PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS (Subject To Completion)
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Dated January
31, 2022
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ATIF
HOLDINGS LIMITED
Up to _______ Units
We are offering up to ______
units of ATIF Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company. Each “Unit” consists of (a) one ordinary share, par value
$0.001 per share and (b) one warrant to purchase [●] ordinary share at an exercise price equal to [●]% of the Unit price,
exercisable until five year and six months after the issuance date and subject to certain adjustment and cashless exercise provisions
as described herein. Unless otherwise indicated, reference to dollar amount shall mean United States dollars.
Our
Ordinary Shares are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ATIF.” There is no established trading market
for the Warrants and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to list the Warrants on The Nasdaq Capital
Market, any other national securities exchange or any other trading system.
On August 23, 2021, we
completed a five (5) for one (1) reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares,
par value $0.001 per share. References to our ordinary shares in this prospectus have been adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Split.
We have assumed a public
offering price of $__ per Unit, which was the last reported sale price for our Ordinary Share on Nasdaq on __, 2022. The final public
offering price will be determined through negotiation between us and the Placement Agent (as defined below) in the offering, may be at
a discount to the current market price, and the recent market price used throughout this prospectus may not be indicative of the actual
offering price.
We are a British Virgin
Islands holding company without any operations, and we conduct most of our operations through our wholly-owned subsidiaries and consolidated
affiliated entities in the U.S. and China. This structure involves unique risks to investors. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related
to Our Business Operations and Doing Business in China -- The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which
we may conduct our business activities, and if we are unable to substantially comply with any People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)
rules and regulations, our financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected; – Substantial uncertainties
exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of any new PRC laws, rules and regulations relating to foreign investment
and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and our business operation; and –
Risks related to a future determination that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) is unable to inspect
or investigate our auditor completely. The delisting of our ordinary shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and
adversely affect the value of your investment.”
Although we have shifted
our primary business to the U.S., we still have operations in China. There are legal and operational risks associated administering our
operations in Hong Kong and China through a Hong Kong corporation. The Chinese government recently took regulatory actions on certain
U.S. listed Chinese companies and made statements that it will exert more oversight and control over offerings and listings by Chinese
companies that are conducted overseas. Any change in foreign investment regulations, and other policies in China or related enforcement
actions by China government could result in a material change in our operations and the value of our ordinary shares and warrants and
could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer our ordinary shares and Warrants to investors or cause the value
of our ordinary shares and Warrants to significantly decline or be worthless.
Recently, the PRC government
initiated a series of regulatory actions and made a number of public statements on the regulation of business operations in China with
little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based
companies listed overseas using a variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews,
and expanding efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. We do not believe that we are directly subject to these regulatory actions or statements,
as we do not currently have a variable interest entity structure and our business does not involve the collection of user data, implicate
cybersecurity, or involve any other type of restricted industry. Because these statements and regulatory actions are new, however, it
is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies in China will respond to them, or what existing or
new laws or regulations will be modified or promulgated, if any, or the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will
have on our daily business operations or our ability to accept foreign investments and list on an U.S. exchange.
Our PRC counsel, Dentons
Law Firm, has advised us that based on their understanding of the current PRC laws, rules, and regulations, that we are not required
to obtain any permission from any PRC governmental authorities to offer securities to foreign investors. We have been closely monitoring
regulatory developments in China regarding any necessary approvals from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”)
or other PRC governmental authorities required for overseas listings, on the U.S. exchanges or on a foreign exchange other than the U.S.,
including this offering. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions or regulatory
objection to this offering from the CSRC or other PRC governmental authorities. However, there remains significant uncertainty as to
the enactment, interpretation and implementation of regulatory requirements related to overseas securities offerings and other capital
markets activities. If it is determined in the future that the approval of the CSRC, the Cyberspace Administration of China or any other
regulatory authority is required for this offering, we may face sanctions by the CSRC, the Cyberspace Administration of China or other
PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in China, limit our ability to pay
dividends outside of China, limit our operations in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into
China, if any, or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations
and prospects, as well as the trading price of our securities. The CSRC, the Cyberspace Administration of China or other PRC regulatory
agencies also may take action requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt this offering before settlement and delivery of our
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 Cyberspace Administration of China 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 China – Risks Related to Our Business Operations and Doing Business
in China”
The “Company,”
“we,” “us,” and “our,” refer to ATIF Holdings Limited, a holding company incorporated under the laws
of the British Virgin Islands, and its subsidiaries. We currently conduct our U.S. business through ATIF Inc., a California corporation
(“ATIF US”) and our China operations through ATIF, Limited, a Hong Kong corporation (“ATIF HK”). ATIF HK, in
turn, conducts its business in China through its subsidiary Huaya Consultant (Shenzen) Co. Ltd., a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the PRC (“Huaya”), which provides business consulting services, and additional service models consisting
of asset management, investment holding and media services in China.
Previously, our subsidiary
Huaya conducted its technical and management services in China through a series of contractual arrangements with the shareholders of
Qianhai Asia ERA (Shenzen) International Financial Services Co., Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of China (“Qianhai”).
The operations of Qianhai through a series of contracts is considered a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) under the Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification. In addition, on April 22, 2020, we acquired a 51.2% equity
interest in Leaping Group Co., Ltd. (“LGC”). Through a VIE structure with the shareholders of Leaping Media Group Co., Ltd.
(“LMG”), a corporation formed under the laws of the PRC, we contractually operated LMG, a multi-channel advertising business,
event planning and execute business, film production busines and movie theater operating business company. Operating a business through
a VIE relationship subjects investors to certain risks including, but not limited to, that (i) the Chinese government could determine
at any time that the underlying contractual arrangements on which control of the VIE is based violates Chinese law; (ii) a breach of
the contractual agreements between us and the shareholders of the Chinese-based VIE will likely be subject to Chinese law and jurisdiction;
and (iii) conflicts of interest between us and the shareholders of the Chinese based VIE may arise.
On February 3, 2021, we
terminated our VIE agreements with Qianha and upon termination, Qianha transferred all of its business and employees to Huaya. In addition,
on January 29, 2021, we sold our 51.2% equity interest in LGC. As a result of termination of relationship with shareholders of Qianhai
and sale of all our equity interests in LGC, since February 3, 2021, we have no VIE structure in connection with our operations.
The structure of cash
flows within our organization, and as summary of the applicable regulations is as follows:
The parent and listing
company ATIF Holdings Limited raises funds from the capital markets and transfers cash to all its subsidiaries for operations, such as
ATIF US in California and ATIF HK in Hong Kong.
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ATIF US uses cash for its business operations of business
consulting services, and additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services in the U.S;
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ATIF HK transfers cash to Huaya for its business operations
of business consulting services, and additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services
in China. Huya primarily uses its cash to pay employee salaries in China.
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The Company historically has not distributed any earnings
or settlement amounts from its China subsidiaries, nor have paid dividends or made distribution to its shareholders.
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The Company’s profits or losses have been booked
in ATIF HK and there is no restriction to distribute the capital from Hong Kong.
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We have not been notified from any Chinese government
authorities of any restriction on foreign exchange which limits our ability to transfer cash between entities, across borders, and to
U.S. investors.
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We have not been notified from any Chinese government
authorities of any restriction which can limit our ability to distribute earning from our business, including subsidiaries, to the us
and U.S. investors.
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The following tabulation
provides a summary of the funds transferred between our entities.
For the year ended July 31, 2020:
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ATIF Holdings Limited
(excluding its subsidiary) had a single bank account which was opened in the USA.
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ATIF received loans of $3,000,000 from ATIF HK and made loans of $1,000,000 to ATIF HK;
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ATIF HK received
loans of $1,000,000 and $460,000 from ATIF and Huaya, respectively; and paid fees of $1,640,000
on behalf of ATIF; and made loans of $3,000,000 and $270,000 to ATIF and Qianhan for their
operations, respectively;
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For the year ended July 31, 2021:
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ATIF Holdings Limited
(excluding its subsidiary) had a single bank account which was opened in the USA.
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during fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, we established ATIF-1, L.P., a California corporation ('ATIF-LP'). For its capital injection,
ATIF-LP received $1,500,000 from ATIF;
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during fiscal year
ended July 31, 2021, we established ATIF Inc., a California corporation ('ATIF-CA'). For
its operations, ATIF-CA received loans of $350,000 from ATIF and made a loan of $50,000 to
ATIF;
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ATIF received
a payment of $400,000 from Huaya related to customer payment; and received loans of $50,000
from ATIF-CA and made loans of $350,000 to ATIF-CA; transferred $1,500,000 to ATIF-LP for
captial injection; and received loans of $1,000,000 from ATIF HK and made loans of $710,000
to ATIF HK;
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ATIF HK received
a payment of $40,000 from ATIF related to custormer payment; and received loans of $710,000
from ATIF and made loans of $1,000,000 to ATIF; and paid fees of $30,000 on behalf of ATIF;
and made loans of $330,000 and $240,000 to Huaya and Qianhai, respectively.
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From August 1, 2021 up to December 31, 2021:
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ATIF Holdings Limited
(excluding its subsidiary) had a single bank account which was opened in the USA.
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ATIF made loans of $350,000 to ATIF-CA;
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ATIF made loans
of $40,000 to ATIF-HK.
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Since the inception of
the Company in 2015, no transfers, dividends, or distributions to U.S. investors have been made to date.
We have not been notified
from any Chinese government authorities of any restriction on foreign exchange which limits our ability to transfer cash between entities,
across borders, and to U.S. investors.
To address persistent
capital outflows and the RMB’s depreciation against the U.S. dollar in the fourth quarter of 2016, the People’s Bank of China
and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, have implemented a series of capital control measures in the subsequent months,
including stricter vetting procedures for China-based companies to remit foreign currency for overseas acquisitions, dividend payments
and shareholder loan repayments. The PRC government may continue to strengthen its capital controls and our PRC subsidiaries’ dividends
and other distributions, if any, may be subject to tightened scrutiny in the future. The PRC government also imposes controls on the
conversion of RMB into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of the PRC. Therefore, we may experience difficulties
in completing the administrative procedures necessary to obtain and remit foreign currency for the payment of dividends from our profits,
if any. Furthermore, if our subsidiaries in the PRC incur debt on their own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict
their ability to pay dividends or make other payments.
In addition, the Enterprise
Income Tax Law and its implementation rules provide that a withholding tax at a rate of 10% will be applicable to dividends payable by
Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprises unless reduced under treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and
the governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC resident enterprises are tax resident. Pursuant to the tax agreement
between Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the withholding tax rate in respect to the payment of dividends
by a PRC enterprise to a Hong Kong enterprise may be reduced to 5% from a standard rate of 10%. However, if the relevant tax authorities
determine that our transactions or arrangements are for the primary purpose of enjoying a favorable tax treatment, the relevant tax authorities
may adjust the favorable withholding tax in the future. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the reduced 5% withholding rate will
apply to dividends received by our Hong Kong subsidiary from our PRC subsidiaries. This withholding tax will reduce the amount of dividends
we may receive from our PRC subsidiaries.
On December 16, 2021,
PCAOB issued a report on its determination if PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely PCAOB-registered public accounting
firms headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC
authorities in those jurisdictions. The PCAOB made these determinations pursuant to PCAOB Rule 6100, which provides a framework for how
the PCAOB fulfills its responsibilities under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA”). If the PCAOB is
unable to inspect or investigate completely a registered public accounting firm headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong because
of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China or Hong Kong, investors are deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections,
which could cause investors to lose confidence in audit procedures and the quality of financial statements. In addition, under the HFCAA,
a company’s securities may be prohibited from trading on the U.S. stock exchanges or in the over the counter trading market in
the U.S. if its auditor is not inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, and this ultimately could result in a company’s
common stock being delisted. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable
Act (“AHFCAA”), which, if enacted, would amend the HFCAA and require the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from
trading on any U.S. stock exchanges or in the over the counter trading market in the U.S. if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections
for two consecutive years instead of three.
The audit report included
in this prospectus, and our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended July 31, 2021, incorporated by reference was issued by ZH CPA,
LLC. (“ZH CPA”), a U.S.-based accounting firm that is registered with the PCAOB and can be inspected by the PCAOB. We have
no intention of dismissing ZH CPA in the future or of engaging any auditor not based in the U.S. and not subject to regular inspection
by the PCAOB. There is no guarantee, however, that any future auditor engaged by the Company would remain subject to full PCAOB inspection
during the entire term of our engagement. If we do not engage change to an auditor that is subject to regular inspection by the PCAOB,
our common stock may be delisted.
We have retained FT Global
Capital, Inc. to act as exclusive placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with this offering. The Placement
Agent has no obligation to buy any of the securities from us or to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number of dollar
amount of securities. The Placement Agent is arranging for the sale of the Units offered in this prospectus on a “best-efforts”
basis and is being made without a firm commitment by the Placement Agent.
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Offering Price
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before expenses, to us
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We have agreed to pay
the placement agent a commission equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds sold in the offering. In addition, we have agreed to issue to
the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 3.0% of the Ordinary Shares sold in this offering. See section entitled “Plan
of Distribution” on page 32 for more information.
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See “Risk Factors” beginning on
page 7 for factors you should consider before buying the Units.
Neither
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission or regulator has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus or any related free writing prospectus. Any representation
to the contrary is a criminal offense.
We expect to deliver the
securities comprising the Units against payment in U.S. dollars in New York, NY on ____, 2022.
FT
Global Capital, Inc.
The
date of this prospectus is , 2022.
ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-1 that we have filed with the SEC.
You
should read this prospectus and the information and documents incorporated by reference carefully. Such documents contain important
information you should consider when making your investment decision. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information”
and “Incorporation of Information by Reference” in this prospectus.
You should rely only on
the information provided in this prospectus or documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone
to provide you with different information. This prospectus covers offers and sales of our Units only in jurisdictions in which such offers
and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless
of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our Units. You should not assume that the information contained in this
prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus, or that the information contained in
any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless
of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of a security.
In
this prospectus, we refer to ATIF Holdings Limited as “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company”
or “ATIF.” You should rely only on the information we have provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus,
applicable supplement, if any, and any related free writing prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different
information. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained
in this prospectus, any applicable supplement, if any, or any related free writing prospectus.
ATIF
HOLDINGS LIMITED
Business
We are a business consulting
company providing financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”). Since our inception in 2015,
the focus of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public
companies on suitable markets and exchanges. Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company with clients and offices
throughout Asia. On January 4, 2021, we established an office in California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California
corporation, and launched, in addition to our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management,
investment holding and media services to expand our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue
and strong profit growth. Clients located within United States will be serviced by ATIF Inc., while clients outside United States will
be supported by ATIF Inc.’s business center abroad. Huaya Consultant (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“Huaya”), a wholly owned
subsidiary of ATIF, will serve as ATIF Inc.’s business center in PRC for clients located in the PRC.
Since
our inception, our revenue has been mainly generated from our going public consulting services. In April 2020, we acquired a 51.2%
equity interest in Leaping Group Co., Ltd. (“LGC”) and our revenue was mainly comprised of going public consulting
services and event execution and planning services for the year ended July 31, 2020. We generated a total revenue of approximately
$5.3 million, $3.1 million and $0.7 million for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively. The revenues
generated from going public consulting services were $5.2 million, $3.1 million and $0.6 million for the fiscal years ended July
31, 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively. Revenue attributed to the LGC acquisition from April 2020 through July 31, 2020 was $40,872.
Beginning
in August 2018, to complement and facilitate the growth of our going public consulting service, we launched AT Consulting Center
to offer financial consulting programs in Shenzhen, and in September 2018, we acquired CNNM, or www.chinacnnm.com, a news and
media website focused on distributing financial news and information. In July 2019, we launched an investment and financing analysis
reporting business. We have not generated any revenue from this financial and news platform since its acquisition, and based on
our current financial condition and operating performance, our management has assessed that the likelihood of future use of the
financial and news platform is remote. As a result, an impairment loss of $384,492 has been applied against this financial and
news platform for the year ended July 31, 2020.
In China, a fast-growing
economy and a positive market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need assistance
in obtaining development funds through financing. Due to restrictions imposed by China’s foreign exchange regulations, it is difficult
for foreign capital to enter China’s capital market. Because of the strict listing policies and a relatively closed financial environment
in mainland China, most small to medium sized enterprises in the development stage are unable to list on domestic exchanges in China.
Therefore, many Chinese enterprises strive to enter international capital markets through overseas listing for equity financing. However,
in China, there is a general lack of understanding of the international capital markets, as well as a lack of professional institutions
that provide overseas going public consulting services to these companies, and many of them may not be familiar with overseas listing
requirements.
We
launched our consulting services in 2015. Our aim was to assist these Chinese enterprises by filling the gaps and forming a bridge
between PRC companies and overseas markets and exchanges. We have a team of qualified and experienced personnel with legal, regulatory,
and language expertise in several overseas jurisdictions. Our services are designed to help SMEs in China achieve their goal of
becoming public companies. We create a going public strategy for each client based on many factors, including our assessment of
the client’s financial and operational situations, market conditions, and the client’s business and financing requirements.
Since our inception and up to July 31, 2020, we have successfully helped seven Chinese enterprises to be quoted on the U.S. OTC
markets and are currently assisting our other clients in their respective going public efforts. All of our current and past clients
have been Chinese companies, and we plan to expand our operations to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore,
by as opportunities arises.
On January 4, 2021, we
announced the relocation of our operating headquarter to California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California
corporation, and launched, in addition to our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management,
investment holding and media services to expand our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue
and strong profit growth. Clients located within United States will be serviced by ATIF Inc., while clients outside United States will
be supported by ATIF Inc.’s business center abroad. Huaya Consultant (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“Huaya”), a wholly owned
subsidiary of ATIF, will serve as ATIF Inc.’s business center in PRC for clients located in the PRC. As part of this relocation
and to streamline the management chain and to improve management control with a goal of lower costs, we transition the services from
our variable interest entity (“VIE”), Qianhai Asia Times (Shenzhen) International Financial Services Co., Ltd. (“Qianhai”),
to ATIF Inc. and Huaya, and terminated the VIE agreements with Qianhai on January 31, 2021. Before the termination, operating revenue
generated through Qianhai VIE amounted to $645,127, $2,777,618 and $5,341,271, and net income (loss) amounted to $(1,562,037), $697,631
and $2,146,927 for the years ended July 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The termination of the Qianhai VIE agreements did not
cause a material impairment of our long-lived assets (primarily including fixed assets such as office furniture and equipment and automobile)
because such assets only amounted to $184,740 and $68,375 as of July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. All of the fixed assets have been
transferred to our PRC subsidiary Huaya upon termination of the VIE agreement. We have had discussions with other business organizations
to collaborate with a goal of leveraging their resources to assist us to grow our business centers in other jurisdictions. We believe
that this streamlined management model and strategic partnership strategy is in line with the current fast-changing and competitive business
environment and will provide us with strong growth capability. The termination of the VIE agreement with Qianhai did not adversely affect
Huaya, our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
On January 14, 2021, the
Company entered into the Sale and Purchase Agreement with the majority shareholders of LGC consisting of Jiang Bo, Jiang Tao and Wang
Di (collectively the “LGC Buyers”) to sell all interests in LGC. Pursuant to the Sales and Purchase Agreement, the Company
sold 10,217,230 ordinary shares of LGC in exchange for (i) 5,555,548 ordinary shares of the Company owned by the LGC Buyers, and (ii)
payment by the LGC Buyers in the amount of US$2,300,000 plus interest at an interest rate of 10% per annum on the unpaid amount if the
principal amount of US$2,300,000 is not paid by January 14, 2022. All principal and accrued and unpaid interest shall be due on January
14, 2023. As of the date of this prospectus, the 5,555,548 shares of ordinary shares owned by the LGC Buyers have been returned to the
Company and the $2.3 million cash payment has not yet been received from the LGC Buyers. The Company recognized an estimated loss of
approximately $6.1 million from this transaction, which were reflected in the pro forma financial information as included in the Company’s
form 6-K as filed with SEC on February 4, 2021. After completion of the transaction, the Company shall no longer hold any shares of LGC
and LGC shall no longer be subsidiary of ATIF. The Sales and Purchase Agreement closed on January 29, 2021.
We entered into the Sale
Purchase Agreement because we believed that due to the continued impact of COVID-19 in China, it will take longer, and additional capital
will be required for traditional entertainment and cinemas businesses like LGC to recover. Further, in light of the Company moving its
headquarter to California and transitioning to a new business model focusing on business consulting, asset management, investment holding
and media services, the Company no longer believes that its business has synergy with LGC’s cinema advertising and cinema operation
business. The Company and LGC’s management also had different views of LGC’s future business direction.
On February 16, 2021,
we established ATIF-1, LP (“ATIF LP”) as a private equity fund through our indirectly-wholly owned subsidiary, ATIF-1 GP,
LLC (“ATIF GP”), a Delaware limited liability company, as the general partner. We own a 31.25% limited partner interest in
ATIF, LP. In addition, as of July 31, 2021, our President, Chairman and beneficial owner of 55% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares, owns
20.83% as a limited partner of ATIF LP. ATIF LP manages, as of September 30, 2021, approximately $4.8 million assets under management
(“AUM”). The investment strategy of the fund involves directional long and short investments in equity securities, primarily
issued by U.S. large capitalization companies, and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) related to Chinese companies of
various sizes, including private companies. The investment manager for the fund is ATIF Inc.
Corporate
Information
Our
principal executive offices are located at Room 2803, Dachong Business Centre, Dachong 1st Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China.
Our telephone number at this address is +86-0755-8695-0818. We maintain a website at www.atifchina.com. Our website or any other
website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
Summary of Risks Associated with Our Business
Our business is subject
to a number of risks, including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may adversely affect our business,
financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and prospects that you should consider before making a decision to invest in our
ordinary share and Warrants, including risks and uncertainties, among others, the following:
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The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over
the manner in which we may conduct our business activities, and if we are unable to substantially comply with any PRC rules and regulations,
our financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
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Changes in China’s economic, political or social
conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
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Uncertainties and quick change in the interpretation and
enforcement of Chinese laws and regulations with little advance notice could result in a material and negative impact on our business
operation, decrease the value of our ordinary shares and warrants and limit the legal protections available to us.
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Any change of regulations and rules by Chinese government
may intervene or influence our operations at any time and any additional control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment
in China- based issuers could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our ordinary shares and could significantly
limit or completely hinder our ability to offer our ordinary shares to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly
decline or be worthless.
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Recent joint statement by the SEC and the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or the “PCAOB,” proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, the newly enacted
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies
upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. If the PCAOB
determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor, the trading in our securities may be prohibited under the Holding
Foreign Companies Accountable Act, and as a result Nasdaq may delist our securities.
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Any failure to comply with PRC regulations regarding the
registration requirements for employee stock incentive plans may subject the PRC plan participants or us to fines and other legal or
administrative sanctions.
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If we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise for PRC
income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders.
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Regulatory bodies of the United States may be limited in
their ability to conduct investigations or inspections of our operations in China.
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Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation
and implementation of the newly enacted PRC Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure,
corporate governance, business operations and financial results.
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It will be difficult to acquire jurisdiction and enforce
liabilities against our officers, directors and assets based in Hong Kong.
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The Hong Kong legal system embodies uncertainties which
could negatively affect our listing on Nasdaq and limit the legal protections available to you and us.
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If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal
controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.
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Since 2020 and continuing
into 2021, the Chinese government has been implementing increasingly stringent rules and regulations on its domestic business activities,
particularly for companies whose shares are listed on U.S. exchanges. Such policy changes have caused profound impact on the value of
the affected companies’ equities and resulted in significant drop in market valuation for their shareholders. The recent regulatory
changes in China have focused on the following industries:
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Cryptocurrency mining and coin offerings
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Social media and cyber security
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Extra-curriculum education and tutoring
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Variable interest entity structures
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The Company does not participate
in any of the above six categories, and we have no VIE structure in connection with our operations in China because on February 3, 2021,
we terminated our VIE agreements with Qianha and on January 29, 2021, we sold our 51.2% equity interest in LGC which had operations in
China utilizing a VIE structure. Our revenues recognized from activities in China represent 83.5%, 94% and 100% of our total net revenues
for the years ended July 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As the rules and regulations in China continue to evolve, the Company
may become affected in future periods causing the public market valuation of our shares to decline.
As disclosed, we sold our majority equity interest in LGG on January 29, 2021 and terminated our VIE structure
with Qianha with all assets being transferred to Huaya, we are no longer associated with a VIE structure. Therefore, we are not covered
by the permission and requirements from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), CAC or any other entity that
is required to approve of the VIE’s operations, and we have received all requisite permissions to operate our business in China
and no permission has been denied.
THE
OFFERING
Ordinary Price
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$___ per
Unit
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Securities offered by us in this offering
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Units, each Unit consists
of (a) one ordinary share and (b) one warrant to purchase [●] ordinary share at an exercise price equal to [●]% of the
Unit price, exercisable until five year and six months after the issuance date and subject to certain adjustment and cashless exercise
provisions as described herein.
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Number of ordinary shares outstanding immediately
before the offering:
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_____ Ordinary Shares,
par value $0.0____ per share.
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Number of ordinary shares outstanding immediately
after this offering
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_______ Ordinary
Shares, par value $0.0___ per share (not including ordinary shares issuable upon warrant exercises).
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Placement Agent Warrants:
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We have agreed to pay
additional compensation to the Placement Agent in the form of the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase that number of shares which
equals 3.0% of the aggregate number of the Units sold in this offering excluding any shares issuable upon exercise of any warrants
issued in this offering.
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Use of Proceeds
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We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering of $______ for working capital and other general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” on page 15 of this prospectus.
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Risk Factors
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You should read the “Risk Factors” sections beginning on page 7 of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a discussion of factors that you should read and consider before investing in our securities.
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Tax Considerations
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You are urged to consult
your own tax advisers with respect to the U.S. Federal tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of our Units. See “U.S.
Federal Income Tax Considerations” on page [●]
of this prospectus.
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Listing
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Our Ordinary Shares are listed on The Nasdaq Capital
Market under the symbol “ATIF”
There is no established public trading market
for the Warrants to be sold in this offering and the Placement Agent Warrants and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we
do not intend to apply for listing of the Warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market, any other national securities exchange or any other trading
system.
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Summary Consolidated Financial and Operating
Data
The following summary
consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the years ended July 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, and the summary consolidated
balance sheet data as of July 31, 2021 and 2020 have been derived from our consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference
to this prospectus.
On January 14, 2021, we
sold all of our interests in Leaping Group Co, Ltd. On January 4, 2021, we established an office in California, USA, through our wholly
owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation, and launched, in addition to the business consulting services, additional service
models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services to expand our business with a flexible business concept
to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth. Clients located within United States will be serviced by ATIF Inc.,
while clients outside United States will be supported by ATIF Inc.’s business center abroad. Huaya Consultant (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
(“Huaya”), a wholly owned subsidiary of ATIF, will serve as ATIF Inc.’s business center in PRC for clients located
in the PRC. As part of streamlining the management chain and to improve management control with a goal of lower costs, we transitioned
the services from Qianhai to ATIF Inc. and Huaya and closed termination of the VIE agreements with Qianhai on February 3, 2021. The termination
of the Qianhai VIE agreement did not discontinue our public listing related consulting service business, because such consulting service
business has been transferred to Huaya to serve the client located in China and ATIF Inc. to serve the clients located within the United
States. There were no penalties or non-compete agreements derived from the termination of the Qianhai VIE agreements. On August 23, 2021,
we completed a five (5) for one (1) Reverse Split of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share. References
to our ordinary shares below and in this prospectus have been adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Split.
Our historical results
for any period are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any future period. You should read the following summary
financial information in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes and the information under “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” incorporated by reference elsewhere in this prospectus.
Selected Statements of Operations Information:
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For the Year Ended
July 31,
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2021
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2020
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2019
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Revenues
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$
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936,935
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$
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645,127
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$
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3,078,758
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Total operating expenses
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3,358,849
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7,044,364
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2,407,154
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Income (Loss) from operations
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(2,421,914
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(6,399,237
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671,604
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Total other income (expense)
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47,564
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121,205
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34,446
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Income (loss) before income taxes
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(2,374,350
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(6,278,032
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706,050
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Net (loss) income
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(9,000,248
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(17,290,368
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429,227
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Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
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436,474
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2,407,669
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Net income (loss) attributable to ATIF Holdings Limited
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Comprehensive income (loss)
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Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to ATIF Holdings Limited
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$
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(8,563,774
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(14,882,699
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$
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429,227
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Earnings Per share
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Basic and diluted
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$
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(0.90
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$
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(1.87
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$
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0.06
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Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
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Basic and diluted*
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9,483,010
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7,958,104
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7,104,586
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*
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Retrospectively restated due to five for
one reverse stock split
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Selected Balance Sheet Information:
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As of July 31,
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2021
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2020
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Total current assets
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$
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9,847,280
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$
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5,237,465
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Total assets
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11,397,763
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45,785,078
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Total current liabilities
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1,326,608
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7,784,447
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Total liabilities
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1,713,915
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11,167,336
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Total ATIF Holdings Limited Stockholders’ equity
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$
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9,563,039
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$
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17,403,259
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Noncontrolling interest
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$
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120,809
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$
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17,214,483
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RISK
FACTORS
An
investment in our Ordinary Shares involves risks. Prior to making a decision about investing in our Ordinary Shares, you should consider
carefully the following risk together with all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including
any risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors” contained in any supplements to this prospectus and in our Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 and in our subsequent filings with the SEC. Each of the referenced risks and uncertainties
could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment
in our securities. Additional risks not known to us or that we believe are immaterial may also adversely affect our business, operating
results and financial condition and the value of an investment in our securities.
Risks Related to Our Business Operations
and Doing Business in China
If we are unable to substantially comply
with any PRC rules and regulations, our financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
Our ability to operate
in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, environmental regulations, land
use rights, property and other matters. The central or local governments of these jurisdictions may impose new, stricter regulations
or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance
with such regulations or interpretations. Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support
recent economic reforms or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on
economic conditions in China or particular regions thereof, and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in
Chinese properties.
As such, our business
operations of and the industries we operate in may be subject to various government and regulatory interference in the provinces in which
they operate. We could be subject to regulation by various political and regulatory entities, including various local and municipal agencies
and government sub-divisions. We may incur increased costs necessary to comply with existing and newly adopted laws and regulations or
penalties for any failure to comply. In the event that we are not able to substantially comply with any existing or newly adopted laws
and regulations, our business operations may be materially adversely affected and the value of our ordinary shares may significantly
decrease.
Furthermore, the PRC government
authorities may strengthen oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based
issuers like us. Such actions taken by the PRC government authorities may intervene or influence our operations at any time, which are
beyond our control. Therefore, any such action may adversely affect our operations and significantly limit or hinder our ability to offer
or continue to offer securities to you and reduce the value of such securities.
Changes in China’s economic, political
or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
All of our manufacturing
operations are located in China. Accordingly, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced
to a significant degree by political, economic and social conditions in China generally and by continued economic growth in China as
a whole.
The Chinese economy differs
from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the amount of government involvement, level of development,
growth rate, control of foreign exchange and allocation of resources. Although the Chinese government has implemented measures emphasizing
the utilization of market forces for economic reform, the reduction of state ownership of productive assets and the establishment of
improved corporate governance in business enterprises, a substantial portion of productive assets in China is still owned by the government.
In addition, the Chinese government continues to play a significant role in regulating industry development by imposing industrial policies
and change of enforcement practice of such rules and policies can change quickly with little advance notice.
While the Chinese economy
has experienced significant growth over the past decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the
economy. The Chinese government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources.
Some of these measures may benefit the overall Chinese economy but may have a negative effect on us. For example, our financial condition
and results of operations may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations. Since
2012, China’s economic growth has slowed down. Any prolonged slowdown in the Chinese economy may reduce the demand for our products
and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Uncertainties and quick change in the interpretation
and enforcement of Chinese laws and regulations with little advance notice could result in a material and negative impact our business
operation, decrease the value of our ordinary shares and limit the legal protections available to us.
The PRC legal system is
based on written statutes, and prior court decisions have limited value as precedents. Since these laws and regulations are relatively
new and the PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform
and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties. The enforcement of laws and that rules and regulations in
China can change quickly with little advance notice and the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations
at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China- based issuers, could result
in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our ordinary shares.
We cannot rule out the
possibility that the PRC government will institute a licensing regime or pre-approval requirement covering our industry at some point
in the future. If such a licensing regime or approval requirement were introduced, we cannot assure you that we would be able to obtain
any newly required license in a timely manner, or at all, which could materially and adversely affect our business and impede our ability
to continue our operations.
From time to time, we
may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights. However, since PRC administrative and court authorities
have some discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be difficult to evaluate the outcome of
administrative and court proceedings. Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules (some
of which are not published in a timely manner or at all) that may have retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation
of these policies and rules until sometime after the violation. Such uncertainties, including uncertainty over the scope and effect of
our contractual, property (including intellectual property) and procedural rights, could materially and adversely affect our business
and impede our ability to continue our operations.
Substantial uncertainties exist with respect
to the interpretation and implementation of any new PRC laws, rules and regulations relating to foreign investment and how it may impact
the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and our business operations.
On March 15, 2019, the
Standing Committee of National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020
and replaced the three existing laws regulating foreign investment in China, namely, the Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise
Law, the Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Law and the Wholly Foreign-invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation
rules and ancillary regulations. The existing foreign-invested enterprises, or FIEs, established prior to the effectiveness of the Foreign
Investment Law may keep their corporate forms within five years. The Foreign Investment Law stipulates that China implements the management
system of pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list to foreign investment, and the government generally will not expropriate
foreign investment, except under certain special circumstances, in which case it will provide fair and reasonable compensation to foreign
investors. Foreign investors are barred from investing in prohibited industries on the negative list and must comply with the specified
requirements when investing in restricted industries on such list. On December 26, 2019, the State Council promulgated the Implementing
Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020 and further requires that FIEs and domestic enterprises
be treated equally with respect to policy making and implementation.
Pursuant to the Foreign
Investment Law, “foreign investment” means any foreign investor’s direct or indirect investment in the PRC, including:
(i) establishing FIEs in the PRC either individually or jointly with other investors; (ii) obtaining stock shares, stock equity, property
shares, other similar interests in Chinese domestic enterprises; (iii) investing in new project in the PRC either individually or jointly
with other investors; and (iv) making investment through other means provided by laws, administrative regulations or State Council provisions.
Although the Foreign Investment Law does not explicitly classify the contractual arrangements, as a form of foreign investment, it contains
a catch-all provision under the definition of “foreign investment,” which includes investments made by foreign investors
in China through other means stipulated by laws or administrative regulations or other methods prescribed by the State Council without
elaboration on the meaning of “other means.” However, the Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law still does
not specify whether foreign investment includes contractual arrangements.
If the Chinese government were to impose
new requirements for permission or approval from the PRC Authorities including China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”)
or CAC, or any other entity that is required to approve this offering, to issue our ordinary shares to foreign investors or list on a
foreign exchange, such action could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to
investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Our PRC counsel, Dentons
Law Firm, has advised us based on their understanding of the current PRC laws, rules, and regulations that as of the date of this prospectus,
we and our PRC subsidiaries, (1) are not required to obtain permissions from any PRC authorities to operate or issue our Ordinary Shares
to foreign investors, (2) are not subject to permission requirements from the CSRC, CAC or any other entity that is required to approve
of our PRC subsidiaries’ operations, and (3) have not received or were denied such permissions by any PRC authorities. Nevertheless,
the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued
the “Opinions on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities According to Law,” or the Opinions, which were made
available to the public on July 6, 2021. The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities,
and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies. On November 16, 2021, thirteen departments including
Cyberspace Administration of China,the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly promulgated the Measures
for Cyber Security Examination, which will be effective on February 15, 2022. The Measures for Cyber Security Examination include data
processing activities of network platform operators that affect or may affect national security into cyber security review, and make
it clear that network platform operators with personal information of more than one million users must apply for cyber security review
to the Cyber security Review Office when they go public abroad. The CSRC issued “Administrative Provisions of The State Council
on Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Enterprises (Draft for Public Comments)” (“Administrative Provisions”)
and “Measures for the Administration of Filing overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Enterprises (Draft for Public
Comments)” (“Measures”) to solicit public opinions on December 24, 2021. The Administrative Provisions and Measures
stipulate that no matter the domestic enterprises are directly or indirectly listed (including variable interest entities structure),
the filing with CSRC management will be uniformly applied. The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce
issued the Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access (Negative List) (2021 version) (“Negative List”)
on December 27, 2021 , which will come into force on January 1, 2022. Compared to the previous version, there aren’t any new specific
industries added to the negative list. Given the current PRC regulatory environment, it is uncertain when and whether we or our PRC subsidiaries,
will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to list on U.S. exchanges in the future, and even when such permission
is obtained, whether it will be denied or rescinded.
Further, since these statements
and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon 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, and
the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign
investments and list on an U.S. exchange. If, (i) we inadvertently conclude that such approvals or permissions are not required, or (ii)
applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and we are required to obtain such approvals and permissions in the future, and
we are unable to obtain such approvals and permissions, Borqs will not be able to perform R&D and manufacturing in China, our revenues
will be adversely affected and we will have to expand our R&D activities in India and relocate our manufacturing activities outside
China to India or other Asian countries. Also, if applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change, and we are required to obtain
permission or approval from the PRC authority for the offering of our Ordinary Shares in the U.S. in the future, and if any of such permission
or approval were not received maintained, or subsequently rescinded, it may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to complete
this offering or cause the value of our Ordinary Shares to significantly decline or become worthless.
Risks related to a future determination
that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) is unable to inspect or investigate our auditor completely.
The audit report included
in this prospectus, and our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended July 31, 2021, was issued by ZH CPA, a U.S.-based accounting
firm that is registered with the PCAOB and can be inspected by the PCAOB. We have no intention of dismissing ZH CPA in the future or
of engaging any auditor not based in the U.S. and not subject to regular inspection by the PCAOB. There is no guarantee, however, that
any future auditor engaged by the Company would remain subject to full PCAOB inspection during the entire term of our engagement. The
PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections in China without the approval of Chinese government authorities. If it is later determined
that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate our auditor completely, investors may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection.
Any audit reports not issued by auditors that are completely inspected by the PCAOB, or a lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work undertaken
in China that prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating our auditors' audits and their quality control procedures, could result in
a lack of assurance that our financial statements and disclosures are adequate and accurate. In addition, under the HFCAA, our securities
may be prohibited from trading on the Nasdaq or other U.S. stock exchanges or in the over the counter trading market in the U.S. if our
auditor is not inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, and this ultimately could result in our Ordinary Shares being delisted.
Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the AHFCAA, which, if enacted, would amend the HFCAA and require the SEC to prohibit
an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges or in the over the counter trading market in the U.S. if its auditor
is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three.
On December 2, 2021, SEC
has announced the adoption of amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The
rules apply to registrants 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 the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate (Commission-Identified Issuers).
The final amendments require Commission-Identified Issuers to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that, if true, it is not owned
or controlled by a governmental entity in the public accounting firm’s foreign jurisdiction. The amendments also require that a
Commission-Identified Issuer that is a "foreign issuer," as defined in Exchange Act Rule 3b-4, provide certain additional disclosures
in its annual report for itself and any of its consolidated foreign operating entities. Further, the adopting release provides notice
regarding the procedures the SEC has established to identify issuers and to impose trading prohibitions on the securities of certain
Commission-Identified Issuers, as required by the HFCAA. The SEC will identify Commission-Identified Issuers for fiscal years beginning
after Dec. 18, 2020. A Commission-Identified Issuer will be required to comply with the submission and disclosure requirements in the
annual report for each year in which it was identified. If a registrant is identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer based on its
annual report for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2021, the registrant will be required to comply with the submission or disclosure requirements
in its annual report filing covering the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2022.
Risks Related to Our Operations.
If we fail
to maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial
results or prevent fraud.
We
are subject to reporting obligations under the U.S. securities laws. The Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as required
by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, adopted rules requiring every public company to
include a management report on such company’s internal controls over financial reporting in its annual report, which contains management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. As we are an “emerging growth
company,” we are expected to first include a management report on our internal controls over financial reporting in our annual
report in the second fiscal year end following the effectiveness of our IPO. As such, these requirements are expected to first apply
to our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ending on July 31, 2021. Our management may conclude that our internal
controls over our financial reporting are not effective. Moreover, even if our management concludes that our internal controls over financial
reporting are effective, our independent registered public accounting firm may still decline to attest to our management’s assessment
or may issue a report that is qualified if it is not satisfied with our internal controls or the level at which our controls are documented,
designed, operated or reviewed, or if it interprets the relevant requirements differently from us. Our reporting obligations as a public
company will place a significant strain on our management, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future.
Prior
to our IPO, we were a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls
and procedures. We plan to remedy our material weaknesses and other control deficiencies in time to meet the deadline imposed by Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If we fail to timely achieve or maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we may not be able to conclude
that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting. Moreover, effective internal controls over financial reporting are
necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to help prevent fraud. As a result, our failure to achieve and
maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our
financial statements, which in turn could harm our business and negatively impact the trading price of our Ordinary Shares. Furthermore,
we anticipate that we will incur considerable costs and devote significant management time and efforts and other resources to comply
with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
We have incurred net losses for the
year ended July 31, 2021 and expect losses to continue in the near future.
For the fiscal year ended
July 31, 2021, we incurred a loss of $8,563,774. Our operations have been adversely affected by the effect of Covid 19. In addition,
the PRC has recently issued statements that may have the effect of slowing down our business consulting services of assisting PRC companies
to go public in the United States. As a result, until the PRC further clarifies its views and regulations regarding PRC companies seeking
to go public in the United States, and PRC companies are comfortable with the business climate and seeking our services, we anticipate
that we continue to experience losses in the future.
We need additional capital.
As at July 31, 2021, we
had cash of $5,596,740. We will continue to incur costs to fund our operations and will need to raise capital for working capital until
our revenues increase. As a result, we will be required to raise capital for our operations primarily through equity offerings which
may dilute existing shareholders. No assurance can be given that we will be able to raise capital through equity offerings which could
have a substantial dilutive effect to existing shareholders.
Substantial doubt about our ability
to continue as a going concern.
Because of our losses
from operations, working capital deficit, and our requirement of additional capital to fund our current operating plan, at July 31, 2021,
these factors indicate the existence of an uncertainty that raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern
and is dependent on our ability to raise addition working capital through debt or equity financings.
Arbitration proceedings, legal proceedings,
investigations, and other claims or disputes are costly to defend and, if determined adversely to us, could require us to pay fines or
damages, undertake remedial measures, or prevent us from taking certain actions, any of which could adversely affect our business.
In the course of our business,
we are, and in the future may be, a party to arbitration proceedings, legal proceedings, investigations, and other claims or disputes,
which have related and may relate to subjects including commercial transactions, intellectual property, securities, employee relations,
or compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As discussed below, we are engaged in a lawsuit relating to certain engagement agreements
we had in connection with our and Leaping Group Co.’s initial public offering.
On May 14, 2020, Boustead
Securities, LLC (“Boustead”) filed its original complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York (CV-03749) against LGC and us. The case arises from a consulting agreement between us and Boustead, wherein Boustead claims
that it is entitled to fees in connection with our cancellation of an $1,851,000 outstanding debt owed by LGC and issuance of 9,940,002
ordinary shares (1,988,000 ordinary shares retrospectively restated for effect of reverse stock split on August 30, 2021) to LGC in exchange
for a 51.2% interest in LGC. Boustead claims that we breached that consulting agreement and is entitled to fees in connection with our
acquiring control of LGC. Boustead’s complaint alleges four causes of action against us including breach of contract; breach of
the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; tortious interference with business relationships and quantum meruit.
On October 6, 2020, we
filed a motion to dismiss Boustead’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(5). On October 9,
2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York directed Boustead to respond to the motion or amend its
Complaint by November 10, 2020. Boustead opted to amend its complaint and filed the first amended complaint on November 10, 2020. Boustead’s
first amended complaint asserts the same four causes of action against ATIF and LGC as in its original complaint. The Company filed another
motion to dismiss the pleading sufficiency of Boustead’s first amended complaint on December 8, 2020. On August 25, 2021, the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Company’s motion to dismiss Boustead’s first amended
complaint. In its order and opinion, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York allowed Boustead to move
for leave to amend its causes of action against the Company as to breach of contract and tortious interference with business relationships,
but not breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and quantum meruit. On November 4, 2021, Boustead filed a motion
seeking leave to file a second amended complaint to amend its cause of action for Breach of Contract. The Court granted Boustead’s
motion for leave and Boustead filed the second amended complaint on December 28, 2021. As such, the Boustead litigation currently remains
in the pleadings stage. Our management believes it is premature to assess and predict the outcome of this pending litigation.
If
we do not continue to satisfy the Nasdaq Capital Market continued listing requirements, our Ordinary Shares could be delisted.
The
listing of our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market is contingent on our compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market’s
conditions for continued listing. On December 16, 2020, we received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”)
indicating we were not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
In addition, on December 17, 2020, we received notice from Nasdaq stating that because we had not yet filed our Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the year ended July 31, 2020 (the “Form 20-F”) by its due date, we were no longer in compliance with
Listing Rule which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. On December 31, 2020, we filed our Form 20-F with the SEC and on January 28,2021 Nasdaq provide us confirmation that
our closing bid price traded over $1.00 for ten consecutive business days. Accordingly, we are now in compliance with the Nasdaq
Listing Rules.
On July 26, 2021, we received
another notice from Nasdaq indicating we that were not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share under
the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The July 26, 2021 notice indicated that it had 180 calendar days, or until January 24, 2022, to regain compliance
with the Listing Rules. On August 23, 2021, we effected the Reverse Split in order to the meet the minimum bid price of $1.00, and on
September 14, 2021, we received notice from Nasdaq that we were back in compliance.
In
the future, should we fail to meet the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we may be subject to delisting by Nasdaq. In the event our Ordinary
Shares are no longer listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Markets, our trading volume and share price may decrease and we
may experience difficulties in raising capital which could materially affect our operations and financial results. Further, delisting
from the Nasdaq Capital Market could also have other negative effects, including potential loss of confidence by partners, lenders,
suppliers and employees. Finally, delisting could make it harder for us to raise capital and sell securities.
We
may lose our foreign private issuer status in the future, which could result in significant additional costs and expenses.
In
order for us to maintain our current status as a foreign private issuer, a majority of our Ordinary Shares must be either directly
or indirectly owned by non-residents of the United States, unless we also satisfy all of the additional requirements necessary
to preserve this status including (i) a majority of our Board of Directors and management are located outside the United States;
(ii) more than 50 percent of our assets are located outside the United States; and (iii) our business is administered principally
outside of the United States. We may in the future lose our foreign private issuer status if a majority of our Ordinary Shares
is held in the United States and we fail to meet the additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer
status. The regulatory and compliance costs under U.S. federal securities laws as a U.S. domestic issuer may be significantly
more than the costs incurred as a foreign private issuer. If we are no longer deemed to be a foreign private issuer, we will be
required to file periodic and current reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms with the SEC, which are
more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. In addition, we may lose the ability to rely
upon certain exemptions from the Nasdaq Capital Market’s corporate governance requirements that are available to foreign
private issuers.
The
Warrants we sold in a Private Placement Completed on November 5, 2020 contain repricing features which may have the effect of
limiting our ordinary share price and make it more expensive to raise capital in the future.
In
a November 5, 2020, private placement, we sold warrants to purchase 869,565 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $5.50 per Ordinary
Share. Each warrant will expire five years from the date of issuance. The warrant exercise price may be subject to adjustment in the
event that we issue certain securities at prices below the then exercise price. In connection with our reverse stock split, the exercise
price for these warrants were repriced at $2.74 per ordinary share. Until these warrants all exercised, these repricing exercise features
may have the effect of limiting our ordinary share price and make it more expensive to raise capital in the future.
Sales
of a significant number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress
the market price of our Ordinary Shares.
In
connection with a private placement of warrants to purchase 869,565 Ordinary Shares that closed on November 5, 2020, we have filed a
registration statement allowing the holders of the warrants to resale the Ordinary Shares that they may acquire upon the exercise thereof
in the public market. The exercise of the warrants and subsequent sales of those Ordinary Shares in the public market could depress the
market price of our Ordinary Shares and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We cannot
predict the effect that future sales of our Ordinary Shares would have on the market price of our Ordinary Shares.
If
you purchase Ordinary Shares in this offering, you will suffer immediate and substantial dilution of your investment.
Because
the public offering price per Ordinary Share in this offering exceeds the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our Ordinary
Share, you will suffer immediate and substantial dilution in the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of the Ordinary
Share you purchase in this offering. Therefore, if you purchase Ordinary Shares in this offering, you will pay a price per share
that substantially exceeds our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering. See the section entitled
“Dilution” below for a more detailed discussion of the dilution you will incur if you participate in this offering.
The
Warrants may not have value.
The
Warrants being offered by us in this offering expire [●] years from the date of issuance. In the event that our ordinary shares
do not exceed the exercise price of the Warrants during the period when such Warrants are exercisable, such Warrants may not have any
value.
Holders
of our Warrants will have no rights as shareholders until they acquire shares of our ordinary shares, if ever.
If
you acquire the Warrants to purchase shares of our ordinary shares in this Offering, you will have no rights with respect to our
ordinary shares until you acquire such ordinary shares upon exercise of your Warrants. Upon exercise of your Warrants, you will
be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of ordinary shares only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the
exercise date.
There
is no public market for the Warrants being offered by us in this offering and an active trading market for the Warrants is not
expected to develop.
There
is no established public trading market for the Warrants being offered in this offering, and we do not expect a market to develop.
In addition, we do not intend to apply for any listing of the Warrants offered hereby on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other
securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system. Without an active market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be severely
limited.
CAPITALIZATION
AND INDEBTEDNESS
The
following table sets forth our cash and capitalization (including indebtedness and stockholders’ equity):
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on an actual basis as
of July 31, 2021;
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on
a proforma as adjusted basis to give effect to this offering.
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The
amounts shown below are unaudited. The information in this table should be read in conjunction with and is qualified by reference
to our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and other financial information incorporated by reference into this
prospectus.
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As at July 31, 2021
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(Unaudited)
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Actual
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Pro Forma As Adjusted
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Cash and Cash equivalents
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$
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5,596,740
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Total Liabilities
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$
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1,713,915
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Shareholder’s Equity
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Ordinary shares, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 9,161,390 shares issued and outstanding as of July , 2021*;
______ issued and outstanding pro forma as adjusted
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$
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9,161
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Additional paid-in capital
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31,428,619
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Statutory reserve
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355,912
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Accumulated deficit
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(22,055,433
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)
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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(175,220
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)
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Total Stockholders’ Equity
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9,563,039
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Noncontrolling interest
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120,809
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Total Capitalization and Indebtedness
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$
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11,397,763
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*
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Retrospectively
restated due to five for one reverse stock split.
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The
above table does not include any potential proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants being issued in this offering, the Placement
Agent Warrants, and any outstanding warrants.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
Assuming
gross proceeds of $______ from the sale of _____ Ordinary Shares, we estimate that the net proceeds from this offering, after
deducting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, will be approximately $_____, excluding the proceeds, if
any, from the exercise of Warrants sold in this offering and the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants.
We
intend to use the remaining net proceeds from this offering for:
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working capital
purposes;
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expanding existing
businesses or acquiring or investing in businesses;
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debt reduction or
debt refinancing;
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capital expenditures;
and
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other general corporate
purposes.
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Although
we intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for the foregoing purposes, the planned expenditures may change significantly
and may not be in the order of priority as indicated above. As a result, our management will have broad discretion in the allocation
of any net proceeds. Pending use of any net proceeds, we would expect to invest any proceeds in a variety of capital preservation
instruments, including short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments.
DIVIDEND
POLICY
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 Ordinary Shares if the market price of our Ordinary Shares increases.
DILUTION
If you invest in our Units,
you will experience dilution to the extent of the difference between the assumed offering price for an Unit of $____ and the proforma
as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering.
Our historical net tangible
book value on July 31, 2021, was $9,450,517 or $1.03 per Ordinary Share. “Net tangible book value” represents our total assets
minus the sum of liabilities and intangible assets. “Net tangible book value per share” is net tangible book value divided
by the total number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
After giving effect to
the sale of Units in this offering, and after deducting the after deducting the Placement Agent commission and our estimated offering
expenses payable by us, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of July 31, 2021, would have been $[●] or $[●]
per Ordinary Share. This represents an immediate increase in the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of $[●] per share
to our existing shareholders and immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $[●] per share to the investors in this offering.
Offering price per Ordinary Share offered
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$
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Historical net tangible book value per Ordinary Share as of July 31, 2021
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$
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1.03
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Increase in as historical net tangible book value per share
attributable to this offering
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$
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As adjusted net tangible book value
per share after giving effect to this offering
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$
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Dilution per share to new investors in
this offering
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$
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The above discussion and
table are based on 9,161,390 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of July 31, 2021, and does not include:
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52,000 Ordinary Shares
issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding at an exercise price of $30.00 per share;
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[●] Ordinary Shares issuable upon
the exercise of the warrants issued to investors in a private placement and placement agent warrants issued in connection therewith
at an exercise price of $5.50 per share; and
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[●]
Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants issued to investors in this offering.
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The
above illustration of dilution per Ordinary Share to investors participating in this offering assumes no further exercise of outstanding
options and warrants to purchase our Ordinary Shares, and no exercise of the Warrants issued to investors in this offering or
the Placement Agent Warrants. To the extent that any of our outstanding options or warrants are exercised, or we issue additional
Ordinary Shares, equity securities or convertible debt securities in the future, there may be further dilution to the new investors.
DESCRIPTION
OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK
We
are a British Virgin Islands company with limited liability and our affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time, and the BVI Business Companies Act of 2004, as amended,
which is referred to as the BVI Act below and the common law of the British Virgin Islands.
We are authorized to issue
up to 100,000,000,000 shares with a par value of $0.001 each divided into Ordinary Shares and Class A preferred shares. As of December
31, 2021, there were ____ Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. There are no Class A preferred shares outstanding. The following are
summaries of material provisions of our current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which are currently effective
and the BVI Act insofar as they relate to the material terms of our Ordinary Shares. You should read the forms of our current memorandum
and articles of association, which was filed as an exhibit to our 2020 Form 20-F. For information on how to obtain copies of our current
memorandum and articles of association, see “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”
Ordinary
Shares
General
All
of our issued Ordinary Shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Certificates evidencing the Ordinary Shares are issued in registered
form. 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 Ordinary 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.
Under
the BVI Act, the Ordinary Shares are deemed to be issued when the name of the shareholder is entered in our register of members.
If (a) information that is required to be entered in the register of members is omitted from the register or is inaccurately
entered in the register, or (b) there is unreasonable delay in entering information in the register, a shareholder of the company,
or any person who is aggrieved by the omission, inaccuracy or delay, may apply to the British Virgin Islands Courts for an order
that the register be rectified, and the court may either refuse the application or order the rectification of the register, and
may direct the company to pay all costs of the application and any damages the applicant may have sustained.
Distributions
Shareholders
holding Ordinary Shares in the Company are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors subject
to the BVI Act and the memorandum and articles of association.
Voting
rights
Any
action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders must be effected at a duly called meeting of the shareholders entitled
to vote on such action or may be effected by a resolution of members in writing, each in accordance with the memorandum and articles
of association. At each meeting of shareholders, each shareholder who is present in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a shareholder
being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) will have one vote for each share that such shareholder holds.
Election
of directors
BVI
law permits cumulative voting for the election of directors only if expressly authorized in the memorandum and articles of association.
There is nothing under BVI law which specifically prohibits or restricts the creation of cumulative voting rights for the election
of our directors. Our memorandum and articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting for elections of directors.
Meetings
Under
our memorandum and articles of association, a copy of the notice of any meeting of shareholders shall be given not less than seven
(7) days before the date of the proposed meeting to those persons whose names appear as shareholders in the register of members
on the date of the notice and are entitled to vote at the meeting. Our board of directors shall call a meeting of shareholders
upon the written request of shareholders holding at least 30% of our outstanding voting shares. In addition, our board of directors
may call a meeting of shareholders on its own motion. A meeting of shareholders may be called on short notice if at least 90%
of the shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered at the meeting have agreed to short notice of the meeting, or if
all members holding shares entitled to vote on all or any matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice and presence
at the meeting shall be deemed to constitute waiver for this purpose.
At
any meeting of shareholders, a quorum will be present if there are shareholders present in person or by proxy representing not
less than one-third of the issued shares entitled to vote on the resolutions to be considered at the meeting. Such quorum may
be represented by only a single shareholder or proxy. If no quorum is present within two hours of the start time of the meeting,
the meeting shall be dissolved if it was requested by shareholders. In any other case, the meeting shall be adjourned to the next
business day, and if shareholders representing not less than one-third of the votes of the Ordinary Shares or each class of shares
entitled to vote on the matters to be considered at the meeting are present within one (1) hour of the start time of the adjourned
meeting, a quorum will be present. If not, the meeting will be dissolved. No business may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders
unless a quorum is present at the commencement of business. If present, the chair of our board of directors shall be the chair
presiding at any meeting of the shareholders. If the chair of our board is not present then the members present shall choose a
shareholder to act to chair the meeting of the shareholders. If the shareholders are unable to choose a chairman for any reason,
then the person representing the greatest number of voting shares present in person or by proxy shall preside as chairman, failing
which the oldest individual member or member representative shall take the chair.
A
corporation that is a shareholder shall be deemed for the purpose of our memorandum and articles of association to be present
in person if represented by its duly authorized representative. This duly authorized representative shall be entitled to exercise
the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were our individual
shareholder.
Protection
of minority shareholders
British
Virgin Islands law permits a minority shareholder to commence a derivative action in our name, or an unfair prejudice claim, or
seek a restraining or compliance order, as appropriate, to challenge, for example (1) an act which is ultra vires or illegal,
(2) an act which is likely to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial to a shareholder, (3) an act which
constitutes an infringement of individual rights of shareholders, such as the right to vote, (4) conduct of the Company or a director
which contravenes the BVI Act or our memorandum and articles of association or (5) an irregularity in the passing of a resolution
which requires a majority of the shareholders.
Pre-emptive
rights
Our
memorandum and articles of association disapply the pre-emptive rights provisions of the BVI Act and do not provide for any other
pre-emptive rights. Accordingly, there are no pre-emptive rights applicable to the issue by us of new shares.
Transfer
of shares
Subject
to the restrictions in our memorandum and articles of association, and applicable securities laws, any of our shareholders may
transfer all or any of his or her shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form, in the case of listed shares,
in any manner permitted by and in accordance with the rules of the relevant exchange, or in any other form which our directors
may approve.
Liquidation
As
permitted by the BVI Act and our memorandum and articles of association, we may be voluntarily liquidated under Part XII of the
BVI Act by resolution of directors and resolution of shareholders if our assets exceed our liabilities and we are able to pay
our debts as they fall due. We also may be wound up in circumstances where we are insolvent in accordance with the terms of the
BVI Insolvency Act, 2003 (as amended).
If
we are wound up and the assets available for distribution among our shareholders are more than sufficient to repay all amounts
paid to us on account of the issue of shares immediately prior to the winding up, the excess shall be distributable pari passu
among the shareholders. If we are wound up and the assets available for distribution among the shareholders as such are insufficient
to repay the whole of the amounts paid to us on account of the issue of shares, those assets shall be distributed in proportion
to the amounts paid up immediately prior to the winding up on the shares held by them, respectively. If we are wound up, the liquidator
appointed by us may, in accordance with the BVI Act, divide among our shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of
our assets (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value as the liquidator
deems fair upon any property to be divided and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the shareholders
or different classes of shareholders.
Calls
on Ordinary Shares and forfeiture of Ordinary Shares
Our
board of directors may, on the terms established at the time of the issuance of such Ordinary Shares or as otherwise agreed, make
calls upon shareholders for any amounts unpaid on their Ordinary Shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least fourteen
(14) days prior to the specified time of payment. The Ordinary Shares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject
to forfeiture.
Redemption
of shares
Subject
to the provisions of the BVI Act, we may issue Ordinary Shares on terms that are subject to redemption, at our option or at the
option of the holders, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by our memorandum and articles of association and
subject to any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by, the BVI Act, the SEC, the NASDAQ Capital Market, or by any
recognized stock exchange on which our securities may be listed.
Modifications
of class rights
If
at any time, the Company is authorized to issue more than one (1) class of Ordinary Shares, all or any of the rights attached
to any class of Ordinary Shares may be amended only with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting of not
less than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the class to be affected.
Changes
in the number of Ordinary Shares we are authorized to issue and those in issue
We
may from time to time by resolution of our board of directors, subject to our memorandum and articles of association:
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amend our memorandum
and articles of association to increase or decrease the maximum number of Ordinary Shares we are authorized to issue;
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divide our authorized
and issued Ordinary Shares into a larger number of shares;
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combine our authorized
and issued Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares; and
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create new classes
of shares with preferences to be determined by resolution of the board of directors to amend the memorandum and articles of
association to create new classes of shares with such preferences at the time of authorization.
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Inspection
of books and records
Under
the BVI Act, members of the general public, on payment of a nominal fee, can obtain copies of the public records of a company
available at the office of the Registrar of Corporate Affairs which will include the company’s certificate of incorporation,
its memorandum and articles of association (with any amendments) and records of license fees paid to date and will also disclose
any liquidation plan, articles of merger or consolidation and any particulars of charges if either the company or chargee have
elected to file particulars of such charges.
A
member of the Company is also entitled, upon giving written notice to us, to inspect (i) our memorandum and articles of association,
(ii) the register of members, (iii) the register of directors, and (iv) minutes of meetings and resolutions of members and of
those classes of members of which that member is a member, and to make copies and take extracts from the documents and records
referred to in (i) to (iv) above. However, our directors may, if they are satisfied that it would be contrary to the company’s
interests to allow a member to inspect any document, or part of a document specified in (ii) to (iv) above, refuse to permit the
member to inspect the document or limit the inspection of the document, including limiting the making of copies or the taking
of extracts or records. See “Where You Can Find More Information.” Where a company fails or refuses to permit a member
to inspect a document or permits a member to inspect a document subject to limitations, that member may apply to the BVI court
for an order that he should be permitted to inspect the document or to inspect the document without limitation.
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.
Issuance
of additional shares
Our
memorandum and articles of association authorizes our board of directors to issue additional shares from authorized but unissued
shares, to the extent available, from time to time as our board of directors shall determine.
Preferred
Shares
Our
memorandum and articles of association authorizes the creation and issuance without shareholder approval preferred shares up to
the maximum number of authorized but unissued shares, divided into a single class, Class A preferred shares, with such designation,
rights and preferences as may be determined by a resolution of our board of directors to amend the memorandum and articles of
association to create such designations, rights and preferences. Under BVI law, all shares of a single class must be issued with
the same rights and obligations. No preferred shares are currently issued or outstanding. Accordingly, our board of directors
is empowered, without shareholder approval, to issue preferred shares with dividend, liquidation, redemption, voting or other
rights, which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of Ordinary Shares. The preferred shares
could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of us. Although we do not currently
intend to issue any preferred shares, we may do so in the future.
The
rights of preferred shareholders, once the preferred shares are in issue, may only be amended by a resolution to amend our memorandum
and articles of association provided such amendment is also approved by a separate resolution of a majority of the votes of preferred
shareholders who being so entitled attend and vote at the class meeting of the relevant preferred class. If our preferred shareholders
want us to hold a meeting of preferred shareholders (or of a class of preferred shareholders), they may requisition the directors
to hold one upon the written request of preferred shareholders entitled to exercise at least thirty percent (30%) of the voting
rights in respect of the matter (or class) for which the meeting is requested. Under British Virgin Islands law, we may not increase
the required percentage to call a meeting above thirty percent (30%).
Differences
in Corporate Law
The
BVI Act and the laws of the British Virgin Islands affecting British Virgin Islands companies like us and our shareholders differ
from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of the significant differences
between the provisions of the laws of the British Virgin Islands applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated
in the United States and their shareholders.
Mergers
and similar arrangements
Under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands, two or more companies may merge or consolidate in accordance with Section 170 of the BVI
Act. A merger means the merging of two or more constituent companies into one of the constituent companies (the “surviving
company”) and a consolidation means the uniting of two or more constituent companies into a new company (the “consolidated
company”). The procedure for a merger or consolidation between the company and another company (which need not be a BVI
company, and which may be the company’s parent or subsidiary, but need not be) is set out in the BVI Act. In order to merge
or consolidate, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which with the
exception of a merger between a parent company and its subsidiary, must also be approved by a resolution of a majority of the
shareholders voting at a quorate meeting of shareholders or by written resolution of the shareholders of the BVI company or BVI
companies which are to merge. While a director may vote on the plan of merger or consolidation, or any other matter, even if he
has a financial interest in the plan, the interested director must disclose the interest to all other directors of the company
promptly upon becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the company.
A transaction entered into by our company in respect of which a director is interested (including a merger or consolidation) is
voidable by us unless the director’s interest was (a) disclosed to the board prior to the transaction or (b) the transaction
is (i) between the director and the company and (ii) the transaction is in the ordinary course of the company’s business
and on usual terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the above, a transaction entered into by the company is not voidable if the
material facts of the interest are known to the shareholders and they approve or ratify it or the company received fair value
for the transaction. In any event, all shareholders must be given a copy of the plan of merger or consolidation irrespective of
whether they are entitled to vote at the meeting to approve the plan of merger or consolidation. A foreign company which is able
under the laws of its foreign jurisdiction to participate in the merger or consolidation is required by the BVI Act to comply
with the laws of that foreign jurisdiction in relation to the merger or consolidation. The shareholders of the constituent companies
are not required to receive shares of the surviving or consolidated company but may receive debt obligations or other securities
of the surviving or consolidated company, other assets, or a combination thereof. Further, some or all of the shares of a class
or series may be converted into a kind of asset while the other shares of the same class or series may receive a different kind
of asset. As such, not all the shares of a class or series must receive the same kind of consideration. After the plan of merger
or consolidation has been approved by the directors and authorized, if required, by a resolution of the shareholders, articles
of merger or consolidation are executed by each company and filed with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin
Islands. The merger or consolidation is effective on the date that the articles of merger or consolidation are registered with
the Registrar or on such subsequent date, not exceeding thirty days, as is stated in the articles of merger or consolidation.
As
soon as a merger or consolidation becomes effective: (a) the surviving company or consolidated company (so far as is consistent
with its memorandum and articles of association, as amended or established by the articles of merger or consolidation) has all
rights, privileges, immunities, powers, objects and purposes of each of the constituent companies; (b) in the case of a merger,
the memorandum and articles of association of any surviving company are automatically amended to the extent, if any, that changes
to its memorandum and articles of association are contained in the articles of merger or, in the case of a consolidation, the
memorandum and articles of association filed with the articles of consolidation are the memorandum and articles of the consolidated
company; (c) assets of every description, including choses-in-action and the business of each of the constituent companies, immediately
vest in the surviving company or consolidated company; (d) the surviving company or consolidated company is liable for all claims,
debts, liabilities and obligations of each of the constituent companies; (e) no conviction, judgment, ruling, order, claim, debt,
liability or obligation due or to become due, and no cause existing, against a constituent company or against any member, director,
officer or agent thereof, is released or impaired by the merger or consolidation; and (f) no proceedings, whether civil or criminal,
pending at the time of a merger or consolidation by or against a constituent company, or against any member, director, officer
or agent thereof, are abated or discontinued by the merger or consolidation; but: (i) the proceedings may be enforced, prosecuted,
settled or compromised by or against the surviving company or consolidated company or against the member, director, officer or
agent thereof; as the case may be; or (ii) the surviving company or consolidated company may be substituted in the proceedings
for a constituent company. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs shall strike off the register of companies each constituent company
that is not the surviving company in the case of a merger and all constituent companies in the case of a consolidation. If the
directors determine it to be in the best interests of the company, it is also possible for a merger or consolidation to be approved
as a Court approved plan of arrangement or scheme of arrangement in accordance with the BVI Act.
A
shareholder may dissent from (a) a merger if the company is a constituent company, unless the company is the surviving company
and the member continues to hold the same or similar shares; (b) a consolidation if the company is a constituent company; (c)
any sale, transfer, lease, exchange or other disposition of more than fifty percent (50%) in value of the assets or business of
the company if not made in the usual or regular course of the business carried on by the company but not including: (i) a disposition
pursuant to an order of the court having jurisdiction in the matter, (ii) a disposition for money on terms requiring all or substantially
all net proceeds to be distributed to the members in accordance with their respective interest within one year after the date
of disposition, or (iii) a transfer pursuant to the power of the directors to transfer assets for the protection thereof; (d)
a compulsory redemption of ten percent (10%), or fewer of the issued shares of the company required by the holders of ninety percent
(90%), or more of the shares of the company pursuant to the terms of the BVI Act; and (e) a plan of arrangement, if permitted
by the British Virgin Islands Court (each, an Action). A shareholder properly exercising his dissent rights is entitled to a cash
payment equal to the fair value of his shares.
A
shareholder dissenting from an Action must object in writing to the Action before the vote by the shareholders on the merger or
consolidation, unless notice of the meeting was not given to the shareholder. If the merger or consolidation is approved by the
shareholders, the company must give notice of this fact to each shareholder within twenty (20) days who gave written objection.
Such objection shall include a statement that the member proposes to demand payment for his or her shares if the Action is taken.
These shareholders then have twenty (20) days to give to the company their written election in the form specified by the BVI Act
to dissent from the Action, provided that in the case of a merger, the twenty (20) days starts when the plan of merger is delivered
to the shareholder. Upon giving notice of his election to dissent, a shareholder ceases to have any shareholder rights except
the right to be paid the fair value of his shares. As such, the merger or consolidation may proceed in the ordinary course notwithstanding
his dissent. Within seven (7) days of the later of the delivery of the notice of election to dissent and the effective date of
the merger or consolidation, the company shall make a written offer to each dissenting shareholder to purchase his shares at a
specified price per share that the company determines to be the fair value of the shares. The company and the shareholder then
have thirty (30) days to agree upon the price. If the company and a shareholder fail to agree on the price within the thirty (30)
days, then the company and the shareholder shall, within twenty (20) days immediately following the expiration of the 30-day period,
each designate an appraiser and these two appraisers shall designate a third appraiser. These three appraisers shall fix the fair
value of the shares as of the close of business on the day prior to the shareholders’ approval of the transaction without
taking into account any change in value as a result of the transaction.
Shareholders’
suits
There
are both statutory and common law remedies available to our shareholders as a matter of British Virgin Islands law. These are
summarized below.
Prejudiced
members
A
shareholder who considers that the affairs of the company have been, are being, or are likely to be, conducted in a manner that
is, or any act or acts of the company have been, or are, likely to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial
to him in that capacity, can apply to the court under Section 184I of the BVI Act, inter alia, for an order that his shares be
acquired, that he be provided compensation, that the Court regulate the future conduct of the company, or that any decision of
the company which contravenes the BVI Act or our memorandum and articles of association be set aside.
Derivative
actions
Section
184C of the BVI Act provides that a shareholder of a company may, with the leave of the Court, bring an action in the name of
the company in certain circumstances to redress any wrong done to it. Such actions are known as derivative actions. The BVI Court
may only grant permission to bring a derivative action where the following circumstances apply:
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not intend to bring, diligently continue or defend or discontinue proceedings; and
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of the company that the conduct of the proceedings not be left to the directors or to the determination of the shareholders
as a whole.
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considering whether to grant leave, the British Virgin Islands Court is also required to have regard to the following matters:
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is acting in good faith;
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action is in the company’s best interests, taking into account the directors’ views on commercial matters;
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the costs of the
proceedings; and
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Restraining
or compliance order
If
a BVI company or a director of a BVI company engages in, proposes to engage in or has engaged in, conduct that contravenes the
BVI Act or the memorandum or articles of the company, the Court may, on the application of a shareholder of the company pursuant
to Section 184B of the BVI Act, make an order directing the company or director to comply with, or restraining the company or
director from engaging in conduct that contravenes, the BVI Act or the company’s memorandum or articles.
Just
and equitable winding up
In
addition to the statutory remedies outlined above, shareholders can also petition the BVI Court for the winding up of a company
under the BVI Insolvency Act, 2003 (as amended), for the appointment of a liquidator to liquidate the company and the court may
appoint a liquidator for the company if it is of the opinion that it is just and equitable for the court to so order. Save in
exceptional circumstances, this remedy is generally only available where the company has been operated as a quasi-partnership
and trust and confidence between the partners has broken down.
Indemnification
of directors and executive officers and limitation of liability
Our
memorandum and articles of association provide that, subject to certain limitations, we indemnify against all expenses, including
legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal,
administrative or investigative proceedings for any person who:
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is or was a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was our director; or
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is or was, at our
request, serving as a director or officer of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise
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These
indemnities only apply if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to our best interests and, in the case of criminal
proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The decision of the directors as to
whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company and as to whether the
person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful and is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes
of the memorandum and articles of association, unless a question of law is involved. The termination of any proceedings by any
judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the
person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company or that the person had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
This
standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons
controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Anti-takeover
provisions in our Memorandum and Articles of Association
Some
provisions of our articles of association may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or management that
shareholders may consider favorable. Under the BVI Act there are no provisions, which specifically prevent the issuance of preferred
shares or any such other ‘poison pill’ measures. The memorandum and articles of association of the company also do
not contain any express prohibitions on the issuance of any preferred shares. Therefore, the directors without the approval of
the holders of Ordinary Shares may issue preferred shares that have characteristics that may be deemed to be anti-takeover. Additionally,
such a designation of shares may be used in connection with plans that are poison pill plans. However, under British Virgin Islands
law, our directors, in the exercise of their powers granted to them under our memorandum and articles of association and performance
of their duties, are required to act honestly and in good faith in what the director believes to be in the best interests of our
company.
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 reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.
He must not use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates
that the best interest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer
or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have
been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the
corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence
be presented concerning a transaction by a director, a director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction and that
the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.
Under
British Virgin Islands law, our directors owe fiduciary duties to the company both at common law and under statute including,
among others, a statutory duty to act honestly, in good faith, for a proper purpose and with a view to what the directors believe
to be in the best interests of the company. Our directors are also required, when exercising powers or performing duties as a
director, to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in comparable 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. In the exercise of their powers, our directors must ensure neither they nor the company
acts in a manner which contravenes the BVI Act or our memorandum and articles of association. The directors owe their duties to
the company itself as distinct body rather than to the shareholders of the company (either collectively or individually) so, where
there has been a breach of fiduciary duty by a director, it would typically be for the company to raise proceedings against the
director for the breach. Only in special circumstances would the directors of a company become subject to a fiduciary duty to
the shareholders of the company such that a shareholder would be able to raise proceedings against the director.
Pursuant
to the BVI Act and our memorandum and articles of association, a director of a company who has an interest in a transaction and
who has declared such interest to the other directors, may:
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relating to the transaction;
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attend a meeting
of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting
for the purposes of a quorum; and
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sign a document
on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction.
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Shareholder
action by written consent
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment
to its certificate of incorporation. British Virgin Islands law provides that, subject to the memorandum and articles of association
of a company, an action that may be taken by members of the company at a meeting may also be taken by a resolution of members
consented to in writing.
Shareholder
proposals
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting of shareholders,
provided it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. 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.
British Virgin Islands law and memorandum and articles of association allow our shareholders holding thirty percent (30%) or more
of the votes of the outstanding voting shares to requisition a shareholders’ meeting. There is no requirement under BVI
law to hold shareholders’ annual general meetings, but our memorandum and articles of association do permit the directors
to call such a meeting. The location of any shareholders’ meeting can be determined by the board of directors and can be
held anywhere in the world.
Cumulative
voting
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’s
certificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority
shareholders on a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder
is entitled on a single director, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director.
As permitted under British Virgin Islands law, our memorandum and articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting.
As a result, our shareholders are not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue than shareholders of a Delaware corporation.
Removal
of directors
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed only for cause with the
approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise.
Under our memorandum and articles of association, directors can be removed from office, with or without cause, by a resolution
of shareholders. Directors can also be removed by a resolution of directors passed at a meeting of directors called for the purpose
of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director.
Transactions
with interested shareholders
The
Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delaware public 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 (3) years
following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or group
who or which owns or owned fifteen percent (15%) or more of the target’s outstanding voting shares within the past three
(3) 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 public corporation
to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors. British Virgin Islands law has
no comparable statute and our memorandum and articles of association fails to expressly provide for the same protection afforded
by the Delaware business combination statute.
Dissolution;
Winding Up
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved
by shareholders holding one hundred percent (100%) of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated
by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law
allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection
with dissolutions initiated by the board. Under the BVI Act and our memorandum and articles of association, we may appoint a voluntary
liquidator by a resolution of the shareholders or a resolution of the directors, provided that the directors have made a declaration
of solvency that the company is able to discharge its debts as they fall due and that the value of the company’s assets
exceed its liabilities.
Variation
of rights of shares
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approval of a majority of
the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our memorandum and articles
of association, if at any time our shares are divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class may only
be varied, whether or not our company is in liquidation, with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting
by a majority of the votes cast by those entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of the issued shares in that class. For
these purposes the creation, designation or issue of preferred shares with rights and privileges ranking in priority to an existing
class of shares is deemed not to be a variation of the rights of such existing class and may in accordance with our memorandum
and articles of association be effected by resolution of directors without shareholder approval.
Amendment
of governing documents
Under
the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended with the approval of a majority
of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. As permitted by British
Virgin Islands law, our memorandum and articles of association may be amended by a resolution of shareholders and, subject to
certain exceptions, by a resolution of directors. An amendment is effective from the date it is registered at the Registry of
Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands.
Anti-Money
Laundering Laws
In
order to comply with legislation or regulations aimed at the prevention of money laundering we are required to adopt and maintain
anti-money laundering procedures, and may require subscribers to provide evidence to verify their identity. Where permitted, and
subject to certain conditions, we also may delegate the maintenance of our anti-money laundering procedures (including the acquisition
of due diligence information) to a suitable person.
We
reserve the right to request such information as is necessary to verify the identity of a subscriber. In the event of delay or
failure on the part of the subscriber in producing any information required for verification purposes, we may refuse to accept
the application, in which case any funds received will be returned without interest to the account from which they were originally
debited.
If
any person resident in the British Virgin Islands knows or suspects that another person is engaged in money laundering or terrorist
financing and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of their business the person
will be required to report his belief or suspicion to the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands, pursuant
to the Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Act 1997 (as amended). Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of
any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.
Warrants
Each
Ordinary Share sold in this offering will be accompanied by an one-half Warrant with each whole Warrant exercisable to purchase
one Ordinary Share at an initial exercise price of $___ per share. Each Warrant will be exercisable immediately upon issuance
and will have a term of [___] years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of ordinary shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of specified events, including stock dividends, stock splits,
combinations and reclassifications of our ordinary shares, as described in the Warrants. In addition, the Warrant exercise price
may be subject to adjustment in the event that we issue certain securities at a price below the then Warrant exercise price.
Holders
of the Warrants may exercise their Warrants to purchase our Ordinary Shares at any time prior to the expiration date. Subject
to limited exceptions, a holder of Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its Warrants if the holder, together
with its affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with the holder and any of the holder’s affiliates,
would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or 9.99% at the election of the holder prior to issuance) of the number of our Ordinary
Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise, provided that the holder may increase or decrease the beneficial
ownership limitation (but in no event shall such limitation exceed 9.99%). Any increase in the beneficial ownership limitation
will not be effective until 61 days following notice of such change to us. If at the time of the exercise of a Warrant a registration
statement and current prospectus covering the resale by the holder of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant
is not available, the holder may exercise its Warrant in whole or in part on a cashless basis.
If,
at any time while the Warrants are outstanding, we issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of our Ordinary Shares entitling
them to purchase our ordinary shares, then the holders of the Warrants will be entitled to acquire those rights, options and warrants
on the basis of the number of Ordinary Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of the then outstanding Warrants.
If,
at any time while the Warrants are outstanding, we make a dividend or distribution of assets or rights to acquire assets to all
holders of our Ordinary Shares, the holders of the Warrants will be entitled to participate in the dividend or distribution of
assets or rights to acquire assets on the basis of the number of ordinary shares acquirable upon complete exercise of the then
outstanding Warrants.
Except
as otherwise provided in the Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of our Ordinary Shares, the holders of Warrants
do not have the rights or privileges of holders of our Ordinary Shares, including any voting rights, until they exercise their
Warrants.
TAXATION
The following brief description
sets forth the material U.S. federal income tax consequences related to the ownership and disposition of our Units, Ordinary Shares and
Warrants and applies only to U.S. Holders (defined below) that hold Units as capital assets and that have the U.S. dollar as their functional
currency. This description does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to ownership and disposition of our Units 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. 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 an Ordinary Share and you are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
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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;
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an estate whose
income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
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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.
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Investors
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 Ordinary
Shares.
The
following does not address the tax consequences to any particular investor or to persons in special tax situations such as:
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governments or agencies
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Shares as part of a straddle, hedging, conversion or integrated transaction;
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persons that actually or
constructively own 10% or more of our voting power or value (including by reason of owning our Ordinary Shares);
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persons who acquired our
Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of any employee share option or otherwise as compensation; or
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persons holding our Ordinary
Shares through partnerships or other pass-through entities.
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Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization
of a Unit
No statutory, administrative or judicial authority
directly addresses the treatment of a unit or instruments similar to a unit for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, therefore, that
treatment is not entirely clear. The acquisition of a unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the acquisition
of one ordinary share and one warrant to acquire one-half ordinary share. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each holder of a unit
must allocate the purchase price paid by such holder for such unit between the one ordinary share and the warrant based on the relative
fair market value of each at the time of purchase. Under U.S. federal income tax law, each investor must make his or her own determination
of such value based on all the relevant facts and circumstances. Therefore, we strongly urge each investor to consult his or her tax
adviser regarding the determination of value for these purposes. The price allocated to each ordinary share and the warrant should be
the shareholder’s tax basis in such share or warrant, as the case may be. Any disposition of a unit should be treated for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a disposition of the ordinary share and the warrant comprising the unit, and the amount realized on the
disposition should be allocated between the ordinary share and warrant based on their respective relative fair market values at the time
of disposition (as determined by each such unit holder based on all relevant facts and circumstances). The separation of the ordinary
share and the warrant comprising a unit should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The foregoing treatment of the ordinary shares
and warrants and a holder’s purchase price allocation are not binding on the IRS or the courts. Because there are no authorities
that directly address instruments that are similar to the units, no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree with
the characterization described above or the discussion below. Accordingly, each prospective investor is urged to consult its own tax
advisors regarding tax consequences of an investment in a unit (including alternative characterizations of a unit). The balance of this
discussion assumes that the characterization of the units described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Taxation
of Dividends and Other Distributions on our 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 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 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 passive foreign investment company (as discussed below) 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 British Virgin Islands, clause (1) above can
be satisfied only if the 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 Ordinary Shares, including
the effects of any change in law after the date of this prospectus.
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 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 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 capital
gain under the rules described above.
Taxation
of Dispositions of 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 Ordinary Shares. The gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. If you are a non-corporate
U.S. Holder, including an individual U.S. Holder, who has held the Ordinary Shares for more than one year, you will generally
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 which will
generally limit the availability of foreign tax credits.
Medicare
Tax
Certain
U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts and whose income exceeds certain thresholds generally are subject to a 3.8%
tax on all or a portion of their net investment income, which may include their gross dividend income and net gains from the disposition
of our Ordinary Shares.
Disposition
of Warrants
Subject
to the PFIC rules discussed below (see “Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”)), upon the sale or other
taxable disposition of a Warrant, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference
between the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received and such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant
sold or otherwise disposed of. Such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if, at the time of the sale or
other taxable disposition, the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Warrant is more than one year. Preferential tax rates
apply to long-term capital gains of non-corporate U.S. Holders. There are currently no preferential tax rates for long-term capital
gains of a U.S. Holder that is taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Deductions for capital losses are
subject to significant limitations under the Code.
Expiration
of Warrants Without Exercise
Subject
to the PFIC rules discussed below, upon the lapse or expiration of a Warrant, a U.S. Holder will recognize a loss in an amount
equal to such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant. Any such loss generally will be a capital loss and will be a long-term
capital loss if, at the time of the lapse or expiration, the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the warrant is more than one
year. Deductions for capital losses are subject to significant limitations under the Code.
Adjustments
to the Warrants
The
Warrant provides for an adjustment to the number of Ordinary Shares for which a warrant may be exercised or to the exercise price
of a warrant upon certain events. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, an adjustment that has the effect of preventing dilution
of the interest of the Warrant holders generally will not be taxable to a U.S. Holder. However, an adjustment may be treated as
a constructive distribution to a U.S. Holder if and to the extent that such adjustment has the effect of increasing such U.S.
Holder’s proportionate interest in our assets or earnings and profits. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, any such
constructive distribution would be taxable under the rules described above under the heading “Taxation of Dividends and
Other Distributions on our Ordinary Shares”.
Passive
Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”)
A
non-U.S. corporation is considered a PFIC, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the US Internal Revenue Code, for any taxable year
if either:
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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”).
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Passive
income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct
of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets. We will be treated as owning our proportionate share
of the assets and earning our proportionate share of the income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly,
at least 25% (by value) of the stock. In determining the value and composition of our assets for purposes of the PFIC asset test,
(1) the cash we raised in our IPO will generally be considered to be held for the production of passive income and (2) the value
of our assets must be determined based on the market value of our Ordinary Shares from time to time, which could cause the value
of our non-passive assets to be less than 50% of the value of all of our assets (including the cash raised in our IPO) on any
particular quarterly testing date for purposes of the asset test.
Based
on our operations and the composition of our assets, we do not expect to be treated as a PFIC under the current PFIC rules. However,
we must make a separate determination each year as to whether we are a PFIC, 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 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. Although the law in this regard is unclear, we are treating Qianhai Asia Era (Shenzhen) International Financial Services
Co., Ltd. (“Qianhai”) as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we control
their management decisions, but also because we are entitled to the economic benefits associated with Qianhai, and as a result,
we are treating Qianhai as our wholly-owned subsidiary for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If we are not treated as owning Qianhai
for United States federal income tax purposes, we would likely be treated as a PFIC. 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 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 Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, fluctuations in the market price of the 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 raised in our IPO. 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 Ordinary Shares from time to time) that may not be within
our control. If we are a PFIC for any year during which you hold Ordinary Shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC for
all succeeding years during which you hold Ordinary Shares. However, if we cease to be a PFIC and you did not previously make
a timely “mark-to-market” election as described below, you may avoid some of the adverse effects of the PFIC regime
by making a “purging election” (as described below) with respect to the Ordinary Shares.
If
we are a PFIC for your taxable year(s) during which you hold 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 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 Ordinary Shares will be treated as an excess distribution. Under
these special tax rules:
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or gain will be allocated ratably over your holding period for the Ordinary Shares;
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to your current taxable year, and any amount allocated to any of your taxable year(s) prior to the first taxable year in which
we were a PFIC, will be treated as ordinary income, and
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to each of your other taxable year(s) 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.
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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 Ordinary Shares cannot be treated
as capital, even if you hold the 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, under Section
1296 of the US Internal Revenue Code, for such stock to elect out of the tax treatment discussed above. If you make a mark-to-market
election for first taxable year which you hold (or are deemed to hold) Ordinary Shares and for which we are determined to be a
PFIC, you will include in your income each year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Ordinary
Shares as of the close of such taxable year over your adjusted basis in such Ordinary Shares, which excess will be treated as
ordinary income and not capital gain. You are allowed an ordinary loss for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the Ordinary
Shares over their fair market value as of the close of the taxable year. However, such ordinary loss is allowable only to the
extent of any net mark-to-market gains on the 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 Ordinary Shares,
are treated as ordinary income. Ordinary loss treatment also applies to any loss realized on the actual sale or disposition of
the 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 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 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 Ordinary Shares are regularly
traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market and if you are a holder of 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, under Section 1295(b) of the US Internal
Revenue Code, 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 taxable year in which we are a PFIC, you will
be required to file U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 in each such year and provide certain annual information regarding
such Ordinary Shares, including regarding distributions received on the Ordinary Shares and any gain realized on the disposition
of the 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 Ordinary Shares, then such 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 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 Ordinary
Shares for tax purposes.
You
are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to your investment in our Ordinary Shares and
the elections discussed above.
Information
Reporting and Backup Withholding
Dividend
payments with respect to our Ordinary Shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange, or redemption of our Ordinary Shares may be
subject to information reporting to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and possible U.S. backup withholding, under Section 3406
of the US Internal Revenue Code with, at a current flat 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
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.
THE
ABOVE SUMMARY IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO U.S. HOLDERS WITH
RESPECT TO THE OWNERSHIP, EXERCISE OR DISPOSITION OF ORDINARY SHARES. U.S. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO
THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO THEM IN THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
Engagement Letter with
FT Global Capital
We
have entered into a Engagement Letter dated March 18, 2021 with FT Global Capital, pursuant to which FT Global Capital will act as our
exclusive placement agent in connection with this offering (the “Placement Agent”).
The
Placement Agent is not purchasing any securities offered by this prospectus, nor is it required to arrange the purchase or sale
of any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but the Placement Agent has agreed to use its best efforts to arrange for
the direct sale of all of the securities in this offering pursuant to this prospectus. There is no requirement that any minimum
number of securities be sold in this offering and there can be no assurance that we will sell all or any of the securities being
offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement.
We will enter into a securities
purchase agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) directly with each investor in connection with this offering and we
may not sell the entire amount, or any amount, of securities offered pursuant to this prospectus. Furthermore, pursuant to the Engagement
Letter, the Placement Agent’s obligations are subject to certain conditions, representations and warranties contained in the Engagement
Letter, such as receipt by the Placement Agent of comfort letters and legal opinions.
The
form of the Securities Purchase Agreement is included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
We
have also agreed to indemnify the investors against certain losses resulting from our breach of any of our representations, warranties,
or covenants under agreements with the purchasers as well as under certain other circumstances described in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
In
connection with this offering, the Placement Agent may distribute this prospectus electronically.
The
Placement Agent may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, and any fees
or commissions received by it and any profit realized on the resale of securities sold by it while acting as principal might be
deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. As an underwriter, the Placement Agent would be required
to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(4) under
the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 and Regulation M under the Exchange Act. These rules and regulations may limit the timing of
purchases and sales of shares of common stock and warrants by the Placement Agent. Under these rules and regulations, the Placement
Agent: (i) may not engage in any stabilization activity in connection with our securities; and (ii) may not bid for or purchase
any of our securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any of our securities, other than as permitted under the Exchange
Act, until it has completed their participation in the distribution.
Fees
and Expenses; Tail Financing
In consideration for the
Placement Agent services, we have agreed to pay the Placement Agent upon the closing of this offering a cash fee equal to 7.0% of the
aggregate purchase price of the Units sold under this prospectus. Further, we have agreed to pay the Placement Agent’s legal fees
of approximately $30,000 in connection with the offering. In addition, we agreed to pay additional compensation to the Placement Agent
in the form of the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase that number of shares which equals 3.0% of the aggregate number of the Units
sold in this offering.
Under the Engagement Letter,
the Placement Agent is also entitled to additional tail compensation for any financings consummated within the twelve (12) month period
following completion of this offering.
The
Placement Agent Warrants
The Placement Agent Warrants
which we agreed to issue to the Placement Agent upon closing of this offering Agent shall generally be on the same terms and conditions
as the investor warrants, subject to limitations set forth in FINRA Rule 5110, provided that the exercise price of the Placement Agent
Warrants shall be __% of the public offering price of the Units and the term of the Placement Agent Warrants shall expire on the fifth
anniversary of the date of commencement of sales in this offering. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e), with limited exceptions, any ordinary
shares issued upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants shall not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be
the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition
of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of
this offering. The Placement Agent Warrants will contain similar rights as those Warrants sold in this offering.
We
have agreed to indemnify the Placement Agent and purchasers against liabilities under the Securities Act and to contribute to
payments that the Placement Agent may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.
The
following table shows the per Ordinary Share and Warrant and total placement agent fees we will pay to the Placement Agent in connection
with the sale of Units offered pursuant to this prospectus assuming the purchase of all of the Units initially offered hereby:
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there is no minimum offering amount in this offering, the actual total placement agent fees are not presently determinable and
may be substantially less than the maximum amount set forth above.
We
estimate the total offering expenses of this offering that will be payable by us, excluding the placement agent fees, will be
approximately $____, which include legal and accounting costs and various other fees. At the closing, our transfer agent will
credit the Ordinary Shares to the respective accounts of the purchasers. We will mail the Warrants directly to the purchasers
at their respective addresses set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Lock-Up
Agreements
Our officers, directors
and principal shareholders (5% or more shareholders) have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, to a “lock-up” period until
______, 2022 with respect to the ordinary shares that they beneficially own, including the issuance of shares upon the exercise of convertible
securities and options that are currently outstanding or which may be issued. This means that until ____, 2022, such persons may not
offer, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of these securities without the prior written consent of the representative.
The
Placement Agent has no present intention to waive or shorten the lock-up period; however, the terms of the lock-up agreements
may be waived at its discretion. In determining whether to waive the terms of the lock-up agreements, the representative may base
its decision on its assessment of the relative strengths of the securities markets and companies similar to ours in general, and
the trading pattern of, and demand for, our securities in general. We have agreed that, without the prior written consent of the
Placement Agent and subject to certain exceptions, we will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of this prospectus,
(i) issue, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, offer or issue, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of, any ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such
ordinary shares or enter into a transaction which would have the same effect; (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement
that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the ordinary shares; or (iii)
file any registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any ordinary shares or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for ordinary shares, in each case regardless of whether any such transaction described above is
to be settled by delivery of ordinary shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
Each of our directors
and executive officers and current shareholders has agreed that, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent and subject
to certain exceptions, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the closing of this offering, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract
to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase,
lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of directly or indirectly, any ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for such ordinary shares, (ii) enter into a transaction which would have the same effect or enter into any swap, hedge
or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the ordinary shares
or any of our securities that are substantially similar to the ordinary shares or any options or warrants to purchase any of the ordinary
shares or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive the ordinary shares, whether now owned
or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by it or with respect to which it has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of
the SEC, whether any of these transaction is to be settled by delivery of ordinary shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise
or (iii) publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or enter into any such transaction, swap,
hedge or other arrangement.
The
restrictions described in the preceding paragraph are subject to certain exceptions, including the transfer of shares as a bona
fide gift or through will of intestacy.
Listing
Our
Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ATIF”. The Warrants will not be listed on
any exchange and we do not expect any market for the Warrants to develop. We do not intend to apply for listing the Warrants on
any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system, and we do not expect a market to develop for Warrants.
Selling
Restrictions
No action may be taken
in any jurisdiction other than the United States that would permit a public offering of the Units or the possession, circulation or distribution
of this prospectus or any other material relating to us or the ordinary shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
Accordingly, the securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or
any other material or advertisements in connection with the ordinary shares be distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction,
except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that country or jurisdiction.
Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to
the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.
In addition to the public
offering of the Units in the United States, the Placement Agent may, subject to applicable foreign laws, also offer the Units in certain
countries.
EXPENSES
RELATING TO THIS OFFERING
Set
forth below is an itemization of the total expenses, excluding commissions of the Placement Agent, that we expect to incur in
connection with this offering. With the exception of the SEC registration fee, listing fee and the FINRA filing fee, all amounts
are estimates.
SEC
Registration Fee
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MATERIAL
CHANGES
Except as otherwise described
in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, and in our Reports on Form 6-K filed or submitted under the
Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein and as disclosed in this prospectus, no reportable material changes have occurred since
July 31, 2021.
LEGAL
MATTERS
Certain legal matters
related to the Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus will be passed upon on the Company’s behalf by Ogier, with respect
to matters of British Virgin Islands law, and Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Francisco, California, with respect to
matters of United States law. Legal matters as to PRC law will be passed upon for us by Dentons Law Office, LLP (Guangzhou). The
Placement Agent is being represented by Schiff Hardin LLP, Washington, DC.
EXPERTS
ZH CPA, LLC an independent
registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements
of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended July 31, 2021
included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended July 31, 2021 which is incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
The audit report of ZH CPA LLC on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended July 31, 2021, contained an uncertainty about
our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on ZH CPA LLC’s
report, given on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
Friedman LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements
of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year
period ended July 31, 2020 (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”), included in our Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended July 31, 2021, which is incorporated by reference in this registration statement. The audit report
of Friedman LLP on our consolidated financial statements contained an uncertainty about our ability to continue as a going concern and
excluded the retroactive effects of the discontinued operations, the termination of the VIE agreement, and the reverse split of the Company’s
ordinary shares, as included in the Company’s 2021 Form 20-F annual report filed December 9, 2021. Our financial statements are
incorporated by reference in reliance on Friedman LLP’s report, given on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
On March 3, 2021, the Company
dismissed Friedman LLP as its auditor and effective March 3, 2021, the Company appointed ZH CPA, LLC as successor auditor of the Company
and for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2021. The audit report of Friedman LLP on the financial statements of the Company as of and for
the years ended July 31, 2019 and 2020 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified
as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that the audit report on the financial statements of the Company for
the year ended July 31, 2020 contained an uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. There were no
disagreements with Friedman LLP on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope
or procedures, from the time of Friedman LLP’s engagement up to the date of dismissal which disagreements that, if not resolved
to Friedman LLP’s satisfaction, would have caused Friedman LLP to make reference in connection with its opinion to the subject matter
of the disagreement.
ENFORCEABILITY
OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
We
are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands to take advantage of certain benefits associated with being a British Virgin Islands
business company, such as:
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However,
certain disadvantages accompany incorporation in the British Virgin Islands. These disadvantages include, but are not limited
to:
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the British Virgin
Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States and these securities laws provide significantly
less protection to investors as compared to the United States; and
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British Virgin Islands
companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United States.
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Our
memorandum and articles of association do not contain provisions requiring that disputes, including those arising under the securities
laws of the United States, between us, our officers, directors and shareholders, be arbitrated.
Substantially
all of our assets are located in the PRC. In addition, all of our directors and officers are nationals or residents of the PRC
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.
Ogier, our counsel with
respect to the laws of BVI, and Dentons, our counsel with respect to PRC law, have advised us (privilege in which advice is not waived)
that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the BVI or the PRC would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts
obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United
States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in the BVI or the PRC against us or our directors
or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
There
is uncertainty with regard to British Virgin Islands law as to whether a judgment obtained from the United States courts under
civil liability provisions of the securities laws will be determined by the courts of the British Virgin Islands as penal or punitive
in nature. If such a determination is made, the courts of the British Virgin Islands are also unlikely to recognize or enforce
the judgment against a British Virgin Islands company. Because the courts of the British Virgin Islands have yet to rule on whether
such judgments are penal or punitive in nature, it is uncertain whether they would be enforceable in the British Virgin Islands.
Ogier has advised us that although there is no statutory enforcement in the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the
federal or state courts of the United States, in certain circumstances a judgment obtained in such jurisdiction may be recognized
and enforced in the courts of the British Virgin Islands at common law, without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying
dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
in the British Virgin Islands, provided such judgment:
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imposes on the judgment
debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given;
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of taxes, a fine, a penalty or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company; and
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was not obtained
in a fraudulent manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of
the British Virgin Islands.
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appropriate circumstances, a 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.
Dentons has further advised
us that the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedure Law. PRC courts may recognize
and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedure Law based either on treaties between China
and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions. Dentons has advised us further that there are no
treaties between China and the United States for the mutual recognition and enforcement of court judgments, thus making the recognition
and enforcement of a U.S. court judgment in China difficult.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed with the
SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 relating to the Units underlying Ordinary Shares covered by this prospectus. This prospectus
is part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement. Any statement made in this
prospectus concerning a contract or other document of ours is not necessarily complete, and you should read the documents that are filed
as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC for a more complete understanding of the document or matter.
Each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers.
We
are currently subject to periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act as applicable to foreign
private issuers. Accordingly, we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC reports, including our annual report on Form
20-F, report of foreign private issuer on Form 6-K and other information. All information filed with or furnished to the SEC can
be obtained over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
As
a foreign private issuer, we are exempt under the Exchange Act from, among other things, the rules prescribing the furnishing
and content of proxy statements, and our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting
and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. 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.
We
also maintain a website at www.ir.atifchina.com, but information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in
this prospectus. You should not regard any information on our website as a part of this prospectus.
ATIF
HOLDINGS LIMITED
PROSPECTUS
FT
Global Capital, Inc.
The
date of this prospectus is , 2022.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
To
the extent permitted by law, we shall indemnify each existing or former secretary, director (including alternate director), and
any of our other officers (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives
against:
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all actions, proceedings,
costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by the existing or former secretary or officer
in or about the conduct of our business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of the existing or former secretary’s
or officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and
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without limitation
to paragraph (a) above, all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing or former secretary or officer
in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether
threatened, pending or completed) concerning us or our affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the BVI or elsewhere.
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These
indemnities will only apply if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to our best interests and, in the case
of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
To
the extent permitted by law, we may make a payment, or agree to make a payment, whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise,
for any legal costs incurred by an existing or former secretary or any of our officers in respect of any matter identified in
above on condition that the secretary or officer must repay the amount paid by us to the extent that it is ultimately found not
liable to indemnify the secretary or that officer for those legal costs.
Pursuant
to indemnification agreements, the form of which will be filed as Exhibit 10.02 to this Registration Statement, we will agree
to indemnify our directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims
made by reason of their being such a director or officer.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 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.
In
the three years preceding the filing of this registration statement, we issued the securities described below without registration
under the Securities Act. Unless otherwise indicated below, the securities were issued pursuant to the private placement exemption
provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
In connection with the
Company’s anticipated public offering, the Company undertook a reorganization, cancelled its previously outstanding shares and
issued 10,000,000 ordinary shares (as adjusted to reflect Reverse Stock-Split) as follows:
Date
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Number
of shares issued
(As
adjusted to reflect Reverse Stock Split)
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Amount Paid Per Share
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Shareholders
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August 23, 2018
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200
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USD0.005
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Qiuli Wang
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September 27, 2018
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400
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USD0.005
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Ronghua Liu
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September 27, 2018
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5,100
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USD0.005
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Tianzhen Investments Limited
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September 27, 2018
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2,600
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USD0.005
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Eno Group Limited
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September 27, 2018
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800
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USD0.005
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Great State Investments Limited
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September 27, 2018
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420
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USD0.005
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Xueqing Liu
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September 27, 2018
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480
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USD0.005
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Renyan Ou
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November 2, 2018
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399,600
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USD0.005
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Ronghua Liu
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November 2, 2018
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5,294,700
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USD0.005
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Tianzhen Investments Limited
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November 2, 2018
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2,597,400
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USD0.005
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Eno Group Limited
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November 2, 2018
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799,200
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USD0.005
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Great State Investments Limited
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November 2, 2018
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419,580
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USD0.005
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Xueqing Liu
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November 2, 2018
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479,520
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USD0.005
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Renyan Ou
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On November 6, 2020, in
a private placement, we sold to three accredited investors 869,565 Ordinary Shares and warrants to purchase a total of 869,565 Ordinary
Shares at an exercise price of $5.50 per share which are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance. We also issued to the
placement agent warrants to purchase 78,261 ordinary shares at an exercise price equal to $5.50 and are exercisable 180 days after November
3, 2020.
ITEM
8. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
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(a)
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Exhibits
See Exhibit Index beginning on page II-8 of this registration statement.
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(b)
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Financial Statement Schedules
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Schedules
have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the Consolidated Financial
Statements or the Notes thereto.
ITEM
9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
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(ii)
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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) (§ 230.424(b) of this chapter) 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.
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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;
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Provided, however, That:
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Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form S-8 (§ 239.16b of this chapter), and 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; and
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Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form S-1 (§ 239.11 of this chapter), Form S-3 (§
239.13 of this chapter), Form SF-3 (§ 239.45 of this chapter) or Form F-3 (§ 239.33
of this chapter) and 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 on Form S-3, Form SF-3 or Form F-3, is contained in a
form of prospectus filed pursuant to § 230.424(b) of this chapter that is part of the
registration statement.
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Provided further, however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed
securities on Form SF-1 (§ 239.44 of this chapter) or Form SF-3 (§ 239.45 of this
chapter), and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided
pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (§ 229.1100(c)).
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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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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.
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If the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective
amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item
8.A of Form 20-F (§ 249.220f of this chapter) 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 (15 U.S.C. 77j(a)(3)) 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 (§ 239.33 of this chapter), a post-effective amendment need not be filed
to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or
Item 8.A of Form 20-F 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.
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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:
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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:
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§ 230.424 of this
chapter);
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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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
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(iv)
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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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:
(1)
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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.
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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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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing this amendment on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, on January 31, 2022.
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ATIF Holdings Limited
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By:
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/s/ Jun Liu
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Name:
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Jun Liu
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Chief Executive Officer
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Yue
Ming
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Name:
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Yue Ming
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Chief Financial Officer
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(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to registration statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Jun Liu
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Director, Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)
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January
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Jun Liu
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/s/ Yue Ming
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Director and Chief
Financial Officer
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January
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Yue Ming
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(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
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Director
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January
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Kwong Sang Liu
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Director
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January
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Yongyuan Chen
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Director
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January
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Lei Yang
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*By:
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Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURE
OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of ATIF Holdings
Limited, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in Rancho Cucamonga, California, on January 31, 2022.
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By:
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/s/ Lina
L. Liu
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Lina L. Liu
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Description
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1.1
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Form of
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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1.2
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Amendment No. 1 to Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2021)
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1.3
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Amendment No. 2 to Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.3 to Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2021)
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2.1
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Registrant’s
Specimen Certificate for Ordinary Shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form F-1
(File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.1
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Agreement
of Website (CNNM) Transfer dated September 20, 2018, between ATIF HK and Shenzhen Shangyuan Electronic Commerce Ltd. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.2
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Voting
Right Proxy Agreement dated September 30, 2018, between Qiuli Wang and Eno Group (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.3
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Form of
Employment Agreement by and between executive officers and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.4
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Form of
Indemnification Agreement between directors and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the registration
statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 11, 2018)
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4.5
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Exclusive
Service Agreement dated October 9, 2018, between WFOE and VIE (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the
registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.6
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Equity
Pledge Agreement dated October 9, 2018, between WFOE, Beneficial Owners, and VIE (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.7
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Exclusive
Call Option Agreement dated October 9, 2018, between WFOE, Beneficial Owners, and VIE (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.8
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Shareholders’
Voting Rights Proxy Agreement dated October 9, 2018, between WFOE, Beneficial Owners, and VIE (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.8 to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333228750), as amended, initially filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.9
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Equity
Transfer Agreement dated August 13, 2018, by and between WFOE and Yanru Zhou (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.10
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Equity
Transfer Agreement dated September 19, 2018, by and between WFOE and Zhuorong Cai (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.11
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Equity
Transfer Agreement dated September 19, 2018, by and between WFOE and Zehong Lai (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.12
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Trust
Deed dated December 11, 2017, by and between Ronghua Liu and Qiuli Wang (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13
to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 11, 2018)
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4.13
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Form
of Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 4, 2020)
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4.14
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Form
of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 4, 2020)
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4.15
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Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 6-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 4, 2020)
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4.16
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Sale
and Purchase Agreement regarding issued shares of Leaping Group Co., Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Form
6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2021)
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4.17
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Form of Securities Purchase Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to Form F-1 (File No.: 333-255545) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2021)
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4.18
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Form of Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.18 to Form F-1 (File No.: 333-255545) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2021)
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4.19
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Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to Form F-1 (File No.: 333-255545) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2021)
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5.1**
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Opinion of Ogier, British
Virgin Islands counsel to the Company
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23.1*
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Consent of ZH CPA LLC
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23.2*
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Consent of Friedman LLP
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23.3**
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Consent of Ogier, British
Virgin Islands counsel to the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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23.4**
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Consent of Dentons
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (incorporated herein by reference to the signature page to Form F-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2021)
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107*
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Calculation of Filing Fee Table
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*
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Filed
herewith
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**
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To
be filed
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