As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Multi Ways Holdings Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Not applicable
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Cayman Islands | 3990 | Not Applicable | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3E Gul Circle
Singapore 629633
+65 6287 5252
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10168
800-221-0102
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
William S. Rosenstadt, Esq. Mengyi “Jason” Ye, Esq. Yarona Yieh, Esq. Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP 366 Madison Avenue 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017 | Benjamin Tan, Esq. Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor, New York, NY 11036 Telephone: (212) 930 9700 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ (File No. 333-269641)
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 post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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. ☐
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 Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form F-1 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the sole purpose of increasing the aggregate number of ordinary shares offered by Multi Ways Holdings Limited (the “Registrant”) by 800,000 ordinary shares of the Registrant. The additional securities that are being registered for sale are in an amount and at a price that together represent no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table contained in the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-269641) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 8, 2023, which was declared effective by the Commission on March 30, 2023. The information set forth in the Prior Registration Statement and all exhibits thereto are hereby incorporated by reference in this filing.
The required opinion and consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER | EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION | |
5.1 | Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman regarding the validity of securities being registered | |
23.1 | Consent of Onestop Assurance PAC | |
23.2 | Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibits 5.1) | |
107 | Filing Fee Table |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Singapore, on March 31, 2023.
MULTI WAYS HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Lim Eng Hock | |
Name: | Lim Eng Hock | |
Title: | Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |
By: | /s/ Lee Pei Pei | |
Name: | Lee Pei Pei | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Date: | March 31, 2023 | /s/ Lim Eng Hock | |
Lim Eng Hock, Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | |||
Date: | March 31, 2023 | /s/ Lee Pei Pei | |
Lee Pei Pei, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer, its controller or principal accounting officer) | |||
Date: | March 31, 2023 | /s/ Lee Noi Geck | |
Lee Noi Geck, Executive Director and Chief Administration Officer |
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of America, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York, New York, United States of America on March 31, 2023.
COGENCY GLOBAL INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries | |
Name: | Colleen A. De Vries | |
Title: | Senior Vice-President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. |