganization agreement with Mr. Shek Kin Pong, Victory Hero, Wching HK, and Power Smart, pursuant to which Mr. Shek Kin Pong sold his entire equity interest in Wching HK to Victory Hero, in exchange for an allotment and issuance of 889 Ordinary Shares of Wellchange Cayman to Power Smart.
After completing the Reorganization, Wching HK became indirectly wholly owned Wellchange Cayman, through the intermediate holding company, Victory Hero.
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Pre-IPO Investment
On August 30, 2023, pursuant to a subscription agreement, Wellchange Cayman allotted and issued to Ocean Serene Holdings Limited (“Ocean Serene”), Paramount Fortune Capital Limited (“Paramount Fortune”), and Prestige Leader Success Limited (“Prestige Leader”), respectively:
| (i) | 45 Ordinary Shares to Ocean Serene, representing 4.5% of the total issued share capital of Wellchange Cayman, for a consideration of HK$777,273 (US$99,724); |
| (ii) | 35 Ordinary Shares to Paramount Fortune, representing 3.5% of the total issued share capital of Wellchange Cayman, for a consideration of HK$604,545 (US$77,563); and |
| (iii) | 30 Ordinary Shares to Prestige Leader, representing 3.0% of the total issued share capital of Wellchange Cayman, for a consideration of HK$518,182 (US$66,483). |
The allotment and issuance of the respective Ordinary Shares were completed on August 30, 2023.
Forward Split of our Ordinary Shares
On January 26, 2024, we undertook a 4,000-for-1 forward split of our ordinary shares approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors. As a result, our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00025, and the ordinary shares issued and outstanding increased from 1,000 to 4,000,000. Wellchange Cayman was 89% (representing 3,560,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding) owned by Power Smart, 4.5% (representing 180,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Ocean Serene, 3.5% (representing 140,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Paramount Fortune, and 3.0% (representing 120,000 Ordinary Shares of the issued and outstanding) owned by Prestige Leader, respectively.
On February 8, 2024, the Company undertook a 5-for-1 forward split of our ordinary shares, approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors. As a result, the Company’s authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005, and the ordinary shares issued and outstanding increased from 4,000,000 to 20,000,000. Wellchange Cayman was 89% (representing 17,800,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Power Smart, 4.5% (representing 900,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Ocean Serene, 3.5% (representing 700,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Paramount Fortune, and 3.0% (representing 600,000 Ordinary Shares of the issued and outstanding) owned by Prestige Leader Paramount Fortune, respectively.
Initial Public Offering
On October 3, 2024, the Company completed its initial public offering of 1,100,000 Ordinary Shares at the public offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share on Nasdaq, as a result of which the Company had 21,100,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. In connection with the closing of the initial public offering, the Company also issued to Dominari Securities LLC, the representative of the underwriters in the initial public offering, warrants to purchase up to 38,500 Ordinary Shares.
Over-allotment Option Exercise
Subsequent to the initial public offering, on October 15, 2024, the representative of the underwriters in the Company’s initial public offering, Dominari Securities LLC, fully exercised its over-allotment option to purchase an additional 165,000 Ordinary Shares. In connection with the over-allotment option exercise, on October 17, 2024, the Company issued Dominari Securities LLC warrants to purchase up to 5,775 Ordinary Shares.
Secondary Public Offering
On January 17, 2025, the Company completed its secondary public offering of 25,000,000 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $0.40 per Ordinary Share.
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2025 Equity Incentive Plan
On June 1, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company approved and adopted an equity incentive plan, which authorized 7,000,000 Ordinary Shares to be issued to the directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and its affiliates. As of June 23, 2025, the 7,000,000 Ordinary Shares have been issued to certain advisors.
Share Re-classification
On August 7, 2025, we undertook a share reclassification (the “Share Re-classification”) approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors to establish a dual-class share capital structure. As a result, our authorized share capital of US$50,000, previously divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 each, was redesignated into 900,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. in connection with implementing the dual-class share structure, (i) all issued and outstanding ordinary shares held by our then-existing shareholders, other than 5,000,000 ordinary shares held by Mr. Shek Kin Pong and 3,000,000 ordinary shares held by Power Smart International Limited, were re-designated on a one-for-one basis into Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) the 5,000,000 ordinary shares held by Mr. Shek Kin Pong and the 3,000,000 ordinary shares held by Power Smart International Limited were re-designated on a one-for-one basis into Class B Ordinary Shares, and (iii) the remaining authorized but unissued 854,735,000 Ordinary Shares be re-designated into Class A Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis, and the remaining authorized but unissued 92,000,000 Ordinary Shares be re-designated into Class B Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis.
2025 Private Placement
On September 9, 2025, the Company entered into the 2025 September SPA with several investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell a total of 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the price of $0.04 per Class A Ordinary Share for gross proceeds of $4,000,000. The Offering was closed on September 19, 2025.
As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (including 100,000,000 Resale Shares) and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Class A Ordinary Shares as of the date of this prospectus by our officers, directors and 5% or greater beneficial owners of 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.
As of the date of this prospectus, we had 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of our company. Each Class B Ordinary Shares shall entitle the holder thereof to thirty-five (35) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of our company.
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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 or her, subject to applicable community property laws.
| Executive Officers and Directors | Amount of Beneficial Ownership of Class A Ordinary Shares Pre- Offering (1) | Pre- Offering Percentage Ownership of Class A Ordinary Shares(2) | Post- Offering Percentage Ownership of Class A Ordinary Shares(3) | Amount of Beneficial Ownership of Class B Ordinary Shares Pre- and Post- Offering | Pre- Offering And Post- Offering Percentage Ownership of Class B Ordinary Shares | Pre- Offering Combined Voting Power of Class A and Class B Ordinary Shares(2) | Post- Offering Combined Voting Power of Class A and Class B Ordinary Shares(3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Directors and Named Executive Officers: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shek Kin Pong, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board | 1,480,000 | 10.19 | % | 10.19 | % | 8,000,000 | 100 | % | 69.32 | % | 69.32 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Tang Chi Hin, Chief Technology Officer and Director | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cha Siu Leung, Chief Financial Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fang Li Chieh, Director | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chu Chi Hong, Independent Director | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lau Yun Chau, Independent Director | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Chung Fai Ng, Independent Director | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shi Zhu, Independent Director | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All executive officers and directors as a group (6 persons) | 1,480,000 | 10.19 | % | 10.19 | % | 8,000,000 | 100 | % | 69.32 | % | 69.32 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| 5% or Greater Stockholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Smart International Limited (4) | 1,480,000 | 10.19 | % | 10.19 | % | 3,000,000 | 37.5 | % | 28.17 | % | 28.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Shek Kin Pong | — | — | — | 5,000,000 | 62.5 | % | 41.15 | % | 41.15 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chan Cheung Hing (5) | 40,000,000 | 27.54 | % | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ni Saijun (5) | 25,000,000 | 17.21 | % | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chan Fuk Hing (5) | 20,000,000 | 13.77 | % | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares. All shares represent only Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares held by shareholders as no options are issued or outstanding. |
| (2) | Calculation based on 14,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of our company. Each Class B Ordinary Shares shall entitle the holder thereof to thirty-five (35) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of our company. |
| (3) | Calculation based on 14,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, assuming the sales of all of the 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares the Selling Shareholders are offering. |
| (4) | Shek Kin Pong, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, is the sole shareholder and director of Power Smart, holding 1,480,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 3,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company. Shek Kin Pong is the beneficial owner of the 1,480,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 3,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares held by Power Smart. |
| (5) | Selling Shareholder. |
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The Selling Shareholders may from time to time offer and sell any or all of the Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to 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. In addition, the Selling Shareholders identified below may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of some or all of their Class A Ordinary Shares since the date on which the information in the following table is presented in transactions exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution.”
This prospectus relates to the possible resale by the Selling Shareholders of up to 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares. 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. 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.
The table below provides, as of the date of this prospectus, information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Class A Ordinary Shares of the Selling Shareholders, the number of Class A Ordinary Shares that may be sold by the Selling Shareholders under this prospectus and that the Selling Shareholders will beneficially own after this offering. We have based percentage ownership on 14,265,000 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 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 an aggregate of 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares which is equal to approximately 68.85% of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares as of the date of the prospectus. The Selling Shareholders will be able to sell its Class A Ordinary shares for so long as the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is available for use.
Because the Selling Shareholders may dispose of all, none or some portion of his Class A Ordinary Shares, we cannot advise you as to whether the Selling Shareholders will in fact sell any or all of such Class A Ordinary Shares. 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. For purposes of the table below, however, we have assumed that after termination of this offering none of the Class A Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus will be beneficially owned by the Selling Shareholders and further assumed that the Selling Shareholders will not acquire beneficial ownership of any additional securities during the offering. In addition, 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.
| Class A Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Name of Selling Shareholder | Number Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering | Percent Owned Prior Offering | Number Registered for Sale Hereby | Number Beneficially Owned After Offering (2) | Percent Owned After Offering (1)(2) | |||||||||||||||
| Chan Yiu Ting | 5,500,000 | 3.79 | % | 5,500,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Chan Cheung Hing | 40,000,000 | 27.54 | % | 40,000,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Chan Fai Ting | 3,000,000 | 2.07 | % | 3,000,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Chan Fuk Hing | 20,000,000 | 13.77 | % | 20,000,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Yiu Chung Hang | 1,500,000 | 1.03 | % | 1,500,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Li Long | 5,000,000 | 3.44 | % | 5,000,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Ni SaiJun | 25,000,000 | 17.21 | % | 25,000,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 100,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Assumes that the total number of our issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares is 145,265,000 as of the date of this prospectus. |
| (2) | Assumes that the Selling Shareholder sells all of the 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares offered pursuant to this prospectus. |
We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change of control of our Company.
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A copy of our fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Memorandum of Association” and the “Articles of Association”, respectively and together as the “Memorandum and Articles of Association”) is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
We are an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands and our affairs will be governed by our Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands.
As of the date of this prospectus, our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 900,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares”) and 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares.
As of the date of this prospectus, we had 145,265,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 8,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares
General
All of our outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Our shareholders who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands may freely hold and vote their Class A Ordinary Shares. We may not issue shares to bearer.
Dividends
Subject to the Companies Act and our Memorandum and Articles of Association, the directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and other distributions on shares in issue and authorize payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. The Company by ordinary resolution may declare dividends, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the directors.
Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any shares of the Company, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares, but if and for so long as nothing is paid up on any of the shares dividends may be declared and paid according to the par value of the shares. No amount paid on a share in advance of calls shall, while carrying interest, be treated as paid on the share.
The directors may determine that a dividend shall be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets (which may consist of the shares or securities of any other company) and may settle all questions concerning such distribution. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the directors may fix the value of such specific assets, may determine that cash payment shall be made to some shareholders in lieu of specific assets and may vest any such specific assets in trustees on such terms as the directors think fit.
Voting Rights
Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of members. Each Class A Ordinary Share is entitled to one (1) vote, and each Class B Ordinary Share is entitled to thirty-five (35) votes.
A holder of Class B Ordinary Shares has the right, at any time and at its option, to convert such shares into an equal number of Class A Ordinary Shares on a one-to-one basis, subject to adjustments for share splits, consolidations, or similar events. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares have no right to convert their shares into Class B Ordinary Shares. A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. Each shareholder may vote in person or by proxy. No shareholder or proxy is bound to vote on his shares or any of them; nor is he bound to vote each of his shares in the same way.
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Transfer of Class A Ordinary Shares
Subject to the following about the transfer of shares, and provided that such transfer complies with applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, a shareholder may freely transfer Class A Ordinary Shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by the Nasdaq Capital Market (if such shares are so listed) or in any other form approved by the directors, executed:
| (a) | where the Class A Ordinary Shares are fully paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder; and |
| (b) | where the Class A Ordinary Shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder and the transferee. |
The transferor shall be deemed to remain a shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in our register of members in respect of the relevant shares.
Where the shares of any class in question are not listed on or subject to the rules of any designated stock exchange, registration of any transfer of shares must be approved by the directors by board resolution, and our board of directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register a transfer of any share which is not fully paid up or on which our Company has a lien. It may also decline to register a transfer of any share to more than four joint holders.
Our board of directors may, but are not required to, decline to register any transfer of any such share unless:
| (i) | the instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; |
| (ii) | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of shares; |
| (iii) | the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; |
| (iv) | 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; |
| (v) | the shares transferred are fully paid up and free of any lien in favour of the Company; and |
| (vi) | a fee of such maximum sum as the Nasdaq may determine to be payable, or such lesser sum as the board of directors may from time to time require, is paid to the Company in respect thereof. |
The registration of transfers of shares or of any class of shares may, after compliance with any notice requirement of Nasdaq, be suspended at such times and for such periods (not exceeding in the whole thirty days in any calendar year) as our board of directors may determine.
Fully paid shares shall be free from any restriction on transfer (except when permitted by Nasdaq) and shall also be free from all liens.
Procedures on liquidation
If our Company is wound up the shareholders may, subject to the Articles of Association and any other sanction required by the Companies Act, pass a special resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following:
| (i) | 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 shareholers or different classes of shareholders; and/or |
| (ii) | 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. |
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Calls on Class A Ordinary Shares and Forfeiture of Class A Ordinary Shares
Subject to our Memorandum and Articles of Association and to the terms of allotment, our board of directors may, from time to time, make such calls as it thinks fit upon the members in respect of any monies unpaid on the shares held by them respectively, and each shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such shares. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the directors authorizing such call was passed. A call may be made payable either in one sum or by instalments. If the sum payable in respect of any call or instalment is not paid on or before the day appointed for payment thereof, the person or persons from whom the sum is due shall pay interest on the same at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the share or in the notice of the call; or if no rate is fixed, at 10% per annum from the day appointed for payment to the time of actual payment, but our board of directors may waive payment of such interest wholly or in part. We may accept from a shareholder the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on shares held by him although no part of that amount has been called up.
If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than 14 clear days’ notice requiring payment of (a) the amount unpaid; (b) any interest which may have accrued; and (c) any expenses which have been incurred by the Company due to that person’s default. The notice shall also state (a) the place where payment is to be made; and (b) a warning that if the notice is not complied with the shares in respect of which the call is made will be liable to be forfeited.
If the requirements of any such notice are not complied with, any share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of our board of directors to that effect.
A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a member in respect of the forfeited shares but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares forfeited, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full of the amount unpaid on the shares forfeited.
Redemption of Class A Ordinary Shares
Subject to the Companies Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, our Company may by its directors:
| (a) | issue shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the shareholder or the Company, on the terms and in the manner our directors determine before the issue of those shares; |
| (b) | 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; and |
| (c) | 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 our Company on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such variation. |
Variations of Rights of Shares
Subject to the Companies Act and without prejudice to our Articles of Association, if at any time the share capital of our Company is divided into different classes of shares, all or any of the special rights attached to any class of shares may (unless otherwise provided for by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) be varied with the consent in writing of holders holding not less than 50% of the issued shares of that class or the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings shall mutatis mutandis apply to every such separate general meeting, except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding, or representing by proxy, not less than one third of the issued shares of the class. Every holder of shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for every such share held by him.
Any special rights conferred upon the holders of any shares or class of shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights attaching to the terms of issue of such shares, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.
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General Meetings of Shareholders
Our Company may (but shall not be obliged to, unless as required by applicable law or the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market) in each calendar year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.
The chairman of the board or a majority of the directors may call general meetings, and they shall on a shareholders’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company. Extraordinary general meetings may be convened on the requisition of one or more members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of all votes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares of the Company that as at the date of the deposit carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company. The requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and delivered in accordance with the notice provisions in the Articles of Association, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists, and such meeting shall be held within 2 months after the deposit of the requisition. If the directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit of the requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held, the requisitionists, or any of them may themselves convene a general meeting.
Every general meeting of our Company shall be called by at least seven (7) clear days’ notice in writing. Notice of a general meeting shall specify each of the following:
| ● | the place, the date and the hour of the meeting; |
| ● | whether the meeting will be held virtually, at a physical place or both; |
| ● | if the meeting is to be held in any part at a physical place, the address of such place; |
| ● | if the meeting is to be held in two or more places, or in any part virtually, the electronic communication facilities that will be used to facilitate the meeting, including the procedures to be followed by any member or other participant of the meeting who wishes to utilise such electronic communication facilities for the purposes of attending and participating in such meeting; |
| ● | subject to the below paragraph and the requirements of (to the extent applicable) the listing rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, the general nature of the business to be transacted; and |
| ● | if a resolution is proposed as a special resolution, the text of that resolution. |
Subject to the Companies Act, a meeting may be convened on shorter notice, subject to the Act with the consent of the shareholder or shareholders who, individually or collectively, hold at least ninety per cent of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote at that meeting.
No business other than the appointment of a chairman of a meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business.
The quorum for a general meeting shall be one or more shareholders who together hold shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of the outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at general meeting.
Inspection of Books and Records
Holders of our ordinary shares have no general right under Cayman Islands law to inspect or obtain copies of our list of shareholders or our corporate records (other than copies of our memorandum and articles of association (as amended from time to time), our register of mortgage and charges and any special resolutions passed by our shareholders). Under Cayman Islands law, the names of our current directors can be obtained from a search conducted at the Registrar of Companies.
Changes in Capital
Subject to the Companies Act, our shareholders may, by ordinary resolution:
| (a) | increase our share capital by new shares of the amount fixed by that ordinary resolution and with the attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that ordinary resolution; |
| (b) | consolidate and divide all or any of our share capital into shares of larger amount than our existing shares; |
| (c) | convert all or any of our paid up shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid up shares of any denomination; |
| (d) | sub-divide our shares or any of them into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by our Company’s Memorandum and Articles, so, however, that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced our shares shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced shares is derived; and |
| (e) | cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of that ordinary resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of our share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled. |
Subject to the Companies Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, our shareholders may, by special resolution, reduce our share capital or any capital redemption reserve in any way authorized by law.
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Certain Cayman Islands Company Considerations
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 incorporated 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 for the exemptions and privileges listed below:
| ● | an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection; |
| ● | an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting; |
| ● | an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation; |
| ● | an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; |
| ● | an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and |
| ● | an exempted company 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. (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).
Differences in Corporate Law
The Companies Act is modeled after that of England and Wales but does not follow recent statutory enactments in England. In addition, the Companies Act differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary 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.
This discussion does not purport to be a complete statement of the rights of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares under applicable law in the Cayman Islands or the rights of holders of the common stock of a typical corporation under applicable Delaware law.
Mergers and Similar Arrangements
The Companies Act permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. 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 (b) 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 such 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) a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (b) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. The plan 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 statement setting out 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 or consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with these statutory procedures.
A merger between a Cayman Islands parent company and its Cayman Islands subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders. 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.
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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.
Save in certain circumstances, a dissenting shareholder of a Cayman Islands constituent company is entitled to payment of the fair value of his shares upon dissenting to a merger or consolidation. The exercise of appraisal rights will preclude the exercise of any other rights save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.
Separate from the statutory provisions relating to mergers and consolidations, the Companies Act also contains statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies by way of schemes of arrangement, provided that the arrangement is approved by (a) seventy-five percent (75%) in value of the shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case may be, or (b) a majority in number of the creditors or each class of creditors, as the case may be, with whom the arrangement is to be made, that are, in each case 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 man of that class acting in respect of his 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 which may facilitate the “squeeze out” of dissentient minority shareholder upon a tender offer. When a tender offer is made and accepted by holders of ninety percent (90%) of the shares affected within four months, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four-month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares to the offeror on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
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 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; |
| ● | 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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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 officers and directors, 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 civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that, to the extent permitted by law, our Company shall indemnify each existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary and other officer of the Company (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 the Company’s 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 the Company or its 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, our Company 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 Articles 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 that officer for those legal costs.
This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Act for a Delaware corporation. In addition, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and senior executive officers that will provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our Memorandum and Articles of Association. 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 corporate 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 act in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He or she must not use his or her 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, a director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.
As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a director of a Cayman Islands company is in the position of a fiduciary with respect to the company and therefore it is considered that he owes the following duties to the company — a duty to act bona fide in the best interests of the company, a duty not to make a profit based on his or her position as director (unless the company permits him to do so) and a duty not to put himself in a position where the interests of the company conflict with his or her personal interest or his or her duty to a third party. A director of a Cayman Islands company owes to the company a duty to act with skill and care. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his or her duties a greater degree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person carrying out the same functions as are being carried out by such director in respect of the company. 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.
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Shareholder Action by Written Consent
Under the Delaware General Corporation Act, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. Our 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 Act, 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. A special 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 special meetings.
The Companies Act does not provide shareholders with rights to requisition a general meeting nor any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our Articles of Association allow any one or more members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of all votes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares of the Company that as at the date of the deposit carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company to requisition a general meeting. Other than this right to requisition a shareholders’ meeting, our 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 are not obliged by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings.
Cumulative Voting
Under the Delaware General Corporation Act, 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. As permitted under Cayman Islands law, our 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 issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our Articles of Association, directors may be removed by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders.
Transactions with Interested Shareholders
The Delaware General Corporation Act 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 stock 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.
Cayman Islands law 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.
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Dissolution; Winding Up
Under the Delaware General Corporation Act, 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 Cayman Islands law, a company may be wound up by either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or 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 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 Act, 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 our 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 consent in writing of the holders holding 50% of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.
Amendment of Governing Documents
Under the Delaware General Corporation Act, 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. Subject to Cayman Islands law, our 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 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 Memorandum and Articles of Association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.
Listing
Our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “WCT.”
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent of our Class A Ordinary Shares is VStock Transfer, LLC, located at 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, New York 11598.
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The Class A Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus are being offered by the Selling Shareholders. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the Selling Shareholders of the shares of Class A Ordinary Shares, although we would receive the proceeds from any cash exercise of such warrants. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Class A Ordinary Shares.
The Selling Shareholders may sell all or a portion of the Class A Ordinary Shares held by it and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Class A Ordinary Shares are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling Shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Class A Ordinary Shares may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions, pursuant to one or more of the following methods:
| ● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| ● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares 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; |
| ● | short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; |
| ● | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| ● | broker-dealers may agree with a selling security holder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; and |
| ● | a combination of any such methods of sale. |
The Selling Shareholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Class A Ordinary Shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Class A Ordinary Shares, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of Selling Shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as Selling Shareholders under this prospectus. The Selling Shareholders also may transfer the securities in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our Class A Ordinary Shares 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 Class A Ordinary Shares in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also sell our Class A Ordinary Shares short and deliver these securities to close out it short positions, or loan or pledge the Class A Ordinary Shares 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 the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The aggregate proceeds to the Selling Shareholders from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares offered by them will be the purchase price of the Class A Ordinary Shares less discounts or commissions, if any. The Selling Shareholders reserve the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of Class A Ordinary Shares to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.
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Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchase of shares, 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 2440, and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440. The Selling Shareholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved, and in no case will the maximum compensation received by any broker-dealer exceed seven percent (7%). The Selling Shareholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.
The Selling Shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.
Any underwriters, agents, or broker-dealers, and any Selling Shareholders who are affiliates of broker-dealers, that participate in the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling Shareholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. Each Selling Shareholders has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
We agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part 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 our 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).
To the extent required, the shares of our Class A Ordinary Shares to be sold, the name of the Selling Shareholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the Class A Ordinary Shares may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Class A Ordinary Shares may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the securities. We have agreed to indemnify the Selling Shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages, and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Selling Shareholders will pay any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the Selling Shareholders for brokerage, accounting, tax, or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the Selling Shareholders in disposing of the Class A Ordinary Shares. We will bear all other costs, fees, and expenses in effecting the registration of the securities covered by this prospectus, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees and fees and expenses of our counsel and our independent registered public accountants.
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EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS OFFERING
Set forth below is an itemization of the total expenses, excluding underwriting discounts and non-accountable expense allowance that we expect to incur in connection with this offering. With the exception of the SEC registration fee, all amounts are estimates.
| Legal Fees and Expenses | $ | 135,000 | ||
| Accounting Fees and Expenses | $ | 13,000 | ||
| Miscellaneous Expenses | $ | 15,000 | ||
| Total Expenses | $ | 163,000 |
| * | Estimated expenses are not presently known because they depend upon, among other things, the number of offerings that will be made pursuant to this registration statement, the amount and type of securities being offered, and the timing of such offerings; we cannot compute the total until the exact expenses are known. |
SECURITIES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Rule 144
In general, under Rule 144, as currently in effect, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a person who is not deemed to have been our affiliate at any time during the three months preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for more than six months, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of those shares, subject only to the availability of current public information about us. A non-affiliate who has beneficially owned restricted securities for at least one year from the later of the date such securities were acquired from us or from our affiliate would be entitled to freely sell those shares.
A person who is deemed to be an affiliate of ours and who has beneficially owned “restricted securities” for at least six months would be entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a number of shares that is not more than the greater of:
| ● | 1% of the number of Class A Ordinary Shares then outstanding, in the form of Class A Ordinary Shares or otherwise, which will equal approximately shares immediately after this Offering; or |
| ● | the average weekly trading volume of the Class A Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to such sale. |
Sales under Rule 144 by our affiliates or persons selling shares on behalf of our affiliates are also subject to certain manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.
Rule 701
In general, under Rule 701 of the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our employees, consultants, or advisors who purchases our Class A Ordinary Shares from us in connection with a compensatory stock plan or other written agreement executed prior to the completion of this offering is eligible to resell those Class A Ordinary Shares in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with some of the restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144. However, the Rule 701 shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.
Regulation S
Regulation S provides generally that sales made in offshore transactions are not subject to the registration or prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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The following summary of material Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, and United States federal income tax consequences of an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This summary does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares, such as the tax consequences under state, local and other tax laws.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences Applicable to U.S. Holders of Our Class A Ordinary Shares
The following sets forth the material U.S. federal income tax consequences related to an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares. It is directed to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of our Class A Ordinary Shares and is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This description does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares or U.S. tax laws, other than the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as the tax consequences under non-U.S. tax laws, state, local and other tax laws.
The following brief description applies only to U.S. Holders (defined below) that hold our Class A Ordinary Shares as capital assets and that have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. This brief description is based on the federal income tax laws of the United States in effect as of the date of this prospectus and on U.S. Treasury regulations in effect or, in some cases, proposed, as of the date of this prospectus, as well as judicial and administrative interpretations thereof available on or before such date. All of the foregoing authorities are subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below.
The brief description below of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to “U.S. Holders” will apply to you if you are a beneficial owner of the Class A Ordinary Shares and you are, 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) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
| ● | an estate whose income 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 United States federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of our Class A Ordinary Shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships and partners of a partnership holding our ordinary shares are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding an investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares.
WE URGE POTENTIAL PURCHASERS OF OUR CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, OWNING AND DISPOSING OF OUR CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES.
The following does not address the tax consequences to any particular investor or to persons in special tax situations such as:
| ● | banks; |
| ● | financial institutions; |
| ● | insurance companies; |
| ● | Pension plans; |
| ● | cooperatives; |
| ● | regulated investment companies; |
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| ● | real estate investment trusts; |
| ● | broker-dealers; |
| ● | traders that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting; |
| ● | U.S. expatriates; |
| ● | Certain former U.S. citizens or long-term residents; |
| ● | tax-exempt entities (including private foundations); |
| ● | persons liable for alternative minimum tax; |
| ● | persons holding our Class A Ordinary Shares as part of a straddle, hedging, conversion or integrated transaction; |
| ● | persons that actually or constructively own 10% (by vote or value) or more of our voting shares (including by reason of owning our Class A Ordinary Shares); |
| ● | persons who acquired our Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of any employee share option or otherwise as compensation; |
| ● | persons holding our Class A Ordinary Shares through partnerships or other pass-through entities; |
| ● | events, hip-hop, and marketing industries investment trusts; |
| ● | governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
| ● | beneficiaries of a Trust holding our Class A Ordinary Shares; or |
| ● | persons holding our Class A Ordinary Shares through a trust. |
All of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those discussed below.
The discussion set forth below is addressed only to U.S. Holders that purchase our Class A Ordinary Shares in this Offering. Prospective purchasers are urged to consult their own tax advisors about the application of the U.S. federal income tax rules to their particular circumstances as well as the state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our Class A Ordinary Shares.
Taxation of Dividends and Other Distributions on Our Class A Ordinary Shares
Subject to the passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules discussed below, the gross amount of distributions made by us to you with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares (including the amount of any taxes withheld therefrom) will generally be includable in your gross income as dividend income on the date of receipt by you, but only to the extent that the distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). With respect to corporate U.S. Holders, the dividends will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations in respect of dividends received from other U.S. corporations.
With respect to non-corporate U.S. Holders, including individual U.S. Holders, dividends will be taxed at the lower capital gains rate applicable to qualified dividend income, provided that (1) the Class A Ordinary Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, or we are eligible for the benefits of an approved qualifying income tax treaty with the United States that includes an exchange of information program, (2) we are not a PFIC for either our taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year, and (3) certain holding period requirements are met. Because there is no income tax treaty between the United States and the BVI, clause (1) above can be satisfied only if the Class A Ordinary Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Under U.S. Internal Revenue Service authority, Ordinary Shares are considered for purpose of clause (1) above to be readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States if they are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. You are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the availability of the lower rate for dividends paid with respect to our Class A Ordinary Shares, including the effects of any change in law after the date of this prospectus.
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Dividends will constitute foreign source income for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. If the dividends are taxed as qualified dividend income (as discussed above), the amount of the dividend taken into account for purposes of calculating the foreign tax credit limitation will be limited to the gross amount of the dividend, multiplied by the reduced rate divided by the highest rate of tax normally applicable to dividends. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends distributed by us with respect to our Class A Ordinary Shares will constitute “passive category income” but could, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, constitute “general category income.”
To the extent that the amount of the distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles), it will be treated first as a tax-free return of your tax basis in your Class A Ordinary Shares, and to the extent the amount of the distribution exceeds your tax basis, the excess will be taxed as capital gain. We do not intend to calculate our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, a U.S. Holder should expect that a distribution will be treated as a dividend even if that distribution would otherwise be treated as a non-taxable return of capital or as a capital gain under the rules described above.
Taxation of Dispositions of Class A Ordinary Shares
Subject to the passive foreign investment company rules discussed below, you will recognize taxable gain or loss on any sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of a share equal to the difference between the amount realized (in U.S. dollars) for the share and your tax basis (in U.S. dollars) in the Class A Ordinary Shares. The gain or loss will be treated as a capital gain or loss. If you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, including an individual U.S. Holder, who has held the Class A Ordinary Shares for more than one year, you will be eligible for reduced tax rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Any such gain or loss that you recognize will generally be treated as United States source income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
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 information reporting to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and possible U.S. backup withholding at a current rate of 24%. 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 U.S. Internal Revenue Service 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 U.S. Internal Revenue Service 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 U.S. Internal Revenue Service 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.
Under the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010, certain U.S. Holders are required to report information relating to our Class A Ordinary Shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for Ordinary Shares held in accounts maintained by certain financial institutions), by attaching a complete Internal Revenue Service Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, with their tax return for each year in which they hold Ordinary Shares. Failure to report the information could result in substantial penalties. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding your obligation to file Form 8938.
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Passive Foreign Investment Company
Based on our current and anticipated operations and the composition of our assets, we were not a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year ended December 31, 2024 and the taxable year ended December 31, 2023. Depending on the amount of cash we raise in this Offering, together with any other assets held for the production of passive income, it is possible that, for our taxable year ending December 31, 2025 or for any subsequent year, more than 50% of our assets may be assets which produce passive income, in which case we would be deemed a PFIC, which could have adverse US federal income tax consequences for US taxpayers who are shareholders. We will make this determination following the end of any particular tax year. PFIC status is a factual determination for each taxable year which cannot be made until the close of the taxable year. A non-U.S. corporation is considered a PFIC, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the US Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), for any taxable year if either:
| ● | at least 75% of its gross income is passive income; or |
| ● | at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets during a taxable year) is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income (the “asset test”). |
We will be treated as owning our proportionate share of the assets and earning our proportionate share of income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, at least 25% (by value) of the stock.
We must make a separate determination each year as to whether we are a PFIC, however, and there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any future taxable year. Depending on the amount of cash we raise in this Offering, together with any other assets held for the production of passive income, it is possible that, for our current taxable year or for any subsequent taxable year, more than 50% of our assets may be assets held for the production of passive income. We will make this determination following the end of any particular tax year. In addition, because the value of our assets for purposes of the asset test will generally be determined based on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and because cash is generally considered to be an asset held for the production of passive income, our PFIC status will depend in large part on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares and the amount of cash we raise in this Offering. Accordingly, fluctuations in the market price of the Class A Ordinary Shares may cause us to become a PFIC. In addition, the application of the PFIC rules is subject to uncertainty in several respects and the composition of our income and assets will be affected by how, and how quickly, we spend the cash we raise in this Offering. We are under no obligation to take steps to reduce the risk of our being classified as a PFIC, and as stated above, the determination of the value of our assets will depend upon material facts (including the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares from time to time and the amount of cash we raise in this Offering) that may not be within our control. If we are a PFIC for any year during which you hold the Class A Ordinary Shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which you hold Ordinary Shares. If we cease to be a PFIC and you did not previously make a timely “mark-to-market” election as described below, you will continue to be treated as a PFIC, however, you may avoid some of the adverse effects of the PFIC regime by making a “purging election” (as described below) with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares.
If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which you hold our Class A Ordinary Shares, you will be subject to special tax rules with respect to any “excess distribution” that you receive and any gain you realize from a sale or other disposition (including a pledge) of the Class A Ordinary Shares, unless you make a “mark-to-market” election as discussed below. Distributions you receive in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions you received during the shorter of the three preceding taxable years or your holding period for the Class A Ordinary Shares will be treated as an excess distribution. Under these special tax rules:
| ● | the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over your holding period for the Class A Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | the amount allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC, will be treated as ordinary income, |
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| ● | the amount allocated to each other year will be subject to the highest tax rate in effect for that year and the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the resulting tax attributable to each such year, and |
| ● | An additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the tax attributable to each prior taxable year, other than a pre-PFIC year. |
The tax liability for amounts allocated to years prior to the year of disposition or “excess distribution” cannot be offset by any net operating losses for such years, and gains (but not losses) realized on the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares cannot be treated as capital, even if you hold the Class A Ordinary Shares as capital assets.
A U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” (as defined below) in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election for such stock to elect out of the tax treatment discussed above. If you make a mark-to-market election for the Class A Ordinary Shares, you will include in income each year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Class A Ordinary Shares as of the close of your taxable year over your adjusted basis in such Ordinary Shares. You are allowed a deduction for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the Class A Ordinary Shares over their fair market value as of the close of the taxable year. However, deductions are allowable only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains on the Class A Ordinary Shares included in your income for prior taxable years. Amounts included in your income under a mark-to-market election, as well as gain on the actual sale or other disposition of the Class A Ordinary Shares, are treated as ordinary income. Ordinary loss treatment also applies to the deductible portion of any mark-to-market loss on the Class A Ordinary Shares, as well as to any loss realized on the actual sale or disposition of the Class A Ordinary Shares, to the extent that the amount of such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included for such Ordinary Shares. Your basis in the Class A Ordinary Shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts. If you make a valid mark-to-market election, the tax rules that apply to distributions by corporations which are not PFICs would apply to distributions by us, except that the lower applicable capital gains rate for qualified dividend income discussed above under “— Taxation of Dividends and Other Distributions on our Class A Ordinary Shares” generally would not apply.
The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock,” which is stock that is traded in other than de minimis quantities on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter (“regularly traded”) on a qualified exchange or other market (as defined in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations), including the Nasdaq Capital Market. If the Class A Ordinary Shares are regularly traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market and if you are a holder of the Class A Ordinary Shares, the mark-to-market election would be available to you were we to be or become a PFIC.
Alternatively, a U.S. Holder of stock in a PFIC may make a “qualified electing fund” election with respect to such PFIC to elect out of the tax treatment discussed above. A U.S. Holder who makes a valid qualified electing fund election with respect to a PFIC will generally include in gross income for a taxable year such holder’s pro rata share of the corporation’s earnings and profits for the taxable year. However, the qualified electing fund election is available only if such PFIC provides such U.S. Holder with certain information regarding its earnings and profits as required under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. We do not currently intend to prepare or provide the information that would enable you to make a qualified electing fund election. If you hold Ordinary Shares in any year in which we are a PFIC, you will be required to file U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 regarding distributions received on the Class A Ordinary Shares and any gain realized on the disposition of the Class A Ordinary Shares.
If you do not make a timely “mark-to-market” election (as described above), and if we were a PFIC at any time during the period you hold our Class A Ordinary Shares, then such Class A Ordinary Shares will continue to be treated as stock of a PFIC with respect to you even if we cease to be a PFIC in a future year, unless you make a “purging election” for the year we cease to be a PFIC. A “purging election” creates a deemed sale of such Ordinary Shares at their fair market value on the last day of the last year in which we are treated as a PFIC. The gain recognized by the purging election will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purging election, you will have a new basis (equal to the fair market value of the Class A Ordinary Shares on the last day of the last year in which we are treated as a PFIC) and holding period (which new holding period will begin the day after such last day) in your Class A Ordinary Shares for tax purposes.
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IRC Section 1014(a) provides for a step-up in basis to the fair market value for our Class A Ordinary Shares when inherited from a decedent that was previously a holder of our Class A Ordinary Shares. However, if we are determined to be a PFIC and a decedent that was a U.S. Holder did not make either a timely qualified electing fund election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) our Class A Ordinary Shares, or a mark-to-market election and ownership of those Class A Ordinary Shares are inherited, a special provision in IRC Section 1291(e) provides that the new U.S. Holder’s basis should be reduced by an amount equal to the IRC Section 1014 basis minus the decedent’s adjusted basis just before death. As such if we are determined to be a PFIC at any time prior to a decedent’s passing, the PFIC rules will cause any new U.S. Holder that inherits our Class A Ordinary Shares from a U.S. Holder to not get a step-up in basis under IRC Section 1014 and instead will receive a carryover basis in those Class A Ordinary Shares.
You are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to your investment in our Class A Ordinary Shares and the elections discussed above.
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. The Cayman Islands is not party to any double tax treaties that are applicable to any payments made to or by our company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.
Payments of dividends and capital in respect of the 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.
BVI taxation
A BVI business company is exempt from all provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance of the BVI (including with respect to all dividends, interests, rents, royalties, compensations and other amounts payable by the company to persons who are not resident in the BVI). Capital gains realized with respect to any shares, debt obligations or other securities of the company by persons who are not resident in the BVI are also exempt from all provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance of the BVI.
No estate, inheritance, succession or gift tax is payable with respect to any shares, debt obligations or other securities of a BVI company. There are currently no withholding taxes or exchange control regulations in the BVI applicable to us.
Hong Kong Taxation
The following summary of certain relevant taxation provisions under the laws of Hong Kong is based on current law and practice and is subject to changes therein. This summary does not purport to address all possible tax consequences relating to purchasing, holding or selling our Class A Ordinary Shares, and does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular investors, some of whom may be subject to special rules. Accordingly, holders or prospective purchasers (particularly those subject to special tax rules, such as banks, dealers, insurance companies and tax-exempt entities) should consult their own tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of purchasing, holding or selling our Class A Ordinary Shares. Under the current laws of Hong Kong:
| ● | No profit tax is imposed in Hong Kong in respect of capital gains from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares. |
| ● | Revenues gains from the sale of our Class A Ordinary Shares by persons carrying on a trade, profession or business in Hong Kong where the gains are derived from or arise in Hong Kong from the trade, profession or business will be chargeable to Hong Kong profits tax, which is currently imposed at the rate of 16.5% on corporations and at a maximum rate of 15% on individuals and unincorporated businesses. |
| ● | Gains arising from the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares, where the purchases and sales of the Class A Ordinary Shares are effected outside of Hong Kong such as, for example, on Cayman Islands, should not be subject to Hong Kong profits tax. |
According to the current tax practice of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department, dividends paid on the Class A Ordinary Shares would not be subject to any Hong Kong tax.
No Hong Kong stamp duty is payable on the purchase and sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares.
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ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. We are incorporated in the Cayman Islands because of certain benefits associated with being a Cayman Islands corporation, such as political and economic stability, an effective judicial system, a favorable tax system, the absence of exchange control or currency restrictions and the availability of professional and support services. However, the Cayman Islands may have a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States and provides protections for investors to a lesser extent. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United States.
All of our assets are located in Hong Kong. In addition, all 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.
We have appointed Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168, as our agent to receive service of process with respect to any action brought against us in the United States under the federal securities laws of the United States or of any State of the United States.
Hong Kong
Khoo & Co., our counsel with respect to Hong Kong law, has advised us that judgment of United States courts cannot be directly enforced in Hong Kong in accordance with the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 319) (the “Ordinance”), as the application of the Ordinance 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. The common law permits an action to be brought upon a foreign judgment, but it is subject to various conditions including, but not limited to, that the foreign judgement 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. 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.
Cayman Islands
Ogier, our counsel as to the laws of the Cayman Islands, has advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. 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 the Cayman Islands against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
Ogier has informed us that there is uncertainty with regard to Cayman Islands law related to whether a judgment obtained from the U.S. courts under civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws will be determined by the courts of the Cayman Islands as penal or punitive in nature. If such a determination is made, the courts of the Cayman Islands will not recognize or enforce the judgment against a Cayman Islands company, such as our company. As the courts of the Cayman Islands have yet to rule on making such a determination in relation to judgments obtained from U.S. courts under civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws, it is uncertain whether such judgments would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands. 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 is not a party to any treaties for the reciprocal enforcement or recognition of such judgments), the courts of the Cayman Islands will, at common law, recognize and enforce a foreign monetary judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying dispute based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the liquidated sum for which such judgment has been given, provided such judgment (a) is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction, (b) imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given, (c) is final, (d) is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty, (e) was not obtained by fraud and (f) is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). 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. A Cayman Islands court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
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British Virgin Islands
The courts of the British Virgin Islands will not necessarily enter judgments in original actions brought in those courts predicated on U.S. federal or state securities laws. Additionally, there is no statutory enforcement in the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, however, the courts of the British Virgin Islands will in certain circumstances recognize such a foreign judgment and treat it as a cause of action in itself which may be sued upon as a debt at common law so that no retrial of the issues would be necessary provided that:
| ● | the U.S. court issuing the judgment had jurisdiction in the matter and the company either submitted to such jurisdiction or was resident or carrying on business within such jurisdiction and was duly served with process; |
| ● | is final and for a liquidated sum; |
| ● | the judgment given by the U.S. court was not in respect of penalties, taxes, fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company; |
| ● | in obtaining judgment there was no fraud on the part of the person in whose favor judgment was given or on the part of the court; |
| ● | recognition or enforcement of the judgment in the British Virgin Islands would not be contrary to public policy; and |
| ● | the proceedings pursuant to which judgment was obtained were not contrary to natural justice. |
In appropriate circumstances, the British Virgin Islands Court may give effect in the British Virgin Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.
We expect that in the event of a voluntary liquidation of the company, after payment of the liquidation costs and any sums then due to creditors, that the liquidator would distribute our remaining assets on a pari passu basis.
Under British Virgin Islands law, the directors owe fiduciary duties at both common law and under statute, including a statutory duty to act honestly, in good faith and with a view to our best interests. When exercising powers or performing duties as a director, the director is required to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in the circumstances taking into account, without limitation the nature of the company, the nature of the decision and the position of the director and the nature of the responsibilities undertaken by him. In exercising the powers of a director, the directors must exercise their powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the company acting in a manner that contravenes our memorandum and articles of association or the BVI Business Companies Act of the British Virgin Islands (as revised from time to time).
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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 counsel as to Cayman Islands law. Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP is acting as counsel to our company regarding U.S. securities law matters. Certain legal matters regarding Hong Kong law will be passed upon for us by Khoo & Co. Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP may rely upon Khoo & Co. concerning matters governed by Hong Kong law and Ogier with respect to matters as to Cayman Islands law.
The consolidated financial statements of Wellchange Holding Company Limited at December 31, 2024 and 2023, appearing in this prospectus have been audited by our current auditor SR CPA & Co., independent registered public accounting firm, and our previous auditor WWC, P.C., independent registered public accounting firm, respectively, as set forth in their report thereon appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The current address of WWC, P.C. is 2010 Pioneer Court, San Mateo, CA 94403 and the current address of SR CPA & Co. is Suites 1701-02, 17/F., 308 Central Des Voeux, 308 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a semi-annual report and a registration statement on Form F-1 (including amendments and exhibits to the registration statement) under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares offered hereby. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits filed therewith. For further information about us and the Class A Ordinary Shares offered hereby, reference is made to the registration statement and the exhibits filed therewith. Statements contained in this prospectus regarding the contents of any contract or any other document that is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are not necessarily complete, and in each instance we refer you to the copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. However, statements in the prospectus contain the material provisions of such contracts, agreements and other documents.
We are subject to periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable to foreign private issuers. As we are a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from some of the Exchange Act reporting requirements, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders, and Section 16 short swing profit reporting for our officers and directors and for holders of more than 10% of our shares. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.
The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the website is www.sec.gov.
We maintain a website at https://wellchange.co/. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of, and shall not be incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.
No dealers, salesperson, or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Each document incorporated by reference is current only as of the date of such document, and the incorporation by reference of such documents should not create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since such date. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus and should be read with the same care. When we update the information contained in documents that have been incorporated by reference by making future filings with the SEC, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is considered to be automatically updated and superseded. In other words, in the case of a conflict or inconsistency between information contained in this prospectus and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, you should rely on the information contained in the document that was filed later. We are allowed to incorporate by reference the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents.
We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the documents listed below:
| ● | our 2024 Annual Report filed with the SEC on May 16, 2025. |
| ● | Our report of foreign private issuer on Form 6 K filed with the SEC on June 5, 2025, June 20, 2025, June 24, 2025, June 25, 2025, July 18, 2025, August 12, 2025, September 9, 2025, September 19, 2025, October 17, 2025 and October 30, 2025. |
The information relating to us contained in this prospectus does not purport to be comprehensive and should be read together with the information contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
As you read the above documents, you may find inconsistencies in information from one document to another. If you find inconsistencies between the documents and this prospectus, you should rely on the statements made in the most recent document. All information appearing in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the information and financial statements, including the notes thereto, contained in the documents incorporated by reference herein.
We will provide without charge to any person (including any beneficial owner) to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon oral or written request, a copy of any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus (except for exhibits to those documents unless a documents states that one of its exhibits is incorporated into the document itself). Such request should be directed to: Wellchange Holdings Company Limited, Unit E, 11/F, Billion Plaza II, 10 Cheung Yue Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus, or such earlier date, that is indicated in this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN 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 for indemnification of officers and directors, 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 civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime.
Our Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that, to the extent permitted by law, our Company shall indemnify each existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary and other officer of the Company (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 the Company’s 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 the Company or its 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, our Company 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 Articles 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 that 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 pursuant to 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.
ITEM 7. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
During the past three years, we have issued and sold the following securities without registering such securities under the Securities Act. We believe that each of the following issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act regarding transactions not involving a public offering or in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act regarding sales by an issuer in offshore transactions. No underwriter was involved in these issuances of securities.
The Company was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as a limited company on July 13, 2023. On the date of its incorporation, the Company issued one Ordinary Share to Mapcal Limited, incorporated in Cayman Islands for a consideration of $1.00. On the same day, Mapcal Limited transferred the one Ordinary Share of the Company to Mr. Shek Kin Pong for a consideration of $1.00.
On August 28, 2023, the entire equity interest of Wching HK was transferred by Mr. Shek Kin Pong to Victory Hero, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in exchange for an allotment and issuance of 889 Ordinary Shares of the Company to Victory Hero.
On August 30, 2023, the Company, Power Smart International Limited, Ocean Serene Holdings Limited, Paramount Fortune Capital Limited, and Prestige Leader Success Limited entered into a subscription agreement, pursuant to which the Company allotted and issued:
| (i) | 45 Shares in the aggregate to Ocean Serene Holdings Limited, representing 4.5% of the total issued share capital of the Company for a consideration of HK$777,273 (US$99,724); |
| (ii) | 35 Shares in the aggregate to Paramount Fortune Capital Limited, representing 3.5% of the total issued share capital of the Company for a consideration of HK$604,545 (US$77,563); and |
| (iii) | 30 Shares in the aggregate to Prestige Leader Success Limited, representing 3.0% of the total issued share capital of the Company for a consideration of HK$518,182 (US$66,483). |
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The aggregate consideration for the abovementioned subscription shall be HK$1,900,000 (US$243,770) payable by Ocean Serene Holdings Limited, Paramount Fortune Capital Limited, and Prestige Leader Success Limited in proportion of their respective shareholding in the Company on or before September 30, 2023.
The aforesaid allotment and issuance of the respective Shares has been completed on August 30, 2023.
On January 26, 2024, the Company undertook a 4,000-for-1 forward split of our ordinary shares approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors. As a result, our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00025, and the ordinary shares issued and outstanding prior to the completion of this offering have been increased from 1,000 to 4,000,000. Wellchange Cayman was 89% (representing 3,560,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Power Smart, 4.5% (representing 180,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Ocean Serene, 3.5% (representing 140,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Paramount Fortune, and 3.0% (representing 120,000 Ordinary Shares of the issued and outstanding) owned by Prestige Leader, respectively.
On February 8, 2024, the Company undertook a 5-for-1 forward split of our ordinary shares, approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors. As a result, the Company’s authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005, and the ordinary shares issued and outstanding prior to the completion of this offering have been increased from 4,000,000 to 20,000,000. Wellchange Cayman was 89% (representing 17,800,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Power Smart, 4.5% (representing 900,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Ocean Serene, 3.5% (representing 700,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding) owned by Paramount Fortune, and 3.0% (representing 600,000 Ordinary Shares of the issued and outstanding) owned by Prestige Leader, respectively.
Share Re-classification
On August 7, 2025, we undertook a share reclassification (the “Share Re-classification”) approved by our existing shareholders and board of directors to establish a dual-class share capital structure. As a result, our authorized share capital of US$50,000, previously divided into 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 each, was redesignated into 900,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. in connection with implementing the dual-class share structure, (i) all issued and outstanding ordinary shares held by our then-existing shareholders, other than 5,000,000 ordinary shares held by Mr. Shek Kin Pong and 3,000,000 ordinary shares held by Power Smart International Limited, were re-designated on a one-for-one basis into Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) the 5,000,000 ordinary shares held by Mr. Shek Kin Pong and the 3,000,000 ordinary shares held by Power Smart International Limited were re-designated on a one-for-one basis into Class B Ordinary Shares , and (iii) the remaining authorized but unissued 854,735,000 Ordinary Shares be re-designated into Class A Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis, and the remaining authorized but unissued 92,000,000 Ordinary Shares be re-designated into Class B Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis.
2025 Private Placement
On September 9, 2025, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with the Selling Shareholders for the issuance and sale a total of 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares. These s shares were issued in reliance on the exemption under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
| (a) | See Exhibit Index beginning on page II-6 of this registration statement. |
| (b) | Financial Statement Schedules |
Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or has been included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
| (a) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
| (1) | 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 by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
| 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; |
| 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 (a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section 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 Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or, as to a registration statement. |
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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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| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
| (4) | To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the 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 Form F-3. |
| (5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
| (i) | If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B: |
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
| (ii) | If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
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| (6) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
| (i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
| (ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
| (iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
| (iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
| (b) | 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 provisions described in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 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. |
| (c) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: |
| (1) | That 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. |
| (2) | That 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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EXHIBIT INDEX
| * | Filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 December 2, 2025
| Wellchange Holdings Company Limited | ||
| By: | /s/ Shek Kin Pong | |
| Shek Kin Pong Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Shek Kin Pong | Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Shek Kin Pong | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Chan Siu Leung | Chief Financial Officer | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Cha Siu Leung | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Officer) | |||
| /s/ Tang Chi Hin | Chief Technology Officer, Director | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Tang Chi Hin | ||||
| /s/ Fang Li Chieh | Director | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Fang Li Chieh | ||||
| /s/ Lau Yun Chau | Independent Director | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Lau Yun Chau | ||||
| /s/ Michael Chung Fai Ng | Independent Director | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Michael Chung Fai Ng | ||||
| /s/ Chu Chi Hong | Independent Director | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Chu Chi Hong | ||||
| /s/ Shi Zhu | Independent Director | December 2, 2025 | ||
| Name: Shi Zhu |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of America, has signed this registration statement thereto in New York, NY, on December 2, 2025.
| 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 5.1
| Wellchange Holdings Company Limited | D +852 3656 6054 | |
| E nathan.powell@ogier.com | ||
| D +852 3656 6023 | ||
| E janice.chu@ogier.com | ||
| Reference: NMP/JTC/51212.00003 |
1 December 2025
Dear Sirs
Wellchange Holdings Company Limited (the Company)
We have acted as Cayman Islands counsel to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the Registration Statement), as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended to date (the Securities Act). The Registration Statement relates to the resale by certain selling shareholders of the Company as named in the Registration Statement (the Selling Shareholders) of up to 100,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (as defined below) which are presently in issue and outstanding (the Resale Shares).
We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibit 5.1, Exhibit 8.1 and Exhibit 23.3 to the Registration Statement.
Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in the Documents. The headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.
| 1 | Documents examined |
For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined originals, copies, or drafts of the following documents: (the Documents):
| (a) | the certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 13 July 2023 issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the Registrar); |
| (b) | the fourth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company adopted by a special resolution dated 7 August 2025 (the Memorandum and Articles); |
| (c) | a certificate of good standing dated 10 September 2025 (the Good Standing Certificate) issued by the Registrar in respect of the Company; |
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Partners Nicholas Plowman Nathan Powell Anthony Oakes Oliver Payne Kate Hodson David Nelson Justin Davis Joanne Collett Dennis Li |
Cecilia Li Yuki Yan David Lin Alan Wong Rachel Huang** Janice Chu** Florence Chan*‡ Richard Bennett**‡ James Bergstrom‡ |
* admitted in New Zealand ** admitted in England and Wales ‡ not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong |
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| (d) | a copy of the register of directors and officers of the Company as provided to us on 15 September 2025 (the ROD); |
| (e) | copies of the shareholder lists of the Company as provided to us on 26 September 2025 and 3 October 2025 (the ROM, and together with the ROD, the Registers); |
| (f) | a copy of the written resolutions of all of the directors of the Company dated 2 September 2025; |
| (g) | a copy of the written resolutions of all the directors of the Company dated 25 September 2025 approving the Company’s filing of the Registration Statement and the resale of the Resale Shares (item (f) and item (g) are collectively referred to as the Board Resolutions); |
| (h) | a copy of the securities purchase agreement dated 9 September 2025 entered into between the Company and the purchasers as named therein; |
| (i) | a certificate from a director of the Company dated 1 December 2025 as to certain matters of facts (the Director’s Certificate); and |
| (j) | the Registration Statement. |
| 2 | Assumptions |
In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set forth in this paragraph 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of those assumptions:
| (a) | all original documents examined by us are authentic and complete; |
| (b) | all copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete; |
| (c) | all signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine; |
| (d) | each of the Good Standing Certificate, the Registers and the Director’s Certificate is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion; |
| (e) | the Memorandum and Articles provided to us are in full force and effect and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect; |
| (f) | all copies of the Registration Statement are true and correct copies and the Registration Statement conform in every material respect to the latest drafts of the same produced to us and, where the Registration Statement has been provided to us in successive drafts marked-up to indicate changes to such documents, all such changes have been so indicated; |
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| (g) | the Board Resolutions remain in full force and effect and have not been, and will not be, rescinded or amended, and each of the directors of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him/her in approving the resale of the Resale Shares and the transactions set out in the Board Resolutions and none of the directors of the Company has any financial interest in or other relationship to a party of the transactions contemplated by the resale of the Resale Shares and the Board Resolutions which has not been properly disclosed in the Board Resolutions; |
| (h) | no invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for any shares of the Company and none of the shares have been offered or issued to residents of the Cayman Islands; |
| (i) | there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the Cayman Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein. |
| 3 | Opinions |
On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in paragraph 4 below, we are of the opinion that:
Corporate status
| (a) | The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar. |
Authorised Share capital
| (b) | The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 900,000,000 class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 each (the Class A Ordinary Shares) and 100,000,000 class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 each (the Class B Ordinary Shares). |
Corporate authorisation
| (c) | The Company has taken all requisite corporate action to authorise the sale of the Resale Shares under the Registration Statement. |
Valid Issuance of Resale Shares
| (d) | The Resale Shares being proposed for resale by the Selling Shareholders have been validly issued, fully paid and are non-assessable. |
Registration Statement – Taxation
| (e) | The statements contained in the Registration Statement in the section headed “Cayman Islands Taxation”, in so far as they purport to summarise the laws or regulations of the Cayman Islands, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion. |
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| 4 | Limitations and Qualifications |
| 4.1 | We offer no opinion: |
| (a) | as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in the Documents to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands; or |
| (b) | except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the Registration Statement, the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the Registration Statement and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents. |
| 4.2 | Under the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands (Companies Act), annual returns in respect of the Company must be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, together with payment of annual filing fees. A failure to file annual returns and pay annual filing fees may result in the Company being struck off the Register of Companies, following which its assets will vest in the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands and will be subject to disposition or retention for the benefit of the public of the Cayman Islands. |
| 4.3 | In good standing means only that as of the date of this opinion the Company is up-to-date with the filing of its annual returns and payment of annual fees with the Registrar of Companies. We have made no enquiries into the Company’s good standing with respect to any filings or payment of fees, or both, that it may be required to make under the laws of the Cayman Islands other than the Companies Act. |
| 5 | Governing law of this opinion |
| 5.1 | This opinion is: |
| (a) | governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands; |
| (b) | limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and |
| (c) | confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the Cayman Islands at the date of this opinion. |
| 5.2 | Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific Cayman Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion. |
| 6 | Reliance |
| 6.1 | We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not believe that we are “experts” within the meaning of such term used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise. |
This opinion may be used only in connection with the offer and resale of the Resale Shares and while the Registration Statement is effective.
Yours faithfully
Ogier
Exhibit 8.2
Wellchange Holdings Company
Limited
| Your Reference: | ||||
| Our Reference: wk_2023_066_mn | ||||
| Date: December 1, 2025 | ||||
| Dear Sirs,
Re: Legal Opinion on Certain Hong Kong Legal Matters (the “Matter”)
We are qualified lawyers of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Hong Kong”) and as such are qualified to issue this opinion on the laws and regulations of Hong Kong effective as of the date hereof.
We were engaged as Hong Kong counsel to Wellchange Holdings Company Limited (the “Listco”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and its subsidiary incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability, Wching Tech Ltd Co. Limited (the “Company”, together with the Listco, the “Group”), in connection with the Listco’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Listco with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules”), relating to the resale by certain selling shareholders of the Listco as named in the Registration Statement (the “Offering”) of up to 100,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Listco which are presently in issue and outstanding. We have been requested to give this opinion as to the matters set forth below.
A. Assumptions
For the purpose of giving this opinion, we have examined copies of due diligence documents provided by the Company and the Listco, and obtained other relevant documents as we deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion. Where certain facts were not independently established and verified by us, we have relied upon statements issued or made by, among others, appropriate representatives of the Company and the Listco.
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In rendering this opinion, we have assumed without independent investigation the following (the “Assumptions”):
| (i). | All signatures, seals and chops are genuine, each signature on behalf of a party thereto is that of a person duly authorised by such party to execute the same, all documents (the “Documents”) submitted to us in relation to the Matter as originals (if any) are authentic, and all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the originals; |
| (ii). | Each of the parties (other than the Company) to the Documents, (a) if a legal person or other entity, is duly organised and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organisation and/or incorporation; or (b) if an individual, has full capacity for civil conduct; each of them, has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its/her/his obligations under such documents to which it is a party in accordance with the laws of its jurisdiction of organisation or incorporation or the laws that it/she/he is subject to; |
| (iii). | The Documents remain in full force and effect on the date of this opinion and have not been revoked, amended or supplemented, and no amendments, revisions, supplements, modifications or other changes have been made, and no revocations or terminations have occurred, with respect to any of such Documents after they were submitted to us for the purposes of this opinion; |
| (iv). | The accuracy and completeness of all factual representations, whether via oral or written instructions, provided by the Company and/or the Listco, including the Company’s confirmation issued by the authorised representatives of the Company dated December 1, 2025 (the “Company’s Confirmation”) to us; |
| (v). | The information disclosed by company searches, other public searches and/or search conducted by Central Business Information Limited (“CBI”) (an independent search agent) in Hong Kong are accurate and complete as at the time of this Opinion and conforms to records maintained by the Company and/or the Listco, and that such searches would not fail to disclose any information which had been filed with or delivered to the Hong Kong Companies Registry and/or the relevant bodies but had not been processed at the time when the relevant searches were conducted; |
| (vi). | The laws of jurisdictions other than Hong Kong which may be applicable to the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Documents are complied with; |
| (vii). | The instructions and information provided by the Company and/or the Listco are true and accurate to our best belief; and |
| (viii). | There has been no change in the information contained in the latest records of the Company and the Listco and/or any other relevant company under the Hong Kong Companies Registry made up to the issuance of this opinion; |
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B. Documents examined
For the purpose of preparing this opinion and subject to bases, assumptions and qualifications set out below, we have reviewed and examined the Documents as set out in the Appendix hereto. In addition to the Documents, we have reviewed and examined the following:
| (1) | results of searches carried out by us on December 1, 2025, against the records of the Company as kept on the Company Registry in Hong Kong; |
| (2) | results of winding up searches carried out by us on December 1, 2025, against the publicly available records at the Official Receiver’s Office in Hong Kong in respect of the Company; |
| (3) | results of searches for trademarks, patents and designs carried out at the Online Search System of the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong against the Company as applicant/owner on December 1, 2025 (“IP Search Results”); and |
| (4) | results of searches contained in the search report issued by CBI on July 24, 2023. |
(The searches above collectively referred to herein as the “Searches”.)
C. Opinions
1. Corporate Matters
| 1.1. | Corporate Structure and Information |
Subject to the Assumptions and Qualifications (as defined below), and based on the register of members of the Company, the register of directors of the Company and the Searches, the particulars of the Company are set out hereinbelow:
The current corporate structure of the Company is as follows:
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Company Name |
: | Wching Tech Ltd Co. Limited |
| Former Name(s) | : | N/A |
| Place of incorporation | : | Hong Kong |
| Date of incorporation | : | April 20, 2012 |
| Company status | : | Live |
| BRN | : | 59687756 |
| Registered Office and Principal Place of Business | : | Unit 7, 25/F, Global Gateway Tower, No. 63 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong |
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| Number of issued shares | : | 10,000 |
| Issued and Paid up Share Capital | : | HK$10,000 |
| Shareholding structure and Shareholder | : |
Shareholder Victory Hero Capital Limited No. of shares held 10,000 shares |
| Director | : | Shek Kin Pong |
| Company Secretary | : | Union Wisdom Corporate Consultants Limited |
| Nature of Business | : |
enterprise software solution services provider |
| 1.2. | Memorandum and articles of association |
Based on the Documents, the articles of association were duly registered with the Companies Registry of Hong Kong upon incorporation. The articles of association of the Company have not been amended since incorporation.
Subject to the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Companies Ordinance”), the articles of association do not contain any unusual provisions that affect the voting rights of its shareholders
Pursuant to section 11 of the Companies Ordinance, a private company must by its articles restrict a member’s right to transfer shares. In this respect, article 2(2) of the articles of associations of the Company provides that the directors may in their discretion refuse to register the transfer of a share. Accordingly, transfer of shares in the Company by its shareholders shall be approved by its directors.
Subject to the requirements under the Companies Ordinance, the articles of association of the Company do not contain any unusual provision that affects the declaration of, or payment of dividends to, shareholders.
The Company has the corporate power to carry on its business in the manner as currently conducted by it within the scope permitted under their articles of association and business licences, if any.
| 1.3. | Due Incorporation |
Based on the certificate of incorporation in respect of the Company issued by the Hong Kong Companies Registry on April 20, 2012 and the Searches, the Company is a company with limited liability duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Hong Kong and is in continuing registration with the Companies Registry of Hong Kong. The Company can sue and be sued in its own name in the courts of Hong Kong and under the laws of Hong Kong to the extent that the courts of Hong Kong have or assume jurisdiction and the Hong Kong courts do not exercise their discretion to stay any such proceedings.
| 1.4. | Filing and other requirements under the Companies Ordinance |
Under the Companies Ordinance, a company limited by shares in Hong Kong is required to comply with certain filing or registration requirements in relation to change of directors, change of company secretary, change of registered office, allotment of shares, annual return, etc. Where a company fails to do so, this will render the company and its responsible officers liable to fines. Late filings may also be subject to higher registration fees.
Based on the Documents, the Company is not in breach of its filing requirements in all material respects as of the date of this opinion.
| 1.5. | Share Capital |
The current issued and paid-up share capital of the Company are as follows:
| Issued and paid-up share capital: | HK$10,000 | |
| Number of issued and paid-up shares: | 10,000 ordinary shares |
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| 1.6. | Shareholder |
| Shareholder: | Victory Hero Capital Limited | ||
| Number of shares held: | 10,000 ordinary shares | ||
| Share percentage/Percentage of voting power: | 100% |
The abovenamed shareholder is the sole current registered holder and the current legal owner of all the shares in the Company, and entitled to the equity of the Company and the rights and interests attached thereto. Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation provided to us, the shareholder’s interest in the Company is free from any encumbrances such as mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, title retention, right to acquire, security interest, option, pre-emptive or other similar right, right of first refusal, third-party right, instruction or any other encumbrance or condition whatsoever as at the date of this opinion.
Based on the Documents, there is only one class of shares for the Company, i.e., ordinary shares with the same voting rights.
Under Hong Kong laws, the Company is not required to obtain permission from any Hong Kong authorities to issue ordinary shares to investors.
| 1.7. | Dividends |
Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation, the Company has not declared or paid any dividend as of the date of this opinion.
Under Hong Kong laws, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the shares of the Company in accordance with the Companies Ordinance may be paid or distributed to holders of such shares, and such dividends and other distribution made to holders of such shares are not subject to withholding or other taxes and are otherwise free and clear of any other duty, withholding or deduction under the laws of Hong Kong, and may be paid without obtaining any approval from any governmental authority in Hong Kong. Save and except that a distribution may only be made by the Company out of profits in accordance with the Companies Ordinance and its articles of association, there is no general restriction against payment of dividends, making of distributions, repayment of loans, or transfer of property and assets to any third party by the Company under the laws of Hong Kong or its articles of association. Dividends or distributions may be paid in Hong Kong dollars and may be converted into other foreign currency and transferred out of Hong Kong. There is no exchange control legislation under Hong Kong laws.
| 1.8. | Encumbrances |
Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation provided to us, there are no registered mortgages or charges or other kinds of security over the assets of the Company.
| 2. | Major Licences and Consents |
The Company has obtained the following business registration for its business carried out in Hong Kong.
| Business Name | Address | Business Registration Certificate No. |
Effective Period | |||
| WCHING TECH LTD CO. LIMITED |
FLAT/RM 7 25/F GLOBAL GATEWAY TOWER NO. 63 WING HONG STREET CHUENG SHA WAN KL |
59687756-000-04-25-6 | 20/4/2025 to 19/4/2026 |
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Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation, save for the business registration issued in accordance with the Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter 310 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Business Registration Ordinance”), the Company is not required to obtain any other material permit, licence or approval in Hong Kong in order to engage in the operation of its business in Hong Kong.
Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation, the business registration certificate is valid and has not expired, been varied or revoked and remain in full force and effect. Further, based on the Documents, the Searches and the Company’s Confirmation, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the aforementioned business registration certificates and no action has been taken or threatened for the cancellation of such certificate, registration or licence.
| 3. | Intellectual Property |
As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has registered the following two trademarks for “MR. CLOUD” under the jurisdiction of Hong Kong:
Trademark |
Trademark No. | Registration Date | ||
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306321933 | August 14, 2023 | ||
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306321942 | August 14, 2023 | ||
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Based on the Company’s Confirmation, the Company has not in Hong Kong (i) received any intellectual property infringement-related complaints or claims against them; (ii) been notified of any infringement of any intellectual property of any third party by them or of any of their intellectual property being infringed by any third party; and (iii) been involved in any litigation in relation to claims of infringement of intellectual property.
| 4. | Litigation and winding up |
According to the Documents, the Searches and the Company’s Confirmation, there is:
| (a) | no record of any order or resolution for the winding-up or any notice of the appointment of a receiver, administrator or liquidator in connection with the winding-up, dissolution or reorganisation of the Company or its assets in Hong Kong, and no record of any petition for the winding-up against the Company in Hong Kong; |
| (b) | no steps having been taken to wind up or dissolve the Company, appoint a receiver, administrator or liquidator in respect of it or any of its assets; and |
| (c) | no actions, suits, investigations, litigation or proceedings current, pending or threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its assets in which the Company is a defendant or respondent before the courts of Hong Kong as at the date hereof. |
| 5. | Properties |
Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation, the Company as of the date of this opinion, leased the following property in Hong Kong (the “Property”):
| Property | Landlord | Tenant | Date of Tenancy Agreement |
Lease Term | ||||
| FLAT/RM 7 25/F GLOBAL GATEWAY TOWER NO. 63 WING HONG STREET CHUENG SHA WAN KL |
WEST GLORY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
The Company | October 15, 2025 | From November 15, 2025 to November 14, 2027 |
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Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation, the tenancy agreement for the Property identified above was/is valid, legally binding and effective, and the use of the Property was/is in accordance with the usage approved under the tenancy agreement, if stated.
| 6. | Employment |
| 6.1 | Employment Contracts |
Based on the Company’s Confirmation, all of the Company’s employees are stationed in Hong Kong. The employment contracts of the Company provided to us for review conform with the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (Chapter 57 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “Employment Ordinance”).
| 6.2 | Employees’ Benefits |
Retirement Pension Scheme
Based on the Mandatory Provident Fund contribution record, the Company has enrolled its Hong Kong employees with the Sun Life Rainbow MPF Scheme in compliance with the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Chapter 485 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance”). Under the scheme, the Company and its employees each make a contribution of 5% of the relevant employee’s monthly income or HK$1,500, whichever is the less. Based on the Company’s Confirmation, there is no outstanding employer contribution from the Company.
Employees’ Compensation Insurance
According to section 40 of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Chapter 282 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Employees’ Compensation Ordinance”), no employer shall employ any employee in any employment unless there is in force a policy of insurance to cover their liabilities both under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law for injuries at work in respect of all their employees, irrespective of the length of employment contract or working hours, full-time or part-time employment. If an employer fails to comply with the Employee’s Compensation Ordinance to secure an insurance cover, the employer commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of HK$100,000 and imprisonment for two years.
Based on the Documents and the Company’s Confirmation, the Company has taken out and maintained a valid employees’ compensation insurance for its employees.
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| 7. | Tax |
| 7.1 | The Company is subject to profits tax under Hong Kong laws in respect of its assessable profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong under the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Chapter 112 of the Laws of Hong Kong). |
| 7.2 | The applicable Hong Kong profits tax rates for the Company for the years of assessment 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000 and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000. |
| 7.3 | Based on the Company’s Confirmation, the Company has duly submitted, or otherwise is not required to submit, its profits tax returns as of the date of this opinion and we are not aware of any complaints, investigation of, any disputes with, or any fines, penalties or other administrative sanctions imposed by the Inland Revenue Department against the Company. |
| 8. | Offering Documents |
| 8.1 | The statements set forth in the Registration Statement under the caption “Risk Factors”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (save for the financial statements and its related schedules and the financial data contained therein to which we express no opinion), “Corporate History and Structure”, “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” insofar as such statements purport to describe or summarise Hong Kong legal matters currently in effect at the date of this opinion stated therein as at the date hereof, are true and accurate in all material respects, and represent a fair and accurate summary in all material respects of the Hong Kong legal matters stated therein as at the date hereof; and |
| 8.2 | The statements set forth in the Registration Statement under the caption “Taxation – Hong Kong Taxation” are true and accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinions. |
| 9. | Offering in Hong Kong |
The Shares may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“SFO”) and any rules made thereunder, or (ii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “C(WUMP)O”) or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the C(WUMP)O, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Shares may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the SFO and any rules made thereunder.
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| D. | Qualifications |
The opinion expressed above is subject to the following qualifications (“Qualifications”):
| (i). | Our opinion is limited to the laws of Hong Kong and of general application on the date hereof. We have not made investigation of, and do not express or imply any view on, the laws of any jurisdiction other than Hong Kong, and accordingly express or imply no opinion, whether directly or indirectly, on the laws of any jurisdiction other than Hong Kong; |
| (ii). | The laws of Hong Kong referred to herein are the laws and regulations publicly available and currently in force on the date hereof and there is no guarantee that any of such laws and regulations, or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, will not be changed, amended or revoked in the future with or without retrospective effect; |
| (iii). | Our opinion is subject to the effects of (a) certain legal or statutory principles affecting the enforceability of contractual rights generally under the concepts of public interest, social ethics, national security, good faith, fair dealing, and applicable statutes of limitation; (b) any circumstance in connection with formulation, execution or performance of any legal documents that would be deemed materially mistaken, clearly unconscionable, fraudulent, coercionary or concealing illegal intentions with a lawful form; (c) judicial discretion with respect to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, remedies or defences, or calculation of damages; and (d) the discretion of any competent Hong Kong legislative, administrative or judicial bodies in exercising their authority in Hong Kong; |
| (iv). | This opinion is issued based on the laws of Hong Kong that are currently in effect. For matters which are not explicitly provided for under the laws of Hong Kong, the future interpretation, implementation and application of the specific requirements under the laws of Hong Kong are subject to the final discretion of competent Hong Kong legislative, administrative and judicial authorities, and there can be no assurance that the government agencies will not ultimately take a view that is contrary to our opinion stated above; |
| (v). | We may rely, as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent we deem proper, on certificates and the Company’s Confirmation, the Listco, relevant governmental and regulatory authorities, and public searches conducted in Hong Kong and such matters of facts and the legal conclusions drawn therefrom are subject to any limitation, disclaimers or qualifications therein, and that they are further subject to and limited by the documents and information made available to us, including without limitation the Company’s internal records, corporate records, and other documents which may not be a complete and accurate representation or record of the matters contained therein. |
| (vi). | This opinion is intended to be used in the context which is specifically referred to herein. It should be read as a whole and each paragraph of this opinion should not be read independently; |
| (vii). | This opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The opinion expressed herein is rendered only as of the date hereof, and we assume no responsibility to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments that hereafter may be brought to our attention and that may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein; and |
| (viii). | As used in this opinion, the expression “to our best knowledge” or similar language with reference to matters of fact refers to the current actual knowledge of the solicitors of this firm who have worked on the Matter for the Company in connection with the Offering and the transactions contemplated thereunder. We have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of any fact, and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should be drawn from our representation of the Company and/or the Listco or the rendering of this opinion. |
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in, and the filing hereof as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our name in such Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ Khoo & Co.
Khoo & Co.
Encl.
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Appendix – List of Documents Reviewed
| No. | Document |
| 1. | Certificate of Incorporation of the Company issued on April 20, 2012 |
| 2. | Memorandum and Articles of the Company |
| 3. | Register of directors of the Company |
| 4. | Register of members of the Company |
| 5. | Register of significant controllers of the Company |
| 6. | Business Registration Certificate No. 59687756-000-04-25-6 of the Company |
| 7. | Employment agreements between the Company and employees of the Company |
| 8. | Tenancy agreement between WEST GLORY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED as landlord and the Company as tenant dated October 15, 2025 |
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We hereby consent to the incorporation of our report dated June 10, 2024 in the Registration Statement on Form F-1, under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. ) with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Wellchange Holdings Company Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes included herein.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the Registration Statement.
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| San Mateo, California | WWC, P.C. |
| December 1, 2025 | Certified Public Accountants |
| PCAOB ID No. 1171 |
Exhibit 23.2
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Suites 1701-02, 17/F., 308 Central Des Voeux, 308 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong 香港上環德輔道中308 17樓1701-02室 Tel電話: (852) 2123-1695 Faxs傳真: (852) 2122-9481 | |
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-1 of Wellchange Holdings Company Limited of our report dated May 15, 2025 relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in Wellchange Holdings Company Limited 's Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024.
/s/ SR CPA & Co
Hong Kong
December 1, 2025