As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 1, 2022
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Newegg Commerce,
Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
British Virgin Islands |
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98-1608057 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
|
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
Newegg Commerce, Inc.
17560 Rowland Street
City of Industry, CA 91748
Telephone: +1 (626) 271-9700
(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s
principal executive offices)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
Telephone: +1 (800) 221-0102
(Name, address, and telephone number
of agent for service)
Copies of communications, including communications
sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
David C. Lee, Esq.
Eric Scarazzo, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3161 Michelson Dr., Suite 1200
Irvine, CA 92612
+1 (949) 451-3800
Approximate date of commencement of proposed
sale to the public: From time to time after the effectiveness of this registration statement.
If
the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check
the following box. ☐
If
any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒
If
this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If
this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereon that shall become effective
upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional
securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging
growth company ☐
If
an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
† The term “new
or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting
Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
The registrant hereby
amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section
8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant
to said Section 8(a), may determine.
PROSPECTUS
Newegg Commerce,
Inc.
$300,000,000
of
Common Shares
Warrants
or Units
and
60,000,000 additional Common Shares
Offered by the Selling Shareholder
We may offer and sell up to $300,000,000 in the
aggregate of our common shares (“Common Shares”), warrants to purchase Common Shares (“Warrants”) and/or units
consisting of Common Shares and Warrants (“Units”), which we refer to collectively as the “securities.” In addition,
the selling shareholder may offer and sell up to 60,000,000 Common Shares. This prospectus describes the general terms of these securities
and the general manner in which we and the selling shareholder will offer these securities. We or the selling shareholder will provide
the specific terms of the securities that may be offered, and the manner in which they are being offered, in one or more supplements to
this prospectus. Any supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer
to sell the securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy the securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Neither we nor the selling shareholder will use this prospectus to offer any securities unless it is attached to a prospectus supplement.
You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described under the heading
“Where You Can Find More Information,” before investing in the securities. The amount and price of the securities will be
determined at the time of any offering thereof.
Our Common Shares are traded on The Nasdaq Capital
Market under the symbol “NEGG.”
Investing in the securities involves risks.
See the “Risk Factors” section on page 5 of this Prospectus and contained in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F (our
“Annual Report”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”)
and in any applicable prospectus supplement and may be described in certain of the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus.
See “Item 3.D. Risk Factors” beginning on page 1 of our Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission
has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is July 1, 2022.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
We are responsible for the information contained
in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein. We have not
authorized any person to give you any other information, and we take no responsibility for any other information that others may give
you. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell the securities. You should not assume that the information contained in
this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than
their respective dates. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. We
are not making an offer of the securities in any state where the offer is not permitted.
About This Prospectus
This prospectus is part of a registration statement
on Form F-3 that we filed with the SEC using a shelf registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we or the selling shareholder
may offer and sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. We will not receive any proceeds
from the sale by such selling shareholder of the securities offered by them described in this prospectus. Each time we or the selling
shareholder sell securities, we or such selling shareholder will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information
about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.
Neither we nor the selling shareholder have authorized
anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or any applicable
prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectuses prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. Neither we nor
the selling shareholder take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that
others may give you. Neither we nor the selling shareholder will not make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where
the offer or sale is not permitted.
Unless the context otherwise requires, in this
prospectus the terms “we,” “us,” “our”, “Newegg,” “the Company” and “the
registrant” refer to Newegg Commerce, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Where You Can Find
More Information
We file periodic reports and other information
with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) on which our annual and other reports are made available. In addition,
the securities may specify that certain documents are available for inspection at the office of the Company. All Internet references in
this prospectus are inactive textual references and we do not incorporate website contents into this prospectus.
Upon written or oral request, we will provide
to any person, at no cost to such person, including any beneficial owner to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any
or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus but not delivered with this prospectus. You may make
such a request by writing or telephoning us at the following address or telephone number:
Newegg Commerce, Inc.
17560 Rowland Street
City of Industry, CA 91748
Tel: +1 (626) 271-9700
Incorporation of
Certain Information by Reference
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference”
the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents,
which are considered part of this prospectus. Information that we file with the SEC in the future and incorporate by reference will automatically
update and supersede the previously filed information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:
| ● | our annual report on Form
20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on April 28, 2022; and |
| ● | the description of our Common Shares contained in our Form 8-A (File No.
001-34661), originally filed with the SEC on March 16, 2010, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description,
including the description set forth in Exhibit 2.1 to our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. |
We also incorporate by reference in this prospectus
all subsequent annual reports filed with the SEC on Form 20-F under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and those of our reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC that we specifically identify as being incorporated by reference
in this prospectus after the date hereof and prior to the completion of an offering of securities under this prospectus.
As you read the above documents, this prospectus
and any prospectus supplement, you may find inconsistencies in information from one document to another. If you find inconsistencies you
should rely on the statements made in the most recent document, including this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. All information
appearing in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the information and financial statements, including the notes thereto, contained
in the documents we have incorporated by reference.
When acquiring any securities discussed in this
prospectus, you should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement
and any “free writing prospectus” that we authorize to be delivered to you. Neither we, nor any underwriters or agents, have
authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not offering the securities in any jurisdiction in which an offer
or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom
it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation.
You should not assume that the information in
this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate or complete at any date other than the
date mentioned on the cover page of those documents.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This prospectus and the documents incorporated
by reference herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking
statements concern our anticipated results and progress of our operations in future periods and plans related to our business and other
matters that may occur in the future. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future
results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. All statements contained herein that are not clearly
historical in nature are forward-looking, and the words “approximate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”,
“estimate”, “project”, “may”, “will”, “could”, “leading”, “intend”,
“plan” “contemplate”, “should”, “shall” and similar expressions are generally intended
to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein include, but are not limited to, statements
with respect to:
| ● | future
financial and operating results, including revenues, income, expenditures, cash balances
and other financial items; |
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| ● | our
ability to execute our growth, and expansion, including our ability to meet our goals; |
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| ● | current
and future economic and political conditions; |
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| ● | our
ability to compete in an industry with low barriers to entry; |
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| ● | our
capital requirements and our ability to raise any additional financing which we may require; |
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| ● | our
ability to attract customers, and further enhance our brand recognition; |
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| ● | our
ability to hire and retain qualified management personnel and key employees in order to enable
us to develop our business; |
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| ● | trends
and competition in the e-commerce industry; |
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| ● | uncertainty
about the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the impact it may have on the Company’s
operations, the demand for the Company’s products, supply chains, and economic activity
in general; |
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| ● | inflationary
pressures that have affected and may continue to affect our business and financial condition;
and |
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| ● | other
assumptions described in this prospectus underlying or relating to any forward-looking
statements. |
We describe material risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that could affect our business, including our financial condition and results of operations, under “Risk Factors.”
We base our forward-looking statements on our management’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available to our management
at the time the statements are made. We caution you that actual outcomes and results may, and are likely to, differ materially from what
is expressed, implied or forecast by our forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date that they were made. Moreover, you should consider these cautionary statements in connection with any
written or oral forward-looking statements that we may issue in the future. Except as required under the U.S. federal securities laws,
we do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect later events or circumstances
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the forward-looking events
and circumstances discussed in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein might not occur, and are not guarantees
of future performance.
Enforceability
of Certain Civil Liabilities
We are incorporated under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands as a company with limited liability. We believe there are certain benefits associated with being a British Virgin Islands
corporation, such as political and economic stability, an effective judicial system, a favorable tax system, the absence of foreign exchange
control or currency restrictions and the availability of professional and support services. However, the British Virgin Islands have a
less developed body of securities laws that provides significantly less protection to investors as compared to the securities laws of
the United States. In addition, British Virgin Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United
States.
There is uncertainty as to whether the courts
of the British Virgin Islands would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against the Company or its directors or
officers, predicated upon 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 British Virgin Islands against the Company or its directors or officers, predicated upon
civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
Although there is no statutory
enforcement in the British Virgin Islands of final and conclusive monetary judgments obtained in a competent federal or state court of
the United States for a definite sum (and the British Virgin Islands are not a party to any treaties for the reciprocal enforcement or
recognition of such judgments), we have been advised that the courts of the British Virgin Islands would recognize as a valid judgment,
a final and conclusive judgment in personam obtained in a competent federal or state court of the United States of America against the
Company under which a sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable in respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges
of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty) and would give a judgment based thereon provided that (a) such courts had proper
jurisdiction over the parties subject to such judgment; (b) such courts did not contravene the rules of natural justice of the British
Virgin Islands; (c) such judgment was not obtained by fraud; (d) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the public policy
of the British Virgin Islands; (e) no new admissible evidence relevant to the action is submitted prior to the rendering of the judgment
by the courts of the British Virgin Islands; and (f) there is due compliance with the correct procedures under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands. However, the British Virgin Islands courts are unlikely to enforce a judgment obtained from the U.S. courts under civil
liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities law if such judgment is determined by the courts of the British Virgin Islands to
give rise to obligations to make payments that are penal or punitive in nature.
We have appointed Cogency Global Inc. as agent
in New York, New York, to accept service of process in the U.S. in connection with any investigation or administrative proceeding conducted
by the Commission, and any civil suit or action brought against or involving us in a U.S. court arising out of or relating to or concerning
an offering of securities under this prospectus.
The Company
We are a technology-focused e-commerce company
in North America. We offer brands and sellers a wide range of options to sell through our platform, as well as services that we offer
to help make their online businesses more efficient and effective. Our Direct offering allows brands to sell directly to us and we manage
the inventory and transaction directly with our consumers. Our Marketplace offering allows brands to leverage our platform, buyer audience
and e-commerce solutions in order to generate sales on the Newegg platform.
Our corporate headquarters is located at 17560
Rowland Street, City of Industry, California 91748, United States. The telephone number of our corporate headquarters is +1 (626) 271-9700.
Our registered office is located at the offices of Vistra Corporate Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British
Virgin Islands. The telephone number of our registered office is +1 284 852 3810.
Our Common Shares are publicly traded on The
Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “NEGG”.
We also maintain web sites at www.newegg.com,
www.neweggbusiness.com, and www.newegg.ca. The information contained on our websites or available through our websites is not incorporated
by reference into and should not be considered a part of this prospectus, and the reference to our websites in this prospectus is an inactive
textual reference only.
Risk Factors
Investment in any securities offered pursuant to
this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement involves risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by
reference from our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and all other information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus,
as updated by our subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, and the risk factors and other information contained in the applicable prospectus
supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus before acquiring any of such securities. The occurrence of any of these risks might
cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities.
Use of Proceeds
Except as may be described otherwise in a prospectus
supplement, we will use the net proceeds from our sale of the securities under this prospectus for general corporate purposes. We may
designate a specific allocation of the net proceeds of an offering of securities by us to a specific purpose, if any, at the time of the
offering and will describe any allocation in the related prospectus supplement.
We will not receive any of the proceeds from
the sale of Common Shares being offered by the selling shareholder. The selling shareholder will pay any underwriting fees, discounts
and selling commissions incurred by the selling shareholder in disposing of its Common Shares.
Prospectus Supplement
This prospectus provides you with a general description
of the securities that may be offered. With respect to a particular offering of the securities registered hereby, to the extent required,
an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus
is a part will be prepared. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference
in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can
Find More Information” carefully before investing in the securities. The prospectus supplement to be attached to the front of this
prospectus will describe the terms of the offering, including the amount and more detailed items of the securities, the initial public
offering price, the price paid for the securities, net proceeds, the expenses of the offering, the terms of offers and sales outside of
the United States, if any, our capitalization, the nature of the plan of distribution, the terms of any rights offering, including the
subscription price for Common Shares, record date, ex-rights date and exercise period, the other specific terms related to the offering,
and any U.S. federal income tax considerations and British Virgin Islands tax considerations applicable to the securities. Any information
in a prospectus supplement, if any, or information incorporated by reference after the date of this prospectus is considered part of this
prospectus and may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Any information in such subsequent filings that is
inconsistent with this prospectus will supersede the information in this prospectus.
Neither we nor the selling shareholder have authorized anyone to provide
any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Neither we nor the selling shareholder take
any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. Neither
we nor the selling shareholder have authorized any other person to provide you with different information. Neither we nor the selling
shareholder are making an offer to sell the securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume
that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
Newegg Commerce, Inc. is a company incorporated
in the British Virgin Islands. We publish our financial statements in United States dollars.
Description of
Common Shares
For a description of our Common Shares, including
the rights and obligations attached thereto, please refer to Exhibit 2.1 to our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2021, which
is incorporated by reference herein.
Description of
Warrants AND uNITS
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement a description of any warrants or units that may be offered pursuant to this prospectus.
Selling Shareholder
The selling shareholder listed below and its
permitted transferees, pledgees or other successors may from time to time offer and sell any or all of the Common Shares set forth below
pursuant to this prospectus. When we refer to the “selling shareholder” in this prospectus, we refer to the person listed
in the table below, and the pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees, successors and other permitted transferees that hold any of the
selling shareholder’s interest in the Common Shares after the date of this prospectus.
We cannot advise you as to whether the selling
shareholder will in fact sell any or all of such Common Shares. In particular, the selling shareholder identified below may have sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of its securities after the date on which it provided us with information regarding
its securities. Any changed or new information given to us by the selling shareholder, including regarding the identity of, and the securities
held by, the selling shareholder, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement or amendments to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part, if and when necessary.
The following table sets forth certain information
as of June 30, 2022 concerning the Common Shares that may be offered from time to time by the selling shareholder with this prospectus.
On June 30, 2022, Newegg had 367,269,687 Common Shares outstanding. The selling shareholder may sell all, some or none of such securities
in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance
with SEC rules. The information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. In general, under these rules
a beneficial owner of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship
or otherwise has or shares voting power or investment power with respect to such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial
owner of a security if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security within 60 days. To our knowledge, except
as otherwise indicated, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have shared voting and investment
power with respect to all Common Shares beneficially owned by that person.
Name and Address of Selling Shareholder | |
Number of
Common
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Prior to the
Offering | | |
Number
of
Common
Shares
Being
Offered | | |
Number of
Common
Shares
Beneficially
Owned After
the Offered
Common
Shares are
Sold | | |
Percentage
of Common
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
After the
Common
Shares are
Sold | |
| |
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Digital Grid (Hong Kong) Technology Co., Limited | |
| 231,607,627 | | |
| 60,000,000 | | |
| 171,607,627 | | |
| 45.8 | % |
Digital Grid (Hong Kong) Technology Co., Limited
(“Digital Grid”), is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Hong Kong. Its business address is Room 1003,
10/F, Tower 1, Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Its beneficially owned Common Shares are comprised of (i) 222,821,592
Common Shares owned by Digital Grid, (ii) 1,007,888 Common Shares and warrants to purchase 125,000 Common Shares at an exercise price
of $17.60/share owned by Hangzhou Liaison Interactive Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hangzhou Lianluo”), a company organized
under the laws of PRC, which is the parent company of Digital Grid; (iii) 58,937 Common Shares owned by Hyperfinite Galaxy Holding Limited,
a company solely owned by Mr. Zhitao He, who is the Chairman of our Board and the controlling stockholder of Hangzhou Lianluo and (iv)
vested stock options exercisable for 7,594,210 Common Shares at an exercise price of $0.5478/share held by Mr. Zhitao He. All of those
persons are affiliated with each other and under the control of Mr. Zhitao He.
The Common Shares owned by Digital Grid have
been pledged to Bank of China Limited Zhejiang Branch, or BOC, as collateral to support working capital loans and letters of credit provided
by BOC to Hangzhou Lianluo. The loans have been guaranteed jointly and severally by Beijing Digital Grid Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary
of Hangzhou Lianluo, and by Mr. Zhitao He. The estimated total amount owed under these loans as of June 30, 2022 is approximately
RMB 399,964,013.80 in RMB denominated loans, plus RMB 72,387,928.58 in interest, fees, expenses and penalties on such amount, plus $66,463,774.94
in U.S. dollar loans, plus $28,878,510.21 in interest, fees, expenses and penalties on such amount. In May 2020, BOC filed several lawsuits
against Hangzhou Lianluo, Digital Grid, Beijing Digital Grid Technology Co., Ltd. and Mr. Zhitao He in the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s
Court in China alleging that Hangzhou Lianluo has failed to repay the loans when due and is in breach of the loan agreements. The court
has ruled that the loan is in default in a final judgment. Any proceeds received by Digital Grid from this offering must be used to repay
these loans pursuant to a supplemental pledge agreement entered into between Digital Grid, BOC, Hangzhou Lianluo and us.
Plan of Distribution
We or the selling shareholder may sell the securities
from time to time pursuant to underwritten public offerings, directly or through agents in one or more transactions, including negotiated
transactions, at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The securities may be sold in portions outside the United States at
an offering price and on terms specified in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of the securities. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any one or more of the following methods may be used when selling the securities:
| ● | ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| | |
| ● | block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position
and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
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| ● | purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
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| ● | an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
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| ● | privately
negotiated transactions; |
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| ● | settlement
of short sales entered into after the date of this prospectus; |
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| ● | sales
in which broker-dealers agree with us or a selling securityholder to sell a specified number
of securities at a stipulated price per security; |
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| ● | through
the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options
exchange or otherwise; |
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| ● | by
pledge to secure debts or other obligations; |
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| ● | by
an underwritten public offering; |
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| ● | in
a combination of any of the above; or |
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| ● | any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
In addition, the securities may be sold by way
of exercise of rights granted pro rata to our existing shareholders.
The securities may also be sold short and securities
covered by this prospectus may be delivered to close out such short positions, or the securities may be loaned or pledged to broker-dealers
that in turn may sell them. Options, swaps, derivatives or other transactions may be entered into with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of the securities and Common Shares, respectively,
which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended
to reflect such transaction).
Any underwriters or agents will be identified
and their compensation described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Each time that we or the selling shareholder
sell securities covered by this prospectus, we or the selling shareholder will provide a prospectus supplement or supplements that will
describe the method of distribution and set forth the terms and conditions of the offering of such securities, including the offering
price of the securities and the proceeds to us or the selling shareholder, if applicable.
In connection with the sale of securities, the
underwriters or agents may receive compensation from us, the selling shareholder or from purchasers of the securities for whom they may
act as agents. The underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, who may also receive compensation from the underwriters or
from purchasers of the securities for whom they may act as agents. Compensation may be in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters as defined in
the Securities Act, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us or the selling shareholder and any profit on the resale
of the securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
We or the selling shareholder may enter into
agreements that will entitle the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnification by us or the selling shareholder against and contribution
toward certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Certain underwriters, dealers and agents and
their associates may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform commercial banking, investment banking, advisory or other
services for the selling shareholder or us, including our subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of their business.
If so indicated in the applicable prospectus
supplement relating to a particular issue of securities, the underwriters, dealers or agents will be authorized to solicit offers by certain
institutions to purchase the securities under delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery at a future date. These contracts
will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set forth
the commission payable for solicitation of these contracts.
We will advise the selling shareholder that while
it is engaged in a distribution of the securities, it is required to comply with Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act (“Regulation
M”). With limited exceptions, Regulation M precludes the selling shareholder, any affiliated purchasers and any broker-dealer or
other person who participates in the distribution from bidding for or purchasing, or attempting to induce any person to bid for or purchase,
any security which is the subject of the distribution until the entire distribution is complete. All of the foregoing might affect the
marketability of the securities.
Legal Matters
Certain legal matters with respect to British Virgin
Islands law will be passed upon for us by Conyers Dill & Pearman. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP may rely upon Conyers Dill &
Pearman with respect to matters governed by British Virgin Islands law. Certain legal matters with respect to United States and New York
law will be passed upon for us by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Experts
The consolidated financial statements as of December
31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021 incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and
in the Registration Statement have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, incorporated herein by reference, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 8. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
British
Virgin Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification
of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the British Virgin Islands courts to be contrary to
public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our Amended and Restated
Memorandum and Articles of Association permit indemnification of officers and directors against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges,
expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with the execution of their duties, powers, authorities or discretions
as a director or officer of the Company, unless such losses or damages arise through the willful neglect or default of such directors
or officers.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement for the Company, all directors of the Company and its subsidiaries shall
be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against any losses, liabilities and reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) arising from proceedings in which the director may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of being such a director or
such director’s involvement in the management of the affairs of the Company or its subsidiaries, other than such losses, liabilities
and expenses arising out of the fraud, dishonesty, intentional misconduct, or knowing or reckless breach of the director’s obligations
under the Shareholders Agreement, or the bad faith of such director. In addition, the director shall be entitled to indemnification by
the Company against reasonable expenses as incurred by the director in connection with the defense of any action to which the director
may be made a party (without regard to the success of such defense), to the fullest extent permitted under the provisions of applicable
law.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling
us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 9. Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
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Name
of Document |
|
Method
of Filing |
1.1 |
|
Form
of underwriting agreement for equity securities of the Company |
|
* |
3.1 |
|
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association |
|
Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1/A, filed December 10, 2021. |
4.1 |
|
Amended and Restated Newegg Inc. Shareholders Agreement |
|
Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1/A, filed December 10, 2021. |
4.2 |
|
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Newegg Inc. Shareholders Agreement |
|
Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 6-K filed on April 28, 2022. |
4.3 |
|
Description of Securities |
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-34661) filed on April 28, 2022. |
5.1 |
|
Opinion
of Conyers, Dill & Pearman, British Virgin Islands counsel |
|
* |
5.2 |
|
Opinion
of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, U.S. counsel |
|
* |
23.1 |
|
Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
|
Filed
herewith. |
23.2 |
|
Consent
of Conyers, Dill & Pearman |
|
* |
23.3 |
|
Consent
of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
|
* |
24.1 |
|
Powers of Attorney of the Company |
|
Included
on the signature pages. |
107 |
|
Filing Fee Table. |
|
Filed
herewith. |
* |
To
be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference to a subsequently furnished Report on Form 6-K. |
Item 10. Undertakings
(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(A) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(B) 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 U.S. dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of
Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(C)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B)
and (a)(1)(C) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a
form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(4) To
file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F
at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a
post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that
all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and
information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities 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.
(5) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(A) Each
prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date
the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule
430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required
by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of
the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering
described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter,
such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement
to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement
or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of
the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify
any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such effective date.
(6) That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to
this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(A) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(B) 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;
(C) 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
(D) Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement 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.
(c) 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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Industry, State of California on July 1, 2022.
|
Newegg Commerce, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Anthony Chow |
|
|
Anthony Chow |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Anthony Chow and Robert Chang,
and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign in any and all capacities (including, without limitation, the capacities
listed below), the registration statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement
and any and all successor registration statements of the registrant, including any filings pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done to enable the registrant to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act and all the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form F-3 registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name |
|
Title |
|
Date |
|
|
|
|
|
/s/
Anthony Chow |
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Anthony
Chow |
|
|
|
/s/
Robert Chang |
|
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Robert
Chang |
|
|
|
/s/
Zhitao He |
|
Chairman |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Zhitao
He |
|
|
|
/s/
Fred Chang |
|
Vice
Chairman |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Fred
Chang |
|
|
|
/s/
Fuya Zheng |
|
Director |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Fuya
Zheng |
|
|
|
/s/
Gregory Moore |
|
Director |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Gregory
Moore |
|
|
|
/s/
Yingmei Yang |
|
Director |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Yingmei
Yang |
|
|
|
/s/
Poi (Paul) Wu |
|
Director |
|
July
1, 2022 |
Poi
(Paul) Wu |
|
SIGNATURE
OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of America, has signed
this registration statement thereto in New York, NY on July 1, 2022.
|
COGENCY
GLOBAL INC. |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/
Collen A. De Vries |
|
|
Name:
Colleen A. De Vries |
|
|
Title:
Senior Vice President |
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